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Friday, 17 January 2014
Ideas for efficient revision sessions
Here are a few methods that are based on my own experience. Note that my strategy might completely fail for you. So it's best to discover one's own techniques when it comes to revision, which is a crucial stage in JEE preparation.
First of all, I will write about Chemistry because this is something that needs infinite revision.
Inorganic chemistry : As I have been emphasizing from the beginning, inorganic chemistry requires a lot of revision. I had my own strategy. I used to :
1.)read from books (NCERT/JD Lee/FIITJEE packages etc)
2.)fix in my mind as much as I could in one shot
3.)maintain a diary wherein I used to mention all those facts which I didn't remember/used to forget easily
4.)revised that diary daily during the last couple of months
5.)revised the stuff of point number 2 (above) on weekends
This way, I ensured that I did not forget the things that have been covered so far.
Note : although I have mentioned JD Lee here. You can simply ignore it
Summary : re-read NCERT
Organic chemistry : towards the end of my preparation, I made a full reading of Morrison and Boyd to ensure that nothing is left from HC Verma of chemistry (Morrison Boyd is regarded as HC Verma of chemistry). I solved numerous problems to ensure that I am ready to apply the reactions on the final day.
Another important thing was that I revised all the "Key mechanisms" of LG Wade. They are the most important mechanisms and a table is given in the book that lists all the page numbers of the Key mechanisms. That table is meant for quick revision.
Summary : solve problems
Physical Chemistry : I solved the problems of RC Mukherjee (note that there are objective problems at the end of book). I regularly revised the chapter - Colloidal state
Summary : solve problems
Maths : for maths, I revised algebra from TMH. Co-ordinate geometry, Trigonometry from FIITJEE packages, Calculus from Arihant Differential and integral calculus (best pair of books for calculus) and Vectors/3-D geometry from ML Agarwal (ISC board Maths book)
Summary : solve problems
Physics : In physics, I was proficient in numericals but the thing that bowled me were the theory based questions that are frequently asked in more than one correct type problems. So I revised HC Verma fully (meaning the theory portion) and solved the objective I and II and discussed it with my teachers.
Summary : solve problems
Note that most of the summaries contain the tag - "solve problems".
Reasons :
1.)you are applying the formulas so you are forced to recall them (this is what you'll be doing on D-day)
2.)you are practicing more and more questions
3.)your speed is increasing
4.)your accuracy is increasing
5.)your examination temperament is improving
Last piece of advice :
1.)Do not waste time after JEE main. Utilize this fully for you revision. This time is going to decide your rank. The one who wastes this time is going to be ruined on the JEE day
2.)If you JEE main doesn't go fine, don't be depressed
3.)Revise all the subjects daily - one subject per day is dangerous
4.)Keep pen and paper with you (for solving problems and not as a show piece)
5.)Practice as many problems as possible
6.)last and final one - don't be over confident. There are super stud people in every fields that are way ahead of you
All the best.
Do post your comments/queries
105 comments:
Thanx Bhaiya!!!ReplyDelete
Hmm,nice strategy :)ReplyDelete
Nice one , aman did you make summary notes as a last resort if so please give me tips on how to make them for chemistry especially inorganic and organic .ReplyDelete
is this trueReplyDelete
u said u used LG Wade only..but you are saying u used Morrison Boyed alsoReplyDeleteReplies
Hey aman..pls suggest me on my revision plan that i will follow after October 2014..ReplyDelete
Physics-Revise theory entirely from HCV including Objective I and II (presently i do theory from resnick halliday) and questions all from dc pandey and those in which i had doubts(including package, archive and irodov)
Chemistry- Revise the summary notes and lots of questions from anywhere I can..except revising thoroughly from NCERT for both questions and theory..
Maths- Solve the entire TMH while again practicing the questions I had doubt in (including Archive, Package, and other topic wise books u suggested as i solve them parallel while the topic is taught in the class)
I plan to do all dis in a 3 month period when we have an off for coatings as well as schools..
So..hows dat??
hi bhaiya!!! is fiitjee's booklet for inorganic chems sufficient (groups only)ReplyDelete
i agree with what u said but i doubt that do we have so much time to do so much?ReplyDelete
as in id do maths but how can i start solving TMH now?
my maths is very weak as in i score only 30-35% and physics is better like 50-60% and chem is good like 60-80% marks is what i score...i am aiming at AIR<1000 pls help me with my strategy....on basis of your experience.organic im done like i solve almost 95% questions but inorganic is like ok ok....so pls help me
Hi AMAN,ReplyDelete
In ur article u have mentioned about reading complete Morrison Boyd.
Did u cover each line of the book or just made a reading?
Hi Aman!ReplyDelete
Can you tell me what is the first step towards APhO?
hey aman can u predict what should be my AIR in jee 2014 so that i get a category rank of around 25-35 in OBC ?? plz reply earlyReplyDelete
You used morrison boyd or lg wade? From where did you solve questions?ReplyDelete
do u think mole and its related topics require anything more than FIITJEE material or is only FIITJEE material enough ?? and what about algebra from FIITJEE material ?? anything else required other than FIITJEE material ??ReplyDelete
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i agree with what u said but i doubt that do we have so much time to do so much?ReplyDelete
as in id do maths but how can i start solving TMH now?
my maths is very weak as in i score only 30-35% and physics is better like 50-60% and chem is good like 60-80% marks is what i score...i am aiming at AIR<1000 pls help me with my strategy....on basis of your experience.organic im done like i solve almost 95% questions but inorganic is like ok ok....so pls help me
thanks!JEE 2014 this year itself!!Replies
Ofcourse, you have plenty of time.Delete
Lets do a bit of mathematics.
Let us assume that board exams last for a month and January is already over.
Then for JEE advanced, you have February + March + April + May - 1(for board exams) = 3 months in hand.
Now 3 months = 90 days = 90 * 24 hours = 2160 hours.
Now assuming you can study for only 12 hours a day, you have 2160/2 = 1080 hours out of which, assume that 4 hours a day is mathematics so you have 360 hours of Maths time.
Let's assume that 60 hours go waste anyhow, still you have 300 hours for Maths.
Now assume that you take 5 minutes to solve a problem (which should ideally be less than 3 minutes), then you can solve 300 * 12 = 3600 problems!!!!!
Well that's a huge number.
I hope you got what I mean.
hey thanks for the numbers....its really instilled a new zeal in me and ill be pushing towards my goal with every drop of energy i have....thank u so much Aman! May god bless u and u reach the pinnacle of every success....Delete
I'll see u in June @IITB hopefully...
First of all thank you for sharing all this info..this is really helpful..I am an aspirant of jee 2014..i would like to know from where should i practice organic chemistry problems as the ones in morisson boyd also contain out of syllabus ques..any specific book?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous24 January 2014 at 17:46
How to revise organic , I mean as a beginner I face the following problemReplyDelete
1. How yo revise previous done chapter???
2. How revision should be performed ??
ur parents are proud of u!http://vimeo.com/68902047ReplyDelete
i am proud of u....this country is proud of u!!!!!!!
There are many JEE toppers but very few like u who come ahead to help fellow juniors like me....i salute u
what is the reality of FIITJEE AIR ? how much is that rank closer to actual JEE rank ?ReplyDelete
In the JEE syllabus under Alkyl Halides there is a topic "Rearrangement Reactions of Alkyl Carbocation" . Could you please clarify what is meant by this?...ReplyDelete
and one more question...
The only test series in my area is FIITJEE AITS, yet I am not yet aiming for a 2 digit rank, i am aiming for a 3 digit rank. What is the best way to make use of AITS?Replies
The carbocation can rearrange itself to form another more stable carbocation. Such reactions are called "Rearrangement Reactions of Alkyl Carbocations."Delete
They form an important class of reactions and you are expected to know when and how does a carbocation rearrange.
In LG Wade there are examples of carbocation rearrangement.
Go through them.
For FIITJEE AITS : no comments
waiting for a post on coordinate geometryReplyDelete
Hi! I Soumyajeet Panigrahi, just want 2 knw tht 2nd year courses r more imp or 1st year courses!!!??ReplyDelete
I am finished with 11th and I am not perfect in the whole syllabus till 11th, im good at a few & weak in physical chem. What was your position in 11th, were you almost perfect in all topics by the end of 11th or did u gain momentum in 12th, how did u study in 11th?ReplyDeleteReplies
You'll learn more in class 12thDelete
You'll be applying topics of class 11th to solve problems of topics of class 12th. This way, your concepts will become stronger
Till the be patient.
But still : It's not like "I will do topics of class 11th in class 12th". You aren't supposed to do that.
What I mean is that if you feel that you have a feeling of topic and a good idea then it's fine. To develop a cent percent confidence, wait a bit
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Can you please elaborate any topic in which some of your unanswered questions in class 11th were answered in class 12th?Please tell some topics of class 11th which one has to study very patiently.ReplyDeleteReplies
Consider Work energy and power chapter in physics.Delete
Suppose you are not getting that "I know this chapter perfectly" feeling.
Then wait. In class 12th, you will be learning electrostatics, magnetism, modern physics, thermodynamics. In all these chapter, you will be solving numerous problems that will require application of say : conservation of mechanical energy, work energy theorem.
A better example. After learning this chapter(work energy power), I am pretty sure that you must be not confident in what exactly potential energy is ? Am I right ?
You must be told that Coulombic force is conservative and has an associated potential function.
But, you will be learning about this in great detail in electrostatics (Even I am learning all this in my second semester).
So after studying electrostatics, you will see that your perception of potential energy will change. You will get a real feel of the topic.
Yet another example.
You have learnt binomial theorem, progression series etc etc chapters of algebra in class 11th.
Now I guess you will feel that binomial theorem is "SO" easy. It has only a limited number of problems.
No , that's not the case.
There are mind blowing questions of integration that will require use of binomial theorem and they are mind blowing only because of that hidden "binomial theorem" in "integration"
And also in schrodinger equation,V stands for potential energy of electron.What does it signify?Is it important?Delete
Leave it (completely)Delete
I have completed a full 6 credit course here on quantum mechanics which involved solving shrodinger equation million times but still I couldn't understand the head or tail of it.
Leave it completely as I said. No one's gonna ask you in JEE (after all it's our professors who set JEE papers)
Hi AMAN,Delete
What are the criteria they(Professor) consider before they set Jee papers? Can they make questions which are out of syllabus?
They sometimes do. But that's too rare and they deliberately make such questions to create pressure on students (Yes, they want to check how well you do under pressure)Delete
Hi AMAN,Delete
Can u mention the sources they refer while setting iitjee papers?
Definitely I have no ideaDelete
Hey buddy....i am a 2015 IITJEE aspirant....aiming for a 2 DIGIT RANK..in case of revision.....which of the following yeilds the best result??ReplyDelete
A)revising entire syllabus once n then go on solving as many problems from question banks,FIITJEE ARCHIVE etc..till last date??
B)Reading a particular chapter n solving all the problems from the resources 1 has and then move on to the next chapter following the same format till the end??
hi aman ...did solve the additional exercises in ncert physics for boards.is it required?ReplyDelete
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plz tell how to revise class 11 topics during 12 class . how to manage time for revision????ReplyDelete
Hi Aman bhaiya...ReplyDelete
Did you have a habit of making personalised notes for Physics and Physical Chemsitry as well??
If yes how effective was it??
Would you recommend us juniors do get into tat habit as well??
tks in advance....Replies
I used to make personalized notes in all the subjects during class 11th and 12th.Delete
It's the best habit because writing yourself fixes things in your mind better than just seeing the things.
It's really really effective. 50% task is done if you write it yourself. Then, I used to go home and again try out myself the derivations and questions given in class to ensure that I have understood it well.
Of course, this habit is recommended.
I would like you all to purchase/see the book by Arpit Agarwal (JEE 2012 AIR 1). He has written an awesome book on how he and some of his friends prepared for JEE and ended up with excellent ranks in JEE. He has described how to make good notes and given snapshots of some of his notes too (qualitative analysis). That will give you a good idea.
Tk u very much Aman....Delete
I already have the book and saw the notes that he had made....
That's why I asked if u had also had the habit..
Tks very much bhaiya
Im student.of class 11 .....appearing for jee2015....in my coaching class 11th syallbus is completed......i have one month break...should I revise whole class 11 theory. part...or make lots of questions of class 11 topics...... .ReplyDeleteReplies
Revise the theory for say 10 days.Delete
Clear all your concepts and doubts in the next 5 days.
During these first 15 days, keep solving elementary problems also.
Then for the next 15 days, solve tougher problems (past year JEE problems are the best)
1)Did u do the subjective n objective miscellaneous questions of RC Mukherjee?did u do them all?ReplyDelete
2)do u recommend solving TMH or subjective questions of Arihant or Bansal Maths package(which u've shared with us) FOR REVISION OF 11TH(&12th) parallel to 12th?
When i have TO CHOOSE 1 OUT OF THE FOLLOWING options below during revision:ReplyDelete
a)solve Bansal/Reso revision package
b)solve standard books like TMH/Arihant(Maths),Balaji,RC Mukherjee(Chemistry),BM Sharma/Anurag Mishra(Physics)
Which option is best?which 1 should i go for?
Hi AMAN,ReplyDelete
How did u make 4 readings of entire LG WADE?
hi aman,ReplyDelete
ill be having a reshuffling test after 2 weeks and i have to revise some important topics.but i would also be having a practice test after 2 days. so should i go for it without complete revision?
it is a tough decision because this test will consume a lot of time , roughly 10hours plus some extra relaxation time and this may effect my revision for the main test.
what should i do?
PS: my emphasis for revision is on equilibrium,inorganic chem {weak portion},complex numbers,roation and fluids[not at all good at fluids]. im a 2015 aspirant.
is rc mukherjee right in the resonance energy concept in thermodynamics?ReplyDelete
During revision of 11th PARALLEL TO 12TH PREPARATION....if i solve FIITJEE AITS papers every weekend....in exam like conditions....instead of solving books/revision packages during that time....should it suffice my purpose of revision?ReplyDelete
Since u've done both....FIITJEE RSM or FIITJEE classroom study packages.....which one contains better set of problems?ReplyDelete
At this time what should be d planReplyDelete
Solving papers or revising concepts again?
hi amanReplyDelete
my teachers left fiitjee to join allen this year when I was in 11th with a huge bundle of course left I am in 12th but yet thermo,mechanical properties in physics are left( not taught us) The conics and complex were taught to us were horrible and I feel blank about them..
My chemistry is very good and manage to grasp it but Eas is still not taught to us......
please guide me to cover these back
should I focus on 12th and cover these later or parallel ...and how????
please reply......
Bhaiya, which revision package will u suggest out of - bansal and fiitjee. and what is the level of papers of rtf package of fiitjee.ReplyDelete
please reply???? bhaiyaReplyDelete
please reply???? bhaiyaReplyDelete
Well, I wanted to ask; Is it necessary to make "Notes Copy" for Physics & Mathematics as it wastes much time? I mean, Isn't it enough to make derivation & formula copy? In case i do so, Whenever I revise, I'll be revising only formulae?ReplyDelete
So which way should I go,
1. Making good 'Total theory' notes for P, C & M.
2. Making good 'Total theory' notes for Chemistry and making only formula copy for Physics & Mathematics?
Hi.you said that it is dangerous to study one subject per day, why exactly did you say so????ReplyDelete
p.s.thankyou for your posts they help me more than my teachers here can!!!
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Hey Aman I am a 2016 aspirant and I believe I am forgetting some of the things that we did in class 11th which includes a large part of physical chem and some of rotational mechanics and Thermodynamics also. Do I need to start revising these things right now simultameously with my 12th syllabus or should I wait till it is over and focus on what we r doing right now?ReplyDelete
PS: I am a FITJEE student and aim at a 2digit rank.
How do you prepare the theory part of a topic like u write and learn or just by reading u learn it?ReplyDelete
Hi Aman bhaiya. I am Utkarsh , 2016 jee aspirant. I like your blogs a lot as it helped me.ReplyDelete
I want to ask about what is the ideal to complete the course and start revision as my target is to get an air under 100 in jee advanced .and how much time to be devoted to board as i am a cbse dummy school student.
2. which is better for revision-
fiitjee gmp or rank booster
(as i am already a resonance student and also joined fiitjee rsm.)
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hey, i am 2016 jee aspirant. i have started to revise and solve papers along with a bit of last part of portion left to cover. in Physics i have done HC verma , Chemistry( inorganic) i am doing P bahadur. and in maths A das Gupta. i have completed 70% of my class booklets.Am i going the right way? or i should take some different books? is NCERT chemistry a must? thanks a ton.ReplyDelete
you have mentioned that you practised problems in organic chemisry...please suggest from where to practice problems..ReplyDelete
I am student preparing for IIT JEE advance exam . Today I had Jee mains exam . From today only I want to prepare for Jee AdV . I have a target of solving question 13 hrs a day for 50 days . I have good concepts , but poor exam temprament and WEAK INORGANIC CHEMISTRY . Plz can someone tell me which books to solve . So i can complete them in 50 days.I am able to do 50 % previous year questions and how I can build my exam tempramennt ? . I am aiming rank of 1000 and have equaly good concepts for both 11th and 12th class but the thing that matters most is that I have poor examinantion temprament . How i can improve my inorganic chemistry and which books to solveReplyDelete
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Hey AmanReplyDelete
I am a dropper at resonance...
The teachers give a lot of homework.
So I cant do revision daily, because of the homework pressure...
What should i do for the AITS preparation of resonance...
Great article. Really helpful one.ReplyDelete
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Holmdel, NJ - March 3, 2008 - Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta), the maker of TrackWise,® and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management software, announced today that Bioniche Pharma, a leading developer and manufacturer of sterile injectable pharmaceutical and Medical Device products, deployed TrackWise to handle its critical quality management and compliance activities.
Given the complexity of the pharmaceutical field, companies face strict regulations that require stringent levels of accuracy. Deviations from validated and other processes can affect quality, and as a result, need to be recorded, assessed for product impact and investigated to determine root cause.
After a stringent vendor evaluation process, Bioniche Pharma selected TrackWise to replace its manual systems that manage deviations. TrackWise helps organizations increase efficiency by managing all deviations and other events in a consolidated repository – resulting in faster time-to-closure. Initial deployment of TrackWise will manage deviations, and then a phased rollout will include customer complaints, incidents, CAPA and change controls.
"The utilization of TrackWise is an excellent demonstration of the Continuous Improvement Program at Bioniche Pharma. TrackWise delivers significant benefits over manual systems, and will allow us to electronically record all quality issues in a single integrated system," said Andrew Hall, Director of Quality and Qualified Person at Bioniche Pharma.
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The Bioniche Pharma Group develops, manufactures and distributes sterile injectable pharmaceuticals in vials, ampoules and pre-filled syringes. The Group has a growing business in the development and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, with an active pipeline of products at various stages of registration for North American and European markets. In addition, the Group manufactures proprietary products for Bioniche Life Sciences' human and animal health divisions. http://www.bioniche.com/
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Quick-Thinking Motorcyclist Helps Man Catch His Bus
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This Romanian bus driver either needs glasses or is a jerk.
A man on a scooter offers to help another catch his bus and what happens is a roller-coaster journey for such a normal morning commute.
The motorcyclist wrote on YouTube, "I was driving around and I saw a man trying to catch a bus which he obviously missed. I stopped and asked him if he wanted a lift to the next bus stop so he could catch the bus….he explains that the next bus would arrive in about 1 hour, then there is some cursing for the driver and finally he thanks me very much for the help I gave him."


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The Falcons traveled to Lancaster on Thursday to play their final non-conference contest of the season, as they took on Antelope Valley College. After taking 2 of 3 from Taft College two weeks ago, the Falcons had lost five straight games to Fresno City and Ohlone College, so Thursday's game proved vital to gain some momentum heading back into conference play next week. The Falcons got another solid outing from freshman starting pitcher Brandon Barker, as he kept the Falcons in the game in his five innings. After the Mauraders got staked to a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning, the Falcons' offense got to starter Shawn Hunt as Jacob Evangelo led off with a walk and quickly stole 2nd. He was brought home on a RBI single by Alante Uribe. After a walk to Evan Walter and a single by Jake Lorenzini, Mckay Glines hit a single up the middle, which brought home two runs. After an error by the centerfielder loaded the bases, Skylar Frantz hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Lorenzini and put the Falcons up 4-2.
The Falcons added some insurance runs in the top of the 6th as Lorenzini led off the inning with a walk and was bunted over to 2nd. After stealing third, Lorenzini was brought home by another RBI single by Glines. Austin Trinidad reached on an error by the Maurader second baseman, which put runners on 2nd and 3rd, and Frantz hit his 2nd sacrifice fly to center of the game, making the Falcon lead 6-2. After AVC scored in the bottom of the 6th to make the score 6-3, the Falcons got solid relief from pitchers Torin Miller and closer Mack Morford. Miller threw two scoreless innings and Morford gave up one run in the 9th for the save. Barker got the win, as he threw five innings, giving up two runs, while striking out four. The Falcons will host Merced College on Tuesday at 2pm when they resume conference play.


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A very important aspect of astronomy often overlooked is how much our eyes don't tell us. We see a very limited range of the spectrum of light emitted by astronomical objects, and many times it's what we don't see that tells us what's going on.
That's why the European Southern Observatory has the HAWK-I camera: it sees in the infrared, in wavelengths invisible to our eyes. And when we train it on the skies, well, we see some pretty cool stuff. Like, say, gorgeous spiral galaxies:
[Click to galactinate.]
That's NGC 1232, an open face-on spiral some 65 million light years away. This to me is a perfect spiral: the arms are distinct and easy to trace, starting near the center and going all the way around the galaxy. Several spurs – short, disconnected, straighter offshoots – can be seen. There's also a bar: the center of the galaxy isn't a sphere, it's elongated in an oval.
All of these features are due to the weird gravitational field of a galaxy. In our solar system, the Sun dominates in the gravity department, and the planets orbit it. In a big galaxy, though, the gravity of every star adds up, making the force of gravity stronger farther from the center than if all the mass were concentrated there. This causes all sorts of odd manifestations like the bar, the spirals, and the spurs. I have a blog post discussing this in more detail, if you'd like to read that.
Incidentally, given the distance of NGC 1232 of 65 million light years, the photons you are seeing from this galaxy in this image left it when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth… but their time was juuuuussssst about up.
HAWK-I was used to study several galaxies, and not just NGC 1232– five more, in fact, for this particular study, but I want to point out one in particular: NGC 1300, a magnificent elongated spiral, shown here on the right. The bar in this one dominates, stretching over a much larger relative distance than the one in NGC 1232, which is dinky in comparison.
As I mentioned above, we can learn a lot when we compare light from objects in different wavelengths. Here is that same HAWK-I infrared image of NGC 1300, with a Hubble image in visible light below it. I rotated and scaled the top image to match Hubble's:
Ignoring the difference in things like resolution (Hubble can see smaller objects) and such, there are still obvious differences. In the visible image, dust between stars is dark, because it blocks visible light. However, IR goes through it, so the dust disappears in the top image. The dust adds a lot of sculpting and contouring to the visible Hubble image, and that's gone in the IR image, so the top one looks smoother. That's no illusion! That's real, and it's telling us where the dust is.
As you'd expect, objects that look red in the Hubble image are also bright in the IR, but the blue stuff is much fainter and difficult to spot in the HAWK-I view. Blue is emitted by hot, young, massive stars, which is easy to spot in the visible. The yellow-red glow in the bottom image is from older, redder stars, and they are prominent in the top image. See how the very center of the galaxy is bright in the HAWK-I shot? That tells me that there are far more older stars there, right in the very center. Star formation must have shut down long ago right smack dab in the heart of NGC 1300, or else we'd still see blue stars there.
… or, alternatively, there are blue stars there, but the dust is so thick their light gets reddened, like the setting Sun looks red from haze in our air. There are ways of telling the difference, but I don't think it can be done with images like this; we'd need spectra, which is a whole other story. Still, it once again shows that you need to look at objects in different ways if you want to figure out what's happening with them.
Looking in the infrared tells us a lot more about what's going on than visible alone. Combine that with ultraviolet, radio, X-ray, gamma-rays, and we get a much more complete picture of what the Universe is showing us. It's more than a double rainbow; it's the whole rainbow, and the best part is we really do know what it means.
Related posts:
- Barred for life
- HAWK-I peers into a stellar cocoon
- Setting the bar
- Sculpting a barred galaxy


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Predators rely on children's silence. The silence must be broken.
Stephen Budd has received the life sentences he so richly deserves. In a satisfying end to a stomach-churning trial, the 53-year-old former teacher at Rosarian Academy, convicted of molesting two fourth-grade girls in his classroom, seems guaranteed never to walk out of prison to harm other children.
Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Karen Miller on Tuesday gave him three consecutive sentences of life in prison, and added two terms of 15 years, after his conviction on capital sexual battery charges.
In remarkable detail, two 18-year-old women told jurors how the teacher they trusted when they were 8 and 9 years old had cajoled them into sexual contact with play money he called "Budd Bucks," which they could exchange for candy and prizes. How, in the supposed safety of their Catholic school in West Palm Beach, he had touched them, exposed himself to them and eventually progressed to having them perform sex acts underneath his desk.
Another witness, now 22, said Budd fondled her and manipulated her into touching him when she was a 7-year-old second grader at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Boynton Beach. At that age, she said, she couldn't separate the sexual contact from the special treatment and handfuls of candy he showered upon her, as The Post's Daphne Duret reported.
For years, the girls told no adults what had occurred. But the reverberations were immense. One of t he 18-year-olds said she developed obsessive compulsive disorder, finding comfort in constant rituals to escape "feeling dirty" about what had happened long ago with Mr. Budd. She lost her appetite for food last year, she indicated, as her therapist stood in the courtroom by her side.
After the conviction, one of the victims said words that revealed her years of anguish: "You don't have any more power over me any more, Mr. Budd."
This case may be extraordinary for the brazenness of Budd's violations. But in many ways it is thoroughly typical of child sexual abuse, which is often perpetrated by adults in positions of authority and respect. "These are things we see time and again," sex-abuse survivor and activist Lauren Book told The Palm Beach Post Editorial Board. "This individual used his influence as a well-liked teacher and began grooming these children."
Book is founder and CEO of Lauren's Kids, an Aventura-based nonprofit dedicated to preventing sex abuse. The group has just released a poll of Florida residents. In it, 30 percent of women and 14 percent of men said their first sexual experience was forced upon them. Of that group, 64 percent of the women and 81 percent of the men reported "some" or "quite a few" problems or difficulties in adult life as a result.
Almost one-fifth of the poll's respondents said they wouldn't immediately report to authorities an incident of sexual abuse of a child in their family, but would first try to deal with it as a private matter – even though Florida law requires all people to report sexual abuse if they suspect it. The biggest reason for the hesitance: concern that the child may not accurately be recalling what happened.
This must change. We adults need to take our children much more seriously when they report that something suspicious has happened to them. We need to realize that "stranger danger" misstates the real problem. "We know," Book said, "that in 90 percent of child abuse cases, a child is assaulted by someone they know, love and trust" — a coach, a nanny, a relative. (Check her website:www.dontmissthesigns.org)
Budd will hardly be the last molester to prey on children. But if we're all more aware of the warning signs of trouble, if we encourage our children to talk about the dark secrets that may be burdening them, we can stop the predators much faster.


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Friday night's stunning come-from-behind victory for the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS was even more stunning for the Washington Nationals, who at one point led 6-0.
And many Nationals fans aren't necessarily pleased about the outcome, either.
After the game, local CBS affiliate WUSA had cut into "Craig Ferguson" with the breaking news that the Nats were eliminated – but it took awhile to establish a live shot, what with disgruntled Nats fans heading for home.
"I was hesitant, because there was so much swearing and cursing out here," reporter Ken Molestina said to viewers. "That's how upset these fans are.
"But I trust that this man will not swear or curse on television," Molestina continued, giving a cue to a middle-aged man in a Nationals jacket with a vow that "I'll try" not to swear or curse.
And as if on cue, as the man-on-the-street-outside-the-park described his feelings for Molestina and viewers at home, one gang member appeared to be successful at swearing and cursing on television.
You can see that right after the angry fan jumped in and yelled, "Yo, that's bullshit!," he had to be restrained out of the live shot. Meanwhile, the fan being interviewed never missed a beat. "That wasn't me," he told Molestina.
I'm sure that might have been what many Nationals fans were at around half past midnight on Saturday morning – but they probably know better than to take those profane thoughts to the airwaves and psosibly jeopardize the license of a station that was being very precautious to do a live shot in the first place.
That's not Natitude.


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Tips and hints for XenoHammer
The biggest Tip we can give you is buy shields early!
Researching may cost a lot of RU's but it is worth it.
Make sure and read through the level briefings before playing each level so you know what to expect.
How to fight against different types of fighters:
1. Light Fighter - these guys are quick but have weak armor so one good shot should take them down just keep moving because as soon as they turn and see you they will fire.
2. Gun Ship - These guys have two wing cannons and they aren't afraid to use them... they hover at the top of the screen and unleash a flurry of fire whenever you get underneath them, and if that weren't enough when they decide they have had enough they try and plow into you!
3. Heavy Fighters - You won't see these guys till the second level and be glad because by then you should have powered up your ship. They have 3 times the armor of the Light Fighters, but are just as quick. These guys tend to stick together where the light fighters broke off and attacked from all angles.
4. Capital Ship - this guy shows up in level two. He is a big guy and has six separate destructible parts. he has a body, two wings, two turrets, and a forward bridge. The forward bridge is way stronger than the rest and it has a weapon that will eat a quarter of you health if you get hit so try not to. the turrets track you all over the screen and fire periodically and do significant damage. The trick is that you have to blow up the body in order to kill the whole thing. Oh and don't run into it or you'll instantly die.
5. The Nexus Core - your main objective for this mission is at the end of level 3 and it is massive! It has 20 separate destructible parts. The only thing I can say is you have to destroy the outer nodes to destroy the shield and stop it from jamming your Homing abilities.


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It was a great get-together in Urbana with exceptional people and real privilege to get an ovation for my presentation at the 2nd Annual North American Passivhaus Conference – especially since I only had to show my first slide to raise the roof. The title of my presentation is "Incrementalism is Death." It's a phrase I modified from Nicholas Negroponte's concept that "incrementalism is innovation's worst enemy." In my view, when it comes to taking the leaps needed to solve the climate crisis in our built environment, incremental thinking isn't just an enemy, it's death.
The technology, building materials and construction talent is all available today. What we're a little short on, however, is the courage to leap toward real, integrated, sustainable solutions instead of continuing to take baby steps that just won't get us where we need to be.
So help me spread the word. I just put my complete presentation on SlideShare where you can view it, download it, share it and help me shake things up with it.


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Cedar Hedge Dairy delivered the milk
By Bert Luhman
I really enjoyed the series by Bob Rekedahl.
I was very familiar with all of those places and people. However, I was a little disappointed that no mention was made of the Cedar Hedge Dairy, which had a large impact on our family, as well as the community.
It was very instrumental in the transition from whole milk to pasteurized milk for Howard Lake and Waverly.
As was noted in Myron Heuer's column a while ago, the business was started by Bernard Luhman as bottled whole milk, and later continued by my father Alfred Luhman.
As I remember, it turned into more of a family operation with the advent of the building of a pasteurizing plant. Prior to that, my mother Clara did most of the bottle washing, cooking and filling.
Then, my brother, Hubert, took on more of the work, while Gene helped Dad with the livestock. As I grew older, I helped deliver milk and sister LaVern did the book work.
I remember when I was about 12, the business had grown to covering all of Howard Lake, Waverly and the stores in Montrose. I had my own route. I drove a 1935 Chevy pickup and delivered to the homes south of Highway 12 in Howard Lake each morning before I went to school. Hubert delivered to the rest of Howard Lake, all of Waverly and stores in Montrose.
After school, I hurried home to help Hubert finish washing bottlers and filling them for the next day. Finally, because of OPA ceiling prices, we could no longer make enough profit to keep going. So, the business was sold to the Howard Lake Creamery Association. That is when Art Banke started delivering milk for the creamery.
I still remember a little jingle that hung on the inside of Hubert's delivery truck.
"Sloppy Ky with Careless Caper,
Tosses milk like morning paper,
Breaks the bottles, spills the fluid.
What a dope. Why does he do it?"
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The Feast of St. Nicholas – Christmas traditions in Holland
December 7, 2016 The feast of St. Nicholas – Christmas traditions in Holland Join us as we celebrate our Central Alberta Dutch community with a traditional Canadian turkey dinner, and stories and treats from Holland. Pioneer's Lodge (4324-46a Ave Red Deer) Tickets available at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery $27 members /$30 non-membersFind out more »
January 2017
Shipping fleas to England: Arthur Douglas Gregson in early Blackfalds
January 18, 2017 - Shipping Fleas to England: Arthur Douglas Gregson in Early Blackfalds. Ms. Judy Carleton became interested in Arthur Douglas Greyson's contributions to the Central Alberta area as a Blackfalds resident and researcher. She is president of the Blackfalds and Area Historical Society, and curator of the Blackfalds archives. She has also authored several books on Blackfalds history, one specifically for the Blackfalds centennial in 2004. Mr. Gregson was raised in England, (next door to Charles Darwin), and developed…Find out more »
February 2017
Unrecognized Black Pioneers in Alberta
February 15 – Unrecognized Black Pioneers in Alberta For Black History Month we welcome back Bertrand Bickersteth, who will tell us about some largely Unrecognized Black pioneers in Alberta. Dr. Bickersteth was born in Sierra Leone, raised in Canada, and educated in the UK. He explores black identity in Alberta and his poetry is included in the anthology The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry.Find out more »
March 2017
How do we teach history? Thoughts on standard histories, reconciliation and colonialism, with RDC's Stephane Perreault
March 15 - Teaching history through new perspectives of reconcilation and colonialism Dr. Stephane Perreault, History Instructor at Red Deer College will talk about reconciliation and colonialism and how this necessitates a shift in attitudes and methodology when teaching (and reading) history. According to Dr. Perreault: "Most of us – myself included – have been taught history of this land from the perspective of the Canadian state: course names, major topics and their articulation in the curriculum. As well, timelines of…Find out more »
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Documentary Film: Charles Camsell [Indian] Hospital, with Heritage program manager Miranda Jimmy.
April 19 – Documentary Film: Charles Camsell Hospital with Edmonton Heritage Council program manager Miranda Jimmy The Charles Camsell Hospital was a separate hospital for the Indigenous community and served as a parallel institution to the residential school system. Newly released documentary reveals one more way in which Indigenous people have been victims of a colonial system that has been degrading and dehumanizing. "From 1946 to 1968, the hospital was the site of a dark period of segregated health care…Find out more »
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Speaker Series
October 18 - The Edmonton Grads Topic: The Edmonton Grads, with Shirley Reaman and Michael Dawe The Edmonton Grads were a world class women't basketball team renowned for winning 95% of the games they played over their entire history as a team, 1915-1940. Red Deer's Frances Gordon (later Mills) joined the Grads in the late 1930s, and local teacher Percy Page became a coach. Join us at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery at 7:00pm Wednesday October 18. As…Find out more »
Annual History Banquet and AGM
Our Annual Banquet and AGM this year features Canada's Nursing Sisters of WWI as a part of our ongoing recognition of the centenary of WWI Doors open at 5:30 Dinner and AGM 6-7pm Presentation 7pm Tickets $29 members, $32 non-members Memberships may be bought online (click on the link) or at the door. Tickets on sale beginning September 1 at the Red Deer Museum, at 4525 47A Ave or by contacting 403-304-0742Find out more »
October 2017
Speaker Series
The Edmonton Grads, with Shirley Reaman and Michael Dawe The Edmonton Grads were a world class women's basketball team renowned for winning 95% of the games they played over their entire history as a team, 1915-1940. Red Deer's Frances Gordon (later Mills) joined the Grads in the late 1930s and local teacher Percy Page became a coach. 7-8:30 pm at the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery Light refreshments will be served. (yay!)Find out more »
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Speaker Series: Nancy Townshend, Art Historical Researcher
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I'm currently on a month break because I PASSED my third year final exam!
*confetti* *fireworks* *confetti*
Alhamdulillah. I can never thank Him enough.
If you didn't know, I failed my second year final exam/First Professional Exam. It was not something that I'd like to talk about. It was not something that I'd like to experience again. It was the most depressive and horrifying moment I ever experienced. I was at the lowest point of my life.
Sounds exaggerated?
Maybe, because I have never failed, EVER in my life, especially in my studies before.
(Gagal dalam percintaan monyet itu benda biasa let's not talk about it ok guys hahaha)
But I only have myself to blame. I didn't work hard (at all).
I'm not the kind of student who studies in a group. I really need peaceful and calm and quiet environment for me to focus and study well. I was not the best student in class and I didn't always score high grades. Wanted to change that, and make improvements, I joined a study group. A month (or probably less) before final exam.
Okay first of all, the way I see it, there are two main types of study group. One being the mini lecture kind of study group and the other being the discussion & questions-based group. I joined the latter one.
Which was the biggest mistake.
To be in a study group, you should be well prepared, you should already have at least 70% of everything in your head and me being the typical lazy me, had 0. If you asked me what did I do the whole year before the exam, well, I was busy doing everything which didn't include studying. So when I joined the group, I was there only to listen and be confused and lost because I have no freaking idea about what they were discussing. I ended up sleeping throughout the discussion. Yes I did.
I only came home to sleep and shower, and rushed out again to spend the rest of the day at their place. Konon to have the kiasu-studying-environment, where whenever I felt malas but then I see everyone is studying, I will somehow got motivated and start studying as well kinda bullshit.
To be honest, I was not feeling comfortable at all. I was feeling all panas and sweaty but I couldn't take off my tudung, my cardigan, my pants because well, we were out in public and there were guys. And then like I said, I need calm and quiet environment to study which was impossible to have when they were like 5-7 of us, it was hard for us not to talk each other. In other word, I got distracted. I can't roll on the floor to stretch and take a short 10 minute nap, stretching whenever I want, make myself a glass of milo and stuffs like that. I could have studied better on my own.
Why didn't I just ditch the study group and do so?
Because I was afraid.
I was afraid of being left behind.
I was afraid of not knowing the things that I should know.
I was afraid of missing the important topics and the list goes on.
So I stayed.
When the result came out, as expected, I failed.
Which meant that I had to sit for Supplementary Exam while my friends went on a month holiday with their beloved ones, they got to take a break from the books and notes, stress-free, and also my Geng Gunung went on a hiking trip - Trans Titiwangsa V1
I was alone in the house (my 7 housemates had gone home as soon as they knew their result). Can you imagine how frustrating it was? How being a failure sucks so bad? I think I cried almost everyday regretting and feeling scared. Scared because if I didn't do well in the supplementary exam, I'd gonna have to repeat the whole second year.
Fast forward to the exam day, the questions was crazy hard, super duper hard. Like it was purposely made to fail us!!!! I seriously felt like I had lost all hope. I've been having palpitations since I woke up in the morning on the day the result came out. The thoughts of failing AGAIN made my knees all wobbly and weak but Alhamdulillah, I passed the exam.
He the most merciful knows that I couldn't face another failure, and He helped me.
And I made a promise to myself-
to study hard,
to become better,
and not to disappoint myself and my parents again.
And I kept that promise.


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A Deutsche Bank branch in Atlanta had requested the eviction of Vita Lee, a 103-year-old Atlanta woman, and her 83-year-old daughter. After 53 years living in the house neither had any idea where they'd go next.
But when the movers hired by the bank and police arrived at the house, they had a change of heart. They "took one look at" Lee and decided not to go through with it.
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Before I present my offering - a disclaimer. I had been planning to make Ginger Peanut Soup for dinner tonight. It is a fabulous recipe that a friend gave me recently (thanks Sarah!) and we love it. Not wanting to miss out on the Iron Chef fun I decided to mod the recipe, including of course, adding the all important chick peas.
So my recipe is not really one that I have created from scratch. I did adjust the amounts of some of the ingredients and I added potatoes, coriander, a little lemon, coconut milk and of course chickpeas. Will this be acceptable for the challenge or am I disqualified?
Challenge aside, the result was a delicious, creamy, satisfying, multicultural, soupy curry. We had it on its own, however you could serve it with rice, naan or even couscous if you wanted to.
3 tablespoons oil (I used peanut oil)
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed or chopped
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
2 potatoes, diced
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 cups cauliflower, divided into small florets
2 cups broccoli, divided into small florets
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can chickpeas
2 cups vegetable stock
⅓ cup natural peanut butter
1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander (cilantro)
½ cup coconut milk
Squeeze of lemon juice (about 1 teaspoon)
Salt and Pepper to taste
1. Saute the onion, garlic, ginger, potatoes and cayenne pepper in the oil for ~ 10 minutes.
2. Add the cauilflower, broccoli, tomatoes, chickpeas, stock, peanut butter and coriander. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally
3. Add the coconut milk and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with a drizzle of coconut milk.


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Hackers break into Apple iTunes
Apple's plan to revamp its iTunes music store by offering an 'all you can download' monthly service has been shelved after the US giant was hacked on Friday.
The attack was alleged to have come from prominent hacker, Jon Johansen – dubbed 'DVD John' - after he was credited with breaking the software protection on DVDs.
According to reports, Johansen has created a quasi –legal programme that effectively strips DRM software from the existing software protecting iTunes.
As a result, those with the Windows-based programme can pass on songs from the iTunes music store to millions of other file-sharers, without cost or copy protection.
One of Johansen's colleagues, 17-year-old Cody Brocious, said the software started out as an accident and was not created to harm the technology company.
On the contrary, the rumoured creator of the software, Brocious, believes the program is "ethical" and can only benefit the internet community.
By removing digital rights management on the iTunes downloads, the hackers said through blogs that their actions are within the law and break no Apple agreements.
Yet given the company's appetite for legal cases and its desire to protect its own products, observers say it is just a matter of time until legal action will arise.
Any ruling in favour of Apple would clear the path for the beefed up iTunes service, which is reportedly due to charge on a monthly basis so users can expand their music collection.
The service is likely to cater for thousands of downloads at a time and would effectively wipe out the practice of single-track rentals.
It is also understood that any users refusing to pay their monthly bill would face the risk of having all their downloaded music wiped.
Despite this, hacking and copying software such as the programme created by Brocious would enable users to retain their music libraries.
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Software Development Manager - eCommerce and Group IT
As development manager at Syntell, I am accountable for the success of all projects and system delivery within the eCommerce and Group IT business units. Each project has a cross-team, cross-functional group of employees assigned to it. I work closely with a project manager, product manager and internal customer to define the most valuable work and to break it apart into appropriately sized chunks to be delivered.
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I wanted to publish this post on Christmas day, but unfortunately ran out of time. 😦 Better late than never! Anyway, one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies is the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street. So, of course, every December while in New York, I drag my boyfriend out to stalk the main filming location used in the movie – the famous Macy's department store located at the intersection of 34th Street and Broadway.
The Miracle on 34th Street Macy's, which is also known as the Harold Square Macy's, is the company's flagship store. With nine floors and 2,150,000 square feet of shopping space, it has the distinction of being known as "The World's Largest Store". In fact, Macy's takes up almost an entire New York City block! It's humongous! R.H. Macy first opened the New York branch of his department store on the corner of 14th Street and 6th Avenue in 1858. The store moved to its current location, a nine story building designed by the architecture firm De Lemos & Cordes in 1902. The Palladian style building which houses Macy's became a National Historic Landmark in 1978 and has one of the only wooden escalators currently still in use.
Both the interior and the exterior of the Harold Square Macy's were used in the filming of Miracle on 34th Street. In fact, the filming of the movie required more power than Macy's had on hand, creating the need for additional power sources to be set up in the basement of the department store. Even though filming took place over sixty years ago, I am happy to report that much of both the interior and the exterior of Macy's are still recognizable from the movie. Besides Miracle on 34th Street, Macy's was also featured in the 1956 film Lovers and Lollipops, the Beat This: A Hip Hop History television special, and Kanye West's "Heard 'Em Say" video. Popular essayist David Sedaris also wrote a short story entitled "SantaLand Diaries" based on his real life experiences working as one of Santa's elves at the 34th Street Macy's.
But Macy's most significant claim to fame would have to be its incredible SantaLand department, which takes up almost all of Macy's eighth floor during the Christmas season. During the month of December, all of Macy's nine floors are completely decked out with wreaths, ribbons, and twinkle lights. Walking into Macy's at Christmastime is like entering a winter wonderland. But nothing quite compares to Santa's New York home – the place where children of all ages can sit on the real Santa Claus' lap.
SantaLand has seen quite a few changes since Natalie Wood first visited it and sat on Santa's lap in Miracle on 34th Street. The modern day SantaLand is a magical holiday wonderland, complete with numerous miniature railroad displays, dancing bears, and talking trees that look like they came straight out of Disneyland. My personal favorite SantaLand character is an animatronic elf who cleans a miniature railroad display case (pictured above). His hand actually goes back and forth wiping the case clean with a red cloth. 🙂 So cute!!!
I highly recommend stalking the Miracle on 34th Street Macy's, especially the real Santa Claus and the SantaLand department. There's nothing else quite like it to get you in the Christmas spirit! 🙂
Oh, please Santa, bring me anything from Louis Vuitton! 🙂
Until next time, Happy Stalking! 🙂
Stalk It: The Miracle on 34th Street Macy's is located at 151 West 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan.


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Lindsay Herda
Associate VP of Marketing
Lindsay's BIOGRAPHY
Lindsay Herda has been with Ergodyne since 2010 and is currently the Associate VP of Marketing. In her role, she is responsible for overseeing the development of creative and technical marketing materials; creating and executing PR/advertising/corporate communication strategy; spearheading product launch marketing support; as well as supporting and growing the marketing team. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of St. Thomas in 2007 and prior to joining Ergodyne worked in the Communications Department at Target Corporate as well as on the Mobile Team at CBS News.
Lindsay is known for leading her team in an enthusiastic, creative, collaborative manner. She's a loving mother to her two girls, Addie Mae and Hazel Lake; has a passion for music (like so many at the Orange Planet); just built a farmhouse in Wisconsin (so she's officially gone to the dark side); and – rumor has it – can sometimes be heard belting out a ballad or two in the women's bathroom (good acoustics??).Read More


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Communication has a long and complicated history. How to get something so transient in an image? I've just read Scott McCloud's UNDERSTANDING COMICS and REINVENTING COMICS ( http://www.scottmccloud.com/) He talks about Egyptian hieroglyphs and tomb paintings as early "comics." Regardless, they were a form of both written and pictorial communication at the same time. So I'm trying to portray how communication reaches both backwards and forward in time. (Plus I think Egyptian art is really neat. Seeing the "Palette of Narmer" in the Cairo museum is still one of those stand out moments in my life.)
And just to prove the mind boggling array of the web, I got a hieroglyphic translation for "Once upon a time" from this web site: http://webperso.iut.univ-paris8.fr/~rosmord/nomhiero.html


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PAS 68 Gates
Having installed, Services and Maintained many, if not all of the UK's manufactures PAS68 products, The Portico Group believe its knowledge in this sector is second to none.
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In a confusing world of make and models we aim to provide specifiers and customers a solution that fits and meets the requirements laid down by the DHF Health and Safety and your own risk assesments.
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The PAS (Publicly Available Specification) is a consultative document where the development process and written format is based on the British Standard model. Any organisation, association or group who wish to document standardised best practice on a specific subject, can commission a PAS, subject to the BSI acceptance process.
(Publicly Available Specification)
PAS 68 : 2010 is a classification for vehicle security barriers, and provides a comparative method of assessing the performance of any system designed to stop vehicles. It gives requirements and specifications for security barriers to assist in the prevention of terrorism and crime, and identifies vehicle criteria and impact tolerance that must be met in order to conform to it.
The PAS 68 rating will be given with the performance rating.
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Vehicle wieght
Speed and Penetration
PAS 68 – V1 / ROADBLOCKER / 30000 / 80:0 / 6.85 which means PAS 68 rated road blocker stopping a 30 tonne vehicle travelling at 80kph with zero penetration and a dispersion of 6.85 metres.
What is PAS 69:2006?
PAS 69:2006 provides guidance on the selection, installation and use of vehicle security barriers to ensure that they are selected and placed as effectively as possible. PAS69 is intended to be used by designers, planners, architects, security managers and facilities managers within the public and private sectors.
PAS 69 complements PAS 68:2007 Specification for vehicle security barriers, which describes methods for the classification of various barrier types in terms of their ability to resist dynamic impacts by vehicles.
PAS 69 highlights the issues to be addressed when considering the use of traffic calming and vehicle restraint systems as part of an overall security regime. The topics considered are by no means exhaustive, and the user is encouraged to consider additional questions and responses to cater for specific issues.
If changes are subsequently proposed for the security package that has been designed, decisions based on this PAS should be used to confirm why the original security decisions were made and how they will be affected by any changes. Decisions should be recorded and records retained for audit purposes and periodic review.
Vehicle security barriers, by virtue of their basic design, may not be intended to provide any blast resistance but may be affected by any explosives that detonate following the impact or arrest of a threat vehicle. Vehicle security barriers might increase the level of hazard created by an explosion. Specifiers should confirm whether this risk is acceptable.
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We will ensure that your Holiday Home contains the basics to get you started for your holiday – tea, coffee, sugar, salt, & herbs etc. – all free of charge
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I'm sorry, this challenge has been canceled. If you are still looking to add to your 2013 reading goals, many good challenges can be found at A Novel Challenge. Happy reading!
Announcing the fourth year of the Birth Year Reading Challenge!
This year's challenge focuses on an important year in your life, one that introduced you to dynamic and meaningful possibilities. Maybe that was the actual year of your birth, or maybe it was the year of another kind of "birth": when you were "born" to a new life in the spiritual, emotional, educational, social, geographical, or some other sense.
Birth Year Reading Challenge 2013 - Rebirth
What books were published the year you were born, or the year that you experienced another kind of "birth"?
This challenge encourages you to find out, and then read some of them. You might even draw a few conclusions about social and literary trends that year. If nothing else, you'll have an incentive to explore books you might otherwise not have considered.
Wikipedia has lists of books by year published. You can check literary prize lists for high-quality choices. Using Google to locate "best books of _____" provides some interesting choices. There is also a cool feature at BibliOZ where you can check the New York Times bestseller list for the week you are interested in.
If you already participated in this challenge, or if you discover you were born in a year of unattractive books, the Rebirth option gives you the chance to sample another year instead. So read on!
Ready to join? Leave a comment and a link to your post, and I'll sign you right up.
Check the sidebar for a link to the sign-up and progress list.
1. Join anytime between now and November 30, 2013. The challenge ends at midnight EST on January 31, 2014.
2. a. Choose books from your birth year.
2. b. Choose a year that you experienced another kind of "birth," then choose books from that year. Your sign-up post should include a few details about the year you've chosen and the kind of "birth" you are commemorating.
3. Books may come from your TBR pile or list, but they don't have to.
4. Overlaps with other challenges are allowed and encouraged.
5. Change your list at any time.
6. Reviews and reactions are encouraged, but not required. You don't need to have a blog to participate. But you do need to let me know of your progress, so I can bestow your virtual candles. (Here's the progress and reviews page from BYRC 2012, so you can see how it works.)
7. All genres and formats are eligible. If it's a book, you can count it.
8. One candle is awarded for each qualifying book you read. There is no limit on how few or how many candles you can earn.
When you meet your reading goal, you can select a book from my library – most likely a gently used trade paperback – and I'll mail it to you. But keep reading because . . .
The person who reads the most books for the challenge will receive a fun little surprise package with a bookish theme. And . . .


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NEW ORLEANS — On Friday, May 18 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. ONLY, the City of New Orleans construction contractor, Barriere Construction Co., L.L.C., in collaboration with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, will temporarily close the eastbound (river) side of St. Charles Ave. between Napoleon Ave. and Louisiana Ave. to repair several water leaks that were identified while crews were working on the $1.3M St. Charles Ave. repaving project.
Downtown bound traffic will be detoured to Prytania St. at Napoleon Ave. The current lane shift for the westbound (lake) side of St. Charles Ave. from Louisiana Ave. to Napoleon Ave. will remain in place while crews complete asphalt patching on that side.
The St. Charles Ave. repaving project calls for removing damaged portions of the asphalt roadway and replacing it with new, smooth pavement; repaving the asphalt roadway from curb-to-curb; installing Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant curbs, as well as ramps at intersections. The entire project will be completed in September 2018.
Designated No Parking Areas
In order to safely complete construction, there will be areas designated with "No Parking" signage along St. Charles Ave. between Louisiana Ave. and Napoleon Ave. Additionally, there will be designated "No Parking" areas within 150 feet of St. Charles Ave. on both sides of Marengo St., the lake side of General Taylor St., and the river side of Milan St. Residents and commuters are reminded that any vehicle left in a designated "No Parking" beginning on Monday at 7 a.m. and through the duration of the project will be towed.
In general, Barriere Construction Co., L.L.C. is working from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday; however, there may be delays due to weather or other circumstances that cause the contractor to work later and / or on the weekends.
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The multi award-winning Porini Mara Camp is located within the exclusive 17500 acre Ol Kinyei Conservancy, immediately adjacent to Naboisho Conservancy. Porini guests benefit from exclusive use of Ol Kinyei for exhilarating game drives plus drives within the beautiful Naboisho Conservancy and the Masai Mara National Reserve.
Together the conservancies form one of the most beautiful areas of the Mara region – this is untouched wilderness, off-the-beaten-track and with few (if any) other tourist vehicles spoiling the view. The open plains, forests, streams and rivers are home to an abundance of wildlife including resident lions, cheetahs and leopards.
Porini Mara Camp has just six guest tents attractively set out under yellow-barked Acacia trees along the banks of the Laetoli, a permanent spring within Ol Kinyei. These spacious and comfortable tents each have ensuite facilities (including shower and flush w.c.) With the number of guests within the camp limited to a maximum of 12, Porini Mara ensures a truly exclusive wilderness experience.
Guests receive a special and unique back-to-nature "bush experience" without compromising on quality and comfort. The camp has won awards for its outstanding levels of service and meals are of high quality using the best fresh ingredients. Game drives are in proper 4×4 safari vehicles with expert trackers and friendly qualified guides who are eager for guests to receive the very best possible game-viewing.
Porini Mara Camp is run with an eco-friendly and socially-responsible ethos. The camp is specially designed to have minimum impact on the environment with no permanent structures and using eco-friendly fuel. The conservancy is owned by the local Maasai community and the camp is operated with
the objective of creating income for them through employment and the leasing of land.
Website : www.porini.com/kenya
Email : email@example.com
Tel : Gamewatchers Safaris HO, Nairobi +254 (0) 20 723 129
Fax : Gamewatchers Safaris HO, Nairobi +254 (0) 20 720 864
Number of rooms/tents & maximum camp capacity :
6 tents / 12 beds
Operating dates :
Jan to 15 April and June to December.
Activities included :
Premium game drives in open-sided 4×4 safari vehicles with driver-guide and spotter to explore Naboisho Conservancy and Ol Kinyei Conservancy, night drives, escorted nature walks, bush breakfasts, sundowners plus one full day with picnic lunch in the Mara Reserve.
Additional activities available :
– Cultural visit to Maasai village
– Balloon Safaris


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Current projects include having a book I've written published and recording a series of audio books.
Please visit my link to 'Outside the Box Improv'. There you will see that I also provide a cast of highly seasoned, exceptionally funny improvisers to perform at your next event. In addition to the skills that put on a memorably funny show, these talented performers are uniquely trained to lead workshops, seminars, and trainings for your staff. Your team will be given tools for measurable growth in productivity and job satisfaction.
This website is a tribute to my many of my performing years. There are photos and links from performances and a look at some of my life when not on stage.
Write me to say you've been here for a visit. I'd like to hear from you.
A Favorite Quote...
"If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
—Henry David Thoreau