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The cost of the Hanford vitrification plant has increased $430 million from close to $12.3 billion to almost $12.7 billion, according to a new review.
That cost increase is for the parts of the plant where construction is progressing -- the Analytical Laboratory, the Low Activity Waste Facility and about 20 smaller support facilities. It does not take into account two key facilities where technical issues must be addressed.
Construction has been stopped at the Pretreatment Facility and a portion of the High Level Waste Facility because of issues that could effect the future safe and efficient operation of the plant.
The projected price increase also does not account for work that could be required if the Department of Energy decides to feed low-activity waste directly to the vitrification plant before the plant is ready to accept high-level radioactive waste.
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The new estimate was included in a recent Construction Project Review that focused on parts of the plant where construction has not been halted. The review was done by a team of industry, academic and DOE officials who assess progress and potential problems on the project periodically to advise DOE.
A previous Construction Project Review released in August 2011 identified a potential cost overrun of $800 million to $900 million on the almost $12.3 billion plant, but said there also were opportunities to offset part of that increase with efficiencies.
The new review indicates that $1 billion of work has been identified since 2009 to be covered by a total of about $1.6 billion of contingency spending built into the budget, including some called management reserve. About $434 million of the $1 billion has been identified since the August 2011 Construction Project Review.
More engineering work has been needed than estimated for the plant's budget to address technical issues and make sure the plant operates safely and efficiently.
The plant is being built to treat up to 56 million gallons of waste left from the past production of plutonium for the nation's nuclear weapons program.
The last validated cost for the vitrification plant, almost $12.3 billion, was released in September 2006 after a lengthy and in-depth study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Construction Project Review's estimate is not considered a validated cost.
DOE has said that a total new cost for the entire plant cannot be determined until technical issues at key parts of the plant are resolved.
Construction at the Low Activity Waste Facility, the Analytical Laboratory and support facilities is progressing well and should be completed in 2015, the construction review said.
Construction started on the plant as engineering and design work was being done, to allow it to begin treating waste sooner. Engineering now is staying at least six months ahead of construction, the report said. Contractor Bechtel National is increasing staff, including engineering, it said.
The Department of Energy has withheld about $20 million in incentive pay from Bechtel, the review said. But the review also found significant improvement in Bechtel's ability to critically analyze its performance and take action.
DOE and Bechtel now need to begin preparing a plan to start operation of the vitrification plant, which is required in 2019, the review said.
Bechtel released a statement saying it was committed to working with DOE to implement recommendations in the review.
Construction Project Reviews are a valuable tool for DOE, the agency said in a statement. The most recent review acknowledges a number of actions that are already under way on facilities nearing completion and identified other areas that need increased attention, DOE said.
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Rachael Herrscher, CEO of TodaysMama.com, discusses the process of learning to ask the right questions in the right way. Rachael Herrscher is CEO and co-founder of TodaysMama, an online media and publishing company founded in 2004. In her role as CEO Rachael oversees general business operations, social media, new market development, partnerships, and marketing initiatives. As well, Rachael is the co-founder of EVO , a social media conference for women (http://evoconference.com). Rachael was a finalist for the 2007 Stevie Awards "Best Young Entrepreneur" award and was named one of Utah Business Magazine's 30 Women to Watch in 2009. She was also recently featured in the book "UpStarts!: How Gen Y Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business" by Donna Fenn of Inc. Magazine. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
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Julian and Jeannette got so wrapped up in their conversation, they were out there half the night. They decided to get back to the party, but when Julian came back inside to say goodnight to everyone, he found that they had all gone home and his mother was cleaning up. "Can I help?"
"Absolutely not," she said. "You're the birthday boy!"
"Birthday boy," he snorted. "That's a good one." He sat down at the table.
"For as long as I'm alive, you'll always be my boy."
He smiled at their strange predicament as she finished running around the kitchen. He never imagined that he and his mother would be facing the same challenges at the same time despite the fact that she still had many years on him.
"Oh," he said and pulled out his phone. "Look!" He put the phone in her face.
Viviana's face exuded pride and satisfaction at the pair, and she sighed. "Look at my baby…"
"I thought I was your baby," Julian joked.
"You're all my babies…and you're all happy and healthy and in beautiful, satisfying relationships. I couldn't be a happier mother!"
Julian didn't feel it was his place to tell Viviana about Emerson and Alex and left it alone.
"We may as well eat these," she said referring to the half eaten sandwiches that weren't worth putting away. They ate in silence.
"Yes, dear?"
"Do you think I'll live as long as you?"
"I think you'll live as long as your dad did."
"Do you think about…dying?"
She looked at him and smiled. "Every day."
"Do you want to?"
"Julian…I've lived a very long time and have had a full, wonderful life. When death comes looking for me, I won't be hiding from it. But, if it keeps deciding that my time hasn't come, I won't be upset."
Up until that day, he dreaded the day when the Grim Reaper would return for her. That day will never be welcomed, but now that he was in his elder years, he felt differently about death. He found that death wasn't something to fear or wish away. The Grim Reaper wasn't the bad guy who came and stole your family members out of malice. Death was a part of life, and that's just the way the cupcake crumbled. Death would eventually come for all of them, and the best thing they could do was be ready for it.
Viviana saw two last glasses of juice at the bar and decided to cheer her son up while teaching him a lesson–which thoroughly amused and pleased her that she could still teach him things. She took them both and gave one to him. She raised her glass and gave this toast…
"To life! May your life be full and your mind empty. Do everything you want to do, and say everything you want to say. When the Grim Reaper comes for you, I hope you'll be able to say, 'Nice to finally meet you,' and not, 'Oh, plum! You're here?!'"
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Ghana Statistical Service Rebases GDP, Inflation Rate Calculation
The Ghana Statistical Service has started re-basing the economy.
The data gathering for this exercise which started in 2016 will allow the service move the current base year for calculating the country's GDP estimates from 2006 to 2013.
The result for the GDP estimates is expected to be ready by May 2018. Furthermore, the Service is also reviewing inflation rate calculation and will have a base year of 2017.
Why the rebasing?
According to various international rules, every country must review the way it measures its GDP growth rate at least every 10 years.
In Ghana, however, the move has been influenced by some significant changes in the country that needed to be captured when measuring the economy.
In 2010, the country carried out this exercise which resulted in changing the base year for GDP estimates calculation from 1993 to 2006.
Overall, the recalculation increased Ghana's estimated GDP in 2010 by 75 percent from GH¢25.6 billion under the previous definition to GH¢44.8billion.
The recalculation exercise was considered necessary, as the old national accounting system did not take into account important emerging sectors of the economy such as communications, oil-sector activities and other important elements of the services sector.
In addition, the new system included more up-to-date compilation methodologies and uses international standards for the definition of industrial activities.
Rebasing of national accounts series means replacing the old base year used for compiling the constant price estimates to a new and more recent base year.
The new series in 2010 placed Ghana as the third largest in the ranking of GDP per person in the ECOWAS sub-region behind Cape Verde and Nigeria, and 21st in Africa according to Intelligence Economic Unit report.
Ghana Statistical Service on the rebasing
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, current data gathering exercise should be ready for economic policy planning and GDP estimates by May 2018.
Head of Economic Statistics at the Ghana Statistical Service, Edward Asuo Afram, in an exclusive interview with JoyBusiness last week said current developments in the economy justifies this exercise to ensure that policymakers are working with the right data.
"For the first time in the history of the country, we have conducted what we call Integrated Business Survey (IBS) that took account of all establishments, from micro, medium and macro", he added.
Impact on the economy
The development could triple the value of Ghana's economy from the current monetary value of about GH¢200 billion.
It could also reduce the country's debt to GDP-to-Ratio, that is if the new estimates record some significant increase in value.
Figures from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) showed that the Debt-to-GDP ratio stood 68.6 percent, however, some industry experts say this could reduce significantly when the Ghana Statistical Service completes the rebasing exercise.
The development could give government the room to borrow more, only if it's looking at using the extra funds to finance the deficit or infrastructure project.
The new GDP estimates could also reduce significantly country's Tax to GDP rate, a development that results in some pressure from the country's development partners for government to improve tax collections.
Reactions from Industry players
The decision to carry out this exercise has not gone down well with all industry players. Indeed, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Private Enterprise Federation, Nana Osei Bonsu noted that this could come with some serious pressure on the economy, like serious cut in donor support for the country.
Questioning why the country is rushing to re-basing the economy, the CEO asked, "when we jumped up into calling ourselves middle income, were we really middle income?".
"We cut ourselves off some sources of consistent facilities we would have taken advantage of, just calling yourself the jack of all trades when you know you are master of none doesn't make the efficient institution.
"We want instead of middle-lower income, the next thing you know is middle income but what does that do to the economy", he lamented.
Former Ghana Statistical Service Official and Senior Economist at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Ebo Duncan, however, said this should be seen as a normal review and nothing would change,
"There is nothing wrong with properly measuring your economy, nothing changes. You are what you are only that you are not measuring it properly because of certain things," he added.
He further explained that everything has a lifespan relating it to using a scale for measurement which becomes weak over time thereby giving out wrong measurements.


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Tuesdays are thesis writing class days which means I have to carry my luggage of books or else I'll be left behind in the discussion. During the few weeks of class, I managed to put them on a tote bag but as weeks went by, our professor gave more and more hard copy outputs as our references, ballooning up to 4 hard bounds plus other papers. They're so heavy! So yesterday, I decided to use a backpack.
The other compartment was filled with a laptop and a lunchbox, plus I carried another shoulder bag.
And I hauled all of these in this pretty, dainty dress.
While walking, a group of girls stared at me from head to toe and saw them smirking behind my peripheral vision. They were ridiculously making fun of how I look, or so I believed they were. I know it could have been better if I sticked on the tote but I don't want to sacrifice my poor shoulders because I think they're too fragile. I went home during the past weeks with huge, painful red lines across them. Sometimes, looks could be sacrificed for convenience.
Another thing I like about my husband (because there are a lot) was that he always brings a jacket and an umbrella. During our first movie date, he offered a jacket because he thought I was freezing. I was mesmerized at how the jacket and umbrella fit in his tiny clutch bag. It was certainly a thousand plus pogi points. In highschool and college, most boys think that carrying an umbrella with them is a turn off, that other people, especially girls will laugh at them. And when it rains, they crazily run around, dripping wet. Which now is better?


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Today I sat down in the garden with the offending instrument and checked it over properly. After about an hour of staring at it in the evening sunshine I concluded that it was back to the drawing board time. This post isn't really an update on the progress, more a post-mortem. That doesn't mean I've given up, far from it, but I want to make sure that I've catalogued and understood all the ways that I cocked my first attempt before I have another go. My pride compels me to add that the following pictures make the guitar look a fair bit worse than it actually does.
When I started I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do with the guitar. I didn't know what it looked like under the paint, and I was curious to find out. Looking back, I don't regret that—it might have looked awesome under that black paint—but I do regret sanding such a large area of paint away completely. The section that was stripped completely (which can be seen in the original post) covered most of the bottom half of the guitar. More specifically it covered the rough, open end of the grain where the wood was cut. This surface proved extremely difficult to cover with primer, and there were still traces of the rough texture of the underlying wood visible even after the colorcoat had been applied. This would have been ok, but it wasn't consistent, even after the clearcoat was put on the front, it was still possible, in the right light, to see the boundaries of the area that was stripped completely.
In future I will assume that wood covered by opaque paint is not worth seeing unless I have good reason to think otherwise. If I really have to check, then I'll sand away a small area of the guitar, preferably on the belly-cut at the back. Sanding the wood away here would let me see a cross section of the guitar's construction—whether it has laminates on the front and back, that sort of thing—without leaving an area of completely unfinished wood somewhere important.
Firstly, I didn't make any attempt to fill the dings and dents in the guitar's body before I started. This wasn't particularly to do with laziness or inexperience, I just completely forgot about it.
The problems I encountered at this stage were the result of a combination of bad materials and bad technique. The first can of spray lacquer I used was frankly rubbish, and was completely emptied long before the guitar was ready for the color coat. Lesson learned. I'll make sure to get decent stuff next time I do that, stuff that is specifically intended for priming wood.
As regards the technique problems, these were rather inevitable when you consider that I'd never so much as held a can of spray paint before I started this project. I've since learned the very real importance of those "thin, even coats" people talk so much about.
This image shows more problems that I'd like to admit; visible primer, cracked clearcoat, bleugh.
Color Coat
This stage actually went largely without a hitch, so I'll instead take the opportunity to talk about the more general causes of shittyness in this project. The first was that, at least at first, I had no idea how long spray paint takes to dry. The stuff I'm using is typically tacky-dry after a few minutes and completely dry to the touch after an hour or two. What I didn't realize though, was that it takes much, much longer than that to harden properly.
If you look closely at this picture you can see the indentations left when the guitar was left leaning against some fabric for a few hours, a day or two after the finish was applied.
As the guitar has a set-neck I didn't really have anywhere I could hold the guitar that didn't involve touching the paintwork. On days when I'd been working on the neck this inevitably meant fingerprints from carrying it up to the attic at the end of the day. On the first day or two of work, I left the guitar resting on a tabletop, not realizing that this would leave all sorts of strange imprints on the finish. I figured out a precarious arrangement after a few days that left the guitar propped up using blocks resting on the fretboard and inside of the pickout rout. This allowed it to dry properly, but required a great deal of manhandling to get it in place (usually resulting in yet more fingerprints) and was quite worryingly unstable.
Towards the end of the project I made a hook from a bent coathanger that allowed me to hold the guitar without touching it and hang it up to dry. If I'd had this from the start, I'm pretty sure things would have gone a lot better.
The second big issue was that of masking. I did the masking right at the beginning of the project and, to be quite frank, ballsed it up something horrific.
You hear that sound? Yes, that's baby jesus crying.
I used regular (and very old) masking tape, which didn't mask as well as I might have hoped. It didn't give a clean edge, and paint seeped through in places, forcing me to sand the paint off those areas. Worse than the failings of the masking tape, however, was the cack-handed way I put it on. Rather than a sharp, clean edge, it was a sort of meandering, rough line that veered from the edge of the frets to about a centimeter off the fretboard. I uncovered this horror after the first round of clear coating. As an experiment in desperate damage management, I tried painting over the edge of the neck completely, to hide the monstrous join, but this looked just as dumb.
Oh, the Humanity!
At first, I thought that the clearcoat went on fairly easily. The truth, however, was in the drying. Coats that looked fine when they first went on, started to look progressively more shit as each day went by. The finish on the front cracked like a playing field on a hot summer and the finish on the back developed strange deep grooves, which were probably the result of cracks forming in the layer below. Kristen suggested that these problems were caused by the coat underneath not being fully dry, which sounds right to me, given what can remember of the order in which the coats when on.
Eeeew. Gross.
Wobbly, Wobbly.
Another big mistake was not putting enough clearcoat on. It's a simple thing, but I didn't realise that you need to put on far more than you think the instrument could possibly need. Extra care should be taken to build up the coats on the edges and on cutaways with really thin layers. Where the viscious, semi-dry paint is likely to flow away from the edge.
If the paint is put on too thick then the hardened top layer will crack when the lower, gooey layer shifts away from the edge.
Tectonic Paint Movements
This post may sound gloomy, but I'm actually in a good mood about all this. Once I'd got over the initial frustration of having cocked it up, I've become excited about the chance to try it again, better. If this was an instrument I had a burning need to play right now, then I'd be really annoyed by this setback, but as I'm an apathetic guitarist at the best of times, so I'm not in any real rush.


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Cal's stadium impresses; team doesn't
Who makes the world's biggest eraser? There's still time to find out. With some furious scrubbing, Cal can pretend last week never happened, and this Saturday is the actual opener of football season.
One aspect of the Nevada debacle will forever shine: our first look at the renovated Memorial Stadium, a project that retained every bit of the venue's traditional charm. As the ensuing days passed, though, longtime Cal fans expressed distinct bitterness over how shabbily they were treated.
Right off the bat, it was Halloween; the Bears stormed out of the tunnel dressed as someone else. I was certain it was the visiting Wolf Pack, and for heaven's sake, the Bears in white helmets? I thought they were kidding.
This is nothing new, of course. "They've worn worse," mumbled one Cal alum in the press box, and it's anybody's guess what's coming next. It could be the Banana Belt ensemble. Could be green and orange, a veritable fruit basket of fun. The notion of getting traditional blue and gold - without the hideous stripes running down the pants and jerseys - is pure fantasy in Berkeley.
Once fans got over the fact that Cal doesn't have an ounce of pride, aesthetically, they were left to wonder exactly why Zach Maynard wasn't starting at quarterback. It came as a complete surprise, with no word over the P.A. system. It's lamentable enough that coach Jeff Tedford and university officials hid the fact that Maynard missed a tutoring session in June. If you're going to torch the opening-kickoff mood over such an apparently mild infraction, at least make it public a few days before the game.
It shouldn't have made a speck of difference, in truth, but Tedford's team wasn't ready for the polished Nevada offense. As the Bears return to the field Saturday, in one of those comical bits of scheduling (Southern Utah) that has tarnished the collegiate landscape nationwide, they figure to get it right.
Something along the lines of 38-3 is strongly advised, just to create a semblance of hope. Next week, they get Ohio State - on the road.
Fond farewell
Stirring moment at the U.S. Open tennis: Andy Roddick, having announced his retirement, faces a match point against Juan Martin del Potro in Wednesday's fourth round. Thousands of fans rise to their feet in Arthur Ashe Stadium. Roddick's wife (model Brooklyn Decker) is in tears. There's a shade of remorse in Roddick's expression as he walks to the baseline. He unleashes a huge first serve, wins the point, and eventually pulls out the game with a crisp backhand volley. One last surge of resolve for a player who never gave anything but his best ... If it seems odd that Roddick is labeled a first-ballot Hall of Famer - he won only one major, the 2003 U.S. Open - remember that Gabriela Sabatini, Francoise Durr, Sven Davidson and Gustavo Kuerten are enshrined. In baseball, Roddick would be Vada Pinson, Matt Williams or Dave Parker: excellent but overlooked. Tennis' standards are considerably lower, and to Roddick's credit, he racked up more than 600 career wins, finished in the Top 10 nine straight years and was a stellar Davis Cup performer ... Adrian Gonzalez, in town with the Dodgers this weekend, is being called the greatest Mexican-American position player in baseball history (Fernando Valenzuela wins the pitching honors). Here's a 3-Dot toast, although distinctions should be made. Ted Williams, a San Diego native, had a Mexican mother (a topic he rarely discussed). Nomar Garciaparra, who hit .357 and .372 in consecutive league-leading seasons (1999-2000), grew up in the L.A. area. Gonzalez, whose father played for the Mexican national team, spent his formative years between San Diego and Mexico and played several seasons of Little League ball in Tijuana.
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Back to school
in Iraq schools started last Monday 10/6/2008
so the study started and headache back (to me at least) , sometime I feel that I want to go to college everyday even in holidays , but sometime I didn't want to go to college again, because of the hard study of medicine , I 'm now at Second stage and have oral Anatomy Exam at the mid-year examinations and the final exam. we got new teacher in Anatomy but we didn't get any new carcase two year ago , we still studying in old carcase (it become brown in colour). I will put new photos from Anatomy Lab -inshallah- soon.
my consolations to my friend Janice Thomson she lost her father in 01/10/2008
to my friend Diana I say I miss you and Happy Eid :) , sorry for late..
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Volume 2014, Article ID 105236, 6 pages
The Relationship between Selenium and T3 in Selenium Supplemented and Nonsupplemented Ewes and Their Lambs
1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Moshtohor 13736, Egypt
2Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
3Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km. 2.5 Carretera Cuautitlán-Teoloyucan, 54714 Cuautitlán Izcalli, MEX, Mexico
Received 19 September 2013; Revised 1 January 2014; Accepted 2 January 2014; Published 10 February 2014
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Twenty pregnant ewes were selected and classified into two groups. The first group received subcutaneous selenium supplementation (0.1 mg of sodium selenite/kg BW) at the 8th and 5th weeks before birth and 1st week after birth while the other was control group without selenium injection. Maternal plasma and serum samples were collected weekly from the 8th week before birth until the 8th week after birth and milk samples were taken from ewes weekly, while plasma and serum samples were collected at 48 hours, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 8th weeks after birth from the newborn lambs. Results demonstrated significant positive relationship between maternal plasma selenium and serum T3 in supplemented and control ewes ( to 0.72, ). There was significant () increase in T3 in supplemented ewes and their lambs until the 8th week after birth. There was positive relationship between milk, selenium concentration, and serum T3 in the newborn lambs of the supplemented group (, ), while the relationship was negative in the control one (, ). Muscular and thyroid pathological changes were independent of selenium supplementation. Selenium supplementation was important for maintaining T3 in ewes and newborn lambs until the 8th week after birth.


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A man, Alex Skeel, has narrated the details of the abuse he suffered at the hands of his girlfriend, Jordan Worth, who has since been jailed for seven and a half years.
Skeel waived his anonymity to share the details with Daily Mail on Wednesday.
Mr. Skeel, 22, said, "I thought my limbs might have to be amputated. It was three years of mental abuse and then it turned physical. I was infected from the burns pretty much all over my body. Luckily, they managed to treat it."
He continued: "She would constantly say that this was the way to do things. And because I was wooed by her, flattered, I believed her. But it wasn't normal. She wanted to basically change who I was.
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"My family said that they knew the mental abuse was going on, but didn't know about the physical violence.
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"She would hit me, threw boiling water on me and stabbed me in the arms and said that I've been speaking to my family, but I hadn't."
His girlfriend, Jordan Worth, also 22, stabbed Skeel with a knife, scalded him with boiling water, banned him from their bed, and decided what clothes he should wear.
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- Continuous g-Frame in Hilbert -Modules, Mehdi Rashidi Kouchi and Akbar Nazari
Abstract and Applied Analysis
Research Article (20 pages), Article ID 361595, Volume 2011 (2011)
Published 16 March 2011
Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2013, Article ID 243453, 2 pages
Comment on "Continuous g-Frame in Hilbert -Modules"
College of Mathematics and Statistics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Received 1 April 2013; Accepted 16 April 2013
Copyright © 2013 Zhong-Qi Xiang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The continuous g-frames in Hilbert -modules were introduced and investigated by Kouchi and Nazari (2011). They also studied the continuous g-Riesz basis and a characterization for it was presented by using the synthesis operator. However, we found that there is an error in the proof. The purpose of this paper is to improve their result by introducing the so-called modular continuous g-Riesz basis.
Kouchi and Nazari in [1] introduced the continuous g-frames in Hilbert -modules and investigated some of their properties. The following lemma is a useful tool in their study.
Lemma 1 (see [2]). Let be a -algebra, and two Hilbert -modules, and . The following statements are equivalent:(1) is surjective;(2) is bounded below with respect to norm, that is, there is such that for all ;(3) is bounded below with respect to inner product, that is, there is such that for all .
The authors also defined the continuous g-Riesz basis in Hilbert -modules as follows.
Definition 2. A continuous g-frame for Hilbert -module with respect to is said to be a continuous g-Riesz basis if it satisfies the following:(1) for any ;(2)if , then is equal to zero for each , where and is a measurable subset of .
By using the synthesis operator for a sequence defined by
they gave a characterization of continuous g-Riesz basis [1, Theorem 4.6].
Theorem 3. A family is a continuous g-Riesz basis for with respect to if and only if the synthesis operator is a homeomorphism.
We note, however, that in the proof of the above theorem, they said that " for any , and , so ", which is not true, because if has a dense range, then is one-to-one. We can improve their result by introducing the following modular continuous g-Riesz basis.
Definition 4. One calls a family in Hilbert -module a modular continuous g-Riesz basis if(1) ;(2)there exist constants such that for any ,
Theorem 5. A sequence is a modular continuous g-Riesz basis for with respect to if and only if the synthesis operator is a homeomorphism.
Proof. Suppose first that is a modular continuous g-Riesz basis for with synthesis operator . Then turns to be
showing that is bounded below with respect to norm. Hence, by Lemma 1, its adjoint operator is surjective. Since the condition (1) in Definition 4 implies that is injective, it follows that is invertible and so is invertible.
Conversely, let be a homeomorphism. Then is surjective, and again by Lemma 1, is injective. So the condition (1) in Definition 4 holds. Now for any ,
Therefore, is a modular continuous g-Riesz basis for with respect to .
- M. R. Kouchi and A. Nazari, "Continuous g-frame in Hilbert -modules," Abstract and Applied Analysis, vol. 2011, Article ID 361595, 20 pages, 2011. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at MathSciNet
- L. Arambašić, "On frames for countably generated Hilbert -modules," Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 135, no. 2, pp. 469–478, 2007. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at MathSciNet


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Fleabag Monkeyface turns gross-eologist when the Golden Toilet of Baboon is stolen from the ancient city of Smell Dorado. Greedy gross-antique collector Baron Von Dirtoffen has been searching the world for valuable artefacts for his Travelling Museum of Gross and the Golden Toilet will be his prize exhibit. However, the theft has unleashed an ancient curse and if the Toilet isn't returned by the next solar eclipse – in two days time! – a host of zombie monkeys will appear and destroy the world. Only Fleabag and his friends, Gerald and Gene, can save the Earth from an onslaught of zombie monkeys!
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I am a little new at this blogging, I've only been at it for 7 months and learning a lot from visiting other sites and talking to fellow bloggers. There are some great RW&B blocks I have seen so I hope you visit the other blogs and check them out. The list is at Jane,s Fabric and Quilt, just click on schedule to see all the participants.
Now it is time to get to my blocks. Would you believe that with the large stash that I have that I did not have any really good red or blue, so I ran out to JoAnn's and picked up a couple of fat quarters. After making this first block I had to make another and another and use the scraps for another.
All my blocks are from Quilters Cache Quilt Blocks Galore. You know how much I love those scant 1/4 seams (yah, right, but I am learning and that 1/4" seam will not beat me). This one is called Pins In Motion. I like to always try a block I have not done before and this one had half square triangles and paper piecing all in one block. And as you can see, I took the pictures in my neighbors yard and at the produce depart at the Safeway. Pinwheels seems to be the blog hops theme so far.
My second block is Crossroads 2, both blocks are 12". Those are potatoes under that block.
Now this third block was made by mistake, I thought it was a 12" block but it was a 9", but hay it's all good. This block is called Steps to the Altar 2. Hmm chili peppers $2.49 a pound, should have picked up some to make some poppers.
Now for the final block of my creation. Yah, I created my own block an it is a work in progress, I call it Zippers, Buttons and Bows, and I use the scraps the I had left (I am going to have to go buy some more of this fabric). This block did not make it out of the house for the photo op.
So I hope you liked my blocks and now it is time for the GIVE AWAY. This is my first ever give away and I hope you like it. As I was look through all that fabric I have, I found this nice little buddle by Bold Over Batiks. This fabric was made in Malaysia and it is a Grab Bag Mix of 100% cotton and hand painted fabrics. It has Batiks 6" & wider and longer with hand painted at least 4.5" wide, all are 21 + longer.
This buddle will be accompany by a security guard who is a bit camera shy at the moment. The security guard is the reason for my blog name and has not been featured on any of my posts, but will be soon (not him exactly but his brothers and sisters). All you have to do is be a follower and leave a comment. If you are not a follower join. Make sure I am able to contact you. I will be dropping your name in a hat and see if one of my cats want to draw out a name. I will mail this out anywhere, USA, Europe, Katmandu. Since I will be in Detroit the week of the 15th, I will post the winner by June 22nd (any body from Detroit, Michigan?).
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4 motorcyclists killed when truck hits them head-on in interstate construction zone in Iowa
Published August 09, 2010
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LITTLE SIOUX, Iowa
Authorities say four motorcyclists have been killed in a head-on collision on Interstate-29 in western Iowa.
Iowa Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Courtney Greene says the accident happened Monday evening when a pickup truck crossed the center line in a construction zone and hit four motorcycles.
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RICHEBOURG, France - French President Emmanuel Macron and his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Monday marked the centennial of a World War I battle which helped allied nations stop a German offensive in the final year of hostilities.
The two leaders held a ceremony in northern France's Richebourg, which was at the heart of the battle of the Lys, one of the countless fights where thousands lost their lives for precious little territorial gain.
In 1918, Germany made a major effort to finally make a breakthrough toward Paris and push British forces back to the English Channel. It failed because of the kind of resistance that Macron lauded on Monday.
"In all, 7,000 Portuguese soldiers were killed, wounded or taken prisoner in this one day, the deadliest of the Great War for your people. It made the Battle of the Lys what the Battle of Verdun was for the French," Macron said, recounting the 1916 French-German battle where the casualties amounted to the hundreds of thousands.
But more than remembering what divided Europe a century ago, Macron sought to connect the past with Europe's current unity based on a strong Franco-German alliance and a rejection of narrow-minded nationalism.
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The other night a great thing happened. I was dropping my son off at a youth event. It was complete mayhem, in other words, business as usual. I was talking to some of the other moms when a woman I hadn't seen in a while asked how I was doing. I fix her with a huge smile and said I was doing really great. It was amazing to realize that I meant it. I tried to come up with reasons why but there really wasn't anything in particular. It was like this fresh wind hitting my spirit.
I didn't think too much about it until I realized that again today I was feeling good. I can't tell you how grateful I am not to feel like a scrambled mess if even for one day. One of the things I really hated about the mess of divorce was living in active grief. I felt stuck in a Salvadore Dali painting and I didn't know when I would find my normal. I lacked control over my feelings. One day I was up for anything and other days I was too broken to figure out my banking, or clean up or find my way out of the paralysis. I'd make plans in good faith and then cancel because I just couldn't bear it. I really resented being so stuck. It was like bracing for aftershocks and not feeling secure enough to move back into my own home. I wanted to get on with my life, do the clean up work, but the urge was to lie down and drift.
During the last years of my marriage I channeled the loneliness in sculpting and creating. I had textures and colours and form to challenge me and help me communicate. When I was told I no longer had a marriage I found that all my head could produce was static. I couldn't organize my feelings or thoughts and since art is communication I couldn't produce. That was another loss that really jarred me. Not knowing when or if it would end was profoundly frightening.
For at least a year I've had my work table set up with all my tools and supplies and nothing has been touched. I haven't made any rugs, or baskets or jewellry or sculptures. I put everything away and decided I must not be an artist anymore. I felt blank.
One night I got an image in my head that I couldn't get rid of. I wasn't sure what to do with it so I started to paint. I'd never really painted before and all of sudden there were ideas and excitement and I had something to say. It felt so good. The colours became vibrant and I felt the little shoots of new growth, humour and light start again. Other things started unfolding. I started going through my phone book and touching base with people I hadn't seen in a while but valued.
This last weekend I even went on a Women's retreat with a girlfriend whose church I'd never been to. I stepped out and put myself in a new situation. As I drove up to the camp I tried not to think about what I was doing so that I wouldn't alert my inner hermit. It was a mix of feelings but the thing was I did it. I decided to try and get out of my situation and live.
Yesterday I phoned a travel agency to check out a promotion and found I've booked a ticket to celebrate New Years in Istanbul. Let the adventure begin.
I realized there is no path back. The house got demolished in the earthquake and it is time to build anew. I may have to deal with the rubble but I don't have to live there. I am taking steps to go on to fresh challenges and joys.
"Courage doesn't always roar, sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day, saying,… I will try again tomorrow." Mary Anne Radmacher
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Free time for lunch. Continue to Assisi, the city of San Francisco with stop at Santa Maria degli Angeli to admire the homonym Sanctuary built above the chapel loved by the saint. Then, entrance to the Basilica of San Francisco and brief walk through the medieval historical center.
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Breakfast. Departure to Gubbio, a beautiful city that is located 500 meters above sea level and shows traces of different dominations, from the Roman to the papal. Highlights include the Cathedral, the Ducal Palace, the Capitán's Palace and the Palazzo dei Consoli.
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Breakfast. You leave Assisi to reach the most important city on the way between Umbria and Rome: Orvieto. Only the Gothic Cathedral, imposing and elaborate, would be worth the visit to admire its façade but the city of Pozo de San Patricio, offers nice corners to breathe the medieval air of the city, t excellent wines or the renowned food. Visit and free time for lunch.
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2. I was in attendance for all 6 of my grandchildren's births.
3. Don't mind ironing or washing windows.
4. Changed my name to "Lorenzo" when I was little. He was a TV clown that did a dance called the "Lorenzo Hop"! My kids think this is hilarious!!!
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TV biz seeks storm shelter
Cost-cutting dominates MIP dialogue as int'l market winds downTorrential rains mirrored an unsettled marketplace as executives at MIPTV focused on cutting cost bases, re-engineering production models and reshaping genre mixes to keep the television business afloat.
As the market wound down Wednesday, attendees said business had been slow but steady despite delegate numbers decreasing 15% from a year ago to about 11,500, according to Reed Midem organizers.
"The market hasn't been as bad as everyone thought it would be; there is still a core of programming that needs to be bought," MGM president of worldwide television Gary Marenzi said, adding that while such markets as Hungary and Russia are "hurting," other Eastern European markets are doing better, and Australia, Italy and India are growing.
Marenzi said that where tough times call, MGM is offering "short-term relief in exchange for long-term commitment," but he added that such instances are rare. "If you're in a market where the currency is down and the advertising market is shattered, then yes, you are going to pay less and buy less, but that is only happening in a few places," he said.
Said CBS Paramount International Television president Armando Nunez: "Some buyers are trying to put pressure on us to lower prices. Well, they can try, but we aren't seeing any drop in sales. The cuts, at the moment at least, are coming from local production."
With advertising revenue expected to slump at least through year's end, production spending cuts have come to the fore, and producers are looking strategically at their processes to find savings.
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I'm back! September 2011 has truly been one of the busiest months of my life. Between summer school finals, transitioning into a new school year, and taking a leadership role for my sorority's recruitment (what's up nine hours a day spent with ninety girls for three weeks), blogging has sadly taken a backseat in my life, and I'm feeling kind of guilty about it. There were obviously moments of downtime in the past month, but the truth is I have hardly touched a pot or pan since the last time I blogged. Coming home from recruitment I was so exhausted that the thought of cooking made me cry a little inside (this means I was REALLY tired – because seriously, I usually love to cook no matter what the situation). I will be honest – I subsisted off of Trader Joe's salads and VENTI ICED COFFEES (written in caps to demonstrate my new found love for caffeine) in the past few weeks. Not complaining because for reals they are bomb, but as a self proclaimed foodie I have higher expectations for myself.
The transition from September to October has brought on a lot of things. My last recruitment is over, and it was a weird/bittersweet feeling knowing that I'll never go through that again. Last week was my last first time getting ready to go out with my friends, and it also marked my first (and probably last) time doing karaoke to "Tiny Dancer" at the Davis bars. I know these are the first of many "lasts" for me, so excuse me if I get a little sentimental on here once in a while.
Another change October has brought is the weather and I am kind of excited about it. September is the hottest, most miserable month in Davis (I don't deal with extreme weather well), and now that it is October it is currently drizzly and gray outside, and I don't hate it. While I did adjust to lighter summer cooking, I am beyond looking forward to indulging in some more hearty meals (like SOUP! I love soup) to match the weather.
I have been wanting to make chili for the longest time, but the temperatures constantly at around 95 degrees prevented me from making that dream a reality. UNTIL NOW. I made this chili last night (spiked with tequila AND beer, because why not?) and I am in love. In fact, I just ate the last of it for lunch, and am legitimately sad it is gone.
Note: if you eat this without the Frito's I will be very, VERY, disappointed in you.
Spiked Chili
Serves 6
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 16 0z. italian sausage (usually I would get hot, but I made this for my roommates and one of them doesn't like spicy things!)
- spice mix (recipe follows)
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 anaheim chile, roasted, skinned and diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 28 oz. can diced tomatoes in juice
- 1 12 oz. beer (I used Corona, because that's what I had)
- 1 cup tequila
- 1 1/2 cups pinto beans, rinsed
- 3/4 cup black beans, rinsed
- shredded cheese, for topping
- FRITOS! for topping (don't skip – these add the best crunch)
- sour cream, for topping
- Spice Mix – if we are being honest I really just eyeballed this and adjusted the taste as I went along, so these are just guidelines.
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 tablespoon cayenne
- 3/4 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons cumin
This spice mix is loosely based on Emiril's Bayou Blast, if you are interested in that recipe.
When the meat is browned, add in the bell pepper, anaheim chile, garlic and onions, cooking for about 6 minutes over medium heat until softened.
Time to add the booze. In all seriousness, the beer/tequila adds a really nice depth of flavor to the chili, and I wouldn't recommend skipping that, although I'm nearly positive you could get away with using only one of the two.
Immediately after the beer and tequila, add in the can of tomatoes, along with the beans. Stir around to get combined. It is SO important to taste the chili at this point to see if it needs any flavor adjustments before you begin to simmer it. I know when I made this I added more of the spices at this point to elevate the flavor more.
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My honeymoon in the Bahamas is the closest I've come to Third World travel until this Halloween. Belize, formerly British Honduras, has been making a name for itself in tourism because it boasts the second largest barrier reef in the world and the famous Blue Hole for world-class snorkeling and diving.
When we arrived at Belize City on October 31 I was surprised because just as you might expect an actor you meet face to face to be taller, Belize City and the Bay of Honduras were smaller than they appeared on the maps. The bay is very shallow and cannot accommodate a cruise ship so we anchored five miles off shore and local boats were hired to shuttle passengers to and from the ship.
No building was taller than three stories—most were one or two—though brightly colored. A few were new as if being built for the budding tourist industry and Andrew and I opted to walk around the town by ourselves. The shops on the pier are modern, mostly Diamond International stores catering to the cruise ships, but once off the pier (and getting off is tricky as the area is fenced for protection) we ran a gauntlet to get through the crowd and into the town.
I don't go for telemarketers or door to door sales people no matter what they're selling, I don't like being pressured to buy something so making our way off the pier and finding ourselves surrounded by Belizeans offering anything and everything was a bit overwhelming. They very kindly and conveniently spoke English (national language from the British colonists) but to be pressed in a crowd of aggressive people in unfamiliar circumstances is uncomfortable at best and panic-ridden at worst.
"No I don't want to hire a taxi."
"No I don't want a guide."
"No I don't want my hair braided." How many offers did I have for braids? Wouldn't that be something? I can just see the look on my kids' faces if I walked in the door with corn rows.
Most of the people we saw were descendant from shipwrecked African slaves of British colonists. There are, of course, other ethnic groups in the country but the few people we happened to meet fit this description. Beyond the smiles and offers to guide us in their "air conditioned" taxis (rather optimistic—the only air conditioning I saw was broken windows—where do cars go to die? Belize) the people were not overly friendly. We stuck out like sore thumbs but never got anyone to smile or say hello voluntarily, they ignored us and went about their rush hour business.
At 8 am the streets were filled with cars careening around corners, bikes laden with goods on the back fenders and mothers walking their children to school. The children, dressed in crisp white cotton and holding hands in a chain, glanced at us be we were merely a curiosity or maybe an annoyance if we blocked their way. Click here for a short clip of a view from the main bridge.
The streets were dirty, with two-foot deep gutters bordering the sidewalks. Garbage lay between every building, in every grating, in every piece of vacant property and the air carried the smell of tropics mixed with decay. We passed various store fronts—mostly run-down tourist shops, groceries and hardware stores—where many of the locals were sweeping the front steps. Every so often I'd catch an intriguing whiff of one particularly spicy, musky odor—a deep incense or perfume. I've never smelled it before and couldn't figure out its source but as I walked I caught patches of air that carried it and the contrast struck me.
After nearly stepping on a dead rat mashed into the asphalt (yes, that's the picture, click on it and check it out closer, I'd never seen a dead smashed rat before) and making our way over the bridge and through a bit of the town we decided we'd had enough and headed back to the ship. Yea, I know, we wouldn't last two rounds on the Amazing Race. I think we're known as Los Whimpos.
But what made Belize worth the trip was yet to come. We ended up on a snorkeling tour out on the reef which left everything I've seen in Hawaii in the dust. Kind of a Finding Nemo frenzy if you will. Andrew was the last person back in the boat and they practically had to threaten to leave him there to get him to come in.
They then took us to Bannister Cay, an island small enough to walk around in ten minutes surrounded by other tiny islands that break the waves. There's a resort on the island and we were left to relax on the most pristine and lovely beach I've ever seen. I walked around the island picking up sea shells and found the biggest and best sea shells I've ever found in a matter of minutes. We made use of the kayaks, paddling around the cove and wondering if we'd put on enough sun block. Here's the clip.
We saw such a small part of the mainland it's hard to make an adequate assessment but if I were you I'd skip Belize City altogether and just head for the water—and bring lots of sunblock.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Belize . . . I Thought It Would Be Bigger
My honeymoon in the Bahamas is the closest I've come to Third World travel until this Halloween. Belize, formerly British Honduras, has been making a name for itself in tourism because it boasts the second largest barrier reef in the world and the famous Blue Hole for world-class snorkeling and diving.
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11 comments:
- J said...
Sounds amazing...and since I was not impressed with the snorkeling in Hawaii, I might enjoy it in Belize. What made it better, do you think? Fewer humans? More variety of fish? Did you feed them to encourage them to come close?
- steve said...
We have been to the Bahamas. The people were a lot nicer, though a bit pushy in the straw market. But we would go back. No cruise ship. We flew in from Germany. I like your site and added you to my blog roll.
- marina said...
hi, belize city is ugly and scary. when i arrived there at night (alone) i was told not to go anywhere or i'll get robbed. the really expensive hotel i stayed at was also a hotel that ran by the hour. however, once i got to key caulker it made it all worthwhile.
the blue blue blue ocean was unbelievable and swimming with nurse sharks, helped me forget the ugly city.
if you think that city was ugly, san jose costa rica, wins the prize.
- jen said...
ahhh. i so love belize. i so love that you went. thank you for sharing.
- Anonymous said...
Feed the fish?? How utterly wrong and ecologically unsound!
Getting out of BC ASAP is the common advice given to all who take the tinme ot do their research.
- scribbit said...
Who said anything about feeding fish? What post are you reading?
- Anonymous said...
You've never seen a dead squashed rat? You've obviously never been to Chicago. Hee hee.
- Julie said...
Feeding fish? Don't you hate it when people make comments without even reading what you said?
Hey sounds like a great trip to Tahiti. Luv your blog ;)
- Beck said...
A friend has been to Belize repeatedly - he's training as a dive instructor. His life is exotic.
- Anonymous said...
I am heading out shortly from Canada to spend some time on the Cayes with http://www.islandexpeditions.com They do trips to various parts of the barrier reef, and also some river stuff.
I have seen the Cayes from the air when flying to Houston From Costa Rica, and it sure looks pretty amazing. Even at 30,000 ffet, you can make out the cay and reef perimeters from the wihte of the break. Soon I will know more. SC
- Heather said...
Thanks for sharing your story...I'm going to Belize for my honeymoon.


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Join us for a night of magical fun in the fully decorated themed Bennett-Curtis Mansion- with fun scenes & decorations throughout! Get sorted into your house and order drinks from The Cauldron, our cash bar, serving specialty drinks including Polyjuice potion, Butterbeer, pumpkin juice, and more! Then enjoy a themed dinner featuring appetizers, house salad, a family style feast, and a special assortment of honeydukes & wizard favorites at our dessert station!
Your evening will begin in the dungeons where you can purchase a variety of themed potions and brews from our bar and an assortment of appetizers will be served prior to dinner. Then you will cross onto Platform 9 3/4 and join us for a spectacular dinner in the great hall. Be sure to study up on your Wizard Trivia, during dinner you will go head to head with the other houses in a race for the house cup!
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After dinner enjoy special photo opts! Adults and Children welcome. We are encouraging guests to come dressed for the occasion, costumes are encouraged but not required. Limited seating, so make your reservations early! Tickets are $60 per guest.
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I really want to go on a rant about the Chicago Bulls front office and how horrendous they are at their jobs, because they made the two worst trades of the NBA Draft Thursday night. They traded Jimmy Butler, a top-15 player in the league, for 50 cents on the dollar to Minnesota. Which sent up a Batman-like signal that said, "Hey we're dumb, come make a deal with us!"; to which the Golden State Warriors obliged and gave the Bulls cash for draft pick Jordan Bell, a valued, and much needed, rim protector.
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It's been another fabulous week.
I'm finally settled back home
after our extended summer vacation
and Ethan is happy at school.
This week's highlights include:
Dinner with great friends
at Salt.
Peter and Nina will be leaving Dar soon.
It's sad when friends leave.
But being able to enjoy an
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makes saying goodbye
Birthday dinner with my boys
This year,
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It was perfect.
Watching Ethan at his first skateboard
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I love how his mate,
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And he didn't break any bones.
Ladies night
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Chorio Sightseeing
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Best Museums
The Folklore and Maritime Museum of Kimolos is housed in a restored mansion inside the walls of the Venetian Castle. This museum exhibits the personal collection of local doctor Manolis Christoulakis and donations of other residents. It aims to preserve the traditions and folk identity of the island. You will see daily objects from the 18th and the 19th centuries, textiles made of local women some decades ago, agricultural tools, cooking items and many nautical items.
The Archaeological Museum of Kimolos is found in Chorio village and exhibits ancient remains that were found in the beach of Ellinika, which is the most known archaeological site on Kimolos. In this museum, you will find pots, relics, funerary gifts and other objects that date from the 8th and the 7th century B.C.
Best Sightseeing
Kastro is the most picturesque quarter of Chorio, the capital village of Kimolos. Once surrounded by strong walls, this spot has old houses and narrow streets.
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February 23–24, 2010
San Francisco, California
conference overview
New technologies and applications are creating new imperatives, from research and development, to printing and software distribution, to media and content creation, and beyond. In this conference, we'll explore how upheavals caused by the adoption of networked technologies might affect organizations and entire industries. We'll examine some of the new digital economics (and economies) that we will inevitably encounter. Where will the control points be, and what are the big risks for large-scale systems and new players? What's being created, what's being remade, and what's being reinvented?
Ten years ago, new technology and applications upended the business landscape and resulted in the dot-com boom and bomb. Today, just about every business model we thought we knew has changed. Disruptive influences are everywhere—some the result of specific actions, others a confluence of unforeseen and unintended consequences. The idea of "free" is gaining traction; what will people pay for and what will they not? How should we measure worth? What are the implications of the cost of communications and storage approaching (but never quite reaching) zero?
More often than not, the value of content lies in its sensitivity to the environment in which it is consumed. Are constant and "real-time" information streaming and measurement for real? Are we prepared to utilize all that data? If social networks break down their walled gardens, what are the implications? Geography, once rendered irrelevant by the Internet, is back in vogue. How will the return of "location" and location-based applications change (and enhance) our lives?
Cloud economics are extraordinary, so why haven't we all moved there yet? What will we achieve by combining the cloud with mobile broadband? Open-source and free software are reaching into the enterprise, providing robust, stable platforms for application development, data management, office applications, and communications. How different will tomorrow's desktop be from today's? Shifts are inevitable in the technology landscape; how will we best manage our response to them?
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Mr. Chris Anderson, Author, Free: The Future of a Radical Price
Mr. Paul Buchheit, Co-Founder, FriendFeed
Ms. Roxanne Christ, Partner, Latham & Watkins
Mr. Larry Downes, Author, The Laws of Disruption
Mr. Peter Eckersley, Staff Technologist, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Mr. Matthew Glotzbach, Director, Product Management, Google Enterprise
Dr. John Hennessy, President, Stanford University
Ms. Krisztina Holly, Executive Director, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation, University of Southern California
Dr. Chris Kelty, Author, Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software
Mr. Art Kleiner, Editor-in-Chief, strategy+business
Mr. Phil Libin, Chief Executive Officer, Evernote
Mr. Sean Parker, Managing Partner, Founders Fund
Mr. Adam Selipsky, Vice President, Developer Relations, Amazon.com
Mr. Nova Spivack, Co-Founder, Radar Networks
Mr. Bruno Uzzan, Chief Executive Officer, Total Immersion
Dr. Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google
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Chef Sam Talbot
The spring issue of Diabetic Living features an article on chef, Sam Talbot. (I tried linking the on-line article but since I don't subscribe, I couldn't access it—a friend gave me her issue of the magazine). Talbot competed on Bravo Channel's Top Chef and placed 3rd. He's been a Type 1 since age 12. His recipes featured in the article are generally low carb and look scrumptious: MahiMahi with Remoulade (6 grams carb) served with asparagus; Spring Salad with Apricots, Almonds, and Cilantro (18 grams of carb); Grilled Skirt Steak with onion ponzu (14 grams of carb) and Striped Bass with Tomato Relish (9 grams carb). If you google his name you'll come up with more info and sites for him. He's got a cookbook out called "The Sweet Life". He's quoted "Positive thinking can help people with diabetes get over any hurdle." I just love this guy and will have to check out his book!
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Thanks for the info and link.
Here's a link to his site: http://www.samtalbot.com/…I should have put it in the discussion post…sorry!
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I was a bit torn this week, but as winter is coming (or so says Ned Stark...) I opted for 80s - dark colours will get used enough in the next couple of months anyway. They can wait.
Neons, on the other hand, can not.
I was born in 1986, and whilst I don't remember much of the actual 80s, I remember all the 80s hand-me-down stuff in the family being wonderfully, eye wateringly bright. So thats the vibe I went for with these.
The polishes used were China Glaze Pool Party, China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and BarryM Summer Limited Edition in green. Alas, as neon as the green looks, it really doesn't pack the same punch as the other two polishes as my handy-dandy blacklight torch shows...
The black edges were done with my collections of child's craft scissors and plain old scotch tape.