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commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.
Delete that bloated snippets file you've been using and share your personal repository with the world. That way others can gain from your CLI wisdom and you from theirs too. All commands can be commented on, discussed and voted up or down.
You can sign-in using OpenID credentials, or register a traditional username and password.
First-time OpenID users will be automatically assigned a username which can be changed after signing in.
Every new command is wrapped in a tweet and posted to Twitter. Following the stream is a great way of staying abreast of the latest commands. For the more discerning, there are Twitter accounts for commands that get a minimum of 3 and 10 votes - that way only the great commands get tweeted.
» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu
» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu3
» http://twitter.com/commandlinefu10
Use your favourite RSS aggregator to stay in touch with the latest commands. There are feeds mirroring the 3 Twitter streams as well as for virtually every other subset (users, tags, functions,…):
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Generate a random MAC address with capital letters
In the field, I needed to script a process to scan a specific vendor devices in the network. With the help of nmap, I got all the devices of that particular vendor, and started a scripted netcat session to download configuration files from a tftp server.
This is the nmap loop (part of the script). You can however, add another pipe with grep to filter the vendor/manufacturer devices only. If want to check the whole script, check in http://pastebin.com/ju7h4Xf4
Enable root user to run VLC
List all fonts used by an SVG file. Useful to find out which fonts you need to have installed in order to open/edit an SVG file appropriately.
With sed you can replace strings on the fly.
Google Cloud SDK comes with a package manager `gcloud components` but it needs a bit of `sed` to work. Modify the "^| Not" bit to change the package selection. (The gcloud --format option is currently broken)
The command will read the apache log file and fetch the virtual host requested and the number of requests.
This sed command will search for 188.8.131.52 in all lines of test.txt and replace comment symbol ";" . You can use it for other purpose also.
polls the pirate bay mirrors list and chooses a random site and opens it for you in firefox
This modifies the output of ls so that the file size has commas every three digits. It makes room for the commas by destructively eating any characters to the left of the size, which is probably okay since that's just the "group".
Note that I did not write this, I merely cleaned it up and shortened it with extended regular expressions. The original shell script, entitled "sl", came with this description:
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: For tired eyes (sigh), do an ls -lF plus whatever other flags you give
: but expand the file size with commas every 3 digits. Really helps me
: distinguish megabytes from hundreds of kbytes...
: Corey Satten, email@example.com, 11/8/89
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Of course, some may suggest that fancy new "human friendly" options, like "ls -Shrl", have made Corey's script obsolete. They are probably right. Yet, at times, still I find it handy. The new-fangled "human-readable" numbers can be annoying when I have to glance at the letter at the end to figure out what order of magnitude is even being talked about. (There's a big difference between 386M and 386P!). But with this nifty script, the number itself acts like a histogram, a quick visual indicator of "bigness" for tired eyes. :-)
When booting a VM through OpenStack and managed through cloudinit, the hosts file gets to write a line simiar to
127.0.1.1 ns0.novalocal ns0
This command proven useful while installing a configuration manager such as Salt Stack (or Puppet, or Ansible) and getting node name
credit shall fall to this for non-gzipped version:
Works great on Mac OSX.
Thx Mass1 for the sharing
Print the IP address and the Mac address in the same line
Similar to the following:
curl -I <URL>
but curl -I performs a HEAD request, which can yield different results.
Calculate the date of Sysadmin day (last Friday of July) of any given year
change the path where you are, when is executed, is usefule when you've got folders to classify something like a tags, you've got devel/dist, android/ios, etc. like:
You can change between devel/project folder to dist/project without leave project.
If somebody has a better idea to do that without replace command.
It requires https://jqplay.org/, that comes with brew: brew install jq
Replace "APIKEY" with your public apikey
Before: :key => 'value'
After: key: 'value'
I have only tested this a little, so please don't run this on anything important unless you have version control or other backups!
Change lang from ru to something else.
Curl version - Mac OS etc, any system w/o wget.


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Trade, Human Rights and Development
Many of PIJIP's projects involve issues at the intersection of intellectual property's relation to trade, human rights and development interests of developing countries. PIJIP advises governments, intergovernmental organizations, and non-profit organizations on implementation of the WTO agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) as well as on the negotiation and implementation of intellectual property provisions of Free Trade Agreements. With the support of major foundations, PIJIP has hosted, and PIJIP routinely participates in, numerous international workshops and conferences on intellectual property and trade issues that are particularly relevant to developing countries. PIJIP faculty perform academic analyses of trade, human rights and development issues.
New: Leaked text of the Trans Pacific Partnership and analysis of how it could affect human rights.
Selected Reports
- Holzapfel, Henrik and Sarnoff, Joshua D., "A Cross-Atlantic Dialog on Experimental Use and Research Tools" (August 5, 2007).
- Final Report of the UK Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (2002)
- UN Conference on Trade and Development/International Conference on Trade and Sustainable Development Resource Book on TRIPS and Development
- Report of the World Health Organization Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health
Student Work Product (research papers produced by students in WCL's new course - Advanced Issues in IP: Human Rights and Development)
- Youssef Brahim, The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions in the Maghreb Countries, April 29, 2007
- Jorge Calderón Gamboa, Protecting Traditional Knowledge for Indigenous Peoples: The Effectiveness of International Human Rights Remedies, April 30, 2007
- Bach V. Hoang, Intellectual Property's Influence on Technology Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technology to China's Energy Market, April 29, 2007
- Mihir Mankad, Goats Can't Dance: Ethiopia's Battle with Starbucks over Coffee Trademarks, April 29, 2007
- Deepa Padmanabha, Stimulating R&D for Dengue Fever: Not Just Another Neglected Disease, April 30, 2007
- Munmeeth K. Soni, Enforcing Farmers' Rights on Uncharted Territory: The Role of IPRS for Development in India, April 30, 2007
Statements and Proposals for a WIPO Development Agenda
- Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization
- Proposal by Argentina and Brazil for the Establishment of a Development Agenda for WIPO
- Statement by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) at the 2004 WIPO General Assembly
- Statement by the International Federation of Library Associations at the 2004 WIPO General Assembly
Legal Texts
World Trade Agreement Texts
- Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
- Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health
- Implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and public health
- Decision on the Amendment of the TRIPS Agreement
Historical Intellectual Property Treaties
- Paris Convention on for the Protection of Intellectual Property (1883)
- Berne Convention for the Protection of Artistic and Literary Works (1886)
Human Rights Treaties
- UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
U.S. Legal Documents
- Executive Order 13155: Access to HIV/AIDS Pharmaceuticals and Medical Technologies
- Special Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
- Information Session on the World Health Organization's Global Strategy of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property. October 10, 2007. Public hearing held at the US Department of Health and Human Servcies. Notes y PIJIP, Knowledge Ecology International, and Medicins Sans Frontieres.
ILSP Anniversary Panel on Traditional Knowledge, March 27, 2007.
In conjunction with the ILSP's 25th Anniversary Celebrations, PIJIP will sponsor a panel on the relation between traditional knowledge and the development and human rights promotion interests of developing countries.
Conference on IP, FTAs and Sustainable Development, 2006
Faculty, outside experts, advocates from countries which have recently entered into trade agreements with the US, and advocates from countires currently negotiating trade agreements with the US discuss the intellectual property provisions and their effect on development.
- Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
- Knowledge Ecology International
- Third World Network
- Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa
- Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental
Photo of woman working no loom by Peter Jaszi. Photo of the UN building by Ashitakka.

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I went to Omaha, Neb. last week for the 10th annual Value Investors Conference. It took place over the two days preceding the annual meeting for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. As you can imagine, it was chockablock full of smart investors, and the speakers were well-known, successful money managers. I learned a lot at the conference, but I got the most important lesson at the rental car counter.
It was cold in Nebraska last week -- snow-on-the-ground cold. I live in Florida. I've never been to Omaha and was already filled with trepidation about getting around in an unfamiliar place. Naturally, the very friendly worker at the rental car place recommended I upgrade to an SUV to deal with the "icy conditions."
Long story short, I learned an expensive lesson: Never blindly trust anyone who stands to gain from your decision. And never make a decision out of fear.
The conference offered more nuanced, but still important, lessons.
Start with management
For instance, I got a chance to interview one of the speakers, Michael Shearn, founder of Time Value of Money, a private investment firm. He's also the author of "The Investment Checklist," a book that lays out the information investors need to make decisions -- and where to find that information. According to Shearn, before diving into numbers and ratios, investors would do well to look into a company's management first.
"We start with the people, looking at the proxy statement, for instance. And looking at the history of how the CEO rose in the company. Are they product-focused or sales-focused, for instance, or have they spent a lot of time in the executive suite," he says.
And the compensation differential between the chief executive officer and the next executive down the line can be telling. If the CEO is earning 10 times that of the next officer, it can indicate an autocracy rather than a team culture.
Similarly, the length of a CEO's tenure before he or she starts making sweeping changes is something to look at. Case in point: Ron Johnson's changes during his brief one-year stint at J.C. Penney, which resulted in steep losses.
When someone charges in and starts changing everything, "They haven't taken the time to understand the customers or the employees," says Shearn.
Do what is hard
Avoiding the error of following the herd was a major theme. Howard Marks, founder and chairman of Oaktree Capital Management and author of "The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor," put it best by saying:
You have to sell when people think things are only going to get better and buy when things are falling apart and people think things will never get better.
Easy to say, hard to do, particularly with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing above 15,000 Thursday for only the second time ever. Wednesday was the first time.
What do you do when the market goes up?
Follow me on Twitter: @SheynaSteiner.
Senior investing reporter Sheyna Steiner is a co-author of "Future Millionaires' Guidebook," an e-book written by Bankrate editors and reporters. It's available at all the major e-book retailers.


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Book & Movie of the week: I started reading Jeffrey Eugenides' Virgin Suicides on Tuesday. I've had it on my 'to read list' for ages and I couldn't help it ... so I started reading it in the library. After a couple of pages, my eyes filled with tears. Yeah, I closed the book and read the rest of it at home. I was left speechless. It's such a great book. It reminds me of Girl, Interrupted (which is one of my favorite movies, btw) although it's totally different. Perfect. I wanted to see the movie as well and I'm glad I did. The only problem I had with it is the atmosphere. It was so much darker and heavier in the book. The girls in the movie appeared quite light-hearted compared to the book. Still, great book and great movie. Certainly not for everyone, but I recommend it!
Posts of the week:
Rina from Simply Rins did another great nail art tutorial. Heart Patches are perfect for those of you who want something special on your nails for Valentine's Day.
Fashion Polish posted her swatches of the a England The Legend collection. Pretty amazing!
Another view on Essence Gold Old Buffy by Vique's Varnish. Boy, I'm glad I got this one. It looks like it's lit from within.
Sophie from My Awesome Beauty probably dreams of Summer. Here's her summerfresh nail design.
Zoya True Collection by Kellie from Also Known As. Skylar, Lotus, Farah, Tru ... *faints*
I've already said Holland collection by OPI is one of their best collections lately. But these swatches by Scrangie show some of the colors are quite close to the ones from Zoya True collection.
China Glaze The Hunger Games Capitol Colors Collection by Scrangie. Oh yes, they're finally here. I see a couple of shades that could make their way into my stash, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed by this collection.
Nailxchange knows how to start a lemming. Her Sally Hansen Project Runway post reminded me hat my dreams of having this polish will remain only that. Dreams.
Is there a way to make a gorgeous indigo polish even more awesome? The Polished Perfectionist knows the answer to that: Indigo Lunar Eclipse.
Music of the week:
Well, not music per-se, but still worth watching. Animals FTW! Although the body isn't bad either. No?
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Another game, another strong showing with a third-period lead — and another loss. The 2-1 loss to the Panthers tonight led to full-bodied chants of "Fire Sather!"
Jane here. Tortorella said they immediately reviewed Brandon Dubinsky's non-goal 17 seconds in, and Toronto had the final word so there was no review for him to request. It's late and I'm going to add some quotes from the principles in this drama. Here is Henrik Lundqvist, I think you can hear how perplexed he is by the losses.
John Tortorella on tonight's game…"I think we did some really good things. Our pressure was outstanding. I don't think we were fatigued. Maybe for a few minutes, but I think we controlled the game. I think our weakest moment was our 5 on 3. Other than that, I think we played a hell of a game."
John Tortorella on the powerplay…"You can't hate your guys because they're struggling. Its easy to love them when its going well and then hate them when its going bad. Our best players are going to have to be our best players. And they will. They are going to have every opportunity to get us out of this scoring funk. I think Zherdev has a tremendous amount of talent. On the next 5 on 3, he'll be back on the ice. They did a lot of good things tonight. We're just struggling to score and that's compounded when they score a couple of quick ones on us towards the end of the game when we controlled most of the game for the 60 minutes. As a coach I have to realize how our team is playing and act accordingly."
Brandon Dubinsky on whether the team is frustrated…"Yes with the fact that we generate so much again and aren't able to find the net. And no because the way we attacked, the way we pressured, the way our D stepped up and played, the way we move the puck. I thought we did a lot of good things. It is one of those things that you just have to keep at it, keep listening to Torts and it is going to come. We are going to bear down and get it done."
Henrik Lundqvist with more on the team's play…"I think, as a team, we have to be perfect now. When you are not scoring, you have to be perfect. It is not only for me but for the whole team. We feel like every mistake can cost us the game, which it has. We have been playing pretty well defensively and offensively we create enough to score at least three or four goals. Today we had a couple of open nets. The puck doesn't want to go in. I hope it just turns around for us."
Here are the official game summary and event summary for last night's game.


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I'm from Brazil, I'm traveling to SoCal this Sunday.
I checked a few sites, and it seems the water is pretty warm the last few weeks. I lived in SoCal, and the water was always freezing, so I'm not sure I believe when these sites say the water is like 67 degrees.
can anyone confirm how's the water temperature lately between LA County and San Diego County? Will I be able to surf in my trunks?!
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— June 2003
By Ben Ellison
CD Summer School
|Three cheers for those who succeed at teaching us about technology by using technology.
Have you come across any of those little video tutors that pop up in PC tax programs and the like these days? Cute, right? But doesn't your mouse head for the exit button as quickly as mine does? I find that while most computer-based training products are a step up from audiotapes and films, they still tend to be way too stiff and/or boring. That's why I'm pleased to report on some learning tools for navigators that use the available technology so well that you may even enjoy spending some precious summer time with them.
First up is Navigating VNS from Course Line PC Navigation, or more specifically from a creative fellow named Dan Bessmer. While this product is focused on using a single PC charting program, Nobeltec's Visual Navigation Suite (VNS), it also effectively demonstrates how well the intricacies of electronic navigation can be explained using multimedia computer tools. I hope navigation instructors and students--and, let's face it, in this era of rapid transition we're all one or the other or both--take notice of the possibilities. And then let's all encourage the electronics and software makers to include tutorials of this quality with their products.
At any rate, Bessmer set up a PC and a studio so that he could simultaneously record his computer screen and voice as he performed various tasks in VNS. It's almost like you're looking right over his shoulder, but in some ways better. While you can't ask questions (actually, Bessmer does offer optional live phone and seminar services), you can control the pace of the instruction in numerous ways. The lessons are broken up into manageable morsels that you can instantly pause or repeat, and there's a unique facility to skip ahead or back a few seconds--particularly valuable to those of us now experiencing "senior moments." And when you view the main menu, you find a thorough outline of all the chapters (called Waypoints), lessons, and sublessons.
Bessmer also includes some short regular videos in which he introduces and concludes subjects. They let you get to know your instructor better plus enjoy a bit of the Pacific Northwest boating scene but are not entirely necessary. More important is how well he has prepared and executed his core course material. This is not simply another version of the VNS manual, though having manual-type instructions animated and verbalized is a big help. Instead, Bessmer often includes the whys of different procedures along with the hows. Why develop a strategy for naming routes and waypoints? When might you use the VNS tool that locates a particular lat/lon on the chart? It's all here. He's also willing to include general Windows tips as necessary, and he knows how to use bullet points without being ponderous, how to script lessons carefully, and how to speak in a relaxed, even comforting, style.
The four hours of Navigating VNS do not cover its 3-D and radar options but do thoroughly go through all the basics and many of the subtleties of this powerful software. While I already knew the program pretty well (I thought), I found myself going through all the lessons and was rarely tempted to use the nifty skip control. And I'm definitely a more able VNS jockey for the experience. I came to quite enjoy the intimate teaching environment Bessmer has created and wasn't surprised to later find out that he brought significant relevant experience to this first CD product (which costs $149). He spent years managing teams who marketed highly complex industrial printing systems, in the process witnessing and then learning to build effective training presentations. When he decided to pursue a career related to his boating avocation, he went to work in and eventually managed--aha!--Nobeltec's customer support department.
Next page > Navigation Training continued > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
This article originally appeared in the May 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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A Christmas Story Ornaments, Set of 3
Trim the tree with Ralphy and the gang from A Christmas Story, a Christmas time classic!
I mean who doesn't remember this one.... I love the part when The mom breaks it and the narrator says, "All the old man could muster was, NOT A FINGER." "A Christmas Story" One of the best movies for the season!Tags: gifts, humor, lamps, accessories, retro, light, film, home decor, womenAdded 9 Years Ago from Urban Outfitters
This is the funniest lawn ornament ever. Show off your love for A Christmas Story with an extra large blowup leg lamp!Tags: Christmas, home decor, holiday gifts, lamps, a christmas story, desk lamps, holiday decorations, Holiday Home Decor, A Christmas Story the movieAdded 10 Years Ago from Mookie Gifts


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Ever get annoyed by any of those TED talks that seem to gloss over the complexities of a problem and present a technological solution that seems too good to be true in its simplicity? Ever feel grumpy when technology pundits seem to assume that there are socially-networked, big data solutions to all of the world's problems? Well, let me introduce you toEvgeny Morozov, one of the most challenging, snarky, and clearly brilliant people examining technology and its impact on our world today. Morozov's latest title, To Save Everything Click Here, argues against the ubiquitous "solutionism" and "Internet-centric" thinking that seeks slick and efficient technology based solutions to nearly all of mankind's problems and fails to recognize, or even consider, the value that messiness and inefficiency can often bring to certain systems (American politics being a good example, where conflict, compromise, and messiness are built right into the process). This is not what I would call a "light read" by any stretch, and the shear ferocity of Morozov's argument can become tedious and annoying along the way, but his appraisal of our modern world and the way that it is developing are well worth it. For more brilliant contrarian views on our networked society see Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier.
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Pupils at Wylye Valley Primary School held a wassailing celebration last Thursday as part of a practical music and arts-based educational project called The Pippin Project.
The project, which has been taking place in four schools across Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire, is aimed at working with children to create a body of work that celebrates the value of orchards.
Working with around 100 children, artist Scott Farlow and musician Karen Wimhurst have been leading a series of creative and music-based workshops since September last year.
The project included children writing manifestos to ensure that the orchards are sustained, writing songs, drawing pictures and planting orchards on school grounds.
At the end of the project, the schools will celebrate the planting of four new orchards with four performances of The Fruit of Paradise in March. Wylye Valley's performance will take place on March 16 at Codford Village Hall.


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Street Chic: Milano Accents
"If I weren't an actress, I would have pixie-short, fire-engine red hair," jokes Kendrick. "I would probably also have tattoos and piercings and stuff. Looking like a blank slate makes it easier for me to get jobs, but it also means that people can kind of project whatever they want onto me."
"[When you're getting ready for a premiere], there's usually a hair person behind you and a make-up artist in front of you. You're sort of frozen in place and all you can do is sit there with your eyes closed. I put on a podcast most of the time, but the second that the makeup artist is done, I immediately get on my phone because it's been an hour of not being able to text or anything. I'm sadly one of those people who's addicted to her phone."
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BLACKBURN Rovers are focused on boosting their own faint play-off hopes tonight – insisting they will not care if a win over QPR virtually confirms promotion for rivals Burnley.
Rovers sit seven points behind the play-off places with only six games left to play and victory at home to third-placed QPR may ultimately prove more useful for Burnley than for them.
But Rovers have not yet given up on a place in the top six and have stressed they are concerned only about themselves.
"We're not really thinking about Burnley at all," said defender Michael Keane.
"We don't really care about that, we've just got to focus on ourselves. If we beat QPR it's going to help us get towards the play-offs."
Boss Gary Bowyer said: "All we're concentrating on is ourselves.
"We've just got to keep our run going, we're six unbeaten now.
"It's about us and nobody else. There are six games left and that's 18 points.
"While we have the opportunity to get 18 points, this group will want to do that."
Keane helped Rovers secure their first clean sheet in eight games in Saturday's 2-0 home win over Ipswich Town.
"We've been having some good performances lately but we've not managed to turn them into wins," said the on-loan Manchester United star.
"To finally get a win at the weekend was a bit of a relief for all the players, and hopefully we can kick on and get a few more.
"We're still trying to win every game. While we're still in touching distance of the play-offs we'll keep going.
"If we win most of our games between now and the end of the season we'll be close to it.
"We've just got to win our games and hope for a bit of luck."
Harry Redknapp's QPR have slipped 10 points behind Burnley in the race for automatic promotion and have lost five of their last seven away games, but welcomed back top scorer Charlie Austin as a substitute at the weekend.
"It will be a difficult game against a Premier League manager with Premier League players," Bowyer said. "That's the challenge and we've got to pit ourselves against them and see how far we've come.
"With the quality they've got and their strength and depth it is a surprise that they're third, but they can still get automatic promotion so they're not going to come up here just for a jolly-up.
"They'll be wanting the three points to close the gap on the top two."
Jason Lowe is set to return to the Blackburn Rovers squad after missing the last five games with an ankle injury.
But Corry Evans remains a doubt after limping off with a groin problem during Saturday's home win against Ipswich.
"We'll give him every chance, we'll see how he goes," Bowyer said.
"But Lowey's fine, he trained on Friday and joined in on Sunday, so he's back in the squad ready to go."


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Kourtney K. Flies To Egypt, Serves Us Serious Underboob...
"I wasn't living an interesting life," the Moneyball star told Parade in September of his life before stepping out with Angelina Jolie in 2005. "I think that my marriage [to Aniston from 2000 to 2005] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn't."


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Are you still confused about this season's trends? Still? No worries…Simply Be is here to inspire you curvy gals.
Their spring trends campaign features model Gwyneth Harrison. You know Gwyneth? She was one of the curvy models in Mark Fast's controversial runway show during London Fashion Week.
Here she gives us the denim, military, and sports luxe trends. Pssst…don't forget about romantic lace, tropical graphics, and floral.
Simply fab! Which one is your fave?


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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will begin his political year with a cost-of-living attack on the government, centred on its plan to cut the Schoolkids Bonus that goes out this week to more than a million Australian families in mostly safe Labor electorates, probably for the last time.
Legislation to axe the payment of $410 for eligible primary school children and $820 for secondary school children is currently stalled in the Senate.
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the bonus ''involves spending money the government doesn't have'', arguing that it was unaffordable because it was linked to the mining tax, which had failed to deliver forecast revenue.
''We were very clear in the lead-up to the last election that if elected the Schoolkids Bonus would go and eventually it will,'' Senator Cormann said.
The government hopes to pass the legislation ending the bonus once the composition of the upper house changes in July.
On Sunday the opposition released analysis of Department of Social Services figures showing the electorates that most benefit from the schoolkids bonus are overwhelmingly Labor-held.
In Victoria, the seat with the most families claiming the bonus - nearly 18,000 - is former prime minister Julia Gillard's former electorate of Lalor, now held by Joanne Ryan. Anthony Byrne's seat of Holt has more than 17,000 families claiming the bonus and Calwell, held by Labor backbencher Maria Vamvakinou, has 14,751 families receiving it. Gorton, held by shadow minister for employment and workplace relations Brendan O'Connor, has more than 14,000 families collecting it.
But Senator Cormann invoked former Labor prime ministers to bolster his argument to get rid of the payment.
''Only last week Bob Hawke and Paul Keating were calling for bigger spending cuts, yet right now the current Labor Party is opposing $20 billion of sensible savings, including $5 billion in savings they themselves initiated and banked in their last budget,'' he said.
''The current generation of Labor leaders is too weak and too reckless to do the right thing.''
Mr Shorten said Prime Minister Tony Abbott's priorities were ''all wrong''. ''If Tony Abbott gets his legislation through the Senate … it means families will find it much more difficult to pay for those important things like school books and uniforms,'' he said.
Mr Shorten said the government had spent the Christmas break flagging ''big hits to the hip pocket'', including the average 6.2 per cent increase in private health insurance premiums next year, approved by Health Minister Peter Dutton two days before Christmas, and the proposal made to the Prime Minister's Commission of Audit, to introduce an upfront fee of $6 for GP visits.


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The Starbucks skinny latte - 90 Calories
Ascribing to the in stature of being stick thin doesn't leave you much room for well, eating or drinking! If you simply can't resist starbucks and you are a true Fashionista, then this new "skinny latte" is for you! At 90 calories, you can have your Starbucks scraving at only 90 cals! Sounds good to me!


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Forums: Index > The Wizengamot > Harry Potter years
I was just wondering if anyone knew where year 1998 for the final Battle of Hogwarts came from. It seems to be the agreed year, however on lookinat the JKR's hand-written Weasely family tree (decending from Molly and Arthur), she's written Fred Weasley d. 1997. As Fred died in the Battle of Hopgwarts, shouldn't the year of the battel be 1997? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs).
- That is a maths mistake on Rowling's behalf. In Chamber of Secrets, Nearly-Headless Nick's deathdate is given as 31 October, 1492. As this was on his 500th deathday party, the events in Chamber of Secrets take place in the 1992-1993 school year. Thus, the events in Deathly Hallows take place in the 1997-1998 school year. The Battle of Hogwarts happened on 2 May, meaning it was after the New Year and, yes, in early 1998. -- Seth Cooper owl post! 16:13, June 27, 2011 (UTC)


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Heidi Montag flaps her monster yap on Letterman
Heidi Montag stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman* last night (video after the jump) where she expanded on the revived rumors about Lauren Conrad's sex tape. While looking like Barbie's sister with Extra Chin Power, Heidi went through her usual schtick about The Hills before reiterating the existence of the tape, according to Us Magazine:
"I tried to help her get it back for, like, a year," Montag said on the Late Show With David Letterman Wednesday. "I was like, 'You gotta get it back, you gotta do something about this.'"
When Conrad's ex Jason Wahler threatened to release it, Montag claimed, "she was like, 'I don't know what to do…' I was like, 'Well, let's get it back.'
"Next thing I know," Montag continued, "it's blamed on me. All of a sudden, I made up the sex tape… I didn't film it, I didn't do it, I'm not trying to sell it. How did it come down on me?"
If I stood across the street, I'm pretty sure I could toss a whole orange straight into her mouth. No, wait, that's not right. Make it a cantaloupe. Betting starts at 5 PM EST. Deeds to houses, wives (Preferably sans penis.) and Ferraris accepted.
*How the hell did Heidi Montag get on Letterman?: A Superficial Companion Piece on Media: You see, kids, Viacom owns MTV which airs The Hills and also CBS which airs Letterman. Bam! Presto, change-o, Dave spends a full hour crying in his dressing room then bathes in pure gold and baby seal hearts. True story.


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A FIRE crew from Worcester were called out yesterday afternoon (Saturday) to help a river boat remain out of trouble as the level of the Severn fell.
The captain of the Severn Traveller, which offers tourist cruises up and down the river, called the fire service to the ship's berth off Grandstand Road at about 4.40pm.
A fire service spokesman said: "As the level of the river fell, he did not want the boat to get stuck on the path on the side of the quay, and a crew from Worcester used air bags and lines to make sure it was clear of the path."


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「空飛ぶスパゲッティ・モンスター教」 謎の宗教の正体は?
欧米のようにキリスト教と科学の対立構造がない日本では、未だに知名度が低い「空飛ぶスパゲッティ・モンスター教」。詳しい教義や誕生の経緯については、生みの親であるボビー・ヘンダーソンさんの「 反★進化論講座 空飛ぶスパゲッティ・モンスターの福音書」(築地書館)に詳しく書かれている。
8月に免許の更新を却下された後、ミラーさんは行政不服申立てを行った。セキュラー・リーガル・ソサイエティ (アメリカのヒューマニスト連合の弁護士ネットワーク) のメンバーであるパティ・デジュネさんが、この訴訟に協力している。デジュネさんは、免許登録所が「過ちを認め」謝罪したと述べた。ミラーさんは、政府機関が意見を翻してくれたことをうれしく思うと述べていたという。
Dorothea Clinton who dug up a potato in the shape of a duck. Dorothea Clinton will be having 'Quack-et Potato' for dinner after digging up this funny-looking potato Sep 13, 2013. The 73-year-old, of Peaton, near Ludlow, thought it bore an uncanny resemblance to a duck, and wanted to show of the funny looking vegetable.
Sally Colburn holds a heart-shaped potato that she found. (Wendy Victora / Northwest Florida Daily News)
On July 22, 2013, German police spotted "a convertible of a slightly different kind." "I saw the strangest-looking convertible I have ever seen - a roofless BMW, without registration plates, bordered around the open top with wooden boards and fake plastic flowers. It was also full of water," the unnamed police officer told Orange News. The officer observed four young men, clad in bathing suits, splashing around inside the bizarre home-made car pool. According to the police report, "All of them appeared drunk." The car had been sealed with a synthetic material and filled with approximately 530 gallons of water. One of the men, a 27-year-old who police suspect was driving, returned to the scene to collect his wallet, police obtained a sample of his blood for a blood-alcohol analysis. The investigation is ongoing and no charges have been filed yet. Speaking with The Bild newspaper, one of the men called the ride a "stupid idea." "It was the first time we drove on a street and we just wanted to have a little fun," he said.
A mother has revealed that she celebrated Andy Murray's Wimbledon victory with a freshly picked strawberry - shaped like a PENIS. Carole Collen, 52, was pottering about in her garden in Dartford, Kent, this Sunday (7/7) when she spotted the cheekily shaped berry dangling amid her fruit and veg patch. Holding back the laughter she went inside to show her family before taking a quick snap to show her friends. Now the mother-of-two is planning to entering the strawberry into a raffle in a bid to raise money for charity.
This photo released by the Glendale Police Department shows a black Cadillac that lost control and careened onto the roof of a neighbor's home on Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Glendale, Calif. The Cadillac driver lost control before leaving his driveway, plunging off a hill "onto the roof of his neighbor's house directly below his driveway. (Photo courtesy of Glendale Police Department)
Tilde Nörgaard, a Swedish sixth grader, is still trying to figure out how she got a third eye in her class photo.
This 150-lb boulder crashed through the windshield of a rental car in Sedona, Az. The passengers, Bob Jaczko and Peter Wilson suffered minor cuts.
Isaak Lasson can finally breathe easy after three years of sinus problem caused by a single wheel-shaped LEGO that he got stuck up his nose back when he was three.
Ben Forrer outside Sita UK, a scrap yard in Coventry, today, 25, 2012. Refer to NTI story NTICRUSH. Ben Forrer looked on in horror as a Coventry scrapyard crushed his van by mistake. Ben Forrer had only left his Citroen Relay for a few minutes as he dropped off an old cooker at the Sita yard, in Longford. But workers mistook the van for scrap and began crushing it in the jaws of a mechanical grabber
A bush carved into the shape of a middle-finger has landed a gardener into trouble after somebody failed to share his humour over the shrub. The council received a complaint about the shaped bush eight years after it was carved by Richard Jackson, 53, in his front garden. Despite only receiving one complaint, the council have since contacted Richard to alter the bush as it is considered a public offence. But Richard, from Tamworth, Staffs, said his neighbours are backing his pledge to keep the bush and they have even began a Save the Bush campaign to support him. Credit: Caters News
A man has made a 5,000 mile pilgrimage to every Anglican cathedral in England so he can give them a good LICKING. Lawrence Edmonds has staked his claim as Britains first every cathedral licker by tongue tickling an incredible 42 in less than two years. Christian approval, Polish condemnation, and looks of confusion from a flock of Dutch tourists have all been experienced by Lawrence on his epic journey Back in January 2011, Lawrences friend Adam challenged him to a bet- that he couldnt lick every Anglican cathedral in the UK within five years. Credit: Caters News
Mike De Butts adds the finishing touches to a giant Baobab Tree sculpture entitled 'Under the Baobab', outside the Southbank Centre on May 24, 2012 in London, England. The Pirate Technics' installation is made from a selection of brightly coloured fabrics from around the world, and is part of the Southbank Centre's 'Festival of the World' exhibition, which includes a series of large scale pieces of art that will be in place around the Southbank centre over the Summer.
Some of Sarah's ponies. Sarah Butler, 28 from Barnsley, Yorkshire has been collecting 1980's My Little Ponies for 24 years and now has over 1,000 of them as well as having a themed room in her house including My Little Pony curtains, bedspread and other collectables.
Natasha Moraes de Andrade, 12, is nicknamed Rapunzel because her hair is more than 5 feet long -- just one and a half inches shorter than her height. In March, she planned to cut and sell the locks for some $2,600 to help get her family in Rio De Janeiro out of poverty.
Swirling colors of city lights from a 900ft crane fill the Moscow skyline. Photographer D. Chistoprudov boards the crane, which is being used to build a skyscraper called Federation, and takes pictures over a period of two hours. Chistoprudov, 28, starts taking the swirling snaps around 1am and battles freezing weather to remain completely still so not to ruin the careful process. (Caters News / ZUMA Press)
The sleek design, the impressive functionality, the distinctive logo - was it only a matter of time before Apple redesigned the humble toilet with the iPoo? The iPoo is literally a case of toilet humour and Belgrade designer Milos Paripovic makes the tongue-in-cheek claim his work isn't intentionally related to the Apple brand.
Naked men wearing only loincloths vie for a wooden treasure ball weighing eight kilos to bring good fortune, during the Tamaseseri festival at Hakozaki shrine in Fukuoka, on Japan's southern island of Kyushu on Jan. 3, 2012. Two teams of farmers and fishermen competed for the rich harvest or largest catch at a festival that dates back some 500 years.
Visitors stand around a snow church just after its inauguration on Dec. 28, 2011 in Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany. The circa 25 meters long church was made of 1,400 cubic meters of snow and aims to commemorate the winter of the years 1910/1911, when so much snow fell that believers of Mitterfirmiansreut were no more able to go to church in the neighboring community of Mauth. So they decided to build their own church, made of snow. (Armin Weigel, AFP / Getty Images)
Visitors stand around a snow church just after its inauguration on Dec. 28, 2011 in Mitterfirmiansreut, Germany. The circa 25 meters long church was made of 1,400 cubic meters of snow and aims to commemorate the winter of the years 1910/1911, when so much snow fell that believers of Mitterfirmiansreut were no more able to go to church in the neighboring community of Mauth. So they decided to build their own church, made of snow. (Armin Weigel, AFP / Getty Images)
Heine Braeck, 33, from Sarpsborg, Norway, has been without an right arm since he lost it during a freak accident when he was 13. Now he has decided to make the stump look like a dolpin's head with the help of Bulgarian tattooist Valio Ska.
A man who ordered a special slipper to fit his oversized foot was sent a size 1,450 - after manufacturers failed to spot a decimal point in his order. Tom Boddingham, 27, has a size 13 right foot while his left is slightly bigger and measures a size 14-and-a-half. But when he ordered his custom-fit slipper manufacturers in China misread size 14.5 and accidently made a whopping 7ft long size 1,450
Eight-year-old girl Belle Wheeler has become the youngest drag racer in the world -- just two days after her eighth birthday. The pint-sized dragster then went onto compete against youngsters more than twice her age and qualified for the UK National Finals.
Competitors race in the 12-hour Lawn Mower Endurance Race on September 24, 2011 in Billingshurst, England. First started in 1973 as a motorsport that would be accessible to as many as possible, this year's competition included more than 30 teams including some from South Africa, America and Luxembourg.
An employee arranges pumpkins to form a fish at the pumkin exhibition of the asparagus and experience farm Buschmann and Winkelmann in Klaistow near Beelitz, northeastern Germany on August 31, 2011. The exhibition will start on September 1 , 2011, with over 100,000 pumkins in 400 different varieties.
High wire artist Freddy Nock balances as he walks up on the rope of a Zugspitze cable car in Grainau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Nock walked up the 995 meters long rope with an altitude difference of 348 meters aiming at collecting money for the UNESCO. He is attempting to set a new world record by doing seven summits in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in seven days. It took him about 90 minutes to arrive on top of Zugspitze, the highest mountain in Germany.
A 16-ton salt spreader blasted through the fifth-floor wall of a Queens Sanitation Department garage and came within inches of plummeting 50 feet to the street. The driver survived the spectacular 9:30 am crash, which sent bricks and debris raining down on cars parked outside the Maspeth repair facility, but spent 15 terrified minutes dangling in the cab of the bright orange vehicle. It's unclear how driver Robert Legall, a 10-year Sanitation veteran with a clean record, lost control of the big rig. "There are signs up there warning drivers to slow down," Commissioner John Doherty told the New York Post. "He's familiar with the rules. We think it was just an unfortunate accident."
Driver Joe Wales crashes through the surf after veering off course during an attempt on the British land speed record for battery-powered vehicles in the Bluebird Electric on Pendine Sands on August 14, 2011 in Pendine, Wales. Driver Joe Wales and his father, fellow driver Don Wales, come from a famous family who have been setting land and water speed records since 1924. Don holds the current UK record of 137 miles an hour in an electric vehicle.
Harrogate Autumn Flower show Director Martin Fish with a giant cabbage, as he introduced a series of new classes for Giant Vegetables to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Show. Giant onions, tomatoes and many others will all compete for the top prize of the biggest vegetable.
An incorrectly spelled "Keep Clear" road marking is pictured in Kingswinford, on August 3, 2011 in West Midlands, England.
Lava spewed from a crater of the giant Etna volcano in the southern Italy island of Sicily on July 30, 2011 in Catania. The lava flown into a valley overnight and did not represent a danger to inhabited areas. Etna is the highest active volcano in Europe at 3,295 metres (10,810 feet) which last eruption was in May.
An exotic plant expert was stunned when he inspected one of his garden pitcher plants and discovered it had eaten a blue tit. Prize winning Nigel Hewitt Cooper one of Britain's leading carnivorous plant growers, from West Pennard, Somerset, couldn't believe his eyes when he checked the Nepenthes x mixta or Monkey Cup pitcher and found the dead bird inside. Normally the plants which are native to south east Asia consume insects which thy attract by secreting a sticky, sweet fluid at the bottom of the pitcher. Sometimes in the wild they have been known to kill small mammals like mice but Mr Hewitt Cooper who regularly wins prizes at the Chelsea flower show says for a cultivate plant to capture a bird is incredible.
A man adjusts a sculpture "Giant Mermaid" on the Alster lake in the northern German city of Hamburg on August 1, 2011. The sculpture is created by art and advertising agency headed by Oliver Voss.
People look at a huge khachapuri (Georgian cheese pastry) in central Batumi on July 28, 2011. The cake was baked using 100 eggs, 90 kilograms of cheese, 150 kilograms of flour, has 8 meters length and was eaten within 1minute 32 seconds by people at a street.
Velomobiles, recumbent bicycles with sleek, colorful outer shells, head for the open road in Portland, Ore., Thursday, July 28, 2011. Twenty five riders from Europe and twenty five riders from North America are on a cross-country trip which will finish on the U.S. Capitol steps in Washington D.C. on August 26. The bikers are trying to spread the message that sustainable, clean transportation can be fun.
Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman has been immortalized in miniature with a bobblehead doll made in his likeness. The bobblehead comes as Trautman prepares to end his tenure as bishop of Erie.
Canadian bubble artist Yang Fan, who has set world record by packing 118 people inside a soap bubble, performs at the Gazillion bubble show in Beijing on July 19, 2011. Yang has earned international acclaim as a result of his complex displays of "bubble theater". In addition to performing he has developed his own bubble solution formulas and equipment to create bubbles.
Newly-wed bride Magda Villasenor looks at "Forever Marilyn", a sculpture by Seward Johnson, on July 15, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois. The stainless steel and aluminum sculpture, which stands 26 feet tall and weighs 34,000 pounds, will be on display in Chicago through the spring of 2012. The sculpture was inspired by Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene in the 1955 movie "Seven Year Itch".
The iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile vehicle is seen outside of the New York Stock Exchange as part of its day-long 75th birthday celebration, Monday, July 18, 2011. To commemorate the milestone, the Oscar Mayer brand rang the closing bell at NYSE. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Oscar Mayer)
An aerial view of Top Pearsy's Maize Maze in the shape of Harry Potter, on July 11, 2011 in York, England. Farmer Tom Pearcy has cut two portraits of Harry Potter in his crop of maize plants. With some subtle differences the two images create the world's largest spot the difference competition. At over 50m in diameter, and cut out of over 1 million living maize plants, the York Maze is the largest 'Maize Maze' in Europe and one of the largest in the world.
A sail boat made of recycled material makes its maiden voyage to mark World Oceans Day in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 8, 2011.
An extraordinary transparent car could fetch as much as GBP 295,000 when it goes up for auction.The motor, dubbed the 'Ghost Car', is a Pontiac Deluxe Six which has been covered in Plexiglas. The first transparent full-sized car to be made in America, it was built in 1939 by General Motors and chemical company Rohm and Haas. Billed as a vision of the future, it was a sensation at the 1939-40 New York World's Fair and continues to cause a stir today. Just two were ever made and this model, which has a three-speed manual transmission, is thought to be the last of its kind. It has clocked up just 86 miles in its lifetime; and now its set to go on sale for the first time since the early 1980s. It last sold for an undisclosed amount. American auctioneers RM expect it to sell for between $275,000 and $475,000.
Serbian women take part in a wedding dress race in downtown Belgrade on June 19, 2011. More than fifty "brides" took part in an annual wedding dress race in the Serbian capital, competing for numerous prizes. (Andrej Isakovic, AFP/Getty Images)
People take part in the annual "London World Naked Bike Ride" event in central London on June 11, 2011. Now in it's eighth year, the event has seen participation grow from 58 in 2004 to 1,200 in 2009. Taking a route that passes many of London's most famous landmarks, the ride allows those participating to decorate their body with messages of protest against oil dependancy and motor vehicle usage.
British artist Alice Newstead hangs by shark hooks during her demonstration to protest against shark slaughter in Hong Kong on June 14. The protest was organized by marine conservation group Shark Savers, and supported by Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics who are launching a global campaign to protect the sharks.
Diska Putra, holds one of his snakes in bed at home on June 10, 2011 in Bintan, Indonesia. Putra, 24, cohabitates in Indonesian with a collection of 30 snakes, some of which are deadly poisonous.
An Indian priest walks outside the temple of Hindu monkey God Hanuman in New Delhi early June 12, 2011. The highly popular monkey-god Hanuman known for his strength is worshipped for his unyielding devotion and selfless dedication to the Lord Rama.
Ron Mueck's 'Big Baby' sculpture is displayed in front of Jenny Saville's painting 'Interfacing' at the Masterpieces Exhibition at Christie's on June 13, 2011 in London, England.
A would-be knight who tried to woo a maiden by riding into her home on a horse is facing five years behind bars for aggravated burglary. Lovelorn Jan Rudnicki, 40, hatched the scheme to bowl over divorcee Gosia Domoslawska after a night's drinking down his local bar in Jarnoltowka, Poland. But terrified Gosia, 36, dialed 999 when her drunken suitor - stripped to the waist - galloped up her garden path and smashed his way through the front door like a battering ram.
Bruce Snowdon, the last sideshow fat man, was honored in a memorial service on Jan. 30, 2010. Snowdon performed as "Harold Huge," and weighed 607 pounds (though by some billing he tipped the scale at 712 pounds). Here he is with fellow sideshow star Peter Terhurne, a fire-eating dwarf.
Mexican tattoo artist and trained lawyer Maria Jose Cristerna, known as "Vampire Woman", attends the Fifth International Tattoo Convention in Bogota, Colombia, on June 4, 2011.
A Sufi Kalandar (wandering ascetic) performs an act of self torture during devotion at the annual death anniversary of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, India on June 2.
Indian spiritual guru Swami Baba Ramdev performs yoga during his hunger strike at the Pitanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar, some 240kms from New Delhi, on June 7, 2011. India's embattled prime minister on June 7 defended a police crackdown on a peaceful anti-graft demonstration led by a famous yoga guru, saying authorities had been left with no choice.
Chinese artist Kwok Mang Ho performs during the 54th International Art Exhibition in Venice on June 1, 2011. The Biennale entitled Illuminazioni that will open to the public from June 4th to November 27th 2011, in the Giardini and the Arsenale exhibition venues, as well as in various other locations around the city.
These glamour models look good enough to eat but will not turn your girlfriend green with envy - because they are made entirely of cabbage. Artist Ju Duoqi created the bizarre sculptures for her project called "The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage". Every body part is made from the vegetable. Ju is from Beijing, China. Pictured, some of Ju's work, made from cabbage leaves. This is entitled: 'An' (Ju Duoqi/Solent News & Photo Agency)
These glamour models look good enough to eat but will not turn your girlfriend green with envy - because they are made entirely of cabbage. Artist Ju Duoqi created the bizarre sculptures for her project called "The Fantasies of Chinese Cabbage". Every body part is made from the vegetable. Ju is from Beijing, China. Pictured, some of Ju's work, made from cabbage leaves. This is entitled: 'Susan' (Ju Duoqi/Solent News & Photo Agency)
An unfinished crib figurine showing President Barack Obama holding the head of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in one hand and making the victory sign with the other hand is displayed on May 2 in a traditional crib shop in Naples, Italy.
The Sydney Customs House building is transformed with a 3D digital projection by Australian company "The Electric Canvas" as part of a media preview on the eve of Vivid Sydney on May 26. Now in its third year, Vivid Sydney is reportedly the largest light and music festival in the Southern Hemisphere.
Members of Welsh stunt group "Dirty Sanchez" prepare to set off from Covent Garden in central London on May 26 at the start of the Gumball 3000 Rally 2011. The rally sees owners of classic and high-end supercars drive from London to Istanbul, covering the 3000 miles over 7 days. Competitors must pay a $40,873 entrance fee before being allowed to take part.
Contestants dance in the 'Schuhplattler' style of Bavarian folk dancing for the Bavarian Lion Award at the Huosigau Heimat and Folklore Society on May 28 in Weilheim, Germany.
Shipwright Christian Bohlin steers his duck shaped boat across Stockholm harbour on May 27, 2011. The duck, one of two novelty boats built by Bohlin, contains two sleeping cots, a kitchenette and a sauna in the bow will be up for sale at the forthcoming boat expo in Sweden for around $58,000.
A gallery employees poses next to an installation by US artist John Baldessari entitled 'Beethoven's Trumpet (With Ear)' at the Saatchi Gallery in central London on May 26.
An employee poses next to an installation by German artist Dirk Skreber entitled 'Untitled (Crash 1) and Untitled (Crash 2)' at the Saatchi Gallery in central London on May 26. Forming part of 'The Shape of Things To Come: New Sculpture' exhibition, it is to be displayed from until mid-October.
An employee poses next to part of an installation by German artist Dirk Skreber entitled 'Untitled (Crash 1) and Untitled (Crash 2)'at the Saatchi Gallery in central London on May 26, 2011.
Filipino children try to empty cups of flour by blowing into them through straws in a parlour game during the annual Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia in a suburb of Manila, on May 22.
A man carries a cat atop his head while walking past the building where former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Khan is being held under house arrest after posting bail, in New York, May 25, 2011.
Erik Sprague, aka Lizardman, says he had horns embedded in his skull in 1999 as part of a body based art piece he began in 1994 that is designed to explore the idea of what it means to be human.
Artist Scott Blake from Omaha, Nebraska has attracted attention with his portraits created from barcodes, such as this one made from the ISBN codes on books in Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. He sent a 60-inch poster of this portrait to Oprah, but never heard back from her.
American Artist Eric Staller preforms with his creation, 'Fish-O-Vision' at Carre Senart Leisure Center on April 1, 2011 in Lieusaint, France.
An installation artwork titled "Leviathanation," by Huang Yong Ping, features a giant fish head made from fiberglass, stuffed animals and a train. It's on display at a gallery in Beijing.
Using 12 miles of yarn, artist Lauren Porter has crafted a life-size Ferrari.
Phoenix artist Sandhi Schimmel Gold may be the world's only junk mail artist. Each of her portraits, such as this one of "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush, is made from postcards, menus and catalogs sent to her in the mail.
A California advertising agency will cover your mortgage for up to one year, if you are willing to cover your house in advertisements. Adzookie is soliciting applications from homeowners who need help paying their bills. In exchange, homeowners must let Adzookie decorate their houses with logos and social media icons -- as illustrated in this artist's rendering of a home participating in the promotion.
When Rick Genest decided 10 years to turn his body into a piece of tattooed art resembling a cadaverous zombie, he had no thought of the future. However, his unique look has gotten him jobs with French clothing designer Theirry Mugler and pop star Lady Gaga as well as a part in an upcoming Keanu Reeves film.
Nicole Briggs looks at a real human brain being displayed as part of new exhibition at the @Bristol attraction on March 8, 2011 in Bristol, England. The Real Brain exhibit - which comes with full consent from a anonymous donor and needed full consent from the Human Tissue Authority - is suspended in liquid with a engraved full scale skeleton on one side and a diagram of the central nervous system on the other and is a key feature of the All About Us exhibition opening this week.
Do you feel like your whole world has been turned upside down? Then you'll feel right at home in Germany's "Crazy House," an amazing work of upside-down architecture. This stunning structure in Bispingen, Germany, features inverted rooms furnished like a typical home -- only all of the fixtures hang over your head.
In China, a man fed up with a Lamborghini Gallardo he bought smashed it to smithereens with a sledgehammer. The destruction of this pricey Italian sports car was meant to recognize World Consumer Rights Day.
Pete and Sylvia Burford noticed that this piece of wood cut has a face like E.T. on it. A pensioner, Pete Burford was chopping wood when the face of the alien from Steven Spielberg's hit 1980s blockbuster stared back at him.
The head of Ronald McDonald lays in a basket after its "execution" in Helsinki at the hands of a group of artists and activists. Kidnappers who call themselves the "Food Liberation Army" snatched the fast-food clown from a Helsinki McDonald's on Jan. 31 and said McDonald's officials could save the mascot's life if they answered a number of questions. Finnish police rescued the doll earlier this week and reportedly arrested two members of the Food Liberation Army. But the group had prepared its own Ronald McDonald, which it executed with a guillotine on Feb. 11.
Spectators stand in front of a partially inflated balloon of "Star Wars'" Darth Vader before its flight during the 16th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in the Philippines' Clark Freeport Zone, in Pampanga, on Feb. 10. Hot-air balloon pilots from various countries are taking part in the annual event that was started in 1994 at the former U.S. military air base and continues to attract hundreds of spectators every year.
When artist Andrew Myers makes a painting, the subjects of his portraits get screwed -- literally. Myers, a sculptor based in Laguna Beach, California, turns screws into three-dimensional portraits. Myers likes the industrial aspect of using screws and turning something that is "harsh" into something soft like a portrait.
A cash-strapped Michigan mom turned 84,000 pennies into a priceless work of art. After going through a difficult period in which she was forced to pinch pennies, Wander Martich decided to create this massive 1-cent piece, which was recently acquired by Ripley's Believe It or Not.
A model presents a futuristic-looking creation by Amapo on Jan. 29 during the 2011-2012 fall-winter collections of the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil.
A model demonstrates mini shoes in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 20, 2011. Thirty-five pairs of mini shoes were displayed in Hong Kong Thursday including the world's smallest pair that measured 3.8 millimeters long, 1.8 millimeters wide and 2.2 millimeters high.
Swimming at the Cold Water Championships isn't easy -- no bull. Competitors put on wacky costumes, like these horns, before swimming laps in the frigid waters at the Tooting Bec Lido in south London. Reports indicate that the water was about 37 degrees during this year's event on Jan. 22.
Henri Leconte of France plays a stroke with an oversize racquet as he partners Patrick Rafter of Australia during their legends doubles exhibition match against Wayne Arthurs of Australia and compatriot Pat Cashon during the sixth day of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 22.
Want to make a masterpiece? All you need is an artistic mind and a lot of dirty laundry. Laura Bell of Michigan has created a lint replica of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper." By repeatedly laundering brightly colored towels, Bell was able to obtain enough vivid lint to construct the 14-foot by 4-foot work of art, which was recently acquired by Ripley's Believe It or Not.
Russian performers dressed as rabbits wait backstage during rehearsals for a Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit) television show at Beijing Television (BTV) studios in the capital on Jan. 11.
The Hook Eagle Morris Men dance on the pavement outside the Waggon and Horses pub during the annual Wassail night in Hartley Wintney, 40 miles west of London. The event, held near to twelfth night, celebrates both the passing of Christmas and the future good health of the fruit trees. Traditionally the custom involved the local farm workers visiting the orchard after dark with shotguns, horns, food and a large pail of cider.
You don't have to be devilish to have a horn on your head. China's Huang Yuanfan, 84, says that over the past two years, a small bump on the back of his head has turned into a horn that's nearly 3 inches long. "Doctors say they don't know what caused it, but if they try to take it off it will just come back," he told the press. "I try to hide it beneath a hat, but if it gets much longer it will be sticking out the top."
A sand sculpture titled "Lair of the Spider Queen," carved by Baldrick Buckle from the U.K., is seen at the Creepy Crawlies Sand Sculpting Exhibition on the Frankston waterfront in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 26, 2010. International sand sculpture artists from around the world teamed up with their Australian counterparts to create the insect-themed exhibition, which will be open to the public until April, 2011.
There's lake-effect snow -- and now there's effect ice. A lighthouse in Cleveland has become encased in a thick layer of ice thanks to chilly temperatures and lake spray kicked up by a major storm on Lake Erie. This striking image shows the Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse almost entirely encased on ice on Dec. 14. Though the wintry lighthouse is beautiful, the frozen beacon isn't nearly as effective -- it's reportedly hard to see because of all the ice.
Who says bigger is better? French retiree Jean Massa poses next to his tiny model of the Sistine Chapel in a church in Nice, France. Less than one-thirtieth the size of the famed Vatican chapel, Massa's miniature re-creation measures just 4 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 4 inches. It took him 5,000 hours over four years to complete.
Frosty has met his match. This giant snowman, named Milocinek, stands more than 30 feet tall near the town of Trzebnica, Poland. Constructed by a group of builders over six days, the massive snow sculpture -- photographed on Dec. 11 -- is about the same height as nearby houses.
Patricia Mae, of Seven Sisters, South Wales, was left shellshocked after her chicken laid a monster, 4-inch-long egg last month. At first the 69-year-old thought her husband James was joking around when he told her about the large egg. The massive lay can most be appreciated when the egg, which is almost 2 inches wide, is laid next to a normal sized one. "We're quite surprised that whichever chicken laid it is still alive."
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A tree made of recycled bicycles is the centerpiece of The Rocks, a shopping district in Sydney, Australia.
Now you can enjoy movies -- on the small screen. England's tiny Sol Cinema is a miniature movie theater that's powered entirely by the sun. With space for eight adults, the small theater uses solar panels to gather and store the energy it needs to screen movies.
A crane lifts the head of what will be the world's largest statue of Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin, Poland, on Nov. 6. Dubbed "Christ the King," the massive statue rises 170 feet above the town. Construction was finished over the weekend, and Father Sylwester Zawadzki says the statue will be officially consecrated on Nov. 21.
Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, the first man in the world to fly under a jet-fitted wing, speeds through the air performing a looping after launching from a hot air balloon on November 5, 2010 above Bercher, western Switzerland. Rossy jumped out of a hot air ballon at about 2,000 meters height.
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This isn't your grandma's wheelchair -- it's the world's fastest powerchair. British plumber Colin Furze broke the record with a 70mph run.
J&D Foods, a company that sells all things bacon, recently commissioned artist Mike Lahue to build a life-size bust of Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon entirely out of bacon. Now, the masterpiece is being auctioned off on eBay for charity and Kevin Bacon has never looked so delicious.
British photographer Carl Warner is getting a taste of fame thanks to photos of landscapes that contain nothing but food. The sails on this Chinese Junk are made of dried lotus leaves, while the hull is made from cinnamon sticks. The waves are a mix of bok choy, kai choy and Savoy cabbage.
Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada walks on the catwalk during the Madrid Cibeles Fashion week on Sept. 19 in Madrid.
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Here is Elvis Presley carved from a single pencil lead, complete with his shades. Many artists have used pencils to create their works -- but Dalton Ghetti creates masterpieces on the tip of one. The Connecticut carpenter spends several months painstakingly crafting each work on the graphite of a pencil.
After some Oktoberfest revelry, aren't these the perfect lederhosen? These 15-foot breeches, tailored by Walter Sinnhofer, are said to be the largest pair of the traditional leather shorts. They were fashioned from 80 square yards of cowhide.
Lily Cao, 7, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, views a sculpture made from coat hangers that depicts the crucifixion of Jesus. The sculpture, by artist David Mach, is displayed in Parliament Square outside St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Tired of spinning class? The Scubster -- a new pedal-powered submarine -- might be your answer. Stephane Rousson of France takes this underwater vehicle for a spin in the waters near Nice, in southeastern France.
Fresh human meat for sale! Animal rights activists say meat is murder -- and buying a steak is no different from buying a corpse. So they covered themselves in fake blood and wrapped themselves in plastic, like meat sold at supermarkets, for a New York City protest on July 27.
Now President Barack Obama really has egg on his face. Indian artist Harwinder Singh Gill shows off his newest creation -- a portrait of Obama that he carved into a duck egg shell.
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Neil Caldwell has brightened the world's breakfast plates with the invention of rainbow-colored bacon. Everybody knows bacon makes everything taste better. Now, it makes everything look better, too.
Steve Wilson found some dirty money while working for DoodyCalls Pet Waste Removal in St. Louis. On a recent call, he spotted some money sticking out from a pile of doggie doo. He cleaned the bills, put them in a plastic bag and returned what turned out to be $58 to the customer. Now, dog owner Karen Linn is putting the cash on eBay in hopes of raising money for the Humane Society of the United States.
Sarah Kaufmann says mild cheddar is the best for sculpting but has made sculptures using harder cheeses as well.
Chris Trueman's self-portrait, made entirely of 200,000 dead harvester ants, has been purchased by Ripley's Believe It or Not! and will be displayed in a Ripley museum.
Fan Qianrong munches on soil on April 13. The 48-year-old resident of China's Hebei province says she has stayed healthy for more than four decades by eating dirt.
"Hands up", an art work by Brazilian artist Miguel Sanchez, is on display at the exhibition "The Bra: The Battle Continues - Campaign Against Breast Cancer" in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
This might look like a balloon, but it's actually an intestine. The Ukrainian woman shown here Jan. 30 was partaking in the Pigs Carvers Festival in the Transcarpathian village of Gecha. Inflating a pig's intestine is part of the process by which blood pudding is made.
All babies are beautiful, except maybe this one. Thank goodness this is not a living infant. It's a silicon and fiberglass sculpture by Australian artist Ron Mueck. It went on display at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 31, 2010. This work is called "A Girl."
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DAMP—Deficits in Attention, Motor control and Perception—is a psychiatric concept conceived by Christopher Gillberg.
DAMP is similar to MBD (Minimal Brain Dysfunction), a concept that was formulated in the 1960s.[1] Both concepts are related to certain psychiatric conditions, such as hyperactivity. The concept of MBD was strongly criticised by Sir Michael Rutter [Gillberg, 2003, p.904] and several others researchers, and this led to its abandonment in the 1980s.[1] At the same time, research showed that something similar was needed. One alternative concept was ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Gillberg proposed another alternative: DAMP. Gillberg's concept was formulated in the early 1980s, and the term itself was introduced in a paper that Gillberg published in 1986 (see Gillberg [1986]). (DAMP is essentially MBD without the etiological assumptions.[2])
The concept of DAMP met with considerable criticism. For example, Sir Michael Rutter stated that the concept of DAMP (unlike ADHD) was "muddled" and "lacks both internal coherence and external discriminative validity ... it has no demonstrated treatment or prognostic implications"; he concluded that the concept should be abandoned.[3] Another example is the criticism of Per-Anders Rydelius, Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Karolinska Institute, who argued that the definition of DAMP was too vague: "the borderline between DAMP and conduct disorders [is] unclear ... the borderline between DAMP and ADHD [is] unclear"; he concluded that "the concept is in need of revision".[1] And in 2000, Eva Kärfve, a sociologist at the University of Lund, published a book which argued that Gillberg's work on DAMP should be rejected.[4]
Perhaps the strongest criticism of DAMP is that Gillberg and his co-workers in Gothenburg are almost the only people doing research on DAMP. Indeed, in a review of DAMP published by Gillberg in 2003, it was noted that there were only "about 50" research papers that had been published on DAMP and that the "vast majority of these have either originated in the author's own clinical and research setting or have been supervised and/or co-authored by him" [Gillberg, 2003, p.904]. This is in contrast to ADHD, on which "several thousand papers" had been published [Gillberg, 2003, p.905]. As far as clinical practice goes, DAMP has been primarily accepted only in Gillberg's native Sweden and in Denmark [Gillberg, 2003, p.904], and even in those countries acceptance is mixed.
In 2003, Gillberg revised his definition of DAMP. The new definition is as follows: (a) ADHD as defined in DSM-IV; (b) DCD (Developmental Coordination Disorder) as defined in DSM-IV; (c) condition not better accounted for by cerebral palsy; and (d) IQ should be higher than about 50 [Gillberg, 2003: box 1]. (In the WHO system, this would be a hyperkinetic disorder combined with a developmental disorder of motor function.) About half of children with ADHD are believed to also have DCD [Gillberg, 2003; Martin et al., 2006[5]].
Strong criticism of DAMP, however, has continued.[2][6][7] In particular, it has been observed that "the validity and utility of DAMP will remain unclear until stronger evidence of the special status of the overlap between its constituent disorders is provided."[2]
In 2005, there was an hour-long television program broadcast on Swedish TV, questioning why Sweden, almost alone in the world, would accept the DAMP construct.[8] The program featured critical commentary from Sir Michael Rutter. It also considered some of the controversies over Gillberg's Gothenburg study.
The concept of DAMP (deficits in attention, motor control, and perception) has been in clinical use in Scandinavia for about 20 years. DAMP is diagnosed on the basis of concomitant attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and developmental coordination disorder in children who do not have severe learning disability or cerebral palsy. In clinically severe form it affects about 1.5% of the general population of school age children; another few per cent are affected by more moderate variants. Boys are overrepresented; girls are currently probably underdiagnosed. There are many comorbid problems/overlapping conditions, including conduct disorder, depression/anxiety, and academic failure. There is a strong link with autism spectrum disorders in severe DAMP. Familial factors and pre- and perinatal risk factors account for much of the variance. Psychosocial risk factors appear to increase the risk of marked psychiatric abnormality in DAMP. Outcome in early adult age was psychosocially poor in one study in almost 60% of unmedicated cases. There are effective interventions available for many of the problems encountered in DAMP.
See alsoEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rydelius, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sonuga-Barke, 2003
- ↑ Gallup et al., 2005
- ↑ Kärfve, 2000
- ↑ Martin et al., 2006
- ↑ Rasmussen, 2003
- ↑ Andersson, 2004
- ↑ Bagge, 2005
- Andersson, Emelie (2004), Debatten om DAMP: En kontroversstudie (University of Stockholm). [In Swedish]
- Bagge, Peter (5 July 2005), "Forskarstrid: DAMP ifrågasätts från fler än ett håll", Sveriges Television. (Summary of televised show, in Swedish.)
- Gallup, Raymond; Miller, Clifford G.; Elinder, Leif R.; Brante, Thomas; Kärfve , Eva; Josephson, Staffan (July 2005), "Rapid Responses", British Medical Journal.
- Gillberg, Christopher (1986). Attention deficit disorder: diagnosis, prevalence, management and outcome. Pediatrician 13: 108-118.
- Gillberg, Christopher (2003). Deficits in attention, motor control, and perception: a brief review. Archives of Disease in Childhood 88: 904-910.
- Kärfve, Eva (2000), Hjärnspöken: DAMP och hotet mor folkhälsan, Stockholm: Brutus Östlings Bokförlag. [In Swedish.]
- Martin, Neilson C., Piek Jan P., Hay, David (February 2006). DCD and ADHD: A genetic study of their shared aetiology. Human Movement Science 25 (1): 110–124. ISSN 0167-9457.
- Rasmussen N.H. (17 November 2003), "Deficits in attention, motor control, and perception: a brief review", Archives of Disease in Childhood eLetters.
- Rydelius P.-A. (2000), "DAMP and MBD versus AD/HD and hyperkinetic disorders", Acta Pædiatrica, 89: 266–268.
- Sonuga-Barke E.J.S. (2003), "On the Intersection Between AD/HD and DCD: The DAMP Hypothesis", Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 8 (3): 114–116.
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"He was told that the shells had been sent to the armorers to be defused. The armorers told him that Intelligence had picked them up. They could not say why at the time, but Bohn eventually sought out the answer.
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The Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise has joined the rest of the College's participation in the electronic card-swipe building and room entrance program: all of the Business School's external access points (east and west end, Breezeway and Bridge entrances) and 8 of the building's interior rooms now have electronically-controlled locks that are centrally programmed to open to select groups of IC id-cards on set scheduless.
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* BUS 210 Graduate lounge - MBA and MBA/PA students from 7:30am to 1am
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