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This free conference will be held this Friday 28 September 2007 at Brisbane's Queensland University of Technology. Topics will include the Politics of Blogging; Researching Blogging and Blogging Research; Blogs, Creativity and Creative Commons; Legal Issues; Citizen Journalism; Blogs and Education; Business and Corporate Blogging; Building a Better Blog; The Future of Blogging – What's Next?; and The Future for Your Blog – Promoting Your Blog and Building Traffic.
To start the discussions, the conference organisers are running a blog where you can leave comments under the various topics about what you would like to see discussed. For those, like me, who are unable to attend in person, I understand there are plans to podcast the sessions.
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Jointly developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, the program seeks to help seniors maintain their independence and "age in place" by providing better access to supportive services such as case management, 24-hour on-site personal care staff, housekeeping, a daily meals program, medication reminders, transportation, shopping and laundry service to elders within their senior housing complexes.
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@LivingDadly Same. This will always be the best Harley.
The SXSW conference, a music/movie/interactive conference held once a year in Austin, TX, is happening at the moment, and, as always, it's filled with all sorts of Internet goodness. Most of it boring to the masses, exciting to the web 2.0 crowd.
Normally a keynote address sets the tone of a conference, most of them make you sleepy, and some are a good chance to catch up on your text messages. Today at the SXSW keynote, a conversation between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Business Week writer Sarah Lacy, all hell broke loose.
Ms. Lacy, who has a pre-existing relationship with Mr. Zuckerberg from previous interviews, turned it into a chat filled with statements that Zuckerberg could merely confirm, and barely any questions were asked. This got to such a point that even Mr. Zuckerberg inquired if Ms. Lacy would be asking any more questions, to which the crowd cheered. My co-worker at Mashable, Kristen Nicole, has a first hand recount of the keynote since she was in attendance.
So why do I bring you a non-first hand opinion on this matter? It was fascinating to watch unfold in real time on my Twitter feed. With the interconnectivity of people nowadays, I was able to watch the rising ire of people in attendance at the little tête à tête as they repeatedly sent out Tweets about how poor a job Ms. Lacy was doing, at how the crowd was starting to grumble, and how they burst out in anger at her incredibly poor job she was doing.
With the keynote over, and bloggers filling pages with their obvious disgust with a job poorly done, Ms. Lacy finally decided to address her critics via her Twitter account. (pictured to the right)
Seriously, is this how a professional journalist now replies to criticism of her work? "Screw all you guys"? That's just lovely. When even your interviewee calls you on your lackluster job in front of a room full of people craving more, you obviously have done something wrong. To mouth off to people criticizing your job, while momentarily satisfying, shows yet another serious lapse in judgment on her part.
You did a bad job, own up to it, write a piece about how you wish it had gone better, how you misjudged the room, or what people wanted from it. To turn it around and tell off the people who are calling you to the carpet is immature, unprofessional and shameful to your reputation. I really had no opinion on what happened today as I wasn't there, but this is for everyone to see, and no matter what happened, this was not the way to handle it. I will never claim I am a perfect journalist, but I always own up to my mistakes, and rule #1 is always take a deep breath before responding to the public about your work. Take notes, Ms. Lacy, you need them.


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All over America tonight there are people that believe that their lives are over. When you do everything that you know how to do to get a job and you still can't get one it can be absolutely soul crushing. If you have ever been unemployed for an extended period of time you know exactly what I am talking about. When you have been unemployed for month after month it can be very tempting to totally cut yourself off from society. Those that are kind will look at you with pity and those that are cruel will treat you as though you are a total loser. It doesn't matter that America is in decline and that our economy is not producing nearly enough jobs for everyone anymore. In our society, one of the primary things that defines our lives is what we do for a living. Just think about it. When you are out in a social situation, what is one of the very first things that people ask? They want to know what you "do". Well, if you don't "do" anything, then you are not part of the club. But the worst part of being unemployed for many Americans is the relentless pressure from family and friends. Often they have no idea how hard it is to find a job in this economy - especially if they still have jobs. Sometimes the pressure becomes too great. Sadly, we are seeing unemployment break up a lot of marriages in America today. Things are really hard out there right now. A very large number of highly educated Americans have taken very low paying service jobs in recent years just so that they can have some money coming in even as they "look for something else". Unfortunately, in many cases that "something else" never materializes. In the past, America was "the land of opportunity" where anything was possible. But today America has become "the land of lowered expectations" and the worst is yet to come.We live during a time when "the American Dream" is literally being redefined. In the old days, just about anyone could get a good job that would pay enough to make it possible to buy a house, buy a nice car and raise a family.
Unfortunately, those days are long gone. The following is from a recent NPR article....
The town of Lorain, Ohio, used to embody this dream. It was a place where you could get a good job, raise a family and comfortably retire.We live in an economy that is in serious decline. In this environment no job is safe. In fact, even Goldman Sachs is laying off workers these days.
"Now you can see what it is. Nothing," says John Beribak. "The shipyards are gone, the Ford plant is gone, the steel plant is gone." His voice cracks as he describes the town he's lived in his whole life.
"I mean, I grew up across the street from the steel plant when there was 15,000 people working there," he says. "My dad worked there. I worked there when I got out of the Air Force. It's just sad."
Millions of Americans are suffering from deep depression because they can't find jobs. Many of them are sitting at home right now blankly starting at their television screens as they wonder why nobody wants to hire them. Some have been unemployed for years and have sent out thousands upon thousands of resumes. The following is from a recent article by J.D. Hicks....
I have a brilliant cousin with a $180K Syracuse education working part-time at a department store. She has literally sent out 38,000 resumes in the span of a year to no avail. I have another very bright friend with the kindest heart who is so desperate he has applied for dishwashing jobs and didn't get them, sending him deeper into depression. I'm sure we all know people like this, or perhaps have even been there ourselves.Have you ever been unemployed?
Society has trained us to believe that we are worthless without a job. Indeed, we feel worthless when we are unemployed with few prospects of making money. Family, friends, and peers constantly remind us in subtle and not-so-subtle ways that we "need" a job.
How did it make you feel?
How were you treated by your family and friends?
In the old days, a college education was almost a guaranteed ticket to the middle class.
But these days, a college education guarantees you absolutely nothing.
As a recent article by Jed Graham detailed, most young unemployed workers in America today have at least some college education....
For the first time in history, the number of jobless workers age 25 and up who have attended some college now exceeds the ranks of those who settled for a high school diploma or less.Overall, 53 percent of all Americans with a bachelor's degree under the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed last year.
Out of 9 million unemployed in April, 4.7 million had gone to college or graduated and 4.3 million had not, seasonally adjusted Labor Department data show.
It is tough to tell young college graduates with their whole lives ahead of them that they need to lower their expectations because America is in decline.
So where did all the jobs go?
Well, one place they went is overseas. Over the past couple of decades, millions upon millions of good jobs have left the United States and have gone over to the other side of the world.
That is why you see gleaming new factories going up all over China even while our once great manufacturing cities are turning into crime-infested warzones.
But as a recent WND article reported, the WTO has a solution. They plan to replace "Made in China" labels with "Made in the World" labels so that we don't feel so bad about losing our jobs and our economic infrastructure...
The World Trade Organization is moving closer to eliminating country-of-origin labels and replacing them with "Made in the World" initiative labels because they say we need to "reduce public opposition to free trade" and "re-engineer global governance."As the number of middle class jobs has steadily declined in recent years, the number of low paying service jobs has increased.
In a previous article, I discussed how approximately one out of every four U.S. workers now makes $10 an hour or less.
Could your family survive on 10 dollars an hour?
Today, you can find hordes of very smart, very talented Americans flipping burgers, waiting tables and welcoming people to Wal-Mart.
Sadly, the United States now has a higher percentage of workers doing low wage work than any other major industrialized nation does.
Perhaps we should applaud our leaders for doing such a great job of destroying the American Dream.
Because so many Americans are working crappy jobs, a very large percentage of them have absolutely no savings to speak of.
According to one survey, 42 percent of all American workers live paycheck to paycheck.
I am constantly encouraging people to save up an "emergency fund" that will enable them to pay their bills for at least 6 months if they suddenly become unemployed.
Unfortunately, for many Americans that is simply not possible. Way too many families are just barely scraping by from month to month.
Another area of the economy where Americans are facing lowered expectations is in housing.
In the old days, most Americans dreamed of owning their own homes.
But today we are being told that things have changed. For example, a recent USA Today article was entitled "Home rentals — the new American Dream?"....
Steve and Jodi Jacobson bought their Phoenix-area "dream home" in 2005. They built flagstone steps to the front door. They tiled the kitchen and bathroom. They entertained often, enjoying their mountain views.Is that what we are supposed to tell future generations of Americans?
"We put our soul into that house," says Steve Jacobson, 37.
Then, home prices tanked more than 50%. Steve, a software quality assurance engineer, suffered pay cuts. In 2010, foreclosure claimed the home and their $100,000 down payment.
The Jacobsons didn't lose their desire to live in a single-family home, however. They now rent one, like many other former homeowners displaced by foreclosure.
"Listen Johnny and Suzie, if you work really, really hard at your minimum wage jobs perhaps someday you will be able to rent a home that has been foreclosed by a big, greedy bank".
It is so sad to watch what is happening to this country.
These days many Americans are scratching and clawing and doing everything that they can to make it, but they still find themselves short on money at the end of the month.
Many are turning to debt in an attempt to bridge the gap. According to CNN, 40 percent of "low- and middle-income households" are using credit cards to pay for basic living expenses.
Overall, U.S. consumers have more than 11 trillion dollars in debt right now.
That is an incredible number.
As the economy has declined, a lot of families have completely given up trying to make it on their own and have turned to the U.S. government for financial help. Today, an astounding 49.1 percent of all Americans live in a home where at least one person receives government benefits.
Just think about that number for a while. It is one of the clearest signs that America is in deep, deep decline.
Unfortunately, things are about to get even worse. The next wave of the financial crisis is unfolding in Europe and we will all be talking about another "major global recession" very soon.
That means that unemployment in the United States is going to get a lot worse.
For the millions upon millions of Americans that are already suffering through the horror of unemployment, that is really bad news.
Posted below is a trailer for a new HBO documentary entitled "Hard Times: Lost on Long Island". Please take a few minutes to watch this video, because I think it does a good job of showing the soul crushing despair that many unemployed Americans are going through right now....
So do any of you have any stories of lowered expectations to share? Please feel free to post a comment with your thoughts below....


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On a hot and humid Saturday afternoon, all those years ago (and it goes without saying that I was very young when I was married, some might say a child bride!) the adventure began. And it has been an adventure, which I should have guessed, judging from how the day panned out.
To give you some background info, Sydney was in the middle of a heat wave, and temperatures had been in the mid to high 30's all week (Celsius, that is). We'd chosen one of Sydney's oldest churches, the Garrison Church at The Rocks as our venue, and it really is such a beautiful place:
In spite of organising a trial run, my hair looked more like this....
I'll set the scene for you: four girls, dressed entirely in black (which was very daring for 1989 and quite unheard of), complete with Ray Bans, running to the car so we could make the 45 minute trip to the church on time. I'll never forget the look on the guests faces as they screamed around the corner, looking like four Penelope Pitstops. Priceless.
Meanwhile, let's check back in on the boys......
...oh look, here they are, having a few drinks at The Lord Nelson. And I have it on good authority (relayed with great relish by a few of the grand dames in attendance) there were a few last minute wardrobe changes, which took place out of the back of our campervan. Apparently in full view of said grand dames. Secretly, I think it was the biggest thrill I think they'd had in a long time.
After a lovely, (and thankfully non-eventful) ceremony, we finally made it to our reception venue - Dunbar House at Watson's Bay, on beautiful Sydney Harbour:


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The #FashionXGirls visit Birds Barbershop for a day of pampering and getting hair cuts for Austin Fashion Week 2016. We visited the location on Rock Rose in The Domain, but Birds Barbershop has seven other locations, find a nearest Birds here. Birds Barbershop has their own line of great hair products called Verb, which you can purchase on location (note the verb products are noted in hair steps).
Looking for some hair inspiration for Austin Fashion Week or any other event? Here's some steps you can follow:
For Jacqueline?
- Shampoo/condition with verb hydrating shampoo + conditioner.
- Blow-dry hair with round brush to 50% dry, then use verb volume spray from mid section of hair to ends in even sections.
- Continue blow-dry to 80% dry, then use verb sea spray from mid section of hair to end in even sections to create more volume and texture.
- Once hair is completely dry, use two pumps of verb ghost oil on mid section of hair to ends for shine.
For Kylie's Deep Condition and waves:
- The deep conditioning treated started with combing out any visible tangles before going to the shampoo bowl.
- After shampooing, Bird's leave in conditioning mask was evenly distributed all over the hair for 5-7 minutes to process.
- After blowing out the hair, a flat iron was used to create soft waves. Grab a section of hair, and wrap hair around the iron.
- Fluff out waves with your hands and continue until you have the desired look.
- Verb ghost oil?and volume spray were?applied after curls were completed.
Birds Barbershop Marks 10th?Anniversary?with Blowout Birthday Party
On?Sun., May 15?from?2 to 6 p.m.,?Birds Barbershop will host a 10th?birthday party in the parking lot of its first location at 2110 S. Lamar. Free and for all ages, this family-friendly event features performances from the Barton Hills Choir and other neighborhood entertainers. Jump around in the bounce house and enjoy party games, face painting, a birthday-themed photo booth, complimentary Shiner beer, a variety of sweet treats and more. A dedicated VIP section will be open for guests who are also celebrating their birthday in May, plus tons of giveaways. Birds will also try to break a world record for the largest number of people with their hair braided together. For more details, visit?birdsbarbershop.com.


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February 2014: ImprovBoston Receives Grant for Anti-Bullying Residency at Umana Academy
January 2014: Renown Improvised Shakespeare Company to Play ImprovBoston
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Part Exchange Available First Floor Flat Bright Spacious Lounge Cul De Sac Setting Double Bedroom Kitchen Shower Room Electric Heating MQ Estate Agents are open 7 days a week: Monday Friday 8am 8:30pm &Saturday &Sunday 9am - 6pm to arrange your viewing appointment.
Lounge - 4.25 x 2.37 (13'11 x 7'9 )
Kitchen - 1.96 x1.72 (6'5 x 5'8 )
Bedroom - 3.96 x2.37 (13'0 x 7'9 )
MQ Estate Agents are delighted to offer to the market this First Floor Flat set within a cul de sac, in the quiet village of Polmont.
The property would ideally suit a First Time Buyer or Buy to Let investor and has accommodation which extends to communal entrance, reception hallway, bright spacious lounge offering access through to the kitchen which has a range of wall mounted and floor standing units with space for appliances, double bedroom with full length wardrobes offering hanging and shelved storage and the shower room with two piece suite comprising low level accommodation, wash hand basin and separate shower cubicle. The property is in need of some cosmetic upgrading but further benefits from double glazing and electric heating.
The property is ideally situated for access to all local amenities including primary and secondary schooling, shopping and leisure facilities, motorway access to both Glasgow and Edinburgh via the M8/M9 motorway networks and public transport routes both bus and rail offering further access throughout the central belt.
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|Living Room by William Kahele
HONOLULU, HI—Kumu Kahua Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of Living Room by William (Wil) Kahele. This thoughtful comedy is also Kahele's world premiere as a playwright.
Eli's family and friends are well-meaning, but they won't leave him alone as he wrestles with his troubled past and uncertain future. Millie, Rose, Fannie and Junior haunt Eli with their concerns until they nearly drive him crazy. Eli's indomitable sense of humor and a handsome stranger may be his saving grace in this comedy about the drama one local man faces alone in a crowded room.
This play is a semi-autobiographical piece that was written by Kahele as a result of beginning and advanced playwriting classes offered at Kumu Kahua Theatre by Tammy Haili'opua Baker.
Wil Kahele says "My grandmother told me a lot of stories when I was growing up. She made me believe anything was possible. My other grandmother was a bit more practical and tried to enforce the attributes of hard work. I learned from both of these strong women that there are positives and negatives in their perspectives of child rearing, and I survived them, but not without some bumps and bruises along the way."
The play is a thoughtful comedy that contains some adult themes and language.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday 8pm: January 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27; February 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 2018
Sundays 2pm: January 21, 28; February 11, *18, 2018
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(No show Super Bowl Sunday, February 4)
Following the performance on Friday, January 26th there will be a free talk story. These talk stories are offered on the 2nd Friday of each production run and include an opportunity to gain behind the scenes insight from the director, cast and playwright (when available).
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Nick Cave, (born February 4, 1959, Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.), American artist best known for his wearable mixed-media constructions known as Soundsuits, which act simultaneously as fashion, sculpture, and noisemaking performance art.
Cave began exploring fibre arts and fashion while attending the Kansas City (Missouri) Art Institute (B.F.A.; 1982). During his time there he also studied with Alvin Ailey's modern dance company, initiating his active interest in constructing a bridge between dance, fashion, and art. He earned a master's in fine arts (1989) at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and later became chairman of the fashion design program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Throughout his career, Cave made use of found and ready-made materials to reference cultural, political, and autobiographical issues.
Cave made his first Soundsuit out of twigs in the early 1990s by wiring cut and drilled sticks to a handmade cotton undergarment, realizing its performative potential only once it had been completed. Using a myriad of techniques and materials, he continued to create the hybrid objects, which ranged from formfitting bodysuits composed of intricately sewn fabrics and beads to amorphous suits made of natural materials such as woven hair. The Soundsuits—named for the sounds made when worn by performers—conceal and transform identity, race, and gender while encouraging movement and creating noise that reflects their chosen materials and construction. Their meanings shift and multiply with each exhibition and performance, set in places as varied as the theatre stage, fashion runway, and city street.
Echoing his ongoing exploration of issues relating to identity and politics, Cave also used recycled materials in a series of sculptures and installations that equally cited crafts and rituals. With these objects and his Soundsuits, Cave borrowed from a wide range of disciplines and cultures in an effort to examine and challenge notions of personal and cultural identity.


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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program Announces Graduation for 2011 Class of Nonprofit Leaders
Sep 22, 2011, 09:41 ET
Year-Long Leadership Program Offers Professional Development and Mentorship
BALTIMORE, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program, a leadership development program for select executive directors of community-based nonprofit agencies serving disadvantaged individuals, today celebrated the graduation of the 2011 class of Fellows.
The group of 15 Fellows from nonprofit organizations across Maryland has taken part in a year-long professional development program designed to enhance leadership skills and promote collaboration among the region's nonprofits. Each year, applications are accepted and reviewed through a competitive selection process. The volume of applicants increased significantly this year and there were almost twice as many applicants as there were available positions. These are the members of the 2011 class:
- Randall T. Acosta, Boys and Girls Clubs of Harford County
- Elizabeth Briscoe, Action in Maturity, Inc.
- Sandra Brown, Mid Shore Pro Bono
- John Dumas, Service Coordination, Inc.
- Michael Dyer, Epilepsy Association of the Eastern Shore
- Misty Fae, Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County
- David A. Greenberg, The League for People with Disabilities
- Gayle E. Headen, Union Baptist – Harvey Johnson Head Start
- Amy John, Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust
- Latavia D. Little, Treatment Resources for Youth, Inc.
- Claudia Nagle, Diakonia, Inc.
- Elissa Malter Schwartz, Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse
- Jessica Smith-Harper, Village of Hope, Inc.
- Kathleen Westcoat, Baltimore HealthCare Access, Inc.
- Madeline Yates, Maryland Campus Compact
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The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program provides executive directors of community-based nonprofit agencies with hands-on, practical, interactive sessions. These sessions focus on key elements of nonprofit management: exploration of issues important to agency leaders; the chance to meet and form long-term relationships with peers, and opportunities to identify and connect to a rich network of other helpful resources.
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This is the kind of youth leadership that we hope to inspire with Canada Service Corps, Canada's new national youth service initiative. We want to encourage even more young Canadians to get involved in their community through service, while at the same time gaining valuable skills and experience that they will carry with them throughout their lives.
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Check out this simple way to store craft supplies from Smashed Peas and Carrots.
I must adopt this process for organizing my ribbon and trim stash, because my one-giant-tangled-ball system isn't work out as well as I would like.
Part of the reason I have procrastinated organizing the ribbon is that all of the storage systems take a significant amount of time to create. I love this because it's so simple. I could do it while watching Nate Berkus...oh who am I kidding, I could do it while watching Wonder Pets.


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I don't know how I failed to mention a Christmas Gift on my blog. Maybe because I temporarily set it aside waiting patiently for the additional design cards to be shipped to me. Well I received them just recently and have renewed my interest in the Making Memories Slice Machine.
If you are a card maker like me or a scrapbook person, this little cordless design cutter is great for quick cuts for embellishments. It is so easy to use and I think a real space saver. It's so much more convenient then those huge dies you would need to stack up and save for a single design.
I'm going to review my new design cards just received this weekend. I also just learned that 12 new design cards are scheduled to be released on 1/25/09. There are usually 30-40 designs on each card and each design can be cut anywhere from 1-4" big in 1/2" increments. This includes fonts that are usually very expensive for die cutters. See the official slice site at http://www.whyslice.com
Here are a few quick cuts I did. As you can see, I love love love my new slice. Also, I like using all the negative designs that most die cutters can create.
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I've joined the Summer Essentials Sew-Along that is going on over here:
The basic gist is that you make 5 items from the 6 categories by August. The catagories are:
Poolside Pretties;
Clam Diggers and co.;
Sweet and Sassy Skirts;
The Sundress;
Tee, Tunics and Blouses;
Those Summer Nights.
Due to the lack of inexpensive and pretty fabric round these parts 2 or 3 of my pieces will be recons. I think I'm gonna try to go for 6 items altogether as recons aren't as intensive as from-scratch sewing.
Without further ado here is my first recon project - My Sundress!
It's a nice enough dress but I just don't like shirt collars plus it's all a bit tired looking.
A sweet heart neckline and gathered straps for a more pin-up style. It's a few inches shorter now to boot, sitting about 2" above my knee, which is much better on my 5, 1" frame.
I like it much better. What do you guys think?
Skirt next I think and it shall have a scalloped hem. This is the inspiration (plus a tutorial link) that I'll be using: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=333760.0
Oh and the necklace is from my new line of pennant necklaces. Check them on my mini on etsy if you likey.


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Washingtonians this week added a new TV programme to their must-see list: the DC "Power Player" celebrity edition of the gameshow Jeopardy! It featured the same talking heads you would see flipping among news channels – former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, CNN's Anderson Cooper and MSNBC channel's Chris Matthews. It was also a rare occasion when Washington personalities not only accepted the possibility that there is a single right response on any given issue, they were willing to accept they might not know what it is. If only they were as amenable to being corrected when it came to their reporting.
The coverage of the tournament has been a little breathless; one behind-the-scenes scoop revealed that a contestant practised by clicking a ballpoint pen. That Washington has got wrapped up in the publicity stunt makes sense, though: Jeopardy! might be the wonkiest of all the American gameshows. There are no gimmicky contests, no ladies in evening dresses (or less), no personal truths revealed. Even its one distinctive fillip – all answers must be phrased in the form of a question – has the feel of an intellectual challenge. And, let's face it, journalists working backwards to a question from the answer that has been provided to them will be familiar to anyone who watched them cover the build-up to the Iraq war.
The enthusiastic embrace given to Jeopardy! by its Power Players, and Washington in general, underscores what for me has been one of the city's most endearing traits: it is a community of nerds. Cosmopolitan types have told me that DC's insularity and competitiveness makes it like other "single-industry" towns; that it is "Hollywood for ugly people" isn't wrong so much as only half the story. Sure, Washingtonians can't compete with entertainment industry players in looks (though I'd take Anderson Cooper staring at me across the table over Harvey Weinstein any day), but that's not the currency of the US Capitol: knowledge is. (To be crass: if DC is Hollywood for ugly people, Hollywood is DC for idiots.)
I lived in Washington for more than a decade and the one good thing I'll still say about it is that intelligence is a genuinely valued commodity. It makes sense, of course: to the extent that attractiveness matters in politics, it's only to get other people to do what you want – and you have to know what you want people to do. Knowing who finds whom attractive is a powerful piece of intelligence as well.
I have joked before that the megalomania and vindictiveness of DC denizens makes more sense when you consider how they all were probably pushed around in high school. They are exercising power that was denied to them then. (I have also wondered if Washington's high placement on the list of cities with the most instances of infidelity is a product of that making-up-for-lost-time attitude as well.)
A shared sense of adolescent awkwardness explains why the story about Mitt Romney bullying an outsider classmate in high school broke through campaign chatter in a way that, say, revelations about Obama's high school experimentation with drugs didn't. Obama was an outsider, too. In many ways, he still is. By intention or not, he continues to show the markings of someone more likely to be bullied than to bully: he wears uncool jeans. He has big ears. He's a science fiction fan. And for all his rhetorical skills and ability to connect with large audiences, he does not always generate personal warmth. An intellectual to the core, he sometimes seems to be someone whose social graces did not come naturally – like he learned them from a book.
Romney comes across the same way, though to judge by the bullying incident, maybe it was a different kind of book (Lord of the Flies, perhaps). For all the attention, and disturbing taint of homophobia, generated by the bullying story, I have to say that when you look at Romney's behaviour over time, he doesn't seem so much like a bully as a vindictive nerd. We've seen what governance by a true bully looks like: it ended just four years ago.
No, Romney and Obama are closer in personal style than perhaps either man would care to admit. They are sometimes-chilly technocrats, more comfortable with intellectual problems than personal ones – though only Romney is so stilted that he doesn't know not to tell people that.
No matter who wins in November, we will see the revenge of a nerd. What's different about them is who they want to take vengeance on. Conservative critics are not too far off when they accuse Obama of "class warfare" – his talk of economic justice does, after all, imply that there is economic injustice at the moment. But progressive critics are even more on the mark when they complain that his policies themselves – continuing "too big to fail" subsidies, half-measure investment in infrastructure – don't push class "warfare" so much as a baseball scrimmage. And, jeez, like any geek, he throws like a girl. On the other hand, Romney, a child of privilege, seems pleased to play the role of bookish guardian to those already in power.
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GHS Principal Lori Pearson explained Thursday the process of allotting funds for the much-needed new uniforms came to the front burner in the last couple of years as Paul St. Germaine, former Gaylord Community Schools (GCS) executive director of curriculum, worked with rotating the different noncore subject areas - foreign languages, band, etc. - into the curriculum cycle for review and updating.
Pearson learned earlier in the 2001-02 school year that band was in the rotation this year. It was then up to the music department to prioritize which needs were most crucial. In particular, they pinpointed uniforms and instruments as top priorities.
Pearson reported the total cost of approximately 110 uniforms came to $38,000, but a generous donation of $16,415 by the Band Boosters offset the district's portion considerably.


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Darcee's school of dance in St Joseph Missouri. I practically shit the first time we drove past this place-firstly because over the overload of bubblegum pink EVERYTHING!!! From signage to building accents and finally the inside which was painted entirely this shade with a bit of bright turquoise and black mixed in for good measure. The place was constantly filled with little blond girls in tacky recital outfits and the decor made me instantly crave milkshakes and poodle skirts.
But hold on a second, aside from all that, can we please address the huge pedophillic "Granddad's Dream" poster bolted to the back of the building???? Are the creepy old men kept in the back where no one will notice them? I mean really though, what is this? This is starting to feel like all the tacky jokes I make are coming to life. I mean, this banner sums everything up in such a twisted way I feel like I really have nothing to say about it at all. It's beautiful, that's all. It's all just beautiful.
Thank you Darcee. You may have shoo'ed me out of your studio by playing "Good Golly Miss Molly" really really loud until I couldn't talk to you any more, but a part of me will love you forever.
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It's 930A, I'm up and feeling much better than I have been the last few days. Sniffles are gone and congestion has nearly disappeared! Thank God for lots of water, soup and Bendadryl to help me sleep about 18 hours yesterday. I've been holed up for a few days but I woke up this morning to the realization that today marks the last day of 2009. Crazy, really. Where has this year gone?! Despite the fact that time has flown by, a lot has happened this year for me; lots of big changes that have had a big impact on my life. Time for me to reminisce a bit and welcome in 2010!
Dad & I took our first international trip together in February. We visited England to look at possible grad schools… that was only 10 months ago? Wow. I'm already through 3 months of grad school!
I don't know if I secretly thought/hoped that my grandparents would live forever, but my grandpa passed away in March and it was the first time I had to say goodbye to someone with whom I was extremely close. It was also the first family death I had to deal with in my adult life, and it marked the first eulogy I ever delivered. Even though I know he's not alive anymore, I often still feel like he's here, which makes living life much easier.
Got my acceptance to LSE in April (I applied quite late)! I actually recall the moment of my acceptance with 100% clarity. I think it's like the JFK assassination moment that everyone from that generation talks about — you know exactly what you were doing and exactly where you were. I was so elated when I got the letter, definitely changed the course of my life. Here I am now, half way through taught courses with amazing new friends and loads of fun travel stories. I can't imagine having been anywhere else!
Ahhh… graduation from undergrad was a very bitter-sweet moment for me. It was great to be able to say goodbye to my undergrad and know that I had the opportunity to pursue my Masters in London in the fall, but it was sad graduating and not having my grandpa there for the first time. Nevertheless, definitely a milestone!
A surprise birthday weekend for Tiff & our first family vacation in forever! We planned a surprise getaway to Carmel for Tiffany's 19th Birthday this year, complete with handmade surprises and super-cute B&B. It was the first family vacation we'd been on in years (since Disneyland days) and it was the first time we got to bring nana along! So fun!
Saying goodbye to work after four years! It was quite difficult quitting a reliable job with a steady income to welcome a life of joblessness and full-time Masters work. I'm glad now that I had the wherewithal to actually leave, but it was a bit sad… four years of bonding and relationships and saying goodbye to the full-time job that allowed me to pay my way through undergrad.
One of the biggest things that happened this year? Moving to London! I really didn't think I had it in me to leave my family, friends, relationships and the normalcy of California life to move to a foreign country for (at least) a year. I'm happy to announce that I did manage to say my tearful goodbyes and settle in to London life. Quite happily, I might add. I already feel so much more fulfilled & so much more educated!
I didn't even realize that I had experienced so many life-altering changes this year. How can a year go by so fast and still contain so many memories? I must admit, this blog has definitely come in handy! I had created it with the intention of keeping up with friends and family from afar, but I have found that it has become the best online journal imaginable. Now that I know there are people reading about my daily adventures and trips, I feel somewhat accountable to upload pictures and thoughts on a regular basis. Now, a year later, it's fun going back and remembering the things that I would have otherwise forgotten!
Thank you to everyone who made my 2009 amazing.
Let's get ready to take on 2010!
Now, I'm off to make breakfast and face the last day of 2009. Possibly hitting up Trafalgar Square tonight to ring in the New Year!
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Raising children can be challenging, scary and tiring. Raising my son influenced by thoughts and principles of Emmi Pikler has been joyful and meaningful in many ways. This whole journey is not just about teaching one person but about allowing to grow all together.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
When I first heard of the Pikler parenting method I was very surprised by her attitude of leaving your child alone to play. And I was relieved. How often do you see parents and relatives take a little newborn out of their crib just like that, throw it in the air, shake it and carry it around. Without warning, without asking they interrupt the little ones action - even if that is just lying there and looking around. I always felt sorry for the baby that had no choice but be part of the "fun".
On sunday we experienced our first Pikler - situation of "Let your child be". A friend came over for a visit. I had just fed our son and my husband had changed his diaper. Happy and satisfied he was lying on the sofa still trying hard to move his hands into his mouth. Our friend went over to him, picked him up and held him in front of her face. Immediately he started crying so she began to wonder why. Nervously she started shaking and rocking him, making funny sounds and laughing. The little one continued crying until my husband suggested she should just put him back down because that might be what he wanted. Eventually after a few more rocking rounds he did not enjoy she put him down. He stopped crying and went back to his hands as if nothing had happened.
The problem with "Letting your child be" is that many parents think you are not allowed to play with your child at all, to hold him, to cuddle him. Of course you are allowed and you SHOULD do all that. But you shouldn't do it when it is convenient to YOU, when YOU have a spare moment, when YOU feel like cuddling.
Do not forget that your child is a human too and he has his needs to be alone and play by himself. A few weeks ago he was thrown out of his comfortable warm 24hour restaurant called "uterus" so he needs time to adjust to this world, to find his place, to grasp.
So rather than presenting your child with your constant presence lean back and watch him. Figure out what he is up to and what he needs when he cries. You will learn when it is okay for him to interact with you, when he wants you to hold him, to cuddle him. Enjoy those moments when it's right for both of you but also enjoy the spare time you gain by not entertaining your child constantly.
Also - A child's attention span will be much longer when it is allowed to play with something he chooses not something you put into his hands or in front of his head. See it like that - most of the time you enjoy a magazine/book/article you choose to read much more than a magazine someone just put into your hands because he or she think you should read that right now!! you want to read it when you are in the mood. And you will eventually read it. Interested. With full concentration. Your child will do the same. With the toys it chooses himself!
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Are you tired of listening to the same old tripe Bollywood celebrities spew when they are quizzed on upcoming projects, their love lives or alleged feuds? Well, we are too!
This is our attempt to educate our celebrities that we know…we know everytime they try to evade a question with their rehearsed, unimaginative responses. Here's a list of Shit Bollywood Celebrities Say:
1. "I have projects in the pipeline"
No, you don't. In fact, at this point in time we're pretty sure Kamaal R Khan has more prospects on the horizon than you. We're pretty sure we've heard Preity Zinta, Viveik Oberoi, Mallika Sherawat and likes spout this drivel several times a year.
2. "We're just friends"
No, you aren't. Friends don't make out with each other in MMS videos or get snapped hand in hand in exotic locations. Why is it so taboo to admit that you're dating your co-star, unless ofcourse…you know…Harman Baweja.
3. "I don't have a problem with *insert arch nemesis' name*"
Yes, you do. The five hundred person film crew and their siblings and their neighbours know. Isn't it smarter to admit that there is an on going feud instead of making underhanded comments? Oh well…at least we tried.
4. "I've got a lot of Hollywood offers…I'm just waiting for the right role"
No, you don't. The only offer you've got from Hollywood is the Country Club pamphlet at your door. Don't worry, we won't judge you because Speilberg hasn't offered you a film…we just judge you because of what you pull off in the films here!
5. "I live a regular life…I just want to media to stop scrutinizing my every move"
No, you don't live a regular life. Regular lives include sweat, bad hair days and rickshaw rides which we don't feel the need to tweet about! Also, if you don't want the media to scrutinize your every move, how about not holding a press confrence to tell them to not scrutinize your every move.
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If you're new to the world of Identity Manager, know that there are others in your shoes (with fresh socks, of course ...). Here's a recent conversation about getting into the Identity Manager world, from scratch.
"The company I work for is about to delve into the world of Identity Manager, and having read the documentation on the web, I have a few questions regarding installation recommendations.
The environment where we are going to set up Identity manager is brand spanking new, with no legacy version of IDM, DirXML, or eDirectory in place. We will be setting up a brand new eDirectory server and IDM v 2.0 (or perhaps 2.0.1), that will interoperate with an IBM LDAP server, DB/2, MS SQL Server, and various Access databases.
Initially, the product will be used to synchronize 1,000 (at any given time) user accounts with the systems listed above. User accounts will be disabled at the same rate they join, so 1,000 users is a stable figure. Eventually, it is envisioned that the environment will grow so that 10,000 accounts are active at any given time.
Based on the information above, what recommendations would you make in terms of separating the components (IM Driver Shim, Remote loader, IM Engine, eDirectory, etc.) onto separate servers? What can we run together, and what should we separate? Which component has turned out to be the most resource hungry in terms of RAM, CPU, Disk space etc.?"
And here's the response from a few of our Forum experts ...
Identity Manager is generally event-driven, so it's not so much a matter of the number of "live" users as the frequency that they are added, or their dataset changes. It is common practice to keep objects associated with each other, even when the account is disabled - unless the associated application object is deleted completely. So the number of associated objects would rise over time. But there is little overhead for an unchanging associated object, so that is unlikely to have a tangible impact. Adding users is a relatively expensive operation, so the question there is how frequently you are pushing new users into the system and what sort of delay in processing is acceptable when you do so.
Remember that every change to the directory counts as an event. Login and logout traffic alone will give you more than 1000 events per day. When you add in the backround DS threads, you'll have plenty more. But that's not really a problem, because the DirXML Engine is pretty efficient and quick about processing events.
I have about 80K users here at our university, with three eDir trees and a MAD tree, all linked via DirXML. These are mostly students, and are mostly people who are not physically here. We create 100 or so accounts per day. I see around 180K login/logout events, and around 700 password changes per day. If I counted account changes and group membership updates, I'm sure I could get make it over 200K events per day.
The hardware recommendations: go for more memory, and maybe more CPUs if you can get them. Get fast disks, too.
I'm running a single sync server to maintain my flat identity vault tree (eDir 184.108.40.206). This server also runs the DirXML engine and 15 drivers (13 eDir-to-eDir, 1 eDir-to-MAD, 1 NAM3). The server also functions as a Win2K MAD domain controller, and it runs NAM3 (password sync only). It has 4GB of RAM and 4x800MHz Xeon CPUs but is often "bored." eDirectory alone can take over 2GB of RAM on this server, though.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
For some reason, on my way home this evening, I ended up with this song stuck in my head:
I was never a huge fan of Nirvana, never owned an album, but obviously the grunge era has left its mark on me, in that way that in left its indelible mark on everyone who grew up in the 90s. So today I present to you guys perhaps the most difficult Music Wednesday I've ever done: Grunge That Doesn't Suck.
I remember Dan O'Donnell telling me about this film clip a long time before I ever saw it. Dinosaur Jr didn't really sound like many other grunge bands, and as such hold up considerably better. I've been listening to a heap of them lately - the new album is a bonafide banger, and listening to it makes me feel good about everything in the entire world. Apparently the band is known for their quirky filmclips. Who knew? I thought this one was a one-off.
Smashing Pumpkins were a band I couldn't listen to for a really long time. I hated them so much that when someone pointed out that Kirsten Dunst looks like Billy Corgan with hair, I started hating her too. But then one day I was climbing up Tawonga Gap on my fixie. It was hard, and I was struggling. Just when I thought I was going to have to get off and walk my bike, this song came on the iPod. And it was rad. I didn't walk.
Nothing about Sonic Youth sucks, apart from maybe their recent breakup. I can even handle the later, all-feedback, all-the-time records. They did get lumped in with other grunge bands though, which seems unfair sometimes, but not so unfair when you listen to this song. I think I read somewhere that Ian Mackaye is playing guitar on this track, which perhaps marks his first and only major label appearance. Way to sell out, Ian!
I remember stagediving at a school social to this song, hitting the air just as the chorus kicked in. Not bad.
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Santa Clarita Baptist Church formed as a merge of two independent Baptist churches: First Baptist Church of Saugus and Temple Baptist Church of Canyon Country. The First Baptist Church of Saugus began on November 19, 1962 under the leadership of Amos Clemmons as a small nucleus of believers gathering in Pastor Clemmon's garage. A few years later in 1966, God led Therman Fuller to shepherd the congregation and begin construction on the current church's 2 1/2 acre site in 1968. In 1972, First Baptist Church founded Canyon Country Christian School to provide Christian education in the Santa Clarita Valley. After Pastor James Reid (1976) and Pastor Bruce M. Anderson (1976), God led Bruce H. Anderson, son of Pastor Bruce Anderson to shepherd the church in January 1981.
Only one mile away from First Baptist Church of Saugus was the young and fast-growing church, Temple Baptist Church. Temple Baptist first met in the Glass Bottle Blower Association Building on January 11, 1976, under the leadership of Pastor Richard Willoughby. After Pastor Don Porter (1977), God led Pastor Donald Sewell to shepherd the church in November 1980.
Pastors Sewell and Anderson met to discuss the needs of both churches. Through God's sovereignty, both churches agreed to merge their congregations, and met on May 31, 1981 under a new name: Santa Clarita Baptist Church. Don Sewell assumed the position of Senior Pastor and Bruce H. Anderson continued for a year as his associate and the school administrator.
In June 1983, God led Pastor Pete Mothershead to Santa Clarita Baptist Church as the Minister of Discipleship and Evangelism. Two years later on May 19, 1985, he became the Senior Pastor. In May 2007, after 24 years of ministry, God led Pastor Mothershead to retire from shepherding Santa Clarita Baptist Church and travel full time with Balanced Evangelism– a ministry he began while pastoring.
From July 2008 to August 2014, Pastor Scott Basolo faithfully led the church as senior pastor. In 2013 God directed the church to follow Scripture more closely, resulting in changes to the church bylaws to include elders alongside deacons.
In May 2015, the church rejoiced to welcome Pastor Vaughn Park as the new senior pastor.
The church has been through many seasons, and and we are thankful to recall how God has always displayed His faithfulness to the church at the end of Luther Drive.
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IN 2005, a version of ASIMO was introduced that could push a cart. ASIMO could manipulate the cart freely while maintaining an appropriate distance from the cart by adjusting the force of its arms, using the force sensors on its wrists.
Even when the movement of the cart is disturbed, ASIMO can continue maneuvering by taking flexible actions such as slowing down or changing directions.
ASIMO, Honda's bipedal humanoid robot, greeted U.S. President Barack Obama at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (known as "Miraikan") in Tokyo, Japan.
ASIMO greeted President Obama in English - "Mr. President, I am ASIMO, a humanoid robot. It is a pleasure to meet you." ASIMO then demonstrated some of its signature moves including running, kicking a ball and jumping.
Honda is conducting robotics re -search for the purpose of creating robots that help people while coexisting with people in society.
ASIMO also expressed its future goal to President Obama - "I keep training every day so that someday in the future I can help people in their homes."
Since its introduction in 2000, ASIMO has met a number of VIPs from other countries. However, this was the first time for ASIMO to meet a U.S. President.


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Subject: boolean and small-choice values?
From: Mario Lang (mlang_AT_delysid.org)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 15:27:21 EEST
Currently the eci interface only allows me to know if
something has a float or an integer value, but I cant
tell some important things:
1. Some copps have only a small number of possible values,
like those for waveform selection. It would be great
if there were some way to
1. Know which values can be used
2. Have a description for each value, like
Square, Sawtooth and so on.
2. Some copps are boolean, i.e., should only
have 0 or 1.
I dont know how other GUIs for ecasound do it, but
without that information, it is not easy to make a pretty
dialog, at least not for me. If 1 would work, I could
use a radio-button-list to implement it, and for 2, I could
use a checkbox.
Any way of getting this working somewhere in the future, maybe
something like the already existing preset -ppl and -ppu stuff?
-- CYa, Mario
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Rob's Guide to Entering the Imagine Cup/
I'm giving a presentation today at Hull on how to take part in the Imagine Cup. This page summarizes all the links I'm going to give out, and gives some advice. First thing you do is register here:
This is free and doesn't commit you to anything. Take the quiz. This is fun, you and might win a prize. I'd have a go but unfortunately I'm too old. And not a student. And I'd win anyway.
There are a number of invitationals. Each of them is a separate competition in its own right. You can enter as many of them as you like. Each of them has its own particular entry process. Here is a summary of the ones I think you should enter, and how to do it.
Software Design
You'll need to form a team for this one. Once you have up to four people (all of them registered) you can work up your idea for an entry. The Idea is what will get you past the first round. The theme for this year is "Imagine a World where technology enables a sustainable environment".
All you have to do is fill in a form with an idea and then submit it. The idea has to have an environmental feel, but it doesn't have to be directly environmental:
- Technology that lets people swap things rather than buy new ones
- Technology that changes the way (or frequency) that something is used to reduce the impact on the environment
- Technology that makes people aware of the impact of their behaviour on the environment and seeks to modify this
- Technology that improves the efficiency with which a resource is used
Once you have a team, all sit around a table (possibly in a pub) and then work through the bullet points above and see if you can't come up with something. Map the points onto your life and see if there is anything that you could do to modify the way you do things. See if you know anyone in another department (Geography, History, etc) who might have an environmental problem you could have a go at. If you want an idea of what to do, take a look at this example by Ed Dunhill.
Fill in the form here and submit it. And be quick, the entries close on the 14th Dec.
Remember that quiz I mentioned above? Get through that and you are into the Algorithm Invitational round 2. You get to download some code and fiddle with it.
Well worth a look if you enjoy programming.
You'll need another team (or perhaps the same one from the Software Development invitational). This round is also idea driven, in that the first round is based on an idea that you pitch to the competition. It can be the same idea as for the Software Development round, or it can be a different one. It should be based on an embedded device and if you make it through to round 2 you will get some hardware to play with. Again, you have nothing to lose by taking part except a bit of time to fill in your entry and write up your idea. You can find the details here.
Game Development (XNA)
You'll need to form another team (or use the same long suffering chums). You need to create a game demo with XNA and pitch it. You can find out more here. Remember that XNA 2.0 provides Xbox Live network gaming between PC and Xbox. So your game could be multi-player. You could also use a PC as a gateway between the real world and Xbox clients, so you could feed live data into the games by doing this. There might be some really nice simulation/visualisation stuff you could do with this.
Programming Battle
Project Hoshimi is great fun. Write code of your own to take on other programs and win. Get started here. I'm told that getting through round 1 is actually quite easy. Ed Dunhill has a nice post here which should get you a long way down the road.
Information Technology
This one looks to be a hoot. You have to take an on-line test to get through the first round. There are a bunch of these in the run up to the close of round 1. If you get into the final you have to set up and manage a server which must then withstand a good kicking and stay up whatever is thrown at it. Find out more here.
Interface Design
Nobody from Hull has ever had a go at this one, and yet it looks very interesting. Essentially you devise a scenario in which a system could be created to help solve an environmental issue and then build a user interface for that system. You don't actually have to write the application, but you must create enough behaviours to allow the user interface to be demonstrated. If you can find an artist to team up with you could have some real fun in this one. Find out more here.
How hard could this be? Cameras even focus for you and everything now. All you have to do is come up with a photo essay (tell a story with pictures) on the environmental theme. You can find out what a photo essay is here.
Short Film
If four of you fancy making a film then you can. It might be great fun. The standard of the film entries to the Imagine Cup is usually pretty high (and someone from Canada quite often wins for some reason as I recall). Having said that, I'd really love someone from Hull to have a go at this, take a look here to find out how.
Is it worth Entering?
Oh yes. Not everyone who takes part wins (even if they are from Hull), but that is not the point. If I was interviewing for Microsoft people it would go like this:
Me: "So, are you keen to work at Microsoft?"
Applicant: "Oh yes, yes, yes. Keen-ness on legs, big barrel of keen, uber keen. More keen than a very keen person from Keenchester central who is keen"
Me: "And yet you didn't take part in the Imagine Cup."
Applicant:"No. Never quite got round to it."
Me: (pressing bell on desk) "Next.."
I'm not saying that the only way to get to work with Microsoft, either as an intern, employee or Student Partner is to sign up for the Imagine Cup. What I am really saying is that if you want a real inside track on the process you should.
And even if you don't want to work for Bill in the future, it is still worth taking part 'cos it is great fun.
We are having another meeting at Hull at 1:15 pm on Tuesday 11th December to firm up teams and bounce around some more ideas. If you want to come along and take part it woudl be great to see you. Room 312 in the Robert Blackburn Building.


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Friday, January 11, 2013
I made it!
I'm actually feeling great and am just soo relieved that I had no complications. The anesthesiologist made me feel very confident before I went under that he knew exactly how to handle everything. They were extremely cautious and had me stabilized before they started the operation. I felt very well taken care of and am so happy to have it behind me now.
All I have to do now is move forward, heal, and get back to writing with the rest of you!
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Rose, that is wonderful to hear! Now rest up and heal.ReplyDeleteReplies
Will do! Just trying to remember to rest now that I'm feeling so good.Delete
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I just took a deep breath of relief. Thanks for letting us know you're ok and I so happy to hear everything went well. Take all the time you need to rest up and heal so you can start the rest of the year in top shape! (:ReplyDeleteReplies
You're so sweet! Thanks for thinking of me and I will be taking it easy for awhile.Delete
Ohhhh... Rose! I'm so sorry I've been out of the loop. I'm SO GLAD you're doing okay. Yes, rest and HEAL.ReplyDeleteReplies
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One down, one to go. We are still waiting for approvals on the interior hopefully with a bunch more
Here are some current pictures of the damage that occurred last week after the heavy rain.
Do you see those little holes in the wall? Yup, that is from fingers. The wall is garbage, it is so soft.
O yes, and this picture below is in the living room just below Jax's room. Yup, you guessed it, it soaked right through the floor and down into the ceiling. Thank goodness we caught it and placed buckets under it or our hardwood floor in the living room would have been ruined also.
Thanks to everyone for all the advice after the first post I did on this situation, it help me a lot. I have a long list of dates, times, pictures, and videos of everything that has happened. I have also contacted some of the people suggested to see if they could help. Hopefully this mess will be cleaned up soon and we will be out of there.


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Just a reminder that Customer Submission Week begins November 6! You can send your creations to jennifer to share here on the SPS blog next week!
This month's challenge on In A Sweet Pea Dream is a Thankful card in fall colors! Enter for your chance to win!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Customer Submission Week & A New Challenge!
Posted by jennifer at 9:35 AM
design team member for Sweet Pea Stamps, Fairie Song Stamps, The Frantic Stamper and Painter for Third Coast Rubber Stamps.
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Can these be cards, that already have been in my blog and entered to challenges?ReplyDelete
The details can be found on the challenge blog, a new creation, no limit to the number of challenges it is entered into. thanks!ReplyDelete
I tought I left here a comment yesterday O_o I didn't mean the In A Sweet Pea Dream challenge, I was talking about the customer submission week. Can I send all my cards (with SP image) that haven't been shown here in SPS blog? Even those seen in my blog or in SPS challenges.ReplyDelete
Sure, we love sharing your creations no matter where else they have been shared!ReplyDelete
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Most brides, especially those planning a vintage themed wedding, are on the lookout for that significant and precious item that will hold the prestigious title of being their 'something old' on the big day. Many brides choose a family heirloom to represent this age old tradition, such as a veil or accessory that once belonged to their great grandmother, or special piece of jewellery to tuck away in their purse. The 'something old' tradition is one that continues to be the most thought out of the 'somethings' as it represents the sentimental connection the bride has, and will continue to maintain, to her family.
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Observations of Herbig Ae/Be stars with Herschel/PACS⋆
The atomic and molecular contents of their protoplanetary discs
1 Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Dpt. Fisica Teorica, Campus Cantoblanco Spain
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2 Dept. of Astrophysics, CAB (CSIC-INTA), ESAC Campus, PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
3 Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Postbus 800, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
4 UJF-Grenoble 1/CNRS-INSU, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique (IPAG) UMR 5274, 38041 Grenoble, France
5 Eureka Scientific, 2452 Delmer, Suite 100, Oakland CA 96002, USA
6 ExoPlanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, Code 667, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
7 Goddard Center for Astrobiology, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
8 Institute for Astronomy (IfA), University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Dr., Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
9 SOFIA-USRA, NASA Ames Research Center, Building N232, Rm 146, PO Box 1, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
10 Department of Physics & Astronomy, 118 Kinard Laboratory, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
11 ALMA SCO, Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
12 Exoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 667, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
13 Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Received: 14 March 2012
Accepted: 14 June 2012
We observed a sample of 20 representative Herbig Ae/Be stars and 5 A-type debris discs with PACS onboard Herschel, as part of the GAS in Protoplanetary Systems (GASPS) project. The observations were done in spectroscopic mode, and cover the far-infrared lines of [O i], [C ii], CO, CH+, H2O, and OH. We have a [O i] 63 μm detection rate of 100% for the Herbig Ae/Be and 0% for the debris discs. The [O i] 145 μm line is only detected in 25% and CO J = 18–17 in 45% (and fewer cases for higher J transitions) of the Herbig Ae/Be stars, while for [C ii] 157 μm, we often find spatially variable background contamination. We show the first detection of water in a Herbig Ae disc, HD 163296, which has a settled disc. Hydroxyl is detected as well in this disc. First seen in HD 100546, CH+ emission is now detected for the second time in a Herbig Ae star, HD 97048. We report fluxes for each line and use the observations as line diagnostics of the gas properties. Furthermore, we look for correlations between the strength of the emission lines and either the stellar or disc parameters, such as stellar luminosity, ultraviolet and X-ray flux, accretion rate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) band strength, and flaring. We find that the stellar ultraviolet flux is the dominant excitation mechanism of [O i] 63 μm, with the highest line fluxes being found in objects with a large amount of flaring and among the largest PAH strengths. Neither the amount of accretion nor the X-ray luminosity has an influence on the line strength. We find correlations between the line flux of [O i] 63 μm and [O i] 145 μm, CO J = 18–17 and [O i] 6300 Å, and between the continuum flux at 63 μm and at 1.3 mm, while we find weak correlations between the line flux of [O i] 63 μm and the PAH luminosity, the line flux of CO J = 3–2, the continuum flux at 63 μm, the stellar effective temperature, and the Brγ luminosity. Finally, we use a combination of the[O i] 63 μm and 12CO J = 2–1 line fluxes to obtain order of magnitude estimates of the disc gas masses, in agreement with the values that we find from detailed modelling of two Herbig Ae/Be stars, HD 163296 and HD 169142.
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Our Oscar Power Rankings for best supporting actor:
1. Philip Seymour Hoffman ("The Master")
2. Tommy Lee Jones ("Lincoln")
3. Robert DeNiro ("Silver Linings Playbook")
4. Alan Arkin ("Argo")
5. Leonardo DiCaprio ("Django Unchained")
Still in the hunt: Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson ("Django Unchained"), Javier Bardem ("Skyfall") and Matthew McConaughey ("Magic Mike")
Boy, you want a real dogfight? Try the supporting actor category this year. Some mighty big names — DeNiro, Jones, Hoffman, Arkin, DiCaprio — are all in the hunt. DiCaprio may find himself losing out to one of his "Django" cast members: Waltz or Jackson (who is coming on strong). Or the three could split the vote, leaving a slot open for Bardem or McConaughey, whose performances over the past year are much admired within the acting community.
For all things Oscar and more, follow Charlie McCollum at Twitter.com/charlie_mccollu.


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Located on the ramp up to the Darwin exhibit after you exit Lords of the Land, the exhibit consists of 19 or 20 profiles of female palaeontologists. Each framed image included a photo, a brief biography, and an image of a representative specimen or field locality (example above featuring Dr. Betsy Nicholls). I was particularly pleased to see that the Tyrrell had attempted to include women of many different races, nationalities, ages, and career stages, studying a variety of taxa and using many different techniques.
I was particularly intrigued the quote from Naomi Oreskes below the exhibit title, "The question is not why there haven't been more women in science, the question is rather why we have not heard more about them." Dr. Oreskes is a historian of science at University of California at San Diego, and her paper "Objectivity or Heroism? The Invisibility of Women in Science" is well worth a read (and really, go read it - palaeontology is all about heroism). It's a sentiment that I share and that I've discussed before: although there may not be an equal ratio of women:men in palaeontology yet, we're definitely getting closer, so why don't we seem to be as visible as the men? It is certainly up to us to speak up for ourselves, but it's really, really nice to see a major institution like the Tyrrell stepping up and hosting an exhibit like this.
I hope that at least some people will take the time to stop and read some of the biographies on their way to the fossils - if I had one complaint, it is that because the exhibit consists only of pictures in a hallway leading to the main exhibits, that it may be easily passed over. If specimens had been incorporated somehow, as they were with the Great Minds, Fresh Finds exhibit (showcasing the work of the museum's scientists), that might have been able to grab more attention. Sadly, most people walking through this hallway while I was present would pause for a moment at the entrance, but then skip on through the rest of the exhibit. I realize that space constraints probably would not permit anything more than what they have done, however, and the exhibit is pleasant to look at and rewarding for those who take some time to read the biographies. In particular, I hope school groups take advantage of it and that teachers incorporate questions about female scientists into their activities.
I'll finish here with a very nice video produced by the Tyrrell, featuring Dr. Don Brinkman discussing the work of Dr. Betsy Nicholls, who was a curator at the museum until her death in 2004 and whose work is featured in the Triassic Giant gallery.


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Promising primeval chills with blood-racing CGI special effects, Anchor Bay Entertainment plans to release The Fallen Ones on DVD, loaded with special features, on Sept. 20th with a suggested retail price of 19.98.
First aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in May 2005, The Fallen Ones has an all-star cast featuring Casper Van Dien, Robert Wagner, Kristen Miller, and Tom Bosley. The film was written, edited and directed by special effects master Kevin Van Hook.
The film follows Matt Fletcher (played by Van Dien) an archaeologist who uncovers a hidden tomb containing the mummified remains of a long dead warrior – who just happens to be about 42-foot tall.
The giant has been buried since the time of the great flood, as described in the Bible, and soon evidence is uncovered that reveals the creature to be Ammon The Destroyer – the unholy offspring of a human woman and a fallen angel.
The DVD will come loaded with special features including "Giants In The Earth" – the making of The Fallen Ones; "Creating Aramis the Mummy;" "Animatics: Pre-Visualization by Forum Visual Effects;" and audio commentary from Van Hook and others from the film's crew.
The Fallen Ones special features will also include a storyboard gallery; theatrical trailer; still gallery; and the screenplay for DVD-ROM.
The Fallen Ones is available for pre-order at Amazon. As of yet, there is not a release date for the UK. Visit the film's database for more information.
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If you've been paying attention to the Internet world lately, it has likely come to your attention that there is a new player in the search game called Bing and the Microsoft and Yahoo deal which has been discussed ad-nauseum since Microsoft offered Yahoo $45 billion in early 2008 has finally come to a close.
What does it all mean? It is going to take time to sort it all out. Whatever the effects of the merger, the effects it has on user experience and advertisers are most significant, and much can be said in that regard. As resident PPC expert and VP of Client Relations, Mike Block, says in his recent blog, Tues News: 8/4 (Big Deals Edition):
Anyone who has spoken to me about my opinions regarding the Big Three (Google, Yahoo and Microsoft) in search knows that I rank the user experience with Google at the top, Yahoo as a distant second and Microsoft as an even more distant third. When Bing came out and made some noise, it was my opinion that Bing would be nothing more than an expensive flash in the pan unless Microsoft could make the user experience better for the advertiser through its adCenter product. As it stands, the stubborn folks over at Microsoft still make bulk changes very difficult to perform, offer a poor quality account editor that is incompatible with Apple computers and employ customer service representatives that have always seemed overworked at best and poorly trained at worst.
Block's quote sums up looming questions regarding the effects of the Microsoft/Yahoo merger quite nicely. Now, lets assume for the sake of this blog that Microsoft gets its adCenter product together and releases a version up to par with Google's AdWords interface in terms of ease-of-use and user friendliness. This means the backend experience for the advertiser is equal, and relevancy and ease-of-use on the front end is what matters in determining who gets crowned the king of search. In that case, a tool like the one recently released by Microsoft employee Michael Kordahi could well come in handy.
Its a blind search test and its pretty neat. Not only can you see your search results in all three major search engines at once (the blind test is not the only way to do this but still), you can also get an unbiased answer as to which search engine you prefer.
Not surprisingly, according to a recent post on TechCrunch, it has been found users tend to rate anything with the Google logo as better than its competing product/service/what have you. This means Yahoo results with a Google logo tacked on top will rate better than Google results branded with the Yahoo logo, but the blind search test removes this bias and lets you compare apples to apples.
I've done a few tests already. So far, I'm averaging an equal preference for Google and Bing results depending on the search. Try it out for yourself and let me know what you think! Its pretty cool.


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On this 36th edition of the Hart & Usagi Podcast we welcome the return of longtime guest SonicHomeboy to the show and talk about the PlayStation 4, Wii U, 2DS, and much, much more. Check it out!!
* Ben Affleck as Batman
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* PS4 launch window lineup
* Tomb Raider worldwide sales exceed 4 million units
* Yakuza Restoration announced
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