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Stephanie L. Kwolek, a chemist credited with developing the ultra-strong Kevlar fiber used in bullet-resistant gear, an innovation that is estimated to have saved hundreds of lives since she created the polymer five decades ago, died June 18 at a hospice in Wilmington, Del. She was 90.
Rita Vasta, her executor and a former colleague at the DuPont chemical company, confirmed her death but declined to disclose the cause.
Miss Kwolek described her innovation as "a case of serendipity." In the mid-1960s, halfway through her career as a DuPont chemist, she was tasked with developing a synthetic material that might offer a lighter, more fuel-efficient alternative to metal reinforcements in automobile tires.
In the course of her research, Miss Kwolek stumbled on a surprising compound — a liquid crystalline solution — that could be transformed into astoundingly strong fibers. Of them, the best known became Kevlar.
Five times as strong as steel, it proved immensely useful in a range of applications. Kevlar is used to make boats, airplanes and sporting equipment more sturdy. Woven into fabrics, it makes butcher's gloves and lumberjack gear more protective. Ropes produced with Kevlar are strong enough to hold hulking ships in place and are easy for sailors to handle.
Most notably, it is used in the bullet- and stab-resistant vests and helmets worn by police officers, military personnel and other professionals working in dangerous environments.
"Not in a thousand years did I think the discovery of this liquid solution would save thousands of lives," Miss Kwolek told USA Today in 2003, amid the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. "When I watch the war on TV, I take great pride in saying, 'We at DuPont invented that.' "
Miss Kwolek was said to have encountered resistance during her research, in part because the polymer she created was so unusual.
"Ordinarily, when you have a polymer solution of a flexible polymer chain, it sort of reminds you of molasses," Miss Kwolek told an interviewer for the Smithsonian Institution. "It may not be as thick but is generally of a transparent or translucent nature. With the polymer solution that I had, it was almost like water — and it was cloudy."
To make fibers, polymer solutions were processed through the pores of a tool called a spinneret. The machine operator noted the cloudiness of Miss Kwolek's substance and concluded that it indicated the presence of solid particles, which would have clogged the equipment.
In fact, the liquid crystalline solution represented a state of matter between conventional liquids and solids, with some of the properties of each, and it could be safely processed through the machine. In subsequent testing, the fibers proved exceptionally strong.
"The stiffness was absolutely spectacular," Miss Kwolek told the New York Times. "That's when I said, 'Aha.' I knew then and there it was an important discovery."
Body armor has saved the lives or prevented the serious injury of more than 3,100 law enforcement officers, according to records maintained by the Kevlar Survivors' Club, a joint initiative of DuPont and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Stephanie Louise Kwolek was born July 31, 1923, in New Kensington, Pa. She told interviewers that her father, who died when she was 10, had introduced her to the natural sciences by taking her foraging in the woods for insects and plants. Her mother introduced her to sewing, and in her youth Miss Kwolek hoped to become a fashion designer.
In 1946, she received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the Margaret Morrison Carnegie College, a women's school associated with what is now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Lacking funds for medical school, she pursued employment at DuPont and developed an expertise in polymers.
She said she encountered challenges at a time when relatively few women worked in the advanced sciences.
"Although I've made many strides in my field, those were not enlightened times for the recognition and advancement of women in scientific research," Miss Kwolek said in 1999, when she received a lifetime achievement award from the Lemelson-MIT Program.
"While I was doing work that was acknowledged to be on an equal level to that done by men, it took 15 years for me to get my first promotion, and that was far too long to wait," she said.
Miss Kwolek credited her colleagues with making important contributions to the development of Kevlar and retired from DuPont in 1986. She was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1995 and received the National Medal of Technology in 1996, among other honors. She had no immediate survivors.
Miss Kwolek sometimes met or received phone calls from people who had worn her bullet-resistant fiber.
"Not long ago, I got to meet some troopers whose lives had been saved," she once told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "They came with their wives, their children, their parents. It was a very moving occasion."


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Thanks to the growing use of fracking, or extracting oil and natural gas from shale formations, shares of U.S. companies which supply sand to energy producers are surging, and as Bloomberg reports, it does not look set to stop anytime soon. "Sand is the new gold," says Ivaylo Ivanov, founder of Ivanhoff Capital, as Ole Slorer, a New York-based analyst at Morgan Stanley, expects demand for fracking sand in 2016 will be 96 percent higher than last year's level. Nope, no bubble here...
Emerge Energy, a Southlake, Texas-based partnership that made its initial public offering at $17 a share, changed hands for more than $140 yesterday. Hi-Crush, based in Houston, and U.S. Silica, based in Frederick, Maryland, more than tripled during the past 15 months.
Demand for fracking sand in 2016 will be 96 percent higher than last year's level, Ole Slorer, a New York-based analyst at Morgan Stanley, wrote two days ago in a report. The sand helps prop open fractures in shale, which eases the flow of oil and gas. He expects shortages for years, with supplies in 2016 trailing demand by 10 percent.
Slorer raised his 12-month price estimate for U.S. Silica by 36 percent, to $80, and wrote that the stock may reach $95. U.S. Silica traded yesterday at a record $71.29 and closed at $70.72, up 4 percent. Emerge Energy, whose main business is fuel processing and distribution, rose 2.6 percent. Hi-Crush added 3.2 percent.
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I'm making lots of stuff for a Christmas Craft Fair at Hoylake Evangelical Church on Thursday, 21st November, 7.30-9.30pm. I'm sharing a stall with my crafty friend, Sam. We have done quite a few craft fairs over the years and always enjoy having a good chin-wag and a nosey at what other stall-holders are making. We saw some great knitted cacti a while back. They were even in their own greenhouse! Anyway, back to the making that is in progress. Here's a card using the lovely Ornament Keepsakes set. The petals of the poinsettia are baubles.
Here's a reindeer candy cane holder. Rudolph is made using the versatile Owl Builder punch and I have made the holder using the Envelope Punch Board. That candy cane is clashing with my colour scheme, but never mind, I'll get over it!
Finally, another Ornament Keepsakes creation.
I had such a lovely time at my last workshop. I was laughing (and die cutting) so much, I forgot to take any photos. However, some beautiful cards and boxes were made and it ended up being quite a late night!


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Was looking for a cross browser (inc IE7, 8) solution to flexible background images and came across this. Works a charm! The hover pseudo selector doesn't work natively in IE7 but I can live with that. Thanks for sharing!
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Responsive CSS Sprites – Proof of concept v0.1.0
FYI => Like anyone who is internet-minded, I've been trying to increase my mobile IQ. Long story short, here's a simple example of what is best described as responsive CSS sprites.
It's so raw and simple I'm not even gonna bother with a zip. Just put the .html and the image (.png) in the same folder.
=> A couple things you should know:
—Unlike traditional CSS sprites, this does not use a background image. Therefore, it's able to resize images on the fly (without Javascript, etc.)
—Since the height can't be fixed (i.e., it needs to resize), the sprite image works left to right instead of up and down.
What do you think? How can it be improved? It works, right? What did I miss?


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Jersey Post has produced unique a series of stamps and collectibles to celebrate the release of Man of Steel, having Henry Cavill in the lead role.
The set is unique in many ways and is the first to be issued in Jersey in the same time with the release of the new movie.
The set of six stamps feature a number of innovative production techniques, developed by Cartor Security Printing in France. Each technique suggests one of the Man of Steel's super powers and are created together for the first time in one issue:
45p Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel. Scanning the stamp with a smartphone triggers the Smartsy App and takes the user to the bonus material
55p Man of Steel in a mid air flying pose is set on a transparent stamp, to show his x-ray vision
60p Printed on flat simili silver foiling, it reflects the Man of Steel's huge strength
68p Printed with thermochromatic ink; when warmth is applied to the the stamp, the Earth is revealed beneath the flying Man of Steel
80p Crushed granite taken from just one pebble at Beauport Bay, has been applied to the face of each thermographic stamp to give its rough, tactile finish and once again suggest the Man of Steel's strength
88p Printed with 'glow-in-the-dark' ink, this stamp shows a hidden message from the Man of Steel's father, that is visible only in darkness


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The plugin will soon be moving to a new host, but in the mean time, you can find a beta version of the missing attachment scanner plugin for Mountain Lion here. Please enjoy, and stay tuned for some exciting new improvements!
Friday, July 27 2012
Missing Attachment Scanner Plugin for Mountain Lion
By eaganj on Friday, July 27 2012, 23:06
Sunday, August 7 2011
Attachment Scanner Plugin for Lion
By eaganj on Sunday, August 7 2011, 14:01
Thank you everyone for your patience while I prepared a Lion-compatible version of the missing attachment scanner plugin. You can download a beta version that is compatible with Lion through (10.7) here. Stay tuned for more updates.
Update 2012-02-02: Added support for 10.7.3.
Thursday, October 15 2009
On Collaboration and Instant Typing
By eaganj on Thursday, October 15 2009, 12:11
John Gruber recently discussed some recently re-learned lessons about immediate feedback in text chats. It seems that Google Wave repeats a mistake made by iChat 1.0 wherein text appears immediately on the remote end as the user types it (anyone remember talk(1) ?). As it turns out, many people don't like people to see their messages as they are composing them. It's like letting everyone see your thoughts as you refine them. But then Gruber observes:
I never mind instant updating when I use SubEthaEdit to collaboratively edit a text file, but I can't think of a good reason Google Wave uses it other than the demo factor.
But this makes perfect sense — we use chat tools and collaborative editors for entirely different purposes. In chat, the goal is communication, to clearly express one idea to another person. With SubEthaEdit, the goal is not communication but to collaboratively create something. In this case, the thought process is important to the user's task — it's the very point of collaboration. When we work together on an artifact (whether it's a report or code or something entirely different), we benefit from our own half-baked ideas and seeing the half-baked ideas of our partner. It's expected from the context. But in chat, we feel the need to present our own refined ideas, even if informally.
Friday, August 28 2009
Attachment Scanner Plugin for Snow Leopard
By eaganj on Friday, August 28 2009, 14:32
Just a quick note to let you know that a version of the Attachment Scanner Plugin for Snow Leopard is under development. I hope to be able to release a beta version in the next week or so. Stay tuned to this space for more details.
Update: [2009-08-29]: A beta version of the plugin for Snow Leopard is now available. It works for me on my machine, but it has not been tested, thoroughly or otherwise, on anyone else's machine. With that in mind, please feel free to give it a go and post any problems here.
Update: [2009-10-06]: A new beta version of the plugin for Snow Leopard is now available. It should work on all 32-bit Snow Leopard machines. A fix is in the works to provide support for 64-bit machines, but it's not yet ready to roll out.
Update: [2009-10-08]: Version beta 3 of the plugin for Snow Leopard is now available. This version should work on all Snow Leopard machines and all Intel Leopard machines.
Update: [2009-11-14]: Version beta 4 of the plugin for Snow Leopard is now available. This version is identical to the previous version but adds support for OS X version 10.6.2. Unfortunately, with the way Apple handles Mail plugins now, a new release will be necessary for every new version of Mail, even minor updates.
Update: [2010-03-29]:
A new version that is compatible with OS X 10.6.3 should be out Tuesday. I apologizefor the delay. Version beta 4 continues to work with OS X 10.6.3.
Update: [2010-06-22]: Version beta 5 of the plugin for Snow Leopard is now available. This version adds no new features but adds support for OS X version 10.6.4. Known bugs: fails to ignore quoted text in some messages and only uses your current system language, even if set to multilingual mode. These bugs will be fixed soon.
Update: [2010-06-22]: Version beta 6 of the plugin for Snow Leopard is now available. This version includes fixes for two problems: messages written in a language other than English should now correctly trigger the plugin, and the plugin should now ignore quoted text in rich formatted (i.e. HTML) messages.
Update: [2010-06-22]: A new version of OS X brings a new version of the plugin. Check out version beta 7, bringing compatibility for Snow Leopard 10.6.5.
Update: [2011-03-23]: Version beta 8 is now out
due out this weekend. This version adds compatibility with Snow Leopard version 10.6.7. Thank you for your patience.
Tuesday, July 14 2009
Demystifying Mail.app Plugins on Leopard
By eaganj on Tuesday, July 14 2009, 19:05
In the course of writing my email un-attachment plugin for Mail.app (and subsequently updating it for Leopard), I found that Apple has a capable, but entirely undocumented, plugin API. I'm providing this update to my previous tutorial in the hopes that it may be useful to anyone else considering implementing a plugin for Apple Mail.


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CoastSavers, which is a representation of a broad spectrum of interested parties including Surfrider, is renowned for their April Earth Day cleanup drawing thousands of coastal users to remove winter and spring debris from our coastal beaches. Surfrider is an active partner in the organization and for years has provided BBQs at various locations on the coast for those who volunteer.
|3 Rivers BBQ and Registration at the Fire Station in La Push
Surfrider will once again be an active partner in this event happening September 20th 2014 by providing BBQs in La Push, Westport, and at Hobuck beach. It's always a great time and we are hoping for a good turnout and another fun event this year. For any questions or if you are interested in volunteering please contact WA Field Manager Brice Boland.


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In 1981, the Arizona legislature developed State Grants-in-Aid (SGIA) to help Arizona libraries meet the information needs of Arizona residents. SGIA provides limited construction funding to public libraries, and annual awards to county library districts and to municipal libraries in cities with populations of 100,000 or more.
In order to qualify for SGIA, libraries must:
Public libraries meeting the qualifications outlined on this page may apply for construction funds. Typically, the application period for construction grants is between August 1 and September 30. Please review the guidelines below for instructions. To start the application process, complete the online Intent to Apply Form.


text: Want to get in on the red coif color trend—but aren't quite sure if you want to fully commit to such a bold hue? Then consider adding "pops" of vivid color to your existing coif, like through the bangs (as shown here), or maybe a few highlights here and there. Want to find more red-inspired mane moves? Click on the "Hair Color Now" section here: http://www.sophisticatesblackhairstyles.com/hair-color-now/


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Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers-they were definitely felt!!
Today was my youngest boy's birthday. We celebrated it last Saturday but today was the official day. For each birthday if we don't go out to eat, the birthday person gets to pick their dinner. My son picked hot dogs with mac n cheese. So I wanted to share a really easy mac n cheese recipe. No picture, but I think everyone knows what mac n cheese looks like!
16oz velveeta cheese
16 oz elbow mac, uncooked
1/2C milk
1tbsp ground mustard
1tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
Cook pasta to box directions, drain. Melt cheese in the milk. Add spices. Once melted add the pasta back into the sauce and turn to cover. Serve with ANYTHING!!!!!
It's really easy and super cheesy and yummy. I loved it and the birthday boy had 2 helpings. So I guess it's been a good day all around!
Here's a picture of the birthday boy and his cake (I made it too using a boxed mix with peanut butter cup candy cut up in the batter in a shaped pan.)


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8 Comments:
- Sapphire said...
Who's calling it gay!!!! It's the best movie ever. Mirical max is my favorite character in that movie.
True love, fencing, fighting, giant's it's got everything. Even and a man that would do anything for a girl.
Now tell me the truth! How many people in this world would love to have a lover say "As you wish" and kick a giant's ass. Huuuuummmm!
That's what I thought. The only one's that must be calling it gay are the one's lacking in size!....LOL......Evermore
- Xavier Onassis said...
Ain't NUTHIN' gay about that movie! It's awesome!
"Have fun storming the castle!"
- Spyder said...
Twu wove! Loved it!
- barba said...
ok, if the greg beck likes it, i'll give it a try.
- Logtar said...
Great movie, Robin Hood Man in Tights also a great movie... whoever calls it gay is obviously...
- said...
Yep, definitely one of the greatest movies ever. Anyone who has somehow still not seen it is missing out, big time.
"You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!!"
- Circa Bellum said...
yup, that and The Sandlot... two perfect movies.
- Mark said...
Of course it is. Because everyone knows you never wager with a Sicilian when death is on the line!
But what do I know, I've been mostly dead all day. I need to pace myself.


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KODAK E100VS - A Slide Film That Doesn't Disappoint After Xpro4 17 Share Tweet
As its name suggests, KODAK E100VS (VIVID SATURATION) is a slide film with high saturation, which gives amazing colors after cross-processing.
I can still remember why I have this film in my fridge. It's because one day I needed to go to a developing shop to buy some slides for my friend, and I also bought some for myself. I didn't know that E100VS is a very sharp, yet saturated slide. One day, I randomly picked a roll of slide film and went to the Kowloon Walled City Park and the church to take photos.
Albeit I have tried a lot of slides, no other ones are able to outshine E100VS, in terms of saturation! Be that sky blue, deep red of the flowers, grassy green, or sharp yellow, this slide gives a splendid color! Moreover, each color is very sharp after cross-processing, no color is particularly stressed.
Although I didn't set the ISO higher (After X-pro, the contrast will increase, therefore ISO needs to be raised to reduced the overshot contrast), the photos didn't lose the details as I would have imagined, and the contrast is not overshot (unless you face the sun). Meanwhile, the grain is fine. It is definitely my cup of tea (I love fine grainy photos).
The only thing that does not satisfy me is, since E100VS gives good result in every color, it leads to a very yellowish skin. Therefore, I do not recommend taking portraits with this film, since the photos will scare people off! Notwithstanding, when taking photos of landscape, E100VS is your definite choice!
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|07 Jun 2012
My C: is no more system disk, How to back it ?
Hi SevenForums!
Today, I wanted to make new partitions, to extend Windows 7 C: to 150GB and to make Windows 8 H: with 150GB too. I shirked Data Storage partition and I extended SysReserved partition (I think too much but nevermind).
For this I used EaseUS Partition Master Home (free) Edition. I changed my partitions that was required to restart my PC , and that worked for more than 1h. After that my computer was shuted down (or I dont know how to write it). I turn it on and that rebooted (dont know why). When It booted , my C: is not Windows 7 or system drive anymore.
How to fix it (to back my C: to System partition) ?
Thanks in advance.
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I dont understand your problem my c drive does not say system on it only the system reserved partition
Heres mineAttachment 215513
Is it problem or no ?
Trinty :)
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|07 Jun 2012
I understand now, the icon in my computer has changed for your C drive
As long as everything is working ok i would say it is not a problem
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|07 Jun 2012
7 x64
First off you should of never extended the System Reserve partition. It only need to be 100MBs in size as only about 72MBs are being used.
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|07 Jun 2012
Be sure to download the Win8 ISO and boot it to install to the partition you made. This will assure you get the new Win8 Metro-style Dual Boot Menu.
The rest looks fine. You don't need more than 200mb for SysReserved but it's not worth changing now.
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|08 Jun 2012
Now... I know for System Reserved partition. I think there is problem with space, because when Im dual-booting it have only 40-60 Free space , and I had a lot of free.......
Second, today when I back from work , I turned on computer and don't know how , but I got that icon back.
So theard solved. Thanks for helping ppl.
Trinty :)
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As usual, Female Science Professor has an outstanding post up this morning. Unfortunately, however, this one is not about the the trials-and-tribulations or joys-and-pleasures of academic science. Rather it describes a terrible situation that increasingly faces her students, and that is only going to get worse, and worse, and worse:
Several of my graduate and undergraduate students have recently had their lives disrupted because their apartments were in houses or apartment buildings that went into foreclosure. Some have already had to find a new place and move, and some have to move within the next 1-2 months.
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Even without the current mortgage crisis in the U.S., students are too often the victims of irresponsible or even unethical landlords, as I well know from my own experience with an avaricious, grasping, duplicitous, thieving scoundrel of a landlord when I was in graduate school. And now this. In addition to the problems that make the news, the mortgage crisis has generated a cascade of lost time and productivity that affects graduate and undergraduate students, and all those who work with them.
Of course, this kind of thing is just the beginning, and it ain't just grad students who it is happening to. If you are not comfortable with honest, angry language, don't read below the fold.
Unfortunately, this is the just the very beginning of the economic shitstorm, and it ain't just students who are going to get caught up in it. One can only hope that the American voters understand the truth of the matter, which is that normal non-super-rich American citizens like FSP's students are the ones who always get fucked by "conservative" right-wing financial policies, while the super-rich "Masters of the Universe" always get bailed out and continue to fly around the globe in their private jets.
The right-wing Republican version of "free enterprise" means "privatize obscene corporate profits; socialize obscene corporate losses". And see if you can guess who's gonna pay for the socialization of the obscene corporate losses? It sure as fuck ain't the super-rich bastards who privatized the profits.
Normal human being citizens of the United States better boot these sick Republican motherfuckers out of office in November, and never let them anywhere near the levers of power again. They are sick, sick, sick people, and they care nothing for anyone or anything except their own obscene wealth and grotesque self-aggrandizement. Poor-ass fucking graduate students are thrown out into the streets while these assholes continue to fly around in private jets paid for with others' labor eating caviar and laughing their sick depraved asses off. "Free-market" my fucking ass.
(This post solely represents the personal opinion of PhysioProf, and is not an official position of the DrugMonkey blog collective. If DrugMonkey himself disagrees with anything I have said, he will surely make it known.)


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The translation and transliteration below are adapted, with permission, from the Seif Edition of the Transliterated Siddur, for Shabbat and Festivals, a Mesorah Publication for the OU Centennial, with Introductory Essays and Comments by Rabbi Benjamin Yudin.
In the Yizkor Prayer below, whenever the name of the deceased is mentioned, it is given in the following form: The deceased's Hebrew name followed by "ben", "son of", or "bat", "daughter of;" then, in the Ashkenazic Tradition, the deceased's father's Hebrew name; in the Sefardic Tradition, the deceased's mother's Hebrew name. If any of the Hebrew names are not known, consult your local Orthodox Rabbi as to how to proceed.
Example: (slightly complicated; if it helps, draw a diagram)
Reuven and Shlomit were the parents of Yehoshua, who was the father of Levy and Dinah. Yehoshua, unfortunately, passes away.
Whether Reuven and Shlomit are still alive is, for the purpose of this example, irrelevant.
Now Levi, as well as his sister, Dinah, are saying "Yizkor" for their father, Yehoshua.
In the Ashkenazic Tradition, they would refer to him as "Yehoshua ben Reuven;" in the Sefardic Tradition, they would refer to him as "Yehoshua ben Shlomit."
Meaning of "Bond of Life"
The term "bond of life" which appears below in the request that the deceased's soul be "bound in the bond of life," most probably refers to the attainment of greater and greater closeness to Hashem. Hashem is called, "Chai HaOlamim," the "Life of the Worlds," meaning the source of life in "Olam HaZeh," "this world," the world of the here-and-now, and in "Olam HaBa," the "world to come," the indescribable spiritual "world" which we confidently expect to experience, as a cardinal principle of the Jewish faith, after death.
"Without Taking a Vow"
You will note that in the text below, in connection with the pledge to charity made by the individual reciting Yizkor, the phrase "without taking a vow," appears. The reason for this is the great hesitancy in the Jewish Religion about making vows, which require a person to follow through, or be in big trouble. One source for this is in Megillat Kohelet, "When you make a vow to G-d, do not delay paying it, for He has no liking for fools; what you vow, pay. It is better not to vow at all, than to vow, and not pay." (Kohelet 5:3-4)
For One's Father: Hebrew Text
Hebrew Yizkor Text for One's Father
For One's Father: Transliteration
Yizkor E-lohim
Nishmat avi mori (Name of the Deceased)
She-halach l'olamo,
Ba-avur sheb'li neder
Etayn tz'dakah ba-ado.
Bis-char ze
T'hay nafsho tz'rurah
Bitz-ror hacha-yim
Im nish-mot
Avraham, Yitzchak v'Yaakov,
Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel v'Lay-ah,
V'im sh'ar tzadikim v'tzidkaniyot
Sheb'Gan Eden.
V'nomar: Amayn.
For One's Father: Translation
May the L-rd remember
the soul of my father, my teacher, (reference to deceased father)
who has gone on to his world,
because, without making a vow, I shall give to charity on his behalf.
As reward for this,
may his soul be bound in the Bond of Life,
together with the souls of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;
Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah;
and together with the other righteous men and women in the Garden of Eden.
Now let us respond: Amen.


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Anyone with a passing interest in this band fronted by Finn Andrews already knows the tone of this one: In interviews Andrews has referenced David Lynch's rebooted Twin Peaks, there is darkness and menace as a pervading ethos (British reviews have said "unsettling" and "gloriously sad eyed rock that preaches to the perverted") and so on.
From the title inward, the Veils deliver on the promise of romantic brutalism and threat, willful sonic distortion, punishing percussion (production is by Run The Jewels' El-P), images from the darklands of the subconscious (Here Come the Dead seems rather obvious) and . . .
You can't help hear elements of Nick Cave here (King of Chrome which falls well short of Cave's gravitas) and Trent Reznor's early work, but the Veils do manage to step past being the confluence of influences, largely due to El-P's dynamic presentation of these songs, the boiling bass and use of loops.
Although this is thrillingly raw in places and the sinister songs exist as discreet ideas within the whole, it is those moments of quiet constraint or melody (Swimming with the Crocodiles, Iodine and Iron) which have as much emotional impact.
Andrews delivered one of the great songs of the past decade with Us Godless Teenagers on the Veils 2011 EP Trouble of the Brain, a song which succeeded because it seemed to speak from the heart rather than the head.
The head, working overtime in pained imagery, evocations of corrupted belief and exploration of the spookside of existence, is more in control here and – compelling though much of this is – some of the compassion of Andrews earlier work has been supplanted by passionate intensity.
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Autumn is coming...(I like the sound of that better than "Winter is coming.") This week we've been blessed with a few more warm & sunny 80 degree days, but it sure has been getting chilly at night! We only have a few trees just starting to change color, but soon our maple trees will be the gorgeous hues of Delightful Dijon, Tangerine Tango and Cherry Cobbler as shown below.
After embossing the maple leaf from Vintage Leaves in white I sponged on the ink colors listed above. The background got the same treatment with the addition of some texture from Gorgeous Grunge. The pattern from the Boho Chic Embossing Folder along with the Natural Chevron Ribbon remind me of fall sweater textures so I thought they were a good fit for this fall inspired card.
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José Maria Bravo
José Maria Bravo was a Republican pilot during the Spanish Civil War and later served in the Soviet air force
José Maria Bravo, who died on December 26 aged 92, was a Republican pilot during the Spanish Civil War and later served in the Soviet air force, commanding Joseph Stalin's fighter escort on the dictator's journey to meet Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference in 1943.
Bravo volunteered for the Republican air force in Barcelona in December 1936, five months after a faction of the Spanish army rose up against the government and triggered the civil war.
He trained in the Soviet Union and returned to Spain in June 1937 as a sergeant pilot, in time to take part in the battle of Brunete, a Republican offensive to push back the Nationalists' encirclement of Madrid.
Bravo initially flew Russian Polikarpov I-15 biplanes but was rapidly equipped with Polikarpov I-16s, monoplane fighters that dominated the Spanish skies until the arrival of the German and Italian air forces. The Republicans nicknamed their aircraft moscas, or flies. Although the Russian aircraft were highly manoeuvrable, Bravo later said that they were insufficiently armed to tackle German bombers.
The two 7.62mm machine guns fired "pellets that were not very efficient against the Junker and Heinkel aircraft that the Germans supplied to [General] Franco".
Bravo was a skilful pilot and was rapidly promoted. In April 1938 he became a squadron leader and four months later, aged 21, was named second-in-command of the 21st Group, the Republic's best-equipped fighter unit.
Born into a middle-class family in Madrid on April 8 1917, José Maria Bravo received a secular education and was an exchange student in Germany when Adolf Hitler became chancellor in 1933.
At university he was a talented student whose course was interrupted by the Civil War. As a young man he learned to fly gliders in Ocana, south of Madrid.
In February 1939, with the fall of Catalonia to the Nationalists, Bravo fled across the Pyrenees to France, where he spent four months interned in the Argèles-sur-mer and Gurs camps in the south of the country. On his release he moved to the Soviet Union, completing his Engineering degree in Kharkov, in the Ukraine.
When Nazi Germany invaded in the summer of 1941, Bravo joined a group of Spanish Republican guerrillas that harried the advancing Wehrmacht's supply lines near the Sea of Azov, north of the Black Sea. Bravo later said he resented having to fight on foot: "I had become a pilot so that I wouldn't have to walk, and there I was marching night after night through knee-deep snow while surrounded by enemies."
In 1942 he was admitted into the Soviet air force, where he served in a unit that flew Polikarpov I-16s defending vital oilfields in Baku, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea.
In total, Bravo flew 1,700 combat hours in Polikarpov I-16s and emerged from two wars without a scratch. He did, however, come off a runway into a gully in Caspe, eastern Spain, and was involved in a mid-air collision near the Caspian Sea.
All former Spanish Republican pilots were demobilised in 1948 following the defection of one of their number to Turkey in a stolen aircraft. Bravo, however, remained in the Soviet Union and became a professor of Spanish at Moscow State University. He was an expert on Russian poetry and translated many of the classics of Russian literature into Spanish. In 1960 he was allowed to return to Spain by the Franco regime.
In 2007 Bravo published his memoirs, El seis doble (double-six), a reference to the domino piece that was painted on the tail fin of his unit's planes. Bravo said it represented the 12 aircraft in a squadron and the value of teamwork.
As an octogenarian, Bravo helped raise funds to restore a Polikarpov I-16, and in 2005 was able to fly the machine while accompanied by another pilot. After the transition to democracy the Spanish government formally recognised his rank in the Soviet air force.
Bravo was twice married, and is survived by his second wife, a daughter and a son.


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Chad DeFrain of Springfield said he was a little surprised when he went to the Illinois State Fair and saw a vendor selling small marsupials called sugar gliders.
The 5- to 7-inch-long, furry animals with big black eyes enthralled his daughters, but DeFrain wondered if the state fair was the best place to buy a new pet. The vendor was offering a sugar glider, a cage and a starter kit for about $590.
"I've never seen them peddling animals there. It struck a funny chord. Maybe this is not the best idea for the fair," DeFrain said.
Fair officials said they haven't received any complaints about the vendor, which goes by the name Pocket Pets. A breeder in Chicago and a Springfield veterinarian, however, expressed concern that people might be overwhelmed by the animals' cuteness and make an impulse buy they might later regret.
Sugar gliders are arboreal and are native to Australia and Indonesia. They are a marsupial, which means they have a pouch like a possum or kangaroo. They are not rodents.
According to the Pocket Pets website, they're called sugar gliders because they like to eat almost anything that is sweet, especially fresh fruit and vegetables, and they have a gliding membrane (similar to a flying squirrel) that stretches from their wrist to their ankles, allowing them to glide – not fly – from tree to tree
In the wild, they primarily live in trees in "colonies" of 10 to 15 other sugar gliders.


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|Boscobel from the South (garden)
Boscobel (Build 1808), a wonderful old estate and garden, also the summer home of a Shakespeare festival, sits high up above the Hudson, in Garrison, NY, near Cold Springs. The mansion once belonged to a gentleman and his family, who came to money, perhaps not in the most honorable way, which sounds not that unusual. He became one of the first millionaires. He build himself an amazingly large house, but never lived to see it. After completion, his wife and son moved there and in succession the only granddaughter with fifteen children.
The house was eventually abandoned in the 1890 and stood empty until the Forties, when it was bought by the State of New York. Fortunately the house was saved by a Foundation, which secured the house, moved it to it's current location and restored the
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The mansion today houses the largest collection of Federal style original furniture and brings an era to life from long ago.
|In the foreground the Constitution Marsh, behind the Hudson and West Point Academy
Not only this, the grounds have been build 1961 to complement the setting high above the Hudson with magnificent views, the former owners could have only dreamed of.
At the time of designing the gardens the trees and shrubberies were planted mature, so the impression of an old, settled in estate is absolutely perfect!
The rose garden holds many beautiful species and this year, so I have been told, it has a record on rose blossoms.
The orangery is a charming addition and the herb garden a delight.
The grounds are completed by an apple orchard and a lake with a large fountain...
The labor of love... Speaking of:
We are going to see Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost, a pleasure I can't wait to indulge in!
When you're in the area, it would be a wonderful addition to any tour along the Hudson.
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Secondly, I want to return the favour. I was discussing with a friend recently that to say "I will pray for you" and then not do it was a bad thing. Its like breaking a promise. If my word is my word and I say I will pray for you, then I must. I am the type of person that if I don't want to do something, I won't offer. So having said that, I have been mulling over the blessing of prayer and how I can add to it.
So this is my plan: If you want prayer I'd like for you to leave me a comment,
- HERE, at My Daily Walk in His Grace,
- HERE, at my Prayer Room Page
- on "My Daily Walk in His Grace" Facebook page which you can find HERE, or
- leave me a message on twitter which you can find HERE.
I have opened a Prayer page called "My Prayer Room" HERE and it will be where we can meet for prayer.
Plan of Action:
- Read this post
- Take action and add your request HERE(on the blog), or HERE(Facebook), or HERE (Twitter) or HERE(prayer room)
- I will pray for you, daily, for a week
- Send a praise report once you have one, because God DOES answer prayer
- Join in and pray for others too. It is an awesome and humbling blessing to lift others up in Christ
Ephesians 6:18 - Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
1 Timothy 2:1 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men.
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Hi my lovely followers --
I haven't posted much on here -- in a LONG time but life has been crazy busy with my son and the family and just adapting to my new life!
5 Randoms about yours truly:
1. NEW BLOG - I'm going to be starting a new blog - mainly reviews on everything from make up to toys! Follow at http://improvedjane.blogspot.com/. :)
2. We are officially Disneyland pass holders! My son is in love with Disney!
3. I'm a Birchbox subscriber! I love me some beauty samples!
4. I had my gallbladder removed I'm officially a few stones lighter! haha
5. BEST ON OF ALL - We set a date to be married! April 17th, 2014. So the dress shopping begins!
Can't wait to see you on my new blog!
Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Bible verse of the day!
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Cor 13:4-13
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Noah woke up in a panic cry as usual for his early morning feeding. Juan grabs him while i go make a bottle.
After bottle making, I sit in our rocker, take the baby and begin to feed him. Some time passes by and i must have fallen asleep with noah in my arms so I stand up with a sleeping child and a full bottle ready to put him to bed. I than cry out to Juan from realization that I HAVE a sleeping child and a full bottle and not sure how I managed to pull that one off.
Oh Lordy. Help me get through the rest of the night! Excuse me if this post doesn't make sense. I needed to do something to keep me awake for this burping!
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
Call me crazy, but Lemon Pepper bagels are my absolute favorite. With a tomato slice on top! (We didnt have any. :( lol)
The joys of food while the little one sleeps. Lol
Sunday, December 02, 2012
'Hi, my name is Megan and I'm addicted to Groupon.'
I swear, if there was a meeting for those who need help buying unnecessary 'deals' my fiancé would probably make me attend. Lol.
While pregnant I bought 3 different photo packages thinking each one was better than the next not realizing that they all expired around the same time.
Therefore we has to take Noah to take photos again this weekend. Welp. Needless to say this one didn't go as great as the last. Although I loved the photographer, the organization of the company sucked. Let me tell you - I am never NEVER never on time to anything in my life... But I wanted to avoid a meltdown from my son so I made sure I was not only on time but 15 minutes early. This is unheard of from me. Being that I'm never on time to anything in my life...thinking back it was probably karma... But They made us wait a whole hour and a half to take our photos! OMAG. My son ended up having a major crying meltdown and hated life at this point. Not the best of pictures from his 8 weeks of life, but being his mommy I had to buy every single photo! Lol.
I'll mention the name of the dislike place AFTER I receive my photos lol. Yes, they make you wait for them!!! Never buying another deal other than picture people!! HA!
Photos to come....whenever I get them...
Saturday, December 01, 2012
First of the month
Rise and shine, it's December 1st! This us probably the most I've been prepared this year in regards to Christmas. I have our Christmas cards (which I always say I'll do every year but don't) ready to be mailed. Me and Juan finished out Christmas shopping with the exception of each other. (I keep telling him that I already have my gift - my baby!!) and lastly, the tree and decorations will be going up this weekend or next.
Also, with this month comes the end of my maternity leave. I'm scheduled to return on January 7th. The day after baby turns 3 months old. I'm truly lucky to be able to have time off for so long but I don't want it to end. I keep telling myself that its the best thing for all of us. If we want to get baby Noah that house with the big yard mommy and daddy have to do what they have to do to get it. I hope this month goes by slow! Lol
Ranting over.
Happy December 1st!


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UPON becoming a winner at this year's Leeds Sports Awards, Rawdon's Izzy Palmer admitted the clicks of a camera and requests for interviews were unfamiliar, uncomfortable territory.
"It's a bit daunting I suppose because I am not used to it!" admitted the 14-year-old.
But she's quickly becoming a natural – rather like her talents in the saddle with the teenager aiming to put Leeds on the world-wide para-dressage map at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Menston-based St Mary's Catholic High School pupil Palmer was named young disability sportsperson of the year at last month's Leeds Sports Awards for her achievements in a sport not associated with Yorkshire's biggest city.
Yet there's no hiding the Leeds links of the Year 9 ace who has born in the city's Leeds General Infirmary and attended St Peter & Paul Catholic Primary School in Yeadon.
And neither is there any hiding Palmer's talents as a para-dressage rider with the teenager now the youngest member of Team GB's BEF UK sport lottery funded World Class Development Programme – across all sports – aimed at nurturing athletes towards Olympic and Paralympic glory.
Palmer was selected for the scheme last December after being crowned a double national champion in a sport more associated with rural areas than Leeds.
But there's no disguising the youngster's passion for the city and area in which she was raised and any success at the likes of Tokyo 2020 will be a triumph for Team GB but also for Leeds.
Palmer told the YEP: "I guess Leeds is not that well known for dressage but I live in Rawdon and we're about a mile from Leeds/Bradford airport.
"Then the horses are based in East Keswick so I'm very near Leeds.
"You always remember where you are from, don't you? And I'm definitely from Leeds!
"I think the sport has become more and more recognised, especially dressage through Charlotte Dujardin and everything she has done.
"That's got the sport more recognised which is great.
"I started para-dressage two years ago and I've ridden since I was two.
"Now I've got on to the World Class Development Programme and I'm the current national champion.
"Things are going really well!"
Palmer was born with cerebral palsy and diagnosed with right sided hemiplegia which can affect her balance.
Yet the Leeds star has proved a natural on horseback since being introduced to riding by mum Caroline when she was two years old.
Riding was initially a hobby and kind of physio for Palmer but the success of world number one and world champion Dujardin at the London 2012 Olympics prompted the youngster to become classified for para- dressage.
Palmer began competing in 2013 and won the Para Talent Development competition before becoming a double national champion in 2014, winning the Grade 3 Restricted Nationals at both the Winter and Summer Dressage Championships on Gregonne Coco Chanel.
Eighteen-year-old 'Coco', on loan from British Dressage judge Alison Duck, is the equine star responsible for taking Palmer up the para-dressage ladder while seven-year-old Renoir – owned by Fiona Coles – has been bought with the future in mind.
It's been a rapid rise for a rider who made the British Equestrian Federation Excel Talent Programme in 2013 and is now setting her sights on lofty ambitions with all roads leading to Tokyo 2020.
"Mum introduced to me horses and I started riding when I was two," recalled Palmer, sponsored by Plevin Products and Carr & Day & Martin.
"Para-dressage started two years and it was more of a hobby until then.
"But now it's turned into something else and with the Olympics and everything I have been really inspired and my overall aim for the future is Tokyo 2020.
"I'll only be 15 by Rio and the horse power isn't there yet and I'm also aiming for the World Equestrian Games and the Europeans and three star internationals abroad.
"We are just looking for the next ride really, to take me from Coco onwards.
"As far as Tokyo is concerned, if I have the horse power by that stage then I'm good enough to go and hopefully I can get there! If I got there and won a medal it would be a bit surreal but it would be amazing and that's the dream."
Given the last two years' rapid progress, Palmer has every chance of fulfilling those dreams but the recent success has not come without a huge amount of dedication and hard work. The Palmer family live in Rawdon but their horses are based at a private yard in East Keswick while Palmer trains fortnightly with Angela Weiss and Sophie Wells – her mentor – in Nottingham.
Lincoln-born Wells bagged two silvers and a gold at the London 2012 Paralympics and highlighted Palmer as 'one to watch' in the Horse & Hound magazine in 2013 before becoming her mentor.
Palmer's dad Andrew is also a full time driving instructor and heads a family that also includes the para-dressage star's two younger sisters, 12-year-old Jessica and 10-year-old Olivia.
It was the older sister of the three putting the family's name up in lights at last month's Leeds Sports Awards, recognition of which clearly came as a surprise of the para-dressage rider. Palmer edged out Danielle Bailey and Kizzy Blue Wade and admitted: "It means a lot and I am delighted to have won.
"It's amazing really. Incredible. I didn't expect to win so it was a surprise and it was lovely to have one."
And more nice surprises likely lie just around the corner for Britain's most promising young para-dressage star – which will mean more opportunity for Palmer to develop a blossoming relationship with the media. Asked what she thought about all the increased attention over the last two years, Palmer said: "It's a bit daunting I suppose because I am not used to it – talking to people and doing things like this!
"But I think over time I'll get used to it. I do get nervous but I think the more I get used to it the better I'll be."
Not that it really matters, after all, as Palmer laughed: "I don't get nervous about riding anyway!"


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The Great Pyramid of Giza
is the only surviving "wonder of the ancient world."
It was once covered with smoothly polished white casing stones.
Some researchers believe that wanderers approaching
the pyramid at night could actually see the stars reflected
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Friday, December 20, 2013
Friday Car Pr0n #9
That's a '71 Stingray. It's as old as I am, and boy I wish I looked that good. Now, if this were Jersey Shore, I'd be that orange, but I wouldn't look that muscular and sleek, not without serious outside help and some bondo. For me, not the car.
While the third generation is my favorite, I'm a little more partial to the later versions as far as looks - the late '70s/early '80s 'Vettes seem to have better lines IMHO. The curve of the back glass, the swoop of the fenders; to me, the lines get nicer as the generation aged. Sadly, it also happened right in the middle of the 1970s, a dark time for American car manufacture as smog and emission controls strangled the horsepower out of our cars.
It's still damn good looking car, though...
That is all.
3 comments:
- Evyl Robot Michael said...
That's not a bad generation, but I'm personally partial to the first. Even if it is a six-cylinder, auto-trans thingy, the '53 was so ahead of its time in so many ways, with a European sleek body style. We all know about Cobra kit cars, but I've often wondered why there's not a similar kit to build a first gen Corvette. Others have written at one time or another that an Acura NSX makes Chevrolet's Corvette look like a shade tree project, which is funny, but I wouldn't turn my nose up at a Corvette given the right opportunity. I did by chance get to take position behind the wheel of an early '60s model that was a lot of fun. I won't go into details on the 'net, but ask me about it sometime when we're FTF over beers.
- December 20, 2013 at 9:48 AM
- Ted said...
Several years ago there was a guy selling 1st generation Resto-mods with C-5 running gear at the Newport Concours. Very well done. But they had a $250 K asking price A interweb search will find all sorts of 1st gen project cars in various stages
- December 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM
- Stingray said...
Robot/Ted: The C5 into C1 kits, last I checked, were just for the nose, but I'd be amazed if there aren't more extensive mods available. I don't know why, but the wire-mesh grills over the headlights on the C1 just kicks my happy button. Of all the details, the headlight grills. Go figure.
Either way, this is the perfect excuse to post one of my favorite lines from a book. I think it was the Star Wreck parody series.
"Schwoopy? What the hell is schwoopy?"
"You know, scwhoopy. All the right curves, like Betty Page or a '69 Corvette."
"Funny, I've got a picture of Betty Page doing 69 in a Corvette."
Personally it's the C2 body that does it for me, but I imagine learning how to drive stick in one may be an influencing factor.
- December 20, 2013 at 2:01 PM


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Huge new holes in Siberia have scientists calling for urgent investigation of the mysterious cratersPosted by Jim at Wednesday, February 25, 2015
By Macrina Cooper-White
23 February 2015
(The Huffington Post) – Scientists were baffled last July when they discovered three giant holes in the ground in the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia.
Now, with the help of satellite imagery, researchers have located four additional craters--and they believe there may be dozens more in the region. That has them calling for an urgent investigation to protect residents living in the area.
"I am sure that there are more craters on Yamal, we just need to search for them … I suppose there could be 20 to 30 craters more," Prof. Vasily Bogoyavlensky, a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and deputy director of the Moscow-based Oil and Gas Research Institute, told The Siberian Times. "It is important not to scare people, but to understand that it is a very serious problem and we must research this."
Researchers ventured deep inside one of the holes last November, collecting data in an effort to learn why the holes formed. The leading theory is that the holes were created by gas explosions triggered by underground heat or by rising air temperatures associated with climate change, the Siberian Times reported last December.
Since scientists can't predict when or where gas explosions will occur, it's dangerous to study them, according to Bogoyavlensky. But he said his team is planning to launch a new expedition, and to put stations in the area to detect earthquakes that might strike when the craters open up.
"We need to answer now the basic questions: what areas and under what conditions are the most dangerous?" he told the Siberian Times. "These questions are important for safe operation of the northern cities and infrastructure of oil and gas complexes." [more]
Huge New Holes In Siberia Have Scientists Calling For Urgent Investigation Of The Mysterious Craters
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Writing Tips from Katie Mettner
I am starting a new guest post feature on my blog. It is going to center around writing tips and writing advice. It will likely be irregular, but that's okay. I'll try to label each of the posts under Writing Tips so that once I've got a good store of them, you can just click on that and access them all.
For my very first Writing Tips post, I've invited the lovely Katie Mettner. Right now, she is promoting her novel, Liberty Belle on Kindle Scout. So you'll hear a little about that and then Katie will go into 7 of her tips--all of which I found incredibly useful. In fact, these are truly writing tips to live by, if you ask me.
(FYI - Kindle Scout is this new program over on Amazon where readers can nominate never-before-published books for a chance at a publishing contract with Kindle Press. To read more, go here.)
And now, Katie:
Thanks for having me over to your blog today, Lisa. As you mentioned I have a new book up for nominations in the Kindlescout program. Liberty Belle is the fifth book in the Snowberry Series. Liberty lives in Snowberry, Minnesota and her life is about to be turned upside down. Bram Alexander, the local newspaper photographer, plans to be there to catch her. In this series, the main character has a fun holiday name and it takes place over the holiday season. In this book, Liberty Belle is the name of the bakery on Main Street of Snowberry, and is owned and run by none other than Liberty Belle. Lib, to everyone who knows her, has been running the family bakery since her dad passed away three years ago. She doesn't have time for physical impairments OR Bram Alexander.
About The Book:
Photographer Bram Alexander has his viewfinder focused on the only sweet thing in Snowberry, Minnesota - the beautiful Liberty Belle. Handed the reins to her family's bakery early in life, Liberty works nonstop to protect their legacy. When Bram finds her on the bakery floor injured and alone, Liberty must decide if her tattered heart can trust him with her secret. Armed with small town determination, and a heart of gold, Bram shows Liberty frame-by-frame how falling for him is as easy as pie.
If you would like to help Katie out and see this book get a publishing contract, please visit its page for its Kindlescout Nomination right here.
My Top Seven Writing Tips
1. Write every day, even if it's one paragraph scribbled on a napkin while your kid enjoys a happy meal. You may laugh at this, but every writer has done it at some point in his or her career. If that's all the time you have that day to write, then grab it. We all wear many different hats in life, and the writer hat usually takes a backseat to everything else, so make it a priority every day. It's helpful to take a notebook with you everywhere, so you can keep all your 'paragraphs' in one place. With technology, there are tons of great apps for note taking and writing for any iPhone or Droid.
2. Don't be self-serving in your writing. What do I mean by that? If you're writing fiction you plan to publish, be your own toughest critic. Just because the scene in chapter four is your favorite doesn't mean it will be the readers' favorite. Try to keep your back story to the bare minimum the reader needs to understand the past history. Being too long winded or carrying on for pages about something inconsequential to the scene at hand will take your reader out of the scene, and the last thing you want them to do is put the book down, and never pick it back up. I once read a book where the author went on for a whole chapter about the characters martial arts medals, belts, awards, skills etc. etc. when all he would have had to say was, "She held a black belt in every martial art in the modern world." I put the book down and still haven't finished it.
3. Find a trusted beta-reader or two. This is imperative and helps with tip #2. If you have two, but not more than three, trusted readers you can give your manuscript to they will help you ferret out what should stay, and what should go. You can send them your manuscript chapter by chapter or all at once when you are done with it. I suggest if you are questioning a scene and wonder how it might influence the rest of the book, send it out immediately for an opinion. Writers are great at self-doubt and your beta-readers will tell you straight whether they love it or hate it.
4. Disconnect from the internet when writing. Every writer is guilty of sitting down to write and find themselves hours later with only four words written. It's really important not to let marketing and social media take up what precious writing time you have. The best author platform in the world will do you no good if you have nothing for the reader to read. In this day and age this will probably be the hardest part of your writing day. I'm guilty of it every day, but have learned when I'm really behind the eight ball on a book then turning off that Wi-Fi switch is the only answer.
5. Keep your exclamation points to a minimum! Don't use more than two or three exclamation points for every 100,000 words! If you use too many exclamation points in your manuscript people will start to get annoyed! Only use exclamation points to make an important point or to express that your character is yelling! (I'm pretty sure just reading that paragraph was explanation enough of why too many exclamation points is just plain annoying.)
6. If you don't feel inadequate you aren't doing it right. You can go ahead and read that again if you need to, I'll wait. I said it exactly right, though. If you don't feel inadequate with everything you write then you aren't writing deep enough or hard enough. When your writing has all the emotions of your heart, and hours and hours of hard work devoted to it, you'll start to feel like every other writer is better than you are. When you feel that way, whether it's from the first time you sit down to write or two years later, then you're doing it right. Just make sure you don't let the self-doubt stop you from writing. And that leads me to my last tip.
7. You can't please everyone. A third of the people will love you, a third of the people will hate you and a third of the people are indifferent. Write for the third of the people that love you. They will always outweigh the negativity of anyone who doesn't like your work, and when you put out consistent, well written, and engaging stories the third that are indifferent will slowly move in with the third that love you. It takes a lot of work and months of angst and worry, but when that first five star review comes in you'll find it was all worth it.
Katie Mettner writes inspirational romance from a little house in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. She's the author of the four part epic family saga, The Sugar Series, Sugar's Song being runner up for sweet romance in the eFestival of Words contest. Her other romance series, The Northern Lights Series and the Snowberry Holiday Series, are both set in Minnesota and are a mix of new adult and romantic suspense. Katie lives with her soulmate, whom she met online at Thanksgiving and married in April. Together they share their lives with their three children and two leopard geckos. After suffering an especially bad spill on the bunny hill in 1989, Katie became an amputee in 2011, giving her the much needed time to pen her first novel, Sugar's Dance. With the release of Sugar's story, Katie discovered the unfilled need for disabled heroes and heroines! Her stories are about empowering people with special circumstances to find the one person who will love them because of their abilities, not their inabilities. Katie has a slight addiction to Twitter and blogging, with a lessening aversion to Pinterest now that she quit trying to make the things she pinned.
Find all of Katie's books on Amazon
Read about more of Katie's adventures as an amputee writer at http://katiemettner.com/
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What is YRM: I honestly believe there are good things and bad things about every type of yarn, no matter how much you save or how much you break the bank.
This is for the lay-knitter, not professionals. This is for people like me who might not necessarily be fiber experts despite being a crocheter or knitter for a long time, but need an honest opinion about yarn before they dive into a project with it.
Last Yarn Review, it may have looked like I was really hating on Lion Brand. But really, I just didn't like that particular yarn they happen to carry. So this time I'm reviewing a yarn from them that I really liked.
The yarn:
Fisherman's Wool by Lion Brand
100% wool
8oz/227g - 465 yd/425m
Maple Tweed colorway
The projects: Adult Surprise Jacket (scroll down a bit for pattern), Aviatrix, and my own design for cabled children's mittens.
What I liked: I love how soft it is when knit, although it felt pretty rough in the making. It is incredibly warm and feels very light as a garment. Has a nice plush, almost bouncy feel to it after it has been knit also. Gets fuzzy, but hasn't pilled yet, even after extended wear as mittens. Good for cold weather play here in the north Midwest.
What I didn't like: The yarn was deceptively scratchy during the knitting process. During long periods of knitting (2+ hours) I would get what seemed like a rug burn on the finger I use to keep yarn tension. I'm pretty sure they only carry natural colors right now, which is not a bad thing. I'm not entirely sure I like it though, because I don't dye my own yarn, don't have time for it, and that limits me a little.
Where you can buy it: I got mine at JoAnn's. You can also buy directly from Lion Brand (link provided below), and I'm guessing most big craft stores that carry Lion Brand will have it. I also found it for sale from various websites after a quick search.
Affordability: $12.99 from Lion Brand. JoAnn's is currently having a 30% off sale. (As of 8.9.13)
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Disclaimer: I was not compensated for this or asked to review this yarn by any store or the company itself. Opinions are my own.


text: We are pleased to acknowledge that concern we expressed for the future of the James Lewis Casaday Costume Collection was not needed. Between the time we wrote and published (on June 26) an editorial asking the South Bend Community School Corp. to find a way to keep and properly care for the extensive collection, it already had done so. The board of trustees was told on June 19 of a plan to move the collection to the former Eggleston Elementary School. It was reported in The Tribune on June 27. Eggleston no longer is being used as an elementary school and is very adequate site for the costume collection begun in 1937 by Casaday, when he took charge of the South Bend schools' drama program. Superintendent Joan Raymond said she had hoped the collection could stay in a more central, downtown location. For that to happen, another business or agency would have had to have offered space. The thousands of costume items that comprise the extraordinary collection cannot be properly cared for and still be kept accessible to the public without the use of a considerable amount of space. The collection fit in the old Education Center on South Main Street. But the school corporation didn't have enough room in its new Education Center at 215 S. St. Joseph St. No benefactor offered a free downtown site. That left administrators reviewing internal options. We think Eggleston is a fine choice. While it isn't centrally located, it is fairly close to Clay High School, home of the performing arts magnet program. In some ways, the collection will be more usable and accessible to the public than it was in its old Education Center location. A thorough inventory and computerized record will help the school system to keep track of the one-of-a-kind treasure. Fortunately, Jean L. Savarese, who at age 82 is the long-time caretaker of the collection, is overseeing the move and inventory processes. We hope that when the time comes for Savarese to retire, she will have had an opportunity to prepare a successor to assume her responsibilities. The administration is to be commended for devising a solution that will keep the costume collection both safe and in use for many years to come.


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A man dubbed one of Ireland's "stupidest" criminals has been jailed for seven years for a botched robbery of a gold storage business in Dublin.
Gary Byrne (30), the getaway driver, left the scene of the crime while the robbery was in progress. He left his accomplices Ian Jordan (33) and Aidan Murphy (32) inside the Bullion Room, on Bolton Street, along with two members of staff, who were bound and gagged.
Byrne left the building, with the keys to the safe, locking the shutters at the front of the business behind him and trapping his accomplices inside. They tried to escape through the ceiling tiles and knock a hole in a wall with hammers. The fire services eventually had to cut a hole in the shutter to free those inside. They emerged with their hands up and were sentenced to five years.
Judge Donagh McDonagh described it as "one of the most farcical cases in recent criminal history in Dublin". The Irish Times reported that he Byrne "ranks amongst the all-time stupidest criminals to come before the courts".
The getaway driver was sentenced to seven years for attempted robbery, possession of an imitation firearm and two counts of false imprisonment. However, the judge said he would give him "the benefit of his stupidity" and suspend the final two years.
The Judge continued "It was a well researched but indifferently planned operation. They knew the business owner's schedule well and raided her premises at the most vulnerable time."
On the morning of the incident a female member of the staff and a security guard were opening the shutters where the three raiders, all dressed as builders, came up behind them and forced them inside at gunpoint.
The demanded the woman give them the keys, threaten her and made her phone for the password. Both staff members were then bounded and gagged. It was at this point Murphy realized he could not find the second key to the safe as Byrne had already fled.
Considering the outcome of their operation the judge said "It would be easy to consider this whole episode a farce if it were not for the fact that two innocent people were treated in this manner. As far as they were concerned, this was [a real gun]."
"One thing is for sure his (Byrne's) ineptitude and stupidity does not, in any way, reduce his culpability."
Detective Garda Brian Quirke told the court that Byrne was the getaway driver. He fled the scene in a blue Ford Courier. He later abandoned the van and dumped the hard hat, hi-vis jacked and purple gloves he had been wearing.
He was arrested after extensive analysis of CCTV footage.
Quirke also said that while the Bullion Room has since closed they previously traded in precious metals. They usually had up to €50,000 ($65,700) in cash on the premises and gold to the value of €400,000 ($526,116) to €500,000 ($657,740). The business also had an intricate security system which needed two people with two separate keys to open the safe and a password that had to be phoned through to a security company.


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This is an online lesson associated with activities during Solar Week, a twice-yearly event in March and October during which classrooms are able to interact with scientists studying the Sun. This activity is scheduled to occur during Monday of... (View More) Solar Week. The lesson introduces the concept of astronomical filters and their connections to imaging different objects in space. Learners will explore perceptions of images as seen using different colors of light, construct a filter wheel, and practice investigating various astronomical images using the filter wheel. This material was designed to highlight how filters are useful to astronomers and show how a real astronomical telescope uses filters to image the Sun. Outside of Solar Week, information, activities, and resources are archived and available online at any time. (View Less)
This is an activity about using models to solve a problem. Learners will use a previously constructed model of the MMS satellite to determine if the centrifugal force of the rotating MMS model is sufficient to push the satellite's antennae outward,... (View More) simulating the deployment of the satellites after launch. Then, learners will determine the minimum rotational speed needed for the satellite to successfully deploy the antennae. This is the seventh activity as part of the iMAGiNETICspace: Where Imagination, Magnetism, and Space Collide educator's guide. Instructions for downloading the iBook educator's guide and the associated Transmedia book student guide are available at the resource link. (View Less)
In this chapter, students will explore relationships between air quality and population density using the image visualization tool, Google Earth. You will learn how to download NO2 data and analyze them to develop a conceptual understanding of how... (View More) population and topography can influence the air quality of a region. Once you have learned the techniques, you are encouraged to explore seasonal changes in nitrogen dioxide concentrations at other locations. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET). Each EET chapter provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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Using Mathematical Models to Investigate Planetary Habitability: Activity C The Role of Actual Data in Mathematical Models
Students explore how mathematical descriptions of the physical environment can be fine-tuned through testing using data. In this activity, student teams obtain satellite data measuring the Earth's albedo, and then input this data into a... (View More) spreadsheet-based radiation balance model, GEEBITT. They validate their results against published the published albedo value of the Earth, and conduct similar comparisons Mercury, Venus and Mars. The resource includes an Excel spreadsheet tutorial, an investigation, student data sheets and a teacher's guide. Students apply their understanding to the real life problem of urban heat islands and deforestation. The activity links builds on student outcomes from activities A and B: "Finding a Mathematical Description of a Physical Relationship," and "Making a Simple Mathematical Model." This is Activity C in module 3, Using Mathematical Models to Investigate Planetary Habitability, of the resource, Earth Climate Course: What Determines a Planet's Climate? The course aims to help students to develop an understanding of our environment as a system of human and natural processes that result in changes that occur over various space and time scales. (View Less)
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The effects of volcanoes on both the environment and people are the focus of this investigation. Students are introduced to the term "buffer" and are tasked with creating a possible buffer zone around Mount St. Helens. Students begin by assigning 32... (View More) pre-written statements related to volcanoes into categories of cause, effect and human responses. The chart, along with true-color and false-color LandSat images from 1980 and 1999, are used to study the eruption of Mount St. Helens to determine that possible buffer zone. The URL opens to the investigation directory, with links to teacher and student materials, lesson extensions, resources, teaching tips, and assessment strategies. As the first investigation in this module entitled, "Volcanoes- Local Hazard, Global Issue," the teacher's guide will begin with a two-page module overview and list of all standards addressed. This is Investigation 1 of three found in the Grades 5-8 Module 1 of Mission Geography. The Mission Geography curriculum integrates data and images from NASA missions with the National Geography Standards. Each of the three investigations in Module 1, while related, can be done independently. (View Less)
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PRN LPN Opening
Responsibilities:In addition to general nursing care, responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Collaborates with physicians and other health care providers to ensure continuity, timeliness and appropriateness of care to inmate patients
- Coordinates and/or administers medication, treatments, to inmate patients
- Assists with medical treatments
- Administers prescribed medication
- Applies surgical dressings & bandages
- Provides emergency first aid care
- Checks & records vital signs
- Obtains specimens from inmate patients for diagnostic testing
- Reports reactions to treatments and medications, as well as changes in the inmates' emotional or physical condition
- Provides inmate patient education and/or discharge planning
- Records all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms
- Promotes a therapeutic environment to ensure inmates are treated in a professional, ethical and tactful manner
- Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting
- Upholds HIPAA regulations
- Punctual and dependent for assigned/confirmed shifts
Skills and Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited LPN program
- Current LPN license, in good standing with the State licensing board
- Must be highly motivated and a self-starter.
- Must possess strong people skills, be cooperative, and exercise professional demeanor
- Must have a high level of integrity and honesty
- Must be able to remain focused on the task while stationed in a busy environment.
- Must be punctual, reliable and a team player
- Must consent to and successfully pass a criminal background investigation.
- Must have experience with computers
- Must be currently BLS certified
- Must have the ability to remain calm, think clearly and act rapidly in an emergency situation; must be able to bend, stoop, twist and turn, climb up and down stairs.
- A working knowledge of jail policy and procedures is a plus.
Those who do well in this position have excellent critical thinking and assessment skills, are able to make decisions independently and have solid interpersonal skills. They also have to be assertive, empathetic and able to provide care objectively when serving this unique population. The inmate patient population generally has not had consistent access to healthcare prior to their incarceration. This provides an opportunity for nurses to see and care for an interesting variety of health concerns from minor ailments to major and atypical conditions.
Working Conditions:
Because inmate patients need round-the-clock care, working hours include days, nights, weekends and holidays. The number of inmate patients assigned per shift will vary with facility, if applicable. In a correctional environment, all staff receives specific training in the areas of security and correctional procedures and there are many security measures in place. Nurses working in correctional facilities must accept that the fundamental mission of a correctional facility is first and foremost public safety and security.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please complete an application.
QCHC would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted. QCHC is an equal opportunity employer.
QCHC offers medical, dental and vision insurance for all full-time employees
QCHC participates in random drug screenings.
All applicants are subject to pre-employment background check and drug screening.Quality Correctional Health Care
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Seahawks – Rams Monday Night Football Preview [VIDEO]
The Seattle Seahawks take their 6-1 record (3-1 on the road) to St. Louis Monday night to take on the Rams in an NFC West showdown.
Seattle goes into tonight's game as an eleven point favorite over the 3-4 Rams. With the sports world focusing on the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals playing game five of The World Series only a few blocks away, the Edward Jones Dome figures to have a lot of empty seats tonight.
The game will be broadcast on the Seahawks Radio Network on Newstalk KIT starting at 3:30 p.m. ESPN will handle the TV broadcast.
In this video, Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden preview tonight's match up.
Get more Seahawks news here.