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018: Identification - Slinkity Sounds
017: Oliver Blank + James Martin - Karhu ja Tiikerini
016: Andrew Coleman + Defasten - Openland
015: Limmat - Municipal 44
csc 014: David Kristian + Ryosuke Aoike- Ghost
csc 013: Pretty Boy Crossover
+ Julio Soto- We Are All Drifting
csc 012: Andrew Coleman-
Tony Alva's Hair
011: -40 (various
010: Battery Operated- re.Cord
009: Broken Channel (various artists)
008: Battery Operated + Made- Aprotic
007: The Dorkestra- Merry Tales and Fractured Melodies
006: BioChemical Dread (Richard H. Kirk)- Bush Doctrine
005: Parapulse Tuck
(various artists)
004: Scalene (various
003: Identification- Identify
002: Battery Operated- Chases Through Non-Place
001: Battery Operated- Vecuum
Slinkity Sounds (csc 018)
Back after years of sampling in the sonic jungles of free jazz, 80's electro, spoken word, and Italian horror soundtracks, comes Montreal's very own Identification with his latest maximalist masterpiece Slinkity Sounds.
This is the second album produced for Cocosolidciti and picks up where the first one left off, foraging for new paths in rhythm construction, documenting 'off the map' ways of thinking about aural collage.
Using live instrumentation and recorded material from New Zealand's free jazz group – The Sandoz Lab Technicians – this seductive sonic journey explores musical territories that few electronic artists venture into. The mix of obscure textures, densely woven beat patterns, and analogue synth lines will delight all those who loved Identification's first album and will lure in new converts who are willing to walk on the wild side of hyper-edited electronic composition.
Oliver Blank, James Martin & Jonathan Ben-Ami:
Karhu ja Tiikerini + Karhunpeijaiset (csc 016)
Oliver Blank's first album, 'Karhu ja Tiikerini,' is an ambitious and cinematic record that shows the full breadth of this promising young composer's scope. Contemporary classical strings meet swelling guitars, all of which are underpinned by electronic textures and rhythms.Blank has masterminded an epic debut. Recorded over the course of year and a half, between Finland and England, and featuring a small orchestra of string players, drummers and multi-instrumentalists.While the album singposts Blank's own musical inspirations along the way - from Sigur Rós to Steve Reich to Sufjan Stevens - he ultimately ensures that the album scores its very own ambience, building melodic worlds that tumble and crash over each other.Accompanying the album is the DVD 'Karhunpeijaiset' by James Martin and Jonathan Ben-Ami, and scored by Oliver Blank; a video which follows a journey through the waterways of Helsinki, entwined with visions of mythical Finnish dreamscapes and a looming Bear God.
Andrew Coleman & Defasten:
Openland (csc 016)
The long awaited collaboration between England's electronic musicmeister Andrew Coleman (aka Animals on Wheels) and the highly respected Canadian film and video maker Patrick Doan who works under the name 'Defasten.'This project has taken a long time coming but was well worth the wait. This is possibly the best synthesis of the Cocosolidciti labels ten years of collaborations between sound and video artists.Andrew Coleman has come up with a superb mix of elegant piano lines, noise-ridden blow-outs, and haunted sketches of dubstepped landscapes. Defasten used these works to soundtrack his first feature film, which is a beautiful examination of human subjectivity through the harsh realities of urban environments to the fantasy-ridden worlds of Second Life.Having already been booked for numerous festivals in 2010, this release will be a highly sort after item, the film being more than equal in terms of conceptual quality, interest and technique to its brilliant soundtrack.
Municipal 44 (csc 015)
A new series of releases
kicks off with this collaboration between Ian Heywood and
Graham Clayton-Chance. Working under the collective name
of 'Limmat', this project took 3 years of sweat,
toil and tears to complete and the music and video sitting
on the discs bears testament to this.
Ian Heywood who runs the infamous 'Hippocamp.net'
web label has produced an album of the most sweetly malign
electro you will hear this side of Drexcyia. Tectonic bass
lines roll into crests of beats and bleeps and the melodic
hooks float above, never getting caught in the grounded
structure of the tracks…but always tempting.
Graham Clayton-Chance is a respected and recognised video
and animation artist who has worked on a wide range of projects
from R.E.M. video's to large scale installations in
galleries. The animation he produced for this DVD is nothing
short of wonderous and is a definite highlight of C0C0S0LIDCITI's
catalogue of releases. Based on 1970s 'Brutalist'
architecture and our interaction with it, the animation
work is at the forefront of 3D modelling and 2D attitude
Kristian + Ryosuke Aoike:
Ghost Storeys (csc
Ghost Storeys is the much
anticipated 'last studio' CD+DVD from Canadian
electronic music legend David Kristian in collaboration
with the celebrated Manga animator from Japan – Ryosuke
Aoike. Kristian will move onto working solely on soundtracks
for films after this release. Aoike, the creator of the
Catman and Perestroika cartoons worked in full collaboration
with Kristian to produce 5 animations based on Japanese
Ghost Stories. The spacious textural compositions on Ghost
Storeys together with the CD + DVD and 8-page booklet packaging
make this a fitting conduit for Kristian's 20-year
electronic music studio career into a soundtrack producer
for feature film, documentary and video.
Forever at the forefront of recording possibilities and
impossibilities, Kristian again travels the route of the
sonic pioneer by composing, recording and producing the
sound for CD and DVD in 5.1 Surround Sound. This will be
the last time we hear Kristian under his own name producing
a studio CD + DVD project, so grab it whilst you can.
Boy Crossover + Julio Soto:
We Are All Drifting (csc
We Are All Drifting is a first time collaboration
between Australian based masters of melancholic electronica
– Pretty Boy Crossover and the award winning Spanish
video artist and documentary maker – Julio Soto. This
is a stunning release of the most beautifully crafted melodies
winding around samples from urban field recordings and guitar
that you are likely to here this or that side of Manual
or Fennesz.
This is the first full-length release for Pretty Boy Crossover
in 3-years and the wait has been well worth it. Having previously
released on the highly respected Surgery and Sensory labels
from Australia, We Are All Drifting takes up where their
previous 2 albums left off with gritty electro-tinged beats
floating through the gorgeous swells of melody and melancholy.
There are few musical electronic artists working today who
can produce such eloquent and emotionally wrought digital
The DVD has two video works on it (scored by Pretty Boy
Crossover) which draw on Soto's experience of fusing
video footage, photographs and 3D Digital effects to render
amazing fictional cityscapes. Having worked a day job tuning
his craft, working on videos for artists such as Macy Gray,
the Invisible Cities video piece on the DVD has gone onto
win awards at Film Festivals in Toronto, Rio, Brooklyn and
Pasadena amongst others.
Coleman: Tony Alva's Hair
(csc 012)
With the albums
title nodding a head to the original 70's skateboard
legend, Tony Alva's Hair is trucked up and ready to
roll. Now recording under his own name rather than the 'Animals
on Wheels' moniker, Coleman's last release called
Demons was released through the UK label –
'Tripel'. It is this album, however, that sees
him back to his best form with beautifully crafted melodies
and intricate snapfunk breakbeats throughout. With vocals
from 'Dose One' of 'Anticon' outfit
'cLOUDDEAD' on track 3's not a speculation,
this album once again places Coleman at the forefront of
the crossroads where hip-hop and electronica meet. This
new outing sits happily between the drill n' bass
records of his previous album release on 'Ninja Tune'
– Design and Mistakes and the gliding melancholy
of the Everything Was Beautiful And Nothing Hurt
album released on Chicago, post-rock label 'Thrill
Based in Cambridge, UK , Andrew Coleman initially burst
into the electronica scene with an EP released on the home-grown
'Bovinyl records' under the moniker 'Animals
on Wheels'. From there, along with a number of EPs,
Coleman released two albums under this name for the London-based,
beats label 'Ninja Tune', and in 2001 joined the 'Thrill
Jockey' stable for an album.
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-40 is a unique CD and DVD
project that gathers
together artists like Akufen, Deadbeat, Venetian Snares,
Knifehandchop, Secret Mommy, Lowfish, and DMC World Champion
DJ Dopey to reconfigure old school propaganda films with
new school digital tools. The internationally renowned National
Film Board of Canada opened its vaults to 20 Canadian artists,
10 audio and 10 video, who were given the challenge to re-interpret
either the audio or visual element of 1940s era Canadian
propaganda films produced in the early years of the NFB.
Using digital means, the artists rework the textured analogue
source material to create some daringly original works.
The audio artists are featured on the CD as well as their
tracks appearing on the DVD as new soundtracks to accompany
unadulterated portions of their chosen source film. Like
propaganda itself, this project straddles art and popular
culture. With world war once again on the international
agenda, these works are timely reflections upon nationalism,
the evolving political art of propaganda and social manipulation,
racism and the economics of war.
Check out some sample
trax from the download
section of our site.
Operated: re.Cord
(csc 010)
For the 're: cord'
CD/DVD project, Battery Operated had a black box'
from an aircraft replicated and split into 10 sections.
10 music artists were then chosen from around the world
and the 'black box' was couriered to them one
after the other. Each artist was asked to submit his or
her favourite conspiracy theory in sonic, visual and written
form. When the box had reached Australia and its final destination,
it was sent back to Battery Operated to start remixing the
music and video/image tracks. Using all the original tracks
as a large sound bank, Battery Operated constructed a 50-minute
remix album of melodic and experimental electro tinged beats
for the CD. An 8-page booklet and 50-minute video on DVD,
suggesting an overall conspiracy theory makes up this singular
package. The 10 artists who submitted tracks also have their
original compositions placed on the DVD. The following artists,
amongst others, have original tracks on the DVD and have
subsequently been remixed by Battery Operated:-Richard.
H.Kirk (Cabaret Voltaire), Mathias Delplanque (Lena, Quartermass),
Sachiko.M, Freiband (Goem), Kurt Ralske (Ultra Vivid Scene,
242 Pilots), Identification (C0C0S0L1DC1T1), Michael Morley
(The Dead C, Gate), Pretty Boy Crossover (Surgery).
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Broken Channel presents sound
and video interpertations on DVD and CD of the contemporary
experience of surveillance, from a range of leading international
artists working in sound and video. Featuring newly comissioned
musical and video works exploring noises of dissent and
visions through the shattered lens of CCTV and surveillance:
Coldcut(Ninjatune) with assistance from Outerabongolia look
at the police's monitoring of protest and protestors; Kampuchea
(aka. Phonem, Morr Music) uses sound from an immigration
office to construct a soundtrack with; Ultra Red (Mille
Plateaux/Fat Cat) look at the protest at Quebec and on the
USA/Mexico border from a participants perspective; Kaffe
Matthews & Riz Maslen (aka - Noetropic-ntone) create
discordant sound and image from the mute medium of CCTV;
and Made (Gescom, Skam) & Battery Operated (C0C0S0L1DC1T1)
look at how the control spaces of surveillance can be subverted
to create radical new architectures and environments.
Battery Operated
+ Made: Aprotic
(csc 008)
The third full-length album by Battery
Operated sees them team up with fellow Mancunian maestro
of all things electro ñ ëmadeí. Fresh from his stint at
ëAll Tomorrowís Partiesí which was curated by his old workmates
Autechre (ëmadeí being part of the ëGescomí crew), ëmadeí
now shows what he can do over a collaborative full - length.
It's the first time he has done an album, having previously
released 12ís on the Skam label. Battery Operated have produced
two albums (both sold out) before on C0C0S0L1DC1T1 in the
shape of ëVecuumí and ëChases
Through Non-Placeí and the marriage of bastardized electro
with wide ranging influences from hip hop to musique concrete
to lounge music is again evident here. If Andy Weatherall
and Hildegard Westerkamp had ever gotten it onÖ.this is
what the soundtrack might have been to the birthing of their
electro creatureÖ
Check out some sample trax from the download
section of our site.
Merry Tales and Fractured Melodies (csc 007)
And so it came
to be that The Dorkestra released their first album; where
the many splintered personalities of Ninja Tune drone, Dj
Luv, convened in the recording studio to lay down this beatsophrenic
masterpiece. The album title hints at the sample-based ethos
of this prolific artist whose first release was a solid
experimental downtempo album under the guise of Identification.
Now he comes sidling up to the table with dirty thoughts,
scabby legs, and a tickle trunk full of electro breaks and
freak funk gems for another original outing. Snatching from
soul, jazz, rock, spoken word, soundtracks, and anything
else that will sit on vinyl long enough to press it. This
album is a post-summer hummer for anyone who loves space
age bpms.
Dread (Richard H. Kirk):
Bush Doctrine (csc 006)
Bush Doctrine is
an incendiary sonic polemic against oily greed mongering
and cultural ignorance from richard h. kirk, under the name
BioChemical Dread. He spent much of the 90s travelling through
the Middle East, India, West Africa, Haiti and Jamaica gathering
field recordings. Bush Doctrine is the antithesis of the
grinding sound of the industrial military simplex of the
deaf and dumb war machine rumbling over ancient cultures.
It is an audiophonic journey through time and space where
the ancient language of rhythm meets digital communication
to meld the organic and the technological. It is the propaganda
machine's diet of fear and loathing subverted, synthesized
and made subservient to the liberating process of creative
expression and cross cultural contamination.
Artwork: Designer's Republic
(csc 005)
Release two from the Tensile
For this project, C0C0S0L1DC1T1
commissioned a sound and video artist from Manchester, Melbourne,
Montreal, Rennes and Mexico City. Each city's artists collaborated
to produce a 4 to 6 minute sound and video work for projection
at the Montreal festival Champs Libre and for release on
CD. The artists were asked to take sound and video footage
from a bridge of their choice in the city in which they
lived. They used the sound and video footage as the source
material for their final work, as well as found sound and
imagery. This release is a double CD, one CD holds the sound
works and the other the video works.
Sound and Video Artists
Montreal, Canada: Atoll Noise + beewoo;
Melbourne, Australia: Private
Benjamin +Emma
McRae; Manchester, UK: Remote Viewer + Graham Clayton
Chance; Mexico City, Mexico: Duo Panda Mix + Renato Ornelas/Luis
Miguel Charry; Rennes, France: Mils + Gerald Groult.
(csc 004)
Release one from the Tensile
Three equals trouble
this is why it's the only number that matters. 3 artists
each from 3 countries - a sound, video and graphic artist
from Melbourne, Manchester and Montreal produce 3 x 3 minutes
of original sound and video. All of the original material
is then digitally deflowered in a 3-way to create 9, 6-minute
remixes. The result is an earthquake site of broken rhythms,
scratched concrete beats and twisted melodies, laid onto
a double CD of sound and video.
For more info on
this project, visit the Scalene
The navvies include
Private Benjamin
+ Emma McRae
from Melbourne, Identification
+ Mitchell
Akiyama from Montreal, and Battery
Operated + beewoo
from Manchester.
(csc 003)
When not slinging hash for his Ninja Tune bosses
or slinging disks as luv, Identification
practices the fine art of point-and-click perversion, digitally
deflowering, decomposing, and reconstructing samples from
the weirdest records you never wanted to know. Letting only
a privileged few freaks descend the basement stairs to listen
to his output, we managed to persuade him to come up for
air and give us a master of his 12 favourite trax produced
over the past 3 years. The result is a stutter beat freak's
dream of angular melodies that collide over slipped-disc
rhythm patterns.
Chases Through Non-Place (csc
Back by popular demand,
we have re-released Battery
Operated's first album originally released through Mixer
Records (Amsterdam) in 2000.
This time around it's
a double CD. One CD with sound, the other with the entire
project video, which was shown at places like SONAR, The
Anchorage, Invideo festival and a ton of other places with
This is release was supported by SOIL.
Operated: Vecuum
(csc 001)
Rooftops are the overground that provide Battery
Operated with the source material for this click- ridden,
messed-up, beats-driven sound elevator that shoots through
the ceiling. The dark side of Willi Wonka's chocolate factory
is a good analogy of the way technology is employed on this
record, akin to the Wonkad elevator which breaks out of
the structure that holds it in limbo. The lift is the vecuum
that takes us through manga style sound manipulations to
sickly sweet strings in between floors. Jazz and industrial
traditions along with breakbeat, music concrete and electro
acoustic experiments are all picked up and dropped at will
on this sonic lift surf.


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Agriculture is a key part of the Delta region with an estimated 90 percent of land in the region still devoted to growing crops. From peat-grown sod to wine grapes and pears, it is the foundation's goal to educate the public on the wide array of crops that are grown in this incredibly fertile region of the state. There are over 90 agricultural products grown in the Delta.
About 325,000 acres are farmed within the Delta region, growing crops such as corn, grain, alfalfa, rice, pears, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, walnuts, almonds, olives, tomatoes, asparagus, potatoes and more.
Part of the Delta's agriculture consists of vast fields of grapes growing in the rich soil, handy to the irrigation waters supplied by the Delta's rivers and sloughs. California Delta vineyards are thriving, enjoying the warm daytime sunshine and the evening cooling effects of breezes that are funneled in through the Carqueniz Straits.
Some vineyards here date back to the early 1800s. More than a few grapes grown in the California Delta regions find their way to the highly touted vintners in the Napa Valley. Wines made in our own Delta region are becoming more recognized for their high quality. This region is as well known for its wine as it is for its other agriculture and its recreational waterways.

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The Dale Jordan Model Engine Collection consists of 417 model engines, accessories, books, and manuals. All the model engines are in working condition. The collection includes model engines dating from the 1930s. This collection still needs to be processed.
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Improving the regulatory environment is a precondition for Greece to successfully stimulate economic activity, create jobs and raise productivity. In support of Greece's ongoing reform efforts, the OECD has engaged with the Greek Ministry of Administrative Reform and e-Government in a project to measure and identify options for reducing administrative burdens in 13 sectors of the Greek economy. Administrative burdens stemming from 20% of laws and regulations in those sectors have been identified as most burdensome and quantified to an annual EUR 3.28 billion using the internationally recognised Standard Cost Model.
The outcome of this project are 87 concrete recommendations for reducing administrative burdens in Greece. These recommendations, if implemented, would bring significant savings for all businesses in Greece. They aim at eliminating unnecessary paperwork while supporting the policy objectives of regulations.
The 13 sectoral reports provide information on the results of the measurement of administrative burdens in those sectors, as well as a detailed description of the measured information obligations and their process mapping. The overview report summarises the findings of the project and the recommendations. In addition, it provides broader recommendations that aim at improving administrative burden reduction efforts and, more generally, regulatory quality in Greece.
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Two Crows from Tacos is a 1956 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. This largely overlooked cartoon by Friz Freleng takes a Speedy Gonzales-like grasshopper and two Mexican crows and creates a wonderful battle of (half) wits. Obviously exploring the Academy Award winning Speedy Gonzales (1955) a little further, Freleng tries to develop some new characters to add to the Warner "funny Mexican" canon.
Two crows, Jose and Manuel, chase the grasshopper all through the Mexican desert. The grasshopper is always a step ahead, and does not really have to do a whole lot for revenge...the crows are so stupid they end up hurting each other more than the silent, smiling bug. After injuries resulting from clubs, cacti, their own guitars, and dynamite among other things, the crows ultimately give up. The unusual ending features no iris out circle ending at all, rather, the "That's All Folks" title is written out over the beautiful sunset background as the crows sing and play the guitar atop their tree.
As funny as this cartoon is, particularly its wonderful fractured Spanish dialogue, it may be considered too politically incorrect for television, at least by the modern Cartoon Network standards. Unlike Speedy Gonzales, Jose and Manuel are negative Mexican caricatures, and they are neither quick nor smart. Still, the Mel Blanc vocal genius and the wonderful Stalling music make it a classic, and the concept would be revisited in the equally hilarious Mexicali Shmoes (1959, Freleng), an Academy Award nominee, in which the same characters are redesigned as cats and set out to chase Speedy Gonzales. They returned as crows in Freleng's Crow's Feat (1962) and a close cousin shows up as the "Loco Crow" in Robert McKimson's Chili Corn Corny (1965).
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We've been in Atlanta for a little over two months. This is our first time to live in the suburbia. I thought that the suburbs were mainly a white-flight area, with repetitive model homes, and strip malls everywhere. Why much of that is true, what I didn't expect to see is so much ethnic diversity.
My suburbia-stereotype was blown apart when I visited our bank last week. As I stood at the ATM, I noticed that I was the only white person among a Pakistan teller, an Afro-Caribbean family chatting in some creole dialect, a Latina señora making a deposit, and two Middle-Eastern women in hijab head-coverings. Wikipedia says that our county "is the most racially diverse county in the state of Georgia, and one of the most racially diverse counties in the country." I thought of the suburbs as primarily white, but according to a recent study, almost 60 % of Pan-Asians, half of all Hispanics, and 40 % of African Americans live in suburbia. The cliché is half-true: "the nations have moved to the cities of America" – its probably more correct to say "to the American suburbs."
I don't know what all this means for our family's future in church planting, but I'm praying that God would lead us to take advantage of this unique opportunity in American history. The need is tremendous! We'll see where God leads.


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"With the multiplexes stuffed with R-rated offerings ("Deadpool," ''London Has Fallen," ''Whiskey Tango Foxtrot"), the acclaimed "Zootopia" has had family audiences all to itself. The film, which imagines a metropolis inhabited by animals, will have little competition before "The Jungle Book" arrives in mid-April.
Taking in $83.1 million internationally over the weekend, "Zootopia" has already made more than $430 million globally."


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In recent years, there has been tremendous consolidation in the consumer packaged goods industry. This had put increasing pressure on companies to reduce SG&A costs to help pay down debt associated with these acquisitions. As a result, Marketing and R&D resources have been reduced and outsourced. This has made it much more difficult for marketing executives to develop and commercialize innovative new products.
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Teachers, Don't Forget Joy
As another school year moves into high gear, I would like to offer a few thoughts.
Not long ago, the room where classmates and I met for our 50th high school reunion buzzed with all the conversations you'd expect: children, grandchildren, retirement, travels, and where we lived. But there was also another equally important conversation—about our teachers and why we remembered them. "She told me I was a writer," one former classmate said. "I loved math because of him." "I wish he'd only lived a little longer; I had so hoped to tell him of the impact he had on my life." "I became a teacher because of her." I wondered as I listened and shared similar musings what my former students might say about me when they think of our time together. Would joy come to their minds?
Shortly after the reunion, a group of colleagues gathered in my den to spend a day with a noted literacy expert. We talked of all the rich research we have to help our students grow smarter as readers, writers, and thinkers. We talked of programs and the promises they make, and what they can't and don't deliver. We lamented the squeeze on educational funding. And we pondered the role that poverty and the absence of books in homes plays in children's lives. As I sat with some of the smartest and most dedicated educators I know, I couldn't help but sense that we had overlooked something in our discussion.
And then suddenly it hit me as I was sitting there, learning among my friends and colleagues. It was joy. A simple, three-letter word we take for granted. Struck by its simplicity, I wondered if joy is what we've been missing in the recent conversations about education that we've been having as a country.
Amid the cacophony of school reformers, teacher-evaluation discussions, and test scores, have we simply overlooked it? Has school become sanitized from the very emotion that fuels learning? I thought about the teachers my classmates and I talked about at our reunion and those teachers I've been fortunate enough to have in my own educational journey. Yes, there it was, right in the midst of those memories: joy. Before you dismiss this as the overly sentimental journey of an aging educator, allow me to continue.
In my own classroom and later as a district leader, I often stayed late, preparing for meetings with colleagues because I knew the joy we'd find in studying together. In those evening hours, I could feel the presence of other educators across the country. I felt a joyful connectedness to them. In graduate school, I wrote out of a sense of joy when I recorded my thoughts—every word mattered to me. I experienced joy when I spoke with others following a conference I attended several weeks ago. I knew joy when a colleague asked me to write the foreword of her new book. I took delight in reading and then writing about it. I found joy with colleagues when we sat around my dining table dreaming about what committed educators do when they connect their minds, hearts, and actions. And I feel uncontainable joy when I step into a classroom and learn alongside teachers and kids.
The dictionary defines joy as "a feeling of great pleasure and happiness." I wonder why it's missing far too often in today's classrooms and schools. I suppose we could find dozens of reasons and a good number of people to blame. But I also wonder why we don't start a joy revolution. Isn't it possible to feel joy and still care about student test performance, teacher-evaluation instruments, and the demands of our curricula? I believe it is. Joy isn't about a carefree life. It is about a deep-felt sense of wonder, of expectation, of delight, of engagement.
In A Place Called School, John Goodlad asks why joy is missing from our schools. I wonder if our students would list joy if they were to describe their schools and classrooms? Humans are born learners. Learning is enjoyable and joy-filled. I think of inspirational moments when I've been inside the classrooms of great teachers. Oh, how I longed to be like them. I was willing to inquire and study and ponder what and how they were teaching because it seemed to bring them such pleasure.
The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi defines "flow" as "the state in which people are so involved in an activity that nothing else seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it at even great cost, for the sheer sake of doing it." There's that word "joy" again, tucked inside "enjoyable." There's a message not to miss: "for the sheer sake of doing it." How different school would be if joy fueled each day's experience of learning. Perhaps the key to why so many teachers have left the profession is the joyless space we have created for students and ourselves.
So this school year, let's take time to reflect on the difference joy could make. Let's consider classrooms where everyone is both teacher and learner. Let's dream of places where expertness and smartness grow out of inquiry and talk and wonder. Let's find energy and hope. Let's express joy and name it what it is: a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
Vol. 33, Issue 08, Page 27Published in Print: October 16, 2013, as A Call to Teachers: Don't Forget the Joy
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Islamabad—Education and empowerment of women were the main messages emerging from a panel discussion on Celebrating Pakistani Women's Achievements hosted by the World Bank Pakistan in continuation of International Women's Day events on March 20, 2013. Three eminent Pakistani women shared their success stories and thoughts on women in Pakistani society with the audience. They included:
- Ms. Kishwar Naheed - renowned poet and Sitara-e-Imtiaz Pakistan (Star of Excellence) recipient for her literary contributions;
- Ms. Seema Aziz - entrepreneur, CEO of Sefam Pakistan, and Managing Trustee of the Care Foundation; and
- Ms. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy - film maker and winner of a 2012 Academy Award for her documentary Saving Face.
Two questions framed the panel discussion. First, what has been the panelists' key motivation for their work and success they have achieved, and secondly how can Pakistani women help Pakistan in the time ahead. This was followed by questions from the audience, made up of World Bank staff and members of the Interagency Gender and Development Group (INGAD).
All three panelists stated that it has been a struggle and journey to get to where they are today. Kishwar Naheed recalled how she had confronted staff who opposed her appointment as director of a publication because she was a woman, and in her civil service career adopted the mantra of 'why not a woman?' to do a job whenever her role was questioned on the basis of gender. In many respects, she said, it is men who need emancipation more than women in their thinking.
Education and empowerment of women was a theme consistently emphasized during the discussion. Education is the game changer and the great equalizer that allows empowerment of women which then carries through to wider society by changing attitudes, Seema Aziz said. Given that women are the teachers of the nation, "how empowered the women are is how empowered the children will be," she said.
A great appetite for education exists in Pakistan. "There is a huge message of hope out there," Seema said, recalling that in her two decades of work in education, she has never met the poor who did not want to be educated or who did not want girls to go to school.
Her motivation in her work with Care, which has over 160,000 students in 240 schools it runs across the country, she said, comes from a desire to create the equality of opportunity which is essential for a level playing field for children. Given equal opportunities, women consistently do as well as or better than men.
"We all need to find the inner strength to talk about things people don't want to talk about," said Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, explaining she has tried to do so from the time she started writing as a teenager in Karachi till today in the films she makes. "If you haven't opened a door, it's because you haven't kicked it hard enough," she said.
There are many Pakistani women working for change throughout the country whose voices do not get heard, Sharmeen said, telling the audience a few of them. Their stories need to now be put forward and emphasized to serve as a motivation to others in Pakistan, both women and men, to work for positive change in society. She is making films on these stories, such as a village outside Multan whose reisdents worked to make it free of domestic violence. "Because of the voice that I have, I can help amplify [their] voice, and I think that is an important thing to do," she said.
The panelists acknowledged that the National Assembly which recently completed its term had passed many important bills related to women. Much work though remains to be done. Kishwar Naheed recommended a greater role for the National Commission on the Status of Women, and to issue National Identity Cards to the still large number of women who do not have them so they can access state and private services and, importantly, vote.
Seema Aziz reminded the audience that change ultimately does not come from governments but from people themselves. "No change gets given to you, no rights get given to you. You first have to know you want those rights, then you have to struggle for them, and then things happen. It's the only way change happens," she said.
The event ended with Kishwar reciting her famous poem, "We Sinful Women".
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DUBLIN – October 8, 2018 – CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Limited ("CDB Leasing"), announced today that the company successfully closed a secured portfolio financing facility for $700 million, covering a fleet of 19 Airbus and Boeing aircraft.
"Diversifying financing sources at a competitive cost of capital is a key objective for CDB Aviation, and we appreciate the strong support from our banking partners in concluding this transaction," said CDB Aviation Chief Financial Officer Will Gramolt.
The seven-year facility is provided by a group of eight banks, consisting of: BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, ING Bank, National Australia Bank, Natixis, Société Générale, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and Westpac Banking Corporation, each acting as Mandated Lead Arranger.
"We are very pleased to welcome both existing and new lenders to this facility, all of whom are major international aviation lenders. We look forward to building long-term relationships with them," added Gramolt.
Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank is acting as Facility Agent. The Security Trustee is Bank of Utah. Allen & Overy acted as counsel for the Mandated Lead Arrangers. Clifford Chance represented CDB Aviation.


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Essential reading for would-be space travelers.
By Neil deGrasse Tyson
As Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, Neil deGrasse Tyson knows how to make the great complexities of astronomy surprisingly easy to understand — and unexpectedly humorous. With the future of American space travel hotly debated, the insights he offers in this new collection of essays are timelier than ever. Tyson assesses where the space program currently stands, traces the recent history of a NASA agency buffeted by partisan politics, and imagines how other intelligent life forms in the universe might go about discovering us.
By Kim Stanley Robinson
After the moon, Mars represents the next feasible opportunity for manned space exploration. In the kickoff to one of the most celebrated of science-fiction trilogies, Robinson provides an intoxicating vision of how we might settle and transform our planetary neighbor. A cast of intrepid colonists are swept up in a truly epic-scale adventure, with a dash of utopian dreams balanced by the author's integration of deeply researched science about everything from how to thicken a world's atmosphere to new drugs and treatments for aging. Red Mars is a mind-bending journey into a possible future, with implications that touch on ecology, politics, and every aspect of human society.
By Allen Everett and Thomas Roman
If you strap yourself to a rocket hurtling through space at the speed of light, will you age? Everett, Tufts University Emeritus Professor of Physics, and Roman, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Central Connecticut State, apply up-to-date discoveries from their fields to this and a slew of other questions posed by science-fiction standards in a fun and informative read. What they conclude will surprise you — though some sci-fi dreams, they conclude, will likely remain fiction permanently.
By Alan Boss
Boss, an astronomer who works in the Department of Terrestial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institute of Science, argues that, since scientists can now identify Earthlike planets throughout the universe with certain key conditions (Is it near a star of the right brightness? Does it have liquid water?), the discovery of extraterrestrial lifeforms is imminent. Which makes the continued funding of research imperitive, as Boss persuasively argues in this fascinating treatise that looks beyond NASA to the efforts of other nations to confirm we are not alone in our cold universe.
By Mary Roach
Roach has had plenty of experience digging into oddities such as the "life" of a cadaver (in Stiff) and how scientists study sexual intercourse (in Bonk). This time around, she gets the scoop on how space explorers come up with the answers to questions like "What happens to your body when it's trapped in a spacesuit for months?" The preparations for the next generation of space travel reveal how far we've come since Neil Armstrong first set foot on the lunar surface.


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I love responsive technology, especially because it solves a lot of problems in designing websites and apps. There are a lot of great solutions, personally I like Bootstrap because it's flexible and reliable, reasonably simple (ok, maybe this it's not completely true) and for a lot of other reason, but this is not about Bootstrap.
Sometime Responsive become an obsession, clients love the word itself, and whatever you have to design, it must be responsive. Also if the UX suggest to choose a different way.
Because sometime is more important the ratio between elements, especially if you're designing something that will never be place in a widescreen container, and also if you're designing something, like a software, for a specific device, and it will be never used in other devices, or because you need to have fixed position for different elements – I know that responsive is more than capable to do all this stuff, but it require more time and work, ergo, money.
Just sometime I have the feeling of using a chainsaw to cut bread, or, maybe another example is more pertinent, it's like to have a SUV to drive in a Roma.
The most common vehicles in Roma are scooters and bikes. And for a lot of good reason, like the amount of traffic and the rarity of proper parking space. Try to find a parking space for a SUV in the city center and you'll understand.
Every task needs the proper tools, 90% of the time responsive is a perfect solution, 10% it isn't.
Here a nice site with some nice template for website based on bootstrap, just to make clear that I like it.
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Staying cool, but mostly dry as we inch towards Christmas
We had our fair share of rainfall for Saturday, that's for sure. So much so that Fayetteville actually broke a record for the day...2.05 inches of rain at Drake field. That beats the old record of 2.01 inches set back in 1984 (Fort Smith's 1.58 inches did not qualify as a record for the day, however).
But now we're drying out for the most part (aside from some very light flurries we had for this morning across Northwest Arkansas which provided a light dusting and a few slick spots along the roads). Under mostly cloudy skies for Sunday, we won't be all that warm...with only mid 30s for around Fayetteville and only in the low 40s around Fort Smith for highs early on this afternoon.
But if you think that's cold...brace yourselves for our overnight lows. Many spots will be in the mid-teens in Northwest Arkansas over the next two nights with low 20s in store for the River Valley. So we'll have all the chill of winter without much in the way of snow or any other freezing precip.
However, you'll notice on the shot from our in-house model (as seen above) that there's a band a snow that looks to hang just to our north and northwest into Monday afternoon. All indications by models are that the band of snow will far apart as it approaches us and SHOULD dissipate before it reaches Northwest Arkansas. But if it does hold together, we could see some flurries develop for a short time Monday afternoon and evening before dissipating once and for all.
Both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day look to be warmer (back in the 40s) and filled with more sunshine. So we've got that plus more mild weather to look forward to for the final full week of 2013 (yikes, where has the time gone?!?!?)
May you all have a GREAT rest of the weekend and safe travels as you unite with friends and loved ones over Christmas!


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These mason jar mugs are essential for any zero-waster or low-waster who takes beverages on the go. They are perfect for for traveling with coffee, smoothies, infused water, or any other beverage. You can also carry it with you to restaurants and cafés that only offer disposable cups and ask them to fill your mug instead.
This set comes with 4 glass jars with metal lids and hold 12 oz of hot or cold liquid.


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Saturday I had the enjoyment of getting out to do some hiking with Matt. The selected destination was a fairly sizable conservation area south of Ava, MO called Caney Mountain. It included a collection of small forested mountains/hills that rose up above the surrounding countryside. The area appears to be mainly geared toward hunting, but there are a few hiking trails and picnic areas as well.
Several caves were marked on the map, but we were unsuccessful at locating any of them.
Towards the middle of the area was an old cabin. It was located up on a bluff above a spring. From the spring, all you could see was the remains of this old stone stairway.
Here is the view from about halfway up the stairs. An old cabin, typical of what people used to live in around these parts.
This is the spring that the cabin was located near. Quite a setup indeed!
This area was home to the state champion Black Gum tree. Unfortunately the tree, probably weakened by the recent drought had been toppled over in a storm probably within the last week. Most unfortunate. The sign stated the tree was 106′ tall and 10 feet around.
The main loop through the area had several "vistas" where you could see for many miles across the surrounding lower countryside. It would probably be a great place to view some Ozarks fall foliage!


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Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter
JAXA's Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (also known as Mio) is a spin-stabilised spacecraft that will make 15 rotations per minute, with its spin axis 90º to the Sun. It will operate from a 9.3 hour elliptical polar orbit, that will take it between 590 and 11 640 km above the planet's surface.
Because it won't be spinning during the journey, Mio will be protected by the Magnetospheric Orbiter Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF). This ESA-built component will not only provide thermal protection but also mechanical and electrical interfaces for Mio, before it is discarded after arriving at Mercury.
The MMO has five science instruments:
Mercury Magnetometer (MMO-MAG): Providing a detailed description of Mercury's magnetosphere and of its interaction with the planetary magnetic field and the solar wind. Principal Investigator: Wolfgang Baumjohann, Austrian Space Science, Graz, Austria.
Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment (MPPE): Seven sensors studying plasma and energetic particles in the magnetosphere and the interaction between the solar wind and Mercury's magnetosphere. Principal Investigator: Yoshifumi Saito, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, Japan.
Mercury Plasma Wave Instrument (PWI): In situ and remote-sensing analysis of electric fields, plasma waves and radio waves in Mercury's plasma environment. Principal Investigator: Yasumasa Kasaba, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Mercury Sodium Atmosphere Spectral Imager (MSASI): Measuring the abundance, distribution and dynamics of sodium in Mercury's exosphere to investigate its sources and related processes. Principal Investigator: Ichiro Yoshikawa, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Mercury Dust Monitor (MDM): Studying the distribution of interplanetary dust in the orbit of Mercury. Principal Investigator: Masanori Kobayashi, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan.


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Let's have an adult conversation about the
No, seriously.
It's hard to hear through the clamor surrounding rival approaches to the budget by
But listen closely, and you can hear something different: moves by Republicans and Democrats to decouple what they must resolve within the next two months from what they'll battle over for the next two years.
Consider the reaction of Representative
"It definitely poisons the well on a comprehensive solution to our budget problem," Mr. Ryan said on CNBC. The picture the president painted of his budget, Mr. Ryan added, was that "basically it's un-American."
Yet Mr. Ryan, a
"As far as the debt limit, we're just going to have to forget about the president for now," Mr. Ryan said. "He's out campaigning, giving us this kind of demagoguery and this kind of rhetoric.
"We're going to have to work with our colleagues, Democrat colleagues here in Congress, act like adults, and try and get a solution to that particular problem. Which we intend on doing."
In today's Washington, that's the sound of the White House and Congress working together.
Blending Approaches
Decoupling short-term challenges from long-term battles over debt and deficits won't be easy. The issues overlap; the ideologies behind the two parties' approaches hardly overlap at all.
Republicans see the long-term solution as a fundamental diminution of the role of government, foremost in the entitlement programs of
Democrats aim to preserve the essential character of those huge programs. They would pare deficits by combining less-consequential spending cuts with
Given the nation's political divisions, enacting a solution will almost certainly require a blend of both approaches. That's what the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Six" is trying to negotiate.
Even if the six succeed, however, 10 times as many of their colleagues must agree to move anything through the Senate. So odds tilt strongly against passage of substantive changes in taxes or entitlements until after Mr. Obama and his Republican adversaries place their alternatives in front of voters in the 2012 presidential campaign.
Yet House Republicans insist on immediate steps toward a long-term solution — as their price for raising the debt limit, which both sides acknowledge must happen before Washington's authority to borrow runs out around July 8. Those more limited steps are the subject of negotiations that Mr. Obama initiated with Republicans, even as he blistered their budget.
Signals of Agreement
Already, both sides have backed similar long-term goals of $4 trillion in deficit reduction, the level advanced by Mr. Obama's bipartisan fiscal commission. They'll haggle over budget process "triggers" intended to force the government to hit numerical targets.
Still unclear is what policy disputes must be settled in an agreement to smooth the path for raising the debt limit. In addition to the familiar "tax reform" euphemism to avoid Republican opposition to tax hikes, Mr. Obama has offered a new one: "reduce spending in the tax code."
But public comments by Republican leaders as well as their private discussions with Mr. Obama have signaled mutual commitment to an agreement allowing a debt limit increase to pass Congress. Representative
Passage last Thursday of the 2011 budget agreement provided a template for cooperation. That morning, the House Republican whip, Kevin McCarthy, informed his Democratic counterpart,
What leaders don't want to replicate is the brinksmanship that left the federal government within an hour of shutting down. On the debt limit, suspense itself could produce the falling confidence and rising interest rates that business and government both want to avoid.
"Everybody agrees that a countdown clock will be harmful," Mr. Hoyer said in an interview.
In a White House meeting last week with Mr. Obama and Congressional leaders from both parties, Mr. Hoyer offered an idea to keep one from starting: pass a debt limit increase by June 8, a full month ahead of the deadline.
Republican leaders didn't commit. But "nobody said, 'No, we can't do it,' " Mr. Hoyer said.


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Khloe Kardashian has sparked concern among fans after flying to Japan while eight months pregnant.
The expectant mum, who's due to welcome her first child with boyfriend Tristan Thompson over the next few weeks, took to Instagram to post a picture from Tokyo, where she travelled with her sisters Kim and Kourtney.
The snap sparked concern among some of her 73 million followers, who commented to ask if it was safe for the reality TV star to be flying so far along in her pregnancy.
One commented: 'Why would you risk travel during a pregnancy??', while another said: 'She's 8 months and flying that far? Not too smart.'
A third added: 'Isn't that dangerous to travel while eight months of pregnancy? just curious.'
A fourth urged Khloe to be careful: 'Should you be travelling to Tokyo while you 8 months pregnant 😭😭😭😱😱😱 be careful'.
However, others wrote to point out that she has a medical team looking after her, and they would probably have advised against the trip if it was dangerous for her or the baby.
'Khloe , your fans are worried about you travelling but I am sure the Dr would not let you travel if not safe . Have fun can't wait to meet your baby . Safe travels ❤💖💗💟', one said.
Another added: 'So what if @khloekardashian is in another country while she's 8 months pregnant. LET HER LIVE! I'm sure she's not alone.'
NHS advice for pregnant women is that it's 'normally safe to fly while you're pregnant', but most airlines will not allow you to travel after week 36 of pregnancy.
She revealed on February 6, with a picture on social media, that she was 29 weeks into her pregnancy – which means she's currently 32 weeks.
'Baby mama KoKo! 29 Weeks and counting ❤', she wrote at the time.
Khloe had previously revealed to fans that she's eight months pregnant on social media, with a selfie showcasing her blossoming bump and the caption '8 months Bumpin'.
She's yet to reveal whether her first child will be a boy or a girl, but the big gender reveal will be happening this weekend on an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.


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Web design has become a popular topic. That said, there's a ton of competition between sites these days. So learn all that you can so that you can beat your competitors.
Web designers gave frames the boot in the 90's. When web design first started frames were useful but had many flaws. Designs on frames can make it hard for people to get your site bookmarked and they won't like scrolling either. There are much easier ways to provide your users a flow through your website.
You want to keep the website page size minimal. Not everyone online has a fast connection, and if your website takes too long to load, people will lose interest. There's no reason to make viewers wait.
Check your pages for broken links. When a visitor clicks on one, they'll be frustrated. Links can be checked manually, and you can also find software that will check your site to see if there are any broken links.
Is your site easy to scan? Many usability tests show that most online visitors do not read everything. They usually only scan for things that interest them. That's why it is smart to break your information into smaller, more easily comprehended chunks. You should put the important stuff on top. This all leads to an experience that is more satisfying to your visitors as they can always find what they are looking for quickly and easily.
Make sure that your front page is not too difficult to read. Those who are shopping the web will make snap decisions about a site based off its front page. Be descriptive when you talk about your business and what you offer that is unique, but keep other information minimal to avoid your visitors getting distracted.
Free software is great to start with when you're getting into web design. Costly software is also available, but you can get good results with free tools since you are the main factor in the success of your site. Do some searching and you'll find some excellent free tools to use.
While you want to keep the aesthetics of your site in mind, you also need to make every effort to keep your file sizes to a minimum. Your website's loading time is directly affected by the file sizes you have on your site. You want your website to load quickly so visitors won't lose patience with it. Remember that some of your visitors are going to be using slower Internet connections than others. Perform tests on your website to confirm that it can be quickly loaded, even on the slowest internet connection.
A great "About Us" page will help your readers understand who you are and what you do. Dry or simplistic content won't get your reader interested. Make yours exciting and interesting! Aim to give visitors a small glimpse of your personal background. Demonstrate how you began web design, the people who inspired you to do this, and what your business goals are.
Knowledge is power, and the more you know about web design, the better off you will be. Use the tips from this article and keep on learning so you can stay ahead of the curve.


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Nintendo and Kellogg are proud to announce their partnership in making the Super Mario Cereal, available now in the US. The cereal consists of power-up shaped marshmallows and plain cereal stars, much like Alpha-bits.
Unlike most food merchandise based on games, this one does not include a simple movie ticket or cheap toy. Super Mario Cereal includes an amiibo "sticker," which is an NFC code provided on the back for your Joy-Con to read. There is no word yet on what the amiibo actually provides beyond unlocking "special content." You'll have to let us know in the comments below if you purchase one.
The cereal is currently confirmed to have appeared at Target in the US, hopefully it will soon spread to other stores. If you are outside of the US, Nintendo has made it clear that there are no plans for the cereal to arrive in the UK or elsewhere.
The back of the cereal box is full of little activities, like a large maze, trivia questions, and a mini game where you follow a tangled string to the correct character or destination.
Some of the trivia questions are remarkably difficult if you haven't been with the series since the beginning, like "what is Marios' original name." Luckily, if the parent buying it doesn't know, the child is sure to find the answer easily on Google if they get stuck.
The last time we saw Nintendo and Kellogg team up like this was in the 1980s when the Nintendo Cereal System was introduced by Ralston Cereals. Perhaps the popularity of Super Mario Odyssey has spurned Nintendo on to spread out the merchandising like they did back then. We might even see Super Mario McDonald's toys in the future. Wouldn't that be quite nostalgic for those that remember acquiring such toys all the time from various food chain restaurants.


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Safety Voltage tester manufacturer, Grafton Tools, today issued a statement advising Home Improvement enthusiasts 'take care' over the Easter holiday break and be sure to remember all necessary safety procedures are implemented before embarking on any work that may involve electricity or any of the other potential dangers when working on their home.
Safety Voltage Tester Manufacturer Suggests Home Improvement Enthusiasts Write Safety List before Starting Work over Holiday Period
Safety Voltage tester manufacturer, Grafton Tools, today issued a statement advising Home Improvement enthusiasts 'take care' over the Easter holiday break and be sure to remember all necessary safety procedures are implemented before embarking on any work that may involve electricity or any of the other potential dangers when working on their home.
Jack Watson, a spokesperson for the company explained, "The Easter break is a great long weekend when we traditionally see homeowners start to look at the things they need to do around the home. All those odd jobs that need fixing around the house. The little things that have been put off over the winter months. As a safety tool manufacturer we just wanted to get the message out to our customers to be safety conscious. This may be the first time they have looked at doing some work around the house for a while and we just want them to be up to speed on safety before they get started.
He continued, "Little things like checking that equipment is working, that batteries aren't dead can be a matter of life and death when it comes to doing electrical work around the home. Just changing a socket or light fitting may seem like a simple job, but without the correct tools and proper procedure it can be an accident waiting to happen, especially when it is so easily avoidable.
Most people who like to do their own home improvement jobs are well versed in the safety aspects of working around the home. It is just at this time of year especially, people can be a little rusty and sometimes little safety measure get overlooked due to the fact they have been 'out of the game' over winter. When you haven't done something for while you tend to forget the little things and with home improvement, the little things matter. We would suggest that people write a simple checklist for themselves before embarking on a job just so they refresh themselves of the correct safety procedures. We find that once you have written the list that all the necessary tasks required are brought back up front and centre in the mind and the jobs will get done safely and without injury.
Public holiday are statistically known to produce a rise in Emergency Room visits and anything we can suggest to help reduce the number of accidents over these periods, we think, is a message worth getting out there"
Grafton Tools are manufacturer and distributor of a Non Contact AC Voltage Tester Pen with built in LED and power shut off for detecting voltage in outlets, wires, switch plates and panels. It alerts for live current via an alarm and flashing light. It is calibrated for testing between 90-1000 volts of AC current. The voltage detector also provides extra illumination for those dimly lit inaccessible places via a built in LED light. Added to this is an auto shut off capability for power conservation to ensure that when you come to use the voltage detector after the long winter break, you still have a working tool to hand.. The pen tester can be attached to any tool belt via its pocket clip design.
The Grafton Tool GT-246AC Non Contact AC Voltage Tester Pen is available exclusively on Amazon USA. For a limited period of time during its launch it is available at a discount to its RRP, (Recommended Retail Price) – See information below for details.
Grafton Tools is a manufacturer and distributor of safety tools for the home. Their products can be found exclusively on Amazon USA. For more information please visit http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01A3EOCUQ
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Power Support's Illusion Case is a two-piece, hard-plastic case for the 5G iPod (with video). The exterior of the case looks nearly metallic; the front section is translucent whereas the back is opaque. (A completely transparent front piece is also included.) The upper left corner of the case features a small loop for attaching a lanyard, and the openings for your iPod's hold switch, headphone jack, and dock-connector port are each a good size that strikes a balance between accessibility and protection.
The translucent version of the case's face is what makes this case unique. When the screen of your iPod is illuminated, you can read it clearly through the case, but when the screen is dark, it all but disappears thanks to the case's mild opaqueness. It's still visible, but you need to look at it from the right angle and concentrate to pick it out (no easy feat with a white iPod).
However, that feature aside, the case's plastic feels flimsy. And on my sample, the reflective-sticker backing on the rear of the case had trapped air bubbles, making it look cheaper.
The Illusion includes protective films to protect the back, front, and Click Wheel of your iPod; I like the Click Wheel film, as is has a raised, tactile feel I haven't seen elsewhere.
Although the Illusion Case has an interesting face, I wasn't impressed by the overall build quality. The plastic doesn't feel rugged enough to take a serious blow, so those looking for a tough, hard-plastic case should look to something like iSkin's Claro.--Derik DeLong
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2011 marks the 10th wedding anniversary for Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner, aka Mates of State, and what better way to ring it in than with a new collection of lively pop music? "Palomino," the opening cut from Mates of State's new album Mountaintops, is soaring jam that hits in all the right spots. In the video for the tune, director/animator Jimi Patterson employed rotoscope animation to follow Hammel and Gardner on a strange odyssey through a pastel landscape. Patterson explains his technique:
The aesthetic of the video is a result of the process behind it: rotoscope animation. We first filmed the live-action material, and then I digitally hand-painted all 3,240 frames using Wacom's Cintiq pen tablet. There are no filters or dragging-and-dropping going on. There's more than 300 brush strokes for every frame.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A former Duval County elementary school teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of attempted capital sexual battery and one count of lewd molestation of a child younger than 12.
Christopher Bacca, 27, was subsequently sentenced to 40 years in prison and lifetime sex offender probation.
Six other charges were dropped.
The charges stemmed from Bacca's relationship with a boy he knew. It was never known if the boy was a student of his, but the incidents took place at the boy's home.
Prosecutors said all along there were no other victims.
Bacca was a one-time "Teacher of the Year" at Long Branch Elementary School, and "Teacher of the Year" at Windy Hill Elementary.


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Random Tip: Hybrid Auto Loans
We're planning on replacing our 10-year-old Prius this year, so we've started out by looking at our financing options. I was surprised to see that our bank, Metro Credit Union, offers a discounted interest rate on loans for hybrid cars. It's only 0.25% off, but every little bit helps. Other banks may offer hybrid discounts, too, especially credit unions. If you're in the market for a hybrid car, it's worth your while to ask your bank.
I'll keep my eye out for loan incentives from Toyota, too, but I'm definitely going to get preapproved for a loan by Metro before I approach Toyota.
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Posted: March 13th, 2012 under Finances.
Tags: auto loans, hybrids, Look at how adult I am - talking about interest rates..., Metro Credit Union, Toyota Prius
Comment from Alicia at GreenLifestyleConsulting.com
Time March 13, 2012 at 11:20 pm
When we were buying our camry hyrbid in 2009 we found that the MIT Credit Union gave a discounted rate for hyrbids as well. Those little bits can add up over the life of a loan, so they are definitely worth looking for and asking about.
We're huge fans of credit unions.


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Spar, the "hypermarket" on Bannerghatta Road, just redid their entire store layout. The claim to have created "Worlds" in the store: one for home, one for groceries and whatnot. They've mainly shooed out all the underperforming brand stores from their premises, and spread out their wares so that there is no 3-hour trolley traffic jam in the aisles. For which I am very grateful, especially since I was always an innocent victim of the trolley jam.
The supermarket trolley is the most devious marketing ploy ever dreamt up by retailers. It's chugging along on wheels with minimal effort from your side, if you have an infant you can plonk the bugger little darling into the baby holder and let it rip colourful packets off the shelves or dupattas off the shoppers as it passes them by, and if you like those breadcrumbs that might be useful for making those cutlets that you haven't made in four and a half years, you can just throw the packet into the trolley and carry on. You could end up collecting raw materials (incomplete, of course) for half a dozen cookery and hobby projects to counter your premature midlife crisis, all in one hour's shopping, and never realize it, because the trolley is doing the damned lifting! The trolleys will make sure you use EVERY ONE OF THOSE SODEXO COUPONS in your booklet, even the 50 paisa ones that you count fifteen times when you're ahead of me in the queue (may your cutlets fall to pieces in the kadhai). Between the trolley and the Sodexo, you can be sure that Spar is going to expand into the apartment complex next to it before the year is out!
The husband has devised a wonderful strategy to beat the retailers at their own game. We always pick up a basket. When the basket becomes too heavy, it means it is time to stop shopping. If it becomes too heavy before you've picked up the essential stuff you came to buy, well, you just put those 2 litre bottles of mild detergent back into the shelves! If that doesn't work, you just hand the damned basket to the husband and get another one (basket, not husband).
Today I saw how Spar has deviously shifted the billing counter to the ground floor, and lined the space where the queues form on weekends with chocolate, chips and other junk food that we all eat but scold kids for demanding. Mummies will not even be able to see what junior is adding to the pile on the trolley because she's busy playing "The Price Is Right" in her head and counting off Sodexo coupons. Devious, devious store. To take revenge, I did not even pick up a basket today. I must have looked like a crazy fat woman with flying hair clutching groceries in my arms, but that's how I walked to the billing counter. Bwahahahaha! You cannot make me buy more than I need!
And yes, I DID need that mango, ok???
In other news, The Times Of India has made an amazing breakthrough in the study of the human body.
"Low birth weight due to toxic chemical in toys"
Apparently, the 100% conscience free retail chains are now targetting gullible foetuses. Expecting Ladies who just saw an ultrasound that nearly killed them: It's not a three headed baby! The kid has a playpen in there!


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The Ministry of Water Resources announced that its technical and engineering staff has completed irrigation work assigned to it in Anbar province.
According to the statement of the Ministry, it has completed work lining channel A/MC3 (length 4,2 km), as well as the main channel MC1, with four sub-channels plus dam maintenance work.
Landslides in Trabsha channel and other channels were addressed and they have transferred and installed five vertical pump units in the drainage station at Amiriyat Fallujah. In addition they have completed renovation and maintenance of other pumping stations with a view to increasing operational efficiency.
( Eye media company )