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These aren't going to have the processing power to run the home theater, but they certainly would function as nice extensions of it. You wouldn't, for example, want to build your pvr with one of these, though the form factor would be great they just don't have the power for it. But as a streaming server or client in another room of your house they'd function well.
As for it competing with the iMac, for a good number of people it probably will. However, the iMac is quite a bit more powerful than these, and if you need that power and want something that saves space the iMac may still be the best option. A great majority of people, however, don't need or want all the power of the iMac (or even higher-powered desktops), and will never use it. For them, this eee keyboard might be just what they're after.


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Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born April 12, 1948) is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005. Fischer has been a leading figure in the West German Greens since the 1970s, and according to opinion polls,[1] he was the most popular politician in Germany for most of the government's duration. Following the September 2005 election, in which the Schröder government was defeated, he left office on November 22, 2005.
Fischer was born in Gerabronn in Baden-Württemberg, the third child of a butcher, whose family had lived in Hungary for several generations, but had to leave the country in 1946 after Hungary was occupied by the Soviet Union, and ethnic Germans were persecuted by the Hungarian authorities and expelled from the country. His nickname Joschka is derived from the Hungarian Jóska, diminutive of Joseph (Hungarian József). Fischer dropped out of high school in 1965, and started an apprenticeship as a photographer which he quit in 1966. Because Fischer lacks a school-leaving certificate, he never attended a university or a college. He did not do either compulsory military service or the alternative civilian service for conscientous objectors due to failing his physical examinations because of poor eyesight.[2]
In 1967 he became active in the German student movement and left-wing movement (post-) 1968 (the so-called Spontis), first in Stuttgart and after 1968 in Frankfurt am Main. Later Fischer had several unskilled worker jobs, among others in a left-wing bookstore in Frankfurt. During this period he began attending leftist university events as a guest, such as the lectures, de rigueur for revolutionary students, of Theodor W. Adorno, Jürgen Habermas and Oskar Negt.[3] He studied the works of Marx, Mao and Hegel and became a member of the militant group Revolutionärer Kampf (Revolutionary Struggle). Fischer was a leader in several street battles fought by the radical Putzgruppe (literally "cleaning squad", with the first syllable being interpreted as an acronym for Proletarische Union für Terror und Zerstörung, "Proletarian Union for Terror and Destruction") which physically attacked a number of police officers. Photos of one such battle in March 1973, which were later to haunt him, show him clubbing policeman Rainer Marx,[4] to whom he later publicly apologized.
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BioMOCA tool is a Monte Carlo simulation for ion transport through lipid membranes in electrolyte solutions.
The tool consists of four programs: Map Generator, Lipid Wrapper, Boundary Force Generator and BioMOCA simulation.
Map Generator: In the first program, the tool allows its users to set a spatial grid size and boundaries of the simulation domain. If desired, one can also upload a pre-designed simulation domain file. The grid is a uniform triangular grid.
Lipid Wrapper: The second program, Lipid Wrapper allows the user to set the lipid layer thickness and the pore through this membrane, based on the domain generated by the Map Generator tool. The settings are lumen lipid edge location, cellular lipid edge location and lipid radius. The lipid radius determines the pore size and the other two locations determine where the lipid layer starts and where it ends.
Boundary Force Simualtor: The third program is the Boundary Force Simulator. In this program one can set the dielectric constant of the protein, the lipid and the channel. The dielectric constant of the channel is set to be equal to the water. It visualizes the potential across the membrane in a graphical interface along with the option to see the plotted data points.
BioMOCA Simulation: The fourth program is the BioMOCA simulation where one can set the membrane potential, the electrolyte concentrations cis and trans section of the layer and simulate charge transport. At the end of this simulation one can see how many ions crossed the lipid boundary, allowing to find the current through the pore through the lipid.
This program is a very nice basis for simulating a lot of interesting phenomena in electrolyte solutions. These kind of simulations can shine light on the unknown characteristics of many of the occurrences that the researchers face in biological and synthetic nanopore projects. I believe this is just a very simplified version of the capabilities of the BioMOCA simulator which can explain very complicated and interesting charge transport mechanisms through this system.
This simulation can be greatly expanded by the addition of electrolyte semiconductor surfaces which are of great interest, such as nanowires, synthetic nanopores and other solid state based biosensors.
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He's out of office, but former Congressman Allen West is still attracting controversy.
This time it's over a speech he's scheduled to give Saturday night to one of the Broward School Board's advisory committees. A civic activist who's tangled before with West is outraged, arguing it's the wrong venue for the defeated one-term congressman, best known for his incendiary attacks on President Barack Obama and other Democrats.
"This is somebody who has no problem maligning and marginalizing and showing intolerance toward others," said activist Michael Rajner. "I just don't see Allen West being the kind of person and the character to be invited in. It's just outright offensive."
On Wednesday, Rajner plans to appear before the School Board to ask its members to encourage the group that invited West to reconsider and cancel the appearance. Rajner views it as "clearly an attempt to help relaunch Allen West after he was defeated and kicked out of Congress."
Heidi Jameson, chairwoman of the School District's Gifted Advisory Council, told the School Board on Feb. 5 that her group was hosting West, who was one of two black Republicans in the U.S. House in 2011 and 2012, because it's Black History Month. The council is a group of parents focused on improving education for children who are identified as gifted or talented.
Video of her remarks shows her telling the board it would be a "non-political presentation." But the page on the Gifted Advisory Council website that advertises the event states that "throughout his time in Congress, West consistently stood for policies that would make the United States prosperous, strong and free, even when speaking up was not easy."
The website said West would talk about his "life story and conservative values."
During his two years in Congress, West was hailed by conservatives, especially in the tea party movement, and scorned by liberals — usually after he made statements that the right liked and the left hated. Among them: Saying he had "heard" there were 76 to 81 communists among his Democratic colleagues in Congress and suggesting Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels would be envious of the Democrats' "incredible propaganda machine."
Some of his sharpest vitriol was directed at U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, whom he called "the most vile, unprofessional and despicable" member of the House, labeled a "coward," said should "shut the heck up," and said she had "proven repeatedly that you are not a lady."
School Board member Katie Leach said she isn't sure if the council's speaker is within the board's purview to review. "They're all adults. If they have requested that he come to speak to one of their meetings to inform them on something, I certainly don't think we should preclude them from doing that if they feel he has something to add to the conversation about how we educate students who are gifted."
Vice President Joe Biden gave the commencement address to Cypress Bay High School last year when he was running for re-election. He was accompanied by Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, whose district includes Cypress Bay.
Leach said outside speakers don't mean the School Board approves or disapproves what they're saying. "Free speech is something that we have available to all of us," she said. "You're never going to be as educated as you can be if you don't hear all sides."
Rajner said West's comments make him unfit for a School District platform. "I just find it reprehensible … with all the work the School District has done on bullying. Allen West is the one of the biggest bullies ever," he said.
Rajner, who has served on several School Board advisory committees, is active in the Democratic Party and in the gay community. When West was invited in 2011 to speak before the Wilton Manors Business Association, Rajner spearheaded a protest that led to the event's cancellation.
West was elected to a Broward-Palm Beach County district in 2010. Facing a tough re-election battle, he moved last year from Plantation to Palm Beach Gardens and sought a second term in a northern Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie county district. He narrowly lost.
The West appearance is a bit of a political hot potato, and aside from Leach few people were willing to discuss it. Among those who were unavailable or declining to comment: School Board Chairwoman Laurie Rich Levinson, Vice Chairwoman Patricia Good, Superintendent Robert Runcie, the gifted council's Jameson, and West.
Staff researcher Barbara Hijek contributed to this report.
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BlackBerry isn't ready to quit, though. The company rolled out a new OS and new devices, including the Z10, which Eric Zeman reviews. He says the new smartphone brings a lot to the table, and outlines his five favorite features, including the software keyboard and browser.
Meanwhile, Michael Davis drills into new security features such as BlackBerry Balance, which can partition a device into work and personal domains. But is this too little, too late?
In a recent newsletter, I asked Network Computing readers if BlackBerry is still a factor in their mobile plans, whether they have users who still want these phones, and whether IT is willing to give BlackBerry a chance.
Kostas Sourgoutsidis, president of Microtrends Computing Services, offered full-throated support:
Personally I cannot wait to get one. It is not just about new features, which are great. For me and our business users, it is the new reliable OS platform, highest security level and compressed bandwidth requirements!
John, a network support tech, is also pro-BlackBerry:
Absolutely yes! I still have a Blackberry (Torch 9810), and I'm hoping the new OS 10 phones will turn around the company. I was disappointed to find the OS 10 phones won't be available until sometime in March with my carrier.
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However, other readers are not so bullish, in part because of market forces that seem to be working against the company, such as application development and support. One wrote:
I was at a point several months back where it was time to replace my BlackBerry Storm. Our company does not allow Android devices, so my choices were another Storm or an iPhone 5. I think if I still had that choice to make, I would want to give a chance to the Z10.
Still, there is pressure from outside when software vendors support mobile on iPhone first, or only. Little if any mobile support is given to BlackBerry. I think it is a shame, as I feel that BlackBerry is a stronger choice for enterprise security.
IT pros also recognize that users are abandoning BlackBerry. One respondent, who manages thousands of mobile devices, says BlackBerry growth is now flat at his organization because more users opt to buy an Apple or Android device themselves and use it at work--even though the company provides BlackBerrys at no cost to employees.
You can keep the conversation going by using our commenting system, or feel free to reach out to me on Twitter at @networkcomputing.


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This recipe produces gingerbread, not gingerbread cookies. Gingerbread is a type of spice cake. Parkin, a variation listed at the bottom, is partially oat-based.
- 4 oz butter
- 4 oz (110g) brown sugar
- 8 oz (220g) golden syrup
- 8 oz (220g) all-purpose flour
- 1 level teaspoon baking powder
- 1 level teaspoon mixed spice
- 2 level teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 eggs
- 4 fluid oz (120ml) milk
- Put the butter, sugar, and syrup in a pan. Heat gently until the butter melts.
- Place the dry ingredients in a bowl. Pour the melted butter mixture into the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
- Warm the milk in a pan (so it will dissolve the syrup).
- Add the milk to the bowl, and beat thoroughly.
- Beat the eggs, and then stir them in to the mixture.
- Pour the mixture into an 8-inch (20cm) greased square cake tin.
- Cook at 170°C (325°F) for one hour.
- Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, then remove.
Leave at least 1 day before cutting into squares.
Notes, tips, and variations[edit]
- Variant: Parkin
- Instead of 8 oz (220g) (flour, use 4 oz flour (110g) and 4 oz (110g) medium oatmeal (likely meaning coarse oat flour, not rolled oats).
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Turkey sightings lead to police request
APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) -- Depending on where you are, you may see wild turkey roaming on a regular basis.
But for others, it may not be so common.
And because of that, the Appleton Police Department says people are actually calling authorities to report the sightings, which they say, you don't need to do.
In a matter of hours, about 10 calls flooded the Appleton Police Department Wednesday about a suspicious bird.
"Essentially just reports that the turkey was doing turkey-like activities. Roosting in trees, walking around in a yard," said Sgt. Dave Lund, Appleton Police Department.
Lund says the turkey was seen downtown near Memorial Drive and 6th Street. Melanie Worden lives a block away.
"There, there he is. I don't know if you can see him," said Melanie Worden, Appleton.
Worden's husband Mike recently took a picture of a turkey in their backyard.
"It's exciting. It's always exciting to see wildlife in the backyard," she said.
Just down the road in Grand Chute, Jessica Raddatz says she doesn't mind the big birds.
"There's probably a group of 10-15 that wander the neighborhood. I was standing in my kitchen, and saw a turkey right over here from my patio door. And he was all puffed up, took a picture of him," Raddatz said.
The Department of Natural Resources says the wild turkey nesting season is at its peak, and sightings are common, especially in the city.
"Because they're finding habitat that's available for them. They're finding safe places to live, so they're moving into the urban areas, and finding parks and wooded areas to survive," said Bryan Woodbury, DNR Wildlife Biologist.
Woodbury says he has received no turkey-related nuisance complaints. Appleton Police are asking people to enjoy the wildlife,
"It was kind of one of those almost in-jest type tweets, to let people know, yes, we're aware that there's turkeys in the City of Appleton," said Lund.
And if you have a phone, take a picture.
"Put it on your own social media but we really don't need to get a call about that," he said.
The DNR says as recently as the 1970s, there were no wild turkeys in the state.
A reintroduction program has put the population to the point where turkey hunting harvest totals are some of the highest in the nation.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - When does my employer have to give me my final pay (legally) Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in When does my employer have to give me my final pay (legally) Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message mogikillaJoined: 14 May 2003Location: Seoul...sometimes US...othertimes Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:20 am Post subject: When does my employer have to give me my final pay (legally) (yes, i know, some people never get their final pay...that sucks!) Hi, my question is: within what time period after I stop working at my hagwon does my boss have to pay me? I gave over a month's notice and the replacement has been found, so I'm not leaving them in a lurch. I want to travel a bit within Korea before I go home but my boss says he wants to withhold my final pay until the day I leave the country because he is legally responsible for me until I leave. I want to go with him to Immigration and get an Exit Order, which should terminate his sponsorship and my visa and still give me 14 days to leave the country. I called Immigration and this is what they told me to do but my boss says no. Can he legally withhold my wages until I leave? If I am going to travel, I need that money to do it with. If my boss is doing something illegal, who should I ask for help? Immigration or Labor? My utilities and all will be paid tomorrow and my apartment will be inspected on Monday. I think within a day or two after Monday is not too unreasonable. I'm even willing to wait til our normal payday, the 5th. But after that I think he is being out of line. Thank you! Back to top Lost SeoulJoined: 10 Jan 2003 Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:59 am Post subject: When does my employer have to give me my final pay (legally) As it is just a standard end of month wage your boss is giving you he or she should pay you on the 5th as that is your regular pay day. ================ Korean Labor Standards Act Article 42 (Payment of Wages) (2) Wages shall be paid more than once per month on a fixed day; however, this shall not apply to extraordinary wages, allowances, or any other similar payment or those wages provided for by the Presidential Decree. ================ You could try contacting the Ministry of Labor and see if you can get this enforced, for a list of telephone numbers of local and regional MOL offices go to the below link. http://www.molab.go.kr/English/abou/sub_3_2.jsp This however may be a bit dodgy if they decide not to take up your case and call your boss, as I'm guessing he/she would not be happy. However waiting till your at the airport to be paid is also dodgy because if there and then he or she decides not to pay you he or she knows as soon as your out of the country you aint got a chance of getting your money. Its sadly not an easy descision to make, these are the options, its up to you to choose. Unless another poster has a better idea? Back to top kangnamdragonJoined: 17 Jan 2003Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 5:17 am Post subject: Severence must be paid within 14 days. Back to top Man of ChangwonJoined: 02 Feb 2003 Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 2:05 am Post subject: What is Severance Pay??? ha ha just joking but legally the employee will give it to you when he likes(if he likes). maybe it will be on the way to the airport, just to keep you sucking up to him all the way home, or maybe he won't like the color white board marker you are using and think that a pink white board marker donates a sacking. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Job-related Discussion Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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The forecast for the 2004 season from Mike Detillier of the Houma Courier:
Well, it's that time of year again, and I can't wait for the NFL season to start. Here are my thoughts on the upcoming season. Listed below are all the teams listed in their projected order of finish and predicted records in parenthesis.
1. New England Patriots (12-4): The Patriots have the best talent, the top coach in Bill Belichick, our generation's version of Bart Starr in quarterback Tom Brady, and several players with enough big-game experience to make another run at the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
2. Buffalo Bills (9-7): I really liked the Bills last season, but their illogical offensive scheme let them down big-time. They return a terrific defense, a double-tough running back tandem of Travis Henry and Willis McGahee, and a solid special-teams unit. If they can protect quarterback Drew Bledsoe, they have a legitimate shot at a playoff berth.
3. New York Jets (7-9): Keeping quarterback Chad Pennington healthy is the key on offense. If he stays healthy, Pennington will keep the Jets very competitive, but they are very similar to the New Orleans Saints defensively. And that's not real good.
4. Miami Dolphins (5-11): My heart goes out to coach Dave Wannstedt. No coach has had as much turbulence in recent years as he has had this offseason. Running back Ricky Williams' departure has this team in a tailspin.
1. Baltimore Ravens (11-5): This is my choice to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. The Ravens have a great running game, a terrific defense led by linebacker Ray Lewis, and one of the best special-teams units in the game. If second-year quarterback Kyle Boller grows up quickly, they could very well win it all.
2. Cincinnati Bengals (8-8): Coach Marvin Lewis has this team on the right track. He will go through some growing pains with second year quarterback Carson Palmer, but the big concern is still on defense and his lack of playmakers.
3. Pittsburgh Steelers (7-9): Running back Duce Staley will upgrade their running game, but there are still some major questions about their defense. Late in the year, coach Bill Cowher will have to start rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
4. Cleveland Browns (6-10): I like the addition of former San Francisco 49er quarterback Jeff Garcia to the team, but they don't have a good offensive or defensive line. Watch for rookie tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. to make a huge impact in this league. Winslow is a superstar performer, but it might not be enough to save coach Butch Davis' job at the end of the year.
1. Indianapolis Colts (11-5): The Colts have a terrific offense led by co-MVP quarterback Peyton Manning, wide receiver Marvin Harrison and running back Edgerrin James. But they didn't make any moves to upgrade their defense and that will keep them out of the Super Bowl.
2. Tennessee Titans (10-6): The Titans don't have Jevon Kearse, Eddie George, Justin McCareins and Robaire Smith anymore, but they still have co-MVP quarterback Steve McNair and a solid defense. Coach Jeff Fisher is one of my favorites.
3. Jacksonville Jaguars (8-8): Watch out, here come the Jaguars. They won't make the playoffs this year, but they have some great young talent in future superstar quarterback Byron Leftwich and the best young defensive tackle tandem in the league in John Henderson and Marcus Stroud.
4. Houston Texans (6-10): The Texans are still going through some growing pains on defense, but they have an impressive trio of offensive playmakers in quarterback David Carr, running back Domanick Davis and wide receiver Andre Johnson.
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This is an easy but impressive breakfast to serve on a special occasion. You can make the dish in a large, round casserole or in individual ramekins.
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Milk Punch
Popular throughout the south, milk punch is a soothing, adult eye-opener for any morning.
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Our new standard recipe for blueberry pancakes uses an unexpected, easy trick for achieving a lighter texture.
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This twist on bread pudding makes an indulgent breakfast sweet, and conveniently can be made the night before and popped in the oven in the morning.
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This ultra-rich classic will please kids and grownups alike.
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Old failings came back to haunt Ireland at the Aviva Stadium again on Saturday as they once again managed to turn dominance into anything other than a win, with 13-13 draw against France.
Just as they succumbed against the Scots and the English in the second half of Six Nations games this season, so Ireland threw away the chance to grab a second win of the campaign.
The home team, 13-3 up at the break, didn't manage to score at all in the second half as France carved out the draw for their first point of the season, a result that may spare them the wooden spoon.
It could have been so different, however, on an afternoon when Brian O'Driscoll may have played his last game at the old Lansdowne Road. It should have been so different.
Even with a side ravaged by injury, Declan Kidney's charges were full value for their interval lead when Jamie Heaslip scored an early try and youngster Paddy Jackson added a conversion and two penalties with the boot.
The stats all pointed to Ireland dominance in the possession stakes and on the scoreboard in that first half, Freddie Michalak managing just one penalty kick for the outclassed visitors.
But not for the first time this season, Ireland went on the back foot when it really mattered in the second half as the French scored a late try via number eight Louis Picamoles to get back into the reckoning.
Michalak and scrum-half Morgan Parra scored a penalty apiece and Michalak converted Picamoles's try before late calls from the home fans for a penalty try or at least a penalty when Keith Earls was stopped on his way to the line.
Ireland just couldn't see the job through, and the draw has done little to take the pressure off coach Declan Kidney whose contract expires in the summer.
Kidney was honest in his assessment of the game when he admitted, "It's about taking your chances. I think the
penalty count was nine-five against us. That cost us.
"In the first half we probably gave France three easy outs. Three times we were in their 22 and gave away penalties or free-kicks. We didn't squeeze their pressure.
"We were camped on their line once in the second half, they were camped on our line once in the second half. They came away with the try and we didn't. That was the difference."
Centers Brian O'Driscoll and Luke Marshall were both off the field when France scored that late try, but Kidney refused to use their absence as an excuse.
"I don't think so. The injuries were more in the back
field. Brian and Luke were off but the incidents were in and around the scrum," he said.
Ireland captain Heaslip said, "The feeling is, that was a match we could have won. A draw is always a strange one. That game in particular we could have won. It's a bit weird and the changing room is flat.
"There were a lot of positives in the game, but we gave them easy outs at important moments and you shouldn't give France that opportunity. It's a hard one to take."
Ireland had claims for a match winning penalty try late on when winger Earls was impeded by Vincent Debaty as he raced for the corner but the video ref ruled against the home team.
Earls told the Irish Sun, "A lot of decisions there in the second half didn't go our way. In my eyes it was definitely a penalty. I haven't seen it, whether to see if it could have been a penalty try but he knocked me off my feet.
"He came across my line so I thought that was a bad decision. In my eyes I thought I would have won the ball. He came across, it wasn't even a shoulder, he kind of used his elbow and forearm to push me off my feet."
Ireland have now failed to score in the final 23 minutes of any of their four championship games this season, and scrum half Conor Murray knows it isn't acceptable.
Man of the match Murray said, "It isn't good enough, especially when we have put down such good first halves. On Saturday, we had a free kick in the second half and we got to within 10 meters of their line, but then ended up back in our own 22 which isn't good enough from our point of view.
"We need to be putting away chances like that. We have a game plan and a system that if we do get inside their green zone, which we call it, we need to be coming away with points. So it's just not good enough from us in the second-half.
"I think our defense is up there with the best in the championship, or at least it was coming into this game. It's frustrating. We just need to put away our opportunities.
"The championship overall is probably a little disappointing. But we wanted to come out Saturday and put on a good performance and I think we did that for most of the game.
"We just needed to keep the scoreboard ticking over. A positive result in Italy next week, it probably won't hide things, but it will leave us a in a better place than we were after Scotland."
Ireland: Kearney, McFadden, O'Driscoll, L. Marshall, Earls, Jackson, Murray, Healy, Best, Ross, McCarthy, Ryan, O'Mahony, O'Brien, Heaslip, Reddan.
Replacements: Fitzgerald for McFadden (63), Madigan for L. Marshall (72), Reddan for Murray (63), O'Callaghan for Ryan (68), Henderson for O'Mahony (77), Cronin for Reddan (80). Not used: Kilcoyne, Archer.


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Threw caution to the wind; did something crazy in a moment of utter rage. Like when Ralphie gets so mad at school bully Farkas that he knocks him down and beats him silly, while uttering profanities, MOST of which are unintelligible. Similar to a hyperspasm, but with physical violence added.
My sister made me so mad, I just called Farkas a nipple and kicked a hole in her door.
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Explore four of Europe's most enchanting countries along the storied Danube River; Austria, Germany, Hungary and Slovakia. See the range of architectural wonders in Budapest and Bratislava, sail through the spectacular Wachau Valley, and take a tour of the 900-year-old baroque Benedictine abbey at Melk on this amazing 8-day itinerary.
Soak up soothing steam at a Budapest thermal bath. Learn to waltz...
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Various updates given at SISD board meeting
The Superintendent's Report was given during the November meeting of the Sweetwater ISD Board of Trustees, which highlighted a wide variety of issues within the school district.One update given was on the district's food service, as changes had to be made locally--along with all the other districts in the nation--due to the amendments in the National School Lunch Program. Though feedback has been varied, a majority of students are not pleased with the changes.On top of that, food costs continue to rise. Nathan Elhert, the Sweetwater ISD Business Manager, stated that losses have been seen in the food service as money is literally being thrown away because children will discard the food they dislike.As a result, Sweetwater ISD hopes to learn what the students like at lunchtime while still sticking with the federal guidelines. Tentative plans include possible substitutions, serving students' favorite foods and offering a favorite item rather than serving everything to students.The district also desires to bring in a cafeteria consultant to learn what steps to take, with possible plans of having some students take part in taste tests to learn favorite entrees.But on a positive note, a report on the 2011-2012 fiscal year was given by Elhert as well. Good news was reported as over $1.1 million was added to the fund balance.Contributing factors include steady numbers in enrollment, funding cuts from the state were not as strong as anticipated, and that campuses were making all-around savings. In addition, the Cool Schools grant--which allowed Sweetwater ISD to obtain updated air conditioning--lowered maintenance and energy costs.Furthermore, savings are still being seen from the closure of the Hobbs Alternative School as the district joined the Wallace Accelerated High School. Also regarding the Wallace school, an update was given during the meeting, in that 18 students from the district are currently at the campus. Retake results from the former state-mandated test, TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge of Skills), were given, with success seen in the Science and Social Studies exams.Concerning the staff of the district, the Highly Qualified Report was given and noted that 100% of the teachers at Sweetwater ISD are considered "highly qualified," in accordance to the No Child Left Behind Act.Paraprofessionals must also be considered "highly qualified," but recent state regulations now require paraprofessionals to be certified. Sweetwater ISD Superintendent Terry Pittman said that the district will be taking steps to ensure this entire staff group--currently seventy serving the Sweetwater campuses--will become certified.There are three tiers of certification, in which the paraprofessionals will attain the top level. The district will cover any costs for the first certification, but the paraprofessionals will have to pay for reapplication costs thereafter.Furthermore, as of November 13, the enrollment at Sweetwater ISD stands at 2,199 students--a ninety-student increase from the first day of classes. An enrollment projection was also briefly discussed, which took into account births in Nolan County and other trends.However, pre-kindergarten was not part of the list as well as unexpected patterns, like the upcoming Cline Shale project. The projections are historically based and listed up to the year 2023.In related updates, an report on the Cline Shale was given, in which Sweetwater ISD was represented at a past meeting regarding the oil exploration and production project. Nolan County is one of several area counties included in the largest point of impact.Snyder has already felt the impact of the upcoming boom, with their industrial park filled to capacity and growth in school enrollment. Sweetwater, as well, has seen growth in their economic development opportunities.The Cline Shale is expected to be so big that a representative from Washington, D.C., came to learn about its impact. Expectations are for increases to be seen in leasing and truck traffic, along with the possibility of man-camps and water stations.The purpose of the meeting was to allow all entities that will be affected by the boom to be proactive and learn as much as possible.Pittman also informed the board about key points that will be issues for the upcoming 83rd Legislative Session in Texas, handing out a pamphlet that highlighted the concerns. Among the points were high stakes testing and accountability--like the STAAR (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness) test, a voucher program, education service centers, the TRS (Teacher Retirement System), and public school finance. It also stated how to contact elected officials and other websites to learn more about the upcoming session.In paraprofessional personnel changes, two resignations and one new hire was reported. And with the new fiscal year beginning, tax collection only stood at $77,745.20, or .15%. By the end of the calendar year, the numbers should pick up.The board was also reminded about several upcoming events, such as their team training and evaluation of the superintendent on January 14. New board members will also have to complete a superintendent's evaluation on their own time.


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BSEE, Stanford University, 2010
MSEE, Stanford University, 2011
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Smart CMOS Image Sensor for Mobile Computer Vision
Four decades of Moore's Law has increased computing power to the point that often the bottleneck is no longer the technology itself but how users interact with it. As mobile devices incorporate ever increasing numbers of sensors, they become better able to address this bottleneck by providing a richer HCI platform. But while recent advances in computer vision make it a promising candidate for seemless sensing on mobile phones and heads up displays, existing mobile vision implementations consume too much power to be practical. The aim of this project is to explore the sources of power inefficiency in current mobile vision implementations in order to design a low-power smart CMOS image sensor for object detection.
A typical computer vision pipeline consists of a digital camera, made up of an image sensor and image signal processor, and a digital processor. The digital camera captures raw images, processes them to improve their visual quality, and compresses them to JPEG format. The digital processor then extracts features from the captured JPEG images and feeds them into a trained classifier. Since low-level feature extraction can make up a significant fraction of the total computation, a mixed-signal implemention of this step in hardware, before the digital processor, could help reduce power consumption. However, such an approach is valid only if it does not greatly reduce the performance of the overall pipeline. While low-power "Vision Sensors" remain an active area of research, they often achieve power savings by capturing images of lower quality than typical digital camera JPEGs, and their performance in the context of a computer vision pipeline is generally unreported. To address this gap, we are developing software to simulate the object detection performance of arbitrary hardware implentations of image sensors with mixed-signal preprocessing. With this simulator, we can make informed architectural decisions for our low-power smart CMOS image sensor design.
Biosensor Readout Design in Organic Electronics
Organic electronics are an emerging technology which provides mechanical flexibility, chemical specificity, and low-cost large-area coverage. The term organic electronics includes carbon-based molecules, which can be used to make organic conductors, organic thin-film transistors (OTFTs), and organic LEDs (OLEDs). Because OTFTs can be manufactured near room temperature, organic ICs can be made on flexible plastic substrates that could not withstand the high processing temperatures used for silicon ICs. The recent development of low-voltage p-channel and n-channel OTFTs enables novel applications, such as using the chemical specificity of OTFTs for biosensing.
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Wind was lousy here in Reno today (at least close by my house). Gusty, no wind... repeat. Then soccer teams started showing up at the field to practice. Packed up after only 1 hour of a reminder at how inexperienced I am when it comes to flying. All that being said, do I still love that I got out today and made "the walk" more than I kept the kite in the air? Yes!
On todays list of kite I had my custom Jinx, my home built B'zar 2011, and a Silver Fox Pro.
Started with the Silver Fox. Not very friendly in variable winds. It will handle the gusts, but when the wind goes away, I've got no ability to keep that thing in the air. Try to give it a little boost to the top of the window and I find myself with too much slack in the lines. Then I've got a tangled mess of wing tip wraps on one line and slack in the other. Silver Fox back in the bag.
Next up was the B'zar 2011. Subject of my build thread any number of months ago. Would you believe this was the first time that kite has taken to the air? Sad I know, but there remains a number of kites in my bag that need to be flown so everything gets a chance in due time (I'm a sucker for pulling out the kites I love even before I go to an un-flown new kite). Let me just tell you what a sweet kite the B'zar is in my hands. Forgiving, floaty, begging for me to try new things and worth every second of time it took for me to build it. If you haven't flown one or built one now is the time. This kite was stable as a rock and allowed me some side slides, axels and even found itself experiencing some attempts at tricks I've rarely stomached before. (again, I should remind you that I lack significant skill and making a big push to fly as much as possible this summer to improve said skill).
Only landing the B'zar because I knew my Jinx was patiently waiting to spend some time in the air. I do love the Jinx as well. As forgiving to the wind as I find the B'zar to be, the Jinx makes it's corners with more precision. My heavy hands have no problem with some of the older tricks and feel comfortable practicing my stalls and axels. Symmetry is something I've been working on (axels on both sides of the window for example) and the Jinx has been helping me get my courage to pull off some good looking tricks going both ways.
All in all, I had an hour of fun today that was long past due. Maybe tomorrow there will be some better wind and I can play again.
Anyway, thought I'd share my thoughts on some of my kites. (check out a B'zar if you haven't!).
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1 Abstract
Note: I have retired the old version of Reactive on darcs.haskell.org. Please use the new Reactive.
Reactive is a simple foundation for programming reactive systems functionally. Like Fran/FRP, it has a notions of (reactive) behaviors and events. Like DataDriven, Reactive has an efficient, data-driven implementation. The main difference between Reactive and DataDriven are
- Reactive provides and builds on "functional futures", which in turn build on Concurrent Haskell threads, while DataDriven builds on continuation-based computations; and
- The algebras of events and reactive values (called events and sources in DataDriven) are purely functional. I couldn't figure out how to accomplish that in DataDriven.
- Reactive manages (I hope) to get the efficiency of data-driven computation with a (sort-of) demand-driven architecture. For that reason, Reactive is garbage-collector-friendly, while DataDriven depends on weak references (because GC favors demand-driven computation.)
- Reactive elegantly and efficiently caches values.
- Reactive uses the term "reactive values" (), where DataDriven uses "sources" (Reactive).Source
Besides this wiki page, here are more ways to find out about Reactive:
- Read the Haddock docs.
- Get the code repository: darcs get http://darcs.haskell.org/packages/old-reactive/. (Old version, to be replaced in September 08.)
- Install from Hackage.
- See the version history.
Also, the paper Simply Efficient Functional Reactivity, and its blog post with discussion, describe a (not-yet-released) successor to Reactive that solves the determinacy problem mentioned below.
2 Modules
2.1 Data.Future
A future is a value that will become knowable only later. Primitive futures can be things like "the value of the next key you press", or "the value of LambdaPix stock at noon next Monday". The term "promise" might be more fitting.Composition is via standard type classes:
- :Monoidis a future that never becomes knowable.memptyis whichever ofa `mappend` bandais knowable first.b
- : apply a function to a future. The result is knowable when the given future is knowable.Functor
- :Applicativegives value knowable since the beginning of time.pureapplies a future function to a future argument. Result available when both are available, i.e., it becomes knowable when the later of the two futures becomes knowable.(<*>)
- Monad: is the same asreturn(as always).purecascades futures.(>>=)resolves a future future value into a future value.join
2.1.1 Garbage collection of futuresBaker & Hewitt's 1977 paper The Incremental Garbage Collection of Processes discusses using garbage collection to prevent the useless threads from consuming resources. In particular, consider
2.1.2 Concurrent Haskell vs STMFutures are implemented using Concurrent Haskell's
2.2 Data.SFuture
A target denotational semantics for Data.Future -- simple, precise, and deterministic, in terms of time/value pairs.
2.3 Data.Reactive
This module defines events and reactive values. An event is stream of future values in order of availability. A reactive value is a discretly time-varying value. These two types are closely linked: a reactive value is defined by an initial value and an event that yields future values; while an event is simply a future reactive value.
data Reactive a = a `Stepper` Event a newtype Event a = Event (Future (Reactive a))
Many of the operations on events and reactive values are packaged as instances of standard classes, as described below. See the module documentation for the other operations.
2.3.1 Instances for Event
- :Monoidis the event that never occurs, andmemptyis the event that combines occurrences frome `mappend` e'ande. (Fran'se'andneverE.)(.|.)
- :Functoris the event that occurs wheneverfmap f eoccurs, and whose occurrence values come from applyingeto the values fromf. (Fran'se.)(==>)
- :Applicativeis an event with a single occurrence, available from the beginning of time.pure ais an event whose occurrences are made from the product of the occurrences ofef <*> exandef. For every occurrenceexat timefoftfand occurrenceefat timexoftx,exhas an occurrenceef <*> exat timef x.max tf tx
- :Monadis the same asreturn a(as always). Inpure a, each occurrence ofe >>= fleads, throughe, to a new event. Similarly forf, which is somehow simpler for me to think about. The occurrences ofjoin ee(ore >>= f) correspond to the union of the occurrences of all such events. For example, suppose we're playing Asteroids and tracking collisions. Each collision can break an asteroid into more of them, each of which has to be tracked for more collisions. Another example: A chat room has an "enter" event, whose occurrences contain new events like "speak".join ee
2.3.2 Instances for ReactiveThe instances for
- : a typical lifted monoid. IfMonoidis a monoid, thenois a monoid, withReactive o, andmempty = pure mempty. In other words,mappend = liftA2 mappend, andmempty `at` t == mempty(r `mappend` s) `at` t == (r `at` t) `mappend` (s `at` t).
- :Functor.fmap f r `at` t == f (r `at` t)
- :Applicative, andpure a `at` t == a.(s <*> r) `at` t == (s `at` t) (r `at` t)
- :Monad, andreturn a `at` t == a. As always,join rr `at` t == (rr `at` t) `at` t.(r >>= f) == join (fmap f r)
2.3.3 Continuous reactive behaviorsAlthough the basic
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E3: Ubisoft boss says 'good chance' pre-owned games won't change
The major third-party publishers have yet to decide their strategy on pre-owned games - but Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has a hunch little will change.
Last week Microsoft put an end to weeks of speculation about Xbox One being 'against' second-hand games, by confirming a new structure for game ownership on the device, which means it is up to publishers if 'second user fees' are applied to second-hand game sales.
But Guillemot says that Microsoft Game Studios' decision to not apply this on first-party games is a sign of what will really happen.
Which is to say: the pre-owned market won't change much.
"Mirosoft has said they won't take money from stores - and there is a good chance we will have the same situation as before," he told MCV and other European press in an E3 briefing yesterday.
He admitted that, like other third parties, Ubisoft has yet to firmly decide its strategy. Many publishers didn't find out what Microsoft's plan official was until last week, and they are waiting to see what other format-holders do also.
Guillemot said: "We don't know for sure yet - we don't know what Sony will do or if Nintendo will change to a new model also or continue on. After that we will exactly decide our position."
But he reiterated that Microsoft has likely set a precedent by explicitly saying its console and its first-party games would not move against second hand games.
"The step Microsoft took in not taking any money from stores is showing that we are in a situation close to what we have now."
For the trade, much of the debate around Microsoft's new licensing model for game ownership and its 'always on' games console has focused on pre-owned titles.
But Guillemot stressed that these new ways of selling games are part of industry evolution - not a desire to curtail existing business models.
He said: "Consoles have to adapt to where the business is going in the long-term, and adapt to how we are connected to our consumers.
"It takes time and we need products to prove that works."
So new Ubisoft games announced today, including The Crew and a new Tom Clancy title, are ways to offer that and prove the new model for persistent online content works. Always online, he said, is a way to "allow you to download a game and play it immediately" not stopping preowned.
Guillemot pointed out that consumers already accept digital licensing ownership on other platforms.
"It worked on Steam, and it worked on other machines. Steam products are totally online and there were no questions raised.
"But now the games come in boxes and digitally too - so for the next few years we will have a different experience."
"So Steam exists and Apple exists - you download games from them."
And there was no outcry when apps were tied to iTunes accounts, after all.
The difference now, he said, is that new digital ownership is being mixed with physical reselling - a model Guillemot says still matters to the games industry.
"Now people can still buy a game and resell it. Pre-owned is good for the industry. It allows people to buy a game at one point of the year and sell it on later - it puts more money into the industry so we can take risks. So whatever happens we will have to make sure we find a system that will allow gamers to play a lot of different games."
The industry can get around the challenges that come with explaining the purported benefits of the new ownership model provided the games that make use of them are decent.
"We have no challenge if the experience are good," he said. "But if the games are no good then we are in trouble. Gamers will end up going for some games that are connected and some games that are not and that they can play how they want or if they have a connection or not."
One route to widening gamers' chance to buy and try games is aadding more flexible pricing on console like with Steam flash sales.
"There will be more games accessible for free on consoles and with more kinds of monetisation," Guillemot explained.
"We'll also have a mechanism where you can keep playing during a demo - right now on console we launch a demo and then you have to buy a new game again when you play properly.
"Flexible pricing will come with time on console too - eventually. Obviously at the moment we will have two systems, a digital one and selling in-store, so we've still got to make sure we can sell through retail.
"But when a machine is totally online you can play with pricing - for instance we have cut game prices by 75 per cent during E3 for some of our games. More opportunities to add price promotions to games sold digitally via consoles is good - it helps us to try more things."


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Slow Food, Local Food, Healthy food for the Holidays for November 21, 2012Although I've never seen statistics on how much we eat over the holidays, I'd hazard a guess that Americans eat more per capita from now until the New Year than in any other comparable time period. Family gatherings, office parties and celebrations of all kinds incite us to eat more than is good for us. I'd like to suggest that we all think about offering healthier foods for the holidays, that we slow down and really enjoy the food, and that we try to serve as much local food as possible.
As a gardener, I store and preserve much of my own food for winter. My freezers are full of beans, broccoli, kale, leeks, peas, peppers, tomatoes and more. In cool, dry storage I have winter squash, onions and garlic. In a second fridge I have potatoes, carrots, rutabagas, kohlrabi and beets. In the garden I still am picking Brussels sprouts, carrots, late lettuce and kale. I have homemade pickles in the pantry. If invited to a pot luck dinner, I have plenty to choose from that will make a healthy and tasty dish.
If you haven't put up food for the winter, think about supporting local farmers. Winter farmers markets are all the rage, and for good reason. I believe that local potatoes and carrots taste better than those shipped to the Mega-Monster Food Emporium at the mall. Yes, they may cost a little more, but not much more. Going local is about a mindset. One must plan ahead and make a commitment to do so – just as most of us have committed to recycling for the good of the planet. Buying local food eliminates all those miles in a diesel-powered refrigerator truck, carrying California to us. And buying local foods supports the farmers in our community.
I recently sat down with Robert Meyers, co-owner of Three Tomatoes Trattoria in Lebanon, NH to talk about the Slow Food movement, and about an event called Terra Madre he attended earlier this fall in Turin, Italy. Terra Madre is an event held every other year to allow farmers, consumers, educators and activists from 150 countries to meet, eat and talk together. The Slow Food Movement is an international organization that promotes eating "good, clean, fair" food.
At Terra Madre there are numerous workshops by food producers and cooks. There is second event, Salone del Gusto, held concurrently that allows attendees to sample foods from all over the world. Want to try fried bugs from Burkino Faso? There were representatives there who, if they did not bring bugs this year, advocate for eating local insects. Might be worth trying. Deep fried Japanese beetles anyone?
And to me, the Slow Food movement is about slowing down to really enjoy food, family and friends. It is the opposite of fast food, which we all know about – and which I avoid as much as possible. We gardeners grow our own food – slowly. We should share it, and eat it slowly, too.
So as we head toward the end of the year, what can we do? We can buy fair trade coffee, chocolate and bananas. The Fair Trade label guarantees a minimum fair price to Third World farmers. Most food coops are still selling local produce including potatoes, carrots, onions, beets and much more. The big supermarkets generally don't bother with local farmers. And instead of bananas and avocados, we can eat local apples and kohlrabi.
We can pay attention to where our meat comes from. I don't buy meat that was produced in mass quantity on a chicken ranch or cattle feed lot. I don't want to ingest the hormones and antibiotics that many meat animals are fed. I buy directly from farmers, and I interview them about their techniques raising their animals before I buy. I don't insist on organic, but I do want humane – and no antibiotics or hormones, thank you.
That means that my Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys cost me a lot more than frozen supermarket birds, but the difference in flavor is remarkable. Instead of looking only at the price tag, I think about the price per serving. If I am going to feed a dozen people and eat leftovers for days afterwards, the cost per person per meal is very reasonable.
As you plan your garden for 2013, focus on crops you know always do well for you. If you've had bad luck with tomatoes recently, think about expanding your plantings of beans or broccoli if you did well with them last year. They are both pretty easy crops to grow, have few pests (at least in my garden) and freeze well. Think about planting and re-planting more lettuce - a crop that does well for most gardeners.
And what about those elusive, blight-plagued tomatoes we all love? There are people who grow them well, generally in plastic high tunnels (greenhouses). Many fungal diseases are soil-borne, and spread when it rains due to splash-up. Some spores are wind-borne; a greenhouse helps to keep them off the plants, too. Maybe we should just buy some of our tomatoes in season from local growers.
So do some planning this winter about what you can realistically expect to be able to grow – and store. Think about letting go of crops that are a frustration – after all, gardening is supposed to be fun. And check out Slow Food International (www.slowfood.com). As they say, it's an idea, a way of living and a way of eating.
Henry Homeyer has a new children's book: Wobar and the Quest for the Magic Calumet. For more info go to www.henryhomeyer.com.
Slow down and enjoy holiday bounty
Slow Food, Local Food, Healthy food for the Holidays for November 21, 2012Although I've never seen statistics on how much we eat over the holidays, I'd hazard a guess that Americans eat more per capita from now until the New Year than in any other comparable time period. Family gatherings, office parties and celebrations of all kinds incite us to eat more than is good for us. I'd like to suggest that we all think about offering healthier foods for the holidays, that we slow down and really enjoy the food, and that we try to serve as much local food as possible.


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Displaying Childhood Collections in a Grown-Up Home
Recently I noticed a glass bowl of beautiful polished rocks newly displayed on my mother's sideboard. A closer inspection revealed this to be my long lost childhood rock collection, which I promptly and indignantly re-claimed for my own sideboard. There's something so poignant and fun about using a childhood collection to decorate a grown-up home...
Almost any childhood collection, edited well and displayed with care, can be a beautiful addition to a home and a nice reminder of how joyous it felt, as a kid, to come across that perfect rose quartz or Pez dispenser or R2-D2 doll. But because childhood collections also run the risk of looking... well, a little childish, it's especially important to consider how they're displayed.
A few tips for displaying childhood collections in your grown-up home:
• Edit, edit, edit. Making a baseball card collage? There's no need to include each and every card from each and every overstuffed binder you collected over the years. Choose special items with unique meaning, like the Will Clark '89 earthquake World Series edition, or what have you.
• Try a creative DIY display that reflects the personality of the collection. I love the fenced-in farm animals in the first photo above, from Cookie Magazine, and the action figures in their futuristic acrylic cubbies (second photo).
• Put your grown-up aesthetics to use. Try and look at your childhood objects through adult eyes. Use your display to imbue the collection with sophistication and help it blend into your home's mature decor. The mounted toy car collection in the third photo, for example, shows an amazing sense of color, and we love the way the layout mimics a traffic jam.
• Consider donating your collection to your own child. Sometimes childhood collections are perfect for children's bedrooms, and your kids will get a kick out of seeing the things you cherished when you were their age.
Do you display your childhood collections in your home today? How do you make them fit your grown-up sensibilities? Please share!
(Images: Cookie Magazine (1, 4, and 5); Dufner Heighes, via Houzz (2); eHow (3))


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Following the leak of the HTC Primo earlier this week, our very own Jeffrey Van Camp commented on the presence of Beats Audio on the phone, saying he was disappointed with the feature on the HTC Rezound, as it was only compatible with the standard HTC music player.
He's surely not alone in his frustration, as the Android Market is filled with third-party music apps, all begging to have some bassy Beats technology applied to them.
It appears this is all about to change though, as PocketNow has had a sneak peak at HTC Sense 4.0, and noted that Beats will become universal in the new version of the company's Android UI.
Other new features include improved support for landscape orientation, including on the homescreen, an updated email client, an iOS 5-like "reader" feature in the browser and a "guest mode" that restricts access to certain apps and private data. Sense 4.0 will also see a revised task switching interface, which uses 3D cards instead of icons to move between open apps.
The last update to Sense, taking it to version 3.5, came with the release of devices including the HTC Rhyme and aforementioned Rezound, and provided some visual polish along with a refreshed browser and some performance tweaks. We must go back to April 2011 for the announcement of 3.0, the last major Sense revision.
With nearly a full year since the last major update, and several new and potentially stunning phones on the horizon, Sense 4.0's release can't be far away. Although no date is mentioned, PocketNow says 4.0 will first appear on the HTC Ville and the HTC Edge, devices which could make their debut at the end of next month.
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Sad to say hands still not back after crocheting this over 3 weeks ago now! Here it is tho, my second granny square. Make the most of it, there won't be more!
Have had a little go with sewing, and this adventure is at least less painful. More about that in a new post.
I want to get back to painting but at the mo haven't the dexterity.
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Lots of great things continue to happen here at Gibson Acoustic. This week we had the opportunity for Jackson Browne, David Lindley and the entire band to stop by the Montana factory. With Jackson and all being in town for a Tuesday (8/3) concert at the MSU Field House, the opportunity for a visit materialized and they were able to fit it into a very busy schedule. And what a great visit it was.
All had the opportunity for an in-depth plant tour given by custom shop luthier Jason Jones. Jason led the way through the entire building process, and all were very excited by the tour and all of the great Gibson people and guitars. Jackson also spent key time with Robi Johns and Ren Ferguson, working on and refining the search for that special tone and sound for the future release of a very special model that will bear Jackson Browne's name and endorsement. What a great experience this is to work with a talent like Jackson on what will truly be a guitar for the most refined acoustic player. .
All of the folks here at Gibson Montana were excited to have these great visitors and were all also very appreciated of the numerous, wonderful "shout outs" that Jackson, Davis and the band provided at their concert Tuesday night. And speaking of the concert, Jackson rocked the house and the crowd responded accordingly. It was a truly great concert and night out for anyone who attended. .


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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — It was a most unusual burglary. Thieves got in through the bathroom window and walked past the flat-screen TV, DVD player, expensive camera and a couple of brand-new cellphones. Instead, they took 20 external hard drives and some digital camera memory cards.
It didn't make sense to Zanele Muholi, an art photographer and activist, the victim of the April theft.
Unless …
Something cold shifted inside her. Could this be another hate crime against lesbians?
The stolen hard drives, all hidden in different locations around her apartment, were the archive of five years of Muholi's extraordinary work photographing marginalized lesbians in many African countries.
"Seemingly they spent some time searching," Muholi says in a phone interview. "It seemed to be targeted. The content is a major part of my life."
Muholi, a lesbian whose work has been called "immoral" by a government minister, is convinced the theft was designed to suppress her "visual activism," as she calls it.
The 39-year-old is the only black South African artist selected to exhibit her work at the recent Documenta festival in Kassel, Germany, an exhibition featuring hundreds of international artists that is put on every five years. (The other South African chosen was prominent artist William Kentridge.)
Her work on lesbianism and womanhood confronts traditional patriarchal notions of African masculinity and is often perceived as threatening to men in the townships where her subjects live.
Muholi's five years of lost work is a unique record of the lives of black lesbians forced to live underground, in fear of being attacked for being "unnatural" or "un-African," stoned, beaten, even burned. Her photographs celebrate the love and life of black lesbians — and mourn the dead. Muholi documented the funeral of Noxolo Nogwaza, a lesbian raped and killed last year in Kwa-Thema, a township outside Johannesburg.
There's an epidemic of rapes of lesbians in South Africa, disturbingly dubbed "corrective rape," because a victim is told it is to teach her to be a "real woman." Beatings of lesbians, gays and transgender people are commonplace.
The attacks are a blight on South Africa's Constitution, a document that enshrines the right to same-sex marriage, but whose protection for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender is opposed by African traditionalists and fundamental Christians.
Richard Lee of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, an African nongovernmental organization promoting democracy, human rights and good governance, compares the loss of Muholi's work to the theft of a Picasso in Europe.
"There should have been a huge outcry by now. Government ministers and artists and academics and journalists should be shouting from their pulpits, because a unique part of South Africa's cultural heritage was stolen…," Lee writes on the organization's blog. "No one else has taken photos like this. No one else has documented this community with so much understanding and so much force and so much beauty."
After the robbery, Muholi's state is akin to mourning.
If you ask her how she is, she responds, heavily, "It's another day." She lies awake at night, and this or that beautiful image captured during her travels around Africa spins into her head.
"There were pivotal moments that I shared with people. I can't go back to those spaces.
"I am so shocked and traumatized and hurting."
But under the grief, the knowledge that someone has been in her apartment also leaves its trace of fear, given the violent homophobia common in South Africa.
"I don't feel comfortable in my apartment. I might be in danger. You never know when your time will come." Known for her courage, Muholi almost cringes, because she feels as if that's been stolen too. "I used to be brave. Now, I'm weak and I am scared."
Muholi's work has always been intensely political and confrontational. Even the white T-shirt she sometimes wears showing two black women kissing is enough to enrage many South Africans.
She says her motive in photographing lesbians is to give faces and voices to the disempowered communities in Africa, and support victims of hate crimes.
"We have to support them, because you never know, I might be next," she says. Among the stolen images were photographs taken at the funerals of lesbians gang-raped and slain because of their sexual orientation, or who killed themselves in despair.
In 2010, South Africa's then-minister for arts and culture, Lulu Xingwana, who was supposed to speak at an exhibition featuring Muholi's work, walked out, calling the images of black lesbians embracing "immoral, offensive and going against nation-building." Xingwana has since been promoted by the overtly traditionalist president, Jacob Zuma, to minister for women, children and people with disabilities.
Since the Xingwana walkout, South Africa's artistic freedom has come under pressure from politicians more than once, with the ANC calling for a debate on the limits of artistic freedom. In recent weeks, South Africa was convulsed by its fiercest debate on artistic freedom, after a male artist depicted Zuma (a polygamist with more than 20 children) with genitals exposed in a painting called "The Spear."
Supporters have set up a campaign to replace Muholi's equipment. But even if they did manage to raise the money, it wouldn't bring back the lost photographs. And even if she could retrace her steps in the different African countries, she wouldn't find the same images.
"Even if somebody sent me back there," she says, "I would not be able to capture those moments."


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|2012-01-12, 17:44
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Psycho Falling Deep
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: The Anime World
Age: 23
Spoiler for That Butt!:
Shirakiin Ririchiyo is 16 I believe, no? Her first encounter with Soushi Miketsukami seemed like one of those "Love At First Sight" sort of things...well...you know, until Soushi started bowing before her and started crying I wonder how old he is...
I found it funny how he asked her to rid of him because she didn't need him, thats true dedication right there XD I want a servent like that! Only...it has to be a girl...in a maid uniform...and she has to have red hair and be a demon...and her name needs to be Rias...
Moving on
It appears something is haunting Shirakiin's nightmares...she keeps waking up, heavily breathing, as if she had just woken up from a dream where she was about to get killed. I wonder if there's more to her moving to just being alone...hmm. She did say she hated being bullied, but at the same time hated being protected.
Lastly, what an exciting ending that was with everyone revealing themselves to that burlgar! I definatley like the glowing eyes of each of them and the different variety of them. Very cool.
I think I may really enjoy this anime. I like Soushi constantly checking up and bothering Shirakiin and then seeing the way she reacts and the things she compares him to such as the "Faithful Dog" I also like the over/under reacting girls that acted weird around Shirakiin XD
Also...Nobara is...just awesome. "I hope we will become...good friends. Of course, I mean in a sexual way!" I wish she would say to me
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|2012-01-12, 18:07
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Me at work
Don't think this has been mentioned but looking at ANN it seems we'll get 6 EDs
|2012-01-12, 18:45
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singing heartbreak
|2012-01-12, 18:57
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stupid & obvious
Join Date: Jul 2011
No worries, I'm hyped!
Especially since it'll blow my mind, apparently. I was planning to watch the first episode of Another today, but I opted for this instead. ( Suppose I'm saving Another. . . for another day. Pfft. )
I'm happy with this adaption. Though to be honest, I can hardly remember much of the manga anymore save for a certain scene (read the scanlations just a bit before the anime was announced). The art is really nice and clean (those gorgeous cherry blossoms!), and I'm liking the music enough. I especially liked the first scene. Perhaps because I have a thing for music boxes, but the text cards looked neat as well.
So much yes to Ririchiyo wanting to change herself. Of course I really don't see how completely avoiding people will help someone be able to socialize better. I guess it could be a sort of . . . loving yourself before others, though, which I can understand. I also liked that there was more than just bullying involved in her story. The whole "protection" part I thought was a good aspect to throw in, which I found to be really sad.
Anyhow, I really enjoyed the episode. 8D Found myself grinning a lot. Though Miketsukami got to be a bit much for me at times -- I need to get used to him again. xD;;;
|2012-01-12, 19:07
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One-Eyed Dragon
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NJ, USA
No idea what to expect before i saw this. After i saw it i can't wait for the next ep. Ririchiyo's backstory really peaks my interest. Soushi is just great. Liked how when they first met he started crying. The other characters are all interesting in their own way. With the title of the place its no wonder they have powers. That ED was great as well.
|2012-01-12, 19:35
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lost in wonder forever...
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: edge of my dream in the land of twilight...ZzzZzZ
Here I was expecting something along the lines of Hayate no Gotoku, but bam it's turns into a fantasy magical anime. That's a good thing because I love these types of genre.
In the very beginning and towards the middle of the anime it's all about the S&M and it was ok. I bet the people with S&M fetishes will probably enjoy this anime. I do admit that main heroine has some killer looking legs
I wonder if there are any normal people living in that complex...
|2012-01-12, 21:22
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We're Back
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Discord
Age: 30
Watching the first episode of this series, I get the feeling it's of a slower tempo than most of the other new series I'm watching this season... Even shows like Nisenmonogatari and Another, where technically nothing has happened yet- still have a few exciting tricks to show.
The difference though is that both those shows have a sizable amount of hype behind them so people are more likely to give them some leeway...
I could like this, but I need more to love it.
|2012-01-12, 23:45
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Age: 34
You are right that the only way she will learn to socialize better is by constantly interacting with people, AND she will begin to love herself in the process. That is probably what will happen over the course of the series, at least that's what I'm hoping for.
The best part of this show is how Soushi reacts to Ririchiyo's tsunshun personality. His sweet puppy dog love and loyalty towards her will probably keep me watching this.
|2012-01-13, 02:03
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Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
I dunno, guess I'm spoiled by KamiMemo in that I see a girl that looks like Alice and talks shit like Alice, but isn't voiced by Ogura. Just feels weird for my brain.
Regardless though, I thoroughly enjoyed the episode. I knew I'd love Ririchiyo from the one chapter I've read of the manga, not to mention the all-star cast (HanaKana <3... seems like she's playing a lot of roles outside her usual ones lately, this one included). Oh yeah, can't go wrong with Renshou knowing Ririchiyo since grade school, and of course Soushi as the forgotten childhood friend. So far, can't 'lose' here lols.
Wonder who's the other tenant though (HanaKana's master)?
|2012-01-13, 04:56
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: UK
Age: 27
Haha lol. I thought the manservants "please treat me like a dog" antics would be annoying but they're actually pretty funny. It definitely helps that Ririchiyo doesn't treat him like a dog and actually gets freaked out herself.
Lulz all round when Karuta revelaed her true form. The look on that burgular's face was just priceless...
|2012-01-13, 05:10
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User of the "Fast Draw"
Have to say I really enjoyed the first episode. Getting a taste of Ririchiyo's backstory just made me feel sympathetic for her. Treated poorly because of her family and only helped because of her family. Her self worth going down the drain and thus that front being created which only made her feel worse about herself. After all people genuinely reaching out would get shut down hard.
Certainly someone like Soushi is key since he's not going to get upset by that. Though really do wonder about where his obsession towards Ririchiyo came from. Talking about how she saved him, but also wanting to meet her. So was this some sort of indirect thing she did? Well suppose they will get into that eventually.
Still totally got shocked with all the crazy abilities getting shown off in a hurry. I mean the name did give it away, but I didn't think too much about it . Then suddenly you have Ririchiyo's eyes glowing and a giant skeleton showing up.
I wasn't sure if I'd care much about this series, but the first episode has me interested.
|2012-01-13, 05:56
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Well, that was something else. Aloof girl+ Hard M d00d is typical for anime, but this is diffrent since the guy is the insistent one and this this Ririchiyo acts somewhat reasonable at least, and is just putting up the mean thing as an act in a silly one. And damn that character design is kinda hot... I guess that was a pretty decent way to start the series.
And they have superpowers eh. Well, that could be more interesting than I thought.
|2012-01-13, 06:04
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Ass connoisseur
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Florida
Age: 31
Already pegging this anime as my guilty pleasure of the series. Ririchiyo is hot and tragic and has a nice pair of legs...and...I don't really consider her a tsundere. Her mannerisms are the same regardless who she is speaking to, and that really defeats the intended purpose of a tsundere. She is far better than the typical insufferable tsundere...Sure, she's got a sharp tongue, but nothing she says is all that offensive, and she doesn't seem the least bit violent.
|2012-01-13, 06:24
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
This anime has started out with a very strong episode, and it has done one thing very well- make me, the viewer start asking many questions. What is Ririchiyo- (not human, no doubt)? What are these "half-breeds?" What is this intriguing world we have been thrown into? Where are the characters going?
For one, the Tsundere actually acknowledges, and is self-conscious of character development. Rarely do you see one such character actually seeking to develop herself out of that, actively. That itself makes for a fascinating premise in itself.
Then, the interplay between the thoughts and actions of the protagonist too - that alone developed/ revealed much about Ririchiyo, since we get to see her mind very clearly, and what a fascinating mind it is, indeed.
So, yes, an interesting anime, with a tantalizingly fascinating setting and characters that make me eager to know more about them to boot.
Characterization + Compelling Setting + Good Animation and aesthetics = An anime definitely on my watch list.
|2012-01-13, 09:11
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|2012-01-13, 10:45
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