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The feds may actually be stepping back from their plans to put RFID chips in passports. Signs of intelligence inside the Beltway! What's next? Life on Mars?
A blog about things everyone has at least one of.
Ramblings on technology, liberty, evolution in action, and general neat stuff.
The feds may actually be stepping back from their plans to put RFID chips in passports. Signs of intelligence inside the Beltway! What's next? Life on Mars?
Fans of the murdered TV series Firefly will rejoice to know that the movie follow-on is approaching, and that the first trailer has been released. Unfortunately the trailer is still only available on the Apple site. I say unfortunately because the smaller versions are presented against a distracting poster for the movie, which is called Serenity by the way. To see the full screen version, you have to sign up for iTunes, which is a cheap shot on Apple's part. Which is too bad, because the graphic effects shown in the trailer are cool.
Serenity is the name of the spaceship that is the centerpiece for the series and movie. The ship is a Firefly class freighter. Why the series wasn't called Serenity to start with is a mystery. For those who missed the first incarnation, Firefly aired briefly on Fox in 2002. It was certainly (IMNSHO) opinion one of the best science fiction shows ever to be on TV. The physical design of the spaceship actually made sense! Fox screwed any chance the series had by airing episodes out of order, and putting it in an impossible time slot. Despite a grass roots effort to save the show, it was canceled even before all the episodes had aired. Which is odd, since Fox still had to pay for them. The full set of shows, in the correct order, is available on DVD.
Target pharmacies is reinventing the pill bottle, beginning May 1. Called ClearRx prescription-packaging, it is designed by a visual arts designer, rather than an engineer. There are pros and cons to this. The new bottle features the name of the drug in large letters,easy to read use instructions, and color-coded rings for different family members. Future plans include labels that self-destruct (or at least change color) when expired, and a slide out magnifying lens. Problems: 5 percent of the population is color blind. Second, since the bottle is upside-down (to allow wrap-around labels) you can't use the cap as a tray. Many folks who take multiple medications use the cap from one bottle to collect all the pills they plan to take right then. Can't do that with this design.
Amtrak's flagship service, the Acela, which run between Boston and Washington D.C. have been sidelined. Again. Inspectors found problems with the train's braking system, and have pulled the high speed rail cars from service. This is not the first time that the Acela has had problems, but it is hard to say if Amtrak is being overly cautious or not. While I'm not advocating risking lives, this latest issue may prove fatal for the already troubled Amtrak.
Let's not forget that all new forms of transportation have had problems and casualties in their early years. Rail travel in particular was extremely hazardous at first. The lack of signals, communication, or common time standards let to many collisions. The technology of the day (pre ~1860) could not easily produce rolled steel or even wrought iron rails. As a substitute, strap iron was often laid on top of wooden rails. The stress of the passing trains would often cause the iron to curl in a phenomenon called a snakehead, skewering wooden cars and fragile passengers.
My point is this: The first time you do anything, you are likely to get part of it wrong. Engineering builds on past experiences. You have to persevere.
T-Mobile is offering on-line access to cellular coverage maps that are detailed down to the street level. All the carriers must have this kind of information, but no one has made it available to consumers before. Just type in an address, and see the coverage. Or navigate from the country sized map to zero in on an area.
That was the prediction when the ban on Evil Assault Weapons ended, not with a bang but with a whimper, last September. Now even the New York Times, not known as a bastion of second amendment rights is admitting that the effect on crime and violence has been zero. Some of the bans advocates are in denial, and now say there never really was a ban anyway, so its lapse makes no difference. Senator Dianne Feinstein, as usual, is even more remote from reality, and claims that the ban was working.
I've been trying to ignore the whole iPod mania, waiting for PDAs with enough storage to do dual-service as realistic MP3 players. The convergence of PDAs, MP3 players, phones, and, yes, cameras is inevitable, so I'm trying to skip a generation here. Having said that, neat engineering is still neat engineering. Case in point, the Trypod portable speaker. Designed for the iPod Shuffle, but should work with any device with the same sized jack.
It's Fermi's Paradox. Why can't we hear anyone out there? Jill Tarter, Director of the Center for SETI Research, says she gets asked if everyone else is just listening all the time. Maybe, if they are smarter than we are, that's exactly what is going on. We should refer to the Three Laws of Alien Contact proposed by Pellegrino and Zebrowski in "The Killing Star". Loosely paraphrased, the laws are:
Or at least the feds won't be able to if a bill proposed by Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) passes. Seems that companies like AccuWeather and The Weather Channel don't like the competition. Never mind that much of their input data comes from National Weather Service sources. I don't normally favor governments competing with private enterprise, but in this case the government collects the data for lots of reasons of its own, and since the taxpayers are footing the bill, they might as well get the results.
Santorum has been cited for his business associations before. Some refer to his constituency as R-Wal-Mart.
Officials at the Denver International Airport recently required two traveling penguins from Seaworld in San Diego to pass through the metal detector. I wonder what they thought they could be hiding? I wonder where they thought they could be hiding something? This lack of common sense boggles the mind. Perhaps I just boggle easily.
Netdisaster.com. You get a selection of choices allowing you to dynamically deface any web page. As in this screenshot from O-n-A getting attacked by flying saucers with energy weapons (flash required). Fortunately, they offer an auto-repair function to fix the damage.
At least in the geek community. First BoingBoing reported that Firefox had outstripped IE as the browser used most frequently to access the site. Today, the Red Ferret Journal reported that Firefox accounts for 59% of their readership. Among the O-n-A readership, IE still leads nearly 2 to 1. I suppose I have a less geeky readership. As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him think.
Bruce Schneier, security technologist and author, has introduced a new symbol to "represent the right to privacy and anonymity in the information age." It will be interesting to see how this fares. It is certainly a more practical emblem than the Creative Communist symbol that Bill Gates inadvertently spawned early this year.
BoingBoing points to an Action-figure illustrated story of Passover. Since many of the Golden Age (and Silver Age) comics were written on the east coast, many of their creators, like Stan Lee or Siegel and Shuster tended to be Jewish. Now I can't remember a single classic superhero who took Saturdays off, but here is a speculative look at the ever-lovin' Thing of the Fantastic Four discovering his roots. Lots of other interesting comic parodies too.
The latest research shows that frequent masturbating could protect against prostate cancer. The study by the Cancer Council Victoria in Melbourne, Australia suggests that the more men ejaculate between the ages of 20 and 50, the lower their risk of developing prostate cancer. No comment on the effect on hair growth on your palms.
The Texas state legislature is considering a bill that would require Texans show ID in order to vote. This doesn't mean showing a voter registration card, it means showing a government issued ID. While this seems reasonable on the surface, it actually means that every adult would have to register with some government agency or other. Of course, the feds want centralize all driver's licenses, the most common form of ID. De facto national identity cards.
In typical fashion, one branch of the US government is banning agencies from specifying brands like Intel or Microsoft in procurement contracts, while at the same time another area is building a process that forces anyone applying for a government grant to use MS Windows. The Grants.gov website will become the sole submission point for all grant requests, and they have announced plans to require all proposals to be formatted with the PureEdge form generator, a tool that runs only under Windows on an x86 platform. So much for competition.
Despite the endless stories about cell phones blowing up gas pumps, gas stations in parts of Michigan will begin offering WiFi service to customers. For a fee, of course. Given the short duration of a fill-up, it hardly seems worth it to me to get on line. Unless, we return to the long gas lines of the early '70s...
The British tabloid The Sun is trying to save, as they phrase it, "two of Britain's most outstanding monuments" (NSFW), Katie Price's boobs. The model had enhanced her original 32B assets to 32FF, but now says they are a little too big. She plans to have the implants removed/reduced. In response to the news, the Sun tried to get cooperation from Britain's National Trust, but the preservation group declined, citing the non-natural qualities of Jordan's monuments. The Sun is famous for its daily Page 3 Girls, pictures of topless women. Try to imagine the issue even coming up in America.
The U.N. General Assembly unanimously approved a treaty on Wednesday outlawing the use of nuclear weapons by terrorists. That should certainly stop any self-respecting terrorist. Just think of the fine they would get!
The SciFi Channel has announced their slate of shows for next season. Among a raft of other insipid looking offerings, they plan to resurrect Irwin Allen's 1960s schlock series the Time Tunnel. The premise is that two researchers are being bounced all over history as an excuse to write in guest stars and bad plots. In a Roddenberry-esque dynastic move, the series will be produced by Allen's wife.
The Revenge of the Sith will be here next month, and the proximity has driven those cute and innocuous M&M candies to the Dark Side, The dark chocolate side that is. In another of that great series of TV commercials, M&Ms spoofs Star Wars as only they can.
They call this concept FemDefence (sic), and it is intended as a final protection against unwanted intercourse, aka rape. It is designed along the lines of a tampon with a springloaded needle at one end. Reminds me of stories from the Vietnam war where VC women would allegedly insert things like razor blades to catch unwary GIs. I suppose the string is to facilitate removal, though I it might be how the thing is triggered. To me, the string looks like a fuse. Fortunately, the whole idea is still on the drawing board. Pity the woman who puts one of these in backwards!
King County Executive Ron Sims appointed a 10-member blue-ribbon commission to review the 200 elections this week. Cheryl Scott was named to head the group. Ms. Scott was a major contributor to both parties in the Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, and even gave some money to Rossi. Sims himself ran and lost in last year's disputed Governor's race. Does this seem a bit of a conflict of interest to anyone else? Meanwhile, the elected part of the County Commission has decided to appoint its own panel to conduct a review. Meanwhile, Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed will appoint his own review panel. Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? Once again, your tax dollars at work. No word yet if the Girl Scouts will be conducting their own inquiry.
Now we are only as bad as the rest of the country. Joy!
I wasn't going to do any more lists for a bit, but this one was too good to pass up:
|3CPU - 3PO's multiprocessor brother
|Chewbacco - The chaw spittin' Wookiee
|Darth Humongous - The well-endowed Sith
|Tango Fett - The dirty dancing bounty hunter
|Senator Palpitations - The heart-attack-prone senator
|Mannequin Skywalker - Anakin's acting double
|Obi-Wan Cannoli - Ben's italian cousin
|Han Acompañado - Han Solo's courteous, friendly, evil twin
"Since 1992, the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has celebrated the birth and ideals of its namesake by calling attention to those who in the past year forgot or disregarded Mr. Jefferson's admonition that freedom of speech 'cannot be limited without being lost.'" The center has announced its picks for the Muzzle Awards for 2005. The list includes:
The Museum of Hoaxes has collected what they feel to be the Top 100 April Fool's Hoaxes of All Time. Personally, I don't see how the list can be complete without mentioning NPR's story on the coast-to-coast coffee pipeline for Starbucks, which unfortunately was a bit too long ago for the web..
"On the 18 of August, [], I arrived at the White House with rifle in hand, and was immediately ushered into the executive room. I found the president alone." The missing piece in that quotation is that the year was 1863. Christopher Spencer had walked up to the White House carrying one of his new, 7-round lever-action rifles. Not only did no one panic, but Spencer and Abraham Lincoln went out on the Mall for a little target practice.
How things have changed! Outside the U.S. Capitol today, police tackled a man to the ground, dragged him away by his arms, arrested him, and blew up one of his suitcases. His crime? He didn't want to talk to the Capitol Police! He was standing outside the building with two suitcases, and when asked what he wanted, he told police he wished to see the president, but declined to answer further questions. He told them that if they wanted to know what was in the suitcases, they could look for themselves. No bombs were ultimately found, and the man had to be treated for injuries he received in the incident. Despite the obviously urgent nature of the threat, TV crews had plenty of time to set up and film the whole thing.
How about a little perspective and civility?
Last week King County discovered 93 absentee ballots still uncounted in their envelopes. Friday they found another one! An additional fourteen turned up in Pierce County. More fuel to the state Republican Party's challenge to Gov. Christine Gregoire's 129-vote victory over Dino Rossi. Seems that Winston Churchill was right.
The top ten 10 Manly Man drinks, according to AskMen.com. Not sure who they asked to determine this. I was at least OK with the list up to number 7. Check here for more recipes.
Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire (we'll get back to the validity of the election later) signed a bill this week permitting saying bad things about a female 12 or older that could injure her reputation or expose her to contempt. Unless she is a prostitute. Then it was already OK. What Gregoire really did was sign the repeal of one of Washington's obsolete laws, this one dating back to 1909.
Of more practical interest, the state Legislature repealed a ban on Sunday liquor sales which dated to the mid-19th century. Since the state directly controls all the liquor stores in Washington, don't look for a big change overnight. 20 of the state's 162 outlets will start opening on Sundays, and an unknown number of the 154 contract stores may do so. For reference, San Francisco alone has 219 liquor stores just in the city. Anyone remember something called Free Enterprise?
Combine Craigslist real estate ads with Google Maps and what do you get? An up to date, graphic display of all the listings in Craiglist cities, sorted by price. And if you were asleep earlier in the semester, you can even get satellite views of properties now on Google. Well, not inside the apartments.
Boeing has actually asked the U.S. government for permission to harass Pacific Harbor Seals. Really. Seems they want to dredge the harbor near Vandenberg Air Force Base, and the harbor seals, elephant seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals just won't get with the program. Duh!
Microsoft is slipping the release date for their promised new operating system yet again. Is anyone surprised? Wired suggests it should be called Longwait! eWeek calls it Shorthorn.
How can you fight the 800 pound gorilla? Last year, Kent State student David Zamos earned approximately $3,500. Microsoft's income was $38 billion. But Zamos won the fight.
Zamos decided to sell new student copies of Microsoft Windows and Office XP Pro he had bought but did not to open. He put them for sale on eBay. Microsoft tried to block the sale, but finally it was completed
Then Microsoft sued for damages. Zamos filed a counterclaim. Finally, Zamos requested a trial by jury, knowing that the company wouldn't want to spend tens of thousands of dollars in legal bills just to snuff one kid in Ohio. He was right. The lawyers said they'd drop their suit -- if Zamos dropped his countersuit. He did. Then he went to the media. Chalk one up for the little guy.
Sony has patented a new technology that could transmit smells, tastes and perhaps even the feel of things directly into your brain. The technique is non-invasive. It uses pulses of ultrasound aimed at the head to modify firing patterns in specific parts of the brain. This creates "sensory experiences" ranging from moving images to tastes and sounds. It could also give blind or deaf people a way to see or hear. While few details have been released, independent experts say that what they have seen is at least plausible.
57-year-old Mike Bolesta of Baltimore was told that installation was free when he bought a new car stereo at BestBuy. Then, after it was installed, they told him "Just kidding", and socked him with a bill for $114. Bolesta, a tour operator decided to pay with $2 bills, which he uses as part of his business. The clerk at BestBuy refused to take them. Then she noticed that the serial numbers were sequential. Bolesta tried to explain, "I've got thousands of these bills. I get them from my bank. You got a problem, call the bank." Enter the police, who arrested Bolesta and took him to jail, where he sat handcuffed to a pole and in leg irons while the Secret Service was called. "At this point," he says, "I'm a mass murderer!" Secret Service agent Leigh Turner eventually arrived and declared the bills legit. Of course, BestBuy is noted for their great customer service. No word if the store finally waived the install fee.
For those with empty space in their 19" racks, and bottles of wine they really want unchilled, Gizmodo points to this indispensable 3U wine rack. Only £39.00 plus international shipping.
And Chicago, and Los Angeles, and Miami. Flocks of Monk Parakeets (also known as Quaker Parrots) have set up housekeeping in cities across North America. Despite the taxonomic confusion over their name, the birds have adapted to the cold weather, and are competing with native species like pigeons, and other invaders like house sparrows.
According to Aunty-Spam, phishers are purchasing ads on search engines such as Google, putting up fake travel sites offering cheap airline tickets, and then stealing credit card numbers. To add insult to injury, once the credit card data have been entered, an error page is displayed telling the user that the transaction has been unsuccessful, and offering instructions on how to pay for the ticket by postal money order! Is this properly phishing or a form of pharming?
Via of Bbspot.com:
|Company now requires punching out to use the bathroom
|You're operating too efficiently, finishing all your work well before the end of the day and therefore must slow down
|You accidentally discovered how Office Jesus makes the coffee
|Yesterday you passed a coffee bean
|You're disturbing your cubicle neighbours with screams of "Get them off me! Get them off me!" while you tear at your skin
|A homeless family has moved into your coffe mug
|It's time to give up on your effort to prove the "100 cups of coffee" effect shown in Futurama
|You were caught calling the brewer "my precious"
|Your pee is sold as an energy drink
|You haven't slept since the last Pope died
Animated music video testimony via 3 Blind Mice. Form your own opinion.
If you own one of the Senseo coffee makers, you know that they are very convenient when you only want one or two cups. But the pods they use are a little expensive, and can be hard to find. As in, there ain't no stores in my area that seem to carry them. People have been trying to roll their own pods, but so far the success rate has been low, and the PITA factor high. Single Serve Coffee.com has been following the market for a while, and now has posted a link to a site with incredibly simple directions for using any kind of coffee you want. The is even a 30 second video, which doesn't seem to be needed, which is good since I couldn't get the video portion to display. YMMV.
A woman in Myanmar (Burma) has agreed to breastfeed two newborn Bengal tiger cubs at the Yangon (Rangoon) Zoological Gardens after they had to be separated from their aggressive mother. Tiger cubs start growing their teeth at two weeks. Ouch!
No, it's not do-it-yourself anesthesia. The Karaoke muzzle is designed to let you practice that most Japanese form of self-gratification without riling up the neighbors. No word on when this vital accessory will be on sale locally.
I've said for years that if someone wants to intentionally kill themselves or others, that access to a gun does not make a significant difference. Individuals have gone berserk and committed mass murders since the time of Ugh the caveman. Case in point: A man went on a rampage this weekend in a church in Stuttgart, Germany. He attacked a congregation of about forty, killing one and wounding at least three. His weapon of choice? A sword. "Severed limbs were lying all round the church," a police spokeswoman said.
I'm a couple of days late with this, but the folks at Broadband Reports have collected this list of April Fool's reports:
A compendium of recipes that I certainly wouldn't serve at a cocktail party. These include:
There are fifteen hospitals in King County, according to these folks. Now you can rate them to find out which are the best. They must be correct. They're from the government.
Lot's of April 1st gags today, including this one from the folks at Wiki, and couple at Google. Thene there is the BG review in Wired. I hope. And I'm still not 100% sure about the story in Pubic Transportation. The sources are odd.
Today's issue of Wired News has an article acclaiming Bellybutton Galactica as "Not merely great science fiction -- it's great TV." This is an April Fools joke, right? As I've implied here before, the new Galactica series is one of the worst pieces of drivel ever. It's nothing but a droll soap set in a spaceship. It's even worse than the eminently forgettable Lexx. It's worse than Star Trek Voyager, and that's pretty awful. The original Star Trek was called "Wagon Train with spaceships." I don't know that there has ever been a really great SF TV series, but the new BG sure ain't it!


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This long break from home games is a killer for the fans, especially since we are losing on this road trip. Hopefully next year, we will have a more even schedule.
Wow, it's been incredibly slow on the Rainmen front as of late. Still no word on what exactly is happening with the roster, though it's safe to assume that the Caro rumours will not come to be. Two quick bits of info:
– The Rainmen went to Truro to help with a fundraiser for the Bathurst High School basketball team (or a fund for the families, it's not totally clear). Obviously a good idea on the Rainmen's part. One of the problems with tragedies like this is that you want to be able to do something to help or express sympathy, but you just don't know what to do. CBC television said that they'll be covering it tonight on the news which is a nice PR boost as well.
edit: I saw the piece. 500 people in the gym for a game between a junior high team and community members. The Rainmen coached and refereed and Crookshank and Richard looked like they were great with the kids (couldn't see anyone else in the piece). Definately impressive. I really think that the Rainmen players in general are really good character guys. The guys on the team definately deserve better than the ABA.
– Planning for college night seems to be going well. SMU quarterback Erik Glavic will the 13th man (which people have said is obvious for a long time), tickets are $10 for students, there will be "indoor tailgating," and halftime may include a hilarious event that I will tell you all about later. My one concern is that I haven't seen much promotion on campus at King's/Dal. It's still 2 weeks out, though. So I guess we'll see.

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Columbus in Muscogee County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
"Ma" Rainey Home
Erected 1988 by Historic Chattahoochee Commission and Friends of Ma Rainey.
Location. 32° 27.676′ N, 84° 59.182′ W. Marker is in Columbus, Georgia, in Muscogee County. Marker is on 5th Avenue 0 miles north of 8th Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 803 5th Avenue, Columbus GA 31901, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Spencer House (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Friendship Baptist Church (about 600 feet away); First African Baptist Church Ninth Street Branch YMCA (about 700 feet away); Holsey Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Mildred L. Terry Branch Library (approx. ¼ mile away); Temple Israel (approx. ¼ mile away); "Columbus Stockade Blues" (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbus.
Also see . . .
1. Gertrude "Ma" Rainey - New Georgia Encyclopedia. (Submitted on May 27, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.)
2. Louis Armstrong & Ma Rainey performing - You Tube. (Submitted on May 27, 2011, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Categories. • African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on May 21, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 708 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 21, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.


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When the weather is nice, there is no question that we would prefer to spend all of our time outside. There is something so luxurious about outdoor living. Any activity, whether it is eating, reading the paper, or simply sitting down and relaxing, suddenly becomes much more enjoyable when it's taking place outside. Of course, in order to truly take advantage of the benefits of the outdoor world at your home, you need to have a living space set up in the open air. Today on homify, we look at some sunny and inspiring examples of outdoor living spaces designed by our own Indian experts!
One popular way to gain outdoor living space is through the use of a deck. Here, for the Ghose House, Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects have included a deck that expands the internal living space into the outside world. The wooden beams of the deck and its wooden furniture match well with the warm colours of the home's facade, to create a uniform, inclusive feeling. The glass folding doors are also an important part of the design: they ensure that the boundary between in and out remains fluid and transparent, so that the deck, although it is under the sky and exposed to the elements, feels like just as much a part of the home as the indoor living room.
Often, when we picture an outdoor living space, we think of an area dominated by plants and constructed with wood and other natural materials. This terrace, designed by Mumbai-based architects SHROFFLEóN, shows that this does not always have to be the case. The outdoor space pictured, is notable for its sleek, modern look. The angular, white furniture and railing bring an almost minimalist look to the space. Perhaps most memorable about the living area are the rectangular lights, set into the ground in a mosaic arrangement that references both traditional tiled terraces and modern lighting design. They bring a festive vibe to the space, making it perfect for outdoor entertaining.
One of the most luxurious outdoor living spaces is the poolside sitting area. This impressive space, designed by Class Apart interior designers and decorators, uses an Asian influence combined with rich, warm colours to create as space that is beautiful and relaxing. The abundance of comfy furniture, from the covered couch at the end of the pool, to the hanging, nest-like seat on the side, is calling out for you to come and relax with a cool drink and a magazine. With an outdoor area this inviting, you are sure to want to spend all you time here!
Another classic outdoor living space, the large, open yard is a perfect choice for those with small children who need room to run around and play outdoors. In addition to the kid-friendly lawn, this space by RD's Design Center includes a number of more adult friendly features, like the beautiful stone terrace – a perfect place to add some outdoor furniture, and the interesting wall design, which brings a contemporary, fashionable touch to the yard.
One of the best reasons to set up an outdoor living space is to give yourself the option to dine in the open air. This home, by Hiren Patel Architects, features a lovely outdoor dining area. As in most successful outdoor spaces, the yard of this home has been carefully designed to reflect and complement the facade of the house and the existing interior décor. The star of the space is clearly this unique, elegant table, cut from what appears to be large, solid pieces of wood. A perfect place for tea under the sunny sky!
Here we have an example of a home that redefines the idea of an outdoor living space. The award winning studio LIJO.RENY.architects, has succeeded in designing a home that artfully integrates nature and structure, creating a house where the outside is inside. Here, in the middle of the floor, we find a garden, which is exposed to natural light through the skylight window above. The effect is of an indoor courtyard, a place where you can experience the natural benefits of outdoor living, while still standing inside your own home.


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The 14th annual Queensland Supply Chain and Logistics Conference program is now available with an extensive line-up of senior executive guest speakers.
To be held on Thursday the 29th and Friday the 30th of August at the Sofitel Hotel Brisbane, the Queensland Supply Chain & Logistics Conference is ideally suited for Supply Chain, Logistics, Transport and Procurement professionals and practitioners.
A uniquely-styled educational event, the conference is designed for both professional and personal development in a most-relaxed environment. This year's theme is 'Supply Chain Sustainability: Exploring its impact on you and your business'.
Guest speakers at the prestigious event include Robert Allan, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Wolf Holdings, David Overall, Chief Executive Officer, Downer EDI Mining, Phillip Di Bella, Managing Director, Di Bella Coffee and Richard Hancock, Chief Executive Officer, National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR).
Additional speakers include John Hands, Chief Supply & Information Officer, Collins Foods Limited, Mary Goodwin, Assistant Director-General, Procurement Transformation Division, Department of Housing and Public Works, Roger McNeill, Chief Procurement Officer, Enterprise Procurement, Aurizon Sharyn Scriven, Group Manager Procurement & Supply, Procurement, People & Services, ENERGEX Limited, and Paul Kahlert, General Manager, All Purpose Transport.
The second day of the conference will be broken up into three Advanced Workshops for high-end hands-on personal and professional development.
The Queensland Supply Chain & Logistics Conference is organised by leading industry associations the Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia , (SCLAA) the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP), QUT School of International Business, CIPS Australia, the Australasian Production and Inventory Control Society (apicsAU) and the South East Queensland Procurement Network Group.
2013 Partners to date include: Haymans Electrical & Data Suppliers, Konica Minolta, Office Max, Royal Wolf, Staples, CNW Electrical, Davidson Recruitment, All Purpose Transport, Closed Loop Environmental Services, Corporate Scorecard, Cyberscience, Energex Limited, Enterprise Workforce Solutions, Open Windows, Transpacific Industries Group and UQ Business School.


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On Point
Star Spangled Banner
I saw this flag painted on the entire side of a building. I turned my car around and drove back and took this picture.
Two Clicks and I'm Gone
Flame Thrower
Happy Birthday America
A Cool Ride
It Doesn't Always Have To Be Predictable
We are built for movement. Start moving your mind, body, and emotions towards a higher dimension. No one can do this for you. Listen to your soul's voice.
Happy Days
Happy Days
I Am Becoming Transparent
I am safe now. I allow others to see my inner beauty while keeping my boundaries.
Turquoise signifies the God of the Sky Alive in the Earth
Up Town
Yellow Rose
On Course
Ready for Some Color
Ready for some Color
Bushell of Apples
On Island Time
The Land Of The Free
An Empty Canvas
An Empty Canvas
Keeping It Real
This image reminds me not to hide behind "Staying Busy" as a way of coping.
I can stop check in with myself and feel what I need to feel. This is a way I can be loving to myself. Listen to my feelings just like I would listen to a dear friend.
Key West
Night Life
The New Little Red Riding Hood
Off to Grandma's house we go
Lollipop Lollipop
Peacock Feathers
Tired of Living Small
I was the Shy Catapiller
From Heart to Hand
Born to Be Creative
Staying Connected
After the Boas, Feathers and Fans
Attitude Will Always Trump Over Age
Wolves do not scare me
Standing Tall
Peppermint Candy
Orange It Is
Spirals of Red
Red is a power color. We can send out power by staying centered on what is important to us.
Places to Go People to See
Freedom is Oxygen for the Soul
Life is Good
Retro Glam
Pretty Camouflage
No Longer A Caterpiller
Holding onto a certain role or identity stops the flow of our aliveness.
Ladies Without Competition
God's Grace
Strong Willed
It's My Season
It's My Season
With or Without You
Look at me
It's Got To Be Pink
Keep Your Heart Open Love Will Find A Way
Red Rose
Feelings of Love, Beauty, Courage and Respect. I am allowing these feeling to unfold inside of me.
Native Inspiration
Taking In Some Rays
Fun Pop Art
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In addition to hosting a forum for top East Asian talent agencies to share their management know-how, Busan's upcoming Asian Film Market will give these companies the opportunity to promote their stars.
Top regional agencies, including South Korean giants JYP Entertainment and SM Entertainment, will take part in an event dubbed "Star Line-Up" on Oct. 7. Also slated to join is Easy Entertainment, one of China's first talent agencies to represent not only actors but also directors, screenwriters and other talent working behind-the-scene. Each management company or talent agency will be given 30 minutes to introduce its actors and actresses.
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Later he removed from both his Twitter and Instagram bio the fact that he is a Real Madrid player, which again got United fans very excited.
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First, it appears that the observatory at Cazalla (that's the one on your right just before heading down towards Tarifa) has been closed with heavy machinery in there.
Also, the road westwards from the mirador del Estrecho westwards has got worse and unless something very expensive is done to remedy incipient slips with drops of up to 2 cms in the road surface and the seaward side, I reckon that if there is heavy rain there could well be some major land slips which will make going down there a major task.
Birding was good, with the White Storks (cigüeñas blancas) coming in and there were possibly as many as 1.500, although this is a very crude estimate, but few Glossy Ibises (moritos). At leasst 4 Green Sandpipers (andarríos grande) flushed out of the rice fields, but all that is jumping ahead somewhat as there was the usual male Stonechat (tarabilla común) awaitng me as I started off down the track.
As expected, the most numerous was Marsh Harrier (aguilucho lagunero), with at least 10 females and juveniles and a couple of nice males, although as my counting was not particularly accurate that number is almost certainly on the low side. Along the canal bank track there were very good views of a Black-shouldered Kite (elanio común) which was using its incredible sight to spot what one must presume were voles, and at one point it parachuted down, wings held aloft but missed the target. Later, down the central track, another, less shy, bird gave good views.
I had distant views of a distant subadult Bonelli's Eagle (aguila perdicera) and it was along there that I also saw two Hobbies (alcotán), one giving excellent views of this lovely, long winged falcon, as it shot southwards at high speed.
A very distant flock of Griffon Vultures (buitre leonado) was guesstimated at ca. 100 birds and later another group of 50 was briefly visible, these now starting to build up as the juveniles and some immatures start their annual migration and it will be quite possible to see biggish movements of these along the sierras if Andalucía, whilst almost certainly some, exhausted, will land in the most improbable places, often in villages and cities, occasionally on a motorway, and the police and/or guardia civil will be called out to remove it, a task I'm certain that many will not relish. A single juvenile Egyptian Vulture (alimoche) has been around La Janda for a while and it made a brief appearance to help boost the total.
Both species of Kestrel (cernicalo vulgar y cernicalo primilla) were seen and there were also several Common Buzzards (busardo), a pair of which hold a territory up at the NW corner. It was nice to see the first Hen Harrier (aguilucho pálido) (a juvenile) and later on, a superb male which really was the icing on the cake.
golondrina común) all day, not massive numbers but a constant trickle and presumably feeding over the rice paddies as they went, and also a few Sand Martins (avión zapador). I must admit that I paid little attention to passerines but the white rumps of Northern Wheatears (collalba gris) are virtually unmissable and I saw at least 5, one of these very probably of the larger and more strongly coloured Greenland race, plus a flock of some 50 or so Yellow Wagtails (lavandera boyera) amongst the many flocks of sparrows and finches, including Linnets (pardillos).
However, the bird of the day was a distant, big, dark lump sitting in a field which I mentally marked down as a juv. Marsh Harrier (aguilucho lagunero), or until it took wing when it was definitely not a Marsh Harrier. It was too big by far, too broad in the wing with at least 6 primary 'fingers', a basically dark grey-brown with a new moon shaped, off-white, rump. It sat on an irrigation boom at around 400m range whilst I 'scoped it, pondered as to what it was, cursed the basic lack of any really outstanding features, and took a description over the next 20 minutes or so, during which time it took off and did a circle, thus revealing a dark underwing. Eventually it took off and vanished over the hillside. And I was still none the wiser as to what it was as I don't carry a field guide with me but did take two pages of field notes, although I was thinking in terms of adult Lesser Spotted Eagle (águila moteada), an age group I have never seen.
Later that afternoon, once home I consulted with the various guides, including Dick Forsman's, and discarded the adult Lesser Spotted in favour of adult Spotted Eagle (águila clanga) on the basis of darkness of plumage and what it didn't show. Time and the Spanish Rarities Committee will tell.


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Another look at the frozen waterfall in LaSalle Canyon, part of Starved Rock State Park in north central Illinois. The alternating warm/cold days added some dynamics to the ice formations that generally form in these canyons.
During the cold temperatures, the waterfalls froze, creating intricate pillars of ice clinging to the top of the rock outcroppings - much like stalactites. The water that dripped to the ground, gathered and froze, creating mounds of round ice - much like stalagmites. Eventually they join together to form a thick column of ice.
With the fluctuations in weather, the columns of ice have fallen to the ground in piles at the base of the falls. These chunks of ice measured about 4 feet in length and over a foot in diameter. The intricate patterns created by the dripping water made these columns appear like giant mineral crystals.
LaSalle Canyon is one of the few canyons in Starved Rock State Park where one can easily walk behind the waterfall - frozen or liquid. In fact, the trail leads you under the outcropping. This provides a unique view of the canyon in any season. Many of the other falls can be accessed from behind if hikers don't mind crawling, climbing, or getting wet.
Looking past the waterfall, the expanse of the canyon comes into view; however, from this angle, one can only see about 1/8 of the length of the canyon. The walk to and from the falls can be just as interesting as the falls themselves.
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It seems that the new law is a sledgehammer-to-crack-a-nut over-reaction to Da Boyz impressing young ladies over at Khalid Lagoon. There's nothing quite as effective as a 130dB exhaust and some smoking tyres to make yourself Attractive To Ladies. Hence the Sharjah-wide ban on such immorality. Cars are evidently morally upstanding, or else less attractive to the fine ladies of Sharjah.
The ban on bicycles seems to be the resurrection of a previous edict from Sharjah government back in 2006. The novelty of enforcing this ban wore off after a couple of weeks, so there's little reason for believing that things will be significantly different this time.
Why noise abatement should affect pedal cycles in any way, and how any of this business is related to camping and wearing decent dresses is a mystery. I guess the paper chose to throw all the "and while we're on the subject of Sharjah…" stories into the same article.
While researching material for this post, I did discover that banning motorcycles is not without precedent. In August 2013, Brent Council in North London introduced a similar scheme to address problems of motorcycle hooliganism near the Ace Café.
From the comments: 'Motorcycle Action Group Chairman John Mitchell added: "This traffic order is a blunt instrument that flies in the face of natural justice and represents the kind of social profiling that would not be tolerated in other contexts." ' Such as, for example, banning football fans from Wembley Stadium (also in the London Borough of Brent) in case hooliganism might otherwise break out.
Back to Sharjah, has anyone actually considered the practical effects of an emirate-wide ban on motorbikes? Evidently not Amira Agarib over at Khaleej Times who seem to have regurgitated press releases without so much as asking, "But, Brigadier, what if…?"
A biker who lives in Sharjah has got to be home before 10pm, presumably. When is he allowed out again? Midnight? 4am? 6am?
Does the curfew seriously apply only to main roads? Perhaps after a riotous night out on Buhairah Corniche smoking shisha and eating shawarmas, we can sneak back to other emirates on the back streets. Yes, those back streets that weave between residential tower blocks in Al Khan and Abu Shagara.
Actually, the emirate of Sharjah is a big place. According to Khaleej Times, his bike ban applies to all main roads throughout the emirate, so expect to be nicked as you head along the Emirates Road from Dubai to Ras Al Khaimah. Don't plan on returning from Fujairah after an evening of drinking coffee next to the Gulf of Oman. Will there be huge traffic signs on the Emirates Road, warning bikers not to enter Sharjah at night?
Meanwhile, what about four-wheeled hooligans revving their V8s in the middle of the night until the valves bounce? There have been tales of vehicles being confiscated for precisely this offence, but I wonder why only two wheelers have now been singled out for pre-emptive action. No, we do not all have stupidly loud exhausts, and most of us have enough common decency to keep the noise and speed down in urban areas.
Here's a thought: How about the police pulling over and ticketing everyone who's making an antisocial racket, and leave the law-abiding majority alone?
Finally, spare a thought for those residents who will now not receive timely delivery of their take-away food. If the delivery boys can't operate after 10pm, which the new law says they can't, late night snacks won't be possible, the general health of Sharjah's population will improve, and everyone except KFC and Pizza Hut will be happy.


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Not to mention it's pretty difficult for us, the readers, to figure out which rules science can and can't break.
For example, can Smiles replicate existing fruit effects?
Can Smiles replicate effects of other Smiles?
Because we know for normal devil fruits, only one instance of an ability can exist in the world at any one time.
You know it suddenly occurred to me. We have NEVER seen a tree that grows Devil Fruit have we?
|2012-11-22, 09:25
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I honestly don't think Kaidou is the one with the Devil Fruit army. There are a few clues behind this. When Law went to convince Luffy of his plan, Luffy agreed as soon as he heard what Youkou he would be targeting. One can assume this is Big Mam, as he already has animosity with them
Secondly, Nami was there when the discussion took place. She didn't vocalize any objections; if luffy was planning to take on another Yonkou, she'd be off her head
Thirdly is the mysterious form of Pekoms. Perhaps artificial devil fruits have different properties than actual devil fruits, maybe they can coexist with two devil fruits. Hence why pekoms looked like a Lion (artifical devil fruit) as well as having turtle abilities (actual devil fruit). But thats just speculation. I think Kaidou's plot point will be behind the Mermaid Princess more than anything.
|2012-11-22, 11:39
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I dunno, Pekoms strikes me as being sort of like Bepo.... an actual talking furry whose appearance is actually unrelated to a fruit. I mean, we never had any prior indication that Bepo is/was human, and the fact that he showed interest in female bears rather than human women further leads me to believe that he's just a talking bear (unless he's a man with some bizarre bear fetish or something ).
But like I said in my last post, the main reason I don't suspect Charlotte is because she seems more interested in candy than creating a powerful beast army. But I guess I can some of her officers being interested in consolidating the crew's power with such forces, as long as they're able to keep Big Mama happy with their endless supplies of sweet, sweet candy.....
|2012-11-22, 13:43
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After reading many of the posts here Im starting to change my mind about Kaidou being the zoan army warlord because big mama has been been teased, she;s got beef withe Luffy and also the peakom's paradox but ultimately it would give the straw hats more incentive to take her down besides the struggle of fish-man candy.
In the end I'm not bothered who it is just as long as Luffy gets into a bad ass fight and kicks some ass because thats really all we want right? =)
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We don't need another Yonkou as SH ally.
They already have tons of both ex and present Shichibukai, An ex-admiral, high members of revolutionaries, multiple kingdoms, one Yonkou, former Whitebeard pirates, all as friends or potential allies.
We need good quality villains, and Kaidou being yet another ally would be very anti-climactic.
I can see being good terms with Big Mam AFTER massive conflict and eventual defeat though.
|2012-11-23, 07:07
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^Personally, I still expect Shanks and Luffy to fight one day. They are certainly allies of sorts, but I have also always seen them as rivals of sorts as well (more so on Luffy's end).
That being said, I vastly prefer Kaidou as a villian as well. He has cast such a sinister presence over the series, it's hard to imagine him as an ally.
|2012-11-23, 10:51
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I'm with you on Big Mom not being the one too,she cares for candy more than anything else,really doubt she's the one in charge of the army.
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|2012-11-23, 16:57
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Yeah, "Smile" in this case refers to the synthetic fruits that CC is producing, not Dofla's jolly roger. Not that I doubt there's a connection between them, but I was specifically talking about the fruits.
I dunno.... to be honest, I sort of doubt that Luffy will ever have a proper reunion with Shanks. Mainly because I have a strong feeling that Blackbeard will kill him before (or by the time) that Luffy reaches him. It's kinda like how a few years back many people figured that Luffy would eventually fight Ace and Whitebeard before the events leading up to Marineford surfaced.....
|2012-11-24, 10:28
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I would be surprised if Luffy fights Donflamingo before going after a Yonkou, unless he is in the way of getting to the Yonkou.
Little rant. Donflamingo thinks long term. Suspect he has other plans as well beyond the artificial fruits. He profits from war and will continue to put himself in a position to be a broker. In fact he has ordered the destruction of the SAD production room, LAW to be killed and for CC and Monet to return. I think Law's plan is to take down the Yonkou that depends on a Zoan army by devising a way to negate the artificial DF. Not sure on who the Yonkou is, but its probably Big Mom. Shanks: has own power and doesn't seem like the kind of leader that would have this type of army, BlackBeard: has own way to get DF fruits and is looking for powerful ones not just zoans, Kaidou: too early to introduce yet another yonkou imho. This gives Luffy and Law the means to attack Big Mom. They will probably team up with Kid, Apoo and Hawkins. Whose help they will need since I think Donflamingo will step in to help the Yonkou whose devil fruit army with be negated, in order to protect his reputation. (if not he has some other weapons which are better?), heck Crocodile might even come into the mix and replace Donflamingo if one of Kid, Apoo or Hawkins don't want it. If the supernovas don't come together they may take out two Yonkous and really bring in the new age, Kid and Luffy become Yonkous?
Rant over
|2012-11-24, 12:02
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With all that being said, I have a strong suspicion Kaido is the one doing business with Doflamingo.
|2012-11-24, 12:29
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That being said, it is true that Kaidou and Shanks likely didn't fight. Negotiating, maybe, if so what?
Kaidou seems like the scientist type, maybe even a disciple of vegapunk gone rogue. Given that, using science to better his army is possible.
Big Mom and Kaidou are likely the first two Yonkous to fall. What is the order and by who. I doubt, Luffy takes them both out.
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So none work well for me, the short boots lack full protection, the Rockets are cold weather only and each one has comfort issues. So the short story is the money saved from not riding much lately due to constant rain (grr) has been spent on these new boots!
I have had the Vitesse boots site bookmarked for a couple of years with the intention of one day getting a pair. Whilst they have regular style black boots I always admired their retro brown lace ups which is what I now have. Vitesse boots are made in France and the design and build quality is superb, no quality control issues causing sizing anomalies here unlike the other three I have all from China.
The traditional lace up boot allows me to adjust them to suit and be comfortable. The boots really are easy to walk around in and I will be able to tour wearing these on and off the bike. In the evening under a pair of jeans I will not need a carry a second pair of shoes. For me this is great as I like to go riding for a few days and travel light.
I think they are simply beautiful.
It is raining here most every day with forecasts for it to continue for the next month so unlikely to have any ride reports in the near future. Wettest weather I can recall.
Update, well I have had these boots for a long time now and they have turned out to be very good. I think if you like this traditional sort of look then they age very well and look just as good after some wear and tear.
Issues I had had are the inner hard rubber side plate as seen above can at times seem to apply pressure to my right foot. How I have my foot on different bikes makes a difference but on the less this item is a design fault as it happened enough that I went to the effort to cut away the top pointed section to stop this from digging in.
I no longer ride a classic style bike and live now where it is colder and wetter so a pair of plain black waterproof boots is on my wish list as these are a little cooler in winter than I would like but then in summer breath very well.
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I have this very same pair, and I can't recommend them highly enough. Great style and proper protection too.ReplyDelete
Those are some sweet looking boots IC....very nice!ReplyDelete
They are some awesome looking boots IC....very niceReplyDelete
Thanks guys, maybe I should have bought gumboots with all this rain. Well it can't rain forever so at some point I will get out to road test these.ReplyDelete
Maybe convert the CB to power a boat - Top Gear in Vietnam style?ReplyDelete
What's painful is that today is monday and after a weekend of rain, it's fine on the week day. It's a cruel joke.
But, those boots look wonderful. I might have to look into a set - I'm planning a motorcycle tour of New Zealand's North Island next year and will be needing a safe pair of 'all purpose' footware for the trip.
They do look nice, although I imagine they would take a while to get on and off.ReplyDelete
I think you forgot the link, IC :) This one? http://www.vitessemoto.com/boots/hunt.php
Yep thats them Rob.ReplyDelete
I am staring out the window at a beautiful sunny day for riding, unfortunately I am at work...
I was tempted to call in sick today, I must confess. The weekdays have been exceptionally cruel.ReplyDelete
Rob they do take longer than zip or velcro to put on or off. You need to pull firm each wrung of lace working your way up from lower then tie off and reverse to remove. Still if it adds an extra minute then I'm fine with that. Takes me longer to decide what motorcycle themed t-shirt I will wear for that day's ride :)ReplyDelete
We both should have dived NotHis, rain now forecast for all four days this long weekend :(ReplyDelete
I'm trying to stay positive about it all. Every year, around this time, idiots - people that drive drunk, tired, drugged, or just recklessly - tend to come out of the wood work. The rain is keeping me safe because I'll be spending less time on the road.ReplyDelete
Though one beautiful day isn't too much to ask, is it?
Still... I am waiting for your next blog (about your CB, no doubt) as, I'm sure, you're waiting to have a reason to post about it.
Oh, and call me Real.
Real, I usually do not ride much at this time of year either due to increase in accidents however if I get a fine day I will go somewhere as so far the CB has not turned a wheel.ReplyDelete
At least it has been not too hot last few days.
Too much down time due to rain has me net surfing mods for the CB before I have even ridden it.
Haha, this post on boots has Google Ad showing Ugg boots for sale. Thats computer logic.ReplyDelete
Hey IC,ReplyDelete
They certainly are beautiful boots. But how did you go with size? I am a 43 most of the time, but have wide feet. Always paranoid about ordering from afar.
Shoot them an email, they were excellent to deal with and I would be surprised if they could not sort you out a solution.ReplyDelete
hi is thier a website for online purchaseReplyDelete
There used to be Amy, see the comments above it is listed there, however I have not seen this company products mentioned for some time now so they may have closed.ReplyDelete
Hey go right ahead and post something here. I'd love to hear from you and your comments will be published soon as I review them - this is just to stop spam otherwise I end up with 50 'cheap viagra' advertisements posted here.


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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Photo Blogging Challenge - January
okay, I am a wee bit late on this post ... i should have had this up on the 31st of January, but here goes ... Our challenge for the month of January was the word "new" ...
What a fab word for a photo challenge ... i had so many ideas but as we just do 5 photos, i kept it simple (seriously you really did not want to see a photo of the gas pump putting "New" gas into my car.)
A new french Patissierie is getting ready to open ... I can't wait to see what they bring to the neighbourhood
I have made some wonderful new batches of soap ... several types, but my favourite is on the right, coconut oil with some organic honey (it is not sticky, and honey is a natural humectant)
A new blossom is opening ...
A new village in the making ... my brother cut these for me, I have finished 3, more to come, watch my blog for their finished state!
and finally .... a new line of our skytrain is being built! I love the skytrain, light rapid transit in the sky!!!
and that's what i came up with for new! Please consider joining us, we are a small friendly group of people who just like to take pictures. February's challenge is "red" ... and you have the month to shoot it! Join us at A'lil hooha's blog, and to see everyones January photos, click here.
Thank you for joining me on my interpretation of "new"!
peace love and paper
12 comments:
- JoAnne said...
Very cool post Jo! The soap looks wonderful!
- February 4, 2014 at 3:32 PM
- Andrea Ostapovitch said...
Fun post! Lovely soap, and I'm really looking forward to seeing that village!
- February 4, 2014 at 5:12 PM
- Julie Tucker-Wolek said...
Loving the photos! That soap looks fabulous!!!!!!!
- February 4, 2014 at 5:50 PM
- Pondside said...
Lucky you to have a patisserie in your neighbourhood! I would be in serious trouble if we had such a thing.
- February 4, 2014 at 7:54 PM
- Kathy said...
Love your NEW pics Jo! I'm back blogging again now that imtaking a break from Project 365 but I still love the idea of a photo so I'm going to join you and shoot RED for February! Thanks for sharing your pics. Can't wait to see what you do with those houses!
- February 4, 2014 at 11:07 PM
- Jay at The Depp Effect said...
My city is one where transport around the city can be a problem. To get anywhere, you really need to get a bus into the centre, and another one out again - the routes seem to be on the pattern of a wheel. You have to travel on the 'spokes' - as far as I know, you can't even go around the 'rim'. So I am envious of your Sky Train! The thought of having a monorail or 'el' train here, would be a wonderful thing!
And those daffodils are just lovely. Beautifully photographed. :)
- February 5, 2014 at 4:40 AM
- Izzy said...
Fabulous photos for "new" can't wait to see your house creations completed!
- February 5, 2014 at 6:07 AM
Jo, I have always wanted to make soap as it looks such fun and there are so many wonderful ingredients to use - your soap looks amazing.
- February 5, 2014 at 2:28 PM
- Marilou said...
The soap looks wonderful, I bet it is great to use!
Thanks for stopping by Jo, have a creative week:)
Hugs Marilou
- February 5, 2014 at 4:48 PM
- Paul Myers said...
What a very fun post of photos. Is making soap difficult?
The skytrain looks like it might be enjoyable to ride once it's completed.
- February 5, 2014 at 5:33 PM
- EG CameraGirl said...
I'm anxious to see what you do with that village. ;)
- February 10, 2014 at 4:37 AM
- S said...
Loving all the new! Thanks for sharing.
- February 15, 2014 at 5:08 AM


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It's nearing the deadline of my submission to masak barang yuk cooking round up (see here).
This month theme is BBQ/Grilling. Well, I have several ideas to begin with, but I decided to go back to my root, yes, Indonesian.
I think it's a delicacy to pass on Indonesian cuisine to future generations and let it remain as long as possible. *not so little me aim to put my country in the culinary map!!* so here I am!! I chose this dish since it took me right to all those years I spent back then in Indonesia with my family every saturday night. We used to order quite a lot of seafood dishes, from grilled, boiled, and fried. All of them were DELISH!! And there were so cheap. I don't think you need additional fish oil, if you live in Indonesia.:) We are surrounded by abundant supplies!
However, I'd always love and like to believe that replicating those species and dishes will take me years, due to the level of complexity, or is it just me who is always put off easily to try??!! So, I conquerred my fear.. I tried to render down some of the species based on my memory, and I think it's quite close. Once you master this, you can modify the recipe as you desire :).
I want to welcome you all to my memory, and my heritage.... I hope you give it a try! :D
Indonesian BBQ Prawn
by Ayu Liana and Devi Liana
Ingredients :
20 king prawns or 2 medium fishes (snapper)
6 tbsp Indonesian kecap manis
2 tbsp oil
Juice of half a lime
Wet Species :
5 candle nuts, toasted
2 tsp coriander seed, toasted
1/2 tsp turmeric
3 kaffir lime leaves
2 bird eyes chilies
1/2 medium onion
4 cloves garlic
2 tbsp water
2-3 tsp salt
black pepper
1/2 brown onion, chopped roughly
1 whole chili, chopped roughly
5-6 tbsp Indonesian kecap manis
1 tbsp shop bought sambal cobek (see here) *depending on how spicy you want it to be*
1 tbsp lime juice
1. Blend or pound the wet species until they become a smooth paste
2. Clean the prawns (see here, to see the full video), or If you use fish, clean them, and butterfly them
3. Massage the wet species onto the flesh of fish or prawns, let it marinade for 20-30 minutes
4. Meanwhile, mix the lime juice, oil, and kecap manis until just combined
5. Heat up the grill or BBQ, and baste the prawn or fish with kecap manis mixture
6. Place it on the grill with flesh side down for prawn, and skin side down for fish.
7. Baste the other side of the prawn and fish with kecap manis mixture
8. Grill until it cooks through.
9. Serve it with sambal *I warn you, it's a must*
Sambal :
1. Combine everything together, you may also adjust the kecap manis, depending on how sweet or hot you want it to be.
1. You can make the species weeks or days ahead if that makes your life easier. Just stash them in the freezer, and thaw when you have cleaned all the prawns and fishes by just putting it in a bowl of cold water.
No mess, no fuss.
2. For the shop bought sambal cobek, you may find it at your nearest Asian groceries, or you can substitute with bird eyes chili, or any chilies you prefer.


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Heirloom Seeds: Grow Them Out!
Jim Richardson is no scientist. He's a National Geographic photographer. As such, he got to work on one of the most fascinating, relevant, crucial stories of our times: the preservation of seeds and heirloom animal breeds.
The great thing about lay people is that they speak a language that you and I can understand. "Agricultural biodiversity is the most important legacy of mankind," said Jim Richardson last night at a talk hosted by the Long Now Foundation in San Francisco. I guess that sums it up. Think about it: thousands of plant species and animal breeds created over 10,000 years of agricultural history, designed to match an innumerable diversity of climates, elevations, weather hardships, and pests. All for one purpose only: making sure that we, humans, have food to sustain ourselves.
"We kept developing the gene-pool for 9,900 years, and then something happened at the dawn of the 20th century: we starting throwing it away," said the good photographer, a farm kid from the Midwest who grew up to travel the world for one of America's most prestigious magazines.
That's right. The rise of the Industrial Revolution, and our new-found trust in technology, coincide with the beginning of the thoughtless squandering of our most precious resource: the plants and the animals that we feed off.
Jim Richardson had some slides, interspersed among his many photographs, to prove the point: between 1903 and 1983, the number of varieties of lettuce grown in the United States went from 497 to 36. There were only 79 varieties of tomato left in 1983, compared to 408 eighty years before. And that's only a tiny sample. The sad story repeats the world over. Ditto for farm animals, with at least one-third of the heirloom breeds either endangered or extinct.
I'm most grateful to Jim Richardson for his mention of Nikolay Ivanovitch Vavilov. Born in 1887, the Russian agricultural scientist is the "father" of research on agricultural biodiversity. Keen to find varieties of wheat that would withstand the Russian harsh climate, hence putting an end to repeated famines in his native homeland, Vavilov traveled the world in search of cultivated-biodiversity heavens. His reasoning was that the region that holds the highest number of varieties of a plant, is the region where this particular plant originated. In the process, he mapped the Centers of Diversity of Cultivated Plants.
His findings still make authority today. Incidentally, he was the founder of the first seed bank in history, an involved affair in Stalingrad, defended during the Second World War against the long German siege by loyal employees who starved to death rather than consuming the seeds under their care. Sadly, about half of the seed collection is unusable today, as maintaining it is an expensive endeavor that involves growing the seeds to "recycle" them. This story, and many more as they relate to us today, were told in the fascinating book "Where Our Food Comes From", by Gary Paul Nabhan.
Jim Richardson was rather short on the causes of the destruction of cultivated biodiversity. He named industrial farming as the main culprit. He called the meat packing industry a "dis-assembly line", where only very few breeds meet the "specs" required for "processing" (including bone length and thickness). He also had surprisingly little to say on the impact of the biotech industry and genetically-modified seeds on the narrowing of the gene-pool of crops as GM crops are taking over food production around the world.
His message was important and powerful, nevertheless, and I'm happy to share it here. "You want to save seeds? Grow them out!" Cultivating some long-forgotten variety of potato, tomato or even cabbage in your garden is "one of the best examples of community citizen-participation," he said. When it comes to long-term food security, "it's not about reinventing the wheel, it's about not throwing away the wheel."
Hard to argue with that… So as winter is winding down, and if you're one of the lucky ones with access to a plot of land (no matter how small), connect with an heirloom seeds network (some leads here), let yourself be inspired by the glorious pictures and unfamiliar names, and plant yourself some vegetables that neither you, your children, your neighbors nor your friends, have never seen, let alone ever tasted, before. Yours will be a true contribution to mankind.


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The Middle East is an ancient land with a complicated narrative. Today in Northern Iraq, the story seems muddier than ever. A modern evil has brought devastation and genocide, pushing some of Iraq's oldest people groups to the verge of extinction. In an effort to make sense of the story, Mark meets with ethnic minorities, ISIS survivors, and political and religious leaders. He also speaks to reformers who stand with the marginalized at the risk of their own lives: Jeremy Courtney of Preemptive Love Coalition, Dave Eubank of Free Burma Rangers, and United Nations advocate Jacqueline Isaac of Roads of Success.
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Jessica and I try to have Wednesday dates a few times a month because she doesn't work on Wednesdays so we go adventuring. We first explored Powell with the Zozzes, and since they are moving out of their house this week, it only seemed natural to spend one last afternoon there.
To get there from Columbus, take Sawmill North of I-270 for a ways and then turn right (east) on Olentangy Road and follow it until you see lots of cute little shops. I'm a little worried about Downtown Powell because there's a lot of construction going on and my favorite part about it is the small original boutiques so I hope that they don't get squeezed out by chains with all of the new buildings going up and changes happening. That said, there are some really fun new boutiques right now so hopefully Powell will stick with that trend and it will just get better and better.
If I only had time for two shops, my personal favorites are Bloomsbury Loft and The Collection (The Collection is actually on Depot Street a little North of Olentangy). I can't afford most things at the collection, but I love going there for new ideas because every time I step foot in there,
it's completely different. They are constantly rearranging and repainting and coming up with the coolest collections of things. I could do a whole post just about the different cool ways they've painted their walls and arranged things on them. I didn't have my camera so Jess snagged a few pictures of our outing for me on her handy dandy I-Phone. Here's a canopy that I think would be so fun in a kid',s room covering the bed and more (plus I just noticed the bookshelves with the pediments to the right that are pretty cool too.)And oh how I love Bloomsbury Loft! They actually do have a few things that I can afford, and I'm always wowed by the unique things they carry. And now, they too carry Amy Butler fabric. We should have taken a few more pictures because this photo is in a room at the back of the store and doesn't quite capture Bloomsbury Loft's spirit, but it does include a very cute baby. The owner of Bloomsbury could not be nicer and she's full of information about items they carry and other things to check out around town. I love these new fabric frames from Georgia that she just started carrying. Aren't they so cool?
If you're heading there with kids there are a few things in town that they will love and the promise to visit them just might allow you to check out a few shops. First is a new bakery started by some women from our church called Beehive Bakery. It's in the new shopping center just south of Olentangy on Liberty. Most of the shops in the center aren't open yet, but the bakery is and it's down at the end so don't miss it!
Everything we tried was amazing and Jess and I both ended up heading home with delicious bread.
But Donny told Jess, she better bring him back a cupcake from the Pink Moon Cupcake Bakery too and a trip to Powell really isn't complete without a stop there anyway.
And last, but not least, Powell has an awesome spray park for kids. The water was still off for the winter, but it should be on again soon and I can't wait to take Creed there. It's so nice to have a spot where he can get soaked without the worry of drowning. Oh, and not to mention, the Columbus Zoo isn't far either.
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On Christmas Eve, the mood in our community seems promisingly hopeful. The Herald newsroom has been deluged with callers telling us about how they are helping others. We're blessed with having more stories than we can write. But there's a great sampling in today's edition, and more on the way through the holiday weekend.
Volunteering seems to be at an all-time high -- the demand is certainly there. And just about everyone at the Herald has pitched in somewhere.
Business Editor Jennifer Rich sets a high bar for the rest of us. Every week, she teams up with senior citizens at Meals on Wheels Plus's Adult Day Center. She went this week, decked in holiday finest, bringing friendship and comfort.
She acknowledged that it's not always easy -- she gets attached to someone, only to find them gone the next visit. But there is always someone waiting for her company. If you can volunteer, call 941-748-3001.
Reporter Richard Dymond wrote today of the preparations for Christmas Day feedings for the homeless and needy. So many more are on the receiving end this year. For those of us lucky enough to have a job and loved ones, let's ante up to Jennifer's challenge.
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Drinking can change a person's view of intoxicated driving, according to a new study. A person who normally disapproves of drunk driving may change their view once they have had a few drinks.
The study of 82 young adults compared their views on drunk driving twice: once when they were sober, and a second time after they drank a moderate amount of alcohol, HealthDay reports.
After participants had been drinking and were coming down from their peak blood alcohol levels, they felt it was safer to drive than they did when they were sober and asked whether it would be safe to drive after having several drinks.
"We all probably know people who make good decisions about lots of things when they're sober, but put four or five beers in them and they make bad ones. So that part wasn't surprising," University of Missouri researcher Denis McCarthy said. "I was surprised, however, that it was such a big effect over and above their sober beliefs." He noted that when people are coming down from their peak blood alcohol level, they are typically driving home.
The findings are published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
Mark B. Johnson, a senior research scientist at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, noted in a journal news release, "The present research shows us that the sort of decisions people think they would make while sober may be different than the decisions they would make after drinking. If we want to understand how to change people's drinking and driving decisions in the real world, we need to study decision making under the influence of alcohol."
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Choice of songs is selling point, and biggest drawback
Adam A. Fine | Las Vegas | 09/05/1998
(2 out of 5 stars)
"The idea of a "BWAY Hits" album is not new, but this one wants to be the best. The song selection is based on those songs that went on to achieve billboard popularity. But that doesn't mean the songs are particularly well-chosen, and anyone with more than a passing interest will question the selections. Is it right to choose "Oklahoma" over "People Will Say We're In Love," "Everything's Coming Up Roses" over "Some People," "People" over "Don't Rain on My Parade," "If I Were a Rich Man" over "Sunrise, Sunset?" You decide. It's terribly subjective. What I can't understand is why some alternate recordings were chosen over their cast recording equivalents. Why is "The Party's Over" taken from the movie soundtrack? Same for Liza's recording of "Cabaret." And the "No Business Like Show Business" recording is taken from the inferior 1966 Lincoln Center revival, even though the CD tries to maintain chronologic sequence--and again, Merman's great songs were overlooked. What about "I Got Lost In His Arms," or the magnificent "Anything You Can Do" duet? (And if you're going to include revivals, where are the "Anything Goes" revivals, or even the wonderful 1992 "Guys and Dolls" revival?) Even more inexplicable are the Judy Collins version of "Send in the Clowns" instead of Glynis John's sublime cast recording, and--most baffling of all--Aretha Frankling doing a live concert recording of "I Dreamed a Dream." Randy Graff and Patti LuPone aren't good enough? I wonder if Glenn Close was slighted intentionally, since Elaine Paige appears for Sunset Boulevard. And why were certain shows slighted completely? There's not a trace of "Sweet Charity," "The Pajama Game," "Guys and Dolls," "Kiss Me, Kate" or "How to Succeed...," much less the "second-tier" shows that didn't have "big hit songs." I think the intent with this album is two-fold. One, expose the kids who think theater started in 1987 to a history of musical comedy, starting in 1943 (it should have started in 1931, but that would mean 3 cds). Second, use the popular songs to sell cds--which is why you'll find "Some Enchanted Evening" instead of "A Wonderful Guy" or "Cockeyed Optimist," "Camelot" instead of "I Loved You Once in Silence," and "Mame" instead of "Bosom Buddies." Again, subjective... but theater fans will see my point. This is not a bad collection, for the most part. But a collection has to be judged by its choice of entries, not the quality of its songs. These are all classics, of course, and mostly above criticism. And it may indeed be a good start for beginners--Lord knows they need the help. But collectors and enthusiasts looking for great compilations already have a wealth to choose from--the best of all of them being the 18-cd Lincoln Center "Original Cast" collection, with the 4-cd Smithsonian collection and 10-cd "Celebrate Broadway" collection following close behind."
Sean M. Orlosky | Indiana, USA | 01/18/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Over 50 years of Broadway magic comes blazing forth in this amazing comprehensive CD set. "Ultimate Broadway" lives up to its title, treating listeners to 40 of the most heart-stopping, thrilling, and sensational show-stoppers of the greatest shows the stage has ever seen.Beginning with Alfred Drake's lusty "Oklahoma!," the show credited with revolutionizing the Broadway musical, we are taken along for a dazzling two-hour ride through Broadway history. There are the unforgettable classics: Ezio Pinza's magnificent baritone wrapping around "South Pacific"'s treasured "Some Enchanted Evening," and Gertrude Lawrence exuding charm with Yul Brynner over the musical question "Shall We Dance?" from "The King and I." There is Julie Andrews' soaring coloratura flying with "My Fair Lady"'s "I Could Have Danced All Night." The ethereal beauty of "West Side Story"'s "Maria" and "Tonight." Robert Preston crashing his way through "Seventy-Six Trombones" from his star-making performance in "The Music Man." The queen of the Broadway musical, Ethel Merman, turning into a paramount with "Gypsy"'s "Everything's Coming Up Roses." Mary Martin's plaintive paean to the most beautiful sound in all the world, "The Sound of Music." Robert Goulet shows why he will always be the penultimate performer of the love ballad "If Ever I Would Leave You" from "Camelot." And Carol Channing's unforgettable swagger into the Harmonia Gardens to the tune of "Hello, Dolly." The irrepresible Zero Mostel winking his way through "Fiddler On the Roof"'s "If I Were a Rich Man."And that's just the first side.Barbra Streisand becoming Barbra Streisand with "People," her showstopper from "Funny Girl." John Cullum's glorious "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." Richard Kiley's faithful knight Don Quixote, vowing his eternal conquest for "The Impossible Dream" as the "Man of La Mancha." "Mame," the irrestibly catchy title tune of the 1966 smash. Liza Minnelli, who was not in the original Broadway production, but who thrills with her sensational rendition of the title song from the 1972 film soundtrack of "Cabaret." Judy Collins, another performer not in the original cast of "A Little Night Music," but who is intensely moving with her rendition of Stephen Sondheim's popular hit "Send in the Clowns." Before Catherine Zeta-Jones electrified movie audiences with "All That Jazz," Chita Rivera smirked and cackled it to fantastic effect in "Chicago." "One," the unforgettable production number from "A Chorus Line." Andrea McArdle with "Tomorrow" from "Annie." "Memory" from "Cats"...Michael Crawford's haunting "The Music of the Night" from "Phantom of the Opera." Elaine Page stepping in for Glenn Close with a rhapsodic "As If We Never Said Good-bye" from "Sunset Boulevard." And the undying "Seasons of Love" from "Rent."The classics are well represented, but there are also many delightful sides to this musical feast. Ray Bolger's inimitable "Once In Love With Amy," from "Where's Charley?" is an old-time treat, along with Carol Channing gnashing her way through "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." There is also a pre-"Law and Order" Jerry Orbach, waltzing through the lilting "Try to Remember" from "The Fantasticks." There is the spinning "Aquarius," as originated in "Hair," the divine Patti LuPone in the performance of her career as "Evita," pleading "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina." Jennifer Holliday's jaw-dropping "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from 1982's "Dreamgirls." And there is Aretha Franklin shining with "I Dreamed a Dream" from the epic "Les Miserables."This is not only the perfect collection of Broadway memories, but it is a wonderful introduction to the genre for newcomers. And they will be as intoxicated and enchanted by these glorious performances, all beautifully preserved on these sharp, clear soundtracks. There is something for everyone here: from the sentimental theatergoers of years past to the new generations finding a whole new world through the musical theater. Trust me: for theater buffs, this is the only Broadway CD you'll ever need. And for the rest of you: welcome to a wonderful, wonderful ride."
Outstanding collection of 50 years of Broadway hits
orbit13 | 03/14/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A 2-disc set worthy of its "ultimate" title, this compilation pleases casual and serious musical fans alike. It's a great introduction to over 50 years of Broadway hits, and it captures the spirit and change of American musical theater through the twentieth century - from Rodgers and Hammerstein's pioneering "Oklahoma!" to Jonathan Larsen's ground-breaking "Rent," and every hit in between. This collection not only allows you to sample the great shows and songs but also the premiere recordings. Featured artists include Carol Channing, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Julie Andrews, Chita Rivera, and Elaine Paige among many other brilliant stars. Most tracks come from the original Broadway cast recordings, with some surprises. Aretha Franklin has a smoky, and stunning, rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables."There are too many notable performances to list them all, but among the standouts are: "Oklahoma" - Alfred Drake, "There's No Business Like Show Business" - Ethel Merman, "Some Enchanted Evening" - Ezio Pinza, "Shall We Dance," - Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner, "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" - Rex Harrison, "Tonight" - original cast of "West Side Story," "Seventy Six Trombones" - Robert Preston, "Camelot" - Richard Burton, "If I Were a Rich Man" - Zero Mostel, "The Impossible Dream" - Richard Kiley, "All That Jazz" - Chita Rivera, "Tomorrow" - Andrea McArdle, "Memory" - Elaine Paige, "Music of the Night" - Michael Crawford, and "Rent" - original cast.This is a solid compilation album that won't disappoint with its breadth of talent, variety, and style. Nor is it top heavy with any one artist, composer, or lyricist. You'll also find a fair set of liner notes that attempts to place the musical and songs in context; includes some original production photos."