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This issue is part of the spaghetti-on-the-fridge approach: throw out as many as you can, and see what sticks. A red herring: any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue.
To supporters, Judge Sotomayor's vigorous questioning of the Bush administration's position in the case of the Canadian, Maher Arar, showcases some of her strengths. She is known as a formidably intelligent judge with a prodigious memory who meticulously prepares for oral arguments and is not shy about grilling the lawyers who appear before her to ensure that she fully understands their arguments.
Sounds good.
But to detractors, Judge Sotomayor's sharp-tongued and occasionally combative manner — some lawyers have described her as "difficult" and "nasty" — raises questions about her judicial temperament and willingness to listen. Her demeanor on the bench is an issue that conservatives opposed to her nomination see as a potential vulnerability — and one that Mr. Obama carefully considered before selecting her.
A man would be called assertive, and praised.
Judge Sotomayor's colleagues on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit say her tough and direct questioning reflects engagement and, sometimes, an effort to persuade her colleagues. Those qualities, coupled with a gregarious personality, they said, make her a powerful force behind the scenes, where she has used her mastery of the cases to change minds, improve opinions and forge consensus.
Being nasty is a minus? Who compalined? Lawyers whose feeligns were hurt? C'mon.
Those skills, some observers say, could make her an able politician on the Supreme Court and allow her to serve as an intellectual counterweight to Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative who is known for his acerbic questioning.
Ah, yes, acerbic. Is Scalia criticized for his temperament? No, conservatives sing his praises.
"In some ways she could match, well, the other New Yorker on the court, Justice Scalia," said Douglas Kmiec, a law professor at Pepperdine University. "He expects people to give back as good as he gives, and I expect that when Justice Sotomayor is on the court, his wish will be fulfilled."
There you go.
"They call it a hot bench when a judge asks a lawyer a lot of questions — well, she isn't afraid of running a hot bench," said H. Raymond Fasano, a Republican immigration lawyer who has appeared before her 24 times, mostly in asylum cases, and is a fan. "When a judge asks a lot of questions, that means she's read the record, she knows the issues and she has concerns that she wants resolved. And that's the judge's job."
Who expects the judge to be a pushover? Judges are supposed to guard the integrity of the law and to run a fair courtroom, not to pander and meander.
Judge Guido Calabresi, a former dean of Yale Law School who taught Ms. Sotomayor there and now sits with her on the Second Circuit, said complaints that she had been unduly caustic had no basis. For a time, Judge Calabresi said, he kept track of the questions posed by Judge Sotomayor and other members of the 12-member court. "Her behavior was identical," he said.
"Some lawyers just don't like to be questioned by a woman," Judge Calabresi added. "It was sexist, plain and simple."
He said Judge Sotomayor's forceful and lucid arguments had persuaded him to reconsider his position in a number of instances. "And I'm a tough act," he said.
Other colleagues said Judge Sotomayor frequently sent unusually detailed, closely reasoned and helpful memorandums critiquing their draft opinions. "She will offer substantive suggestions," said Judge Jon O. Newman, "but she will not be tenacious in making sure the language comes out exactly her way."
Laurence H. Tribe, a Harvard law professor who served as an adviser in the process that led to Judge Sotomayor's selection for the Supreme Court, said the White House had found concerns about her temperament unfounded, concluding instead that her background and her concern with the consequences of court rulings would be a "healthy antidote" to more formalist legal theories advocated by the Supreme Court's conservative wing.
And the right wing does not like that.


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A recent Master of Music graduate of University of Colorado Boulder, Ava began her violin studies at the age of six. During her undergraduate degree at Truman State University, Ava was a two-time Gold Medal Concerto Competition finalist and regularly appeared as concertmaster with the Truman State Symphony orchestra, where she has also held the positions of principal second violinist and principal violist.
As an active chamber musician, Ava was the first violinist in Truman State University's President's String Quartet, the university's only highly competitive string chamber ensemble. She toured Italy twice with the President's String Quartet, performing recitals in 2013 and 2015.
At CU, Ava has served as concert master and principal second violinist of the Eklund Opera Orchestra, principal second violinist of the University of Colorado Chamber Orchestra, and as a section violinist with the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra. During the summer of 2016, she travelled to Italy as part of CU's "Renaissance in the XXI Century" program where she studied with Alberto Bologni and performed a wide variety of chamber music.
Ava is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Music in Violin Performance at the University of Colorado-Boulder under Professor Karoly Schranz. Her past teachers include Harumi Rhodes, Dr. Sam McClure, Julie Lundgren, and Kathy Karpicke.
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Qucs is an integrated circuit simulator which means you are able to
setup a circuit with a graphical user interface (GUI) and simulate the
large-signal, small-signal and noise behaviour of the circuit. After
that simulation has finished you can view the simulation results on a
presentation page or window.
WWW: http://qucs.sourceforge.net/
make generate-plist
Dependency line: qucs>0:cad/qucs
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/cad/qucs/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install qucs
cd /usr/ports/cad/qucs/ && make install clean
pkg install qucs
PKGNAME: qucs
There is no flavor information for this port.
SHA256 (qucs-0.0.19.tar.gz) = 45c6434fde24c533e63550675ac21cdbd3cc6cbba29b82a1dc3f36e7dd4b3b3e
SIZE (qucs-0.0.19.tar.gz) = 20594557
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for qucs-0.0.19_3:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
autoreconf compiler:c++11-lib bison gmake libtool qt:4 shebangfix gnome
Number of commits found: 40
Bump PORTREVISION for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC
defined via Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk which has moved from GCC 7.4 t
GCC 8.2 under most circumstances.
This includes ports
- with USE_GCC=yes or USE_GCC=any,
- with USES=fortran,
- using Mk/bsd.octave.mk which in turn features USES=fortran, and
- with USES=compiler specifying openmp, nestedfct, c11, c++0x, c++11-lang,
c++11-lib, c++14-lang, c++17-lang, or gcc-c++11-lib
plus, as a double check, everything INDEX-11 showed depending on lang/gcc7.
Mark QT4 ports/functionality for removal on 2019-03-15
While here, chase some KDE4 ports and functionality, these are scheduled for
removal on 2018-12-31. Change the default option/flavor to QT5 where applicable
or use alternative toolkits like GTK.
Submitted by: tcberner
Reviewed by: adridg, jhale, rene, tcberner
Approved by: portmgr (implicit, flavor hook)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17741
Bump PORTREVISION for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC
in the ports tree (via Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk and lang/gcc) which
has now moved from GCC 6 to GCC 7 by default.
This includes ports
- featuring USE_GCC=yes or USE_GCC=any,
- featuring USES=fortran,
- using Mk/bsd.octave.mk which in turn features USES=fortran, and those
- with USES=compiler specifying one of openmp, nestedfct, c11, c++0x,
c++11-lib, c++11-lang, c++14-lang, c++17-lang, or gcc-c++11-lib.
Replace bsd.qt.mk by Uses/qt.mk and Uses/qt-dist.mk
From now on, ports that depend on Qt4 will have to set
USES= qt:4
USE_QT= foo bar
ports depending on Qt5 will use
USES= qt:5
USE_QT= foo bar
Exp-run by: antoine
Reviewed by: mat
Approved by: portmgr (antoine)
Differential Revision: -https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15540
Bump PORTREVISION for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC
(via Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk and lang/gcc) which has moved from
GCC 5.4 to GCC 6.4 under most circumstances.
This includes ports
- with USE_GCC=yes or USE_GCC=any,
- with USES=fortran,
- using Mk/bsd.octave.mk which in turn features USES=fortran, and
- with USES=compiler specifying openmp, nestedfct, c++11-lib, c++11-lang,
c++14-lang, c++0x, c11, or gcc-c++11-lib.
- Update to 0.0.19
Convert LICENSE= "GPLxx # or later" to "GPLxx+"
Approved by: portmgr blanket
- Switch to linguisttools_build
Replace %%QT_BINDIR%% (as suggested by makeplist) by plain "bin".
Submitted by: makc
- Unbreak, actualize
Revive Qucs, now that it no longer depends on Qt3.
Took me quite some pulled out hairs to resolve a couple of things
Clang++ didn't like even though GCC apparently could handle them.
KDE3 and QT3 expired on 2013-07-01, remove these ports.
Unfortunately, this also affects some ports using QT3 as a GUI toolkit.
Changes to infrastructure files:
- bsd.kde.mk : obsolete, remove
- bsd.qt.mk : note that a CONFLICTS_BUILD line can probably go after a while
- CHANGES : document the removals from bsd.port.mk
- KNOBS : remove KDE and QT (KDE4 and QT4 should be used instead)
- MOVED : add the removed ports
PR: ports/180745
Submitted by: rene
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
Exp-run by: bapt
Remove useless metadata from ports I created.
- update png to 1.5.10
- Update to 0.0.16
- Get Rid MD5 support
- update to 1.4.1
Reviewed by: exp8 run on pointyhat
Supported by: miwi
- update to jpeg-8
- bump all port that indirectly depends on libjpeg and have not yet been bumped
or updated
Requested by: edwin
- Update to 0.0.15
- Mark MAKE_JOBS_SAFE
- Use SF/subdir abbreviation for some ports
Update CONFIGURE_ARGS for how we pass CONFIGURE_TARGET to configure script.
Specifically, newer autoconf (> 2.13) has different semantic of the
configure target. In short, one should use --build=CONFIGURE_TARGET
instead of CONFIGURE_TARGET directly. Otherwise, you will get a warning
and the old semantic may be removed in later autoconf releases.
To workaround this issue, many ports hack the CONFIGURE_TARGET variable
so that it contains the ``--build='' prefix.
To solve this issue, under the fact that some ports still have
configure script generated by the old autoconf, we use runtime detection
in the do-configure target so that the proper argument can be used.
Changes to Mk/*:
- Add runtime detection magic in bsd.port.mk
Update my email address in 132 ports.
Approved by: miwi (mentor)
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Update to 0.0.14
Submitted by: Dmitry Marakasov <email@example.com> (maintainer)
* Update to 0.0.13
* Pass maintainership to maintainership
Submitted by: Dmitry Marakasov <email@example.com>
- Set --mandir and --infodir in CONFIGURE_ARGS if the configure script
supports them. This is determined by running ``configure --help'' in
do-configure target and set the shell variable _LATE_CONFIGURE_ARGS
which is then passed to CONFIGURE_ARGS.
- Remove --mandir and --infodir in ports' Makefile where applicable
Few ports use REINPLACE_CMD to achieve the same effect, remove them too.
- Correct some manual pages location from PREFIX/man to MANPREFIX/man
- Define INFO_PATH where necessary
- Document that .info files are installed in a subdirectory relative to
PREFIX/INFO_PATH and slightly change add-plist-info to use INFO_PATH and
subdirectory detection.
PR: ports/111470
Approved by: portmgr
Discussed with: stas (Mk/*), gerald (info related stuffs)
Tested by: pointyhat exp run
- Update to 0.0.12
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Welcome X.org 7.2 \o/.
- Set X11BASE to ${LOCALBASE} for recent ${OSVERSION}.
- Bump PORTREVISION for ports intalling files in ${X11BASE}.
- Update to 0.0.11
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Remove QTDIR from CONFIGURE_ENV, it's in there already thanks to framework
Submitted by: rafan
Tested on: pointyhat
- Respect X11BASE
Reported by: pointyhat
- Update to 0.0.10
PR: ports/103142
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru <tkato432(at)yahoo.com>
Fix build on 4.x.
Reported by: pointyhat via kris
Update to 0.0.9
Approved by: ahze (mentor, implicit)
Update to 0.0.8
Submitted by: KATO Tsuguru
- Add SHA256
Drop maintainership.
Upgrade to 0.0.7
Graphical circuit design and simulation tool.
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No device can output more energy than it receives. However, the same is not true of power.
Work Step by Step
A device, such as a laser, can take in energy at a slow rate (low power) and store it. It can then emit the energy over a short time interval (high power). The law of conservation of energy is not violated. Here is a mechanical analogy. Sisyphus rolls an enormous boulder up a hill, which slowly gains potential energy. This is analogous to the laser silently storing up energy. In a sudden (and heartbreaking) turn of events, the boulder then quickly rolls down the hill, releasing the pent-up potential energy in a flash (this is analogous to the laser pulse). The amount of energy released by the system is the same as that put into the system; energy is conserved.


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Harford County government employees raised nearly $700 for the Ray Lewis 52 Foundation during a bake sale held in Bel Air Friday morning.
The Purple Pride Bake Sale was held in the county administrative building and raised the money in just 90 minutes.
More than 100 county employees and members of the general public stopped by for the sale, a county spokesman said. All the baked goods were made in Ravens colors or with a Ravens theme.
The sale was organized over the previous week, as the Baltimore Ravens began advancing in the NFL playoffs. All county departments and agencies were encouraged to participate.
The sale was coordinated by long-time Ravens fan Kimberly Spence, chief of the Office of Budget and Management Research.
Diana Nalls was the winner of the best Ravens themed bake good contest for her chocolate covered strawberries. Second place went to Jennifer Boesch for her Ravens cupcakes.
The contest judging was handled by Budget and Management Chief Kim Spence and Risk Manager Rocky Gonzalez.
The Ray Lewis 52 Foundation provides assistance to disadvantaged youth.


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Part two of my regular annual look back at the art that I consumed in the past twelvemonth, here are the books that I managed to read in 2016. Sadly my reviews blog has been sorely neglected over the last couple of years, a situation I hope to remedy in 2017, but for now all you get is a pair of lists.
- Body & Soul (Frank Conroy)
- Voice of the Fire (Alan Moore)
- A Portrait of The Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
- Girlfriend in a Coma (Douglas Coupland)
- Midair (Frank Conroy)
- 2666 (Roberto Bolaño)
- Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
- As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
- Children of Earth and Sky (Guy Gavriel Kay)
- Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
- The Final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
- Avalon (Anya Seton)
- The Well of Ascension (Brandon Sanderson)
- Top 10, Volume 1 (Alan Moore)
- Top 10, Volume 2 (Alan Moore)
- The Mesmerist's Daughter (Heidi James)
- The Regional Accounts Director of Firetop Mountain (Stephen Morrison)
- Fashion Beast (Alan Moore)
- Jerusalem (Alan Moore)
My overall reading velocity this year has been greatly tempered by a series of colossal doorstop novels I undertook. Starting with Body & Soul, Frank Conroy's only novel and a hefty hardback found on eBay, I also ploughed through Bolaño's 2666 (900 pages) and ended the year reading Alan Moore's Jerusalem (1,266 pages, and one of the ten longest novels written in the English language) - were it not for a few graphic novels and a single novella (Heidi James's The Mesmerist's Daughter, a free gift with a subscription to the literary magazine, Neon) my overall count could have been far lower.
- On Writing (Charles Bukowski)
- Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story (Peter Bagge)
- The War of Art (Steven Pressfield)
- Empires of EVE (Andrew Groen)
- Seabiscuit (Laura Hillenbrand)
- Radical Focus (Christina Wodtke)
As usual, the non-fiction I picked up is dwarfed by the fiction list. Pressfield's book on creativity was recommended by Wil Wheaton, but I found it preachy and uninspiring. Empires of EVE, on the other hand, which could easily have been a dull retelling of nerdy computer game history, was a fascinating page-turner detailing the complex machinations of players that shaped the universe of EVE Online during its early years.
Radical Focus, Wodtke's book about OKRs (Objectives and Key Results, a target-setting technique), was the strangest business book I've ever read, giving over more than half of the pages to a fictionalised parable rather than the more straightforward explanations you might expect. I'm still not sure if it made understanding the concepts any easier than a 'proper' book would have done.
Recommended reading
Aside from Alan Moore's Jerusalem, which is a topic so big it really deserves its own post, the best book I read this year was probably Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit, an account of the Depression-era racehorse's career, injury and comeback. The story of the unlikely winner and the three men whose lives he changes, told with economy by the housebound Hillenbrand, justly deserves all of its praise.


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Barbie and I bought this Calendar at Walt Disney World in October.
We usually receive a calendar or 2 as gifts from relatives, so haven't bought one in years, but when we saw this, it only took a moment to decide we had to have it!
It features some of our favorite attraction posters from Walt Disney World!
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Depression is a common but serious medical condition that negatively affects a person's mood, energy levels, concentration and overall outlook on life, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. There are different forms of depression, and experts suggest that causes for depressive disorders include genetic, environmental, psychological and biological factors.
Common depressive disorders include major depression, bipolar disorder and persistent depressive disorder, explains the National Institute of Mental Health. With major depression, an individual may have depressive tendencies that severely impact her ability to enjoy life. Eating, sleeping and working may all be affected by major depression, and typically those with major depression have several depressive episodes in a lifetime. Bipolar disorder, though not as common as major depression, involves constant mood swings where an individual fluctuates from manic episodes of feeling extremely happy to low periods of severe depression. Persistent depressive disorder lasts at least two years and may include episodes of major depression as well as less severe episodes.
Generally, individuals with depressive disorders display symptoms of persistent sadness, hopelessness, guilt, irritability, fatigue, insomnia or thoughts of suicide, notes the National Institute of Mental Health. Depression is typically diagnosed by a physician or mental health professional following a physical exam and psychological evaluation. Common treatments for depression include antidepressants, tricyclics, monoamine oxidase inhibitors and psychotherapy.


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hello dearies! the lovely amanda joy over at joy ever after passed onto me a beautiful blogger award last week! it's a fun way to learn more about our favorite bloggers, so today i'm sharing with you ten things about me, you may or may not have known?
anything you didn't know? :) now i get to pass this award on to 5 more beautiful blogs! my picks are:
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Seifollah Samadian's The Days of Their Lives explores the everyday existence of the Iranian populace, photographed as they participate in organised events and parades. The series of eighteen images reveals another face of Iran and offers a subtle socio-economic commentary on a world seldom seen by outsiders.
Highly-regarded internationally as a cinematographer and art director as well as a photographer, who has workedwith directors such as Martin Scorsese and Abbas Kiarostami, Samadian came to the forefront of critical attention in the wave of Iranian photography that gained momentum in the arts scene following the end of the Iran-Iraq war. In the drive to document events that followed, Samadian became Professor of Photojournalism at the University of Tehran and is today Publisher and Editor-in-chief of the Iranian cultural magazine, Tassvir.
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Chimpanzees raised by humans are surprisingly antisocial. Primates are becoming increasingly popular as pets. As infants they are affectionate and needy; but by age five they are stronger than their owners and become destructive and resentful to discipline. Therefore, many pets end up in zoos and sanctuaries where they are expected to socialize appropriately with the chimpanzee community. Can a chimp cared for by humans as a baby become a well-adjusted, social adult?
Chimpanzees are among the closest relative of humans. About 98.7 percent of their DNA is exactly the same. The ancestors of the two species diverged approximately four million years ago; but it seems that living with humans is very damaging to chimpanzees. Raising chimps in captivity causes lingering behavioral problems possibly stemming from disconnection from their natural social group.
The study looked only at chimpanzees now living in zoos and sanctuaries, not in the wild. It is unique in that it focused on the amount of time the individuals spent living closely with humans in the first years of life. The study does not address simply taking the animals out of their natural habitat, but examines chimpanzees who were kept as pets or performers. These chimps bonded with humans but lacked connection with peers. Chimpanzees raised by humans behave differently than their fellow primates in adulthood.
The new research on chimpanzees was conducted by the Lester E. Fisher Center for Study and Conservation of Apes at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Illinois. Researchers collected 1385 hours of data on 60 individuals to write the study titled, The Impact of Atypical Early Histories on Pet and Performer Chimpanzees. They observed 36 chimps who were former pets and performers and 24 chimps raised in a chimpanzee family setting. They measured the Chimpanzee-Human Interaction (CHI) to which the subjects were exposed during their early lives. Chimpanzees are vulnerable to impoverished social histories and exhibit abnormal behavior and even signs of mental illness later in life. Does being raised by humans impoverish their social history?
The study found that chimpanzees raised primarily by people showed fewer social competencies. They were less socially adjusted than chimps raised with their families, even in a zoo or sanctuary setting. One indication of antisocial behavior was that the chimps spent less time participating in social grooming. Picking bugs, nits and fleas out of each other's hair is as much a means of communication as it is a time to touch and show care for one another. Researchers discovered that once reunited with their appropriate social group, the antisocial behavior does not rectify itself but persists for many years. "One of the startling aspects of these findings is that these behavioral effects are so long-lasting, " says Steve Ross, one the researchers. He says that once chimps are raised by humans, their antisocial behavior makes it "challenging and stressful" to re-integrate them into the wild.
The findings of the study should discourage people from owning chimpanzees as pets. Though chimpanzees are adorable and can exhibit intelligence and behaviors similar to human toddlers, they are wild animals. Chimpanzees deserve the respect that allows them to live as members of their own species and not serve as companions for humans. Living with humans causes chimps to become antisocial because humans cannot provide the same level of care and stimulation as can a chimpanzee mother. The study also helps humans who work with chimpanzees understand the impact of their interaction on the social health of the animal. Human care cannot compensate for lack of a chimpanzee family. It casts doubt on the theory that human-raised primates can be returned to the wild.
If living with humans causes social maladjustment in chimps, what does the increasingly solitary lives lived by humans do to children? Are humans spending enough time properly socializing their children? Are chimpanzees doing something to raise their offspring to behave in a socially conscious way that humans are not doing?
Chimpanzees who are not raised in a typical family with their mothers and appropriate social interaction can develop mental and emotional issues. By studying chimps, people can learn about effects of social impoverishment that may relate to humans. Additionally, the new study provides more evidence that people should not keep chimpanzees as pets. Chimpanzees raised by humans are surprisingly antisocial and have a hard time fitting in with other chimps later in life.
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text: Serious question. Does anyone know the answer to this? I was one of the first to get all hyped up about ICS, but now that we've had it for a while I am wondering what Moto's official stance will be with the Razr and Jelly Bean? Any thoughts? Any insider information?


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Wow 2014 was big year for reading. It was a year that I intentionally decided to read more books written by women, and a year that I unintentionally read more non-fiction books than I have ever before. It was a year of reading lots of very top-notch books, which made narrowing this list down quite tough (technically I didn't need to narrow it down because there're no rules that say I have to have 5 books on this list; after all, I get to make up the rules. But 5 seems like the right number for this sort of thing, so I'm going to honour that feeling by only listing that number of books). So here's my list, this time in no particular order:
Only the Animals by Ceridwen DoveyThis is a book which I haven't fully reviewed on my blog yet, but I will be in the very near future because it was just so magical (I have since reviewed it here). I liken it to Yann Martel's Life of Pi not only because animals feature very heavily in it, but also because it's philosophical, highly imaginative and so beautifully told that it'll just take your breath away. It's a collection of short stories told from the perspective of deceased animals who have had some sort of connection with major historical events in the 20th century. It won the inaugural Readings New Australian Writing award this year and for very good reason. If you think that stories told from animal perspectives aren't for you then think again; this book deserves a chance.
Night Games by Anna Krien
Another award winner, this time being the 2014 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award, Night Games carefully and intelligently follows the rape trial of a young AFL footballer and the politics and issues associated and raised with the trial. It provided me with a new insight to football culture, and while it didn't necessarily make me respect the culture of the game any more than I did previously, it helped me gain a broader perspective of the world that people heavily involved in the AFL come from. This book is a must read for anyone interested in the AFL and how women fit (or more often don't fit) into its culture.
Ducks on the Pond by Anne Summers
While this book's a bit of an oldie, it's definitely a goodie and by far my favourite autobiography I read this year. Reading Summers' autobiography felt like time-travelling to me: back to an Australia that was both full of hope and optimism following the second world war, but one that was also oppressive and sceptical of change. And Summers was right there in the middle of it all, protesting the Vietnam War, opening women's refuges with friends (funds which were raised by selling marijuana mind you - so badass) and fighting for women's rights. It's a captivating Australian story that should be known by many more Australians, so I suggest you go read it now.
A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimar McBride
One of the most powerful and challenging fiction books I've read in a long time, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing is the compelling story of a sister and brother's relationship and the fractured lives that they lead. Their fractured lives are cleverly reflected in the fragmented and stilted language which McBride uses throughout the story, making it an incredibly unique and remarkable reading experience. This book has won a couple of awards, the inaugural Goldsmiths Prize in 2013 and the 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction.
Bewitched and Bedevilled edited by Samantha Trenoweth
This collection of essays critiques and reflects on Julia Gillard's term as Australia's first female Prime Minister and her treatment by the public, her colleagues and the media. The contributors range from politicians (Tanya Plibersek) to journalists (Tracy Spicer) to some of Australia's finest writers (Clementine Ford, Emma Maguire). When I went to pick it up just now, I couldn't believe how light it was because it has made such a huge and lasting impression on me, thus I was expecting it to be much heavier than it was. It's a must read for anyone interested in current Australian politics and how feminist issues relate to them.
Special mentions
Ok I couldn't quite leave this post without mentioning the following books, if only it's just their titles. After all I don't want a repeat of last year where I didn't mention a book and ended up thinking about adding it to My Favourite Books of 2013 post for a whole year. That was exhausting. So even though these books didn't quite make my top 5, they deserve a special mention because they were particularly great:
- The Misogyny Factor by Anne Summers
- Not that Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
- Let's Pretend this Never Happened by Jenny Lawson


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Ever since he shot to stardom on Gossip Girl, Chace Crawford has been linked with a slew of Hollywood starlets. But at least one of those rumors — that Lindsay Lohan sends him sexy texts — isn't true. "I'm not sure where that came from because we've been friends and known each other as acquaintances for years and there's definitely nothing romantic," he says in the pages of OK!'s British edition.
"I'm friends with Samantha [Ronson] and she's lovely," he adds. "I wouldn't do anything to disrespect her or Lindsay I think they're phenomenal.
Another bit of buzz Chace is set on debunking is that he's been kissing co-star Taylor Momsen off screen.
"No! That's hilarious," he replies when asked if the stories are true. "It's funny she's only a 16-year-old girl and she's been thrown into this insane universe, so we all look out for her she's like our little sister. We really take her under our wing and she's super intelligent."
(Maybe there could be a pair of pants under that wing for Taylor? Just sayin.')
"The one drag is that she is really young, so she's not going to get to live a normal life – that's why we really try to look after her, so any rumours about us are obviously absurd," Chace continues. "I knew people would say that as soon as we had a scene together. We had a moment in the second season where we shared a moment, a kiss. And it was like here it comes, here comes the speculation, it's going to happen."


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BEDFORD, Mass., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a global provider of biometrics and medical imaging software, today announced that it is providing biometrics software and services for three large-scale border management systems as a result of separate team-based project wins in Europe, the Middle East, and North America. In each case, Aware is subcontracted to provide system integrators with a full suite of COTS software development kits and configurable applications, including Universal Registration Client (URC), BioComponents™, and Biometric Services Platform (BioSP™). Aware is also providing software engineering services to the prime contractors to help configure and integrate the software.
Aware software will be used on workstations globally to perform biometric enrolment for electronic visa systems. BioSP will provide the backend interface to existing watchlist check infrastructure and perform a variety of critical centralized functions, including workflow, data transcoding, reporting, and connectivity between disparate legacy government systems. The three systems vary in topology, scale, and transaction volume, but each utilize a wide range of Aware's highly modular and configurable COTS software components to enable an open architecture.
"These recent project wins demonstrate the utility of Aware's products for complex deployments, their ease-of-use by integrators, and their flexibility and range to support a variety of system requirements with a truly COTS-based open architecture," commented Rob Mungovan, Vice President of Aware's Biometrics and Imaging group. "Throughout twenty years in the biometrics industry, we have remained focused on providing a comprehensive portfolio of high-quality biometrics software products and exemplary technical support."
Aware will provide demonstrations of its software products in its stands at Black Sea Defense & Aerospace 2012 taking place May 16-18 in Bucharest, and at Security Document World taking place May 21-23 in London.
About Aware
Aware is a leading software and technology supplier for the biometrics, telecommunications, and healthcare industries. Aware's biometrics software products and services are provided to solution vendors and system integrators for use by government agencies towards applications including border management, secure credentials, law enforcement, and national defense. Aware's DSL Service Assurance Group offers test and diagnostics software and hardware products that enable broadband service providers to manage their DSL networks. Aware also provides standards-based medical imaging software products to the healthcare industry. Aware is a publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts. www.aware.com
See Aware's website for more information about our biometrics software products.
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Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the biometrics markets. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. Biometric factors include, but are not limited to: market acceptance of our biometric technologies and products; changes in contracting practices of government or law enforcement agencies; the failure of the biometrics market to experience continued growth; announcements or introductions of new technologies or products by our competitors; failures or problems in our biometric software products; delays in the adoption of new industry biometric standards; growth of proprietary biometric systems which do not conform to industry standards; our ability to sell services contracts in a manner that is consistent with our business model; our ability to deliver service contract milestones; and our dependence on third party contractors and consultants to deliver certain services contract milestones. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Aware, BioComponents and BioSP are trademarks or registered trademarks of Aware, Inc.
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A year and a half after Michael Brown's death prompted waves of protests across the United States, the residents of Ferguson, Mo., will finally have their say on the city's settlement with the Department of Justice, which outlines changes in policing recommended to avoid a civil rights lawsuit.
On February 9, the City Council will vote on a 131-page proposed consent decree, which was announced January 27. On Tuesday, residents are invited to the first of three public hearings on the decree, which would institute sweeping changes from police conduct to the city's municipal code, following a Justice investigation which revealed excessive force and patterns of baseless but profitable citations and traffic stops. The majority of the St. Louis suburb is black, although the police force is mostly white.
Approving the decree's changes could prevent a civil rights lawsuit from the Department of Justice, and meet some of protesters' demands, but comes with a "significant" price tag, Ferguson spokesman Jeff Small said. The city is facing a $2.8 million deficit, in part due to legal fees, police costs, and lowered court fees, and will ask voters to approve two new taxes in April: one sales tax on economic development, and one property tax that would cost homeowners about $76 more for a $100,000 home.
"It's going to depend on the public," Mr. Small said. "We're not just going to negotiate and say, 'Boom. This is what you have to live with as a community.' "
Ferguson has been a focus of nationwide protests over police violence, particularly against black men, since the August 9, 2014, death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by then-Officer Darren Wilson. A grand jury failed to indict Mr. Wilson in Mr. Brown's death. He resigned in November 2014.
A subsequent Department of Justice report released in March 2015 criticized the police department for its focus on "generating revenue" from court fines, and imprisoning people who could not afford to pay. The proposed sections would end that practice.
The decree also seeks to heal broken trust between the police force and the mostly-black community it serves. Officers would receive annual anti-bias training, require law enforcement workers to wear and activate cameras on the job, overhaul police guidelines for interacting with citizens, and recruit more minority police officers.
According to the agreement,
The ability of a police department to protect the community it serves is only as strong as the relationship it has with that community. The provisions of this Agreement are meant to ensure protection of the constitutional and other legal rights of all members of the community, improve Ferguson's ability to effectively prevent crime, enhance both officer and public safety, and increase public confidence in the Ferguson Police Department (FPD).
"Neither side received everything that they requested, and both sides made concessions in order to reach an agreement," says a statement from the city of Ferguson, released after the decree.
This report includes material from the Associated Press.


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Barney & Friends "Sweeter Than Candy: Greece" Episode
"Sweeter Than Candy: Greece" Episode Wrap Up
The "Sweeter Than Candy: Greece" episode of Barney & Friends premiered on PBS on September 11, 2009. This episode begins with the kids getting ready for a school play, Cinderella. They are making props for the play. Barney comes to life and they sing the song about making things.
Baby Bop and BJ then arrive. They help with the preparation of the food. BJ really wants to have one of the pickles and they agree he can have just one, but he ends up eating them all as they are all working on getting ready for the play. They find more pickles and then realize that BJ ate all the pickles in the first jar. They then do a song about putting on a show.
A third jar is found and they discover BJ also ate the second jar. Barney then mentions the masks for the show look a lot like the ones used when they first put on plays in Greece. They then all go to Greece using Barney's Travel Book and their imaginations. They arrive in Greece and Barney explains that it is almost always sunny and hot in Greece.
Barney introduces them to two of his friends in Greece. The two are preparing for the Junior Olympics. They decide to join them in some warm up exercises, which leads to an exercise song. After the song they talk about competing in an amphitheater and Barney explains what an amphitheater is.
They decide to put on a play about King Midas in the amphitheater they are in. BJ plays King Midas and instead of gold he loves candy. He sings a song about not being able to have enough of candy. Baby Bop plays his daughter Princess Peppermint. His wife is named Lolly and his son is named Rocky. The rest of the family is not interested in candy. The wife likes the garden and the son likes baseball. They miss King Midas because he spends all his time counting his candy.
A magician comes to visit King Midas. She asks for him to share his candy and let her have a sucker. She says she can make it rain candy. They go into the garden and it is raining candy. They sing the song about if all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops. King Midas grabbed all the candy he could carry and takes it to his candy room. He is still greedy and wants more candy. The magician decides to teach the king a lesson by giving him the power to turn everything he touches into candy.
King Midas eventually got tired of counting candy. He goes to touch a flower in his garden and is turned to candy. He picks up Rocky's baseball and accidentally turns it into candy and begins to feel sorry about it. He thinks the fruit for snack looks good, but he cannot eat it without turning into candy. The rest of his family finally realizes what is going on. He tries to console them with a group hug, but ends up turning them into candy. Barney then sings a song about making mistakes and nobody is perfect.
The magician returns and the King pleads to have his family returned to normal. The magician has learned his lesson and the magician takes away the power to turn everything into candy. She accidentally briefly turns him into a frog. She then gives him a magic can of water to turn everything he turned into candy back to normal. The lesson about learning family is important is also explained before singing a song about family.
It is then time for the kids to return to the Caboose. BJ has learned his lesson about not eating too many pickles from the King Midas story. Baby Bop and BJ leave and then Barney and the kids sing the "I Love You" song. At the end Barney teaches a little about the Olympics, which is kind of odd because that topic is very briefly touched on in the episode.
Overall this episode does teach a good lesson about moderation and a little about exercising with the exercise song. However, it is kind of an all over the place episode with a lot of different aspects with none really gone into much depth on. It basically tried to cover too much with the King Midas lesson and then the Greek culture aspect of the Olympics taught as pretty much an afterthought.


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23,068,800 seconds
384,480 minutes
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and i would wait longer, if i had to,
just to have your hug back.
Welcome home, Bubba.
my mom and i watched this show today called "coming home." and we cried our eyes out. it's about soldiers coming home and surprising family members. i thought of you, and how much your heart must hurt when you cant see isaac. i am so glad for this time for you, to be with your brother :D enjoy your moments <3 <3 xoReplyDelete
Yay! This puts a smile on my face and tears in my eyes. I know how much this day means to you, Isaac and your entire family. Enjoy each and every day and hug him every chance you get!!ReplyDelete


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According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Registered Dietitian exam is a national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. It is one of the requirements for becoming licensed and working as a registered dietitian.
Registered dietitians are food and nutrition experts, and as stated by Penn State's Department of Nutritional Sciences, a person must apply and be accepted to an accredited dietetic internship program to earn the RD certification. Once she has successfully completed the RD program, she must take and pass a national board registration exam much like other health professionals such as medical doctors.


text: HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) -- Ottawa County Jail staff made a mistake when they sent a couple accused of killing their child in Texas to authorities in that state, but the couple cannot be ordered returned to Michigan, a judge ruled. District Judge Bradley Knoll said he does not have the authority to order Cipriano Gonzales IV and Esther Marie Gonzales back to Michigan after they were sent to Texas on May 23, one week before a scheduled extradition hearing. "It's obvious a mistake has been made here," Knoll said. But he added that he would likely have agreed to send the couple back to Texas to face capital murder charges had he conducted an extradition hearing. Just days after the Gonzaleses moved to San Marcos, Texas, from Michigan, their 2-month-old daughter, Cynthea, was taken to the hospital. She died March 11, and an autopsy showed she had a fractured skull and multiple rib fractures. The Gonzaleses, both 23, returned to Michigan after Cynthea's death and were arrested in Holland. Their Michigan lawyers, John Moritz and Brad Johnson, said they truly believe their clients are innocent. "If you look at the evidence, (Texas investigators) don't have any," Johnson told The Holland Sentinel for a story published Thursday. After learning the Gonzaleses were sent back to Texas, Moritz and Johnson filed a request with Knoll asking for the couple to be returned to Michigan. Johnson said Cipriano Gonzales told him he asked for his attorney before he was transported and also told jail staff he had a hearing scheduled. "He was basically told to shut up," Johnson said. Ottawa County Undersheriff Greg Steigenga said he was not aware of that happening. "We didn't know about their hearing until it was too late," Steigenga told the Holland Sentinel. "If it was known they had a hearing scheduled, we wouldn't have let them go." He said the sheriff's office will review its policies so such a mistake doesn't happen again. The Gonzaleses have another daughter, Skyli, 3, who is being cared for by Esther Gonzales' mother in Michigan.


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Not surprisingly, the cross scripting, xss, and/or flash manipulation scam is alive and well on ebay, this time documented by a casual observer. This has also been documented time and again by myself and others on Youtube BTW.
For those not aware, these ID stealing flaws, through careful research, have been shown to exist uncorrected on ebaY for as long as 11+ years now.
What's even more alarming: you don't need to actually sign in to any phake login page to have your credentials stolen, thanks to the cookie stealing variant of this hack.
Top that off with the fact that ebay's own policy is to blame the user/victim.
Numerous comments at my youtube videos also indicate that victims are treated poorly and unprofessionally by ebaY's customer service reps.
Important facts to consider when choosing online shopping or even surfing destinations.
Ebay scam redirect camper van
Uploaded by thumper444 on Jun 8, 2011
hi, im not even a ebay member, but was looking at camper vans, if its to good to be true it probably is, dont be foolish and loose your details or money, thanks for watching. can you trust this site, i think not. thanks for watching. please remember if you do buy something like this you part with your money you will have no comeback, yes thats right, do your checks aa rac whatever, dont part with your money on the descriptions(important) alone on this site you could end up with a pile of poop. hpi only shows recorded accidents, not accidents repaired by other means, so get it checked. dont believe these lying scum.
Update: for whatever reason that video has been removed. Anyone wishing to see it can leave comment below and we shall make it available from the Mighty Cappnonymous Archives


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Very nice work!!
Elevator: Source is the world's most ambitious elevator simulation game. We here at pixelTail Games work day and night to bring you the most heart pounding adrenaline filled Elevator Simulation experience to date! What happens when you step into that elevator? Dare you find out?
Very nice work!!
Wallpaper, Please
That is actually very awesome.
It is casting a shadow on the floor.
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
We created the ability to check your watch while waiting in the elevator. It actually tells the time based on your computer clock.


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A new challenge begins today at Tag You're It! This time the inspiration is from DT member Kelly Szafron from Kelly's Papercrafting! There are so many things I love about this card... what about you? The first thing I saw was that cute Santa, matching stripes, and then BAM! That pop of gold on the sentiment and background stamping. There are lots of directions you can take this one. Right now my brain is stuck on Halloween so I thought I'd switch it up a little. Santa has been replaced by a cute little witch, and the red stripes are orange and purple!
I used Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders to create those show stopper layers and then went looking for a stitched die big enough for the witch stamp. Score! Waltzingmouse had me covered. I love all the stitched detailed dies available now.. its so easy to mix and match brands and have them perfectly coordinated.
Supplies Used: Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps: Serendipity Stamps Halloween Pops, Waltzingmouse Stamps Gracie At Halloween
Dies: Waltzingmouse Stitched Tags, Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins
The Twinery Purple Shimmer Twine
1/8" Orange Diagonal Stripe Ribbon May Arts
Wood Veneer Bats Jellybean soup
Ink: Memento, Copic


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I am a British born, living in Canada. Moved from the countryside in June 2014 to an "Active Adult Community" which is a whole new way of life. My blog is about all aspects of my daily life.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
So what did I do on Monday?
I decided to do some cooking and made fishcakes, fish in parsley sauce with peas and, cauliflower and cheese sauce. There was enough fish cakes for one meal for Monday nights supper and one meal to put in the freezer:
Prepared some fruit to put into dh's lunches and for our dessert:
Made out our menu plan. I see I spelled parsley wrong on the menu, just couldn't be bothered to take another photo.
I posted three book reviews here of the books below in the photo.
Along with tidying up parts of the house along the way, by the time I got to the book reviews I was getting tired. So after posting the book reviews I didn't do much. There's always tomorrow.
Did you have a busy Monday?
28 comments:
- Chy said...
Busy day for you. Hope you didn't tire yourself out to much!
It was a busy day around here too. Tons of paperwork, phone calls, appointments, shopping, laundry & a bit of cleaning to keep it as nice as it was over the weekend. Good day all around.
- May 5, 2015 at 1:04 AM
- Stella Jones said...
Yes Gill. Monday is housework day here at the cottage. I have the men well organised so we all do our bit. My tasks were to clean my bedroom and the office. Larry does the back room and breakfast room and Jim does the lounge and the dining room. I also made the dinner and they washed up. Then we all went to sleep in our chairs while the snooker was on!
Your meals look very nice. I fancy some fish cakes now.
- May 5, 2015 at 4:20 AM
- Belinda said...
Wow, our laundry rooms are almosst identical. Ours are also in our bathroom although we do not have doors on ours.
Your dinner sounds good. I have a can of salmon that I need to make patties with sometime soon. We love those here.
- May 5, 2015 at 5:15 AM
- Debby said...
I am green with envy!!! Your laundry area is beautiful!!!!
- May 5, 2015 at 6:47 AM
- Helen Philipps said...
You have been busy....and your food all looks delicious, Gill. Might make fish cakes for dinner tonight now :)
Wishing you a happy week.
Helen xox
- May 5, 2015 at 6:55 AM
- Plowing Through Life (Martha) said...
A very busy day. Mine was the same yesterday. But at least I got some things done.
- May 5, 2015 at 7:08 AM
- T'Pol said...
That is a lot of work! Please take it easy as you are still recovering. Rest is the only cure in most cases. Dinner sounds yummy.
- May 5, 2015 at 7:21 AM
- Jacquelineand.... said...
I'm glad you were feeling so much better! I make salmon patties but have never made fish cakes as such... should give it a try sometime.
Love your laundry area, ours is in the basement... urgh.
Yesterday I went to the cardio, baked, did chores, and chased 4 dogs and a cat, lol.
- May 5, 2015 at 7:22 AM
- Boyett-Brinkley said...
Monday still sick with whatever dreaded bug I have picked up now but I did sew a dress, do some laundry and go pick up Bean from school. I cooked dinner and then collapsed.
- May 5, 2015 at 7:56 AM
- Maggie said...
Busy Monday for you!
Thanks for sharing a photo of you laundry / powder room, you gave me a brilliant idea for when we do our downstairs shower room/laundry room :-)
- May 5, 2015 at 8:00 AM
- Craig said...
Those fish cakes looks delicious! My partner makes Maryland crab cakes sometimes which I love. I like the idea of planning your weekly menu like that - I've never got around to doing it. I cut my grass on Monday so that was enough!
- May 5, 2015 at 8:07 AM
- Buttons Thoughts said...
Mondays always seem to be busy. Nice menu. Hug B
- May 5, 2015 at 8:12 AM
- slugmama said...
I don't think I have ever had a fish cake.....crab cakes yes, but fish cakes no.
I was busy here Monday too....removing all my clothes from my closet to go through them and change out the Winter things, hemming a pair of hubs work pants, riding my exercycle, kitchen work too.
- May 5, 2015 at 8:28 AM
- Jane and Chris said...
On top of daily stuff,I went to the hairdressers and did the grocery shopping.It seemed really busy out,don't know why.
Jane x
- May 5, 2015 at 8:36 AM
- Gillian said...
You certainly were busy. I was busy in a different way - had to go to work.
- May 5, 2015 at 9:45 AM
- EG CameraGirl said...
Oh my! I think you accomplished way more than I did yesterday! But, then, I had a couple of visitors, former neighbours who now live in British Columbia. So I spent most of the afternoon talking and listening. ;)
- May 5, 2015 at 10:25 AM
- William Kendall said...
Cauliflower and cheese sauce was always a good meal.
- May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM
- Bronwyn said...
You're a busy woman! It's so easy to feel accomplished after a day like this. And you remembered to take pictures, too. Impressive!
- May 5, 2015 at 11:41 AM
- Gail said...
Send me some of your energy please.
The Koi do winter in the pond but we don't have horrible winters. The pond freezes but I leave a pole, stick or log in the water before it freezes. Any gas can escape this way.
- May 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM
- Rose said...
I did not do much yesterday, but have two loads of clothes on the line, vacuumed and going to mop the kitchen here in a minute. It is so hot, the clothes could be brought in now...so will do that soon.
- May 5, 2015 at 1:23 PM
- Anne in the kitchen said...
I have never had a fish cake either but it sounds like something I would like to try.
I usually get stuff done on Mondays, but we had worked so hard at the lake this weekend that I was toast yesterday.
Had to spend a good bit of time with Dad this morning so I am hoping an afternoon blitz session happens in the house.
- May 5, 2015 at 3:49 PM
- Enie Dub said...
Great laundry room!!
- May 5, 2015 at 3:55 PM
- Wisewebwoman said...
I love your blackboard idea for the meals!You had a very productive Monday, so did I. I worked in the a.m. at my office up the road and then afternoon I prepped tax returns and e-filed them and then settled down to knot and watch The Bletchly Circle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2275990/combined
Have you seen?
- May 5, 2015 at 4:33 PM
- Shelley said...
Your menu sounds good and your dinners look great! Do you have a recipe for the fish cakes?
- May 5, 2015 at 6:23 PM
- Scrappy quilter said...
Good to hear you are feeling better. You managed to get a lot done. Great job!
- May 5, 2015 at 7:14 PM
- Winifred said...
Nope did very little as it was a Bank Holiday. Went to a horse show to watch my granddaughter ride. Not too bad weatherwise just windy.
You have been busy. Love your laundry room
- May 5, 2015 at 7:20 PM
- Margie said...
You certainly had a productive Monday!
I also enjoyed reading The Rosie Project. The sequel, The Rosie Effect, came out last year, but I haven't read it yet.
Thanks for visiting my blog. The teacup's yellow colour is very light so I can see why you didn't pick up the shade right away!
- May 5, 2015 at 7:27 PM
- Granny Marigold said...
I'm a traditionalist and still do laundry on Monday. Mondays seem to be a busy day for everyone.
- May 5, 2015 at 9:42 PM


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Prison Break (2005)
1 plot hole in And Then There Were 7
Starring: Amaury Nolasco, Dominic Purcell, Robert Knepper, Wentworth Miller
And Then There Were 7 - S1-E11
Plot hole: When Scofield comes back after visiting his wife, Fernando announces his arrival. However the problem is, everyone is inside digging the hole. As Fernando walks in along with Scofield, it leaves no one outside watching for guards. The guys are at least smart enough to keep the watch outside instead of all staying inside. If a guard shows up unnoticed, they are screwed.
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Oh well.
This quote is beautiful and relevant:
For none of us can ever express the exact measure of his needs or his thoughts or his sorrows, and human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars. ~Gustave Flaubert
I'm not aiming to melt any stars, I'm just trying to describe things here accurately...hopefully, this will do. If I still had a camera, these are the ten pictures I would have taken to sum up Teyel Tabaski 2015:
1) The severed heads of two rams, one black and one brown, eyes dark and unseeing, mouths slightly agape. Proud curved horns curl around the heads; on the right ram, the black one, they nearly touch the ground, indicating that he was probably the primary sacrifice this morning. The left ram, the brown one with shorter horns, is tilted to one side, balancing on a horn, a soft string of spongy pink brain stem protruding from the nape of his neck. There's a ruddy smear of blood on his floppy brown ear. The black ram's head, in contrast, is clean and sitting straight-up, as though he's merely resting, dignified, the rest of his body hiding under the sand. A skinny rooster is eying the heads cautiously, weighing his options, trying to figure out whether they're edible.
2) My beautiful host sisters Fatou and Medo laughing at something the baby did. They've got three and four packets of fake weave hair in, respectively, and each is wearing it in a high ponytail held in place with a thick black cable normally used to tie luggage down on a bike rack, a feat of engineering necessary because the bulk of the hair broke 3 of my ponytail holders as I was attempting to restrain it. They're wearing matching light brown complets, in the style popular with teenagers here, fitted on top with a huge peplum just above their hips, and its shocking how mature they look. Last Tabaski, at 12, they were girls, and somehow this year at 13 they suddenly look like women.
3) A troop of young girls (toddler - 8ish), led by a confident, muscular, immaculately braided troublemaker who's toddling on white jeweled high heels. The leader's pitching to the side because the heels are ludicrously impractical here and keep getting caught in the sand. All the girls are wearing matching skirt and shirt outfits, walking from compound to compound to demand salibo. Salibo is like Senegalese trick or treating; most families set aside a small stash of coins or candy for visiting neighbor kids, who then return home from their afternoon of scavenging with full pockets and sugar headaches. In Teyel, salibo is the day after Tabaski, and the girls know that perfectly well, but if they ask enough people who are in happy food comas after the feast, maybe they'll get something.
4) Baby Mariama, formaly braided with fake hair for the first time. The job is sloppy and obviously rushed, testament to the fact that Mariama vehemently disagreed to the braiding process and had required two girls to hold her in place while another plaited her as quickly as she could. At almost two, Mariama is barely recognizable as the infant she was last Tabaski.
5) An enthusiastic selfie with my 16ish year old host sister, Hawa. I would most likely look insane in the picture, she bewildered and amused, but unshakably calm. Hawa lives in Kounkane, a town about 15k away, doing housework for a relative, but she came home for Tabaski. Hawa is sweet, sassy, and funny, far cooler than me, and I adore her, though I very rarely get to see her. Unfortunately, since she has zero years of formal education, her current "cook, sweep, and wash for the men" routine will probably be continued for the rest of her life.
6) My gorgeous baby tokara, 16 months old now, face scrunched up in tears. She's reached the unfortunate age babies pass through where they realize I don't look like a normal human, but they don't yet realize I'm OK. Hopefully she'll pass through it soon; it's a blow to the self-esteem to have a baby bust out crying when she looks at your face, particularly one who I have visited several times a week for a year and a half. Even crying, baby Kadiatou is beautiful, all chubby cheeks and tiny rosebud lips. She has a fancy pink scrunchie precariously balanced around a tuft of poofy hair too short to properly hold it.
7) A circle of neighbor kids dancing the hokey-pokey. I translated the lyrics to Pulaar on a whim one day and it really took off. If I make no other difference in this village, at least I taught Teyelans a fun new game that will confuse the hell out of future anthropological researchers. A few of the girls have torn strips of black plastic bags tied around their fingers; they're waiting for their henna to set.
Wad junngo ñaamo to ndeer
Wad junngo ñaamo to yaas
Wad junngo ñaamo to ndeer
Dimmbu dimmbu dum comme ça
A waadat hokey pokey
A werloto hoore ma
A amat haa abadan
Put your 'eating hand' inside
Put your 'eating hand' out
Put your 'eating hand' inside
Shake it shake it "like this" (comme ça is French but most people get it).
You will do the hokey pokey
You will turn yourself
You will dance forever.
8) My host sister and namesake, Kadiatou, closing her eyes and smiling while working through a chewy piece of ram intestine. Every part of the sacrificed Tabaski ram is eaten - liver, intestines, windpipe, even the testicles. Though I deeply respect the lack of waste, my taste buds are not so rational and very little of the meat here is delicious to me. I suppose my host family would probably be equally unimpressed with sauerkraut or lutefisk.
9) My crazy little trash kitten, Mallory, when I gave her a ram knee to gnaw on. She was trying to eat it as quickly as possible while also spinning around in a lookout to make sure no bullying chickens were coming to wrestle it away from her, and making a primitive purr-yelp-moan that I'm pretty sure meant "this is the best day of my life."
10) I would also take (but probably not share) a picture of myself as I looked when I formally stepped out to greet the village. My vil loves it when I wear makeup (probably because I do it so infrequently), and they love it even more when I forgo the subtle enhancements I find pretty and instead paint my face with the brightest, most garish colors I can find. I therefore had enough eye shadow to shame Mimi from the Drew Carey show, my lips were clown red, and I had an unnatural pink shade of blush in a thick stripe down each cheek. According to the ladies of Teyel, it was ravishing. If you could divert your attention from my mess of a face, you'd have noticed that my hair was equally ridiculous, braided thick with fake hair in a bold blend of browns, reds, and purples. It was a running joke with my Peace Corps friends that I should dress up formal-Senegal style for my sister's wedding in April, but I think if I'd have actually done so, she would have strangled me.
So, there you have it. Seeing a picture is not the same as being here; reading words is not the same as seeing a picture. Still, it's the best I could do right now. Happy Tabaski!
So, there you have it. Seeing a picture is not the same as being here; reading words is not the same as seeing a picture. Still, it's the best I could do right now. Happy Tabaski!


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BUENA PARK, Calif. --The search is on for two armed men who robbed a Mexican restaurant and a liquor store in Buena Park on Sunday.Police said the robberies happened within an hour of each other.
The first robbery was at Tacos Mexico on 7695 Knott Ave., where police say the suspects ordered the employees into the back and tied them up with zip ties. The suspects were wearing black gloves, black clothing and ski masks.
Authorities said two men fitting the same description robbed JK Market Liquor at 8530 Commonwealth Ave.
No one was hurt in either incident. Anyone with information is urged to call the Buena Park Police Department at (714) 562-3902.


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This downstairs, rock'n'roll dive bar is set up for fun, 7 nights a week. Small in space but filled to the brim with good vibes, the smell of fresh pizza wafts through. Alfred's Pizzeria have a well stocked beer fridge and spirits shelf too, and available all night is their full pizza menu. Choose to grab a full pie or order by the slice.
Alfred's Pizzeria
- When:3pm - 12am Mon-Sun
- Where:37 Barrack St Perth
- Web:www.alfredspizzeria.com.au
- Good for:late night eats and drinks.


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Jennifer Lawrence looks stunning in all of the new Dior Fall 2018 campaign photos!
The 27-year-old Oscar winning actress was photographed for the new campaign by famed photographer Brigitte Lacombe.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jennifer Lawrence
The new photos were taken in a room that were meant to echo the self portraits of surrealist artist Claude Cahun (1894 – 1954). Claude's portraits inspired Maria Grazia Chiuri while making this collection.
Check out the newest campaign photos from Jennifer Lawrence and Dior in the gallery below…


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Well the time is getting to the end of February now and the weather (should hopefully) start to get warmer soon. Some of the guys on the plot have organised the delivery of horse manure to the plots, if you haven't got any organised see Jim I'm sure he'll help you to get some.
Most of you will know if you have been on the plot for a while that the trading centre shop in Urmston closed, probably about 2 years ago now, well looks like the committee has secured a buyer for it at quite a good price. So will keep you informed as to its sale plus how the monies will be used.
In April (can't remember the precise date) will be the Annual General Meeting for the Urmston Allotments and Garden Society. All members are invited to attend and more details will be given to you closer to the time.


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We did something a little different this week. The original idea was to have Eric Bouchard and Chris Maeurer record the first half of the podcast, and then Chris and Jay Sims would record the second, and we would meld them together. Unfortunately, schedules did not allow for the second recording, so you just get Eric and Chris sharing their weeks and interviewing each other about their roles at the church and what Eric has learned being a part of You Lose!
Announcement – "Everything Is Going to Bo Okay" my Mick Gordon from Prey (Original Game Soundtrack)
Intro and Outro – "Rockslide: The Everyday Gamers Theme" by Robert Payne
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Jean-Baptiste Mallet (1759, Grasse - French genre painter. First a student of Julian Simon in Toulon, then Pierre-Paul Prud'hon in Paris, Mallet is best remembered for his small-scale gouaches and watercolors. Not by any stretch a great painter - most of his work is actually rather crude - his work has nevertheless become well known as a valuable chronicle of fashion and interior design from the last days of the ancien régime, through the Revolution, to the Directoire and First Empire.
|This and the next two paintings are typical of the racy images being created at the time and eagerly collected by "discriminating clientele".
|Outright pornography was also being produced in large quantities, even by established and otherwise "serious" artists.
|(This is another version of the painting at the top of the page.)
|(A slightly later work - which I actually like a lot.)


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These biscuit boxes designed by 'Robot Food' cleverly showcase the product and the ingredients using one simple image -- a cookie-made pie chart. In order to represent Prewetts' premium gluten-free cookies, each box is labeled with a cookie, which is divided into different sections to highlight the most important ingredients.
The design team was able to create logos for three cookie flavors, which included 'Chewy Oat and Raisin, Spicy Dark Chocolate and Ginger and Rich Triple Chocolate.' Each cookie image was then placed on a white background, paired with boldly-colored accents and light typography to ensure the focus of the packages were the cookies themselves.
With the popularity of gluten-free products continuing to captivate the attention of consumers, these biscuit boxes are the perfect way for the Prewetts brand to stand out among the competition.
Pie Chart Cookie Packaging
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These Biscuit Boxes Show Ingredients Using Cookie-Made Pie Charts
- By: Ady FloydFeb 23, 2016
References: northumbrianfinefoods & packagingoftheworld
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Wanted: People with Taste
Paul Graham wrote a good book a couple years ago, Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age. I wrote a review of it shortly after it came out.
One of my favorite chapters in that book is titled "Taste for Makers." (Hackers and Painters is a compendium of some of Paul's web essays along with some new material. You can read Taste for Makers on his web site.) Paul begins his essay with:
I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students. "A lot of them seem smart," he said. "What I can't tell is whether they have any kind of taste."
Paul goes on to say:
Taste. You don't hear that word much now. And yet we still need the underlying concept, whatever we call it. What my friend meant was that he wanted students who were not just good technicians, but who could use their technical knowledge to design beautiful things.
Indeed. Taste is one of those elusive qualities that never shows up on a resume. Sure, everybody lists the jobs they have held, uses action sentences like "grew revenue from $0 to $1B in six months," and ends with a list of university degrees and that ever-important "References available upon request" (would anybody not provide references if they were requested?). What's always missing is some indication of whether that person has any taste.
I'm not even sure I could provide a good definition of taste, but I think Paul has something when he associates it with the ability to design beautiful things. I think I'd relax that definition a bit and say that taste is the ability to recognize beautiful things. You can't design what you can't even recognize and there are actually many people who can do the design of beautiful things that somebody else has specified.
In the world of products, taste is what separates the truly-special from the increasingly-ordinary. Taste is what makes an Apple iPod "better" than the hundreds of other MP3 players on the market, even the ones that arrived on the scene before it. Taste is what makes a Tivo DVR better than the other DVR alternatives. In these and countless other products, taste is what turns nearly-identical physical components into very-distinctive user experiences.
And unfortunately, taste is both in short supply and difficult to find when reading resumes.
I wrote this blog entry because Vyatta thinks that taste is important. It's something to be sought after and valued when it's found. If you think you have it and want to work with people who value it, send us your resume and include a cover letter telling us why you think so.
We need software engineers, testers familiar with network products, and product managers.


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Located in Naples (North Naples), Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Naples Pine Ridge is convenient to Teddy Bear Museum and King Richard's Family Fun Park. This hotel is within the vicinity of Tiburon Golf Club and Waterside Shops.
Make yourself at home in one of the 82 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with full-sized refrigerators/freezers and stovetops. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed, and all rooms are furnished with queen sofa beds. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary, while 37-inch flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment. Conveniences include desks and separate sitting areas, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional features at this Art Deco hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, wedding services, and a television in the lobby.
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Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, a computer station, and express check-out. Planning an event in Naples? This hotel has 800 square feet (72 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
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Do words have meaning? Yes. The statement "Words do not have meaning" is self-refuting because it presupposes that words do have meaning. If it is true, it's false. Therefore, it's false. To deny that words have meaning is the deconstructionist fallacy.
Dr. Jason Lisle Understanding Genesis: How ot Analyze, Interpret and Defend Scripture.


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Well, now that it's practically summer, I thought it was about time to get this winter beauty on the blog! Lauren's winter session was one that I was beginning to think would never happen! We were waiting for snow. And waiting…and waiting…and waiting. Finally, at the end of February we got some snow. Not a ton, but enough!
I love the way we styled her! Her mom brought so many adorable winter white outfits and awesome jewelry, and I thought a pop of color in her lips would be amazing. They were! Just take a look! There is such an air of vintage flair to these images. I love them! Lauren always makes it all so easy though! She braved the freezing cold, and even though her hands were blue, she kept her bright, sunny smile. 🙂
Thanks, Lauren, for another amazing photoshoot! You're the best!


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