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Iran broke the record for Asia's highest temperature ever recorded during June yesterday. It was a scorching 53.7 degrees Celsius. The previous June record in Iran was 53 degrees.
And if that wasn't enough, the heat index, which factors in humidity, hit a whopping 61 degrees. Amazingly, if you only measured by heat index, the Iranian city of Bandar Mahshahr actually felt hotter than Ahvaz yesterday, hitting 73.8 degrees, while maintaining a lower actual temperature of 46.1 degrees.
As USA Today notes, the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth was back in 1913 when Death Valley, California hit 56.6 degrees. Last year, 2016, was the hottest year on record for our planet. Meanwhile, the Trump regime is eliminating 1,200 jobs at the EPA, and the president himself has called climate change a "hoax" invented by the Chinese.
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
Weather is not climate, but blistering heat is one of the predictable outcomes of humanity's contribution to global climate change. So while a dumbass congressman brings snow into the US government to "prove" climate change is a hoax, maybe we can ship these guys off to Iran in the summer.
You know who is taking climate change seriously? The US military. In a video released this week, the US Navy emphasised to former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that climate change poses a threat to national security.
"Governor, [Naval Station Norfolk] is the second most vulnerable area, next to New Orleans, in terms of the sea level rise," Rear Admiral Jack Scorby told Schwarzenegger in Virginia, according to Task and Purpose. "Right now, our best estimate is approximately a two-foot rise by the year 2050."
The video emphasises that at least 18 US Navy bases are at serious risk for flooding. As Schwarzenegger emphasises, we're not talking about "50 years from now, but today."
Climate change is happening, whether you believe in it or not. Both in Iran and elsewhere. [Washington Post and USA Today and Task and Purpose]

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It can be hard to understand what there is to know about auto insurance. You may find yourself feeling hopelessly confused and unsure of what anything means. This article is designed to help you understand more about your auto insurance coverage. Knowing what the agents are talking about will help you make better choices when it comes to auto insurance.
To save extra money with your monthly insurance premium, drive fewer miles each year. People who drive less typically enjoy lower rates from their auto insurance companies.
See if your auto policy will cover aftermarket additions before buying any. It has been found that most insurance companies do not pay for these parts, and they mostly just calculate the total amount the car is worth, without taking extra into consideration.
If you have a new driver you can find out if their own policy would cost less. Sometimes, getting your teenager their own policy might be less expensive.
You should talk to your insurance agent when you buy costly accessories for your car to ensure that the policy is adequately covering the total value of the vehicle. Your high end muffler may have cost you a fortune but if it is appraised at a low value, then you are at a net loss if your car gets stolen.
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The school day and school year for students in Connecticut could get longer. It's one of several proposals on the table in reports Gov. Dannel Malloy has received from his 12 policy working groups.
On Monday, Malloy released the reports, giving an idea of what his administration might be looking at. The proposals are ideas from the working groups and Malloy has not yet said what he will and will not consider.
The recommendation is for the state Department of Education to examine options for more instructional time, including a longer school day and school year, enhanced summer learning opportunities and access to online learning.
The education group is also recommending creating a plan for universal access to preschool for all 3 and 4 year olds and to develop a more student-centered schooling system.
Another goal is to close the gap between rich and poor children and their families.
As the state, and the nation, suffer from a sluggish economy, an economic proposal is to create a Jobs and Development Cabinet to reprioritize state resources to focus on creating jobs. This would bring together commissioners from economic development, transportation, education, environmental protection and agriculture to come up with economic policies.
Other proposals include financial help for smart growth land use to reduce sprawl and support transit-oriented development, to speed creation of high-tech jobs, and make housing affordable for workers and young professionals, as well as low-income families.
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"Our story so far is one of success, as we work towards playing our part in the achievement of our country's target of electricity demand being increasingly met by clean renewable energy sources towards 2020, and in our case this is sourced from the sun." stated TAU CEO, Apii Timoti.
TAU is working on developing and managing a network potentially 100% powered by the sun with generation owned by both the utility and the private sector. "This is no easy feat and there is no template to follow, we are pioneering new frontiers for renewable energy on a global stage and the world is watching with keen interest," according to Timoti.
From the perspective of the TAU Board, there is an opportunity for every Cook Islander to be involved in this emerging market, whether as users or suppliers. TAU has certainly seen a huge interest over the last few months in private solar installations feeding directly into the grid and many would have seen these facilities being built around the island.
Currently, 14% of electricity on Rarotonga sourced through solar, with the need to expand by around 20% per year towards 2020, if the national targets are to be achieved.
Of primary concern for TAU's management is the reliability of our network. What is paramount during the transition to clean energy is continuing to maintain this level of reliability for our customers.
We know our current infrastructure will require improvements to be able to increase the uptake from renewables, and we are quickly reaching that point. TAU is working hard to make the required upgrades and create additional opportunities for further solar installations from the private sector and home owners as we move forward.
While connection of solar farms to the grid to date has been possible almost immediately, future connections, depending on their size and location, will need to be connected through a strategic and scheduled approach. TAU is currently exploring options to enable this to happen in the immediate, medium and long term. As such TAU expects new connections will be programmed between now and 2020 in step with available space created through the adoption of interim and long term storage, control and network stability technologies.
The fundamental principle guiding this work is not only the achievement of our national targets for energy, but also ensuring that our customers are well cared for.
The Government fully supports TAU's efforts. The years ahead will be an exciting time for the Cook Islands as we progress towards clean and sustainable energy for all our people. TAU hopes everyone will be involved and are understanding of the constraints that we face and the efforts made to overcome these as we benefit from a very positive step forward in our country's development."


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Slogging through my alternate-universe questionnaire, let's move on to question #4, shall we?
What is the book (or books) you keep trying to finish but haven't done so far?
The more accurate question for me would be "what books have you finished?" It seems I read a heck of a lot more as a civilian than I do now. Could it be that deep down, I find reading to be yet another indication that I have a innate fondness for shoving crumpled kleenex up my sleeve while hunched over a computer terminal reading discussions about the Death of LC Subject Headings? But that's to be agonized over later.
The book? To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. I've started it at least five times and each time I never get past the first chapter. It's maddening because Mrs. Dalloway, the first (and only) book I've read by Woolf, has a very special place in my heart. Why?
Because I read it while I was taking care of my mother during the final stages of cancer. And it was one of the few things that kept me sane.
Looking back, it's apropos that Mrs. Dalloway entered my life: like my mother, I was living moment to moment: overseeing her medication; combing her hair or fussing over blankets in the middle of a San Diego summer. We lived in a peculiar world, a life so distant from the endless blaring of Regis and Kathie Lee or People's Court, passive attempts at not thinking about the inevitable.
After a few weeks I realized the daily jog around the senior condominium complex my parents lived wasn't going to keep me whole. That's when I began to sneak off to CVS Pharmacy, spending hours scrutinizing the 99-cent samples and nail polish–I needed something to remind me I still belonged to the outside world. But after a while even the thought of going somewhere to stare at little pots of lip gloss under fluorescent lights was a reminder of what has going to happen. So on impulse, I bought a copy of Mrs. Dalloway, the only non-self-help book I could find in the corporate mini-bookstore at the mall.
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Museum Selfie-ishness
Recently, at the Museum of Modern Art with my niece, I found something unexpected blocking my favorite Van Gogh: a young woman standing with her back six inches away from the canvas, taking a "selfie." As we strolled around the galleries, I spotted more of them. Selfies in front of the Jackson Pollack. Selfies in front of Monet's Water Lilies. Selfies in front of Campbell's Soup Cans. Like most technology-driven social phenomena, museum selfies seemed to have mushroomed overnight.
Until recently, the only digital annoyance I remember having to contend with in art museums was other visitors photographing the art at close range. Many museums allow non-flash photography, and it's true that if a lot of people are taking pictures it can obstruct others' view of the painting. Still, why shouldn't someone be able to photograph a work of art they love -- in order to enjoy and remember their museum experience later? Obsessive photo-taking might be somewhat self-centered in that there is no consideration about how it is impinging on the sight lines of others around them. On the other hand, the desire to capture the beautiful images of the art makes it ultimately a forgivable practice.
However, the narcissistic knee-jerk act of the museum selfie is in a whole other category. Now, not only can't we see the art because someone is standing right in front of it, we are forced to look at the selfie subject(s) instead of the art. The art is now the background to the selfie-taker--as if it were wallpaper, or the view from the Empire State Building. The implication is that the work of art is secondary in importance to the person in front of it. Obviously it's your choice if you want to have Van Gogh's The Starry Night as your own personal backdrop (although I myself do not have that kind of hubris). The problem is that you are changing the art experience of those around you. Even when selfie-takers are not completely obscuring the art, it's psychologically impossible to ignore it when someone is making themselves the subject; it's hard to look past them at the painting. It is just like trying not to listen to someone talking on his cell on the train.
It's difficult to say which is worse: The fact that we seem to need to document every moment of our existence or the need to put ourselves at the center of everything. (The selfie has become such a part of our culture that it was even the title of a TV show on ABC.) Because digital photos are free and easily deletable images we are in the habit of taking them without much thought. In museums, we sense we are having an important experience. We see beautiful art. We are moved, excited. The contemporary conditioned response to this emotion is to whip out the camera. And it is also highly contagious behavior. Once you see someone else doing it, you figure: Wait, maybe this would make a cool picture--me in front of a famous painting. This would be great on Instagram.
It's pretty hard to fight the sweeping tide of cellphone selfie-taking per se. Besides, selfies are not all bad. In the old days when you traveled to Paris, you would have to ask a passerby to take a photo of your and your friend in front of the Eiffel Tower. Now you can just take it yourself. Isn't this convenience an improvement? I have also seen some wonderful museum selfie photos that are a playful or ironic statement on the art: for example, a picture of person standing to the side of the painting imitating the pose of the subject in the painting, or a photo where it looks as if the person depicted in the painting is actually holding the phone. This kind of art riffing--which some people might find offensive--demonstrates a creativity I can't really object to.
What I will object to is the "selfie stick," a device for extending the cellphone an additional arm's-length away. Even though I caught many people taking selfies in the museum, thank god I did not see anyone using one of these relatively new gadgets. (Is it just me, or does the term "selfie stick" sound pornographic?) The sticks are already in wide use in Asia, which is a sign they will probably be trending here very soon. What these accessories will mean in museums, of course, is an even more hindered view of the art, as using the stick allows for more people to fit into a group selfie-portrait.
So there I was, at MOMA with my niece, frowning inwardly and eschewing the whole self-involved, self-aggrandizing selfie trend. Until - er... guess what? My niece suddenly whipped out her iPhone to snap a selfie of us standing in front of a Gauguin. Did I resist? Did I take a stand against the decline of respect for great art? Or did I lean my head happily against my niece's, open my eyes wide and smile gaily?
Like I said, these technology things are contagious.
Beware My Derriere: The Etiquette or Sitting Down at the Theater
Every time I go to the theater and I find myself having to enter a row where there are people already seated, I experience the same moment of indecision: "How do I navigate this? Which way do I go in -- facing the stage or facing the people?" Most people I know go in with their backs to the others, but this always seems wrong to me. Especially if my row-mates remain seated as I am squeezing in, I am acutely aware of my butt having to travel by embarrassingly close to their faces. And if I should happen to step on someone's toes or bump their knees in the process, it is difficult to apologize over my shoulder.
However, after researching various "official" opinions as well as conducting an informal canvass of all my theater-going friends, it is clear that although European custom requires the theater or movie-going patron to enter the row while facing the back of the theater, the accepted practice in the United States is to go in facing the stage. In fact, both Emily Post (in her Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, 1922) and Amy Vanderbilt (in Amy Vanderbilt's New Complete Book of Etiquette, 1963) declared this back-to-face sliding-by operation to be absolutely the proper etiquette.
But even among Americans there are varying opinions, many of them adamant. One etiquette expert I came across professed the proper form to be that men go in facing the back of the theater, while women go in the opposite way -- a piece of etiquette-ology I find fairly bizarre. I mean, since gentlemen's feet are generally bigger than ladies', and ladies' rears are generally bigger than gentlemen's, if you were going to make a gender differentiation I would think it would be the gentleman going in facing front, and the lady facing the back of the theater. But either way it would look like some kind of weird line dance.
The argument for facing the stage is that it is more efficacious, because you can bend forward a little and slide in while pressing as far as possible into the seats in front of you. This way you are less likely to step on anyone's feet, and also you can preserve the illusion that you are not inches away from people, as you can't see them. Moreover, most people feel the close proximity makes it too embarrassing to pass by front-to-front. It's like facing someone in an elevator. "It's too intimate," etiquette maven Letitia Baldridge once wrote. "It looks like they are going to kiss."
I don't know about kissing but I almost always vote for conversational contact. (They don't call me "Miss Mingle" for nothing.) The rationale for facing people while making your way to your seat is just that--that you are able to interact with the people whom you are incommoding. It is considered good manners to thank people (or apologize, if you are coming in on the late side) as you inch by them, and it is much harder to thank people if you go by backwards; you cannot make eye contact easily. And of course there is the avoidance of the aforementioned butt-in-the-face issue (which I admittedly may be overly sensitive about, as I happen to have a particularly protrusive posterior.) Sometimes your course of action will depend on whether or not the row stands up for you (which if they are well-bred they will do). In that case, you can even go in slightly sideways.
Every decision regarding proper etiquette is made up of one part not discomforting others, and one part not looking like an idiot. What the theater seating question really comes down to is a choice between two variations of feeling awkward. I think for me, the point at which I started gravitating towards the face-to-face method happened a few years ago when, going in backwards along with the others in my party who were doing the same, I stumbled over someone's umbrella lying on the floor and ended up sitting in the lap of a rather portly man.
This was bad enough; but unfortunately, in my surprise and embarrassment, instead of saying, "I'm so sorry," I said "Thank you" -- which were the words that were on the tip of my tongue, since I had been murmuring them to everyone else in the row I was passing.
"Oh, no, thank you," the man laughed in response.
Over-Thanking It
These days everyone seems to be bemoaning the disappearance of courtesy. It's certainly arguable that -- in large part -- manners have been discarded along with land lines and typewriters and the milkman. I'm not sure about the milkman, but I know the loss of social niceties is, in general, not a good thing.
To have good manners is to consider the emotional well-being of someone besides yourself, which is why I have often emphasized the importance of saying "thank you" to anyone who has done something for you. But is it possible to thank someone too much?
Recently a friend of mine was invited to a house party on Cape Cod. (Well, it wasn't so much that she was invited as that she invited herself to tag along with mutual friends who were already going -- which is probably why she went a little overboard on the gratitude). To begin with, she brought two bottles of wine, as well as a "hostess gift" consisting of a large basket of gourmet cheeses, jams and syrups. After all, she reasoned, she was staying for several days, so a "pre- thank you" gesture was completely appropriate, right? During the three-day weekend, she made sure that whenever there was a shopping expedition, she chipped in. The morning of her departure, at breakfast, she expounded in an effusive manner about what a wonderful time she had had. As she was walking to the car to go home she thanked them again.
The night she got back to New York, she emailed some photos taken on the beach, along with "many, many thanks." The next day she snail-mailed what she had been taught by her grandmother was the obligatory hand-written thank-you note, in which she penned several more lines about how fabulous the weekend party was.
A few days later I happened to be chatting with her, and she told me she could not shake the disconcerting feeling that she had gone overboard on the thanking. When I heard the whole story, I had to agree.
When you thank someone over and over (and over), the "thankee" can begin to think something is required of him in return. He might begin to feel pressure to respond with, "It's nothing, don't worry about it," or "It's fine, I loved having you." The fact is, over-thanking can negate the whole purpose of a thank-you: to make the other person feel good. Instead, you may make him feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.
Excessive gratitude can also cause an imbalance of power in the relationship; it can make the thankee question his own generosity. He may wonder, Gosh, I must have done something extraordinary to have this person thanking me so excessively. Maybe I shouldn't have been quite that generous. Over-thanking is in the same category as saying "I'm sorry" too much. It's potentially unsettling.
Of course, modern technology tends to inspire an overabundance of knee-jerk gratitude. As Nick Bilton pointed out in his New York Times blog in March, there are a lot of people dashing off unnecessary thank-you emails. (Never mind automatic-reply Twitter DM thank-yous -- that's a whole other level of inanity). For example, an office worker might send a group email to twenty people, attaching the minutes to a meeting, to which fifteen people press Reply (or worse yet, the dreaded Reply All) simply to write "Thank you." Multiply that by several times a day and you end up with a LOT of unnecessary emails to open. Most people feel that this is a waste of time; instead of being polite, you are actually annoying. Not only that, but when you overuse a word it tends to lose its meaning -- then when gratefulness is really appropriate, the expression of it can ring hollow.
However, it's not just thoughtless individuals causing the problem. I know someone who is the opposite of thoughtless. He is so gallant that he routinely sends a thank-you note in response to receiving a thank-you note (true story, I swear). I told him this practice reminded me of when I was seven. I used to walk my friend Beth home from our playdate, whereupon she would turn around and walk me home, then I'd walk her home again...The goodbyes took longer than the actual playdate. Where does this kind of thing end? Unchecked, thank-you madness can also last forever, an interactive loop from which you can never escape.
What is the correct amount of thanking? Obviously it depends on the situation. Opening the door for someone engenders one kind of thank-you; having someone stay in your house for the week another. Old friends may not say "thank you" at all. Strangers may thank each other a lot. (I counted my thank-yous yesterday when I was in the bank: It was a whopping five). But ordinarily, unless someone has given you one of their kidneys, I'd say one or two sincere thank-yous is really thanks enough.
So did you enjoy this piece? If so, you don't have to thank me.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Busy Weekend Ahead
The Midtown Scholar carries new books and supports local authors but they also carry a large selection of used books. The used books are not for the casual reader of genre fiction but rather a sprawling collection of books from decades and even centuries ago. I've added a few of their old volumes to my keeper shelves. One can browse for hours in their fiction and then drift downstairs to the nonfiction areas. Once you gather an armful of books to puruse, grab a great drink or snack from the coffee bar and climb the open stairway to the second floor and the comfy sofas that overlook 2nd street. It's really lovely. Lots of customers move through the store though I don't expect tons of sales. It's always fun to talk to other book lovers.
Also on Saturday, TBR blog, started by Cate Masters, will feature a blurb fest where romance authors can post a promotion and links for one of their romance novels. A few weeks ago, TBR hosted fantasy authors and it had lots of comments and visits. I'm hopeful it will be as successful this time.
Will you be doing work or having fun this weekend? Do you have Monday off for President's day? Are you shopping for some new reads online?
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- AnonymousFebruary 17, 2012 at 10:45 AM
We'll be seeing some movies this weekend. That's about it. Its a four day weekend but we'll stay local and not do any traveling.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to the booksigning with you, Susan. And thanks for the shoutout for TBR's blurb fest, should be fun.ReplyDelete
Have fun at the signing! I'll be going to a writers' meeting tomorrow. That will be the big excitement for me.ReplyDelete
For once, I will be off this weekend ... if I survive driving strange detours for miles in the blinding rain as a rare blood courier. My hero, Victor Standish, hopes I survive ... to get him out of the jam I have written him into! RolandReplyDelete
Hope you sell a ton of books!ReplyDelete
Still getting my act together for February 28...
I love that you call it your keeper shelf. That's great.ReplyDelete
Hope to hear all about your adventures this weekend.
And yeppers, I requested off from work for three days so I can enjoy them with Hubby.
Cheers and boogie boogie.
You've got a latte good things going on this weekend! Nothing planned here with me, but I do love browsing books online ... Have a nice weekend.ReplyDelete
Good luck with your signing! That sounds like a phenomenal bookstore. There are a few around here I haven't had the chance to check out yet.ReplyDelete
This weekend I don't foresee much writing/editing time, but I will be attending a writer's meeting tomorrow that should be interesting, then some fun.
Have a wonderful writerly weekend!
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I wish I could come to the signing - sounds like an amazing place. Shame I live in the UK!ReplyDelete
I was at my day-job today, but definitely plan on getting a couple of short stories written tomorrow.
I've just bought 'Fire's Daughter' by Wendy Tyler Ryan for my kindle - looking forward to it!
Have fun at your book signing! I can't imagine how much fun that must be. As for my weekend, that was yesterday! My husband's schedule is weird, so I'm never sure when we'll actually have it.ReplyDelete
Man! I can't believe I missed this, Sue. In my own defense, I'm home sick and have had no voice for three days.ReplyDelete
But I look forward to your signings. Can you tell I'm whining?
I hope it went well and you had lots of fun.
If I'm ever in Harrisburg I will have to check out this bookstore, which based on your description sounds like a great place.ReplyDelete
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24th March '18.
Wow! It's been nearly 10 years since an update here, and what better time to announce a "Maid Marian and her Merry Men Reunion" care of the lovely people over at Thames Con. They are getting some of the band back together for photoshoots, autographs, a workshop and Q&A with the cast, and a chance to make a window box with Maid Marian herself, the multi-talented Kate Lonergan! The convention is on the 28th April 2018 (the day after "High Forks Night" see the A-Z)
I am super excited to say the least! Tickets for the Q&A and workshop are limited and selling fast! For more info, see their
, and for updates see their
Hope to see you all there!
...psssst... there's also been talk of a new MMMM Stage Show, if you want to find out more, go to Thames Con and ask Tony Robinson himself in the Q&A!!
7th May '08.
I've smartened up the overall layout of the site, hopefully all links work, let me know if you find any duff ones! Also there's a new episode guide section, text taken from both Keith and Barringtons guides.
6th May '08.
The Fanfiction page (found in the collection of amusing things page) is now updated. New artwork and fan videos have also been added. Check them out! Also a new caption competition has been added!
5th May '08.
Ok, so there is now a new page dedicated to the maid marian songs! Thanks to all who put them onto YouTube, you've made my life a hell of a lot easier! Lyrics are also linked to. There is also a very cool outtake video in the behind the scenes section, thanks to Jack for that! Links are also updated. There is now a stage show page which compiles all the info gathered by other sites. I've been able to find some cast photos which I think you'll find very interesting!! Also added is a DVD and video page, all updated.
4th May '08.
Again, apologies for the lack of updating. I've made some changes to the layout of the site, the pressure's on since I've been linked to from the BBC website, I feel like someone important is coming to tea and I have to spring clean the house! I've added dvd and comic pages which are under construction, also linked to Barrington's episode guide and IMDB for the ep guide and biography sections. The forum is properly linked to on each page, and the photos are now under the multimedia section. I've still got a lot of work to do, but hopefully you'll see some changes in the next few weeks.
4th April '06.
I'm working on updating this site (finally!), with university coming to a close, my job-less-ness and general nothing-to-do-ness, gives me more time to bring this site back to date! Watch this space!
20th March '06.
Series one released on DVD!! Featuring an audio commentry on episode one by Tony Robinson, and a brand new comic insert draw by the same artist (
Paul Cemmick
) who drew the original MMMM comic books! GO BUY IT!! Series 2 on the way in June?
20th January '06.
First of all, my apologies for the lack of updates, university life will do that to a person! On the update front, most of you have probably found the new Forum site, for those who haven't, I have linked to it in my
section. GO NOW!
Secondly... Thanks to a post on the guestbook, I have been informed that
the BBC are going to release Series One on DVD on March 6th.
and the
for more details.
8th May '04.
Adam Morris (Robin) is currently in Barcelona filming a new series for CBBC with S Club 8. He plays their very stern tutor in a fictional academy for budding pop stars. At the moment its going to be called "I Dream"...
26th March '04.
Adam has recently added some FANTASTIC info on his commercials on his
. Check out the quicktime movies!! BRILLIANT!!
4th Febrary '04.
A Belated Happy New Year! And an apology for the lack of updates! University life does that to a person! Hope you all enjoy these new updates for
caption competition #4
and a new
page has been added to deal with the many questions I get regarding Videos/Dvd's/Comics/Mp3's etc etc... Enjoy!
31st July '03.
The winner of
caption competition #3
is announced, and Caption competition #4 has been posted.
26th July '03.
with Mark Billingham and Ramsay Gilderdale have now been posted.
section now contains the MM Song lyrics, as well as a few more in video format. Audio coming soon...
20th July '03.
You may notice a new look to my site. The background now being taken from the cover of a MMMM Book! Also updated is
Caption Comp#3,
'The Merry Oath'
. Coming soon will be The Guide "How the Be a Merry Man"...
22nd February '03.
A new interview with Howard Lew Lewis aka Rabies, has been added to the
section. Also a new caption competition has been added to the
page, and the winner of caption comp#2 is also announced. Also, I'm adding robin animated cursors as we speak, in the
1st February '03.
Happy Belated New Year to you all! Newly updated sections include the
Collection of Amusing Things
page, where the winner of the Photofit Competition is announced, and also some new entrys for the Caption Competition #2 have been added.
Also if you've ever wondered about the person behind this site, a new page about
has been added!
31st August '02.
A Transcript of an email from
Paul Cemmick
, the artist behind the fabulous MMTitles, and Books.
18th August '02.
section added with the MM tunes in video format.
17th August '02.
New additions to the
section, and the
sections have been added. Including a
Where are they now?
15th July '02.
Music video
'Dedicated Follower of Fashion', was waaaay too big to post on this site. If you would like to view it, I can
it to you. (Only isp email addresses will work; ukonline, btinternet...etc.)
29th June '02.
New Biographies added for some cast members
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I think we have all become familiar with the term 'men are trash' by now. Horrible dating and relationship experiences have almost become the norm in our society. It seems like there's never a shortage of tales, and the common factor is usually how unaware the female is that all may not be well. If you clicked on this post because you are wondering why you may always fall for the wrong guy, then look no further:
Conditioning – Hatred towards men is a definitely a problem at this moment in time. The 'men in trash' movement has amassed many followers, and on online platforms particularly, women are being conditioned to believe that no good can ever come from a man. There are men out there who put women through some terrible experiences, but there are also men out there who are capable of loving their partners and treating them right. Don't allow society, the media or anyone else to have you believing that there's no good men out there. Program your mind to affirm that one day, you will have the relationship you truly desire. When you've been single a while, it is hard to maintain a sense of hope (trust me, I know) but using the season in your life to get to know yourself a bit better. Another way you can avoid conditioning is to monitor what it is you're taking in. Surround yourself with things that are uplifting and that give you something to look forward to. If there is anything that is making you feel like you aren't worthy of love, addressing any issues you may have is paramount.
Childhood experiences – It takes a lot to admit that certain things learnt during childhood may be playing a role in the kind of relationships you have. The truth is that childhood experiences could play a role in the type of partner you attract. For example, if you have grown up in a home where a parent has been ill (for example), and you had to be their carer then it's likely that you may seek relationships where you can fulfil a carer type role. The trouble with these types of relationships is that one party feels fulfilled, while the other does not (the other is you), so being able to identify any behaviours that have been carried from childhood to adulthood is important. This will help you develop a sound understanding of what you should be looking for in a partner. You'll also be able to avoid being something you are not: a fixer, healer, saviour or anything of that kind. I've touched on this in a previous post, which you can find here.
Lack of self esteem – Probably one of the biggest reasons why women find themselves in crappy situations. A lot of women are seeking things from men that they should be giving to themselves! A lack of self-esteem or self-worth will have you entertaining people you shouldn't even be giving a second to. There's no formula to having amazing self-esteem: even the most confident person in the world has days when they are feeling blah, but before you get into a relationship, work on your perception of self. Authenticity is key, and you should always be yourself with whoever you encounter. Dating or getting into a relationship where you feel like you have to be someone else is exhausting. You will eventually lose your sense of self. Once you become your own authentic self, you'll be able to recognise when someone else isn't being authentic! A big mistake some females make is changing their personality on every date they go on because they're afraid of putting any potential love interests off. This isn't the way to do it. Be yourself, know your worth and add tax!
Not knowing what it is you want in a partner – It's not enough to know that you want a partner, knowing what you are looking for is equally as important. Some people are able to discern their requirements the moment they meet someone, but for others this may take time. Writing a list is a way of identifying values, characteristics and other traits that you may desire. For example, if you want children, you'd naturally like a partner who is good with children or who is family oriented (be sure to look for the proof in the pudding, don't just take their word for it). Another way of finding out what it is you'd like in a significant other is to write down your own characteristics. Remember, any partner you have should compliment you, and not complete you. Getting to know yourself better gives you an idea of what you will/will not stand for. Deal breakers are also a part of this process. Every woman should have deal breakers, and they should ALWAYS apply (no matter how wonderful the person you are dating is).
Making yourself easily available – One of the biggest lessons out there is the importance of being your own person. When you don't really know who you are, or you have no vision or goals, it's so easy to be swept off your feet at an instant. We have all been in situations where we've met a guy and thought he was the best thing since sliced bread, then we become enamoured with our "discovery" and all of a sudden, everything in our lives comes to a halt. There's a link between desperation and making yourself easily available. If you want me to write about this in another post, I can, but in the meantime you can read more about this here. For some men, dating is all about power and control. Being mindful of a guy's behaviour in the early stages is so important. You could find yourself being told sweet nothings on the first date, but by the fifth he has already started being verbally abusive. Not all dating situations are like this, of course, which is why being mindful and listening to your gut is vital.
Ignoring red flags – Red flags never go away. When one pops up, another one will usually appear. One thing I would definitely say women have got to stop doing is ignoring them. It's funny how a clear sign that you shouldn't be involved with a person will actually spur you on to elevate your union: if he's standoffish, you may decide to be more affectionate or if he has a temper, you'll start to walk on egg shells in order to "limit" the chances of an outburst. All this is just so wrong. There's a certain level of discomfort that arises when a red flag appears. Focus on the fact that this person doesn't make you feel good, use that to remove yourself from the situation so you can move on with your life. Ignoring red flags is like subliminally telling the person you are with that they can treat you anyhow, and you won't go anywhere. These kinds of relationships never end well because one person has become so used to being the perpetrator and the victim will be in a state of shock, as well as left with a whole lot of healing to do! So ladies, stop ignoring the warning signs!
Allowing the views of others to influence you – Whenever you are offered guidance or counsel in any area of your life, it is up to you whether you take it or not. You may decide that some things you've been told aren't aligned with your needs and values and that's OK! When it comes to relationships, everyone has something to say! Most of us have conditioned ourselves to throw our two cents into what people should or shouldn't be doing and that's a fact. In a world where everyone seems to have a solution, don't forget to check in with yourself! This isn't being selfish because nobody knows what's right for you more than you do! Additionally, not allowing the situations of others to influence your decisions is also key. Remember that people only show you what they want you to see. Do you remember this post? The inspiration behind it was a story I read on Twitter where a young lady wasn't attracted to a guy she was talking to but went out with him anyway. You should never go out with someone just for the sake of it. See things for what they are! Just ask yourself whether you are dating because you want to or whether it's because you've given in to societal pressures.
Unrealistic expectations – In your mind, you've probably created this image of the perfect guy for you. Let's face it, we all have. It's nice to be able to reflect on what's important to you in your search for a partner, but make sure you are being realistic. For example, demanding that your future partner likes every TV show that you do. That's an unrealistic expectation. You will (and should) have things in common with anyone you date, but something as trivial as choice in TV shows isn't important. Same goes for hobbies, taste in food etc. First and foremost, the main point of attraction should be character. Being with someone who is of good character is something every woman should want (in addition to everything else). Another side to unrealistic expectations is expecting too much from the person you are with. If the relationship you are in is right for you, things will flow naturally. When expectations are too heavy, your relationship could be placed in disaster's way. Being able to feel an element of satisfaction in a relationship is vital to it's success. What you don't want to do is spend your time thinking and wishing so many things were different. Take it from me and focus on what actually matters.
I hope you've enjoyed reading this post! As always, I love to hear from you all! Why do you think women choose the wrong men? Do leave a comment below. Also, if you would like me to write about a particular relationship-related topic, let me know.
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I may just blog selected sessions here, rather than all the ones I go to, but here goes for my (almost) live blog (so expect lots of typos and random ramblings) of emtacl10...
Mmm, lovely dinner and nice little delicate cakes for pud!
A welcome, etc., as you may expect, then into the first keynote:
Lorcan Dempsey - "The network has reconfigured whole industries. What will it do to academic libraries?: How libraries are going to have to change their services in the networked future. Has 64 slides to get through! Example of Netflix - knows we aren't in the US, so can't access it. This has changed the way people view films in America. Showed example of recommendations. Netflix however has recently moved much of it's infrastructure to a competitor - Amazon. Their core competence is recommending films - not interested in running a data centre that has to sit behind it, so happy for Amazon (a competitor in delivering films) to do that part of it.
Network encourages efficiencies of scale. Can analysise data much better when you are larger in scale, deliver better what people want. At a network level, makes stuff easily referenceable - use big networks as place to refer others to.
Lets us specialise where we can make an impact - outsource other stuff to other people.
Institutional scale issues? Every library duplicating effort at the moment - not specialising where we should / can make impact. So should library services be externalised? National? Collaborative? Third Party? Or should they be given up?
Sourcing /Scaling very important over recent history, so JISC for UK negotiating stuff, collectively letting us buy things, rather than individual libraries trying to do the same.
Talk about 4 things within an institution level (Discovery; reputation mgt, citation mgt, the whole social thing)
But first, collections! These influence how we think about our other services. Traditionally we;ve looked after scarce things (books) that we need to look after carefully.
Discover happens elsewhere - example of searching Google Books to find a particular passage cf flicking through a book. The norm is now online, external, no longer limited to physical access and familiarity. "We are no longer limited to the 150 people...." of our real life networks, we can scale up to the whole web. So we need to make sure our special, "unique" collections are easily discoverable by people who don't want to use our tools, but use Google, etc. instead. i.e. "Indirect discovery". "Disclosing" stuff to cloud services to allow this. Example of putting a link to a resource (article) in a wikipedia page as a way of SEO (though this was disputed by someone on twitter immediately!).
Why mess about with making nice catalogues, etc., when most discovery will happen through other tools on the web?
Have some scalar confusion here - things happening at all sorts of different levels, "presences" all over the place. Should we have lots of pages, or one thing that can feed into other services?
Also have scope confusion - what are the motivations for each presence and what are we aiming for?
We don't have a controlled environment, the "network" throws all these together.
Social stuff: (context - community - conversation. Return on attention). Manage demand not manage supply. Make people aware of what you have, not enough to put stuff on the web, you need to push things forward that people may be interested in.
Some directions - Thinks we will get rid of most print books except the latest most used stuff. Move to regional stores. 80% or more spending on materials will be licenced electronic content from a few big suppliers. Will have selective & targeted kocal engagement around scholarly materials.
Moving infrastructure to the cloud. complex systems will have to be simplified. Need to realise network effects in this move (recommendations, collaborative collection mgt, etc.).
Shift from space as necessary storage and infrastructure to social, Ad Hoc rendevoiuz space, showcase for particular expertise.
Relationship mgt - Roles is to make informational aspects of reserch and learning more efective. Need to "peel" expertise away from the collection to apply it to wider tools, practices and services. "People are entry points". Make expertise accessible and visible. Not exposes our expertise at the moment, we push to resources more than our own expertise. "If the library wants to be seen as expert, then it's expertise has to be seen".
Doesn;t like the phrase "Info Lit" (boo to him!), prefers "Scholarly literacy".
Has finished about 35 minutes late - sure the fire alarm wasn't that long!
Social Networks strand:
"New Applications derived from behaviour based recommendations" Spiering and geyer-Schulz: Talking about recommendations based on what users do, not what they say...
Sounds like BibTip is service they are talking about.
Bibtip is based on analysis of co-inspections (full views within same browser session). Recommendations reflect local user behaviour, not wider material. Language independant, any media in catalogue, etc. Purely browser history. Ex Libris have installed this on their cat system.
20-25% of user on any particular day click on recommendations. Sounds a bit dodgy to me - how do we know the pages people are viewing are useful? It may be that everyone clicks on the same rubbish book because it comes high up in the list of search results - this system will then recommend it to others, re-inforcing that choice as a recommended book? Or am I wrong?
Started saying it was local only - now saying they are bringing in sharing of data between libraries, but with priority to local recommendations. So (I think) recommendations from elsewhere only come in when local data not populous enough to generate recommendations.
"Mashup of REST-ful APIs only using RSS feeds to support research in a high demanding research environment" Chumbe: Telling us all about mash-ups. Using www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/api (is this the draft version of http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/ ? No, Dave Pattern tells me it's a seperate JISC funded project that builds on tictocs - no wonder it looked so similar, thanks Dave!) to make a friendly interface for staff to use.
Example - alerts for a repository manager when authors from their institution have published.
2nd Example - cross refs RSS feeds from publishers with university subscriptions. So, stuff you may be interested in (on a topic) that we subscribe to.
Lots of bits and pieces you can do with this.
Not sure I like this. Mainly seem to be turning RSS feeds into a search for latest stuff - shouldn't our search tools be doing this anyway? Perhaps that is why I feel a bit uneasy...
Lightening talks! It seems no-one put their name down for one on the first day!
"To face or not to face" Novosel - Nice to see someone from Croatia (Zagreb Uni). Largest Croatian Uni, 6,500 students. They have 28 subject librarians. That's 2 and a half times the number we have with 4 times the students. What are we doing wrong? Sorry, slipping into a rant about staffing there...
Talking about using Facebook (most popular social network in Croatia) - she suggests they are up to 10 years behind some other countries, so Facebook still up & coming there. Most academic libraries in Croatia lack even fairly basic web presence.
Put news type items from the wider country / world on their own wall, along with links to other pages - using it to push useful links / links to people? First 5 months went from 0 fans to 1,100 fans (now 1,400) - sounds like they really got in at the right point to surf the peak of interest in facebook in their country.
Dissapointed that people aren't using it as social space, just as a feed of information. There is probably more interaction going on than on our page though :-)
"Another look at personalisation" Haya & Stattin- Don't know what this one is about, slightly annoying I can't find abstracts anywhere!
Ah! Personalising library websites - inspired by BBC? Their "old" website looks quite nice at first glance! Now using Drupal to allow people to personalise their new pages - use Shibboleth to log in. This means they have all the associated info about groups, etc., people belong to. Their webpage now like how I think our portal should be? Can move stuff around, add elements to a pages, etc. Looks really nice. Have a search box that stays fixed in place, most other stuff (underneath) changeable. Don't care if people don't customise as "standard" site is still better than old one! Though nice if they do... Will be carrying on working on it to improve things.
That's the end of the first days sessions. (Organ?) concert in the cathedral is on offer tonight, followed by a reception of some sort.
Monday, 26 April 2010
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Ringtones plays a vital role in mobile downloading. Downloading cheap and free ringtones is one of the more popular ways we brand a phone to ourselves and identify our friends when they're calling.ReplyDelete
I might be wrong, but I think JournalTOCs is a separate (JISC funded?) project that builds on the initial work done by ticTOCs.ReplyDelete
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Sigge Architects has partnered with Global Accommodation Management to propose a series of floating hotels and apartments for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The nation has been worried about accommodating the influx of soccer enthusiasts, and these floating hotels and apartments will help accommodate over 25,000 people in a space-saving and—the designers claim—energy efficient manner.
Sigge Architect's designs are linked to the mainland by boats and new transit lines in Qatar. The hotels will be accompanied by luxury apartments and are part of a new island called Oryx Island off the coast of Doha. This new island will be equipped with its own utilities and power, and these new hotel buildings will exist entirely off Qatar's grid. The hotel will have an independent sewage treatment plant, power generation and recycling possibilities. Designed to be luxurious in nature, the interiors depict modern design with large expansive glass walls to take in the ocean views. The hope and promise is that this island can be repurposed for future events and and can be towed to another location.
Qatar definitely has the resources and money to accomplish these plans. The Barwa Real Estate Company will be developing Oryx Island at a cost of $5.5 million. These floating hotels are a beautiful solutions to the continual need for housing during our melting ice-cap era, though the environemental impact of the hotels is fairly unclear—the island will most likely affect the stability of the marine life, environmental quality, and water quality of the area.
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College Green traffic restrictions lifted
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As you probably know, the Council bowed to the demands of big retailers and that most reactionary section of Irish society, the owners of city-centre car-parks. Cars will once again flow through what was briefly a tiny bus corridor.
Rather than expanding the bus corridor, to cover more streets, they have cancelled it for the afternoon, because of the fear of lost business for city-centre retailers. So we're back to encouraging everyone from the whole city to do all their shopping in an area of one square mile. How sustainable.
Small chance, I guess, of banning the taxis from the bus corridor. Given more space, with the private cars gone, they now drive even faster and more dangerously. Paradoxically, the cancelling of the bus corridor may actually make the road safer.
The council says the bus corridor will be brought back on 15th January, but I won't be holding my breath.
I suppose we will all have to suffer throughout December in the name of the retailers, for the ironically-named Operation Freeflow. Pedestrian lights will be disabled, gardaí will waste thousands of hours directing traffic to make sure that all the blessed cars can get into the city centre and park in the all-important car-parks.
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Hey Jason,
I just completed a new article on my beloved Blue Devils and the season outlook for the team. I list every possible contributor on the team, and what their potential is for the new season. If you have a chance, please give it a look. Thanks!
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The great debate continues, and I share my opinion on it in my latest piece. I'd also like to hear your opinion,so don't be shy!
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Hey, I just completed my second article on Duke Football, trying to become a Duke Football Featured Columnist. I preview the Top 5 Offensive Players to keep an eye on in 2009. Since I am trying to become a FC, please leave any feedback that you can, what I should do differently next time, things I can do to improve the article, etc. Thanks in advance. I appreciate the support!
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