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Wait a minute, 5.3 million can't be right - hasn't everyone owned a Mini? Alec Issigonis's timeless, miraculous concept ("If it wasn't so ugly I'd shoot myself," was Ferrari's verdict) has a ubiquity on our streets that remains undiminished. To celebrate its latest anniversary the Design Museum in London is holding a three-month exhibition entitled Mini: 40 Years of a Design Icon.
As well as extensive Miniphernalia and BMC archive material, the exhibition includes Minis decorated to designs by Kate Moss, Paul Smith and David Bowie (above, left to right). Paul Smith's multi-coloured barcode Mini has already been produced in a limited run of 1,800 with 1,500 of them predictably going to Japan. Kate Moss's web design (inspired, apparently, by her pet tarantula), and David Bowie's iconic chrome-plated creation ("The viewer's own image becomes the immediate interface," explains Dave), remain one-offs.
"The main reason the Mini has lasted so long is its strength of personality," explains Mini brand manager Patrick Fleming. "Many cars try and do a lot of things averagely, but Issigonis decided he was going to do a small number of things exceptionally well. He was hell bent on getting as functional a car as possible in as small a space as possible." Fleming is in charge of both the current car's production and the highly sensitive introduction of an all-new Mini (above, far right). "I can't say very much about the new car. It will be slightly larger, but will have the same superb handling, throttle response and steering. Of course Mini enthusiasts would hate it if we changed a thing - we feel we've been pretty true to the spirit of the old car." If you ask me the new design looks fairly gruesome. "The photographs don't do it justice," responds Fleming. "And don't forget the old car was a total shock when it was launched."
Sales of the Mini (conceived during the Suez crisis as a rival to the bubble car) didn't pick up until two years into production when cars were given to style leaders like The Beatles, and Issigonis was seen chauffeuring the Queen around Hyde Park. Almost overnight the Mini became a Sixties fashion icon, a position consolidated when Formula I team boss John Cooper spotted the Mini's potential as a competition car and the all-conquering Mini Cooper was born.
Though sales have been in decline for 28 years, since a peak of 320,000 sold in 1971, Rover still shifts 15,000 Minis annually with prices from pounds 9,500 (which would have bought you 19 of them back in '59). But Rover has far loftier ambitions for the new car. "We could keep plugging along at 15,000 units," says Fleming, "but we're keen to take the new car to a far bigger audience. The Mini brand name has a tremendous power and we want to tap into that".
`Mini: 40 Years of a Design Icon', the Design Museum, London, 0171-378 6055, until 9 May
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Gaddafi cousin Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam arrested in Egypt
- 19 March 2013
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Egyptian police have arrested a close aide and cousin of the late Libyan leader, Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam was Tripoli's special envoy to Cairo for many years and left Libya for Egypt shortly after the 2011 uprising against Col Gaddafi.
Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered Mr Gaddaf al-Dam's detention for 30 days while charges against him are investigated.
He gave himself up to Egyptian police after his home in Cairo was surrounded.
Mr Gaddaf al-Dam is one of several high-profile Libyan figures residing in Egypt who have been pursued by Libyan authorities and the international police body Interpol since the end of the war.
'Documents forged'
Libya's deputy attorney general Taha Baara confirmed the arrest, saying Libya had presented the Egyptian prosecutor general with the case against Mr Gaddaf al-Dam some time ago, says the BBC's Rana Jawad in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Taha Baara added that the preliminary charge, as presented to Interpol, was the forging of official documents.
Libyan authorities have indicated that there are other charges as well, our correspondent adds.
An interior ministry source in Cairo told the BBC that Mr Gaddaf al-Dam handed himself in to the security forces after 10 vehicles surrounded his house in the Zamalek neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital.
Earlier reports said there was an exchange of fire before he surrendered. Mr Gaddaf al-Dam told foreign media outlets that his guards had clashed with the Egyptian forces as they were unsure of their identity. It is unclear if anyone was injured.
Pictures then showed a smiling Mr Gaddaf al-Dam in a car, waving to the camera as he left the home.
Mr Gaddaf al-Dam played down the arrest, saying he was going voluntarily to Cairo's prosecutor general with his lawyers "to file a complaint".
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The arrest comes on the second anniversary of the start of an international air campaign, led by France, in Libya that helped rebels in their fight against Col Gaddafi. Three days later, Nato officially took over military operations.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who championed the intervention, has been in Tripoli for the day, meeting Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan.
Mr Zeidan thanked the Egyptian authorities for their "judicial co-operation" over Mr Gaddaf al-Dam.


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authors | Göker, Ayse |
year | 2011 |
title | Information in Context: The Mobile Environment |
source | ELPUB2011. Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies, 15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing 22-24 June 2011, Istanbul, Turkey/ Edited by: Yasar Tonta, Umut Al, Phyllis Lepon Erdo_an and Ana Alice Baptista. ISBN 978-975-491-320-0, pp. 1-2 |
summary | People are ever busier, and increasingly want useful information in easily digested bite size pieces, delivered to them as efficiently as possible. The use of mobile devices combined with current and future information access and retrieval technologies can rejuvenate the publishers existing offerings as well as suggesting new ones. However, publishers cannot simply cut and paste content to fit the display constraints of a small device, and the opportunities of the mobile environment extend beyond the use of location. Individuals use mobiles in many aspects of their lives including work and leisure, and publishers need to be aware of the different orientations of users depending on their context of use. Mobile search has a distinctive nature which is different from traditional desktop-based searching. The success of digital publishing in the mobile environment will depend not only on the design and presentation of the underlying content, but also on nature and effectiveness of the mobile search facilities. Furthermore, in this more dynamic environment, there are many more circumstances of use and shifts in context, driven by links to the physical world and triggers within it.Information is a key part of our lives. However, the amount of available digital information continues to grow at a tremendous rate along with increasingly diverse forms of media and communication channels. To mitigate the effects of information overload, we need to create paths through the information space for users to navigate and manage their needs. The key enabler for this is to use context information. Context information provides an important basis for identifying and understanding peoples information needs. A key challenge is making more information accessible whilst also ensuring it is relevant and useful for users information needs. Context includes aspects of the situation, such as location, but can also include the users task, their environment, the device that they are using for accessing information, their personal interests, and their social interactions. Additional reasons for the importance of context include: timely delivery, better matching of user expectations and experience, and better potential for linking with advertising. This was evident in early work on personalization of web search and is increasingly clear for the mobile information environment. User studies are essential for designing and evaluating new products and methodologies that meet the needs of real users. It is important to test developed applications in naturalistic contexts and not to make only theoretical assumptions about users needs and activities. This presentation will argue that user studies should be conducted in a realistic way and will provide example applications from travel and tourism.The future of electronic media depends on refining our understanding of what constitutes the step-change in mobile usage and developing innovative applications to satisfy emerging needs. |
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前日嘅日本遊記預覽篇一出街, 就有讀者留言話「點解啲相咁細嘅?? 東京就係咁咋??」.. 我想再次強調, 嗰一篇只不過係個預覽, 所以先將啲相全部貼埋一齊, 而且寫得籠統啲咁啫.. 好喇, 大家要睇大大張相同多多詳細描述?? 咁我就唔好口水多過茶, 大家可以先選擇語言, 然後點擊上面張圖片觀賞全套相片, 等啲相片逐一說故事你聽啦.. 不過我要提一提大家, 我既唔係旅遊作家, 而且已儘最大能力寫得詳細啲, 所以寫得屎嘅話千其唔好見怪, 哈哈!! 點都好, 呢篇係遊記第一集, 希望大家喜歡.. :) | |
after i have published the prelude to my tokyo travelogue the other day, some readers commented "why are the photos so small?? is that all for tokyo??!!".. i need to stress again that it was just a prelude, hence i think it make sense to put the photos into collage and write more general things about the trip.. so, everyone wants huge photos and more stories?? then i'm not going to talk more here, just choose your language and then click on the photo above to see the full set of photos taken in tokyo and let them do the storytelling.. please be informed that i am not a travel blogger and have tried my best to blog about this trip in more detail, so don't blame me for the crappy posts, haha!! anyway, this is part one of the travelogue and i hope you'll enjoy reading it.. :) | |
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Show...show a bit first...and then more and more and more. Like that baru sexciting!!!! LOL!!!
DeleteYour name is Lee Yeong kah? Ooooo...Fing Fing so lucky, got to go to Japan. Why you did not bring me leh? Sulk! Sulk!
Deletehahaha, you are right!! must be teasing a bit, one shot buka semua baju then not sexy at all already, agree?? haha~~
STP, my luggage not big enough to stuff you in lah, even can also excess baggage they won't allow me to fly~~ :DLee Yeong sounds so Korean la. SK said he had chosen the Malaysia flag, perhaps Lee Chee Yeong sounds more like it la.
Deleteno lah.. actually there are two names, Lee XXX and XXX Yeong each one one line.. i masked the names for privacy reasons, hehe~~
Oops!!! Forgot to say good morning...so busy click this, click that! Good morning, SK, Good morning, Fing Fing! Hehehehehehe!!!!! Have a nice weekend, ya!
ReplyDeletegood mornign..
dont knwo is it my browser problem or what i cannot view the full photo...it got "cut off at the right hand side.
hence your photo A narration becomes "after more than 7 hours of flight, arrived at tokyo haneda airport finally.. compared to nar" followed by "airport, haneda airport has less international flight thus can get through immigration quick"... you know what i mean?A . wah lau eh....7 hrs floght....if drive from kl can sampai KT jor. but then your flight night time right. can zzz lo
ReplyDeleteRepliesI can never sleep during these red-eye flight. I usually watch movies (of course no movie to watch for free on AA) or kacau attendants for food (again, cannot do on AA). Aish.... LOL
Deleteyalor at first i also thought it's just around 5 hours, haha!! no lah, my flight was in the afternoon arrived there at night.. but just like Lina, cannot really sleep on flight lah, and then taking AA no free entertainment and no free food, aiks~~
DeleteI wonder how you managed to pass your 7-long-hours? Looking at your neighbour's drooling and listening to the snoring? Muehehehe~
Deleteerrr, read a bit, sleep a bit, chit chat a bit and snack a bit lor.. actually it's less than 7 hours because our flight arrived in tokyo almost an hour earlier!!
Deletecoming back that time night flight lah, okay lah can sleep a little bit because a bit tired already mah~~ :)
B. good wor using bar code. everything neat and tidy and not simply chop chop every where. for frequent traveller the passport wont be so messy also. easier to find the entry
ReplyDeleteC very brave of you all to go in the city without hotel booking. Hmmm how come cheaper than the published rate geh? thought its golden week. should be more tourist.
ReplyDeleteRepliesi think we booked from internet so that's cheaper, the published rates should be for walk-in lah.. errr, we not worry lah, cos just for a short night any hotel will do.. we are even prepared for capsules hotel or sex hotel~~ haha!! i think many japanese just spent a night in such hotels if they cannot catch a train back home..
D. They very pandai do business. Make people welcome like that. Good la. Go there also feel much better mah. It's like being treated as VIP.
ReplyDeleteE.already infused with toothpaste? wah lau eh...they really several steps in advanace from us la.
I like the way they folded the belt like stars.
Hmmm pub;ic toilet ah......call me kolot but i dont feel comfortable if bathing together with strangers. Hmm maybe females ones will have partition gua.Repliesthere is one bathroom that is shared, so you can have your private time inside, i also didn't go to the public bath lah, shy!! haha.. but i also never stayed in a dorm before lah..
DeleteEr, there are partition in my dormitory wor. I shy to mandi berpasangan la....
Deletebut if you go to japan, die die also must try out their public bath and onsen mah right?? Ah Hua is BBWS, so no scared lah~~ :D
DeleteLina...never lor....
SK me airport la...nothing to show...public bath buat malu aje loraiyah, now many BBWS also very envy airport one you know or not?? BBWS burden too heavy always backache lah~~ :p
F. errr soli ah...this katak bawah tempurung but what is ueno station ? Like our LRT station ka?
ReplyDeleteRepliesUeno is a big station.
It caters to local train, trains to Narita Airport and also shinkansens, Meow.
Like KL Sentral lah... ;)haha, anything to ask about Japan we can ask Lina, she is so knowledgeable about Japan lah~~ :p
Deleteooo itu macam ah.....thankiu thankiu....next time if go japan must ask this two expert
DeleteLina sure very expert about Japan already.. go ask her sure she can guide you where got PLC things~~ me just followed my friend only.. :)
. aiks....coupon for most restaurant....what if i buy the coupon already but when i arrived at the restaurant, i want additional food? have to go out and buy coupon again ka or they will still entertain the request?Repliesthen you go buy another coupon, then pass the coupon to the staff la. Easy.
Deletehmmm, actually i have not thought about this problem before, but i guess the japanese have already made up their mind before buying the coupons.. anyway, my friend who has been staying in Japan for years decide what we should eat and bought the coupons, haha!! we all lazy to think~~ :D
Deleteyalah, the machines are just beside the entrance.. you thought those groupon type bought already go redeem at the restaurant ah?? actually those machines act as taking order and cashiers lah, save cost..
H. partition...hmmm guess its for privacy gua. after all whole days work and busy ...sometimes people want to enjoy their food without interuption lo. At some level it's good la.
ReplyDeleteJ. wah lau eh...Fing Fing also can fly ah :p
kesian Fing Fing...must have been exhausted from all his travell...sleep also with eyes opened.RepliesWah!!!! Ini miao-miao, sekali hantam 11 comments...how not to be No. 1 like that all the time? LOL!!!!!
Deletenow everyone can fly!! hahaha.. eih, he can travel for free mah, then why not right?? :D
DeleteSK put so many picture...so at least kasi muka must comment on each and every picture leh.
anyway...want sekali one comment also can coz based one SK's rating, the longer the comment, the higher the point.wah, ini meow memang spamming queen lah, she is so knowledgeable about the rating systems!! see, no blackout in my blog one~~ haha!! :D
seven hours? is that supposed to be that long? whew,
that was a stressful travelling indeedi have always wanted to tried tha tatami thimgy
i always see it on anime and it feels cool to try itperhaps that's why vending machine were always
present at animes too, how cool to use those
and ramen too, never tried it yethaha lucky fing fing! he get to travel for free huh!
wish i could do that too! i mean if only i could go inside
someone's lugage hahaGood morning SK and guys!
Yeah, another Japan travelogue!
Eh this is not crappy posts la ok! Very nicely written, short and straight to the points! Good job SK! ;)RepliesRoom rates are quite reasonable I think, so how many of you together in the trip? Tatami styled also ok wert, can experience local ways of living. And free wifi in the room?? Serious?
DeleteVending machines are everywhere right? All sorts of drinks/snacks to chose from, nice!
And the dairy products you mentioned, I bet they taste yummy! Ahh I miss Japanese snacks!And you are so nice! You brought fing fing along! So both of you won't feel the distance and can hug each other tight at night, kekeke...
Hmm, I think got more episodes coming up right? Looking forward to read about it!Hmm I wonder where are the Taiping Y&Y sistas been to lately? No more news from them...
Heard they are super busy at works, with rehearsal and all....hahaha, ya leh, learning and trying my best to write proper travelogue lah.. the usual me will just write one post "gao dim" haha!!
very true, i am actually fine with anything, tatami hotel is one kind of experience and i don't mind if we go for capsule hotels too.. yes, they provide free WiFi in the room, so nice, at least i don't have internet access outside, going back to hotel and i can follow the latest news on GE13 :p
yalor, i love their snacks and bakeries.. one main reason is that, they are just the right sweetness, unlike things over here, 死甜 and no taste at all.. and their dairy products also nice, i had them everyday there.. so miss them now!! haha..
yalah, fing-fing travels for free, so why not bring him along?? hmmmm, Y&Y Sistaz must be busy with the new office huh??Y&Y sistas are not only busy with rehearsal, opening ceremony and new office, we are busy with setting up new system without the help of consultant!
Deletewow!! that sounds like really mission impossible lah.. but Ah Hua and Yannie did that!! amazing~~
looking forward for the next parts!
but for now have a great day and happy blogggin sk
god bless you tooAiyoh, I love reading these posts about your trip but I also hated it! Jealous!
Make me so rindu of Japan! Wuuuuwuuuwuuuu
Even Fing Fing got to go to Japan. Lagi jeles. Hahaha- Replies
it's nice to travel on your own. I haven't done that yet. But most probably I will follow the tour as I won't have the time to organize it.
Deleteyeah, it's definitely way nicer to travel on your own rather than joining package tour.. you have more time on your own and do what your own time allows you.. haha, never mind, fing-fing is rather flexible~~ :p
I know some hotels provided / give discounts for walk-in guests checking in after midnight or so. Good deal for those arriving late at night (after work / late flight).
Us, we takut lor to do last minute plan like that becaus eof our son. If just the two of us, every night also can just walk-in to any cheap hotel and check whether got available room. ^^Repliesyalah, better booked first for peace of mind lah.. somemore we were going there on the golden week.. anyway, i guess there will be plenty of rooms for us since we just intended to stay for one night.. didn't mind capsule hotel actually, and that would be one great experience.. if just two of you without raimie, those sex hotel also can lah, lagi better right?? :D
Food ticket vending machine! I like those!
Easy way to order food. Fast too! And if dunno and shy to ask help, simply hantam whatever button and see what got served! LOLI like the last picture, I always want bring my bear bear along when I was travel around but people around me will laugh at me!!! =[
ReplyDeleteOhayou!!! Good Morning! Selamat Pagi! 早安! I am MALAYSIAN.
This is now an interesting Tokyo post! Anay like!I still have problems to click and open 2-3 photos. Something wrong on my PC. Time to buang PC into longkang!
Now I take note to fly to Haneda Airport instead. I need to get the radiation-free clearance first.RepliesI didn't believe my Japanese friend who told me that Haneda Airport is the busiest in Japan based on passenger traffic. I googled and it is TRUE lah!
Deletebecause i am posting bigger photos (as requested by readers) so it will take longer to load.. please be patient, nothing's wrong with your PC.. in fact, if you are using IE, i find the loading is very slow, FF is way faster..
yeah, get to Haneda airport should be better, less international traffic and nearer to city.. hmmm, i think Haneda is busy because of the local flights too??
The Japanese are always advanced in anything to make life easier for their folks and visitors alike! I like their Visa sticker in our passports too and it is FREE unlike China Embassy.
ReplyDeleteRepliesBut China has less restriction to apply for visa than Japan. Unless of course for rich people like Anay. LOL
DeleteHarlow who is rich?? I am damn poor this month, my bank is Zero.
China Embassy charges a high fee for Visa and this year they follow Japan's style requiring for proofs of air ticket & hotel bookings!! I am sure they will ask for bank statements soon. I never heard of Malaysians working illegally in China. Got meh?Anay, they started during the Beijing Olympics dy...
China government doesn't want riff-raff to ruin more their country and make havoc there. I think they are looking unfavourably at backapacker more since they want to know where you;re staying also. No? ;p
Anyway, 2 years didn't go apply China Visa. Dunno latest requirement. hehehe ^^I read internet websites that they started to be strict this year in 2013. When I went to China in the last 2 years, it was easy to apply. Perhaps they selected random applicants in the past but this year, they notified everyone on the spot. They read tru and circled the days & hotel venues.
Deletemy last visit to China was like 6 years ago, very easy just pay RM30 to the travel agent and got the visa the next day already.. hmmm, is China restricting people from entering into their country?? i guess Japan has kind of relaxed due to the slowing economy recently.. that was why i was given a multiple entries visa valid for a year~~ hehehe, must plan another trip before it expires~~
Your hotels really looked like real budget hotels but they are not as cheap as Anay's hotels in Osaka. Maybe I got them months earlier at Lelong Prices.
ReplyDeleteRepliesI like their warm gesture to put the names on the board to welcome the guests. They are very polite people!
They should have put WELCOME SK THAMBEE & FING FING!hahaha, indeed that was a budget hotel, looked old and very last-century right?? but it was a good experience with tatami hotel, shared bath and public bath lah.. hmmm, maybe Tokyo is more expensive and Anay has booked hotel months before at promo price?? my heart is so unbalanced now, Anay went to Japan for 6 days and spent less than i did~~ hahaha!!
I agree that the hotel was located in strategic location with much amenities. They seem to have Family Marts everywhere in Japan. I bought many snacks, junk food and water from there everyday.
ReplyDeleteVending machines seem to be part of their lives! They have many corners inside shopping centres where they have hundreds of vending machines inside a room!! They could be selling toys or food or ladies stuffs.
ReplyDeleteRepliesErmmm...in sleazy areas, they have sex vending machines for horny men to stick their "beeep" to satisfy & pancut. How gross!
Deleteyeah, vending machines are everywhere, even more vending machines than tong sampah on the street!! we bought drinks from the vending machines so conveniently, but have to hold on to that bottle and can to look for tong sampah across few streets!! oooh, i have not seen those sleazy machines for the men's "beeeep"!! anay tried?? :D
LOL....Yeah eating alone is pitiful like a spinster or widow over here! I used to suffer eating alone here and preferred to ta pau la.
The space is so expensive in Tokyo and you see so many types of cubicles in restaurants and sleeping areas! I slept in one hotel which my room's bathroom was like 4 feet X 3.5 feet X 6.5 feet (height)!!! Never again.Repliesdefinitely!! when you are alone in KL, you won't really feel like eating out, people will look at you in a weird way as if you have no friends and no family..
hey, anay, that is a good experience lah.. in fact we wanted to try the capsule hotel, to experience how it is to sleep inside that little space.. 4 feet X 3.5 feet X 6.5 feet bathroom?? hahahaha, big enough to shower lah~~ :D
True that Haneda has less traffic thus less queueing. Just like flying into Frisco for instance instead of LA when visiting the US.
That's a very good rate for a Japanese hotel.
Though the welcome info may be a nice touch, I think in this day and time, this doesn't augur well for the security of guests. I'd rather the hotel doesn't do that.The vending machine is very useful though the concern could be not WYSIWYG. Maybe in Japan, this is not an issue.
That bowl of ramen sure looks good and at a good price too as opposed to the higher price we are paying here for ramen. Tsk! They even employ psychology to encourage people not to waste food. Very clever!Awww... fing2 had to tag along because he can't fall asleep without you? Or is it the other way around? LOL
Thanks for the tour and brought to us in such a sophisticated format. Looking forward to the next installment.RepliesEven at McD we won't get WYSIWYG.
I don't mind hotel printing my name like that since I don't have any stalker, don't have affairs and no Ah Long chasing me. I look at it as a gesture to make the hotel easier to find for foreign guests. Finding places in Tokyo may not be easy. Heck, it is not easy!
Also I feel Haneda is less congested than Narita. But both are still super duper efficiently run.hahaha, of course have to bring fing-fing since he can fly for free!! now everyone can fly~~ :D
oh yeah, there is nothing called WYSIWYG in fast food chain nowadays.. so long as what you ordered is right and edible, that's it, we never bother to compare the real thing and the picture on the billboard.. oh yeah, the airport is definitely super duper jumbo mumbo efficiently run!! malaysia cannot compare lah~~
Ah so nice! Haven't been to Japan before! Looking at your photos make me crave for ramen! haha
ReplyDeleteSK, your travelogue is so unique and interesting la! I like it. Informative and yet fun to read. Good attempt, SK.
ReplyDeleteRepliesReading this part 1 of your Japan trip, makes me learn more about Japan. I must start saving money for going there with April, May and Jin Jin.
DeleteGood to know having meal alone is a norm there and love to have privacy when feasting on food.
DeleteYou brought fing fing there, oh boy! My luggage sure no place for soft toy, SK.
DeleteThe more I read about Japan, the more I love this country. Bad you, make me so suffering of thinking to visit there.
DeleteNever sleep on tatami before, must be a great experience for you, SK.
Tonight I must drag Jin Jin to sleep on mattress that places on floor. Must be very different and shiok.I don't think SK will dump fing fing inside the luggag lor. I think he place him in his hand carry or maybe in his bagpack.
Deletelol, Anay, while breastfeeding fing fing, SK would use fing fing's palm to scratch his don't-know-where la!
DeleteNow I dunno SK is hamsap or Fing Fing is hamsap! I think both lah hamsap! Like father like son! Bapa borek anak rintek.
DeleteYan, seriously.. now it's a good time to visit Japan since Yen is relatively cheaper now.. it's dropped even lower than the rate i exchanged my money last month.. it's a good experience to be able to see the unique culture of the Japanese.. don't put your mattress on the floor lah, take action and book a holiday to Japan and then sleep in real tatami room!! haha..
no lah, paisah to handcarry fing-fing.. i put him into the luggage and got him checked-in!! hahaha, how bad right?? :p
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I'll be the one putting big photo and blog about it. Damn, boring right?
Deletehahaha, don't think it's possible to just put one photo to conclude your trip lah.. at least some photos with simple description lah.. but this time, because of requests and pressure from readers, i am writing a lot more~~ @_@"
Good experienced with tatami room. Is breakfast provided or eat your own? Did you found out how to use their toilet bowl with multi functio?
ReplyDeleteReplieserrr, no breakfast provided.. i'm totally fine with that, because there are so many things to eat out there.. i still have no time and space to eat all things that i wanted to eat leh~~ i wanted to wear that yukata, but it was too long for me, dragging on the floor like a mop, so cannot lah~~
Vendor machines are everywhere. Very convenient. Those ramen vendor machine is very efficient. Do not to print menu, do not need to hire so many worker. We just pick and pay. With a receipt shown to the shop, they will prepare the ramen for us.
ReplyDeleteRepliesyeah, i think it's a good idea.. many places just have two persons manning the shop, people just purchase from the vending machine (there saves one waiter and one cashier), pass the coupon to the waiter, another one prepares that at the kitchen, then served.. cost-saving model, i like..
So Air Asia plane need to land on Haneda airport? Compare to the two major airports Kansai and Narita.
ReplyDeleteRepliesDo you still need to fill up a white card stated you are there for visiting purpose? If im not wrong there's is one question asking how much money you bring to Japan rite?
Deleteyeah, i think Haneda is cheaper for AA to land.. oh, yeah, still need to fill in how much money we are bringing.. but then hantam anything like ¥100,000 lah, they won't really go and check right??
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He must be enjoying himself when traveling with you. Mostly you will bring him along too? Awww.....
Reminds me of Mr Bean goes vacation with hid teddy bear.hahaha, my fing-fing is very famous one, if you have been following my posts, sure you will know him, haha!! just for fun lah, because my friend challenged me that, so i just brought~~ :D
You get the donut and beverage from Lawson? Hehe... nice guessing game here from your short post.. it is good to keep it short.
Will it be to few photos?Eating alone is common in Japan? Good! I love eating alone haha!! I like the private cubicles : )


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Jewish World Review Sept. 25, 2012/ 9 Tishrei, 5773 Why media spin on Nov. 6 is all wet By Wesley Pruden
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A few more "really bad weeks" like last week for Mitt Romney and somebody will have to stick a fork in President Obama. He'll be done.
Despite the hammering Mr. Romney took from the president and his media claque, he moved from 5 or 6 points behind in the Gallup Poll to a dead-even tie at the end of the week. Rasmussen, whose different methodology has made it consistently the most reliable of the polls, called the race dead-even as well.
The president still leads in several of the swing states, so called, but in some of those his lead is shrinking. You wouldn't know this from the noise in the mainstream media, so called, and even from some of the conservative pundits who, though easily intimidated by the noise from the back of the press bus, usually constitute the only counterweight to the prevailing liberal media mob.
Nevertheless, a different version of the news is seeping through the media consciousness. Mr. Romney took hard hits for his mild observation that the president's reaction to the killing of the ambassador and three other Americans in Libya was wrong-headed, but at the end of Mr. Romney's "really bad week" the White House insistence that the deadly riots in Libya had nothing to do with terrorism fell apart.
The president was left with scrambled sheep's eyes (if not egg) all over his face. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's press aide became so frustrated answering questions about the administration's crumbling story Monday that he called a reporter an [rectal aperature] and suggested that he perform an impossible sexual act on himself. Understandable, perhaps, but it reflects what happens even to presidents and their liege men when tall tales fall apart.
But the media spin, abetted by a few of the Chicken Little conservatives, continues that the sky has fallen on Mr. Romney and the race is over. These pundits cite some polls, ignore others, and are too busy clucking agreement with the spin to look carefully at how the pollsters measure public opinion. Joining the Hullabaloo is more fun than lonely hard work.
A little of such work reveals how most of the polls are skewed. No reputable pollster deliberately cooks the numbers; he would quickly put himself out of business if he did. But he can work with out-of-date assumptions and stale numbers in getting to those numbers.
To take a poll, a pollster first builds a model, a pool of voters to reflect the voting population. He uses the results of the previous election, or elections, to identify and select the voters to put in his demographic pool. He has to be careful in adjusting the percentages. Telephone surveys, if he is not careful, would include too few blacks, Hispanics and young voters in the sample because many voters in those categories have no landline phones calling cell phones skews the result in other ways or because those voters are often not at home or don't speak English and are difficult (or impossible) to interview. The elderly are easily overstated because they're usually at home and have time to talk. So the pollster "weights" the numbers by arbitrarily adding or subtracting voters from certain categories.
"Ordinarily," says Dick Morris, who invented Bill Clinton with his uncannily accurate measurements of voter sentiment, first in Arkansasand then for the rest of the nation, "this task is not difficult. Over the years, black, Latino, young and the elderly proportion of the electorate has been fairly constant from election to election, except for a gradual increase in the Hispanic vote. You just need to look back at the [previous] election to weight your polling numbers for this one."
Pitfalls abound this year. Black voters, based on previous elections, typically cast 11 percent of the vote in presidential elections. Four years ago they made up 14 percent of the vote. Young voters doubled their vote from 2004 to 2008. Yet nearly all pollsters are basing their models for this year on the 2008 vote. Nearly all of them, however, find a large "enthusiasm gap" between Obama voters, discouraged by high unemployment and disappointed by his performance, and the Romney voters. Many Romney voters are lukewarm about their candidate but red-hot about the prospect of defeating Mr. Obama.
A new website, unskewedpolls.com, attempts to redefine the data used by pollsters against actual voting results from both 2004 and 2008. Once crunched, the numbers show a Romney lead between 5 and 11 points. These numbers might not be "unskewed" so much as "differently skewed." But they might be closer to accurate or at least constitute a warning that despite Chicken Little's hysteria, the fat lady has not yet sung.
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The first people to live in the area of Val Verde County settled into the rock shelters and caves of the Lower Pecos Canyon District near the site of Comstock as early as 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. They left behind caches of seeds, implements, bits of clothing, burial sites, and cave art. Spaniards probably first passed through the area of future Val Verde County in 1535, when Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca is thought to have crossed the Devils River. By that time Lipan Apaches, Coahuiltecans, Jumanos, and Tamaulipans lived there. Later, Comanches drifted into the area. In August 1590 Gaspar Castaño de Sosa brought the first European-descent people through the isolated canyonland of the county. Castaño led a mining expedition from Monclova, Mexico, to the northern New Mexico pueblo of Santo Domingo. The party of 170 men, women, and children traveled slowly and laboriously into Devils Draw with two brass cannon for protection and a train of two-wheeled carts for provisions. Although no Spanish mission or settlement was built in the area of Val Verde County, Juan Larios opened a mission school at a location between Del Rio and Eagle Pass in 1673 to teach agriculture to the natives. However, the school lasted only a short time. In 1675 Franciscan priests celebrated a Mass at San Felipe Springs as they traveled through northern Mexico. On January 1, 1736, Lt. Miguel de la Garza Falcón commanded a unit of 100 soldiers who traveled along the Devils River in pursuit of Apaches. The Marqués de Rubí came to the site of Del Rio as he made an inspection tour of Texas in 1767. A settlement was begun on San Felipe Creek in 1834 by James Grant and John Charles Beales, but Indian attacks and drought brought its end.
In February 1849 the Whiting and Smith expedition passed through the area. A temporary base called Camp Blake was situated on the Military Road soon after the Mexican War, and several other military bases were set up in southeastern Val Verde County in the 1850s to protect settlers and travelers against Indian attack. Camp Hudson was founded on San Pedro Creek on June 7, 1857. Camp San Felipe was established as an outpost of Fort Clark also in 1857. During the Civil War military camps and forts were abandoned, leaving the frontier open to frequent Indian attacks. Fort Clark was reclaimed by the army in 1866, and by 1868 other troops returned to the area. From 1869 through 1882 the Black Seminole Scouts, a paramilitary unit of fifty men under John Lapham Bullis, defended the Texas border west of Fort Clark against Indian attack. The community of San Felipe was settled on San Felipe Creek in 1868. The community was sometimes called San Felipe Del Rio (for its proximity to the Rio Grande) to distinguish it from the San Felipe of Austin's colony, and the post office, named Del Rio, was opened in 1872. In 1874 the first school was built at Del Rio. Fifteen students were enrolled, and Judge Kratz taught the school through the 1870s. By the spring of 1884 a church was built in Del Rio by the Episcopal diocese. Shortly after its completion the building was blown away by a tornado, leaving the town again without a church. In the 1980s Val Verde County supported twenty-five churches. The largest denominations were Catholic, Southern Baptist, and United Methodist. In 1883 the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway was completed into the area, and new settlers came with the easy transportation. Several communities were formed in Val Verde County in the 1880s. They were Langtry in 1884, Juno and Devils River in 1886, Comstock in 1888, and Norris in 1889. Among the newcomers was Frank Qualia from Milan, Italy. In 1883 Qualia established Val Verde Winery, where his grandson continued to make wine in the 1990s. Large sheep and cattle ranchers had come into the area by the 1880s. D. Hart Investments, a company which established headquarters in the Pandale community in western Val Verde County, was one of these. Hart controlled a large block of land and the watering places on both the Rio Grande and the Pecos River. He reportedly held 80,000 sheep, 500 horses, and a number of cattle there. Val Verde County was organized from Crockett, Kinney, and Pecos counties in 1885. Its name, which is Spanish for "green valley," came from a Civil War battle. Del Rio became the county seat. Also in the 1885 election Roy Bean of Langtry was elected justice of the peace. Judge Bean became known as the Law West of the Pecos, and he measured out justice from his Jersey Lily Saloon. In presidential elections Val Verde County supported Democratic candidates from 1888 until 1948, except in 1924 and 1928. Thereafter county voters were less predictable, favoring Democrats in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1976, and 1992.
Around 1900 several new communities received post offices. Those places were Flato in 1891, Sotol in 1894, Moorhead in 1898, and Pumpville in 1899. The last post offices established in the county included Shumla in 1906, Pandale in 1909, and Vinegarone in 1926. The population of the new county at the 1890 census was 2,874, including 108 blacks and 1,103 foreign-born. The agricultural census of the county in 1890 counted forty-seven farms and ranches, all owner-operated. Since the effects of overgrazing had impacted the range, sheep outnumbered cattle. Farming consisted of grain, fruit, and vegetable crops. By 1900 the county had 5,263 inhabitants, and the number of ranches and farms rose to 152 that covered 1.8 million acres, mostly operated by managers. Value of livestock soared to well over $1 million, with 122,565 sheep as the most numerous. Over 42,000 cattle and 15,000 goats were also raised. Farming was restricted to small fruit and vegetable crops. The exception was 191,000 pounds of grapes, which produced 5,372 gallons of wine. The population continued to grow steadily, and by 1910 the foreign-born residents, mostly from Mexico, were reported at 3,106 out of the total of 8,613. Agriculture by 1910 experienced an increase in the number of farms and farm values, a reduction in the number of farm acres, and the return of owners to farm operations. Herding continued as the focus of Val Verde agriculture, with 122,000 goats, 107,000 sheep, and over 21,000 cattle. By 1920 the county population reached 12,759, and the number of farms and ranches grew to 285. During the 1920s two dams were built on the lower Devils River to store water for power generation and for recreation. They were Devils Lake, also called Lake Hamilton, and Lake Walk. Both were inundated by Amistad Reservoir when its earthfill and concrete dam was completed on the Rio Grande twelve miles northwest of Del Rio in November 1969. Amistad Dam and Reservoir are owned by the United States and Mexico. The project is operated by the International Boundary and Water Commission. The lake, which covers 89,000 acres and has a capacity of 5,658,600 acre-feet of water, was built for flood control, conservation, irrigation, power, and recreation. However, much of the 6,000 to 10,000-year-old cave art in the area was covered by the lake. Population growth slowed in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, reaching 15,453 in 1940 and 16,635 by 1950. By 1940 the number of farms reached an all-time high of 309, and sheep and goats totaled more than 643,000. On July 2, 1942, Laughlin Field opened eight miles east of Del Rio to train World War II pilots. Although it closed in 1945, it was rebuilt as Laughlin Air Force Base during the Cold War and was home for a secret U-2 unit. In the 1980s it was devoted to the training of air force pilots. During the 1950s livestock production dominated agriculture, with sheep at over 600,000 outnumbering all others. The number of individual ranches and farms continued to grow, and the acreage of each increased, but by 1959 the number had dipped to 165, and only 4,000 acres of crop land were harvested of corn and oats. Livestock values rose to over $4.6 million. The county's population grew dramatically during the 1950s, increasing almost 50 percent to reach 24,461 in 1960. Growth slowed in the 1960s, with the population reaching 27,471 in 1970, then another growth spurt in the 1970s reached 35,910 in 1980, when the population was 63 percent Hispanic. Educational levels increased dramatically in the second half of the twentieth century. While only 7 percent of the county's population had completed high school in 1950, that figure rose to over 50 percent by 1970 and over 60 percent by 1980. In the 1980s the county reported 678 miles of public roads, a railroad passenger service, and air transportation available through Del Rio International Airport. In 1982 twenty manufacturers employed 800 workers for $8.4 million in wages to produce $20.8 million in products. In 1987 only 4 percent of the labor force worked in manufacturing, while 30 percent were employed in wholesale and retail trade and 19 percent in professional services. In 1982 the value of livestock rose to $16.8 million, and the number of ranches and farms jumped to 253. Livestock, mostly Angora goats and sheep, made up 99 percent of the county's agriculture.As of 2014, 48,974 people lived in the county. About 17.2 percent were Anglo, 1.8 percent African American, and 80.2 percent Hispanic. Del Rio, with a population of 34,651, had almost three-quarters of the county residents. Val Verde County in the early 1990s continued with a ranching economy of Angora goats and sheep, supplemented by tourism, trade with Mexico, and a military base.
Whitehead Memorial Museum et al., La Hacienda (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976). Diana Sotelo Zertuche, The Spirit of Val Verde (Del Rio, Texas, 1985).
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text: House passes bill addressing drilling waste By The Associated Press February 26, 2014 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The West Virginia House has approved a bill allowing commercial solid waste facilities to accept drilling waste from horizontal well sites.The bill allows drill cuttings to be accepted beyond waste facilities' monthly tonnage limits through Dec. 31, 2016, if cuttings are placed in a separate cell.Solid waste facilities accepting drill cuttings must install radiation monitors by Jan. 1, 2015.Delegate Tim Manchin said drilling companies would be charged $1 per ton to fund Department of Environmental Protection studies on the viability of using existing landfills for cuttings. The fee will also go toward maintaining roads to landfills. The DEP will also monitor radiation and leeching where new cells contain only well drillings. The bill has moved to the Senate.


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How can I take good pictures of my reef tank
Posted on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 at 1:50 pmI wanted to write a tutorial about taking beautiful pictures of reef tanks. Let me start by saying that it's not as hard as some people make it out to be. Nowadays, cameras have come so far, that you can take wonderful pictures of your reef tank and it's inhabitants, even with a point and shoot camera. I also want to say up front, that in today's age of digital photography, my first advice for taking better pictures is TAKE MORE PICTURES. You don't have to wait for these to develop or printed, and you can check them and shoot again all day long; so shoot away. Ok, we'll start with some basic photography concepts.
The goal of a good photographer is to achieve good exposure. Exposure is a product of 3 main factors: shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. These components determine how much light is getting to the film (in traditional cameras) or sensor (in digital cameras). Good exposure is achieved when the desired amount of light hits the film/sensor. Let's look at each components individually first, and then we will look at how they interact with each other.
Shutter Speed
Shutter speed simply refers to the amount of time the camera's shutter stays open when you take a picture. Depending on your camera, shutter speed can vary from a thousandth or a second to a few minutes. The longer the shutter stays open, the more light hits the film/sensor. A shutter speed of 1 second lets in twice the amount of light as would a 1/2 second shutter speed. Shutter speed may also effect the sharpness of a photo, especially when a camera is hand-held, or the subject (ex. fish) is moving. Your fish, for example, don't exactly wait for you to take the picture. If your shutter is open for a whole second, it will record the fish's movement and you will get a blurry photo. A short shutter speed (maximum of 125th of a second) is my recommendation for shooting a moving subject. If a camera is held by hand, you must take into account your movement as well. Even the slightest movement can create a blurry photo. Ideally, you want to shoot with the shortest shutter speed possible when shooting a moving subject.
So why don't I shoot at a really short shutter speed you say. Well, because 1/500th of a second, may not allow enough light into your camera, to get a good exposure. Let's move on.
Aperture (f stop)
Aperture, refers to the size of the opening in your lens. A large aperture means that the opening is large, and more light will go through the lens. A small aperture means that the opening is small, and less light will get through the lens. Aperture, or f-stops, are given a number, for example 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16, 22. The amount of light doubles or halves as you go up one "stop" or down one "stop". The confusing part is this: a small f-stop (ex. 2.8) means a large opening, while a larger f-stop (ex. 22) means small opening. I'm not going to go into explaining why that is (it has to do with f-stop being a ratio), just remember that as the numbers get bigger, the opening gets smaller. The amount of light that enters the lens also determines something called Depth of Field. Depth of field refers to the are "front to back" that is in focus in your photo. The higher the f-stop, the more "in focus" your picture is. A low f-stop (ex. 2.8) allows more light it, but will have less of your photo in focus. A high f-stop (ex. 22) will let in less light, but will have more of your photo in focus. I like to draw the analogy to squinting. When you can't see something well, you squint. By squinting, you are making the opening smaller (higher f-stop), and making more things in focus. Remember, with depth of field, we are talking about focus in terms of front to back,. (I'll add a few photos soon).
ISO or Film Speed
Film Speed (ISO) is simply a measurement of how sensitive the film, or camera sensor is to light. The larger the ISO, the more sensitive it is. The more sensitive the sensor/film is, the less light is needed to achieve the right exposure. An ISO of 100 will need 2x the amount of light as an ISO of 200, to get the same "brightness". Why not just shoot at the highest ISO your camera lets you? Well, as the ISO get's higher, your photos will become more grainy. So as a rule, you want to shoot at the lowest ISO you can. The better your camera is, the higher ISO you can shoot at, and still get photos that are not grainy.
Fill the Glass Analogy
So what does it all mean? I like to look at exposure as a glass of water. Let's look at a glass of water as a representation of a good exposure. You need enough water (light) to fill the glass, in order to achieve the correct exposure. So, the length of time you pour water is the shutter speed, and the diameter of your hose is the aperture. If you were pouring water into a glass, and were using a small hose (aperture), you would need to pour it in for a longer period of time (shutter speed) in order to fill it. If you were using a large diameter hose, you would fill that glass in less time. Therefore, as the diameter of your hose gets bigger, you need less time to fill the glass. As the diameter of your hose gets smaller, you need more time to fill the glass. Within reason, any combination of shutter speed and aperture that yields the correct amount of light, will result in a good exposure.
DON'T USE A FLASH!! (sometimes you can, but try not to)
White Balance for a Reef Aquarium
Ok, so I can take, nice, sharp pictures, but the corals don't look like they do in real life…they are really blue…why? The answer is white balance (or color balance; same thing). White balance simply means that white will look white in your pictures. You camera will most likely have different settings for different types of light (sunlight, fluorescent, auto, etc) referring do different light "temperatures". In the reef keeping hobby, we are all quite aware of how our tanks look under 10K lighting vs 20K bulbs. The problem is that our camera has no idea what's going on, and because we normally use lighting that is more "blue" than natural light, the photos come out blue. Our eyes and brain are incredible, and therefore can adjust for this discrepancy, but our cameras need a little help.
To the rescue comes "custom white balance". This is as simple as telling the camera "this is what white looks like under this lighting conditions"; nothing more. Most new cameras will have a custom white balance setting. The procedure for each camera may differ slightly, but basically, you need to set a custom white balance, while you take a picture of something white inside your tank. This let's the camera (sensor) re-calibrate the colors based on what you just told it white is. I normally do this by putting a white piece of PVC in then going to "set custom white balance". I can then save that setting and use it in the future. It is important to remember that your reef tank lighting temperature will differ when you have your metal halides and T5, just T5s, just metal halides, etc.
Tank Preparation
Please remember to clean your glass either earlier in the day, or the day before you want to take pictures. This will ensure that you don't get Coraline spots in your photos.Turn off all pumps and powerheads, so that any floating particles stay still, your corals are not swaying in the current, and your fish come out to see what's going on.
When taking Full Tank Shots (FTS) make sure that no lights, windows, etc are reflecting off your your tank. Wearing dark clothing will ensure that YOU don't create a reflection. Turn off the room lights, close shutters and curtains.
Try to stay as still as possible. Using a tri-pod is always a good idea for macro shots and full tank shots, but bracing yourself on a stool or any nearby object will greatly help when holding the camera.
I hope this is helpful for all you reef hobbyists. Please comment below with any questions and suggestions. I will be adding some articles about selecting a camera for reef photography, as well as more advanced tutorials, shortly.


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Juvenile lifers targeted for rape, excessive isolation in adult prisons
Juveniles doing time in adult prisons, surrounded by older and stronger criminals, rarely fare well. But juveniles serving sentences of life without parole in the United States face particularly daunting prospects of sexual assault, neglect and long periods of solitary confinement, according to a grim new report from Human Rights Watch.
There are approximately 2,750 offenders in prison in 38 states who were under the age of eighteen when sentenced to life without parole (LWOP) -- most of them for first-degree murder. Human Rights Watch considers the practice to be illegal under international law, and the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to address the constitutionality of such sentencing schemes in March. This latest study of the issue is the result of six years of research and interviews with 500 lifers sentenced when they were juveniles, including many of the 48 juvie LWOP cases in Colorado.
The organization found that nearly every LWOP offender interviewed reported instances of physical violence or sexual abuse by other inmates or corrections officers not long after their arrival in the system. One Colorado subject, identified only by a pseudonym, told the researchers: "Everyone seemed big and dangerous and threatening. I was challenged and intimidated a lot. Canines [sexual predators] stalked me, and at all times I expected to be attacked."
Because they're not eligible for parole, the LWOP group often receives fewer opportunities for education, training and other rehabilitation programs. They're also far more likely to spend extended stretches in solitary confinement, the report states; officials say they put the youthful offenders in lockdown either for their own protection from predatory older inmates or because they're more likely to "act out," having less to lose than other inmates for bad-ass behavior.
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RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION - Fun Full Trailer Unleashed
Screen Gems has released a full trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson's 3D horror action film Resident Evil: Retribution. I'll admit, this movie looks a little better than the last Resident Evil movie. For the most part I've enjoyed the movies in this franchise. We know what we're getting ourselves into when we watch them, and I just go in hoping it's going to entertain me. Alice continues her fight against the Umbrella Corporation and the undead. The movie stars Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory and Michelle Rodriguez.
The Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Duffle Coat
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Shirley that is outstanding!! I am super impressed. He must be one styling guy :D
Your sewing skills shine through in this beautiful coat. I love the style. Great job!RepliesThanks Kristin! My son keeps telling me that he really likes his coat. This project really challenged my skill level and it was so much fun (until I got stuck) lol. I think now I'm ready to go back and tackle a dress jumper that I tried to make for my daughter once that was a huge fail. It was lined too and I got stuck at one place and never figured it out. I think after this coat that maybe I can make that dress now!
I love duffle coats and still have one that I wear in Winter. It looks just like your son's. No wonder your son loves it, Shirley!!! Awesome sewing skills!!!
ReplyDeleteRepliesThank you Pam! I'm very proud of this project! It challenged me and taught me some new techniques. I have always wanted to know how to line a coat where it looked professional, and this is the pattern to learn to do that!
DeleteI've featured your duffle coat today, Shirley.
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First here are the 2012 Big 10 standings.
And here are the 2012 Big 10 SDPI standings. The standings are sorted by division by total SDPI with ranking for each category (out of 12 teams) in parentheses.
So Who Was Better Than Their Record Showed?
Wisconsin lost six games in 2012, a total very unbecoming of a champion from a major conference, much less a Rose Bowl participant. However, each loss came by seven points or fewer, and an amazing four losses came by exactly a field goal. In their four Big 10 losses, the combined margin of defeat was 16 points. None of their four Big 10 wins came by fewer than 17 points. Wisconsin bludgeoned the teams they were superior to and lost tight contests to their equals. If the Badgers had caught a few more breaks, 2012 could have resulted in a third-straight top-10 finish.
So Who Was Worse Than Their Record Showed?
The Buckeyes rang in the Urban Meyer era with an undefeated campaign. Unfortunately, they were ineligible for the conference crown and the postseason, so no banners will be hung. That could be poetic justice since the Buckeyes hardly had the makings of a powerhouse. The Buckeyes were solid on both sides of the ball, but this was hardly a juggernaut that rolled through the Big 10 leaving wolverine, lion, and badger carcasses in its wake. Fully half of their 12 wins came by a touchdown or less, including narrow escapes over luminaries like Cal, Indiana, and Purdue. Give the Buckeyes credit for their wins, but this team was not elite. More on that in just a bit.
Conference Superlatives:
Best Offense: Penn State 1.11
Bill O'Brien took over a reeling program and improved its offensive output from 345 yards per game in Big 10 play to 437 yards. No one will confuse the Penn State offense with the vintage Texas Tech teams of Mike Leach, but they were the best the Big 10 had to offer in 2012.
Worst Offense: Illinois -1.62
If you looked really closely on the Illinois sideline, it almost appeared as if Ron Zook was still coaching the team. The Illini averaged just 272 yards per game in league play and now are the proud owners of a 14-game conference losing streak.
Best Defense: Michigan State 1.12
Only a single Big 10 team gained more than 400 yards against the Spartan defense all season.
Worst Defense: Indiana -2.11
The Hoosiers had an interesting statistical sandwich in 2012. In their first three conference games, all defeats, they allowed 564 yards and 42.3 points per game. In their next two league games. both wins (their first conference winning streak since 2007), they allowed 359 yards and 19 points per game. Then, with bowl eligibility still a feasibility, they allowed 570 yards and 54.3 points per game in their final three league games (all losses).
Putting the 2012 Buckeyes in Historical Perspective
Ohio State finished the 2012 season undefeated and ranked 3rd in the AP Poll. It marked their third undefeated regular season since 2002. However, thanks to shenanigans during the previous administration, the Buckeyes were ineligible for the postseason and were not given a shot to play for the national championship. Did they deserve one? How good were they? To attempt to answer those questions, I looked at every team from a BCS conference that finished with an undefeated record prior to their bowl game since 1998 (the beginning of the BCS era). Including Ohio State last season, 20 teams have accomplished this feat. To objectively rate those teams, I used the Simple Rating System at college football reference dot com. The SRS uses margin of victory and strength of schedule to calculate how many points above average a particular team is. For instance, last season, Ohio State finished with an SRS of 13.81, meaning they were about two touchdowns better than an average team. This ranked 13th nationally. The results for the 20 teams are summarized in the table below.
Last year's Buckeyes were clearly in a class all by themselves. No other undefeated team from a BCS conference had performed at such a low level. No team had finished with an SRS score outside the top-six. Only one other team had finished below 17 points above average, and that was last season's Notre Dame team that was waxed by Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game. Remember, Ohio State didn't have a bowl game against an elite team to drag down their rating. Ohio State was good last season, but they didn't belong in the national championship game. Any team that struggled to put away Cal and Purdue at home, and Indiana on the road was probably not worthy of gridiron immortality.


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M-F, 4-6 pm drink specials. Very cool Lincoln Heights bar-restaurant with so-so happy hour and nice all-around prices
The Brewery is a cool artistic community in Lincoln Heights, offering gallery space, performance spaces, living spaces, and semi-annual artwalks. We were attending a performance at the Diavolo Dance Theater and research brought us to Barbara's at the Brewery, a chill bar-restaurant reflective of the neighboring artistic community and the Brewery's history as well… a brewery.
A Monday-Friday, 4-6 pm happy hour features $3 well drinks and their wide variety of draft beers. Pints of draft Pabst Blue Ribbon will only run you $2 at all times. No food specials, but we dined on a dinner of BLT & onion rings to the tune of $7, which seems pretty special after all, especially when enjoyed with a $2 PBR.
The crowd was super cool – arty and edgy without pretensions, and featured likeminded groups who appeared to be grabbing a bite before an event. Possibly a good place to meet arty singles.
Even though the happy hour hours aren't so good for us 9-6'rs, good non-happy-hour prices and a very cool ambience have us excited to check this joint out again – maybe the next artwalk happening October 24-25th.
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World's number of IVF and ICSI babies reach 5 million mark
Published On: Mon, Jul 2nd, 2012 | Developmental Biology | By BioNewsThe number of babies born as a result of assisted reproduction technologies (ART) has reached an estimated total of 5 million since the world's first, Louise Brown, was born in July 1978, new figures revealed.
The calculation was made from ICMART (International Committee for Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies) and was based on the number of IVF and ICSI treatment cycles recorded worldwide up to 2008 with estimations added for the following three years. The cumulative total of births was put at 4.6 million last year, and this year has now reached an approximate total of 5 million.
Commenting on this remarkable milestone, Dr David Adamson, from Fertility Physicians of Northern California, USA, and Chairman of ICMART, said: "It means that this technology has been highly successful in treating infertile patients. Millions of families with children have been created, thereby reducing the burden of infertility.
"The technology has improved greatly over the years to increase pregnancy rates. The babies are as healthy as those from other infertile patients who conceive spontaneously. The technology is available globally in many different cultures. The major barriers to access are economic, and societal in some situations. With these accomplishments as a technology, and with recognition of Professor Robert Edwards as a Nobel Laureate, IVF is firmly established now in the mainstream of medicine," Dr Adamson stated.
Other ICMART data indicate that around 1.5 million ART cycles are now performed globally each year, producing around 350,000 babies. This number continues to rise. The two most active countries of the world are the USA and Japan, but the most active region by far is Europe.
The latest European data to be presented at the ESHRE congress are for 2009, and showed that demand for treatment – as expressed in treatment cycles performed in European countries – continues to grow, from 532,260 in 2008 to 537,287 in 2009.
The average availability of ART in Europe is close to 1000 cycles/million inhabitants, but this figure varies greatly between countries and is largely dependent on local state funding policies. Availability in Europe is greater than in the USA but less than in Australia.
Dr Anna Pia Ferraretti, chairman of ESHRE's IVF Monitoring Consortium, said that the global need for ART is estimated to be at least 1500 cycles/million population per year, a figure only seen in Denmark (2726 cycles/million), Belgium (2562 cycles), Czech Republic (1851 cycles), Slovenia (1840 cycles), Sweden (1800 cycles), Finland (1701 cycles) and Norway (1780 cycles). Countries with much lower availability included Austria (747 cycles/million), Germany (830 cycles), Italy (863 cycles) and UK (879 cycles).
Success rates from a single "fresh" treatment cycle of IVF and ICSI – as first indicated in data for 2008 presented last year – seem to have stabilised, at around 32 percent pregnancy rate per embryo transfer (and 28 percent per aspiration).
Dr Ferraretti said there had been a notable decline in the number of embryos transferred, with cumulative delivery rates, which include the transfer of frozen/thawed embryos from the same stimulation cycle, now representing "the best indicator of outcome". By using this endpoint, she explained, delivery rates can increase substantially while maintaining a very low multiple rate.
On this contentious question of multiple pregnancies, Dr Ferraretti said: "The overall trend in Europe of transferring fewer embryos continues. We found in 2009 that, compared with previous years, fewer three-embryo transfers and more single embryo transfers were performed. As a result of this trend, ART triplets have fallen below 1 percent, and, for the first time, the twin delivery rate was below 20 percent (19.6 percent)."
The figures will be presented this week at the 28th annual meeting of ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology), which begins, 1st July, in Istanbul, Turkey.