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Last week we went to Florida! yes, my son and I packed our travel legos and went to the "mother house"… Legoland Florida!
The park is far away in what seems the middle of nowhere in comparison to the Disney Empire and the Universal Parks complex. Legoland is located half way between Tampa and Orlando. The road is ok though but it takes a while to get there so make sure you pack in car entertainment for your little ones.
Parking is same price as Disney, at $17 a day. We did the two park combo (water park and general park) in two days, and I kind of wish we had done it in one day. It is possible to do it as the waterpark isn't really that big (but fun) and in order to get to the water park you have to walk ALL the way through the general park, there is no other way around it.
The park is an awesome experience for Lego fans. You have an entire area dedicated to small cities made of Legos, it is amazing although clearly getting deteriorated by weather, some of the stuff has lost is color and looks a little meh but it is understandable. It still constitute and amazing work of art and dedication.
The rides are fun, kid friendly. A few rollercoasters, a cool laser tag and a sort of splash adventure in which you will get soaked (YOU WILL no matter what so if you don't want to get soaked do not go to the Lego Chima ride). At the Pirate Cove there is a live action show that involves water stunts and water splashes which seems to be a favorite with kids. I mean who doesn't like captain Brick Beard?
There is an indoor station (PERFECT, HEAVEN for hot summer days) in which you can try all Lego video games in different platforms (PS4, Wii, Xbox) and a place in which you can built your own little race car and test "drive" it against other people. We also saw some characters there (picture time!) get those cameras ready and snap snap snap!
There are plenty of eating options and I was very pleasantly surprised with the availability of vegetarian dishes. At the Market Place main restaurant they offer an asian veggie bowl/ with rice that was quite delicious! The burger place also offers spicy bean burgers. Salads are also an option available. I was a little sad however that there was no funnel cake anywhere! I mean really? for me Florida parks and funnel cake go hand on hand.
I also loved how all the benches in the park claim to be made of recycled materials! So this park hit all the environmentally friendly and vegan friendly marks with me. So everything is awesome! (pun intended)
The park has many stores thought the entire place with different options of Legos and Lego related merchandise. The main shop at the entrance called "The Big Shop" is without a doubt the one with more variety. You can also find a minifig store in which you can make your own mini figures, and a brick shop in which you can buy bricks by the pound. I was sad we were unable to use or gain any Lego VIP points though, you would think that of all places this will be the place to earn points. So boo for that! The Lego store has cool stuff from Lego toy sets to clothing and Lego inspired kitchen supplies
The water park area is a different park, so you need to purchase a separate ticket for this site if you wish to visit it. It isn't really that big but is very fun! specially on a super hot day!. The lazy river with oversized Lego bricks floating are the best part (if you ask me, my son might differ) There is also an area for the little ones, and a much adventurous area with slides and buckets for the bigger ones.
There is a beach with a lego island in the middle, and two big slide/rides for which kids need to be at least 48″. Food options are a little limited but still available with just one restaurant in the area. Lockers can be rented for an affordable price too.
Legoland was all we expected! if you have kids ages 2-15 you and them will enjoy this park. It is a little overpriced at $89 for general entry BUT a year pass is only $10 more bucks and… there are other options like a multipass including entry to other locations in Orlando.
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Freshly Made Sketches 49
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Today over at Freshly Made Sketches I'm the hostess and I've put together a sketch with some shapes that can easily be switched out for just about anything you can think of. Our super-amazing design team has made some jaw-dropping cards with lots of fun details so be sure to pop on by and check them out.
I've made a few Halloween cards recently and I seriously considered doing another one for this sketch, but then I remembered this awesome stamp set that I got recently from The Alley Way Stamps. Those little ornaments have got some personality (the girly one on the right reminds me of Mrs. Potato Head from Toy Story!) and I thought they'd be perfect in place of the circles on the sketch. I added the holly and the adorable reindeer to finish it off.
The pretty designer paper with snowflakes is from Wintergreen, a holiday set that I've been reluctant to cut into, though I couldn't possibly articulate why! Last year (or was it the year before) I made a pledge to not buy any new paper and instead to use my existing stash of holiday designer paper for all my Christmas cards. Well, I've still got a huge stash left so I think I'm going to renew that personal pledge again this year. I figure that eventually I'll get to the bottom of that pile!
I hope you have time to join us this week at Freshly Made Sketches. So grab those stamps and show us your shapes! Here are some quick links to the design team. You've got to check them out!
8 Responses to "Freshly Made Sketches 49"
- Sandy said...
Your card so made me smile. Very cute. Sandy :)
- August 22, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- Linda Callahan said...
This sketch is wonderful - and the cards are terrific! Love this one - so cute!
- August 22, 2012 at 9:33 AM
- Linda Suarez said...
Hi Jen! What a super cute card! You must have had a lot of fun putting it together! I love those ornaments!
- August 22, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- Ann Schach said...
This is absolutely adorable, Jen! I LOVE this cute stamp set! And this DSP is sooo pretty!
- August 22, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- Narelle Farrugia said...
Oh very, very cute Jen! Love this little guy and the bauble are gorgeous!
- August 24, 2012 at 6:22 AM
- Cindy Hall said...
Oh my gosh, Jen! This is just so stinkin' cute! I love the stamps and your amazing details. This card is just perfect in every way!
- August 26, 2012 at 8:09 AM
- Tui Nathan said...
My absolute favourite .... this is so darn cute Jen ...
love love love ...
- August 27, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- Karen Aicken said...
Whoa Jen - this has to be my new favourite card of yours. SO adorable and cheery and ... perfect!
Cheers, Karen
- August 27, 2012 at 2:03 PM

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"Because you are alive, everything is possible."
-Thích Nhất Hạnh
I'm listening to some gypsy jazz music. This stuff if truly the cats pajamas. And I'm drinking my current addiction-of-the-week: The Diablo. It's an Americano with steamed half & half, salt, honey, cinnamon & cayenne. I have had one every day for the past week- yes, this is day numero 5.
Really Looking
|A screenshot from Really Looking- in the coffee shop set we built!
|Crazy opening crane shot...
so much motion-tracking...
The shoot went quite well! We had four shooting days. In three days time I designed and built a whole coffee shop. We shot all the scenes in it on a Friday- then that night we took it all apart. Then we built the "surreal installation room" set that night / the next morning. On Saturday we shot in that set. Then the next day we took down that set and built the final "exterior surreal installation room" set. Conclusively: 3 sets were built quicker than I had imagined to be possible. Also conclusively: I LOVE production design and shall pursue it full throttle! I plan on creating some ultra-whimsical, ultra-magical & ultra-strange sets in my lifetime. Isn't it just so cool to know that we can truly build the worlds of our dreams in reality? We can!
|Me (Kira Bursky) talking to cinematographer, Brad Hoover,
in the Surreal Installation Room set!
I was full of so much love and appreciation for my cast & crew. My lead actress, Ioanna, flew in from NYC. She was so lovely and immediately felt like a long lost sister. She brought such a warmth to set. My other lead, Ben, is a dear friend of mine. He is charismatic and always brings a smile to your face with his quick-witted puns and his deep thoughts about life. My crew… ahhhh. I love each and every one of them. Brad, my cinematographer… my goodness, I'm the luckiest gal to be able to work with him! He was my first film teacher about 6 years ago, and now he is my collaborator. He really understands me and my vision. The Monday after we wrapped Ioanna and I had a few hours to adventure around Asheville before she flew back to NYC. Believe me when I say this: we spent almost the full time (probably around 5 or 6 hours) sharing our thoughts of appreciation and gratitude about every single individual who was a part of the production- including the extras! So much love. Gosh I love love.
Post-production has been… eye-opening! I have many green screen shots in the film. This is my first time working with SO much SFX. It was daunting at first… but after diving right into it I discovered that motion tracking & creating worlds within my computer is not all that difficult… it just takes a lot of render time. Ha.
For full behind the scenes pictures, check out the All Around Artsy Facebook page!
Big Little Filmmaker
There are too many things I want to pursue… too many projects that I can't wait to jump right into. Upon reflection, this is my normal way of being: constantly drowning in inspiration. Big Little Filmmaker is one of the big projects. I launched the site a month or so ago. One week into it's launch, about 25 registered members in, the site was infiltrated and attacked by hackers. Oh the joys of learning the hard way. We had to take the social media aspect of it down, and the site is currently under-going a revamp so that it is strong and muscly against confused hackers! In the meantime I'll be posting more interviews & articles (the main site is still up). If you haven't had a chance to check it out, here's the website: www.biglittlefilmmaker.com
Thich Nhat Hanh & Meditation
"For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them."
-Thích Nhất Hạnh
|Me on the first shooting day of Really Looking. This is my home. The Blue Ridge Parkway is so peaceful.
Friends Visiting Me!
|Screenshot from Adulthood~ Abbey Sacks and I in a trance!
And then a week after that: my bestie, collaborator, and the-spontaneous-art-maker-extraordinaire, Abbey Sacks comes to visit me! Naturally we will be adventuring into the moment, making art as much as we breathe, and having two-person dance parties every morning/night. Nick Ramey (a SUPER DUPER talented cinematographer and lovely guy!) will be coming to visit us and DP a film that Abbey and I will be co-directing! Collaborations… ahhhh. Love it. I feel so lucky to be spending the first day of the new year with my best friend. I will never be able to fully express how grateful I am to have her in my life. You should look up her film work. It's prolific, experimental, and meaningful.
|Screenshot of Abbey and I blind-folded in our film Adulthood.
|Reviewing the crazy shot...
I was about to post this blog post... but then I realized: I haven't talked about Adulthood! Abbey and I co-directed for the Seattle Horror 48 Hour Film Project. Our film Adulthood won Best in City, Best Directing, Best Actor (Dan Crisafulli), Best Writing, Best Sound Design, and Audience Favorite! It was my goal to keep on competing in the 48 Hour until a film of mine won Best in the City... and it happened! We will be screened at the Filmapalooza in March, I believe. It's taking place in Atlanta this year, so I should be there! ...But don't think this means I am done making 48 Hour films... I'm addicted! There's no stopping me!
In Conclusion…
…I have many more things to say, but I'll leave those other topics, thoughts, and projects for when we talk in person. Up next: working on my actual website, planning potential photoshoots, editing some articles for Big Little Filmmaker… and much more. LIFE!
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Stewart Kessler, veteran, Brown Trailers employee
Stewart W. Kessler, 84, of Denver, died Saturday, June 9, 2012 in Ephrata Community Hospital.
Born in Fritztown, Berks County, he was a son of the late Clayton W. and Minerva (Young) Kessler.
A Korean War army veteran, he was a life member of Reinholds VFW. Stewart worked for Brown Trailers, Shillington, and earlier for Teledyne, Mohnton.
He is survived by his companion of 37 years: Katie (Doster) Killian, of Denver; a sister: Anna Hornberger, of Fritztown; niece: Jeanette Law, of Fritztown; nephew: Kent Hornberger, of Wernersville; and his beagle: Spunky.
Funeral services were held on June 12 at from Good Funeral Home & Cremation Centre, Reamstown, with the Rev. Elmer B. Reinhold Jr. officiating. Entombment took place in Pleasant View Cemetery Mausoleum, Sinking Spring.
Rather than flowers, remember Stewart with contributions to Humane Society of Berks County, 1801 N. 11th St., Reading, PA 19604.
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Nikki - posted on 04/18/2009 ( 75 moms have responded )
Ok so I know that many people are not going to agree with my decision to not vaccinate my son, however this is MY decision. My family is against it and I don't frown on people that do, nor do I lecture! My son is in the Military for goodness sakes we know that he is pumped full of them. I just cannot stand when I go to see a Doctor and they lecture me. I have read tons of material and I myself haven't been vaccinated since birth! Just had to rant....thanks for listening!!


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I met a lady the other day who really knows her wine. She was complaining that she opened up a bottle of Ruinart Brut Rose the previous weekend, and her plebby friends sculled it back, smacking their lips, and saying, only on the last dregs "mmm, that's luvly! I could drink a lot of this!"
I feel her pain. For those of us who study wine (oh, yes, don't call us drunks, this is a skill, this wine appreciation palaver), it is sometimes difficult to drink our best wines with our best friends. We spend exhorbitant amounts of money on bottles that we are wanting to sit down with over several hours, analyze and disintegrate them in the slowest possible way so we can be sure that we have enjoyed every last dirham of our purchase. But the problem with very expensive wine is that it is usually very good, and ultimately, glugable. That means that your friends are going to love it, but they are also going to drink it very, very quickly. I now understand why so many older wine lovers enjoy Barolo – the wine that is easy to appreciate, but ever so hard to drink.
Ultimately, all I can advise is:
- Find more friends by doing a WSET course, and separate your pals into "champagne friends", or "vodka friends" and share bottles respectively.
- learn to appreciate cheap wine, or…
- drink alone
The wine:
Vibrant clear rose hue, very pink. Classic strawberries and cream nose. Pure, clean wine – Bready and biscuity without any sulphidic or dirty lees characters. Palate very rich up front – wild berries, red apples, orange peel and light hints of Christmas spice. Lovely prickly bead and very creamy dry finish. Gorgeous, refined champagne. Need another bottle.19/20 Drink now or for 3 years 370-400AED plus tax (purchased at Dubai Duty Free)


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The smell of athletic shoes can be one of the most bothersome parts of an active lifestyle. We encountered this problem as busy student athletes and set out to solve it. We have spent the last year and a half developing and testing the Aercase to ensure it meets the high expectations we placed on it and on ourselves.
The Aercase uses two layers of advanced textiles to keep your athletic shoes from interfering with the rest of your life. The first kills bacteria on contact. The second traps odor and humidity coming from your shoes. Put simply, once you place your shoes in the Aercase, you won't be able to smell them.
The Aercase comes in one color-way: black and white. Aercase fits most low-top and mid-top athletic shoes up to size 12. You can machine wash and dry your Aercase as many times as you want, and it will still work perfectly for years to come.


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Qatar Map Doha
Provides maps for Qatar and the Persian Gulf or Middle Eastern areas. View geographical information for Qatar including flags and land features.
Satellite Image of Qatar - Map of Qatar Country Information atar is located in the Middle East. Qatar is bordered by the Persian Guld and Saudi.


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Why does my laundry come out warm when I choose cold water
When I use my whirlpool washer model W10775514a set it to wash cold, when the wash is done, I open the door and the wash is Warm. I assumed the rinse cycle would also use cold water. What's happening, or how can I set the machine to rinse with cold water too?
Is this a good question?
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Battle of attrition as Sharks host Avalancheby Eric Gilmore
SAN JOSE -- The San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche will both be shorthanded Tuesday night when they meet for the second time this season at HP Pavilion.
The Sharks placed defenseman Brent Burns (lower body) on injured reserve and recalled defenseman Matt Irwin from Worcester of the American Hockey League.
Sharks second-line forward Ryane Clowe will be out as he serves the second game of his two-game suspension for coming off the bench on a line change and immediately getting into an altercation with the Chicago Blackhawks' Andrew Shaw on Friday at the United Center.
Third-line forward Tommy Wingels, who went headfirst into the boards late in Saturday's game at the Dallas Stars, also will miss Tuesday's game, Sharks coach Todd McLellan said after the morning skate.
Colorado will be without top-line center Matt Duchene, who is sidelined by a groin injury. Duchene leads the Avalanche in assists (11) and points (17). With Duchene out, Paul Stastny is expected to skate on the top line between Jamie McGinn and PA Parenteau, while John Mitchell centers the second line with forwards Gabriel Landeskog and David Jones.
Here are how the lineups could look tonight:
Jamie McGinn - Paul Stastny - PA Parenteau
Gabriel Landeskog - John Mitchell - David Jones
Cody McLeod - Mark Olver - Milan Hejduk
Patrick Bordeleau - Chuck Kobasew - Aaron Palushaj
Injuries/scratches: Matt Duchene (groin), Shane O'Brien
Logan Couture - Joe Thornton - Martin Havlat
Patrick Marleau - Scott Gomez - Joe Pavelski
James Sheppard - Michal Handzus - Tim Kennedy
Andrew Desjardins - Adam Burish - TJ Galiardi
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Dan Boyle
Injuries/scratches: Tommy Wingels (groin), Matt Irwin, Ryane Clowe (suspension)


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StolenSpace Gallery
E1 6TD London
Jaime, Molina
Augustine Kofie
StolenSpace gallery exhibits a genre of work that has been variously labelled as 'Underground Art', 'Street Art' or even 'Urban Art'. None of these terms satisfactorily represent our artists' work and so we prefer not to pigeonhole it. Some of our artists have a background in graffiti and street art, but not exclusively - all however, are influenced by society's prevailing subcultures.
We are an artist run gallery which in itself is unusual; ensuring that we keep our artists' best interests at heart, and that we remain close to the creative process. Based in the heart of East London, our permanent gallery space is situated in the Old Truman Brewery complex on Brick Lane. Our location gives us a unique ability to hold large scale exhibitions in stunning industrial spaces, fitting for our artists' work. For example, for Shepard Fairey's landmark show 'Nineteeneightyfouria' in November 07, we took on a 25,000 sq ft space, making us the largest private gallery in London.


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I just joined a Facebook group called 'You Know You're From Devon When…" which mentioned Gus Honeybun, the rabbit, who should be familar to everyone born in the 70s and 80s who lived in the South West. It was a 5-minute show at tea-time where the presenter (the legendary Ian Stirling is pictured here) would read out birthday cards to the lucky select few, and Gus would do bunny-hops (one for each year) wink (ditto) or if you were REALLY lucky, press the magic button which changed the colours of the scenery (if you were REALLY, REALLY lucky, it would be the RAINBOW button!) Even the most boisterous kids parties came to a standstill at this time, when parcels having been passed and gallons of fizzy pop (orange or lemon?) consumed, everyone would sit, with baited breath around the TV to see if their host was one of the chosen ones.
Obviously, there was a limited amount of time, so not every card could be read. I think I managed to tally up two birthdays altogether, no magic button though, just bunny-hops for me, most disappointing. And, of course, there was an unwritten etiquette on how to behave, especially if you weren't one of the lucky ones. In this case, any reaction at all would be regarded with utter disdain by your peers. In fact, I remember attending a classmate's birthday party one year and the birthday girl broke down in tears and had a tantrum that the wondrous anniversary of her birth had not been read out on live TV (can't remember her name, but the look of her face creasing is imprinted on my memory, in minute detail). The rest of us sniggered silently, rolled eyes at one another and ignored her for nearly the whole year. We started to speak to her again in the run up to her next birthday, ensuring (we hoped) an invitation to a repeat performance of brattishness. Not a chance. Her parents decided it would be much better to take her, and a couple of her less bitchy friends, to the cinema instead. Things changed when you reached the age of 12 or 13 (the upper age limit, if I remember correctly), your family sent in a card, and your name was read out. That was enough to ensure that you endured the worst teenage years EVER. No one ever forgot that. I still bear the scars!


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Thursday, February 16, 2017
Poached In –16C: Why One Of The Loudest Voices In Nordic Tech Is Leaving Her Dream Job
Via Business Insider: When you've finally managed to turn your passion into a full-time paid position, what could possibly make you want to quit it less than a year later? Social media addict and digital marketeer Maral Kalajian has some unique answers to this question. The wide-smiled, curly-haired Stockholmer is currently among the most instantly-recognisable faces in the Swedish capital's tech scene. But in January she announced she is stepping down from her job as Digital, Marketing and Community Manager for STING, the Nordic accelerator behind startups including smart guitar developer Mind Music Labs, children's gaming company Peppy Pals and wearable tech firm Light Flex. It's a role Kalajian was headhunted for last February after three years of obsessively posting about Stockholm's startup boom. She spent the following year repeatedly gushing about how she'd tweeted herself into a "dream job", even describing it as her "STINGerella" story. "It was a hobby for me to be active in the tech scene and then it was something that I managed to get paid for", beams the 36-year-old. Originally from Lebanon, she moved to Sweden as a student ten years ago and was looking for her way out of a role in corporate communications for Philips when she accepted the job at STING. "They asked if I could just keep doing what I was doing — tweeting and going to lots of networking events every week. It was an easy decision". But she faced a much harder choice at the end of 2016 when — days after being listed as among the 100 most influential names in the Scandinavian startup scene by tech site The Nordic Web — she was approached by the CEO of one of the companies STING had supported, and asked if she would consider jumping ship. "It came from nowhere. I was absolutely not looking for a new job", she insists. However by mid-January she'd sealed the deal during a bizarre business meeting — a snowy evening walk through central Stockholm park Humlegården, in teeth-chattering -16C temperatures. "You know when you don't feel your hands, you don't feel your nose! But then when this founder came and we started talking, everything else just disappeared. He is someone really special," explains Kalajian, adding that the unusual location for their meeting came down to "time pressures" and a shared passion for nature. The name of this snow-loving CEO has been a mystery since Kalajian announced her resignation last month. But she has exclusively told Business Insider that her new boss is Hjalmar Nilssone, the founder of Swedish energy Artificial Intelligence startup Watty, where she'll take on the role of Marketing and Communications Manager later this month. The 22-employee company, which last year raised 3 million euros in funding, has designed smart AI technology to help customers cut costs and limit emissions by measuring their consumption. With intense speculation on social media previously suggesting that Kalajian had been poached by a global venture capitalist firm, a big-name brand in London or was set to become the next CEO of Stockholm startup hub SUP46, she accepts that her "horizontal career move" may come as a surprise to her almost 11.000 Twitter followers. "I want to do something good for the planet. I know it's not a sexy topic, but that's part of the challenge. It's a world-changing startup and I believe in what they do", she explains. But most importantly, she argues that her experience is a lesson in "people politics", admitting that at least 50 percent of her decision to accept the job came down to her near-idolization of Nilssone. "This guy, he might look like a young, blue-eyed, high school person — like Harry Potter — but when he opens his mouth, he really is different. He is very charming", she argues. "He is the only founder who has actually made me feel like I'm not just 'Maral from Twitter' but that I am 'Maral the human being'. He said to me 'a freak like you one meets once in a lifetime'!" Despite being one of the most vocal champions of Stockholm's startup scene in recent years, Kalajian is refreshingly honest about how its evolution has also shaped her decision to try out a different kind of role. "The Stockholm tech scene is growing beautifully and I want it to beat every startup city in the world. But it has become a bubble, with a lot of the same types of people. I wanted to somehow scale from it and Watty is already a global platform". So how guilty does she feel about turning her back on STING, the accelerator which plucked her out of the corporate world and hand-crafted her previous fairytale job? "Ten months is a long time in startup-land -- startups can cease to exist in just three months. These days it's not about how long you're in a company but what you have achieved, and I have achieved a lot", she argues. "In my new role I'm giving myself six months to see if I am able to deliver or not, because there is always a risk that I might fail. But if I fail it will be a lesson learned and if I succeed, I am going to be helping Watty into its golden era. Either way, it's an adventure!"
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Dear Weekend Links,
I sincerely apologize that I have neglected you for so long. Have I even seen you this month? I'm not thinking so and I'm not sure there is an excuse other than 1) I am lazy and 2) I am tired. So because I am tired I default to lazy. I am tired because of good things, I am blessed to be managing lots of blessings (more info to come). But at the end of the day, you are the first thing to get nixed. I will be better and do better and drink a little more caffeine and incorporate you into this space once again. See you next weekend.
- Me
Breaking Busy (on the Inspired To Action Podcast)
Better Than Before with Gretchen Rubin (on the Simple Show Podcast) - are you an upholder, questioner, obliger, or rebel?
Help! These Moms Won't Stop Bragging About How Smart Their Kid Is!
4 At Home Date Night Ideas
7 Things Ive Learned Since The Loss Of My Child
Not Everything Happens For a Reason
Special Needs
I'm So Glad You're You
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I always look forward to your weekend links, so I'm glad to see them back, even if it's brief :)ReplyDelete
I like the at home date night ideas!! I always think to myself that we should try to have more date nights at home since date nights out only happen 1-2x per month, but I generally lack the motivation - maybe those ideas will help me act on it :)ReplyDelete
P.S. I had a talk with Weekend Links and they said you are forgiven for slacking! ;)
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Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II, G-BKFZ, 13 February 2008
Piper PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II, G-BKFZ
The aircraft had departed from Spanhoe Airfield to return to its home base, Shacklewell Lodge, 6 nm to the north-east of Spanhoe. The sky was clear after takeoff but there was an area of very low cloud with mist and fog moving in from the east. The aircraft climbed to 1,200 ft above a cloud layer and the pilot contacted RAF Cottesmore to request their cloudbase. The Cottesmore controller reported that the last observation was 'sky clear' with a visibility of 5,000 m in haze. The pilot acknowledged this information but made no further transmissions. The aircraft crashed in a park on the north-eastern edge of Rutland Water, where it had struck a pair of trees at a speed in excess of 110 kt, whilst in an approximate 20° bank to the left. Witnesses to the accident described the weather at the time as foggy. The reason for the aircraft's descent into foggy conditions could not be clearly established.
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Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. (DMI) is an integrated forest products company first established in western Canada in 1969 by Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Daishowa) and Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni) of Japan, when the company began a joint venture with Weldwood of Canada (acquired by West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd. in December 2004) in the Cariboo Pulp and Paper Company (CPP) at Quesnel, BC.
In December 1992, DMI absorbed Daishowa Canada's Alberta assets which consisted of a modern 400,000 mt/year hardwood/softwood kraft pulp mill in Peace River and two sawmills located in High Level and Red Earth. The sawmills were sold in 1999 and 2000 leaving the Alberta operation to the bleach kraft pulp mill in Peace River, Alberta (Peace River Pulp Division – PRPD), which has become one of the top ten pulp producers in North America.
In 2003, Daishowa in Japan was acquired and amalgamated into Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (Nippon Paper). Nippon Paper is Japan's second largest pulp and paper manufacturing company, whereas Marubeni is one of the major trading companies in Japan and one of the world's largest dealers in market pulp.
DMI employs over 600 people in British Columbia and Alberta and conducts business with up to an additional 600 people in its woodlands operations.
DMI-PRPD manages 2.7 million hectares of public forest in Alberta under two Forest Management Agreements (FMAs) to supply the majority of its deciduous fibre requirements for the pulp mill in Peace River. Additional deciduous fibre is also sourced from dispositions (Deciduous Timber Allocations) covering an additional 5 million hectares. The DMI-PRPD mill's coniferous fibre requirements are fulfilled primarily through purchases from surrounding softwood lumber companies.
DMI manages all public lands sustainably and employs principles of ecologically-based forest management to achieve values for fish and wildlife habitat, ecological diversity, and a variety of other values. In addition to meeting the requirements of federal and provincial acts and regulations, DMI is certified to ISO 14001, SFI®:2010-2014, PEFC CoC and FSC® CoC, and is a member of the Forest Products Association of Canada and an active and contributing member to the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement.
Together with West Fraser Mills Ltd., DMI jointly owns Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company, a high quality bleached kraft pulp mill. Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company produces bleached softwood kraft pulp, which meets the stringent requirements of the world's most demanding markets for high brightness, cleanliness and strength. The mill is located at Quesnel, in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. Cariboo Pulp & Paper began production in 1972.


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The Dotter of her Father's Eyes is a graphic memoir concerning author Mary Talbot's difficult relationship with her father, a celebrated Joyce scholar, a story mirrored by the biography of James Joyce's daughter Lucia – who also had some difficulties with her father. 'I wasn't at all convinced that my troubled relationship with my Joycean-scholar father would be of interest to anybody on its own,' Mary Talbot told us. 'So I broadened the father-daughter relationship theme by bringing in James Joyce and his daughter Lucia…'
Peter Wild (PW): As an English Lit graduate with a love of comics, I was particularly thrilled by The Dotter of her Father's Eyes: it satisfies the hard intellectual kernel of me that as an undergraduate did battle with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake whilst at the same time entertaining the eternal child in me who loves to absorb words and ideas and images fused together in a beautiful melange. To begin with, whose idea was the book? Did it start out as an idle conversation over tea one night?
Mary Talbot (MT): In conversation one evening, yes. To start with, Bryansuggested that I try my hand at memoir writing, something that he would illustrate. I was looking for a new project and producing a graphic novel script sounded like an interesting new direction. I wasn't sure about the autobiographical aspect, though. I wasn't at all convinced that my troubled relationship with my Joycean-scholar father (whatBryanhad in mind) would be of interest to anybody on its own. So I broadened the father-daughter relationship theme by bringing in James Joyce and his daughter Lucia.
PW: It's almost a cliché to say that all collaborations involve an element of compromise on the part of the collaborators. Given that you are a husband and wife team, was that process of collaboration easier or more difficult?
MT: It's the first time I've worked in collaboration with an artist, apart from the odd spot illustration, so I can't really comment. It was certainly more fun than collaborating on collections of academic papers.
Bryan Talbot (BT): Because we live together, the collaboration was very easy and almost continuous. In most writer/artist collaborations, the artist simply receives a script and then illustrates it. Sometimes there is a little to-and-fro, such as when I've worked from scripts by Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore or Pat Mills, which involved phone discussions and faxed artwork. With Dotter, the collaboration was intense and on a daily, sometimes hourly basis, with Mary making artwork suggestions and myself suggesting improvements in dialogue and text. And we'd usually discuss the work in progress at dinner every evening.
PW: Although The Dotter of her Father's Eyes is a collaboration, as I've said, it feels (at least to this reader) like it 'belongs' more to Mary, as – among other things – it tells the story of her relationship with her father, a celebrated Joyce scholar. A question for Mary – was it at all difficult to see some of the more painful elements brought to life in comic form?
MT: It was all a long time ago, so not really. AndBryan's familiarity with my personal history helped. Perhaps if another artist had brought them to life on the page I might have found it disconcerting.
PW: I thought marrying the story with the life of James Joyce's daughter Lucia was a stroke of genius – and what an eye-opener it was. I haven't read Carol Loeb Shloss's biography of Lucia but I have read Ellman's biography of Joyce and John Wyse Jackson and Peter Costello's biography of Joyce's father but in neither of those books did I get the sense of Lucia that emerges from The Dotter of her Father's Eyes. Nora Barnacle and Samuel Beckett don't come out of it well at all. Did you feel that this was a story that warranted a re-evaluation?
MT: Yes indeed. More recent accounts – particularly Shloss's biography of Lucia and Brenda Maddox's of her mother, Nora – helped me to imagine Lucia's perspective.
PW: Mary – your 'day job' (as it were) is in academia. What have your colleagues made of your first foray into the world of graphic novels?
MT: I've taken early retirement, so it's no longer my day job. One former colleague is thrilled to bits, but then she's Dr Mel Gibson, comics scholar! I'm sure they're all pleased (if a little surprised). I was at Sunderland, the university that awarded Bryanan honorary doctorate a few years ago, after he brought out Alice in Sunderland.
PW: Bryan– I hear you're hard at work on the next instalment of Grandville! I can't wait to see it. The first two have been among my most favourite re-reads of this last four or five years. What can you tell us about it? Is your plan to craft a sequel or do you envisage this as an ongoing series?
BT: I'm glad you're enjoying the series. I'm having huge fun writing them. There is a story arc behind everything but they are very much designed to be stories that can be read alone. I'm about half way through Grandville Bête Noire right now. As you can probably tell from the front cover (which is on my website) the story is a partial pastiche of James Bond, the villain of the piece based on Toad from Wind in The Willows. I've scripted the fourth in the series, Grandville Noël and have the fifth book roughly plotted. I do have ides for further Grandville stories but I'll see how I feel after these first five before committing myself.
PW: Mary – I was pleased to see that you appear to have been bitten by the graphic bug! What can you tell us about the historical graphic novel you're working on?
MT: Well, it's still under wraps, really. It's mostly set in Edwardian England, it'll probably run to 150 pages and it's a corker!
PW: The 'music' of Finnegans Wake permeates the book (as it permeates the head of anyone who manages to read the thing). I wondered what you made of the prospect of Mark Millar's proposed graphic adaptation that promises to be 'Mulholland Drive meets Hard Boiled on acid."…
BT: Never heard of it!
MT: The Finnegan's Wake ditty certainly rattled through my head as I was working on the script, but that's because I used to hear it at home, I think.
The Dotter of her Father's Eyes is published by Jonathan Cape and is available now


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June 9, Thursday
Gabi reports:
. . . . . at 7:11
Earthquake M 5.1, off the coast of Iwate
. . . . . at 19:38
Earthquake M 5.7, off the coast of Ibaraki
and the rainy season ended today in Okinawa, much earlier than usual.
. . . . .
On June 7 I reported about the lack of electric fans in the Tohoku shelters and homes. A friend even volunteered to send some from America!
. my facebook friends commenting .
This morning we heard on the local news that the governor of Okayama prefecture, Ishii san 岡山県知事 石井正弘, will send about 200 fans to Tohoku (and maybe even go deliver them himself).
I am sure other people in other parts of Japan will send fans too.
. . . . .
Besieged prime minister Kan marks milestone:
one year in office
. . . . . and
Groundless call for coalition
Kan expresses desire to stay on through August
. The Political Situation .
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Robots for Fukushima
Watching the news, one wonders about the research and development of robots in Japan and why it needed to get PackBot from the USA?
"The PackBot is mass-produced for assignment to war-ravaged areas. There are only a few dozen trial Japanese robot models. Their functions are fundamentally different."
"While the state emphasizes the safety of nuclear plants to nearby residents, it does not encourage research into potential major accidents," he said.
A high-ranking ministry official, who declined to be named, said Tepco's influence in government circles has made it taboo to question its decisions.
... Other experts noted there is no market for robots that could aid in disaster prevention at nuclear plants because utilities have had no intention of buying them from the get-go.
source : Japan Times
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The distribution of support money is still a problem.
There are families that did not loose the home to the tsunami, just a few meters on high ground, but they lost all the equipment for fishing or farming of oysters, clams or awabi. So now the father is out of work since march 11 and has no hope (and money) for the future to bring the business back to life. Yet these families do not get any support money from the municipality, since, after all, they still have their own roof over their head. In the devastated village there is no new job to get. What shall they do?
. . . . .
There are not enough doctors in the region, and some are there but still lack equipment. Many of the bedridden elderly are having a hard time getting proper care.
Some of the electric equipment did not work right after the tsunami and their dysfunctioning caused bed sores and other injuries to the bedridden.
. . . . . another problem
Two large hospitals in the 20 to 30 km evacuation zone around Fukushima are having problems. Many people from Soma town are coming back and hospitals were not allowed to treat them. Some do not have the personel any more anyway, but in others the doctors are still there. Now on a special permit from the Fukushima goverment, they can admit 5 patients per day and have each one stay a maximum of 72 hours (three days). Then patients have to be re-located to hospitals outside of the zone or go home.
But long-term patients complain, for example, the cancer treatment of the elderly can not be continued in these circumstances and they feel they are left out there in the evacuation shelters to die . . .
Others in the evacuation zone are determined to stay, the elderly are willing to take the risk of cancer, since they are going to die anyway and want to die "at home".
Patch Adams, the Hospital Clown, is in Japan to cheer up the people.
He started his tour in Hibiya Koen park in Tokyo, and will travel to Nagoya.
He is accompanied by many young Japanese "hospital clowns".
He will be in Japan for 4 days to hold workshops and parades.
source : yuimed.com/patchadams
We have also seen the Japanese hospital clowns in the hospitals of Tohoku, trying to cheer up the children and their caregivers.
a smiling clown
can change the world -
children in Tohoku
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International media are musing about a meltthrough af Fukushima, but the news has been around here since May 19 in Japan.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
Worse than meltdown, government report says devastating 'melt-through' has occurred at Fukushima;
Official suggests Japan could become 'uninhabitable'
Recent reports confirming that Reactors 1, 2, and 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility completely melted just hours after the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the area on March 11 (.) have been trumped by even worse news that those same reactors have all likely "melted through," a situation that according to Japan's Daily Yomiuri DY is "the worst possibility in a nuclear accident."
And senior political official Ichiro Ozawa suggested in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that the Fukushima situation could make the entire country of Japan "unlivable."
... The report suggesting that melt-throughs have already occurred, which is set to be submitted to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is the "first official recognition" of this dire situation, according to DY. It also confirms early suspicions that such a scenario had been underway all along, as later reports confirmed that the epic disaster at the reactors had produced holes in come of the plant's core containment vessels, and that radioactive water, and possibly even fuel, were leaking into the lower vessels.
source : www.naturalnews.com
Japanese news tell us, whatever the name of the game, the situation has not changed much since March 12 ... and radioactivity levels are falling in all parts of Japan, see my daily report on the levels.
Ozawa is a political problem, using anything for his political career.
Bulletins from NHK Online
source : www3.nhk.or.jp
Thursday, June 09, 2011 01:50
Fukushima doctor shortage
Fukushima Medical University is launching an intern system for young doctors to work in quake-hit areas while training in radio-therapeutics.
The move is part of efforts to deal with acute shortages of doctors in the prefecture as a result of the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The Medical Association of Fukushima Prefecture says many doctors have left to work elsewhere since losing their workplaces in the wake of the March 11th earthquake and ensuing nuclear crisis.
The new intern system, set up with help from the Association, targets young doctors who have been practicing for 3 to 5 years and allows them to work at 7 Fukushima hospitals for up to 2 months, while attending radio-therapeutics classes at the university.
The doctors will provide medical services for residents from the exclusion zone when they visit their homes.
They will also provide consultations to people concerned about the impact of radiation from the power plant.
Associate Professor Koji Otani of the university says medical officials in the affected areas are obliged to contribute to the development of medicine in emergencies by sharing their experiences of the disaster with younger doctors. He adds such efforts will also help improve hospitals in the prefecture now concentrating on treating quake survivors.
The university plans to begin accepting applications by the end of this month, with the aim of selecting about 100 doctors per year.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02
IAEA to ask Japan for transparent nuclear report
NHK has learned that the International Atomic Energy Agency will ask Japan to provide a more transparent report on the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
NHK obtained the draft of a statement what will be announced at a meeting of ministers from IAEA member nations, scheduled to open on June 20th.
The 4-page draft calls on Japan to accurately report the nuclear crisis and share its assessment with the world so that it can learn from the accident.
It also calls on the UN nuclear watchdog to draw up concrete plans based on the ministerial debate to create international arrangements to promote the safety of nuclear power.
The draft also takes the different energy policies among the member nations into consideration. It notes that some countries have scrapped their reactors following the accident in Japan, while others are continuing to use nuclear power to meet energy demands.
The member nations will work out a statement based on the draft at the upcoming ministerial meeting after holding working-level discussions.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:06
Japan to brief US, Britain, France on crisis
Japan plans to send an official to the United Sates, Britain and France to brief them about its report on the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, ahead of an upcoming ministerial meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The prime minister's advisor Goshi Hosono will leave for a one-week tour of the 3 countries on Thursday.
Hosono was in charge of compiling the government report, which will be presented to a meeting of nuclear energy ministers from IAEA member nations that opens in Vienna on June 20th.
The report admits that there was ambiguity in responsibility-taking over the crisis because of a number of separate government entities existing to oversee the safety of nuclear power generation.
The report says the government needs to make a drastic review of its nuclear safety arrangements and make the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, now operating under the industry ministry, into an independent regulator.
During the tour, Hosono hopes to seek the understanding of the three governments on Japan's efforts to address the crisis. He will also thank the three nations on behalf of the government for their cooperation in seeking to get the crisis under control including sending experts to Japan.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02
Survey: strontium widespread in Fukushima
Soil samples from around Fukushima Prefecture have revealed concentrations of radioactive strontium.
Japan's science ministry conducted a survey for radioactive substances at 11 locations in 10 municipalities from late March to mid-May.
It says strontium-90 was detected in all 11 locations.
In Namie Town, the reading stood at 250 becquerels per kilogram of soil, while in Iitate Village the reading was 120 becquerels per kilogram. The readings in the other locations were between 2 and 18 becquerels.
Strontium-90 is generated during the fission of uranium in fuel rods in reactors.
With a comparatively long half-life of 29 years, the radioactive substance poses a risk of accumulating in the bones if inhaled, because its properties are similar to those of calcium. If this happens, it could cause cancer.
The ministry says the survey revealed that strontium was detected even in the city of Fukushima about 60 kilometers from the plant, suggesting wide-spread contamination.
It says higher doses of strontium were spread northwestward from the plant, along with other radioactive substances, because of the prevailing winds.
The Nuclear Safety Commission says the detected doses of strontium were minimal, compared with those of cesium found in the region. It says the substance does not pose any immediate health threat.
Doctor Osamu Saito is a radiation expert at a hospital in Fukushima City. He says even though only small quantities of strontium-90 were detected in the survey, it still poses a high health risk because it can accumulate in the bones.
He is urging the government to increase the number of observation points throughout the prefecture, so as to help ease public anxiety.
The ministry says it is considering taking samples from additional locations in the next survey.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 06:02
Efforts to delay radioactive water leaks
Tokyo Electric Power Company continues to struggle to prevent possible leaks of highly-radioactive water that is accumulating at its troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
TEPCO plans to move an additional 2,700 tons of highly-contaminated water from the reactor buildings to an adjacent waste processing facility.
The move is an attempt to postpone by 5 days water overflowing from a tunnel outside Reactor 2. This could occur on June 20th if a new water-decontaminating system is not installed and in operation by next Wednesday.
The utility says it has already obtained the consent of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency for the plan.
The Agency says the measure is appropriate since there is no risk of the water leaking outside the waste facility.
More than 105,000 tons of highly radioactive water is believed to have accumulated in the reactor and turbine buildings.
The company says the amount is increasing by more than 500 tons daily as fresh water continues to be injected into the reactors in an attempt to lower their temperatures.
The utility says 14,200 tons of contaminated water will be stored 1.4 meters deep in the basement of the facility. After being decontaminated, the operator plans to use the water in the reactors as a coolant.
The company says it is determined to begin operating the water-decontaminating system by June 25th at the latest.
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Leaked oil found in seawater near Fukushima Daini
Tokyo Electric Power Company says oil has leaked into the sea from another suspended nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The utility sees the oil leaked from a transformer at the plant after the March 11th earthquake.
TEPCO employees found the leaked oil in seawater near the water outlets of Reactors 3 and 4 at the Fukushima Daini power plant. The plant is about 10 kilometers south of Tepco's crippled Daiichi nuclear complex.
The utility says the oil is likely to have leaked from a transformer used to supply power to the plant from the outside grid. The oil is believed to have accumulated in an emergency water tank in the basement.
It says the water could have overflowed into the sea through rainwater pipes connected to the tank while workers drained the tank on Wednesday to inspect it.
The utility says it will retrieve the oil and investigate the cause of the leakage. It adds that the leaked oil contains no radioactive substances.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 10:54
Nuclear energy officials call for safety tests
Nuclear safety officials from more than 30 countries have agreed on the need for safety tests on all nuclear power plants currently in operation around the world.
The officials attended a meeting in Paris on Wednesday hosted by the Nuclear Energy Agency, a specialized body within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
They agreed that each country's safety regulators should conduct safety inspections on nuclear plants to prevent accidents such as the one in Fukushima.
They said the tests should include a review of preparedness against earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters, as well as measures to deal with a possible loss of emergency power. The participants also agreed to review the International Nuclear Event Scale used to assess nuclear accidents.
This comes after the decision by Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency to raise the Fukushima accident to the top level of 7 -- equivalent to Chernobyl -- triggered confusion among residents and foreign governments.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 11:58
Japan's Jan-March GDP revised upward
Japan has revised slightly upward its economic growth rate for January to March 2011. Annualized real GDP comes in at minus 3.5 percent, up 0.2 percentage points from the preliminary figure last month.
The Cabinet Office announced on Thursday that GDP dropped 0.9 percent in the period through March from the previous quarter. That's the second consecutive quarter of negative growth...
..... The Cabinet Office says that despite the minor upward revision, the data confirmed major declines in personal spending and corporate capital investment after the March 11th disaster.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:51
TEPCO tests filters to decontaminate water
Tokyo Electric Power Company began testing water filtering devices at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to decontaminate highly radioactive wastewater on Thursday.
The utility put up fences around water intakes outside reactors 2 and 3 to prevent leaked wastewater from spreading out to sea. But radioactive cesium is being found outside the fences, in amounts above government-set safety levels.
The utility has installed two filtering devices near the reactors' water intakes.
The filters are made of zeolite, which absorbs radioactive cesium.
After a test-run, Tokyo Electric plans to filter a maximum 30 tons of contaminated water per hour from inside the fence and to discharge the decontaminated water into the sea.
and ... Thursday, June 09, 2011 19:26
TEPCO to use filters at plant
The operator of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant has briefed Japan's nuclear regulator on equipment for removing highly radioactive substances in water at the facility.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, reported on the functions of the US and French devices to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Thursday, a week before the firm plans to start using the equipment.
TEPCO says it will separate oil from contaminated water before transferring it to US-made equipment that absorbs radioactive cesium using minerals including zeolite. The water is then to be transferred to French-made equipment that absorbs radioactive substances using chemicals.
The company says the devices will reduce the concentration of radioactive substances in the water to one-thousandth to one-ten-thousandth of the current level.
TEPCO plans to remove salt from the decontaminated water before storing it in tanks to use it to cool the plant's reactors.
More than 105,000 tons of water contaminated with highly radioactive substances has accumulated in the basements of the plant's reactor and turbine buildings, hampering efforts to bring the plant under control.
About 500 tons of such water is accumulating daily amid continued injections of fresh water into the reactors to cool them. TEPCO plans to decontaminate 1,200 tons of such water daily.
The firm plans to obtain the consent of the agency and test the devices for about a week before starting their operation around next Wednesday.
TEPCO says it will use facilities at the plant to store highly radioactive waste to be produced in the filtering process. But the firm has not decided how to decontaminate the waste.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:52
Nuclear evacuation being considered for more areas
The Japanese government says it will quickly decide on whether to evacuate more people from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which have radiation levels exceeding the state limit.
This comes after it was found that accumulative radiation exposure levels in parts of Date and Mimanisoma cities exceed the 20 millisieverts per year limit set by the government. The areas are outside the current evacuation zone.
Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Tetsuro Fukuyama 福山哲郎 met with Minamisoma Mayor Katsunobu Sakurai at the prime minister's office on Thursday to discuss the situation.
After the meeting, Sakurai told reporters that residents are voicing concern and some want to evacuate. He said he asked the government to carefully consider the residents' wishes when deciding about evacuation.
Fukuyama told reporters that the government wants to quickly reach a decision after discussions with the 2 cities. He added the government wants to be on the cautious side in protecting the health of the residents.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 14:57
Kids present SDF members handmade medals
Children in disaster-hit Miyagi Prefecture have shown their gratitude to Self-Defense Force personnel on a relief mission by awarding them handmade medals.
About 50 children at a daycare center in the city of Tagajo visited a bathing facility run by an SDF unit on Thursday, and presented a medal with a thank-you message to each of the personnel.
The children sang songs and had their photos taken with the SDF members. One member said he felt rewarded for his efforts.
Around 69,000 SDF members are searching for the missing and assisting survivors in the quake-and-tsunami hit prefectures of Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima.
. . . CLICK here for Photos of rescue work !
Thursday, June 09, 2011 18:53
Saga Gov. noncommittal about reactor resumption
The governor of Saga Prefecture has ducked questions on whether he supports or rejects the restarting of nuclear reactors in his constituency.
All eyes are on Yasushi Furukawa as the central government tries to resume operations of 2 reactors at the Genkai plant. The reactors were off-line for regular safety checks at the time of the March disaster, and have been suspended since.
On Thursday, Governor Furukawa met with visiting Industry Ministry officials who assured him that unlike the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, the Genkai plant has been strengthened to withstand tsunami.
Governor Furukawa said that in making a decision, nuclear safety takes precedence over the national need to generate electricity.
The governor also said he will analyze technical data in consultation with specialists.
However, the mayor of Genkai town has indicated he wants the restarting of the reactors in his town.
On Thursday, Mayor Hideo Kishimoto visited the power plant and inspected an emergency mobile generator.
Kishimoto said he felt all safety measures for an emergency have been taken.
Japan has 54 nuclear reactors, but 35 are currently off line. Genkai is the first community host to agree to a resumption of operations.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 19:15
TEPCO plans for possible rolling blackouts
Tokyo Electric Power Company has released a plan to conduct rolling blackouts this summer if energy saving measures alone are not enough to prevent a sudden, total blackout.
The contingency plan announced on Thursday divides the 9 prefectures being served by the utility into five groups. Each group would experience one 2-hour blackout a day.
When TEPCO conducted similar planned outages in the aftermath of the March 11th disaster, consumers complained since some groups were subjected to blackouts twice a day, each lasting about 3 hours.
The company says the summer plan would involve more than 16 million households in total - about 3 million more than in March. The blackouts will help secure electricity for railways and emergency hospitals.
The Japanese government has been asking businesses and households in the areas serviced by Tokyo Electric and Tohoku Electric to curb electricity use by 15 percent this summer compared to last year. The government's idea is to keep demand low enough to make rolling blackouts unnecessary.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 21:18
IAEA to tighten nuclear safety measures worldwide
NHK has learned that the International Atomic Energy Agency will declare its resolve to strengthen global nuclear safety in the wake of the accident in Japan.
NHK obtained the draft of a statement that will be announced at a meeting of ministers from IAEA member nations, scheduled to open on June 20th in Vienna, Austria.
The 4-page draft calls on the member countries to build an international framework to quickly respond to an emergency and to power up their nuclear regulators.
It also requests the international nuclear watchdog to play a central role in promoting the safety of nuclear power, including a review of its safety standards.
The draft, meanwhile, takes into consideration different energy policies among the member nations.
It notes that some countries have decided to scrap their reactors following the crisis in Japan, while others continue to rely on nuclear power to meet energy demands.
The member nations will finalize a statement based on the draft at the forthcoming ministerial meeting after holding working-level discussions.
Thursday, June 09, 2011 22:55
Panel: Aftershocks of over magnitude 7 may occur
A government panel of seismologists says major aftershocks from the March 11th earthquake could still occur in the sea off the coast of northeastern Japan.
At a meeting on Thursday, the government's Earthquake Research Committee examined the impact of the March quake on seismic activities in the country.
The panel said that magnitude-7 aftershocks or stronger could hit sea areas off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan.
It said that in some sea areas close to the Japan Trench, major quakes accompanied by tsunami could occur.
The panel said the risk of earthquakes from some active faults in inland areas is higher than before. One fault straddles Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. Three others run between the western part of Tokyo and neighboring Saitama Prefecture.
The panel chief, Katsuyuki Abe 阿部勝征, called for continued caution, saying that although the number of tremors is declining nearly 3 months since the March disaster, aftershocks may occur anywhere.
Voices from around
. Daily Radiation Levels .
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Japan Times :
Fishermen to Tepco: Don't release water
A plan by Tepco to release water containing traces of radioactive materials from the Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power plant into the Pacific has been halted by stiff opposition from the Fisheries Agency.
Ishinomaki with all the debris and now
World Bank , IMF dismal on Japan growth potential
The World Bank says that it projects Japan's economy to expand 0.1 percent this year in terms of real gross domestic product, a plunge from an estimated 4.0 percent in 2010, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Saga town may be first to see reactor restart
Genkai in Saga Prefecture
Ministry inspects worker exposure
Quake reinsurance rates rise 20-60%, Swiss firm says
The book "PRAYER for JAPAN" -- Update.
To the date, about 240 poets from 43 countries submitted their haikai poetry and art for the book "Prayer for Japan".
Every poem will be translated by native speakers into three languages (English - Russian - Japanese), and the oversized gift book (about 500 pages of large format) will be illustrated throughout in sumi-e style. The book will be distributed all over Japan, as well as available for sale.
Origa (Olga Hooper)
You may read many of the submitted works here:
. . origa.livejournal.com
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Special Report:ReplyDelete
After Japan, where's the next nuclear weak link?
DETROIT (Reuters) –
Imagine a country where corruption is rampant, infrastructure is very poor, or the quality of security is in question. Now what if that country built a nuclear power plant?
It may sound alarming but that is what could happen in many developing countries which are either building nuclear power plants or considering doing so - a prospect that raises serious questions after Japan's experience handling a nuclear crisis.
For many, rule No.1 for a safe nuclear program is a regulator with at least some semblance of independence from government or corporate influence.
Storage of radioactive materials, whether from hospital medical waste, industrial processes, or from spent fuel rods at nuclear plants remains a problem around the world.
Patch Adams,ReplyDelete
Oh how wonderful!
- Anonymous6/10/2011
I can imagine how it's for all of you in Japan, to live in such an anxiety and uncertainty day after day...ReplyDelete
I am with you with all my heart, Gabi san.


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It's Christmas Day, and for most people that means turkey, family arguments, and lots of presents. Some of you may have been fortunate enough to be gifted a nice shiny fruit-branded iPhone, and are no doubt eager to make sure it can do all the things a new smartphone is capable of.
The first stop is making sure you're all sorted on the apps front, so here are the ones every person should have installed pronto.
Citymapper (Free)
The ultimate tool for planning your journey by public transport, (provided you live in Birmingham, London, or Manchester and a smattering of other major global cities). Citymapper has you covered with real-time departure and arrival times, directions, and information on any known disruptions. It doesn't matter if you plan on travelling by bus, train, on foot, or even a Boris bike.
Cloak (Free)
A lot of apps are focussed around meeting people and doing stuff together. Cloak is not one of those apps. In fact it's quite the opposite, it lets you actively avoid certain people while you're out in public. It uses all your social media accounts to work out where your friends are, allowing you to avoid having to spend any face time with them.
Contact Center (Free)
Staying in touch shouldn't be a chore, and to make things easier Contact Center brings all the important communication apps together in a single place. Calls, texting, Facetime, you name it. It also has a built-in GIF search engine, for the times when words and little faces can't express what you're thinking.
Clips (Free)
The iPhone's standard clipboard is useful, but it is incredibly limited. If you're looking to give things a bit of a boost, then Clips is essential. It's a notification centre widget that functions as a paste bin. Somewhere where you can copy blocks of text and images for safe keeping, and have quick access to them at a moment's notice.
Duet Display (£7.99)
Multiple displays are incredibly useful, and you don't need to buy an extra monitor to take advantage of what they have to offer. Just download Duet Display and use your iPhone instead. As long as you're a Mac user you'll be able to extend your display onto your device via USB or WiFi.
Evernote (Free)
Your phone is the ideal place to jot down your ideas as and when they hit you, and if you want to avoid having to copy them over to your computer then Evernote is the app for you. But it's more than just a note-taking app. You can write notes, sure, but you can also attach documents to your work, collaborate with other people, and search through everything you jot down. Everything you do is synchronised over the cloud, and you have the choice of either typing or handwriting your notes.
Evernote Scannable (Free)
Scanning apps aren't uncommon, but if you've gone ahead and installed Evernote for your note-taking needs then Evernote Scannable is the one for you. Just point your camera at any physical documents, and Scannable will immediately capture and format them. The big bonus is, of course, that it has seamless integration with Evernote, pulling in all your settings and saved notebooks automatically.
Facebook (Free)
If you want a proper experience on the world's biggest social network, you're going to have to install the official app. Facebook might have spun-off Messenger into it's own thing, but you can still access your news feed, share photos, and play games right here.
Google Maps (Free)
It hardly needs saying that Apple Maps is quite far behind other mapping apps. So ditch it and opt for Google instead. Not only will you get a better app experience, you can also take advantage of offline maps, public transport and traffic alerts, integrated business hours, and more.
Kindle (Free)
Who needs an e-reader when you always have your smartphone on your person? With the Kindle app you can enjoy all the advantages of Amazon's digital books without having to deal with an extra device. Surf the Kindle store, download your previously bought titles, and read through every last one of them.
Launch Center Pro (£3.99)
This one is essentially a speed dial for all the things you need your phone to do on a regular basis. Whether that's accessing your favourite apps, or performing specific actions like messaging a loved one. The possibilities are virtually endless, and if you want to make it easier to do the things you do all the time this is the app for you.
MacID (£2.99)
You can never be too careful about who you leave your Mac around, so it's a good idea to lock it when it's not being used. Passwords can be guessed, but do you know what can't? Fingerprints. MacID lets you use your iPhone's TouchID sensor to open up your Mac easily and securely, so nobody can pinch your files. It even has proximity detection, so you can wander to and from your machine without having to manually lock and unlock each time.
Netflix (Free)
Netflix is one of the leaders in on-demand streaming, and with the huge range of critically acclaimed original content it's not hard to see why. With Netflix on your phone you'll be able to watch its entire back catalogue wherever you are, provided you have an internet connection.
Outlook (Free)
Apple's mail app works, but it is limited. If you're looking for the best alternative, Microsoft's Outlook app is the one you should invest in. It can handle all of your email accounts, includes a built in calendar, customisable gesture controls, a fairly powerful search, and filters that organise your emails in terms of importance.
Pixelmator (£3.99)
Image manipulation on the go is a very real reality, and if you want the best one available then you should invest in Pixelmator. Unlike some image editing apps, Pixelmator doesn't cheap out on the features, and everything you get on the Mac version is available on iOS. It's also compatible with Photoshop files, and you're able to pick up exactly where you left off on a different device.
Plex (Free / £3.99 for essential in-app purchases)
Thanks to the wonders of streaming we don't have to carry our media around with us, and if you're looking for a no frills service to access the music, video, and photos you keep on your home computer then Plex is the app for you. The app is free to download, but streaming from your home media server is severely restricted until you unlock it with an in-app purchase.
Pocket (Free)
Your phone is great for reading, especially online, but Pocket makes it even better. It saves articles onto your phone for later reading, if you end up with no internet connection. Pocket also lets you send articles from your desktop to your phone, and optimises the articles so you can read them without any of the junk you could find in a browser.
Pushbullet (Free)
Sharing things between devices used to be so awkward, and generally required you to email yourself something. That's no longer the case, and it's all thanks to Pushbullet. It lets you send text, Web links, and even small files to one or more of your devices at the push of a button. On top of that it can be told to forward texts and notifications to your PC without any awkward set up processes.
Soundhound (Free)
Ever hear a song on the radio but missed the name of the song or artist? There's no need to frantically remember lyrics so you can Google them later if you have Soundhound on your phone. It'll analyse a portion of the music before identifying it and throwing a bunch of useful information your way. Plus, unlike similar apps, it's capable of recognising music if you hum the tune, which means you can finally name that song that's been stuck in your head for three years.
Spotify (Free)
If you want to stream music there are plenty of options available to you, but Spotify still remains the king. It's totally free to use (with ads), and lets you browse and listen to its catalogue of 30 million+ songs. Premium subscribers also have the option of saving music for offline listening, and improved sound quality.
Swiftkey Keyboard (Free)
Let's be honest, the iOS keyboard is rubbish. So rubbish. And don't even get me started on the autocorrect. Wouldn't you prefer something better? Swiftkey uses an 'artificial intelligence' to learn your writing style and offers improved prediction to help you speed up your typing. It also easily lets you save certain terms (like email addresses and URLs) for easy access later on. The personalisation features are saved to the cloud, as well, so you should always get the same results on all of your devices.
Translator Keyboard (£1.49)
Translation is a fiddly business, but a dedicated translation app can be a hassle to keep switching into. If you want to make quick translation a lot easier, Translation Keyboard is there to help. It functions like every other iOS keyboard, but with the added bonus of translation to and from dozens of different languages instantly. It even has autocorrect to help you avoid awkward mistakes.
TVPlayer (Free)
You don't need a TV or a ridiculous number of catch-up apps to watch live TV, you just need TVPlayer. Just install it and you can watch live TV over the internet. It's got most of the major Freeview channels, including Dave for all the fans of Top Gear repeats.
Twitter (Free)
Twitter's official app might not have any special features that other clients have, but it will always have everything you need to enjoy a full microblogging experience. It also has the new 'Moments' feature, which curates the latest and best news content from across the web.
Vert (£2.29)
Sadly the entire world doesn't run on the same units, so there are going to be times where you have to do some conversions. Vert has you covered on every front, whether it's currency, weight, clothing sizes, random units nobody's ever heard of, and even the stuff they only use in China and Japan.
VLC (Free)
No need to worry about what filetype your media is, because VLC will play them all. Doesn't matter whether it's music or video, you just need to load them onto your phone through iTunes and they'll pop up straight away.
We Transfer (Free)
Email is great, but attachment size limits feel like they're stuck in the stone age. Cloud storage is one way to share files, but that can cost an absolute fortune. We Transfer, on the over hand, lets you share anything up to 10GB in size without having to pay a penny. Better still, you can use it in conjunction with email for a hassle free experience.
WhatsApp (Free)
Save your minutes/texts by using WhatsApp to stay in touch with your friends and family. Using your phone number you can call and text using nothing more than your internet connection. There's also group chat, and the option to send files like photos and videos.
Wiper Messenger (Free)
There are a great many messaging apps out there, but how many let you delete entire conversations from another person's device? Wiper does that at the push of a button, which means that end to end encryption isn't the only thing keeping what you said safe. It also allows free calls, video calls, and the sharing of small files and photos.
Workflow (£2.29)
We all have a number of those little things we do on our phone that requires quite a bit of fiddling. Workflow lets you automate those functions with a homescreen icon that functions a little bit like an app. There are hundreds, if not thousands of combinations you can create making this one app that no iPhone user should be without.


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Affordable and durable, Ghent's Unframed 1/2" Vinyl Fabric Bulletin Board is a great choice for your school or office. The washable vinyl surface conceals pin holes, so it looks good even after years of use in your classroom. Simply wipe the board with a wet rag to clean. The textured vinyl surface has a fabric backing for extra durability. Choose from several great fabric colors to match your decor. This Ghent 4' x 5' Unframed 1/2" Vinyl Fabric Bulletin Board comes backed by a 10-year guarantee.
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Retired Scotia Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief William "Bill" Reed Miller: 1936-2015
This section includes both obituaries and memories. Honoring our loved ones who have died does not end immediately after their passing. We recognize that… so we're extending our obituary section to include individuals who may have left a long time ago. If you want to remember someone who is gone, either recently or longer ago, please send a photo and a few sentences to firstname.lastname@example.com. Tell us why you would like to honor the person–is it their birthday, the date of their passing or someother date of significance to you.
Retired Scotia Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief
William "Bill" Reed Miller
Bill was born February 3, 1936 in Gold Beach, Oregon, and said goodbye to all his friends on July 27, 2015 at the age of 79.
Descended from Oregon pioneer families including his great-grandfather John McBride who was wounded at the battle of Shiloh in 1863 fighting under Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Reed Miller who settled in Gold Beach area along the Rogue River in the 1880's leaving behind many descendants throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California.
He was the son of Edwin "Ted" Miller and Sadie Wells Miller, brother of Edwin Miller and Juanita "Suzy" Miller Taylor all who have predeceased him. He is survived by his brother Leroy Miller, sister-in-law Avon Miller and numerous nieces and nephews including members of the Colvin and Bauer families. He is also survived by his close friends Carlo and Linda Millsap, Pat and Marge Millsap, Samantha Millsap Green and family and Mike Bushnell.
Bill graduated from Port Orford High School in 1954 and served in the United States Navy from 1954-1958 as a hospital corpsman attached to a Marine division in Japan, Okinawa and the Philippines. He worked at The Pacific Lumber Company from 1961-1998 in Scotia and served in the Scotia Volunteer Fire Department for 32 years, living the entire time as a resident in the Scotia firehall, rising to the rank of Deputy Fire Chief. Bill taught many new members the ropes during his tenure and will always be remembered as being patient and kind. Bill will be dearly missed by the Scotia Volunteer Fire Department.
Bill was an avid sportsman, often fishing with his brother Bud throughout the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska and hunting with many of his good friends.
A memorial service is planned for September 12th at the Scotia Firehall at 10:00 a.m.


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Do you remember reading Aesop's fables as a child? I do! There are some that almost everyone is familiar with, like The Tortoise and the Hare, and The Shepherd who cried Wolf.
I even made a short video of me using the props to retell the story! I'd love for you to use this with your students - my kiddos loved watching short youtube videos like this, and I appreciated the opportunity to let another (virtual) teacher into my classroom to help me out for a few minutes.
If you're a regular reader, you know I think it's important to make learning fun, so I've also been making games to go along with the books and story retelling props. The game I made for this one requires a spinner, so I thought I'd show you two super easy ways to make a spinner in under a minute! The first one is pretty self explanatory,
Here's a more traditional way: Use a pushpin to make a tiny hole where you want your spinner to pivot (can you see it right in the center of the circle?), then put a brad through a paperclip. Put the brad through the hole - having that tiny hole will let you get the brad through your paper without wrinkling it up or pushing too hard and accidentally stabbing yourself in the finger with a brad. (Yup, I've done that a time or two!)
Open the brad on the back of the paper, and you'll have a spinner like this one:
Super simple, and super fun! How do you use fables with your students? Do you use learning games too? Let me know in the comments!
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Annual DH Summer School in Oxford. Has a five day workshop as a general introduction to TEI, and a one-day course on TEI on another workshop (How to do DH). http://digital.humanities.ox.ac.uk/dhoxss/2013/
EpiDoc Summer School, Sofia, Sept 2013
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The latest edition of The Whisky Round Table is now available for all to read. For those of you that may have just discovered us, The Whisky Round Table is the brainchild of Jason Johnston-Yellin - the author of the 'must read' whisky blog Guid Scotch Drink. His idea was to gather together 12 whisky bloggers from around the world and get them to discuss a whisky topic once a month. The hosting of The Round Table is passed around the 12 members, with each host setting the question for each month - the subjects have been wide and varied to date. Links to the previous editions of Whisky Round Table articles can be found by clicking here.
This month sees the turn of our fellow Londoners Joel and Neil, who write the excellent CaskStrength blog. They have asked about which 'whisky myths' the Round Table members have experienced and how to get over these 'myths' so as to attract new followers to whisky. This has created very interesting responses from the members, so grab a dram and put your feet up - click here to read everyone's answers. We hope that you enjoy the debate and please feel free to add a comment at the bottom of Joel and Neil's posting. Which 'whisky myths' have you experienced?
The Whisky Round Table can also be followed on Twitter. Come and join us @WhiskyKnights for updates and news from the Round Table and its members.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A small flat case containing two reels and a length of magnetic tape that winds between them, often used in audio and video recorders and players and as a medium for storing data in digital form.
- n. A lightproof cartridge containing photographic film or plates, used in specially designed cameras.
- n. A cartridge for holding and winding typewriter or printer ribbon while in the machine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- n. Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk.
- n. A lightproof container for photographic film.
- n. A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- n. A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Same as seggar.
- n. a small case to hold a removable part of some mechanism, designed for convenience in inserting and removing the working part. Most commonly referring to a tape cassette, made mostly of plastic, which holds a reel of magnetic tape for tape players or tape recorders or video cassette recorders. The term may refer, as for tape cassettes, to the integrated case plus tape, or sometimes only to the case itself separate from the contents.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In the manufacture of chinaware, a utensil made of potters' clay with sand, in which the ware is baked. It is usually round, with a flat bottom. Also called coffin.
- n. In photography, a flat box holding one or two plates which are to be exposed in a camera; a plate-holder.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
The Oxford English Dictionary says it is removing the term "cassette player" from its Concise dictionary.
Later, he got books on cassette from the Library for the Blind.
In two somewhat-related news articles last week, the cassette is being brought back by people who are interpreting it as an art project, and classic vinyl album covers are being issued as stamps.
This morning I pulled out the cassette from the player to find out that a lengthy section of the tape had come out.
The library has long offered a large collection of audiobooks in cassette and CD formats, but this marks its first foray into digital audio technology.
E-Audiobooks--from Emily Bronte to Dr. Phil--Now Available Free from the Los Angeles Public Library (Overdrive.com press release)
"Last year, 85 million kronor (about 1$3,925,760 at the time of writing) in cassette compensation was collected and redistributed by the copyright organisation Copyswede," says The Local.
You can get better quality by recording to cassette from the radio, oftentimes.
Nirvana - Nevermind -- the cassette is still in the huge box of cassettes I rarely touch
Bertrand E, Castanotto D, Zhou C, Carbonnelle C, Lee NS, et al. (1997) The expression cassette determines the functional activity of ribozymes in mammalian cells by controlling their intracellular localization.
Last year, feted indie bands Deerhunter and the Dirty Projectors both took the unusual step of putting out albums on cassette, and Universal made the celebrity poetry album Words for You Britain's first major-label cassette release in six years.


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PLEASE NOTE: Pinners' Bed & Breakfast will cease operating on 11/1/19
Experience a taste of country life
Pinners' Bed & Breakfast offers you quality self-contained accommodation located on our 80 hectare certified organic farm in the beautiful rolling green hills near Lilydale, Tasmania.
We provide a wholesome and delicious breakfast hamper daily including certified organic eggs from our own free range hens, bacon, cereals and David's fresh bread, tea and plunger coffee, home made jams and freshly picked raspberries (Dec/Jan) in season. Lyndy also likes to spoil you with home baked afternoon treats.
Your hosts David and Lyndy Pinner met and married in 2010. Yes, this farmer found a wife and they are living very happily ever after on their character filled farm which has been in his family for several generations. Our working organic farm's main business is growing vegetables for seed production. We also produce seasonal crops such as raspberries, garlic and grain crops as well as Dorper sheep, Murray Grey cattle and free range hens.
Farm tours can be arranged or guests are welcome to take walks and discover for themselves the joys and challenges of organic farming. They may be lucky enough to see a platypus swimming in the Pipers River which meanders through the farm.
Our Cottage
Our new 2 bedroom cottage features a queen sized bed in the main bedroom and two singles in the second bedroom, allowing us to accommodate up to four people. For those cool winter evenings we have a cosy wood fire. Relax outdoors on the spacious deck with beautiful panoramic rural views.
Here's just one of our happy customer's comments: "Such a beautiful place! We had a marvelous time here with fresh organic food, gorgeous view, and friendly, very welcoming host. It was a precious experience for the kids, who were able to see the feeding of the sheep and the cow milking. Berries were soooo sweet and we just loved the freshly baked bread with homemade jam. Thank you for such a wonderful stay!" Yuichi & Noriko, Singapore
Our Mission
The farm is our home, and we want to help you to appreciate this special environment, relax and feel at home too!
135 Bangor Road, Karoola, Tasmania | +61 (0) 427 546 336


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Omaha, NE.—If there was any doubt—and there wasn't—State Sen. Bob Krist removed it this morning: He's running for Governor as a Democrat.
During a morning news interview with KFAB radio, Krist confirmed News Channel Nebraska's earlier reporting that he will announce the move formally in Lincoln at noon today.
Krist had been running as an independent after leaving the Republican Party last year. All these moves finding the Nebraska Republican Party labeling Krist a flip-flopper.
Krist telling KFAB that he considers himself a centrist who won't always see eye to eye with his new party: "We're never going to agree on everything but this is the pathway to success. We need better leadership and I think I'm that guy."
Krist quickly becomes the front runner for the Democratic nomination. Two other announced candidates, Vanessa Ward and Tyler Davis are new to politics and as News Channel Nebraska has reported Ward's campaign has been plagued with problems from day one.
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