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On London's lazy river lies
an art museum known worldwide,
That houses art of many kinds
Including Waterhouse's pride
The Lady of Shalott.
To Tate the sneaky stitchers lope,
Taking a single knitted rope,
To weave it into what they hope,
Shows traces of Shalott.
Inside the quiet gallery,
They tame the cord for all to see,
And turn it into poetry,
Pinched from the fair Shalott.
And up and down the people go,
While there a woolly lily grows,
With soft blue water down below,
Its roots grown from Shalott.
Four fibrous woolly handmade towers,
Conjured up by knitting powers,
To show the place that once embower'd,
The Lady of Shalott.
And from the painting's world there came
A candelabra all aflame
To light the yarnstorm in the name
Of the missing Shallot.
And at the head a mighty steed
From the tangled cord was freed
To give then noble knight god speed,
Twas brave Sir Lancelot!
The knight's gloved hand emerged there too
Clutching a bugle which he blew,
Part of the growing woolly view
Of pieces of Shalott.
And last their golden craftwork writes
"But in her web she still delights
To weave the mirror's magic sights…"
And there it shone beneath Tate's lights
To tell tales of Shallot.
And when the yarnstorm all was done
They beckoned passers by to join
In weaving magic of their own
To celebrate Shallot.
When all was made and ends were tied
They put their miles of cord aside
And left the web to go outside
"I'm half sick of stitching," sighed
The Stitchers of Shalott.
And folks that wandered in their wake
Marvelled at the yarnstormed make
And said "I hope they got some cake
Those Stitchers of Shallot."
Half Sick of Stitching was yarnstormed by Knit the City's Deadly Knitshade and The Fastener, with lovely lilypads conjured and countless lengths of cord churned out by Shorna the Dead, and more crafty cord conjured by Lady Loop.
The yarnstorm was part of Tate Loud, an interactive art event by Punchdrunk at London's Tate Britain on September 22nd 2012. All artworks were inspired by the Lady of Shalott: an 1888 oil-on-canvas painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite painter John William Waterhouse. The painting was absent from the museum and our pieces were the traces it left behind.
Every single piece of the Half Sick of Stitching yarnstorm is made from handmade knitted cord. Cool, no?
We'd like to thank every one who dropped in to our free workshop and handmade bits of our woolly spider web, and the lovely Stitch Sages from Stitch London who helped pass on the stitching skills.
Apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson for turning his poem woolly. Read the full Lady of Shalott poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson over here.
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you maybe don't believe this, but this afternoon I saw a French-knitting-machine in a shop. It costs € 17,95 !!!, greetings and yarnlove from Betty
I forgot to tell you all that I like your work very much!!!!!

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TAB stands for "Text Adventure Base". It's something I made so other people could create simple text adventure games with it.
Feature list!
-Support for installing more games
-Games can be created easily
-Games can have custom variables
-Games created for TAB can be uploaded on http://www.reddit.com/r/tab_games.
There's a guide on how to use TAB here: Guide
Here's a quick example game I've made for TAB: Example Game
Download here. Requires Löve 0.9.0.
File complaints, bugs or death threats towards me in this thread.


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"...most abundant wildlife I have seen in Africa. 1,500 buffalo, 5,000-plus Kafue lechwe. Shooter male lions on every bait."
"I never saw so much game in one concession as I did on this, my 6th, trip to Africa. Trip could not have been better!"
"I've never seen more plains game in an area. The abundance of cats was amazing. We saw lions walking around and stalking game on most hunting days."
As I told you last month, the downside to all this good news is the emergence of some fly-by-nights, who are selling fictitious hunts, or misrepresenting where their hunts will take place. You can avoid all this trouble by going to our web site (www.hunting report.com) and clicking on "Zambian Lease Holders: The Official List." The Special Report lists the areas each company controls and indicates whether the areas are prime, secondary or understocked. The significance of those terms should be self-evident, except in the case of "secondary." Some "secondary" areas in Zambia have been producing surprisingly well this year. So you should not be put off on a safari simply because it will be conducted in a secondary area if the outfitter can provide 2003 references. The key thing is to sign a contract only with one of the listed companies, or with an agent who is provably dealing with one of the listed companies.


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For those unfamiliar with the series, Frasier was a spin-off from another popular sitcom Cheers. It is about Frasier, a neurotic radio psychiatrist, and joining him are Dr. Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce), his brother and fellow neurotic psychiatrist, Martin Crane (John Mahoney), Frasier's father and retired police officer, Daphne Moon (Jane Leeves), Martin's physical therapist, and Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin), Frasier's radio producer and longtime friend. Basically, each episode takes a look into their daily lives and interactions. The quirky behaviors of each character are what make this series really stand out. For instance, both Frasier and Niles seem to have more problems than the people they treat, which make for some sticky situations that are worth a laugh. Another wonderful aspect about the series is how a character can incorrectly interpret a situation, blowing it way out of portion. For more detail about this series please refer to DVD Talk's reviews of season one, season two, season three, season four, season five, season six, season seven, and the final season.
This review covers Frasier - The Premiere Episodes and it is disc one from the full season one set. The release is intended to be a sampler of what the full season set is like. After watching the premiere episodes, you will be able to determine if there is further interest. This release is great for casual viewers who are considering investing money into the full season sets and not quite sure. "The Premiere Episodes" include the first six episodes from season one. The episodes include "The Good Son", "Space Quest", "Dinner at Eight", "I Hate Frasier Crane", "Here's Looking at You", and "The Crucible".
In the series pilot episode "The Good Son", Dr. Frasier Crane had recently relocated to his home town in Seattle, Washington. Frasier reunites with his goofy brother Niles, Martin moves in with Frasier, along with the live-in physical therapist Daphne Moon, and he gets accustomed to his new job as a radio talk show host with his producer Roz Doyle. In this episode, the cast is introduced, along with all of their personality quirks and cleverly dynamic together. Frasier's beginning is a solid introduction to a fine sitcom.
The remaining episodes follow storylines expanding the characters, their situations, and their relationships: "Space Quest", Frasier deals with having Martin and Daphne living in the house--no privacy, "Dinner at Eight", Frasier and Niles take Martin to out for a gourmet meal, but their reservation is lost and they go to the Timber Mill, a place far from the Crane boy's social circle, "I Hate Frasier Crane", Frasier's ego gets the best of him when a newspaper columnist criticizes him, "Here's Looking at You", Martin and a woman named Irene watch each other with telescopes and Frasier butts in, and "The Crucible", Frasier's ego kicks him in the butt (again) when he finds out a rare painting he has been showing off is a fake.
What is great about these episodes (and the remaining episodes in season one) is the quirky, neurotic humor the characters provide individually and with each other. Both Frasier and Niles are great characters; they are utterly ridiculous. Putting Martin with them, a near-polar opposite personality makes for a great conflict. Daphne and Roz also offer great performances. The stories introduce genuine humor dealing with Frasier and his ego, Frasier and everyone else getting used to their new life, and fitting in with each other.
Overall, I was happy re-watching the first six episodes of Frasier. They are a fun bunch of characters and the episodes are solid. Casual viewers who are just getting into the show this release is a great introduction. But fans should probably look at the full season one set and if you already own season one, this release offers nothing new. It is the same as disc one from the full set.
The DVD
The video is given in 1.33:1 ratio full frame color. The picture quality is rather good and only suffers from minor compression artifacts. However, there are a few occurrences of low frame rate, where the picture gets slightly choppy and there are also some hints of edge enhancement.
The audio track in this release is an English 2.0 Dolby digital stereo sound track. The audio in this release comes off fairly flat. However as found with most TV on DVD releases it's not necessarily bad, since the majority of the audio is spoken dialogue.
This release also supports closed captioning.
For extras, there are two items included. The first is an audio commentary with David Lee and Peter Casey for the pilot episode "Good Son". They talk about the episode and series in general (creation, production, casting, characters, storylines, etc.) It is a decent commentary and unfortunately the only commentary for the entire series. The last extra is "Celebrity Voices", which is a montage of scenes with celebrity guest stars calling in Frasier's radio show.
Final Thoughts:
Frasier is a wonderful television comedy that I have enjoyed watching for many years. The six episodes included in Frasier - The Premiere Episodes are an exciting introduction to the series for casual viewers and newcomers. Both of whom should look into purchasing this release to get acquainted with the characters and show. It is recommended for those individuals. However, if you are a fan or already own the full season one set, then don't buy this release. The contents are exactly the same as the first disc one in the full set.


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Division One
Durham v Somerset
Chester-le-Street (11am) Graham Onions, who played three tour matches for England during the winter, returns to county duty with Durham. But there is no place for Steve Harmison, who played in the second team on Monday, in a 13-man squad. Somerset are missing Alviro Petersen, who has South Africa commitments and who will not arrive in England until this morning.
Nottinghamshire v Middlesex
Trent Bridge (11am) Nottinghamshire will give debuts to Australia opener Ed Cowan, their new overseas player, and former Yorkshire seamer Ajmal Shahzad, who spent most of last season on loan at Lancashire. England Lions seamer James Harris will make his Middlesex debut. Gurjit Sandhu, who has yet to play in the Championship, is also in a 12-man squad.
Warwickshire v Derbyshire
Edgbaston (11am) Warwickshire are missing three seamers with Keith Barker and Boyd Rankin injured and Chris Woakes rested at England's request. Tom Milnes, who took seven for 39 against Oxford MCCU on Sunday, gets his chance along with former Yorkshire seamer Oliver Hannon-Dalby. Shivnarine Chanderpaul makes his debut for Derbyshire.
Yorkshire v Sussex
Headingley (11am) Liam Plunkett is in line to make his championship debut for Yorkshire. Former Northamptonshire seamer Jack Brooks is also in a 13-man squad. Sussex have named Monty Panesar in a squad that includes new recruits Andy Miller and Chris Jordan. Rory Hamilton-Brown is prepared to make his first Championship appearance for Sussex since 2009.
Division Two
Essex v Gloucestershire
Chelmsford (11am) Essex have promoted Jaik Mickleburgh from the second team as cover for Greg Smith, who faces a fitness test. Sajid Mahmood, a recruit from Lancashire, misses out in a full-strength seam attack. Gloucestershire are poised to give a debut to teenage wicketkeeper Cameron Herring. Australian Michael Klinger will captain for the first time.
Glamorgan v Northants
Cardiff (11am) Murray Goodwin is set to make his debut for Glamorgan along with former Western Australia paceman Michael Hogan, a British passport-holder. Northamptonshire give a debut to Australia seamer Trent Copeland, their overseas player for the first half of the season. Steven Crook, who rejoined from Middlesex, makes his first appearance for the team in four years.
Hampshire v Leicestershire
Southampton (11am) Batsman George Bailey, fresh from captaining Tasmania to the Sheffield Shield title, will make his Hampshire debut. Adam Wheater, a recruit from Essex, is preferred to Michael Bates as wicketkeeper. Leicestershire are missing seamers Nathan Buck and Anthony Ireland so Ollie Freckingham could step up. Niall O'Brien is in line to make his debut.
Lancashire v Worcestershire
Old Trafford (11am) Simon Katich, who left Hampshire during the winter, is to make his first championship appearance for Lancashire in three years. Wayne White is also in the squad but Kabir Ali, the other winter recruit, is injured. Worcestershire give debuts to Sri Lanka batsman Thilan Samaraweera and former Western Australia wicketkeeper Michael Johnson.


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STANISLAS WAWRINKA turned the tables on Novak Djokovic in spectacular fashion to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
Twelve months ago Wawrinka pushed Djokovic all the way to 12-10 in the fifth set in the fourth round in Melbourne and then lost a similar match in the semi-finals of the US Open.
But, after 14 consecutive defeats by the Serbian, Wawrinka triumphed 2-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 9-7 to bring Djokovic's run of 25 consecutive wins at the tournament and 28 overall to a juddering halt.
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The result also ended the three-time defending champion's run of 14 consecutive grand slam semi-finals, protecting the incredible mark of 23 set by Wawrinka's Swiss countryman Roger Federer.
Wawrinka said: ''Last year I took a lot of confidence from those matches with Novak. I was really close. I was playing good. We always have some great battles.
''I came on the court tonight with a lot of confidence in myself, knowing that if I play my best game, I always have a chance against him.
''He's so tough to beat. He's an amazing champion. He's always fights. He's always finds a solution.
''In the fourth set I think I was playing good and he won that set. So it was not easy to deal with that in the fifth set, especially against him.
''Last time he always found the solution against me in the fifth set. He was the better player. But not tonight.'' The much-anticipated rematch looked set to be an anticlimax when Djokovic raced through the first set but Wawrinka regrouped and began to rip his one-handed backhand.
Suddenly the eighth seed was two sets to one up and it was Djokovic having to dig deep.
He did just that to level the match but let an early break in the decider slip away and, after four hours, Wawrinka took his first match point.
Next the 28-year-old will face seventh seed Tomas Berdych, who knocked out David Ferrer to make the semi-finals in Melbourne for the first time.
Djokovic was magnanimous in defeat and gracious in his praise of Wawrinka.
He said: ''I think it was quite even. From the start I played better. I had some opportunities early in the second to get the break and I didn't use that.
''He served extremely well from the beginning to the end.
Every time he was in trouble, he was coming up with big serves. He took his opportunities.
''He deserved this win. I congratulate him absolutely.
I gave it my best. I gave it all.
I tried to come out as the winner.
I tried to fight until the last point as I did last year.
''It's the same court, but it wasn't to be this time.'' The result was certainly a surprise but even more so the manner in which it ended, with Djokovic placing a simple volley wide.
The decision to serve and volley on match point smacked of a Boris Becker tactic, and it was certainly an inauspicious start to their partnership.
''I'm satisfied with the things that we've been talking about and working on,'' said Djokovic of his new coach.
''Of course, it's unfortunate that we finished the tournament in the quarter-finals.
But it's the beginning of the season and we'll see what's coming next.'' Berdych joined Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray in completing his set of grand slam semifinals with his 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-4 win over Ferrer.


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Heat vs. Pacers Free Pick
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (ATS Consultants) – The Pacers have won 12-straight home games but they'll face a tough challenge tonight when they host the Heat at 7:00PM ET.
Last game: (1/8/13). INDIANA (+2) over Miami, 87-77. Miami (29-13 SU, 21-21 ATS, 20-22 O/U) is coming off a 105-85 win over Brooklyn on the road on Wednesday giving 2.5. Indiana dominated Detroit, 98-79 on Wednesday, giving 8.5 at home
ODDS: Oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv have installed the Heat as 2-point favorites versus the Pacers, while the over/under total is currently sitting at 183 points. Miami is 29-13 overall and 11-10 on the road, while Indiana is 27-19 overall and 17-3 at home.
LINE MOVEMENT: The Heat opened as 2.5-point favorites but the spread has been bet down to 2 at most sports books. The total, meanwhile, opened at 185.5 and has been bet down to 183.
PUBLIC BETTING: Of the current wagers placed on tonight's game, 78% of NBA public bettors currently favor the Heat. This information is subject to change, however, so make sure you click on the link provided to get the most updated public betting numbers.
NBA FREE PICK: Take Indiana. According to latest NBA trends, Heat are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 vs. Eastern Conference, 2-7 ATS in their last 9 games following a S.U. win, 1-4 ATS in their last 5 games following a SU win of more than 10 points, 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games following a ATS win, 1-5 ATS in their last 6 after scoring 100 points or more in their previous game and are 1-6 ATS in their last 7 vs. NBA Central. Underdog is 27-13-1 ATS in the last 41 meetings. Indiana is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games playing on 1 days rest.
The Indiana Pacers know the formula. Play tough defense and rebound. Indiana seeks a third straight regular-season victory over visiting Miami when the Eastern Conference's top defense meets its highest-scoring offense Friday night. The only time the Heat were held below 84 points all season came in an 87-77 loss the Pacers on Jan. 8 as James tied a season high with seven turnovers -- half of his team's total for the contest. The Pacers, who lead the NBA in field-goal percentage defense (41.9) and the East in scoring defense (89.9), led last season's second-round playoff series with the Heat 2-1 before dropping three straight. They've held Miami under 78 points each of the last three times they've beaten the Heat, including that series. Paul George had 29 points and 11 rebounds in the last meeting and played a key role in frustrating James for most of the contest. Indiana has won the last two regular-season matchups after dropping nine of 10. Expect the Pacers to defend and rebound their way to a win.
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SAS:Embassy Siege BBC2
My Worst Week BBC1
A Very English Genius BBC4
Would Like To Meet BBC2
In SAS: Embassy Siege, the viewer was terrifyingly aware of the danger of the situation. Nagging constantly away was the question: did they realise that cigarettes can seriously damage your health?
Enthralling and disturbing, this account of the 1980 Iranian Embassy hostage crisis was rich in the kind of extrinsic historical detail that gives credible life to incredible events. The newsreels showed the negotiators having to contend not just with their own chain-smoking but also with telephones only slightly smaller than armchairs. By their own reckoning, they failed because, prompted by the execution of a hostage, soldiers from the Special Air Service were sent in to bring the siege to a memorably explosive end.
The build-up to that finale was retold from the perspective of the the negotiators, the SAS and a handful of the 26 hostages. The one viewpoint missing, of course, was that of the six terrorists from the so-called Democratic Revolutionary Front for Arabistan. Five of them were shot dead - two in controversial circumstances - and the sixth is still serving a life sentence.
The programme's major coup was to be able to interview three members of the SAS team. However, their reminiscences were, perhaps, the least interesting of the lot. Although the Andy McNab-style dialogue was kept to a minimum, the consensus of their opinion was: 'It was just a job.'
By way of contrast, the memories of the various hostages were a fascinating exploration of the psychology of survival. Some, like the policeman Trevor Lock, blamed themselves, while the BBC sound recordist Sim Harris retained a charmingly comic sense of the absurd. The most affecting testimony came from Chris Cramer, who suffered a mental collapse and was released early in the siege. 'I may be a coward,' he said bravely, 'but at least I know I'm a coward.' Intriguingly, he was the most damning of the SAS attack. A film that could have been an exercise in jingoistic nostalgia turned out to be an adventurous study of different forms of courage.
Later on in the Eighties, Guinness introduced a new series of adverts based simply around the word 'Genius'. Back then, it seemed an inappropriate epithet to describe something that was thick and dull with a head full of froth. But subsequent events have proved the creative brain behind the campaign was way ahead of his time.
A reminder of that fact came in My Worst Week. A brash summary of the boozy days last June which led to Chris Evans's sacking from Virgin Radio, it recorded that in one drinking session the DJ consumed six pints of Guinness - and, incidentally, six pints of lager, nine bottles of champagne and another bottle of wine.
'He's a genius,' announced one contributor. It was not clear if this was because, or in spite, of his fondness for the black liquid. But then the nature of Evans's talent has always been strangely elusive. Blessed with a radio face and a TV ego, he has never seemed completely suited to either medium.
What he does have is the ability to package his personality - zany rather than funny, ironic rather than clever - into a highly marketable form. He did it so successfully at Virgin that he could buy and sell the station pretty much on the strength of his profile and, in the process, he made himself a multimillionaire.
Soon, however, he became bored, then boring and finally boorish. AWOL on a six-day bender that was minutely documented in the tabloids, he apparently caused shares in the Scottish Media Group, the company that bought Virgin from Evans, to lose millions in value. It seems the ginger DJ thought he was in possession of a winning hand, but, instead, he was given a humiliating elbow.
Presented by the cadaverous Iain Lee, late of The 11 O'Clock Show, My Worst Week dealt with the story in the arch, sardonic tone that is fast becoming the new house style for celebrity documentaries. Despite the possessive pronoun in the title, Evans did not partake in the film. So, to get round this problem, the producers ran cheesy mock-ups with blurry lookalikes, self-consciously titled 'reconstruction'.
The programme's stance was one of knowing unseriousness which seemed to say that if celebrity is a joke then documentaries on celebrity are a bigger joke - but it's OK because we're all in on it. The best laugh to be had was the sight of a couple of tabloid hacks declaring their outrage at a media professional drinking excessive alcohol. Such abstemious souls are prone to sip nothing but tea poured from a kettle and pot the most untarnishable shade of black.
At no point in A Very English Genius did we learn of its subject's favourite tipple. Nevertheless, we can feel confident that Michael Ventris, the man who deciphered Linear B, was not someone who consumed his liquor by the flagon. His only compulsion in life was to decode a series of impenetrable hieroglyphs dating back almost 4,000 years. In 1936, at the age of 14, he saw the famous archeologist Sir Arthur Evans display the stones he had unearthed in Crete two decades before. Etched on them were some spidery inscriptions that Evans named Linear B. From the moment he laid eyes on these archaic symbols, Ventris became obsessed with working out what they meant.
Evans had long decided that he had discovered the remnants of a language and culture that predated ancient Greece by hundreds of years. For decades, the true significance of Linear B remained one of the greatest mysteries in archaeology and linguistics. But an unusual mixture of meticulous organisation and free- ranging imagination enabled Ventris, the dogged amateur, to crack the code. Thus he proved that the oldest known written words in Europe were, in fact, a form of early Greek.
This was an unhappy little tale about a cold man with a burning passion. An accomplished linguist, Ventris could speak five different tongues before the age of 10, and later picked up a further seven. Yet for all his language skills, he was hopeless at communicating. His daughter described him as distant and work-absorbed, while his biographer suggested that, like many inspired thinkers, he was more interested in ideas than people.
In 1956, just four years after he revealed the meaning of Linear B, Ventris complained of losing the mean ing of his life. He had mounted what was known as 'the Everest of archaeology' and he was not impressed by the view. In this respect, if no other, he was like Evans - that's Chris, not Sir Arthur - who once told a colleague: 'I've been to the top and there's nothing there.'
Shortly afterwards, Ventris, an RAF bomber navigator during the war, drove his car into the back of a lorry. No one was sure if it was suicide or an accident, but either way an extraordinarily precise mind had lost its unique sense of direction.
Every now and then on TV, a good subject manages to transcend its poor format. The unpromising Would Like to Meet was a telling example. The idea is that a lonely singleton receives an image makeover at the hands of a panel of 'experts' and then attempts to find a new romance.
With its platitudinous advice and soppy narration, WLTM plumbs the shallows of lifestyle TV. No cliché is deemed too hackneyed, no commentary too superficial - 'But the dating game isn't all fun and frolics!'
Yet in subjecting herself to this ordeal, Jo Cohen, a 34-year-old travel manager, brought a sensibility to the proceedings that was almost profound. Now why a shy, insecure woman would want to share her intimate self-doubts with an audience of millions is a puzzle that makes Linear B look like a kid's crossword, but this sort of thing happens on TV.
From the outset, the three style advisers were unfailingly insensitive to Cohen. 'My God,' said one, seeing her in a pair of tracksuit bottoms. 'Is she a PE teacher or something?' The emphasis on the superficial was almost religious in its conviction. And the clumsy efforts to get under Cohen's skin were embarrassing - they made the former concert pianist perform live even though she was clearly traumatised (the too poignant tune was 'As Time Goes By'). But amid the unremitting banality of what was called her 'sexing-up programme', Cohen displayed a combination of grace, vulnerability and humour that was oddly moving. You couldn't help but fear that they were dabbling with more than her hair and make-up. And the happy ending seemed more contrived than convincing.
Nevertheless, it can't be denied that, with the tracksuit replaced by a leg-revealing skirt, a transformation took place in Cohen that went much further than a wardrobe rethink. You found yourself pondering deep psycho-existential questions such as: is personality so protean that it can be reshaped by a few clothes? And what next, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on ruched curtains and ontological metaphysics?
The lesson of all of this, I suppose, is that while brains and bravery are in the eye of the beholder, beauty remains fixed in the fashion manuals.


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Glossary Term – Event
Battle of Princeton
Washington defeated the British at Princeton, then established winter quarters at Morristown.
Washington defeated the British at Princeton, then established winter quarters at Morristown.
John Sullivan (1740–1795) was a Continental Army general during the American Revolution who defeated the British-allied Iroquois in New York in 1779. Sullivan served in both the First and Second Continental Congresses and became a brigadier general in the Contintental Army in 1775. He led troops at the Battle of Long Island, at which he was captured but soon released. He also took part in battles at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown. He wintered with Washington at Valley Forge in 1777–1778, and in 1779 was ordered to lead a...
George Washington (1732–1799) was the commander in chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolution and the first President of the United States of America. Washington was born in Virginia and worked as a land surveyor and planter until he joined the Virginia militia and fought in the French and Indian War (1754–1763). He was elected to the House of Burgesses in 1758 and married Martha Dandridge Custis, a wealthy widow, in 1759. As colonial anger over British rule rose in the 1760s, Washington became a supporter of American...
Josiah Bunting III is president of the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation and the author of Ulysses S. Grant (2004). In a series of three lectures, Josiah Bunting III examines the lives of George Washington, Ulysses S. Grant, and George C. Marshall and the ambivalent relationship between America's citizens and its military establishment. In addition to their leadership qualities, all three men were students of military history and wrote prolifically on the topic. In the first lecture, he considers George Washington's character as revealed in his generalship of the Continental Army and military strategy against the British.
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text: I owned a SVT Classic a few years back. I know these heads are workhorses, and my situation wasn't the norm. But I had a lot of problems with my head (no need to go into them), so I ditched it and went with an Ashdown ABM 500 (which is a hybrid). The SVT sounded better, but once I'm playing in the mix, going through a PA, etc, I hardly noticed a difference. I played through an Orange AD200B today and it sounded really nice. Also, it wasn't nearly as heavy as the SVT. It also only has 4 power tubes and after doing some research, tube swaps and bias adjustments aren't too bad (I used to service electrical equipment, so I have an idea of what's going on). My guitarists are always bugging me to go all tube, but they don't understand guitar solidstate is much different than bass solidstate. The only catch is, the head is 2 grand. I'm worried about spending that much on a piece of electrical equipment. At least if my Ashdown were to go boom and was beyond repaid, I could quickly get a used one for $500. Not so much with the Orange. I know Orange is top notch stuff, but that's a lot of money for electronics, which can fault at any time. Also, I'm not one of those people that obsesses over my sound when playing solo. Things sounds a lot different when you're in the mix. I can't decide. Keep the Ashdown (which I currently like), or go with the Orange which I'm sure I'll like more, but I don't know if it will be 2 grand more. Could you all steer me in one direction?


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Build 7057 desktop.ini Fix
Ok guys , I've installed it and first thing, I fixed the desktop.ini issue.
Here's How:
1. Click on the Start orb and at the search type: shell:common startup and press Enter. The "all users" start menu startup folder will open, where you will find a desktop.ini file. Right click on it, select properties and hide it. (Check the "hidden" checkbox and press ok).
2. Done. Reboot and the desktop.ini will not appear again.
Note: Special thank to unawave , for verifiying that hiding them also works.
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Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x64 Windows 8 Enterprise RTM x64
Great post, thank you
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Vista Ult64, Win7600
Yes, Thank You for that ,very good, and fast well done.
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Psychologist says: Why you are killing what you don't like? Learn to live with faults.
Biologist says: Why you are weeding weeds? Even weeds have a right to exist in our world.
Mother says: Why you are so brutal and delete this little, innocent file? Why not give it a chance to emancipate it to other desktop.ini files?
So: Hold "shift" key down and right mouse click to folder "Autostart". Choose "Open command line here". Enter:
attrib desktop.ini +s +h
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... and Simon says: Just delete it.
Unawave, have you seen the desktop.ini files in build 7057 or you're just saying that?
The desktop.ini files already have the attribute +s +h (system, hidden), however, the system opens them, since they're in startup folder.
That's why I instruct to go and select "show hidden files and folders".
This means that either there shouldn't be a desktop.ini file in startup folder, or that M$ should have included a registry option to exclude these files in that particular startup folder from opening, but perhaps they forgot to.
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See a hidden file ? A contradiction into himself
See a hidden file is a contradiction into itself ??? You mean that, after reading all the above, you didn't understand that I mean to see the "previously" hidden file, but you were trying to see files that are still hidden???
Read an unread message is a contradiction "to itself"?
Open a closed window is a contradiction "to itself"?
The files were hidden, after doing what I describe they're not hidden anymore, so you can see them.
However, if you want to do corrections in english, cause as you know I'm greek and it's not my native language, perhaps you should recheck the syntax "contradiction to himself"? him? whom?
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I'm particularly honored to be invited to address you in light of the quality of the past programs you've put on the Web. In fact, I can illustrate many of my own points using the work and ideas of your members, and will frequently do so. I'll also call into play a fine AMS session about using the Web in teaching, which EXPO member Andy Bennett organized at Kansas State last year on Mathematics Education and the Internet.
The last time I really dug into this topic was in April of 1997, for our local MAA section. My paper is still up, and some of the ideas in it are still current. In addition, many of the links still work and are interesting. My style of presentation will be modeled after that talk: the presentation will be extremely low tech so that I can paint a broad picture without encountering technological distractions and courting technological disasters. Also, I hope to entice you to examine this talk in its html form at http://mathforum.org/articles/webteaching, replete with examples and urls.
The game plan:
- what I take to be your special interests, and a general comment thereupon,
- where the World Wide Web fits in, together with its natural programming environment,
- what's good about the Web,
- what's bad about the Web,
- what we can do about it.
My focus will be on the last point.
(1) Your Special Interests
It would appear from previous programs that the technologies that interest you the most are
- handheld devices
- computer algebra systems (Derive, Mathematica, Maple)
- other computer programs (spreadsheets, dynamic geometry programs, and the like), and integrating their use into your teaching
- the World Wide Web.
(Fortunately, the programs also show that you're also very interested in teaching issues and in the mathematics!) I suspect your interests resonate well with those members of the mathematics community at large who use technology in their teaching.
I'm sure that many of you are aware that a convergence of these technologies is taking place: handheld devices can run computer algebra systems (and TI has recently purchased Derive), they contain dynamic geometry programs, spreadsheets, and computer operating systems. They're also becoming capable of hooking up to the Web. They grow larger and more computer-like even as computers become smaller and less expensive. In some respects other technologies are converging as well; we'll soon see some examples.
(2) Where the World Wide Web Fits In
It seems likely to me that these technologies - handheld devices, computer algebra systems, other computer programs - and the Web - will be around for some time, coexisting and interacting, and that all will continue to play important roles in the teaching of mathematics. It also seems to me that the WWW is becoming our major means of communication and will thus be the glue that holds together the technologies for teaching. The Web will also be the context within which one communicates about the other technologies, sharing ideas and information via Web pages and Web-based discussions.
Applets are the WWW's natural programs. They can duplicate computer algebra system capabilities, as well as the abilities of special computer programs. As an extreme case, Sketchpad can now save programs in Java form, "Java Sketchpad." Computer algebra systems are developing more highly refined Web capabilities, but when working with Web pages constructed with a computer algebra system, I always have the feeling of being imprisoned within a large and somewhat inflexible program, one to which hypertext capabilities were added late in its life.
Computer algebra systems can do amazing and powerful things that are essential in some contexts, but their capabilities can be overkill in simple contexts, such as the vast majority of teaching situations. For my own tastes the very flexible hypertext world of the Web, aided by small, flexible applets, is where it's at (or will be when applets can do all we need). Again, I neither desire nor expect that computer algebra systems will go away, but I believe that applets will give a better feel for the mathematics and will be more satisfactory in many teaching contexts.
I realize that there is a tension here between
general purpose programs, which are relatively large, expensive, and hard to learn,
special-purpose programs, which can be quickly learned, are relatively small, and are inexpensive, but which can be too specialized and may not exist for the purpose you have in mind.
There are contexts in which each kind of program is appropriate. For example, computer algebra systems are great for more advanced, technical work, while applets have the potential to make a better impact in elementary teaching contexts.
Java applets have many advantages.
* Users love them.
* They are quick and easy to use.
* They focus users' attention on the point being made.
* The technology is not intrusive.
* They can be visually attractive.
--Frank Wattenberg, KC Mathematics Technology EXPO, October 2, 1998.
(3) What's good about the Web
Having argued above that the World Wide Web is becoming our major means of communication, I'll now look at where things are with the Web today. First the good, then the bad.
(a) Communication/collaboration/sharing: We communicate and collaborate via email, which gets better as it acquires more Web capabilities. The Internet has given us all the opportunity to shape, contribute, and publish, so that we now share our mathematical ideas, our teaching examples and materials, and our personal backgrounds as never before. The Web gives us access to experts, colleagues, and resources at a distance, and connects across communities (mathematicians, teachers, students, professionals, etc.) You can participate when ready, and interactions can be recorded, built upon, and researched.
- Sci.math newsgroup
- Math Archives
- Math Forum
- The Topology Atlas
- Jeff Miller, Earliest Uses of Mathematical Symbols and Earliest Uses of Some Words of Mathematics
- Russ Rowlett, How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement
- Xah Lee, A Visual Dictionary of Plane Curves, Wallpaper Groups
(b) Publishing: In addition to offering vivid color and hypertext, the Web allows for animated and interactive content. It immediately makes available relevant and current real-world materials, showing connections to math in use. Publication of student work provides motivation and student "ownership" of material. Web pages are automatically subject to public review.
- Journal of Visual Mathematics,
- A geometry paper in thoughtful hypertext
- Some student work, - Itai S.M. Kunonga I: Discovering New Frontiers in Calculus
- Some up-to-date real world data: Hurricanes
- Chance events as reported in daily newspapers and current journals, The Chance Database
- Some lovely ThinkQuest competition winners: http://library.advanced.org/12295/, http://library.advanced.org/16661/, http://library.advanced.org/12170/
(c) Help with teaching: The Web is useful for conveying course materials, homework, homework help, and testing, and for getting students to work together. The Web can aid in managing courses by providing information, syllabi, assignments, and discussions.
- Information on course: syllabi, assignments, special information--see many home pages, for example http://www.math.ksu.edu/math240/, http://www.peru.edu/~kincaid/math240/index.html, http://www.jccc.net/acad/math/main/mrc.htm
- Hold effective discussions outside of class http://www.math.ksu.edu/meati/banchoff.html and http://www.math.brown.edu/~banchoff/ma35/,
- Administer non-multiple choice tests http://www.math.ksu.edu/meati/sapir.html,
- Do and check homework, http://www.math.ksu.edu/meati/gage.html
- Train teaching assistants, http://www.math.ksu.edu/meati/baxter.html.
The Web can even help us understand how students learn - or fail to learn - and can help us design for better teaching. John Anderson at Carnegie-Mellon is using artificial intelligence to design a really noteworthy algebra tutor. In his studies, he sometimes tracks eye movement to see how users approach problems. You can clearly see when a student has misread instructions (or failed to read instructions), and you can sometimes even guess a student's underlying approach to solving a problem.
(4) What's wrong with the Web
(a) Technical problems: The Web can be slow, glitchy, and unavailable when you need it. Math typography is a problem: math symbols don't work well as gifs because gifs are inflexible and hard to search. In general, the development focus still tends toward technology rather than teaching.
(b) Finding what you want: Search engines generally return too much or too little. High-quality material is hard to find. Interesting material you looked at the other day may no longer be there.
(c) Not everything you or your students need yet exists - neither material nor software tools.
(d) Equity: Not all of us have decent access to the Web in our classrooms or for non-classroom use. Not enough schoolteachers are comfortable with its use.
Additional complaints from the audience?
(5) What to do about the problems with the Web
(a) Technical problems: The Web can be slow, glitchy, and unavailable when you need it.
The Web seems, in general, more rapid than it was a few years ago - but there are moments ... ! I counsel patience, but I note that the math community didn't always have to rely on the kindness of strangers; we were on the cutting edge of the Web revolution until the Geometry Center was closed in August of 1998. The Center had one of the first 300 Web servers in the world, and was on the very first Netscape developers' resources page. As we'll see, their good work is still being felt, but mathematicians current have no group to turn to for solutions to Web problems.
Math typography is a problem: math symbols don't work well as gifs (they are inflexible, and hard to search).
Help is on the way, as you heard in Andy Bennett's talk last year: an extension of HTML called MathML is coming that will do everything you'd like and then some (it's smarter than TeX). The major browsers will soon support it. WebEQ, a suite of Java programs for putting math on the Web using MathML, was written by Robert Miner of the Geometry Center. (Robert was also co-chair of the W3 group responsible for MathML).
(b) Finding what you want: Search engines generally return too much or too little.
Mathematics to the rescue! There's a charming new book just published by SIAM: Understanding Search Engines: Mathematical Modeling and Text Retrieval, by Michael W. Berry and Murray Browne of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. They also have an article in the July/August 1999 issue of Siam News that, among other things, discusses using the QR algorithm in searching. (For reasons you'll have to check the article to find out, it's called "Atlanta Organizers Put Mathematics to Work for the Math Sciences Community.")
- Not only that, there's a movement afoot in the Web world to bring more useful descriptions of content to the Web. The math community is in the vanguard, and you will soon be hearing further news of "math metadata" in sessions at the AMS/MAA annual meetings in January, "Putting and Finding Mathematics on the Web," Wednesday, 2:15 - 4:15. If you can't wait and would like to be in on discussions now, check out the Math Metadata discussion hosted by the Math Forum.
- Search engines are getting better, too. For example Google assumes "and" between words, not "or," which is a considerable improvement over other searchers. Moreover, it keeps a local copy of the pages it's catalogued, and you can download this cached page, which somewhat alleviates the difficulty of re-finding material that has moved. And it lets you check the citations to pages. It uses a "complicated mathematical analysis" to estimate the quality and importance of pages it returns. I'm advised by someone at Google to keep an eye on the site; in the next few weeks it will contain some information as to what math is used and how. Finally, most people think of Google for returning pages according to how many other Web pages link to them, so sites that are widely linked come higher in search returns.
High-quality material is hard to find.
Have you checked out bookstores and libraries recently? The difference is that you have well-developed techniques and there are well-developed tools for finding your way around these paper places, so you can ignore the chaff as you go for the wheat. Search engine improvement will help the Web. Some sites make a serious effort to point only to high-quality material; for example, we have reviewed all of the 5,700 pages in the Math Forum's searchable and browseable Internet Mathematics Library. Other sites that review material include GEM, the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse, and the UTK Math Archives.
Interesting material you looked at the other day may no longer be there.
Again, patience. (Action might also help!) I'm trying to interest a large foundation in establishing a reviewed archive so that good stuff will stay around. And Google's approach would help. Other ideas?
(c) Not everything you or your students need yet exists - neither material nor software tools.
We need some of the capabilities of powerful computer algebra systems, but we need these to be captured by applets. We must fill large gaps and build more applets that can be devoted to mathematical tasks and combined to further explore math.
This is something we can all work toward, at least when it comes to developing material, text and/or software. You can put up those special examples you use in your own teaching, those labors of love that help your students but which you're hesitant to publish in the Monthly, Math Magazine, or Math Teacher. These may take the form of text - with nice illustrations, I hope - or maybe Java or other software programs.
The power of the Internet comes from its ability to facilitate the sharing of information. With the aid of the Internet our students can have access not just to our best ideas, but to the best ideas of mathematics instructors around the world. Many mathematics instructors have developed a few favorite activities that they have used in instruction to illustrate important points. If these activities could be made accessible to users of the World Wide Web, they would constitute a vast resource for all students to use.
Joe Yanik and Chuck Pheatt, Emporia State University
I see a lot of this sharing of material already taking place, and I'm frankly concerned about the duplication of effort, envisioning a thousand applets showing secant lines becoming tangent lines. I'm also concerned about the overall lack of quality; the Educational Object Economy site has around 560 math applets, but most are not usable by faculty or students.
How do we assure the quality of math papers and math education papers that appear, for example, in the Monthly? Our usual coin of the realm, whereby we get credit toward promotion and tenure, is peer review. We need to be able to bring this over into educational technology: it's a nontrivial task to construct a single really good applet or other software program, and those who do good work need to be recognized and rewarded.
For the time being, the very lack of quality control of material on the Web can be used to pedagogical advantage. Fred Rickey at Bowling Green University believes that the most serious question is, "How do you teach students to make judgments about the quality of the information that they find on the Web?" He believes that you need to help students develop a sense of skepticism about whatever they read, and he gives examples showing how he does this in math history, http://www.math.ksu.edu/meati/rickey.html.
I hope you all heard "Beyond Kids in a Candy Store," the talk by Frank Wattenberg, your keynote speaker last year. I heard Frank give a related talk last year and his siren song proved irresistible. He inspired me and last May I submitted a Digital Library proposal to NSF that I hope will help make available the applet resources we need in our teaching. I've received word that they wish to fund me at some level, but must await the new budget, sometime this month.
What I plan to do is the following:
The Math Forum is under contract to publish the Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications, (JOMA) Ladnor Geissinger, editor, Jerry Porter, project director. It will publish reviewed mathematical "modules," Web-based interactive class material of length suitable for anything from a class session to a semester. If you have such material, and it's suitable for publication, please send it to Ladnor Geissinger, email@example.com. You can also contact him if you'd like to be involved in the project.
If funding comes through, JOMA will also publish applets, both free-standing and embedded in text and ready for immediate teaching and learning. The applets will be reviewed and tested. Special attention will be given to developing applets that are reusable and interoperable, meaning, basically, that they can be linked and used together. (I also like "reusable" in the non-computer science sense that one could take an applet and embed it in different text to explain math your own way, or could use the applet in a different context.)
Many good ideas for this project come from my fine collaborators. For example, Alexander Bogomolny, whose column on the MAA website always includes interesting applets, was adamant that we should thoroughly cover the curriculum. He suggested a structure for browsing that would be like the table of contents of a generic text, so that faculty and students would immediately be able to find where they are and what's available.
Our goal, then, will not be to review all applets, but to cover the curriculum. Consequently, we will search for good examples in well-represented areas, and then move on. The table of contents browse structure will soon show gaps, so those of you who make applets will see what needs to be done.
We have a plan for quickly covering the curriculum from pre-calculus to the mid-undergraduate years, provided we get adequate funding. You can look at the grant proposal and further inquire or offer to participate by sending email to email@example.com.(d) Equity: Not all of us have decent access to the Web in our classrooms or for non-classroom use.
Again, this is something where we can all help. Those of us who have good resources need to make clear how they help us with our teaching and our students with their learning, so that colleges, states, school districts, and schools will feel compelled to offer good resources for their teachers and students.
Those currently at the short end of the stick should ask us fat cats for this information and forward it to their local decision-makers. Those of you who have been using technology should look for opportunities to articulate and demonstrate the value you and your students derive from the new technology. Much of the technology is so flashy and self-evidently good that it's an easy sale.
Not enough school teachers are comfortable with its use. At this time it appears that many institutions have funds for technology but not for helping teachers learn how to use it. Many teachers are becoming familiar with the Web as they are swept along in the tidal wave of home use. This should give them a starting place for using simple technology at school.
It's pretty clear that 10 years ago no one would have had the foggiest idea that a World Wide Web revolution would sweep through the communication and teaching of mathematics. We are living in a remarkable age. We are learning a great deal about how to make use of these amazing new tools for teaching mathematics. The situation is far from perfect, but many improvements are being made. There are situations where by working together as a community we can harness the revolution for the greater good of mathematics education, in particular in
- developing Web material for teaching,
- dealing with questions of equity.
I hope that you will take advantage of the privilege of living during this revolution by helping to shape it in positive directions. It's both worthwhile and exciting to participate.
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James Cameron Considering Directing Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra
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Source: Deadline
In the summer we wrote about a project in the works called Cleopatra, based on Stacy Schiff's biography Cleopatra: A Life about the famous queen of Egypt. The adaptation was being developed by producer Scott Rudin (The Social Network, True Grit) "for and with Angelina Jolie," but was in the early development stages. Well, Deadline is now saying that Sony Pictures really wants James Cameron to direct the movie and they're "exploring this seriously, but it is not a certainty that it will happen." Never in a million years would I thought we'd hear Cameron's name being thrown around for a historic, biographical epic like this.
Of course, it's way too early to even say that he's been offered the job, but Deadline says this is "tantalizingly possible." The other interesting detail is that Oscar winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, A Knight's Tale, Mystic River, Green Zone, Robin Hood) is currently working on the script. I'm sure Sony really wants to get a team of talent like Cameron, Jolie and Helgeland together, but this seems like a huge pipe dream to me. I mean, Hollywood is going in the opposite direction with a lot of science fiction projects, not historical epics, and I can't see this gaining a lot of traction. Sure, it would be interesting, but I'd rather have Cameron stick to his guns with more epic sci-fi instead of something like this. Let another director tackle Cleopatra.
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A lawsuit over two residential developments in Katy has pitted investors in the projects against a Houston developer.
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The investors claim in the lawsuit that the delays have cost the partnership more than $30 million in lost net profits they would have made from the development of a 220-acre tract called Silver Oaks and 144 acres to be called Hawks Landing.
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Philadelphia, which built an early four-goal lead, pelted the Pittsburgh goal with 41 shots, but could not thwart a Pittsburgh comeback.
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Perhaps the neurofeedback is helping, I thought it had before, I'd just had a few setbacks, but now maybe I'm back on track!
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Andrew Eposted an image about Oakley A-Frame Goggle Replacement Lens on December 16, 2012
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Who could forget our doggie versions of Richard (Flat Coat) and Judy (Pug), Norman Lamont (French Bulldog.... We found lookalikes for Chris Evans and Gaby Roslin, too and they had them sitting in their chairs presenting the Big Breakfast - See I'm showing my age now!
But let's get on to the latest variant of the genre! A new competition that is being judged on Friday.
I'm thinking now who Tess and Oscar look like? I think Oscar has a bit of a look of Courtney Love. They both tend to look a little dischevelled and well, dirty!
Tess is very theatrical and glam - Lawrence Lleweyln Bowen and her were probably separated at birth, I reckon.
And which kind of dog looks like David Cameron? How about a Bedlington Terrier? There are not many dogs with that high a forehead! If you have a dog that has a famous look-alike get in touch with the guys ASAP to win some ace prizes!
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Parliament has decamped for midwinter, but the business of government goes on. Today's
announcement, by the children's minister Tim Loughton, is contained within a Times article here. 'An expert
panel,' it reveals, will be tasked with designing a new system for assessing prospective adoptive parents by March next year. That new system, making it easier for suitable folk to adopt,
should then be in place by the end of 2012.
In many respects, adoption is perfect Cameroonian territory; being, as it is, at the intersection of social responsibility, family, deregulation, etc, etc. But politics isn't what should concern us
here. A lot of unmitigated good can be done in fixing a system that has been strangled and subverted by years of bureaucratic interference. As David Cameron put it in his most recent party conference speech:
'Today I can announce this: a new focus on the 65,000 children in care. Do you know how many children there are in care under the age of one? 3,660. And how many children under the age
of one were adopted in our country last year? Sixty. This may not seem like the biggest issue facing our country, but it is the biggest issue for these children. How can we have let this happen:
we've got people flying all over the world to adopt babies, while the care system at home agonises about placing black children with white families.'
The question is whether the government will choose to sweep the current system away, or try to finesse it. Paul Goodman's observation
that 'guidance issued over ten years ago to remind local authorities that seeking ethnic matches should not delay adoption has not been followed by many local councils,' suggests to me
that a initial dose of transparency and naming-and-shaming could go a long way.
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2001 - Acute neurological syndrome in Bangladesh - Update
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Disease Outbreak Reported
An international team made up of WHO staff from headquarters and the India country office, three epidemiologists from the Field Epidemiology Training Programme in Thailand -partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, and staff from the International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDRB) has been assisting the Bangladesh Ministry of Health in its follow up investigations in Meherpur district near the Indian border (see previous report).
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Teen uses DNA sample to find father
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A 15-year-old boy whose mother used an anonymous sperm donor found his biological father using genetic technology and the Internet.
The boy submitted a DNA sample to a commercial genetic database service designed to help people draw their family tree -- and found a crucial clue that quickly enabled him to track down his long-sought parent, The Washington Post reported.
While welcomed by advocates of children trying to locate anonymous donors, the case has raised alarm among sperm banks and some medical ethicists who are concerned it might start a trend that could violate the privacy of thousands of sperm donors -- and discourage future ones.
The database involved in the sperm donor case was set up by Family Tree DNA of Houston, a private company that has accumulated more than 45,000 DNA samples. For a fee, clients hoping to learn more about their heritage can have their DNA tested to see if it matches anyone in the database.
"We provide services for genealogists. That's what we do," company spokesman Max Blankfeld told the newspaper. "We really didn't have anything like this in mind."
Public transport will drive Miss Daisy
BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- As the U.S. population ages, the demand for public transportation will rise, because there are few to drive "Miss Daisy," a professor says.
Daniel B. Hess of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning is conducting a study of the barriers faced by western New Yorkers over the age of 65 when they try to get around using public transportation.
"By the year 2030, the population of Americans in that age group is expected to double to 70 million people, and a statistical analysis by the National Institutes of Health has found a significant gap between overall life expectancy and driving expectancy," says Hess.
"That means a significant number of adults will live well beyond their ability to drive an automobile, and will need to use public transportation on a nearly daily basis just to perform perfunctory tasks like visiting friends or family, grocery shopping, picking up prescriptions or going to medical appointments."
Knight School changes U.K. town
SPILSBY, England, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The town of Spilsby, England, has taken a page out of medieval history and formed a Knight School for its youth to teach manners and values.
Police Sgt. Gary Brown created the school after he learned that 9-year-old children vandalized a church and a cemetery of war dead.
Brown formed the Knight School to instill a chivalrous code of courtesy, respect and pride for those age 6 to 8, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
More than 130 children have been "knighted" from the school and Brown has set local community projects to keep the children and teens busy.
Since the Knight School started, the streets are clean, anti-social behavior and crime rates have been halved, Brown said. Children now offer seniors a seat on the bus.
"Instilling a sense of personal pride, of mannerly and compassionate behavior and of respect for oneself and for others in a child, I believe, is the way to becoming happier and more responsible as they enter young adulthood," Brown said.
Fewer league-sanctioned U.S. bowlers
BUFFALO, N.Y., Nov. 14 (UPI) -- At one time Buffalo, N.Y., led the country in bowling allies per capita, but recently many bowling alleys have closed.
In 1950, the Bowling Proprietors Association of Western New York had about 45 members, says executive secretary Whitey Heidenburg.
"In the late 1970s, we still had 45 members," he said. "Now we have 21."
Longer working hours, casinos and the state smoking ban have cost the bowling center patrons, bowling center owners told the Buffalo (N.Y.) News Sunday.
However, one bowling center owner -- Len Pimm, who owns bowling centers in the cities of Tonawanda and Niagara Falls -- is optimistic.
"The people that are left are hard-core bowlers, and I feel good about that," says Pimm.
Mark Miller of the United States Bowling Congress says nationally, league-sanctioned bowlers have gone from a high of 9 million in 1980 to 2.9 million this year.


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Jill Logan's presence as an important artist continues to expand in both international and national art circles
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An interesting phenomenon has emerged over the years I have been painting whereby something makes its appearance that was previously hidden beneath the linear view of the subject. This "something" seems to be the very piece that breathes the life force into each object and from there emerges a unique and individual personal stamp. I am fascinated with catching this "something" in its purest essence and reproducing it in color, form and emotion.
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Lisu Hill tribe experience Soppong Northern Thailand
Welcome to The Lisu Hill Tribe HomeStay and Cultural Immersion Experience.
If you are a traveler who desires to go beyond the standard tourist attractions and engage yourself in local culture and lifestyle the Lisu people invite you to live in their village homes and enjoy warm hospitality. They are eager to share their crafts skills and peaceful way of life with you.
The Lisu people are a semi nomadic indigenous tribe who originally lived in Tibet. Over the past three hundred years they have migrated down through China, Burma, and Laos. About 80 years ago they began to settle in the mountains of North Thailand along the border of Burma (Myanmar). Our purpose is to show you how the Lisu Hill Tribe people live, work and play by being a part of the village life doing as the Lisu do on a daily basis.
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I've been practicing avoidance in potty training my toddler for quite some time. She's shown signs of readiness off and on for many months, but I've been concerned I've encouraged her progress inconsistently.
I chose to spend some of my Mother's Day out shopping completely alone. In such situations I suffer from a common maternal problem of being unable to detach from the home. I spent all of 7 minutes shopping for myself, and at least 40 minutes shopping for the toddler and fetus. During the excursion I scored some rockin' Noggin underpants for Punky, and decided that this week while we have no plans, we would begin Punky's Potty Training Intensive.
By Monday morning, all the new underpants had been washed, so all I had to do was clean up Punky from her nighttime diaper, talk to her about potty training, and let her choose which underpants she'd wear first. To my surprise, she chose the blazing pink, fruit-covered Yo Gabba Gabba underpants over Ming-Ming Duckling. I then converted half the couch into a fully waterproof sanctuary where she could chill if she chose.
Things started out well. After playing a while, she hopped up onto the couch to zone out on cartoons. Her potty was in sight and I kept dialogue open about using it. Suddenly, I heard her call out "Uh oh!" I thought we'd had our first accident of the day, but in her brilliance, she realized she had to go. Success!
About 40 minutes later, the potty won again! Potty training my toddler is easy when she's ready! Freedom from diapers had arrived! Right?
Since I know accidents are part of this process, I was fully loaded with a stack of towels and a spray bottle of a homemade solution for cleanup. When the accidents came, I'd be ready. Punky was not ready.
Moments after insisting that she didn't need to use the potty again, I found her screaming, each foot miles apart from the other, arms straight out to her sides, and fingers twitching in panic. She'd put on her favorite shoes, which were now soaked. I sopped up the accident on her legs and shoes, tossed a towel under her, and took her hand, reassuring her we'd fix the pee-pee together.
After cleaning up Punky, I tried to coax her back into potty training mode with the Ming-Ming underpants, but I was assured, with more screaming, that Punky's Potty Training Intensive was on hiatus.
Tuesday morning arrived, and despite my lack of sleep that night, I mustered enough focus to play Personal Potty Trainer. I greeted Punky in her bed that morning with energy and excitement about the potty, with great hopes that she'd follow my lead and finally don those Ming-Ming underpants, but the defiance was fierce, and not worth a fight.
I've been judging myself harshly that it's my inconsistency in potty training my toddler that was causing her inconsistency, but I don't think that's accurate. My "inconsistency" has been simple respect for her not being ready, and I'm pressuring myself based on what other people's toddlers are doing.
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"The wreckage with regards to the Liberal brand is still out there and something like this taps into that nerve. When you have the RCMP saying the situation merits an investigation, it piques people's interest."
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"Clearly there has been additional damage to the wreckage since it was discovered. It hasn't been protected very well. Ultimately, the Park Service is supposed to manage its resources so they've fallen down on the job."
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Until the rains last Thursday this month had been driest August in weather records according to weather observer Jim Blaess.
He said until last Thursday there had been just over one-tenth of an inch of rain.
Then-on Thursday last week there was about three-quarters of an inch of rain through Friday. On Saturday there was just over one inch or rain and that made the total for Thursday through Saturdya to one-point-78 inches of rain,
Blaess says this afternoon's (Monday's) storm dumped about an inch of rain in about 20 to 30 minutes.
He said there was also a peak wind gust between 50 and 60 miles an hour during the storm.
That brought the month's total to about 2-point-9 inches with about 2-point-75 of that coming since last Thursday.
. The August average rain fall is about 4-point-6 inches.
For the year to date, the precipitation is now just above average with 25.11 inches and the average if 24.57 inches.
The 91 degrees on Sunday was the second 90 degree day of the summer. The other date with 90 degrees or higher was July 22nd when it reached 90 degrees.
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NATIONAL security leaker Chelsea Manning is not receiving medical treatment for her gender identity condition, it has been claimed.
The American Civil Liberties Union and Manning's civilian lawyer David Coombs have told the US Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and officials including defence secretary Chuck Hagel, that a lawsuit will be filed if it is not confirmed by September 4 that the treatment will be provided for the army private.
Manning, who changed her name from Bradley after her conviction, is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth for sending classified documents to the WikiLeaks website.
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Query against column store indexes will automatically use all threads available in the scheduler. I would recommend reducing the MAXDOP to something that is not 0 to limit the amount of threads that can be consumed by a query against column store indexes.
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Dukafest has concluded and here is the jury decision:
Special award goes to the film "The Star" (Slovakia), Andrej Kolencik, for emotions truthfully imprinted into the film.
Special award goes to the film "There is no return from here" (Serbia), Milan Smiljanic, for courage to search for human beings where others will see only problem.
The best photography award goes to "Feast" (B&H), Simo Iljic, for an authentic expression in depicting a gloomy pastoral.
The best directing award goes to "Last calls" (Israel), Ruthy Pribar, for an original an skillfully executed story about searching for an personal identity.
The best documentary award goest to "Rio 2016″ (Romania), Rotaru Bianca, for persistence in treating the subject of deviation in modern sport aesthetic with pure cinematic expression.
The best fiction award goes to "Rujka" (Serbia), Strahinja Savic, gifted and courageous author deftly sublimates nostalgia, love and warmth in a very compelling film.
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