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Making a Sliding Tumble Peg Toy
Part pinball/pachinko board, part tumble toy, I'm really not sure what to call this type of toy. It is pretty cool though and is really easy to make. Honestly, not including time spent looking for pencils (I've got my pencil! Now gimmie something to write on...) and my protractor; the cutting and drilling on this toy took less than an hour.
The toy consists of three main boards; the slide, the brace and the base. A series of evenly spaced pegs are placed on the inclined slide. A little character rhythmically tumbles from side to side, sliding down the face of the board. It is silly and fun to watch. It also makes a neat sound as he clicks his way down to the bottom.
The majority of this toy comes straight out of John R. Nelson, Jr's fantastic book "American Folk Toys." He calls his "Will-o'-The-Wisp." I pretty much followed his excellent plans and don't want to give the impression that they are mine. What I will say though is that the basic idea is simple and robust enough that it is pretty easy to see how it could be expanded. A wider or longer board with more than two rows of pegs would be easy to see and maybe have Will race a friend or two.
The slide is 3/4" thick, 2" wide and 18" long. It came from my now dwindling bed slat stash. I drilled 3/16" holes every 1 7/8" down the length of one side and then alternated holes the same distance down the other side. There is a gap of 1 3/8" on center between the rows. The holes are about 3/8" deep. I then cut 15 pieces of 3/16" dowel 1 1/4" long. These are the pegs.
The base and the brace are 3/4" thick and 3 1/2" wide. The base is 5 3/4" long and the brace is 5" long at its longest and cut at a 60 degree angle across its width. I came up the angle based on testing the toy a few times. (The end of the slide is also cut at an angle to match into the base.) Everything is glued together once the angles have been determined and cut.
"Will" was cut out of a piece of 3/4" scrap. I followed Mr. Nelson's plans for his shape and drilled 1/4" holes at angles and inserted 1/4" dowels to make his arms. A few test drops with quick trips in between to the belt sander to adjust his arm lengths got him into tumbling form surprisingly quickly. I do have to tell you though, that reaction in my family to Will's face has been... um... mixed at best. "Demented Tear Drop Dude" and "Creepy Rain Drop Guy" are two of the nicer names my always supportive and never sarcastic family have given him. (I don't care... I love him like the two dimensional wooden son I never had.)
Will works well. He falls through without getting stuck maybe about 80% of the time. Honestly, it makes it more fun that he doesn't work every single time. It gives a "Will he make it..." bit of suspense.
I decided to try and make my own tumble guy to go along with Will. A few months ago I purchased some peg people from www.craftparts.com. They are 5/8" in diameter and 1 11/16" tall. (I know... 11/16ths... Maybe that whole metric thing isn't sich a bad idea...)
I did get smart with drilling him though. Trying to hold a round peg, at an angle, while drilling with a forstner bit is just asking for trouble. I adjusted the table on the drill press to the desired angle (thanks to a quick how-to from Crawfish) and then made a quick jig to hold him in place. It looked a bit like a scene from a Bond movie, but it got the job done. ("You expect me to talk?" - "No, Mr Toy Making Dad Peg Guy.. I expect you to tumble down an inclined plane!)
Anyway, after drilling him and fitting his 1/4" dowel arms, I tested and adjusted him until I was happy with his tumbling consistency. Craft store paint, acrylic gloss spray and some googly eyes finished him off.
|Little guy unpainted on the coffee table
|Little guy painted... on the surface of the sun.
(At some point I'll learn how to take pictures)
Here is the toy in action:
So, a really simple toy. Pretty easy and quick to make even with just hand tools. (You would want to get the pegs straight in at 90 degrees though.) I had waited years to make this toy thinking it would be hard to get to work properly. I was wrong. It is a very quick and rewarding project that works surprisingly well almost every time.


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text: St. Mary Band students are selling Florida Indian River Groves citrus through Nov. 5. Seventh grade Snowbird Band members (l-r) Jacob Fishman, Geoff Wind, Emily Greif and Natalie Burzynski get ready to sell oranges and grapefruit — fresh off the Florida trees — which will arrive the first week in December. Call 732-5801 to order or contact any St. Mary band member. You can also go to www.fruitorder.com, using the St. Mary organization #848495, and order for delivery in Gaylord, or ship a box of fresh citrus to family or friends anywhere in the United States.


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Human rights and international law expert Professor Hilary Charlesworth, says that Australia's appointment to the UN Human Rights Council gives the country an opportunity to examine its own human rights record.
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To be eligible for the scholarships students need to receive an ATAR or equivalent of 99.9 or above following the release of VCE results this morning.
University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis congratulated the National Scholars on their success.
"The University is delighted to be able to give all these outstanding students the opportunity to study in a challenging academic environment. Their presence at Melbourne can only enrich our academic community."
The Melbourne National Scholarship provides students with a HECS exempt Commonwealth Supported Place in one of the University's undergraduate degrees and a $5000 annual allowance for the duration of their degree.
Recipients receive a guarantee of entry into the graduate course of their choice.
Scholars from interstate also receive a HECS exempt place as well as an annual allowance of $10,000 over the duration of the degree.
The University of Melbourne is ranked number one in Australia and 34 in the world, according to the 2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
This year's Melbourne National Scholars are:
Aaron Ch'Ng – Scotch College
Aaron Ng - Balwyn High School
Alana Ryan – Ballarat Clarendon College
Alex Kwong – Balwyn High School
Alexander Kilner – Trinity Grammar School
Alice Yu – Methodist Ladies College
Amy Yang – Haileybury Girls College
Anuj Krishna – Melbourne High School
Benjamin Stefano – Melbourne Grammar School
Bernadette Toohey – Sacre Coeur
Betty Xiong – Ruyton Girls School
Cameron Doig - Camberwell Grammar School
Caroline Ritchie – Methodist Ladies College
Chen Qian – Brighton Grammar School
Chenkan Wang – Melbourne High School
Chiara Dogliotti – Haileybury Girls College
Cuong Duong – Melbourne High School
David Liu – Camberwell Grammar School
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Dudu Yang – University High School
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Elton Lee – Scotch College
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Feliks Zemdegs – St Kevin's College Toorak
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Ilana Cherny – Mount Scopus Memorial College
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Welcome to part 3 of my series of blog posts discussing the BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) Social Platform. My previous blog post, Integrate with BBM and Watch Your Application Go Viral, covered the features of the BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform (BBM SP) and how you can use them to promote your application. If you haven't read it yet, I recommend giving it a read. Part 2, How to Integrate Your Native Application with BBM, covered use of the BBM SP in a native application.
Now I'm here to talk about how you can integrate your BlackBerry® WebWorks™ application with the BBM SP. Most of what will be covered is available to both BlackBerry® OS 5-7 and BlackBerry® 10 applications. However, at the time of writing some of the BBM SP APIs discussed here are available only for BlackBerry OS 5-7 applications — I've noted where this is the case. We are planning on adding these to the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK as well.
Testing a BBM SP application for BlackBerry 10 currently requires a real device. We're working on adding BBM SP support in the BlackBerry 10 simulator and this should be available before the end of 2012. Support for testing BlackBerry OS 5-7 applications that use BBM SP is supported in many BlackBerry smartphone simulators we have available today, so ensure you download one that lists support for BBM.
Configure Your Project
The BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK includes everything you need to get started. If you have a BlackBerry OS 5-7 application, you'll need to download the BBM SDK v1.1 for BlackBerry WebWorks in addition to the regular BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for Smartphones. Instructions for connecting these two SDK for targeting BlackBerry OS 5-7 can be found in Getting Started: BlackBerry WebWorks Development for Smartphones and the BBM Social Platform.
In order for your application to access to the BBM SP APIs, you'll need to request the appropriate permissions in your application's config.xml file. There are two elements you'll need to add: bbm_connect for rim:permissions and blackberry.bbm.platform for feature. Here is what it looks like:
<rim:permissions> <rim:permit>bbm_connect</rim:permit> </rim:permissions> <feature id="blackberry.bbm.platform" />
Register with the BBM Social Platform
Registration is the first step in connecting to the BBM Social Platform, which involves an application registering itself with the RIM-hosted BBM infrastructure. A BBM sample is available on the BlackBerry github site that demonstrates BBM SP registration along with the invite to download feature. Have a look at it once you've finished reading this section for the complete version of the code snippets used here.
When using BlackBerry WebWorks, the first thing to do is to register for the onaccesschanged event. If you try to register before registering for this, an IllegalStateException is thrown. Here is how you can register for this event:
blackberry.event.addEventListener("onaccesschanged", function (accessible, status) { if (status === 'allowed') { /* Access allowed. */ } });
This code sample only catches the allowed status. Your application would need to handle disallowed status that could be caused by the user being out of coverage or if the user disallowed access to BBM. The BBM sample demonstrates how to catch the other statuses.
Each application must define its own Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) so that it can uniquely identify itself. This UUID is used to register with the BBM SP servers during testing and development. Applications in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront are assigned their own UUID automatically. You can generate a UUID using various web sites, such as the one here. In BlackBerry WebWorks, the UUID is stored in the options parameter used in registration.
options = { uuid: "33490f91-ad95-4ba9-82c4-33f6ad69fbbc" };
Now we're ready for the final step in the registration process, which is to call the register method using the options parameter we defined above. This will trigger the onaccesschanged event.
Invite to Download
The invite to download feature allows users of your application to invite their BBM contacts to download your application from BlackBerry App World. The recipient receives the invitation through a BBM Chat session, which includes a message provided by the application and user sending the invitation. This is one of the easiest features to implement. After you've registered, you can do this with just one method call.
Note that for this to work between BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS 5-7 users, the SKU in BlackBerry App World for the two releases of the application (BAR and COD) must be the same.
Profile Integration
BBM SP allows for both read and write access to the user's BBM profile. This allows your application access to their profile message, status text, availability and avatar image. Here are a few examples of how to use these APIs:
This first code sample shows how to access the image the user has set for their BBM profile.
blackberry.bbm.platform.self.getDisplayPicture(function (image) { // do something with the image here }); Now let's look at how your application could update the user's BBM profile picture. blackberry.bbm.platform.self.setDisplayPicture("local:///smiley.jpg", function (accepted) { if(accepted) { // User allowed the change } else { // User denied the change } });
If an update to a personal message was made from an application other than the BBM Client, a tag is shown under the update stating the name of the application that performed the update. Users can click on that tag to download the application from BlackBerry App World. This requires the sender to have installed the application from BlackBerry App World, so that tag won't take you to BlackBerry App World if you side loaded your application for testing. Let's take a look at how to update the personal message and status.
blackberry.bbm.platform.self.setStatus("busy", "Getting a new high score", function (accepted) { if(accepted) { // User allowed the change } else { // User denied the change } }); blackberry.bbm.platform.self. setPersonalMessage ("I'm loving this app!", function (accepted) { if(accepted) { // User allowed the change } else { // User denied the change } });
Profile Boxes
Profile Boxes provide yet another way for an application to promote itself to a user's BBM contacts. They appear within the Apps area of a user's profile and are ideal for sharing what a user is doing within an application. Every application that is connected to BBM SP appears in the list. Applications can create profile box items that appear under their application header. You can supply a custom image and string, which is used to create the profile box item.
The ability to add a profile box item using BlackBerry WebWorks is not yet supported on BlackBerry 10, but you can do it on BlackBerry OS 5-7. There are C and C++ APIs for populating the profile box on BlackBerry 10, so you could accomplish this by building a custom BlackBerry WebWorks extension.
When creating a profile box item, use of the image is optional. If you don't wish to include an image, you can omit it from the options variable.
var options = {text:"No one's ever beat me at solitare!", icon:"local:///cardshark.jpg", cookie:"unbeatable"}; blackberry.bbm.platform.self.profilebox.addItem(options);
An application can retrieve a list of BBM Contacts who have the same application installed. This list can be used as selection criteria for connecting for a multi-user experience. Events are also fired for changes to this contact list, allowing your application to keep track of both the addition and deletion of contacts in the contact list itself and/or changes to individual contacts.
Currently, working with BBM contacts is not supported using BlackBerry WebWorks for BlackBerry 10, but there are APIs for WebWorks for BlackBerry OS 5-7 as well as C and C++ APIs for BlackBerry 10. Further support for this in BlackBerry WebWorks for BlackBerry 10 is planned for a December release. Watch the BlackBerry WebWorks roadmap for updates.
Wrapping It Up
That wraps up my intro post for getting started with the BlackBerry Messenger Social Platform using BlackBerry WebWorks. Now it's up to you to make use of these APIs in your next hit application, which could be featured on the Connected App Showcase.


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Don't you just hate it when you step out of the car onto a piece of sticky gum that someone so haphazzardly tossed in a parking lot! It is so hard to get off...and get off you must or your shoe sticks to the asphalt, concrete, or the tile floor in a store making an annoying sound with each step you take until it gets so dirty that it no longer sticks to the floor, but is still attached to the bottom of your shoe. I wonder why it never sticks to the floor....oh, it might stick a little and leave strings of gum in a trail behind you, but gum seems to stick to the shoe more!
Yesterday a big, empty truck appeared at our house....
Lots of shoes, without gum stuck on the bottom, passed through...
...and from porch to truck...
...as they gathered our belongings for a journey half way around the world.
It was packing day and I thought of that little piece of gum stuck to my shoe as I watched the movers place inventory stickers all over my furniture. I sure hope they are easier to remove than gum on a shoe after the stickers have been on our furniture half way around the world in the time frame of about 6 weeks. Surely, those little stickers won't be like price stickers that require extra elbow grease to remove coming off in layers....maybe I need to pack some "goo-gone", just in case!
Packing was easy....we just watched as they wrapped everything in "dolphin skin"....that's what they called it! Interesting stuff...a big roll of slick, gray...dolphin skin...I get it now!
The sound of ripping tape still reverberates in my ears....I should have bought stock in "tape". I would have made a bundle with all the tape that was used to secure that "dolphin skin"!
We even made some friends with a great group of movers that we may never see again. We shared laughter, life stories, womanly advice, and good conversation...
...making the day go by quickly. Even a scale caused us to break out in laughter as one of them tipped the scale....of course, it wasn't made to hold his weight. I'm just glad that it was only boxes that were weighed hoping not exceed the air shipment limits, and not me. Everyone belly-laughed when George, apparently the oldest of the crew, was shown a small box to carry. He bent over to pick it up...I'm sure, thinking how nice of his buddies to think of his back by giving him such a small box...only to find himself unable to budge it at all...a part of the plan all along, when someone packaged my hard-working, steel-toed boot wearing husband's hand weights. My dear, hard-working, steel-toed boot wearing...weight-lifting husband so easily hoisted them onto the dolly so George could manuever them into the truck which wasn't an easy task either as he tried to push them up the ramp.
Thanks, moving crew, for making this step in our journey enjoyable.
Yesterday a big, full truck left our house...
If the shoe fits, wear it well!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Sticky Gum on the Bottom of My Shoe
Don't you just hate it when you step out of the car onto a piece of sticky gum that someone so haphazzardly tossed in a parking lot! It is so hard to get off...and get off you must or your shoe sticks to the asphalt, concrete, or the tile floor in a store making an annoying sound with each step you take until it gets so dirty that it no longer sticks to the floor, but is still attached to the bottom of your shoe. I wonder why it never sticks to the floor....oh, it might stick a little and leave strings of gum in a trail behind you, but gum seems to stick to the shoe more!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Shoes that Make You Want to Say OUCH!
The time has finally come.....the switch from flipflops to closed toe shoes.....OUCH! In Texas, the flipflop season is, oh, so long, thank goodness! and can easily rear its
ugly beautiful head on some warm winter days or be seen wearing a coat of snow.
Flipflops are my shoe of choice and when the winter transition comes along every year, I am enclined to become the voice of my feet....OUCH! Oh yes, this little piggy cried wee-wee-wee all the way home!
My feet are not the only part of my being that is screaming OUCH through this season of change. The process of moving to Baku has begun. In my little finite mind, my thinking was....pack a bag and away we go!......NOT!!! We are keeping our current home as a "vacation" home....hahaha! Never thought I would be a part of the crowd that has a "vacation" home! We could go and leave everything as is and have a furnished apartment there, but that wouldn't be any fun, now would it? Actually it is suggested by experienced expat's that you make your home away from home as much like home as you can....so.....we are doing just that! We are taking furniture that is comfortable and kitchen articles that will make meal time easier.....as my hard-working, world-traveling, steel-toed boot wearing husband says "so we are not foraging for food". That just sounds like an awful predicament to be in, by the way! OUCH! But on the bright side, the "vacation" home gets a face lift.....that will be another process, in and of itself!
We have a moving coordinator that says this is not painful at all, even though I feel like I need a pair of waterskis to stay on top of this pool that wants to drown me. Oh my goodness, there is so much paperwork! I don't deal with paperwork very well.....give me a bolt of fabric and I will cut it to pieces, reconfigure it, and give you a quilt.....but paperwork can be the death of me! I might as well be wearing a pointed toe shoe with a four inch heel. OUCH!
Our coordinator told me that the paperwork for the moving company....a complete inventory list...is easy. Has she ever done this before? Well, maybe the list is not so hard, but I have been purging, shredding, and purging some more....wading through
just to get
furniture drawers ready to move. Where is Neicey Nash when I need her? Sell, keep, trash? OUCH!
She did say that the most painful part is the medical check....more paperwork! I made it through the stack of paper that even the clipboard had difficulty holding....seemed as though I kept answering the same questions over and over again! Were they expecting me to slip up and some of my answers conflict. Lucky for me, most of my answers were "no"....I'm a pretty healthy person...it must have something to do with flipflop wearing! That wasn't so painful, after all! But before I was finished, I had seen the walls of seven different rooms of the clinic...the waiting room, the restroom, the blood pressure room, the eye chart room, the blood drawing room, the exam room, and last but not least....the shot room.....OUCH! She was right....the medical check was the most painful!
And this season of change continues.......
If the shoe fits, wear it well!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
New Shoes, New Adventure
I bought a new pair of shoes yesterday....actually two pairs of shoes, remember...this post. I don't normally shop the Black Friday sales, but I went along for the ride with my daughter and her family. Their destination....the outlet mall to shop for some previously sighted shoes that could possibly be on sale! Guess who walked out with shoes in her hand...yeah, that would be me. There's always a need for more "shoes in my closet"!
The last fifteen months have been a very busy time in my life (there has been no time for blogging). Never before have I traveled so much....a trip for a baby shower...a quick trip to Amsterdam meeting up with my world-traveling, hardworking, steel-toed boot wearing husband...an extended visit in Mississippi after the birth of a grandchild...and several antique shopping excursions. We were so excited to welcome two new lives into this world....a granddaughter and a grandson...our family is growing. We moved my mother to an assisted living center...not an easy transition at all , but the perfect choice. God has blessed us beyond any expectation....doesn't He always give greater than we could ever imagine?
This next year won't be any different, at least not in the manner of busyness. There will be another grandchild addition in January (this will be our fourth)...there will always be transitions to make with my mother as she ages....and there will be more traveling....lots of it! In fact, I have considered borrowing some shoes with wings from the FTD florist logo, Mercury Man.
I am hoping that you will put on your imaginery, winged shoes and go with me on a journey. I promise to always be camera ready. Through this media, I can take you along as I move to Baku, Azerbaijian to join my world-traveling, hardworking, steel-toed boot wearing husband who has been working there, traveling back and forth, for the last year.
I will be traveling to the states often to visit grandchildren (and of course, my children), to care for the needs of my mother, and to get a taste of the familiar, translated as Whataburger, PeiWei, Saltgrass, and of course, mexican food. We leave shortly after Christmas, so not only do I need to decorate for Christmas and have lots of shopping to do in the next few weeks, I will be making preparations (packing shoes, of course) to begin this new adventure.
I am a bundle of nerves! I am excited! I am blessed!
If the shoe fits, wear it well!


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Following a devastating fire last year, we have secured a new venue for our traditional furniture-making classes in Aberdeen. Classes commence in January 2017. Find out more here.
Following a devastating fire in April 2016, Lethenty Mill Furniture has sought a place to continue our traditional furniture-making classes while we get back on our feet again. We are delighted to offer a new series of classes, set within the King's College campus at the University of Aberdeen. Based around the use of hand tools, the twelve-week block of classes will commence on Friday, 20 January and is ideal for those who are just getting into woodworking, or seeking to develop their existing skills.
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Conquering Hero's Heroines Chapter 11
Punishment and Compensation
Confirming that Gold put the ring on, Eagle smirks evilly.
「Do not worry. Even though I'm this old, I learned something from my grandson. To earn people's complete loyalty, the stick isn't enough. One also needs to use the carrot.」
「Carrot… what is that about?」
Gold, who was drenched in sweat, tilts his head in wonder.
「That's right. It's understandable that you would think that it's unjustified. That even though you're supposed to be the heir just a while ago, you lost your standing in a blink of an eye. I believe it's reasonable that you would attempt to get rid of Ritone.」
「Th-that's right! There was a reason behind all this…… Sorry!」
In the spur of the moment, Gold blurted out those words, but a single glance from Eagle shut him up.
「Aside from you, there are others who are displeased by the idea of Ritone being the heir to the House. You must gather information about those fellows, and notify me about it. By doing that, you will receive compensation.」
「Compensation… you say?」
「That's right. If I'm not wrong, you have a daughter. Isn't Nady her name?」
「Ye-Yes! This year, she will be 12 years old and she's really cute…… Don't tell me!-」
Gold realized something in his astonishment.
「It's exactly that. I'm thinking of making Nady Ritone's fiancée, combining our families together into one.」
The moment he heard that, Gold was smiling from ear to ear.
「Th-that's a wonderful idea. My daughter is extremely beautiful, her magic talent is superb, her personality is good, and she is the same age as Ritone-sama. She is perfect as his marriage partner!」
Gold was doing his best to emphasize his daughter's strong points. At that, Eagle ignores what he said with a wry smile.
「Before thinking about an assassination, you should have thought of applying Nady as my grandson's fiancée. Your lack of ability and foresight to think of such solutions made me reluctant to declare you as the heir. Well, that's enough. From now on, you will become Ritone's father-in-law, and protect him from the shadows. The child born between those two will become the subsequent heir to Ritone!」
「Ye-Yes! I will use everything I have to support Ritone-sama.」
Gold, once again, prostrated himself and made an oath.
At breakfast, Eagle talked to Ritone in a cheerful mood.
「Hear me out. I was able to appoint a girl who you called a "Heroine" as your fiancée. She will come to our house sometime soon.」
「Who are you talking about?」
「She is your second cousin, Nady Shylock.」
The moment he heard that, Ritone's facial expression changed.
「Eh? Why did you do such a thing…… 」
「I did it because, you told me that you have to steal those heroines from the hero, to prevent the destruction of the world, didn't you?」
Seeing Ritone's expression, Eagle was puzzled.
「I did talk about it, but I wanted Nady to be the last one.」
Ritone started to talk about his reasons.
Nady Shylock, among the heroines of the story, was the most difficult girl to conquer.
Her character is dark and silent. Her hobby was reading, and although she had no interest in men, she showed extreme attachment to the hero, to the point that she fought with other heroines to monopolize him. I told Eagle about some parts of her.
「In other words, she is a bit of a yandere. She is not a mere yandere, but even worse, a yamidere. If I were to conquer her first, there is a possibility that I could never get all the other heroines. 」
「Fumu… was my help unnecessary?」
Eagle, twisting his mustache, was regretting his decision for some time.
「But I think that it could be better to act as fast as you can. Her father is Gold Shylock, my nephew, and he tried to get rid of you to get your position as the next head of the family. If dealt with poorly, it could inflict some of the harm to you. I thought that if his daughter becomes your fiancée, then he could get some of the profit, and we gain control over him.」
「……Thank you very much for worrying about me.」
Hearing that, Ritone gave his sincere thanks.
(……If I'm not wrong, in the game, she was Ritone's slave. Maybe he was purged, and Nady, who was part of his family, fell into slavery. Even if it's not necessary that she becomes my fiancée right now, it could be a great option.)
Ritone, thinking that, directed a smile at his grandfather.
「Well, I will do everything I can. If treated well, she could open her heart to me.」
「Yes, you should give your all. As the one who will inherit the Shylock House, you should make contact with her with the utmost confidence.」
Eagle laughs excitedly. However, the encounter between Ritone and Nady was the worst it could ever be.


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The first part of the current column poses questions about the utilization of algorithmic operations. After
examining several examples, one may
offer intuitive conjectures. Yet, these
are just conjectures. The challenge is
to develop their sound proofs. Such a
phenomenon occurs often in algorithmics,
when algorithmic problems are offered,
and their underlying characteristics need
to be proved. The second part of the
column involves an algorithmic solution
that capitalizes on a hidden simple notion,
which is also relevant in a variety of
occasions in computer science.
Given an N×N matrix of positive and
negative integers, we may repeatedly
apply an operator that changes the signs
of all the integers in a selected row or
a selected column. The goal is that the
sum of the integers in each row and each
column will be non-negative. We ask two
1. Can we obtain the desired goal for
every given matrix of positive and negative integers?
2. What is the lower bound on the number of sufficient operator applications
for reaching the desired goal (for those
matrices for which the goal may be
Prove your answers.
Example. The goal may be obtainedwith the matrix below, in two operatorapplications. We may first apply theoperator on the 3-rd (bottom) row, andthen apply it on the 2-nd (middle) column.Can we obtain the goal for every given
3× 3 matrix of integers? Are there matrices
for which we may need more than 2
applications of the operator; and, if so, how
many operator applications will suffice for
obtaining the goal for 3× 3 matrices?
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A cat, on the ground, and a mouse, underthe ground, play the following game. Themouse hides in an underground tunnel,composed of a linear concatenation ofN sections - section1, section2, section3… sectionN. Each section has a groundexit, into which the cat may insert its leg(from the outside). Initially, the mouseis in one of the sections. The cat is freeto move on the ground as it wishes, andinsert its leg into any of the sections (oneat a time). If the cat inserts its leg into thesection where the mouse hides, then themouse it caught. Otherwise, right afterthe cat's attempt, the mouse moves to anadjacent section (e.g., the mouse hidesin section7, and the cat inserts its leg intosection3; thus, the cat does not catch themouse, and right after this cat's attempt,the mouse must move, either to section6or to section8 (as it wishes), and wait forthe next attempt by the cat). The mousechanges its section only following anattempt by the cat. Can the cat alwayscatch the mouse? If so,how? If not, why?
Problem solvers attempt this task in
various ways. Some try repeated cat
attempts on the same section. One
solution in this direction involves two
consecutive attempts on each section,
starting from section2. Unfortunately, the
mouse may escape such an algorithm.
Others try to advance from one end of
the tunnel to another by "local back and
forth" attempts (e.g., attempting section2,
then section1, then section2 again, then
section3, then section2 again, then
section3 again, then section4, and so on).
The mouse may escape such an algorithm
as well. In these cases, the mouse may
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She's stands in the pasture across the road, hoping to catch his eye....
and it works. lol
I parked the pickup on the road in between the two, hoping to distract them for awhile, but..
I'm not one to stand in the way of love OR a raging bull.
Little does he know, he could easily walk through that fence. lol
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Tomorrow I'll be participating in Day 1 of a 2-day online activity entitled the Virtual Learning Show.
Here's why I'm getting involved:The titles and content of the sessions interest me (although I've been let down in the past in the gap between what was promised in a synopsis and what was delivered in the event itself)I'm interested to see 'how' some of the 'big names' facilitate their sessions as I'm always up for stealing a few ideas!If I'm brutally honest though, what I'm really interested in is whether it's feasible to run a days worth of online sessions. Admittedly they're not back-to-back sessions, but my experience in the past has always been that of my 'attention wandering' towards the end of an hours session…..
How will I cope with multiple sessions over a day?
Am I the only one who finds even the *best* online sessions difficult to engage with beyond 45 mins?
I guess I'll find out tomorrow…..


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Wells Fargo Stagecoach, English and Western Riding Classes Highlight Peekskill Rotary's 47th Annual Horse Show & Country Fair
Rotary Fundraiser to Benefit Peekskill & Cortlandt Communities
Peekskill, NY – The Rotary Club of Peekskill will host its 47th Annual Horse Show and Country Fair Sept. 23 and 24 at the Blue Mt. Reservation in Peekskill. A Wells Fargo Stagecoach and team of four horses will offer rides out of the Old West while complementing western riding competition on Saturday.
Admission and parking are free and the show will go on, rain or shine. Competition and attractions will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
English and Western Horse Riding Competition
This is the only show in Westchester County with both English and Western riding classes. There are 28 Western classes with eight championships on Saturday, and 28 English classes with eight championships on Sunday. Riders from stables throughout the tri-state area participate in the show.
Attractions For the Whole Family
This is the only show in Westchester County with both English and Western riding classes. There are 28 Western classes with eight championships on Saturday, and 28 English classes with eight championships on Sunday. Riders from stables throughout the tristate area participate in the show.
Fair attractions include pony and hayrides, a country fair and craft market, bounce and slide rides for the children, and a "Kountry Kitchen" offering home-baked goods, pumpkins, apples and mums. In the food tent, Rotarians serve up burgers, hot dogs, chicken, sausage and peppers, fries, beverages, ice cream and pretzels. Breakfast is available for early-arrivers.
The highly regarded Masonic Safety ID Program offered by Courtlandt Masonic Lodge #34 will be offered again this year. The program provides parents at no charge with a CD including a child's photo and background data to help law enforcement agencies more quickly recover a missing child.
Peekskill Rotary President Chappy Manzer said, "We enjoy producing this show and are proud that it is recognized as one of the 'must see' family events in our community. We also are thankful for the hundreds of Rotarians who have worked so hard to make this event successful for the past 46 years.
"The horse show continues to be our club's main fundraiser, with all proceeds donated back into the community and to meet international humanitarian needs."
Blue Mt. Reservation is located on Welcher Ave. off Route 9.
The Rotary Club of Peekskill was chartered 98 years ago. The club has about 90 members representing a cross-section of the Peekskill and Cortlandt communities.


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The 2017-18 Newcastle Chamber Membership Directory
Appraisal Group of the Northwest LLP. Member 2015.Appraisal Group of the Northwest LLP. Member 2015.Real Estate Consulting and Valuation ServicesContact: Peggy Price
Appraisal Group of the Northwest, LLP provides real estate appraisal, analysis, and consultation services by professional real estate appraisers with a variety of backgrounds – including appraising, architecture, economics, banking, engineering, property management, governmental appraising, and real estate development. We want to provide cost-effective information that you can rely on for your important decisions.
Many factors come into play in a real estate valuation. Considerable expertise is definitely required. We will do our valuations objectively, including making appropriate market comparisons.
Our knowledgeable staff will explain the methods in understandable terms and draw the proper information and resources together. Appraisal Group of the Northwest LLP will also counsel you on how to improve your property's value and marketability, and will help you understand how financing and terms affect the price.
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Vocam will be launching Manual Handling e-learning and e-validation solution.
Safety OnDemand has 3 different Manual Handling modules - Manual Handling for Industry, Warehouse Manual Handling, Retail Manual Handling.
Manual handling injuries account for the vast majority of workplace injuries and they impact significantly on business output and moral.
These modules contain new information on risk analysis and assessing the load, in compliance with the latest guidelines.
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As previously reported, Showtime will air the music documentary The Love We Make chronicling Paul McCartney's experiences in New York on and in the aftermath of 9/11 at 9pm Eastern time on Saturday, September 10, the eve of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. The film, directed by documentary icon Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan, recounts the planning and mounting of The Concert for New York City, the McCartney-organized benefit that raised $30-million for 9/11 victims and their families.
If the McCartney music film whets your appetite for more of the show itself, VH1 – which aired the concert live when it took place several weeks after 9/11 – will rebroadcast the event in full this September 11, from 4 to 10pm, with a simulcast on VH1.com. Continue reading


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If you clicked on a link to get here or are already familiar with me then you may know that I created a lot of the original art for the band MxPx including their iconic band mascot, the Pokinatcha Punk (PxPx). I was greatly encouraged by the fantastic response to my blog post last October for the 20 year anniversary of MxPx's first album and so here I am again trying to remember what was going through my head two decades ago when I was working on their second one. I'm not sure this one will be as interesting because with that album came the creation of the mascot which made that art very special but I'll try to make this post worth reading anyway. If you haven't read that one from October or you would like to refresh your memory then I recommend checking it out. Here is the link. 20 Years of Pokinatcha
As has been well documented by the movie No New Kinda Story and other places the rise of MxPx happened pretty fast. I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to it at the time since my first son was born the same week that Pokinatcha released and my life was quickly changing. Four months after that my little family of three moved from Seattle Washington to Salem Oregon for me to start a new job. With that transition I kept doing freelance work for Tooth and Nail Records and other indie bands and labels but I was kind of clueless as to just what was happening with MxPx across the country. I knew they could draw a crowd in the Northwest when they played but I had no idea the real impact they were making until much later. When I was asked to create art for the their second album using the character again I was happy to do it and I was excited but also a little apprehensive. I'll try to explain my hesitation.
I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist and I never have. I'm a graphic designer and an Illustrator. If my designs or illustrations have cartoon-like figures in them I love it but drawing those same figures from a different angle or in a different pose is difficult for me. I'm not saying I can't do it and I have learned some tricks in my 27 years of professional experience but I will admit freely that it's a struggle. Then again I believe that styles are made as much by our limitations as our strengths so I've learned to embrace my weaknesses in some ways instead of getting frustrated with myself. I can't say that 20 years ago I fully grasped this idea and was comfortable with my lack of skill in figure drawing. As I explained before when talking about the creation of the Pokinatcha Punk I thought I was creating a mascot much like a sports team would have that would be like a logo that wouldn't change. It might be hard for you to understand why this was a big deal to me but think about it this way, I knew at this point that there would likely be more drawings to do of the punk in a lot of different poses so I knew I had to figure out what his true proportions were. People who do character development figure out how many heads tall a character is and how big their body parts are in relation to the rest of their body. None of this is really important when you are drawing a one-off character but as soon as you draw him in a different pose it all of a sudden becomes very important. At least it seemed crucial to me. I ran into this before Teenage Politics when I tried to draw him skating and jumping for the insert of Pokinatcha but now that he was going to be featured prominently on another cover that would be in stores and in ads all over the country I took it much more serious. For instance if you look at the original drawing and you see how big his hand in the foreground is and how small his hand in the background is how do you determine how big his hands are when he is standing with his arms at his sides. I don't know about you but I have no idea. So I had to decide that although the first pose was great I would just have to do my best to keep the character consistent but that it wouldn't be "perfect" and that would be okay. I feel like since Teenage Politics that the poses have felt more like they belong together because I always look back at that one when I'm drawing new ones. Even though his foot in the foreground is gigantic the rest of his body is more normally proportioned. That helps a ton. Basically the Teenage Politics drawing became my new standard.
The other part of the poses that I should mention is the PxPx's head. I had worked with some licensed characters at my first graphic design job where we kept the head the same on every pose and I thought that though it was kind of weird it also was great that way. So, I decided to flip it back and forth, rotate it, and move the pupil around but other than that I didn't redraw it. The only exception to this that I have drawn (others have redrawn his head) was on the inside of the Slowly Going The Way of the Buffalo booklet where I redrew him for legal reasons but even on that his expression and the viewing angle of the head is basically the same.
Here are some of my thoughts about the Teenage Politics art as I remember them.
• THE GENERAL IDEA - When I looked over the song ideas that Mike Herrera had sent me and thought about the title I got the idea that teenage politics was not necessarily a good thing so it needed to be destroyed. I don't know if I was right about that but when I presented a couple pencil rough ideas of the art to the band and label they went for the smashing one. The other idea that you can see below is one of breaking the chains of teenage politics which later got turned into a poster. That one was very influenced by my love of old sci-fi and monster movie posters.
• THE STOMPING POSE - Since the idea of smashing the type had been settled on I had to figure out how best to draw the Pokinatcha Punk stomping. I had my wife shoot a Polaroid picture of me so I could see what the body should look like. This was before digital cameras were common so a Polaroid was a good way for me to get an instant shot of something I needed for photo reference.
• SHATTERED TITLE TEXT - Much like the warped type on the cover of Pokinatcha that I created with pre-digital methods the main title type on this album was done similarly by hand. I printed out the type in a straight and stacked format and manually cut it apart and glued it down so it looked shattered. I then took that and copied it bigger and did the same thing to that print. Once I had touched it up and felt good about it I scanned it and vectorized it.
• THE BACKGROUND - As I stated on the 20 Years of Pokinatcha post I was heavily influenced by the rock poster art of the time by artists like Frank Kozik. If you look at his and other poster art of the early 90's you'll see where I got the bright rays. I like for albums to have a defined color theme or palette so that they are easily distinguished from each other. This time I went with a bright green theme because it felt punk rock for some reason and it was very different from Pokinatcha's blue and red scheme. As a side note, I heard this album called the watermelon album one time and wasn't sure how I should feel about that.
• SIMPLE LABEL-LIKE BAND NAME - I used Helvetica Condensed Black because one time a snarky co-worker of mine said no one should ever use Helvetica and since I don't like to be told what to do I promptly used it. I put it in a simple label looking rounded box because that seemed very opposite of what punk art should be which in my mind made it very punk. I put it in the upper left-hand corner because when you are flipping through CDs at the CD store (remember those places?) you would easily see it. Yes, I actually think about things like that.
• BACK MXPX TYPE - The only thing I want to say in regards to the back art on the CD is about the MxPx custom type. It was used for a while as their band logo and appeared on shirts and on the front of the album On The Cover. I inked it by drawing with the eye dropper of an india ink container. This technique purposefully makes a really nice uneven effect. The problem is because it's hard to control and I want to control every aspect of my art it took me many many tries to get one I liked. And truthfully that one was created by taking pieces from a few and pasting them together. Once I was happy with the compiled version I then scanned it in and vectorized it. From there I squashed it vertically and italicized it a little. In addition to being used on the back It was also used on the spine of the CD and Cassette.
• I DON'T REMEMBER - Here are some things that I wish I had a cool story for but I don't. Why did I put the band's name in the shoe tread (although I really like that part)? Why didn't I draw PxPx with shorts on this time? Why did I think dark purple letters would show up against dark blue pants? Why did I twirl the art on the CD like it's going down a drain?
That's all I can remember art-wise about Teenage Politics. I am very thankful for the chance to work with MxPx in those early years. I feel like I was in the right place at the right time with the right desire and experience to help out a band I was excited about. Things changed for me after this album because the next one which was On The Cover was laid out by the label and they decided to hire Coop to do the art for Life In General. I couldn't be upset about that because I think it turned out great. When I finally was brought back the band and Tooth and Nail Records weren't getting along so good. So I ended up doing Let It Happen for Tooth and Nail and some concepts and an internal drawing for A&M Records for Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo. After that Tooth and Nail hired me to do some poses of the PxPx which later got used for Ten Years and Running and the deluxe edition of Let It Happen. Then they all stopped calling me and I got busy with life and we didn't work together for over 10 years. Then last year Chris Bartch found my portfolio website and contacted me. Chris helps the band with their social media and is the fan club ambassador. He asked me to do a 20 year anniversary version of the Pokinatcha art and the rest is history. I'm glad to be back in contact and working with the band again. Thanks Chris! My wife and I went to see them play last month in Portland and it was really fun seeing them again. It was a great show and they were really warm and welcoming to us. My hope is that they keep making music and that once in a while I get to design something for them. That would be great.
Below is the redesign of the Teenage Politics art for stickers and whatever and additionally there is a one color version of it that I did for t-shirts.
I hope this was worth your time to read. I know it's a limited amount of people who are interested in my ramblings but for the few I thought it was worth the effort. You can let me know what you think below as I've thought about doing one of these for the Tooth and Nail Records logo or for Blenderhead's album Prime Candidate for Burnout but if there is no interest then I won't waste my time.
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Is Slot B on the AMD K7 copper, or what?
What is the nature of this Alpha deal
Robert Stead, European marketing director of AMD in Northern Europe, was keen to distance himself from any relationship with Compaq or copper technology, in the future. That much is on the record. But what is off the record is far more interesting. In the last three weeks we have shown slides demonstrating that Alpha promises to scale up to 1.4GHz technology well before Intel can do the same with its Merced processor. Never mind its McKinley platform, alleged to be .13 micron technology. Remember, dear readers, the US FTC forced Intel to fab these Alpha microprocessors. The slides are there, the quotes are there and Compaq is on the record. Where, then, does that leave AMD? Or Intel... Intel claims it has a copper technology but has been very coy about how it will implement it. Can it cross-license it from Loot "Boot" Gerstner's loss making company IBM? And how does NatSemi feel about all of this? Patently, it is a nightmare. Is, then, AMD a minor partner in a Microsoft-Compaq "alliance" which only has a minor part in future copper technology, possibly forged by copper alliances? No one will say. But drawing all of this together, it seems apparent to us, at least, that AMD, in its minor role, is part of a joint Microsoft-Compaq "alliance" to attack Intel. What does the FTC think about this? It's a bit of a muddle, we aver... Is this confusion good for the industry? That's not to say for us either. We leave that sort of decision to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which must surely be connected to the HQ of the United Nations in New York... It, after all, has the say-so on whether roses are placed into guns. ®


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Kanye West to Appear on New Season of 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' [Video]
Kanye West is keeping it all in the family on the small screen. The rap star will appear on the new season of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.'
According to the show's season nine trailer, fans will get a sneak peek of 'Ye's new home with Kim Kardashian as well as an inside look at the rapper-producer's very grand marriage proposal to the reality TV star at San Francisco's AT&T Park.
Although footage of the proposal was initially leaked -- Kanye and Kim reportedly want to sue the person who recorded and released the clip -- we're sure the E! cameras captured any and every angle of the the special moment.
Other drama in season nine includes the end of Kris and Bruce Jenner's marriage as well as NBA star Lamar Odom's public battles with drug addiction.
The new season of 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' debuts in 2014.


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Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child
Coming at you today with a guest post from my bud Emily R., who talks up the new release from Over the Rhine. It's an album I'm fond of as well, so I'm glad to help spread the love...
Over the Rhine released their eighteenth album in late August, and the husband and wife team of Bergquist and Detweiler continue to be innovative in each effort, even when nostalgic. Many reviewers have used nostalgic words to describe the new release, The Trumpet Child: words like "neo-cabaret," "burlesque," and "music of a by-gone era." They aren't wrong.
The disc opens with the smooth sounds of saxophones to set the tone for the whole experience. Each song borrows a little from another genre of music, with Karin Bergquist. "I Don't Want to Waste Your Time" hints at a gospel wail, while "Trouble" mixes a tango riff with the feel of Cuban jazz. "I'm on a Roll" and "If a Song Could Be President" feel like country songs the way they used to be, though Karin's drawl is Midwestern in sound and soulful in feel. "Desperate for Love" might have been sung in Paris in the 40s. "Don't Wait for Tom" is a dirty cut of spoken word with sounds reminiscent of old New Orleans. Every element of this album embrace the way music sounded and felt when it was "better"--or at least simpler.
None of this is to say that this, one of the best records OTR has created to date, lacks innovation. The composition of each song is exquisite, thanks to Detweiler's abilities to know exactly when to add more and when to leave a song to stand for itself. Interesting instrumentation never overwhelms the music. Karin's voice is smooth and beautiful--some may find she has a similar sound to Feist, but I find it more country, jazzy, and perhaps, sleepy. Every track is different in its inspiration, message, and construction, so the CD is like a treasure trove--even though united in a simple but consistent theme.
Over the Rhine - Trouble
Over the Rhine - Don't Wait for Tom
If interested, visit their website where you can listen to the entire album on the record player. Note that they're releasing a Christmas album nationwide this month--they made it last year, but didn't release it. They're also visiting the great state of Georgia soon, with a show in Athens (Melting Point, 10/18) and two in Decatur (Eddie's Attic, 10/22 and 10/23). I saw them once seven years ago, and I'll definitely be making it to one of these.
Ed. note: Thanks Emily!


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Revillo Historic Locations
The following historic locations are located in Revillo, South Dakota. Please select a historic place in Revillo to view detailed information including address information, historical signifiance, and much more.
South Dakota Historic Places
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text: Blair Williams is Technical Manager of Materials Management and Manufacturing Engineering with AT&T in Clark, New Jersey. In addition, he serves as Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn Polytechnic University, teaching graduate courses in manufacturing. His 30 years of experience spans a variety of countries and such diverse industries as railcars, pumps, and lighting fixtures. He is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.


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Park Slope - 3 Years and Two Quilts LaterWednesday, February 06, 2013
It's been a while since I finished a quilt. This one drifted to the top of the pile recently. I had a pair of sheets, one of which was chosen to back this quilt, the other was given away


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Larry Elder Smacks Down Piers Morgan Over Zimmerman Trial (Video)
Via Hot Air, Larry Elder explodes at Piers Morgan when the discussion turns to Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel. Like Charles Barkley, it's good to see people telling the truth on TV. Kudos to Piers Morgan for refocusing the discussion after Mr. Elder got going. Enjoy.


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Over 4,000 children are waiting to be seen for eye problems in three leading Irish hospitals.
Crumlin hospital has 2,446 cases waiting, Temple Street has 1,700 while National Children's Hospital has just 97 children waiting.
Temple Street Children's hospital has stopped giving entry dates for children who need treatment for eye problems because of theatres closing and cutbacks.
Temple street admitted that one of it's four operating theatres is shut every week.
In Temple Street, of the 1,700 children waiting to be seen for eye problems there, 200 haven't to been given an appointment date.
Before being seen at Temple Street, some children will have to wait in line for a year.
At Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin, some children will be three years waiting in line to be seen for eye problems.


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The homes, known as The Mansio, are intended to be mobile and to move all across Hadrian's Wall originally built during the rise of the Roman Empire. The homes are small rectangular units with a semi-transparent finishings coupled with modern design that offers a contemporary take on "mobile ruin." The units can be used as creative spaces for writers and artists that is constantly transported to a new landscape with new sources of inspiration. The Mansio will be set up during the Hexham Book Festival.
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Longitudinal Social Protection Survey (LSPS) is an instrument that seeks to diagnose the situation of social security and pension system with the aim of providing the government and the researchers interested in the matter, information for decision-making and impact assessment programs in the field of welfare and social security.
The LSPS provides accurate, reliable and separated information at the individual level, allowing the study and monitoring of the population over time statistical information.
Creating more and better data is the main objective of the LSPS, a project that drive six countries in the region, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Paraguay and Uruguay, with support from the BID and the CISS.
The harmonized database can be downloaded from the Social Security Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean (OSS) and the BID data portal. It may be useful for the study of social security, such as current and retrospective employment, job training, knowledge of the pension system, education or health security pension variables.
Under the XXVIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Lucia Madrigal consultant of the Unit Labor Markets and Social Security of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) presented the progress of the Longitudinal Social Protection Survey (LSPS).
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For my web app, I recently switched to an Ajax intensive model where most of the html manipulation happens on client side with coffeescript. This significantly increases the number of http requests hitting the server, which caused really serious performance problem on my micro instance on EC2. The app reacts quickly for the first page but then would literally freeze for 1-2 minutes. It turned out to be a combination of the way how Ajax app, Passenger and EC2 micro instance works.
With default configuration, Passenger tends to keep a low number of instances in the pool and spawn when it needs to take care of higher volume of requests. It also recycles unused instance regularly (every 5 minutes by default). It works perfectly with the one request takes care everything model, but an Ajax app tends to fire more ajax calls and they usually come in spikes.
Passenger spawn more instance with the assumption that these requests are coming from multiple users and it needs to guarantee a reasonable response time for all of them. It's a waste for an Ajax model because the asynchronized nature of Ajax application allows them to function reasonably without a super fast server response on every request. Spawning extra instances becomes an overhead when serving a small number of users. Because the normal pattern for an Ajax application is that passenger sees a burst of requests and spawns a bunch of instances and then recycle most of them when user stops operating the app for a bit. Spawning apps is a CPU intensive operation.
On EC2 micro instance this became disastrous because these instances throttles your CPU after a cpu usage spike to prevent you from using 100% CPU all the time(they are shared). The consequence is that every time Passenger spawns 6 instance (default config value), EC2 'helps' by throttling you CPU to only 2.7% of normal computation power...
My solution to this is that I fixed the number of instances in the passenger instance pool at a lower level. This way, ajax calls might get queued a bit from time to time but 1) hardly felt at the client side because most of the ajax calls are some proactive data pre-fetching and 2) no CPU usage spikes.
The lesson I learned from this is that a lots of rethinking is needed in many aspects of web app when we switch to the Ajax driven model.


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Conquering Hero's Heroines Chapter 22
National Problems
「The expenses for the Hero's Festival should have already been decided! In the first place, the treasury was already in a severe state, so there should have already been stricter regulations for spending in place!」
「…I was acting on the orders of the Minister of International Trade and Industry; because it was the 400th Anniversary of the Hero, the festival was supposed to be more lively than usual…」
「That guy…」
Eagle's face soured. Soleil was only assigned to a post like that because he was the childhood friend of the king, and from his viewpoint, he seemed to be nothing more than a termite gnawing away at the treasury.
(At any rate, he must have wasted it by trying to flatter the merchants.)
Bottling his anger, Eagle then asked the next question.
「As for Antoinette-sama's gambling losses, why was that taken from the treasury!」
「F-for the time being, we had arranged to call it a loan…」
「Idiot! That woman will never have a reason to repay it!」
「…there's no way, I could… go against them.」
The Minister of Financial Affairs hung his neck low, and spoke weakly.
「…and lastly, the loan to the knights?」
「That is… The overall harvest of cereal this year is poor.」
「A poor harvest? When the cereal prices aren't even rising?
Eagle tilted his head to the side in puzzlement.
「That's because the merchants banded together, and when we tried to put cereal on the market to sell, the prices hadn't adjusted at all because they flooded the market with their own, so the price did not rise despite it being a poor harvest, and the knights did not want to part with their own supply at such a low price… Because of that, the knights had run out of money and applied to the country for a loan, and I reluctantly had to lend it.」
「Hmm… could it not have been helped? The conduct of the merchants is infuriating, but on the flipside, the price of cereal did not rise either because of the poor harvest. So there is a silver lining in that, at the very least, the people wouldn't starve. How annoying!」
Bemoaning it, Eagle has to reluctantly admit that nothing can be done.
「However, if the loaner loans out money, it should have a proper interest rate, and mention the repayment plan! Get the contract!」
At Eagle's harsh words, the bureaucrats hurriedly brought in the knights' loan agreement .
After he read it, Eagle instinctively wanted to tear it to pieces and throw it away.
「What the hell is this! In addition to loaning it out interest-free, there's not even a repayment schedule written down!」
「A-about that, because the king is already collecting taxes from the greedy merchants, why should the knights have to pay interest? Instead, just pay it back in cereal the next time the harvest is good…」
「Who was it that said such a thing!?」
「I-I'm afraid, it was the king who said it…」
「Fool! If the king doesn't show a firm hand to the knights then of course this will happen! It's not just those contemptible knights, the king is a damn fool too!」
And finally, Eagle had lost control of his temper.
「It is as you say. At any rate, the treasury is bankrupt.」
The Minister of Financial Affairs turned blue and began shaking.
「…Well, it's unavoidable. Geez, now I have to gather the documents and report this to his majesty. My, my, it'll take far more than ordinary effort to slip out of this.」
Eagle thought about the difficulties this would present in the future, and his shoulders drooped.
Putting together a detailed report about the current state of the treasury, Eagle sought an audience with the king.
After waiting for an awfully long time, he was finally allowed to see the king.
「Hey old man, long time no see. You are doing well I expect?」
Saying that with a bit of refreshing laughter, was Rostania Kingdom's 17th Generation King, Louis Rostania.
A descendant of the Hero Artemis, and a handsome man in the early half of his 30s.
He gives off the impression of a young man with youthful vigor, and that makes a tremendous impact on the female nobility.
However, standing before him is a grim-faced Eagle.
「It is good to see the king in good health. But without delay, there are some things we need to discuss.」
He hurriedly tells the king about how the treasury coffers are running dry, but Louis waves his hands as if it was troublesome to talk about.
「I'll leave the matters of the national treasury to you, old man. That kind of stuff is too difficult for me to understand.」
And while saying these words and an "ahaha~" he smiled and laughed it off.
Though this kind of king was popular with commoners and nobles alike, it was unfortunate that he lacked the ability to see reality for what it was.
「No. I'll have you listen without fail. Firstly, in regards to Hero Artemis' 400th Anniversary Festival…」
It's said as good advice that when the national economy is rough, one should not waste money on things like festivals.
「Even so, when the economy is bad, people become tense. Furthermore, Soleil said the ones who have it the worst are the lower class. So at least the festival should be a blast…」
「As for that, only through promoting and developing the country's business infrastructure will it lead to future growth in revenue when money reaches the pockets of the citizens, only then do they benefit. Looking at these payments, the only gold entering any pockets are those of the merchants who colluded with the Minister of International Trade and Industry. It is not related to improving the lives of your people at all!」
Eagle approaches the king with the income and expenditure list for the festival, and emphasizes the list showing the payees. Certainly it is shown that only the larger merchants were being paid good amounts of money.
「I get it, I get it. It would be good if I could think like you, old man.」
Louis waves his hand aside and tries to parry the matter.
「…then, next up is concerning the gambling debts incurred by Antoinette-sama…」
「Y-you see, I too am a bit troubled about that, it's sort of like a disease with her…」
Louis scratches his head and shows a bit of an embarrassing face.
「…Then I trust you will leave the matter of her debt collection to me?」
「I-I'll leave it to you.」
Louis apologised to Eagle.
「Finally, on the matter of the loan to the knights.」
「Ah, there was no helping that. When you see someone in trouble, you should help them unselfishly. Furthermore, if they are my subjects and I am their king, isn't it all the more reason to lend a hand?」
Louis said this while looking Eagle right in the eyes. It was evident this was a matter of the King's pride.
However, Eagle stubbornly returned that stare.
「Who was it that reported that to the King?」
「H-hmm? I wonder who it was…?」
And just as Louis shamefully avoids eye contact,
「It's useless to feign ignorance. Besides, it makes no difference who it was who whispered it to the ear of your majesty.」
「S-saying whispered sounds a bit scandalous! These were all my own thoughts…」
「…E-Except for… the advice I received from Grand Knight Rudolf. That "in return for loaning the knights the money interest-free, I would be showing the magnanimity of the crown, and bolster their loyalty".」
Unable to bear the weight of Eagle's gaze, Louis immediately gave up the name of the person pulling the strings.
「And because of that, the burden was pushed onto the treasury because you failed to see how this will ruin the kingdom's economy! Knights should be supporting the country, but now they're jeopardizing it instead!」
「I-It'll be alright. If it comes to it, I can just borrow…」
「Oh? Borrow from whom?」
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I've had a cold for the last few days. The only things I've really been up to are napping, sipping tea and pad stitching. So, at least there is progress.
One lapel is completely done and the other is underway. When both are done, they will get a good steaming and it will be on to pad stitching the collar.


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Advanced RIM Weighting
The Advanced Weight Editor allows you to programmatically create and apply a weighting variable within Crosstabs. It also offers a variety of tools to help you further customize any weights created with the Basic Weight Editor, and run test cases to ensure that your final reports are calculated exactly as needed.
The advanced editor can be used for a more advanced weighting setup that will not be possible to create/view in the basic editor. The following criteria are considered advanced setup:
- Dimension logic based on grid (multiple dimension) questions
- Dimension logic based on open end questions or date logic
- Dimensions using not, nested, or vector logic
- Dimensions using multiple groups (separate filter logic per dimension)
- Custom filter logic that doesn't match a saved crosstab banner
Accessing the Advanced Weight Editor
The Advanced Weight Editor can only be accessed from the Basic Weight Editor within Crosstabs. To access the Advanced Weight Editor click "Switch to Advanced Weight Editor" at the bottom left of the basic editor screen:
Overview of the Advanced Weight Editor
Here is a quick outline of the functions available within the Advanced Weight Editor:
1. Data Map: This menu displays the survey datamap, including all question, row, and column labels. You can double-click on any question label here to add the logic for each of its answer options to your weighting scheme. Similarly, you can double-click directly on an answer option to add logic for just that option.
For example, double-clicking "Q1" will add the following logic to your weights:
Whereas double-clicking on "r1" will only add
Note: The data map has a limit of 199 questions and will not be displayed for surveys with 200+ questions.
2. Variable Name: The name for your weighting variable will appear here. If you have not yet added a name for your variable, you can add it here.
3. Filter: You can add filters here to apply weighting to only certain question, row, or column data.
4. Learn More: Clicking here will direct you back to this guide at any time during weighting.
5. Weighting Dimensions: You can use this box to manually build out your weighting scheme.
6. Qualified Respondents Only: Checking this box will apply weighting to qualified respondents only (will exclude terminates and overquotas from weighting).
7. Results: The results of computed weights will be displayed in this box.
8. Switch to Basic Weight Editor: Clicking here will redirect you back to the Basic Weight Editor, with any weights and filters you've added in the Advanced editor still intact.
Note: This link is disabled if the weighting scheme you create within the Advanced editor is too complex for editing within the Basic Weight Editor.
9. Compute Weights: Clicking here will compute all weights listed in the "Weighting Dimensions" box into the "Results" box; you can use this to preview the results of a weighting scheme, as weights are not actually applied to the data until you click on "Save".
10. Save: Clicking here will add your weighting variable to the Crosstabs Weighting menu, where it can be applied to the report at any time.
Adding Weights & Filters
You will need to use the "Weighting Dimensions" box to begin building out your weighting scheme.
All weights should be added as a logic condition, with the logic listed first and the weighting percentage second, including a single space between each value. Click here for more information on adding logic conditions within a report.
For example, if you wanted to force a 50-50% split between genders from your first survey question, you might use the following script here:
Note: When using decimal values, there must be a number in front of the period (even if it is zero), and no zeros can be added to the end of the number. For example, "
0.5" will work, while "
.5" and "
0.50" will not.
Each individual weight should be applied on a new line, and any empty lines define the start of a new logic set:
Note: Each logic set needs to total to 100, and each set not prefixed with "
@group" logic will be used in the calculation.
You can also use the "Filter" box to add filters for applying weights only to certain question, row, or column data. For example, if you wanted weighting applied to only males (row 1 in question 1) and not ages 25-34 (rows 1 and 2 in question 2), you might use the following script within the "Filter" box:
Running Weights
You can run your weights at any time during the editing process to verify that the calculation is correct. Once you have finished entering any weights you would like applied, just click on "Compute Weights" to see a preview of what your applied weighting scheme will look like within the "Results" box:
Running weights will not apply them to your survey data and there is no limit to how many schemes you can compute. With unlimited data runs, the Weighting Scheme Editor gives you the ability to re-calculate your weights over and over again, until you are satisfied with the results.
Note: If you do not want to overwrite an existing weight, you should create a new weight variable before re-running the weighting scheme you have created.
Evaluating the Efficiency Output
The "Results" box also provides you with the Weight Factor Efficiency Output for your weighting scheme:
The Efficiency Output indicates how balanced the sample is. If the output is low, then the data is not well balanced and needs to be weighted either higher or lower. Conversely, if the output is high, then the data is well balanced.
If the Efficiency Output is not what you expected, you can adjust your weighting scheme and re-calculate it as many times as you like.
Note: The system will calculate the efficiency output as close as possible, so the maximum difference will never be more than 0.5%.
Evaluating the Root Mean Square (RMS)
After computing weights, the "Results" box provides the Root Mean Square and number of iterations. The Decipher Weighting tool will run a maximum of 50 iterations of the RIM weighting algorithm, but stop if convergence is reached. Convergence is reached once the RMS is less than 0.000005.
If the weighting scheme does not reach convergence after 50 iterations, it is considered a failure. When convergence fails, the system will display a warning message with details of the failure.
A failed weighting scheme can still be applied, but researchers should be cautious about drawing conclusion from a data set with a failed weighting scheme applied.
Note: The results of the weighting scheme above indicate convergence was met after 3 iterations and, therefore, the weighting scheme is considered a success.
Applying Weights
Once you are satisfied with your weighting scheme, you can click on the "Save" button at the bottom right to add your new weighting variable to Crosstabs:
You will then be directed back to the report settings page within Crosstabs. To apply your weights, just select your new weighting variable under the "Basing" menu and click the "Apply" button at the bottom:
After you add your weighting variable using the Weighting Scheme Editor, it will be available within the Crosstabs report settings, and you can toggle it on or apply a different weighting scheme at any time. To create another weighting scheme, you would just repeat this process for each individual variable.
Additional Considerations
Editing Existing Weighting Schemes
Once you have applied a weighting variable within Crosstabs, you can return to edit it at any time, or even remove it altogether. To view the options for existing weighting variables, just hover over the variable name within the "Weighting" drop-down in the report settings menu:
Weighting by Groups
The Scheme Editor also allows you to weight by groups of data, which is particularly helpful when trying to weight data for tracking studies. To weight by group, you would just add "
@" before the logic set you would like applied to each group. This makes the weight call exclusive to the code below it, and it will automatically combine with any filters you have applied.
For example, if you wanted to apply your 50-50% gender split to two separate waves of data within a study, you might use the following code, where "
@wave.r1" and "
@wave.r2" are pointing to the rows for a tracking virtual called "
Note: For group weighting, the logic for each
@ group cannot overlap (i.e., group logic cannot be based on a checkbox question, where a respondent could fall into multiple groups that are used).


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ROME, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Wednesday that Rome has a duty to appeal a decision by European authorities to move the bloc's medicines agency EMA to Holland from Britain but he realises it will be an uphill battle.
"We have to do it," Gentiloni said on Italian television in answer to a question about the appeal. He is the most senior government official to confirm the appeal publicly.
"It won't be easy," he added.
Milan lost its bid for the authority in November, when a tied vote among European Union ministers forced the winner to be chosen by drawing lots from a fishbowl. The agency must leave its current home in London when Britain leaves the EU. (Reporting by Philip Pullella; editing by Agnieszka Flak)


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Brian's response to Irene's announcement that Clare was coming to the dance was a "not quite derisive smile." On the evening of the dance, Irene finds Clare downstairs with Brian, the two having introduced themselves. Clare is overdressed, but stunning. Brian is nice to Clare, which pleases Irene. Clare dances with men, both white and black. Hugh Wentworth would like to meet Clare and complains that the black men are always more attractive to white women, as his own wife dances about with black men. They discuss how "passing" is easier for blacks than whites. At the end of the evening when Brian wants to take Clare home, Irene says she has already arranged for the Wentworths to do so. Irene has told them nothing about Clare's secret.
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