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The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) has been called merciless after it charged a 75-year-old woman who sold scavenged cardboards to a foreign domestic helper for HK$1 with conducting unlicensed sales activities.
In a plea letter addressed to an Eastern magistrates' court and posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Joseph Lai Chi-keong, a member of Eastern District Council, asked the judge to show kindness and mercy to the old woman, surnamed Chu.
The woman is too old to get a job and being a scavenger is the only way she can survive, Lai said, adding that she has been in a state of panic after learning that she could be jailed and slapped a fine she could not afford.
Lai told Ming Pao Daily that the woman came to him for help a few days ago, asking him to seek court leniency on her behalf after she was called to appear before the court hearing her case next Wednesday.
According to Lai, Chu, who insists on self-reliance even though she suffers serious arthritis and other chronic diseases, has been earning a living by collecting cardboard scraps near the Hong Kong Observation Wheel in Central for some time.
Selling the cardboards to recycling shops near her residence in Chai Wan is her only source of income, he said.
Last Sunday, as the old woman was picking up cardboards in Central, a foreign domestic helper reportedly approached her and offered HK$1 for the three cardboard pieces in her trolley.
Soon after the deal was made, an FEHD officer showed up and accused Chu of being an unlicensed hawker.
She was then taken to the police station where she was given a ticket, and her cardboard scraps and trolley were impounded.
She begged for mercy, but the FEHD officer ignored her.
Lai said the incident was an example of excessive law enforcement that could give rise to perceptions of a cold-hearted society. He said he hopes the judge will just give her a light penalty, Apple Daily reported.
The FEHD declined to comment on the case on the ground that it has entered the judicial process.
Under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, a first offender who is convicted of conducting unlicensed sales activities is liable to a HK$5,000 fine and one-month imprisonment.
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As I reflect on my personal growth throughout this course, I begin by looking at my previous understanding when I first began this online class. I decided to pursue a teaching career after receiving my BA in Communications Cinema/Digital from Vanguard University in southern California. My undergrad contributed a great deal of knowledge to the visual arts skills that I use in my video production and graphic design classes. However, this gave me no knowledge of the world of education. Through this process I have learned concepts and educational facts that were new to me but probably not to most teachers who have been in this field for a while. With all that said, it was very useful to learn about the history of education because it gave me a better understanding of how and why our educational system in America functions today.
In my first reflection, I talked about the difficulties that existed in pre-colonial America when efforts were first being made to create an educational system for children. I was encouraged to see the lengths that people went to for the opportunity to have access to education. This made me consider the people and resources in schools today that we take for granted. Urban and Wagoner (2009) state, "If some elements of education continued to tie new generations to those of the past, other lessons were being pressed to the fore as new challenges forced both old and new inhabitants to adjust to the demands of two worlds undergoing the process of cultural transfer and transformation" (p. 11). The inception of education in America came about from the clashing of worlds, cultures and societies. Through this process, many sacrifices had to be made, some good and some bad.
As we continued to learn about the history of education, I saw the following pattern: It was the people who had the power that were able to make decisions that dramatically affected education today. These leaders developed different viewpoints and discussed their differences, weighing the pros and cons of their approaches to teaching. In the end, I saw a great deal of effort put forward to create a system that supported student learning and personal growth, giving children the foundation to one day become a part of greater American society.

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Card spending growth accelerates in January
New Zealanders picked up the pace of spending last month, with the volume and value of transactions increasing at a faster rate than the traditionally busy Christmas period, according to Paymark figures.
The value of transactions rose 5.1 percent to $3.96 billion in January from the same month a year earlier, while the number of transactions climbed 6.3 percent to 79 million, Paymark says in a statement.
That is a faster rate of growth than the 2.3 percent increase in the value of spending in December and the 3.6 percent gain in transactions.
"Despite the positive national figures, we're aware that it's still tough out there for some retailers and in some regions," chief executive Simon Tong says. "A number of sectors such as accommodation providers and consumer electronics retailers have experienced below average growth."
The figures come ahead of official data tomorrow, which is forecast to show a 0.3 percent monthly increase in spending on electronic cards in January and a 4.3 percent lift from the same month a year earlier.
Retail sales figures for the three months ended December 31 will come out later this week and are expected to show a 1.1 percent increase in the quarterly volumes.
Paymark, which is equally owned by ASB, ANZ New Zealand, BNZ and Westpac, processes about 75% of the country's electronic transactions through 116,000 terminals across 74,000 merchants.


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German bike brand Focus Bikes will return to the WorldTour this year by supplying bikes to the French team Ag2r La Mondiale for the 2013 race season. Focus have been a familiar sight in the pro peloton: first with Milram, then Katusha, which ended in 2011, and Team Acqua & Sapone last year.
They've signed a three-year deal with Ag2r, so seeing as they'll be a very regular sight for the next few years, let's take a look at the Izalco Team SL Carbon they'll be racing.
The Izalco has been the company's flagship race bike for some time. The Team SL is the latest version, introduced for the 2013 model year, and sees the frame go on a serious diet, losing some 200g. That means the frame is safely under the 1kg marker, with a claimed weight of 960g.
All tube profiles and shapes give it a similarity to the previous model, but it's the carbon layup that has been significantly updated to achieve the weight loss. The headset and bottom bracket bearing cups are now moulded in carbon, this removal of metal surfaces helps to drop a bit more weight.
The frame has a unique internal cable routing design. Channels for the cables are laid up in the walls of the tubes and that is said to contribute to the structural stiffness. It also allows for much easier cable fitting. It's designed with electronic groupsets in mind, and the team will be running Campagnolo's Record EPS groupset.
The team bikes are built with a Campagnolo Record EPS groupset, Fulcrum Racing Speed XLR wheels and Schwalbe Ultremo HD tubular 22mm tyres. It's the only bike in the peloton to use Fizik's Cyrano handlebar, stem and seatpost setup. The team will have a choice of Fizik Arione, Antares and Aliante saddles.
David has worked on the road.cc tech team since July 2012. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds.


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Thanks again to Estelle at This Happy Place Blog for allowing me to share my thoughts on another under-appreciated Disney film, 2008's Bolt. It's a little Homeward Bound, a smidge Lilo & Stitch, and part original Toy Story…and it works better than it's given credit for.
Click here to read my second entry to This Happy Place Blog's series on "EndEARing & Underrated" Disney films.


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PHOTOS by: Photo By Lexi
ROMPER: Charming Charlie c/o (sold out! Similar HERE for $29 | Another similar one for $35) // EARRINGS: Pom-Pom Earrings for $12 Charming Charlie c/o // NECKLACE: Kendra Scott White Druzy Pendant Necklace (a classic staple item for me!)
This past week was quite an adventure! Not only did I spend a few days roaming around Long Island, but my family and I went out to Manhattan for a long day of food and watching a play (for them) and a super amazing city photo shoot (for me!). I am still pinching myself over the fact that I had such an awesome experience taking photos throughout the city blocks. What a dream!
I contacted Lexi through a YouTuber's Instagram page and we met up for a whirlwind of sightseeing throughout Soho, which is Lower Manhattan. She was familiar with the area and shot Brooke at Cha Cha Matcha not too long ago, which was great for an out of towner like myself. We found some artsy murals and graffiti prints all along Broome Street. There was even one of Audrey Hepburn, which I can't wait to share photos of soon!
Rompers + stripes + navy = I'm SOLD. This ROMPER was on sale at Charming Charlie when I purchased it for my trip. Unfortunately, this one is out of stock, but there are a few more like it on their website and linked below to check into. Like THIS one for $29 or THIS floral cobalt blue romper that is $35.
*Thank you, Charming Charlie for partnering with me on this outfit. All opinions are my own.


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New Renders Of Apple's Spaceship Headquarters
Apple is preparing a new headquarters that will look like a giant spaceship. They've been working on the new design since 2011 but have only recently had their plans approved.
The new HQ will be 2.8 million square feet in size and will house an impressive 13,000 employees on four different levels.
These new renders show in much more detail what the HQ will look like in different areas such as the entrance, cafeteria, a tunnel for car and much more.
Apple expect the project to be ready by 2016, an ambitious aim for such a large project which will cost upwards of $5 billion.


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NTU's Salsa En Sync was formed in 2006 by Mr Gary Foo, the Artistic Director of En Motion Dance School. He introduced the fun, sensual and sexy dance that is Salsa to the NTU community. Since its humble beginnings, Salsa En Sync performers have shone in national and international performances and competitions.
Salsa En Sync offers salsa dance classes and is a platform for aspiring dancers in the Performance Team to shine on stage. Members receive professional dance training in Salsa and numerous other Street Latin genres like Brazilian Samba, Afro-Contemporary, Bachata, Reggaeton, Street Cha Cha & Zouk.. Students also get to choreograph dance routines for events such as the Singapore International Latin Festival.
Training Schedules
1900 – 2200 @ Nanyang House Annex A
1730 – 2300 @ Nanyang House Level 3 Dance Studio
Contact Information
Chua Le Bing (Chairperson)
Philemon Tim Mao Xiang (Vice-Chairperson)
For general enquiries, please do email us at email@example.com.
Past Events
The club is actively involved in International and National Level dance competitions. As co-organiser of the inaugural Singapore Latin Championship 2016 and proud organiser of the Inter-Tertiary Salsa Competition (ITSC) since 2010, Salsa En Sync aims to bring together the best dancers from all walks of life and pit them against each other in dashing style.
In En Sync, we strive to be the premier dance club in NTU and the top Salsa team in the Tertiary scene!


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Principal, Psychologist, First-Grade Teacher --
I thought I should take the opportunity to explain, for the record, why I chose not to follow the recommendations of Ms. H's report for more testing for my daughter, YD. I gave this matter a great deal of thought. This was not a decision I made lightly or out of prior bias. Here is some of my reasoning:
1.) The report was written in a particular context. At the time, Natural Friends was hoping that we could get a 1:1 aide to work with YD in the classroom. The only way the state would pay the aide's salary was if YD had a documented medical condition. So Ms. H knew that her task was to support the case that YD had a disability that would justify paying for an aide. She was looking for evidence of a medical disability, and what we look for, we tend to find.
2.) Ms. H observed YD for a couple of hours in the classroom and saw YD engaged in panicky, disruptive behavior. Based on the behavior she saw, she made recommendations and theorized possible diagnoses. Now YD is in a different environment, and her behavior has improved considerably. If Ms. H observed YD today, she would see different behavior, and probably make different recommendations.
3.) The underlying problem is that YD doesn't like to be tested. Ms. H mentioned that most of YD's test scores were artificially low because YD was so resistant to taking the test. Testing, especially when carried out by people YD doesn't know well, is not a very effective way to find out who YD is, what she needs, or how she could best be helped.
4.) YD has already taken a number of psychometric tests (especially in reading and language development), and no-one has found evidence for any disability.
5.) The more time YD spends being evaluated and treated by specialists, the more she will come to believe that something is wrong with her. This will undermine her self-confidence and make it more difficult for her to learn. Instead of testing and evaluation, I think it's more productive to give YD intensive teaching so we can bring her academics to the level they need to be.
In summary, I would like to say that I take all recommendations seriously, but that doesn't mean I follow them all.
Thank you for your consideration.
Kid-Friendly schools are schools that put kids and their needs first.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
My e-mail to Fragrant Hills
6 comments:
- HomeworkBluesNovember 15, 2011 at 6:28 PM
This is excellent, FedUp. It's exactly what I had in mind when offering (solicited, mind you!) advice. You are firm but diplomatic. You make no excuses. You lay down an excellent case for no further testing at this time.ReplyDelete
You hint, but do not say outright, that you cannot base current recommendations on dated observations. Duh. Very clever how you pulled that off!
The psychologist was patronizing and derogatory towards you. Her dismissive attitude was not lost on you. So you address it head on! Since you state such clear reasons, they can't very well just write you off as a bitch.
Always remember. It's your child. You must do what's best for her. Even when you have to go toe to toe with an idiot. A cast of many, I'm afraid.
You go! Great email.
Thanks, HWB! I'm trying to stay on the high road. It'll isolate the psychologist who's taking the low road!ReplyDelete
- HomeworkBluesNovember 16, 2011 at 2:38 PM
Exactly. Negotiating for your child is not easy. You know that.ReplyDelete
You and I have talked publicly and privately about advocating. Whatever it is, be it homework (overload or stupid or a combination thereof), accommodations, testing; we don't want to bow and scrape. We don't want to make excuses. But we also don't want to be rude and emotional. That said, let us not allow some unacceptable zinger to whiz by without calling them on it.
We mined this on Stop Homework. Some of us got tired of the patronizing "help" we kept reading about. The articles that were first on your side as they laid out the homework crisis at home, for example. Ah, you think, as you read, FINALLY someone gets it. Only to realize, as you keep reading, how you're supposed to be submissive and the Good Mom because School Knows Best and you're an idiot.
That was years ago. We've all come a long way here, baby. We got tired of the "how to talk to school officials" dictates. On the other hand, we still want advice and direction. It's a minefield sometimes and we don't want to step in the wrong places.
Yes, we want advice sometimes. And the best I can give is, DO NOT ever allow anyone to treat you like an idiot. Reject a patronizing condescending tone and call them on it. The trick is to do it firmly, articulately, and diplomatically. You can be polite and pleasant. But there are so many situations where we can tell them, not ask them. "The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." Alice Walker
The equation simply has to change. We are not the moms of the 1950's. This isn't Leave it to Beaver. On the other hand, we don't want to trash schools either. And we wouldn't, if they'd only treated us better. So many of us here just got Fed Up.
There should be an ironclad agreement. You treat me with respect and I'll respond in kind. It goes both ways or I'm not playin'.
This is unrelated to this post, but I've been wondering about this recently: if you were to design the perfect school, how would it look? What about the perfect teacher?ReplyDelete
I'm trying really hard to understand the things you want out of your children's schools and teachers and I can't come up with a perfect prototype of either that would serve the needs of all the different children in a public school.
On a more related note, I think your email was perfectly reasonable. If the school psychologist was really as condescending as you say, you have every right to respond. In fact, I might even bring this to the attention of his/her supervisor. Usually the school psychologist is employed by the school's central administration rather than the principal, so that would be a good place to start.
TeacHer, that's a great question that I don't have a ready answer to. I'll think about it a bit, and then post.ReplyDelete
I don't ask teachers, or any human being, to be perfect. I'll settle for good and always striving to be better.
Update: I got an e-mail from the principal thanking me for my insight. As discussed previously, parents have insight, while teachers have expertise.ReplyDelete


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Erasmus Policy Statement jest zasadniczą częścią wniosku o "Erasmus Charter for Higher Education", w której uczelnia przedstawia strategię współpracy europejskiej.
Dokument odnosi się do Strategii Rozwoju Uczelni na lata 2015-2020 (wyciąg ze strategii)
Erasmus Policy Statement
of Lodz University of Technology
Participation of TUL in the Programme is the key instrument for successful realization of its Internationalization Strategy in the part directly joint to education in all cycles of studies and to staff development.
In particular the Programme supports the following strategic objectives for 2014-2020:
1.Transfer of international experience and new education developments into TUL environment
1.1 Shift towards learning centred system based on learning outcomes and validation of non-formal and informal learning
1.2 Implementation and development of new methods in learning (Problem Based Learning, Project Organized Learning, Research Based Learning)
1.3 Implementation of new technologies in education, including on-line and blended learning
1.4 Development of work based study programmes and internship based learning
1.5 Development of quality systems assuring high quality qualification awards and cost effective education
1.6 Increasing diversity of qualifications profiles with focus on the balance of vocational and academic competences and skills adjusted to the present and future needs of the regional and global labour market and the society
1.7 Development of teaching staff skills and competences including working with students using foreign languages
2. Preparing graduates and young researchers for active participation in the European and global labour markets and international activities by developing:
2.1 Openness for future mobility as employee
2.2 Readiness for international entrepreneurship
2.3 Foreign language skills enabling undertaking professional tasks in international environment
2.4 Awareness of cultural diversity and value of European citizenship
3. Support of research and development of young researchers
3.1 Support of research projects by II cycle and PhD students with international background
3.2 Attracting the best international students for II cycle and PhD programmes to be engaged in TUL research teams.
The realization of the objective 1 is based on cooperation with EU and non-EU partners including international companies with branches in the Lodz region, strategic partnerships developed during long lasting cooperation and within the networks and consortia of which TUL is a member. That includes universities belonging to the European Consortium of Innovative Universities, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Campus Europae and Baltic University.
Strategic countries and geographical areas are established due to a number of criteria:
-international strategy of the Lodz Region (Finland, Mexico, Georgia, Belorus)
-traditions of research and economic cooperation – the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium
-demand for partners representing high level of research and technology (Germany, Nordic countries)
-historical and cultural links (Central and Eastern Europe)
-degree seeking students from countries with growing economies (Latin America, Maghreb, former Soviet Union, Balkans, Turkey)
-interest of credit mobility seeking students: France, Spain, Portugal.
The objectives 1.6 and 2 are supported mainly by student mobility.
TUL aims to increase the number of students participating in international traineeships, which requires developing contacts with industry and strengthening students proactivity in searching for traineeships. II and III cycle students are underrepresented in the mobile students groups. In particular mobility of doctoral students for traineeships requires reinforcement.
TUL strengthens financial support and guidance for outbound students with disabilities. The outgoing mobility is facilitated by implementation of the mobility window in several I cycle study programmes. With regards to incoming credit and degree seeking students, TUL aims at internationalising studies offer, including double/joint degrees, doctoral studies, summer schools and traineeships. International students are encouraged to get involved in the university and the local community life.
TUL develops its infrastructure and support system for students with disabilities. Thus becoming more friendly for prospective incoming students with various types of disabilities.
The outbound and incoming staff mobility is essential for the realisation of the objective 1. By teaching abroad TUL academics increase their competences and specialist knowledge as well as exchange expertise with their international colleagues. They are encouraged to actively participate in international projects.
Mobility is promoted among the administrative staff, a vital player in Internationalisation at Home. Taking part in trainings and networking abroad, they gain resources to transfer good and innovative practices into their everyday working environment.
TUL participates in double-degree programmes realised in partnership with EU and non-EU universities, under which it receives international students, recognises learning outcomes achieved during studying period abroad, and takes part joint final exams.
Cooperation Projects run by TUL and partner universities play an important role for transfer of international experience in teaching and learning and at the same time support the strategic objective 2. The good example is the European Project Semester developed and run by cooperation of 11 EU universities. It has an impact on the realization of strategic objective 2 as well as on the development of education system at TUL – objective 1. This is supported by the Programme via students and staff mobility. All three strategic objectives will be supported by new initiatives of Joint Master courses. A great potential is perceived by TUL in Joint Master courses and grants for non EU universities/students both in realization of strategic objective 1 and in attracting very best students – objective 3. The traditional good cooperation with Russian Federation countries, Ukraine and Turkey will help to involve them in Joint Master Courses.
TUL is a member of Campus Europae, a network of universities offering studies in languages other than English. The main component of the cooperation between the partner universities is a student exchange. The mobility among the EU universities engaged in the scheme is realized within the frameworks of Erasmus. However the involved HEIs represent both EU and non-EU countries. Under Campus learning of national languages of participating countries is promoted among students, which is a very important aspect of TUL language policy within the framework of its Internationalization Strategy.
Student and staff exchange results in exchange of good practices between sending and receiving institutions in new ways of delivering education, among others offering tailored guidance to students. Receiving international staff and students induces reforms to make TUL a more friendly and accessible place.
TUL promotes mobility among doctoral students to improve their research skills and transversal competences. It also aims at increasing mobility of students with disabilities, and in consequence at enhancing their representation among the European graduates and researchers to reach the highest leadership positions in industry and academia.
When taking decisions on participation in European and international cooperation projects TUL considers benefits from their realization to students from underprivileged groups and to adults.
The Quality Assurance system of TUL focuses on the relevance of graduates' competences to the needs of Polish and EU economy and society, which requires involving different stakeholders in the processes of modernisation, evaluation and quality assurance of study programmes.
TUL plays an important role participating in integrated local and regional development plans in particular in targeting national and regional support towards university-enterprise collaboration. Cooperation with enterprises and regional industry leaders is used for continuous adjustment of awarded qualifications to their needs. TUL engagement in technology transfer plays an important role in regional development. The university strengthens its engagement in business liaisons, spin-offs, knowledge and technology transfers, regional technology parks as well as hubs of excellence. Start- ups organized by domestic and incoming Erasmus students are a powerful tool for technology transfer. The cooperation of TUL with enterprises in the Region in offering internships for incoming students and developing an offer of internships in their branches abroad is a recognized tool both for technology transfer and quality of education enhancement and in consequence for creating new business opportunities, innovations and competitiveness of the regional economy.
Realizing TUL Lifelong Learning strategy involves development of partial qualifications adjusted to the needs of local enterprises. TUL develops, in cooperation with employers, the validation of non-formal and informal learning. The transfer of international experience plays a significant role in the above.
Another objective is redesigning and rationalization of TUL traditional university functions by incorporating elements of searching for alternate sources of funding and the implementation performance-based steering, quality-oriented internal reallocation of funds and system of incentives, as well as acquiring and managing different income streams and allocating funds for improving productivity and efficiency of teaching and for modernisation of infrastructure.


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Sunday, August 7, 2011
Today's Haul
But it doesn't take long and before you know it, you are pulling hauls like this...
Which happens to be my Sunday morning gather.
Lord have mercy...
This was Friday's gather...
My counters are stacked with veggies!
I seriously need to get out my canning/freezing books and start to get some of this stuff stored.
I had fun running Spooks at the barrel racings this weekend. He did good...nice, smooth patterns...and we even won some money in the 4D. I'm glad I went. I took Frosty as well and he got rode both days. I didn't get much of a chance to practice pattern him on Friday night. I kind of waited 'til most everyone had done their thing and left. I was just getting ready to start working him on the pattern when this other gal came barging in and kept cutting me off as I was trying to get to 1st barrel. Since I was planning on spending the night at the arena...to save mileage getting to the race the next day...I thought I would let her have a couple of go's.
But she just kept going and going and going...
Finally I got irritated and the last time she cut me off, I told her it was my turn...she had had ample time on the pattern...and it wasn't getting any better (she was headed for a wreck and anytime someone is knocking over barrel after barrel at a lope...they need to quit cause they are not helping themselves or their horse). I got a couple of turns on the pattern (along with some dirty looks-LOL) and then they turned the lights out.
Oh well...I got up early the next morning and got to enjoy riding with L (her and her husband stayed over as well)..and we had the entire facility to ourselves. Frosty was struggling a little on the pattern...he's really starting to look for those barrels...so he is wanting to kick his hind end out and pick up the wrong lead...it's a perfectly normal thing to have a green horse do, so we just slowed it down again...got his body squared up and didn't make a big deal about it. By the end of the session, I think he was about as soft-bodied and minded as I have ever felt him. He's coming along nicely, so we left it at that for the weekend. I am in no hurry to push him to run in competition...I just want soft, relaxed and completely comfortable and confident. I have doubt when he gets to that point, we will be able to crack open a run and people will wonder where I have been hiding him. ;-)
After my run on Saturday, I rushed home to shower and get 'girlie' to go to the Mule Deer Banquet with My Honey. Sometimes it sure feels good to get out of working clothes, put a little make-up on, a pair of high heels and get out on the town. We didn't win any cool door prizes or buy any guns this time, but I saw this and HAD to have it...
(Okay...what I was hoping for was that it wouldn't go for an exorbitant amount and I might be able to get it.) It's a 3-4 y/o Buffalo Bull skull with the most beautiful artwork painted on it. I hope you guys can see how gorgeous the picture is...It was really hard to photograph...
It's just stunning work and I fell in love with it.
Well obviously My Honey bought it for me...but I couldn't believe no one else was bidding on it. Lucky for us I guess. It's going to look awesome hanging next to MH's buffalo head mount. I just need to take the tacky fake eagle feathers out and put some real ones on it. ;-)
8 comments:
- Leah Fry said...
I'm no gardener, but I do like to eat. Looks like a wonderful haul.
And I can't believe no one else was bidding on the skull either. Nice work.
- August 7, 2011 at 4:29 PM
- Mikey said...
Nice veggies and nice skull.... you got a good haul all the way around!!
- August 7, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- fernvalley01 said...
Looks like a winning weekend , goodies all around!Love the skull!
- August 7, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Once Upon an Equine said...
That's an impressive haul from your garden. The skull is very pretty; I like the artwork. I've found a bunch of cow bones in my pasture, but unfortunately haven't found the skull.
- August 8, 2011 at 8:15 AM
- Crystal said...
Nice haul from the garden! i wishe we had tomatoes that were ready.
I like the skull too, lucky you noone else wnated it.
- August 8, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- kestrel said...
Great week, yay for winning some money and some nice smooth runs, really nice artwork too!
- August 8, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Funder said...
That skull is awesome!
My mini-garden is starting to take off too. I had the good sense to only put in one squash plant. I'm still thinking of what to do with them... squash pickles? Shred some and freeze it in ziplocks for squash fritters later?
- August 9, 2011 at 9:05 AM
- Shirley said...
My garden is starting to look like a jungle. Picked half of the beans today, beets and peas need picking too. So much to do, so little time!
Cool that you won some money on Spooks, and that Frosty is starting to be a good horse. Feels good, doesn't it?
Very nice painting on the skull.
- August 9, 2011 at 9:18 PM


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The Collector Series M4 is designed to meet FN's rigid specifications and incorporates most of the same features as the military M4. The gun comes with a 16-inch button broach, chrome-lined barrel with a 1:7 twist and an A2-style compensator. Some other features include a flat-top hard-anodized aluminum receiver with a MIL-STD 1913 rail, a Knight's Armament M4RAS Adapter rail with rail adapter covers and an ambidextrous safety lever.
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Low-cost carrier Ryanair is likely to benefit in the event of a major slowdown hitting Europe, according to the airline's chief executive Michael O'Leary.
Speaking to CNBC, O'Leary said passengers would naturally turn to Ryanair and away from more expensive rivals as they tried to save money.
"I think we'll come out of this downturn significantly stronger, probably as Europe's largest airline," he said. "If anything, we'll probably speed up the rate of growth during the downturn."
Like most of its competitors, Ryanair is grappling with higher oil prices, which are biting into profit margins.
Shares in the Dublin-listed stock are down nearly 48 percent in the year, knocking the company's market cap to some 6 billion euros.
Investors fear the airline is not sufficiently protected from further oil price shocks.
But some analysts say the carrier could benefit if prices do fall back below $100 per barrel, an event likely to be costly for those airlines that have put out expensive hedges at current levels.
O'Leary stressed the current market environment was not about improving profit margins but gaining market share.
"We'll lower the fares even more significantly during the downturn," he said. "It does mean that profit margins are going to fall, it means profits will probably fall, certainly for the next 12 months. Frankly, shareholders are just going to have to take it on faith."
Analysts agree Ryanair is well positioned to grow, especially as it still has unexecuted orders and options to buy dozens of Boeing planes over the next four years at prices well below current going rates.
The outspoken CEO added he's also ready to invest more of his reported $3.2 billion cash pile back into the company too.
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Early in his career, Kevin McCormack always wore a tie to work. Then came the casual revolution, when, like millions of men, he reveled in the open- collar look, going "neck naked," as he puts it. But several months ago, he made a sudden change: He reverted back to ties, even though his new job does not require them.
"I just thought it would be fun to start wearing ties again," says Mr. McCormack, who works at Kaiser Permanente, a healthcare organization in Oakland, Calif.
After a decade of sartorial rebellion and confusion, neckties and - gasp! - even suits are staging a modest comeback. Some wearers are simply obeying more stringent corporate dress codes. Others, like McCormack, are enjoying a more polished look.
"The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s," says Gerald Andersen, executive director of the Men's Dress Furnishings Association. "Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers."
In the early 1990s, retail sales of neckties peaked at $1.3 billion, he says. At the height of the casual revolution, sales dropped to about $750 million. This year, Mr. Andersen estimates that sales will climb to $1.1 billion. The upswing represents a combination of more ties being sold and at higher prices. Department store ties average $35, he says, while designer labels can cost $125 or more. Bow ties account for 3 to 5 percent of ties sold.
For younger men, wearing ties may be a counter- rebellion. "When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different," Andersen says.
Even the sports world is sprucing up its sartorial image. A new NBA dress code requires players to wear business casual attire when they are involved in team or league business. The new policy mandates dress shirts and dress slacks or khakis.
"That's been a boon to our suit business," says David Levin, CEO of Casual Male Retail Group. "As younger guys see [players] dressing up more, that has an effect on fans. They'll be more comfortable wearing suits." And, of course, ties.
Andersen attributes some of men's growing fashion sophistication to television makeover shows, such as "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (Bravo), as well as "The Apprentice" (NBC), where "the corporate look is part of that milieu."
Ties can even spark a competitive spirit among men at work. "They see the CEO in something a little adventurous, and that opens the gate," says Michael Bragg, spokesman for Thomas Pink, a luxury retailer of ties and shirts.
Contemporary ties also give men a way to safely indulge their inner peacock. Along with conservative reds and blues, they can choose bright colors - lavender, indigo, fuchsia - and bold designs.
"For a guy, it's just about the only form of creative expression allowed to you," says Dave Platter, a marketing executive in New York.
Even wedding parties are getting adventurous. Instead of the traditional black bow tie with an evening shirt, some grooms buy ties for the wedding party in rich henna, deep purple, or aqua, says Mr. Bragg.
And it's not just wives or mothers picking out ties for men. Today, more men buy their own ties. Men now buy 75 percent of neckties sold compared with only 45 percent 10 years ago, Andersen says.
Although Philip McGowan of Nashville "kind of hates wearing a tie," he does so every Monday. "It's my opposite of casual Friday, to get the workweek started on a serious note," he says. He also sports a tie a second day each week.
When Jason Rollins, a publicist in Atlanta, wears ties several times a week, colleagues tease him, asking, "Do you have a job interview?" Noting that executives at work all wear ties, he says, "I believe in the phrase, 'Dress like the person in the position you eventually want to be in, not the one where you are.' "
Part of the new acceptance of dressier attire revolves around convenience and comfort. With no-iron cotton dress shirts, Andersen says, "You can pull them out of the dryer and look like a million bucks."
One dress shirt features an elasticized collar that expands an inch. Next spring, Casual Male will introduce a machine-washable, tumble-dry suit. Already a pre-knotted tie with a hidden zipper accounts for one-third of its tie sales, Levin says.
Neil Gussman wears suits and ties at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia. He likes the formal atmosphere, where managers and employees who meet the public dress up. But he doesn't want to get too creative. "Kids will go out and buy polyester ties with Bob the Tomato on them," he says.
Yet novelty ties can play a humorous role. Brian Shea, a college public relations manager in Owings Mills, Md., enjoys "interesting ties that draw a comment from someone in the hall." These include Scooby-Doo and sports themes. On rainy days he might choose a tie with a beach scene. "I never thought I'd be the guy who wears goofy ties," he says.
For men who regard a strip of knotted silk as "a rope around the neck" and worry that the Fashion Police will decree ties for everyone, Andersen offers reassurance. "If you watch TV shows from the '60s, Dad walked around with a tie everywhere he went. We're not going back to those days. Men's wardrobes are becoming much more multifaceted."
McCormack sees it this way: "The casual dress style means that when you wear a tie these days, it's because you want to, not because you have to. It's ironic that something that used to be a symbol of conformity can now be a symbol of individuality."


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Re: Re: populate a list with random numbers from normal distribution?
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Your modification of myNormal[] has the nice feature that it prevents repeating the same variate. The same could be achieved by using Delete to remove each variate as it is used, but that can be slow, and any speedup from RandomArray probably won't be enough to counter it. RandomArray is (potentially) different for every distribution, and I seem to recall it behaved better than Random for SOME distribution, possibly the Normal? Here's a related post on the problem with Random for the Geometric distribution. In that case, RandomArray still has the problem. http://groups.google.com/groups?q=random+geometric+group:comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica&selm=8etpva%24n40%40smc.vnet.net&rnum=1 Bobby On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 04:29:26 -0400 (EDT), Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net> wrote: > On 8/8/04 at 10:54 AM, drbob at bigfoot.com (DrBob) wrote: > >> If serial correlation in the built-in algorithms is an issue (but >> it probably isn't in the OP's application, whatever that is), I >> think I'd try one or more of these simple strategies: > >> 1) Use RandomArray to pre-sample for a problem, and use >> Random[Integer,...] to index into that array to get individual >> variates. > >> 2) Randomly throw away a fraction of the variates. > >> 3) If using the first strategy, refresh the pre-sample occasionally >> (at random). > >> For instance, using the first and third strategies: > >> count = 0; >> preSample[] := >> (sampler = RandomArray[NormalDistribution[0, 1], {10000}]; >> count = Random[Integer, {500, 1000}]) >> myNormal[] := (If[count <= 0, preSample[]]; count--; sampler[[Random[Integer, Length[sampler]]]]) > > You could simplify this some what and achieve the same effect as follows: > > myNormal[]:= > Module[{k = Random[Integer, Length@sampler],x}, > x=sampler[[k]]; > sampler[[k]]=Random[NormalDistribution[0,1]]; > Return[x]] > > >> I seriously doubt myNormal will exhibit any of the problems >> previouly detected for Random itself. > > This procedure should definitely break up any serial correlations that existed. I don't recall exactly what problems were reported for Random. If serial correlation was the only problem, then this should fix things. > >> It will be slower than using the built-in alone, but the price can >> be greatly reduced by shrinking the size of the pre-sample and/or >> increasing the number of variates used before resampling. > > If you modify the procedure as I outlined, then the cost difference over using Random is simply generating one extra random integer each time Random is called. Of course, there will be the additional loss whenever RandomArray is more efficient than repeated calls to Random. But for several distributions (such as the exponential or uniform distributions) RandomArray offers no gain in speed over repeated calls to Random > >> Anyway, isn't it true that RandomArray doesn't have the problems >> Random has displayed? > > No. From ContinuousDistributions.m > > (* NOTE: For UniformDistribution, RandomArray provides no speedup over Random. *) > UniformDistribution/: RandomArray[UniformDistribution[min_:0, max_:1], dim_] := > Module[{n, array}, > n = If[VectorQ[dim], Apply[Times, dim], dim]; > array = Table[Random[Real, {min, max}], {n}]; > If[VectorQ[dim] && Length[dim] > 1, > Fold[Partition[#1, #2]&, array, Reverse[Drop[dim, 1]] ], > array ] > ] /; (IntegerQ[dim] && dim > 0) || VectorQ[dim, (IntegerQ[#] && # > 0)&] > > As you can see RandomArray simply calls Random to generate the uniform deviates. So, it must suffer from the same problems as Random. > -- > To reply via email subtract one hundred and four > > > -- DrBob at bigfoot.com www.eclecticdreams.net
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Four Jayhawks earned second-team All-Big 12 postseason honors from the league coaches, Kansas University officials announced Wednesday.
Junior running back James Sims, senior offensive lineman Tanner Hawkinson, senior safety Bradley McDougald and sophomore linebacker Ben Heeney were named to the second team by the league's coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players.
Sims led the Big 12 in rushing, finished 18th in the nation and also earned second-team All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press, CBS Sports and San Antonio Express-News.
Hawkinson also received second team All-Big 12 honors from the Associated Press and San Antonio Express-News after playing an instrumental part in helping the KU rushing offense rank 24th nationally and third in the Big 12.
Heeney, who finished third in the conference in total tackles with 112, also was named second team all-league by the AP.
McDougald finished second on the team with 92 tackles, 72 solo, and added three interceptions, two forced fumbles and four tackles-for-loss. McDougald also was named honorable mention All-Big 12 by the AP.
A handful of Jayhawks also earned honorable mention all-league honors from the Big 12 coaches or AP. They were: sophomore running back Tony Pierson, sophomore tight end Jimmay Mundine and senior offensive lineman Duane Zlatnik.
Congratulations, Jayhawks! You are all well deserving. I am curious who beat out Sims for first team. Randle at OSU I would guess is one, but aren't there typically two RBs selected per team? (I know I could look this up but I only had a minute to check out the site before heading to a meeting.)
I know it seems strange that he would be second team if he truly finished 1st in the Big 12 in rushing and 18th in the nation.
oSu's Randle led Big XII in yards rushing, but he played all 12 games on their schedule. If you average their yards/game, Randle and Sims are tied at 112.6/game.
Randle was ahead was him. If you round to tenths, they were tied in ypg, but go to hundredths like the NCAA's website does and Randle has Sims by .02 ypg at 112.58 to 112.56 so no Sims did not lead the Big 12 in rushing.
Actually if you get on the Big 12's website they only count Big 12 games when compiling stats. Because of this Sims finished 1st in the league with an average of 115 yards a game in 8 games and Randall finished 2nd with 112 yards a game in 9 games. So technically Sims was the best RB in the Big 12 according to the conference website.
First team backs were Randle (unanimous choice) and Hubert from State.
Congrats to our guys and thank you for your efforts during a difficult year. Rock Chalk!
How many all B12 players does a team require to win a league game?
Now that is funny. Sad, but funny.
I'm sorry, but I think it's absolutely absurd that Hubert was First Team over Sims.
Regardless of record, Sims had the better season, hands down. Randle you can argue, but Hubert? Not so much.
I agree. Had KU won a few games, then the nod would have gone to Sims, imho. It's not fair that Sims was penalized for playing on the worst team in the league, but that's life.
The AP did it differently; only 1 running back on each team. Randle first team, Sims second.
Here is an AP link: http://www.timesunion.com/sports/article/2012-AP-All-Big-12-Team-4093309.php
How can the leading rusher in the Big XII not receive First-Team honors?
Is this a reasonable question, or am I way off course?
Someone please elaborate.
It's because of our record.
Figured. I'd guess TDs scored matters too. Of which I assume Randle had more.
Just interesting.
Depends on how you define leading rusher because Randle for the season had more yards, TD's, and yards per game than Sims did and more total yards in Big 12 games. The only category Sims beat Randle in was ypg in Big 12 games and that was only by 3 yards. Randle deserves all the first team accolades even ahead of Sims this year. All Big 12 teams with two RB's on the first team should be Randle and Sims and the ones with just one should be Randle.
CBS, I believe, named Sims to first-team.
CBS did so because they didn't go by pure statistics as many on this blog have done. Basically, Sims & Randle were very close with the mathematical edge going to Randle.
Sims is and should be First Team All Big-12, because he earned his yards when EVERYONE knew he was going to run. The defensive lines were continually stacked and they were just daring us to throw the ball, because they knew we sucked at it.
Randle did not face that at all, AND he played on a far superior team, with better blocking and a dangerous passing attack.
Can anyone imagine the kind of season Sims might have had if we actually had a passing game?? I hope next year we do, and then it will be really fun watching him run.
You are correct and the story here is wrong. CBS has Sims 1st team All-Big 12.
Either way...Sims is the man
One of the few bright spots of the season. Hard-nosed, powerful, and fearless. And above all this, he has the character to come back for his senior season and prove that he is the premier back in the country.
Sims is a beast. Barring injuries, I am sure he will playing on Sundays in a couple of years.
So glad this came out today. This morning I read the weak 1st team Big 12/SEC from the KC Star and was not surprise to see Jayhawks absent from the first team, but if they went so far to make a stretch of Big 12 AND SEC 1st team, there was plenty of talent to make 2nd, 3rd, HM teams as well.
I am very proud of the hawks and glad to see the recognition, despite our record. RCJH!
I look for a huge season from Sims next year. With Heaps, McCay and an improved passing game, I'm hoping for big things as we will be more balanced.
Rock Chalk!
If the passing game improves, he might not get as many carries, ie. fewer yards.
What Sims accomplished without a quarterback and passing game is truely remarkable.
Also good to see Jimmay Mundine get some ink. I was very surprised all year that Wies did not use Mundine more in passing game.
How hard is it to throw a ten yard pass to the tight end?
Jimmay hopefully will be used more next year and will show all that he is a very talented player.
GREAT NEWS. CERTAINLY A MOST WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION. + IT HAS A TERRIFIC CARRY-OVER EFFECT FOR THE RETURNING PLAYERS OF NEXT SEASON. A TESTAMENT TO WHAT HARD WORK AND A COMMITMENT TO MAXIMUM EFFORT EVERY GAME CAN ACHIEVE. CONGRATULATIONS MSSR'S. HAWKINSON, HEENEY, McDOUGALD AND SIMS AND THANKS FOR PROVIDING SOME GREAT MOMENTS THIS SEASON.
So if you get a DWI, you have a better chance of getting post season awards?
Interesting that Greg Brown didn't garner any attention.
Ben Heeney for two more years. This is good. He'll be a captain next year, and a great piece to build a defense around.
Let's see....1st in the league in rushing....only 9 games played...for the worst team in the league...and 2nd team all-conference? This conference is a joke.
Hubert - 15 TDs, Randle -14 TDs; Sims - 9 TDs.
K-State - 11-1, OSU - 7-5, KU - 1-11.
That's why. And, let's be honest, it's fair.
So, using your logic, the first team should be K-State, the 2nd team should be OU and honorable mention can be split among the rest of the teams?
These aren't team awards - they are player awards. Sims out-performed the other two pretty decisively. So let's be honest...it's a joke.
Actually yes. The first team should be K-State, and the second team should be OU, in terms of people on the All Big 12 Team, and KU should be dead last...and it pretty much worked out that way. The touchdown differential should hurt Sims, and it does, and the fact that he was suspended for 3 games isn't a bonus, as some of us are trying to make it; it is actually a bad thing. Sims is a very solid back, but he didn't deserve to be first team.
So using your logic, a player who 40 carries, 120 yds, and plays on a winnless team, deserves it more then a RB with 15 carries, 119 yds per game and plays on a winning team, doesn't deserve it?
Big 12 Conference Games only which is what should be looked at as these are conference awards.
Granted Hubert is a tough little bowling ball who's tough to bring down at times, but he's not 1 of the top 2 backs in the conference. I don't even think he's in the top 5 personally.
And as was said, with the 1 dimensional run dominant O KU was forced to run this year, Sims still lead the conference in rushing, versus Randle running in a wide open high powered spread O with a legitimate passing game that had to be respected, which definitely gave him some easier yards a lot of the time. I think objective people could go either way with Sims and Randle, but I don't see Hubert being in their league.
Sims 37 TD run against Okie St. was a thing of beauty (1 of the most impressive TD runs I saw in the conference this year) and showed what kind of talent he has. Glad at least CBS gave him the 1st team honors I think he deserved.
Obviously I meant a 37 yard TD run, not a TD run that counted for 37 TD's!
And how'd I manage to post such a HUGE font?? Oh well, can't edit it now.
That's okay, because KU might place a 1st and 2nd team RB on the all conference teams next year.
Pierson needs to get a little bigger and I think he will.
If these new recruits plus the red-shirts this year perform to expectations, this team could surprise a few team next year, but there will be no Klein, Geno Smith, Landry Jones, Doege.
I also do like the final home game next season at home against K-State. There are going to be some upgrades in speed and size on defense as well. The key is though, to sustain drives, 6 to 8 sustained drives per game that result in scores. Of course, if we get a kicker and our passing game improves significantly, that is possible. We'll know a bit more when the recruiting class is filled out.
Hawkinson will go ahead of some "first teamers" in the NFL draft. He was a huge reason for our rushing success. Hawkinson deserved first team.
And remember who converted Hawkinson from TE to tackle?
Yep. The Fat Man told him he could have a career in the NFL if he bulked up and moved to tackle. Mangino knows football. Rock Chalk.
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Book review: The Boy Who Stole From The Dead
The Boy From Reactor 4 enough to give Orest Stelmach's follow-up a chance - The Boy Who Stole From The Dead is the second of his Nadia Tesla series, in which the Ukrainian-American heroine is now the legal guardian of teenage hockey player Bobby, who's actually her illegal immigrant cousin from Chernobyl. This time Bobby is accused of murder, and her attempts to clear his name without revealing his true identity see Nadia returning to Ukraine again. The story's resolution takes a much more extreme turn than I was expecting but Stelmach just about pulls it off, while setting up an even bigger conspiracy for the third in what now seems to be a trilogy.
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Monday, 6 June 2016
Book review: All My Friends are Superheroes
Thursday, 2 June 2016
Book review: The New Watch
Still, I enjoy Lukyanenko's supernatural thrillers about the Others, the sub-species of humans with magical abilities split into Dark and Light categories with an uneasy truce that states that each action made by one side means the other is allowed to do something of equal but opposite influence. In The New Watch, the Light magician Anton discovers a boy with prophetic powers, something which opens up a whole new (and at times, unnecessarily complicated) area of the books' mythology as there are unbreakable rules surrounding the first, biggest prophecy any Prophet makes, except it turns out nobody's actually sure what they are. It's a bit obviously milking a concept that was originally meant to run a lot shorter, but at the same time I still like the way the books have a three-act structure in which seemingly unrelated events build up to a sudden climax.
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Nature photographers and bird watchers will be delighted with the opportunities at Lock and Dam #14 on the Mississippi River in LeClaire to capture amazing photos and sightings of Bald Eagles in the Winter months and Pelicans that call LeClaire "home" during the Spring and Summer months. There are so many eagles in one place, you have to see it to believe it!
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Electronics Logic Gates: Universal NAND Gates
The fact that the NAND (not-and) gate is a universal gate in electronics is incredibly useful because it enables you to build any logic circuit, simple or complex, by using just NAND gates.
When you begin to build your own digital circuits, you can stock up on integrated circuits that contain just NAND gates and be assured that you can build even the most complex circuits with your stock of NAND gates.
NOT: You can create a NOT gate from a NAND gate simply by tying the two inputs of the NAND gate together.
Because the two inputs of the NAND gate are tied together, only two input combinations are possible: both HIGH or both LOW. If both inputs are HIGH, the NAND gate will output a LOW. If both inputs are LOW, the NAND gate will output HIGH. Thus, the circuit behaves exactly as a NOT gate would.
AND: You can create an AND gate by using two NAND gates. The first NAND gate does what NAND gates do: returns LOW if both inputs are HIGH and returns HIGH if both inputs are anything else. Then the second NAND gate is configured as a NOT gate to invert the output from the first NAND gate.
One of the basic rules of NOT gates is that if you invert a signal twice, you end up with the same signal. If the original input is HIGH, and you invert it, the signal becomes LOW. Invert the input again, and it returns to HIGH. With this rule in mind, you should be able to see how the two NAND gates work together to create an AND gate.
OR: You need three NAND gates to create an OR gate. First, you use a pair of NAND gates configured as NOT gates to invert the two inputs. Then the third NAND gate produces a LOW output if both of the original inputs are LOW. If one of the original inputs is HIGH, or if both of the original inputs are HIGH, the output of the third gate is HIGH.
NOR: It takes four NAND gates to create a NOR gate. This circuit is the same as the OR gate circuit, with the addition of another NOT gate to invert the output from the third NAND gate. Inverting the output changes the overall function of the circuit from OR to NOR.


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US Navy : "attempts to block the Strait of Hormuz will "not be tolerated,"
CBS/AP) The U.S. Navy said any attempts to block the Strait of Hormuz would "not be tolerated," after Iranian officials threatened to choke off the key oil supply route.
Iran's navy chief warned Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the passageway through which a sixth of the world's oil flows.
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Western nations are growing increasingly impatient with Iran over its nuclear program. The U.S. and its allies have accused Iran of using its civilian nuclear program as a cover to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has denied the charges, saying its program is geared toward generating electricity and producing medical radioisotopes to treat cancer patients.
The U.S. Congress has passed a bill banning dealings with the Iran Central Bank, and President Barack Obama has said he will sign it despite his misgivings. Critics warn it could impose hardships on U.S. allies and drive up oil prices.
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|The images in the Utopia Photography galleries have been obtained with different cameras from Nikon, Fujifilm and Canon. My current workhorses are a Nikon D3S (for sports, concerts & theatre) and a Nikon D800 (for landscape photography). For my astrophotography attempts, I use an astro-modified Canon EOS 450D.
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|In February 2008, Ive bought a Nikon D3 camera. Since the D3 was the first Nikon camera with a larger sensor (24x36mm instead of approx. 24x16mm with previous sensors), Ive spent quite a bit of time getting used to the wider format.
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15 Greek Street, Soho, London, W1D 4DP
Cuisine: Thai
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Patara Review
Best for: A cozy, inviting Saturday night out with friends or the other half; and Chia pets.
Great: Waiters; temple; posh prawn crackers.
"They're prawn crackers, only more prawny," says my plus one for the evening at Patara Thai restaurant on Greek Street in Soho.
"Expensive prawn crackers," I respond.
"Ah, yes, that's it," he says.
We've been sat at Patara for ten minutes at a cosy corner table from which we can view the hubbub without being interrupted by passing waiters and guests squeezing in behind or beside us. The prawn crackers arrived almost immediately; perfect for my hungry belly which has been starved most of the day in anticipation of a hoard of Thai food, one of my favourite cuisines.
?The crackers are, most certainly, posher than your standard cracker. They're crunchier, weightier and, well, more "prawny."
But, then again, we are in a "fine" Thai dining establishment, according to the sign I noticed above the door. In the past, my Thai restaurant experiences have usually been in brightly lit, buzzy places with cheap, tasty street-food offerings served quickly, and with a beer. This is definitely a step up from that notion but it's far from the "fine" dining one might find in Mayfair or Knightsbridge. A point, I would stress, that is not to the restaurant's detriment in the least.
Patara, instead, manages a more upscale atmosphere without the least bit of pretension that "fine" dining restaurants often exude. It is warm, with dark brown leather booths along the teak coloured walls and inky wooden floors. Purple orchids offer a colourful accent, while a large beautifully lit, intricate temple dominates the middle portion of the upper floor. Small green pots (reminding me of the "Chia pet" which dominated my childhood TV channels) surround the temple, acting as mini hedges; these are removable and appear on each table as a centrepiece before guests are seated. It's satisfyingly saccharine.
What's even more heartening is the fact the restaurant is filled with glowing, smiling people; almost as if there isn't a gloomy recession happening outside in the gloomy January. This shift seems to happen as soon as people enter the doors. Despite a long queue on this, a Saturday night, there are no frowns. Either they're spiking the air supply with happy gas or there really is a feel-good atmosphere inside Patara.
Our waiters add to this. They are subtle but always beaming. Every question is answered carefully and with eagerness. But they're never hovering, never pushing to fill up our wine glasses and get us onto a second bottle. Instead, they appear almost silently while we – too engrossed in the food that has arrived at our table – barely notice their presence.
Our starters of salad rolls with crab, duck and shrimp, and poached king scallops appear garnished to the highest degree: delicate cucumber flowers and artfully arranged vegetable peelings show the care put into making each dish. Both starters are plump and rich; the scallops some of the biggest I've seen on a starter course.
Yet, it's the mains that really turn our heads. I opt for the "moo pah pad kati sod"; not, as it might sound, an elongated insult, but a course of wild boar steak in a coconut red curry sauce. My other half goes for "gae yang, somtam"; a rack of lamb with rice rolls and spicy salad. We share the baby aubergines and each order rice; an overestimation on how hungry we would be. The boar – although, unfortunately overcooked – is redeemed by the incredibly succulent sauce it bathes in; it's so good, I would actually bathe in it. The lamb, meanwhile, is so tender and rare that it melts on the tongue. It's the best I've had in months.
By the time the ninja-quiet waiter appears to whisk our dishes away, I'm lost to the world by way of full-belly heaven and find myself only able to stare unblinking at the flickering candles near the temple, watching the surrounding smiling people with contentment.
Patara has made our Saturday highly satisfying. As I move my overly heavy self off the cushy booth to face that gloomy January weather whirling outside, I begin to ponder the idea of "fine dining" once more. While Patara might boast "Fine Thai Dining" on its door, it is only so in the quality of the food it serves and the people it employs. Which, for me, is just about right.
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"This place is all about presentation. The decor, the food, even the way that the staff are decked out, it's all meticulously measured and crafted. A delightful little hang out in the middle of Soho. The beef is outstanding. And if they're in season, try the soda-fried oysters: delicious and surprisingly light."
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