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Some days there are just too many delicious things to bake. How do you choose? This sumptuous-sounding recipe – layers of pistachio flour cake with marzipan and dark chocolate glaze – looks like a winner. Who could go wrong with an elegant cake like this for Mother's Day or a Sunday supper?
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FROM OUR RECIPE BOX – Cinnamon Swirl Oatmeal and Raisin Bars
Whether packing a picnic or lunchbox, these Cinnamon Swirl Oatmeal and Raisin Bars are an ideal choice. The combination of oats and raisins makes them chewy and moist. The chocolate and cinnamon swirls make them a little bit special….and addicting. Substitute diced dried apricots, currants, dry cherries or a combination for the raisins. These bars could also be coated with chocolate icing. Once cut, store the bars in a tightly sealed container in the freezer. They are a handy treat to have on hand for a last minute dessert (with ice cream or grilled fruit) and will keep for several weeks.
Just for Mom – Orange Coconut Almond Cake
A few years back we were looking for something special for Mother's Day. We turned to Dede Wilson's luscious book, Wedding Cakes You Can Make, a step-by-step guide for the bride and baker-to-be. She adds almond paste to her basic yellow cake recipe for one special creation.
This gave us the idea for our Mother's Day cake. Here we made a light almond butter cake filled and frosted with a simple orange buttercream. Large flake coconut pressed into the sides of the frosted cake give it a festive look although any type of unsweetened coconut can be used. Decorate the top with fresh mint, pansies or other edible flowers if you like.
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We're always hunting for versatile recipes, customizable to suit a whim or an
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The filling combinations are endless. You could use lemon zest in the dough or add a ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon, allspice or cardamom. You can change up the fillings; Love'n Bake Almond, Chocolate or Cinnamon Schmear® work well. And you can layer the fillings such as almond with raspberry preserves or chocolate with apricot jam. Even dabs of cream cheese on top of a filling like our Prune Lekvar would work well.
The dough freezes well as does the baked pastry. Keep one on hand for that unexpected guest.
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London's success Do claims that London is one of a handful of genuine "world cities", rather than simply the capital of a moderately successful European economy, really stack up, or are they dangerously hubristic? The answer appears to be clear. London's economy is worth £250bn, larger than that of Sweden. According to official statistics, central London is the most productive area in Europe, with GDP per head at 343 per cent of the EU average. Moreover, London tops many global surveys of cities. London is a global leader in banking and other financial services, and other service industries, such as architecture and design, law, accountancy, and medicine. In the arts, London dominates the UK and is one of very few highly influential global cultural centres, with more theatres than either Paris or New York. It is the most travelled-to destination in the world by international visitors. In short, in economic terms at least, London is the most important European city. Openness to trade, foreign investment and foreigners were as much a signature feature of London's early success as they are now part of its modern economic dynamism. As Dr Iain Black of Cambridge University says of the medieval capital, "London's relative openness to foreigners underscored its success as a trading metropolis." This and its river and sea links led to its economic dominance of Britain and its prominence in Europe. In the nineteenth century, Britain's industrial might, its vast empire and strong Atlantic links combined to forge, in its capital, the greatest city of the age, and the first genuine "world city". Major attractions The annual Cushman and Wakefield business survey shows that the major attractions of locating in present-day London are its connectivity and large highly qualified population. River and sea matter less than they did, superseded by the efficiencies of road and air travel; in London, in spite of the congestion and age of some of the infrastructure, these are seen to be world class. London has attractive, leafy suburbs and vibrant central areas. It has 42 universities, with more world-class ones than any other city. Put these together with a benign regulatory regime and the English language, and it is easy to see why London is a popular location for business. For many global corporations, London is the unofficial capital of the Europe, Middle East and Africa super-region. But can it retain that position? London's five key challenges Although London's strengths are easy to identify, so too are its weaknesses. Some are byproducts of success, such as sky-high house prices and a growing population, whereas others reveal areas of neglect that, if unattended, will be detrimental to London's competitiveness. There are five key challenges. Inequality First, within and across London's 32 boroughs, there is extraordinary inequality, breeding tension and crime. According to the Sutton Trust, a sixth-form student in Hammersmith and Fulham is 50 times more likely to go to Oxbridge than one in Hackney. Life expectancy too declines dramatically in poorer parts of the city. In many areas, houses worth millions sit cheek by jowl with "sink" estates. Too many Londoners either don't get a chance to benefit from the generally buoyant underlying economic conditions, or choose not to. More than 1.7m Londoners are jobless and over 500,000 have no basic skills. As a result, child poverty is among the worst in the country. This social mix is one of the causes of London's "edge" and spark. However, as the riots of August show, a cocktail of conspicuous consumption, alienation and disaffection and a weak moral fabric can have disastrous consequences. Nurturing business Second, London must nurture its business environment. Many factors influence decisions to invest or locate in a city, so London and national governments need to keep a watchful eye. Regulation and tax are critical, a position perceived to have worsened over the last three years, as are hard infrastructure issues. Further, the factors that make the city an attractive place to live matter too, as this helps retain and attract talented staff. In essence, an increasingly internationally footloose workforce gives indirect, more domestic factors, such as culture, schools and green space, a direct bearing on competitiveness. Underfunding Third, although London has the largest and most sophisticated public transport system in Europe, it can still seem woefully underfunded. London's commuters have to tolerate terrible overcrowding as a result. Add to this 1.3m more people - the growth projected over the next 20 years - and it becomes clear that vast additional investments are needed. Fortunately, the coalition government has backed the £16bn Crossrail scheme, which will add 10 per cent to capacity by 2017. However, Crossrail alone will not suffice and attention to other major rail projects, such as Crossrail 2 is needed. The bus network has been transformed in the last decade but uses a road system still stifled by cars, in spite of the congestion charging in the city centre. Aviation policy is deadlocked between the unstoppable force of the business case for more flying and immovable public opposition to the global and local environmental damage it causes. Housing Fourth, a rising population and decreasing average household size is putting pressure on already stretched housing stock. Insufficient housing to match demand has characterised recent decades, even though myriad new policies have tried to foster additional developments. The result is that, in spite of the recession, house prices in London remain excessively high. Unlocking investment in new homebuilding is a huge challenge. Leadership Finally, a city of London's size, importance and distinctiveness needs both good leaders and power at the appropriate scale. The current governance arrangements have many weaknesses, not least that the high profile of the mayor, against his relative lack of power, fuels a focus on personality. London has been fortunate with the two mayors so far but this luck may not hold, and the knee-jerk centralising tendency of the UK could easily undo some of the progress of recent times. Deep-seated challenges London is one of the major centres of the world economy, its position as the premier European city for business and culture seems unassailable. Further riots notwithstanding, this is likely to be strengthened by hosting the Olympics. But there are deep-seated challenges that need attention if this advantage is to be preserved. Businesses and people must continue to want to locate in London and so an enhanced transport system is a must, if only to keep up with a growing population. Quality of life matters too, not just for the young and affluent, but also for the less well-off and those with families. Inequality and the need for calmer, more cohesive communities across London requires better access to jobs for young people, more effective policing and large numbers of new homes. To tackle these challenges the city needs more investment, more power to solve its own problems, and leaders effective at wielding it. Rob Whitehead is deputy director of the Centre for London at Demos This article first appeared in the New Statesman supplement 'Competition in a New Society: Cities and Regions' Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 28 November 2011 issue of the New Statesman, The rise of the muslim brotherhood More

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You've seen quite a few coasters on this blog – and here's yet another way to make them with Mod Podge! You're actually going to use quite a few formulas, which might excite you . . . including one of my favorites: Dimensional Magic. You'll also use another one of my favorite things . . . origami papers! When you buy origami papers, you typically get a huge stack. And that means you have a lot of decoupage to do even just to use up a portion of the papers. Why not include these beautiful coasters in that list? They're pretty and make great gifts. Learn how to make them at the link below.
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The League of Latin American Citizens capped off its 79th annual conference on Friday night with a 1,250-person banquet at the Washington Hilton's enormous International Ballroom. After a week-long schedule of events, which included talks from both presumptive presidential candidates, the dinner drew a crowd with Senator Hillary Clinton as the featured speaker.
For the politically charged evening, at which Clinton spoke to an energized room about her continuing support for the Latino community, planner Jorge Fuentes Davila of the San Juan, Puerto Rico-based firm the Event Factory went for a decidedly American look. "We followed the red, white, and blue theme we've been doing the whole week," he said.
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They are at least equal to what is used by DD or BCM.
The barrels may be equal to BCM (same steel)... DD's are cold hammer forged in house... and are most definitely a step above that.
In case it wasn't obvious(it should have been)... I was referring to quality control in assembling those parts... not the forging process and metallurgy used to manufacture them.
I'm sure my 10 year old could take a set of parts from the DD warehouse and slap together an upper assembly... that doesn't mean it was built to the same standards as if it were build by Daniel Defense. Make sense?
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Review: Fall Soup – Turnip and Carrot Soup
Trish of the In fine balance blog has created a very tasty fall/winter soup. It's thick, filling, healthy and full of flavor.
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The approach to the south ridge of Alta Mountain involves a 4 mile hike past beautiful Rachel Lake to the ridge. Little elevation is gained for the first 2.5 miles but the last 1.5 miles can be pretty steep at times. This trail as of 2013 cn be quiet rough in places especially on the last 1.5 miles up to Rachel lake. Tree roots have now overtaken much of the steep part of the trail leaving footing on this trail to be quiet poor. Unless you want a broken ankle don't approach this trail as a running trail. It should also be noted that on the approach up to Alta Mountain there are a number of stunning waterfalls which will quickly grab your attention. There are several campsites around Rachel Lake. Alpine Lakes Wilderness regulations do apply, which includes no campfires.
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Once the trail evens out, continue on a few hundreds yards and take the unmarked spur trail on the right. Enter the trees and past a couple of large boulders brings you to a steeper part of the trail. The south ridge is tree-dotted and moderately-angled at times. It has a false summit which can be tempting to stop at after already completing 5 miles. However the summit can be seen to the north and is about a half-mile away. In summer this last section has some exposure as one walks over what turn out to be a semi-knife edge (very walkable) to the summit. On sunny clear conditions this section offers little issue as most just walk right through it. With a thick coating of snow this last ridge become very sketchy and if one plans to climb Alta in the snow they should use heavy caution. From here, a walk across the ridge and a short downclimb brings you to a steeper part of the ridge, all along passing in and out of tree clumps. The final leg is on an open rocky slope to the summit where typically, on several pictures I've seen and what I've experienced in person, is a cairn in the shape of an arch.
Last ridge to the summit! It is not advisable to continue climbing in these conditions, especially if the snow is loose.
Climbing Gear for the RouteThe south ridge is non-technical and requires no special gear during the typical climbing season. An ice axe and crampons should be used if snow persists.
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I am having problems building a source package where the original source package includes a file at the top-level directory. For example, the orig.tar.gz contains:mati@haumea:~ $ tar tf some_1.7.1.orig.tar.gz topfile some/file1 some/file2 ...This causes problems when I try to build the source package using dpkg-source -b. It claims that all files in the original source where added to the source-file. Example:mati@haumea:~ $ dpkg-source -b some-1.7.1 dpkg-source: info: using source format `3.0 (quilt)' dpkg-source: info: building some using existing ./some_1.7.1.orig.tar.gz dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file topfile dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of directory some dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file some/file1 dpkg-source: warning: ignoring deletion of file some/file2 ... dpkg-source: info: local changes detected, the modified files are: some-1.7.1/file1 some-1.7.1/file2 ... dpkg-source: error: aborting due to unexpected upstream changes, see ...When I remove "topfile" (the one on the top-level), I do not have the problem.
How does the some-1.7.1 directory look like? It should be like this: some-1.7.1/topfile some-1.7.1/some/file1 some-1.7.1/some/file2 ... NOT like this: some-1.7.1/file1 some-1.7.1/file2
Is it approriate to repackage the orig.tar.gz in this case (if the file is not needed)?
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A reported burglary in progress at a house on the west side of Pine Bluff on Thursday afternoon resulted in the arrest of a man who is currently on parole.
A reported burglary in progress at a house on the west side of Pine Bluff on Thursday afternoon resulted in the arrest of a man who is currently on parole.
Seneca Dickson, 27, told police he broke into the house because he needed money, Detective Sgt. Ralph Issac said in a probable cause affidavit presented in court Friday.
According to the affidavit, police responded to 1211 W. 32nd Ave., at 3:53 p.m., and while they were on the way, received information that the suspect had left in a vehicle.
The victim told police a laptop computer, cell phone, jewelry box and three wallets were missing from the house.
Issac said in the affidavit that Detective Mario Brown stopped the suspect vehicle, driven by Dickson, in the 1500 block of West 26th Avenue, and some of the missing items were recovered in the vehicle.
When Dickson was questioned, he allegedly told police he had sold the cell phone and computer at a business.
In addition to being on parole, records at the prosecutor�s office indicated that Dickson has pending charges of residential burglary, criminal mischief and theft of property.
At the request of prosecutors, Jefferson County District Judge Kim Bridgforth set a $50,000 cash-only bond for Dickson after ruling that prosecutors had probable cause to charge him with residential burglary.
Bridgforth appointed the Public Defender�s Office to represent Dickson, and told him to come back to court May 17.


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Standard guitar tuning:EADGBENo capo
DonaMain Theme ( / = 1 beat, | = Bar line, * = sharp)
D C(♭5) C Bsus4 B BBass over last bar of B is B C* D* E F* B
Em D C BThe rusted chains of prison moons are shattered by the sun.
Em D C BI walk a road, horizons change, the tournaments begun.
Am G Em BThe purple piper plays his tune, the choir softly sing;
Em D C DThree lullabies in an ancient tongue, for the court of the crimson king. Main Theme
Flute soloover
D C D C D C BThe keeper of the city keys puts shutters on the dreams. I wait outside the pilgrims door, with insufficient schemes. The black queen chants the funeral march; the cracked brass bells will ring; To summon back the fire witch to the court of the crimson king. The gardener plants an evergreen whilst trampling on a flower. I chase the wind of a prism ship to taste the sweet and sour. The pattern juggler lifts his hand; the orchestra begin. As slowly turns the grinding wheel in the court of the crimson king. On soft grey mornings widows cry, the wise men share a joke; I run to grasp divining signs to satisfy the hoax. The yellow jester does not play, but gentle pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance in the court of the crimson king. This is only a rough sketch to give people a start. The only notes in C(b5) are C, E and F*/Gb
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"Zhamanak" is highly critical of Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian's track record. The paper accuses Abrahamian of wasting scarce public funds on expensive limousines and travel expenses, instead of assisting Armenian border regions. "The criminal oligarchy dear to Abrahamian's heart has been exempted from the need to pay [a special tax] for luxury items," it says.
"Hraparak" comments scathingly on Abrahamian's weekend trip to the resort town of Tsaghkadzor where he took part in a pro-government youth camp together with Yerevan Mayor Taron Markarian, Education Minister Armen Ashotian and other senior officials. The paper recalls a scandal that accompanied a ceremony last December during which Markarian received a doctoral degree from a state university in Yerevan. Pro-government students directed by the university administration prevented journalists from covering that event. "Quite naturally, the Tsaghkadzor gathering brought together the kind of young people and students who are ready to fight for the interests of the ruling elite, be it a dissertation defense, an election, an attack on civic activists or something else, at an opportune moment. The authorities, for their part, fiercely defend youths these youths and justify their behavior."
"Zhoghovurd" reports that Paruyr Hayrikian, a prominent Soviet-era dissident, said on Tuesday that he will go on hunger strike outside the presidential palace in Yerevan on September 8 to demand President Serzh Sarkisian's resignation. "Achieving regime change through self-destruction is a great sacrifice indeed," the paper comments tartly. "But one could believe this only if Hayrikian was indeed sincere. This is not necessarily the case because the leader of the National Self-Determination Union had a historic chance to change the course and perhaps the outcome of the February 18, 2013 presidential election. Surely a grave accident happened: he survived an assassination attempt. But at that time everyone from the Nagorno-Karabakh president to oligarchs close to Serzh Sarkisian took turns to visit Hayrikian in hospital and convinced him not to demand a postponement of the presidential election."
An election delay could have scuttled Sarkisian's second term in office, claims "Zhoghovurd." "Given all this, how can we trust in Hayrikian's sincerity?" it says.
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Camden Gail Page, 76, of Pulaski, died Saturday Jan. 12, 2013.
Camden Gail Page, 76, of Pulaski, died Saturday Jan. 12, 2013.
Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Carr & Erwin Chapel with Richard Durham officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. at Carr & Erwin Funeral Home.
She was the daughter of the late Thomas Buford and Ella Amna Meek Wharton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Luther Boyd Page and brother, David Wharton.
Survivors include her sons, Todd Page of Goodspring and Chris Page of Minor Hill; daughter, Dana DiMarco of Leoma; brother, Douglas Wharton of Dacula, Ga.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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Avengers Vs. Pet Avengers #2
Marvel Comics (January 2011)WRITER: Chris Eliopoulos ARTIST: Ig Guara COLORISTS: Christ Sotomayor & J. Roberts LETTERER/PRODUCTION: Joe Sabino EDITORS: Nathan Cosby & Michael Horwitz
Fing Fang Foom attempts to convince Lockheed to join their side, since they're all dragons. The hero refuses and the dragons fly off with the other Pet Avengers in their tummys. However, Lockjaw gets them all out with his teleporting power only to find Lockheed gone. With the frogified Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man they track down the dragons in battle with the human Avengers and join the fight. However, Foom sets his plan into motion…with Lockheed appearing to be on his side?
What they got right: All but one of the characters are in line with their usual portrayals. (Sadly, this includes Ms. Lion, who is at least smart enough to realize big dragon burrowing underground equals bad news.) The art is up to the team's usual high standards.
What they got wrong: That one character I mentioned? That would be Tony Stark, who spends a good chunk of the comic running around yelling "I want my armor!". The Tony Stark I know would have hopped into a Radio Shack or Toys R Us and suddenly come flying out with a frog-sized, thrown together bunch of high-tech armor by now.
Recommendation: Not the best of the Pet Avengers stories, but still high enough quality to highly recommend it.
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text: Todd Gaziano, director of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, will speak at Ashland University on Sept. 18 as part of Constitution Day activities sponsored by AUs John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs. Gaziano will present Can the Separation of Powers Survive the Age of Muddled Thinking? The event, to begin 7:30 p.m. in the Ashbrook Center on the eighth floor of the AU Library, is free and open to the public.Gaziano focuses on legal and judicial reform and such constitutional issues as ensuring all citizens are accorded equal treatment under the law. Before joining former Attorney General Edwin Meese at The Heritage Foundation in 1997, Gaziano served under noted conservative leaders in all three branches of the federal government. He was chief counsel to the House Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs, where he worked on government-wide regulatory reform legislation for Chairman David McIntosh. He served in the Office of Legal Counsel in the U.S. Justice Department, which provides advice on constitutional and legal issues to the president, the attorney general and other cabinet secretaries. He also served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Edith H. Jones, United States Judge for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.Gaziano received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was selected as a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics.The Robert E. Henderson Constitution Day lecture is meant to commemorate the signing of the Constitution of the United States at the Constitutional Convention on Sept. 17, 1787. The Constitution Day lecture is an annual event sponsored by the Ashbrook Center, with a different speaker every year. It is named after Judge Henderson in recognition of his distinguished service to the Ashland community, to the law and to Constitutional government.Robert E. Henderson re-tired in 1999 as Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Common Pleas Court in Ashland County, Ohio. During his distinguished career, Judge Henderson also served on the Fifth District Court of Appeals, as Municipal Judge of Ashland County, as Referee for the Common Pleas Court, and was a partner in the law firm of Troth, Van Tilburg and Henderson. While in the United States Air Force, he served in the Judge Advocate Generals Office.The Ashbrook Center, located on the campus of Ashland University, teaches the meaning and significance of America through programs for students, teachers and citizens.


text: The Perfect Grilled Cheese Sandwich By Kim April 05, 2011 View This Recipe Grilled cheese sandwiches are the ultimate in easy, satisfying comfort food. The simple goodness of three ingredients - bread, butter and cheese - combine deliciously for a crisp, crunchy exterior and a smooth, creamy center. And don't forget the soup! Tomato soup has the perfect flavor that complements any grilled cheese sandwich. It's hard to resist dipping! Start with the best ingredients Cheese – White American cheese is ideal. It has a mild flavor and a perfect, creamy texture when melted. A traditional grilled American cheese sandwich uses 1 to 3 thin slices. This may vary depending on the other ingredients used. Bread – Any bread can be used, but the best grilled cheese sandwiches use good quality bakery-style white or wheat bread. Heavy breads will give you a chewy coarse texture that may overpower the cheese flavor. Plain white breads will give you a soft texture that blends into the cheese. Butter – Butter provides flavor and gives the bread a toasty, golden color and crispness. Butter should be at room temperature to spread easily and not tear the bread. Or use spreadable butter right from the refrigerator for similar results. Variations and Special Touches Purists love a plain grilled cheese sandwich but you can use your imagination and add your favorite sandwich filling and flavors. When cut into smaller portions, these creative suggestions can make great appetizers too. Thin slices of tomato, avocado or roasted red peppers Caramelized onions Crisply cooked bacon Deli ham, turkey or roast beef Pesto, mustard or fresh herbs Thin slices of apple or pear Here are some more ideas to get you started: Hearty Grilled Cheese Sandwich Bacon & Avocado Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Herbed Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Italian Grilled Cheese Chunky Tomato Basil Soup Posted In: Cheese Sandwiches Hot Sandwiches


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Pat's Knitting and Quilting
May 25, 2012
I promised myself that if I washed all the fleece that I had accumulated in the past year, I could get more :)
Drying Day
DONE! So here are the new girls
To the left is Lydia - a gorgeous single coated shetland ewe that was lovingly cared for by Lori at Diamond B Sheep Farm - her full fleece was only 1 lb. 12 oz. - gorgeous clean fleece. The picture above shows the cut end and below you can see the tips - all pre-wash.
She is washed and I've combed an ounce and carded an ounce just to see and feel the fiber. Nope - she's not brown....Soft heavenly fluff!
In the box on the right is beautiful Twinkle Star - a gorgeous soft very clean Cormo/Romeldale ewe raised by Therese who took immaculate care of her at Lilac Ridge Farm - I only bought 1/2 of her so there is 1/2 left if you want some :)
Here's a close look at her long beautiful locks - just look at those!
She gets washed tomorrow - I am getting so fast at washing fleece!
If you have comments or questions or want to contact me for any reason, just email or contact me on Ravelry. Thanks :)
May 21, 2012
These handspun stripey summer socks have been my car knitting project since April. My MIL has been in rehab/assisted living following a hip replacement and it is a 20 minute ride each way to visit her - these socks have been entirely knit on this commute (Dave driving - not me haha) over the past few months - all of a sudden they are done!
Started with FatCatKnits Moxie in Panda blend (merino, bamboo, nylon)
Split lengthwise in 4 strips - spun end to end and chain plied - 102 grams = 385 yards of beautiful fingering weight yarn.
Cakes wound and ready to go with my granddoggy Jasmine.
With chain ply you can actually see exactly what the combed top looked like - how it was painted and there is much more distinct striping than regular 3 ply - I realize I actually like the muted effect of regular 3 ply better than these delineated stripes.
Pattern: None - just plain socks
Fleece pictures probably coming up next - it's that time of year :)
If you have comments or questions or want to contact me for any reason, just email or contact me on Ravelry. Thanks :)
May 9, 2012
I seem to be on a roll buying fiber related equipment - keep it rolling....
Louet Junior Carder - I feel like I made the perfect choice (with help from Ginny)
Within minutes of opening the box, I started making a pile of stuff to put through....
85 grams of merino, silk, corriedale, qiviut, cashmere, angora, yak, and baby camel (I added more than was in this original picture)
I only put it through the drumcarder one time and realized it was perfect exactly like that for a textured yarn. I wanted the color streaks and some lumps and bumps and tweediness and nepps.
spun into 173 yards of beautifully textured 2 ply worsted weight yarn
I have lots more yarn pictures, but realize I am probably the only one obsessed with this yarn so I won't bore you :)
Instead I'll overload you with woven scarf pictures .....
My next drumcarding plan is to card enough fiber (mixing and matching stuff I have -- I'm in the gathering phase right now) for a sweater. I will spin it during Tour de Fleece in July - can't wait!
If you have comments or questions or want to contact me for any reason, just email or contact me on Ravelry. Thanks :)
May 1, 2012
When I received this combination of fiber as my Mixed Blessings from Fat Cat Knits, I had no clue what to do with it....I just couldn't see the 2 fibers as companions and was frightened by the yellow/pink "peeps" colored braid, but I decided to trust Ginny and just go for it ...
and I'm glad I did!
Perfect for knitting these mittens
Pattern: "Rose Wreath Mittens" from The Mitten Book
I was on vacation at the Cape and finished the outer mittens before I expected too - I had planned on making alpaca liners, but had not brought the yarn along with me, so all I had for extra yarn was the remainder of my handspun (mostly pink/yellow Nancy) - I'm so glad I didn't have the alpaca because I LOVE my resourceful scrappy handspun polworth liners!
and I like that the thickness of the liner poofs out the hand so the cuff is inset.
they are soooo warm and fit me perfectly - I think this will be my go to pair next winter!
If you have comments or questions or want to contact me for any reason, just email or contact me on Ravelry. Thanks :)


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Opened in 1974 and later named for former University President Milton S. Eisenhower, the modern-style auditorium hosts almost 200 events each year. Most of the events presented by the Center for the Performing Arts occur on the Eisenhower stage.
Famed artists and ensembles including Alvin Ailey American Dance Company, Tori Amos, Kathleen Battle, Betty Carter, Tom Chapin, David Copperfield, John Davidson, Evelyn Glennie, Martha Graham Dance Company, Marilyn Horne, Billy Joel, Bill T. Jones, B.B. King, Kronos Quartet, Dave Matthews, Midori, Wynton Marsalis, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn, Della Reese, the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Andre Watts, Yo Yo Ma, and many others, have graced Eisenhower's stage.
The Nittany Valley Symphony is another leading user of the performance space.


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Federal MP Craig Thomson says resentment within the Health Services Union (HSU) led to a rival official setting up an elaborate plot to ruin his burgeoning political career.
Anger within the union after he increased oversight of its finances provided a motive for the set-up, Mr Thomson said.
"I also made some enemies as I was leaving by strongly recommending that my successor not be my successor," he told the Nine Network on Saturday.
Mr Thomson faces numerous serious allegations stemming from his time as HSU national secretary, including misusing union funds to pay for prostitutes, travel and lavish meals.
"I was in a very dysfunctional union for a long time and in about 2004, amongst a whole range of other threats that were made to me, one was that they would ruin my potential political career ... by setting me up with hookers," Mr Thomson added.
He said the threat was repeated to him in 2007 as he won the election for the seat of Dobell, on NSW's Central Coast.
Mr Thomson maintained he was innocent of wrongdoing and said he would expand on the individual who set him up during a speech to parliament on May 21.
Asked how payments for prostitutes were made on credit cards that he controlled and his driver's licence details and signature appeared on receipts, Mr Thomson said the HSU executive had access to his details.
"The whole executive knew what my credit card numbers were," he added.
"My driver's licence was readily available."
Mr Thomson said he unwittingly signed off on the payments, without checking the receipts.
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Linn Tukan loudspeaker Page 3
The downside of the Tukan's lively and detailed sound was a tendency toward etch that could cause long-term fatigue. The midrange and treble were a bit hard and edgy compared with the ultra-smooth Aerial. For example, the string section of the Seattle Symphony on the superb HDCD$r recording of Eugene Istomin playing Mozart's Piano Concertos 21 and 24 (Reference Recordings RR-68CD) was a little wiry and overlaid with a layer of grain through the Tukans.
The two loudspeakers could be made to sound more alike by the choice of digital front-end. The softer, more liquid, and gentler Sonic Frontiers SFCD-1 was clearly better suited to the lively Tukans. Conversely, the forwardish, dynamic, and upbeat Rotel RCD-990 gave the Aerial 5s a little kick out of their reserved reticence. Not that the Rotel is the SFCD-1's equal; I mention this to emphasize that system matching is important with these two loudspeakers. The differences in electronics were subtler than the large differences in sound between the Tukan and the Aerial 5.
The Tukans really excelled in soundstaging. The presentation was wide and deep, with razor-sharp image focus. Further enhancing the soundstaging, the Tukans resolved air and bloom around instrumental outlines that gave the music an organic, less synthetic character. The Tukans' ability to resolve space between tightly focused images was first-rate by any measure. In addition, the entire presentation was huge and beautifully developed. My friend Murray, who isn't an audiophile but plays blues guitar, couldn't believe that two tiny boxes could throw such an enormous sound. It's ironic that Linn, whose design philosophy places a low value of the spatial aspects of reproduced music, would produce a speaker with such spectacular soundstaging.
After putting the Tukans in a variety of odd locations, I came to the conclusion that they are decidedly unfussy about where they sit. Their tonal balance didn't change appreciably when they were placed on a high bookshelf—I heard a well-developed soundstage from a wide range of listening positions—and putting them close to the rear wall warmed up the sound without creating too much of a bass thump. By contrast, the Aerials needed to be well out into the room and precisely positioned to sound their best. The Tukans also worked well with a variety of inexpensive amplifiers, in contrast with the Aerials' need for high power.
Overall, the Tukans were a pleasant surprise. I spent many enjoyable hours with them, and was consistently amazed at what this $800/pair of loudspeakers could do.
I can heartily recommend both the Aerial 5 and Linn Tukan loudspeakers—but for different reasons. Although the two loudspeakers had very different sounds, I found myself enjoying music through both of them.
The Linn Tukans threw a wonderful soundstage from the most unlikely locations; but when positioned optimally, the Tukans produced a stunning soundstage, with transparency, palpability, and pinpoint spatial resolution. The Linn was also very different from the 5 tonally, with a brighter, livelier, more forward rendering. This character heightened the sense of presence and detail, but at the expense of some etch and greater long-term fatigue. Although the Tukan's upper midrange and treble were a little ragged next to the Aerial's, there was something musically engaging about this little speaker. They also work well with an amplifier of moderate power, and are less fussy about location. At $799/pair, the Tukan is a must-audition product, particularly for those listeners for whom space—and placement options—are restricted.


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The jacket can be made either with facings, which I have no tutorial/pictures to guide you through, but I did include in the pattern pieces; or with a lining, that I'll go over in this tutorial. The matching beret tutorial found HERE
For the 1T size you'll need:
1 yard of main fabric (1.24 if using facings). I recommend a heavier weight, such as corduroy, twill or denim.
1/2 yard lining fabric (if using). I used a taffeta.
Small amount of medium-weight interfacing (it's just for the collar, so really not much at all-1/4 yard at most)
3 yards ric-rac
3 buttons
Size 1T Jacket Pattern
For the 2T size you'll need:
1.25 yard of main fabric (1.5 if using facings). I recommend a heavier weight, such as corduroy, twill or denim.
1/2 yard lining fabric (if using). I used a taffeta.
Small amount of medium-weight interfacing (it's just for the collar, so really not much at all-1/4 yard at most)
3.25 yards ric-rac
3 buttons
Size 2T Jacket Pattern
Print, cut out, and put together (some have to be taped together) the pattern pieces.
Pin them to fabric and cut out your pieces
We'll start with the main body of the jacket, with the front and back uppers
At the shoulders of the back upper, sew a basting stitch across each and pull lower thread to gather slightly
Sew side seams
Take the ric-rac and lay it across the raw edge of the upper sections. Match the lower edge of the ric-rac with the raw edge of the upper sections all the way across on the right side of the fabric
Stitch in place
Take the waistband and lay it, right sides facing, across the upper sections, matching raw/ric-rac edge to raw edge of waistband
Sew in place
Press seam allowance away from waistband, forcing the ric-rac to point down on the right side of the garment.
Now for the lower section
Right sides together, sew along the side seams attaching the front sections to the back section
Basting stitch along the upper edge and pull lower thread to gather
Using the upper section as a guide, gather and adjust the lower section to make the seams and raw edges match
Once you have it gathered to the right size, stitch the ric-rac in place, securing the gathers, as you did with the ric-rac on the upper section
Right sides together, lay the ric-rac'd lower section on the waistband and sew in place, again making sure that all side seams line up
Remove basting stitches
Press seam allowance away from waistband
Sew along the front opening and around the collar area
Now you're to this point
Before you press, pin all around the newly sewn area. If needed, pull the main fabric over inside the jacket, so that none of the lining peaks through onto the actual outside of the jacket
Sew in place
Make the collar as described in this lesson (sorry I didn't take pictures of this process on the jacket for some reason)
But basically, attach interfacing to one collar piece, on the wrong side of the fabric. Rights sides together sew around the collar, all but the neck area itself. Turn, press, top stitch.
So now you have a finished, but not attached collar
Let's attach it.
We're going to use the method that doesn't use any facings, as described here.
Sew along where the pins were, ONLY on the lower layer of the collar
And sew the entire collar, upper layer included this time, to the garment's neckline
Things should look like this now
So let's hem the jacket.
Now stay stitch through both the gathered main and the lining, securing the gathers of the main fabric as you go
Take the lower edge of the garment and fold under once, then twice, about 1/4 inch each time
Top stitch along the entire bottom edge
Same thing on the sleeves.
Fold one 1/4 in, and then another
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Zurich, Switzerland, 2014/03/17 - Turnkey substations to provide high-quality power supply to expand railway operations - ABB.com. NYSE: ABB
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, and its consortium partner UK Power Networks (UKPN) Services have been awarded a contract worth around $145 million by Network Rail to upgrade one of Britains oldest and busiest railways, providing better connections between major towns and cities across southern England and Wales. The contract is evenly split between the consortium partners, reflecting the work scope.
The consortium, will be responsible for the turnkey delivery of more than 30 new traction substations. The contract represents the first sizable new electrification project to be undertaken by Network Rail in over 30 years and forms a key part of the Great Western Electrification Programme (GWEP).The expansion and upgrade will result in more reliable services for passengers and reduce noise emissions affecting communities located close to railway lines. It will also result in increased train frequency and help boost passenger capacity, to support economic growth across the region.
ABB Great Western Electrification Programme
These substations will provide additional supply of quality power and facilitate the expansion and upgrade of this important rail network that will benefit passengers and the community at large said Claudio Facchin, Head of ABBs Power Systems division. "ABB has leading technologies and a strong track record of providing innovative solutions for the rail sector across the world.
The GWEP substations will be based on ABBs unique modular Structure Mounted Outdoor Switchgear (SMOS) Light concept, which is designed to help railway infrastructure owners reduce the time required for construction, testing and commissioning by as much as 30 per cent. The substation will deploy ABBs state-of-the art eco-efficient power distribution switchgear, supporting Network Rails policy of reducing its environmental impact.
The turnkey substation solution also incorporates ABBs advanced protection and control concept, which was developed to suit Network Rails own Rationalised Autotransformer Scheme (RATS). This highly sophisticated method of deploying the global IEC 61850 open communications standard helps achieve a cost-efficient substation solution. The protection and control cubicles and accessories will be installed in a portable, containerized Auxiliary Equipment Enclosure (AEE) that is fully factory-assembled and tested, constituting a near plug-and play solution. The first substation is scheduled for commissioning in 2015 and the project is expected to be completed in 2017.
Urbanization, economic growth and environmental concerns in emerging markets are some of the key trends supporting the expansion of rail networks in many parts of the world. ABB has a wide range of power and automation products and solutions for urban, conventional and high-speed rail applications and has built up an extensive global installed base.This includes alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) traction substations and railway electrification solutions for mainline trains, metros and mass-transit networks.
ABB (abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 150,000 people.
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A solution for advanced machine vision applications that fulfills the demand for advanced technologies, customization and application emphasizes the reduction of operating expenses and space consumption using the ATCA architecture.
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Machine vision system integrators and equipment providers are constantly in search of new solutions and high-performance computers that are capable of executing complex algorithms for image processing as well as products that are cost-effective and have faster time-to-market cycles. Take the Automatic Optical Inspection (AOI) application for the Flat Panel Display (FPD) industry as an example. As the FPD industry progresses, the demand for multiple high-resolution cameras on a single system is increasing, while data throughput ability becomes critical in handling heavy data payloads.
The phenomenal growth of vision applications for large format imaging (both line scan and area scan) requires imaging, displaying, storing, real-time visualization and high-end processing. A server equipped with dual CPUs and a PCI-X add-on card for the camera interface is commonly used for AOI applications. However, when multiple cameras are required, multiple servers are needed to build an effective AOI system. These servers take up valuable space and entail a considerable amount of administration and maintenance. In addition, data exchange between servers also poses a greater challenge for system integrators and administrators.
Not only are AOI systems valuable in the FPD industry, but also across a wide array of industries that utilize visual input for data processing. Applications such as those used in navigational guidance systems for autonomous robots, positional and structural information for manipulation tasks, mapping terrain features, particularly in inhospitable environments or during natural disasters, as well as high-speed, high-volume manufacturing processes where computer-aided operations have become a necessity, are all beneficiaries of AOI technologies. AOI systems equipped with the proper human machine interface enable operators to perform real-time and accurate operational control for quality assurance, which is top priority no matter what the industry or application.
AOI systems involve acquiring images into a computer, converting the images into usable formats, adjusting the images to the desired views, and calculating the appropriate data that represent the images to perform quality inspections. When specifically applied to a manufacturing environment, an AOI system must satisfy not only the requirements for high speed, high resolution, 24-hour operation and repeatability of measurements, but also for automatic identification, tracking and quality assurance throughout the entire production process.
Some featured AOI systems with customized DSPs and FPGAs give basic solutions for translating results and locating defects. With advanced optical inspection technology, users are able to recover more of the good product (higher yield) and remove a higher percentage of defective product (quality control) than the manual sorting and defect removal methods historically used by many industries. In the wood panel industry, for example, increasing the number of decisions made by a machine vision system can also result in increased throughput, higher yield and more accurate product grading with fewer line workers, aiding a company's bottom line by cutting costs. AOI systems can add significant value in manufacturing environments where processing is highly variable, by improving the uniformity of finished products.
However useful, without the proper computer architecture and controls, AOI systems run the risk of longer development times and effort for the integration of DSPs and FPGAs across multiple programming languages. Therefore, these solutions require higher software and hardware investments related to the acquisition and adoption of new DSP technologies.
A solution for an advanced AOI application involves a platform that delivers an optimum balance between product capacity and cost ratio in relation to processing and input/output support, easy programmability, customization and maintenance.
AVP Platform Meets High-End Requirements
Although primarily designed for next-generation telecom applications, some benefits of Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) are found to be of great advantage in solving the current problems of high-end machine vision systems. The open architecture saves development time and associated costs, while ATCA systems equipped with PMC card expansion enhance system flexibility. By integrating customized PMC cards and utilizing innovative Gigabit Ethernet and shelf management technologies, a machine vision system based on ATCA ably meets all performance requirements in a compact and high-density, multi-blade rackmount system.
A high-performance CPU blade with a PCI-X PMC module forms a single advanced CPU platform. A PMC module can interface with several kinds of camera interface standards including Camera Link, Firewire and Gigabit Ethernet interface cameras that are becoming increasingly popular. With the proper combination of these technologies and a flexible architecture, a PMC module virtually eliminates the risk of obsolescence by ensuring backward and forward compatibility to keep systems performing at peak as technology advances and assures users maximum long-term return on their investment.
With ATCA blade architecture, integrators can easily integrate multiple cameras to an AVP for AOI utilization. For example, if an AVP blade processes image data from two camera link cameras, then 10 camera link cameras can be supported with a 5U ATCA system (Figure 1). Compared with the traditional sever solution, an ATCA-based AVP does not need five servers to achieve efficient performance. This type of compact form not only allows an ATCA-based AVP to save a considerable amount of space, but also helps simplify and reduce the large mesh of wires, connections and infrastructure that many industrial users deal with, thus freeing valuable physical space for other uses. The hot-swapping and full redundancy features of the ATCA platform also ensure that any component removal does not interrupt operation, as well as dramatically reduce maintenance, repair and replacement time.
Equipped with a base/fabric interface, an ATCA-based AVP enables system integrators to build communications between vision blades, including a Gigabit Ethernet base interface that provides a faster channel when exchanging image data among vision blades.
With a system management module mandatory on every ATCA system, SIs can easily build a highly available and manageable platform by installing a Chassis Management Module (CMM) to monitor and control the vision blades and other Field Replaceable Units (FRUs). The CMM watches over the health of the shelf, reports anomalies, takes corrective actions on errors, and interconnects across the system. The ATCA architecture's reliability and flexibility are sure to improve machine vision operations thus allowing users an opportunity for substantial cost savings through the reduction of direct labor and improved product quality.
An example of a blade for use as an AOI server uses an FPGA camera link frame grabber PMC module instead of an AMC card and is based on the ATCA architecture for advanced vision applications. Such a platform provides computing for advanced image processing across many applications and industries. Supporting up to 16 Gbytes of DDR2 memory, this AVP blade also provides high-capacity memory throughput for processing and storing high-density image data. Such blade servers represent a shift away from traditional proprietary machine vision system integrators by alleviating the need for a DSP and utilizing the power and performance of the ATCA architecture. For AOI applications, an AVP blade must utilize a high-performance CPU to process data at an optimal level while performing complex morphological operations. With a wide memory bandwidth and capacity, AVP blade technology further aids users by efficiently storing large amounts of image data that can be accurately tracked and debugged if necessary.
Another essential item in building a cost-effective and space-saving platform for AVP is a comprehensive I/O density that provides greater flexibility and manageability. This will enable it to support up to four Camera Link connectors for dual-channel output, VGA, GPIO, LAN, and two USB ports on the front panel. The AVP blade backs a Camera Link or IEEE 1394 interface built on a PMC module and installed on two onboard 64-bit/133 MHz PCI-X slots. With an integrated CompactFlash card slot, developers can conveniently build an OS image to boot the system. A rear transition module provides an extra 2.5" SATA HDD storage that integrators need to store images for further analysis.
The onboard PMC module of the AVP blade for a high-performance Camera Link or IEEE 1394 interface supports high-speed image data transfer. Write/read wrappers around the FPGA manufacturer's IP core were developed so that it can achieve the benefits of a high-capacity system, allow users to define the bus width of each write/read port, and enable calculation efficiency. Through the onboard high-density, customizable, FPGA-based processing core, each channel supports image data transfer rates of up to 640 Mbytes/s with an acquisition pixel clock rate of up to 85 MHz.
A standard platform requires only a customized PMC card for full functionality. Specialized AMC cards are not necessary. The platform shortens application development and system upgrades while allowing SIs to implement their proprietary FPGA know-how for pre- or post-image processing.
As manufacturing environments evolve, they produce items that are delicate or susceptible to contamination, such as integrated circuits and temperature-sensitive devices, as well as pharmaceutical products that may require measurement methods that are noncontact and nonintrusive. Vision inspection is also advantageous in processing applications where safety is a factor, such as parts made from hazardous materials. Properly fitted AOIs not only add value through improved efficiency in many highly technical processes, but also allow for on demand statistical collection and the ability for real-time feedback in manufacturing processes. The power, flexibility and connectivity of AVP systems have become almost necessary to achieve 100% inspection with high throughput at relatively low cost.
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« on: January 28, 2006, 07:10 AM »
Well as you may be aware, I just got back from 2 weeks in Melbourne where I went to some of the Australian Open. I went with my parents and brother and we got a deal where we had 2 tickets for Rod Laver Arena for each of the 1st 5 days. This allowed us to see the day session on centre court and go to any outside court at any time. Our seats pretty good, not far behind the player's box and right next to the seats reserved for players. Didn't see any big names sitting there, but I think some did go for the night matches. If I go again next year, I might try to get a similar deal but for the 2nd week instead, more on that later.
The trip started on the 13th of Jan, at 4am when we had to get up to go to the airport. There was a pretty early tennis feel about things when we got to Auckland Airport to find Fernando Gonzalez and Nicholas Massu further ahead in the queue to check in. They were both on our flight along with a few others I didn't recognise but appeared to be tennis players, possibly juniors or doubles players who got knocked out of the Heineken Open the previous day. I actually ended up almost next to Gonzalez in the line for customs at Melbourne Airport so I already had an autograph before I had really got to Melbourne.
Day 1 I went with my mother. First up was Lindsay Davenport against Aussie girl Casey Dellaqua. It was a pretty dull, 1 sided match although Davenport didn't play particularly well. Certainly didn't look like a world number 1. I didn't realise how exceptionally tall she actually is until I had seen her in person. Next up was one of the best matches I saw, David Nalbandian against Thai Dannai Udomchoke. It was expected to be a straight sets rout and looked that way as Naldbandian took the first 2 with ease. I actually left after the 1st set for a walk around and had a look at some of the outside courts where I found Thomas Johansson coming off a practice court so got the autograph. I went back in time for the start of the 3rd set and the Thai player managed to take it, I think in a tie break, then he took the next set with ease to force it into a 5th. Everyone was urging him on but in the end Nalbandian had too much class. It was a great 3 and a half hour match. Finally, it was Sharapova against Kloesel. It was good to see Sharapova but boy does she grunt! There has been a lot about it in the press, but take it from me, everything is justified. Its unbearable to be there in the crowd for 1 of her matches. Plenty of people just left. She may be good to look at but I can't really say I'm a fan, much prefer the likes of Henin and Hingis. Anyway, as expected it was a pretty quick 1 sided match so when it finished we went to find a decent seat on Margaret Court Arena as Time Henman would be playing Tursunov there at 7.30pm. We got there to find Henman out practising so watched for a little while and when he finished he came over to the side and signed a few autographs for some British fans so I ran over and managed to get it. There was just over an hour until the match so my mother saved the seats while I went to look at some other courts and watched the end of the 3rd set and the full 4th set of James Blake vs Acasuso which Blake won in the 4th set. That was a great match to watch, there was 1 awesome point where Blake got lobbed, ran back and did that through the legs shot which lobbed Acasuso who ran back and did the same shot but it hit the tape and didn't get over the net. So Blake won just before 7.30 and I got back in time for the Henman match. It was an electric atmosphere with about a 95% British crowd. Henman was coming from behind all the way in the first set but somehow took it 7-5 then deservedly lost the next 2. He stormed to a 5-1 lead in the 4th and looked sure to take it to a 5th but somehow managed to lose it 7-5. It looked like he let a couple of games against the serve go to save energy to serve it out, but he failed to do so. A poor first round exit. I was sitting literally a few seats away from the players seats where Henman's family were sitting, and Andy Murray joined them part way through the 1st set and left towards the end of the 2nd, presumably to get a decent sleep before his match the next day.
Day 2 it was my father and brother's turn to go and they got to see Federe, Mauresmo and that superb Hewitt-Vik match, of which I saw the end of on TV. That was probably the best day any of us got.
Day 3 I went with my brother and first was Ljubicic against Kohlschreiber in a pretty dull one sided, hit from the back of the court sort of match. Next was probably my favourite woman player, Justine Henin-Hardenne against Hana Sromova. It was actually quite a good match, until Sromova got injured half way through the 2nd set and Henin took it in 2 sets. Finall it was the big hitters, Andy Roddick against Weslie Moody. Although Roddick took it in straight sets, it was quite an entertaining match with a number of good points. Roddick's serve really is frighteningly quick, you really need to see it live to get the full idea. We watched a little bit of Robredo vs Tursunov on Show court 2 and then left as my brother didn't feel very well. I would have liked to stay for Johansson-Malisse which ended up being a 5 set thriller, but oh well, saw it on tv.
Day 4 was again my brother and I and it started with Aussie Sam Stosur against Ana Ivanovic. I didn't expect a great match but it was quite decent with Stosur taking it in straight sets. Next it was the big one, Roger Federer against Florian Mayer. During the first set when they gave score updates from outside courts I discovered Andy Murray was playing in the doubles and had it been a poxy match on Rod Laver, I would have gone to watch, but I didn't really want to leave Federer and centre court to see Murray get thrashed on court 21 to be honest. Mayer didn't actually play too badly but Federer was simply in another class, I even managed to film his match point ace with my camera. Finally it was Kim Clijsters agains Men Yuan of China. Clijsters looked the best of all the women I had seen play and had it not been for the unfortunate injury in the semi, she probably would have won the tournament.
It was a pretty early finish on centre court with 3 straight set wins so we had plenty of time to wonder round the outside courts. We decided to watch Olivier Rochus and Xavier Malisse in doubles and we were literally courtside. It was a court that didn't have a stand, just a row of seats on either side so we were almost on the court. Everything looks so much faster when you are that close and it was good to be able to hear everything the players said. Malisse was serving poorly and at 1 point he smashed his racquet against the back boards and another time he said "I can't get a f***ing serve in!" to himself. Another time when Malisse disputed a line call, that did look to be a wrong call from the linesman, Malisse said to the umpire "That's the 2nd one he's missed, can you take him off?" which drew laughter from the small crowd. Rochus was also quite entertaining, often joking with the linesmen etc. It was a pretty good match with the Belgians winning in 3 sets. They must have been pretty dead after Rochus had a 4 hour 5 setter in the morning and Malisse had a 5 setter the previous night. They both stayed behind afterwards and posed for photos and signed loads of autographs so I managed to get a photo to back up my claims of being an inch taller than Rochus. After that match we watched Haas v Goldstein, another dull 1 sided straight setter.
Day 5 was my parents turn to go and they saw Davenport, Sharapova and Roddick.
I decided to go again by myself on the Tuesday of the 2nd week and got a ground pass for all the outside courts. Saw a couple of legends doubles matches involving Roy Emerson, Todd Woodbridge, John Fitzgerald, Wally Massur and Kim Warwick. I even managed to get a ball that a linesman lobbed up into the crowd after the Woodbridge match. I also saw Bjorkman/Mirnyi vs Paes/Dam. After that match I went for a walk around to see the Vodafone Arena and the outside courts around there where I hadn't gone on the 3 days of the 1st week and it was lucky I walked over there as Davenport and Henin were both out practising and I managed to get both autographs. The final match I stayed for was Bupathi/Hingis vs Bjorkman/Raymond in mixed doubles which Hings and Bupathi won in 3 sets (well not a 3rd set, it was a new rule where it was a tiebreak to 10 points instead of a 3rd set). It was a really good match and a good atmosphere with a number of Swedes there for Bjorkman and Hingis the crowd favourite. I have always been a Hingis fan and tried to get the autograph at the end but she only signed a couple and ran down the tunnel. From what I could gather from other people, someone had called her something unpleasant and that's why she ran off, and it did appear as though she threw a pen back at someone which is a bit sad.
All in all, it was an awesome trip. I think I did quite well with the autographs getting Gonzalez, Johansson, Henman, Rochus, Malisse, Stosur, Davenport, Henin-Hardenne, Tony Roche and Wally Masur. My brother even got John Eales (rugby legend) who was in the crowd on day 2.
I definitely recommend going if you have the time and the means to do so and you don't even need to get tickets for Rod Laver. You can get a ground pass which gives you access to every other court and you get big names on Vodafone and Margaret Court. The ground pass in the 2nd week only cost me $17 Australian , which would be roughly 7 pounds for those of you in the UK. That's nothing when you consider I Paid $60 NZ, or about 3 times that to go to the Heineken Open in Auckland.
I really hope to go again next year. I'll have to find someone to go with first though as I don't think it would be much fun going on holiday by yourself. Might be a hard job as I don't really have any friends interested in it, so who knows… Anyway, great trip.
I haven't really organised my photos yet so once I do I will post some, maybe I'll start a new topic just for photos.
Sorry this has been so long winded.
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This student-led research cruise, running August 31-September 6, 2012, is a rare opportunity for scientists to explore to the Tonga Trench in the South Pacific Ocean, the second deepest trench in the world.
Expedition Objectives
The main objective of this cruise is to explore, discover, and study the unknown world of the deep sea. In addition to scientists and students from Scripps, faculty and students from other universities will come together to learn about deep-ocean environments. Members of Scripps' Bartlett Lab, Rouse Lab, Aluwihare Lab, Buckingham Lab, students, and volunteers will work as part of the same research team to better understand these unexplored environments.
In more scientific terms the purpose of this cruise is to explore the ecosystem associated with the extreme conditions found in the Tonga Trench from a microbiological perspective. This study will provide a better understanding on how microbial communities in the deep ocean are assembled and how environmental factors affect their function and their metabolic capabilities.
In general major expedition objectives are to understand the composition of the microbial community of the Tonga Trench and how it is affected by pressure and other environmental conditions.
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Deep-sea science is limited by the remoteness of study sites and the time, expense, and availability of robust tools to perform the needed measurements and samplings. In order to make abyssal environments more accessible, Scripps researchers aboard the Tonga Trench Expedition will take advantage of new developments in ocean engineering and our recent experiences using untethered free-falling vehicles called 'landers.'
A century ago, the deep sea was imagined as a mysterious, barren, and lifeless abyss. Dark, cold, and with extreme high pressure. During the last half-century, ocean exploration and new technologies have upended those mistaken assumptions. Scientic investigations, many led by marine researchers at Scripps, have changed our understanding of the deep sea from an environment of quiet desolation to one of vibrant biodiversity featuring a dynamic mix of exotic marine life.
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This cruise is made possible by UC Ship Funds Program. Research training is a fundamental element of the Scripps mission, and our commitment to practical research training is exemplied by the UC Ship Funds Program. Made possible by support from the University of California and Scripps, this program provides more than $1 million per year to enable graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career faculty to pursue independent research and instruction at sea aboard Scripps ships. If you are interested in supporting Scripps students by making a contribution to the UC Ship Funds Program, please contact the Scripps Development office at email@example.com or 858-822-1865.
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Are PHP session variables held in memory when you leave a PHP site?
I want to store some info in a PHP session variable, and have it be remembered as long as the session remains active, regardless of whether or not a user leaves my site for another site. Does leaving the domain cancel the session, or is this possible?
I am running PHP 4.2.3.
Session variables are stroed on the clients computer in the form of cookies or can be transported via the URL. You can set these variables in your PHP script and restore them the next time the user requests your page. Here's the documentation on session function in PHP:
I finally got the session variable to be read by the return page, what I had to do was call the "session_start()" function on both pages. I didn't catch that from the online manual.
sessions are destroyed when the user closes the browser.
take it from me... I know... sessions are destroyed when they haven't been linked to for a certain amount of time. When the browser closes, the session-id cookie is destroyed, in turn this means the session that it links to has no more links. The gc (garbage collector), which is randomly initiated at certain intervals, then disposes of sessions that haven't been linked to in a set amount of time. It's all explained in the php manual (http://nl.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php)
Yeah. Great. It's on the server side. The session is on the server side.
But is is in memory? or is it on disk?
Is it inside a huge file with other things? or it's own file?
Where is it?
How can I "see" it and know it's there?
Do I have to call functions to see it? Is that the only way?
If it's on disk, I can find it and look at it. Delete it, et c. It's *similiar* to a client-side cookie.
If it's in memory, then i need to run a function to return a value. I need to run a function to destroy it.
If it's in memory does it die on it's own? how? when? what are the conditions?
Do you see what I'm asking.
I need to know that it is tangible so I can effectively manipulate it. How do I grab it and look at it?
Don't point at manuals. I've already looked there, and it didn't help.
What do YOU do?
Or do you not even try to do these things. If you don't know, then just say "I don't know." or remain silent.
If you do know. Then explain, please.
A little reading would answer your plethora of questions. We're not here to hold your hand.
By the way, your piss take of a user name is not impressive or humorous in the slightest.
As far as my understanding of session holds, the session gets destroyed the moment you close the browser. What you are looking for is really cookies. $_COOKIE['whatever'] = "data" should be what you need. If you are worried about security issues, you can possibly encrypt the cookie information. Other than that, no real reasons why you can't use cookies over sessions.
Okay, I didn't really read your second post. Now in response to your other post.
The first time you call session_start(), PHP basically generates a new session ID and creates an empty file to store session variables (therefore, the answer is, its in disk on server). PHP also sends a cookie back to the client that contains the session ID.
But since the cookie is send in part of the HTTP headers in response to the broswer, you have to call the session_start function on the end of the server before you can access these session information using $_SESSION['whatever'].
If you don't access session variables for a while, these information would be destroyed by PHP garbage collector.
i dont know what you are trying to do here. But if you are trying to manipulate session so that you can prolong it and so that it does not destroy itself after you close the browser, you need to use session + cookies explicitly. That way, the cookies can store the session_id of the server on the client end. Making it possible for you to manipulate session stuffs. Other than that, i highly doubt that you can actually manipute the PHP stuffs on the server end unless you create an application on top of it [php].
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First sentence: "The wind, the rain, my soaked Converse sneakers."
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Violet loves all things Japanese, from kimono fabric to drawing manga. And so when her father gets commissioned to paint a mural in the offices of one of the most influential families in Japan, Violet jumps at the chance to join him.
But, things quickly take a turn for the sinister: a couple of original Van Gogh drawings have been stolen and a Japanese mobster is demanding that the painting based on those drawings be found, or everyone's life is forfeit. There's more to it then that: there's suspicious characters (always suspect the security guard), FBI stings (Neal Caffrey needed to show up; it would have been better if he did), shopping (always up for that), Japanese festivals (in this case, Gion Matusri), parent-child tensions (the dad was annoyingly hot and cold — he'd either ignore Violet or ground her to her room *sigh), and lots and lots of manga.
It wasn't a bad read; I liked Violet, and I actually liked the fact that while she did solve the mystery, she didn't do it by gallivanting about the country in defiance of everyone. She worked with the adults, letting the FBI know what she found out every step of the way. I did think that Renn balanced the responsibility with action and adventure, and even if it wasn't constantly thrilling, it was good.
But the thing I liked most was how very, well, informative it was about Japan and Japanese culture. I'm hoping it's mostly accurate, I felt like I was immersed in a Japanese world, and came out on the other side more educated because of it.
And for that alone, I found this book worth reading.


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