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There's a little plastic bag squished into the corner of my big knitting bag. A little plastic bag with a squish together top whose creases and worn softness tell the story of a project that's long been carted around, knit a bit and stuffed away, knit a bit and put out of sight. And now that bag is empty.
I have finished a pair of socks. By itself this shouldn't be particularly noteworthy but if you've been reading here for a little while would you like to guess the last time you saw these socks, or sock singular as it then was?
Before Pip was born?
Before Elma?
Before Kitty even?
That it has taken me since 2011 to knit the second sock gives this pair the unenviable honour of having suffered from the worst bout of second sock syndrome I ever inflicted on a pile of yarn, and even that first sock took its time.
Time for a moment of candour. I cast on this pair of socks on 30 August 2008 (yes you read that right) and finished them on 8 July 2017. Nine years. Nine whole years of largely being tucked away down the bottom of the knitting bag, of being the constant WIP at the top of my Ravelry notebook, or being out of sight but never quite forgotten.
I'm not quite sure what it was that prompted me to pick it back up again after so long, perhaps simply wanting to make space for more yarn in my tent stash, or, more likely, the realisation that a lot of my socks have all reached the end of their natural life span together and we have something of a cold feet problem in the house, and it really shouldn't have been a challenge. I am a good knitter, a knitter with a capital K, who loves to wrap her brain around the complicated and the crazy and put them into order, stitch by tiny stitch and yet this second sock (and probably the first one too) had me questioning everything I ever thought I knew about being a knitter.
Forgive me if you're learning, or it's something that you never quite wrapped your brain around, but for me, after 30 years practice, knitting is my second language, a language of stitches, one after the other, that I speak with native fluency (which is far more than can be said for my French), and yet there is not a single section, not one in all thirteen sections, Richard to Vain, that I did not have to rip back and do over. And I don't care how much will power you have, how much you love your craft, how clever it makes you feel when you get it right, that amount of frogging would crush Pollyanna.
To get to this point, where I can show you a whole two socks, warm and snuggly and covered in grass because I live in a tent and it turns out to be impossible to take "rainbow in the sky" pictures without at some stage stepping on the lawn, took determination, and a finely judged amount of pink wine.
The truth is that to knit something beautiful and complicated is easy when your hands hold the muscle memory to make it easy. I can smile and accept a compliment because yes I did just take sticks and string and make clothes, but it's like a toddler marvelling at an adult for reading Swallows and Amazons while they're still working out That's Not My Train.
It's when the muscle memory isn't there, and you find a pattern that you love that stretches you, either in the knitting or because it's not written in the way that your brain works, that's when you step up and earn every one of those knitterly stripes. And that means that these could have been the ugliest socks ever to be cast off, and I would still rate them, not as a favourite knit, but as a worthy adversary.
So let me tell you a bit more about them. The pattern is the Seven Chakras, formerly known as the In Tsuspense Project, sent as part of the 2008 Tsock Club and designed by the late Tsarina of Tsocks, Lisa Grossman. Each section arrived as instructions and the relevant constituent part of the rainbow rolled up into little balls of Holiday Yarns Flock Sock, you followed the direction and waited for the next month and we were probably on the third instalment before we even knew it was a sock, given that it started at the heel.
The pattern runs out from the heel through the different elements for the Chakras until finally at the toe and cuff you find the heart. It's a clever design, typical of Lisa's creativity, and I love that there is so much going on below the surface of what is otherwise just a beautiful soft rainbow sock.
Aside from all of the ripping back, I learnt a new way to cast on, I learnt that I don't particularly like that new way to cast on, and in this second sock especially, I got to grips with knitting socks on two circulars, and also decided that I really do like my nice shiny purple metal DPNs.
If you want a pair of rainbow socks, there are far far easier patterns out there, even before you've got anywhere near self striping rainbow yarn, but that isn't what these socks are about; they're about seeing a project through to the end, about never giving up, about accepting that it is OK to find a project infuriatingly wonderfully hard, and just a little bit about the fact that come the winter, I'm going to have amazingly cosy rainbow toes.
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Arranging graduation
You're about to graduate. That means there's a lot to be arranged. The university expects you to take certain steps, as does your faculty and/or institute. Your faculty has various regulations and procedures in place that you need to follow carefully when arranging your graduation.
Steps towards graduation
Graduation means there's a lot to be arranged. Below you will find a general overview of the steps to be taken. Make sure to first read the information provided by your faculty and department, as regulations and procedures can vary.
- You receive the final grade needed to fulfil your examination requirements.
- You request graduation: look under the faculty/study programme tab to find out exactly what steps your programme requires you to take to arrange graduation. You may receive a message from uSis entitled 'You can graduate'. This message will explain the options available if you wish to delay graduation.
- Your student registration will not automatically be cancelled when you graduate. You have to cancel your registration yourself via Studielink. However de-registration is not compulsory if you have a reason for not wishing to do so. Make sure to carefully read the information on de-registering or re-registering.
Requesting postponement of graduation
If you receive a message from uSis entitled 'You can graduate', but you don't yet want to graduate because you are taking additional courses or an internship that you want to be mentioned on your final transcript, you can request postponement of graduation. Look under your faculty or study programme tab for more information.
Conditions of postponement
The maximum duration of postponement you can request is until you have been registered on your study programme for the official programme duration plus one additional year. For Bachelor's programmes this is 3+1 years, for most Master's programmes this is 1+1 year. If you are more than a year behind in your studies your request will not be granted.
Official regulations on postponing graduation
The regulations and agreements concerning the postponement of graduation have been laid down by Leiden University Executive Board in the Leiden University Regulations on Postponing Graduation.
Requesting your graduation
You should request your final exam, using one of the relevant forms below:
You can do this using one of the following forms:
Request form graduation Bachelor
Request form graduation Master
Request form graduation Research Master
Provide the title of your thesis and internship correctly, as these data will be copied onto your diploma directly.
You can also apply for attending the graduation ceremony via this form.
Graduation ceremony dates
The dates of the upcoming graduation ceremonies can be found on the Awarding of diploma page.
Dates and deadlines for the final exam
Graduation ceremonies are organised twice a year. In the overview, this is stated as 'date of graduation'.
Please mind the following deadlines when requesting the final exam:
- Fall ceremony (September/October): request the exam before July 1st
- Spring ceremony (February/March): request the exam before December 15th
Handing in your thesis
In order to graduate you will need to make a pdf version and send it via WeTransfer to email@example.com at the latest on December 15 or July 1.
Procedure for handing in the thesis:
- Make a digital pdf version of your thesis; one for your supervisor (first reader) and one for the Administration Office.
- Send your supervisor an e-mail with a pdf of the Turnitin originality report (enrol in the BlackBoard module BA or MA thesis Archaeology and follow the instructions).
- The Board of Examiners appoints a second reader.
- When your thesis has received a grade, you will be notifief by the Administration Office. You will also receive instructions on how to upload your thesis in the Thesis Repository. Once your thesis has been uploaded in the repository, and your thesis grade has been entered in uSis, you are ready to graduate.
Thesis Repository
The Thesis Repository is an online archive of all Leiden University theses. All students are asked to hand in a digital copy of their thesis for the repository. This concerns a digital copy (in PDF) of the final, graded version of the thesis.
Theses can be marked as open to the public, or remain under embargo in the repository. For open publication, both the supervisor and the student need to give their permission. Do not forget to fill out the permission form, scan it, and send it to email@example.com.
If only one of the parties chooses to publish the thesis under embargo, the thesis will always be placed under embargo.
Please note: the Thesis Repository only accepts one upload per student. Revised versions will not be accepted.
The thesis grade cannot be registered until the paper has been uploaded to the Thesis Repository, and the permission form has been submitted.
If you are graduation, you are not automatically de-registered from university. If you want to de-register, you need to submit a de-registration request via Studielink. Make sure to select as reason graduation. Read more about the procedure.
Once you have completed all the steps above, it is time for the graduation ceremony!
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John Vigeland
Marshall, North Carolina
John Vigeland was raised in Fort Worth, Texas. He graduated from Carleton College in Minnesota, where he studied French, English Literature, and Geology before committing to a major in Studio Art. He joined East Fork Pottery in 2013, after three years of apprenticeship in Seagrove, North Carolina. John's work is an organic union of influences from 14th century Korean pottery, to modernist poetry, to Mark Rothko, and much in between. His first love of painting is demonstrated on the clay through his fluid and expressive slip-decoration. East Fork is nestled at the end of a holler on an old tobacco field, between steep-sloped green mountains in North Carolina. Alex Matisse founded the business in 2010 and brought along John Vigeland in 2013. While they each maintain their own artistic vision, they share materials, vocabularies, aesthetic values, and high standards of quality.


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The lead singer of rock group Lostprophets has been remanded in custody by a court after being charged with sexual offences against children.
Ian Watkins, 35, from Pontypridd, is accused of conspiring to engage in sexual activity with a female under 13 and the possession or distribution of indecent images of children.
Caroline Evans reports.
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Those who work in the service industry know there's just no time to sit down. When the tables are full and the patrons are hungry, you've got to be quick on your feet. At times, the fast-paced nature of the service industry is a blessing – you get in the zone and before you know it several hours have passed and your shift is almost over. You were so busy, you didn't even notice the time passing – but your feet must have, because it feels like they have a pulse and they ache from heel to toe.
Foot pain is a common problem among servers. Long hours standing on hard floors can cause daily discomfort and even medical problems. Severe issues can be avoided by wearing the proper shoes, i.e, those that offer comfortable arch support, don't slip on the heel, and give the toes enough room to move. As most servers know, the difference between a comfortable shoe and one that fits improperly is a vast gulf. On the one end, you might have a slight ache in your feet at the end of the day, but at the other, you might have trouble walking!
Common foot ailments among servers
In addition to bunions, HealthCentral noted that servers often feel the pain of plantar fasciitis, tarsal tunnel syndrome or Morton's neuroma. Each of these conditions is commonly found among those who spend their days standing or walking. And not all feet are created equally, so those with flat feet or high arches often experience worse pain than others. For those people, it's important to know that foot pain isn't normal and there are ways to reduce pain or prevent it from getting worse. For example, a custom orthotic can reduce the pain of high arches or flat feet – it can even be the solution to lower back pain.
Servers tend to be very busy people and as a consequence, they may let their foot problems last longer than necessary. If you're a server with pain in your feet, you should take the time to correct the issue before it gets worse. Much of the time, that means learning about what footwear you should wear on the job. Check out this article about what you need to know about your feet.
Slip-and-fall accidents: The other problem
The government of Connecticut reported that slips, trips and falls account for one-third of all disabling restaurant injuries. Kitchens, supply rooms and even the dining room are rife with potential hazards, from spilled food and drinks to ice. A slip-and-fall accident can be very dangerous, not to mention expensive. However, these kinds of injuries are also easy to avoid. Wearing a shoe with a slip-resistant sole is one simple way to avoid such an accident.
When the ability to stand for long stretches of time is vital to your job, you need to take care of your feet. That means addressing pain before it gets worse and knowing what type of footwear you need. These two ideas, in combination, will make your life at work much easier. Remember, there's no reason why your feet need to hurt after a day of work!Share this article


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I'm always looking for easy ways to get free food, especially on those days where there just isn't time to make dinner for my family.
There is a way to get two free pizzas from Papa John's by following these steps.
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Together with our partners from the ALDE Party, we cordially invite you to our next Liberal Breakfast
Monday, 26 October 2015
Venue: Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, Avenue de Cortenbergh 71, 1000 Brussels
About the event
On 25 October Poles go to the polls to elect a new Parliament. Will the ruling Civic Platform party dwindle in favour of the Law and Justice Party, or will the incumbent prevail?
The elections will undoubtedly change the political makeup of Poland and could also change the country's stance on Europe. Should Poland introduce the Euro and abandon the Zloty? Does it make sense to undo years of fiscal discipline to increase child benefits and raise the retirement age? The key to the above questions is the election.
Can the new parties move Poland in a more liberal direction, or will the country depart on a route of Euroscepticism and increased public spending?
Less than 24 hours after the polling stations in Poland close, we will take a first round to discuss the results.
Håvard Sandvik
European Affairs Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Dominika Cosic
European Correspondent, Polish daily newspaper,
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Jacob Moroza-Rasmussen
Secretary General, ALDE Party
Blazej Lenkowski
President of the Polish think tank Fundacja Industrial, managaing projects such as
Liberté (www.liberte.pl), Freedom Games (freedomgames.eu), 4liberty.eu
Håvard Sandvik
European Affairs Manager, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Kindly register for this event before 23 October 2015 at http://tinyurl.com/elections-poland
Please note that you will be forwarded to a Google Drive sheet. Should you wish to register directly please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Photographs will be taken at the event for use on the FNF website, social media, in the press, FNF marketing materials, and other publications. By entering this event, you consent to FNF photographing and using your image and likeness.


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2016 NCAA Golf Championships
Golfingdad posted a topic in Golf TalkI have been enthralled with the Golf Channel's coverage of the NCAA Championships for the last several years, and I imagine this year will be no different. This year, they are hosting it at Eugene Country Club (just off the campus of the University of Oregon). For those who haven't watched, here's a quick rundown of the format: Days 1-4 - 72 hole individual stroke play to determine the individual National Champion, as well as (and more importantly) the eight teams who will compete in the team match play finals. Each team has 5 players competing and the 4 best scores for each day count towards the cumulative team total. Day 5 - Quarterfinals and Semifinals of the team match play. 5 singles matches. Day 6 - Team match play finals. First the women, who started Friday, with the first day of TV coverage being yesterday, or the final day of the individual. The individual championship is one thing (a Freshman from Duke ran away with it this year - winning by 7 or 8 shots), but the team fight for the final eight is the most intriguing. It's so easy to make up or lose one, two, three strokes in a matter of minutes. Yesterday there were 4 or 5 different teams holding down that 8th spot throughout the day, which ultimately went to home team Oregon after Oklahoma State and Arizona had chances on the last few holes to catch or pass them but fell short. The final totals from yesterday: Anybody who is watching, feel free to discuss it here (I'll probably disappear until late tonight because I'm recording it all and will watch later) ... and if you weren't planning on watching, I recommend you give it a try. It's a lot of fun! Here's a few random photos: Individual champion, Virginia Elena Carta (will also be competing in team match play) The #4 seeded Washington University team. This was the pivotal moment in OK State missing out - that girl went bunker-bunker-bunker on her last hole, leading to a triple (I believe) and they fell 3 shots short.


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This beach hut is accessed is via stairs, the balcony is enclosed and is suitable for children.
Additional photos are displayed below. Click a photo for a larger version.
To find the beach hut, park in the main car park. Walk on to the promonade, turn left and walk to the end L shaped block of blue and white brick built huts. The hut is located in the centre of the upper level. Access is via staircase at either end of the huts facing the sea. The drinking water is located behind the Huts under the stairs on the left hand side (while facing the huts).
Please note rental does not include parking. Poole residents can apply to Poole Borough council for a residents beach parking permit.
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What To Do After Your Computer Crashes
Do you often experience computer freezes and crashes?
Have you ever lost important information stored on your PC due to a system crash?
If your answer is yes, then keep reading. This article deals with common causes of system crashes and specific methods to fix windows freeze problems and prevent system crashes by maintaining a healthy and error-free system.
If the performance of our system deteriorates and you encounter an unexpected system crash, it may be due to some kind of malware infection present on your system. Some of the malware programs include viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, and adware. Malware can enter into your system through various mediums including unsecure Internet connections, open network shares, spam e-mails and e-mail attachments. Where spyware programs secretly attack your system and start stealing all important information from the system, virus and Trojan files start multiplying as soon as the enter your system and immediately fill up the entire network with scores of malicious files. If there is a severe virus attack, these files are likely to cause significant damage to your computer. They may even wipe your hard disk completely and cause data loss.
To prevent these problems, you can use antivirus and antispyware tools. If you want to maintain an error-free system, it is important that you have both of these tools on your system. You must ensure that you regularly update the definitions of these tools. These tools are equipped with a real-time feature, which can be enabled to provide round-the-clock malware protection to your PC. You must also run periodic full system scans to eliminate any malicious information that might enter your system despite of all these protective measures.
If you are witnessing a slow but continuous decline in your computer's performance, it's usually due to problems in the Windows registry and the hard disk of your PC. You are likely to face registry-related problems in your computer when your registry is flooded with unwanted, archaic, and inaccurate registry entries. Therefore, the increasing size of the registry makes it unstable and might cause severe damage to its files. You may also encounter several computer errors such as DLL errors and driver errors. Therefore, it is important to maintain a clutter-free registry by compressing its files, decreasing its size and removing unwanted data from it. This can be done with the help of an effective registry cleaner tool, which is compatible with your Windows operating system. This tool allows you to perform the following tasks:
- Scan and eliminate redundant information from your system's registry.
- Fix invalid registry entries.
- Defrag the registry and compress the size of its files.
- Backup the registry to ensure that it's easily restored if the system crashes.
If you perform the above tasks, you can optimize the registry of your system and also enhance the speed of your computer.
The growth of unwanted files and fragmented data on your hard disk can also lead to hard disk problems. This can severely affect the performance of your system and is likely to cause physical damage to the hard disk. However, you can prevent these problems by following a few simple Windows repair methods. The hard disk problems can be fixed using the Disk Cleanup and Disk Defragmenter tools, which are available with your Windows XP and Vista operating system. While the Disk Cleanup tool allows you to remove unwanted files from system's hard disk, the Disk Defragmenter tool helps you to reinstate the contiguity of fragmented files on your Windows PC.


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Zoetic is a renewable energy project developer. Working in conjunction with its technology partners it has developed a compelling portfolio of renewable energy solutions. Zoetic is focused on the deployment of modular hydrokinetic turbines at existing hydro dams. This allows for additional generation capacity to come on line without the negative impacts from traditional dam construction – population displacement and environmental damage.
Zoetic is developing projects in Africa, Central America, Asia and Europe. Zoetic is also promoting rural electrification solutions throughout the developing world through its partnership with a leader in rooftop solar and rural electrification.
Zoetic means, "of or pertaining to life." It embodies the life's work of its Founder and Chairman, Jerome Ringo. Jerome has been a leader in the environmental movement for decades. Zoetic reflects his shift from advocacy to action, driven by a belief that solutions exist for the world's big problems.


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Technology and the Intersection of Science and Humanities: Supporting Innovation, Creativity and Hands-On Learning
Danielle Mirliss an Associate Director at Seton Hall University's Teaching, Learning and Technology Center. She is responsible for overseeing the Instructional Design and Training team in a variety of faculty and student support initiatives. She has been part of the Instructional Design team at Seton Hall since 2002 and has a broad range of experience in mobile computing, pen based computing, course redesign, online learning, virtual worlds and assessment. Before coming to Seton Hall, she was an Instructional Designer at The Distance Learning Project, an online division of Columbia University. Danielle received her Ed.D. in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College, Columbia University. She also received her Ed.M. from the same program and her M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from New York University.


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First up, have a look at what a 5Mb flash drive looked like in 1956. :-) Greg calculated it could store the equivalent of 63,000 punched cards.
And now, for anyone casting about for a challenge during their time off, a quiz about fictional computers which I nicked from a local SF magazine. I will publish the answers in a day or two. No cheating and looking answers up! I will confess that I only knew five.
Quiz: Computers in SF
In one of the earliest fictional descriptions of a device analogous to a personal computer, in a 1946 short story by Murray Leinster, it was called a 'Logic'. What was its name? Who programmed the Hal-9000? Who designed a computer-like device called the Prime Radiant to store the psychohistorical equations determining the future development of humanity? What was the name of the Liberator's computer in Blake's 7? Which original series Star Trek episode featured an experimental computer designated M5? What is the name of the magically powered and self-building computer housed at the Unseen University? In which TV series was a biotech computer named TIM a major character?
- What was the name of the ship computer of the Axiom in WALL-E?
ANGEL 1 and ANGEL 2, the Ancillary Guardians of Environment and Life, are the control computers of the starship Challenger in which radio series? What is the name of the extraterrestrial computer installed in the attic of Sarah Jane Smith's home in The Sarah Jane Adventures?
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The mighty white shirt. As ubiquitous as the blue jean, the black suit or the brown brogue and as integral a part of your day-to-day wardrobe: show us a man who doesn't own at least two and we'll show you a liar.
Thing is, a white shirt worn on it's own, though undoubtedly classic, has a tendency to look, well, a bit boring.
Fortunate, then, that a host of labels - from Savile Row's more traditional tailors to the menswear designers of Paris and Milan - have been beavering away to come up with clever, stylish alternatives to the classic white shirt.
From louche V-neck pique shirts, to bibbed granddad styles and origami-esque collars, there's never been so many ways to wear your whites.


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Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama
May 26th, 2010
By Bryon York, Washington Examiner
Obama is pushing the press around
Will Barack Obama go an entire year without holding a formal news conference? He's getting close: The president's last full-scale session with the press was on July 22, 2009, which was 307 days ago.
When Obama last held a big news conference, there had not yet been terrorist attacks at Fort Hood, Detroit, and Times Square. Scott Brown was an unknown Massachusetts state senator. There was no national health care bill, much less national health care law. Tiger Woods appeared to be a model family man.
A lot can happen in 307 days, which is far longer than George W. Bush or Bill Clinton ever went between news conferences.
In its defense, the White House says Obama answers a lot of questions from reporters, just not in the traditional news-conference setting. In fact, the president does a lot of one-on-one interviews, frequently with sympathetic reporters. But even in terms of brief question-and-answer sessions with the White House press corps, he has still done fewer than Bush or Clinton.
More troubling is that Obama makes no secret of his disdain for the press. Just look at the scene in the Oval Office May 18, when Obama invited a few journalists to watch him sign a new bill — it just happened to be the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act.
"Speaking of press freedom, could you answer a couple of questions on BP?" CBS's Chip Reid asked Obama after the signing.
"You're certainly free to ask them, Chip," Obama said.


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Marnett named Dean of Basic Sciences for School of Medicine
From the Summer 2016 edition of Vanderbilt Medicine Magazine
Lawrence J. Marnett, Ph.D., has been named Dean of Basic Sciences for the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is University Professor of Biochemistry, Chemistry and Pharmacology and Mary Geddes Stahlman Professor of Cancer Research. "Our research and teaching in the … Continued


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Wooden Spring Tongs
??A great all-around kitchen utensil.
By David Radtke
Here's a great kitchen utensil you're sure to find indispensable. These wooden tongs feature a unique spring tab mechanism built into a knuckle joint. The joint allows the tongs to be folded flat for storage. When the tongs are opened up, the spring tabs contact each other so the tongs want to spring back open. This is the same action found in those metal tongs used by chefs the world over. Tongs are perfect for everything from plucking corn-on-the-cob out of boiling water to fetching a trapped piece of toast from a toaster. Of course, they also shine as a salad server. It's one of those projects you'll enjoy using so much you'll want to make more as gifts for friends and family.
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No doubt there's lots of scrap wood in your shop just looking to be fashioned into something useful. Closed grain or semi-porous woods like cherry, walnut and maple make good tong material. The tongs are easy to make. There's a little bit of steam bending, but even that is low tech and straight forward. Feel free to experiment with the length and width of the tongs for a variety of uses.
Cut saw kerfs in each blank to create the spring tabs. Set the fence to cut the outer kerf on each blank first. Then, reset the fence to cut the inner kerfs. Clamp a stop to the fence and keep the same face up for both cuts so each tab is equal in length.
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Glue spacers to the outer tabs. Place small pieces of paper next to the spacers to avoid accidentally gluing them to the middle tab. Use water resistant glue.
Cut 45-degree bearing angles for the spring tabs with a fine crosscut saw. Cut the middle tab on the tong with the spacers and the two outer tabs on the other tong. Use a piece of scrap to lift the middle tab for cutting.
Soak the blanks in hot water for about 30 minutes. Place a weight on the wood to keep it submerged.
Set the spring in the tabs by inserting a 1/8 in. spacer between them and applying heat. Use a heat gun on high and keep rotating the tong to prevent scorching.
Clamp the end of the tongs together with the bent tabs facing out. Drill a 1/16-in. dia. hole through the tabs to create a pivot point for the knuckle joint connecting the tongs.
Push a brass rod into the hole to hinge the knuckle joint. Cut the excess rod to length with a wire cutter. File the ends flush. This will flare the ends of the rod and lock it in place.
Open the tongs so the spring tabs are engaged. Then push the tong halves together. Shape the outside faces on a belt sander. Gently rock the tongs as you sand to produce a slightly rounded bevel on the ends.
This story originally appeared in American Woodworker July 2008, issue #136.
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West Coast photo diary
So… in last week's photo diary we finished in New Orleans, right?! Fast forward about two hours eating in an airport and three hours flying we touched down in the City of Angels (a.k.a Los Angeles). In this section of the trip it was a bit more 'nature based' as we had the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Lake Havasu, Yosemite etc on our itinerary. We also had Vegas to gear ourselves up for so taking in the fresh air and insane hikes at these jaw dropping spots was a good call. Both the East and West Coasts were two very different experiences and for me that made my trip one for the bucket list – best of both worlds in my opinion.


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Genetically Engineered Clotting Solution Approved
FRIDAY, Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The first clotting solution derived from recombinant DNA technology has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help stop small blood vessels from bleeding after surgery.
Recothrom, made by Seattle-based ZymoGenetics Inc., is a topical solution made from Chinese hamster ovary cells that have been genetically modified to produce human thrombin, a protein involved in blood clotting.
The hamster cells are tested for known infectious agents and are subjected to processes designed to thwart viruses, the FDA said.
In clinical testing involving 411 people, Recothrom met a primary benchmark of controlling bleeding within 10 minutes. It was as effective as an approved thrombin solution derived from cattle plasma, the agency said.
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SEATTLE (CBSNewYork/AP) — All four of the NFL's network partners have bid on the Thursday night television package, a person with knowledge of the bidding process told The Associated Press on Sunday.
The league has used its NFL Network to televise the games, but recently put up the 13-game series for bids and received them from NBC, Fox, CBS and ESPN. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the bidders are not being made public.
Turner Sports has also bid, and there's a strong possibility ESPN would put the games on ABC should it be chosen by the league.
Fox has launched Fox Sports 1 and NBC has its own cable sports network, NBCSN, both of which would benefit greatly from an NFL presence.
"We'd love to have more NFL games," NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said at the Television Critics Association meeting in Pasadena, Calif. "Thursday night games might be really interesting to us. I just can't say. I mean, it's something we're talking about, and we have a great relationship with the NFL."
The NFL also has expressed a desire to simulcast the games on NFL Network.
NFL Network began airing an eight-game package in 2006, which increased to 13 in 2012.
Viewership for Thursday night games has been significantly lower than for other packages, but the NFL still is king of the TV ratings. Thursday night games averaged 8 million viewers on NFL Network this past season, the day's most-watched program on cable TV each week.
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This week we have 384 cows in the main herd and 237 in the small herd. This gives a total of 621 cows milking into the vat this morning. We have 1 Treatment cow.
The whole herd has lost 5kg live weight in the past week. The monitor group of 347 early MA cows lost 4kg, and the younger cows [2011 born] have lost 2kg live weight.
Average bulk milk SCC was 152.
Average daily milk solids production per cow (all cows milked into the vat) is 1.71kgMS/cow, 0.09 kg/ cow/day less than last week. Daily production per hectare was 6.66 kg MS/ha.
This weeks measured average pasture cover is 2450 kgDM/ha down 70 kg DM/ha, from last week.
Our estimated average daily pasture growth rate for the last week has been 62 kg DM/ha, another week where growth is less than demand.
In spite of this we still have a predicted surplus of 10.4 T DM. The round length has lengthened by 1 day over the week to 21 days. No silage has been fed this week. We will look to hold the round above 20 days range until the end of the week [next Tuesday].
We have applied nitrogen [urea] to 42.4 ha of recently grazed pastures at 25kg N/ha.
Our plan for the rest of the season is evolving at this time and we expect to make some significant changes to enable us to operate within our Nitrogen loss baseline. We have fed no silage this week and no mowing was done.
The herd was body condition scored last week, average was 4.1 and 7.4% were below BCS 4.0 these are not as good as we would like. We had expected the average BCS to have started to trend upwards. We have already put low BCS, early calving cows in the small herd to assist with their body condition and will continue to monitor cows as ensure consistency of feeding towards BCS targets later in the season.
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Phone: (225) 399-0001
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Baton Rouge, LA 70801
Phone: (225) 399-0011
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Breast Revision
A breast revision is done to correct any previous breast procedure including a breast lift, breast augmentation, breast reduction, or even a simple scar revision from previous cosmetic surgery. If you are unhappy with the results from your prior breast procedure, Dr. Weiler or Dr. Daugherty will address your concerns and create an individualized plan to obtain the best results.*
Not all plastic surgeons are created equal. Some are more experienced than others, and some are simply better doctors than others. While a plastic surgeon can never guarantee results, a good surgeon will have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen during surgery and the results you can expect.* You deserve to be happy with your breast enhancement, however, if you had a surgery by another surgeon and you aren't happy with the results, you should come in for a consultation with Dr. Weiler or Dr. Daugherty.
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There are a variety of reasons you may be unhappy with your original breast surgery from another plastic surgeon. Some of the reasons might include the following. You could be unhappy with your breast size or shape after a breast enhancement surgery. Your implants could have been poorly positioned originally. You could have additional scarring that was unexpected and unnecessary. Your nipple placement could have been poor. These are all signs of a poorly done breast enhancement, and Dr. Weiler or Dr. Daugherty can work with you in order to correct any of these problems. While it's often unfortunate to have to have a revision breast surgery, by doing so, you will get the body that you truly wanted and the confidence to go with it.
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If possible, your surgeon will go in through the previous incision to prevent any additional scarring.
Your Surgical Experience
Breast revision surgery is performed at Weiler Plastic Surgery on an outpatient basis. Depending on the complexity of the revision, your procedure can be performed under general or local anesthesia using oral sedation. You will need someone to drive you home after the surgery and have someone stay with you for a day or two after surgery. A support garment is applied after surgery and should be worn for six weeks or until further instructed. All current medications will be reviewed at your preoperative appointment and we will inform you if anything you are taking will need to be stopped prior to surgery.
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- Scarring from previous breast procedure
- Unhappy with current breasts after a previous breast procedure
- Malposition of current implants
- Poor position of nipple
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Dr. Jonathan Weiler
Extensively trained and experienced in cosmetic surgery of the face, breasts, and body, Dr. Weiler takes pride in bringing state-of-the-art techniques to his home state of Louisiana. His genuinely caring personality enables patients to connect and share their concerns with him for truly personalized results.
With a rare combination of exceptional credentials and a down-to-earth, caring personality, Dr. Weiler transforms aesthetic visions into reality. He offers procedures for the face, breasts, and body, including specialized techniques that minimize pain and recovery time.
Dual Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon
Dr. Robyn Daugherty
A fellowship-trained, board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Daugherty brings exceptional surgical abilities and a woman's touch to Weiler Plastic Surgery. As the mother of 3 young sons, including twins, she understands first-hand the effects pregnancy and breastfeeding can have on a woman's body and self-image. Dr. Daugherty is excited to help her patients–both women and men–feel more attractive and confident.Meet Dr. Daugherty
The Consultation Process
One of our plastic surgeons and their office staff will assist in making your surgical experience as easy and comfortable as possible. You will be able to meet with Dr. Weiler, Dr. Daugherty, or one of their Physician Assistants to discuss your areas of concern and goals for your breast revision surgery. A physical exam will be done to assess your breasts and you will be given a recommendation for the most effective procedure to meet and exceed your expressed goals, as well as alternative treatments.* At Weiler Plastic Surgery, we like for you to take as much time as you need to have all of your questions answered. Your satisfaction, desires, and goals are our primary concern.
What to Expect After Surgery
Depending on the revisionary procedure selected, we like to see our patients back in the office anywhere from two to seven days after surgery. At this initial visit, dressings are removed and the incisions are assessed. Questions or concerns will be addressed at this time and further instructions are reviewed for optimal recovery. You should expect some swelling and bruising initially that will subside within a few weeks. Walking around after your surgery is very important to promote blood flow and decrease swelling.
Post-Op Activity Restrictions
A patient's recovery after a breast revision procedure is variable, but in general most patients are able to return to work within a few days and are back to normal activities within one to two weeks.*Strenuous activity is to be avoided for several weeks following the surgery with patients lifting no more than 10 pounds for the first two weeks. At six weeks, most patients are able to resume normal activity and exercise with no restrictions.
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Located on the Parque Centenario, this authentic, neighborhood milonga that is very much not oriented towards tourists features one large tango patio on a black and white checkered tile floor. The decidedly gritty space with a max capacity of 400 fills up with loyal Porteños who come regularly, making the 20 year old spot one of the city's most traditional tango destinations. Different organizers set up a different milonga on different days of the week, each lending a slightly different style and attracting patrons of varying skill sets.


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text: CHW Scope of Practice & Statewide Curriculum Overview of CHW core role and scope of practice Review of MN CHW certificate curriculum Overview of how CHWs reduce health inequities Review the Triple Aim and CHWs Questions? Who is in the audience? What would you like to know today? Community Health Workers (CHWs) come from the communities they serve, building trust and vital relationships. This trusting relationship enables the CHWs to be effective links between their own communities and systems of care. This crucial relationship significantly lowers health disparities in Minnesota because CHWs: provide access to services, improve the quality and cultural competence of care, create an effective system of chronic disease management, and increase the health knowledge and self sufficiency of underserved populations. Critical Links: Community Health Workers DVD produced by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation Available to be viewed on YouTube Role 1: Bridge the gap between communities and the health and social service systems. Role 2: Navigate the health and human services system Role 3: Advocate for individual and community needs Role 4: Provide direct services. Role 5: Build individual and community capacity. In 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Standard Occupational Classification for CHWs. The umbrella term "community health worker" refers to individuals alternately known as outreach worker, Community Health Representative, promotor (a) de salud, and patient navigator. Pilot of CHW curriculum began in 2005 with an 11 credit certificate program Curriculum was updated in 2010 to a 14 credits Curriculum is a model program in U.S. Curriculum is offered free to higher education institutions in MN Credits provide educational pathway Core Competencies Role, Advocacy, and Outreach (2 cr) Organization and Resources (2 cr) Legal and Ethical Responsibilities (1 cr) Coordination, Documentation and Reporting (1 cr) Teaching and Building Capacity (2 cr) Communication and Cultural Competence (2 cr) Health Promotion Competencies (3 cr) Student Field Internship (2 cr) Role, Advocacy, and Outreach This course focuses on the CHW's personal safety, self care and personal wellness and on the promotion of health and disease prevention for clients. Organization and Resources: Community and Personal Strategies This course focuses on the CHW's knowledge of the community and the ability to prioritize and organize work. Emphasis is on the use of and critical analysis of resources and on problem solving. Teaching and Capacity Building This course focuses on the CHW's role in teaching and increasing the capacity of the community and of the client to access the health care system. Emphasis is on establishing healthy lifestyles and clients developing agreements to take responsibility for achieving health goals. Students learn about and practice methods for planning, developing and implementing plans with clients to promote wellness. Legal and Ethical Responsibilities This course focuses on the legal and ethical dimensions of the CHWs' role. Included are boundaries of the CHW position, agency policies, confidentiality, liability, mandatory reporting and cultural issues that can influence legal and ethical responsibilities. Coordination, Documentation and Reporting This course focuses on the importance and ability of the CHW to gather, document and report on client visits and other activities. The emphasis is on appropriate, accurate and clear documentation with consideration of legal and agency requirements. Communication and Cultural Competence This course focuses on the context and skills in communication to assist the CHW in effectively interacting with clients of diverse backgrounds, their families and a range of healthcare providers. Students learn about communicating verbally and non-verbally, listening and interviewing, networking, building trust and working in teams. Students practice communication skills in the context of a community's culture and the cultural implications that can affect client communication. Healthy Lifestyles This course focuses on the knowledge and skills a CHW needs to assist clients in realizing healthy eating patterns, controlling their weight, integrating exercise into their lives, taking their medications, talking with their doctors, controlling substances such as tobacco, managing stress, achieving life balance, and attaining personal and family wellness. Health Promotion Competencies ◦ Healthy Lifestyles ◦ Heart Disease and Stroke ◦ Maternal/Child/Teen ◦ Diabetes ◦ Cancer ◦ Oral Health ◦ Mental Health Internship Students work in selected agencies to fully apply and integrate what they have learned to ensure an effective transition into the CHW role. Mapping of community NEIGHBORHOOD FEATURES POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACTS Example: Living near a freeway or road with lots of truck traffic Asthma from diesel pollution; noise disturbs sleep Plenty of parks Lots of fast food restaurants Minneapolis Community and Technical College: F2F Normandale Community College: F2F (new 2014) Northwest Technical College: online hybrid Rochester Community and Technical College: F2F St. Catherine University: hybrid South Central College: completely online Summit Academy OIC: F2F Better Care Better Health Lower Cost Economic analysis published by Wilder Research Center in June 2012 found that every dollar invested in CHW cancer outreach and prevention saves society $2.30. (Cleary, 2012) African American – diabetes, hypertension Latina – prenatal Native American – diabetes Native American –colorectal screening WISEWOMAN Program (CDC, 2014) Questions? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). 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For those of us with children, now is the holiday season so this excellent and thought provoking article from the Spectator is the perfect antidote to any feeling of family complacency!
The author does however seem oblivious that he is discussig the same kind of multiculturalist bigotry which led to the disgraceful failures, by the 'authorities', to act, amongst other examples, in the recent mostly pakistani muslim male paedophile sex gang case in Rochdale, which we discussed here:
We English Democrats have long had a robust manifesto with items relevant to this issue:-
On Multi-Culturalism "3.16.1 It is a fact that during the past forty years people of many different cultures have come to live in England. Our country is in that sense a multi-cultural society. However, multi-Culturalism is an ideology which suggests that a mix of many cultures in one society is desirable and that it is the duty of government to actively encourage cultural diversity within the state. Further, it suggests that all cultures should be treated as equal. A logical extension of this is that all languages, histories and law codes should be treated equally. This is clearly impossible in a unified country. All ethnic groups should be free to promote their own culture and identity but the public culture of England should be that of the indigenous English. This position is consistent with the rights of indigenous nations everywhere."
And on Policing"2.11.2 English Democrats seek a return to a system of policing which recognises the principle that all citizens are treated equally. In their efforts to prevent crime and catch criminals the police should not be hindered and demoralised by unreasonable ideological constraints."
I am intending to stand in the Essex Police Commissioner election in November. If elected, woe betide any Essex officer with the attitude of Commander Foy!
Here is the article. It is well worth reading and is an interesting indication that the British Establishment mindset supporting multiculturalism is breaking down!
The racism of the respectable
Nick Cohen
24 July 2012
In a report for BBC Newsnight, Sue Lloyd Roberts investigated what euphemists call 'female circumcision'. I have sympathy with the German court which said that male circumcision was an assault on boys unable to give informed consent, that no rabbi or imam parroting the dictates of Judaism or Islam could excuse. But the female and male versions of 'circumcision' are not comparable. Twenty thousand British girls, mainly the daughters of immigrants from Africa, are at risk of what the World Health Organisation calls Type III 'infibulation'. Their mothers or grandmothers, or maybe an iman or some other variety of priest or 'traditional healer' cut off the inner and outer labia and clitoris with scissors or a knife. They tie together the girl's legs for a month so that the labial tissue bonds. It forms a wall of flesh and skin across the vulva, leaving only a hole the size of a matchstick. Sexual intercourse and childbirth, and the passage of urine and menstrual blood become incredibly painful.
Beyond continuing a barbaric tradition, and one should never underestimate the appeal of doing what has always been done, FGM ensures that women remain the property of men. The bridegroom can be certain his bride is a virgin, and have some confidence that she will not sleep around, because the second object of the exercise is to reduce the woman's libido.
Britain made female genital mutilation a criminal offence in the 1980s. Later we said it was illegal for parents to take their children abroad for the 'procedure'. Yet although thousands of British girls are the victims of wounding with intent, the CPS has not instigated one prosecution, let alone secured a conviction. Sue Lloyd Roberts illustrated official indifference when she interviewed Somalis in Glasgow. She came up with sensible proposals to prevent child abuse. When doctors saw a mother whose genitals had been mutilated they could insist that medics monitored her daughters. Or when families from an — how to put this in PC language? — 'at risk' group left the country, female doctors could examine the daughters on return. She tried to put these ideas to the representatives of Glasgow's liberal professions — teachers, health and social workers. Not one would go on air.
To his credit, I suppose, Scotland Yard's specialist in child abuse cases Commander Simon Foy found the courage to speak in public. Unfortunately, his words were a disgrace. 'I am not necessarily sure that the availability of a stronger sense of prosecution will change' the incidence of FGM 'for the better,' he said. Is there any other law that Commander Foy and his superiors think it pointless to enforce? Do senior officers say that prosecuting burglars or rapists or murderers makes no difference? Or is it only in the case of the mutilation of girls from other cultures that the cops abandon their belief in the deterrent power of punishment?
Imitating the French by having medical staff check girls, would infringe the girls' rights, Foy continued, as he used the language of human rights to justify his failure to uphold the rights of women and girls. In this instance, and in this instance only, the police not only believe that putting alleged criminals on trial is pointless, they add that investigating an alleged crime is a criminal act.
Under white imperialism, colonialists had one set of rules for themselves and another for 'lesser breeds without the law'. Nineteenth century liberals and socialists berated their double standards. Now the roles are reversed. Men and women who call themselves liberals are the new Blimps.
Their respect for other cultures and celebrations of diversity has undermined equality before the law. Anti-colonialism is no longer an opposition to foreign occupation but opposition to the 'inappropriate' imposition of 'western' values on the formerly colonised. Fear plays its part in the silence. I know doctors who worry they will be accused of racism if they protest about the mistreatment of girls. They suspect that their employers will not report protesting parents to the police but punish them instead.
I often wonder which of the beliefs or practices that we take for granted the future will regard with repugnance. My best guess is that our insouciance about man's mass extinction of species will provoke the greatest disgust. But the liberal toleration of illiberalism may run the destruction of the natural world a close second. 'Just think,' people will say, 'in the early 21st century prosecutors, teachers, doctors, social workers and police officers, who considered themselves respectable citizens, did nothing to protect innocent children from injuries they would carry for rest of their lives.'
A brave daughter of African immigrants described the racism of the respectable better than I can. 'They are so terrified,' she told the BBC. 'They are using cultural sensitivity as a barrier to stop themselves from really doing anything. What would you do if the girls had blue eyes and blonde hair? Would FGM still be going on in the UK?'


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Asal Hotel has nice location, close to Ankaras historical Roman baths. It offers 53 comfortable rooms equipped with plenty of modern amenities. Each of them has a tv and air conditioner. The restaurant of the hotel serves breakfast buffet and Traditional Turkish specialities. There is also panorama meeting room with a capacity of 100 persons.
Asal Ankara Hotel has 53comfortable rooms, 9 of them are corner suites. Their amenities include air conditioning, minibar and satellite TV with movie channels.
Ankara Asal Hotel has stylish restaurant which offers Turkish specialities and breakfast. Panoramic Cafe offers Ankara views and a selection of drinks.
Hotel Asal Ankara is located in a short walk to Kultur Merkezi Subway Station. It has 53 modern furnished rooms . All of them have private bathrooms, as well as air conditioner and satellite TV. Other facilities of the hotel include fully equipped meeting room with panorama view. There is stylish restaurant serving rich breakfast in the morning and plenty of Turkish specialities for the rest of the day.
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- 3-point height adjustable retractable seat belts w/pretensioners
- Ambient lighting
- Battery saver
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- Cargo floor hooks
- Center-stack w/painted black top of dash display
- Child safety locks
- Chrome & leather-trimmed shift knob
- Chrome beltline molding
- Chrome door handles
- Chrome liftgate garnish
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- Dual electronic automatic temperature control
- Dual visors w/illuminated mirrors
- Electric pwr-assisted steering (EPAS)
- Electrochromic rearview mirror
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Calef Highway Auto was established in August 2013.
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Fishing in Halkidiki
Halkidiki is surely not the first choice for fishermen.
Nevertheless, Greece and especially Halkidiki, offers plenty of fishing opportunities. Besides the ubiquitous coast there are also a few very good fishing spots at rivers and lakes. Catfish angler like to fish at Polifoto Lake, which is famous for offering the opportunity to catch a big Fisch.
However, most angler fish at the coast and for this there are many good fishing grounds. Mullets, seabream and trevallies make a worthy target. So, let's visit Greece for fishing and at the same time spent the holidays at the country of the philosophers and thinkers. In that time you can let the family swim, surf or sail.
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Hamptonite Sarah Jessica Parker and fashion fit together like a perfectly tailored Chanel suit, so it should be no surprise that the actress is narrating a series of videos about the history of fashion for Vogue's 125th anniversary.
The videos are set up by decade in "five points," as Vogue describes them—each representing a different decade. This week, on March 14, the magazine's website, vogue.com, released their nearly 3-minute 1960s video featuring Parker talking about the eruption of the era's "Youthquake" which overturned the status quo in fashion. "The new generation grooved to new sounds in swingy, leggy new clothes that delivered maximum impact despite having mini proportions," SJP explains as photos of the exciting 1960s looks flood the screen.
Watch the Vogue 1960s video below.
Other videos in the series—all narrated by Parker—include 1892–1900s, 1920s, 1940s and 1950s. You can find them all here or on vogue.com.


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Whether you are a business traveler or on a family holiday, we're here to assist you with all your needs, from planning your day to the streets of Milan to choosing the perfect restaurant for an evening out. Our energetic and multilingual staff is dedicated to making your stay an unforgettable one. True Comfort. When the evening comes, the silence and the quiet of our 239 soundproof rooms will ensure you get a restful night's sleep. And in the morning, enjoy a cup of coffee to kick off your day. A slice of cake, a refreshing drink and the comfort of your bed are some of life's simple pleasures and we know it. We look forward to seeing you.Show More
Business Hotel located in the new design Centrale District with newly renovated rooms.
Free High speed internet in all the Hotel and free access to our fitness center.
Our new Bzero bar where you can rest with a cool drink and watch your favorite sport game.


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Cup Dimensions
Cup Width: 3 1/4"
Cup Height: 3"
Bottom Opening: 1 5/8"
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This rain chain is a larger version of the Small Square Cups model. The Medium Square Cups Rain Chain in pure copper is available in a smooth, unfinished or a pre-aged (reddish streaking) option. Individually crafted by hand, each side is welded by hand. The aluminum option is pure, raw aluminum and the powder coated options are made of pure aluminum and available in black or bronze coloring. To prevent damage in transit and reduce packaging volume, the upper wires are shipped separately from the cups, so some assembly is required; it takes just a few minutes with no tools.
This design is universal and one of our best sellers. Comes with a matching v-hook for easy installation.


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WHEREAS,���pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, Section 5 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, as amended, and Act No. 13 of the 2002 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, the governor issued Executive Order No. MJF 2002-29 on September 24, 2002, ordering an expenditure freeze throughout the executive branch of state government to achieve a state general fund savings of at least seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) for the remainder of the 2002-2003 fiscal year;
WHEREAS,���Executive Order No. MJF 2002-29 was issued as a prudent money management practice but not as a response measure to a projected budget deficit; consequently, the total estimated dollar savings of the expenditure freeze is not deducted from appropriations on the budget status report like the appropriations cuts ordered this day in Executive Order No. MJF 2003-4 under the authority of R.S. 39:75(C)(1)(a); and
WHEREAS,���prudent money management practices dictate that the best interests of the citizens of the state of Louisiana will be served by continuing the expenditure freeze ordered in Executive Order No. MJF 2002-29, but decreasing its estimated dollar savings in conjunction with the appropriations cuts ordered in Executive Order No. MJF 2003- 4 and other considerations, to achieve a state general fund savings of at least fifty- four million six hundred thirty-eight thousand six hundred ninety-seven dollars ($54,638,697) for the remainder of the 2002-2003 fiscal year;
NOW THEREFORE, I, M.J. "MIKE" FOSTER, JR., Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1:���The following departments, agencies, and/or budget units of the executive branch of the state of Louisiana, as described in and/or funded by appropriations through Act. No. 13 of the 2002 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature (hereafter "Act No. 13"), (hereafter "Unit" and/or "Units") shall reduce expenditure of funds appropriated to the Unit from the state general fund by Act No. 13, in the amounts shown below:
|Executive Department
|State General Fund
|Schedule 01
|$ 2,725,064
|Secretary of State
Budget Unit 04-139
|$ 154,996
|Office of the Attorney General
Budget Unit 04-141
|$ 487,965
|Commissioner of Elections
Budget Unit 04-144
|$ 204,883
|Lieutenant Governor
Budget Unit 04-146
|$ 16,679
|State Treasurer
Budget Unit 04-147
|$ 53,805
|Department of Agriculture and Forestry
Budget Unit 04-160
|$ 1,226,088
|Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism
Schedule 06
|$ 1,663,320
|Department of Transportation and Development
Schedule 07
|$ 61,784
|Department of Public Safety and Corrections
Corrections Services
All Corrections Services Budget Units in Schedule 08
|$ 3,324,709
|Department of Health and Hospitals
Schedule 09
|$ 36,101,431
|Department of Social Services
Schedule 10
|$ 1,269,447
|Department of Natural Resources
Schedule 11
|$ 352,861
|Department of Revenue
Schedule 12
|$ 124,271
|Department of Labor
Schedule 14
|$ 139,639
|Department of Civil Service
Schedule 17
|$ 19,822
|Department of Education
All Department of Education
Budget Units in Schedule 19 (except 19-695 and 19-699)
|$ 6,037,441
|Louisiana State University Health Science Center
Health Care Services Division
Budget Unit 19-610
|$ 21,075
|Other Requirements
Schedule 20
|$ 653,418
SECTION 2:���A. No later than March 5, 2003, the head of each Unit listed in Section 1 of this Order shall submit to the commission of administration (hereafter "commissioner") a supplemental mid-year budget adjustment plan, on the BA-7 form and questionnaire revised January 30, 2001, which reflects the Unit's proposed allocation of the expenditure freeze ordered in Section 1 of this Order (hereafter "supplemental mid-year budget adjustment plan"), and a description of the methodology used to formulate the supplemental mid- year budget adjustment plan.
B. In the event that positions of employment will be affected by the supplemental mid-year budget adjustment plan, the description of the methodology used to formulate the supplemental mid-year budget adjustment plan shall include, at a minimum, the following information for each position of employment proposed to be affected:
1. The type of position of employment to be affected, including job title;
2. The job function of the position of employment and an analysis of how it meets or serves the role, scope, and/or mission of the Unit; and
3. An explanation of why the position of employment is being selected for inclusion in the Unit's supplemental mid-year budget adjustment plan.
C. No Unit shall implement the expenditure freeze ordered in Section 1 of this Order without the commissioner's prior written approval of the Unit's supplemental mid-year budget adjustment plan.
D. Once approved, a supplemental mid-year budget adjustment plan may not be changed without the commissioner's prior written approval.
SECTION 3:���If full or partial implementation of the expenditure freeze mandated in Section 1 of this Order will prevent a statewide elected official from being able to perform and/or fulfill his or her constitutional functions and/or duties, the commissioner is authorized to grant the statewide elected official an exemption from Section 1 to the extent necessary.
SECTION 4:���The commissioner is authorized to develop additional guidelines as necessary to facilitate the administration of this Order.
SECTION 5:���Executive Order No. 2002-29, issued on September 24, 2002, is hereby rescinded and terminated.
SECTION 6:���All departments, commissions, boards, offices, entities, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Office in implementing the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 7:���This Order is effective upon signature and shall remain in effect through June 30, 2003, unless amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded prior to that date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the city of Baton Rouge, on this 21st day of February, 2003.
M.J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.
Fox McKeithen
Secretary of State


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Mossberg's Mailbox
Highlighting Text in E-Books and IE8 Accelerators on a Mac
I'm waiting for e-book devices that allow the reader to highlight text. This is essential for students reading textbooks, and for nonfiction readers. Any chance of that happening?
A: Your wait is over. Major e-book readers I've tested, such as Amazon.com's Kindle and Sony's Reader Daily Edition, already allow highlighting. In other words, you can select any section of text in a book and give it a gray background so it stands out from the rest of the text, persistently. It's not yellow or any other color, because the screens are grayscale and don't display colors, but it is highlighting. You can also add notes on e-readers.
I have a Mac laptop that I use at home with Safari and Firefox installed. My office environment uses Windows and Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8. One of the features of IE8 that I really like and often use are "Accelerators." I would like to know if there are accelerators available for download for the most up-to-date versions of either Safari or Firefox.
A: Accelerators are a particular feature of IE8 that allows users to perform an action on a highlighted portion of a Web page—like mapping an address or translating a word—even using services provided by companies that compete with Microsoft. Microsoft has put a system in place for companies to write accelerators and users to download them.
Firefox, on both Windows and Mac, has a massive collection of add-ons, some of which work in a manner similar to Accelerators, but it doesn't have a directly competing feature. Safari on your Mac also can accommodate added features from third-party companies, some of which can work like accelerators, but it also lacks a feature that specifically goes head to head with IE8's Accelerators.
I am going to law school in the fall, and I was wondering which laptop you would suggest I get for this three- to four-year time period of my life?
A: It really depends on your priorities, resources and environment. If you're on a tight budget, value lots of choice, and enjoy playing games during breaks from work, you might pick a modestly-priced Windows 7 laptop. However, I'd stay away from netbooks, which can be cramped for writing long documents. If you have more to spend, and value freedom from malware, great built-in software and the convenience of dedicated stores, you might buy an Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro. But I would also recommend asking the school and current students, since it can be advantageous, or even necessary, to be using a laptop that the school prefers or that runs any special software the school requires.
You can find Mossberg's Mailbox, and my other columns, online for free at the All Things Digital Web site, http://walt.allthingsd.com.


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Michael Moore Publicity Stunt: Challenges Fred Thompson to Debate
|By Jim Roberts
May 15, 2007
Michael Moore knows publicity. And he's looking for more of it to promote his new film 'Sicko.' The overweight filmmaker has reportedly written a letter to possible GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson challenging him to a debate. Apparently Moore learned zilch from being schooled by John McCain, of all people, in 2004. Moore points out that Thompson allegedly had some Cuban cigars 'Montecito's from Havana' and uses that as the premise to asking for the challenge.In the letter Moore writes: "Our debate would provide you an opportunity to appeal to the right wing of the Republican Party by continuing to attack me."
"It would give me a chance to discuss health care and tell you exactly what happened in Cuba, given your apparent inters; and it would provide the American people an opportunity to see just how serious Hollywood can be, with a purported conservative and an avowed progressive Hollywood personality on stage."
Read that as – it would give me free publicity. Of course it is laughable that someone of Thompson's stature would accept. Moore even believes that he should set the rules and gives these talking points.
(1) Your work as a lobbyist in light of the fact that the health care and insurance industries have maintained the current health care system through their effective control of the political establishment.
(2) The fact that you raised hundred of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from the health care and insurance industries.
(3) Discuss the fact, highlighted in yet another conservative outlet The New York Sun, that you inexplicably wanted to cut funding for AIDS research.
(4) Your relationship with the First family and by extension HCA, one of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chains. It has been reported that former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (who was renowned for his over-the-television-screen Schiavo diagnosis) is serving as one of your confidantes on your potential presidential campaign. The Frist family has historically controlled HCA, which paid a record $1.7 billion in civil and criminal fines, including a $631 million penalty for Medicaid fraud — in other words, ripping off the taxpayers.
(5) Discussing whether Arthur Branch, as the District Attorney of Manhattan, supports a woman's right to choose, gun safety reforms, gay marriage, the trans fat ban and anti-smoking laws (which would impact Cuban cigars, including your Montecito's).
Moore then brags about some debate he won in the seventies. If this clumsy attempt by Michael Moore is any indication, he won't win any more debates.
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Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM® software for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, today announced that it has released GibbsCAM 2011, with dozens of enhancements to make NC programming easier and faster.
"I am very pleased with the result of our development effort in the past year," said Bill Gibbs, founder and president of Gibbs and Associates. "The 2011 release delivers many significant new features to improve efficiency in programming and machining, all while retaining the ease of use for which GibbsCAM is known. Across the product line, users will find new tools to make their jobs easier and their work more productive."
GibbsCAM 2011 released July 8, 2011. Among the multiple additions and enhancements within the 2011 release, are the following:
Enhanced Feature and Color Recognition and Preservation – To optimize efficiency and throughput, new tagging capabilities, combined with automatic feature recognition (AFR), allow users to control how GibbsCAM imports CAD models and manages part features and attributes. Color Modes were added to extend tagging and selection criteria of geometric elements – geometry, faces, surfaces and solids. When a part contains user-defined features, or elements tagged with a color attribute, users can switch among Color Modes to distinguish, select or isolate features or elements for manipulation, copying or machining.
As a result of these enhancements, upon opening CAD models, GibbsCAM can read attributes, then recognize and preserve them as attributes in the GibbsCAM part file. Colors are preserved as CAD colors in the part file, and hole features in the model are recognizable and usable as hole features within GibbsCAM hole operations.
Hole Making Capabilities for selecting, organizing, recognizing and drilling holes have been broadly enhanced. Hole Manager, a productivity tool within GibbsCAM, now includes a new Auto Wizard, which allows users to store default settings for reuse, quickly and easily, at any time. Using AFR, holes (and entities that resemble holes) are selectable by part face, set of faces, a hole's interior faces, or by coordinate system to which a hole feature is aligned. This streamlining enables users to automatically recognize and program hundreds of holes with as few as three mouse clicks, greatly simplifying and speeding up hole-making operations. Also, GibbsCAM now includes support for the full range of SolidWorks hole features.
Custom drill cycle options were added and, to reduce traverse and cycle time in drill cycles, a new check box enables reverse-order drilling.
5-Axis Enhancements include various new drill cycle options, toolpath conversion, toolpath smoothing and additional machining styles. The new hole making features make programming drill cycles at off-axis orientations very easy and extremely fast. Programmers can choose drill, variable peck, tap and custom drill cycles.
A new Operation Modifier enables the conversion of 2.5- and 3-axis toolpaths for 5-axis machining, which allows use of shorter tools to achieve smoother toolpaths through tool-axis rotation when the work piece or tooling interferes with the tool holder.
Toolpath smoothing methods have been implemented for all types of geometry, both STL (triangle mesh) and traditional surface geometry, to improve both tilt and rotary toolpath smoothness.
Swarf cutting can now be specified two ways. Users can drive the tool using a) upper and lower curves, with or without a drive surface, or b) a parallel-to-curve strategy with tool-axis rotation. Also new is a 5-axis trimming strategy that uses wireframe geometry.
Support for B-axis (tilting live tooling) was added to enable programming 5-axis milling with Y-axis offsets on lathes and multi-task machines equipped with a live-tooling B-axis.
For more information, visit: www.GibbsCAM.com


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OGC and real property and mortgage records standards
Mapping property ownership is one of the oldest uses of geospatial technology in human history, going back at least 4,500 years to Babylonian times. And today, every government invests significant resources in managing property ownership records with GIS. So it's surprising that no standard real property data model and no standard way of assigning unique property identifiers have been devised to support the buying, selling, and mortgage-backed financing of real property.
Late last year, OGC was asked to help address this shortcoming, working with MISMO, (Mortage Industry Standards and Maintenance Organization) and ECCMA (Electronic Commerce Code Management Association) to leverage geospatial standards to do two things:
1. Augment MISMO's residential property XML data model with a section to describe the spatial characteristics of a land parcel and/or its buildings
2. Use this spatial description to create a "global, natural" unique ID for the property, called a PNIU (property natural identifier-unit). The ID must be natural in that it can be derived from the characteristics of the property, without relying on a third party such as a central property registry, to mint and manage IDs. And it must be global in that it does not rely on the property ID systems of any particular county, province, country or other jurisdiction.
The same parcel boundary shown in a desktop GIS (left) and in Google Earth (right)
To solve problem 1, encoding the property in XML, OGC offers the options of GML and KML. These property records will be crossing the desks of bankers, regulators, and the like, and as this community rarely has sophisticated geospatial tools, and thus KML was prefered as it could be easily mapped with consumer grade applications such as Google Maps and Earth. OGC's KML is now implemented by a wide range of non-Google apps, many of which can be found on our web site. As simple as KML is, we needed to make it even simpler, so OGC helped develop a subset of KML for this project, which is specified in ECCMA/DSTU 1-3, Geographic information — Description and identification of real property location — Part 3: Lot.
Graphic of the subset of KML for real property. See the ECCMA draft spec for the formal XML schema.
Problem 2 is more complicated. ECCMA has drafted an approach to deriving a PNIU which takes the elevation and geographic coordinates of the front door and uses an encoding technique to shorten the coordinate expression to 16 ASCII characters. This is specified in ECCMA/DSTU 1-4, Geographic information — Description and identification of real property location — Part 4: Unit space.
The only problem with this approach to the natural ID problem is that it's unlikely that two different people – even surveyors – will come up with the exact same elevation and coordinates for the front door. So this works when everyone starts with the same base data, but someone going back a few years later to survey the property will come up with a different PNIU. I'd prefer an approach to defining the geography that is coarse enough that any two people will come up with the same result, but detailed enough that no two properties can possibly have the same PNIU. We continue to pursue an approach from this line of thought and I'll discuss progress in future posts.
In a post-banking crisis era, these improvements in real property information flow are critical. As Edward J. DeMarco, the acting director of the US Federal Housing Finance Agency, said in testimony to Congress earlier this year, "Working through the process with a broad-based coalition of industry participants in MISMO should serve as a model for future efforts as we seek to rebuild the foundation of the mortgage market. In the end the benefits are immense. Developing standard terms, definitions, and industry standard data reporting protocols will decrease costs for originators, servicers and appraisers and reduce repurchase risk."
While the work continues, the basic ability to now include a property's spatial characteristics in a mortage transaction will go far to increase the transparency of property records as they move from the local level up to national banks and regulators and international investment firms. Standardized geographic information can reduce valuation errors, allow regulators to better understand transactions, and allow investors to better evaluate bundles of real estate investments.
The OGC's participation in developing this standard maximizes the likelihood that applications such as Building Information Models, virtual reality and emergency response will be able to integrate foundational legal descriptions of property with other kinds of spatial information.