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Derived from nature
The disaccharide Lactulose is an isomerisation product from lactose (galacto-glucose), a natural component of milk. It consists of the two monosaccharides galactose and fructose. The production process for Lactulose was developed in our laboratories researching carbohydrates, and was patented in 1969.
Fig. Chemical structure of Lactulose
Lactulose cannot be split by human enzymes present in the gut. Therefore it passes the stomach and small intestine and reaches the colon unchanged, where it is split by saccharolytic bacteria. The particularly gentle and natural laxative action of Lactulose results from its prebiotic, osmotic, and peristalsis-activating effects.


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There are a lot of great reasons to hire a freelance web designer over a design company. Here are some of the best.
- They are Cheaper
Freelance web designers will only take on the job if they have an interest in it and all of the money you pay goes straight to them. If you work with a web design company then there's a lot of overhead such as wages and insurance that drives the price of your website up. Even if they don't feel the website is a good fit they take the job on at an inflated price just to keep the money flowing.
A freelance web designer is likely going to be working at home and they don't have a lot of overheads. If they have a lot of work then they only take on the jobs they feel they could manage, while freelance web design companies take on every job they can find to stay in business.
A low overhead means that you pay less but your website is more available. A freelance web designer will see your website as a chance to improve their own portfolio so not only will you get a good deal but they'll do their best to impress you and any future clients. Just check out their reputation and talk to them a little before hiring them to ensure you're dealing with someone who can actually do the job.
- There's No Queues
Web development companies are focused on the big clients with big money and could leave smaller clients waiting to be seen. These big jobs can last months and so there's no real reason for the company to care about your small website.
There are no big clients for freelancers. Having a big client would use up all their time and even drive them out of business. If you want a great website then your best bet is a freelance website developer. They have to do a great job because they don't have a lot of money for advertising and they rely a lot on word of mouth. They get back to you quickly and directly and not leave you waiting in queue.
Freelance website developers depend on their portfolio and their testimonials because they run such a tight ship. Because they handle everything themselves they also communicate far more effectively than an entire department dedicated to sales, marketing, and even communication.
- They Genuinely Care
One of the most important things about hiring a freelance web designer in London is that they genuinely care about their work. Their career is dependent entirely on how much they care. Even though the website they build is for you it's still a website of their own.
That's the kind of thing you definitely want to happen but it just won't happen with a web design company. A website design company hand over the proverbial keys to the car as soon as you've paid for it.
You can check just about any website and you can see what the 10k basic website a web design company could give you. For less than that you can get a great ecommerce website complete with a shopping cart. Often the website that a freelancer puts together for you will work just as well as the website built by a web design company without costing you nearly as much.
To put it simply a freelance web designer will charge you a lot less to do more than a website design company. They also care a lot more about the work that they do for you. They want to do a good job and they want to dedicate their time to you. A web design company will take a lot of your money to put together something pretty basic. In terms of time and money a freelance web designer is your best bet.

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11 days after the result of the UK referendum the future direction of the European Union is no clearer. In fact, the incoherence in London has actually become worse.
Anything which increases uncertainty and drags out the process before hard decisions are reached is damaging for Europe and for Ireland.
Last week's summit involved no significant progress. It is welcome that leaders expressed their solidarity, but this is something they express on every issue at every summit even when they are fighting relentless battles on issues. Warm words and anodyne clichés about shared visions are irrelevant when set beside the urgency of the issue at hand.
The Dáil's debate on this topic last week demonstrated that Deputies representing the overwhelming majority of the Irish people agree on the core principles of Ireland's response. We are absolutely committed to remaining a full, active and constructive member state of the European Union. We recognise the scale of the economic and social threat posed to all parts of this island from the decision of the UK. We believe that this issue must now be an absolute priority for us.
This is a consensus which has a strong democratic legitimacy and an even stronger basis in the facts of progress directly linked to Ireland's place in the European Union. We are not uncritical, we see the need for reform, but we also refuse to accept the anti-EU rhetoric which pushes aside as irrelevant the peace and prosperity enabled by the Union.
This view was not, of course, unanimous. A minority of Deputies continued in the anti-EU tradition of accusing it of being some vast neo-liberal conspiracy beating down the people of Europe and inflicting aggression on others. To them there is a socialist utopia available outside of the Union.
Sinn Fein of course continued its new policy of attacking everything the EU does and its core principles and then claiming that it wants to stay in the EU.
Incredibly, and in the face of overwhelming evidence, out far-left anti-EU deputies again claimed the result as vindicating their critique. According to them the xenophobic, neo-liberal and anti-social campaign for Leave had nothing to do with the decision to leave.
This ridiculous position, a political manoeuvre more cynical than anything they have accused other parties here of in the past, is even less tenable a week later. As we have all seen, the first response in London has been to plan lower Corporation tax and argue over how to have the maximum amount of free trade with the minimum amount of free movement, workers' rights and consumer protections. The sinister attacks on EU nationals, particularly those from more recent member states, are a new development directly linked to the Leave rhetoric.
The speeches we heard denouncing the sinister anti-foreigner rhetoric of some English politicians were, as usual, forceful and eloquent. But if you won't acknowledge the centrality of these views in driving anti-EU sentiment in the referendum and in other countries then clearly you can't help confront it in reality.
The far-right in France, the Netherlands, Greece, and Italy and in many other countries is to the fore in pushing an agenda of dismantling the EU. Nothing should be done which can help to legitimize their arguments. This was the core mistake which David Cameron and his allies made when they embraced the idea of panting the EU as an enemy to be fought.
The fact that the clear majority of the Irish people, of all parts of society, and their representatives reject this gives us a very positive foundation upon which to move forwards.
Given that all of the potential holders of the office of Prime Minister after the start of September have ruled out maintaining full freedom of movement and continued budget payments, the so-called 'Norway Option' of the UK joining the European Economic Area appears to be a non-starter. As such a very complex trade negotiation is required.
The idea, floated by some in Brussels, that the UK could only start post-exit is foolish and one we should oppose. It is in everyone's interests that the UK's exit causes as little disruption as possible and that the terms be as generous as possible within the major constraint of protecting to core principles of the Union – particularly fair trade based on agreed standards of worker's right, consumer protection and freedom of movement.
In relation to the timetable, a delay in triggering Article 50 until the new London government is in place is reasonable. Anything which delays it for a substantial period would be unacceptable. We are not looking at the equivalent of the Canadian trade negotiation which took 6 years because there is a vast body of shared regulation in place. 2 years is an entirely achievable goal. Ongoing uncertainty helps no one.
I welcome the meetings which the Taoiseach is to hold with Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande. It should however be noted that these meetings have a poor record of producing substantive results for Ireland.
We have to be clear exactly what we want.
At the top of the list should be Irish involvement in the negotiations as part of a specific team appointed by the Council. President Junker has not been reassuring in his response so far and it would be unacceptable for him and the Commission to be in charge.
One very real issue within the Union has been the failure to find a mechanism for ensuring that more voices are involved in critical discussions. The growing number of initiatives between a limited numbers of members must be opposed as it is causing real damage.
These negotiations are an opportunity to address this by ensuring that those involved represent distinct interests, including those of countries with a major stake in the final deal with the UK.
The Taoiseach should also use the period between now and the special summit in September to launch a specific diplomatic initiative to ensure that each member state is briefed at a high level on Ireland's position.
At the meeting last week of our European party the ALDE I outlined for the 5 prime ministers present and the other governments represented the importance of this issue for Ireland. I am convinced that there would be a substantial positive outcome from a comprehensive initiative to tour and brief all our partners and not just the largest two.
The handling of the possibility of establishing an all-island forum on Brexit has, unfortunately, been close to shambolic. It is genuinely extraordinary that ministers would do interviews about a proposal before making contact with Northern parties. It is the inevitable outcome of five years of stepping back from deep, ongoing involvement in all-island issues.
The rejection of the idea by First Minister Foster is regrettable and her statement that there are more than enough all-island bodies is unacceptable given her duty to examine areas for such bodies as part of the required review under the Belfast Agreement.
What was missing from her comments was an acceptance of the deep threat to our economies. She is fully entitled to believe in the Brexit cause – her dismissal of the potential threat of Brexit is a completely different thing and ignores the will of the people of Northern Ireland and the mounting economic evidence.
It is the right and obligation of our government to speak up for the social and economic interests of the whole island in Brexit negotiations. We cannot impose our will on the people of Northern Ireland, but we can and must make sure that their importance to us and vis-versa is not ignored.
As I said in our debate last week, this is too urgent for us to leave it to business as usual. The government must now publish details of how it intends to use existing structures to ensure deep engagement with institutions in the North and to ensure that economic and social interests on both sides of the Border are heard.
The joint DUP/Sinn Fein exclusion of formal civil society dialogue from the Northern institutions in contravention of the Belfast Agreement must be challenged immediately.
We should offer all necessary assistance to employer bodies, trades unions, farmers' organisations and others to convene dedicated North/South expert groups on their concerns and to present their views as soon as possible.
On the issue of a potential unification referendum, the demand for one was made by Sinn Fein without any attempt to reach out to other parties or groups. It was made without the provision of any evidence that it might pass. It was clearly intended to be nothing other than a bit of grandstanding from our most consistently anti-EU party.
I hope that Brexit will mean that a substantial number of people in Northern Ireland change their position and become supporters of unification. If this happens then we should have a reunification referendum. The partisan posturing of a party which only last year issued leaflets calling on Belfast voters to vote on sectarian lines simply puts off the day when a reunification referendum could be held and won.
Until we see the result of the Tory election the nature of negotiations with London will be uncertain. Mr Gove as a journalist was one of the most consistently wrong and ill-informed commentators on Northern Ireland. The other candidates have no significant record to assess.
What we do know is that all appear to support the basic economic strategy outlined by Chancellor Osbourne yesterday. As predicted this is moving in the opposite way to the social vision claimed by our anti-EU Deputies as the basis for the Leave vote.
Until 2011 it was tradition that the Taoiseach would have a meeting with the British Prime Minister within a week or two of either taking office. We should seek to have this tradition restored.
Last week I set out my party's policy concerning Scotland and the fact that it must not be treated like a normal candidate country should it vote for independence and seek to retain EU membership. I welcome the Taoiseach's presentation of the views of First Minister Sturgeon at the summit.
The objective of reducing Corporation tax below 15% is a serious issue for Ireland. A detailed study included in the latest ESRI quarterly review directly addressed the issue of the possible impact on Ireland of reductions in the British rate. By the figures they produced a reduction of over 5% in the British rate would potentially reduce investment in Ireland by non-EU firms by over one quarter.
What this figure might be following Brexit is unknown – but certainly it won't turn from a major negative to a positive.
This reinforces the need for us to resist domestic and European voices calling for greater taxation of employers. In this context, a message in forthcoming meetings should be that Brexit cannot be used as an excuse for resurrecting old demands to end national discretion in tax policy.
The ESRI study also demonstrated that the decision taken in 1997 to invest in research and build the knowledge base of the economy is central to Ireland's long-term prospects. It is one area where we have the ability to create high-value, high-security employment.
The delayed and then rushed science strategy published before the election contained many things but a financial commitment to a broad research community wasn't one of them.
We should note that the British science community, one of the strongest in the world, is in near panic over the impact of Brexit.
This has to be revisited. We have to use research and innovation to increase our opportunities and limit the threats from Brexit.
In other business, the summit agreed to give more flexibility to Spain and Portugal in relation to meeting fiscal targets. This is welcome. The Semester process cannot be allowed to degenerate into a crude and inflexible control mechanism which ignores economic reality.
Some have begun to lobby for the lifting of sanctions concerning the invasion and partition of Ukraine. In all cases this is justified by business interests. I hope the Taoiseach remains strong in opposing this. There is no surer way to ensure more aggression against European states than to reward aggression by removing the limited penalties which have been applied.
I believe we also need to request a shared initiative against the rising tide of intolerance and scape-goating which we see in many countries. Ireland should take the lead in pushing for greater solidarity and resolution in the face of an immediate threat to fundamental values.
Last week's summit set no definitive course. September should bring some greater clarity. In the meantime Ireland has no time to waste.


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Pik Chiringyad, west face, second ascent. In a four- day round trip from base camp the five-member Russian team of Alexander Novikov, Maxim Pankov, Nicholay Sinushin, Andrey Satanin, and Michail Volkov (leader) made the second ascent of the 1989 Russian route (6B) up the center of the west face of Chiringyad (5,864m). This was most likely only the third ascent of this peak in the Yazgulem Range of the Western Pamir. The team left base camp at 7 a.m. on August 5, summited at 5 p.m. on the 8th, and were back in base camp at 8 p.m. on the 9th, after 45 hours of actual climbing. The climbers made a free ascent of the route, ca 1,860m vertical and a climbing length of 2,695m. The Yazgulem Range is a relatively unvisited sector of Tajikistan's Gorno- Badakhshan Autonomous Province, culminating in Qullai Abu Ali Ibn Sina or Pik Revolutsiyi (Revolution Peak, 6,940m).
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April 1936. "Exterior of house at 912 North 8th Street. Milwaukee, Wisconsin." Photo by Carl Mydans for the Resettlement Administration. View full size.
1936 Olds Eight
[It's a 1936 Chevrolet. -tterrace]
I was referring to the advertising sign on the building.
[My blushes! -tterrace]
With the cars out front and the house widows covered it looks like a typical gangster hide out for the era.
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This is one of my favorite Shorpy pictures, even without a train. A classic with everything. A car with front plates with double numbers, a policeman writing a ticket, very classy billboards, and cars that show why we call that storage space "the trunk."
Thanks for posting this one. Now I will look some more.
L to R: circa 1925 Chevrolet with Ryan headlights; Cadillac coupe; Hudson sedan; 1930 Ford Model A sedan; 1936 Chevrolet.
The car in the center of the photo looks like a pretty nice set of wheels, if not-so-brand-new. Shorpy auto ID'ers?


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19, Sruthain Na Saili, Youghal, Co. Cork€150,000
ID PROP-3 Bedroom Property
Listing type: Sold
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Bathrooms 2 Bathrooms
Property type: Semi-Detached
Property Description
New to the Market – Turn Key 3 Bed Property, excellently located in a quiet park.
Just a stroll to Youghal's Blue Flag Beach, Swimming Pool and all amenities.
This idyllic property offers a fully fitted spacious maple kitchen including gas cooker, fridge freezer, new washing machine and clothes dryer, private front parking, sunny rear garden with garden shed and fruit trees. This magnificent house would make an ideal family home or investment property. Accommodation & Features include: entrance hall, living room, fully fitted kitchen/dining room, 3 bedrooms, 2 double & 1 single, downstairs w/c, back hall & family bathroom, marble open fireplace, O.F.C.H., double glazed windows & spacious driveway. Excellently located in the Strand Area, in a private development of just 20 houses, a short stroll to Aura Leisure Centre, 18 Hole Golf course and Youghal's beautiful Sandy Beaches. Within easy commuting distance of Cork City, a mere 35 minute drive on the N25.
Property Area: c.1,100ft2
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April Food Day 2010
Here's a better way to "celebrate" this day. It's easy to forget that despite the abundance of food available to most Americans, there are still people in our own communities (children included) who struggle to afford enough food from day to day. Take a minute to make a contribution to Feeding America's April Food Day and consider it a good deed done today.
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The above principles and these notes to them are stated from prime principles without reference to any existing principles of government, and for that reason can raise questions from those whose thinking is affected by the presently prevalent legal, moral and political doctrines (e.g. 'human rights', 'social justice', etc.).
Analysis of the fundamental issues facing mankind today, and comments on current issues and events from the standpoint of right and wrong, true and false can be found at truth-and-justice.info.
Civil wrong is injustice inflicted without deliberate intent, and not as a result of gross negligence. Examples unintentional damage to property, unintentional breach of contractual obligation. In such cases the remedy is not punishment, but compensation or restitution. Crimes often, but not necessarily, involve civil wrongs. In such cases punishment must be accompanies by restitution or compensation.
Contract is a voluntary agreement intended by the parties to be legally binding.
Crime is injustice inflicted with deliberate intent, or as a result of gross negligence. It is an act which must be prevented through fear of punishment. Attempt to commit a crime is also a criminal act. Examples are murder, rape, theft, arson, intentional bodily injury, fraud, abuse of government powers (i.e. politics).
Equal means equal under the law only: "The legal rights of any single person in the world are equal to the legal rights of the rest of mankind". It does not mean economic or any other equality. The legal rights of groups of persons (tribes, nations, commercial, social or any other organisations) are equal to those of a single private person. Governments do not have any rights, or privileges, they have only duties and powers necessary for the exercise of these duties.
Forcing means any form of compulsion or inducement by use of force, deception or breach of contractual obligation.
Free means that a person is free to use his time and energy in accordance with his own wishes, to acquire, own, and dispose of property, to enter into legally binding contractual agreements with other persons, including marriage. The principle of equality under the law imposes on the freedom of the person limitation that he cannot interfere with the freedom of others without their consent. The only legal way in which a person can interact with other people is voluntary cooperation, voluntary gift, or contract. Contract, however, imposes limitation on the freedom of the parties - performance of the contractual obligations. Freedom of a person is also constrained by the natural non-contractual obligations arising out of birth and marriage and of the obligation to comply with administrative laws imposed by a legitimate government for the purpose of administration of justice, public safety and well-being.
The only legitimate reason for interfering by a person with other person's freedom without his consent is prevention of such interference (self-defence and prevention of crime).
General public safety and well-being means for the benefit of the nation as a whole and not of a group within a nation at the expense of another group. It is limited to the general and strictly necessary, and does not amount to personalised services and gratification of personal desires.
Interference with the freedom of a person means forcing a person to perform some action against his will, or preventing a person from performing an action against his will.
Interference with the person means infliction on a person of any physical or mental harm, including death.
Interference with the property means any damage, destruction, use, causation of change, taking of possession, or prevention of access or use by the owner.
Person means an adult of sound mind, whether a single person or any group of persons. The rights of a national state are equal to the rights of a single private person.
Politics in the context of government, is abuse of government powers to promote a particular interest. For example to promote the personal career of a politician, or to favour a group of people on whose votes or financial support a particular government depends. A government could be elected, because it promises to pass laws favouring a particular group, or it can yield to pressures by a group when already in power. At the international level it could use wars, economic blockades, or restrictive trading practices to obtain a dishonest advantage or influence over another country. In all cases a government indulging in politics, rather than performing honest administration over its area of governance, is abusing its powers. Abuse of government powers is crime (Principle 9). Any form of favouritism by governments violates the principle of equality under the law (Principle 1) and is crime.
Powers are rights to commit acts, which, if committed by persons not having these rights would have constituted crimes or civil wrongs. For example to take money from a person by use of threat of force is the crime of 'robbery'. To finance its legitimate activities governments are given powers to levy taxes, that is to take money from people against their will under the threat of imprisonment. Nobody except government can have such powers. If any person or group of people (a commercial company, a charity, a political party, a trade union) would try to collect money for any purpose against any person's will using a threat, they would be committing crime. Moreover, the power of government to collect taxes is limited to collecting taxes for the purpose of financing its legitimate activities. To use this power to collect money for any other purpose is crime. For example, collecting taxes for the purpose of 'making the pips of the rich squeak' (the reason for high taxation given by a British Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer) was a crime against property committed by the British government (Principle 4). The income tax rate for the year 1976-77 in Britain was 83% on incomes of £20,000 p.a after a personal allowance of £735, that is a single person earning £21,000 a year was left with £4,180, £16,820 went to the government.
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By Sean Reifschneider Date 2004-11-28 19:11 Tags sean reifschneider, website
I've made a number of changes to the journals pages to make it easier to read on-line. In particular, I've added indexes to both individual users and to the "All Users" feed (previously called the "Index"). You can now see a list of the entry date and subject, in page-sized chunks, and navigate between these chunks. In a format reminiscent of the old "green bar" form-feed paper. Yay! I've also added a "Help" page, with information about using the RSS feeds available for the journal entries. The RSS feeds aren't new, but users unfamiliar with their coolness can now get some more information about them.
Of course, all of these features were implemented with JOTWeb, my python-based web development tool. I'm still extremely happy with how it's been working. I implemented many of these new features by making them "synthetic pages" using the JOTWeb virtual URI mapper functionality that's new in JOTWeb2. It was sorely missing in the first version of JOTWeb.
What I mean by "synthetic pages" is that the results look like a page with an appropriate URI, but the page it dynamic generated based on the URI. For example, the URI "…/entryindex.html" shows the first 50 entries. The URI "…/entryindex_start0_count50.html" also shows the first 50 entries. Of course, you can vary the numbers to, for example, show 13 entries starting at the 8th entry.
My previous journal system used HTTP GET type form data, resulting in a URI like "…/entryindex.html?start=0&end=50". This was not something I really liked because it took the page information outside of the URI and made it a part of a form submission. If nothing else, this makes it harder to cache the results, requiring knowledge of the form data as well as the URI data.
For the caching, I'd like to be able to say that any page that uses form input is 100% dynamic and should never be cached. However, for an index page, that's definitely not what you want. The index is probably the most expensive page to render on the site, so the ability to cache it would be great.
Now I just need to enable caching for the site. Stand back! I implemented caching in JOTWeb one evening in 45 minutes before an NCLUG meeting where I was demonstrating JOTWeb. The presentation was mostly about how JOTWeb is a simple combination of a bunch of existing tools to produce something that very quickly was able to give me a rather solid system that worked exactly how I wanted a web system to work.comments powered by Disqus


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Monday, January 14, 2013
Giddy over Gingham
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Absolutely beautiful! You have inspired me. I think I'll try a dishcloth first and then a blanket. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Yaaaay! It's gorgeous! Love, love, love those colors!ReplyDelete
Just perfect! Gingham is near and dear to mt heart. I think I will go back and forth between wash clothes and the blue afghan. Thanks again for the inspiration1ReplyDelete
Oh and by the way, the gingham looks great with the other two!
I am totally in love with your gingham blanket, colors and all. So much so that I have pictured it on my blog! I really have to try this, I haven't seen the pattern for it yet but am still searching. Any direction to where I can find it or is the dish cloth pattern the same as. Thanks for the inspiration! Have a lovely evening.ReplyDeleteReplies
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The gingham pattern I used is from Melody Griffiths book "crocheted afghans". You can purchase the book from Amazon which I highly recommend. I love her patterns. I also posted another gingham pattern for a dishcloth that is similar if not the same as Melody's. And I posted a video that I found helpful. Thanks for posting about this little blankie on your blog. That's sweet of you. It was fun to make and probably won't be my last one.
Sandy, thanks for the info! I just order Melody Griffiths' book and look forward to this beauty. I just love the colors you used, may look to the same. Can't wait to see what you are making next. There are so many wonderful crochets to do. Thanks again.ReplyDelete
You just helped me decide what my next project is going to be. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Very, very beautiful!ReplyDelete


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cybergirl (plural cybergirls)
- A girl who is active in cyberspace; a young female Internet user, especially one who publishes.
- 2002, Catherine Driscoll, Girls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory
- Cybergirls intersect with riot grrls as a mode of do-it-yourself girl expression […]
- 2006, Gail Giles, Playing in Traffic
- I leaned over her shoulder to see two cybergirls yanking out each other's hair. Katy was typing insults that appeared onscreen.
- 2006, Sidney Eve Matrix, Cyberpop: digital lifestyles and commodity culture
- For a cinematic critique that considers the social impact of the cybergirl cultural phenomenon, see Andrew Niccols' cautionary tale […]
- 2007, Nadine Dolby, Fazal Rizvi, Youth moves: identities and education in global perspective
- Thomas's analysis of adolescent cybergirls' representation of self within the online world of "the palace," links talk, image, and identity […]
- 2008 February 21, Stephanie Rosenbloom, "Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain", in New York Times[1]:
- Explanations for the gender imbalance are nearly as wide-ranging as cybergirls themselves.
- 2002, Catherine Driscoll, Girls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory


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A dive into the topic of Prop and Asset creation threw up some real gold nuggets and some great advice for a budding 3D Artist.
One piece of pure gold that I stumbled upon was the direct link between the Props Concept Art and the Modelling of the Prop. I found a huge amount of advice on forums such as polycount.
But the one single piece of information I came away with was the very important need to have concept art or reference images to work form. It may seem like a totally obvious statement, but seeing a model made from memory vs one constructed from both memory and concept art/reference images is just huge... a bit of a slap in the face.
^ A great example of the vast amount of game props and assets that it takes to fill a game or feature film animation.
^ A GREAT video from Carbine Studio on the topic of Prop and Asset Creation for Games! (Youtube really does have some real golden nuggets hidden amongst all that poor quality trash.) This is a must watch, it really is an inspiring insight into the role of a Prop Artist in the Games Industry... up until the bit near the end which is in the form of a blooper ending. Hearing that last bit could be a bit soul crushing...


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Dig out those albums and rekindle your inner punk, because earlier today, Rocksound announced that the notorious punk rock band Black Flag are making a return. Having gone through a series of line-up changes throughout their 10 year run, it is said the iconic band will now be fronted by Ron Reyes.
Breaking up in 1986, dedicated fans of their definitive, highly influential hardcore sound and pioneering DIY approach to music have had an uncertain, long wait for this moment. The band are set to play their only U.K. performance of 2013 at Hevy Festival in Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in August. Tickets are available now.


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I hate to waste paint - so I made this from wet acrylic paint from a previous project. As a mask for the "leaper," I used the form I had cut out to make the jumping girl stencil. Then I sprayed around it with Adirondack color wash to give it some depth.
Using the Balzer Designs punchinella stencil, I added some texture on the left, and painted swirls with watered down gesso. The lettering is a mix of my hand and stamps. I painted shadow around the form (right side and under is the mantra I repeat to myself) and I love how it looks like it's popping out of the page!
Also today, a design for Mother's Day. There's nothing like being a mom to give you perspective on your own mother. When we're young, we lack the wisdom to appreciate our mother's advice. By the time we have our own children, we realize all too well that a mother's strength rests in the love of her children.
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Introducing the Jaguar F-Type GT4 – the latest entry to the British GT Championship.
Whilst it looks pretty much exactly how you would expect a Jaguar GT4 racer to look, there is a special difference that sets it apart from the rest of the field.
It's been put together as part of a psrtnership between Jaguar Special Vehicle Operations, James Holder – co-founder of clothing firm Superdry – and the Invictus Games Foundation.
Holder, who is a GT racer himself, came up with the idea. He wanted to get "a select group of wounded, injured and sick veterans of the British Armed Forces" and let them race in the British GT Championship to aid their recovery. It' a wonderful idea and it has resulted in the production of an extremely impressive car.
They're building two cars as part of the project. Both have been specially adapted with hand controls so that "the wounded drivers will compete equally with their able-bodied counterparts".
The F-Type GT4 is based on the SVR, which is powered by a 567bhp 5.0-litre supercharged V8. To meet FIA regulations, though, that output will have to be brought down using restrictor plates. They've also had to convert it to rear-wheel-drive. The road-going model is four-wheel-drive.
The cars will make their debut during the opening round of this year's championship at Oulton Park on March 31st.
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Want to encourage your students to develop good information literacy skills? This novel idea is being tried by Indiana University. The article Digital Information Literacy Competition tests Internet literacy and cognitive agility has some details.
It notes:
"Undergraduate students will show off their reference and Internet literacy skills during the Digital Literacy Contest on Sept. 30 at Indiana University Bloomington's Herman B Wells Library. The Indiana University Libraries, which is hosting the competition, is offering $100 as a first-place prize. Registration for the contest is free. Afterward, the library will provide food and lead a discussion about digital information literacy. The Digital Literacy Contest was created in 2007 by former Purdue University student Daniel Poynter. Current participants include Purdue, IU Bloomington, Brown University and the University of Florida."
Blog of Michael Lorenzen discussing library user education, library instruction, librarianship, information literacy, education, and search engines. Also covers other observations on life in general.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Digital Information Literacy Competition tests Internet literacy and cognitive agility
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Labels: Higher Education, Information Literacy
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- Daniel Scott Poynter said...
Hey Michael,
Thanks for blogging our contest. =)
Did you see the follow up article by IU Libraries by Erin Rykken? It captures some of the energy which our demo contest fails to do:
Take care,
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The more I think about it, the more I believe Omar Minaya is playing this closer hand the right way. Patience is the way to go.
The Mets are the contender in the most dire need of a closer, so they'll market. The asking price for Francisco Rodriguez should go down from the original five years at $75 million. If that's the guy they really want, having Brian Fuentes on the market (there doesn't seem to be a line outside his door) should keep Rodriguez's salary in line, more like three years.
I believe the Mets will come away with a closer, but it makes no sense to throw out huge bids right now when the market isn't even set.


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My personal goal in requiring my kids to do language art activities is that they have the ability to communicate their ideas effectively. O.K really it may be deeper than that. LOL. All three of them right now have strong interest in enrolling in an University. Which means that I must add more goals into the mix like the ability to write a research paper, know and follow the guidelines of a five paragraph essay, etc.
Recently Ken and DJ have expressed interest in wanting to write and publish a book. This new goal of theirs probably comes from Michelle who is always writing some kind of story or report. Thanks to a lot of work with Montessori language materials and applying their knowledge while doing lessons in Write Shop they are well on their way. Like everything they express interest in I run with it and research the best way to guide them to help them be successful at the task at hand. I researched long and hard! I came across some awesome resources, but mostly they were all aiming at a high school age group.
Finally I came across a really neat book that goes about teaching a child how to write a book in the most interactive way imaginable.
What Ken and DJ are doing with this material is writing a mystery with help from the brilliant, hilarious pseudonymous bosch. I would call it the Life of Fred of language arts, in fact I am willing to bet that if you have a child who is 8 and up which is the recommended age, and they like Life of Fred they would love this book.
Concepts that they have been introduced to and understand so far..
What is a pseudonym? They write and apply all of the information right in the book where the information is to be applied.
How to write a Dedication Page.
What is a Epigraph? This was a really fun activity for them. They really enjoyed searching and thinking about the best quote from one of their favorite authors. Ken chose "Don't Judge a man until you walked two moons in his moccasins"- Sharon Creech. DJ chose "Don't cry because it is over. Smile because it happened"- Dr.Seuss.
They also have learned more about the copyright page in a book, what a footnote is, and how to write a preface. There are 17 chapters that cover everything there is to know to write a book in a format written to the child.
I had to slow DJ down a bit, because he is all over this book and eager as a beaver to keep writing! He decided that he could get closer to the book and "become as one" as he put it by removing the book jacket.
Right now, I am trying very hard to work side by side with them while they do this activity, but I am finding it very hard to do because they really enjoy this book and want to work on it as much as they can.


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First pic is of me and my best friend forever, second is my spongebob cake. You can't really see the spongeboby-ness because there are so many candles haha. The third pic looks like bad photography, which it is, but I like it and the last is of me and my other friend doing something really random :)
Some of the cool presents that i got...
One last thing,
I was looking at Cheap Monday's website for the first time in ages, and came across this super spunk model. Don't know who he is, but would love to know! Anyone? Please? Hahahah.


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"The bodies contort and spasm in extraordinary, beautiful and grotesque formulations" Time Out
Dream Lucid: part of 'Contemporary Women' for Sydney Dance Company
Sydney Opera House & Sydney Dance Company
Choreographers Emily Amisano, Stephanie Lake, Larissa McGowan and Lisa Wilson
The world premiere creations of four gifted female choreographers from around Australia had their debut at Sydney Opera House's Spring Dance Festival. A stripped back stage frames the sheer talent of the women and Sydney Dance Company dancers. Marked by their individual style the four's collective experience has seen them work with such prestigious companies as Sydney Dance Company, Expressions, Chunky Move, Lucy Guerin and Australian Dance Theatre.
Dream Lucid by Melbournian Stephanie Lake uses form, colour and magnetism to explore the flux between chaos and control. Starring the incredible Sydney Dance Company.
Photos: Peter Grieg and Jessica Bialek
Photos: Peter Grieg and Jessica Bialek
Breathtakingly beautiful visual, as much as performance art. Lake has conjured waves, butterflies, heartbeats, gorillas, outside control, unbridled autonomy.
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Dream Lucid is bracingly mysterious, confidently constructed and forcefully danced.
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Lake creates a frenzied and jagged picture of a lone figure desperately struggling to be or create something unique. The bodies contort and spasm in extraordinary, beautiful and grotesque formulations with a ferocity not often seen on Sydney stages.
- TimeOut
Stephanie Lake
Chen Wen, Andrew Crawford, Alana Sargent, Jesse Scales, Todd Sutherland, Jessica Thompson, Charmene Yap
Robin Fox
Lighting Designer:
Ben Cisterne
25 minutes
20 August – 2 September 2012
Contemporary Women was presented as part of Sydney Opera House's Spring Dance Festival, curated by Sydney Dance Company's Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela.
Contemporary Women was presented as part of Sydney Opera House's Spring Dance Festival, curated by Sydney Dance Company's Artistic Director Rafael Bonachela.
This project was co-commissioned by Sydney Opera House and Sydney Dance Company


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I hate driving convertibles but will a spin in the 199mph Ferrari 458 Spider change my mind?
Recently, writing about a Volkswagen, I said I wasn't into drop-tops, never had been and never would be.
Well that was tempting fate, wasn't it?
Here I am a few weeks later,
test-driving one of the world's most desirable cars with the god of
motoring looking down and going, 'What was that about hating
convertibles, Mr Clever-clogs?'
The real reason the Ferrari 458 Spyder is so good is its simplicity. I know, odd thing to say about a car with gold wheels
I stand by it. I had an Audi R8 Spider
One day I saw my reflection as I drove it. I never got in it
again. I realised the boffins hadn't precision-designed the R8 around a
40-year-old Yorkshireman.
Some other blokes think they're doing their convertibles a favour sitting in them. Head to Harrods and you'll see all the silk-shirted Spider drivers parked round the back, basking in what they think is envy and lust. It's actually hate. The more people love your car, the more they despise you.
(Now since the ginger feller on the inside back page has recently taken delivery of one of these I want to be clear: I don't think owning a super-convertible makes you a chump. But you will be called one. Every day. So turn the radio up and you won't have to hear it, Chris.)
Last year I called the hard-top
Ferrari 458 the best new car I'd ever driven.
So when the 458 Spider
arrived on my drive I was excited. But I still told myself that if I
found it even slightly worse to drive without a roof (with £25,000 added
to the bill), then I'd win the anti-convertible argument.
The start button, lights and wipers, suspension selector and 'manettino' (for the traction settings) are all on the steering wheel
The trouble is, for most of the time I
couldn't tell the difference. It rained the first day I drove it so the
roof stayed up and I got hypnotised by the 458's interior, which is far
better than even the cars they were making five years ago.
Mine had a
beige Alcantara interior including the carpets, roof and boot lining,
plus all the luxuries you'd expect in a £200,000 car, like sat-nav and
parking camera. All of these were options, mind.
The 33 additions raised its price by £63,000; the total cost of the BMW 6 Series I had the other week.
But 'supercar has expensive options'
is hardly news.
The real reason the 458 is so good is its simplicity. I
know, odd thing to say about a car with gold wheels.
The start button,
lights and wipers, suspension selector and 'manettino' (for the traction
settings) are all on the steering wheel, which sounds stupid – but you
get used to it within a day.
And that goes for the car as a whole. Yes,
of course a 570hp Ferrari is lethally quick when you need it to be – but
on a drive to the shops it's as tame as a VW Golf. Honestly.
Old Ferraris, like my 275 GTB from the mid-Sixties, can be hard to drive except at full pace.
The pedals are so sensitive you'd stall a hundred times getting one out of an underground car park (which is why my 275 never goes to London). But the 458 Spider is nothing like that.
Of course a 570hp Ferrari is lethally quick when you need it to be - but on a drive to the shops it's as tame as a VW Golf. Honestly
With the manettino on Wet – the most cautious traction setting – and the gearshifts in auto, you're as unlikely to embarrass yourself as anyone else on the road.
Even up in Sport or Race mode, there's
not much chance of coming unstuck. Yes, it will reach 60mph in under
3.3 seconds but the F1-derived traction control doesn't want you wasting
any of that torque on wheelspins.
The steering is so scalpel-sharp, the chassis so stiff and the grip so huge that you can place it like Roger Federer places a serve.
But all this went for the hard-top
version, too. So how about this roof?
Well, it's aluminium, very light,
folds in 14 seconds (you have to be stationary) and goes in a slot
between the back of your head and the engine, where no one's ever
managed to fit the metal lid of a mid-engined car before.
Part of the
mechanism is hidden in two cowls which double as rollover hoops and look
flipping cool despite blocking the rear view a bit.
I have to admit,
from the back the Spider looks better than the 458 coupé. You can't see
the engine any more, as the cover's not glass.
Instead you get a beautiful ventilated hood that's half classic, half spaceship.
More from James Martin for The Mail on Sunday...
- JAMES MARTIN: When it comes to car crushes, there's none weirder than a bargain-basement SUV, built in India by Romanians 04/04/13
- JAMES MARTIN: The big boys may scoff, but I loved the diminutive yet surprisingly agile Fiat Panda 4x4 27/03/13
- JAMES MARTIN: A posh but sporty estate, the Jaguar XF Sportbrake certainly has British pedigree 22/03/13
- JAMES MARTIN: It may be more school run than off-roader, but the Vauxhall Mokka is this year's must-have mini-SUV 13/03/13
- JAMES MARTIN: Too Essex to be a Range Rover, but the Porsche Cayenne GTS is a strong contender to be the sportiest SUV ever made 07/03/13
- JAMES MARTIN: How do you improve on a timeless, cordon bleu hatchback like the VW Golf? Just add hp - horsepower, that is... 28/02/13
- JAMES MARTIN: Premier League footballers love this car, but don't let that put you off a Bentley Continental 22/02/13
- JAMES MARTIN: With sliding doors, a cavernous interior and hi-tech gadgets, is there a better family car than the Ford B-Max? 16/02/13
- JAMES MARTIN: Honda has sold over five million CR-Vs, but can this new one win my heart? 07/02/13
So is it any worse to drive? Can I be honest?
I don't know. Maybe you'd notice the effect of the slightly softer dampers in a head-to-head test. It's 0.5 seconds slower round the Fiorano circuit. But I'm not Fernando Alonso.
To me, it's a Ferrari, it's red, it does 199mph and when it gets near the startling 9,000rpm red line, the specially re-tuned exhaust sounds like a Formula 1 race happening in your back pocket.
The rear screen can be lowered when the roof's up so you can hear it. (It also serves as a windbreak when the roof's down.)
They expect to sell twice as many of these as the coupé. Since it's £25,000 more, why would this be?
There's a clue in the sales bumf. It talks about 'rivieras', 'weekend trips a deux' and being 'exhilarating even at slower speeds.'
This is the 458 to be seen and heard in. And that's my problem. Although I loved having the roof down, it was only for the sound of the V8 in the open air. I didn't drive into town once.
No one saw me in it bar a few horses – and that's the way I like it. At the end of the day, the only thing I didn't like about the 458 Spider… was me.
So I may not have changed my mind about convertibles. But then again, I haven't changed my mind about Ferraris. A no-score draw? No. It's what you call a win-win.
From the back the Spider looks better than the 458 coupé. You can't see the engine any more, as the cover's not glass
£198,936, ferrari.com
Engine 4.5-litre V8 plus
Power 562hp
0-60mph 3.3 seconds
Top speed 199mph
Transmission F1 dual clutch 7-speed transmission
Fuel consumption 46.3mpg
CO2 emissions 275g/km (£475/year tax band)
So Ferrari has a 199mph convertible? Bentley's new soft-top does 202mph – and has four seats. The 616hp Continental GT Speed Convertible has a twin-turbo W12 engine, eight-speed transmission and all-wheel drive allowing 0-60mph in 4.1 seconds (not as nimble as the Ferrari, then). It rides low on 21in wheels, with rifled exhaust pipes and dark-tint grilles. Mulliner Driving Specification is standard and the roof has been tested to -30˚C. Don't expect much change out of £165,000.
Suzuki is keen to remind us that its Alto is still the cheapest car in the UK. The bigger, faster Dacia Sandero may cost £4 less, but Suzuki says the Alto's 99g/km emissions save a bundle by making it exempt from road tax and the London Congestion Charge. It has just extended its VAT free offer, making an Alto SZ £5,999 until the end of March.
Perhaps you'd like something with more leg room? A 1962 Leyland Routemaster, with power steering and auto gearbox, is one of the motors up for auction at Silverstone next month. Estimated to go for about £25,000, it's cheaper than the two 1953 Grand Prix cars and the 1969 Lola also under the hammer: the latter is reserved at £570,000. silverstoneauctions.com
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Hello everyone ! One of the things I like the most during summer is eating popsicles. They are so refreshing and yummy ! Also, doing your own popsicles is easy and healthy, because it is only water with fruits. You can also add some sugar or milk, depending on your tastes.
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Dear Neighbors,
I know we don't know each other very well. We have met only a few times, but you all seem very nice. I really can't complain. HOWEVER, I do feel the need to make a few suggestions.
Neighbors across the hall: I commend you (the wife) on making dinner every single night for your husband. I am sure he appreciates the love it shows. I think Jared would probably be a little (read: VERY) jealous of your dedication if the smell of your cooking did not bring tears to our eyes (and more recently, make me throw up). Might I suggest you explore spices other than curry? Possibly something that does not sting the nostrils? Also, remember, take out every once in awhile does not make you a bad wife...and it makes you a much more loved neighbor.
Also, I like your dog very much. He seems very friendly. Unfortunately, I think maybe a smaller breed would be more appropriate for your living arrangements. If you have to let your dog run rampant in the hallways of the complex a few times a day, it may be a sign he is a bit too big for small quarters. Sometimes I like to let my child walk to and from the elevator, and it would be nice not to have to scoop her up quickly as your huge dog runs full speed at us.
I also am not a fan of his constant barking. If he wakes my kid up from one more nap, drastic measures may need to be taken!
Neighbors next door: I haven't had the pleasure of meeting either of you. I understand one of you is a pretty recent addition to the apartment. I would appreciate if you guys could come up with a better system for locking your doors. Maybe you should remove the deadbolt so the other roommate doesn't have to pound on the door in the middle of the night to be let in. Please see me if you need any other suggestions...I come up with many creative solutions in the middle of the night when I am awakened by your banging on the door!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
3 comments:
- Ami said...
Now is this the neighbor that attempted to hit on us and then abruptly ended the conversation when you mentioned your husband?! Let me tell you the joys of 'house neighbors'. Apparently one of ours murders cats and has threatened to kill children! It just keeps getting better!
- March 30, 2010 at 3:33 PM
- Kristin and Mike Jenson said...
BAH HAHAHA!!! This is awesome!! Your poor darling...
AMY!!! This is crazy.. you need to get a freaking (pardon my 'mormon') restraining order. He could be an escaped convict (watch the final episode of Numbers this season.)
- March 30, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Ohhhhh the curry in that hallway. I can relate my friend. I'm so, SO sorry!
- March 30, 2010 at 7:55 PM
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Full support before and during the event is provided for those who are new to the track.
This event is designed for all abilities, from complete beginners to accomplished cyclist. However to get you ready, and make sure you are safe, we will advise on what practise sessions are available and what training you should undertake in the run up to the challenge. Each team must attend at least one taster session at the velodrome to take part in the challenge. Please see http://www.derbyarena.co.uk/cycling/new-riders/ for details of the sessions available. Accredited riders and those who have previously participated in Cyclone24 do not need to attend a taster session. Please contact us for more details on training requirements.
The safety of the riders on the track during the challenge is paramount. Track rules and protocols will be made clear prior to the challenge, during the challenge briefing, and track coaches will be on site throughout the event. Track coach instruction is to be followed at all times, repeated failure to adhere to this instruction will result in removal from the track and from the event as a whole.
The following terms and conditions have been written to ensure we can support our challenge participants in the best possible way. The Terms and Conditions detailed below apply to all entrants participating in any event organised and operated by Cyclone24 UK. Completion of a registration form or purchase of an entry by (or on behalf of) the participant acknowledges acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
Fees & Participation
1.You must be a minimum of 18 years of age on the challenge day to participate in this event.
2.The team fee for Cyclone24 Derby is £900 per team.
3.To secure your place in Cyclone24 Derby 2019 you must pay a non-refundable deposit of £300 per team.
4.The remaining team balance of £600 must be paid no later than 09/12/2018 which is 8 weeks prior to the challenge date.
5.Rider/Team changes: We are very flexible with the registration of rider names and these can be added or amended without charge at any time up until 8 weeks prior to the challenge. If you need to amend any rider details after this stage an administration fee of £25 will be charged to cover costs incurred. Should any riders drop out of your team it is your duty to replace these riders or ride the challenge as a smaller team, the team price will remain the same. Cyclone24 cannot reimburse any monies for riders who fail to turn up on the day or who drop out from your team.
6.MyLaps Electronic Lap Counters are issued to each team, please be aware that these must be returned upon completion of the challenge. any team who fails to return these will be charged £75 for a replacement.
7.Charity Fundraising: To date our challenge participants have raised over £150,000 for charity. We would like to encourage all riders to fundraise for your chosen charity.
7.You must ensure that you are medically fit to participate and you are strongly advised to undertake some training. If you have any doubts about your ability to take part including without limitation having pre-existing medical conditions you should contact your doctor to seek advice. Participants understand and agree that they take part in the challenge at their own risk and that no responsibility whatsoever, shall attach to and sponsors, partners, challenge organisers or any person involved with the challenge, for any injury,accidents, loss or damage suffered however such may be caused. Each participant agrees that they are physically and mentally capable of riding the velodrome and has undertaken the minimum track training required.
As soon as Cyclone24 start to organise our challenge we incur costs. The entry fees we receive are invested into staging the challenge. Cyclone24 requires a considerable amount of planning and expense and our withdrawal policy reflects this.
8.The deposit upon booking is non-refundable.
9.On further payments, if notified 8 weeks or more before the challenge date, you will receive a 20% refund.
10.On further payments, if notified less than 8 weeks before the challenge no refund will be given.
11.You must notify us of withdrawal in writing by email or post. Please note we are unable to make exceptions for illness or injury.
12. Cyclone24 is not a race and shouldn't be considered as such.
1. Any images, audio or quotes taken regarding the challenge may be used by the organisers to publicise and promote Cyclone24.
Each participant agrees to assign and grant the right and permission for Cyclone24 Ltd to use and publish any photographs/film/video/electronic representations and/or sound recordings of the participant on any Cyclone24 Ltd activity. The participant hereby releases Cyclone24 Ltd from any and all liability from such use and promotion. The participant hereby authorises the reproduction, sale, copyright, exhibit, broadcast, electronic storage and/or distribution of said photographs/film/video tapes/electronic representations and/or sound recordings without limitation at the discretion of Cyclone24 Ltd. The participant specifically waives any right to any compensation they may have for appearing in any of the photographs/film/video/electronic representations and/or sound recordings of the participant at a Cyclone24 UK Ltd.
2. In participating in Cyclone24 you agree to your contact details being used by the challenge organisers and sponsors for the purposes of; Promotion and marketing of the event including Cyclone24 monthly e-updates; Being added to the Cyclone24 mailing list for future events; Promotional & marketing material of related products & services from challenge sponsors and official charity partners.
3. Email Communication: Cyclone24 will primarily use email to communicate with the participating teams. By entering the challenge you agree to receive these emails which will include challenge specific updates, training notes and nutritional information. Should you not wish to receive these emails please let us know.
Cancellation, Amendments & Disqualification
1. Challenge Changes/Cancellation: Cyclone24 reserves the right to amend the challenge format, timings, duration or cancel the challenge due to circumstances beyond reasonable control or for any safety related reason. Participants will be informed if any such changes are made. If the event format is changed the participating team will not be entitled to any refund and no liability can be taken.
2. Removal of Participants: Cyclone24 reserves the right to remove and exclude any participant from the challenge, should the organiser or track coach consider such action necessary for safety reasons or if the participant has acted negligently, with wilful misconduct or without due care and attention for the challenge rules.
1. Participating teams understand and agree that they take part in the challenge at their own risk.
2. Participating teams acknowledge that personal accident and personal items insurance is their own responsibility that no responsibility whatsoever, shall attach to the sponsors, partners, challenge organisers or any person involved with the challenge, for any injury, accidents, loss or damage suffered however such may be caused.
3. Cyclone24 will not be liable for any actions of any spectators or third parties not involved with the event.


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OneSignal – Free Web Push Notifications, WP plugin
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Facebook auto publish WP plugin
Twitter auto publish
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A Peace Pole is an internationally-recognized symbol of the hopes and dreams of the entire
human family, standing vigil in silent prayer for peace on earth. Each Peace Pole bears the
message May Peace Prevail on Earth in different languages on each of its four or six sides. There
tens of thousands of Peace Poles in nearly every country in the world dedicated as monuments
to peace.
Your organization is invited to plant a Peace Pole at each of your centers to highlight the
important work you do in many countries to bring about world peace through inner peace.
Your Peace Poles would symbolize your mission and simultaneously link your work with that
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commemorate a special occasion (such as the founding of your organization or the annual
UN-designated International Day of Peace). The prayers offered at your Peace Pole dedication
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Peace Poles carrying the message "May Peace Prevail on Earth" have been presented to many international
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Plan a re-dedication ceremony for the following year.
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10-01-2008 #1
Q. about the default behavior of netcat
I can put my question in the form of multiple choice
Assume one uses netcat (`nc`) to push ~2.8GB over the network, with multiple recipients, does it:
A) Push 2.8GB to box1, then proceeds pushing 2.8GB to box2, etc... (serial)
B) Push n*2.8GB to box(1-n) simultaneously (parallel)
C) Can be gotten to push the same 2.8GB to box(1-n) simultaneously (broadcast)
D) crash, stall, burn, explode?
With box(1-n) I mean box1, box2, box3, etc..
And n*2.8GB means 7*2.8GB in case of 7 recipients, or 23*2.8GB in case of 23 recipients O_o
I prefer to use some sort of broadcasting, although I can live with parallel. But if netcat defaults to serial, then I'll have to think of a whole new way to do this. I would test this myself, but I don't have enough physical machines to test this aspect.Can't tell an OS by it's GUI
10-01-2008 #2
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How about rsync
10-02-2008 #3
Thanks, but it's more a matter of scale than a matter of tools. If I hook up, let's say 10, machines to the server it will need to move 10*2.8GB=28GB both on rsync, nc, scp, sshfs, nfs, rcp or whatever means I know of.
What I'm looking for is a way to just push out 2.8GB and have it received by 10 boxes. But I seem to have been thinking in the wrong terms, considering the wrong tools, and taking the wrong approach on this. Back to the drawing board!
I've been doing some calculations, and I cannot get around another main bottleneck: juice! I think I'll have a hard time getting juice for ten/twelve machines at a time, and that is taking in advance that I will succeed in getting the whole procedure headless. If I have to power the monitors as well O_o
So that just put a stripe through the plan of using a 24 port switch. Unless you know some hidden wall outlets in my office (and a place to put all these apparatuses somewhere between the rest of my mess).
Well, if I can't find a way to do this as above, then I'm falling back to my original plan of using nfs and keep a `nc` channel open only for client status updates. It's ugly and slow, but at least it's gonna workCan't tell an OS by it's GUI
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Instead of MOVING the data how about leaving it on one machine and mounting the data. That way its always there and updated. No moving of data. this does assume reasonable local network speeds
10-02-2008 #5
The machines have to become stand-alone.
The network is an ad-hoc build, specifically for pushing generic images to empty machines. There's ~80 of them, hence I feel putting effort in automating the procedure will eventually save me a lot of time. If it was 2 or 3 boxes I'd install them manually or make something less complicated like a liveUSB that can deliver an image. But there are ~eighty of them
The only thing that is helping is that they all default to netboot if they can't find an OS on any of their disks. This I can use to automate each and every step, keeping the clients headless. I have an initrd offer to them that takes all steps necessary to write the image to disk. This works reliably for one machine at a time, but I want to scale it up.
netcat does allow UDP broadcast, but I don't trust UDP for purposes of pushing an image where every bit counts. I could run an md5sum on the image after arival, and request a new push if it fails... but I'm afraid that this will only strain the network more. (I might be wrong though)Can't tell an OS by it's GUI
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10-02-2008 #7Originally Posted by ohgaryCan't tell an OS by it's GUI
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also you can kick rsync off in 1 or N+1 servers syncs at the same time. your network and servers load will be the determining factor on how many you can sync at the same time. Also does your data need to be snaphotted all at the same time or can you just run rsync hourly and pickup updates throught the day and spread your 2.8gb over 24hrs instead a couple.
Data needs dictate a lot, but rsync is pretty slick.


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Located just 40 minutes from Stockholm and in the same neighbourhood as the famous Gripsholm Castle in Mariefred.
Avant Display is selling and manufacturing POS & Display products to retailers all over the world since 1945.
These are our key people, they have been in the company for a long time and are familiar with all of our products and the functioning of our company.
Per Hultberg
Pontus Hultberg
Lotta Nilsson
Christer Skogsmo
Andreas Malmgren
Joakim Falck
Erika Nordström
Tapio Aho
Anoop Goyal
An idea that has lasted for generations
AB Avant was founded in 1945 by the entrepreneur and inventor Åke Hultberg. The company consisted of a mechanical workshop, a plate factory and a sales department for advertising articles. AB Avant had 35 employees.
Toward the end of the 50's, Åke Hultberg wanted to concentrate on advertising. He sold the mechanical workshop and the plate factory to the employees.This resulted in three new companies; Avant Mekaniska Verkstad, I-skylt and AB Avant (presently Avant Display), which was a downright advertising company.
Åke Hultberg was a far-sighted person. In those days the provision merchants served people manually. Less time was spent on exposing the merchandise. The idea of self-service came from the USA. This meant that information about prices and goods had to hang close to exposed goods, preferably above, so that the customers had easy access to the message.
For this kind of displaying the decorators used a thin nylon thread that was attached to the plate and the ceiling. A time-consuming job!
Times changed and now it was up to the salesmen to do the advertising-jobs in the stores. Suddenly the time factor became important. Everything had to happen fast. Super-fast, like a jet plane, according to Åke Hultberg. Suddenly the registered trademark Jet-Snabb was born!
In the beginning, Jet-Snabb was considered clumsy and expensive. But Åke Hultberg believed in his idea and paid for a universal patent at the end of the 60's. Today one third of AB Avant's turnover consists of Jet-Snabb.
In 1993 my father Åke Hultberg died at the age of 80. He worked until the very end and because of his advanced age the company was suffering, and therefore began to lose its market position. Nevertheless, I still saw that there was potential in the company and that it was a challenge that I could make something of it. In 1995 I solved out my three siblings from Avant and became the sole owner.
With delight and responsible work, along with a talented staff, for example Christer (order/ buyer) who has worked at Avant for over 20 years, with three generations in the family, we built new, more efficient machines. We cleared away old products and streamlined operations. With these changes customers started coming back to us. In 2005 we moved into our newly renovated property in Läggesta.
Here we have good communications, close to the E20 highway and train station. It is only 65 km from Stockholm.
We have access to 11,000 sqm land that allows us to expand the factory further if necessary.
2010 Avant Display turned 65 years, this was celebrated in particular by launching our fourth restructuring and improvement of the website/webshop. The website is in English and the customer/retailer may receive login information to see their own prices in SEK or EUR.
With joy and pride I now look forward to one of my sons, Pontus Hultberg, the third generation in the company, taking over as CEO.
He has now worked in the firm for over four years. Along with a solid educational background towards an MBA at Stockholm University with focus on business accounting, corporate finance, also education and work as an IT technician, I think that the company will greatly benefit from this expertise in a business world that is becoming even more demanding.
We have also recently established an active working board, who will work for that Avant Display's continuing development in innovative ideas and act in good entrepreneurship.
My future role of Avant Display will mainly be a case of "coaching", be a sort of sounding board for both my own staff and to our customers, listen to the their needs and desires.
I look forward with joy and great optimism to an interesting and exciting future.
Welcome all new and old customers!
Owner Per Hultberg


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I just have not been motivated to take any photos lately. It
just happened!!! I'll just blame it on having a preggy moment.
Speaking of photos and preggy moments when I saw this photo it
just made my mouth water. Oh how I wish I had some of this
right now!!!
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I will be back soon with Crop Suey Challenge 2!!!
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No good news on my computer when I woke-up today at 6 AM ET. Harley-Davidson was announcing its second-quarter results and the numbers are quite disappointing. Although the underlying fundamentals of the Harley-Davidson brand remain strong and the dealers' retail motorcycle sales declined less than the main competitors, comparing to the same year-ago period demonstrates how our recession deeply affected our industry.
Worldwide retail unit sales of new Harley-Davidson(R) motorcycles were down 30.1 percent compared to the year-ago quarter. Retail new Harley-Davidson motorcycle sales in the U.S. were down 35.1 percent and declined 18.2 percent in international markets compared to last year's second quarter. Industry-wide retail sales of heavyweight motorcycles in the U.S. declined 48.1 percent for the same period.
Harley lowered its 2009 shipment expectations for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The Company now plans to ship between 212,000 and 228,000 Harley-Davidson motorcycles to dealers and distributors worldwide in 2009, or 25 percent to 30 percent fewer than the 303,479 shipped in 2008.
As a result of the lowered shipment volume, the Company will implement a further reduction this year of approximately 700 positions in the hourly production workforce. Harley-Davidson will also be reducing the non-production, primarily salaried headcount by an approximate 300 additional positions, including a reduction at HDFS. The Company plans to offer a voluntary separation incentive package to eligible salaried employees. Earlier this year, the Company had announced workforce reductions totaling about 1,400 to 1,500 hourly production positions in 2009 and 2010 and about 300 non-production, primarily salaried positions.
Starting July 25th, in exclusivity I will publish pictures and detail for you the new 2010 models line-up.