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Don't you love when Republicans and Democrats can work together to screw the taxpayer over? The latest of hundreds of bribery scandals in my fine State of Pennsylvania has revealed the bipartisanship that kept the taxpayer money flowing into the grubby hands of slimy politicians, corrupt government drones, and the corporations who paid tthem off for bloated construction contracts. Whoever was in control of the PA state government got 60% of the bribes and the other party got 40% of the bribes. See. This is proof that Republicans and Democrats can work together. The fine upstanding politicians in Washington DC should study how it is done in PA so they can implement it nationally.
If you buy into the party politics that run this country, you are a fool. Both parties are fucking you.
Many steering clear of Pa. turnpike's 60/40 scandal
Published:March 16. 2013 12:01AM
Of the allegations emerging from a sweeping grand jury investigation into corruption at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, one of the most damning was witness testimony that lucrative contracts were guided by politics: 60 percent were awarded to supporters of the governor's political party and 40 percent to those of the other.
The perversion of the turnpike commission's process of hiring environmental, design and engineering consultants to reward political contributors was a familiar subject in Harrisburg's circles of power, said Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan.
Still, only one elected official — former Senate Democratic floor leader Bob Mellow from Lackawanna County — is facing charges, while some top lawmakers and commission members, past and present, say they knew nothing of such allegedly pervasive corruption.
"I think that this type of activity has been well-known and well-discussed throughout political circles for a number of years," Noonan told reporters as he and Attorney General Kathleen Kane announced the charges. "But … you have to have evidence. The people who were charged are the people we have evidence against."
It was not enough to charge an elected official simply because they knew about the 60/40 rule: Evidence was necessary that someone had worked to rig the process, Kane said.
On Wednesday, Mellow, three former top Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission officials and two businessmen were charged in what prosecutors say was a long-running scheme in which contract-hungry vendors gave lavish gifts and political campaign contributions to improve their chances of landing a contract.
Contracting decisions at the Turnpike typically followed the 60/40 rule, according to the 85-page grand jury presentment.
"According to several witnesses testifying before the grand jury, whichever political party (is) in power gets 60 percent of the contracts or jobs, and the minority party receives 40 percent."
The turnpike commission might be unavoidably political: The governor nominates turnpike commissioners to four-year terms and each must be confirmed by a two-thirds majority of the state Senate, giving senators influence there. Traditionally, three of the five turnpike commissioners are from the governor's political party, and one must be the state transportation secretary.
According to the grand jury, an unnamed former chief operating officer of the turnpike commission said "typically, there was always a 60/40 rule" that was dictated by either the Senate leadership or the governor's office.
Allen Biehler, Rendell's transportation secretary for eight years, said he had heard about the 60/40 split, perhaps even before he became transportation secretary in 2003. But he said he did not know if it was true.
As a commissioner, he voted on contracts, relying on commission staff to recommend a firm. He would quiz the staff about their conclusions, but he did not have time to review all the competing proposals for each job, he said.
Still, the culture at the agency worried him.
"I always had an uncomfortable feeling about the place," said Biehler, who said he was not contacted by law enforcement.
Rendell, a Democrat who served from 2003 to 2011, as well as House Speaker Sam Smith, Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, all of whom were in positions of power during the period scrutinized by the grand jury, said through spokespeople that they knew nothing of the 60/40 split.
Former Senate Majority Leader David Brightbill did not want to discuss it. One former commissioner, Timothy Carson, and current Commissioner Pasquale Deon, who joined it in 2002, did not respond to requests for comment Friday.
Former Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Jubelirer, who served until 2006, said rigging contracts is "completely foreign" to anything he or his fellow Republicans did while running the Senate. If a formula to guide hiring was developed, he did not know about it, he said.
"We recommended people who were very competent," said Jubelirer, who also said he was not contacted by law enforcement. "Sometimes they got hired, sometimes they didn't."


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Each and every month, Fan Friday highlights just a few of the many creative and talented members of the Star Wars: The Old Republic community. This month we highlight some awesome works of art from you, the fans!
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it is fun to do and can be completed within minutes. I hope you will enjoy doing this instructable and will be able to learn something at the same time.
Step 1: Materials
Acetone is commonly used as a paint thiner and can be found at your local hardware shop or at amazon.com.
glass container
This can be an empty pot of jam or a beaker.
expanded polystyrene (styrofoam)
You can buy styrofoam cups or use any other piece of styrofoam you have.
safety goglesYou might consider using these because acetone can cause permanent eye damage.
Step 2: Prepare the acetone
Step 3: Melt the Styrofoam
Then wait one to five minutes for some of the acetone to evaporate. Wait one minute if you want it to mold the plastic and five if you want to shape it. The more you let the acetone evaporate the more solid it will be. You might even want to mold it while its still "liquid".
Here's a video that demonstrates the melting process.
Step 4: Other usefull info
If your plastic becomes to hard to work with dip it in some acetone to make it soft again.
The plastic fully cures in about 12 hours.
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wonder if the 'coffe cups' make a better plastic with acetone than the 'packing peanuts' do?
You just need a non-polar solvent that could be potentially less dangerous, but they may not be as readily available as acetone.
PS. the pipe was standard 20mm plumbing PVC pipe
please respond.
however, if layed intop of a mould, and in contact still with some solvent (gasoline or acetone), it should eventually seep intot he mould so long as the air can escape the mould as the polystyrene come in.
any one know how to prevent this?
you make napalm by adding aluminum soaps to petrol (gasoline)!
this would be flammable due to the acetone and the drying plastic would be like napalm (sticks 'n' burns) but not when dry. where did you get that idea from?
Napalm=Gas+Al Soap
weird plastic=Acetone+Styrofoam
i know that you could also use gas as the solvent but 2 things- gas is more flammable and it rather volatile as compared to acetone.
here acetone is used instead of gas
(PS- Textbook explainiation for 'volatile' means it evaporates easily, not explosive but often is.)
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Gainey Ranch Golf 7400 Golf Course End Unit in Scottsdale
- bedrooms 3
- baths 3
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community Gainey Ranch
- rates (USD) $ 4,000 - $ 6,000 / month
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Location, Location, Location!! Gated golf course unit with views of course and mountains from large patio, living room and kitchen.
End unit is private and QUIET. Kitchen eating area opens to large patio with views of golf course and mountains.
1 bedroom and bath on main floor. 2 full bedrooms and 2 full baths and laundry upstairs. Upstairs bedroom has large patio with views.
Spare parking for 3 cars. 2 car garage.
GOLF MEMBERSHIP is extra, renters required to pay $500 activation fee.
Easy access to Hyatt and Golf club. Two swimming pools, both heated. Wood burning fireplace.
Fresh fruit tree near back patio! Living the Gainey Ranch lifestyle is exceptional.
Visit the Estate Club for tennis, health club, library, social events, classes and 25 meter pool (heated all winter).
So convenient to restaurants, shops and the Hyatt Resort. Perfect winter/resort retreat. Very private & quiet location!
property availability
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- Amenities
- Air Conditioning
- Washer
- Dryer
- Linens Provided
- Garage: Two Car Garage with automatic openers.
- Off Street Parking: There is 4 parking spaces next to our unit for your guest or family.
- Gas Fireplace
- Wood Fireplace: We have a outdoor fire pit for your use on those chilly evenings on the patio.
- Beds
- King Bed: There are king size beds in the master and guest room.
- Queen Bed: There is a queen bed located in the downstairs guest room.
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- TV (No Cable/Satellite)
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Shared Hot Tub: The Hot Tub is located in the main pool area just a min. walk away from unit.
- Shared Pool: Our complex has 2 shared heated pools for your use while staying.
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Ice Maker
- Outdoor Features
- Gas/Electric BBQ Grill
- Deck/Patio: Plenty of outdoor space for entertaining or just relaxing, right off the tee box of the golf course, very private.
- Balcony: Master Bedroom has a balcony overlooking the golf course with outstanding mountain and lake views.
- View/Location
- Lake View
- Mountain View
- Golf Course Front: This unit looks right out to the course, no obstructed view and has a unbelievable view of the mountains.
- Golf Course View
- Communications
- Telephone
- Broadband Internet
- WiFi (Wireless Internet): Just turn on your computer and you will have access to internet.
- Other Amenities
- We have 4 bikes for your use, great bike trails and close to shopping. Firewood for the outdoor fire pit. Full use of the Gainey Ranch Club, this has workout facility, pool, tennis, outdoor grass area and even a library.
- Suitability
- Pet Friendly: No Cats..
- Kid Friendly: Plenty of things to do for the kids. There are 3 parks nearby and Crackerjacks, a minigolf, batting cages, water rides, go carts and driving range is 10 min away.
- Smoking Not Allowed
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Peak Season (Nov-Apr) - $6000/month
Off Peak Season (May-Oct) - $4000/month
$1000 Deposit to hold reservation, this amount is credited towards total rental price
Full rental payment due 30 days before arrival.
$500 refundable security deposit.
Small dogs accepted, $500 refundable pet deposit. No Cats....
Non-Refundable: Cleaning Fee $200
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Brooklyn-based electro-pop outfit Chairlift are currently touring the country supporting the recent release of their sophomore album Something - the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2008 debut Does You Inspire You. The group were first introduced to international listeners with the help of an iconic Apple iPod advertisement featuring breakout single 'Bruises' and have since developed a cult following for their synth-driven and darkly sporadic sound. Chairlift worked tirelessly throughout 2011 on their latest release with producer Dan Carey (Hot Chip, The Kills, M.I.A.) and have already received rave reviews from Pitchfork and support from triple j (Feature Album of the Week).
Front-woman Caroline Polachek was kind enough to take 3 Minutes and 52 Seconds with Mucho Bravado:
Who? Caroline Polachek / City you call home? New York City / Tea or coffee? Coffee, lots of it. / Best thing about what you do? Travelling / Favourite cafe anywhere? Le Goupil Le Fol in Brussels / Dream collaboration? Strawberry Switchblade / Can you tell a lot about a person by their bedclothes? If the lights are on / What about you? If i'm wearing bedclothes / What inspires you? Youtube / If not playing a gig where can we find you? Rehearsal / I'm buying drinks, what's your poison? Makers Mark, ginger beer, wedge of lime. / Last movie you saw? Drive / Any good? YES / Best record right now? New Nite Jewel album, coming out in March / One song to guarantee a private car sing-along? "Juicy Fruit" by M'Tume / Favourite Beatle? John / Prince or MJ? MJ / One band – old or new – you'd murder to play for? Roxy Music / Favourite, quirky possession? Laptop. / Guilty pleasure of late? Eating everything served to me on an airplane. / There's a mini, five-band festival at yours, who's playing? Violens, Anika, Nite Jewel, Ice Choir, Geneva Jacuzzi. / Tell us one odd thing we don't know? i detest the word quirky. / Lollies or chocolate? Chocolate. / You and the bf are breaking up, which one record do you fight for? Avalon by Roxy Music. / What's on your rider? Chocolate. / Most diva-like demand recently? Amp set up in my hotel room so i can play synth. / Most embarrassing stage moment? Losing my glasses and being to blind to find them on stage. Oof. / The world's ending, what do you do? Finish my Q&A / Favourite shower croon? "Silk & Honey" by Honey ltd / Who did you want to be when you grew up? Dorothy Hamill / Last thing you stole? A bananna from the hotel buffet 10 minutes ago / Favourite Cartoon character? Ren & Stimpy / Best Christmas present ever received as a child? A 90s Yamaha PSR. Still use it in Chairlift recordings. Thanks Mom! / Favourite place in the world that's not home? London. / Song most likely to get you onto the dance floor? "Silent Morning" by Noel / Life changing record? Another Green World by Brian Eno / Love or lust? Love. / Favourite composition of your own of all time? "Amanaemonesia" / One apprehension about your album? Not enough cowbell. / The best thing about being you right now? Being two questions from the end. / What are you doing after answering these questions? Playing synth in my hotel room. / Famous last words? "Never explain and never complain".
Chairlift's hauntingly quirky and captivating new album Something is out now. The group play the Laneway festivals and a few resulting sideshows throughout January and February 2012.
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Angela LundeAngela Lunde is a dementia education specialist in the education core of Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Abigail Van Buren Alzheimer's Disease Research Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
The transfer of information about dementias, as well as understanding the need for participation in clinical trials, is an essential component of the education core.
Angela is a member of the Alzheimer's Association board of directors and co-chair of the annual Minnesota Dementia Conference. She is a member of the Dementia Behavior Assessment and Response Team (D-BART), a multidisciplinary outreach service assisting professional and family caregivers in understanding and managing difficult behaviors often present in dementia. She facilitates several support groups, including Memory Club, an early-stage education and support series, and more recently, helped to develop and now deliver Healthy Action to Benefit Independence and Thinking (HABIT), a 10-day cognitive rehab and wellness program for people with mild cognitive impairment.
Angela takes a personal interest in understanding the complex changes that take place within relationships and among families when dementia is present. She is particularly interested in providing innovative and accessible ways for people with dementia and their families to receive information and participate in valuable programs that promote well-being.
"Amid a devastating disease, there are tools, therapies, programs and ways to cope, and it is vital that families are connected to these resources," she says.
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By Angela Lunde
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As this year comes to a close, I'm reflecting on the topics addressed and lively dialogue we've shared over these months.
I don't know most of you personally, and I never want to pretend I always have the answer, or know the best path for anyone outside of myself. Rather, I openly share my thoughts and views based on what I've learned and will continue to learn, the wisdom passed on by others and my own life experiences.
In the same way, many of you offer your touching stories, options, ideas, advice and genuine support to one other. We share words in what often feels like sacred space — without judgment or criticism.
Over the year, we've pondered on topics including self-compassion and compassionate care, coping and finding calm, mindfulness, stigma and labels, confusion over diagnosis and medical jargon, negative behaviors as expression of unmet needs, denial and acceptance, resentment and resilience.
Some of you wrote about moving toward a place of greater awareness, tolerating that there are things largely beyond your control. Others recognized that often it's your own thoughts and feelings that fuel much distress. And for some, a transformation into deeper acceptance has been evident.
Yet, I believe what intertwines this group above all else is a desire to be connected to those whose life reflects our own in some small way. Perhaps this exposes our own suffering, and by doing so, eases suffering.
As I sign-off for 2012, I offer my heartfelt support to each of you. I'll also serve as a channel of gratitude expressed to one another in our caring blog community. I hope many of you feel as DeLisa, who wrote that reading your comments makes her day a little better.
I leave you with a selection of quotes, written by you — members of this supportive community — over the past year. These are your messages of peace, love and hope for today.
"Choose what really matters and let go of what does not." - Rosalie
"Don't worry about all that needs to be done for the entire day, week or month, but rather just (focus on) the 'next right thing.' " - Mary
"You are my periscope." - Jean's words to his caregiving wife Helene
"The journey will have an end, but what's important is how you live it moment to moment." - Karen
"When it feels like we are "having a failure to communicate" moment, I know it is simply time to slow down, hold hands and just BE there." - Rosalie
"I still revert to wishing my husband could be like he used to be ... but I know we can also have joy and appreciate most moments." - Sue
"I have a deep faith & a pretty good sense of humor, both of which see me through the mountains & valleys of life." - Marilyn
"With my limited knowledge and experience as a caregiver, I did the best I could at that time, and I am at peace." - Charlie
"No one on this earth was put here to make me happy ... it has to be my mission." - JoEllen
"You are a fragile human and worthy of love too." - Karen
"We still feel things, still want to be part of things, and really do want to share." - Carole, living with Alzheimer's
"When we truly have compassion for ourselves, it expands us and makes us more loving towards others ..." - Tom
"I am taking a deep breath right now and sending you and myself some love." - Diane
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Survey of Energy Resources 2007
Solar Country Notes
Namibia has a substantial solar energy potential, owing to its high level of solar radiation. Currently efforts are being made by the Government and its partners to increase the use of solar energy. People can buy their equipment through the government-sponsored soft-interest loan scheme, the Solar Revolving Fund and Bank Windhoek.
Current and planned projects include:
the removal of barriers to the Namibian renewable energy programme (UNDP/GEF/Ministry of Mines and Energy);
establishment of a renewable energy and energy efficiency institute;
building capacity for renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Solar home systems, solar water heaters and PV water pumps are the most widely-used applications of solar energy, but there are also a number of telecommunication systems.
The Namibian WEC Member Committee reports that at end-2005 some 700 kW of PV capacity had been installed, providing an output of 306.6 MWh during the year.


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The Raymond Lemaire Fund for Next Generation Skills
Created in 1999, the Raymond Lemaire Fund aims at raising funds for the training of young heritage professionals. Professor Raymond Lemaire, one of the founders of ICOMOS, attached the greatest importance to training young professionals and welcoming them into the ICOMOS family.
Since 1981, at every General Assembly, ICOMOS has awarded the Piero Gazzola Prize to a person or group of persons who has worked with distinction towards the objectives of ICOMOS. In 1999, the General Assembly in Mexico passed Resolution 29, which envisaged complementing this Prize by the creation of an International Fund named after Raymond Lemaire designed to raise funds for training young heritage professionals.
Endorsed in March 2008 by the Executive Committee, the Fund was launched during the Forum for young professionals held at the 16th General Assembly that year, among other with the generous support of the children of Raymond Lemaire.
The objective is to offer bursaries and to establish cooperation arrangements with training organisations, to enable young heritage professionals throughout the whole world to take part in post-graduate courses or traineeships in conservation and restoration. The Fund currently holds around 8000 Euros, and criteria for attributing scholarships are being developed by the Executive Committee. A first report on the use of the Fund will be made to the 18th General Assembly.
Help us to ensure that the new generation of ICOMOS members has access to the highest qualifications.
In memoriam: Hiroshi Daifuku
ICOMOS is saddened to announce the passing on July 12 of Hiroshi Daifuku, a signatory of the Venice Charter on behalf of UNESCO, Honorary member of ICOMOS, and Fellow and former Board member of US/ICOMOS.
ICOMOS and the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation "Horizon 2020"
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Apple TV, soon with YouTube
For anyone thinking that their Apple TV just might not have enough content options, the company this week announced a couple of additions to the product. Its Apple TV will now be able to stream videos from YouTube to your TV, and you'll be able to store a whole lot more on the device with a new 160-GB model being offered.
Thousands of the most current and popular YouTube videos will be available on Apple TV at launch in mid-June, the company says, with YouTube adding thousands more each week until the full YouTube catalog is available this fall. With the Apple Remote, users can navigate through YouTube's video browsing categories or search for specific videos. YouTube members can also log-in to their YouTube accounts on Apple TV to view and save their favorite videos.
Apple's 160-GB hard drive is four times the storage for up to 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, 25,000 photos or a combination of each, the company says. On the other hand, perhaps it's a way Apple is indicating you will soon be able to store fewer hours of video but that it will be high-def video, as Engadget HD suggests.
Apple TV with a 160-GB hard drive is available now for a suggested retail price of $399 (the 40-GB model sells for $299). The YouTube feature for Apple TV will be available as a free software update in mid-June.
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Cecilia Tommos, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Department: Biochemistry and Biophysics
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
905 Stellar-Chance Laboratories
Phildelphia, PA 19104-6059
Phildelphia, PA 19104-6059
Office: 215-746-2444
Fax: 215-573-7290
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B.S. (Chemistry)
Stockholm University, 1992.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
Stockholm University, 1997.
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Stockholm University, 1992.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
Stockholm University, 1997.
Description of Research Expertise
Amino-acid radicals represent key components in biological processes ranging from energy transduction to carcinogenesis and, yet, little is known about the thermodynamic and mechanistic properties of these species. This situation reflects the simple fact that the characteristically reactive and thermodynamically hot radical state is highly challenging to study in the natural systems. We have created a model protein system specifically made to facilitate structural, electrochemical and mechanistic studies of tyrosine and tryptophan radicals. Using this system we aim to systematically characterize the proton-coupled electron transfer reactions of amino-acid radicals as a function of structural motifs in the protein environment.Selected Publications
Melissa C. Martínez-Rivera, Bruce W. Berry, Kathleen G. Valentine, Kristina Westerlund, Sam Hay, and Cecilia Tommos: Electrochemical and Structural Properties of a Protein System Designed To Generate Tyrosine Pourbaix Diagrams. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133: 17786-17795, 2011.K. Westerlund, S.D. Moran, H.K. Privett, S. Hay, J. Jarvet, B.R. Gibney and C. Tommos: Making a Single-Chain Four-Helix Bundle for Redox Chemistry Studies. Prot. Eng. Des. & Sel. 21: 645-652, 2008.
B.W. Berry, M.M. Elvekrog and C. Tommos: Environmental Modulation of Protein Cation-π Interactions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129: 5308–5309, 2007.
S. Hay, K. Westerlund and C. Tommos: Redox Characteristics of a De Novo Quinone Protein. J. Phys. Chem. B 111: 3488–3495, 2007.
S. Hay, K. Westerlund, B.W. Berry and C. Tommos : Redox Properties of Tryptophan and Tyrosine: Effects of the Protein Matrix. Twelfth International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry 2005.
G.M. Skubick, S.D. Moran, C. Tommos and B.R. Gibney: Design, biological expression, and metal binding studies of alpha W-4-IGA. Am. Chem. Soc. 229: U477-U478, 2005.
K. Westerlund, B.W. Berry, H. Privett and C. Tommos: Exploring Amino-Acid Radical Chemistry: Protein Engineering and De Novo Design. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1707: 103–116, 2005.
B.R. Gibney and C. Tommos: De Novo Protein Design. Photosystem II - The light-driven water: plastoquinone oxidoreductase. T. Wydrzynski and K. Satoh (eds.). Springer, Dordrecht, 2005.
S. Hay, K. Westerlund and C. Tommos: Moving a Phenol Hydroxyl Group from the Surface to the Interior of a Protein: Effects on the Phenol Potential and pKA. Biochemistry 44: 11891-11902, 2005.
Peterson, R.W., K. Anbalagan, C. Tommos and A.J. Wand: Forced Folding and Structural Analysis of Metastable Proteins. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126: 9498–9499, 2004.


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University of Newcastle visual communications lecturer and animator, Jane Shadbolt, has been internationally recognised for her stop-motion animation The Cartographer.
The Cartographer has been selected to screen at two international film festivals – the St Louis International Film Festival in November and the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival in Beverly Hills, USA. Both festivals are held in high regard by members of the film-making community for showcasing innovative and cutting edge material.
Jane directed and produced the stop-motion animation, an epic story in miniature about a girl who has to map the entire world. Told in 11 minutes of puppet animation, it stars Paula Arundell, Joel Edgerton and Toby Moor and was made by a crew of over 30 people over four years.
Stop-motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence.
"Animation has evolved from a small field to such a competitive industry. I was thrilled to be selected to screen at such well-recognised international festivals," Jane said.
The Cartographer achieved success in two categories at the prestigious Australian Production Design Guild (APDG) Awards in September. Jane received the ENCORE APDG award for design on a short film and Bill McGuire, The Cartographer's visual effects artist received the Qantm APDG award for a visual effect.


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I believe more chocolate combinations are attempts by chocolatiers to widen their potential customer base.
I go the other way because I am prominent in healthy chocolates for folks with special dietary and/or religious needs.
Dave Lambert
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I found a dark chocolate with a bacon taste in my wanderings.
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David's Delicious Chocolates
the e home for healthy chocolates for folks with special dietary needs and/or religious needs
Coco Sala in Washington, D.C. sells chocolate covered bacon strips. I thought my kids would love it but the combination was just too much to handle. They love chocolate. And they love bacon. But not together!
When it comes to different flavours, I feel it is interesting to note the difference in origins of cocoa beans, for example, whilst nearly all European manufacturers stay away from Smokey Cameroon beans there are some factories that only purchase these smokey beans. In Douala and surrounding regions their cocoa beans are forced through fermentation with the aid of fires, they part sun dry and part artificially dry. However when the beans arrive in Europe if they have a smokey smell to them they are instantly rejected by the receiver most of the time as the flavour is affected. The rejected beans are then normally sold as salvage (tonnes of the stuff) however I had the pleasure to taste a chocolate bar made from these "smokey" beans and I thought it was rather unique and different yet still enjoyable. The barbeque effect was to my liking. Unfortunately due to the lack of demand these smokey beans are rarely used for chocolate making.
I also happen to like the taste of smokey cocoa beans, at least those I've tasted. I'm sure there is "good smokey" and not-so-good smokey. I'd probably take such a bar as you described over one that was just bland. For me, it's how it tastes at about the 75% level. At 50% of below, you can disguise a lot.
I believe (so I've been told) that this 'smokey' effect also changes the colour of the cocoa powder that is produced from these beans. I've actually got some in storage not that I would know how to turn them from "bean to bar". I agree with the minimum 50%.
I am going through the "Bean to Bar" program at Ecole Chocolat. The program includes tastings to compare chocolate from different regions, cocoa percentage, etc. I've found a couple chocolate bars that had the taste of smoke - one good and one bad.
The Michel Cluizel 85% Grand Noir had an incredible smokey flavor - reminiscent of sherry oak barrels burning in a barbeque pit, with a nice scotch whiskey lingering aftertaste.
On the other hand the Michel Cluizel Mokaya 66% Mexique had a terrible smokey aroma / flavor. While on the one hand it was somewhat bland, it had an unpleasant tobacco undertone. Made me think that they were smoking cigarettes or cigars while they prepared the chocolate! YECCH!
For me the weirdest combination so far were pretzels covered with chocolate. IDK if that counts as weird enough but that's all I've got now)
I have tried camel's milk chocolate. Several years ago when the volcano in Iceland stopped air traffic in Europe I had to fly to India. I decided to stop in Dubai. On the way back home to the US I got stuck in Dubai for 24 hours (free hotel and food!). I bought several varieties of chocolate made with camel's milk, though I thought the best was the 70% bittersweet cacao, though it had some camel's milk.
By the way, camel's milk is healthier than cow's milk: according to the company, camel's milk offers five times more vitamin C than cow's milk, has less fat and less lactose and more insulin, making it a good option for diabetics and people who are lactose intolerant.
You can buy their chocolates by calling the company (Al nassma).
I have to butt in regarding camel milk. If the company actually says is has less lactose, fine, it may. If they say it has more insulin, then they're big-time confused or just misleading you. No milk has insulin. Further, it wouldn't matter if it did because you can't take insulin orally. If you did, it would be digested and denatured as a protein and would therefore have none of the effects you'd expect from insulin. For a diabetic, they'd probably be better off with chocolate with higher cocoa content than milk chocolate, which has more sugar than very dark chocolate. Sorry for the distraction -- I just don't like anyone being mislead, even unintentionally. OK, back to chocolate!
Very good points. I was merely restating the company's marketing. I will avoid that in the future without referencing peer-reviewed research.
Note that I did say that the best was 70% bittersweet even though it also had some camel's milk. So to your point, chocolate with higher cocoa content is better for diabetics, and in this case it is the best tasting chocolate with camel's milk anyway.
Once in Belgium I tried a chocolate with a chili-mango-taste. It was pretty odd and nothing I would eat a second time honestly..
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Hey guys. In today's post I'd like to present a new jQuery & CSS3 demo I wrote called RocketBar. Let's explore why I created it. Everyday on the web there's something that we all do, almost regardless of the site that we're on – we scroll down. If we're reading a blog post, looking through a product description or even just scouring through eBay listings..in every case we need to scroll back up to the top of the page if we want to use the site navigation again or perform a site search. RocketBar is a simple solution for this which shows you how you can easily provide your users a persistent form of site navigation without them needing to scroll back up.
How Does It Work?
The way it works is that when a user lands on your page they get to see the default navigation as usual. If they decide to start scrolling however, the top navigation detaches itself from the page and follows you as you scroll down. If you decide to go back to the top of the page (for whatever reason) the navigation goes back to the way it appeared before. This technique isn't just limited to showing you the default menu in a way that detaches itself from the page, but the code could very easily be modified to show a completely different menu for those that scroll down (eg. just the more popular items in your site navigation and perhaps some share buttons). See Demo 1 for this version and Demo 2 for the standard version.
Why It is Useful?
Why is navigation that follows your user useful? Well for starters, it saves time!. If I'm in the middle of reading about the latest gadget on a blog and decide to move to another section, it would take me less time to get there using RocketBar than it would scrolling to the top of the page and then looking for the relevant link on a conventional menu. Persistent navigation also gives your readers, customers or users an easier path to exploring your site – take for example a RocketBar with a simple search box on it. I hypothesize that the less time it takes for your user to get to the search bar, the more inclined they are to use it to see what else is available on your site (if they're interested in the content).
If you've been designing for a few years, you'll know that in concept this idea isn't all that new – it could be just as easily executed using frames or just some fixed position CSS. The difference between those approaches and RocketBar however is that your site design and navigation doesn't have to suffer from being completed fixed in nature to implement this idea. With RocketBar, You can still use that multi-level drop down menu, or finely crafted jQuery navigation you've come up with this effect with without having to worry about it being cut-off or dealing with issues like z-indexing if frames were used to implement the idea.
How Do I Create A RocketBar?
The bar consists of two main components – the first is the jQuery code that powers it, adding the floating class and attributes to the bar that make it appear 'detached' when the user scrolls up and down the page. The second element (which is completely optional) are the CSS3 buttons you find along the bar. We're first going to take a look at the jQuery for the bar and then talk about the CSS3.
To begin, let's define the HTML for our persistent navigation. This is simply a div container with a standard list which hosts a number of button elements used for our menu items. There are two styles available in the style.css file included with this project – the 'default' class (blue theme) is used for elements which have pages of their own (eg. Links, Blog, Store) and the standard CSS applied to buttons (brown theme) is used for the menu item of the page you are currently on.
JavaScript – Making use of $(window).scroll()
Using the useful $(window).scroll() function it's possible to perform actions on the page when a user scrolls up or down it. To utilize this, RocketBar defines two points of interest in the current window – the first is the top of the page relative to the position of the bar (see $top1) and the second is the middle of the current window ($mid1). When a user scrolls past $top1, we add the class floater to it which causes it to appear detached. This makes use of classic CSS fixed positioning to maintain the bar in position.
If however the bar is not past the top of the page (ie. when a user is either at the top of the page or scrolls back up) the class is removed and the menu goes back to its default state. Similarly, if you pass the middle of the page ($mid1) the scroll-down button turns into a scroll-up button and the graphics change. This is all fairly simple.
var $top1= $('#floatingbar').offset().top + 20; //add additional necessary offset for Webkit var $mid1 = Math.floor($(window).height() / 2); $(window).scroll(function() { if ($(window).scrollTop()>$top1) { $('#floatingbar').addClass('floater'); } else { $('#floatingbar').removeClass('floater'); } if($(window).scrollTop() > $mid1) { $('#dirbutton'). find('img'). attr('src','images/toparrow.png'); $('#dirbutton').data('mode','scrolldown'); $('#dirbutton').show(); }else { $('#dirbutton'). find('img'). attr('src','images/bottomarrow.png'); $('#dirbutton').data('mode','scrollup'); } });
JavaScript Animated Scroll Up/Down code
As you can see above, one of the features of the RocketBar is a button that allows you to scroll to the top or bottom of the page with a single click, regardless of where you are. As this requires the use of an image that changes midway we make use of a simple jQuery image pre-load function to load up the images before a user starts using the main code routines. Here's the code for both of these functions:
$.preloadImages = function() { for(var i = 0; i").attr("src", arguments[i]); } } $.preloadImages("images/toparrow.png","images/bottomarrow.png"); $('#dirbutton').click(function() { $mode = $(this).data('mode'); switch($mode) { case 'scrolldown': $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:0}, 'slow'); return false; break; case 'scrollup': $scrollpos = $('body').outerHeight(); $('html, body').animate({scrollTop:$scrollpos}, 'slow'); return false; break; } });
CSS3 Buttons (For full code see style.css in the release)
The CSS3 buttons used in RocketBar are based on a variation of the Aristo theme, inspired by previous work from Ryan Miglavs. I wanted to use these buttons as an example of just how far aesthetically clean and crisp form elements can be these days using CSS3 without needing to use any graphics at all. For anyone wanting to design their own Aristo/MetaLabs style buttons from scratch, here's a break-down of the various CSS features required for them. You start off with a solid-color button with rounded edges and a simple border (remember to use border-radius cases for both Webkit and FireFox).
Next work on the typography to your button – I often personally opt for use of letter-spacing and bold common fonts such as Arial and Georgia as these are pretty much present on any platform these days (Helvetica is preferred if you're just using flat graphics). After this we focus on the letter-press effect – this is made possible using an intelligently positioned text-shadow element placed behind the primary button text.
Once this is done work on the background gradients for your button (-webkit-gradient and -moz-linear-gradient will allow you to blend from one specified color to another). Finally, there's the inner-shadow feature at the top of the button. This white line is what adds that extra 'crisp' feel to these buttons and can be achieved using the inset option of the CSS box-shadow property.
There's a lot more that goes into the hover and pressed-state cases but if you check out the style.css file in the release pack they should all be in there.
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Delray Beach, Florida (The Weekly Vice) – A bronze sculpture of a nude family outside the Addison Plaza shopping center is drawing protests from parents and a local PTA at a nearby elementary school.
The sculpture which has been titled "Journey to the New" has been previously displayed at other local areas. It is supposed to represent the emigration of Russian and Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Many people, however, are taking note of something else they see emigrating into their neighborhood. Anatomically correct statuary.
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Parent Jeffrey Cohen has been quoted as saying "My daughter has been joking about it. She shouldn't be talking to me about this."
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Okay, let's keep our kids totally in the dark about anything even remotely sexual. A sculpture displaying some subtle nudity is not going to scar our children for life. If you as a parent aren't willing to talk about sex with your kids, you are going to be in for a world of hurt when they get older.
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This isn't even about sex! The sculpture isn't even vaguely sexual. Sex and nudity are not interchangeable. It's called human anatomy... we all have it! Sheesh.
I'm not advocating people running around naked, or even women running around topless. I'm just saying, an anatomically correct sculpture of a nude family that has NOTHING to do with sex shouldn't be that big a deal. What are these parents afraid of -- that their kids will see an artistic rendering of a wang or a pair of boobies and will run out and hump the first person they see?
And I'm a parent (my kids are 5 and 1 1/2)!
Moral: People are dumb. - July 30, 2009 at 4:49 AM
- Ida_Slapter said...
Well said Venus D.
[If they were anatomically correct Americans they would be 60 pounds overweight.]
Parents could use this art work to provide healthy, needful discussions about sexual differences in men and women. - July 30, 2009 at 5:43 AM
these statues are not pornographic in any way... don't these parents have myspaces to moniter or something? so your kid now knows what a naked body looks like? wow.. stop the presses...
it just isn't that serious in my opinion. the earlier these kids learn about the body and sex, the less likely they are to become a teenage statistic. - July 30, 2009 at 6:09 AM
Up in arms over this statue while pervs whack off unstopped at the pools near Disney World?
Danny has it right its a crazy parade. - July 30, 2009 at 7:45 AM
What exactly is "sexual" about three people standing there naked?
I wonder if the parents of some these potentially scarred children would take issue with their children reading a classic novel like "Catcher in the Rye" or "Of Mice and Men," which both contain naughty, filthy words. Or if they'd be opposed to a field trip to the museum, where their precious widdle babbies might be exposed to the art of the Rennaisance or the sculptures by early Egyptians - both of which feature lots of boobies and peeps.
This is why so many teenagers have lousy body images - we teach them to believe the body in its natural state is a dirty thing that should be covered, lest the good Lawd doth damn us to the fiery pits o' hell. - July 30, 2009 at 9:41 AM
YES! Delray Beach finally made the news. The only things we usually have are rich retirees and the world's biggest sober living community.
Finally, word is getting out - we are really just a bunch of yuppie prudes here. - July 30, 2009 at 10:06 AM
- Ida_Slapter said...
It's in Florida so if it were truly provocative it would be surrounded by the pervs and drenched in enough Jizz to shampoo a buffalo.
- July 30, 2009 at 11:30 AM
I've got nothing against nudity, but just to play devil's advocate: "Journey to the New", it's called. Unless the Jews emigrated naked, maybe the sculptor should either rethink the title or the content. I'm just sayin'...
- July 30, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Really? Does florida have bigger fish to fry? I don't know,.... roaming meth labs and rogue Burmese pythons. Any one that considers it perverse should perhaps take a class in art/culture. Is it any wonder why the rest of world thinks we are idiots?
- July 31, 2009 at 12:05 AM
There's one thing you should realize: outrage is never in short supply. I'm sure they are just as angry about the man jerking off in front of kids as they are they are the statue, only the county didn't tell the former he could do it. (And then there's the whole were the Jews naked thing mentioned above.) Mind you, I'm not agreeing with them, just putting it in perspective. Honestly, I'd be more up in arms over the fact that the statue is just ugly, but that's just me.
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- iwinc said...
I find it ironic that people are complaining about these statues yet pornography is accepted in this society.
Perhaps if people were taught openly healthy attitudes about nudity and healthy loving sexuality there would be less attraction to pornography in this world? - July 31, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Parent Jeffrey Cohen has been quoted as saying "My daughter has been joking about it. She shouldn't be talking to me about this."
Really? So who do you suppose She should be talking to, dad???
People get all bent out of shape for nothing anymore.
It's art. Get over it. - August 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM
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