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A couple of months ago a woman was presenting at a conference in a foreign (to her) city. Her talk was on feminism, and as part of it she mentioned that one of the issues women have at conferences is that many men think they are there simply to make themselves sexually available. This, unsurprisingly, is not how the women feel. She spoke of her own personal feelings – that she did not see conferences as a place for men to hit on her, and that as a professional, she did not like or welcome such advances.
After the day's talks were over, many of the speakers and attendees moved to the hotel bar, where conversation went on into the wee small hours. At around 4am, this woman stood up, saying thanks, people, but I'm bushed, and I really need to get some sleep, and left to go to her room.
A man followed her, a man who had been hanging around all evening, was at the conference, but had made no attempt to speak to her. He followed her into the elevator.
And when the doors were closed he said don't take this the wrong way, but… and asked her back to his room.
She said no.
And the next day she mentioned it in her vlog about the conference. She described what happened, and said don't do this, guys. It's creepy.
And the internet exploded.
Because a man's right to proposition a woman, anywhere, at any time, takes priority over the needs, feelings and wishes of a woman.
Because 'she can always say no'. (And we know that always works, don't we?)
Because the fact that a man can pick a less scary place than a confined space at 4am with no one else around, that he could have chosen the bar, or earlier in the day, or at breakfast the next day, doesn't mean that he should ever consider doing so.
Because his penis Wants Satisfaction! Right Now!
And any woman saying no, this is wrong, this is inappropriate is a man hating feminazi.
And that, pretty much, was how the 'discussion' went. Round and round in circles, as man after man stood up to explain the primacy of the needs of his penis.
Now there were men that understood, and who tried, with many women, to bash some sense into heads with a clue by four.
We told them about Schrodinger's rapist.
They said we were calling all men rapists.
We told them how some men cross the street at night to avoid causing a woman anxiety by walking behind her.
They said we were making unreasonable demands. (We weren't even asking them to do this. Go figure.)
We told them that sexism was a significant problem within the sceptical/humanist/atheist community.
They said it was all in our heads, a product of our fevered pink ladybrains. (thanks, Tiger Beatdown!)
They demanded scientific evidence of male on female assaults, and when we produced it they said it wasn't true.
They told us that no one ever got raped in an elevator, and when we produced news reports of such, they ignored them.
And then Richard Dawkins weighed in, telling us it wasn't a problem, because we weren't muslim women, who have real problems, and then that being propositioned in an elevator was like him standing next to someone chewing gum, ie annoying, but in no way (no, not ever ever) a threat.
And people got pissed off, because Dawkins is supposed to be one of our leaders, and he completely dismissed the idea that being propositioned in a lift, in a strange country, at 4am, is a worrying, often scary, and sometimes downright terrifying experience.
Because men don't go around with 'rapist' on their foreheads. And emergency buttons stop lifts between floors. And you don't have to rape a woman to do serious damage to her physical and/or mental health. And if he gets out on the same floor as you, do you go to your room and hope he won't push his way in before you can get the door shut? Do you make a run for the stairs and hope he isn't faster? Do you stay in the lift and go back down to the lobby and hope this doesn't make him angry?
There are a lot of decent men out there. But when one lurks about without speaking to you all evening, then follows you into an enclosed space in the wee small hours, and waits until the doors are closed before propositioning you, the likelihood that he's one of the scary ones has risen sharply.
Studies show that 1/60 men are rapists. If there are more than sixty men at a conference, and one of them behaves like this, the chances that he's that one in sixty start to look pretty good.
Remind me again why this wasn't creepy?
But now we get to the worst part, and the reason for that picture at the top of this post.
What happened to Rebecca Watson was like Pippin throwing stones into the lake. Remember how Aravir grasps his wrist, telling him that some things are better left undisturbed? Over the last year or so, women have been saying that something isn't right in the sceptical movement. That many of them feel sidelined, patronised and as if they're there simply to be sexually available to the men.
And a lot of men told us it was all in our fluffy pink ladybrains, and to stop making a fuss, and to concentrate on important things (read: things that men think are important).
And then Rebecca threw the rock into the lake.
And the thing that had been there all along, the thing that had been our 'imaginations', rose up from the deep. An ugly thing. A very, very scary thing.
The realisation that for a significant proportion of men in this community, we are only sexual objects. That if we demand more, then we can just fuck off. That if we're not attractive enough to be a sexual object, we can just fuck off. That men know far better than us how to interpret these issues, and if we have an opinion, we can fuck off. That it's not sexism, because nothing is sexism until a man says it is. Oh, and fuck off anyway, because girls don't do science properly.
And it hasn't stopped.
That isn't to say that the clue-by-four didn't work on some men – and some women, too. But the hard core of misogynists remains, enabled by a series of bloggers, which inevitably includes at least one woman.
And it gets worse.
The woman who said guys, don't do this, is still receiving hate mail. Whole blogs have been devoted to hatred of her. Men are campaigning to have her removed from any role as a speaker within the sceptical movement. She has been threatened with rape. She has had death threats.
They write lists of her negative characteristics, the kind of thing familiar to anyone who has met a man who's furious that his boss is a woman.
It all boils down to things like this:
She gossips (because men discuss)
She's arrogant (because men know their own value)
She's argumentative (because men hold their own)
And so on, and so on, ad nauseum.
All because she said guys, don't do this.
And all I want to say is Rebecca, you're fantastic. And you're absolutely right. You saw this long before most of the rest of us did. You spoke up, and you brought the haters, the slime at the bottom of the lake, roaring into view. You gave us a litmus test for who is truly part of this community, and who is threatened, or furious, or disgusted at the idea that women are demanding to have an equal part of it.
Feminism is the astonishing idea that women are human beings.
You, and PZ, and Phil, and Greg, and the Pharyngulites, and countless people too many to name are on your side, because it's our side, and our community, and our future.
I give you:
Rebecca Watson
There was a great deal of discussion on Pharyngula, and much smacking down of trolls and MRAs. It's well worth reading; I'll summarise some of the best comments in another post.

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I think I'm the opposite.
Take your time. Build it. Build it to last.
Signing a slew of JUCO's isn't the answer.
If you go out and sign 25 freshmen this year you will have a very experienced team in 4 years but you will be starting over every 4 years.
Getting stuck in a great to poor cycle is not what you want.
17 or 18 freshmen signees per year is optimal if you want 5th year seniors from your red shirt program.
21 or 22 HS signees is optimal for a 4-year rollover system.
Stacking freshmen to fill a roster is unbalanced.
To get your program on a sustained even keel you need a good red shirt program and sign 17-18 high school seniors each year.
The problem right now coming off probation is UL has openings but going all HS now will put UL in the exact same boat in 4 years.
Juco is the Great balancer.
First of all you can absolutely balance with 25 signed a year.
Some will red shirt, some will play as true freshman, some will be injured and cannot continue, some will be misses and quit, some will transfer.
In any case it's absolutely ludicrous to build a program strictly on a mathematical basis. If you were greatly successful with 2/3 of your signed players your 5th year couldn't be 25. Yes in there there'd be a need to back fil with juco and graduate transfers. Go ahead and sign the best 25 available.
This is what we do on here. Talk amongst ourselves... speculating. I do think we all agree we've brought someone in to run our football program that doesn't need us telling him what he needs to do. He doesn't need to be told of an "urgency". He doesn't need us telling him how many recruits he is missing during early signing. He doesn't need us telling him he does or doesn't need JUCOs... or that he should try to win asap... or wait on his ideal high caliber program specific high schoolers to build an ideal Napier program.
All Napier needs from us is advice on Cajun cuisine and the best Ragin Cajun places to begin his association. My gut tells me he has a plan formulating with staff, recruits, and winning that exceeds our advice. But we definitely know more about how to pass a good time in Acadiana.
There's no penalty for grabbing some instant contributing JUCOs. Napier can't go scorched earth theory... and try really really hard over a span of losing... to convince his ideal recruits to be "Napier Cajuns". ... with an unrealistic expectation that they'll deliver us a winning program. This situation is not unique to us or Napier. Every program... that results in a fired coach due to poor results... has this almost exact situation ahead of them.
I'll even add that Hud did not "devastate" this program. He weakened it. But it has some fast flex recovery if Napier knows how to use it.
Signing 25 is basically committing a full/third of your team to inexperience.
Inexperience with your system, inexperience with the speed of the game all while they are trying to get their bearings straight.
Juco is not the permanent solution since a third or fourth year junior is much more valuable than a first year junior.
What we need to do is sign guys that can play football, not guys that just look good in a uniform, regardless of where they come from!
He said 17.
We went from Bustle (3-9) to Hud (9-4) with minimal improvement from JUCO. Peoples for sure, and I think a DB, but don't think any others that 1st year.
Going through the UCF roster, Frost & Staff did an amazing turn-around, once again with minimal JUCO help.
I expect improved play with existing talent due to better coaching, better game planning & better discipline.
Yes, I believe there is some immediate help we can get from JUCO, but if we are expecting more than 2 or 3 starters, I would be surprised. I do be we can get some quality depth from JUCO though to make this a deeper team.


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The D. Inez Andreas School of Business held its 16th Executive Leadership Forum (ELF) on March 21, which included a conversation on "Entrepreneurship and Success: A Testimony."
Donna Abood, principal managing director of the Miami Office of Avison Young, a global commercial real estate firm, was a guest speaker at the forum. Abood is responsible for client servicing and revenue of the leasing division, and oversees the leasing division's business development of institutional and local investor clients and tenant representation services, including retail, industrial and office.
Nichole Castater, PhD, associate professor of finance, interviewed Abood, who provided students, faculty and staff with information about her long and successful career, as well as insights into how to manage a career in the commercial real estate market.
The primary purpose of ELF is to enhance the learning experience of students in the MBA program. Guests are invited to participate in a business dialogue, communicating challenges and triumphs to students and the community. The aim of this dialogue is to assist students in recognizing the challenges of implementation and learning the different paths to take as a leader from seasoned executives.


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When Albrecht is pointing his gun at Eric by the sidewalk outside Gideons, he is distracted by looters at Gideons, notably one with long blonde hair stealing a T.V. set. This is in fact James O'Barr, author of the comic book series on which the film is based.
Occasionally in the film, you may notice thar Eric has a light scar going under his eye and over his nose. Brandon Lee was not scarred in this way, it is a reference to the graphic novel, in which Eric had a similar scar. Eric was shot in the head - the shot cracked the bone under his eye, creating the wound.
The latter part of the scene with Eric and Albrecht in Albrecht's apartment was actually ad-libbed. Brandon (Eric) decided to pick up a picture of Albrecht and his wife and ask him about it. The following part about Shelley ("Believe me, nothing is trivial") was also not in the script.
One of the bad guys at Top Dollar's meeting is one of the screenwriters, David Schow. He is the guy who gets pulled under the table.
Jeff Imada is also at Top Dollar's meeting. Jeff was Brandon Lee's best friend, fight choreographer for the film, and fellow student in the martial arts (how he and Brandon first met). He plays Braeden - the one who says, "So you're saying we should just quit?".
In one of the flashback scenes, we see T-Bird reading from a book - "Abashed the devil stood, and felt how awful goodness is." The book is Milton's Paradise Lost. (NOTE: the line after this sounds like it is also a quote from the book, but it is not) David Patrick Kelly, who played T-Bird was so into his character that he bought an antique copy of the book. It is this we see him holding in the scene.
When Eric breaks in to Gideons Pawn, he quotes a phrase from Edgar Allen Poe's poem entitled 'The Raven'. ["Suddenly, I heard a tapping..."]
The birds used in the film were not acually crows, they were ravens - five of them in all.
At the end of the film, there is a dedication to Brandon and Eliza. Eliza (Lisa Hutton) was Brandon Lee's fiancé. They were to be married in Ensenada, Mexico on April 17th 1993 (It was less than 3 weeks till their wedding when Brandon died). It is exceedingly ironic that the theme of people being torn from one another extends out of the film into real life.
In Brandon's last on-camera interview, he quotes from the novel The Sheltering Sky ("Because we do not know when we will die, we get to think of life as an inexhaustible well..."). This quote was also used on Brandon and Eliza's wedding invitations.
This section goes behind the scenes to give some insight into the special effects and production techniques used in the making of The Crow.
Virtually all movies involve many special effects, some simple, some incredibly complex. Many of these may not look like special effects, however - the computer technology used and the skill and imagination of the team of people working on the film make many effects seem incredibly real, when in fact they are not.
As the film was on a relatively low budget, many scenes had to be created the cheapest way possible, whilst still looking real. For example, the film made extensive use of miniatures, although this was not just because of cost considerations.
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The company responsible for many of these effects is Dream Quest Images. Dream Quest's credits include working with 'Industrial Light and Magic' and 'Boss Films' as well as on projects such as Bladerunner, Beetlejuice, Total Recall, Predator, The Abyss, The Blob... an impressive record. The Crow, however had one major difference - the budget. Dream Quest was used to a budget around $40,000 wheras their budget for The Crow was a mere $15,000. To students of contemporary film, even a budget of below a million dollars would be considered an 'indie' budget, let alone an amount of cash often won and lost on an online casino. To have utilised such a small budget to craft a film of such impressive notoriety in the field of comic adaptations is impressive in itself.
The use of miniatures extends to many of the exterior shots of the city, such as the crow flying amoung the buildings and a certain car chase... Director Alex Proyas: "The use of miniatures grew out of a fairly practical consideration. I had this idea of being with the crow flying through the city at night way up in the air. The only way to do it was in miniature and matte the crow in to the scene. Out of these images really came the whole style of the film."
The car chase sequence with T-Bird, Skank and the police is actually a mixture of live footage and miniature models, integrated to produce the final sequence. The scene with Eric being chased by the police (and the helicopter) is made in much the same way. The helicopter is actually a large toy. With the aid of optics and light development effects, Dream Quest was able to make all the elements join together seamlessly.
Several scenes featuring Eric Draven, Brandon Lee left unfinished when he died. It was the job of Dream Quest Images to bring Brandon Lee 'back from the grave' to finish the film. Most of the scenes left to do were centered on the loft set (Eric & Shelley's apartment) and were mostly concerned with their life together. But also, Eric's post murder activities at the apartment, him putting on the whiteface makeup, burning the pictures of Shelley, and his meeting with Sarah still had to be filmed. Most of the footage could be done using a body double, although seven scenes required something more. Dream Quest Images' digital compositing unit broke new ground in helping to adapt footage of Brandon from other scenes.
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Such special effects shots are usually planned well in advance, and usually require there to be a steady, locked-off camera (often on a computer controlled rig) whose footage is used when compositing the special effects sequences. But the elements used on The Crow had been shot without any regard to special post-production optical work so no locked-off photography existed. Dream Quest had to make do with mostly hand held footage which has constant movement on all axes. It is thanks to the computer program Matador, which can stabalise an image by eliminating any movement - even by the camera, that such believable effects were possible.
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"Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." - Special Olympics Oath
Lebanon County Special Olympic's mission is to provide year-round training and competition in Olympic type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and closely related developmental disabilities providing them physical fitness, joy, and a sense of community. We are 100% volunteer run and receives no assistance from federal, state, or local programs. We provide these services for free to athletes and their families.
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The growth of bitcoin is fueling speculation and debate about the environmental impact of the collective energy needed to power the virtual currency in the era of climate change. Some questions and answers about the issue:
Bitcoin is the most popular virtual currency in the world, and it has grown in value this year. It was created in 2009 as a new way of paying for things that would not be subject to central banks that are capable of devaluing currency. The sustainability concerns about bitcoin, voiced by economists and environmentalists, stem from the process of "mining" that is central to its existence.
The "miners" use computers to make complex calculations that verify transactions in bitcoins. This uses a tremendous amount of energy via computers and server farms all over the world, which has given rise to concerns about the amount of fossil fuel-dependent electricity used to power the computers. Some estimates say bitcoin's energy impact is more than that of a small country.
Bitcoin is a kind of digital money that isn't tied to a bank or a government, and its value has risen swiftly in the second half of 2017. The value of one bitcoin was about $16,500, in late December, compared with about $1,000 in March. The price is also volatile, though, and tailed off somewhat after coming close to $20,000 earlier in December. A bitcoin itself is essentially a line of computer code. It's signed digitally when it goes from one owner to another.
Bitcoin can't exist without computers, which can't exist without a source of electricity. And the number of computers and the energy needed to power them is rising.
The growing value of bitcoin is directly tied to the amount of energy it uses. The miners unlock bitcoins by solving complex, unique puzzles. As the value of bitcoin goes up, the puzzles become increasingly more difficult, and it requires more computer power to solve them.
Some estimates say more than 60 percent of the processing power used to mine bitcoin is in China, where it relies heavily on the burning of coal. Coal and other fossil fuels are also the largest generator of electricity for the rest of the world, and coal is a significant contributor to manmade climate change. Burning it produces carbon dioxide, a gas that is a primary contributor to global warming.
This reliance on fossil fuels has given rise to speculation that bitcoin's energy consumption will continue to rise as it grows in popularity. Glen Brand, director of a Sierra Club chapter in Maine, said in an interview that the growth of virtual currencies such as bitcoin "threatens progress we are making toward moving toward a low energy, low carbon economy."
Estimates vary, and a true figure could be impossible to come by because of the intentionally anonymous nature of bitcoin use. But Dutch bitcoin analyst Alex de Vries, who operates a Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index on the website Digiconomist, has produced estimates he believes are alarming.
If bitcoin miners are using the most efficient machines possible, the lowest amount of electricity they could possibly be using is 13 terawatt hours, de Vries said in an interview. That's about as much as the entire country of Slovenia. De Vries said less conservative estimates make it entirely possible that bitcoin is using as much energy as Ireland, which consumes about twice as much as Slovenia, or about 0.7 percent of the U.S. total.
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I have been helping individuals and families transition in their living lifestyles since 2001. During these times, I have also created many wonderful relationships.
My background involves running several businesses. Every aspect of my career has involved working with people which is what I truly enjoy doing. I am also a graduate of three different programs of Dale Carnegie Training® which has not only made me a better person, but a much stronger business advocate for you.
My focus is getting my clients the positive results they want and doing it through a hassle-free process. I am knowledgeable of the Indianapolis Area (I grew up in Indianapolis), and have lived in Hamilton County the last 21 years. I know the City and its surrounding counties very well.


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What's That Song In the New 'Brave' Trailer?
Have you seen the new trailer for 'Brave' yet? It's, by far, the best trailer yet for this year's Pixar film - an animated fairy tale with a female lead; a first for Pixar. The 'Brave' trailer has gotten a great response online so far but a lot of people have one burning question: What is that beautiful Scottish song playing at the end of the video?
The name of the song is (you might want to write this down...) "Tha Mo Ghaol Air Aird A' Chuain" and is performed by Scottish folk singer Julie Fowlis. The song, off the album "Mar A Tha Mo Chridhe" is sung entirely in Scottish Gaelic and its title translates to "My Love is On the High Seas." Somewhat appropriately, the song is about a young maiden who is sad that her lover is off at sea.
For more on Fowlis, who posted online that she's "thrilled" Pixar is using her music to promote the movie, you can visit her official site and listen to samples of more of her music.
Listen to "Tha Mo Ghaol Air Aird A' Chuain" by Julie Fowlis from the 'Brave' trailer below (which helpfully includes subtitles).


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Mike Jones Motors and RV, Hanner RV Supercenter, and Kelly Mobile Homes and RV Sales are a few dealers of Northwood brand's Arctic Fox travel trailers, as of October 2015. Each dealership's online inventory offers photos, specifications and prices for available models.
Mike Jones Motors in Hamersville, Ohio, serves customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana and has been operating since 1990. It is the sole dealer of Arctic Fox travel trailers in the tri-state area and is a member of the National RV Dealers Association. Hanner RV Supercenter of Baird, Texas, touts affordable prices and good customer service, and it claims to have one of the largest selections of RVs in the area. In West Milton, Pennsylvania, Kelly Mobile Homes and RV Sales serves Arctic Fox customers of the East Coast. This family-owned dealership has been operating since 1957 and offers financing, parts, repairs and maintenance.
Customers can find Arctic Fox dealers by visiting NorthwoodMfg.com and clicking Find A Dealer. Visitors enter a ZIP code and select a product to see information on dealers, including names, addresses, distances, phone numbers, website links and products. The website also offers a map and directions from the customer's ZIP code to each dealer.


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Evidence Based Design and How it Applies to Art
By: Integrated Art Group
Tags: color, healthcare space, lighting, media, textures, themes, wellness
Category: Art, Evidence Based Design, Health Care, interior design
Although it is a long-held belief that the physical environment has a profound effect on a person's well-being, the term Evidence Based Design (EBD) is relatively new. This emerging field of study has taken these long-held beliefs to a new level; scientific evidence is supporting exactly how and what can be used to promote health, well-being and productivity. It answers questions like: Where's the "proof" that a space can actually improve the health of patients in a hospital? Where's the "proof" that design can increase productivity?
What is it?
Evidence-Based Design goes beyond simply finding the right art pieces that match the floor coloring; it's about gathering information on demographics, psychographics, administrative goals, building requirements, and having a solid understanding of what works (and what doesn't) in a particular space.
EBD and Healthcare
Studies on architecture show how the physical environment can influence health and promote healing. EBD is an increasingly growing consideration for hospitals and clinics that are undergoing new construction, expansions or remodeling. It brings together teams of architects, designers, artists, facility managers and stakeholders to develop innovative spaces that are a perfect fit to meet specific objectives.
When the objectives are met, the outcomes are a mix of measurable results and anecdotal evidence. When a space utilizes the correct colors, artful elements and creative space design, it has shown to comfort patients, energize staff, reduce stress, and showcase the health-care organization as a whole.
The Center for Health Design has developed a full curriculum for accreditation and certification in EBD centered on architecture and design, knowing that hospitals and clinics are benefiting from the data-driven decisions that go into creating a space for healing.
Beyond Naturescapes
Working with designers, architects, and hospital administration, finding and sourcing art that will have the most impact in EBD requires a deep understanding of the project as a whole. It is oftentimes assumed that the go-to imagery for EBD is nature-based art, especially in health care settings. It's true that "bringing the outdoors in" has shown to have a positive impact on the people in the environment. But, research is showing that going beyond nature-inspired pieces is equally as important on EBD.
Successful EBD recommendations are not "one size fits all" solutions. Color, media, textures, themes, lighting and size also play a significant role in developing a healthcare space that positively influences patients and caregivers. Art can be integrated to create a full sensory experience, all of which ties into improving the health and wellness of everyone coming into contact with the space.
Integrating Art
When delving into Evidence-Based Design, it is vital to have a well-rounded, expert team to develop a space that will have the most influential results. Sourcing art for an EBD plan takes an enormous amount of experience and resources to find artists and pieces that will exemplify the research that went into the developing the space in the first place. Evidence-Based Design — at its core — is about incorporating creativity and imagination into design decisions that are driven by scientific data.
Integrated Art Group is regularly called in to advise, consult and coordinate the art pieces required for Evidence Based Design. Bringing years of experience in sourcing art and partnering with healthcare spaces, our team brings a deep level of understanding to what is required for the most impactful outcomes for EBD.


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Wow, our culture is so confused about its symbols. Here we have a standard handbag being carried by a stylish young woman on the way out the door. But whats that on her bag? Why.... its a uterus!
Hmmm... thats.... interesting.
And even better: its sewn out of leather! So. This kicky girl is wearing around a bag that features a picture of one of her most embattled internal organs--- stiched out of dead skin from a cow. In other words, an animal had to die so she could make a heavily confused statement whilst toting around her lipstick and wallet. (Is that image supposed to be empowering? Perhaps, educational?)
The whole thing just reeks of dismemberment and absent referents. I mean, we are referring to a woman's insides by way of a cow's insides... and ignoring the living beings behind both.
In case you're itching for one, they're available here. And don't worry, they've also got heart, lungs and kidney. :)
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If there was sunny (wind-free) fall weather everyday, I'd wear this outfit everyday! A relaxed "boyfriend" jeans rolled-up with an embellished sweater is like the "Saturday afternoon outfit" of all outfits. Dressing it up with strappy heels and a faux fur vest.
Happy almost Weekend!
BF Jeans; Joe's Jeans, Heels; Zara, Faux Fur Vest; DIY, Embellished Sweater; DIY
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Introduction to KUKA|prc from robotsinarchitecture on Vimeo.
KUKA|prc is a range of custom components packaged as a plugin for the parametric design software Grasshopper. This release is the first public version of Kuka|prc. The plugin has been tested with a variety of robots and PCs.
Monday, October 24, 2011
KUKA|prc - parametric robot control for Grasshopper
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Emergent Reader
knows that the text goes from left to right
can distinguish between lower case and upper case letters
can blend phonemes (letter sounds)
uses pictures for clues
retells a simple story which is read to them
recalls some details
knows names of letters
identifies consonant sounds at beginning and end of words
understands the difference between letters and words
notices and read environmental print
reads one word at a time - choppy
selects simple repetitious books
reads favorite books over and over
silent sustained reading 5 - 10 minutes
has the desire to be a fluent reader
enjoys retelling stories
makes predictions and tells why
Early Reader
retells events in story
tells main idea
makes predictions
identifies main characters
identifies setting
differentiates between fact and fiction
identifies high frequency words
some awareness of medial vowel sounds
uses context clues
begins to self correct
understands the meaning of . ? !
pauses and uses appropriate inflection for punctuation
reads phrases
selects a variety of books
silent sustained reading 10 - 15 minutes
begins to feel confident when reading silently or orally
Fluent Reader
recognizes plot of story
recognizes problem and solution in a story
evaluates character's actions or behaviors
uses a variety of clues to decode unfamiliar words
identifies blends, digraphs, diphthongs
applies vowel rules to sound out words
understands prefixes and suffixes
uses punctuations correctly
reads with expression
reads smoothly
selects a wide variety of books
may select chapter books
silent sustained reading at least 20 minutes
enjoys sharing favorite books
enjoys challenges
selects reading during free time
summarizes main events of a story
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I have been a WI member for over 40 years in various English counties. More than half this time I have spent in Buckinghamshire. I am interested in all crafts, reading and writing and in travel.
I have been a WI member for over 40 years in various English counties. More than half this time I have spent in Buckinghamshire. I am interested in all crafts, reading and writing and in travel.
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Talk of Centuries
Great news in the WI Life magasine and on the BFWI website about the special Garden Party at Buckingham Palace for the Centenary Year Celebrations! This sounds very exciting and I think if we were unlucky in the ballot to go to the Annual General Meeting in the Albert Hall, it must be worth having a shot at this ballot. Our WI secretaries have all the information for our next monthly meetings so good luck to all those who want to attend.
In the BFWI newsletter it was announced which resolution had been voted onto the agenda for discussion at the AGM. Bucks had chosen the assessment for care which was the same decision as the National one.I think our WI went for Food Waste with the Caring resolution second so obviously that was a popular choice. We can always discuss the other resolutions locally if we feel strongly about them and action them through our WIs.
24th February
This month's book under consideration by the local WI Book Group was "Dissolution" by Sansom, the first of his series featuring the lawyer cum detective Matthew Shardlake.It was a very topical choice as everyone seems to be watching "Wolf Hall" on the television and as a group we had read the Mantel novels. "Dissolution" is set in 1537so comparisons were unavoidable. The most striking difference was in the portrayal of Cromwell. The plot is complicated with several murders to solve in a monastery awaiting the axe. It gives a vivid picture of the poverty and dirt of London but the lasting memory is of the cold and the constant fears of everyone living under a police state in Tudor England.The majority of readers enjoyed the novel so we will try to obtain sets of the following books in the series.
23rd February
Local WI members regularly help to serve refreshments when the Blood Donor mobile unit visits the town. This is a way in which members can contribute a little something to the community. The team provide all the refreshments and all we have to do is serve them out and chat while the donors recover from their donation. It is not very onerous and quite a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours about twice a year. There is sure to be someone among the donors whom one knows and can enjoy talking to. The nurses very much appreciate our help and it frees them up to do more important things.
16th February
The craft group welcomed some visiting members who were not regular attenders to the afternoon session to learn how to do hardanger embroidery.We were issued with little kits of materials by our member tutor and started to produce a motif. One needs good eyesight for this work because it is all about counting threads and accuracy. We were given homework to do before the next meeting when we will be expected to cut holes in our work. Some of us turned pale at the thought especially as we were warned that any inaccuracy at stage one would result in uncontolled "holes" and a complete unravelling of everything we had done! Wish us luck!
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Is the city's ambitious plan to help the homeless showing signs of success or headed toward failure? Administration officials remain optimistic about staying the course, while an array of critiques portray an initiative that is not accomplishing enough, fast enough.
With the end date in sight for the city's five-year plan, launched in June 2004 and called "United for Solutions Beyond Shelter," many advocates and others are zeroing in on the blueprint's marquee promise to reduce homelessness by two-thirds. That goal won't be met – but Department of Homeless Services (DHS) leaders say numerous other significant improvements to both internal procedures and external service delivery have been achieved.
At a hearing at City Hall on Sept. 23, City Councilman Bill de Blasio, chairman of the General Welfare Committee, grilled DHS Commissioner Robert Hess on the city's progress. At issue was the finding published last month by the Independent Budget Office that the total number of homeless people in New York has decreased little since 2004, even as costs of shelter and prevention programs rise. With less than a year left to go, the total shelter population was 34,401 as of Sept. 25, down from around 36,600 when Bloomberg announced the plan; a two-thirds reduction would put the total shelter population at around 12,100 in 2009.
"This is a watershed moment," said de Blasio, a Brooklyn Democrat. "We'll either attack the problem while we have a competent team and a bold goal, or we'll continue with the pantomime of having a bold goal and doing little to achieve it."
Facing an onslaught of criticism, the Department of Homeless Services released its own progress report last week, detailing how it has met 86 percent of its goals in a wide range of areas, from overhauling the family intake system to launching a homelessness prevention program in the housing courts. As to why these successes have not translated to vastly reduced numbers of the homeless, Hess said in his testimony, "If we could report today that we were successful at reaching all of our targets, that would mean that our targets are not ambitious enough."
"I find that downright Orwellian," de Blasio countered after Hess's testimony. "You're letting yourselves off the hook, saying 'aren't we noble for setting this unattainable goal.' We have to level with New Yorkers about what can really be done."
Putting aside the debate over whether the two-thirds goal should serve as a measure of success or point of aspiration, the hearing hit on two crucial questions—why homelessness in New York City has not fallen as quickly as expected, and whether DHS needs to consider new strategies to pick up the pace. In the current budget-cutting atmosphere, however, new approaches likely would have to be thrifty ones.
In an interview the following day, Hess said that the administration's emphasis on prevention is already yielding results, even if not in the desired timeframe. "You have to remember, originally this was going to be a 10-year plan, and the mayor said, 'This is great, but I only have five years left,'" Hess said. "So what was already a stretch became a five-year plan. I think the mayor was right to do that."
Referring to the Emergency Assistance Unit – the troubled Bronx family intake center replaced by the PATH center a few years ago – he added, "No one who was at the EAU just a few years ago and saw the horrors there—children sleeping on floor, no sink in the doctor's office, social workers interviewing domestic violence victims in front of other families—no one can see those things and say we haven't made tremendous progress."
City Council's review comes as DHS faces strong opposition to its plan to move the adult men's intake center from the former Bellevue psychiatric hospital, on East 29th Street in Manhattan, to the Bedford-Atlantic Armory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn – and as it enjoys the settlement of a 25-year-old lawsuit against the DHS by the Legal Aid Society (see related story this week). "You settled a lawsuit last week, but now you're opening a new front of hostility and litigation," said Councilwoman Letitia James, whose district includes the Armory.
Hess emphasized his department's progress in targeting adults living on the streets. Responding to suggestions from advocates, DHS has implemented a "street to home" approach that steers the chronically homeless towards stable housing, rather than emergency shelters. In four years, the street homeless population has dropped 25 percent citywide, and 60 percent in Queens, according to the annual HOPE survey – though earlier this year revelations surfaced that some men had been sent to illegal boarding houses. Still, many advocates are supportive. "There's been a real turnaround," says Carolyn McLaughlin, executive director of the Citizen's Advice Bureau, a social service organization in the Bronx. "I know of over 80 homeless people who have been put in long-term housing, and most do very well."
The news is less positive for families with children. According to the Independent Budget Office report, their numbers actually went up between the end of fiscal 2004 and 2008, from 8,712 to 8,848. Over that period the total number of homeless in shelters decreased by 5.3 percent, however, from 36,399 to 34,467. Meanwhile, city spending on family shelter has risen more than $70 million. This is a disappointment for DHS, which has tried to drastically lower the shelter population by boosting prevention services, and by helping those who do enter the shelter system to move quickly into permanent housing.
In its progress report, DHS highlights a two-pronged approach to reducing the shelter population. HomeBase focuses on prevention, with community organizations providing services such as family mediation, rent subsidies and legal assistance. HomeBase works largely with people who have already applied for emergency shelter but may have other housing options. On the housing end, DHS has a suite of Advantage programs—Work Advantage, Child Advantage, Fixed Income Advantage—which offer rental assistance and a savings match program. The first cohort of Advantage recipients will phase out of the program next spring, two years after entering.
At last week's hearing, de Blasio presented his own Five-Point Plan to reduce family homelessness, which included suggestions to expand anti-eviction services, earmark 10 percent of available Section 8 vouchers for the homeless, and lengthen subsidies for needy families beyond the two years provided by Advantage. Hess said he would consider the suggestions, but told City Limits that the city created its own rental subsidy program in order to provide more flexible and timely service than Section 8 allows.
"We structured Work Advantage to be what families in shelters told us they wanted," said Hess. "They told us that if they had a couple years to get on their feet, get some work history behind them, save a little money for that rainy day that might come, then they thought they'd be okay." He added that further assistance is available through HomeBase, and the city would help those needing a long-term subsidy to apply for Section 8.
The underlying question is whether there are enough affordable housing units to accommodate the large population of low-income New Yorkers who may at some point come into contact with the homeless safety net. At Tuesday's hearing, Zoilo Torres, director of community relations at the Partnership for the Homeless, said that the administration's emphasis on reducing the shelter population masks a deeper housing crisis. "Essentially, what we've done is simply substituted a living room couch in an overcrowded apartment for a shelter bed," Torres testified. Through its "New Housing Marketplace" initiative, the city has pledged to bring 165,000 new affordable housing units online by 2013; last week Mayor Bloomberg announced the landmark that half those units had been funded. As part of that, the 2005 New York/New York III agreement between Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Pataki provides for construction of 9,000 new units of supportive housing for the formerly homeless.
Hess noted that his colleagues from Boston to Minneapolis are grappling with a surge in families seeking shelter. As opposed to the chronically homeless, this population is squeezed by the economic downturn. "The general consensus is that when people are living on the margins, it doesn't take much to push them into homelessness—when the price of milk, rent, and utilities all go up, and there's no increase in income."
Dennis Culhane, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice who has informally consulted with DHS, has found that a 1 percent increase in the unemployment rate causes a 0.4 percent increase in homelessness— and unemployment in New York is rising . Still, Culhane said, the city is doing the right thing by focusing on prevention.
"We can't control the number of people coming to the front door of the shelter system," Culhane said. "What we can do is help them avoid going through the threshold, or if they do cross in, help them to move on as soon as possible."


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"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see." ~John Burroughs
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Author Richard Adams Has Passed Away, at a Good Age
While everyone is talking about George Michael and Carrie Fisher, who both died too young, and ZsaZsa Gabor, who nearly made it to 100, one of the genuine great minds of the 20th century passed away too. He was 96 years old, and passed peacefully at his home according to the papers.
Richard Adams wrote Watership Down, and Shardik, The Plague Dogs, and other works. While good books for mature juveniles, they are not children's books. Shardik, in particular, seems to presage certain events of today in Africa and other parts of the world. While his stories end in deep surety of hope, they look honestly at the heart and at human failure, and at the quality of redemption. They should have a permanent place in every home library.
Adams named his daughters after two of the most romantic women in literature: Juliet and Rosamond. He told them bedtime stories,and they asked him to write them down. A grateful world of readers, past, present, and future, thanks them.
I don't know if people will still be singing Go-Go while watching Star Wars in 200 years, but I think it is almost certain they will still be reading Watership Down.
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You pick the title of this post…
Sorority girls come into the bar and start talking to one of the male bar tenders. This is pretty much verbatim on how the conversation went:
Bartender: "Good evening ladies; would you like a beverage?"
Sorority Girl(s): "Oh yeah; (he takes their order) HEY what's YOUR name? You're cute!"
Bartender: Why thank you; my name's Roy."
Sorority Girl(s): "What! Your name can't be Roy; you're Asian!"
I rest my case. Good night folks…


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I will be off for a few days. This time round we will be heading towards Bali.
We hope to be in touch with nature again, to calm our mind and to draw in the peacefulness of our surrounding.. :-D
As usual, the blog will not be idle in my absence. I will try to keep everyone posted here.
Alternatively, you can follow my journey up-dates via Twitter.
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The author then answered them all!
This means that there's no "fluff" in the book. Just the real answers you want to know about beads and beading.
You'll discover all types of exciting tips and information about beads. From their history and origin ... to what supplies you'll need for your projects. From how to source beads (easily and inexpensively) ... to the types of threads you should avoid!
What you'll discover in "The Complete Bead Guide":
- How to quickly and easily identify various types of beads
- How different beads are made and what processes are used to make them
- Where to find bead sources near you no matter what country you live in
- Which types of beads have protective or healing properties
- Where to see the best beading trade shows in the country
- Tips for choosing the right types of string, thread and wire
- What types of devices to use for creating knots
- Which needles are best for certain types of beadwork
- Using beads in knitting and crocheting projects
- Beading stitches and techniques
- How to store and care for your beads
- Where to find lots of free bead patterns - complete with instructions!


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Fixing Your Holiday Photos With GIMP - page 2
Exposure Settings, Healing Blemishes
Most cameras, even camera phones, let you adjust the sensitivity of the sensor: look for a setting called "ISO" or "speed" and set it to a high number, like 400. Many cameras also offer "exposure compensation", where you tell the camera to make the photo darker. Sometimes this is buried deep in the menus, so check your manual if you're not sure.
Exposure compensation will give you an image that's too dark, and fixing that is easy. Choose from three tools, all in GIMP's Colors menu: Brightness->Contrast, Levels, and Curves. Which one you choose is a matter of taste; Brightness->Contrast is the simplest, but my favorite is Curves (Figure 4). Just drag the curve upward to make the image brighter.
But the high sensitivity also made that dark image grainy (Figure 5), and that's harder to fix.
If you're targeting small images for the web, try using just enough Filters->Blur->Gaussian Blur... to smooth out the image before you scale down, then Filters->Enhance->Sharpen on the scaled-down image. Or download the external plug-in "GREYCstoration": Fedora and Mandriva have greycstoration packages, while Ubuntu includes it in the gimp-plugin-registry package. Or download the source from cimg.sourceforge.net. It shows up in Filters->Enhance->GREYCstoration.
Touching up
Back to the photo in Figure 1, did you notice the chocolate stains on his cheek? Cleaning up minor blemishes is fairly easy in GIMP.
The Heal tool (Figure 6) is perfect for small spots. Use it with a large fuzzy brush: if the largest brush still isn't as big as the spot you're trying to fix, use the Scale slider to make the brush bigger. Zoom way in (150%, 200% or more) so you can see more detail.
You're going to be copying small areas from one part of the photo, called the source region, to the part you want to fix, the destination. Use Control-click to select the source, and GIMP will draw a circle around it the size of the brush (Figure 7). Then click on the spots you want to fix. Heal will try to combine the texture of the source with the color and lighting of the destination. Voil�! no more chocolate spots.
The Heal tool works best clicking in a few small spots. If you need to copy a larger part of a photo, use the regular Clone tool, or Copy and Paste. A combination of these tools can fix most of your photo problems. So have fun shooting during the holidays!
Akkana Peck is a freelance programmer whose credits include a tour as a Mozilla developer. She's also the author of Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional.
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Love Is All's 2006 album Nine Times The Same Song caught my attention with bouts of Arcade Fire's BRING IT all at once intensity in songs like "Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up." Bricolage Fantasy aptly decribed Love Is All as the Yeah Yeah Yeahs from Sweden. I hear Karen O most in "Talk Talk Talk", which also features doses of acid jazz screech just brief enough to be enjoyable. "Motorboat" has a strong tambourine-laced beat, with guitar that does indeed invoke a motor. One weak point is "Busy Doing Nothing At All", where the loud seems to be for loud's sake.
On Love Is All's new album A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night, the Karen O vocals seems to have given way to a softer, sweeter Cyndi Lauper/El Perro del Mar meets the Mighty Mighty Bosstones/Morphine. The high point is the slow but intense duet "A More Uncertain Future." On "Sea Sick", they somewhat overload xtra-funky bass with Morphine-style acid-jazz sax ("hard listening" music).
Love Is All - A More Uncertain Future (A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night, 2008)
Love Is All - Talk Talk Talk Talk (Nine Times The Same Song, 2006)
Love Is All - Ageing Had Never Been His Friend (Nine Times The Same Song, 2006)
Love is All - Make out, Fall Out, Make Up (Nine Times The Same Song, 2006)
Love Is All - Motorboat (Nine Times The Same Song, 2006)
Like Love Is All, the Vivian Girl bring retro girl-group big sound to their eponymous 2008 album. On "Tell The World", the basic solid drumline and harmonized vocals evoke the Raveonettes sound that's driving me wild lately. The strong bass opening on "Such A Joke" draws you and keeps you there. "No" is solid wall-of-sound rock. Weak spots: "Wild Eyes" (dull oldies sound) and "All The Time" (just a lotta noise).
Vivian Girls - Tell the World (Vivian Girls, 2008)
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To (Vivian Girls, 2008)
Vivian Girls - No (Vivian Girls, 2008)
Vivian Girls - Such A Joke (Vivian Girls, 2008)


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Granada Property
The city of Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Its unique history has given it an artistic grandeur embracing Moorish Palaces and Christian Renaissance treasures. Almost unrivalled for beauty and architectural splendour, the entire city has been declared a national monument. Granada is one of Andalusia's most vibrant cities, it is a relatively wealthy and is still very Spanish. As a result property in the city can be very expensive.
Luxury city centre Granada apartments are sought after and fetch hundreds of thousands of Euros however you can buy small apartments near some of the cities finest squares for as little as €190,000. Other good value property in Granada comes in the form of some very affordable town houses in the oldest part of the city from which you can often see the Alhambra Palace which cost around €160,000.
There are literally hundreds of small towns and villages all within a few minutes of the city which offer cheaper granada properties and rural locations. Please read our Granada location page for more information.
Granada (Ogijares)
Granada, Las Gabias
Price: EUR € 385,000
Granada city Center (Albaicin Area)
Granada City Center (Realejo Area)
Built Area, m²: 50, PricEUR € 186,000
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{Thanks to All Our Heroes,} {Those Who Fought for Us}
Byline: Toni McRae - with original histories and photos courtesy of John Meyers
Anzac Day is traditionally the one day in the year where we remember our brave Anzacs. It is also a day when we reflect on war and its impact on Australia and the world.
In a labour of devotion to Australia's war record, John Meyers at Maryborough's Colonial and Military Museum has spent years scouring the world, collecting the medals and histories of our men and women who gave up their lives - or some of their lives - serving their country.
The stories and photos are on display in the museum.
On these pages on Anzac Day 2009, we meet our soldiers from nine wars across three centuries - and remember them with gratitude for our freedom.
Egypt 1885
Private Walter Harrison was a member of the New South Wales Sudan Contingent. This was the first time one of the Australian colonies raised a contingent to serve overseas.
When General Gordon was killed at Khartoum, the New South Wales Government offered a contingent of 800 soldiers to the British Government that was fighting the Arabs.
During the campaign, Pte Harrison was one of three Australian soldiers wounded - on April 4, 1885 at Sua Kim. They were the first Aussies serving in an Australian unit to be wounded in action.
The Boxer Rebellion 1900
In January 1900 British missionaries and foreigners were murdered by the Boxers in China. In June the German Ambassador was murdered.
An International Relief Force from a handful of countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany, Russia and France sent forces to quell the unrest.
As part of the British force, Victoria and New South Wales with a cruiser named Protector from the South Australian Naval Forces sent a naval contingent of 554 men.
During the 10 months' campaign from August 1900, seven men died of illness. There were no Australian battle fatalities.
Of the seven casualties, only one was an officer. He was Staff Surgeon John Steel, one of the two medical officers.
John Steel has the dubious honour of being the first officer ever to die while serving overseas with an Australian force. He died on November 10, 1900, and was buried in Peking.
Boer War 1899-1902
Private James Whitaker left Maryborough in 1901 to join the 5th Queensland Contingent to the Boer War in South Africa where he served as a farrier.
Returning from South Africa in 1902, he served as a farrier in the Army Medical Corps at Maryborough until April 1904.
For many years he had a small farm on Saltwater Creek Road. Later on, his son Sam was well known around the district for his bullock team. He often displayed the bullock teams at shows and carnivals.
World War I 1939-1945
Major General Herbert Cox served on Gallipoli as the commander of the 29th Indian Brigade and commanded the Australians and New Zealanders during the advances on Hill 971 in August 1915.
On return to Egypt after the withdrawal from Gallipoli in early 1916, he was promoted to Lieutenant General by Sir William Birdwood, who was the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Forces for most of World War I and given the command of the 4th Australian Division, which served in France.
For his service on Gallipoli he was knighted with a KCMG and again for his good work in France in 1916, particularly at Pozieres, with a KCB.
He retired in 1921 as General Sir Herbert Cox GCB, KCMG.
General Cox was a long-serving officer of the British Army with medals for campaigns in Afghanistan in 1879, India from 1885 to 1887 and 1897 to 1898, and China 1900 as well as in WW I. …


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Rogue City (The LEGO Batman Movie: Build Your Own Story)
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The Joker(TM) is on the loose in Gotham City, and it's up to you to decide how Batman(TM) and his Super Hero friends take him down! Everyone who's seen the LEGO(R) Batman Movie knows that when the Crown Prince of Crime(TM) takes over the Gotham City Power Plant, Batman decides to save the city and lets the Joker escape. But what would have happened if he'd decided to do something different?! The choices you make will open up a huge number of alternate story lines! Featuring Alfred, Robin(TM), Batgirl(TM), Harley Quinn(TM), Superman(TM), Wonder Woman(TM), and more, the cast from THE LEGO Batman Movie is all here. With over thirty possible endings, the Caped Crusader needs all the help he can get!


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Camping in China in 2015 (Beijing)
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Site 1: Taihang Gorge in Xingtai, Hebei. You can camp at a cliff where you can have a broad view of mountains and steep gorge in front of you.
2-3 days.
Site 2: Wangmangling in Lingchuan, Shanxi. You can camp in the primitive forest looking at steep cliff and naturally stacked layers of rocks that form some sharp peaks in front of you while listening to the sound of pine forest.
2-3 days.
Site 3: Heyeping and Luya Mt. in Ningwu, Shanxi. You can camp in the primitive pine forest or on the grassland where you can see ranges of lush mountains, horses, ox, small flowers…
If you are interested in camping in serene places,
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Admiral Dennis C. Blair
Former Director of National Intelligence
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The United States and Japan, on the one hand, and China, on the other, are all dealing with major domestic challenges as they continue to cooperate and confront each other on a range of issues. Admiral Blair will discuss the current situation in East Asia and prospects for the future.
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Admiral Dennis C. Blair served as Director of National Intelligence from January 2009 to May 2010. He led sixteen national intelligence agencies, administering a budget of $50 billion and providing integrated intelligence support to the president, Congress, and operations in the field. Prior to this appointment, he held the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies with the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and served as Deputy Director of the Project for National Security Reform.
Before retiring from the Navy in 2002, Admiral Blair served as Commander in Chief of U.S. Pacific Command, the largest of the combatant commands. During his 34-year Navy career, he served on guided missile destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and commanded the Kitty Hawk Battle Group. Ashore, he served as Director of the Joint Staff and held budget and policy positions on the National Security Council and several major Navy staffs.
Admiral Blair is active as a director and advisor to many organizations globally, such as NBR's Pacific Energy Summit, The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property and The Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA. From 2003 to 2006, Admiral Blair was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Defense Analyses.
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Cameron Diaz Leaves L.A. After Teen Choice Awards
Cameron Diaz shields her eyes with her boarding pass as she goes through security at LAX Airport on Sunday night (August 7) in Los Angeles.
The 38-year-old actress was in town for the Teen Choice Awards, where she picked up the surfboard for Best Actress in a Comedy for her work on Bad Teacher!
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The Kingsholm Curriculum
Please look at your child's year group pages to see more details about the themes they are learning.
"At Kingsholm your child will have access to an experiential and creative curriculum which nurtures the whole child encouraging a positive attitude to life long learning" (one of our school aims)
In order to meet the range of needs and interests of the learners, the curriculum at Kingsholm has been directly planned, designed and structured around a shared philosophy. The Kingsholm Curriculum is a personalised and responsive curriculum which is objective led and skills focussed, thus allowing activities to be led by the children. In turn the skills acquired are transferred across the curriculum with opportunities given for them to be applied in a variety of different ways. As well as meeting the needs of our children at the school, the curriculum at Kingsholm has been carefully designed to meet the requirements of the new National Curriculum 2014; systems have been put in place to ensure full legal coverage whilst ensuring that learning is taking place in context through cross curricular links, rather than subjects being taught in separation.
Through the Kingsholm Curriculum teachers employ a wide variety of teaching methods and tools (including ICT) with an emphasis on thinking skills, creative thinking and experiential learning. Self evaluation shows that as a result children work hard, producing high quality work, and behaviour in class is very good.
Through the Kingsholm Curriculum children:
- experience deeper, more relevant, learning opportunities and so produce higher quality outcomes
- are confident and motivated to succeed which has had a marked effect on their behaviour and attitude to learning
- are given a clear understanding of the 'big picture' which produces a sense of belonging and security, thus reducing anxiety
- learn through active and experiential learning which can compensate for language and experience deprivation
- have access to enrichment activities and extended services so contributing to their enjoyment and achievement
- have a good level of core skills with emphasis on the enriched curriculum and physical well being
- experience a strong global dimension making them better global citizens
- are involved in planning and organising the learning activities.
- challenge themselves and through initiatives such as successful learning seek out opportunities to become a purple (always seeking to do their best) learner.
- meet the objectives set out by the new National Curriculum 2014
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The Study of SeductionBook - 2016 | First Pocket Books paperback edition.
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New EDHEC-Risk Institute Research Questions Current Corporate Pension Fund ALM Practices and Proposes a New Integrated Model for Analysing the Capital Structure of Corporate Sponsors and Pension Fund Allocation Decisions.
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Tessa Swing Tank
Another wardrobe staple from Funktional Threads. The Tessa Swing Tank. I had the opportunity of testing The Erica Skort and the Bailey Baggie Shorts previously, and was excited to test another of Lisa's patterns.
I can see lots of this tank top on Miss 5's wardrobe when summer swings around again.
It's a quick sew. A couple of seams, some binding and you're done.
The shoulders are wide enough to give a reasonable amount of sun protection on days when the UV rating isn't high.
The cut is just right for a nice top that's good for playing in. The high low hem is pretty cool.
There's plenty of attention to detail in the pattern. Despite the change in direction of the hem at the side seams, there were no issues folding up the hem because of the shape of the pattern at the side seams.
There have been a few changes in the way the pattern comes together. The pattern lines have a combination of both different colours and different patterns (great if you bring in black and white). The lines are thinner - less ink. And the pattern matches up beautifully even on A4 paper.
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Monday, February 10, 2014
The Secret Box by Whitaker Ringwald
Welcome to Middle Grade Monday! Today I have a review of the upcoming middle grade release- The Secret Box by Whitaker Ringwald. It will hit shelves on 2/25/14.
The Story-
On her twelfth birthday, Jax Malone receives a strange gift from her Great Aunt Juniper. Jax has never even heard of her aunt, and when she asks her mom, her mother confiscates the present. More determined than ever to figure out what's going on, Jax steals the present back and discovers a strange box inside. The box will not open, and when she tries, the box has a digital screen that tells her she only has 10 chances to get it right. It also gives her a clue as to where the box will open.
The adventure is on. Jax, her friend Ethan, and his big brother Tyler attempt to find the secret location where the box needs to be opened. On their quest, people begin hunting them, wanting the box. They also discover that Jax's Aunt Juniper has been kidnapped. Trying to rescue her, Jax discovers some deep dark family secrets and the truth behind what's in the box, and it isn't pretty.
My Thoughts-
This is a great, original adventure for kids. The mystery grabs the reader right at the beginning and then just keeps going. Plus, more mysteries keep popping up. The idea that Jax has an aunt that the family has kept secret is the first inkling that something is wrong, and then the box that won't open adds an adventurous twist.
The story bounces back and forth between Jax and Ethan's POV. Ethan is a fact machine who offers up little known information at the beginning of each of his chapters. He is a fun character, but I found myself mainly interested in Jax. Her family secrets are just too interesting.
The story itself grows into a mythology lesson as the old world hides more secrets that Jax needs to uncover. So, the secrets of the box are more of a fantasy element that add a great paranormal twist to the story. It reminded me a little of the 39 clues books. Kids will enjoy the read and the ending gives off the hint that there may be more books to follow. 4 stars!
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Fides Krucker is a one-of-a-kind artist. She's an opera singer whose voice can shatter you with its unique set of sounds - not all of them traditionally beautiful but always effective. In works like The Girl With No Door On Her Mouth and A Little Rain Never Hurt No One..., the magnetic performer has howled out high notes, then plunged to dramatic depths, exploring every little crevice in between.
You'll get to experience that when she and Richard Armstrong take on Julie Sits Waiting, a new electroacoustic opera with music by Quebec's Louis Dufort and a gritty libretto by acclaimed playwright Tom Walmsley. It opens Friday (September 14) at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace. See Listings.
Your show is called Julie Sits Waiting. What or who have you ever sat waiting for?
As a child I waited for my dad at the dinner table. As an adult I wait for my teenage girls at the dinner table. And while waiting (which I don't do well), I try to find a little balance for my own masculine and feminine. I am still waiting....
In 10 words or less, how would you describe Louis Dufort's music?
Visceral, passionate, gritty, exquisite, surprising, exacting, sublime, funny, true to itself. Oops... that was 11.
First-time librettist Tom Walmsley has a long association with Theatre Passe Muraille. Favourite Walmsley play?
Descent. I love how he delves into big and icky subjects like God and sex. His characters and their situations make me think of a kid about to pull the legs off a frog: gleeful, irreverent and curious. And his brilliant language makes it funny despite the pain.
It's five minutes before opening night. What's going through your mind?
"Can I pee one more time?"
... and five minutes after opening night?
"Phew!" and "Can we do it again?"
What do you say to people who think you can't tell the wrong notes in contemporary music?
Contemporary music has changed a lot since the intellectual explorations of the last century. Forms have been dismantled enough for composers to stop avoiding things like beauty. Louis writes vocal lines that soar, melodies are deliberate, and the curve of each sigh or moan leads the listener closer to the emotions our characters are feeling. It's a bit like a roller coaster with a palpable heart line.
Favourite single moment in Julie Sits Waiting?
Falling from my partner Richard's body to the floor to sing "Love hits me like disaster... without rhyme or reason." The texture is full of air, and the tessitura is about as low as I can go, and it feels like a visceral place I have known.
How would you describe your voice - in visual terms?
I'd love it if it were like a Rothko painting - distilled, potent and rich. I think my voice is more like a storm, or open sky. And sometimes it feels like a wave crashing or like riding surf or even a forest's undergrowth. Maybe I just need a good haircut!
Message to the Factory Theatre board?
My message would not be to the Factory board. It would be to Canadians and to the government. We need to find a way to fund our arts so that individuals and organizations do not have to sacrifice themselves to the extent that they do. We need greater resources for healthier arts business models to emerge. Our $20 bill quotes Gabrielle Roy: "Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?" The print is fine and the new polymer $20 will not have it. So look for it now!


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Cool summer disappoints tourists, delays crops
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Towels draped over their heads, Lisa Hendrix and Jennifer Webster lounged on a sparsely populated Lake Michigan beach Friday as raindrops trickled from a gloomy sky.
It's been that kind of a summer in northern Michigan, and across much of the Midwest and East Coast.
"We're going to a wedding tomorrow and were hoping to get a little suntan," Webster said. "No luck."
Temperatures have been well below normal. Sunshine often has been in short supply and rain has fallen at inopportune times. It's resulted in crops ripening slowly and some tourist havens -- already dealing with a sour economy -- taking an extra hit.
"There's more griping about the weather than we've seen in recent memory," said Norris Clark, marketing director for Morey's Piers, an amusement complex in Wildwood, N.J., where low temperatures and excessive rain have cut revenues by about 4 percent from last year.
"We're changing our advertising to talk about the heated pools in our water parks," Clark said.
Nick Mavodones, manager of a ferry line that serves islands in Casco Bay off Portland, Maine, said last month's ticket sales were off by 5,000 after weeks of rain and chill.
"It wasn't good for business and it wasn't good for people's dispositions," he said.
Unusually low readings have been recorded across much of the eastern U.S. except for the Deep South, said Jim Angel, a climatologist at the University of Illinois, where NOAA's Midwestern Regional Climate Center is based.
Average temperatures in Illinois are about 6 degrees below normal, he said. If current patterns continue, the summer could be among the five coolest on record. July averages in northern Michigan have been 5 to 8 degrees below normal, said forecaster Jim Keysor of the National Weather Service office in Gaylord.
The explanation is simple: The high-altitude jet stream has been south of its normal position. It has enabled cool, dry Canadian air to command the skies east of the Mississippi while blocking warm, moist air flows from the Gulf of Mexico.
Agricultural effects have been mixed, with slowly ripening crops a problem for some but not others.
Cherries are running one to two weeks behind schedule in northern Michigan, where nighttime temperatures have dipped into the upper 30s. The cold has kept insects at bay, but the longer the fruit is on the trees, the more vulnerable it becomes to storms, disease and other threats.
"We have an excellent cherry crop but it's come along slowly," said Rick Sayler, a grower near Traverse City.
A deep freeze last winter zapped much of Ohio's peach crop, and those that survived also are running a week or more late. New England farmers have reported slow-growing corn, strawberries and tomatoes.
Winemakers such as Lee Lutes of Michigan's Leelanau County say unless things warm up soon, they'll have to leave grapes on vines well into fall, when a sudden cold snap could cause serious damage.
"If we can just have a warm August and a warm, sunny September we should be home free," Lutes said.
But, Angel said, the forecast for at least the next couple weeks suggests more unusually low temperatures are likely.
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Right at the start of the week, we told you that Verizon would be giving a status update on the rollout of Android 4.3 for the HTC One, and unfortunately we don't have good news coming through. According to Jason Mackenzie of HTC, the update has been delayed by a month. He said in his tweet – "we need more time to spin new SW & re-test 4.3 update. Approx a month. Appreciate your patience as we work to deliver".
It's rather strange that Verizon is the last to rollout the update for its variant of the HTC One while the Samsung Galaxy S4 on its network is the first to get the Android 4.3 update in the country. Clearly there are some issues with HTC which needs sorting out, so the delay is very unfortunate. However, Verizon's track record with updates hasn't been all that great with a few exceptions, so the delay isn't really surprising. We can empathize with Verizon customers though as the smartphone only recently made its way to the market.
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Playing in US Chess League
This year is my second year playing for the Dallas Destiny team in the US Chess League. It is an online league where the games are played at chess.com this year, or at least the ones I've been involved in so far are. Currently we are first place in the 16-team league, having 4.5 out of 5 match points. Personally I have played 3 games and scored 1.5/3. I have already dropped more points than the entire first year that I played, when I scored 9/10, but it is OK because a lot of teammates are having good performances. Also, in Week 4, the game I played with black against Denys Shmelov won the Game of the Week contest.
Below, I annotated the game that I played in the most recent match, in Week 5. I was black in this game as well. In the Game of the Week vote (which takes place among 3 games selected out of the 32 played each week) it missed out on 1st place by just one point. The annoying thing was that neither of the judges who ranked it last presented any comments explaining his decision, unlike the other judges. Not that there was anything super-special about my game this week.


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Fuld, Pomeranz make A's roster - for now
Sam Fuld used to come to the Coliseum when he was at Stanford - "Dollar Hot Dog Nights," he said - and now he's made the A's Opening Day roster.
Signed to a minor-league deal, Fuld showed the versatility Oakland prizes so much, playing all three outfield spots beautifully and leading the team in runs. The team certainly did not want to lose Fuld, who had an opt-out in his contract if not on the Opening Day roster.
"It's good to defeat some odds and make the most of the opportunities you get," Fuld said of making the team as a non-roster player.
There's one hitch. Outfielder Craig Gentry is expected to return from the disabled list Saturday after missing most of the spring with a back injury, and at that point, the A's would have to expose Fuld to waivers should they take him off the roster.
"You can't help but think about it," Fuld said. "It's hard not to. But nothing good comes of looking down the road too far."
Given the wave of injuries around baseball, it will be tough to get Fuld through waivers; San Diego and Boston are among the teams with outfield injuries.
As of Saturday, there was at least one outfielder available: The A's designated another former Stanford player, Michael Taylor, for assignment. Taylor is out of options, but there is a good chance he'll be traded or picked up on waivers by another team after a solid spring. Should he clear waivers, Taylor, 28, would be looking at his fifth season at Sacramento.
"As an organization, you'd like to keep him, but as a human being, you'd like the best to happen for him," manager Bob Melvin said.
Taylor said Melvin and the A's have been great to him, and he understands there just isn't room. "If I'd gone 10-for-10 with 10 homers, I'd have gotten more time," he said. "It's the big leagues. You have to perform."
Left-hander Drew Pomeranz got the last bullpen spot, rewarded for a 20-strikeout, three-walk spring.
It probably will be a short stay; Ryan Cook is expected to come off the DL on Saturday and Evan Scribner and Fernando Abad are out of options. Plus, the A's wouldn't mind having Pomeranz stretched out as a starter at Triple-A Sacramento.
As expected, first baseman Daric Barton made the team and catcher Stephen Vogt, who has options left, was sent to Sacramento.
"Not too many people thought I'd be back," said Barton, who is in his 10th season with the organization and hit .273 with a team-high 12 walks this spring. "I've proven those doubters wrong again."
Vogt will be back in Oakland at some point: He hit .364 this spring and he did a terrific job down the stretch and in the playoffs last year after John Jaso went down with a concussion.
Spring sensation Billy Burns will go to Double-A Midland but might move up quickly if he performs as he did this spring. He hit .306 with a team-high 22 hits and tied for the major-league lead in steals with 10.
Briefly: Cook threw 16 pitches, 14 strikes in a six-out outing in a minor-league game Friday and said he made a mechanical adjustment that has him driving through his delivery better. ... The A's acquired left-hander Eric Berger from the Astros for a player to be named. Berger will report to Sacramento.
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What a $1 million home looks like in Canada this week - Jan. 10 edition
At the end of 2017, home prices across Canada rose an average 10.8 per cent, according to the latest Royal LePage report. But most of that growth was in condos – detached home prices actually went down in Toronto by 2 per cent, compared to the previous quarter.
If you're in the market for a detached home, $1 million will still take you only so far in Toronto. If you look a little further afield, however, like Halifax, N.S. or Sooke, B.C., you can find some real bargains. You may just have to sacrifice access to the big city in order to do it.
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