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Economic Crisis. Graduates out of work. My struggle to become a person in 'the real world'.
7 March 2012
Snobs We Are Not!
So no more of this grad hating please. Stop moaning that we are too proud to work in Tesco or the Pound Shop after having spent £3,500 a year (now more like £9,000 may I remind you) on a full time degree because, actually, many of us are doing just that. Well, more of us than were doing so 10 years ago anyway. We're waiters, promotions staff, shelf-stackers and call centre workers.
So next time you try blaming us for our unemployment, think twice.
One stand-out statistic shows that the most worthwhile degrees to take are definitely practical. Medicine and dentistry come out on top in terms of wage per hour, closely followed by mathematical sciences, architecture and engineering. And where does History stand? Second from last, beating only the Arts. Typical! Why didn't someone tell me this before I spent over £12,000? In all honesty though I could never have been a doctor. I can't even talk about needles, let alone administer them - I fainted like the pansy I am when had my BCG for goodness sake. Dentistry doesn't exactly appeal to me either come to think of it. Though I can't imagine staring into random strangers open mouth chasms is that appealing to anyone.
Maybe I should have chosen a healthy medium and studied law. Law graduates seem to be doing OK. I reckon I could settle a few over-the-fence disputes for £16.95 an hour. Actually just saying those words made me yawn. Or is it the fact that it is 23:30 and I should be asleep? No, pretty sure it's the law thing.
Still, those of us who are employed seem to be doing better than non graduates who are earning far less than those with a degree. According to the recent research, the average non-graduate hourly wage is £8.92 - which is still more than I, and most waiting staff, earn per hour - but far less than the average graduate wage of £15.18 per hour. Considering the fact that a third of graduates are in 'low skilled' jobs and graduate unemployment is at roughly 25%, it is clear that the lucky ones employed in the above mentioned career areas are the ones earning all the money. Not that studying medicine for 7 years and getting a job is lucky - no one will deny the work that goes into that.
It's a shame I wasn't cut out for the mathematical sciences or for blood and guts surgery. I'm a word-smith. My brain functions in other ways. Do I deserve to be punished for this? Ha, probably just for the pure arrogance of that sentence. Seriously though, stop with the grad-bashing culture of blame and don't forget that we are all in this together. And to all you unemployed grads out there... keep a little bit of pride. No matter what they say.
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- Anonymous21 April 2012 at 19:51
To be honest, it really does come down to luck. Even the work ethic required to complete a law or medical degree is established by a certain amount of luck. Lucky to have nurturing parents, lucky to have wealth (for most), lucky to have the correct set of genes to use a certain side of the brain, lucky to be taught from an early age how to manage time. With 7 billion people on earth, there's more pressure than ever to be perfect (all relativism aside). Alas, so continues the rat race.ReplyDelete
I think luck does play a part in it. I was lucky to have parents who wanted me to do well. You could say I was lucky to be born in London with a great choice of schools and jobs, even lucky to be born in England instead of a very poor country with no running water or not enough food let alone job prospects.ReplyDelete
We can't forget however, that despite luck and timing etc playing its part, it's effort and hard work that set us apart from all those other lucky people. Even the luckiest person in the world can't leave it all up to chance. It's why we take the rat race into our own hands and want to win it.


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Seattle technology executive Matthew Schiltz has landed a new startup gig — just a week after he left cloud storage startup Symform. Schiltz's new employer is Tier 3, an enterprise cloud management platform startup backed by Madrona Venture Group, Ignition, Intel Capital and others.
Bellevue-based Tier 3, which raised $10 million last September, touted 100 percent revenue growth last year. It's cloud-based platform is sold to large organizations who use the platform to manage various applications. Services include a developer test environment; software-as-a-service hosting; disaster recovery; and storage — the specialty of Symform.
Schiltz has moved around a lot among some high-profile companies over the years, serving as CEO of startups such as Powerit, Docusign, General Software, CourtLink and, most recently, Symform. Schiltz is taking over the CEO reins at Tier 3 from founder Jared Wray, who will remain with the 7-year-old company as CTO.
"Tier 3 is a leader in advanced enterprise cloud management," said Schiltz. "Jared is a cloud visionary and the team at Tier 3 is impressive. I could not be more excited to lead Tier 3 through our next phase of growth and success."
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Bonjour! I have this sweet little number up over on the Avery Elle blog today using Mon Cheri stamps and coordinating Elle-ments.
I white heat embossed the adorable cherry images onto a black cardstock panel and diecut using the Sweet Scallops Elle-ments. To soften the look, I've added a piece of trimmed vellum over the top adhering only the middle where my heart was placed. The cherry iamges were Copic colored, diecut, and adhered to the Pierced Hearts dies from the Scalloped and Pierced Hearts Elle-ments.
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text: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" tells the story of Ichabod Crane and his hapless attempt to win the heart and hand of Katrina Van Tassel in the context of a comical ghost story. Ichabod comes to Sleepy Hollow, New York, from his home state of Connecticut, to be the schoolmaster of the village. Sleepy Hollow is a small, very quiet town said to be under some kind of enchantment. Its residents all seem to move a little slower, daydream a little more, and be more prone to believe in the supernatural. Sleepy Hollow, maybe for that reason or maybe because its residents are almost all descended from its original Dutch settlers, has more than its fair share of supernatural occurrences, or at least stories of them. (http://www.gradesaver.com/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow/study-guide/short-summary/)


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The fourth and last wife of the British master spy Kim Philby has written her memoirs of life with the most famous mole in the history of espionage.
And his life in Russia, at least initially, was grim. Philby's loneliness, depression and heavy drinking after his defection are well documented. His Russian widow, Rufina Philby, has added one startling new detail. According to her book, ''I Went My Own Way,'' which was released today, Philby attempted suicide in the 1960's.
She once felt deep scars on his wrist, and asked him about them. She said that Philby, well on his third whisky, refused to discuss it then or ever. She wrote, ''He answered in high style, unnatural to him: 'We Communists should be patient, strong and not give in to weakness.' ''
Charming and gifted, Kim Philby was the shining star of the so-called Cambridge spies, a group of privileged young Englishmen who were recruited to spy for the Soviet Union in the 1930's, and who over the decades wormed their way into the highest echelons of British intelligence.
The sheer breadth of their betrayal -- of colleagues, class and country -- inspired an entire generation of spy fiction, most notably the novels of John le Carre.Continue reading the main story
Mrs. Philby, 65, still lives in the comfortable apartment that Philby was assigned after his defection. She sold off many of his papers, books and mementos like a silver cocktail shaker at Sotheby's in 1994 for about $200,000 (her pension today is $82 a month), but the rooms are a well-polished shrine to a hero of the Soviet Union.
His vast collection of Russian classics line the living room shelf. His study is crammed with books by his good friend Graham Greene, detective novels, the spy novels of le Carre, as well as dozens of books about his betrayal.
Long after the Soviet Union they spied for collapsed in 1991, Philby remains a hero in Russia.
When Philby died in Moscow in 1988 at the age of 76, he was buried with full military honors. His face was put on a stamp in 1990.
Kim Philby ran the entire counterespionage service of M.I.6., the British Secret Intelligence Service, and set up the section that spied on the Soviet Union. He was assigned to Washington in 1949, and put in charge of liaison between British intelligence and the C.I.A. and F.B.I.
It was there that Philby learned that two of his fellow spies, Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, were under suspicion, and tipped them off. Recalled to London, the two men fled and defected to Moscow in 1951.
Philby was suspected of being ''the third man'' in a ring of spies that eventually widened to five, including Anthony Blunt, the curator of the Queen's art collection, who was publicly unmasked in 1979. Philby managed to dodge the charges until 1963, when he was posted in Beirut. When an old friend from M.I.6 confronted Philby with incontrovertible evidence of his treachery, Philby escaped his surveillance and emerged in Moscow.
Asked by a journalist shortly before his death whether he would do it all again, Philby replied, ''Absolutely.'' But his widow said he privately felt disillusioned and guilty.
He never learned Russian fluently; she would translate other people's Russian into simpler Russian for him. ''He loved Moscow,'' Mrs. Philby said, but noted that he was also homesick, particularly for pubs. K.G.B. operatives in Britain would bring him his favorite brand of Cooper's Oxford coarse-cut marmalade. He passionately followed cricket.Continue reading the main story


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Moulding Techniques
Conservation and Restoration
3.5 ECTS; 2º Ano, 2º Semestre, 15,0 T + 45,0 PL + 2,0 OT
- Fernando Manuel Conceição Costa
Not applicable.
The student must be able to perform various types of molds; distinguish the types of molds and their applications; know how to make the correct choice of materials to be applied for each type of mold; master the technical processes for applying in conservation and restoration problems.
1. Introduction
2. Difference between molding and modeling.
3. Mould:
3.1. What is a Mould?
3.2. So that serv a Mould?
3.3. When should you use?
4. Copy:
4.1. What is a reproduction?
4.2. When to opt for a full or partial reproduction?
5. Difference between copy, replication and falsification.
6. Types of reproduction:
6.1. Reproduction of Cultural type.
6.2. Reproduction of Technical type.
6.3. Reproduction of Social type:
6.3.1. Social limited.
6.3.2. Unlimited social.
6.3.2. Social speculative.
7. Evaluation Standards copies or reproductions.
8. Legislation and Codes of Ethics regarding the issue of reproductions.
9. Mould Types.
9.1. Lost mold.
9.2. Pressed mold.
9.3. Stuck mold.
9.4. Hard molds (Cast, Lost Wax, Polyester, etc.).
9.5. Flexible molds (Gelatin, Latex, Agar Agar).
9.6. Flexible molds Synthetics Hardening Cold (silicone and polyurethane).
10. Applied Molding the Preservation and Restoration of situations.
10.1. Simple molds Dentist wax.
10.2. Univalves molds, bivalves and Latex Glove.
10.3. Univalves and Bivalves molds in Silicone.
11. Molding Materials
11.1. The Clays
11.2. The Plasticine
11.3. The Jellies
11.4. The Plaster
11.5. The wax.
11.6. Latex.
11.7. Silicone.
11.8. The polyurethane.
12. Copy materials.
12.1. Clay.
12.2. The Wax.
12.3. The Gypsum.
12.4. Mortars (lime, cement).
12.5. The Polyurethanes.
12.6. The polyesters.
12.7. The epoxide resins.
12.8. The Acrylic Resins.
13. The materials used as separators or Release agent.
13.1. Release agent films.
13.2. Mold Releases liquids.
13.3. Post Release agent.
13.4. Folders or Release agent solutions.
14. Reproduction in Different Contexts.
14.1. Reproduction in Museologic context.
14.2. Reproduction as security measure.
14.3. Reproduction as Object of Investigation.
15. Techniques for Making copies or reproductions.
15.1. By leakage.
15.2. Injection.
15.3. By stratification.
15.4. Or by Electroplating.
16. Copies of finishing techniques.
16.1. Direct application of pigment in Molde.
16.2. Painting / Reintegration.
16.3. Polishing.
16.4. "Patines"
Evaluation Methodology
Continuous assessment: practical performance, technical report and mid-term test.
Final assessment: written examination.
- BRYDSON, J. (1989). Plastic Materials. London: ButterWorths
- CHAVARRIA, J. (2004). A CERÂMICA ? Colecção Artes e Ofícios. Lisboa: Editorial Estampa
- CLÉRIN, P. (2002). LA SCULPTURE ? Toutes les Techniques. Paris: Dessain et Tolra
- HAMER, F. (1986). POTTER?S DICTIONARY OF MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES. London: A & C BLACK
Method of interaction
Theoretical-practical Lectures with analysis of case studies and laboratory classes with implementation of practical exercises with different types of molds and materials and
report presentation of the procedures adopted.
Software used in class
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'Doctor Who' thing of the day: Steven Moffat is a teasy bastard
Doctor Who honcho and god-in-charge Steven Moffat talks to Digital Spy, wherein he is mean and horrible and tries to make us all feel really really bad about the Doctor and life and the universe and everything. Choice excerpts (which may include spoilers for those not caught up to "The Pandorica Opens"):
Episode twelve ended with an almighty trio of cliffhangers. Can you tell us anything at all about episode 13?
"Well, there's going to be some light music and a short note of apology saying, 'The universe ended last week, we're really sorry, we don't know what you're doing here, didn't you get the message?'"
Does the series wrap things up with a neat resolve in time for the Christmas special?
"Well we blew up the universe, so it'll be a nice flashback episode at Christmas."
Will there be any kind of trailer for the Christmas special after the episode?
"After the 50 minutes of gentle music and weeping apology? Nope. The universe has ended."
And you definitely can't tell us anything about episode 13?
"The universe has ended, mate, he's dead. The Doctor is in the Pandorica, there's this little voice saying: 'Hello, that was a big bang wasn't it? Oh, something happened out there?'"
Thanks for your time, Steven.
"I hope you enjoy it, it's the maddest thing you'll ever see."
Is it Saturday yet? No, wait: I don't wait it to be Saturday yet, cuz that will mean we won't have any new Doctor Who till Christmas.
(If you stumble across a cool Doctor Who thing, feel free to email me with a link.)
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My most recent Bowling adventure was while playing Wii…I was actually very sore the next day after playing Wii Sports.
Although the graphics are kind of funny, the Wii Sports was still good fun for all ages. Oh, I did not do nearly as good at Wii Bowling as I do at regular bowling( I am pretty bad at regular bowling as well.)


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Day # 29 NHBPM at WEGO health, I chose the prompt, "If I could accomplish one thing (anything) in 2013 it would be…"
There are many wishes for me, but one stands out that could qualify for a miracle, but still more reachable than any other of my prayers. If I could accomplish one thing in 2013, it would be finding a good friend for my ASD son Amin.
He had a wonderful friend back in Florida, his name is Brandon. They were close in age, they were in a same class room mostly, and they just became friends. They even got into trouble together. I loved that little boy along with his wonderful parents, and I know Amin deeply cared about him as well. Many times Amin sings this song from Yogi Bear movie "you are my best friend and I love you Brendon". He never sang that song before , only after we left Florida. Every time I hear that song it brings tears into my eyes, knowing he misses him.
Every time we walk and passed by kids and he looks at them, and they won't even look at him or just make a remark about him, it breaks my heart into million pieces over and over again. I see the look on his face how much he want to be included, and he knows he is rejected. I see it in his eyes, his facial expression changes, he looks so sad, and it is painful.
I tried many times to find him a friend , a playmate but so far I am unsuccessful.
So if I can accomplish anything in 2013 or even sooner that time, I would like to find him a friend. A person who will love him like Brandon did, or even more, who cares about him , and who can overlook his awkward moments.
Who can kick and throw balls with him, run around with him, laugh and play with him. Who can be there for him when others making fun of his condition, or shortcomings, who can be patient with him until he figures out how to do certain things. I would love to have another Brandon there for him to feel that someone else, other than mommy loves to play and have fun with him, so he knows that not everyone is rejecting him.
This may seem very minor to others, but friendship is important to all human beings. We are social creatures, and strive to be with others. Although ASD kids are not that social, but they still have the needs to be around people.
My heart aches to see him being alone, to see him I am the only one he can go to the playground with, and the look on his face is heart breaking when he sees the other kids having fun.
So my mission this year and 2013 to find a friend for him, to see him being happy and carefree, and wanting to go out to play with someone who cares about him, even when his homework is not done. I want him to feel true friendship all over again, where he can express himself once more, and create lifetime memories with his little friend.


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"New music" may not be the most accurate term for QVALIA's debut album. In fact, "album" is not exactly the right word for what this project, started by producer Michael Hazani, has released. This Is the Color of My Dreams is a creation by QVALIA which defies conventions in almost every way possible. The album is meant to be listened to along with interactive videos inspired by the first high-resolution video games of the 90s. When listeners put together the music and the interactive world, Hazani calls the experience "songcapes." The name of the project, QVALIA, implies that the way each person views the world is subjective, and thus the new music and visual pairing can be experienced in a myriad of ways.
Hazani has been producing new music for some years, attempting to create popular songs which are also original and heartfelt, but he found the concepts of "pop music" and "original expression" to be two ideas which seemed diametrically opposed to each other. He then teamed up with Pierluigi Salami and Shawn Crowder, with whom he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, and the newly formed band set out to create something new in pop music. They named the project QVALIA after the term "qualia," which is defined as the quality of subjectivity which can be found in the way each person sees the world. Though humans generally regard the shared reality in daily life as concrete and objective, qualia suggests that each person may see a color or experience a feeling differently than the next. This is why QVALIA has designed This Is the Color of My Dreams to be listened to, seen, and experienced in many different ways and on many different levels.
The new music in the album itself is intricately composed and arranged with many different layers, unique, computer-driven melodies and swelling orchestral crescendos characterize songs like Sound the Alarm and Stardust. Hazani's vocals bring a bit of a pop feel, however, they are also bold and emotive. The lyrics are themes anyone can appreciate, such as love and individuality. Scratch the surface a little, however, and listeners will find themes inspired by T.S. Eliot and John Keats, questioning the human condition and existence itself. With all these different layers to the music, listeners can choose to analyze and dig deep into the complex nature of each composition, or simply experience the beauty of This Is the Color of My Dreams and the emotions it creates.
Similarly, the interactive visual experiences, the first of which is has already been posted on QVALIA's website, can be paired with the songs and experienced in a number of ways. Hazani is quick to point out, however, that though many of the "songscapes" have a goal or destination, they are not video games. Once again, the user can choose how he or she wants to experience the visuals. With the use of keyboard prompts and mouse, the user can move throughout the world haphazardly, try to get to the "destination" by the end of the song, move around in tandem with the music or just stand still and gaze at the vistas on the screen. By pairing the new music with the visual interaction, each listener can create a different experience each time they listen along with the visual piece. In this way the band is true to its theme of qualia in both name and deed.
There is obviously a lot going on within the new music in QVALIA's debut album, but it seems Hazani's point is not to make his work overly complicated or cerebral. Listeners may take from it what they will. They may choose to only listen to the album or to use the interactive experience without the music. They may choose to listen to and analyze the highly complex structure of each piece from a music theory or technical standpoint, or they may decide to simply put on headphones, navigate the virtual world and enjoy what they see and hear. This Is the Color of My Dreams asks the user to choose his or her experience, to make it their own, as indeed each person does with his or her perception of every aspect of reality. If the listener chooses to ignore all of that and just enjoy, however, QVALIA is happy with that, too.
The new music in This Is the Color of My Dreams can be streamed and downloaded on QVALIA's Bandcamp page, and listeners should check back with the band's website for more "songscapes" as they will post the new interactive visuals at regular intervals. QVALIA will also be touring during the fall and winter, and the "songscapes" will be part of each show on a larger scale. This Is the Color of My Dreams is among the best new music for fall, and with the added unique element of the interactive visual experience making QVALIA one of the most exciting projects of the past few years.
Review by Layla Klamt
Bandcamp.com (QVALIA)
QVALIA (Songscapes)
QVALIA (About)
Interview with Michael Hazani (Provided by Independent Music Promotion)


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Advent calendar from beauty vlogger Zoella branded 'tat' by angry parents
The festive product is the latest from entrepreneur Zoella, real name is Zoe Sugg.
Parents have slammed a £50 advent calendar created by beauty vlogger and teen favourite Zoella as "tat" and "massively overpriced".
The YouTube sensation, who has millions of teenage fans, has put her name to a "12 Day of Christmas Advent Calendar" to almost universally poor reviews, including many from those who have bought it for their children.
The calendar contains a bauble, a small packet of confetti, a star-shaped cookie cutter, a packet of seven stickers, a small bag, a 130g "Festive Cookie" candle, a 30ml "Christmas Clementine" room spray, a pen, a fluffy key ring, a gingerbread man-shaped cookie cutter, a mini notepad and a 130g "Cozy Christmas" candle.
Various reviewers have claimed the entire contents can be bought for around £20.
Christmas Clementine is our third brand new fragrance for this year's festive season - exclusive to the 12 Days of Christmas Calendar! pic.twitter.com/PbOSxnGSTx— Zoella Lifestyle (@ZoellaLifestyle) October 14, 2017
The calendar is being sold at Boots and has so far received an overall rating of one and a half stars.
One review read: "Definitely not worth the money and very disappointing items within", while another said: "Parents do NOT buy!! This calendar is worth £20 MAXIMUM. I am a huge fan of Zoella, however she has made a HUGE mistake with this."
Continuing the negative reception, one added: "I've followed Zoella for a long time but I'm honestly shocked that she allowed her name to be attached to this pile of tat. £50?!?! For literal tat. You're losing it girl!"
Another wrote: "Brought this for my daughter and she was very unhappy! Massively overpriced for what you get, should definitely be cheaper considering your fan base is in the 8 to 13 years old category."
However, some reviews were more positive, with one buyer writing: "I bought this and I am so glad I did. Everyone on here is saying it is overpriced, but let's face it, company's (sic) have to make money!"
The festive product is the latest from entrepreneur Zoella, whose real name is Zoe Sugg.
Miss Sugg launched a fashion and beauty vlog in 2009 and now has more than 11 million subscribers, while her book Girl Online became the fastest selling debut novel ever when it was released in 2014.
A spokeswoman for Zoella Lifestyle said: "Zoe is incredibly proud of the Christmas collection and excited to see it in store.
"However, the pricing and in-store promotional strategy of the collection, including the calendar, is at the control of third parties and is not set by Zoe."


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Early Addiction Recovery
Fears in Early Recovery
While addiction is scary and an addict or alcoholic lives in constant fears: what if I am caught? How am I going to get my next fix? What's going to happen to my job, my marriage, my health, my future?
Recovery has its share of fears too, especially the early phase.
He (or she) is told that since he is an addict, he cannot afford to drink or use again. That is scary. He cannot see himself clean and dry forever. That is one reason AA has a slogan – 'one day at a time'. It is easier to think of sobriety on a daily basis rather than a lifetime of abstinence.
In early recovery, as the addict faces himself and discovers facets of his personality, he is overwhelmed with other fears. His old defense mechanism begins to crumble and he comes face-to-face with himself. He may discover that he is not as 'successful' as he imagined himself to be, that he is actually a dishonest person who very few trust, that he is unemployable, that his relationships are far more damaged than he thought… His first fear is 'what will I think of myself?'
His second fear in early recovery is 'what will others think of me?' As he begins to accept the fact that he is an addict with all the attendant damages and defects, he fears what others actually think of him and if he is a changed person will others accept the 'new me'?
The antidote to fear is faith. A recovering person is urged to develop faith in a 'higher power' – be it a sponsor, counselor or ultimately 'God'. Faith replaces fear and the addict is able to travel with courage on the road to recovery.


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attaching a 12 gram co2 cartridge to a spud gun
how would i go about doing this? what fittings and everything would i need to use these cartidges for a potato gun? i already know about the pressures of 12 gram cartridges on various chamber sizes, i just want to know how to get the co2 into my chamber
you need one of these http://www.888paintball.com/Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/1460308/vpcsid/0/SFV/30842the threads are not exact, but i believe you need a 1/2 inch female adapter to whatever your chamber is, i use about an 8" chamber of 3/4 inch steel pipe
also, i cant figure out how to do the url thing cuz im stupid
idk if its too cold, but to my knowlege its too high psi
http://www.geocities.com/hickwars/paint ... zooka.html
this was what i used for my first 12 gram build, it worked awesome, i sold it and regret it.
damn the site's not there anymore. but pressure wise you could do something to regulate how much co2 goes in
oh. well, i just used steel pipe, it handles the pressure and regulators cost too much. the one on the site i tried to show you uses
1x 3/4" to 1/2" steel reducer*
1x 3/4" steel pipe about 6" long
1x 3/4" elbow*
1x 3/4" ball valve
1x 3/4" pipe 3" long
1x co2 adapter
1x pvc 1 1/2" to 3/4" reducer
1x 1 1/2" pvc pipe
* instead of a reducer you can just get an elbow/ reducer 3/4" to 1/2"
adapter goes to reducer to elbow to 6" pipe to ball valve to 3" pipe to barrel.
okay, and not that i'm doing it, you can use a schrader and one of those things for tires that you put a 12 or 16 gram co2 canister in.
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By Andrew Liszewski
Is it possible that all these crazy alarm clocks we've invented over the years can be replaced with a simple pill? Well not exactly but it looks like the 'Wake Up On Time' pill can at least give you a much needed boost when it comes time to crawl out of bed every morning. The pill includes Vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6 and B12, Siberian Ginseng, Guarana Seed Extract and L-Tyrosine. This all-natural cocktail supposedly helps you feel completely awake and ready to tackle the world when your real alarm clock goes off.
And to ensure the pill doesn't keep you up all night (you are supposed to take it before you go to bed) it has a special coating that slowly dissolves away over night, delaying the release of the ingredients into your system.
A 30 day supply of the pills is available on their website for $29.95.
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Our 1H17 edition of the Optical Hardware Applications report has been released.
The report contains details on the following areas:
- Compact Modular hardware market share and forecasts
- 100G+ Coherent port shipments vendor market share
- 100G, 200G, and 400G+ Coherent and Direct Detect port shipments and forecast
- Advanced Packet-OTN Switching market share and forecasts
This report includes significant updates and enhancements:
- Initiated a coherent 400G port shipment forecast, estimating demand for 400G wavelengths in CY17 and beyond, including the upcoming 400G ZR pluggable format. The forecast also quantifies the emergence of coherent 100G in volume at the edge of the optical network. A more detailed written analysis sharing the assumptions behind this forecast will be published in the coming weeks. In the meantime, we welcome feedback on the quantitative forecast.
- Renamed DCI Hardware category to "Compact Modular". DCI is an application, not a hardware category, and these compact, modular chassis are being used in several applications, including DCI. As Incumbent, Cable MSO, and Wholesale operators evaluate and deploy these systems it is important that this category name better reflect the defining characteristics of these systems. A listing of the specific systems in this category can be found here.
- Added 1H17 market share results for Compact Modular and Advanced Packet-OTN Switching equipment hardware. Also updated coherent port shipment market share to include vendor results for 1H17.
- Compact Modular hardware forecast increased in 2017 and 2018 as result of discussions with vendors. This is a bottoms-up change with the risk that multiple vendors are double-counting the same opportunities.
- Historical 100G+ Port Shipments adjusted to align with actual customer shipment data.
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The 7.30 report tonight discussed how the Senate is due to discuss private school funding.
A vote is expected in the Senate late tonight on the Government's controversial $28 billion assistance package for private schools. The Coalition is resisting key elements of the bill, including a national curriculum and public disclosure of the finances of non-government schools. The nation's top private schools have condemned the public disclosure provisions accusing the Government of a hidden agenda to cut funding, but the Government strongly denies this.
The transcript should be up tomorrow as well as the podcast if you missed it.
Of course the religious private schools are crying foul and don't think they should disclose where all their money comes from. The interviewees came up with all sorts of lame reasons why they should be above everyone else when it comes to full monetary disclosure, but it was easy to read between the lines:
We don't want people to find out how rich we are, because the government might not give us as much tax-free taxpayers money.
May write more once the transcript is up.
From the paper a couple of weeks ago, the private schools complaining why they shouldn't have to disclose where their income comes from, comes this quote:
… half the present courses being scrapped and possibly prohibit the teaching of intelligent design in Christian schools.
Oh dear, the Christian schools, that get vast amounts of tax-free taxpayer's money, might not be able to afford to teach ID, how sad. </sarcasm>
By all accounts private schools get 2/3 of education funding but only teach 1/3 of all students, how the heck is that right?
update 3 Dec
The Senate vetoed the bill last night, the main reason being stated is that the opposition are not happy with the national curriculum. from abc.net.au/news
Last night the Opposition and Family First Senator Steve Fielding combined to remove the parts of the bill relating to a national curriculum.
But the Government will not accept the amendments when the bill is returned to the Lower House.
The government wants to have a national curriculum for all schools, but, somewhat unfortunately, the curriculum isn't finalised yet. Hence the opposition and Senator (right-wing fundamentalist religious party) Fielding are saying they can't pass the bill not knowing what's going to be in the final draft of the national curriculum. On the face of it this would seem a somewhat reasonable stance, however (donning sceptical hat) I don't think this is what it is really about. (donning educated guessing hat) I would assume the government's national curriculum is going to be conservative and aimed to ensure students throughout Australia all get taught the same basic subject matter (reading, writing, arithmetic), I can't imagine it's going to have any outlandish subjects that have to be taught.
So, even though the final draught hasn't been released, what could possibly be worrying Senator Fielding and members of the opposition? May I hazard a guess, they are worried that the new national curriculum will ban teaching ID and dedicated religious subjects? Who knows?
As Matt points out in the comments not all religious schools teach ID or Creationism, in fact some have very good biology subjects. However there are some schools that teach these subjects, or whilst teaching evolution also teach that the bible is the ultimate authority, hence confusing young impressionable minds.
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I will not capitalize god and I feel everyone should stop doing it. I will capitalize Yahweh, or Jesus, and even the Holy Ghost as proper nouns but I refuse to surrender the word 'god' to the Christians; all their gods have names and they can use them. This whole mixing of the three into one English word is about a 400 year old phenomenon that comes from a time when the English speaking world was almost entirely Christian. It obscures the contradiction of the religion, however, and I will not be party to that obfuscation.
You know, I hold to that maxim to "pick your fights carefully." I don't see any huge civil rights for atheists issue in the question of capitalizing God. In the end, this kind of thing annoys believers, and we can't annoy people into changing their minds. In fact, this sort of thing is likely to have the opposite effect of simply making us look like we're assholes who make it our job to bother them.
I AM an asshole who makes it my job to bother them. For me it's not about civil rights - it's about not letting them build their cognitive virus into my language. It's about forcing them to refer to their various gods separately as a way of peeling off the first layer of their delusion.
a) You will accomplish nothing; b) it's THEIR language as well.
Forcing them to refer to their gods by name is one of my strongest tools in debate and it HAS accomplished a lot in terms of getting the attention of fence sitters reading my exchanges on Youtube. In the interest of separation of church and state, I feel that theists have no right to install their theology in any public institution and that includes my language -> whether or not it is theirs as well.
And, as a typical zealot, you are blind to the fact that you aren't forcing anyone to do anything, and can't. You'll just look like someone who is ignorant of the conventions of the English language. It will go right over the heads of the illiterates and will simply look like (and actually be) a mistake to those who know English.
Based on the examples given by Andrew I see no need to capitalize god. His example "I call my god, God". Fine let him capitalize his god if he wishes. But his god is not my god, it is one of 10,000s of gods, if you are going to use a proper name of a god then capitalization would be called for. Andrew is asking us to recognize his god as the god and capitalize it, screw him.
I guess we need to consider lower-casing Santa Clause, too, then.
The fact is, in our culture, "God" is just another name for "Yahweh" or "Jehovah," and as long as we are capitalizing those, "God" should be capitalized, too, when it refers to the nonexistent "Yahweh."
In our culture Yahweh or Jehovah are two name for the gods worshiped, we have Hindus, Muslims, and countless others worshiped in the US.
When i say "I see no proof for god" It includes then all. Xians get no special place on the list.
Yahweh, capital, god, not. But it doesn't particularly bother me. But if 'Dad' is capitalised, it is fair that 'god' is too, I just can't be arsed.


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- Please don't ask me to have hope. Hope hurts, and I don't want to hurt anymore.
- Stefan, every time we do this I let myself hope a little. And when we end up back at zero, my heart crushes in on itself a little bit more. I don't know how much my heart has left, you know?
- I had a plan to grow old with Enzo and come home to him every night. I had a plan to live the kind of life that you and Stefan are living right now. I'm happy that you're happy. I am. But when I see everything that you have – your home, your boyfriend, your kids, your life – it makes me feel so alone that I want to die.
- Damon's done a lot of things, Tyler. things he's going to have to spend the rest of his life atoning for, and I know that's scary, but I believe he can do it. He just has to believe he can.
- I never get to have my chance. I always give it up, always do the right thing for everyone else.
- A good human skill is knowing when to shut up.
- My life is over, Stefan. My life has been over for a century and a half. Ever since you took it from me.
- Every drop of blood I ever spilled, every body I've ever drained, every bad decision I've ever made sealed my fate. My path and Elena's path, they're not the same. Her great beyond is a decidedly happier one than mine.
- Whatever desire you have to save me, I kind of need that right now.
- The Salvatore brothers back on the road again. We need a theme song or something.
- I'm sure you're all asking yourselves why I barged in tonight. Relax, I come bearing a gift. Now, unfortunately, I'm only going to be able to give it to the most despicably evil person in the room, and that's going to be a tough decision. But tonight, one lucky little elf is going to get an all-expenses paid, one way trip, straight to hell. Meaning, I'm going to kill one of you. Let's eat!
- Why are you here, Stefan? Why are you always there to straighten me out when I go off the rails? You're here because you blame yourself for turning me in the first place. Apparently, I still do, too. At least until today. I officially forgive you… I forgive you for making me what I am. I absolve you of all the death and destruction I've caused as a result. And you want to know why? Because you're my brother and I love you and there's nothing you could do to ever change that.
- Dear Bonnie, I am a coward. I should be saying this to your face, not writing this letter, but I know if I do, you'll talk me out of running away from all my problems. You're going to make me face a future without Elena and you're going to help make me the best man I can possibly be, the same way she did. And I'm absolutely terrified of failing you both. So I'm leaving because I'd rather let you down once then let you down for the rest of your life. And I hope it's the happiest because you, Bonnie Bennett, are an amazing woman, a mediocre crossword puzzle player and my best friend. With great love and respect, Damon.
- The brave thing to do is stay.
- In my wretched, miserable life, I have inflicted a fantastic amount of pain. I don't think my slate will ever be clean. But I don't need some spirit journey with a bunch of strangers to convince me that my redemption is within reach. I just need the people I love. The list is short, but profound. You're right at the top, alongside a great girl I hope to marry one day. Don't walk away from your list because you don't think you're worth it.
- I am the big brother. I'm sorry I wasn't better at it until now.
- When it comes to you, love, I would never stop fighting. I would brave the oceans and sail past the sirens to find my way back to you.
- The fact there are endless ways humans will tempt death for their own amusement never ceases to amaze me.
- Nothing I could do as a vampire will be better than being with you as a human.
- Walk away. Fight. Whatever it is she wants you to do and get your life back. Walk away, Damon. Think about what you want at the end of it all. Think about who you want.
- Damon, I gave you that necklace, because it is as powerful and as magical as the love that you and Elena have for each other. Being here and feeling what you're feeling proves that a love that deep and real can win over anything.
- The fact that you're telling me this proves you care. Somewhere deep down in that part of you where Elena is still buried. Find that place, Damon. Fight for her. Or spend the rest of eternity trying to figure out what happened to the best part of you. It's your choice.
- You know what I did after I became a vampire? I graduated. I went to college. I became a news anchor. There are downsides, believe me. But the one very big positive is that life doesn't have to stop after you die.
- I love you, Stefan. The other you. The good you. But this quarter of a man I'm staring at isn't you. Not even remotely, so if Damon is the answer to getting your humanity back and not me, fine. I will do whatever it takes. And we will love each other forever, or we won't. And we'll make our relationship work, or we won't. But either way, I'm getting you back.
- I remember how you told me that when I was ready for you, you would be ready for me. I'm ready now. I think a part of me has been ready for this day since the moment I first saw you, the new mystery guy in the hallway at school. I will always remember this moment. A hundred years from now, I will remember this moment for the both of us.
- Take it from me. Elena Gilbert never really goes away.
- You can compel away all the evidence of what I've done. Doesn't change the fact that I did it.
- I'm not on your side. I can't be. Because you will never understand what it feels like to be consumed with a constant hunger or to have a switch in your brain that can turn you into a monster, and until yesterday, I had no idea what it felt like to be helpless in the face of that.
- I figured out that I'm an idiot. I'm intellectually challenged, maybe even blind. I couldn't see that everything that I was looking for was right here in you. I have a lifetime of work to do to make things right, but I can't imagine doing it without you.
- Caroline, you've been my friend, my conscience, my sounding board. You saw light in me when all I saw was darkness. You saved me from despair. You told me once that I would fall madly in love without realising it, and that's what happened. Day by day, bit by bit, year by year, with you.
- We're all responsible for our own actions. Every drop of blood that I've spilled, I'm accountable for.
- Damon wanted to sacrifice everything to save you. To save this town. He was ready. I'm human now. He compelled me to leave. But he should have known better. I would never walk a day on this earth as a human without taking vervain.
- Tonight I saw a side of Damon that I hadn't seen in a while. The older brother I looked up to. The son who enlisted in the Civil War to please his father. The Damon I knew when I was a boy. I wanted you to have an opportunity to get to know him. He's the better man. He's the right man. It's good to see you, Elena. One last time.
- I'm not the thing inside your head you have to fear, Damon. You are.
- I was almost really worried about you for a second. Then I got over it.
- I'll sleep when I'm dead, which will eventually happen because I'm human. I intend to stay that way if I can help it.
- You know, all your friends keep talking about poor, self-hating Stefan, like getting to live is the biggest torture of all. You know what's worse than living with all that guilt? Surviving murder. You know what's worse than surviving? Being murdered.
- That fighting in your gut, that voice telling you to hate yourself for what you did, that's not a bad thing. That means you're a good person.
- I've been in hell long enough to know that there is no such thing as redemption. There are only promises and bargains and tricks we play on ourselves to make us believe that we're good people. I'm not a good person. I own that. And if I'm going down, I'm going out with a bang.
- Dear Diary, today will be different. Today I will smile. It will be genuine. Because today is that day that I get to live again.
- This life will be good. And beautiful. But not without heartbreak. In death comes peace, but pain is the cost of living. Like love, it's how we know we're alive.
- And that's my life. Weird, messy, complicated, sad, wonderful, amazing and above all, epic. And I owe it all to Stefan. When I met him I had lost my parents and I was dead inside. But he brought me back to life and I'm going to live it as best I can, for as long as I can.
- Even after our long and happy life together, Damon is still worried he'll never see Stefan again. That he'll never find peace. But I know he's wrong, because peace exists. It lives in everything we hold dear. That is the promise of peace. That one day, after a long life, we find each other again.


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Frozen Strawberry Margarita Squares
Prep time 10 min freeze time 8 hours
2 cups frozen unsweetened whole strawberries, halved
1/4 cup lime juice
2 Tbsp tequila
2 Tbsp Triple Sec or other orange flavored liqueur
6 cups vanilla ice cream, use light or non fat, softened
Vegetable cooking spray
20 unsalted pretzel sticks crushed, might want to try salted too
Combine 1st 4 ingredients and fold into ice cream. Coat 8" baking dish w/ cooking spray and spread in mixture. Sprinkle w/ pretzels. Cover and freeze until firm. Cut into squares. Serves 9.


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A fuel check of Michigan's future opponents as the Wolverines sit idle
With the Michigan football team sitting idle today, it seemed like a good time to take a look at the Wolverines' five remaining regular-season opponents.
Record: 3-3, 1-1 Big Ten
Remaining schedule: vs. No. 23 Illinois, at No. 18 Michigan, at No. 4 Wisconsin, vs. Ohio State, vs. Iowa, at Indiana
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Offensive outlook: Purdue features a running game that ranks 24th nationally with 206.5 yards per game. Its tailback tandem of Ralph Bolden and Akeem Shavers has combined for 666 yards, and both average more than 5 yards per carry. Bolden had 97 yards on 13 carries against Penn State last week. ... Junior quarterback Caleb TerBush has completed 61 percent of his passes for 949 yards and six touchdowns in six games.
Defensive outlook: One of the keys to Purdue's improved play is its revamped defense. The Boilermakers gave up 551 yards against Notre Dame, but pared that to 213 against Minnesota and 367 against Penn State. ... The key defensive lineman has been Kawann Short, a junior who leads the team with six tackles for loss and two blocked kicks.
The uptake: Purdue is improving. It also lost to Rice, was blown out by Notre Dame and needed a blocked field goal to beat Middle Tennessee by three points at home, so improvement couldn't have been hard to come by. The Boilermakers run a spread offense much like Northwestern's, and the Wolverines made sound adjustments against the Wildcats (24 points allowed in first half, zero in second). That experience could help them gain edge containment, with which they struggled last week against Michigan State. Expect to see plenty of stock 4-3 and Jake Ryan from Michigan.
Quotable: "We're more aggressive," cornerback Ricardo Allen told the AP of Purdue's improved defense. "We've stopped complaining. People at first were saying they're not too comfortable with the plays, and it's not always the plays because if it's a bad play, a swarm defense will always make a play better. We put that into our heads that we swarm more and make more tackles, we'll be better."
Way-too-early prediction: Denard Robinson completes more than half his passes, runs for more than 150 yards and Michigan makes a statement after its loss to MSU. Michigan 38, Purdue 13
Record: 4-2, 1-1 Big Ten
Remaining schedule: vs. Indiana, at Minnesota, vs. No. 18 Michigan, vs. No. 15 Michigan State, at Purdue, at No. 13 Nebraska
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Offensive outlook: The good: Receiver Marvin McNutt is on pace for his best season yet, leading the Hawkeyes with 35 catches for 573 yards and five touchdowns, and he ranks third in the Big Ten in receiving yards per game. The bad: Iowa ranks last in the Big Ten in rushing offense at 133.5 yards per game.
Defensive outlook: The Hawkeyes are giving up third-down conversions to the opposition at a 51-percent clip, which ranks 11th in the Big Ten and 111th in the country. Overall, they are allowing 23.2 points per game, which is eighth in the conference. ... Iowa's pass defense is one of its biggest weaknesses, allowing 253.2 yards per game, 11th in the conference. ... Sophomore linebacker James Morris is the team's best defender. He leads the Big Ten with 10.6 tackles per game.
The uptake: The Hawkeyes have been erratic, and their defense limpid. Worst of all has been their third-down defense, which plays into Michigan's favor. The Wolverines convert at a 50.6-percent clip, which is 15th in the country despite last week's ghastly performance. Yet, Kinnick Stadium always has been a tough place to play. The last time the Wolverines played there, they lost 30-28 and quarterback Denard Robinson, then a freshman, threw a pick in the final minute to seal their fate.
Quotable: "If we're playing good defense, at least we have a chance to be competitive," coach Kirk Ferentz said. "To try to outscore people all the time, that's a challenge."
Way-too-early prediction: Michigan dominates time of possession, but Robinson makes enough mistakes to keep it close. Michigan 31, Iowa 21
No. 23 ILLINOIS
Record: 6-1, 2-1 Big Ten
Remaining schedule: at Purdue, at Penn State, vs. No. 18 Michigan, vs. No. 4 Wisconsin, at Minnesota
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Offensive outlook: Wide receiver A.J. Jenkins leads the nation with 895 yards receiving, which should challenge Michigan's improved secondary. ... Dual-threat quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase ranks second in the Big Ten in passing efficiency with a 158.8 rating, and he leads the Fighting Illini with 396 yards rushing. ... Illinois averages 424 yards per game and scores 30.7 points per game.
Defensive outlook: End Whitney Mercilus leads the nation with 10 sacks and five forced fumbles, and he also leads the Big Ten in tackles for loss with 13. ... Illinois ranks 12th nationally in total defense.
The uptake: Conventional theory says a team that lost, despite its opponent attempting four passes, could be handled by the Wolverines, themselves one-dimensional on offense. But, this will be a difficult road matchup for Michigan. It hasn't faced a receiver like Jenkins since it matched up with Notre Dame's Michael Floyd in Week 2 — and that didn't end well. The Wolverines' biggest problem, though, will come when they're on offense. After allowing seven sacks against the Spartans, and rushing for fewer than 100 yards for the first time this year, Michigan's offensive line is in disarray. Illinois, on the other hand, leads the country in sacks. Marcilus (10 sacks) has twice as many sacks as the next closest player in the Big Ten — which happens to be teammate Michael Buchanan.
Quotable: "We're not really content with how we played," Buchanan told the AP of last week's loss to Ohio State. "We let them make some really big running plays and we didn't get a turnover to help the offense out."
Way-too-early prediction: The Wolverines, who had a hard time slowing MSU defensive end William Gholston, can't handle Marcilus and Buchanan. Michigan runs well, but can't get it going in the passing game and lose a close one on the road. Illinois 28, Michigan 24
No. 13 NEBRASKA
Record: 5-1, 1-1 Big Ten
Remaining schedule: at Minnesota, vs. No. 15 Michigan State, vs. Northwestern, at Penn State, at No. 18 Michigan, vs. Iowa
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Offensive outlook: Sophomore quarterback Taylor Martinez already has 584 yards rushing and nine touchdowns, and the sophomore is third in the Big Ten in total offense. He has thrown for another six touchdowns for a run-heavy offense averaging 37 points per game, 22nd in the nation. ... Rex Burkhead is second among Big Ten tailbacks with 105.8 yards rushing per game.
Defensive outlook: The Cornhuskers were expected to have one of the league's toughest defenses this year, but that has not been the case. They have allowed 168 yards rushing per game (10th in the Big Ten and 75th nationally) and have only nine sacks (eighth in the Big Ten and 90th nationally). Now, things actually could get worse after star defensive tackle and three-year starter Jared Crick tore a pectoral muscle. He will miss the rest of the season. His replacement is a redshirt freshman, Chase Rome.
The uptake: When Michigan's on defense, it could struggle against Martinez, who is of the Robinson mold in that he's an acute runner but limited passer. The Wolverines' ability to limit Martinez's ability to get outside will be a key. Another will be Michigan's ability to take advantage of Crick's absence.
Quotable: "We've been our own worst enemy at times," Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said.
Way-too-early prediction: Nebraska has killed itself with mistakes, but appeared to find another gear in the second half last week against Ohio State. This should be a close game, particularly with it being played in Ann Arbor, but Martinez's ability to get to the outside is a big concern, considering what Michigan showed defensively the past two weeks. Nebraska 31, Michigan 30
Record: 4-3, 1-2 Big Ten
Remaining schedule: vs. No. 4 Wisconsin, vs. Indiana, at Purdue, vs. Penn State, at No. 18 Michigan
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Offensive outlook: Ohio State had 55 offensive plays against Illinois last week, and threw the ball on four of them. Quarterback Braxton Miller completed one pass. However, the Buckeyes still were able to pull out the win because of the effectiveness of their running game. Carlos Hyde (408 yards, five touchdowns) and Jordan Hall (321 yards, one touchdown) lead the way, but star Dan Herron now is back from suspension. He had 114 yards on 23 carries last week and will be a force down the stretch.
Defensive outlook: Ohio State played big last week, holding an Illini offense that was averaging almost 450 yards and 34.7 points a game to 285 yards and, until the 6:22 mark of the fourth quarter, no points. The unit has kept the Buckeyes afloat while they sort out their offensive issues. They are allowing just 17.8 points per game.
The uptake: There are two ways to look at Ohio State's win last week: Either this is a very dangerous team, because it can win even when it attempts only four passes, or Illinois is very bad, because it couldn't beat a team that attempted only four passes. It probably is a little both, but the fact remains: Ohio State attempted only four passes. (The more you say it, the easier it becomes to believe). Michigan's ability to improve against the run becomes of paramount importance, then, in this game.
Quotable: "I have heard it a couple times — mostly, it's my friends joking around," Buckeyes point guard Aaron Craft told the AP, referring to people telling him Ohio State could use him at quarterback. "Those guys (on the football team) are doing the best they can."
Way-too-early prediction: Can Michigan finally get over the hump against Ohio State? It won't help the Buckeyes will be at full strength for this game, something it was not for its three losses this year. It also doesn't help that Ohio State features the nation's 12th-best scoring defense. However, after two years of Michigan being the one-dimenional team, it now is Ohio State that is incomplete, as its offense continues to struggle (four pass attempts, anyone?). That means the Wolverines will be able to key on the run, and its offense is good enough to get at least a couple scores against that defense. Michigan 21, Ohio State 17
Kyle Meinke covers Michigan football for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at 734-623-2588, by email at email@example.com and followed on Twitter @kmeinke.
Mon, Oct 24, 2011 : 1:33 a.m.
It pains me to make this prediction, but this is how it's going down... L versus Boiler Uppers L versus Fighting Ill-ini L versus Hawks L versus Huskers L versus O-Hi-O
Sun, Oct 23, 2011 : 8:04 p.m.
Way to give 'em hope Kyle! Good job.
Sun, Oct 23, 2011 : 3:45 a.m.
Well, well, well, that MSU loss doesn't look so bad now does it? We played an awful game and still could've won last week to a team that looks pretty darn good. I have to give a lot of credit to Sparta, they played a gutsy game after being down 2 TD's, they outscored Wiscy 37-17, that was a great college football game, congratulations MSU, let's see if you maintain focus. Oh and Go Blue as always!!!
jeff blue
Sun, Oct 23, 2011 : 4:28 a.m.
Mick, Well stated above. The Big Ten is not the SEC, but it is still good. I think it is very obvious that MSU played much harder against UM than Wiscy. So, last week's game was a tough road loss -- to a fairly good team, where we could have won. UM can win every remaining game, but there is no guarantee and it won't be easy.
Sun, Oct 23, 2011 : 1:34 a.m.
Purdue is showing that Michigan needs 100% focus and aggression to beat them. Purdue has improved and will be a tough team to beat. Iowa and Illinois will also be tough to beat on the road, although Illinois is beginning to look more and more beatable. OSU and Nebraska will both be tough but, interestingly, maybe Michigan is tougher than we all thought since MSU is blasting Wisconsin worse than they beat UM. Games not over in EL, but the fact remains that perhaps UM simply lost a tight road game to the best team in the B1G.
Sun, Oct 23, 2011 : 1:47 a.m.
It's only halftime, but I think Wisconsin is always way overrated. They play the weakest most insignificant pre-Big Ten schedule and they beat up on all the underling teams, getting respect. They may be better than most Big Ten teams, but what does that say? Interesting that MSU is suddenly taking it to them. I don't know whether to be happy or sad--mostly sad because I pretty much always root against them. Amazing that they are not getting late hits or roughing the QB calls tonight. Maybe they were really dirty last week rather than just playing hard as the Sparty nation insists. LOL
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 9:16 p.m.
Well, Illinois is showing their true Zook side and blowing it, proving their defensive ranking is overrated (not surprising considering the lack of competition), and Purdue just beat them. Is Purdue going to be tough? I can't believe they are that good, and apparently Illinois is not either. Both of those should be wins on paper, but we'll see. We have struggled over those teams over the former coach's era. OSU--Michigan has all the motivation in the world in what looks to be a down year for them, and should be favored depending on next 4 games. Nebraska: depends what Husker team shows up. I think Michigan will struggle with their physical-ness and I think this is a loss. Iowa: We have always done poorly with Iowa's physical lines, it's on the road, and while I'm not sold on Iowa at all, being a road game, I have to think this is not going to be a win (or at least an easy win). But the B10 is all so bad it is hard to tell.
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 9:04 p.m.
W versus Per-don't W versus Illinois W versus Iowa L versus Nebraska L versus O-ho ho State 9-3 and a decent bowl
jeff blue
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 7:15 p.m.
Yikes! Purdue beats ILL!!
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 4:36 p.m.
I can convince myself that Michigan could go 5-0 or 0-5. I don't know what to expect. I'm sure Denard can pass better and if that happens they can beat anyone on the schedule. Purdue looks to be improving as will Ohio now that they have their ineligible players back. If they hit 9 wins that is better than I thought they would do.
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 3:49 p.m.
Swop the Illinois loss for a win, the tosu win for a loss, and I agree with your picks, Kyle. I'm not real impressed with this Illinois team. I think we can beat them. I think tosu will be a much better team by the time we play them. They still have great athletes, they just need to get things ironed out with their QB's and get this cheating thing behind them. It may be another year before we win that one. Sure hope I'm wrong on the losses. Go Blue!
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 3:37 p.m.
"Way too early predictions"... That's exactly right. I still believe Hoke's Wolverines can and will recover from the loss to MSU. But we won't even know how well they're doing that for another week I think it's time to settle ourselves down, there's no alternative to waiting and watching the rest of this season. Our "collective theory" is that Hoke & his assistant coaches are competent but, in terms of first season results, we just don't have the facts (accomplishments or lack thereof) to be certain. Thanks to Kyle for at least putting some known facts about opponents into the picture. As a fan, it's nice to see that my own hope for an 8-4 or 9-3 regular season is considered reasonable with 5 games left to play.
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 3:22 p.m.
Three more wins, two more losses seems very reasonable. Not sure how it will exactly play out. The IL defense ranking of 12 eludes me. They gave up a lot of points at hone vs NW and WMU played them tough as well. I will follow this IL vs Purdue game. It will be a two-fer. I have a little more faith in the Michigan defense slowing down the IL offense at this point and a little more faith in the Michigan offense vs the IL defense. Our match up with them is still a ways off. I will pay a little more attention to Purdue for now.
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 1:23 p.m.
NEBRASKA?????!!!!! no way beats Mich...stop martinez and they r done...illi nope & CRAPPY OSU not even close GO BLUE!!!!!
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 12:39 p.m.
8-4 would be a good year, especially with a win vs OSU and a new years day bowl victory to put as 9-4. I still think there is a chance we win out. No one left on our schedule really scares me. At Illinois maybe, but they will find a way to self destruct before get there. I am hopeful!!! But, I will take 9-4 for this year too.
jeff blue
Sat, Oct 22, 2011 : 7:16 p.m.
Maybe, we should only worry about Purdue at this time.


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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Two wips
On this first one, I am at my favorite stage of any stitching project - deciding on floss colors. I love all these colors but I can't quite decide which taupe/brown/tan I should use for the mushrooms?
Here is a look without all the floss bobbins to distract you:
On the second wip, I have the pattern transferred and one corner partially stitched:
This is going to be a tea towel, I have pinned up the hem to better show what it will look like. I am really excited to finish this one because I have a new idea for the hem trim. It is going to involve the sewing machine :)
11 comments:
- Pam Fields said...
Love these and can't wait to see how they turn out. I finished two stitching towel projects last month. Loved doing them.
- June 12, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- simone arrais said...
Oh my! This design is so amazing! Concerning the colors choice, I think the mushrooms are better which tan. Lovely wip, dear! Congrats!
- June 12, 2012 at 5:03 PM
- big B said...
Hi Pam, Thank you! I will post pictures when I finish these :)
Simone - Thanks! I am so glad you like the tan, that is my favorite too!
- June 12, 2012 at 7:06 PM
- Madrona Tree said...
What stitch is that on the lettuce?
My 5 year old is almost done w/ her very first project. I cant wait to post it up on Flickr. :D
- June 12, 2012 at 9:37 PM
- Denise :) said...
What fun! Both are darling projects. I say stick to tan and perhaps a darker brown for inside on the mushrooms! :)
- June 13, 2012 at 7:58 AM
- big B said...
Hi Madrona Tree - On the lettuce, I am using two lines of back stitch in different greens. I like the way they look, it sort of looks like I used the cable stitch! I will be looking on Flickr - are you going to post the picture in the Embroidery group?
Hi Denise! - Thank you! Yep - I think the tan does look best - more mushroom-y :)
- June 13, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Johanna said...
Sounds like everyone agrees tan is best for mushrooms! Picking colours is fun :) This is looking really good!
- June 13, 2012 at 4:56 PM
- big B said...
:) Thanks Johanna!
- June 14, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Love the look of the two lines of backstitch! At first glance I thought it was chain stitch until I click on picture and was able to appreciate the details.
- June 22, 2012 at 12:07 PM
- Bits of Stitching! said...
Oops... That previous comment was me!
- June 22, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- big B said...
Lol Monika! Thank you - I am really happy with the two lines too. It is fun to do two colors side by side too.
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I was talking to a friend of mine today (Abraham Lincoln), and he was wondering what "I feel good" meant. Today I feel quite good: my children and husband are well, we watched TV as a family last night and laughed a great deal, I had just enough money to pay for some petrol, I used my credit card prudently to buy some milk and (B grade) tomatoes, it's Friday so I don't have to prepare school lunches tomorrow, and I'm going to use the vine leaves I collected from my garden and frozen a little while back, along with the zucchini flowers I've been collecting over the past week to stuff them (along with the tomatoes) and make yemista with dolmadakia caps to feed my family with. Maybe I'm just too simple-minded, but I really don't mind being a first-class Master's graduate with a simple mind; that makes me feel good too. And if you read some more of Abraham's stories, you might start feeling good about simple things too.
My husband is a very proud gardener; he loves his blue garden, now that he's buffed all the leaves with a sulphur powder to scare away some nasty mites. This powder is not a pesticide - it's a deterrent, and is permissible in organic agriculture. Every morning, after I returned home from taking the children to school, I picked the zucchini flowers that had sprouted the previous day. They flower in the early hours of the evening, then stay open for a couple of hours before they close up, and cannot be prised open for stuffing even by delicate fingers. All in all, I picked 9 flowers this past week. They were growing on their own stem, not at the end of a courgette; once you chop off the flower from a zucchini, it stops growing. Even zucchini flowers still attached to the courgette can be stuffed: look at how Lucy did that - the effect is stunning. I also had about thirty vine leaves in a packet, blanched, dried and frozen by my very own self, and these will form the caps of my stuffed vegetables today.
The vine leaves were thawed in their storage bag, placed in a pot of hot water. The zucchini flowers are incredibly resilient: after being cleared of their yellow powdery interior centre, they were stored one inside the other, and did not break when I took them out of their storage bag (in the fridge; they can't be frozen), remaining unblemished, as if they had all been freshly picked on the same day.
Nine zucchini flower parcels won't go a long way in this house - there are six of us eating this meal today. That's why today's leaf and flower parcels are going into the oven - as caps for the stuffed tomatoes. The recipe is the same as for my classic yemista and dolmadakia recipes combined.
Another most impressive dolmadakia leaf is large flat-leaf basil, which Marianna illustrates.
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Lynn S. Paine is the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She has written widely on the leadership and governance of companies that meld high ethical standards with outstanding financial results.


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- To complete the NSW Model of Care for People with Diabetes Mellitus which covers identification, treatment and management of people with type 1 and 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and diabetes in pregnancy.
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No snarling
Fatema Ahmed
- Wodehouse by Joseph Connolly
Haus, 192 pp, £9.99, September 2004, ISBN 1 904341 68 3
- Wodehouse: A Life by Robert McCrum
Penguin, 542 pp, £8.99, September 2005, ISBN 0 14 100048 1
On my father's bookshelves, tucked between yet another novel by Somerset Maugham and J.B. Priestley's account of a journey to Mexico with his archaeologist wife, was a copy of Carry On, Jeeves. I had never heard of P.G. Wodehouse and racing through these stories of a master and his manservant I was surprised to find that, so far as I could tell, they were seriously funny and devoid of serious meaning. There was no more Wodehouse at home; my father took a dim view of frivolous books. But my local library took a dim view of the contemporary unless it was slightly unfashionable or too popular to ignore – and the shortage of more recent fiction left room for two whole shelves of Wodehouse. I read nearly 50 books before the supply ran out. I wouldn't really recommend this: prolonged exposure to Wodehouse can stop you taking anything seriously. Worse still, it can stop other people taking you seriously.
Biographers of Wodehouse have fallen into two camps: outright fans and well-disposed (but essentially sane) observers. Joseph Connolly's biography is a harrowing example of the former; denied permission to quote from Wodehouse's work he compensates by adopting a jaunty tone. Unlike Wodehouse, however, but like many would-be imitators, he falls into the trap of sounding patronising and long-winded: 'P.G. Wodehouse was born in 1881, which surprised no one very much as he had been expected for some time . . . He was over six feet tall, and had two large hands and feet on the ends of the limbs you would expect.'
All the biographical attention – five full biographies and many literary/biographical studies – would have puzzled its subject. 'What infernally dull reading an author's life makes. It's all right as long as you are struggling, but once you have become financially sound there is nothing to say,' Wodehouse said during the preparation of Over Seventy (1957), his 'sort of autobiography'. His own period of struggle was brief. Once he had broken into the American magazine market in 1915 – the Saturday Evening Post was particularly generous – he fully exploited the opportunity to sell his work twice, first to magazines and then as books. (The Post bought his first serial for $3500; in 1922, it paid $18,000 for Leave It to Psmith.)
The main facts of his life are these: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse was born in 1881, the third son of a Hong Kong magistrate. He was sent home to England at the age of two and lived with a succession of relatives; at the age of five he went to boarding-school. Robert McCrum calculates that 'in total, Wodehouse saw his parents for barely six months between the ages of three and 15.' After he left Dulwich College, to which he remained deeply attached for the rest of his life, his father got him a job at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. He worked there for two years and left when he was able to support himself as a writer. His first novel, The Pothunters, was published in 1902. From 1904 onwards he made regular trips to the United States and spent all of the First World War there. He had a long career as a lyricist, his most successful collaboration being with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern: 'Wodehouse and Bolton and Kern are my favourite indoor sport,' Dorothy Parker said. In the 1930s he earned vast sums during two short spells as a Hollywood scriptwriter ($2500 a week in 1930; $1500 a week in 1934). His personal life was as uneventful as only that of someone who published more than ninety books in 73 years can be. He married in 1914. He and Ethel had a joint bank account (which Ethel controlled), separate bedrooms, no children and many Pekinese dogs.
Since Wodehouse's death in 1975 there have been two authorised biographies. Frances Donaldson's, published in 1982, is warmer about the man than the work. She was a schoolfriend of Wodehouse's beloved stepdaughter, Leonora. But she was a surprising choice for official biographer after her remarks in a 1967 memoir of Evelyn Waugh: 'Although I had known Plummie Wodehouse all my life, I had never been able to read his books. I cannot see the point of them.' Fifteen years later, she was still far from convinced: 'Women as a whole do not care for masculine fantasy.'
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Tariffs are on the scene in many ways and that is being discussed in many places — factual reports and opinion pieces and such. The world is affected, United States product costs are affected. Farming is affected. The Trump administration continues the plan, with the remedy being everything will be internally produced… or so it seems.
All of this made me think of the pop culture classic comedy film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". One scene, one class, it shows how society reacts to learning about tariff effects on society and states clearly the historical relevance of tariffs on the United States economy. Continue reading