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Saturday, July 2, 2011
Mini Boats #2
I rushed these photos - just snapped them off as I returned home today - and you can tell.
Nevertheless it will remind me to go back and take the time to photograph these mini sail boats properly when they return.
The man-made ponds at the entry to Wattle Downs really are worth me stopping at in terms of getting a photo; took this here, and these. How I wish I had had the time again, to stop on my way off the peninsula at 7:45 this morning. The air was crisp, the water vapor rising, and the light amazing.
Wonder if the weather and my body clock will align to get me up to take advantage tomorrow...
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Jul 17, 2012 8:04 AM CST
|If anyone could give me the names of these plants,i will really appreciate it.I need to figure out how to root or pot them.Then to care for them,with their names i can look them up.Any advice is greatly appreciated!!!
The plants that look kind of like an aloe plant was babies taken off of the largest plant i have ever seen of that kind!!! But it didn't look like the normal house hold aloe vera plant.I have them all in a container in some soil until i can figure out what to do with them.
all in one container
I don't have a clue,this plant does feel like a succulent
she had about 8 of these containers of this plant,a piece broke off & is in the bucket with the others
thank you for any help i can get,i appreciate any advice on growing conditions,rooting,potting mediums and of course their names!!!
Have a lovely day!!!!
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Jul 17, 2012 8:26 AM CST
|The last 2 could be Sedums.
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Jul 17, 2012 8:30 AM CST
The first one definitely an Aloe.
Jul 17, 2012 11:51 AM CST
|I had no idea an Aloe could get that big!!! The mother plant was HUGE.I couldn't even lift it an inch off the porch rail it was sitting on.
Thanks I will search types of sedums to try to get a name for it.I also need to get the correct name on a donkey tail sedum!!
She called the little round balls hens & bitties,she said she gave me some bitties.
have a lovely day!!!!
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Jul 17, 2012 11:55 AM CST
|The round ones are either sempervivum, jovibarba, or maybe rosularia, all closely related, usually called hens and chicks but i like 'bitties'
Jul 17, 2012 12:39 PM CST
|Burro's tail sedum is Sedum morganianum, and yes, Hens and Chicks is good but Hens and Bitties is CUTE!
Jul 18, 2012 9:07 AM CST
|Are the hen & bitties a sedum or no?Should i search hen & chicks instead of bitties? Bitties is so much CUTIER Am i going to have a hard time pinning down a botanical name for the bitties without a picture of the hen?I really don't remember but i think the moma's were the same only bigger but not sure.I do know they were hanging from a strawberry pot & she just pinched some hanging off with her hand.
There was so many plants on this porch that my head was spinning.A friend had died & the person with the plants is in a wheel chair and was just sharing!!
All the plants in the bucket are already rooting I checked them this morning and couldn't believe it.I got them a week from today.
Does anyone know about the one in the long pot? Someone said they thought it was a sedum,I will post it on the sedum forum!!
I have to say it again i don't know if i will ever see an aloe that big again,it had a BIG round root like thing that had grown over the side of the bucket (not pot) it was in and had more plants on it hanging down almost to the rail it sat on.This stem would have had to be cut with large loppers or some sort or pruners,it was as big around as a medium size tree trunk.I took 4 or 5 babies straight out of the pot all but 1 had roots and you couldn't even tell.
My grandson burned his leg on a motorcycle and she told me to break off a big piece of the plant for his leg.Between the length & serrated edges he run because he thought it was a huge knife & i was going to cut off his leg!!!
Sorry so long got carried away,everyone have a lovely day!!!!
A green thumb comes only as a result of the mistakes you make while learning to see things from the plants point of view!!
Jul 18, 2012 9:10 AM CST
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That is very funny. But yes, Aloe is great for shallow cuts and scrapes, as well as regular burns. And they do get big...
Jul 18, 2012 9:18 AM CST
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|Yes, in your first reply above, purpleinopp correctly IDed the last 2 shots as sedums.
Your alow should get it's own pot, they will get big.
And your little round 'bitties', commonly called hens and chicks, look like sempervivum as mentioned above, so that is their latin botanical name.
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Jul 18, 2012 10:46 AM CST
|I believe this may be the first time meeting some of you (but i may be wrong) anyway nice to meet you Calif_Sue,Tophertuttle,purpleinopp :tiphat:
All these plants are succulents so cactus,succulent soil,little water,lots of sun.Any of them take a little less sun than other or more or less water.
Now I have enough info to plant them since they have all rooted,I have some work to do today.The Hen & Bitties some still have the stalk that attached it to the parent plant and it rooted there others didn't and they have bunch's of little roots coming out of the (ball) plant.Do i just sit them on top of some loosely potted soil?
I only have one succulent left i don't know what it is and she just gave it to me potted.I have no idea how much sun it likes,i had it next to my other succulents, it's been cloudy,the sun is trying to shine today and this plant seems a little more fragile with thinner leaves so i'm going to move it out of direct sun into some dappled sun,I'm watching the plant for it to give me signs of watering needs.I think the pot it's in is way to big so I hope i get an id soon..
Have a lovely day all !!!
This is the only picture i took of this plant,my camera takes awful pictures I can't figure out why It's set up for me to set the settings and that is probably the reason,i don't know how to set a camera
If another picture is needed let me know i will take more and maybe get lucky!!!
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Jul 18, 2012 10:53 AM CST
Plants Admin
|Your last shot looks like some kind of Kalanchoe.
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Jul 18, 2012 12:48 PM CST
|Now call me confused,sedum forum said it's an upright sedum? what's the general opinion on that ID a possibility.They did say may need to wait until the fall when it blooms.I love getting new plants,you can learn so much trying to ID them
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This morning was not a great start to my day. Even though the storm lasted about 7 minutes, it made me feel uneasy. I watched a part of Trump's inauguration event but couldn't actually watch him make his speech because I was on the way to work. I heard that he did a good job but…I can't say so myself because I didn't see it.
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Wine With . . . Lentil Soup
by Paul Lukacs and Marguerite Thomas
Lentils are satisfying in every way. They're packed with nutrition and low in fat and calories. Their easygoing flavor makes them a great accompaniment to any number of different foods, from salmon to chicken, or combined with another grain (rice, for example) for a wholesome vegetarian meal. They're also good in any season. Lentil salad is a terrific summer dish, and nothing seems warmer and more inviting in cold weather than lentil soup.
Another thing we love about lentils is that they are inherently adaptable to any number of different styles of wine, depending on how they're prepared. Their slightly grainy taste marries beautifully with many other flavors, from delicate (olive oil) to spicy (curry), and their creamy texture embraces a wide range of wines. The lentil soup we made on a recent blustery winter night had a hefty flavor profile thanks to the addition of kielbasa sausage. (You certainly could use other sausages - chorizo, for example - or make the same soup and leave out the sausages for a meatless meal). A couple of spoonfuls of mustard stirred into the soup gave it additional subtle but pleasing depth of flavor (this was a tip we picked up from one of Nigella Lawson's recipes). A crispy loaf of bread and a big mixed green salad was all we needed to round out the meal.
Lentil Soup
4 carrots, peeled
1 medium onion
1 medium red pepper
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
16 ounces lentils
2 teaspoons dried thyme
one 14-ounce can diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons grainy mustard (optional)
2 teaspoons salt
Freshly ground black pepper
8 cups water
1 pound kielbasa
Coarsely chop the carrots, onion, red pepper, and garlic, and pulse them in the food processor until very finely diced (alternatively you can mince them by hand). Transfer to a stock pot and add the lentils and tomatoes. Stir in the mustard, add salt and pepper, and add the water. Simmer for about an hour, or until the lentils are very soft. Cut the sausage into one-inch (or smaller) pieces and add to soup, and simmer for another 5 minutes or so. The soup may be made several hours or a day ahead of time and reheated.
Serves 6-8
Here was a case of confounded expectations. When choosing wines to try with this dish, we deliberately selected some with earthy or notable non-fruit flavors, expecting that they would marry well with the earthy character of the lentils. Boy were we wrong. The dish made a Cotes-du-Rhone, a Chianti, and a Barbera d'Asti all taste unpleasantly bitter. (Each of these three was quite tasty when tried on its own.) Instead, the wines that worked best with the lentils all were slightly sweet, and had a creamy, almost lush texture. We also were wrong in assuming that only red wines would have sufficient heft to work with this fairly hearty dish. We included one white among the baker's dozen we opened, just to see what would happen. As you'll see below, we're recommending it. Our conclusion? When it comes to wine and food pairing, you never know what will work well until you actually taste it - which, after all, is why we keep writing this column.
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Cupcake Vineyards, Central Coast (California) Petite Sirah 2007
Softer and more accessible than most Petites, this blue and blackberry-flavored wine never overwhelmed the lentils. Instead, its inherent sweetness brought out a satisfying sweetness in the dish.
Festival 34 Collection, Central Coast (California) Merlot 2006
A surprisingly good California Merlot, this wine delivered on the promise that Golden State renditions of the varietal too often betray. It was soft, supple, and very seductive - just what the lentils wanted.
Frei Brothers, Russian River Valley (California) Syrah 'Reserve' 2007
Fruit forward, with sweet rather than savory spice accents, this was a clear winner with the thick lentil soup (really almost a stew). It too had an appealingly supple, almost creamy texture.
Penfolds, Adelaide (Australia) Shiraz 'Thomas Hyland' 2006
(Imported by FEW Imports)
While we had expected an earthy French style of Syrah to perform better than the fruit-forward Aussie Shiraz style, this ripe wine from Down Under starred with the lentils. It tasted succulent.
Rodney Strong, Sonoma County (California) Chardonnay 2008
This creamy, oak-influenced Chardonnay had just enough weight to hold its own with both the lentils and the sausage, and its creamy character made taking another sip all too easy.


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The comfort zone is made to be pushed and we travel to do exactly that. Those of us who get bursts of wanderlust tugging at our sleeves to get us out exploring know the thrilling sensation that comes with discovering new places, meeting new people and having new experiences on the road. All of which require a healthy dose of risk taking and the faith to let go to jump in. But what happens when the comfort-turned-risk zone suddenly ends up in the danger zone?
Well, if you're lucky like my friend Sama and I, then you get a free helicopter ride to safety and a bit of a story to tell. As well as a stark reminder of the importance of being careful, that thing everyone tells you to do before you turn to walk away from loved ones on the path to following your heart being called out into the big wide world.
When I told friends and family back home that we'd just been airlifted out of the mountains after getting stuck in a tree on the side of a cliff, they asked the reasonable question of "what were you doing in a tree on the side of a cliff?" So I wrote this blog post to explain.
After putting on an event at a local language and cultural centre, we walked home beneath the stars filled with that warm feeling that you get from community, from sharing and connecting with other human beings. We were awoken the next morning by the sun shining in through my open window, with a view of the mountains standing sturdy behind a city landscape.
"Let's go on an adventure!" we put on our walking boots, packed our rucksacks and headed out onto the streets to begin hitch hiking. A guy, who had just been surfing, despite the danger of sharks here, picked us up and dropped us off a little way up to the mountains. Within 5 minutes we were picked up by another kind stranger who had a great sense of humour, the whole car was filled with laughter as we joked our way across the winding road. He dropped us at the "grand étang" in the East, as we'd decided to do a gentle, simple walk, one of the easiest in the island. Ha!
After plodding along the path going round a lake, we got to a dead end where the path was flooded by the rising waters of the lake due to rain. But there was a sort of alternative looking path taking you up onto the side of a mountain surrounding the lake. We followed it and picked our way through a steep, slippery trail, clambering over and through trees, clinging onto roots where necessary to stabilise ourselves. At the end we saw the other side of the path after the flooded bit and rejoiced. Only problem was we weren't sure how to get down. In the end, following Sama's lead, I lowered myself down a 4 metre sheer vertical drop, clinging onto two big roots which acted as ropes.
I felt very pleased with our skills and fearlessness after that little adventure scaling the side of a mountain. Off we trotted back on a nice, normal path by the side of a giant pond. We traversed bogs, giving up on using stepping stones to avoid getting wet feet and carried on our merry way until we got to another part of the path on the other side which was flooded. Hmm.
There was no way to go back because we couldn't climb up that vertical drop that we'd jumped down. The only available option was to climb up into a repetition of scaling the side of a cliff to hopefully re-join the path. But this time it was much more difficult, it was raining, everything was slippery and the drop looked a lot scarier. We carried on climbing through the trees, Sama helping me out when I started to panic. She reminds me of my brother, one of those people who can keep calm in a crisis and who seem to know exactly what they're doing even when the path is unclear.
But at some point we got to a complete block. We couldn't turn back and we couldn't go forward. My body was shaking and the tears came as panic rose. We tried and tried to call the emergency services but with no signal it was impossible to communicate with them. We terrified my friends with a frantic text saying what had happened and to call the rescue people, which took some time to send after waving my phone desperately in the air.
We waited in the rain, getting colder and colder. We weren't sure if our location had been properly transmitted to the rescue team and could only wait to find out. After I calmed down, we even got out our packed lunch and had a very surreal picnic. We wondered about trying to climb down the cliff and swim across the lake to safety but it wasn't a viable option as the drop was too severe.
After a couple of hours we heard the dramatic noise of a helicopter and saw it pass us 3 times as it toured the whole surface area of the lake trying to find us. But we were hidden in amongst the trees and were nowhere to be seen. Every time it passed we waved our arms in vain. Finally we heard shouts and cried back, blowing furiously on the emergency whistle. Our lips had turned blue with cold.
I have never been so happy to see two strangers! Our rescuers turned up on foot, gave us helmets and strapped us up with ropes to guide us down the cliff. After getting down onto solid ground we took it in turns to be attached to a rope hanging off the helicopter, raised up to be yanked into the aircraft. Did I mention I'm afraid of heights?
Once we were all safe inside the helicopter they took us back to the base and offered us a drink. We followed them into a room with tropical décor and a bar made from bamboo. Only in Réunion!
They told us how lucky we'd been because had we been just an hour or two later, then there would have been too much cloud to get the helicopter in.
We walked away from the base, in disbelief over what had just happened. The only thing left to do was to laugh with the joy of being safe and well, thanks to the rescue team.


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I don't like Sonic Youth
Ok here's the story. When i was 15 and expanding my musical horizons beyond The Manics, The Clash and the Sex Pistols, there was a lad 4 years older than me who i played in a few bands with, and he acted as a kind of guru musically. He gave me a load of awesome records, many of which i still class as my favourites to this day; Surfer Rosa, Eggnog EP, Goat, Songs About Fucking, Damaged, Raw Power, Nurse, to name but a few.
He also gave me the Sonic Youth albums Goo, Sister and Washing Machine. I methodically worked my way through everything he gave me and liked it all, except Sonic Youth. There were certain songs that i liked but i could never sit and listen to a whole album.
As i got older, i realised how cannonised Sonic Youth were and thought maybe there was something wrong with me. I bought Experimental Jet Set Trash and Daydream Nation and played them repeatedly. Still no luck.
I'm 22 now and just sat through the full length Diamond Sea, which went down brilliantly on a dark, hungover sunday night. However, try as i might, i can't say i like Sonic Youth as a whole. Odd moments of genius but far too much wanking about in between. I take issue with their quality control.
So here we are, 7 and a half years later and it's finally struck me that i don't like Sonic Youth. I've tried, god knows i've tried. People always say about bands that you don't like "give them a chance". Well, they've had 88 months to impress me, and so far they've failed.
Am i doing it wrong?
you certainly are doing it wrong.
but im more than a bit biased, since they were the first band i ever truly fell in love with.
Good for you mate.
Well done.
Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule
to reply to this obviously sub-standard thread.
i gotta admit, i love Sonic Youth
but i really dont get Animal Collective.
I have to agree with you.
Although I respect Sonic Youth massively for their influence on alternative music and so-on, and enjoy moments of both Daydream Nation and Goo (both of which I've listened to a fair few times), I really can't say I like them all that much.
Nothing wrong with you
They certainly arn't my favourite band in the world. I do rate them and enjoy listening to them but I don't rave sonic youth. I prefer the melvins!
I have mixed feelings about sonic youth
sometimes I love them sometimes I don't, I can't say any of their songs really means anything to me
It sounds like you've tried hard enough to me
I wouldn't give any band that many chances.
I prefer
the bands they influenced to the band themselves. Happens a lot.
I love them
They would be my desert island band because they made so many quality records in so many different styles from pop punk to out there experimental drone noise.
But you know, it would be a pretty dull forum if we all liked exactly the same thing.
i like daydream nation
but not so much goo and i've never been desperate to investigate much further
the only reason goo is so popular
is because all the indie wankheads like the look of the front cover on their chest. it's far and away my least favourite of their albums.
you want to get evol.
this sounds like a wanky thing to say, but all of their music is about texture i find. i reckon when you fall in love with one of their songs, you don't really feel strongly about the song itself, it's about the atmosphere and the noises. it's not the sort of thing you'd sing round a campfire is it.
the new stuff is kind of formulaic i find, but really cool in a different way
the only reason goo is so popular is because all the indie wankheads like the look of the front cover on their chest.
Have you ever bothered to have a conversation with a real person? Maybe they actually like the record.
i have spoken to one person
who said they only tried to like sonic youth because they wanted to wear that t-shirt, and one person wearing it who said they hadn't heard the record, so yes i have hard evidence - two people is enough for me. that's not to say that some people don't wear it as a sincere gesture. it's such a crap album anyway that that would almost be just as bad.
i need all the sympathy i can get.
i don't like goo but i do like raymond pettibon if that helps.
In fairness the two people who gave you the impression that people only wear
the t-shirt to look cool would probably have given me the same impresson, as well a severe bout of apathy for human nature.
Still... have faith in the kids, man.
i really love dirty
those goo t-shirts are like £30 in urban outfitters.
It's about a mood and an atmosphere
carried out over an album
Try Dirty and Murray Street, you didn't mention them and they're easily my favourites. Even if you don't like their trademark sound, Theresa's Sound World and Sympathy for the Strawberry...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I have dirty, or at least, i did.
pretty ambivalent about it to be honest.
I find that Sonic Youth are...
one of those bands until you hear at least 25% of their content as they have had a lot of albums and a lot of them sound different to the othere (depending on era) for example Dirty is almost fully fledged Grunge and Murray Street is verging on pure indie pop.
i can't fathom people referring to murray street as
anything approaching pop music... there's on track that has about five minutes of pure feedback for gods sake! if anything dirty is the poppier of the two
I don't understand why people try so hard to like things.
Actually I kinda do. I think people often convince themselves to like something in order to be able to talk about it.
They're probably the safest band to bring up in a University music discussion because everyone either adores them or appreciates them - moreso than The Beatles. If you bring them up, you're bound to get "so over-rated" or something about Pet Sounds.
I quite like Sonic Youth, but I've met a lot of losers who are in love with them at Uni, and it seems to be a recurring theme: boring posh indie boy + sonic youth.
but loads of people love them. They are very popular
boring posh boy indies love them
interesting posh boy indie boys love them
interesting lower middle class indie boys love them.
Dammit even some girls like them.
It's alright you don't have to like them there just a band
I think there alright I've never really dug to deep into there back cataloge and only own one album. I'm not really fussed about going much further anytime soon. Maybe just try enjoying something else?
I know i don't have to like them, but i wanted to.
I really did. I thought, considering what else i listen to, and what other people who listen to what i listen to, listen to, that i should like them but i just can't.
as a man on the street
I have to say I know the name of the band, but haven't got a clue about what they sound like, can't name any of their songs and I had to google the TV-shirt image discussed above, and having seen it now, I have no recollection of ever seeing it before. I am roughly in the right generation, and am not a complete village idiot when it comes to music tastes.
Maybe they're just not to your taste.
Although I should point out that they were the band I listened to most over the Xmas period!
^^ amen to the 'washing machine' bit
the jam/groove after Kims little poem thing still makes me go crackers.
I've never listened to them
never had the will.


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My first purchase of this group was a CD called 220 volt live and it is a good introduction to Tangerine Dream by most counts. I have always wondered what it would be like to have a Tangerine Dream concert on video and found this one titled, "Tangerine Dream Live In America 1992". It includes a few of my favorites including a cover of Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix.
Unfortunately, this DVD is not what I thought it would be. Instead of a live concert it is more like a series of production videos with concert footage inter cut. The video starts abruptly with no introduction or build up to the first song. It does not have that live concert feel. The camera work for the live concert footage is abysmal, almost amateur. The concert was filmed at the Paramount Theater in Seattle on Oct 25, 1992. There is almost no audience reaction that can be heard except at the end. The overall sound is fine, no issues there.
I just would not recommend this DVD if you are looking for a visual live concert. Tangerine Dream is one of those groups that is better to stick with live CDs or vinyl records.


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Issue: February 2001
Page: 18
January 20, 2001
Stephan Jenkins is the lead singer of Third Eye Blind, a band whose debut album went platinum as astonishing four times, so playing a raucous rocker - opposite Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston - in a movie titled Rock Star shouldn't be much of a stretch. Coproduced by George Clooney and based on a true story about Judas Priest in a New York Times article, Rock Star is the tale of an ordinary salesman (Whalberg) who plays in a tribute band when suddenly he's asked to become the lead vocalist of the real band; Jenkins is the leader of a rival cover band. While Rock Star will be his big-screen debut, Hollywood itself is familiar terrain for Jenkins, thanks to his publicly tumultuous, on-again/off-again relationship with Charlize Theron (which, on the day that we speak, appears off.)
Q: How did you end up in Rock
A: Mark is really why I'm in the movie. He and I became friends, and he told me he was doing this movie and he wanted me to costar. I hadn't done a movie before, but just seeing me play live - I thin k people are either actors or they're not.
Q: Are you an actor?
A: I think so. In the sense that I'm always animated in situations I'm in and i have a sense of theatre in me. Animating situations in order to communicate with people is something you do when you're five or six - And I've always done it.
Q: Do you live the glamorous
A: Yes. But how are you defining it?
Q: You're in magazine and on TV
and you can get into any party you want.
A: I don't live there. I'm really comfortable being a rock star, but I'm also comfortable not being a rock star. I think it's very important to be grounded.
Q: Are you and Charlize still a
A: [No response]
Q: Well...are you?
A: [No response]
Q: Hmmm. I guess that
covers Charlize. So, which actors in Hollywood do you admire?
A: Malkovich, De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cate Blanchett. Also that Charlize Theron. I hear good things about her. I think she's really talented.
Q: Will you pursue a profession
beyond this?
A: I just wouldn't have the audacity to tell you I really deeply want to act and that I want to do things that people have never seen before. And I want to make the grandest gestures and smallest nuances. I would never tell you that there's pain and hope and ache in my life that I wanna funnel through characters. I would never admit to that, if you know what i'm saying. That would be too much.
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(Via @laborunionrpt) OK, that last one was reaching, but this was entertaining as all get-out:
Hundreds of people marched Saturday near Wall Street in New York, but the city thwarted their bid to descend into the heart of global finance itself to protest greed, corruption and budget cuts.
By noon, about 700 people, many carrying backpacks and sleeping bags, had gathered near Wall Street to search for a place to camp amid a heavy police presence. That was far less than the 20,000 Adbusters had hoped to see "flood" the neighborhood for a months-long occupation.
A couple of thoughts, mostly warmed over from my enthusiastic mocking of this disaster on Twitter:
- The Tea Party should start teaching classes on how to put a protest together. Don't worry: they'd charge MONEY for the classes. Commies hate MONEY.
- Marxism is intellectualism for STUPID people. It never hurts to point that out.
- The AFP reported that "Organizers hoped to turn all of Lower Manhattan into an 'American Tahrir Square'" – hopefully, that wouldn't include the sexual assault bits. Hard to say, really: after all, Commies.
- Lastly, I love how I can tell the Netroots that their hate sustains me at their expense, and they'll keep hating me anyway:
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American Flags in Arab.
Made in the USA!
How did the American flag become what it is today?
Folding up the American flag.
The U.S. flag is a solid icon of American identification as well as nationwide pride. Also known as Old Glory, the U.S. flag has a vibrant background and also has undergone numerous modifications starting from the first main flag of 1777.
Today the flag is composed of thirteen straight stripes, 7 red alternating with 6 white stripes. The colors of the flag are symbolic as well: red signifies hardiness and also valor, white represents purity and virtue as well as blue stands for vigilance, perseverance and also justice.
With time, some have actually associated slightly various definitions to the 3 shades, for instance, the color red symbolizing the bloodshed spilled to preserve our liberty, yet the significance of the initial significance has been rather constant from 1782.
How did the American flag become what it is today?
It is a lot more than the 3 shades or a "decoration". Think about the places around the globe that the American flag has actually flown, consider the improvement it has undertaken throughout the decades on American soil. It is truly humbling to think of all that was given and also compromised so that the American flag can fly easily throughout this nation.
The flag that started with just 13 stars grew to 50 with the addition of new states to the Union. The variety of stars on the flag slowly rose to its existing number today in which a brand-new star would certainly be included in the blue area on the 4th of July after the day of each new state's admission.
The number of alternating straight red and white stripes has actually continued to be at thirteen except from 1795 to 1818 when fifteen stripes showed up on the flag to note the admission of Kentucky as well as Vermont to the Union. In 1818, it was decided that adding a stripe to the flag for each and every new state would certainly not occur as it will certainly make the flag look crowded and also it would certainly make the flag unwieldy. It was decided then that the flag would go back to including just thirteen stripes to stand for the initial colonies.
The American flag is a symbol not just of strength, valiance, purity, virtue, vigilance, determination as well as justice; it is a symbol of liberty. Freedom that has actually been battled so hard for over the decades. Liberty that has actually cost this country and the households within so much, and yet it is still a beacon to those desiring they had the liberty that the nation has.
Folding up the American flag.
Standard flag etiquette prescribes that prior to an American flag is kept or raised, its handlers need to twice fold it in half lengthwise; after that (from the other end opposite the blue area) make a triangular fold, continuously fold it in a triangular patter until the other end is reached. This makes a triangular "cushion" of the flag with just the blue starred area revealing outside, and also it takes thirteen folds to generate: two lengthwise folds as well as eleven triangular ones.
The flag isn't folded up in this fashion due to the fact that each of the folds has a special symbolic significance; the flag is folded in this manner because it offers a sensible ritualistic touch that distinguishes folding a flag from folding a common item such as a bed cover, and also because it results a visually pleasing, easy-to-handle shape. This thirteen-fold treatment was an usual practice long prior to the creation of a ritualistic assignation of "indicating" to every of the steps.
A fancy flag folding event including these meanings has from then on been designed for special celebrations such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day. These connections are "real" in the feeling that they mean something to individuals that participate in the event, yet they are not the reason that a flag is folded in the conventional thirteen-step way.
This is America and its icon is the American Flag. This respectable sign has been shot at, burned, spit upon and stomped on, but she rises time and again. Even though many Americans near Missouri state proudly fly the flag outside their homes and businesses on a daily basis, it is fitting that we, as a country, have reserved one details day every year to honor our flag as well as to bear in mind that it stands for the beliefs and values that we ought to strive to support. May God bless America as well as those who safeguard her.
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Rabbis protest immigration policies outside Trump Tower
Updated By Laura Figueroa and Lisa Irizarry
About two dozen rabbis from throughout New York City erected a temporary dwelling called a sukkah outside Trump Tower Monday and called on President Donald Trump to offer "shelter" and "refuge" to immigrants.
The rabbis, some of them immigrants, held up signs that included messages such as "My father was a Syrian refugee" and "You shall love the immigrant."
A sukkah is 6-foot-tall structure with fabric walls and a bamboo roof. The group kept it up for about 45 minutes while they demonstrated.
Rabbi Jill Jacobs said the symbolic structure represents fragility and community.
"What keeps us strong in America is our community and the people who come here," she said at the demonstration.
The peaceful demonstration occurred hours after the Trump administration released an immigration wish list Sunday night that includes funding for a border wall, which Democrats have said they will not support.
Some Democrats also said the proposal would derail a possible deal to renew the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals program that offers protected status to nearly 800,000 students and young adults brought to the United States as minors
"Rabbis coming together to build this sacred structure during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot is intended to protest the Trump administration's inhumane immigration policies," said Jacobs, executive director of T'ruah, a coalition of 1,800 U.S. rabbis who focus on human rights activism.
The Biblical Jewish holiday of Sukkot signals the end of harvest time and the agricultural year in Israel and commemorates the sheltering of the Israelites in the wilderness, organizers said in a news release.


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Got a kid refuses to eat his dinner if the veggies touch the meat? Or one who has a tantrum if her sandwich isn't cut the right way?
Whether you've already got a picky eater, or don't want your child to become one, there is something you can do. But, first, you have to abandon these wornout mealtime strategies:
Instead, consider making this rule: The same foods will be on everyone's plate. No one in the family will eat from a special menu. Then tell your child she doesn't ever have to eat the thing she doesn't like -- maybe it's green foods, for example. As mentioned above, make no attempt to persuade, force, or frighten her with stories of children who, because they wouldn't eat green food, turned yellow and lost their hair.
Simply say this: "You must eat everything on the first plate we give you before we'll give you a second helping of anything."
From then on, put only small portions on her plate -- including something green (or whatever it is your child refuses to eat. This virtually guarantees that after your child finishes eating those foods she likes the best she'll still be a bit hungry. At that point, she has a choice: Does she want to go hungry, or does she want to eat her green food and receive a second helping of the foods she does like?
At first, your child may refuse to eat the hated foods, in any form. Let her leave the table whenever she chooses, but cover any food remaining on her plate with plastic wrap. (And you may want to refrigerate it as well.) If, later that evening, she says she's hungry and wants something to eat, point to her covered dinner plate and said, "We'll be glad to warm the rest of your dinner for you. When you've eaten the rest of what's on your plate, you may have a snack."
Sound harsh? The point here isn't to starve your child; feed her breakfast and lunch as usual the next day, and start over again with a fresh dinner menu. But you've established the limits of behavior you will and will not tolerate. It may take several weeks, but eventually that food will disappear, and so will at least some of your little diner's pickiness.
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The main objective of the Fair is to increase the trade turnover between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia. At the Fair the EU companies from different industry sectors will showcase and demonstrate their products and services. They will meet with potential partners and customers, examine Armenian market and opportunities of partnership with local, as well as Iranian companies. The Fair will be open for business visitors and general public.
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And of course, the traditional Trophy Shot:
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Off to the traditional lake for a tryout:
And of course, the traditional Trophy Shot:
I was actually surprised at how very similar the handling is to my first Outer Island. It may cruise a little faster-it was easy to maintain at 4 mph, and sprinted to about 5. The stability is almost identical to O.I. #1, which was slightly surprising, because I built it to the design length this time, and I expected it to handle just like Jay's, with the stiff tracking and solid secondary stability. It must be a Mystery Of Kayak Building-how two people can build to the same specs, and build two different kayaks.
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La La Land & Joy in the Pursuit of the Ordinary SHARE
I got completely wrecked Thursday night … by the movie La La Land. I'm often quite late to the party when it comes to pop culture. For instance, Dunkirk just came out and I desperately want to see it, but in reality will not see it for a really long time owing to the fact that I gladly parent a 5 and 3 year old (and have a wife who will never want to watch a war film with me). So its often a while 'til I see the latest cinematic works of wonder … unless of course they are made by Disney or Pixar in which case I am very up to date!
So we rented La La Land last Thursday. Three minutes into the opening sequence Teresa says to me, "Wait, is this a musical?" That was kind of entertaining in and of itself! But then we watched the film and I cannot put it any other way than to say it moved my soul. I make no pretense of being a tough good ole' boy. I'm secure enough in my masculinity to wear pastels and admit I wept (and I mean wept) at the conclusion of that picture. I haven't wept like that since "Feast" or the opening sequence of Up.
There is quite a bit I could say about the beauty of La La Land and it genius (such as its capture of the classic Hollywood music without it feeling trite or sentimental or in how the film develops its characters without requiring the principal characters to ever say much about themselves), but it is really the closing ten minutes of the film that so moved me in ways where I stood weeping and my wife stood laughing at me.
I don't want to spoil anything for anyone so if you haven't seen the movie yet stop right now and go watch it. I promise that watching that movie is a better use of your time then reading this! Once you've seen the film, you know by this point of the epilogue to which I am referring. Here's what moved me so much. I knew from reading a few reviews of the film beforehand that the principal characters do not end up together. And from what I read, you should be ok with the ending because everyone is ok and content themselves at the end of the film.
Clearly, however, any critic or person who feels ok at the end of this film is living in a mass delusion and lie concerning their own existence! Sure, the principal characters will no doubt get on with their lives and be happy, but the final ten minutes of this film prove how they have missed out on the greatest joy they could have had as a result of their individual pursuits of idolistic dreams. Here's what I mean.
Sebastian and Mia both have these personal dreams of what they believe will bring them joy in life. For Sebastian it is in owning a jazz club that maintains and perpetuates the grandeur of an art form from a time gone by. For Mia it is in achieving the fame and glamour of becoming a Hollywood movie star. They sacrifice their own relationship (in a way that at the time seems quite noble) in order to pursue what they were seemingly put on the earth to do. But then the filmmaker throws us for a massive loop at the end when we see what "could have been." And we discover there that there was a greater joy and greater fulfillment and a greater dream to be had simply in pursuing the joy of "the ordinary."
You see you and I struggle with each day in the mundane because we think that our days are just that: mundane, ordinary, uneventful, and unexciting. We fail to enjoy our days because they seem not as glamorous as what could be. But the reason for this friends is solely because we have made an idol of this world, expecting our days to give us something that only God Himself can! The great lesson from the book of Ecclesiastes is that our days themselves don't give joy or fulfillment. God alone does so! But because He gives us joy, He is able to make our ordinary lives meaningful and fulfilling.
Maybe for you its drink or food or flirtation with that person or entertainment or drug that you turn to in order to spice up your life. Have you considered that there is great joy God has for you in the ordinary things of life? But that joy will only be found and known when we surrender our days to the Lord of all days, Jesus Christ. We are only able to enjoy the fullness and abundance of life itself when we are receiving it solely from the Lord of life.
The point is that if we desire true meaning in life, if we want purpose and fulfillment those things will be found nowhere else and in no one else than Jesus. To receive Him, though, we have to admit and believe that He really is the Christ, the Son of God and Son of Man whom the Father sent to save us from our broken, meaningless lives and bring us into the fullness of life that He alone can provide. And so, where are you? Are you the person who is trying to find meaning in your life through the pleasures of this world, pursuing some dream or idol or trying just to cover up your failures through some thing on this earth? Or maybe you know that these things don't work but you don't know where the answer is or if it can even be found? The claim and promise of Jesus is simple: Come to me and drink and receive true life! Will you find your meaning in Him? Are you someone who has come to Jesus in faith and yet you're still struggling to live out that faith in the ordinary things of this world? If so come again to Jesus and ask Him to feed your faith, to give you wisdom, that you may live daily in the way that He calls you to do so? Whoever you are and wherever you are, may your wandering end and may you find what you're looking for in Christ alone.
In Jesus there is no ordinary, for it is all extra–ordinary in Him, and there will your joy be found!
I just checked all three of the above links to "Feast," Up, and then La La Land to make sure they worked…I would not recommend watching them back to back to back. I'll just say that.


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I think you answered you own question.
Safe maybe, maybe not...logical no.
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This seems suspicious...you looked more into this info?
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I am getting this error while exporting. METALNK says that you haverecently
upgraded yr DB and run catpatch.sql.
we hanvent upgraded out DB, is it safe to run catpatch.sql ?
About to export specified users ...
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Way to make an easy origami snake.
1. Mountain fold and unfold. What is the "mountain fold" ?
2. Turn paper over.
3. Valley fold and unfold. What is the "valley fold" ?
4. Fold and unfold.
5. Fold and unfold.
6. More fold and unfold.
7. Turn paper over.
8. Pleat fold. What is the "pleat fold" ?
9. Snake the paper like snake, then complete. However...
I show an example how to snake it.
9. Fold.
10. Raise like the next photo.
11. Fold.
12. Turn paper over.
13. Raise like the next photo.
14. Look from the top.
15. Mountain fold and unfold.
16. Valley fold and unfold.
17. Combination fold. Like the next photos.
18. Making a head part.
19. Fold like the step 15,16,17.
20. Inside reverse fold. Fold the tip a little. What is the "inside reverse fold" ?
21. Model complete.
Thank you.
The art of folding more sharp.
When you fold a crease toward a crease like the step 5, you should fold blow.
If you Fold the blue line toward the red line, you should put the *1 and the *2 together.
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Abstract: The impending advent of 5th generation (5G) mobile communications promises near unlimited access to information and data sharing any time and everywhere. This will challenge the reliability, security as well as energy and cost efficiency, for both future devices and future radio access networks (i.e. the infrastructure). We review the evolution of radio access networks with respect to energy and cost efficiency and introduce 5G in this context.
The 5G networks will cover diverse applications such as high capacity low-latency cells with large antenna arrays as well as low-power machine-type communications with modest data rate requirements. Future system requirements are discussed in this context and potential access methods outlined. Array-antenna systems for high-speed cells pose new design challenges and several hardware-based test-bed demonstrators are in development. We provide examples from ongoing work and discuss implementation issues.
Bio: Sven Mattisson received his PhD in Applied Micro Electronics from Lund University in 1986. From 1987 through 1994 he was an associate professor in Applied Micro Electronics in Lund where his research was focused on circuit simulation and analog ASIC design. In 1995 he joined Ericsson in Lund to work on cellular handset development. Presently he is with Ericsson Research in Lund, where he holds a position as senior expert in analog system design. Since 1996 he is also an adjunct professor at Lund University. Dr. Mattisson is a coinventor of Bluetooth and has been serving as technical program committee member for the International Solid-State Circuits Conference and the European Solid-State Circuits Conference. Presently he is working on 5G radio circuits.


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Mr. Kimble is a 25-year veteran of Capitol Hill and has held positions as chief of staff for a senior member of congress and chief lobbyist for one of the nation's largest financial services firms. As current DC Bureau Chief for the national chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Kevin has unparalleled access to minority communities and civic leaders around the country.
Mr. Kimble is a Washington DC based strategist working with nonprofits, civil rights groups, institutions of higher learning and the business community to solve the problem of economic injustice and increase minority inclusion in the American workforce. By utilizing innovative ideas and techniques he has created programs to provide practical solutions to the issues that prohibit individuals from accessing opportunity for advancement and financial stability.
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Seeking Frances Kennedy Bundy
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Polly Addis d.1823 Union Co., SC
Frances Bundy 2/21/00
Posted on this forum in 1998 by Frances Kennedy Bundy:
I have family pictures of Nathaniel Greenberry Alverson (b. 1815 d. 1880)
and Polly Sharpe Alverson (b. 1828 d. 1872) Both born and died in Union Co. SC.
Nathaniel's father was Benjamin Franklin Alverson d. 1823 (young with typhoid fever). Have some other information also.
Berry Alverson & Polly Sharp Alverson were my great great grandparents. Please share information you have about the family.


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GAINESVILLE — After South Carolina drew a 15-yard personal-foul penalty for a late hit in the fourth quarter, all Florida coach Steve Spurrier could do was raise his hands above his visored head and clap in jest toward the field.
In last week's game against Vanderbilt, in which Florida drew 17 penalties for 147 yards, players and coaches argued they were being singled out by the men in black and white. On Saturday, the Gators kept the referees busy again.


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Introduction: This gallery presents more than 300 song clips - pretty much every original Nirvana composition - as well as several song clips by bands that involve former Nirvana members. All the Nirvana MP3's are only clips and not complete songs as it is illegal to provide full length material without a license. Certain non-Nirvana songs are complete.
IMPORTANT: All the song clips in this gallery are in the mp3PRO format which offers high quality with low bitrates. This means that the files are relatively fast to download but still excel in quality, despite being encoded with a low bitrate. mp3PRO files can be played with any regular MP3 player, but in order to achieve the best sound quality (mp3PRO), you need to perform a minor installation:
If you have WinAMP v2.x or v5.x, please download the mp3PRO Decoder Plug-in.
If you have WinAMP v3.x or a different MP3 player which doesn't support mp3PRO, you can download a stand-alone player for the mp3PRO files here. The above plug-in only works for WinAMP version 2 and version 5, to my knowledge.
It is strongly recommended to use mp3PRO playback for these clips, as they will suffer significantly in quality otherwise. Visit this site for more info on mp3PRO.
Click here to download a collection of almost 150 Nirvana MIDI files.
To browse and download the songs, select a category and click the "Go" button.
Disclaimer: The Nirvana song clips in this gallery are all around 30 seconds in length. Most of the songs are copyright ©1985-2005 Geffen Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Some songs are courtesy of Sub Pop records. Most songs written by Kurt Cobain and published by The End of Music/EMI-Virgin Songs, Inc. (BMI). All rights controlled and administered by EMI-Virgin Songs, Inc. (BMI). Some songs published by M.J.-Twelve Music and Murky Slough Music (all EMI-Virgin Songs, Inc.; all BMI). All rights reserved.


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In case of "Inline duct fan", it is usually installed following operation methods:
- RUN and STOP operations by remote controls.
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Preset speed operations
Preset speed (low, moddel, high) operations are necessary to connect like as the following table on the VF-nC3 series.
* "o" means that the signal turns on.
* The function of "R" termial is necessary to change "Reverse operation" to "Preset speed command 3".
Connection diagram of the VF-nC3
Setting table for the VF-nC3
The following table shows settings of "remote control" and "preset speed operation" for TOSVERT VF-nC3.
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Using Chebyshev Polynomials to Approximate Partial Differential Equations: A Reply
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Caporale and Cerrato (Comput Econ 35(3):235–244, 2010) propose a simple method based on Chebyshev approximation and Chebyshev nodes to approximate partial differential equations (PDEs). However, they suggest not to use Chebyshev nodes when dealing with optimal stopping problems. Here, we use the same optimal stopping example to show that Chebyshev polynomials and Chebyshev nodes can still be successfully used together if we solve the model in a matrix environment.
KeywordsChebyshev polynomial approximation Chebyshev nodes Optimal stopping problem
JEL ClassificationC63 D81
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
Obligatory DeLay post
Great post by Brendan Nyhan (fmr. Spinsanity guru) on the Hammer's consistent use of reasonable discourse and his laudable restraint in never "questioning the motives" of others:
Well said.
Let's review a couple of examples. First, here's DeLay suggesting opponents of the war in Iraq don't want to protect the American people, CNN's "Inside Politics" (transcript), Sept. 25, 2002:He [former Republican Congressmen Dick Armey, who questioned the war in Iraq] is not doing what others are doing that are questioning the
president's leadership, that are constantly throwing up hurdles to keep us from doing what we have to do to protect the American people: using the
false arguments, these constantly -- throwing up, Well, I have to have answers to this question, and when they get the answer, they come up with a new question. These are people that don't want to protect the American people. They don't see -- they will do anything, spend all the time and resources they can, to avoid confronting evil.
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We also made Jar Terrariums. I did take some photos of these.
First the supplies: polymer clay in red, beige, and white (fimo, sculpey are good); a decent size jar ( jam or preserving in our case); small pebbles/stones; compost; moss (scraped from my patio) and small plants (we used house leeks).
We made some toadstools from the polymer clay: just create a small squat sausage of beige clay and top it with a rounded cone of red clay. Roll small balls of white and press on to the red cap. Bake in the oven using the instructions for the type of clay you used. Let them cool thoroughly before placing them in the gardens.
The Terrarium
First make sure your jar is clean and dry. Layer the stones so that they just cover the bottom of the jar. Now layer the soil to about a third of the jars depth. Place the house leeks ( or other small plants ) on the soil and fill in the areas of bare soil with the moss. You can tear the pieces to fit. Lastly place your cooked toadstools in your garden.
If I had two girls I would probably have printed out some fairies on acetate and hung them from the lid by some wire. The boys flipped when I made this suggestion and immediately ran for their star wars lego soldiers, I managed to take the photos before the gardens were invaded by clone troopers.
I think they are lovely and I can't wait to try one on a much larger scale for myself.
A freebie
I designed some little lolly notepads. Shaped like Ice Lollies and in Orange, Lime, Strawberry and grape 'flavours' these are perfect to carry in a pocket or handbag. They could also be used in scrapbooking as a journalling booklet. Size approx 4 1/4 x 2 1/8 ins (10.8 x 5.4 cms)
Choose from Orange/Lime or Strawberry/Grape or make them all.
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Oh dear... Sunk again:
For all their crowing in the new TV ads, the Apple Mac OSX system does have its problems. Or as Apple would rather I phrase that, the user can easily cause complex problems.
Consider this pair of messages. After a great deal of editing I tried resetting the .Mac synchronization for my Address Book data file, and got the following error:
Fair enough, but the message advises me to do exactly what I was already doing - trying to reset the remote database with the data on my machine. Not to be worried by such messages, I tried again, and I got the following warning:
"Ah, that's better," I thought, "at least this is a warning, rather than an error."
I edited away again, until ALL of the addresses disappeared in a flash. Everything. The only cards left were the default Apple card and my own card. Repeat above process (errors and warnings given again), and vwolah, time to shut down and start again.
...and indeed, all my data was back (albeit duplicated). Now this machine will synchronize, but none of my others will. Humph.
I strongly advise against using this multi-platform synchronization strategy. You will lose data, guaranteed. Middle initials. URLs. And oddly, telephone numbers.


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Bahamian 400-meter sprinter Shaunae Miller had the lead but thought a leap of faith — rather, a dive — would help her hold off American Allyson Felix.
Diving across the finish line, Miller defeated Felix with a final time of 49.44 seconds on Monday to win gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Because a runner's final time is decided by when their torso first crosses the finish line, it was possible Miller's dive — a legal one, for what it's worth — wasn't needed as she finished 0.07 seconds ahead of Felix.
But whether it was needed or not doesn't matter.
Felix, in earning the silver medal, still made history by becoming the most decorated women's track and field athlete in United States history, passing Jackie Joyner-Kersee to earn a seventh medal.
More painfully, however, was the fact that Felix fell short in the U.S. trails in July by failing to qualify in the 200-meter event.
That defeat, coincidentally, also came courtesy of a diving competitor. At the trials, Felix finished in fourth place behind Jenna Prandini by 0.01 seconds.
- U.S. out of World Cup contention with 2-1 loss at Trinidad
- Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown to wear custom cleats honoring Pat Tillman
- Bobby Hurley: Winning 5 games in Pac-12 last year 'something we're not happy about'
- Graham officially rules Wilkins out against UCLA
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Newsmaker Interview: Muhammad Dimyati
Indonesia's R&D Director General on the government's strategy to boost its role in the economy
By Gilang Ardana and Peter Sean Lie
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Indonesia is revitalizing its research and development (R&D) sector, after the government signed the National Research Masterplan (RIRN) for the 2017-2045 last year. The masterplan regulation was designed to address key challenges in the R&D sector.
The masterplan is one of the many efforts by the government to increase the significance of R&D in national development. Plagued by constraints of bureaucracy, human resources, funding and research applicability, Indonesia has long been seen as lagging behind other countries in R&D.
AmCham Indonesia reached out to Muhammad Dimyati, Director General for Strengthening Research and Development at the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, to explore more on the issue. Dimyati's office is tasked with creating a conducive environment to spur research and innovation.
He shared his views on the current state of the R&D sector and how the government wants to solve the challenges.
AmCham Indonesia: How do you assess the current state of play of our R&D sector?
Muhammad Dimyati: In Indonesia, research is underestimated by lot of sectors because they are not yet aware it will create a significant impact on our economy. We intend to change this perception. We want to put research as a significant determinant of the national economy by placing clear indicators on how to measure R&D's impact on the development of an industry and the overall economy.
One of the ways we pursue this is leading the development of the National Research Masterplan 2017-2045 [RIRN] that will address key challenges in the R&D sector. We will also use multi-factor productivity [MFP] indicators [this reflects the overall efficiency with which labor and capital inputs are used together in the production process] to measure the research impact on our economy. We intend to increase our MFP, which will ultimately increase the role of research in national development.
Furthermore, in our assessment, our researchers do not yet have an enabling environment to compete with researchers from advanced countries. There are two issues that we can look at: human resources and funding.
Indonesia has only 1,070 researchers per one million population, lagging behind many other countries. There is also lack of the bigger picture in the research itself as researchers are still choosing topics as they please. As a result, there is a gap between the research and the needs of industries. We are also lacking in terms of international publications, with only 19,000 out of 150,000 research articles published internationally in 2017. All of these indicate that there is a need to address human resource issues in our research and development sector.
We also have issues with research funding. Currently, research funding accounts for only 0.25 percent of our country's GDP, or about Rp 30 trillion. However, if we look further, only Rp 10.9 trillion was used on research, the rest was allocated to administrative and logistics matters. Can you imagine that? Rp 10.9 trillion is actually less than a single company can spend on research. Also, only 16 percent of the total funding came from the private sector, the rest from the government. We are working to push for a larger share from the private sector.
How have you addressed those challenges so far? How was RIRN designed to solve the challenges?
We have plans to make various policies to accommodate our researchers to be more effective and productive. One of our efforts is to make our researchers more focused on what they do by putting research priorities in areas that matter for the country. This is also summed up in our RIRN.
The creation of RIRN was the result of long consultation and coordination with various government agencies and the House of Representatives. We have placed a clear goal for our R&D in the document.
Regarding research funding, RIRN has changed the funding method to be output-based. For instance, research is expecting to get X, but the researchers will only be paid if they find X. This is simpler and will benefit the researcher. This funding method will be further governed in government regulations. I also believe that a public-private partnership scheme will be one effective solution to address our funding issues. It is our job as the government to invite them [private sector] to invest in research.
The point is, we must change now, or it's going to be too late. Now Indonesia has a demographic bonus that should be harnessed. Industry 4.0 is also happening. There are lots of challenges ahead, and the pressure to go forward is big for Indonesia. We are in the position where there is no choice other than going forward.
Why does the problem of human resources in R&D persist?
I would say that the culture of researchers in this country plays a big role in perpetuating a vicious circle. A lot of our researchers also work as lecturers in universities. In Indonesia, a lecturer has three main roles: lecturing, research and community service, often called Tri Dharma. With these roles, most lecturers are too focused on lecturing rather than research, which means that they are not productive in terms of publication. And they tend to lecture on the same materials over the years without upgrading or improving them. This is the culture that should be changed, and we are going to use regulations to change it. Unproductive senior lecturers within their comfort zone should be pushed with a minimum publication policy, which will cut their salary if they don't publish research. Research should also be directed to something that society needs. Policymakers should also change their behavior in making policies. They need to start to make policies based on research, rather than based on interest groups.
In addition, we should also understand that in Indonesia, people sometimes do not understand what researchers actually do and the significant impact of research. The image of being a researcher in Indonesia is not that popular among young people, and most of them do not understand the importance of research in national development. Thus, the importance of research and what we call "research culture" should be socialized to society. Also, children should have a researcher mindset and paradigm taught in schools.
Why do you think the private sector contribution is so limited? Do you have incentives to attract more private sector involvement?
I think the key reason is because our national research is not that appealing to the private sector. I have to admit that our national research is not competitive enough, but partly this is because Indonesian researchers lack confidence to communicate their research. Therefore we try our best to push our researchers to publish and communicate better.
I believe that if the private sector plays a bigger role in research, it will trigger more dynamic and innovative research. We cannot deny that the purpose of the private sector is to make a profit, and they need to compete and innovate in an increasingly globalized and digitalized world. This means they will demand more innovative and fast-paced research to accommodate their industry needs. I do not mean that the government is not important in research, but ideally it is the private sector that should play a bigger role.
To that end, we have incentive strategies, including tax reduction and double tax. With these incentives, we hope the private sector will be more than ready to spend money on research. But of course it takes time to improve the environment.
What about inter-ministerial coordination on research? Do you find it is difficult to have a common vision on research?
I have to admit that it is difficult to have synergy between ministries on R&D. In Indonesia, almost every ministry has a research division, and we also have research institutes such as the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). The problem is, we do not yet have a coordinator to manage all of those research divisions. The funding for all of those agencies is Rp 24.9 trillion. If the funds are not managed properly and efficiently, our research cannot be maximized.
This is something that we ought to change with RIRN. The masterplan mandates the government to have a single entity that coordinates all government-owned research agencies. I think it will help in terms of streamlining coordination and unifying our message in terms of our R&D goals. We do hope also that RIRN can establish a clear vision and mission for all research divisions, as well as to lay out key priority topics for our research.
What are the latest developments on efforts to open the education sector for foreign partnerships?
We have some ongoing collaborations in education with foreign governments. For example, we have two programs from the governments of the UK and France, namely the Newton Fund Indonesia and the Nusantara scheme. However, I believe these collaborations are not enough and we need to reach more foreign governments to have joint-programs in education.
Regarding the possibility of foreign universities opening branches in Indonesia, this idea is still being discussed and negotiated between the Indonesian government and foreign actors who are interested in pouring investment into education. But so far there is no significant development on this matter. But I do hope the American government and private sector can sustain their support for our education for the betterment of our country.


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If the Miss America or Miss Universe pageants aren't giving you the thrill that they used to, maybe it's time to tune into the Miss Belarus Detective 2010 competition. There isn't anything sexier than a woman on top, and this pageant celebrates the most prominent policewomen of Belarus.
These female detectives take this competition seriously and submitted photos of themselves in their police gear and in casual clothes. You can view a bevy of detective beauties that are vying for crown of 'Miss Belarus Detective 2010' at the English Russia site. I'm cheering for the one posing with a huge white lily.
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It's Amazon's World—But Do You Want to Live There?
A reporter goes on the Amazon diet, to find out how much life one person can live through Amazon products and services
It's 5:30 p.m. on a Saturday and I'm on Day Six of my Amazon diet. An Amazon diet is when you use as many products and services from Amazon as possible and live in an apartment that looks like what would happen if Jeff Bezos's brain threw up.
I'm getting a haircut, thinking it's a mini-break because Amazon can't cut my hair yet. George, my stylist, is placing rollers in my hair and raving about how they're the best rollers ever. His friend brought them from London. Rollers from London! How chic! Except, it turns out, the friend...