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I work F/T and DS is almost 15 months. The same week I started a new job when DS was 8 mos, we also closed on AND moved ourselves into a house, and my MIL came to live with us (who takes care of DS). I've had one week off for vacation since starting work (over the holidays) and we were sick for a few days of it.
Boxes are still thrown up in storage and furniture is in temporary spots. I should add we are also trying to fix up our house ourselves and I think that adds to my general feeling of anxiety- things are in so much transition everywhere I look. It is 1500 sq. feet and right now we are using maybe half of it b/c we are doing DIY renovations. We're stripping lead paint off of my son's windows, so nearly his whole room is in our room (it's OK b/c he cosleeps with us anyway, but we have no space whatsoever in there). Our basement is demolished and so we can't use that space right now. MIL lives in the room in our basement and keeps a lot of DS's things there so she doesn't have to go up and down a lot, but then it's like his things are scattered all over the house. DS is generally a good baby but of course demands my constant attention & supervision and he doesn't really play independently.
My MIL helps a lot but of course she is not our servant. At the same time, she also tends to clutter up our house, and she and DH have no knack for organization. Despite having help from MIL with the cooking, laundry, etc., I am really, really overwhelmed in general. Work has picked up so much to the point where I am behind and have to bring work home. Most nights, DS doesn't go to sleep until 8 or 8:30, sometimes 9, and by then I'm too tired to do any work. DS nurses constantly when I'm home. DH also wants attention at night, of course, and many times I'm just way too tired for intimacy. My energy level has gotten better since I've stopped pumping at work, but I still have this insatiable appetite. Because cooking anything other than dinner rarely happens, it seems I can't ever pack enough food and I'm constantly starving. DH also thinks we spend too much on food, but I swear we buy food and then it's gone and I have to go back to the store.
I have photos finally burned onto CDs from DS's first year, but have yet to make any sort of album or even finish my pregnancy book with him. I feel so guilty about that. His milestones are jotted down here and there on my phone. I've found a lot of great used furniture on CL but most need to be revamped a bit and I have no idea when I will ever be able to do it.
And of course, on top of all this, I have working-mom guilt and want to spend every minute with my son when I can. But then I also have to get all of the above done, plus more.
Are my expectations too high? Am I trying to do too much? I feel so inadequate because I just have one child and I have my MIL for help (and free childcare), and yet I feel like life is so chaotic. I'm sure things could be much worse. But I can't imagine having two, and we want 3 children! Any advice on how to feel more in control of my life and my home? I'm not the most patient person but lately I've found that I'm so overwhelmed and tired that I just do nothing.
1. Make a small place in your home "yours" and ask DH and MIL to not clutter anything on it. Maybe a desk or a small corner of a room, it doesn't sound like an entire room is feasible right now with all the renovations, and keep it clean and organized how you want and go there at least once a day for a few minutes so you can relax a bit. Start with that and then when you have more energy, start slowly bringing the rest of the house into order. Don't beat yourself up about getting it done fast, just make progress as you can. Maybe set aside 20 minutes to an hour each weekend to do something organizational. For DS toys, maybe a toy box/bin/etc. in each area he is in a lot would help? I do that and it is nice to have a place to put everything when I want to tidy up a bit each evening even if it will be a mess again the next day it helps me mentally a lot.
2. Do you have a plan in place for the renovations? I find that if I have a plan a temporary mess is a lot easier to live with since I know it will end. If you do already have a plan, make sure things are getting done.
3. For the exhaustion, what I found worked best was just going to bed as soon as my DD did 2-3 nights a week (sometimes more if she was having a really bad sleep week) and then the other nights I would have more energy and could get housework done and enjoy some time with DH. And getting household stuff done at least somewhat and being able to recharge a bit with DH made me feel better in general. Take naps on the weekends too if you need them.
4. Make sure DH & MIL are pulling their weight and don't be afraid to ask for help. I totally understand it is harder with your MIL, I would enlist DH to ask her to help on certain things there that make sense, but don't think twice about asking DH to step up. Explain to him how exhausted you are and list things you need him to do, get as specific as necessary.
5. Feed yourself enough, if you are hungry all the time that is probably adding to your exhaustion. Figure out some simple things that will keep to pack for lunch and pack plenty of extra and if you don't eat it all Monday, you can finish on Tuesday. If DH complains, explain that low energy level means you are more exhausted and you want to have more couple time, but you can't keep up with everything.
6. For the working mom guilt, I try to do as much as I can with DD. Do you have a sling or carrier he will go in? If so, that can make it so much easier, but even without, you can still get some things done. Dishes I would put one or two in the dishwasher, then walk over to the living room/high chair and play with my DD for a bit, back and forth for awhile. Or bring her with while switch laundry around and have her play with a towel or two while I folded the rest up. When she took her bath, after I clean her, I will let her play for a few minutes while I wipe down the surfaces in the bathroom. I am now the queen of splitting a task into tens or hundreds of 30s chunks Chores take 10x longer, but at least you can get a little bit done while still being with your DS. And they love helping or "helping", especially as they get older and I think it is good for kids to be exposed to all the things that make a household tick, they need to learn those things for themselves anyway.
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OK. I screwed up. I built my oven on a wing and a prayer and it did great for about 4 years. My "fire clay" sucked, cracked and caved eventually (well, luckily it did not completely cave, but a brick fell out of the roof). It is a hybrid oven with a larger opening but a Pompeii dome (I wanted to make sure I could bake other things, including a Turkey for the last four years). I know now that I will be using HeatStop for my mortar now unless something better has come up. I do not mean to start a new thread on fire mortar. Lets just say, unless there has been a universal agreement that there is something better, then I am using HeatStop 50 for my mortar. My main question comes from something I have wanted to do since I made the oven originally. I was lucky enough to find some firebricks that were 10" square that I used for my base. They are great, but I think it would be great to have a seamless base. I get into trouble now and then with the seams in the brick so can I use some of the commercially available high heat casting material to pour over my base to get a solid, unseamed surface? I know it is going to be a problem if it is too thin, but I do not want to go any thicker than I have to. Now is the time to do it though since I am rebuilding my dome and I have complete access to my floor. I am hoping for some suggestions. Thanks
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i think it might works, some pictures would be nice
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Any large casting will want to crack somewhere due to uneven heating. That is why commercial cast ovens are in sections. Cracks don't really matter usually, they just look unsightly. If you cast the floor in one piece it will crack over time. If you don't like the look of it you can cast the floor in a few pieces, but then you're back to a similar situation of having a brick floor.Perhaps you could cast it like concrete and make some grooves in the top in the hope that the cracks will follow where the grooves are.A cast floor will be hard enough, but not as hard as a fired fire brick.It also makes it pretty much impossible to replace the floor unlike loose laid firebrick.Last edited by david s; 04-03-2014, 12:46 PM.Kindled with zeal and fired with passion.
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I went with three 14"-wide slabs of soapstone in order to end up with only two seams. If the soapstone cracks within (like you) three or four years, I will regret not cutting the slabs into 14" squares, thereby creating control joints.
IMHO, the desire to create a seamless cast floor is admirable, but, unfortunately, impractical.

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Anyway, it's just summer league ball, but Zeller is proving he was worth the No. 4 pick in last month's draft courtesy of the Charlotte Bobcats.
Noel and Len, by the way, aren't proving anything at the moment. They're sidelined while recovering from injuries suffered last season. Noel, the former Kentucky standout, went No. 6 and plays for Philadelphia. Len, who played at Maryland, went No. 5 to Phoenix.
In the last two summer league games in Las Vegas (where sometimes what happens there doesn't stay there) the 7-foot Zeller dominated. He had 21 points (6-for-12 shooting) and 13 rebounds against Dallas. He followed that with an 18-point, 10-rebound showing against the New York Knicks. He displayed nifty baseline spin moves for baskets along with his usual full-throttle running. He moves the ball, makes good decisions and plays solid defense.
"He's so smart," Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. "He's a lot more skilled than people understand. That intelligence and skill level, I hope, translate quickly (to the NBA)."
It took Zeller one game to adjust. In his pro debut, he had eight points (going just 4 for 9, including an airball) and five rebounds. Overall he averages 13.7 points and 9.3 rebounds, which is close to what he averaged for his two-year career at Indiana (16.2, 7.3).
"I try to learn from each game and try to get better," he said. "The style of an NBA game is a lot different than college. The spacing is different. The guys out there, the level of competition. I'm trying to get used to all the things like that."
Granted, doing this against summer league competition isn't the same as doing it against the NBA's veteran best, but let's not quibble over the big point, which is Zeller is showing he can make major rookie impact. He's led Charlotte to a 2-1 pool record and the No. 5 seed in the new 22-team Las Vegas Tournament.
"The summer league is for seeing what works and what doesn't to be ready for the regular season," he said.
At least early on, Zeller isn't anchored in the paint. He's being used in high-post sets to capitalize on his good outside shooting, something he rarely displayed at Indiana (which was more a factor of his comfort level rather than a coaching edict). He faces up from the perimeter and establishes midpost position. In short, he uses the versatility and energy that makes his pro ceiling so high, even if not everyone buys into it yet.
Clifford has given Zeller leeway to get a feel for the pro game — different rules, better players — the coach rarely gives to rookies. He was especially impressed with Zeller's Dallas performance.
"He did everything. He moved the ball. He made great decisions. His rebounding was great. He went and got it."
Zeller has said he doesn't want to over-think the NBA game, that he's played the sport basically his entire life, so just go with his instincts. He described himself as a "rookie trying to figure things out" and that early on there's going to be a lot of "up and down."
Charlotte is a young team with a youthful foundation of Zeller, ex-Kentucky standout Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, ex-Vanderbilt star Jeff Taylor and Bismark Biyombo (from the Congo). There is potential here, although given the franchise's dismal recent record (its 7-59 mark in 2012 set a league record for futility), you never really know.
But that is for later. For now, Zeller has comfort to develop, skill to build, experience to achieve.
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Offensive line coach Will Friend said junior tackle Austin Long has emerged as Georgia's go-to sixth offensive lineman.
Due to guard Chris Burnette's injury, Mark Beard has joined the starting lineup at left tackle. Long will now be the top backup along the offensive line and be the rotating sixth man, a role Beard served until Burnette's injury.
"Austin was going to play early going into the (Auburn) game," Friend said. "He was going to play. He had a couple of good weeks in practice."
Friend said he prefers to rotate a sixth lineman into games to build experience in case of injuries, but he assured that Long's recent progression has made it tough to keep him on the sideline.
"We try to do that (rotation), so if something were to happen, a guy has been playing," Friend said. "But it all started with (Long) doing better the last three or four weeks. You don't want to play anybody that you don't think can contribute. We felt like he could and that's why he played."
Georgia coach Mark Richt said he has also taken notice of Long's improvement.
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OFS, a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of innovative fiber optic network products, and T8, a leading Russian designer, manufacturer and supplier of DWDM transmission equipment announce a new record in error-free 40G multi-channel transmission over 2000 km of OFS optical fiber. The demonstration is enabled by transmission equipment PUSK, developed by T8 / NTO "IRE-Polus," and OFS AllWave® ZWP optical fiber /RightWave LL MicroDK dispersion compensating modules.
Bandwidth demand in the Russian/CIS telecommunications market today is growing fast, and a number of terrestrial optical communication lines have to be upgraded or built, increasing the demand we see for 40Gb/s and 100 Gb/s DWDM digital channels, noted Vladimr Treschikov, General Director of T8. As networks become more complex and support higher data rates, they demand ultra-high technical performance from both the active equipment and fiber optic cables. The best technical results in optical communication can only be achieved by using the finest technical solutions, up-to date equipment and the best available transmission media. Consequently, we had the idea of joining the efforts of two technology leaders- the Russian leader in transmission equipment T8 and a worldwide leader in optical fiber innovation and manufacturing - OFS.
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College Football: How Playoffs Could Change Non-Conference SchedulingMay 30, 2013
The 2013 college football season will be the final season under the rule of the BCS system. Starting in 2014, college football will have a playoff system in place.
There are several questions that surround the new playoff. The selection committee has not been set, although parameters for committee members have been.
The formula or guidelines that the committee will be working with hasn't been set either. And as we have seen with the selection committee in college basketball, they don't always follow the same pattern.
Early indications are that strength of schedule will be taken into account when deciding which four teams make the playoff. However, the extent strength of schedule will be balanced against, say an undefeated team versus a one-loss team, is unclear.
Bob Stoops has expressed some concern over this topic because his 11-ranked and two-loss Sooners were left out of a BCS bowl in favor of a one-loss Northern Illinois team. The Sooners' two losses were to Notre Dame and Kansas State, while Northern Illinois' loss was to an eight-loss Iowa team.
Now that teams only have to place in the top four of the rankings instead of the top two, the risk of playing tough non-conference games could be greater than the reward. That, along with other changes in the college football landscape, could lead to fewer teams scheduling top-notch opponents.
Growing Conferences
With conferences increasing in number, the amount of weeks to play non-conference games could be going away.
The Pac-12 and Big 12 already play nine conference games in a season. The Big Ten plans to start playing nine conference games when Rutgers and Maryland join. Meanwhile, the SEC just voted it down, and the ACC also decided against it.
What this means is, obviously, there is one fewer game to play in the non-conference.
But not only that, the game will be replaced by a tough conference game. Because of that, it seems logical to remove a tougher game from the non-conference schedule. Not only because of the wear and tear on the players, but in terms of strength of schedule as well.
Unless the selection committee differentiates non-conference from conference games in terms of strength of schedule, which tough teams you play won't matter.
Go Undefeated, Make Playoff
Since the BCS started in 1998, only twice has more than four teams finished the season undefeated. In 2004 and 2009, five teams finished with an unblemished record.
Meanwhile the 2004 Auburn and 2009 Cincinnati teams are the only BCS conference teams to finish undefeated and not play in the BCS National Championship game—excluding Ohio State last season due to bowl ban. However, both finished third, which would be good enough in 2014 and beyond. Assuming the committee would choose them anyway.
During that time, ten non-BCS teams have finished undefeated. Only twice (TCU in 2009 and 2010) did those teams finish in the top four of the BCS rankings.
TCU and Utah, the schools responsible for five of the ten non-BCS undefeated seasons, have since joined BCS conferences. The other former undefeated teams—Hawaii, Tulane and Marshall—have all fallen on hard times.
That leaves Boise State as the only BCS buster still hanging around the top 10.
While an undefeated season may not be enough for most non-BCS programs, I think Boise State has earned enough respect to get a fair shake from the committee.
As for BCS conference teams, if history is any indication, going undefeated will be enough to find their way into the four-team playoff.
And if the playoff expands, then the need for tough non-conference games would decrease even more.
So is the Risk Worth the Reward?
Since schedules are made so far in advance, some prime time non-conference games will remain on the slate for the next decade. But, if those games prove not to be worth the risk, will teams keep them on their schedule?
Winning a big non-conference game early in the season could catapult a team into the national discussion, no doubt. But finishing the season undefeated or with a conference crown would do the same thing.
If this breakdown of "what ifs" is accurate, then it's an indication that conference titles and having less losses will be more important than having big wins.
As Stoops said, he'll have to see the committee respect strength of schedule before he believes it. I expect most programs to adopt that wait-and-see strategy, especially early on in the playoff-era.
If that is the case, the college football world should get used to the lackluster non-conference schedule the 2013 season brings. According to Athlon's preseason top-25 rankings, there are only three non-conference game between top-10 teams. However, two of those (Notre Dame at Stanford and Clemson at South Carolina) are annual rivalries.
Georgia's visit to Clemson is the only non-annual, non-conference game between preseason top-10 teams.
College football's non-conference season could turn into a glorified preseason. In which teams just prepare for the upcoming conference slate and their run to make the playoffs.
But, after decades of watching a postseason full of glorified scrimmages, maybe a change is needed. I'm guessing most college football fans wouldn't mind less big games in August and September for more meaningful games in December and January.


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FURTHER to Ian Bell's excellent article on HS2 ("I rail against the true north being cut out of the loop", The Herald, January 30), I would like to add a few observations on this dubious project.
Since the provinces (in this case, Scotland and Wales) appear to be excluded from the "engine for growth in Britain", it is difficult to see any relevance for those parts of the UK outside of southern Britain. I remain firmly of the view that the massive preliminary estimate quoted for HS2 (circa £33m) would be much better, and more equably, spent on the whole UK rail network, including the Celtic fringe.
The proposed HS2 project is a typical brainchild spawned by the metropolitan view pervading the Mother of Parliaments in London, which delivers government of the mostly English, for the mostly English, by the mostly English – in England. I see no prima face evidence that HS2 will benefit anywhere other than the south-east of England, and probably further widen the gap between north and south.
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Alastair Runcie,
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Since high-speed rail would not reach Wigan until 2033 it could not extend to Glasgow-Edinburgh within the next 30 years ("High-speed trains to be hit by Scots delay", The Herald, January 29, and Letters, January 30). Just what, if any, value it would then have is impossible to say. Why present-day Scottish politicians and business people who will have long since gone by then are so concerned over the matter is incomprehensible.
In any case, once London is only 3.7 hours away a further time reduction would not justify the cost of an extension of about 200 miles, much of it through hilly terrain.
The additional population served would be far less per mile than will be the case with the earlier phases. Moreover, unlike the southern section of the existing mainline, there may be no capacity deficiencies on the northern one. Since most of the people served would be in Scotland it would be reasonable to expect a Scottish government to pay for the English as well as its own section.
The business case even for the present proposals is dubious. It may be that these will do more for London than anywhere else. Cities such as Seville and Lyon have not greatly benefited from their HSR services, much less than Madrid and Paris.
In Japan I have seen many HS trains only 30% full. Many people cannot afford to use them, and stick to the ordinary services.
It is likely that many more and quicker gains to Northern England could be achieved by spending the available fund in other ways, for example, by building a new HSR east-west link. Scotland will already have such.
John Munro,
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Your leader (January 29) highlights the problem of a single high-speed route serving both Edinburgh and Glasgow and suggests, under current proposals, that trains would be delayed by joining and splitting at Carstairs. Scotland would have this wonderful high-speed route with potential sub-three-hour journey times yet we could have the ridiculous scenario of, for example, one train per hour wasting time sitting somewhere in fields outside Carstairs whilst technicians try to join two trains together in sub-zero temperatures. Are we suggesting constructing a hugely expensive route to run one train an hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh? Solution: run one train each hour from both cities which would become a half-hourly service further south where the demand would warrant it.
Since December 2012 Glasgow has lost its two fast trains to London. The services now all call at Wigan and Warrington and whilst they departed from Glasgow at not the most convenient time of day for business travellers (1140 and 1340) they were useful for leisure travel. It is to be hoped that the next round of franchise bidding will include a commitment to running more Royal Scot-type services, which could reduce journey times to around four hours between Glasgow and London. The problem is the lack of a dedicated line and the existing route running at maximum capacity, particularly south of Crewe.
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LaVeta Miller pleaded not guilty Wednesday after a lengthy preliminary hearing that began in March but had to be continued because of scheduling conflicts.
Miller is former head of Great Bend-based Central Prairie Honor Flights, which raised nearly $1.2 million to take 1,100 veterans to Washington from 2008 through 2011. Miller canceled two Honor Flights last June because she said there was a shortage of funds, and the Central Prairie chapter was disbanded around the time she was fired July 1.


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The 35th Session of the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC-35) for the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) will convene in Heidelberg, Germany to discuss the implementation of Grand Challenges, including Grand Challenges on: Regional Sea Level Rise; Water Availability; Cryosphere in a Changing Climate; Regional Climate Information; Climate Extremes; and Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity. The meeting will also discuss Core Projects, WCRP Councils, Working Groups, Partnerships and Joint Initiatives. JSC-35 will also hold a joint session with the WMO Technical Conference on Climate Services. WCRP is a joint project of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC).
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When the marketers behind BlackBerry decided their company's image needed refreshing, they turned to the groundbreaking, globetrotting DJ and producer Diplo. If anyone can galvanize the youth to drop their iPhones and join team BlackBerry, it's him. As the founder of the decade-defining music collective Hollertronix and the record label Mad Decent, the Philly-based renaissance man has been credited with introducing mainstream audiences to a cornucopia of new sounds from far-off places. He nurtured the careers of zeitgeisty artists like M.I.A. and Bonde do Role, and collaborated with heavyweights of the Beyonce variety. Looking to capitalize on Diplo's unusual combination of underground cred and burgeoning mass appeal, the stumbling tech company rolled out a series of ads that peeked into his jet-set lifestyle of playing parties, hanging with his buddies and (we assume) getting laid. But has the ad campaign worked? Well, we're not sure we want a BlackBerry, but we definitely want to be Diplo.
AppealBack in the mid-aughts, when we were still students in Montreal earning our blogging degrees, Diplo would come to town with surprising regularity. He quickly became known for two things: throwing ragers and stealing our women. Unlike most DJs, who tend to get laid solely because they're DJs, Diplo got laid because he was handsome, charming and cool. The DJ thing was just icing on the cake. His former dalliances with agitprop pop princess M.I.A. only made him that more desirable. Today, not only has Diplo maintained that devilish schoolboy charm, but he's also turned himself into something of a mogul, Philly street-cred firmly intact. So, yeah, ladies, the lineup starts here.
SuccessWhen Diplo was asked in an interview about why he never sees the child he fathered with an ex-girlfriend, he said he couldn't be responsible for two more people as he's barely responsible for himself. But one look at the DJ/producer/songwriter's extensive resume, and it's clear that Diplo's no deadbeat. After founding Hollertronix, the music collective credited with throwing some of the most banging parties of the past decade while introducing the likes of M.I.A. and Spank Rock to the masses, Diplo started Mad Decent, a record label whose staggering output includes full length albums, vinyls, mp3s, EPs, and podcasts. Mad Decent is credited with bringing genres like Brazil's baile funk and Jamaica's dancehall to North American dance floors. And when he's not producing for artists like Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, Shakira, M.I.A., and Santigold, Diplo is one half of the dancehall duo Major Lazer, whose 2009 debut full-length Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do is already a cult classic. With the revival of DJ culture underway in the States and an endorsement deal that's made him the face of BlackBerry, the man who once ventured into Rio de Janeiro's favelas looking for a sound is about to go mainstream.
Diplo BiographyAlthough Diplo will forever be linked to the underground Philadelphia music scene from which he first emerged, Thomas Wesley Pentz was actually born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and grew up in a ragged swath of Florida. Despite having a curiosity for the world at large, Diplo worked at Subway, owned a Volkswagen bus and immersed himself in the local culture. After graduating high school in 1997, Diplo enrolled at the University of Central Florida, where he developed an interest in filmmaking. But Diplo grew increasingly restless and thirsty for new experiences, which led him to Temple University in Philadelphia.
Diplo and Low Budget Form the DJ Duo HollertronixWesley Pentz began DJing in Philly under the moniker Diplo, derived from the diplodocus, a dinosaur he was fond of as a child. But it was only after hooking up with fellow local DJ Low Budget and forming the tandem Hollertronix in 2003 that things really took off. The two began throwing parties all across the Northeast, and were among the first to champion the mashup, a style of music that involves mixing the vocals of one song with the music of an entirely different one. The duo's debut mixtape Never Scared was named one of The New York Times' best albums of 2003, and paved the way for Diplo's debut album, Florida. This was also around the time that Diplo became obsessed with baile funk, the thumping, bass-driven sound of Rio de Janeiro's favelas that would come to define him.
Diplo Hooks Up With M.I.A.In 2004, Diplo was DJing in a London club when a fiery Sri Lankan singer who called herself M.I.A. approached him. She was not yet the superstar she would become, but Diplo had heard of her, and even played a few of her songs that night. The two artists shared similar tastes in music and art, and decided to work together. It was the beginning of a volatile relationship that was once fruitful creatively and romantically but that ended with public feuding. At their best, Diplo and M.I.A. collaborated on the now iconic Piracy Funds Terrorism Vol. 1 mixtape, and the Grammy-nominated track "Paper Planes." But after publicly attacking M.I.A in the media by trashing her second record and lying about the extent of his involvement with her debut, their relationship quickly turned sour.
Diplo Starts Major LazerDespite its tumultuous ending, Diplo's work with M.I.A. made him one of the most coveted producers in the world. The recording studio he built in North Philly became home to artists like Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Santigold, and Spank Rock. His record label, Mad Decent, was considered one of the industry's leading tastemakers, having released music by Santigold, Lil' Jon, Gucci Mane, and Peter Bjorn and John among others. Diplo was suddenly an international star with the ability to work with whomever he pleased. Instead, he and fellow producer Switch formed Major Lazer, a collaborative project whose debut album, Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do, highlighted Jamaican dancehall music and spawned the hit "Pon de Floor" (a sample from the song would be used on Beyonce's single "Rule The World (Girls)."
Diplo Becomes The Face of BlackBerryAt the outset of one of the BlackBerry ads featuring Diplo, the "music innovator" (as some text onscreen suggests), says: "I can't believe that people are actually paying me to travel around the world, collect new influences, build new sounds with different artists," a statement that sums up Diplo's life, not to mention Research In Motion's reasoning behind hiring the producer to sell their smartphones. Details surrounding Diplo's payday for the ads haven't been released, but the exposure alone should turn him into a household name. Whether Diplo's street cred will be tarnished because of the ads remains to be seen, but something tells us Diplo will never have to DJ a grimy club again. Unless, of course, he wants to.
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A Dunedin man faces animal cruelty charges in connection with a bizarre incident in which deputies say he showed up at his ex-girlfriend's Indian Rocks Beach home and set his SUV on fire with two dogs inside.
The two Labrador retrievers, Honey and Sweetie, died as a result of the injuries they suffered in the Jan. 24 blaze.
That day, John A. Paulette III, 41, of 2535 Marquis Drive put the dogs and four propane tanks in his Ford Explorer and drove to his ex-girlfriend's home, Pinellas County sheriff's deputies say.
The ex-girlfriend called authorities about 7 a.m. because Paulette had parked in the driveway and refused to leave, according to a sheriff's report.
As deputies tried to stop him, Paulette poured gasoline on himself and his vehicle, officials said. Then he set himself on fire inside the car.
Paulette got out of the vehicle through the back window. His dogs were trapped inside, the report said.
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Cabbie charged with DUI after crash into deputy
A cabbie whose taxi crashed into the patrol cruiser of a veteran Pinellas County sheriff's sergeant has been charged with causing a DUI crash resulting in serious bodily injury and property damage.
Lloyd Melvin Younglove, 58, of Clearwater, had a blood alcohol content of 0.21 — more than twice the level at which Florida law presumes a driver to be impaired — the night of Feb. 27, when his taxi hit an unmarked cruiser driven by Sgt. John Pikramenos, officials said.
The crash occurred at U.S. 19 N at Winding Creek Boulevard. Pikramenos, 53, had a shattered knee cap and broken femur.
Younglove sustained serious injuries that required surgery, officials said. Younglove turned himself in at the Pinellas County Jail on April 17 and was being held in lieu of $5,250 bail.
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Clearwater man dies from crash injuries
A Clearwater man has died following an April 3 crash in which a sport utility vehicle fleeing from police smashed into another SUV and then slammed into a building in downtown Clearwater, officials said.
Randy Lee Sparklin, 45, of Belleair Bluffs, got a loaner 2007 Nissan Pathfinder from a dealership and put a stolen license plate on it, police said.
Police tried to make a traffic stop and Sparklin fled, they said. At the intersection of Court Street and S Prospect Avenue, police say he hit another SUV.
Sparklin was charged with aggravated stalking and reckless driving, among other charges.
One of the passengers of the SUV that was hit, Odysseas Liakopoulos of 400 Island Way, Unit 711, died on April 11.
Clearwater police said it would be up to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office to decide whether to upgrade or add charges against Sparklin.
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"Mr. Popper's Penguins," Starring Jim Carrey, Receives a Metascore of 52
SAN FRANCISCO - June 16, 2011 - Metacritic (http://www.metacritic.com/), the Web's most robust roundup of entertainment reviews and a property of CBS Interactive, today announced its Metascores® for the week's opening movies as of Friday, June 16 at 11:00 AM, PT. Metacritic carefully screens and selects the most respected reviewers within each entertainment category and combines all of the individual critics' scores into a Metascore, an overall grade for each release, so users can gauge the critical consensus at a glance. Movie Metascores are compiled using weighted scores from the 41 most respected movie critics and publications in the U.S.
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"Mr. Popper's Penguins," starring Jim Carrey - Metascore = 52
"Green Lantern," starring Ryan Reynolds - Metascore = 40
Limited Releases:
"Buck," directed by Cindy Meehl - Metascore = 76
"Battle for Brooklyn," directed by Michael Galinksy - Metascore = 74
"Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times," directed by Andrew Rossi - Metascore = 71
"R," directed by Michael Noer - Metascore = 65
"Jig," directed by Sue Bourne - Metascore = 53
"Angel of Evil," directed by Michele Placido - Metascore = 44
"The Art of Getting By," starring Emma Roberts and Freddie Highmore - Metascore = 36
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Clean water project hit by funding drought
Designers of life-saving water filter for poorest countries are frustrated at lack of interest from agencies
British engineers have developed a simple water filter which could save thousands of lives in developing countries.
Unlike the commercial water filters currently supplied by some charities, the unit designed by Dr Paul Sallis and colleagues at Newcastle University, UK, can easily be made by local craftsmen and women, using local materials.
The 'low tech' manufacturing process overcomes the problems of having to persuade and educate low-income families to use water filters and of having to order costly spare parts when a filter breaks down.
But after successful trials, the project has not been widely implemented because it does not qualify for support from the development agencies, falling into a 'no man's land' between research and commercial products.
Charities estimate that more than a billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. In some parts of Africa, water-borne diseases such as cholera, dysentery and viral diarrhoea claim the lives of one in four children.
The United Nations has deemed such infant mortality rates as unacceptable. One of its eight Millennium Development Goals is to 'reduce by two-thirds the mortality rate among children under five'. This goal is one of the keynote topics at the 2006 World Water Congress in Beijing, today, Monday 11 September.
The Newcastle project began after a group of postgraduate civil engineering students visited Ghana, Kenya and Malaysia and recognised the huge benefits that sustainable water filtration could have on health. One of the students, Matt Simpson, decided to devote his doctoral research project to this topic.
Working in the laboratories at Newcastle University, he tested many techniques and eventually discovered that a mixture of clay and crop residues - such as rice husks or bran - created the ideal ceramic filter, when fired at 700 to 1,000C.
At these temperatures the crop residue decomposes, releasing carbon dioxide gas which forms microscopic pores in the ceramic material exactly the right size to trap bacteria and viruses but allow water to pass through.
Tests showed that the filter trapped 99.99 per cent of pathogens - equal to the efficiency of commercial filters which rely upon the addition of biocides, such as compounds of silver, to the clay before firing. This makes them more expensive and requires more advanced technology in the manufacturing process.
Low-income families in developing countries cannot afford to buy commercial water filters. Some charities distribute them free of charge but uptake is low and they tend to be discarded when new parts are needed.
The Newcastle filter, however, can be made by local potters using local materials - and even the most primitive open-air 'bonfire kiln', in which the pottery is fired in a rack surrounded by burning wood, can reach sufficiently high temperatures.
Mr Simpson has since spent a six months placement at the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Bangladesh, training village potters to make the filters. The project proved how easily the technology could be adopted. The placement was funded by a �20,000 grant from HSBC Holdings PLC, which supports environmental research at Newcastle University as part of its commitment to 'green' technologies and sustainable development.
Newcastle University is one of the founding members of the HSBC-funded Partnership in Environmental Innovation (PEI), which has also seen the establishment of the first Chair of Environmental Technologies and Geothermal Energy at Newcastle, Professor Paul Younger.
Dr Sallis, a lecturer in the university's School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences and a leading expert in water treatment technologies, said: 'Pottery manufacture is one of the world's oldest professions and most places have the basic materials and skills required to manufacture simple ceramics. It takes only two hours to teach a potter to make one of our filters from the resources already available in their village.'
Having proven the theory, the next step would be to launch a training and education programme, so that village potters start making the filters and local people recognise the benefits of using them.
However, the resources necessary to launch such a programme have so far proved impossible to obtain.
Dr Sallis said development agencies are swamped with applications for support and tend to select projects with economic development potential, for example a product which local craftspeople can make and sell for a profit.
'It is very difficult for us to demonstrate that local people could make a profit from our water filters,' he said. 'To be sustainable, we need to spread knowledge and educate people. This would involve local potters showing each other how to make the filters, which is contrary to the commercial principle of keeping your methods secret from your competitors.'
In May 2006, the project reached the last 125 out of 2,500 applications for a grant award from the World Bank but in the end just failed to get funding .
Dr Sallis said: ''Funds are available for research and for the distribution of finished products but unfortunately we fall in a no-man's land between the two.'
'Ceramic water filters offer great potential for reducing the pathogen intake by people with low quality drinking water, and are therefore one of the most promising options to address United Nations Millennium Development Goal targets for reducing infant mortality.'
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Unless you cannot reach the trigger don't worry too much about LOP. If you are trying to determine point of aim, this has nothing to do with patterning, TAKE THE BEAD OFF YOUR GUN and follow the steps above. Remember your eye is the rear sight, so to raise the point of impact raise your eye, to lower it you must lower your eye. Unless your are extremely tall, with a Remington factory field stock, I doubt you will need to lower your eye. To raise it tape some 4x6 pieces of cardboard to the comb. If this works you can buy a neoprene sleeve with different inserts. You can adjust pitch with a quarter or two under the recoil pad then buy and grind to fit pitch plate from Midway. Pitch is fine tuning and not necessary for the beginner.
IMO you are worrying too much about gun fit. Close is good enough to start, and with only 700 rounds under your belt, that is where you are. Get your gun shooting where you look then go bust targets.
FWIW we had the South Carolina Youth Shooting Foundation State Sporting Clays Championship this past weekend. 386 shooters attended.The winning 3 man varsity squad missed a total of 12 targets out of 300. Their top shooter had a 99/100. All with stock Beretta 391's. Other than drop adjustment, they were as they came out of the box. A custom fit gun is nice, but not necessary.
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When in Rome
I recently traveled to Rome for the first time and the saying "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" kept going through my mind. So, of course, I gulped down cappuccinos and pastries at snack bars, imbibed vast quantities of vino, spoke the little Italian I picked up along the way and also went to work – well sort of. I visited the Leo Burnett Rome office and was warmly greeted with several "buongiornos" and "ciaos." With 55 employees and a full kitchen (yes, they cook there) including a fabulous cappuccino machine, it was quite a change from the Chicago office. It was interesting to learn that Leo Burnett Rome doesn't employ User Experience Design professionals like Interaction Designers and Content Strategists, but they do employ Architects and Interior Designers. Quite often they create tradeshow displays, storefronts and even office spaces for many of their clients.
Leo Burnett Italia consists of offices in Milan, Turin and Rome. Many of the digital projects are handled at the Milan office and employees across the three offices often work together on client projects and campaigns. I met with the General Manager, Fabio Bianchi, and he introduced me to several Roman Burnetters and shared some of the really cool work they've created in the old country.
The controversial Amica Chips commercial was quite memorable. The humorous 30-second spot, starring the famous pornography star Rocco Siffredi, uses a play on words with "chips," which has a double meaning in Italian slang. The Association of Catholic Families considered the ad offensive and asked the TV Authority to withdraw it. Though it only aired once, the spot brought success to the brand and Leo Burnett through media coverage, YouTube views and bloggers who wanted the commercial back on the air. When it was finally reinstated with a few smart changes, fans rejoiced and Amica Chips' CEO couldn't be happier with increased sales of 27 percent.
A more recent campaign was the AVIS Save the Life campaign. Most young Italians do not donate blood because they are not personally affected. The demand for blood seems distant for them and the agency wanted to bring that demand closer to home. This effort was created to help recruit more young donors and catch the attention of young people where they have all their friendships – Facebook. The Save the Life video was made for Facebook and allows users to create their own version of the film from their POV and send to a friend, asking "Will you help your friend?" After watching and sharing a version of their own, users receive a personal invitation to donate blood. Customizing the video definitely gets the message across in a clear way, which will hopefully result in more blood donation appointments and ultimately more saved lives.
I'm glad I had the opportunity to visit Leo Burnett Rome. It was refreshing to see how another office operates and learn about the cultural differences and obstacles we have to overcome in order to change the way people think. From Chicago to Rome, there's still an underlying theme: To be the world's best creator of ideas that truly move people – bar none.


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Ishaan Nair, who got his acting break as Varun Verma, a happy, pudgy teenager, in his aunt Mira Nair's hit film Monsoon Wedding [Images], is more focused on writing and directing films.
He says he discovered cinema in a sack of old videos sent to him by an uncle over a decade ago. From old Hollywood to Communist China he experienced a world of film that had been entirely unknown, he says.
"The intoxication of a lonely summer that was filled by the rewinding of films with translations running at the bottom has stuck with me since," he continues.
After having completed four years of film at School of Visual Arts in New York, he returned to India "to tell stories contrary to the majority of films being churned out of Indian cinema."
As for his acting career, he says, he life in front of the lens was not half as enticing as one behind it.
Last week, he brought to the Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival a 43-minute-long film called Guroor. It marks his directorial debut. It was also his thesis movie.
The film is about the problems narcissism causes in a family. The embittered and eldest of the three sisters in a family weaves a web of lies and black magic within which the three sisters become increasingly entangled.
"Though it deals with family ties, the silence, the ego and the envy that often sever them, it remains at its core a film about vanity," Nair says. "Is it truly a sin? Is it the driving force for confidence and subsequent happiness? Does love feed vanity? Or does it demolish it?"
He is working on turning the short film into a 100-minute feature.
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The politicians are playing a dangerous game with the global economy -- and with Americans' pocketbooks. But the voters get the last move.
- By Daniel AltmanDaniel Altman is the owner of North Yard Analytics LLC, a sports data consulting firm, and an adjunct associate professor of economics at New York University's Stern School of Business.
With only a few days to go before Americans' tax rates rise and the U.S. federal government runs out of money, clearly the stakes in the "fiscal cliff" debacle are enormous. There may be an 11th-hour deal, but a more likely outcome is that Congress and the White House will continue their game of chicken, crash the economy, and then try to pick up the pieces as quickly as they can. Yet knowingly or otherwise, they are incurring a much greater risk than just short-term financial havoc.
As several commentators have already noted, the negotiations between President Obama and the Republicans in Congress have taken the form of the Prisoner's Dilemma from game theory. If either side gives in, it stands to lose a lot. If neither side gives in, the outcome will still be bad for both. If the two sides can find a way to cooperate, they'll both do pretty well. But paradoxically, whatever the opponent does, each side will always expect to do better by sticking to its guns.
Inevitably, game theory predicts an impasse: Neither side will compromise, and negotiations will fail. This is what Harry Reid, the majority leader in the Senate who has been stuck in the middle of the talks, predicted this week. But the game may not be a true Prisoner's Dilemma, since the White House may stand to gain more with no deal than with a cooperative outcome. Congress already has a measly approval rating of 18 percent, versus more than 50 percent for Obama. If the Republicans in the House and Senate take most of the blame for sending the nation over the cliff, the Democrats may be able to regain their majority in the House in 2014.
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Yet they should be, even if only for selfish reasons. In reality, the quasi-Prisoner's Dilemma playing out in Washington is a game within a game. The bigger game, and by far the more important one, is between politicians and the American people.
In this game, politicians make the first move. They can reach a deal on the fiscal cliff, or not. If they don't, the American people will suffer, just as they suffered through the manufactured and unnecessary debt crisis in 2011. Markets will fall, spending in the private sector will drop, and the economic recovery will stall, or worse. Even if the politicians in Washington manage to cobble together a deal within a couple of weeks, plenty of damage will still be done. Volatility and a flurry of reactive buying and selling will add wasteful friction to the economy, and investors around the world will rightly see the United States as a riskier place to do business.
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i recently had rhinoplasty surgery, about 10 days ago,and was wondering the minumum time i can weight before resuming weight lifting (even if its light workouts)...i had my nose broken back and the small hump taken down....
Minimun Wait Time Before Resuming Weight Lifting After Rhinoplasty?
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Starting weight lifting post rhinoplasty
Learn more: http://www.jjrothmd.com/procedures/nose-rhinoplasty/
Resuming Weightlifting After Rhinoplasty
Dear Daniel,
Weighting lifting and other strenuous exercises can be resumed at about one month after a rhinoplasty.
However, I recommend that you consult with your surgeon who knows the full details of your surgery before you engage into weight lifting to make sure that you are perfectly fit for it; increasing blood pressure and body temperature could lead to nasal bleeding and delaying the recovery process.
I hope this helps.
Thank you for your inquiry.
The best of luck to you.
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Weith Lifting
Yes, wait three to six week before resuming vigorous exercise. I'm sure your surgeon gave you postoperative instructions and I know that you do not want to have any serious complications.
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Workouts After Rhinoplasty
Hello. After 3 weeks the patient can begin to ease their way into exercising with light workouts. At five weeks, patients can resume heavy exercising and contact sports. Be careful that you do not cause trauma to your nose as this may negatively impact the healing process.
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Resuming activities after Rhinoplasty
I suggest conservative resumption of exercise after Rhinoplasty. You don't want to engage in any activity that is going to raise your blood pressure or pulse for at least 2 weeks after surgery. Strenuous activity is restricted for 3-4 weeks. When you are albe to resume your work outs, I always stress a gradual return to your routine.
Learn more: http://www.drclevens.com/face/rhinoplasty.htm
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Clover and Edwin will be in Vancouver Sunday to Tuesday!
I was thinking of inviting them over Sunday (Starting at noon - FOR BOARDGAMES!) and the Vancouver GWJ contingent is welcome! I know it's last minute, so I hope you folks see this in time. There's some excellent food options in the area, as well as a retro video game store down the street and a boardgaming store a few blocks away.
Things to know:
- I live in New Westminster, about a 7 minute walk from the Columbia Skytrain. I can come pick you up from the station though if you call me; I'll have a car this weekend. I get not wanting to hoof it up a steep hill in cold rain.
- I have a parrot. Prone to loud noises and wanting all of the attention.
- Games I have: Shadow Hunters, Sequence, Hive, Ingenious, Chez Geek, Smallworld, Wrath of Ashardalon, Dominion (Base, Intrigue, Seaside), BattleStar Galactica, Citadels, Axis & Allies, Gloom, Robo Rally, Cards Against Humanity, Cash & Guns, Munchkin, and Bananagrams.
So, What do you think? PM me for address and phone info if you don't have it already and are interested in coming over.
Hope to see you folks this weekend! : )
I'm in!
Should I bring snacks? Booze?
I would love to go but have already made plans for tomorrow.
I'm sorry I'll miss seeing you all (and that I will be nearish to Clover holding her crafty gift hostage instead of getting to hand it over in person)
Play lots of games for me!
We're down with hanging out in town on Monday also. Our plans are that we have no real plans, except finding tasty things to eat.
Things to know: I will attempt to be social and not just play with the parrot the whole time
We're down with hanging out in town on Monday also. Our plans are that we have no real plans, except finding tasty things to eat.
Things to know: I will attempt to be social and not just play with the parrot the whole time :D
You are a better person than me - I would play with parrot and teach it to rickroll Amoebic.
I'm in!
I won't be able to make it, but wanted to say I hope everyone has a great time. Meeting Edwin and clover at PAX 2011 was a real pleasure, so here's to a good time in Vancouver and at Amoebic's. Should nerd acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind...
Oh man, if this was Vancouver, WA, I would so try and make it. I hope you all have fun!
I keep meaning to come to a gwj event. I am busy with family stuff. Have fun and maybe next time I will be able to make it.
p.s cards against humanity awesome.
We won't have phone or network service (at least I won't, maybe clover) but you can still reach us by voice or text at (305) 809-NERD or (305) 981-6633 since we can check those whenever we get wifi.
We get in tomorrow at 2 PM and need to check in to the hotel, get some chow and head over to Aerobics's place. A decent estimate will be around 4 PM give or take.
Aw man... I should be starting my new job in Vancouver on the 21st of January. Maybe we can do something after that...
An awesome time was had.
Eyepatches. Plastic sabre-toothpicks. Hook-hands that don't quite fit.
Don't forget that EVERYONE PRESENT had a black double breasted peacoat. wtf? SHENANIGANS.
There were far too few pieces of photo evidence.
Oh damn, I should have come then, had I known it was a black double-breasted peacoat convention.
I just got back from vising family and I'm beat. Didn't have enough energy left. Sad I missed this
Argh, just noticed this now. Just as well--my peacoat is grey.