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This sleepover is an activity-filled overnight adventure. Kids will be able to take part in hands-on activities in the Shark Discovery Lab, take a nocturnal prowl through the Aquarium's animal care areas, and sleep in the underwater viewing area with the sharks sleeping close by. Dinner and snacks and breakfast will be served as well.
When: Friday, February 24, 2012 from 6:00pm to 7:00am
Where: LI Aquarium
How Much: $60.00 Children 2 & Under: Free – reservations required – call 631.208.9200, ext. H2O (426)
Hug-a-Bear Stuffing Workshop
For ages 4 and up with a caregiver. Kids can create their own furry friend at a hand-stuffing party thrown by Unique Stuffable Animals! Children will select a "pet", stuff it, include a heart, and then dress it.
When: Saturday, February 25 at 2:00 P.M.
Where: Bethpage Library
How Much: $10 materials fee per child.
Winter Break Walk-Ins a Darlings and Divas
Kids can make lip gloss, glitter tattoos, get a mini-manicure with nail design or crackle top coat, and sip pink lemonade or shirley temples! All for under $20
When: February 21 – 23 from 11-1 or 2-4 No reservations are required
Where: Darlings and Divas
How Much: $14.99 per child
Messy Afternoons at the LICM
Get up to your elbows in goop, guts, shaving cream and play-doh. This activity will offer a variety of sensory activities for children ages 18 months to age 4.
When: February 20–24 from 1–3 p.m.
Where: LICM
How Much: FREE with Musem Admission of $11
Craft and Baking Camp at Cupcake Corner
Kids can make their own pizzas, decorate sugar cookies and cupcakes, make chocolate lollipops, decorate aprons, paint ceramic figurines and cupcake banks, dance, play games, and more. There will be a nutritional lunch and snack each day, and the day will end with a short movie. For children ages 4-12.
When: February 20- 26th 2012 from 10:00am-2:00pm
Where: Cupcake Corner
How Much: $45 per child per day
Crafts for Kids
Bring the kids to Cupcake Corner for a free craft every Saturday and Sunday! The craft varies and takes anywhere from 15-45 minutes to complete. Mamas can enjoy lunch offerings while your kids craft it up!
When: Saturday,February 18th-19th and 25th-26th 12:00pm-4:00pm
Where: Cupcake Corner
How Much: FREE
Pajama Story Time at the Floral Park Library
Children may come in pajamas for a fun evening of stories. Just show up! No registration is required.
When: February 21st at 7pm
Where: Floral Park Library
How Much: FREE
Extended Ice Skating Sessions
Many of Long Island's skating rinks have extended winter break hours for kids who need to keep moving. for about $20 per day, you can feed and enterain your little one at one of them.
Where: Oyser Bay, Port Washington, See a full list of rinks here
When: Varies – check your closest rink for details
How Much: varies from $5-$7
Ocean Explorers Camp at the Cold Spring Harbor Whalling Museum
This popular camp is an under-the-sea adventure. Discover a different ocean topic every day, play games, try experiments, and have fun with arts & crafts.
When: Tues, Feb 21 – Fri, Feb 24 from 10:00-1:00
Where: Whaling Museum
How Much: Members $25 day, $90 4 days; Others $30 day, $105 4 days.


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Len Hjalmarson at NextReformation.com, and
Jordon Cooper at Jordancooper.com.
Today, Jordon linked to a guy named Jason Clark, who is discussing the involvement of the Holy Spirit in the emerging church. He writes an interesting post on "Over Promising" in the church:
How many times do we over-promise on church.
Over the years I have been to gatherings with 10,000 people where revival was promised (it never came), read books that promised me the ultimate marriage, the deepest possible relationship with God, the most superlative whatever. You name it, we've promised it.
I've also got memories of seeing dozens of people over the years being prophesied over, 'I see you changing a generation'. Given that maybe one or two people have that kind of influence historically, there are a lot of disappointed people out there, who that has not come true for. more...
I don't think he's preaching a theology of being mediocre, but I agree with him that we as a church are pretty good at giving false hype, and false promise.
Where were the thousands of new believers filling our church buildings following Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ"? Evangelical Christians made him a ton of money, that was the one guaranteed promise in it all. Whether it's the latest big name speaker coming to town, or the latest and greatest 40 day program for our congregation to go through, or a short prayer by a guy named Jabez, we have this belief that if we just do "________" then our church will be more alive and people will come to know Christ...
So, what is the blank? I'm becoming more and more convinced that the blank is not a program or a book or a speaker or a blog. I don't even think we should be filling in the blank with something that we should be doing.
Often though, the blank is seen as a means to a greater end, real authentic discipleship, real authentic Christ-like people, who are filled, led and enabled by the Holy Spirit. Is there a way to get away from the programs the 'stuff' and get back to the reality of living as a follower of Christ. The early church didn't have mass produced books/videos/DVD's/journals. They simply had faith, the Spirit, and an environment that didn't lend itself to mediocre comfortable living.
I could go on and on, and finish a few of the thoughts that I've started in this post, but I really need to get on with my work day...
This post had the following soundtrack:
Led Zeppelin - The Immigrant Song
Mystery Machine - Time Killer
Social Distortion - Don't Drag me Down
Lamonica - This Quiet House
Money Money - Judy

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text: For six years while I was in kollel, we ran a small business. We took for granted that people paid for the work. Throughout all the years there were only a couple of people that didn't pay. Later when we recounted this occurrence to other business owners they said that it's very unusual, people usually are reluctant to pay. Hashem makes for us so many kindnesses everyday that we don't even recognize.


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These are beautiful and attractive dresses designs with floral styles. Both suits are in sleeveless style and these are Crisp, cool cotton and delicate chiffon; embellished with exquisite and sparking sequences. The moccasin color suit in floral style has beautiful neck style. The other dress is dupatta less style dress but instead of dupatta this kameez has beautiful texture style scarves.
This dress is highlighted with a sense of simplicity and clean lines. One dress is designed by following Ludhiana culture, Its kameez style and Gota on kameez with sherwani style. Other dress has beautiful golden sparking lehnga style salwar with sleeveless style kurti style kameez. These both dresses have latest style of Sharara style salwar.
Prettiness blooms all around with breathtaking designs of Unbeatable. Elaborate use of fabric and contrasting finishes, with just the right embellishments make these outfits perfect for celebration time. Because this dress has gown style kameez like a frock with beautiful gota style border in red color. This black glamorous dress is looking beautiful with beautiful neck designs. This dress is designed by following the Baluchi (Baluchistan) cultural dress.
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National Geographic is rooted in innovation, and in the past year, the brand has made it a priority to bring its identity to life through tech-forward interactive events. Much of its recent event marketing has been focused on promoting new series and films on National Geographic Channel, a joint venture with 21st Century Fox.
"Behind every innovation, exploration, and photograph is a storyteller, and these storytellers are our inspiration in everything we do, including our events," says Chris Albert, executive vice president of global communications, events, and talent relations.
The marketing push for Genius, an anthology drama about the life of Albert Einstein starring Geoffrey Rush that premiered in April, has been one of its most involved yet. Promotions have included a chatbot that allowed Facebook users to interact with the series' titular character on Facebook Messenger. Leading up to the premiere, National Geographic activated a free Genius-branded Wi-Fi network at a recharging tent at the March for Science in Washington.
The brand also promoted the series at an activation called Further Base Camp at South by Southwest in March. Produced by Civic Entertainment Group, the multiday event featured a robotic chalkboard artist that sketched portraits of guests by rendering photos sent via Twitter in Einstein's words, symbols, and equations. Attendees also experienced augmented reality through the cordless Microsoft Hololens headset, which visually interpreted Einstein's theories.
"Our marketing and digital teams have really embraced new technologies," says Albert. "It's not just reaching consumers on a linear level, but also by using cutting-edge technology to get our premium content across all platforms."
Virtual reality factored into the promotion of the 2016 series Mars with its "Experience Mars" activation in New York. Four geodesic dome tents offered NASA rover replicas, virtual-reality experiences that included the recreation of a Mars landing by pairing VR with a moving ride, and a station where guests wore compression pants and walked in low-gravity treadmills while watching footage from a Mars rover on Fusion VR headsets.
The Further Front in April showed how it's reinventing its upfronts, too. "I think you would be hard-pressed to find any other upfront event that featured four astronauts, an explorer just back from Antarctica with never-before-seen video, and a Skype chat with a photographer and adventurer live from Mount Everest," says Albert.
He continued: "We want people to leave our events saying, 'I didn't expect that from National Geographic, but it makes total sense.' We are a global super brand, and our events reflect the power of the yellow border, whether on a small scale or large scale."
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Canon Solutions America's Future Authors Project Commemorates Aspiring Writers with its Tenth Published Book
Thursday, November 19, 2015
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Tenth anniversary of the community enrichment program celebrates Palm Beach County student authors
MELVILLE, N.Y. – Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned ubsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced that it unveiled its tenth published book written by student participants of the Future Authors Project, a uniquely beneficial program for young aspiring writers offered through a public-private partnership between Canon Solutions America and the School District of Palm Beach County, Florida. Aptly titled Words, the newest edition was unveiled during the tenth anniversary of the Future Authors Project and convened at the city of Boca Raton Spanish River Library. The celebratory event was highlighted by a book signing by the talented young authors.
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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix
Developer: Infinite Interactive
Publisher: D3 Publisher
Expected Release: February 24, 2009
Overview: Two years ago, Puzzle Quest arrived on the DS and transformed the way many gamers thought about casual games. Its marriage of puzzle and RPG game mechanics proved insanely addictive. Now the sequel is upon us, and you should be excited. Galactrix replaces the original's fantasy setting with sci-fi and switches up the match-three puzzle game a bit. Gems can now be matched diagonally and gravity plays a part in how pieces are replenished. A horrifying scientific accident has provoked another race to attempt extermination of humankind, and the only way to stop it is by playing a casual puzzle game. This looks to be an even bigger game than Puzzle Quest.
Developer: Hasbro
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Expected Release: March 17, 2009
Overview: We can't ignore the huge mass of Nintendo DS owners who are just in it for the casual experience. And nothing is more casual and accessible than Scrabble. After more than a year announcing its partnership with Hasbro for a series of games across all platforms, Electronic Arts is finally coming through with a touch-screen rendition of the 80 year old board game. You know the deal: grab seven tiles and try to form a word that can make the most points, but you'll have to build off existing words on the board in order to do it. The Nintendo DS game will also use the system's "book form" to give the game a bit of extra class (and vertical display space).
Developer: 5th Cell
Publisher: TBA
Expected Release: Q4, 2009
Overview: From the creators of two incredibly creative Nintendo DS titles -- Drawn to Life and Lock's Quest – comes the team's third Nintendo DS game, and quite possibly one of the system's most ambitious designs yet. Scribblenauts is a puzzle game that recognizes thousands upon thousands of words written on the Nintendo DS touch screen: write football, a football will appear. Beaver, car, cop, zebra…you name the object, Scribblenauts will produce. The idea is to figure a way to acquire a star strategically positioned in the world by coming up with simple or complex solutions and writing them into the handheld. It's crazy enough to work; lets see if the development team delivers on everything it's promising.


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FORMER Chief Minister of Indian Occupied Kashmir Farooq Abdullah speaking at a function at Chenab valley said that Kashmir was neither Indian property nor was its integral part. He said that India would have to talk to Pakistan, a party to the dispute to resolve this issue. He made these remarks in the backdrop of the prevailing situation in Jummu and Kashmir. His statement represents the ultimate reality. Kashmir is an unfinished agenda of the partition and the UN and the Indian govt have made a commitment to settle issue through a plebiscite. People of Kashmir are not willing to accept Indian subjugation and their desire for freedom could not be subdued through ruthless use of force and blatant violation of human rights by the India security forces.
Staying true to his promise during the election campaign, Modi government is engaged in a deliberate attempt to change demographic features of Kashmir by pursuing a policy of settlement of Hindus in the valley. A move was also triggered to repeal article 370 of the Indian constitution that gives special status to Kashmir which was thwarted by the High Court of Jummu and Kashmir in a landmark judgment late last year. The court held that article 370 of the Indian constitution was a permanent provision and could not be abrogated, repealed or even amended. It further ruled that Jummu and Kashmir retained limited sovereignty and did not merge with the dominion of India after partition in 1947. It was a very significant development which not only negated the Indian claims of Kashmir being integral part of India but reconfirmed the status of the state as a disputed territory.
Modi is trying to change the course of history as well as striving to alter the secular character of the Indian union through his communal politics. His government ever since its inception has been pursuing discriminatory policies against Indian Muslims and other minorities, inspired by the RSS ideology of Hindutva, a form of extremist Hindu nationalism. Hindutva means India for Hindus to the exclusion of all other communities and religions. That philosophy adequately explains the occurrence of incidents of violence against Muslims and Christians under the Modi government. The recurring episodes of Christian bashing and violence against communities other than Hindus have assumed alarming proportions under in India. The BJP government has used anti-Pakistan and anti-Muslim sentiments as a tool to gain vote bank in the election campaign, notwithstanding the fact that his communal politics and the philosophy of Hindutva have been rejected by a vibrant majority of Indians.
Since the current uprising in occupied Kashmir, the Indian security forces have killed 150 people and injured more than sixteen thousand. The Indian government in a bid to stoke the uprising in Kashmir into acts of terrorism to hood wink the world community and to rub in the notion that it was sponsored and facilitated by Pakistan, also carried out a false flag episode of Uri attack. Modi government also tried to build up hate syndrome and war hysteria against Pakistan besides mulling over other options to harm Pakistan, including the threat to revoke Indus Water Treaty. A fake drama of surgical strike was also staged to assuage the streak of revenge, itself built by the government, which was appropriately exposed by Pakistan through a organised a trip of journalists and UN observers to the place where India said it had conducted the surgical strike. The UN observers unequivocally stated that they did not find any trace of surgical strike.
The continued violations of the ceasefire agreement along the LOC with ever increasing intensity is a deliberate attempt by the Indian government to divert the attention of the world community from the reign of terror let loose by its security forces in Kashmir. The latest incident of firing on a passenger Bus and the ambulances reflects the inhuman mind-set of the Indians. It is a very precarious situation and needs to be taken notice of by the UN Security Council as it poses grave threat to peace and security in the region. Modi must realise that by adopting a bellicose posture towards Pakistan it was also harming the long terms interests of India in this region. That is the lesson of the history. Modi surely is treading a wrong path.
—The writer is freelance columnist based in Islamabad.


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Welcome to The Bait Barn Fisheries. Our family has proudly served Texans and people from the surrounding states for over 30 years. We stock ponds and sell fishing supplies (including beer & bait). Let us show you the difference in our service and prices that you can't find anywhere else.
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I had the most incredible experience last week! Remember how I blogged about doing a pregnancy massage? I got along really well with the girl at Becoming Mom that gave me a pedicure and I had been telling her that I only had the one ultrasound at 20 weeks. Next thing I knew I had a surprising phone call the following day asking if I wanted to be a guinea pig for their new 4D machine so they could train their employees! The girl who did my pedi had recommended me! Wasn't that nice? The funny thing is, when people I know who have opted to pay approximately $200 for the 4D imaging I have been adamant that I would never do it. First, because it's a lot of money. Secondly, because I still think the baby is difficult to see and looks like an alien for all that money. But, I must say, my tune has changed. Obviously mine was free so I'm not going to lie, that makes it worthwhile no matter what! I rate it as one of the most magical things I've ever seen...but it's not for the CD and pictures they give you at the end. Those still, in my opinion, remain difficult to see and make the child look like an alien. What was so incredible was feeling my son move and kick inside my belly and then seeing even for only a glimpse on a huge flat screen his foot, hand, arms, legs, or face. He was grasping his toes and bending them backwards. He covered his face with his hands. I could see the pudgy little rolls on his arms and his chubby cheeks. My Mom was bawling and my husband and I were beaming ear to ear. It was an incredible experience and I just don't think freezing those images to photo were able to be captured like they were for that fleeting movement onscreen. It was all about being there, watching him, and living in that experience. It's indescribable and I would do it again if I could!
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1 serving of Fiber One pancakes with a banana added to it with 1/4 cup sugar-free syrup
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Green beans with spray butter
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A diabetes counselor, who is typically a healthcare professional, helps people adjust to life with diabetes. Either an undergraduate or graduate degree may be required, as it varies by employer. Certification is available to become an official diabetes educator.
Essential Information
Diabetes counselors or educators work with patients who have been diagnosed with diabetes and counsel them on lifestyle changes to help them manage the disease. They may go over proper nutrition, exercise routines, blood glucose monitoring and medication dosages. A bachelor's degree in a healthcare field is a minimum requirement for these careers, though many diabetes counselors or educators have graduate degrees and certification.
|Required Education
|Bachelor's degree at minimum; graduate degrees are common
|Projected Job Growth (2014-2024)*
|12% for all health educators
|Average Annual Salary (2015)*
|$56,690 for all health educators
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Diabetes Counselor Education Requirements
Diabetes counselors should be healthcare professionals, such as clinical psychologists, social workers, physical therapists, dietitians, physicians or registered nurses (RNs), who are also certified diabetes educators or are eligible for certification. Education requirements vary by profession, but a bachelor's degree is usually the minimum requirement. For many qualifying healthcare professions, a graduate degree is required. Healthcare professionals need to be licensed or certified in their profession and licensing requirements can vary.
Certification for diabetes educators is offered by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (www.ncbde.org). To qualify for certification as a diabetes educator, a person should have at least two years of professional experience in his or her discipline, at least 1000 hours of experience in diabetes education and at least 15 hours of continuing education related to diabetes. Those who meet these requirements may take the Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators to earn the Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) designation. Certification must be renewed every five years, either through continuing education or reexamination.
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Diabetes Counselor Career Information
Diabetes counselors play an important role in helping patients manage their diabetes. They may meet with individuals or with groups. They collect information from patients to assess their health statuses and develop individualized education plans. Some topics that they may counsel patients on include taking insulin, measuring blood sugar levels and making dietary changes. Diabetes counselors also conduct follow-up assessments of patients to determine the effectiveness of their education plans. If a patient's needs fall out of the diabetes counselor's scope of practice, then he or she may refer the patient to the appropriate services. When they are not counseling patients, diabetes counselors may also evaluate other staff members, develop educational materials and participate in quality control measures to help improve diabetes education programs.
Salary and Employment Outlook
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that health educators, an occupational group that includes diabetes counselors, will see a faster than average job growth of 12% over the 2014-2024 decade. Health educators made an average annual salary of $56,690 in May 2015.
Diabetes counselors rearrange a patient's lifestyle to meet diabetic restrictions, helping them manage the disease. Those seeking a job in the fast-growing health education field should already be employed in a healthcare profession with a bachelor's degree or higher. Then, they have the choice of becoming a certified diabetes educator, which requires experience, training and an examination.


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If you would like to make your holidays sparkle, what better way than with this precious pink crystal bracelet? This giveaway could give you a chance to win it and call it your own...Just leave me a message to let me know you'd like to enter the drawing. I would also like for you to add it to your sidebar, if possible (but not required!) The winner will be announced next Sunday!
And, the WINNER of my KITCHEN TAG is Karen--Congratulations, Karen!!!


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New Librarians!
Foundation Center's Cleveland office would like to introduce our new social sector librarians!
Sara and Natalie are Greater Cleveland natives with almost 10 years of combined library work experience. They will be posting content to the center's blog on various topics including philanthropy, new book releases, and fun facts about nonprofits.
Sara holds an undergraduate degree in Sociology from Baldwin-Wallace University and a Masters of Library Science (M.L.I.S.) from Kent State University. Prior to her current position, she worked at Cleveland Public Library, Rocky River Public Library, and Building Hope in the City. Her interests include reading, going to concerts, and traveling.
Natalie earned her undergraduate degree in Women's and Gender Studies at Cleveland State University. While pursuing her B.A., she worked as a project archivist for the President's Advisory Committee on the Role and Status of Women and as a library assistant at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library. Before coming to the Foundation Center, she served in AmeriCorps VISTA and the Ohio History Service Corps. In her downtime, she enjoys reading, hiking, and French new wave cinema.
Sara and Natalie will be stationed at the reference desk so please say "hi" when you come into the library!


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Compass for Surveyors: 19th Century American Landscapes
Throughout the 1800s, painters and photographers helped interpret the changing landscape as Americans settled and explored the shifting western frontier. This exhibition features all of the nineteenth century American landscape paintings from LACMA's collection, and a selection of photographs from the same period. Thomas Eakins's famous painting, Wrestlers, is also featured, and a surveyor's compass from 1856, on loan from The Autry National Center, occupies the center of the gallery. The installation emphasizes the uneven and subjective nature of LACMA's collection: the East Coast works, hung salon-style, dramatically outnumber the museum's canvases portraying the West. Conversely, representations of the West abound in the museum's holdings of early photography, while there are fewer photographs depicting the East.
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Image: Surveyor's Vernier Compass with Box, c. 1856Wm. J. YoungUnited States, 1800–1870, Wood, metal, brass, glass, Courtesy of Museum of the American West, Autry National Center; 87.64.2.
Compass for Surveyors: 19th Century American Landscapes
Associate Curator José Luis Blondet discusses the reinstallation of the American Art galleries.
Surveying the American Landscape
Just before the holidays LACMA opened a dramatic new installation of the American art galleries, titled Compass for Surveyors: Nineteenth-Century American Landscapes. I spoke to curators Austen Bailly and José Luis Blondet about the new installation, which examines not only the history of American landscapes, but also the very nature of LACMA's collections...
Rediscovering American Landscapes
My first position at LACMA, in 1991, entailed assisting curator Ilene Susan Fort in the American Art curatorial department, so I had a great introduction to the paintings now on view, and many of the landscapes became my LACMA favorites. American photography has been an interest of mine, as well, since the medium, introduced to America in 1839, literally grew up with the nation. So the whole idea of Compass for Surveyors is fascinating...


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Column about growth through grief now online
Thomas Moore's column in Spiritualty and Health's January - February 2007 issue, Growing Through Grief, may be read online after free registration with the site. Moore talks about differences between soulful and spiritual approaches to the loss of loved ones, with examples of loss through death. His comments are also applicable to accepting, through imagining, other kinds of loss, such as those of friendship, intimacy, or love:
"Maybe the soul enlarges and deepens from the sheer room it takes to be sad and to nurse precious memories. Maybe it even makes sense for us to talk to our departed friends and somehow to keep up the relationships, without any bother from the intellect about how such a thing may or may not work or whether it's sentimental or self-deceptive."Moore emphasizes a theme found in Dark Nights of the Soul: "You let life flow through you, making you more and more human."


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The goal of this research is to develop explanation presentation mechanisms for knowledge based systems which enable them to define domain terminology and concepts, narrate events, elucidate plans, processes, or propositions and argue to support a claim or advocate action. This requires the development of devices which select, structure, order and then linguistically realize explanation content as coherent and cohesive English text. With the goal of identifying generic explanation presentation strategies, a wide range of naturally occurring texts were analyzed with respect to their communicative sttucture, function, content and intended effects on the reader. This motivated an integrated theory of communicative acts which characterizes text at the level of rhetorical acts (e.g., describe, define, narrate), illocutionary acts (e.g., inform, request), and locutionary acts (e.g., ask, command). Taken as a whole, the identified communicative acts characterize the structure, content and intended effects of four types of text: description, narration, exposition, argument. These text types have distinct effects such as getting the reader to know about entities, to know about events, to understand plans, processes, or propositions, or to believe propositions or want to perform actions. In addition to identifying the communicative function and effect of text at multiple levels of abstraction, this dissertation details a tripartite theory of focus of attention (discourse focus, temporal focus, and spatial focus) which constrains the planning and linguistic realization of text. To test the integrated theory of communicative acts and tripartite theory of focus of attention, a text generation system TEXPLAN (Textual EXplanation PLANner) was implemented that plans and linguistically realizes multisentential and multiparagraph explanations from knowledge based systems. The communicative acts identified during text analysis were formalized as over sixty compositional and (in some cases) recursive plan operators in the library of a hierarchical planner. Discourse, temporal, and spatial focus models were implemented to track and use attentional information to guide the organization and realization of text. Because the plan operators distinguish between the communicative function (e.g., argue for a proposition) and the expected effect (e.g., the reader believes the proposition) of communicative acts, the system is able to construct a discourse model of the structure and function of its textual responses as well as a user model of the expected effects of its responses on the reader's knowledge, beliefs, and desires. The system uses both the discourse model and user model to guide subsequent utterances. To test its generality, the system was interfaced to a variety of domain applications including a neuropsychological diagnosis system, a mission planning system, and a knowledge based mission simulator. The system produces descriptions, narrations, expositions, and arguments from these applications, thus exhibiting a broader range of rhetorical coverage than previous text generation systems.
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Hedge Fund Set Up
The B&L Seeder fund is a collaboration between Linear and Bainbridge Partners that aims to deliver the highest risk-adjusted hedge fund alpha by investing in a selection of new hedge fund talents to provide them with incubation and acceleration capital.
In addition to participating in an active hedge fund alpha portfolio, this strategy will capture the statistically supported 'emerging manager' performance premium along with capitalising on a private equity like revenue stream uncorrelated to traditional markets.
The Fund will be managed by Bainbridge Partners, an asset management firm established in 2002, managing $750m comprising a full range of multi manager hedge fund products in its APERIO family of funds.


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This resource introduces the concept of wind chill, the formula used to measure it and relates it to the causes of hypothermia. A simple experiment using a pie pan, sand, fan and a thermometer demonstrates this concept. The resource is from PUMAS -... (View More) Practical Uses of Math and Science - a collection of brief examples created by scientists and engineers showing how math and science topics taught in K-12 classes have real world applications. (View Less)
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OmniFocus v Things
I've recently felt that it was about time I got round to using some kind of computer-based task management system and, since I've found the To Do features in iCal and Apple Mail to be pretty useless, I began looking around for something more effective. I briefly used Remember the Milk, a web-based offering that makes a reasonable fist of the job (particularly given that it is a free service), but it wasn't long before I felt that I needed something more powerful.
Having heard lots of good feedback about OmniFocus, particularly from David Sparks of the excellent Mac Power Users podcast, I thought I'd give it a go. After a couple of days playing with the trial version, and some time spent watching a couple of helpful screencasts, I was soon sold on this solution and I bought myself a licence.
Just a couple of days later I read a post on David Sparks' blog that prompted me to check out a competitor to OmniFocus called Things. Things, it turns out, has a rather lovely user interface and it has to be said that it looks more elegant than OmniFocus. Being a sucker for things that look nice, I found myself feeling annoyed at myself for having so quickly committed myself to OmniFocus. More in hope than anticipation, I sent an email to the OmniGroup asking whether they would consider refunding my licence and explaining that I had only just stumbled upon Things. Rather surprisingly, given the fact that I mentioned how my head had been turned by the UI of Things, they agreed to do so and wished me luck in testing out the competitor. I immediately felt guilty for betraying the friendly OmniGroup people and wondered whether I had made the right decision.
Before getting a response from the OmniGroup I had fired off an email to Cultured Code (the developers of Things), explaining how I'd recently bought a licence for OmniFocus and that I'd since discovered Things. I told them of my love-at-first-sight experience of Things and brazenly asked whether they would consider giving me a discount on the purchase price (remember that at this point I hadn't had a response from the OmniGroup). I received a very friendly reply, stating that they would be very glad to have me as a Things user, thanking me for my 'kind words' about their UI and offering me a 20% off coupon.
I now found myself feeling indebted to both the OmniGroup and Cultured Code, since they had both been so very friendly and accommodating. However I decided that I really needed to carry out a more thorough exploration of Things before finally making up my mind about which of the two task managers would actually meet my needs best.
Deep down I knew that I shouldn't be too swayed by a glamourous UI as there is so much more to an application than the way it looks, and so I started to put Things through its paces. Before too long a glaring flaw became apparent. Whilst OmniFocus allowed me to easily sync my tasks between multiple computers (vital for me as I work from my home office iMac as well as my work-based counterpart), Things didn't offer any such option. I sent another email to Cultured Code enquiring about this. They promptly replied and told me that "doing over-the-air (Internet) syncing" is a top priority for future releases. They even teased me with the promise that they intended to do it better than in competitor apps. This, I concluded was all well and good, but since I needed a solution that worked for me today, rather than one that might work even better but that I couldn't have until sometime in the future, I decided to settle on OmniFocus and I sent off yet another email.
This time the email was addressed to the OmniGroup, asking them whether they would consider having me back, even though I had considered cheating on them. They, of course, welcomed me back with open arms and I am now an avid and very satisfied user of OmniFocus. Yes, it still rankles a little that Things has a nicer UI and a more seductive application icon, but ultimately I know that I've made the right choice.
Aside from the syncing issue, I also found that the Things approach to organising tasks was less intuitive (at least for me) and didn't seem to conform so well to the Getting Things Done method which both apps are intended to accommodate. The various views and 'perspectives' offered by OmniFocus just seem to suit my way of organising tasks much better. I guess I will keep one eye on Things, just to see how it evolves (both apps are still in their first major release stage) but for now I remain an enthusiastic user of OmniFocus and would recommend it highly to anyone who needs something beyond a basic task manager.
If you want to learn more about either of the apps then I recommend that you check out the free screencasts listed below. More than anything this whole experience has confirmed for me what a nice bunch of folks these small Mac developers are – both Cultured Code and the OmniGroup made me feel like they cared about me as a customer and that is an experience that is increasingly rare.
Learn more about OmniFocus & Things with these screencasts:
OmniFocus Basics screencast at ScreenCastsOnline
Advanced OmniFocus & iPhone Client screencast at ScreenCastsOnline
Things – Part 1 screencast at ScreenCastsOnline
Things screencast from Cultured Code


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Mike Raven answers your question.
Homework is important. From the earlier years of schooling to the end of high school (Year 12) the homework load should steadily increase to a minimum of 2 hours each week night. Relaxation or downtime is important as well as sporting pursuits (but not to the detriment of academic performance). Whenever possible parents should provide a variety of experiences to enrich the worldview.
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I was holding it. Trust me; it is not so easy, not a joke. I felt powerless, found it tough to focus, was unable to sit and in some time I went mad. Yet, I was not ready to give up!
Well, the minor disaster was the earth quake that hit many parts of India this afternoon. But, what was the disaster, on top of the disaster?
Well… that was me wanting to potty! Grrr… these uninvited guests; I tell you… they are such pricks!
God… I didn't want to die such awkwardly and give a chance to my naughty friends to celebrate it on facebook and twitter! "Oh; she died while potty-ing!"
Good Night friends...
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Brit-filmmakers Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger follow their superb Lawless Heart with a more conventional tale of tangled love. Shaun Evans plays Sam Sparks, a feckless chancer who moves to a new friend's (Bob Hoskins) spare London flat with his club singer mum (Lesley Manville). Sam's blond ambition leads him into bed with his PR-company boss (Stockard Channing), but when he falls for a younger woman, Kate (Amanda Ryan), he winds up in a proper pickle. The set-up recalls Heart's multi-stranded format but doesn't unfold as persuasively: Kate's gay housemate (Anthony Head) is stock material, Sam is too charmless to care about and the Isle Of Man locations barely pass for London. Thank heavens, then, for Hoskins, Manville and Channing, whose weathered sparkle is enough to satisfy none-too-demanding rom-com requirements.
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Suspect armed with knife robs Portage Ave. grocery store
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Published Tuesday, September 6, 2016 1:14PM CST
Last Updated Tuesday, September 6, 2016 6:21PM CST
Police arrested a man in connection to a robbery and break-and-enter on Monday evening.
The incident started at a Food Fare on Portage Avenue near Mount Royal Road.
Food Fare owner Munther Zeid said the man came in to his store around 5:15 p.m. on Sept 5.
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"He was kind of different than most customers, but we thought he just required more time," said Zeid.
He spent about 40 minutes in the store.
The man took items from one aisle, moved them to another, and eventually into a backpack and garbage bag inside his cart.
Staff tried to stop him when he tried to leave without paying, but he pulled out a large knife and the employees backed away, police said.
"He sort of lost control, verbally," said Zeid. "Customers were worried. I mean, they backed off right away. In my mind, I was worried about my customers, my staff."
Shortly after, police said the same suspect broke into a garage on Hind Avenue and began taking items. The owner confronted him, when the suspect again pulled out the knife.
Police spent about 30 minutes looking for the suspect.
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Nicholas Alfred Wright, 41, has been charged with robbery, break-and-enter and theft, possessing break-in instruments, and assault with a weapon
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Last week I was asked to speak on the copyright laws and rights for new media to the Global Focus: Media and Communication Technology class in the Graduate program at Northeastern University's College of Professional Studies. Other than the obvious honor in being asked to lecture on such a relevant and contentious subject in these times, I was also a bit intimidated at such a task. Where to start? Where to end?
There is really a loophole to every single law that is out there. Register your work with the copyright offices though the US government (Something I have done with many series of my photographs). It is inexpensive and fairly simple to do, though once this task has been completed.. there are a few things that need to also be considered.
- The creator is not always the owner of the copyright. For example if this media was created on a school campus, or it was created at a company, the school or company may own the rights to this media.
- To actually take action, the first thing the owner should have is their work registered with the copyright office (this is where the ® comes from). They also they copyright information "copyright - year of publication - name". In my case.. ©2009 elisabeth neville and I may or may not add the ® depending on if the specific series HAS been registered with the copyright office yet.
- There is the "orphan works law" which is still pending, as of 2008. If someone uses someone else's media, and shows that they have made enough effort to look for the owner's permission but has not found them, they all bets are off. What is enough effort? That is an objective question. I could Google® somone's name, call the first phone number I find, realize it is a wrong number, write down 5 more Google® searches and that may be considered enough of a search.
- The laws that apply in the USA with copyright, do not necessarially apply in any other country. I may have all of my artwork copyrighted and registered in USA under the copyright office, but if someone in Iran surfs the web, finds an image, downloads it and uses it in a compaign, I could TRY to fight it, but chances are, our government will have absolutely no leg to stand on there.
Here is where, one of the loopholes comes into play. Should this SAME sound track be edited, or a certain about of time (possibly seconds, I do not know the laws of the Amer Music Assoc), or it is spun differently and it is put onto the same audio or video that was previously posted, it may be approved. Why is this? It is now.. LEGAL. Why? It has been edited, and it no longer is the same piece o new media that was copyrighted. (loophole). This would be why, upon surfing that site many times there are funny clips, for example the audio clip of President Obama supposedly calling Kanye West an idiot (or whatever he called or did not call him). As fast as a few people possibly downloaded it and heard it and passed it around and the White House intern was fired, the sound byte was taken down. Whatever office it leaked out of made the legal request, and YouTube as quickly took the link down. With this, they are complying. No legal action need happen.
So, long babling story short... yes, I am at the end.. What did I learn? Copyright laws scare the heck out of me and make me VERY paranoid about every piece that I put out on the web. Every peice I put in a show, and someone could bring a camera to. But do I assume that I am so famous, and good that they would be trying to sell it? NO. I am not so Narcicistic. But, I am finally beginning to feel the paranoia that others have felt for years.


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Hello my bookish buddies!! Today, I wanted to share some series that I'd like to finish or start in 2017. I have had so many series that I've been eyeing and I just need this to be the year where I read them.
(I realize I am posting this a day later than scheduled, but I had a really hectic day yesterday!)
- The Mortal Instruments. I started this series in Middle School and I still haven't finished it. That sounds so bad, especially since Cassandra Clare is one of my favorite authors and I LOVE her shadowhunter world! I recently read book four and I'm currently reading book five. Books 1-3 were out when I started the series and City of Glass felt like the end!
2. The Lunar Chronicles. I've heard so much about this series and I really want to read it. I try to own all the books in a series before I start it (a habit I have since watching booktubers and hearing them say this) and I just need one more book before I own all of them in this series. I still plan to start them in the near future, though!
3. The Wolves of Mercy Falls. I recently got a REALLY good deal on this series, so I bought it. I don't hear too much about this series anymore, but I have wanted to read them since first hearing about them. Who doesn't love a good werewolf love story??
4. Halo. Angels?? YES PLEASE!! I have owned this series for about two years now and I really want to read them. My sister read them and didn't rave about them, but she didn't dislike them either. I think they are worth a try!
5. Gossip Girl. I own some of the books in this series. I LOVE the tv show, and I'm curious as to how similar it is to the books. Hopefully I can collect more of the books at some book sales this year!
6. Penryn and the End of Days. This is another series I've been eyeing for a while. I first heard about them from Christine (PolandBananasBooks) on YouTube when she raved about the first book in this series (Angelfall). Ahhh…more angels!
7. The Remnant Chronicles. I recently bought book one in this series and it sounds SO. GOOD. Like, I need to read these asap!! Hopefully they aren't a let down!
I hope you guys enjoyed this quick post with just some of the series I want to read in 2017. I am trying to get through the books I own this year before I buy more. There are a lot of other series that I want to read that I don't own, but they will just have to wait!! What series do you plan on reading in 2017??


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A 65 year old, grandma of four, mother of three, daughter of two and wife of one. I'm also a writer, botanist, teacher and volunteer.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Gup Shap again
It has been a long time since I posted anything on my blog. I think I am going through one of those lethargic phases when one just does not feel like doing anything. The trip to the south was exhausting and made me pledge never to fit in so much of travel in future trips. Considering the accident prone world we live in I am glad to have returned to my niche in a single piece. In Karnataka it appeared as if the rains followed us giving us just enough time to leave a place before creating havoc there. Unfortunately we were unable to enjoy the natural beauty of the western ghats since we were holed up in a hotel room most of the time.
I had high hopes of meeting Suranga, Usha, Aarthi, Srijith and Riti during this trip. Lack of communication was the only reason for missing out Suranga and Srijith who live within walking distance of the place I was staying in Mumbai and Chennai. As for Srijith I felt lousy staring at an apartment complex near Balaiyya garden bus stop and wondering whether he actually lived there. I must have crossed the place at least twice a day but I did not have his phone number and I was being punished for my laid back attitude. Sorry folks, there will be a next time and that is a promise
Coming back to Jamshedpur feels good. Where else can one leave home at 10:15 AM and reach one's workplace before 10:30 AM? Where else can one go on long winding walks for an hour and return all set and fresh to take on another day? I can hear my brothers and sister both natural and by marriage call me a 'pattikkadu' (villager) unaccustomed to smart city ways. True, we all get used to a particular life style and claim it to be the best. Every time I meet my folk I am under a kind of dilemma as to whether I should continue in Jamshepur after retirement or move out to Chennai, Bangalore or Mumbai. But city life baffles me and finally I decide that our good old Jampot is the best place for an ageing couple to spend the final lap of their life on earth.
Post retirement I need to take up an assignment and absent myself for at least 5 hours each day. Or else my husband is going to drive me nuts and I'll be churning out sob stories in my blog. I had copied out a piece on 'Golden Retirement' 3 years back and like the lady who authored the piece I think I am going to have him velcroed to my hips if I dared to stay home. Can you imagine the areas in which he awaits my response are?
I'd have returned from college and would be relaxing in my bedroom with a magazine in hand.
HIM: I am going for milk.
ME: Okay.
HIM: I am going for milk.
ME: Please do. And take the keys with you. I may doze off to sleep
HIM: What did you say?
I ignore the question. He has almost reached the door and comes back just to ask if I had said something. I could not have asked for a cuter husband but I really wish he could just go and get the milk instead of waiting for my approval in matters that don't matter at all.
Jokes apart, I don't blame him. There was a time when we had to worry about so many things. A child's admission, hostel bills, father in law's health concerns etc. etc. There now seems to be a sudden void in our lives. That brings home another realization. When a person has nothing to look forward to, one's life becomes monotonous and boring. That is exactly why his concern touches my heart.
Did you take your medicines?
It is getting cold. Why not wear a half sweater?
I am drawing out my quarterly interest from the post office. Shall I deposit a part of it in your account?
The questions continue and they are important because they sustain us. The phone rings and I pick it up.
He appears at the door.
Who? He gestures.
My friend. I reply.
He goes off nodding his head.
To those of you leading a busy life these things may not matter. May be not yet. But to us it reiterates the fact that we need to remain fit and well if not for ourselves at least for the other person. We have made ourselves so very interdependent that very often he says something that I was just about to say. This brings to my mind another malaise that seems to have inflicted society of late - couples opting to separate in the twilight of their lives. I recently heard of a person known to me with grown up and married children opting out of marriage. They may or may not go for a divorce but they certainly prefer to lead separate lives. Each one says that the other is free to come and stay with him/her but on his/her terms and conditions. When I discuss this with friends they say that people are more honest these days. Why put up with an arrangement that is no longer agreeable? There is some logic in this argument but is this the right solution? Like one says that children earlier put up with their parents since their common property generated the income that was required to support their families. It no longer holds in a society where parents see to it that children reach dizzy heights saying that their children should never go through the hardship they once faced. Parents too have set aside enough to lead an independent life post retirement. There is no question of anyone adjusting with the other person. But isn't it taking things too far when a wife or husband refuses to be part of the other's life at a time when there is an acute need for meaningful companionship? I've known children supporting the mother and abandoning their father. Perhaps they feel that a mother's presence in their homes would be more useful to their working wives than their father's who would do nothing but occupy the front room reading the day's newspaper.
Be it as it may I still subscribe to the view that old age is meant to be spent together whatever be one's differences in day to day life. As for me I cannot imagine life without the domineering presence of my old man so what if he bugs me with irrelevant questions all the time.
16 comments:
- Ugich Konitari said...
HHG, What a pity we couldnt meet. This place is so small (by Mumbai suburb standards, that we must have passed each other a couple of times,in the vegetable-shops area...
Anyway, if you ever saw a lady in a salwar kurta, at the Main gate signal, lugging bags of fruit, and arguing with a cop to stop some errant bikers, that was me .
- October 24, 2009 5:18 PM
- Srijith Unni said...
Hi G'ma,
Belated Deepavali..! I'm sorry it's my fault i should have passed on my contact information, but still feel sad that you came so close and we failed to meet..!Let's surely see to it that this doesn't happen next time. Come home in your red car and i'll be blessed.!
With Best Regards,
- October 25, 2009 8:08 PM
- dipali said...
Lovely to have you back,HHG.
- October 25, 2009 9:57 PM
- Ardra said...
I understand that you seem to have had enough of travel for now...still when are you coming to Trichy next? I'm yet to get over the disappointment that we did not get to meet when you came here last...
- October 26, 2009 9:31 AM
That was a very cute post...sometimes I am so amazed by the love our elders had for each other..and...until I read the 2nd last para...what makes you think children wouldn't want their parents around because they are of no use...or are of use only to the working wives. Sometimes, there are adjustment issues. I wouldn't go on and elaborate, but love to hear your viewpoint.
- October 26, 2009 12:51 PM
- Hip Grandma said...
Suranga:Yeah there is going to be a next time and we are going to make it memorable and fun filled!
Srijith:Don't blame yourself.I too could have tried to contact you earlier.BTW my car isn't red in colour.I claim to have paited the town red in my Maruti Alto.
dipali:I too feel good.
Ardra:With me one can never tell.I may just land up in Trichy in December.I'll give you adequate notice though.
preeti'schronicle:I am not being pessimistic.I've just mentioned something I've noticed.A girl known to me wanted her mother to come and help her with the baby but added that her husband did not want her ailing father to accompany her. She wanted her unmarried sister working in Delhi to take care of the father.The unmarried girl flatly refused to keep the father unless the mother acompanied him.Luckily the man died and the mother takes turns to stay with the two daughters both of whom are now married. I found the whole situation sickening more so because I had known the girls from their pre school days. In another case a mother walked out on the husband and keeps the house for the unmarried son while the husband is left to fend for himself.The reason is - the husband is foul mouthed and she has had enough. The sad part of the story is that the father did not become foul mouthed at the age of sixty but is being abandoned only after the children have settled down in life.
- October 26, 2009 7:58 PM
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- October 26, 2009 7:59 PM
- Sumana said...
For a moment, I felt my dad was in the picture. I think it is the same everywhere. I tell my mom that Dad cares for you when she gets wild for something irritating.
On the other side, yes, it is feels wonderful to be back to your abode after a long trip. Hope you both enjoyed it. I still have to read your post on Golden Retirement. Wonderful post and keep writing.
- October 27, 2009 12:09 PM
Welcome back HHG! Ridiculous, really, this long break of yours! hmmphh! Simp simply ooru sutting panni thaan avanamana, please get yourself a laytesht laptop(unlike husband, can be disconnected when it shows signs of unnecessary kirkiri. Therefore doesn't need to be divorced) & blog from wherever you are!
You are one of the 3 & 1/2 people who I look forward to reading, (1&1/2 of them being a certain JD-sipping-malayali-gentleman with assorted mental problems) & I missed you! :-)
Okay, next post please!
- October 28, 2009 9:50 AM
- shoba said...
Your post reminds me so much of my parents. My dad checks with my mom and lets her know every time he goes out to get milk or groceries. LOL. Very very sweet. As you said, such things become important in retired life.
But, I may not agree with you on couples sticking to each other till the end. Many women who are ill-treated stay with their spouses just because of the kids. Once all the responsibilities are fulfilled, shouldn't they be given a freedom of choice. Just my two cents.
Glad to see you blogging.
- October 28, 2009 9:41 PM
- Hip Grandma said...
Sumana:yes, this is a scene that is common in every household.My parents in law would have such cute quarrels that I'd burst out laughing without realizing that I was the DIL and was expected to check my emotions.
Poornima:yes, I know I've taken long to write. a tiring trip was only an excuse. The truth is that i seem to run out of matter to blog about and my posts are getting repetitive.I have a contraversial issue in mind and I may soon blog about it.preparing myself for some really sharp comments from you folk.BTW your JD sipping malayalee gentleman's site is acting funny and i cannot read his posts nor comment. please pass on the information and find out if he has blocked me out.if he has then i am taking the next flight to confront him in person!!
shoba:This is one way of showing that one cares.i may crib but i too love the importance accorded to me.
As for couple opting to separate once children are settled, you have a point there and if you read my post carefully you will understand that i am not suggesting that one should stay on in an abusive relationship.I just wonder if separation is a solution.An elderly couple had their differences. They stayed with two different children saying that they would be useful to both by this arrangement.But their bitterness was not such that they would not ever want to spend time under the same roof.They attended functions together and cared a lot for each other in their own way.The cases i speak of are those in which the father lives alone while the mother lives with a son in the same town. An occasional phone call or visit just to check on him may open the way for reconciliation at a later stage when he falls sick or gets depressed. In this case even the other children don't bother to call on him when they visit the mother.agreed, he is foul mouthed again i wonder if there could be some other solution.
- October 29, 2009 10:07 PM
- Tys on Ice said...
whatcha mean you cant read my posts?!
I thought u were upset with me or something ...
u know something, u and ur husband to a large extent reminds me of me and mads...i know eventually thats how we will end up...which is a great thing..theres comfort in familiarity...in companionship...in friendship...noone ever said that relationships are easy and off late theres this level of intolerence in people...i think its the speed of life and the various oppurtunities available...one life...people sees the limited time available...who knows?....why put up?...who knows?
- October 30, 2009 12:57 PM
- Manasi said...
the lovely companionship you share with your husband reminds me of my parents, my husband's parents as well as myself & my husband. most married people will say that couples who have found this peaceful co-existence are very lucky but i disagree because i don't believe luck works in matrimony. sure, luck may have a role to play in stock-markets or other such windfalls but marriage? no. developing companionship needs efforts and is the REAL investment one makes each passing day… not those FDs, PPFs etc.
I think patterns, both good and bad, develop with time over the years due to mutual indifferences and preferences. when married couples sleep over their differences in their young age, they end up repenting over the many chances they lost in developing that companionship which is now lost forever. in the end there is not much left to salvage.
i have seen that young children (now settled) and spouses of foul-mouthed retirees will exercise the option of separation only if the foul-mouthed spouse refuses to change because there is no expected benefit visible in kicking a lifelong habit… at both stages, youth and old-age, effective Communication becomes KEY… and we realize it only after its too late!
- October 30, 2009 9:43 PM
- Shachi said...
HHG, lovely post! Happy Diwali to you and your family. Glad that you are back to blogging!
My parents are retired and in India, while both their children (me and my sister) are here in US....they face the same issues that you describe, but my dad is uber-cute in caring for my mom....and vice-versa....they are definitely sticking it out.
I am not sure if I could be as tolerant as them....reading such things surely helps me!!!!
Awaiting your next post!
- October 30, 2009 10:32 PM
- kurrodu said...
bellaaated diwali..wonderful post..
I learn a lot about life by reading your posts.. Keep going..
BTW, your post on anjalidi's work is truly inspirational.. if possible pls convey my heartfelt thanks and appreciation for her work...
- October 31, 2009 12:57 AM
- Hip Grandma said...
Tys on ice: I've addressed the problem and so you are spared. I wonder why this kind of intolerance in the current bunch of kids. Is it because they struggle less and take life for granted?
Manasi: you are right. One has to work hard towards making a relationship work.I know I've put in my bit of effort and I suppose my husband did so too.
Shachi:when you and your spouse grow old together the equation will change and you will become more tolerant. a happy Diwali to you too.
kurrodu:Busy or what?No comments coming in? Thanks for your Deepavali greetings and I shall definitely pass on your message to Anjalidi. She needs all the appreciation one can give.
- October 31, 2009 7:27 PM


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This was a lean weekend at the movies. None of the films cracked the $20 Million mark. Semi-Pro, the number one movie this weekend, which I thought was destined for the low-to-mid $20 Million range, did not even make it to $16 Million. I was not running out to see the ordinary looking Semi-Pro and it seems others were not either. The number two film this weekend, Vantage Point, was last week's number one and brought in $13 Million, down 43.2% of its audience from last weekend. The Spiderwick Chronicles was number three with $8.75 Million, down 33.2%. The second major release of this weekend, The Other Boleyn Girl, opened in fourth place with $8.3 Million, a disappointing beginning to a highly promoted period piece film. Jumper was number 5 with $7.6 Million, down 40.2% of its audience from last week. Step Up 2: the Streets, Fool's Gold, Penelope (opening this week with $4 Million). No Country for Old Men gained 66.6% more audience than last week, no doubt spurred by its Oscar win for Best Picture and Best Director. And Juno, after 13 weeks of release, is still in the top ten spot light with $3.35 Million this week for a total of $135.1 Million.
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Concert Review: Classical Mystery Tour - The Music of the Beatles, Winnipeg, MB, May 8, 2010
Classical Mystery Tour is a Beatles tribute band who answer the question of what the Beatles playing live with an orchestra would have sounded like. For three shows, the band stopped in Winnipeg, Canada, to perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO.)
Unlike the Jeans and Classics band, who performed the music of Queen with the WSO a few months ago, these guys are a true tribute band as they dress up like the Beatles and talk and sing like them — with the accents. Two members of the band looked a lot like John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Some of the members of Classical Mystery Tour performed in Beatlemania musical revue.
Two minutes before show time, it was announced that due to a faulty fire alarm, everyone had to exit the hall and go the front of the building. People were still filtering out of the lobby and heading our of the front doors when suddenly, some people on the inside reversed direction and began to head for their seats. The fire trucks did arrive, but I never saw any firemen enter the building. This incident caused a delay of about twenty minutes. Around 2,000 fans at Centennial Concert Hall were inconvenienced, but the few who I overheard talk about it, mostly laughed it off.
The WSO began the show with a medley of well-known Beatles material. After the applause, the four members of Classical Mystery Tour walked onto the stage, waving and dressed in black suits with skinny ties. Many members of audience seemed to taken back by the costumes. Right away, I was surprised by how much Tony Kishman looked, moved, sang, and spoke like Sir Paul McCartney. From my seat in the 11th row, I'm not sure I could have noticed the difference if a 20-something McCartney was standing beside Kishman. The guy who performed as George Harrison, Tom Teely, didn't look anything like him, but he sang just fine on the Harrison-penned "Here Comes The Sun," and "Something," and handled the lead guitar parts without missing a note.
During "Sgt Pepper," the orchestra members actually did vocalize and clap the audience parts that are part of the recording. Prior to playing the song, the band left the stage for a quick costume change and reappeared in the colorful Sgt Pepper uniforms, long-hair wigs and mustaches, much to the delight of the crowd.
Drummer Chris Camilleri doesn't look much like Ringo Starr, but he spoke like him and drummed like a Ringo clone. His lead vocals on Yellow Submarine and the lesser-known "Good Night," from the White Album, were close enough to continue the illusion that this was The Beatles. Truthfully, the latter song wasn't well received by the audience, since few people really know it. They should have selected something else.
The 1973 McCartney song "Live and Let Die," from the James Bond film of the same name, was also performed with much aplomb and all the bombast of the original. Not to be undone, the member who changed costumes the most, Jim Owen (John Lennon), strolled onto the stage in a an-white suit with long hair parted in the middle, to a response of more gasps of surprise, and began Lennon's 1971 smash, "Imagine." Lennon's vocals were expertly mimicked by Owen, right down to the nasal sound. It was a surreal performance.
After completing the first two sets, The band returned after less than a minute, to perform "Hey, Jude," followed quickly by the evening's final song, "Twist and Shout," which involved almost everyone in the room standing and dancing, even the members of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Richard Lee looks about as docile and as straight-laced as you can get, but he made his way to the front of the stage and strutted like a peacock, much to the delight of the audience. At one point, in true rock star form, he removed his tux jacket, whipped it around and around and gestured as if he was about to toss it into the audience. The already animated crowd hooted and hollered in response to his teasing. Not ready to call it a night, Lee actually made his way down to the front row and danced up a storm with a woman, again to the delight of the crowd. Seeing the WSO musicians up and shimmying was also quite a sight, and a most unexpected one.
The sound of a live orchestra with the music of a live Beatles tribute band worked. If you think about it, there are several tracks the band recorded that utilized orchestral sounds. Probably the highlight for me would be the performance of "Penny Lane," which has a strong trumpet component. After the song was performed, the conductor and band members pointed out trumpeter Todd Lawton, who stood for a few moments to take in the massive applause.
The Beatles began around fifty years ago, which seems hard to believe, but their music truly spans generations of fans. Most of the audience appeared to be the typical WSO crowd, people in their 60s and 70s, but I did see many younger fans and a few who looked as if they would be quite at home at a punk rock show.
While a copy is never going to be as good or as significant as an original, sometimes a copy is all you need to have a really good time.
Beatles Medley Overture arr: Martin Herman
Got To Get You Into My Life
A Hard Day's Night
I Saw Her Standing There
All You Need Is Love
Penny Lane
Here Comes The Sun
Sgt Pepper/ With A Little Help From My Friends
Eleanor Rigby
A Day In The Life
Magical Mystery Tour
I Am the Walrus
Od-la-di, ob-la-da
Yellow Submarine
Come Together
The Long and Winding Road
Live and Let Die
Good Night
Golden Slumbers
My rating for this show is 4/5.
Article first published as on Blogcritics.org


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4 Sale by Owner: 29 Tiffany, Bklyn, NY
(This is a new column experiment. In an effort to help apartment owners who are looking to sell without a broker and to show off cool apartments to readers looking for them, we are posting good ones that we stumble upon. Readers are welcome to submit as well to firstname.lastname@example.com and put "4 Sale by Owner" in the subject line.)
Location: 29 Tiffany Street, Bklyn (nr. Cobble Hill)
Size: 859 sq/ft
Price: $599k
Contact: Travis – 917.648.4681
Website: 29tiffany6L.com
Pitch: Rated by Wallpaper Magazine as one of the coolest neighborhoods in New York, the Columbia Waterfront District is located west of Cobble Hill facing New York Harbor. Our building – which was recently converted from a factory into loft apartments – is located on Tiffany Place, a quiet cobblestone street with close proximity to some of the area's finest restaurants, boutique shops, and subways. It is also three blocks from the acclaimed PS 29, one of Brooklyn's finest elementary schools.


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A 25ft triceratops has been found on a high street on the Isle of Wight courtesy of some pranksters who reportedly dragged the dinosaur out of a nearby shop garden that sells prehistoric fossils.
A local resident posted an image of the triceratops after he stumbled upon it during his drive home from work in the early hours of 13 February.
Chris Hollingshead took to Facebook to express his amusement at having his journey home blocked by the beast. Posting the image on his home page, Hollingshead wrote: "That priceless moment when you're driving home from work at 3am and the road is blocked by a 20ft triceratops!!"
The owner of the triceratops, Martin Simpson, who also owns the nearby fossil store, Island Gems, said that the dinosaur was part of his "Jurassic Garden", which also features scientific specimens and plants from the Jurassic period. Simpson told the BBC that he would be taking extra security measures to ensure similar incidents did not happen in future.
Speaking about the incident, Simpson added: "It takes about five blokes to move the dinosaur a couple of inches, so it was definitely a concerted effort and drink was probably involved."
Adding that the dinosaur is called Godshilla, Simpson said while he was happy that people were talking about the giant model, he didn't advocate using it as a "traffic hazard", adding that he bought the dinosaur in 2007 and she was now due for renovation. It is believed that a fence will now be constructed in the Jurassic Garden to prevent people from entering without prior authorisation.
Hundreds of people have now seen Hollingshead's photo of the Isle of Wight beast, with many dubbing the prank "genius". However, local residents have said that this isn't the first time Godshilla has been involved in some tomfoolery. Lisa Choi, owner of local pub The Taverners across the road from Island Gems in Godshill, said that someone had tied balloons around Godshilla's neck during the Christmas period, telling County Press Online, "They've gone one step further this time."


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Society of Recorder Players
New Zealand Inc.
Welcome to the SRPNZ website
Have you played the recorder before and would like to again? Do you want to improve your playing technique, play in a group or perform in public? All this and more is available in a friendly fun environment when you join the Society of Recorder Players New Zealand Inc.
Our aims are:
Input from the SRPNZ membership is one of the most important aspects of this website, so I am looking forward to hearing from you. The web pages in the website will indicate the sort of information I am looking for. The email address for all website business is firstname.lastname@example.com.
For all other business, please email the Secretary at email@example.com
Looking for a recorder?
There are several recorders for sale - see the Adverts page for details.
See the News page for the report from Ted Crawford at Wooden Recorders given at the SRPNZ AGM on 7 January 2017
Latest update 24/12/2018
SRPNZ Rules - 2015 - View
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There was an almighty splash 49 years ago today when the QE2 was launched in a ceremony at Clydebank on September 20th, 1967.
Tens of thousands of people gathered on the banks of the Clyde to see Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II launch the ship which would carry her name. Standing on a specially constructed platform high against the bow of the 963ft long ocean liner, the Queen was accompanied by her husband Prince Philip and sister Princess Margaret.
In a loud clear voice she said: "I name this ship Queen Elizabeth the Second. May God bless her and all who sail in her."
She then pressed the button which released a bottle of Champagne to smash on the ship's bow and began her descent down the launch ramp, stern first. As she hit the water travelling at 22mph, the 58,000 ton ship sent up a two-foot high wave which travelled across the wide river, splashing against the far bank.
Although the mighty liner was now afloat, there was still lots of work to do aboard and it would be another 20 months before she set sail on her maiden voyage to New York on May 2nd, 1969. The QE2 marked a turning point for its owners, Cunard, who were focussing much more strongly on the pleasure cruise market as their main source of income.
Previous mammoth liners, like the original Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mary, were built for speed, their purpose to transport passengers across the Atlantic between Britain and the USA as quickly as possible. In the early 1950s ocean liners carried more than a million passengers a year across the Atlantic, but by the mid-1960s that figure had halved.
The reason was the massive rise in popularity of air travel, with jets slashing the travel time between Britain and America to a matter of hours. Flying was also becoming much cheaper and more accessible thanks to a rapid growth in the number of competing airlines, new and larger jets, and more airports.
In order to survive, shipping lines like Cunard were forced to re-assess their market, seeing the luxury pleasure cruise sector as the way forward. With that in mind the new QE2 was being fitted out with leisure and luxury in mind, equipped with big deck spaces, four swimming pools, cocktail bars, restaurants, night clubs and a theatre, in addition to almost a thousand passenger cabins.
Her launch came just a few days after Cunard's other great liner, the Queen Mary, made her final transatlantic crossing. QE2 would become the company's flagship and one of the most famous cruise liners in the world. After several refits over the years, including new and more efficient diesel engines to replace her original steam turbines, QE2 became a byword for the ultimate in luxurious sea travel.
The mighty liner sailed for almost 30 years before new maritime safety regulations – which would have meant costly structural alterations – forced her retirement from service in 2008 after completing a grand farewell tour. She had sailed 5.6 million miles, carried 2.5 million passengers, crossed the Atlantic 806 times and been requisitioned for military service during the 1982 Falklands War, carrying 3,000 troops and 650 volunteer crew to the South Atlantic.
One passenger, 89-year-old Beatrice Muller, had lived on board continuously for 14 years in her retirement as the QE2's only permanent resident, at a cost of around £3,500 per month!
Sadly, since 2008 the liner had led a more chequered life. She was originally sold for conversion to a luxury 500-room floating hotel moored at Dubai, but the 2008 financial crisis scuppered those plans. Since then she has been laid up, first in dry dock at Dubai and now at a former cruise terminal at Port Rashid. Subsequent conversion plans have been announced but have all stalled and her future is now uncertain, with persistent rumours that she will be towed to China for scrapping.
Meanwhile a "Bring QE2 Home" campaign group continues to push for the liner to be brought back to the UK and moored, probably on the Thames, as a maritime attraction, hotel, events and conference space.
Cunard, however, were right about the leisure cruise market, which is now big business. It has helped reverse the decline of some shipyards which are once again building massive cruise liners. Queen Mary 2 made her maiden voyage for Cunard in January 2004, dwarfing QE2 at 1,132ft, with 18 decks and weighing almost 149,000 tons. Designed in Britain but built in France, she is capable of carrying 2,695 passengers plus 1,253 officers and crew.


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The chair had clearly received a poor quality spray paint job.
I kept the chair around for a while, and then chastised myself for another random chair purchase, and it was during Lent, and I was purging, so I talked myself into listing it on CL. The moment I listed it, I had a sinking feeling that I needed to check the chair to ensure that it was not a 'real-deal' Eames chair. I could see some sort of sticker on the bottom that had been sprayed over, so with a very fine sand paper, I knocked the orange paint off. I quickly got up to speed on what I should be looking for and I lucked out...real deal. Next stop - remove from craigslist and apologize to interested party for changing my mind!
I wasn't sure of the best way to restore the chair to its former glory, so i decided to try some Citristrip. I tested a small portion...and thankfully, it did the job.
It took a lot of Citistrip...
What a change from the matte paint job!
I love the filament running through the 'elephant hide grey' design...
And to think, I was mad that I paid $5 instead of $2.


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This adjustment is often used on a full bust or when a more shaped shoulder is desired.
Place pins where there is too much fabric.
Mark your pins, with a pen, and draw lines on the sample with a ruler. This way is the easiest way to see how much fabric should be removed from the pattern.
NB! Work with the front piece, side piece, front sleeve and sleeve facing.
1. Work with the front piece, side piece and front sleeve.
- Transfer all the lines from the sample to the paper pattern. This is done by measuring on the sample and then marking the lines on the pattern. The new lines are indicated with red, like illustrated below.
- The lines stop at the bust notch. Make a check measurement on the two lines; they have to be the same length.
- NOTE! Remove the same at the sleeve as done on the front piece (not the side piece) so the sleeve still fits.
2. Adjust sleeve facing.
- Place the facing on top of the sidepiece, it fits in the sewing ling. Transfer the new line.
- Place the facing on top of the frontpiece, it fits in the sewing ling. Transfer the new line.
- The red lines are the new lines.
- Now cut the red lines on both front, side and sleeve piece, the shaded piece I thrown out.
- Tape the 2 sleeve facing parts together again in the cut lines.
3. The finished pattern piece.
- Make a grainline and name the pattern.


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Meet Women in College
When you mention the word "college", what words come to mind? Is it students studiously studying in the library? Is it moving into the dorms? Is it college football, gameday, and tailgating?(Keep in mind I went to USC so football was huge there). Is it meeting your new roommates/hallmates? I bet for many, these are the experiences people remember about college. However, more likely than not, "college"conjures up images of frat parties, keg stands, crazy adventures, and hooking up. After all, that is part of the college experience.
As a red-blooded male at one of the hottest universities in America, there were times I wondered how I could approach, attract, date, as well as hook up with all the beautiful women on campus. Every day, when I walked to class and went around campus was filled with beautiful scenery to say the least. My tuition was worth every penny(lucky for me, I got a full scholarship so it definitely was worth it). In my freshmen year, I wasn't quite sure on how to meet, attract, talk to, and charm the ladies. However, after four years on one of my hottest campuses in America, here are some tips I've learned to meet and party with the hot girls on the college campus.
For the freshmen guys, this is good news. It is so easy to meet women when you're a freshmen! Here is what you can do to meet, hang out, and party with hot women in college:
Introduce yourself directly
- When most people go to college, they're scared, nervous, and worried that they might not make new friends or know anybody. Naturally, this makes them more social and likely to open up. The welcome week before college starts, as well as the first few weeks, is crucial to meeting the beautiful women that surround you. Every freshmen girl(unless she's weird) wants to make friends, so suck it up and go talk to them. You don't have to make them your girlfriend automatically, and it's actually completely fine if they just become your friends. Just go up to the women you find attractive and say, "Hi, I've never met you before, what's your name?" Remember to smile, and from there, just swap the usual topics of where you're from, their majors, and make small talk. From there, depending on how open they are to your conversation and hanging out with you, you can get their number and/or add them on facebook. Remember, there's no need to push it, but women are more willing to make connections early on.
- After you've met a few women as well as guys(I hope you're making friends as well), then go ahead and invite everyone out to eat together. When you're a leader, and make it an initiative to get people together, this gives you extra points and also lets you meet their friends. In the beginning of college, people will hang around different groups to see where they fit, so don't freak out if you start hanging out with certain girls and people more and see others less. Go out and meet people a lot.


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Fathers Day is just around the corner, so it's time to get started on those cards for dear ol' dad!
And if you are anything like me, i have the HARDEST time coming up with masculine cards! but you are in luck, because this weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge is all about celebrating Dad, so there is lots of inspiration, not only from the goddesses samples, but from the wonderful projects that are being submitted! click on over to check it out, make one of your own, and be sure to submit it! We would love to see it, and there will be someone out there inspired by your creation!
When trying to come up with this card, i first thought, ok, what kind of things would i attribute to a father. well, lots of things went through my mind, but i started thinking about shirts, and originally i thought about a bowling shirt theme, but it wasn't working out, so then i thought, ok, button up striped shirt, and maybe a belt. so from there, it evolved into the card in the picture. originally it was supposed to be like the cuff of a striped shirt (see the button placement?) but when i look at it, it looks more like a off white shirt, belt, and striped pants. haha! anyway, i hope it helps you come up with a nice card for dad, i am sure whatever you give him, he will love!
For this card i used sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, and Cherry Cobbler cardstock, Chocolate Chip DSP, Chocolate Chip Buttons, and the All Holidays stamp set stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink on Sahara Sand cardstock.