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The Weekender – cash sculpture, Avatar the nightclub and face squid pregancy
Aside from serving you fine folk up with regular artsy-weird-whimsy, The Weekender is a big fan of jogging and can often be found pootling up down the Thames path drinking in the views and staving off a heart attack. Almost without fail while out running, someone will shout "Run Forest Run!" at me, it could be a tramp, some yobs or even a street entertainer angling for a cheap laugh (which they usually get). Now The Weekender can take a joke (kind of) but this just seems baffling. All this "joke" does is reference an old film where someone also does some running. If you pass an off duty soldier you don't shout Apocalypse Now! because they're also wearing camouflage. If you see a potentially lost child you wouldn't scream Home Alone and then high five a passer-by. Actually maybe some of you would. To business!
Best of the site
This week it was a lot about creative craft – we started off by revelling in the woven genius of Grayson Perry, celebrated the still-life compositions of Daniel Gordon and were wowed by Rodrigo Torres' tremendous cash sculptures.
Best of Best of the Rest
This week we enjoyed Jay Mcinerney's take on the enduring appeal of The Great Gatsby (although how about a spoiler alert Guardian guys and gals??) we were interested to meet the graphic designer Ron Arad hired off the street and we loved Esquire's guide to managerial style at Euro 2012.
Best of the rest
This week we were thrilled to see our old pal Guy Laramee's new book sculptures on FlavorWire, we thought this piece about typographic book covers was really thought-provoking and we were interested to see the debate about the new University of the Arts London identity (tin hats on everyone!).
Tweet of the week
"How was dinner?" "Ok. A squid got me pregnant in the face."
A lot of competition this week (take a bow Twitter) but this from @Calbo made me laugh without even knowing what it was about. Then I did my research and this is INSANE.
Impressive feat/unhealthy addiction of the week
Harry Hill famously once pointed out that heroin is very more-ish, but for certain swathes of the population computer games can be just as addictive. Take this guy for example who has been playing the same game of Civilisation II for ten years. What's brilliant is that since this was published the online community have been rallying round to try and help him end it…
Nelson-from-The Simpsons-style-"Har-har"-moment of the week
A brilliant, brilliant piece by Daniel Kahneman for The New Yorker but I bet you fall for the riddley-bit at the start. We sure did. Damn you Kahneman!
Clarification of the week
This article about the truth behind some of London's more unusual names is probably the only piece which cleared up a brothel/casserole confusion this week. I'm not definite, but pretty confident.
Nightlife innovation of the week
The formula of a good night out is fairly simple but that doesn't stop all sorts of people bending over backwards to improve/meddle with them. It can be as simple as an anti-jostle bar device but it can be a lot, lot stranger…
Eagle eyes of the week
Isn't it weird when you're sat watching your favourite big-budget fantasy drama series and you spot that one of the decapitated heads on a spike bears an uncanny resemblance to a former American president? No us neither, but someone did…
Oh you just did some reading?! Good Will Hunting!
- Twin brothers V/A/B on their "difficultly simple" approach to design
- The people's choice, it's Best of the Web!
- Larry Hallegua captures sun worshippers on Pattaya Beach in Thailand
- Lukas Korshan photographs Dulwich Hamlet FC, where you can "drink beer, stand up, and let loose"
- "The field is stretching itself bigger and bigger" - Jurgen Bey on design education and infinite possibility
- Peter Judson messes with depth perception in new personal project, Infection
- Fashion photographer Miles Aldridge shoots the cast of Game of Thrones for Time Magazine
- The Netherlands' royal crest changes gender for national women's football team kit by Nike
- Peek inside erotic magazine Odiseo's very NSFW tenth issue
- Rick and Morty's Exquisite Corpse trailer features 22 animators including Simon Landrein and Bendik Kaltenborn
- Design director, Gail Bichler, on The New York Times Magazine typography exhibition
- Mark Shaw captures the glamour of haute couture runways from the 1950s


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Eloise Gomez Reyes held a news conference Saturday afternoon outside of her law office in Colton to declare she's running for Congress.
"Today I'm officially announcing my candidacy for Congress in the 31st District in the state of California," she told a crowd of supporters.
Gomez Reyes, 57, is the fourth Democrat to enter the race in the 31st against the incumbent, Rep. Gary Miller, D-Rancho Cucamonga. The district covers an area from Rancho Cucamonga to Redlands.
The Democratic field includes former Rep. Joe Baca, Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar and San Bernardino school board member Danny Tillman.
At age 57, this is Gomez Reyes' first run for office. She said she has worked on campaigns before, including those of Baca.
If elected, Gomez Reyes said she would bring money in the form of jobs to the Inland Empire, and fight for veterans' rights and benefits for the retired.
"Something has to be done to put this district first, and I don't think that's the way its been done in the past," she said in a phone interview Friday evening.
Gomez Reyes said she has received support and has fundraisers scheduled. She said she has many college students working on her campaign and encouraged everyone to vote.
"We do want to have a higher voter turnout," Gomez Reyes said. "That's important to me, even if they don't vote for me. "
A primary in June 2014 will determine which two candidates will square off in the November midterm election.
"I'm receiving tremendous support from Emily's List - probably one of the biggest supporters - but the biggest show of support is from the community," Gomez Reyes said.
At her news conference, college students distributed "Gomez Reyes for Congress" signs while others snacked on fruit on the front lawn of the law building.
Colton Mayor Sarah Zamora was the first to speak at the news conference. Afterward, she said she has known Gomez Reyes for more than 20 years and is supporting her because of her integrity.
"She has nothing but the interest of the citizens of the 31st District in her heart," Zamora said.
Gomez Reyes' mother, Jessie Gomez, introduced her daughter to the audience in Spanish.

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Piet Mondrian was an artist in the early 20th century who is famous for taking only colored rectangles and black lines, and putting them on a canvas in order to show the relationship that colors have with one another, and how well they stand out alone, and in the process he helped to redefine what people thought of as "art". Inspired by Mondrian, the set design for "The Shape of Things" by Neil LaBute was also a minimalistic, beautiful, and filled with lines and colored rectangles.
Similarly, there were only four actors in the entire play. They all stood out well, each with their own individual colors and style. Together, they brought out the differences in one another and their own true colors. "The Shape of Things" was also well-written, complete with lots of television, movie, and literary references, and scene changes were accompanied by modern music that helped reinforce the previously acted out emotional points, and to set the stage for the next scene. The minimalist sets were of interest, but in no way hindered the acting.
While all of the actors did a very convincing job, special credit should go to Kathryn Keyes' portrayal of Evelyn. She hooks the audience's attention in the opening scene, and gently strings them along throughout the entire production.
This show is for adults only, and does deal with some adult-themes that would not be appropriate for the kiddos. There is also occasional strong language. Keeping that in mind, this play will definitely cause its audience members to stop and appreciatively re-evaluate their own perceptions of themselves, and their relationships with the people around them, much like Piet Mondrian once did with his "art".
"The Shape of Things" plays at the Topeka Civic Theater on June 22 & 23, and June 29 & 30 at 8pm, with a Sunday Show on June 24 at 2pm. Tickets are $15 each. Purchase tickets on-line, call the box office at 785-357-5211, or stop in at 3028 SW 8th Avenue.


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Heart Specialists at Medical City Denton
Every year, the cardiovascular experts at Medical City Denton perform advanced surgeries and procedures that make a difference in thousands of lives. We perform the most cardiac procedures in the area, utilizing state-of-the-art technology, techniques, and procedures to provide better outcomes and quicker recoveries for our patients.
First in Heart
Medical City Denton has a long history of excellence in cardiac care, and has led the way in Denton County by providing the following firsts for our community:
- First Cardiac Catheterization Lab
- First Pacemaker Placement
- First Open Heart Surgery
- First Off-Pump Open Heart Surgery
- First Accredited Chest Pain Center
- First Minimally Invasive Cardiac Robotic Surgery
As Denton's only Cycle III Accredited Chest Pain Center, no other hospital is better prepared in a cardiac emergency. Our experts partner with local EMS units to share technology that allows them to transmit important diagnostic information from the field to our facility. As a result, our "door-to-balloon" time (critical in opening blocked arteries) is better than the national average.
Watch Tommy's story below to see how the right team can make a difference during a heart attack
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State-of-the-art technology is at the heart of our new Electrophysiology (EP) Lab. The experts at Denton Regional utilize some of the most advanced tools available, allowing them to better diagnose and treat patients with abnormal heart rhythms. The capability to perform cardiac mapping, ablation studies, defibrillator implantation and other advanced procedures now exists right here at home.
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Cardiovascular Surgery
The experts at Medical City Denton provide some of the most advanced minimally invasive heart surgeries in the area. As pioneers in beating heart procedures, over 95% of our procedures are performed off-pump, improving safety for our patients and decreasing recovery times. We are also the first hospital in the area to offer robot-assisted heart surgery.
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Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
Medical City Denton is proud to introduce the new da Vinci Si Surgical System, the latest advancement in minimally invasive robotic surgery. This system provides several patient benefits compared to traditional open surgery, including:
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- Better patient outcomes
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Cardiac Rehabilitation is an important step in getting back to your life after a cardiac event, such as a heart attack, or after heart surgery. The program provides education related to heart health, as well as monitored exercise programs prescribed by your physician to help you on your path to recovery.
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Our Services
Denton Regional offers one of the most comprehensive cardiovascular programs in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. These services include:
- Ablation Studies
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- Cardiac Catheterization
- Cardiac Mapping
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Coronary and Peripheral Stenting
- Defibrillator Implantation
- Echocardiograms
- Stress Testing
- Metabolic Testing
- Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCABG) Surgery
- Open Heart Surgery
- Robot-Assisted Heart Surgery
- Pacemaker Insertion
- Thrombolytic Therapy (Clot-Busting Drugs)
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Keep customers and clientele organized and stylish with gifts from ePromos, where we have a sophisticated selection of briefcases and attachés. Each accessory is ready for branding with your business artwork or name! Used by both staff and customers, these bags make for ideal thank you gifts and trade show giveaways sure to earn your brand plenty of attention. With a huge selection to choose from, our team is on hand to help guide you through the process of finding and designing the perfect promotional briefcase or attaché.
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2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Problems
RepairPal has identified the most common problems with the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee based on complaints from actual vehicle owners. We'll tell you what the problem is and what it'll take to fix it.
Temperature blend and recirculation doors commonly fail, which can cause the AC modes not to change or the temperature to be different on the left and right sides. If replacing blend air doors, a recirculation door, a door link, or a sub-assembly housing, new heating, ventilation and AC (HVAC) sub-assemblies are available that improve reliability.
The power window motor commonly fails in the front and rear doors. This may require replacement of the complete window regulator assembly which will include the window motor.
The AC/heater (HVAC) system may unexpectedly switch to the defrost mode when accelerating. This system is operated by engine vacuum and should be inspected for any vacuum leaks if this problem develops. There is also a revised vacuum check valve available to address this concern.
The thermostat may fail to close completely, causing the Check Engine Light to illuminate. This problem will prevent the engine from reaching normal operating temperature; a new thermostat should be installed.
The AC evaporator drain commonly clogs and causes water to leak onto the passenger side floor. A sloshing noise may also be heard from the water inside the heater housing. Decaying organic debris in the housing may cause an odor. A service bulletin (TSB 24-06-96) was released; it describes how to clean the drain tube without removing the heater AC housing.
A Check Engine Light may illuminate indicating a "Cylinder #3 Misfire." This normally occurs in hot weather after the vehicle has been driven, parked for ten to twenty minutes, and then restarted. Heat from the exhaust vaporizes fuel inside the #3 fuel injector and causes the misfire. Installing an insulator sleeve normally lowers the temperature enough so the fuel will not vaporize.
Software updates are available to solve various Check Engine Light and warning light related issues.
Failure in the blower motor power module (automatic temperature controls) or resistor block (manual AC) may cause the heater blower motor to work only on the high setting. The connector to the power module/resistor block is known to overheat (and sometimes melt). The connector or terminals should be replaced; a replacement connector is available.
Electrical contacts in the tail lamp housing tend to break or melt, which can cause the brake lights to fail or work intermittently. Complete inspection of the tail light housing and bulbs is recommended before replacing any parts.
Loose or worn suspension and steering components can cause a wobble or shaking in the steering wheel. It may happen at a certain speed and subside as the vehicle accelerates through the range. Tire balance can contribute to this as well.
A ticking noise may be noted when vehicle is cold due to an exhaust leak caused by broken exhaust manifold bolts. Replacement of these bolts and associated gaskets is necessary to fix the condition.
Due to warped front brake rotors or variations in the thickness of the rotors, brake pulsations may develop. The best method to reduce pulsations is to use an "On the Car" brake lathe (as long as the rotors are suitable for turning). "On the Car" equipment can correct variations (or "runout") in the rotor surfaces because it also corrects variations in other components (e.g. the hub).
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Due to misfires, you may experience a loss of power when accelerating between 50 and 70 MPH (most noticeable below 32° F). This is commonly caused by carbon buildup on the valve stems, as a result the exhaust valves may close too late. All of the exhaust valves should be inspected and if necessary the engine should be decarbonized.


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Washington • President Barack Obama on Tuesday renewed his pledge to close the prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but the impediments that have thwarted him thus far remain.
At a White House news conference, Obama said he would try to persuade Congress to end restrictions that have prevented him from closing the facility. The president's comments followed the arrival Monday of medical reinforcements at the U.S. naval prison to help deal with a hunger strike by about 100 of the 166 detainees there. The forced feeding of detainees has re-focused human rights concerns on the issue.
"I don't want these individuals to die," Obama told reporters.
He added that the situation was "not sustainable" and that he had asked advisers to review it. He also said he would press the issue with lawmakers.
"I'm going to re-engage with Congress to try to make the case that this is not something that's in the best interest of the American people," he said.
Obama first vowed to close the prison while campaigning for president ahead of his 2008 election. But after Congress passed restrictions on the transfer of detainees to the United States and other countries, the president largely abandoned the issue.


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These challenging and unusual concert pieces for the more advanced violinist have been performed with great success by Aleksey Igudesman himself. Recordings of Fasten Seat Belts are available from
These four atmospheric compositions for violin and piano were written at the intermediate level. They are suitable for both teaching material and recitals.
Since the first performance of Igudesman & Joo's highly successful show A Little Nightmare Music, musicians have asked for the sheet music. Three pieces for violin and piano are now available! Igudesman
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Course DescriptionUses Sibelius, Finale, or other software to generate music notation and charts to transcribe music and to create scores, harmonizations, and orchestrations.
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon successful completion, students should be able to:
- Apply accepted practices for music notation and chart page layout;
- Transcribe music from recorded source materials or known music;
- Create readable lead sheets for original and/or cover songs and instrumental pieces;
- Compose additional vocal and/or instrumental parts from a single melody line
Course Activities and Design
- Discussion and application of music notation rules and accepted
- Introduction to notation software, basic operations and techniques;
- Creation of lead sheets, including melody, chords, lyrics, and music flow (repeats, etc.);
- Discussion and application of techniques for harmonizing and orchestration;
- Creation of multi-part scores, and extraction of individual parts from the score, including necessary transpositions;
- Playback of scores in class.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
- In-class quizzes may be used to evaluate students understanding of notation rules and practice. For example: placement of note stems for single and dual parts; proper use of meter and correct placement of partial measures; proper use of repeats, endings, D.S., D.C., fine, coda, etc.; identification and correct usage of key signatures.
- Projects to be completed in lab demonstrate skills for proper notation
and use of software. For example:
- Transcribe melody lines and chordal harmony from recorded source
- Create lead sheets for original or cover songs, clearly showing melody and song form, along with chord symbols, lyrics, and any other necessary markings or instructions.
- Create harmonizations, counterpoint and/or riffs (2-3 additional parts) from a single melody line (using one of the lead sheets as a starting point).
- Present as a concert pitch multi-staff score, or as a choral score with SATB and accompaniment parts.
- Create parts extracted from the score for individual musicians and singers. Transpose as necessary for certain instruments.
- Transcribe melody lines and chordal harmony from recorded source
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
- Review of music notation practice and guidelines;
- Music dictation practice;
- Music notation in the software environment;
- Starting a new score;
- Adding instruments / staves to the score;
- Methods for inputting notes to the score;
- Editing tools;
- Adding title, composer, publisher and copyright information;
- Adding lyrics, chord symbols, and other text;
- Adding repeats, endings, and other music flow markings;
- Adding articulation marks, slurs, dynamics and other markings;
- Page layout and formatting for lead sheet, score, parts;
- Transcribing by ear from recorded material;
- Review of basic harmonization techniques;
- Writing harmonies and other support parts;
- Extracting individual parts from score, with transposition;
- Playing back the score;
- Printing the score and parts;
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Can the int init() function be called from the rest of the functions in the program? Thank you in advance.
Can it? Sure, it's a function just like any other. I did it here How to Draw Cnadle chart in indicator_separate_window ? (XDXD) - MQL4 forum
Should it? Probably not for style. I'd create an second function and have init do only what init should, and have it all the second one.


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After Reddit's attempt to find the Boston Marathon bombers turned into a major failure (for which Reddit's general manager Erik Martin publicly apologized Monday), the over-all conclusion seems to be that the whole experiment was misguided from the start, and that the Redditors' inability to identify the Tsarnaev brothers demonstrates the futility of using an online crowd of amateur sleuths to help with a criminal investigation. Or, as the Times's Nick Bilton put it, "It looks as if the theory of the 'wisdom of crowds' doesn't apply to terrorist manhunts." That proposition may be true. But Reddit's failure isn't evidence for it.
Read the rest: "Reddit and the Marathon Bombers: The Wise Way to Crowdsource a Manhunt" [newyorker.com] Read the rest
Update: Be sure to check out our first post about this from 2007!
This 2007 profile of Hubert Duprat's work with caddis fly larvae is a tiny, entomological miracle. The larvae build their cocoons with whatever material is at hand; Duprat forces them to build with gold and precious gems, making spectacular bio-organic jewelry.
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Duprat, who was born in 1957, began working with caddis fly larvae in the early 1980s. An avid naturalist since childhood, he was aware of the caddis fly in its role as a favored bait for trout fishermen, but his idea for the project depicted here began, he has said, after observing prospectors panning for gold in the Ariège river in southwestern France. After collecting the larvae from their normal environments, he relocates them to his studio where he gently removes their own natural cases and then places them in aquaria that he fills with alternative materials from which they can begin to recreate their protective sheaths. He began with only gold spangles but has since also added the kinds of semi-precious and precious stones (including turquoise, opals, lapis lazuli and coral, as well as pearls, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds) seen here. The insects do not always incorporate all the available materials into their case designs, and certain larvae, Duprat notes, seem to have better facility with some materials than with others. Additionally, cases built by one insect and then discarded when it evolves into its fly state are sometimes recovered by other larvae, who may repurpose it by adding to or altering its size and form.
I'm loving the Scarfolk site, where "Dr R Littler" chronicles the mysteries of an English town stuck in a Wyndham-esque loop betwen 1969 and 1979. It's full of the most lovely horrors. It's all so perfectly wrought and so grisly and freaked out and perfectly aged. If only we could all retire to Scarfolk and never grow old!
Scarfolk is a town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. Here in Scarfolk, pagan rituals blend seamlessly with science; hauntology is a compulsory subject at school, and everyone must be in bed by 8pm because they are perpetually running a slight fever. "Visit Scarfolk today. Our number one priority is keeping rabies at bay." For more information please reread.
Oh hell YES. DeviantArtist ArtistAbe has crossed Batman with the stretching portraits at the Disneyland Haunted Mansion. His substitutions are extremely well-thought-through and well-wrought. The fact that these are DC comics mixed into the Disney/Marvelverse gives it all a rogerrabbitesque mind-bend, too:
Harley Quinn and Killer Croc- This was the last one I did because I was still unsure what I wanted to do with Harley Quinn's outfit. Sure I could have made it easier on myself just to put her in her standard costume, but I'd miss the opportunity to put her in a dress. I'm not that great at fashion, but this was one of the ideas I had for her outfit that I finally settled on. Pretty happy with how it turned out. :) I thought about giving her the umbrella for a split second, but then it's Harley! So I gave her a croquet mallet. Croc was the obvious choice to replace the crocodile.
Joker and Scarface- The original portrait had his pants down, so who better to pull that off than the Joker! He's doing the drinking water while still having the puppet talk trick, just fyi. I didn't intend to have at least two Batman characters in each portrait, but it kind of happened that way. I've always liked the Scarface character so I jumped at the chance to draw him in this piece...
That may explain why roughly half of patients taking efavirenz at the prescribed dose have reported neuropsychiatric side effects that include suicidal depression, night terrors, hallucinations, paranoia, psychosis and delusions. And it may also explain why efavirenz tablets are reportedly being ground up and smoked by drug abusers looking for a hallucinogenic high.
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Damen Corrado from Imperium Pictures let me know about this nice video tribute to MAD creator Harvey Kurtzman. He says "it features a lot of his work from the current exhibition at the Society of Illustrators in NYC, and interviews with Al Jaffee and Bob Grossman, with a jazz soundtrack by Nik Turner of Hawkwind."
Cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993) founded the satirical MAD magazine in 1952 and forever altered the way young readers experienced the media and consumer culture around them. As the late film critic Roger Ebert explained, "I learned to be a movie critic by reading MAD magazine. I learned a lot of other things from the magazine too, including a whole new slant on society. MAD's parodies made me aware of the machine inside the skin–of the way a movie might look original on the outside, while inside it was just recycling the same dumb old formulas. I did not read the magazine, I plundered it for clues to the universe."
After MAD, Kurtzman worked with a team of artists including Al Jaffee, Jack Davis and Will Elder on a series of short-lived but influential publications, including Trump, Humbug and Help! At Help!, a fortuitous nexus of nascent sketch comedy and underground "comix," Kurtzman worked with then unknowns Woody Allen, Gloria Steinem and R. Crumb, among many others. Terry Gilliam, who met John Cleese while working there, considered Kurtzman "one of the godparents of Monty Python."
The Society of Illustrators in NYC is hosting a retrospective exhibition on Harvey Kurtzman through May 11, 2013
Previously: The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics Read the rest
These album art cakepops were made by Miss Insomnia Tulip for an unnamed client. Nice work, and infringealicious!
Last week I announced that Abrams books was giving a copy of the new book, Marijuanamerica (reviewed here) to five Boing Boing readers. The winners would be chosen from the comments. They're all worth reading, but I had to pick five, and you can read them here. Congrats to all the winners - if your username is listed below please email me (firstname.lastname@example.com) so I can arrange to have your book sent to you.
Pink Frankenstein: One time when in junior high school, I was walking through town during the 4th of July. One of the surfer kids was sitting on the steps of a catholic school smoking a joint. This was about 1978 or so. He was my age so that's about 14. While I was walking by, a cop was coming the other direction and simply told the kid from afar to put that thing out. I remember the kid looking all mad and hassled by the man. Crazy times.Read the rest
Mitmunk's chainmail tights don't actually appear to be on sale any longer, but the design is a treat.
(via Geeks Are Sexy)
Update: Hurrah, they're back on sale (thanks, Dean!) Read the rest
Goth anthem "Bela Lugosi's Dead" by Bauhaus time-stretched into nine hours. Oh Belllllaaaaaa! (via Dangerous Minds, thanks, Patrick Kelly!)
Bauhaus: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" live, 1982 - Boing Boing Peter Murphy in Maxell cassette ad - Boing Boing Batman/Bauhaus t-shirt - Boing Boing Bauhaus first two albums remastered and reissued - Boing Boing Peter Murphy busted for DUI hit-and-run injury and meth possession Dali's Car by Peter Murphy and Mick Karn - Boing Boing
Chris Evans sez, "I made this 8bit London Underground map a while ago, entirely in Tile Studio with a bit of Gimp to add text."
Finished Super Mario Bros 3 Zone 1 tube map. Now without stupid watermark and decent resolution. Read the rest
"When we go to somebody's wedding, the reception always has those little napkins with the bride and groom's names and wedding bells printed on them," Dermer says. "You can separate the layers of tissue and get one thin tissue with the name of the bride and the groom. We always bring a little bit of bamboo, monofilament fishing line, sewing thread, and glue. In about 20 minutes, bingo, we've made a couple of wedding kites for the happy couple we can present on the spot. We've got a lot of those out there."
(Reminds me of the song that I love and hate with equal passion: "Kites are Fun," by The Free Design.)Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession Read the rest


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The body of a man has been found wrapped in a sheet and dumped by the side of a road in Sydney's west, police say.
The victim is believed to have had his hands tied behind his back with black cable ties when he was found near Bankstown Hospital on Wednesday night.
An off-duty paramedic is believed to have discovered the body on Antwerp Street in Bankstown, near the intersection with Eldridge Road, about 11.25pm. Initial reports suggested that the man had been shot in the head, however police later said that was not the case.
Police set up a crime scene that stretches for 500 metres along Antwerp Street and forensic police are examining the area. Officers from the Regional Enforcement Squad on Thursday morning scoured the adjacent Ray Buchanan Oval in search of clues to help the investigation.
A NSW Police spokesman said the death was being treated as suspicious, but would not immediately confirm how the man had died.
He said no further information about the man's death was available.
The area where the body was found is adjacent to Bankstown Hospital and Bankstown Senior College, and is near the Bankstown City Sports Complex.
The man was wrapped in a coloured sheet, and was wearing a pair of tracksuit pants, a blue T-shirt and joggers.
Antwerp Street has been closed between Eldridge Road and Augusta Street while police examine the area.
Police have urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Khitan Rai, who lives on the street, said she first leant of the body when police arrived late last night.
"It's scary," she said. "It's very strange how people can do this.
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Playground demolition
The DRC published [Aug. 15] Ed Soph's guest column promoting the demolition of the Eureka playground in South Lakes Park. Supposedly, a safer structure of some type will take its place.
Apparently, Mr. Soph just doesn't seem able to get a good night's sleep until that joyous day when the "Eureka play structure" has been demolished (and the soil beneath it carted away).
Mr. Soph apparently has given little or no thought to the health of the workers who may be exposed to arsenic while demolishing the playground and digging up the soil beneath it (perhaps Mr. Soph would volunteer to help with that job).
He also apparently gives little or no thought to where the arsenic contaminated materials will eventually wind up (probably not in Mr. Soph's backyard).
Perhaps Mr. Soph is most worried that after the Eureka playground is gone and buried, he will have to look for a new cause with which to frighten the local populace.
Or perhaps he already has a new one in mind.
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Recently, I was a lucky winner @ Moms Helping Moms. I won a great pair of Sage Creek Organic PJs from My Little Snuggle Bug Baby Boutique for my little girl Dylan.
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The topics of the scientific presentations at the Grand Hotel ranged from stem cells and the mechanisms underlying aging and age-related diseases, to the nuts and bolts of metabolic syndrome and the inner workings of a cell's nucleus. A palpable sense of excitement accompanied the talks as faculty members explained their research and reinforced what it means to be part of an institution whose investigators publish more seminal papers per scientist than any other biomedical research facility worldwide.
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Today, the Council consists of more than 80 distinguished men and women who are worldwide leaders in business, medicine, law, the arts and community affairs. They meet bi-annually to learn about the fast pace of basic biological research at the Salk. In return, members give of their time and treasure and serve as ambassadors of Institute by sharing their understanding and enthusiasm about the Salk's groundbreaking research with new audiences worldwide.


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The very nature of business ownership demands a certain amount of intrepid risk-taking. But not all risks are worth it. Here's how to minimize unnecessary cash risks in your business and help reduce the exposure when your risk-taking backfires.
Insurance is the first thing that comes to mind when we think about controlling risk, but there are different ways to target our insurance dollars to get the smartest coverage.
Properly managing cash flow is another important factor to consider when planning your risk mitigation strategies. Many companies have healthy cash flow, but hold very little cash in reserve in case of emergency.
Consider how your company would react financially to the loss of your largest customer or from the arrival of a new competitor that undercut your prices by 25 percent. How long would it take you to react and what resources would you have on-hand to keep the doors open?
Most business management consultants suggest keeping at least six months worth of operating costs at-the-ready for just such contingencies. Though your business might need to contract to survive, and some of your operating costs could be reduced, having cash on hand is its own form of insurance.
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Today they host Colwyn Bay (3pm) at Aggborough looking to add another three points to their tally in the quest for survival in Skrill North.
Grimes said: "We scrapped at Histon and when you're down there that's what you've got to do first and foremost.
"From the finishes and some of the play we could have had more goals so we've got the players in there to stay up comfortably, I believe. It's just taking each game as it comes.
"They have been struggling for results recently but it was a great win and hopefully we can build from it. I thought we looked strong against a young side and we used our physicality well."
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TV Dinner Cupcakes
This unique cupcake recipe is courtesy of Karen Tack and can be found in her cookbook, "Hello, Cupcake!" To make the drumstick cupcakes, first download and print the bone template.
- Yield: Makes 6 cupcakes
Source: The Martha Stewart Show, April Spring 2008
- 6 vanilla cupcakes Vanilla Cupcakes, baked in silver foil liners
For the Drumsticks
- 1/4 cup white chocolate melting wafers, melted
- 1 cup Vanilla Frosting for Cupcakes
- 3 plain store-bought doughnut holes
- 1 cup cornflake crumbs
For the Mashed Potatoes
- 1 yellow fruit chew, such as Laffy Taffys or Starbursts, cut into a 1-inch square
- 3 tablespoons Vanilla Frosting for Cupcakes
- 1/2 tablespoon store-bought caramel sauce, heated
For the Peas and Carrots
- 3 orange fruit chews, such as Tootsie Fruit Rolls or Starbursts, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons Vanilla Frosting for Cupcakes
- Green gel food coloring
- 2 tablespoons hard green candies, such as Runts
For the Chocolate Pudding
- 3 tablespoons Karen Tack's Chocolate Frosting
- 1 teaspoon colored sprinkles
To make the drumsticks: Place the bone template on a baking sheet. Cover with parchment paper; set aside. Place melted chocolate into a resealable plastic bag and snip a 1/8-inch corner from the bag. Following the bone template, pipe an outline onto the parchment paper. Fill the bone in with chocolate and lightly tap pan to smooth top of chocolate. Repeat process 3 times. Refrigerate until firm, about 5 minutes.
Spread vanilla frosting on top of 3 cupcakes, mounding it slightly. Place 1 doughnut hole on top of each cupcake. Spread frosting over the doughnut hole until it is smooth and covered.
Place cornflake crumbs in a medium bowl. Gently press frosted cupcakes in crumbs to cover completely. Place cupcakes in a 6-cup disposable aluminum cupcake baking tray.
Using a sharp knife, make a small slit in the top of each crumbed doughnut hole. Carefully peel 1 chocolate bone from the parchment paper and insert the pointed end into one of the slits. Repeat with remaining 2 bones and cupcakes.
To make the mashed potatoes: Spread vanilla frosting on 1 cupcake, mounding it slightly. Use a small spoon to create a well in the center of the frosting. Place cupcake in aluminum baking tray. Place yellow fruit chew in the well at an angle. Drizzle caramel sauce on top of cupcake so that it fills the well and spills over like gravy.
To make the peas and carrots: Color vanilla frosting with green food coloring and spread on top of 1 cupcake. Arrange orange fruit chews and green candies on top of cupcake, pressing them into the frosting. Place cupcake in aluminum baking tray.
To make the chocolate pudding: Place chocolate frosting in a resealable plastic bag; press out all the excess air and seal to enclose. Snip a 1/4-inch corner from the bag. Pipe chocolate frosting into a spiral swirl onto the remaining cupcake. Top with sprinkles and place in aluminum baking tray. Serve.
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MS124563662 FEB, 2009if i were you, babymomABM, i'd try separating out the green skittles from a bag of regular skittles. or you could use plain MReply
babymomABM25 NOV, 2008I have wanted to make these for 6 months now and have even bought the Hello Cupcake book (which I LOVE) but I can't find the runt candies or anything green to substitute for them either. Any ideas?!?Reply
zbelly_3214 APR, 2008must we always have to sit through the commercial!!!?? I hate that. Seriously, I need Tivo online too!Reply
ElComer11 APR, 2008I guess I need to mention I'm dialup and can't view the video. LOLReply
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Study of rare star system confirms Einstein's theory of relativity
A newly discovered star system seems to have provided additional evidence in support for Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
Einstein's theory of relativity, which states objects with mass cause a curvature in space and time, seems to have met expectations in its more difficult test to date.
Einstein's theory, presented in 1915, remains one of the fundamental laws of physics. The law, which does well in explaining how objects operate on a large level (stars, planets, etc.), consistently breaks down when match against the law of quantum mechanics. When applied to extremely large and dense objects, such as black holes, the two laws contradict each other, presenting physicists with a challenge.
According to astronomers, a pair of stars orbiting each other seems to backup Einstein's theory. The pair of stars, located nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth, create one of the most intense gravitational systems ever observed. One of the stars is a white dwarf, according to astronomers, while the other star is one of the densest neutron stars ever discovered, creating a gravitation field 300 billion times stronger than that on Earth. The latter is twice as heavy as the sun, but just 12 miles (20 kilometres) across.
Scientists say the pair of stars creates a rare scenario in which the gravitational field created by the pulsar, dubbed PSR J0348+0432, is so strong it causes deviations in the white dwarf's motion. Einstein's theory posits that a close binary system will radiate gravitational energy in the form of ripples in spacetime called gravitational waves. As a result, the binary slowly loses energy, the stars move closer, and the orbital period shortens as predicted by Einstein.
Working with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO), astronomers were able to observe gravitational ripples in space via the star's motion, providing data that seems to prove Einstein's theory. According to observations, small additions in mass seems to result in significant changes in the spacetime around such objects.
The conclusion followed a delicate dance by astronomers, who, using the Very Large Telescope, were able to track the precise timing of the pulsar. The data is considered some of the most precise ever collected, say astronomers.
"Our radio observations were so precise that we have already been able to measure a change in the orbital period of 8 millionths of a second per year, exactly what Einstein's theory predicts," states Paulo Freire, a co-author of the study.
While the observation does not provide physicists with a solution to the fundamental gravity quandary, it does show astronomers can track perturbations in space-time caused by passing gravitational waves. In addition, astronomers noted that this system seems to have presented the most significant challenge to Einstein's theory.
It remains unclear whether additional studies of the star system are planned. Astronomers say the star system could provide additional data on how dense objects influence orbiting objects.


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Everything just works. All important information is covered on their website and support has even answered technical questions for me. It passed every scenario I tested. The features I love are:
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-Zero knowledge
-Delta upload (only upload blocks that have changed)
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-File sharing whitout losing "zero knowledge" of non-shared data thanks to scoped encryption keys.
-Can be set to ask for password at startup
I've used SpiderOak for quite a while, and I've found it to be a good service. If what the company says is true, it's very secure. The client seems reliable enough to actually perform the backing up, although its functionality could be improved. It automatically monitors and backs up your files while it's running, but it doesn't run on OS start-up by default. You can also access your files via the website, which is useful if you aren't at your computer.
The standard 2GB of free data is great for a moderate amount of documents, settings and the like, but it's not really well suited for music, videos, and other large data sources. You can increase this to 10GB by referring others to sign up. The referral program benefits both users; a referrer and referee both gain one gigabyte for a referral. If you want more than 10GB of storage, you'll have to pay for a subscription.
However, there is also a noteworthy problem with the synchronisation functionality: in the case of conflicts, you lose data without any notification, warning or confirmation. Because of this, I recommend you don't use the service for synchronisation unless you are willing to risk data loss.
I have noticed some bugs in the Windows client. Once I exceeded my quota. When I tried to remove some backed up files and configure the client to stop backing up some folders, it would not let me because I had exceeded my quota. Obviously this is very counter-intuitive, but I was able to work around it with a bit of fiddling around, including re-opening the client.
Another problem is I've spotted the client running at 100% CPU usage for very long amounts of time on one computer, which was probably a bug.
I run the application on start-up, and it slows the start-up process down, too.
Overall, I've been happy with the service since it's free and apparently secure despite the client software's shortcomings.
Similar to an earlier comment by another poster, here is a currently working method to create a new free account with 7GB of storage (instead of the normal 2GB):
Since 2012 you can get up to 10 GB free online storage instead of only 7GB until May 2011
When you refer a friend to SpiderOak then you and your friend get an additional free GB of space. The more friends who join SpiderOak the more space you receive. The program is open to both free and paid users - allowing you to earn up to 10 GBs of FREE storage! This free online storage you can get is more tahn with with Google Drive (5GB) or Microsoft Live SkyDrive (7GB) ! Details see https://spideroak.com/referral/ . This is no referral link, only an information about this good referral conditions.
The biggest disadvantage of Spider Oak compared with dropbox:
SpiderOak needs an installation with admin rights, no portable SpiderOak-app is available. If you need a portable app, you must use Dropbox, and you also can get max. 10GB free online storage.
TeamDrive is also available as a portable app, but in difference to DropBox I have the experience, that is does not work over a proxy in our company network and you can get max. 2.25 GB free online storage.
I used it before reading any controversial review, so I was not aware of users having difficulties with it: and I find none -- except for an initial uncertainty that I'll mention later.
I've been using on five PCs, ranging from very old ones, to quite new ones, from desktop to laptops, and with two different Linux distributions, Windows XP x86, to Windows 7 x64, and I shared some hundreds MiB of data among all them, without any issue.
I found the 'zero-knowledge' feature to be very important, as in the backed-up data I could have had a few sensitive ones, so that was very desirable.
The only initial difficulty I had was about syncing, that I didn't realize was first to set up as back-up, and after that to flag as a sync. Maybe that could be made more clear in the user interface, or in a quick setup documentation.
Another drawback can be memory usage, that I find to be relatively "higher than expected", at around 70-80 MiB of RAM on a Linux Mint DE machine.
In the end I found it to be well working, not intrusive on computer's performance, and hassle free in using it on different platforms. Those were my requirements, with a need of exchanging less than 1 GiB of data, so the free version did perform pretty well for me.
I had high hopes due to price and encryption policy, but SpiderOak seems to be a mess. I tried to add under 2GB to my free 2GB account, and it estimated the files were actually 10GB. It uploaded flawlessly to Dropbox free 2GB account. With SpiderOak, I had to babysit it, uploading a few folders or files at a time so it wouldn't think I was going over my limit and ask me to purchase more space. If they don't know how to write a program that traverses a directory structure and does simple addition, then I don't really trust any of their technology.
Also, the Win7 GUI application is very slow - every time I switch to it it says "not responding" for a while.
Having exactly the same problems here. So I uninstalled it, I'll just stick to Dropbox.
You may also want to try free remote PC control software like Ammyy Admin or Logmein which allow to remote access files to a distant PC without need for synchronization.
As for me such approach seems a way more convienient and easy.
Hope it'll help.
SpiderOak not only backs up your files and synchronizes them from anywhere, seamlessly, but it is also a Zero-Knowledge application.
I love the peace of mind that comes from knowing that no one, not even the service owners, can access my remote files but me. Did I mention the "share rooms" for clients or family members? Overall, it just seems more sophisticated than I have come to expect.
Best of all, though, Zero-Knowledge products like spideroak and clipperz are slowly putting control of data on the cloud back where it belongs: with the user.
Products like these help to lessen the ownership of our personal data by myriad different national corporations.
It still has some rough edges, according to other users. Though I have had no problems on my 3 linux machines, many report that though the restore process works it is still much less than seamless.
Still, I cast my lot with the Zero-Knowledge applications.
This has most of the features that Dropbox/Sugar Sync has with the exception of smartphone apps. The reason you would WANT this is total security. Dropbox has recently announced they own your data and can access it willingly(when they previously for years lied and said they couldnt).
Sugarsync has the same basic scheme for privacy and security.
SpiderOak's encryption is handled ON YOUR PC, your password is stored there as well, the spideroak staff cannot access your data based on this method giving you as complete privacy as possible.
Use my referral link so you and I gain a free GB of space based on the referral system:
Difference between TeamDrive, Dropbox and SugarSync
If you need a portable app similar to SpiderOak or the function of a FTP-server app, which you can run without admin rights you need TeamDrive (or DropBox without FTP-server function).
Advantages of TeamDrive:
TD: Data are already encrypted before they are uploaded and the encryption key stays with you.
TD+SS: You can synchronise existing folders and configure synchronisation specifically for individual folders (DropBox: only 1 folder).
Only TD: You can set the access rights for each folder, too and you can run your own Teamdrive Personal server free up to 10GB (more comfortable than a FTP server) or use a WebDAV server.
Free TeamDrive Online Storage 2GB + 250MB for each invited friend up to 8GB free.
Portable versions from the developer existing for TD and DB , not for SS.
Disadvantages of TeamDrive
Download of TeamDrive:
Download of the portable TeamDrive for Windows or the desktop version for Windows, Linux or MAC OS X
With 2.25 GB instead of only 2 GB free online storage:
[1] http://www.teamdrive.com/en/ref/v7fu2k99
[2] TeamDrive
[3] http://www.teamdrive.net/en/teamdrive/how-it-works
SpiderOak is an excellent backup, sharing and syncing application. The zero knowledge policy is a great feature. Great knowing that they cannot look at your data no matter what.
I recommend SpiderOak to those people and organizations that are concerned about privacy. You can save 15% on your one year subscription by visiting here: http://www.onlinebackupdeals.com/spideroak/
Installed, tried to set up. The user interface seems too retarded compared to Dropbox or Foldershare (retired now, Live sync, being retired Dec 2010). Too many questions, the developers didn't optimize the workflow. Setting it up for the sync between computers is too difficult.


text: About APF530A.P. Pharma's lead product, APF530, is being developed for the prevention of both acute- and delayed-onset chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). One of the most debilitating side effects of cancer chemotherapy, CINV is a leading cause of premature discontinuation of treatment. There is only one injectable 5-HT3 antagonist approved for the prevention of delayed-onset CINV, so this indication represents an area of particular unmet medical need. APF530 contains the 5-HT3 antagonist granisetron formulated in the Company's proprietary Biochronomer™ drug delivery system, which allows therapeutic drug levels to be maintained for five days with a single subcutaneous injection. This five-day range is designed to cover the delayed phase of CINV, whereas currently available intravenous and oral formulations of granisetron are approved only for the prevention of acute-onset CINV. Granisetron was selected for APF530 because it is widely prescribed by physicians based on a well-established record of safety and efficacy. About A.P. Pharma A.P. Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products using its proprietary Biochronomer™ polymer-based drug delivery platform. This drug delivery platform is designed to improve the therapeutic profile of injectable pharmaceuticals by converting them from products that must be injected once or twice per day to products that need to be injected only once every one or two weeks. The Company's lead product, APF530, is being developed for the prevention of both acute- and delayed-onset chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. A.P. Pharma resubmitted its New Drug Application (NDA) for APF530 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2012 and has been assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date of March 27, 2013. For further information, please visit the Company's web site at www.appharma.com. Forward-looking Statements This news release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties associated with the potential approval of APF530 and the potential timing for such approval, if approved at all, as well as risks relating to capital resources and liquidity, satisfactory completion of clinical studies, progress in research and development programs, launch and acceptance of new products and other risks and uncertainties identified in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We caution investors that forward-looking statements reflect our analysis only on their stated date. We do not intend to update them except as required by law.


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If the Senate released a major study on Friday with information suggesting that a key Republican might have committed perjury, would the media report it?
Probably every hour on the hour, with front-page headlines Saturday morning, correct?
Well, the Senate issued a lengthy analysis on pre-Iraq war intelligence Friday, and in it was information contradicting Valerie Plame Wilson's sworn testimony before the House in March.
Critical Update: Our friend at Gateway Pundit has more here.
As reported by Byron York of National Review (emphasis added):
When Valerie Plame Wilson swore that she did not recommend or suggest her husband, former ambassador Joseph Wilson, for a fact-finding trip to Niger in 2002, Sen. Christopher Bond took note. Wilson's words, given in testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, didn't jibe with what Bond's investigators had learned a few years earlier when they looked into the CIA leak matter. Now, we know why Bond was suspicious.
On page 205 of the newly released 226-page Senate Intelligence Committee report on pre-war intelligence, Bond has posted "additional views" that address the question of Plame's testimony about her husband's trip, the purpose of which was to check out reports Iraq had sought to buy uranium in Niger. The evidence Bond provides in his additional views contradicts Mrs. Wilson's version of events.
York went through a very elaborate dissection of Bond's views as compared to statements made in the past by Plame including in her sworn testimony to the House. I highly encourage the reader to take the time to view it in its entirety.
That said, it is interesting to note that no other media representative made this connection even though this report was highly covered, including by the NBC "Nightly News." Here's how Brian Williams began the show Friday (from closed-captioning):
Good evening. We are only now learning that the Bush administration was warned by the U.S. Intelligence community four years ago that Iraq could unravel and turn disastrous no matter how quick, no matter how successful the initial invasion had been. This is all in a rather damning new report on Iraq by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Of course, no mention of the new revelations concerning Plame Wilson.
And, there wasn't a reference to Plame Wilson in this front-page article in Saturday's Washington Post about the Senate Intelligence report.
Even more curious was this front-page article in Saturday's New York Times which did mention Bond's addendum to the report, but elected to not share the details, or that Plame Wilson might have lied during her House testimony:
But Mr. Bond, along with two Republican colleagues, still added to the report a 17-page addendum rehashing a favorite issue of their own: the role of Valerie Wilson, the former Central Intelligence Agency officer, in arranging a prewar trip to Africa by Joseph C. Wilson IV, her husband and a former ambassador, to investigate possible Iraqi uranium purchases.
Interesting, wouldn't you agree?
Comically, this occurred on the same day that prosecutors asked U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton to sentence I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to upwards of three years in jail for his role in the Plame affair.
A Google News search identified 205 outlets covered that story, including this article by the New York Times. Yet, only one reported the new revelations about Plame, and that was Byron York of National Review.
Color me unsurprised.


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Sometimes A Cigar Is Just A Cigar
Cigar was the most valuable thoroughbred racehorse in history until he proved to be a dud with the breeding mares in Versailles, Kentucky. Now, in order to capture the racing magic of the stallion, twice named Horse of the Year%2 C breeders are exploring the option of cloning him. They may be onto something. If adult thoroughbreds can be cloned effectively, owners could save the considerable financial risk involved in breeding valuable -- and for all their size, very delicate -- animals, while ensuring the continuation of the unpredictable fortune that produces the great racers. And the great moments in Louisville.


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Bacteria are often used as a model organism for evolutionary biology, but there are many reasons this is not appropriate. This interesting DVD uses a creationist perspective to help us understand God's original design and purpose for microbes and how various genetic mechanisms since the Fall have led to bacteria that cause disease.
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Chamber Cove Heritage Walk
A beautiful place, where one will experience landscape and seascape and view the cragged coastline - visit the site of the WWII shipwreck of a convoy of American Naval Ships, USS Truxtun DD229, USS Pollux AKS2 and USS Wilkes DD 441. These men of Honor (203 Total) combated UBoat activity and the Perils of the Atlantic, in the end they paid the supreme sacrifice in defense of liberty and justice.
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Resing Stops with gazebo, benches and picnic table, and pets allowed
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On 21 July, 1897, the Tate Gallery was ceremonially opened to the public by the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII. Sir Henry Tate not only presented his collection of sixty five paintings and two pieces of sculpture to the nation, (most of it was work from the Victorian period), but he also funded the building to house them and financed the first extensions in 1899. He wanted London 'to have the best lighted Gallery in Europe and I cannot be a party to building a gallery in which every picture would not have top light' (Henry Tate, Patron of British Art, Robin Hamlyn in Henry Tate's Gift, A Centenary Celebration, Tate Gallery, 1987).
Obtaining the gallery site was not easy. Sir Henry Tate made his decision to give his pictures to the nation in 1889 and wrote to the Trustees and Director of the National Gallery in a letter dated 23 October. He asked that the works be kept together and exhibited as 'The Tate Collection'. The National Gallery could not provide adequate space so declined the offer. Sir Henry Tate then offered his collection to the Government on condition that a gallery be provided that he approved of. After a long search and a protest from scientists about the possibility of the collection being housed on a plot set aside for the London Science Museum, Sir Henry Tate announced that he would finance the 80,000 cost of a new gallery. No site could he found so he withdrew his offer.
A change of government took place in August 1892 and the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir William Harcourt, persuaded Sir Henry Tate to renew his offer and the site was suggested at Millbank, once the home of a prison. This area was difficult to reach by public transport and the area was run-down but Sir Henry Tate agreed. Sidney Smith was the architect and building began in 1895 being completed by the opening in July 1897.
Sir Henry Tate had the support of two leading artists, Sir John Millais and Lord Leighton. His collection had a 'taste for painterliness, a desire for a clear and thoughtful narrative and a fondness for the contemplative' (Henry Tate, Patron of British Art, Robin Hamlyn in Henry Tate's gift, A Centenary Celebration, Tate Gallery, 1987). Artists felt inclusion in his collection would result in their immortality.
He gave the gallery to the nation 'for the encouragement and development of British art, and as a thank offering for a prosperous business career of sixty years.' Sir William Agnew (the art dealer), hung 'The Tate Collection' in one room and another group of British works from the National Gallery, the Chantrey Bequest and GF Watts' gift were hung by Sir Edward Poynter, the National Gallery's Director and President of the RA since 1896, in another. The gallery was immensely popular with over three thousand visitors recorded on the first six Sundays of opening, double that of the National Gallery.
You can view the works presented to the nation by Sir Henry Tate from 1894 and 1897 in the Henry Tate Collection. All the works listed were presented at the opening of the gallery except for two watercolours (Alfred William Hunt, Windsor Castle 1889 and Edward John Gregory, Marooning 1887). Sir Henry Tate later presented The Order of Release 1746; 1852-3 by Sir John Everett Millais, A Violin Concerto, 1898 by John Gulich, and Eve, 1900 by Sir Thomas Brock. The Boyhood of Raleigh, 1870 by Sir John Everett Millais was presented in 1900 by Amy, Lady Tate in memory of her husband. In 1920 Lady Tate also bequeathed A Foregone Conclusion, 1885 by Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema, and Sir Henry Tate, 1897 by Sir Hubert von Herkomer.


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Desperate Housewives is winding up its run and Sunday's episode saw the demise of one of fans' favorite main characters.
James Denton's Mike Delfino went out with a bang Sunday night as he was gunned down by mobsters.
"When they told me about the idea my first concern was about Teri (Hatcher), who has to mourn for the six episodes," Denton said today on Good Morning America.
He admitted he knew months ago, but, of course, couldn't tell anyone. But then the spoiler came out in court late last week during Nicollette Sheridan's wrongful-termination lawsuit. Jury deliberations begin this week in that case.
When show honcho Marc Cherry first told Denton, he says, "I loved it. It's more interesting than just fading away." Denton made it past 52 people who have been killed on the series since it started eight seasons ago.
But is he really gone? No, "next week is one of Mike's best episodes," says the actor, as he appears in flashbacks as the characters remember him.
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I am pleased to inform you that the Steamfitters Local Union #449 Journeymen and Apprenticeship Training Committee are currently accepting applications for the 5-year Building Trades and Mechanical Equipment Service Apprenticeship Programs. All applicants must appear in person at the Steamfitters Technology Center, 1459 Woodruff Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15220 to obtain and fill out an application.
All applications will be accepted on Monday, December 12, 2011 through Saturday, December 17, 2011. Weekday hours are between the hours of 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday hours are between 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM; application dress code is casual.
The qualifications for applicants to the Apprenticeship Training Programs are as follows:
I am also pleased to inform you that the Greater Pennsylvania Heavy Highway and Railroad Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program are currently accepting applications for Carpenter Apprentices in their 2012 Apprenticeship Program. Applications will be available every Wednesday from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM from December 7, 2011 through March 28, 2012 at the Carpenters Training Center, 652 Ridge Rd., Pittsburgh, PA 15205.
All applications will be electronically completed at the Pittsburgh Training Center; applicants will then schedule a date to return for testing. Please contact 412-262-1830 ext. 5 to schedule an appointment.
The qualifications for applicants to the Heavy Highway and Railroad Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship and Training Program are as follows:
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