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Kate Mossman is arts editor of the New Statesman
Five years after Ill Manors, Ben Drew is back, transformed yet again, this time by the birth of his daughter and a 'complete identity crisis'
What is Goat? A centuries-old collective from a remote part of Sweden, thousands strong, whose existence would stop if ever their masks fell off
At a home town launch for her new album, Here, the New York singer-songwriter talks about the US election, Black Lives Matter, and modern family life
The singer's new album has quality and poetry enough to raise it beyond its gimmicky release strategy
The pop showman is back with a sequel to his 80s classic – a concept album about love in middle age. This time, though, he won't be wearing a gold lamé suit
In a rare interview, Sia Furler, the poster girl for 21st century pop, talks fame, creativity – and playing 'would you rather' with Beyoncé
Book of the day Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir by Carrie Brownstein review – a riot grrrl remembersA complex and moving portrait of a coming of age in America
The rising star refuses to be another kooky girl with a guitar. She tells Kate Mossman about school with Cara Delevingne and nights out with her mentor Laura Marling
Back with new singer Adam Lambert, the rejuvenated band talk about life without Freddie Mercury, gravity tractors and getting ready to play New Year's Eve on the BBC
On the eve of the BBC Music Sound of 2015 poll, Kitty Empire, Killian Fox, Michael Cragg and Kate Mossman pick out pop's young contenders set to grab next year by the horns
At pop's cutting edge in the 80s and 90s, Neneh Cherry paved the way for today's sassy female stars. Now, writes Kate Mossman, she's back with her first solo album in 18 years
She's only 17, but this year Lorde has signed a £1.5m deal, topped the charts with the song Royals, and hung out with Bowie. She talks to Kate Mossman
Chart-topper, devoted daughter, role model for teenagers… how does Jessie J manage it all, asks Kate Mossman
Ra'Nell and Gem return for a second series of Top Boy, the portrayal of east London gang life shaping up to rival The Wire. The young actors who play them talk to Kate Mossman
She's an android-dating style queen who's been compared to Bowie. Kate Mossman meets Janelle Monáe, the saviour of pop
Rapper, adapter of Shakespeare and brother of Ms Dynamite, Akala is on a mission to correct a few misconceptions, writes Kate Mossman
Big Deal's boy-girl dynamic and dream-pop languor work a charm on their new set of narcotised ballads, writes Kate Mossman
Irish R&B rockers the Strypes have gone from playing fetes to topping the iTunes charts and they're all still under 18. By Kate Mossman
If rising star Phildel's shape-shifting songs don't come with any of the usual pop reference points, it's because she grew up in a house in which music was banned, she tells Kate Mossman
Girls Aloud remain a pretty formidable pop outfit – but just try getting them to agree on whether this really is the end, writes Kate Mossman
In 2008, Word magazine ran what turned out to be one of the final ever interviews with Soft Machine founder Kevin Ayers, who died this week aged 68. Here it is in full
Kate Mossman meets the Senegalese rapper who has become one of the world's leading campaigners against female genital mutilation
George the Poet is the hottest name in spoken word. And his journey from tough London estate to university has convinced him that entertainers have a duty to educate young people
Ruban Nielson's smart psych-rock is wrung through effects that make this warm album occasionally frustrating, writes Kate Mossman
The 16-year-old singer-songwriter from Derry SOAK, aka Bridie Monds-Watson, releases her second EP in a year


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Who doesn't remember growing up with those
plastic brightly colored, rainbow wands of flavored ice!
But you know that when you pick up one of those flavored iced treats, that they are most certainly laden with dyes and corn syrup. With temperatures running high and wanting an ice pop that would be healthier, I was off to the kitchen to make a dye free, corn free version. How hard can it be right? It's flavored ice!
This recipe is so simple with only two ingredients, so be sure to experiment. Use juice that contains no additives, preservatives, or dyes. I love blueberry pomegrante juice by POM as well as Strawberry Lemonade by Trader Joe's. Pineapple juice with a little coconut milk would be a wonderful tropical treat! The combinations are limitless!
Grab that blender, imagination, and make up some up exotic names to go with those refreshing magical wands you are about to make!
You will need a FoodSaver or something of the sort to make these look like the real thing.
If don't have a Food Saver, try them in a push pop mold.
2 cups of ice
1 cup favorite juice
In blender, place ice and juice.
Blend on high until it is smooth like a slushy.
As you can see below, I will need to run it a little longer
next time to get rid of those little chunks.
Pour into your pre-made Food Saver sleeves (see below
how to make these before you start making
the ice slush) or pour into a mold.
Freeze until solid.
How to make the sleeves from your Food Saver Bags:
*Making the sleeves first will prevent the ice from melting
in your slushy before you can get them into your bags and sealed.
Cut a strip as wide as you want your pop to be.
This one ended up being kind of skinny.
Remember to allow room to seal the sides.
Seal the one edge.
Turn it around and seal the other edge.
Now the tube is totally enclosed.
Cut the end off. Creating a tube to be filled.
Once they are filled, seal the end.
It is easier to seal these if you let it hang over the
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Mob Rules – Savage Land
October 3, 2012 in Artist Rewind, Reviews by Arno Callens
Whenever I'm in a bar and I request the DJ to play some Mob Rules, I get Black Sabbath. And while "The Mob Rules" is a cracking song, it's not what I meant. Surely, Mob Rules have always been somewhat of an underdog within the German metal scene: well-respected, but hardly broken through. I had the good fortune to see them live in Belgium once, and only at a gig organized by fellow fans. In the following rewind I will attempt to explain why it's to every power metal fan's eternal detriment to ignore this band any longer.
Mob Rules hails from a late nineties movement of second-generation German power metal bands (including the likes of Edguy, Iron Savior and Brainstorm), following in the footsteps of genre pioneers Helloween, Gamma Ray and Blind Guardian. The debut Savage Land displays all the traits of the sound: up tempo riffs, lush melodies, and an upbeat atmosphere, with a pinch of Iron Maiden for flavor. Yet if there is anything that sets Mob Rules apart, it's their taste for the dramatic. Their songs are infused with a real sense of affinity for their subject material, without overdoing it in bombast or melancholy. A lot of credit for that goes to vocalist Klaus Dirks, who has a perfect emotional pitch, only improved over the years.
Savage Land is a concept album about the fall of mankind, inspired by such films as Mad Max and Waterworld (but don't let the latter stop you from listening). A group of people leave the ruined city of Insurgeria, and seek their fortunes under the auspices of the Ruler of the Wasteland, depicted in the cover art by Belgian artist Eric Philippe. "Insurgeria" kicks off the events and already showcases the grandiosity with witch Mob Rules paints its stories. It takes very little effort to transport yourself into the tale of the city's survivors, and even if it does, you'll have an easy time singing along to the catchy chorus anyway. Next up is the classic tune "Rain Song", which is so infectious they made it into another version called "New World Symphony" on Among The Gods. Stick this refrain on repeat for an hour, and you may not even notice it's playing over and over. It's that engrossing.
Always good at switching up the faster more straightforward cuts with slower more brooding material, Mob Rules then diversifies with "Hold Back The Light", a resting point before the punchy "Secret Signs". The title track is a trilogy perfectly summing up this trend: "Strangers In Time" is the pulsating first part, the instrumental "Pianista" takes it down, and "No Reason Why" is the contemplative apotheosis. This formula continues throughout the album, with rockers "Blaze Of First Warning" and "Pray For Sunlight" trading with the slower "Down In Nowhere Land" and moving mini-epic "End Of All Days".
Savage Land is nothing if not ambitious, and it may be slightly overlong or overreaching. I think of the album as a journey from the "Prologue" to "End Of All Days", and one worth undertaking again and again. Each time it will reveal more of itself, until you realize just how well it's tied together. Over the years the band would come to develop itself further and further, but the seeds are sown here, and it is a joy from beginning to end.
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Haha! Well, your lucky, I might release before I hit school..
Wait.. Let me guess.. Umm.. Well.. It could be.. Oh it's hard... Umm.. KORBYN'S OS X MOUNTAIN LION FOR IPAD
iPad 3 runs flawlessly
Also, here you go, guys! Theme it - The Themes > Details
Ok, so, since the theme won't be in Cydia, here's what we'll do: I'll give all you donators promo codes for The ThemeIt App. If you haven't been acquainted with it, you can go to their website here - Theme it, the missing theme store for iPhone by FIF7Y They're extremely professional, you'll like their app and the themes they have in the store.
I installed this on my New iPad. It doesn't rotate. Why is that? Others seem to rotate.
I use a Zagg folio and as luck has it, the only way my iPad slides into this case ends up with an upside down theme.
is this planned to be fixed?
Great. Can't wait. Let us (me) know when it's ready to test drive. I'd love to put my iPad back in the Zagg folio the right way....
Me rocking it on my ipad next to my 17 inch MBP. This is so much more useful then icons lol.
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I wish i have paypal account. This theme makes me sick
Yes if possible.
It sucks in my country since we can't buy things online. That's why almost all people here doesn't have paypal and some doesn't even know what it is lol
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In Flashpoint, Loren L. Coleman fires the first shots of the Steiner-Davion civil war.
David McCarthy, one of the few surviving members of the First Kathil Uhlans, returns to Kathil from Clan space, a hero. But as opposing forces wrangle for control of the planet's orbital shipyards, David and the local militia are caught up in the power struggle between supporters of Katrina Steiner, and loyalist for Victor Davion. Vowing that he won't fail the people of his homeworld, McCarthy leads his untested MechWarrior against superior forces, and dredges up a past he'd rather forget.


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Happy Birthday Aamir Khan, the PK actor turns 50
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Bollywood has good films and bad films. And then there are films which are great, so great that they have made a place for themselves in our hearts. These films are the ones that made us fall in love with Bollywood. These are the films that were so good that we do not want to spoil them with a sequel. Here are 8 Bollywood films whose sequel should NOT be made!
The one film that made hockey a national rage, the film which showed that SRK is not all about romance, that 16 not so famous faces can also pull off a film. A film which was so good that we don't want to see Kabir Khan again.
Who knew that Kareena and Shahid's last film together would be such epic? It was so good that heroines in Bollywood are now divided in two phases- pre Geet and post Geet phases. The magic that Aditya and Geet created on screen was so breathtakingly beautiful that we do not want to see them again.
Shankar Ehsaan Loy's music, Zoya Akhtar's direction, Farhan Akhtar's poetry, Spain's picturesque location, three childhood friends- what more do we need? This was one of the best films we had got in recent times and we surely don't want someone to spoil the magic it weaved.
Back in 2003 when this movie released we all fell in love with Aman. This is the film that showed us how unconditional love can be. Naina, Aman and Rohit made the perfect love triangle and even 12 years later, our hearts still ache when Aman passes away.
And this comes from a crazy SRK fan. The film itself had so many elements in it that it is impossible to come up with a sequel that would contain the same elements.
Although this movie didn't do quite well at the box office, but it brought the fresh change that Bollywood needed. How it showed that a guy and a girl can only be friends in the end was such a welcome change!
No matter how much I write about this film, it will still feel less. Anurag Basu and Kolkata did all the magic. We cannot imagine another Barfi and Jhilmil again.
3 idiots wasn't the highest grosser for no reason. RajkumarHirani is an awesome storyteller, no doubt. But we still don't want to give up on the flavour of Rancho, so great it was!


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"They played well—and we didn't," La Russa said. "It wasn't much of a game."
Not only was the Cardinals' starting pitching below their normal level this season, but their defense wasn't good either. Center fielder Rick Ankiel made two ill-advised throws, one sailing well over the catcher at the plate, as the Astros jumped Looper for four game-deciding runs in the first inning.
La Russa said, "We like aggressiveness, but if it's something that makes no sense, you call him on it."
On the first play, a throw to third, La Russa said, "If it's anybody but (Michael) Bourn, he throws him out."
First baseman Albert Pujols did his part, getting a homer, double and two singles. He is hitting .410 (16-for-39) over his last nine games.
Astros 8, Cardinals 2: After playing well on their recent six-game trip, on which they won four games, the Cardinals threw a clunker Tuesday, falling behind 4-0 in the first inning and staying behind. Besides first baseman Albert Pujols' 12th homer, rookie left fielder Brian Barton cracked his first big-league homer.
• RHP Joel Pineiro may not make his next scheduled start Saturday. Already skipped one turn, Pineiro is still having trouble with a groin injury.
• C Yadier Molina picked Houston C J.R. Towles off first base to end the first inning. That was the fourth baserunner Molina had trapped off first base this season and the 23rd pickoff of Molina's career.
• RF Ryan Ludwick, hitting .333 with 13 homers and 38 RBIs, sat out Tuesday but is expected to start most of the remaining games on the homestand. LF Chris Duncan had been 2-for-7 with a home run against Houston RHP Shawn Chacon, but was hitless in four at-bats, fanning twice.
• 2B Adam Kennedy, mired in a terrible slump that has dropped him to .242, struck out three times in four at-bats.
• The Cardinals bullpen knocked off 4 2/3 more scoreless innings. Before RHP Mike Parisi allowed a run in the 10th inning in Los Angeles on Sunday, the bullpen had a scoreless streak of 19 innings.
By The Numbers: 3—Number of series the Cardinals lost in the first two months of the season.


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I woke up this morning to see an email from one of my past new managers at Intel. Nice surprise! He was looking for an answer to a question that had been burning at him for awhile. He asked his current manager, "should managers tailor their approach to fit the personalities of the team that they have?" He remembered that I touched on that subject during "New to Management: Managing Teams to Higher Performance." Just could not remember exactly what I said. His manager told him that he should do what comes best to him. In short, do what has made you successful and get the team to follow you. Very simple and not very helpful answer I thought. What I liked about the answer was the get the team to follow… Or provide leadership!
So, here is what I wrote back:
Great question! I think your manager was a bit vague in his answer.. I did like his part on getting the team to follow. So, building on that… Leadership is based in helping others succeed, having a vision, and the capability to utilize the knowledge, skills and abilities of your team to fulfill it. I truly believe a leader must adapt to the personalities of the team. When we discussed this in the class, everything was situational. If you have ever taken situational leadership or anything like that – key to success is in communication. Learning how to get through to each person and best motivate them is the leader's job. By doing so creates a team of loyal, hard working team of individuals committed to the cause. That will follow you! Trying to have the team adopt to you would be like an old sports coach that only knows how to lead by bullying with a "heart" or setting up competition for the few scarce prizes. Those two ways may get results when you are around, but leave and so do the results. I have had those coaches and managers over the years, maybe good for short term results but no one every really wanted to follow them anywhere. I hope that answered your question, if not we can always discuss further.
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Brett is the principal of the firm. Brett started the firm in 1992 and has, in the period since then, represented many of Australia's leading artists, film and TV producers and creative businesses. Brett has written about music for Rolling Stone, the Drum Media and other publications, is a life member of radio station FBi and presented a weekly show on FBi for 10 years. He has no musical ability whatsoever.
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Dave is a solicitor with the firm. Dave has previously worked at Sony/ATV Music Publishing, as Creative Manager for four years, and before that at Sydney law firm Allens Arthur Robinson. Dave is also a musician and songwriter and has played in Sydney bands Oliver, Knievel and Golden Rough.
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Julia is a solicitor with the firm. Julia previously ran her own management company for eight years and looked after singer/songwriter, Andy Bull and producer, Tony Buchen as well as acting as secretary of the board of FBi Radio for 10 years and running her own independent record label. Before that, Julia worked at the Sydney law firm Gilbert + Tobin. Julia currently works for the firm from Los Angeles.
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Andrew is a solicitor with the firm. Andrew has significant media and entertainment experience across all distribution platforms having worked both in private practice at leading Sydney law firms and in-house at a commercial broadcaster, a telco and a large independent production company. Since returning to private practice in 2009, Andrew has advised MTV Australia, independent film and television producers and talent.
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El Guincho is the recording alias of Spanish musician Pablo Daz-Reixa. Also a member of Coconot, Daz-Reixa rose to prominence with his 2008 album, Alegranza!. His musical style relies heavily on the use of sampling and incorporates elements of Afrobeat, dub, Tropiclia and rock and roll. El Guincho is well known for hiring out his skills as an expert lullaby-singer for small children throughout Spanish-speaking countries as Daz-Reixa achieves what he's described as a kind of "space-age exotica". He utilizes a Roland SP-404, and hails from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.
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The man in question was the celluloid blonde's analyst. Yet, despite his prediction, Newman did make it back to his spouse that evening. "Marilyn was the one girl I would never want to be mixed up with," Newman tells me in his New York office. "She was trouble. She was terribly erratic and terribly confused. One of the unhappiest women I've ever met."
Newman is considered by many to be one of the 20th century's greatest portrait photographers. He is certainly one of the most prolific. He has photographed every American president since Truman and did Lyndon B Johnson's official portrait. For years, he worked for Life and Harpers Bazaar, has snapped the likes of Haile Selassie, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marlene Dietrich and Franco, and in 1978 was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to photograph "The Great British" - 50 portraits of politicians, writers, composers and artists.
It is for his portraits of artists that Newman is most famous. Over the past 60 years, he has photographed more than 200 and his list of subjects reads like a Who's Who of 20th century art: Picasso, Mondrian, Miro, Chagall, Dali, Braque, Giacometti, De Chirico, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning. "In the beginning, they were my heroes," he explains. "They were the people I'd studied and they were taking me in. It was a miracle."
At the start of his career, in 1941, he photographed Fernand Léger. The following year, Marcel Duchamp and Mondrian posed for him. "Mondrian didn't have a sou," Newman remembers. "The poor guy was dependent upon his friends to help him out. He couldn't sell his paintings for $250!" On their second meeting, Mondrian offered Newman two small drawings. One of them was the sketch for one of the artist's most acclaimed works, Broadway Boogie Woogie. Before he was famous, Jackson Pollock offered him a large painting for just $150. "I was broke," says Newman ruefully. "Today, it's worth millions!" Often, one artist would introduce him to another. Visiting Giacometti in Paris, he ended up at the Deux Magots, where they were joined by Chagall. Other artists he photographed, such as Man Ray, became friends.
Newman has lived on Manhattan's West Side, in the same building, since 1948. At 82, he is opinionated and out-spoken. He tells you about the problems with his hearing aids, two sisters who want him to photograph them in the nude and the fact that his wife was smuggling guns for Palestine when he met her. In his eyes, Cindy Sherman is "a great make-up artist and a lousy photographer".
Newman was born in New York in 1918 and brought up in Atlantic City. He studied art at the University of Miami, had to drop out when the Depression hit and ended up getting a job in a photo studio in Philadelphia. Within no time, he had borrowed his uncle's camera, started taking pictures (his early graphic, abstract work is particularly beautiful) and decided he wanted to photograph people in their own environment. In September 1941, he was offered his first show. The curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art turned up and selected a print for the museum's collection.
There have naturally been disappointments and those who got away. Mark Rothko cancelled a session shortly before committing suicide and Einstein died four days before their appointment. Still, Newman is not complaining. "I've had a full life and a lot of fun," he asserts.
Arnold Newman is at HackelBury Fine Art, 4 Launceston Place, W8 until 21 December
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It was good. We agree that next time we will omit the parmesan on the top. As my 9 year old said, it makes it crunchy- and this isn't a crunchy dish. I appreciated the ease of prep and the fact that everybody ate it without having to nag (the kids, that is) update 5-12-09-- I was short on time today, so used pepperoni as the meat and a jar of pizza sauce for the sauce. A quick, yummy, kid-friendly dinner for a busy weeknight!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon oregano leaves
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce or 1 (15 ) can pizza sauce
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups biscuit mix
- 1 (8 ounce) package American cheese or 1 (8 ounce) package mozzarella cheese
- 2⁄3 cup milk
- 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, Grated
- 1 (2 ) can mushrooms, Sliced,Drained
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- Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Cook and stir the meat in a large skillet until brown.
- Drain off the excess fat.
- Stir in half of the tomato sauce and the oregano leaves into the meat mixture.
- Heat to boiling then reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
- While the meat mixture is simmering, mix the baking mix, egg and the milk.
- Measure out 3/4 cup of the batter and set aside.
- Spread the remaining batter in a greased baking pan 9 X 9 X 2-inches.
- Pour into the remaining tomato sauce over the batter, spreading evenly.
- Layer 4 slices of the cheese, the meat mixture, the mushrooms and the remaining cheese on top of the batter and tomato sauce.
- Spoon the reserved batter on the top of the cheese.
- Sprinkle the batter top with the grated Parmesan cheese and bake, uncovered, until it is golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
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The Oakland Raiders' apparent decision to hire Denver Broncos defensive coordinator Dennis Allen as their head coach will result in some stability among the Green Bay Packers' coaching staff.
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|Publication number
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|Application number
|Publication date
|Jan 30, 2001
|Filing date
|Nov 14, 1997
|Priority date
|Nov 15, 1996
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Donald Wayne Allen, Dean Leroy Henning
|Original Assignee
|Shell Oil Company
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (14), Non-Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (53), Classifications (15), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application claims priority to provisional patent application No. 60/031,269 filed Nov. 15, 1996.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for reducing vortex-induced-vibrations ("VIV") and, more particularly, reducing VIV in marine environments by the use of fairings.
Production of oil and gas from offshore fields has created many unique engineering challenges. One of these challenges is dealing with effects of currents on fixed cylindrical marine elements. Such marine elements are employed in a variety of applications, including, e.g., subsea pipelines; drilling, production, import and export risers; tendons for tension leg platforms; legs for traditional fixed and for compliant platforms; other mooring elements for deepwater platforms; and, although not conventionally thought of as such, the hull structure for spar type structures. These currents cause vortexes to shed from the sides of the marine elements, inducing vibrations that can lead to the failure of the marine elements or their supports.
For short cylindrical elements that are adjacent convenient means for secure mounting, the marine elements and their supports can be made strong enough to resist significant movement by the forces created by vortex shedding. Alternatively, the marine element could be braced to change the frequency at which the element would be excited by vortex shedding.
However, strengthening or bracing becomes impractical when the application requires that the unsupported segments of marine element extend for long runs. Deepwater production risers, drilling risers, platform export risers, import risers bringing in production from satellite wells, tendons for tension leg platforms, and other conduits for produced fluids and deepwater mooring elements formed from tubular goods are typical of such applications. These pipes and tubular goods serve as marine elements in applications that are difficult or impossible to brace sufficiently to satisfactorily control vibration induced by vortex shedding. Subsea pipelines traversing valleys on the ocean floor for extended, unsupported lengths and spar hulls moored at the end of long tethers and/or mooring lines provide additional examples.
Shrouds, strakes and fairings have been suggested for such applications to reduce vortex induced vibrations. Strakes and shrouds can be made to be effective regardless of the orientation of the current to the marine element. But shrouds and strakes are generally less effective than fairings and generally materially increase the drag acting on the marine element. Fairings are generally very effective in reducing vibrations due to vortex shedding, and also reduce drag forces on the marine element.
Until recently, however, fairings have been thought to be effective only if 1) the fairing had a relatively long chord to thickness ratio; 2) the relative direction of the current was close to parallel with the orientation of the fairing; and 3) the (small) diameter of the marine element and design case for current velocity were such as to combine for a relatively low Reynolds number.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,410,979 represents a significant breakthrough in providing for fixed, short fairings. Even so, short fairings having a maximum ratio of length to width of from 1.5 to as low as about 1.25 still drive cost and otherwise limit application. This length to width ratio, as a practical matter, translate to about a 1.20 minimum chord to thickness ratio for short fairings. Further, unexpected results documented in the contemporaneous filed patent application (Provisional Ser. No. 60/031,271 filed Nov. 15, 1996) of Donald W. Allen and Dean L. Henning for Ultrashort Fairings for Suppressing Vortex-Induced Vibrations show effective fairing designs for offshore applications with fairings having a chord to thickness ratio of 1.20 down to about 1.10.
Further, short and ultrashort fairings have been demonstrated effective with large diameter marine elements, such as larger diameter drilling risers and even spar hulls, which were conventionally considered unsuitable for fairings although subject to VIV problems as moored at the distal end of long tethers and/or mooring lines which provide no suitable means for bracing support.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,389,487 and 4,474,129 disclose fairings for use with subsea pipes and risers which are provided with means to permit the fairing to rotate around the pipe or riser as would a weathervane in order to maintain an orientation presenting the fairing parallel to the current. Accommodating this constraint results in an expensive apparatus.
Further, the subsea environment in which the fairings must operate renders likely the rapid failure of the rotational elements. Traditional fairings present a chord to thickness ratio greater than two and present a very serious problem should corrosion or marine growth cause the rotational elements to seize up. Such a failure of the fairing to rotate would cause excessive drag forces on the marine element should the current shift and no longer align with the "frozen" fairing. As a result, rotatable fairings have, in actual practice, been limited to drilling riser applications in which the risers (together with fairing mounted thereon) are frequently and routinely retrieved and not left in service for extended periods.
However, the reduced drag of misaligned short and ultrashort fairings manages this risk and such fairings have now been shown to have practical application, even if fixed. Further, the effectiveness of such short and ultrashort fairings can extend to current angles relative to the fairing (angle of attack) of up to a range approaching +/−60 degrees and somewhat higher for ultrashort fairings.
In some regions, ocean currents are sufficiently constant in direction and intensity such that normally occurring fluctuations are of little significance to fatigue life design and VIV which is controlled for currents having an angle of attack within such a window is satisfactory. However, in other regions, patterns of prevailing currents show greater variation with extended periods and higher currents across a greater deviation. There it is important to accommodate a wider range of current angles in order to avoid significant VIV precipitated degradation to fatigue life.
Thus, despite recent breakthroughs, there remains a need for economical fairings that are well adapted to applications for reducing VIV on marine elements in areas of expanded directional current fluctuations.
An advantage of the present invention is to provide an array of fixed fairings of sufficiently limited drag to as to enable an array of fixed fairing orientations to be simultaneously deployed on a single marine element, broadening the environmental conditions that will meet adequate VIV suppression while retaining the benefits of fixed fairings.
The present invention is a staggered fairing system for suppressing vortex-induced vibration of a substantially cylindrical marine element in which a plurality of fixed fairings are deployed. Each fairing has a leading edge substantially defined by the circular profile of the marine element and a pair of shaped sides departing from the circular profile of the marine riser and converging at a trailing edge. The connections between the marine element and the fairings are secured in a non-rotative manner hold the fairings in an array of different orientations along the axis of the marine element.
Another aspect of the present invention is a method for protecting a substantially cylindrical marine element from vortex-induced vibration in which a plurality of fairings are installed about the marine element in a non-rotative manner. This establishes an array of fairing orientations along the axis of the marine element whereby the marine element is protected from vortex-induced vibrations over an extended range of angles of attack.
The brief description above, as well as further objects and advantages of the present invention, will be more fully appreciated by reference to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments which should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a multiple fairing staggered system in accordance with the present invention deployed about a marine riser;
FIG. 2 is a top elevational view of a single fairing deployed about a marine element;
FIG. 3A is a cross sectional view the multiple fairing staggered system of FIG. 1, taken at line 3A—3A in FIG. 1, illustrated in the presence of a current with a low angle of attack;
FIG. 3B is a cross sectional view of the multiple fairing staggered system of FIG. 1, taken at line 3B—3B in FIG. 1, illustrated in the presence of a current with a relatively high angle of attack with respect to the fairing system;
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of a multiple fairing staggered system illustrating schematically an increased optimum angle of attack for effective VIV suppression;
FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view of an alternate embodiment of a staggered fairing system in accordance with the present invention; and
FIG. 6 is a graph plotting RMS transverse acceleration against Reynolds number for tests of a cylinder without VIV suppression and the same cylinder with a staggered fairing system subjected to currents at various angles of attack.
FIG. 1 is illustrates several fairing arrays 10 grouped as staggered fairing systems in accordance with the present invention. The staggered fairing systems are secured to a substantially cylindrical marine element 12, here riser 12A, of a schematically illustrated production mini-spar 14. Three fairing arrays 10 are shown if FIG. 1, denoted as staggered fairing systems 10A, 10B and 10C, to illustrate a range of possible embodiments. The middle array is formed from two fairings 8 arranged in different azimuthal orientations. See FIG. 3A. Here fairings 8 of staggered fairing system 10B are mounted adjacent or even as a single unit about riser 12A. Gaps may be left along the marine element, both between the arrays of staggered faring systems and between the individual fairings within an array. For an example of the latter, see staggered fairing system 10C.
FIG. 2 is a top view of a single fairing 8. Fairing 8 is secured about the marine element, riser 12A, in a substantially fixed, non-rotative manner. It can be connected directly to the riser, e.g., in a tight circumferential friction engagement, or indirectly e.g., connected to buoyancy modules which are themselves connected to the riser. Some rotational slippage may be allowed in some embodiments provided: 1) not all individual fairings 8 are free to rotate to effectively weather-vane about marine element 12, or 2) fairings are secured to one another to maintain relative alignment even if the array rotates. Relative engagement of adjacent fairings 8, e.g., as in staggered fairing system 10A, may provide direct interconnection of fairings endwise to ensure an appropriate spread of orientations.
Returning to FIG. 2, fairing 8 is illustrated connected about riser 12A. The fairing has a leading edge 16 generally directed toward a possible current direction. The leading edge of fairing 8 follows the circular profile of maine element 10, departing therefrom with two shaped sides 18 converging at trailing edge 20. The trailing edge may or may not include a tail 22.
FIG. 2 also illustrates three significant parameters for fairings. These include are the chord length "c" and the thickness "t" which define the chord to thickness ratio of the fairing. Short fairing elements with a short chord to thickness ratio of about 1.5 to about 1.2 and ultrashort fairings with a chord to thickness ratio of about 1.20 to 1.10 are particularly useful for combination into arrays of staggered fairing systems in accordance with the present invention. A third parameter illustrated in FIG. 2 is the orientation of the fairing. Currents and relative position between fairings are defined in angular relationship with a line taken from the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical marine element to trailing edge 20 of the fairing. See angle alpha.
FIG. 3A is a cross section of marine element 12 immediately above staggered faring system 10B which employs two fairings, an upper fairing 8A and a lower fairing 8B, connected about riser 12A. In this illustration, the fairings are arranged 30 degrees on either side of the nominal design current orientation, see current vector V. Thus there are 60 degrees between orientations of the respective upper and lower fairings. This is consistent with a preferred spread between adjacent fairing elements of between 20 and 60 degrees.
However, the current is not always aligned with the nominal design orientation. Thus, FIG. 3B is a similar cross section, here taken through staggered faring system 10C illustrated in FIG. 1. Here current vector V deviates substantially from the nominal orientation. Fairing 8B is itself 75 degrees out of alignment with the current. Acting alone, this would be out of the range of effective VIV suppression. However, fairing 8A is but one component of the system and fairing 8A is well within the range for angle of attack for which effective VIV suppression will be provided the cylindrical marine element 12. Within a range, this is a trade-off of some increases in drag from non-aligned fairings as other fairings in the array remain or enter into more effective VIV suppression alignment.
As a system, it appears that very effective VIV suppression is possible across at least 90 degrees of possible current variance with drag increases which remain acceptable for many of the offshore applications where VIV suppression is important. See FIG. 4 in which increased variance is denoted by areas 30 and 32 over the nominal optimal variance 34 schematically illustrated for a single fairing.
Where drag is less critical, the system can be pushed to the effective limits of individual fairings within the array, with orientations that are repeated systematically down the riser. See FIG. 5, where the array presents orientations across about a 120 degree range between fairings within the array. Here the nominal orientation is met with the whole array within an effective orientation, i.e., within 60 degrees for ultrashort fairings 8A that are most mis-aligned. However, in this embodiment, the chord to thickness ratio increases as individual fairing elements are less eccentric to the nominal current orientation. Thus, fairing element 8C which is aligned with the nominal current orientation is outside the limited "ultrashort" range. This places those fairings which are least susceptible to net drag increases and most forgiving to angle of attack on the periphery, while those that can best provide a drag reduction but with limited angular response are more nearly aligned with the nominal design current. Dotted line 36 illustrates this aspect of this embodiment. Further, some locations may have secondary as well as primary design nominal current orientations, e.g, prevalent seasonal shifts. Again, the array may be constructed to optimally address these prevalent currents as well as a range of deviant current orientations. It should also be noted that more than one staggered fairing system may be deployed on a single marine element and that it may be useful to have these disposed to different orientations. For example, a given location may be routinely subject to different currents as a function of depth in the water column. In this circumstance, different prevailing currents could be optimally addressed with staggered fairing systems deployed at various levels which are designed for the orientation, magnitude, and projected variance expected along the marine element.
FIG. 6 is a graph plotting RMS transverse acceleration against Reynolds number for tests a staggered fairing system configured like those illustrated in FIGS. 3A, 3B and 4. This is a system of two fairings, fairings 8A and 8B about a marine element 13, oriented to plus or minus 30 degrees from the design nominal current orientation which is designated as 0 degrees for FIG. 6. VIV excitement was measured for the staggered fairing system at five different angles of attack, from 0 to 90 degrees. The base line for an unfaired test apparatus is also illustrated on the graph. Significant VIV suppression is still observed for this staggered fairing system even at an angle of attack of 90 degrees.
Although the illustrative embodiment described in detail is a production riser, those skilled in the art and provided this disclosure could readily practice the invention across a full range of other cylindrical marine elements, including, but not limited to subsea pipelines; drilling, import and export risers; tendons for tension leg platforms; legs for traditional fixed and for compliant platforms; cables and other mooring elements for deepwater platforms; and, although not conventionally thought of as such, the hull structure for spar type structures.
Other modifications, changes, and substitutions are also intended in the forgoing disclosure. Further, in some instances, some features of the present invention will be employed without a corresponding use of other features described in these illustrative embodiments. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the spirit and scope of the invention herein.
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Zein International Childcare has 5 locations spread throughout The Hague and offers both full-day care and after-school care for children ages 0-12 years.
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Cooking isn't the easiest thing to do anyway, but when your job is to pose with food while looking sexy, it suddenly becomes really hard and of course equally as messy.
All of these lovely ladies are wearing jeans, but which one is the sexiest? Vote to see which one rules supreme!
A HUGE battle consisting of many rounds of girls going 2 on 2. Let's see who ends up as the winning pair. Everyone who makes it to the end gets a free cookie*! *not really.
Big ones, medium ones, small ones.. This battle does not discriminate. The only thing all the photos have in common is that they feature oily boobs on full display.
Hottest Christmas Themed Photo Battle!
Tis the season to be horny! Let's take a look at all the naughtiest girls of the year that made Santa's job so hard..
With Christmas just around the corner it seems like a good of a time as any to publish this battle by user deceneu. You're in for some tough match-ups!
Best/Sexiest Use of a Vehicle Battle
What a great and unique battle idea. Please read the instructions (below the images) before voting.
Battle of the Naked Oily Bodies!
These girls are oiled up and ready to slip up to the top. Vote for your favorite and see if she is slippery enough!
Gisele's Hottest Photo Battle!
We've trawled through the S&F archives to find the 24 hottest/most interesting photos of Gisele out there. Now it's your jobs to rank them in order by voting for your favorites!
User iamsolo has created an ass battle of his favorite pics. Help put them in the hottest to least hot order by voting for your preferred ass in each of the match ups.
Scariest Halloween Costume Battle
We've compiled a list of the scariest photos on the site along with a few wildcards that don't belong (I'm looking at you bumble bee girl) just to see what will happen.
Favorite NakedNews Anchor Battle!
We've put together a gallery of all the present anchors on NakedNews as well as the more popular former ones to present to you the ultimate
User wyvern70 has put together this list of 20 models wearing various kinds of glasses. Who will finish on top?
It's going to be difficult to vote between the images themselves and the actual holidays/occasions.. but we believe in you!
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His organisation leaked over the weekend that Fuld and one of his colleagues Bart McDade - who sounds more like a character out of The Simpsons - will not receive a bonus this year to atone for the investment bank's poor performance. In the first quarter it lost $2.8 billion (£1.4 billion), which is its first such loss in its history.
Its reputation for shrewdness has been shredded. The shares have fallen by two-thirds this year alone. As a price for getting the capital it needs to be sure to survive it will in future operate at a significantly lower level of gearing which in turn will fundamentally reduce its future profitability.
The hand of clumsy PR is all over the story. We are also told that the decision by Wall Street chiefs to give up their bonuses will be seen of a sign of empathy with their employees, who have been hit by cuts in jobs and pay. To which one can only say: "Dream on."
Employees would have been a lot more impressed if Fuld, or any of the other Wall Street chiefs who sailed straight into the icebergs, had offered to return the bonuses they earned last year or the year before.
Bonuses at the top five US investment banks last year totalled $40 billion. Fuld's share of this last year was $39 million in cash and restricted shares - and this remember was for 2007 when the credit crunch was already six months in the making. If Fuld were to give that back it might mean something to his employees and shareholders. The empty gesture of no bonus this year is little more than an insult.
Carbon trading bucks the trend
It is not gloom everywhere in the City. True, the quarterly survey published today by the CBI and PWC presents a pretty bleak picture of falling volumes, plunging profitability and strenuous efforts to trim costs and headcount as the credit crunch continues to take its toll, in banking, trading and now spreading into insurance. But amid all this pain, the carbon trading market ECX stands out as a beacon of growth and success.
Trading volumes to the end of June show the exchange passed the one billion tonnes mark for CO2 traded in the first six months of the year. It took the full 12 months of 2007 to get to that total and it means volumes were double the those of the first half of last year, a total itself double the volumes of 2006.
To underline the point, total carbon allowances available for trading across the EU are currently two billion tonnes,
The growth means ECX is on target to trade the equivalent of the entire EU allowances before the year is out. This, coupled with the launch of new products which allow it to trade contracts related to carbon reduction projects across the world, is rapidly creating a market with sufficient depth and liquidity to be of serious interest to fund managers.
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Just moved into an unfurnished flat and rather than do the Ikea thing, I've decided to build myself some furniture... First up, a storage system...
I decided to go with scaffolding tubing and planks as the base material. Scaffolding by nature is designed to assemble/disassemble easily, is strong and would give the piece a unique look. It is also modular, meaning you can always add to the unit if you require more space. Scaffolding, planks in particular, can often be picked up used meaning you can do it reasonably cheap..
Tools Needed:
Allen Keys
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Step 1: Design
I wanted this to be able to store the majority of my things so set about designing a unit that would have sections to accommodate clothes, sports/hobby stuff and tools. I also added a small desk/workbench for future projects.
I started by doing a simple sketch, keeping in mind the standards lengths I could purchase the scaffolding tubing and planks in to minimize waste material.
Step 2: Make
This project is very simple to do, only taking a day or two all together:
- Cut the tubing to length with a hacksaw
- Measure out any shelves that aren't 'off the shelve' lengths
- Cut the planks with a saw
- (Optional) I cut V-groves into the small shelves to help them locate on the cross tubes. I set my mitre saw to a 45° bevel, engaged the depth stop and cut. And then finished the cut with a hand saw.
- Sand and finish in your choice of vanish/stains/oils etc.
Step 3: Assemble
With everything cut, its time to assemble. The clamps simply tighten together with an allen key, so the whole unit goes up very quickly!
I just sat the planks on the cross bars without fixings which works perfectly well. You could also drill some some holes and bolt them down...
Finished and ready to fill with your stuff!!
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Jonathan Medd is a Senior Consultant with Xtravirt based in the UK. He has been working with Windows Infrastructure products since 1997, particularly around Active Directory and Exchange, and most recently virtualisation with VMware products. He has held the MCSE certification since 1998 and VMware VCP certification since 2008. In 2007 he discovered Windows PowerShell and he spends a lot of time encouraging IT pros he meets to use PowerShell by talking with them, giving presentations to User Groups or via posts on his blog http://jonathanmedd.net. He also co-hosts a regular PowerShell podcast which contains info on how to learn PowerShell and what's going on in the PowerShell world – you can find this at http://get-scripting.blogspot.com. You can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/jonathanmedd
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Hi jonathan have you experience converting vmware template to ovf with out using ovftoll.
I'm looking for a product that will automatically adjust vmware guest configuration based on analytic data. so, for example, if the data shows a guest runs regularly high memory utilization for a period of 30 days, it verifies that available resources then does the dynamic upgrade.
Does such a solution exist?
Hi Jonathan, I am trying to integrate AVAMAR with VMware vRA/vRO, using Rest API
I have followed your another article:
After following all steps I was able to do login on AVAMAR and I would like to continue creating workflows , but to do that I need to use a TOKEN created on the login session. Could you give a help how to do that?
This article shows all options I can do from AVAMAR command line script
I would like to do the same using VMware vRO.
Thank you very much
@Eduardo, Just saw this comment – not sure if you've figured out what you need regarding using the Avamar REST API with vRO. If not, I can probably help you with that.
Send an email to me using my name separated with a dot (tom.hudgins) using a domain of dell (followed by dot com).


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We believe in challenging the status quo and raising the bar – even if it's us that set the bar. When No Mōr Problems® was first introduced, we had a clear vision: a pool without algae all season long. We wanted pools to live up to the name of having no more problems.
Our flagship product largely accomplished that – but it wasn't perfect. Sure, pools never got algae on No Mōr Problems®, but if you missed a dose you might still get some. Sure you could use a lot less sanitizer, but testing the sanitizer could be difficult. It largely lived up to the name, but it could still be better.
Then we had our big breakthrough with Swamp Treat™: we discovered a formula that not only solved chlorine reading problems, but also made our algaecides exponentially stronger. We immediately thought of what this could mean for No Mōr Problems®.
No Mōr Problems® mk. II utilizes this breakthrough to not only gaurantee you'll get an accurate strong chlorine reading, but also increases its efficacy as an algaecide. How much more effective is it? When we tested it, we saw a pool stay clean for over a month without filtration or sanitizer after one initial dose.
We kept in mind that habits are hard to break, so we also wanted to continue to make it as easy as possible by utilizing the same directions we've all become accustomed to. To use it, there's no need to change what you're doing – keep using it the same way you used old No Mōr Problems®.
Now we can truly say our No Mōr Problems® lives up to the name, making pools as easy and inexpensive to maintain as possible with less chemical and less headaches.
Keep your eye out for the change over to our new formula this year.
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I'm a pool pro and have quite a few customers with over stabilized pools. With the cost of water in southeast Texas, draining a pool to dilute the stabilizer is quite expensive. No Mor Problems allows me to control algae with little to no effort.
The other reviewer here may not followed the directions completely. I don't know. Basically, for every 4 oz of product you put in, you need to put in 1 lb. of shock. This works for me on multiple pools, even my own.
great stuff
Have used product for over four years
my last order was on 3/7,2016. Increased order to4 bottles.Have not had any algae in over 4 years.
Excellent product! I kept having problems with mustard algae here in Texas and for a year I spent fighting this problem. I heard about this product and tried it. I have not had a problem since. My pool is now crystal clear.
Contrary to what is stated above, like Bret I have used it with shock. The results are great. I have an approximately 16,000 gal pool so I use 3 ozs. once a week. The stuff is amazing.


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Swimming is my daughter's favorite summer activity. She loves water and she could stay all day long, that's why she get sunburned so easily. I think I have to blame myself for not buying those sun protection swimwear, I learned my lesson! So when you are out in the sun, wear clothing to protect as much skin as possible.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Sun Protection Swimwear for Girls
Swimming is my daughter's favorite summer activity. She loves water and she could stay all day long, that's why she get sunburned so easily. I think I have to blame myself for not buying those sun protection swimwear, I learned my lesson! So when you are out in the sun, wear clothing to protect as much skin as possible.
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Akesha really looks great in blue color sis. I love the style of this swimwear and surely love her smile!ReplyDelete
That looks really good and can protect them from UV, and I guess, I would have to get my kids this swimwear, to protect them from the sun during swimming time.ReplyDelete
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A must have for kids and to those uncovered areas make sure to spray some UV rays protection.ReplyDelete
hunting for iris summer outfit na rin..negra pa naman yung anakis ko..we need this.. your baby is na mommy..ReplyDelete
Ang cute ng kulot sis.. ^^ReplyDelete
Hey, first time to hear about sun protection swimsuit. As in SPF?! Wow, sounds like a promising product!!
beautiful girl....ReplyDelete
i have been hearing a lot about this sun protection swimwear.i agree on rose, akesh suits the blue suit.ReplyDelete
such a lovely girl, she looks as beautiful as her mom. summer is really coming and it's nice to hit the beachReplyDelete
it looks good to her.. this is really good to protect of having sun burn..ReplyDelete
The swimsuit is very sporty and good that it also protects skin from harmful rays of the sun, pretty Akesha :)ReplyDelete
i don't know if my last comment went through but i will leave another message here to make sure.ReplyDelete
Anyway, i love the style of your daughter's swimwear, it looks comfortable, I'm sure she very much love it! I can't wait to receive mine too for my daughter. I'm quite excited for this upcoming summer time for us to go swimming again finally!
she's such a sweetie. it looks great on her, thanks for sharing about the site, will check it out. :)ReplyDelete
your daughter looks so good in her swimwear, like her, swimming is my favorite activity in the summer too, and wearing SPF swimwear really helps a lot, I only had to worry about my face and a few skin exposed, but not the skin covered by the swimwear.ReplyDelete
Mommy, angayan si Akesh sa iyaha swimwear. Dalagang-dalaga na jud sya buyag oi. I bet excited na jud sya mag ambak2x sa tubig this summer. :) She looks good!ReplyDelete
I also buy my daughter rash guards and I make sure I put sunblock on her skin.ReplyDelete
It's cool that you can buy swimwear with UV protection. You're daughter is pretty and even prettier with her suits.ReplyDelete
I love this!!! It's so perfect for those doesn't want to be tanned this summer. lol.ReplyDelete
It just looks perfect on Akesh, Dhemz. She looks beautiful in anything she wears. Just the perfect model for all your product reviews :-)ReplyDelete
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I had the opportunity to style a food + fashion shoot… I feel like I don't really need to say much more because who wouldn't find entertainment in pairing $400 rings with a $6 burger?
This is the first of many courses the Taste the Style team intends to dish out for #TTSDevour, the perfect cocktail of food and fashion.
For full images & story, head over to Taste the Style!
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I been thrifting, I been thrifting! *Beyoncé voice* I found so many perfect decorations for my "rustic + gold Christmas" in my quest for an Alternative Christmas Tree (i.e. not spending money/resources on a live or manufactured tree & getting über creative with my take on it - let me be a . . .
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The Coppersmith Inn I have always wanted to stay at a Bed & Breakfast because they fully embody old world charm to me. It came as no surprise that my stay at The Coppersmith Inn was one of wonder and merriment, but I was still so excited! After winning tickets to the #BlogElevated Conference . . .


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PV status report 2003: research, solar cell production and market implementation in Japan, USA and the European Union
Photovoltaics is one of the fastest growing industries at present. In the last five years, the production of photovoltaic cells has increased steadily by an average of 40% per year, driven not only by progress in materials and processing technology, but by market introduction programmes in many countries, which increase the demand for solar cell systems. This report is the second edition of the PV Status Report, and tries to give an overview of current activities in Japan, Europe and the USA.
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House prices in Parkgate Mews, Shirley, Solihull B90 3GF
What is the current average value of properties in B90 3GF?
The current average value in B90 3GF in June 2017 is £219,355. This has increased 1.60% from March 2017. Terraced properties sold for a current average value of £180,086 and semi-detached properties valued £200,663. In the past year property prices in B90 3GF have increased 1.78%. This is according to the current Zoopla estimates.
You could be overpaying for energy in Parkgate Mews, Shirley, Solihull B90 3GF
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According to Realtor.com — 12 of the hottest 20 markets in the US are here in California and the top 2 are right in the Bay Area. Guess which city took the number one spot? San Francisco . This study is based on each market's aggregated listing views and average days on the market.
Across the bridge, in the East Bay real estate trenches – I can indeed vouch for the fact that there are many buyers and limited real estate inventory. Many listings are still getting multiple offers. 2016 is off to a strong start.
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My favorite qualities of an attractive city are: buildings with order and variety, visible life, big boulevards & small back streets to help create mystery and variety.
I recognize these are ideals and can be a challenge to implement. I like to see it as food for thought. It helps me regain appreciation for parts of the East Bay that embody these qualities.
A few weeks before Christmas a one bedroom condo in the Oakland Uptown came on the market at $399,000. This 2005 built condo has an exceedingly efficient floor plan. It is a 650 square foot one bedroom with plenty of light with views of the Oakland hills with a sweet office nook. There were 13 offers – the final price was 22% above asking at $487,000 with strong terms. Contrast these results with a similar unit in the building that listed one month prior had an asking price of $405,000 and ended up going for $415,000 – i.e. 2% above asking.
Two lessons can be learned here. First, the December was marketed much better than then prior listing. Second, I believe it has taken some time for the Uber news to gain traction for the market.
It is becoming evident that the Oakland Uptown area is on the rise. Across the way from this particular condo building is the New Parkway, the new Hive area (including: Drake's Dealership and Calavera), .4 miles from 19th street Bart, and .6 miles from Lake Merritt.
This newsletter is a bit late due to a trip that Phil and I took to Austin for the annual February half-marathon/marathon race. We were graciously hosted by our friends, Genevieve and North. The days preceding the race were spent eating Franklin BBQ, breakfast tacos, and drinking Austonian beverages.
The rolling hills of the race course in and around Downtown Austin were balanced out by the kind overcast weather. I met expectations and had some gas in the tank to give it my all towards the finish line despite an untied shoe.
The point of this story is not to talk about my race pace – rather it is a short sweet story about how things can happen quickly at the right place and time.
Our friend and host – North had been looking to purchase a home in Austin for over a year. The day we arrived to town was the day he found a listing in the Rosedale neighborhood. I texted my friend and client – Travis who grew up in Texas and asked if he by chance knew of any excellent realtors in Austin. He quickly asked his dear friend Emily – she gave us two names.
In short, things worked like magic with lightening speed.
My knowledge of Austin real estate (admittedly, null) were no match to Meghan Matta's local expertise in the Austin area. Meghan was completely informative and responsive – these traits are so necessary when you are looking for an amazing realtor. These qualities combined with her depth of experience in the market, and knowledge of standard practices in the area led to lightening speed results. She made it happen.
Lesson learned – when you are looking to buy or sell real estate it is mission critical to look for an agent that has insight into the market and is stellar service skills. As we boarded our plan back to Oakland – we got a text from North letting us know he just got into contract!
Congrats North for getting into contract in Austin! Thank you Travis, Emily, and Meghan for making things happen. Moments like these remind of how interdependent we are on each other.
If you or someone you know are looking for a thoughtful, responsive realtor in the East Bay – please do not hesitate to contact me!
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Suddenly unable to ssh into ASA firewalls
We were able to ssh into the ASA management interfaces and all of sudden it has stopped working. The ssh client is putty. I ran a debug on the ASA while initiating ssh from putty and following is the output.
ANTIX-ASA/stby# Device ssh opened successfully.
SSH1: SSH client: IP = '192.168.1.50' interface # = 3
SSH: host key initialised
SSH1: starting SSH control process
SSH1: Exchanging versions - SSH-1.99-Cisco-1.25
SSH1: send SSH message: outdata is NULL
server version string:SSH-1.99-Cisco-1.25SSH1: Session disconnected by SSH serve
r - error 0x3c "Time-out activated"
SSH1: receive SSH message: [no message ID: variable *data is NULL]
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Ramdev as the Bruce Lee of yoga Dipankar Gupta Mail Today: Jun 8, 2011
Hindus have problems gathering around a religious leader, as a religious leader. They quickly transform the person, saffron robes, notwithstanding, to a specialist healer, magician and personal good luck charm. Hindus, therefore, make bad devotees but good clients.
As tradition tells us, Hindus are not given to collective sentiments in their religious observances. The concept of a church or congregation is foreign to them. This is why one can be a pious Hindu yet never set foot in a temple. To be able to host an at-home with your own customised guru is the ultimate Hindu fantasy. This would not work for Muslims, Sikhs or Christians. The idea of a 'communion' is essential in these religions. Hence, when Hindus flock to a so-called sadhu it is not always on account of religion.
They are attracted to bearded individuals in saffron because of their supposed magical or physical powers. They are worried when such a person dies for they wonder who their next all-round talisman would be. Other religions do not think that way, primarily because the communion is so important for them. That also explains why no Christian priest, or Muslim maulvi or Sikh granthi would produce ashes, watches or sweets out of his sleeve, or hat, to win adherents."
Monkeys, morals, mathematics Deccan Chronicle - Jayant V. Narlikar - Jun 8, 2011
Indeed, as one drives deeper into the garden of mathematics, one discovers that logical arguments take the front seat and number crunching takes the backseat. This may help understand why in the world of expert mathematicians, a person with the mental ability of performing quick additions, multiplications etc., is not considered a mathematician. For the same reason, the so-called vedic mathematics is not an example of higher mathematics.
I, therefore, suggest that once a week the maths teacher should devote an entire period playing games and solving puzzles that have a mathematical base. This way the pupils will learn to appreciate the subject for what it really is and will cease to be afraid of it. Such entertaining byways to various aspects of mathematics do exist and are waiting to be enjoyed.


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