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(outfits...beautiful clothes...sushi lunch!)
it's gone so quickly, but i have officially finished my internship at fabulous magazine! it's been a long 4 weeks, and it's gone by in a blur of sequinned dresses, lots of pairs of shoes, and a gazillion trains! i've loved every minute of it, and here's a little summary of my last week!
the week started pretty normally, with returns taking priority in my mind. i have been the only intern in the department for pretty much 3 weeks, so the returns pile has been pretty difficult to tackle by myself. but i did manage to get the pile down by a lot by myself, which felt so victorious as every fashion intern knows that the returns pile is sososo hard to get down! it's so important to try and get the returns out asap as it really does help everyone out when the cupboard is tidier, as everyone has work to do and if you can make that easier for them then you're a top intern ;)
i got to go on another shoot this week, which i was so happy about as i love assisting on shoots. it was for 2 different looks, one was animal print and another was a front row at a fashion show, such a creative idea and watching it all come together in the end was amazing! photographers and stylists are so clever! i love helping the models out, and getting all the clothes properly sorted out. i tell you now, there's some absolutely gorgeous pieces coming out! we also got sushi lunch from wasabi which was ridiculously yummy! the next day i had to make sure all the credits were typed up properly, which is literally vital as this is what will go in the magazine - it's probably one of the most important jobs you'll get given as an intern, so a lot of responsibility!!!
so, friday was my last day :( and to say thank you to all the lovely people in the fashion team i decided to bring in a giant millies cookie with 'thank you for having me' in icing on it. they really liked it and even put it up on their twitter :) i just wanted to give them something to say thank you for taking me on shoots and giving me such an amazing experience. i even got a goody bag in return so i am sososo grateful!
all in all, this internship has been an incredibly experience with people that i've learnt a lot from. i've loved helping on shoots and doing whatever i can to help out, it's really cemented the thought in my head that fashion and magazines is the world that i'd love to break into. let's hope i can be lucky and get more internships with equally as nice people :)
i hope you've enjoyed my internship series :) make sure you click HERE and check out my blog sale, all items are super cheap :) xo

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We're all taking the news of Red Steel 2's delay pretty hard here at Kotaku Towers. Some of us were really looking forward to seeing the Wii MotionPlus put to use outside of sports games and mini-game collections.
To make the wait go a little bit quicker—at least two minutes and thirty seconds worth of that wait—here's a handy primer on the game's hero, specifically his East meets West design. There's a little Asian, a little American, a little Native American in the mix here, a tasty blend that should make Red Steel 2 stand apart from the first.
Guess we'll see how it all worked out in the Spring.


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I marvel at my power. I am an unstoppable force, crushing inner and outer obstacles with the aplomb of a samurai facing battle. For me, fear is a foe met and conquered. Behold some of the areas where I have mastered my fears:
Staying home alone. I do not hesitate when it comes to isolating in my apartment. I will watch one Netflix movie after the next with unshakable placidity. I don't even fear watching movies I've seen many times before—I have seen both the Godfathers I and II at least 10 times each with the steadiest of nerves. Nor do I fear consuming foodstuffs purchased at Trader Joe's while watching these movies. As unbelievable as it sounds, I can simultaneously eat tater-tots dipped in barbecue sauce while watching Lord of the Rings without a vestige of timidity.
Shutting down my emotions. Yes, I know it's hard to believe, but I have no fear of withholding how I feel. Whatever the situation may be, whether it's expressing how I feel to my girlfriend, family, friends, acquaintances, strangers, I can shut down my emotions with lightening quickness. My mastery is such that I can stuff my emotions down until I'm virtually incapacitated. I can smother my needs, suppress how I honestly feel, even withhold my concern, with Herculean strength.
Not putting myself out for scrutiny. While many people have difficulty withholding their gifts and talents from the world, such is not my lot. I have years of experience withholding who I am. I have library's worth of unread writing. I have fearlessly dodged scrutiny and judgment innumerable times. I know what you're thinking: "How do find the strength to withhold all that? Where do you store all your undistributed gifts?" Frankly, I don't know sometimes. Perhaps this fearlessness is just another one of the innate talents I keep to myself.
Surfing the web, emailing and text messaging. This one might sound the most improbable, but it's true. I have nary a shred of fear wielding these electronic sabers. I can surf the web for hours, check Facebook links, scour the news, refresh my email inbox, and rattle off pithy texts on my phone, all without churning my stomach with fear. I suspect I could even approach a woman online if I didn't have a girlfriend. That's how little fear these things cause me.
Not asking for help. I can go years without addressing a need, stewing in pain and toil, never succumbing to the urge to ask for help. This is made more impressive when you consider that help is all around me much of the time. I seem to have been born with an indomitable pride that precludes me surrendering to even the most dire needs.
Wasting my precious life. This feat is almost beyond belief. I know this life is extremely fleeting. I have had people close to me die or undergo serious health issues. I know that this window I have here, with all physiological cylinders firing, is a very short. And yet I appear to no little fear squandering the hours of my days, stewing in resentment, asking for shit I don't need, looking for my ego to be stroked, not loving those around me, not helping those in need, not sharing my gifts or engaging my world. My strength is beyond comprehension.
If you too want master your fears, I urge you to keep reading my blog. It may not be an overnight matter, but with time, determination and assiduous devotion to my instructions, you too can live as fearlessly as I do.


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SMX Advanced Video: Google's Matt Cutts On A Disavow-This-Link Tool
All the talk today about Bing's launch of a disavow this link tool is a good reminder that we should go back into our video archives and post the comments that Google's Matt Cutts made about a tool like that during our SMX Advanced event earlier this month.
Cutts was speaking with Search Engine Land's Danny Sullivan during their annual keynote conversation when the subject turned to "negative SEO" and the possibility that some recent Google updates had made it easier for one website to purposely hurt another site with low-quality links. Here's some of that discussion:
You can go back and see our liveblog coverage of the conversation for more, and we've also posted a separate video about how Google handles affiliate links.
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*Re-blogged from Living on PB&J.
I will never forget my first taste of motherhood. 7 years ago, I was just a few weeks away from delivering my first baby. It was Christmas. I had decorated, and gotten my new little boy's clothes ready. I had packed my hospital bag. Everything was ready!
I sat in my sparkling-clean, shimmery, glittery, all-decked-out-for-Christmas, pre-children house, and pondered the Christmas story. I had heard it all my life, but somehow in 2007, it had new meaning.
I would sit in my rocking chair with my hand on my tummy, feeling my little boy kick and squirm. And I thought of Mary.
Mary was told that Jesus would be the king, that He would deliver His people. Joseph was told that He would save His people from their sins. But what did they really understand? The Bible doesn't tell us all that Mary understood.
When baby Jesus was born, the shepherds came straight out of the field to worship her Son. Oh, Mary knew He was special, but they worshiped Him? She pondered all these things. She wondered, and she was amazed!
I wondered, as I felt my little boy inside me, if Mary knew her Son would have to be a sacrifice. I could not imagine being in her sandals. I even thought of God in a whole new light… as a Father. I could not imagine giving up my precious Son, even for good people, let alone murderers, thieves, and those who will never accept the free gift of salvation.
That Christmas, days away from meeting my firstborn son, I drew closer to my precious heavenly Father. What love, that He should give His firstborn, even His "only begotten" Son just for me!
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The Lighter Side of Large
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Aging Gracefully
So someone forwards me an email with "Then & Now" photos of famous film and television stars. I think whoever created the email wanted to shock readers in how much these stars have changed from being in their prime to being, well, older. But instead of prompting me to think, "Look how old they look!" I thought, "Look how great they look!"
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15 Minutes of Fame
Ain't technology great? Now we can share our happy, exciting and even most embarrassing moments with the whole world with the tap of a key. Laptops, smart phones, emails, texting, photos, videos, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Skype: the possibilities are endless.Â
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Grow some Balls!
Today, I'd like to discuss something we all need, and that's balls. That's right, balls. I'm not talking about footballs or bowling balls or tennis balls. I'm talking about testicles. Cojones. The Brass. Now you're probably asking, "WHY, oh WHY, Bella, are you bringing up this topic?"
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Personality Power
I had a great time yesterday hanging out with friends (male and female) and talking about anything and everything. The conversation took a heated turn when one friend, "Haley," mentioned a book she is reading which describes three types of men. I and the other female in the group, "Rhonda," urged her to tell us more.
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The Numbers Game
Have you noticed the glut of self-help books which have a number in the title? It's a marketing ploy which has been around a while and doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon.
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Love Your Body
A round of applause goes to Plus Size Model magazine for their recent "Love Your Body" issue. In an effort to put a stop to body shaming (i.e. celebrities being criticized for being too fat, too thin, too this & too that),
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The New Woman
So plenty of us have had to deal with the "the other woman" – you know, the person with whom our ex-husbands and ex-boyfriends cheated on us. As if finding out you've been cheated on isn't heartbreaking enough, actually seeing this person makes the misery even worse. You compare your looks and personality with hers, angrily asking, "What does he see in her?" and "What does she have that I don't?" then later shed tears that somehow you failed, didn't measure up to the task of keeping his interest. Never mind the fact that he's a cad with no sense of fidelity; you think that somehow you are to blame for his wandering.
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Bullying – Power Play Which Knows No Age Limits
I get sick to my stomach every time I hear about another incident of bullying in schools and online. The numbers of news reports on bullying, of parents getting involved when schools do nothing, and "bullycide" are staggering.
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Giving Thanks
A lot of my readers are in the U.S. and are celebrating their Thanksgiving holiday this week, so I want to focus this post on being thankful. It's easy to focus on our problems and what we don't have, which causes us to miss the blessings we do have. When we do recognize those blessings, it causes us to see life in a whole new light.
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Weighing In
Lately I've been watching a lot of 1980s television shows on DVD and online. Two things strike me. One is how early to mid-eighties fashions have cycled back into style. Seriously, you can buy a new outfit in a store and then hop in a time machine back to 1983 and look perfectly on trend.
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You Are What You Think Part 2
In the last post I talked about the lies we tell ourselves and how they harm our realities. These lies are based on assumptions about other people and what we think that they think. Sometimes wrong thoughts/lies are rightly called, "stinking thinking." It's made up of "I can'ts" and "But what ifs."
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You Are What You Think
You are what you think. It's another phrase we've heard repeated but one we don't take to heart or put into practice. There are tons of self-help and spiritual books on the market which convey the same message, but I think most of us just don't take time out of our busy lives to stop, sit, and think about what we think about.
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Judging a Book by Its Cover
Don't judge a book by its cover. It's a short yet powerful saying at which we all fail. Every day. Unfortunately, with the advent of the Internet, the whole world can share with our failures when we post them online or on Facebook. For example:
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What If We Were Real?
Continuing the topic of songs, have you heard the song "What If We Were Real" by Christian Gospel artist Mandisa?
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The Return of the Lady
In a previous post, I opined about the lack of manly men on television and the big screen and how I longed to see the return of manly characteristics in real life and how we should raise our sons to exemplify these traits. I also promised to pick on the ladies about ladylike traits, so it's our turn.
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The Return of the Man
I've been watching lots of old movies and TV shows lately and noticed a huge difference between male characters then and now. I hate to put it this way, but a lot of male characters are just . . . whiney. Crippled with issues. Whimpy. Rude.
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2014 National Jewish Book Award Winners and Finalists
Jewish Book of the Year
Jewish Book Council has bestowed the honor of 2014 Jewish Book of the Year upon a series for the first time in its history. The decision to honor Yale University Press's Jewish Lives series, a series which illuminates the lives of great figures in Jewish history, came four years into its publication in recognition of its achievements thus far and its forthcoming contributions for years to come. JBC seeks to highlight and applaud the publisher, Yale University Press in collaboration with the Leon D. Black Foundation, for taking on this important task as well as show support for the endeavor and continue to nurture an audience for works that share the stories and people behind our collective history.Yale University Press's Jewish Lives Series
Ileene Smith, editorial director
Steven J. Zipperstein and Anita Shapira, series editors
American Jewish StudiesCelebrate 350 Award
The Rag Race: How Jews Sewed Their Way to Success in America and the British Empire
Adam D. Mendelsohn
NYU Press
After They Closed the Gates: Jewish Illegal Immigration to the United States, 1921-1965
Libby Garland
The University of Chicago Press
Biography, Autobiography, MemoirThe Krauss Family Award in Memory of Simon & Shulamith (Sofi) Goldberg
The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World
George Prochnik
Other Press
Little Failure: A Memoir
Gary Shteyngart
Random House
Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
Joseph Telushkin
David: The Divided Heart
David Wolpe
Yale University Press
Children's and Young Adult Literature
Spinoza: The Outcast Thinker
Devra Lehmann
Donna Jo Napoli
Simon and Schuster
Tucson Jo
Carol Matas
Fictive Press
I Lived on Butterfly Hill
Marjorie Agosin; Lee White, illus.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Contemporary Jewish Life and PracticeMyra H. Kraft Memorial Award
A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates
Shlomo M. Brody
Maps and Meaning: Levitical Models for Contemporary Care
Nancy H. Wiener and Jo Hirschmann
Fortress Press
The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life's Greatest Mystery
Sara Davidson
The Soul of Jewish Social Justice
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Urim Publications
Education and Jewish IdentityIn Memory of Dorothy Kripke
A Philosophy of Havruta: Understanding and Teaching the Art of Text Study in Pairs
Elie Holzer with Orit Kent
Academic Studies Press
Got Religion?: How Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues Can Bring Young People Back
Naomi Schaefer Riley
Templeton Press
FictionJJ Greenberg Memorial Award
The Betrayers
David Bezmozgis
Little, Brown and Company
The UnAmericans
Molly Antopol
W.W. Norton & Company
The Luminous Heart of Jonah S.
Gina B. Nahai
Akashic Books
A Replacement Life
Boris Fishman
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
Joshua Ferris
Little, Brown and Company
HistoryGerrard and Ella Berman Memorial Award
The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Princeton University Press
Herzl's Vision: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State
Shlomo Avineri; Haim Watzman, trans.
We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry, A Documentary History
Gary Philip Zola
Southern Illinois University Press
Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust—Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind's Darkest Hour
James A. Grymes
Harper Perennial
Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer
Bettina Stangneth; Ruth Martin, trans.
Gates of Tears: The Holocaust in the Lublin District
David Silberklangr
Yad Vashem
Conscripted Slaves: Hungarian Jewish Forced Laborers on the Eastern Front During the Second World War
Robert Rozett
Yad Vashem
Illustrated Children's BookLouis Posner Memorial Award
The Patchwork Torah
Allison Ofanansky; Elsa Oriol, illus.
Kar-Ben Publishing
Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain
Jacqueline Jules; Durga Yael Bernhard, illus.
Wisdom Tales
The Whispering Town
Jennifer Elvgren; Fabio Santomauro, illus.
Kar-Ben Publishing
Modern Jewish Thought and ExperienceDorot Foundation Award in Memory of Joy Ungerleider Mayerson
The Koren Ani Tefillah Siddur
Rabbi Jay Goldmintz, concept and commentary
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, introduction and translation
Koren Publishers Jerusalem
On the Relationship of Mitzvot Between Man and His Neighbor and Man and His Maker
Daniel Sperber
Urim Publications
Maps and Meaning: Levitical Models for Contemporary Care
Nancy H. Wiener and Jo Hirschmann
Fortress Press
Israel: Is It Good for the Jews?
Richard Cohen
Simon & Schuster
Outstanding Debut FictionFoundation for Jewish Culture's Goldberg Prize
The Mathematician's Shiva
Stuart Rojstaczer
Penguin Books
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
Susan Jane Gilman
Grand Central Publishing
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman
Eve Harris
Grove Press, Black Cat
The UnAmericans
Molly Antopol
W.W. Norton & Company
You Shall Know Our Names
Ezekiel Nieto Benzion
ScholarshipNahum M. Sarna Memorial Award
Outside the Bible, 3-Volume Set: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture
Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel and Lawrence H. Schiffman, eds.
Jewish Publication Society
We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and American Jewry, A Documentary History
Gary Philip Zola
Southern Illinois University Press
Sephardic CultureMimi S. Frank Award in Memory of Becky Levy
Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700–1950
Julia Phillips Cohen and Sarah Abrevaya Stein, eds.
Stanford University Press
The Business of Identity: Jews, Muslims and Economic Life in Medieval Egypt
Phillip Ackerman-Lieberman
Stanford University Press
Mediterranean Enlightenment: Livornese Jews, Tuscan Culture, and Eighteenth-Century Reform
Francesca Bregoli
Stanford University Press
Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era
Julia Phillips Cohen
Oxford University Press
Women's StudiesBarbara Dobkin Award
A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987
Kathryn Hellerstein
Stanford University Press
Practicing Piety in Medieval Ashkenaz: Men, Women, and Everyday Religious Observance
Elisheva Baumgarten
University of Pennsylvania Press
Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of our Lives
Sue Levi Elwell and Nancy Fuchs Kreimer
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Writing Based on Archival MaterialThe JDC-Herbert Katzki Award
Becoming Ottomans: Sephardi Jews and Imperial Citizenship in the Modern Era
Julia Phillips Cohen
Oxford University Press
Mediterranean Enlightenment: Livornese Jews, Tuscan Culture, and Eighteenth-Century Reform
Francesca Bregoli
Stanford University Press
Jewish Rights, National Rites: Nationalism and Autonomy in Late Imperial and Revolutionary Russia
Simon Rabinovitch
Stanford University Press


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Large Size: 13 1/2 inches x 40 inches!
Panoramic photograph taken by renowned photographer James Blakeway.
It features a view of Edinburgh looking up Princes Street with Edinburgh Castle in the distance overlooking the city. Perched on a volcanic crag, Edinburgh Castle is the most famous of the Scottish Castles and is home of the Scottish Crown Jewels. The brightly lit building in front of Edinburgh Castle is the Bank of Scotland. The bright steeple slightly left of center is St. Giles' Cathedral which is located along the Royal Mile, a historic street located between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the queen's official residence in Scotland.
This fine art print is reproduced on pH neutral heavy art stock with UV resistant ink.
This item is available framed or just as the print. Please choose framed or unframed from the drop down menu. Unless an option is selected we will ship the unframed print.
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Original pin: Family Fresh Cooking
Items needed:
1 bunch of kale
Approx. 2 tbs of olive oil (I used pure olive oil)
Seasoning (salt, garlic, curry powder, whatever you're in the mood for)
Total cost: $10.94
*It should be noted that the kale itself is only $.97. Olive oil on the other hand was $4.98 and I got the cheap stuff. Of course, once you've bought it, it should last you several months so it's worth the investment.
Difficulty: Easy
Preheat oven to 350˚F.
Rinse kale & dry it well in a salad spinner or blot with paper towels.
Trim leafy parts from stem and tear leaves into bite sized pieces.
Spray leafs lightly with olive oil or cooking spray. (I put a little oil in a bowel, then tossed the kale in the oil.)
Season with salt and/or spices according to taste. (You will not need as much salt as you might think.)
Arrange pieces in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Bake for about 8 to 10 minutes or until crisp. Turn a few times with tongs while to ensure an even crispiness on both sides.
Your chips should come out crispy and slightly browned on the edges. Once they start browning they burn quickly so be sure watch them carefully.
First of all, I get the feeling kale is kind of hard to find. I've looked for it before unsuccessfully. Yesterday WalMart Neighborhood Market did not have it, WalMart Supercenter did. Of course, if possible it'd be best to get it at a farmers market but sometimes you don't have that option.
Second, the recipe doesn't specify which olive oil to use, so I grabbed pure since it's best for cooking. I may be way off on that, but it worked alright for me. Also, I didn't flip my kale midway through, but I'm sure that would've helped them cook more evenly.
Kale chips are ridiculously easy to make and fast, which is good since when you want a snack, you want it immediately. I used sea salt for my chips and it was good, but I couldn't help but feel like something was missing. I'll have to try different seasonings. Maybe even a little ranch mix… Eh?
Taste rating: 6/10


text: First conceptualized by interior designer Marjorie Reese Carson in 1947, Marge Carson, Inc. is now one of the largest; oldest privately owned furniture companies in the world. From their California home office, they employ highly skilled artisans from across the globe to hand craft every piece of custom furniture with the highest standards in workmanship and attention to each intricate detail. Built on their devotion to serving exclusive clientele, the company's furniture lines feature innovative and romantic designs that suit elegantly styled homes. Marge Carson's business philosophy has never included attempts to become a one-stop shop with items to please everyone; instead, they focus on elite architectural and aesthetic concepts for those who want to create an ambiance of luxury and refinement. Custom options include distinctive, premium materials, more than 550 fabric choices and 50 decorative finishes. For posh and sophisticated yet functional style, Marge Carson is the preferred choice of discerning decorators.


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I am a Swift beginner. I am creating a simple Parse notepad iOS app, for practice. I am trying to access from one class a uitextview created in another class. This leads to an error the uitextview is nil.
For example, my tableviewcell class is very simple and only has two uiviews connected to it (the outlets are connected properly):
@IBOutlet weak var titleLabel: UITextView!
@IBOutlet weak var descriptionLabel: UITextView!
override func awakeFromNib() {
titleLabel.text = "Title" descriptionLabel.text = "Description"
I then try and access these properties from my detailviewcontroller class, but the error"unexpectedly found nil when unwrapping an optional" comes up, even though my titleLabel and descriptionLabel both have values that are set programmatically.
detailviewcontroller class (this is in viewdidload):
let customCell = TableViewCell()
var Title = customCell.titleLabel.text
let Description = customCell.descriptionLabel.text
I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
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Here are some good articles on writing good Tweets that encourage engagement:
- article on twitter.com
- article on bufferapp.com
- article on ragan.com
- article on lorirtaylor.com
- article on huffingtonpost.com
Web Design and Social Media for Artists at the Robert Blackburn Printimaking Workshop
This fall, I will holding web design and social media workshops at the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Professional websites and marketing using social media are necessary to maximize an artists exposure on the web. The technical aspects of the web, what are some best practices, and the ways to ensure maximal exposure while maintaining personal privacy are just some of the topics where artists may have questions when approaching the internet.
These workshops are aimed at both artists who are creating websites for the first time, trying to understand how social media is used to market ones art, and also for those who may have been using the web for some time but want to understand how to improve their site and online professional profile.Instructor: Dan WongSeptember 24 – October 1
2 sessions: Tuesdays
6:30 – 9:00 pmClass fee: $115 members / $155 non-membersInstructor: Dan WongOctober 8
1 session: Tuesday
6:30 – 9:00 pmClass fee: $75 (both members and non-members)
DoSomething.org Speaking This Thurs
Do Something, the not-for-profit organization is coming this Thursday, September 22 at 6PM to speak to the Artbox Mobile App project team, and the Design for Mobile Devices students. Attendance is required.
They will be presenting their upcoming site redesign, talk about mobile microsites and a mobile app. They will also be discussing how they use social media to access twentysomethings and encourage them to get involved in interesting, socially-aware projects.
They will also be introducing some projects, and inviting our design students to participate.
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Ever since finding massive success with the Xbox 360, Microsoft has given Windows gaming as much focus as a four year old would to a book of theoretical physics. Even when Microsoft has tried to work on Windows gaming, it has done so half-heartedly, birthing well-meaning failures like Games Explorer on Windows 7 and pure, unadulterated rubbish like Games for Windows Live. Just when PC Gamers everywhere had almost given up on Microsoft doing anything for Windows gaming, a bunch of recent developments have made us stop and take notice and very warily draw the conclusion that Microsoft may just have some new stuff planned for PC gamers.
So, what are these developments that may just make Microsoft a good guy (or at least not the worst villain ever) in the eyes of PC gamers?
Microsoft hires an ex-Steam executive to focus on PC Gaming
Okay, I may be jumping the gun here, but the fact that Microsoft hired Jason Holtman, the former head of business development at Valve this week, seems like a pretty big deal for Windows gaming. In his words, Holtman was hired to focus on "making Windows a great platform for gaming and interactive entertainment." At his job with Valve, Holtman was responsible for liaising with game studios and developers, bringing their games to Steam and looking after digital sales, which means he was an important factor in Steam's success.
Jason Holtman is now with Microsoft (image courtesy Dan Griliopoulos via PC Gamer)
At Microsoft, Holtman will hopefully be looking at bringing more and more developers towards making games for Windows. Yes, it's likely that with Windows 8 being so tablet-friendly, Microsoft may want more developers to make games with a focus on touch input, but they also can't ignore the vast majority of PC users who use Windows 8 on machines with no touchscreens. At any rate, more games made for the PC is not a bad thing, even if they start incorporating things like touch controls, because it helps to introduce developers to the awesome ecosystem that the PC offers.
A Halo game has been launched for the PC, six years after the last one
There are some things PC gamers have learnt through experience- JRPGs will never be launched for PC and neither will a Halo game. Well, surprise, surprise- Halo: Spartan Assault, the latest Halo game, is out now for Windows 8 PCs and has been getting respectable scores from reviewers. Halo is the most premium gaming title in Microsoft's stable and it has guarded the series' exclusivity jealously by restricting game launches to only the Xbox 360, with even an RTS game like 'Halo Wars', which would have been perfect for the PC, never launched for Windows.
By launching Halo: Spartan Assault for WIndows 8 PCs, Microsoft has revealed that it is taking PC gamers (or at least Windows 8 users, who may also want to game) seriously. And with the reported commonalities in the process of developing for an Xbox One game and a PC game, it's likely that we'll see more and more Xbox exclusives also coming to the PC.
Microsoft is slowly killing off the bane of PC gaming- Games for Windows Live
At one point Games for Windows Live looked like it would be a great platform that would help connect PC and Xbox gamers, but boy, were we wrong. Microsoft soon announced that, just like Xbox Live, PC gamers would also have to pay $50 annually to be able to multiplayer in games that incorporated GFWL, and things just continued on its way downhill after that. GFWL soon emerged as one of the most hated things in PC gaming, forcing users to deal with an obtuse, unwieldy, unnecessary layer of DRM that added absolutely nothing to the games.
GFWL has been on course to an ignominious death for a while now. It's actually rare to see a game that still uses GFWL, and the last notable one was Dark Souls, launched last year by a Japanese developer who had little or no experience with PC gaming. Microsoft has now announced that it's killing off the Games for Windows Live Marketplace, the digital store where you could buy content for your GFWL titles and maintain an Xbox Live-like profile. This is one of the last nails in GFWL's coffin and I won't be surprised if the news of GFWL's demise soon becomes a non-exaggerated reality.
When GFWL does actually die, Microsoft will be free to focus on a new way to improve the gaming experience on PCs. And if it decides to take on Steam and Origin (and Uplay) in an attempt to become the most attractive destination for PC gamers, it will be forced to revamp its approach to Windows gaming and PC gamers.
As Microsoft continues to figure out the best way to cater to PC gamers and popularize Windows as a platform that's not just for office PCs, nothing's certain except for one thing.
It's going to be hell of an interesting time for PC gamers.


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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
The Great Recession
Read it all here. It's 9500 words, and well worth your while.
Major theme: It's Milton Friedman's fault for allowing people to believe that complex problems have simple solutions.
His social libertarianism prevented him from acknowledging that attempting to keep money growth constant was a (valid) example of government intervention. "He sold the Chicago school an interventionist, technocratic managerial optimal monetary policy under the pretense that it was something -- laissez faire -- that it was not." In doing so, he denied the Keynesian approach of more complicated interventions. Since about 1980, his approach has failed, and in 2008 even extraordinary money growth could not prevent extraordinary levels of unemployment. This left many economists with no foundation for understanding, and they simply started to either make stuff up on the fly or fall back on ideas that were discredited 80 years ago.
Wrong Models and Stuff They Made Up (See Delong at the link for details and refutations)
Low Marginal Product Workers - We have 10.5 million unskilled workers who cannot be hired because their value is below minimum wage. (Niall Ferguson, Tyler Cowan)
Structural Unemployment - We have 12 million workers with the wrong skill sets (or locations) who need to be retrained (or relocated.) (Narayana Kotcherlakota)
Overaccumulation of Capital - The problem is not a shortfall in aggregate demand, but a surplus of aggregate supply. Thus, the economy needs to "liquidate" via unemployment, bankruptcy and obsolescence. (Marx, Hayek, Mellon, Hoover) BTW This is the Marxian argument of capitalism consuming itself and collapsing - thus, the logical solution, via Marx and rejected by the others is socialism. The others took the collapse to be temporary, and when the dust cleared the whole cycle could start all over again. So, take your lumps and shut the hell up.
Uncertainty - The election of Commie-socialist-Muslim-anti-imperialist-foreign-born dictator B. Hussein Obama and the specter of deficits and burdensome regulations he is oh-so-likely-to-impose has scared the wrinkled green shit out of capitalism; and so it is paralyzed like a deer in the headlights. (Alan Greenspan, Rethug Politicians, Rethug Sycophants, Idiots)
The Need to Control Inflation and Avoid Crowding Out - Further stimulative policies will cause a burst of inflation, raise interest rates, crowd out private investment and stifle economic growth long term. (John Cochran) The inflation premium today on 10 Yr TIPS is 2.283%, on 30 Yr TIPS it's 2.355% (difference from non-indexed bond.) Draw your own conclusions about inflation expectations.
Banking and Fiscal Policy Unnecessary - Per Friedman, Fed open market operations are sufficient. We can certainly see how well that is working. (Nobel Prize winner Robert Lucas, who in his own words admits, "I really don't get it.") Lovely. Say and Mill got it back in 1829.
Banking and Fiscal Policy are Ineffective - This is a crowding out/future tax increase argument that simply bears no relationship to the real wold. (Eugene Fama, Nobel Prize winner Myron Scholes)
As I've stated before, thinking like an economist means that zombie ideas eat your brain.
So - are we screwed, or what?
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So are we screwed or what? To borrow a phrase from Atrios: "simple answers to simple questions", yes. I bookmarked the DeLong screed this morning for later reading. Thanks for the synopsis. It is rather unfortunate that the Chicago School, Austerian 'theory" has been the major force behind monetary and fiscal policy for far too long. I think Krugman noted recently that monetarism is dead. Unfortunately, the powers that be are still alive. (Word verification irony: rally.)
- March 23, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- BadTux said...
Screwed. Totally. Not worth posting anything but cat pictures forever more. Siiiigh!
- Badtux the Waddling Penguin
- March 24, 2011 at 5:42 PM
- The Arthurian said...
I'm iffy on DeLong.
It's 9500 words, and well worth your while.
Major theme: It's Milton Friedman's fault for allowing people to believe that complex problems have simple solutions.
My thought: Where is the analysis??? Everybody skips that step. And that, when all is said and done, is the reason that none of the solutions have worked.
Having done the analysis, I too believe the solutions are simple.
Maynard's thought: "The ideas ... are extremely simple and should be obvious. The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones..."
- March 30, 2011 at 6:43 PM


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Prison is not deeply good. Do not let people transmit you it is all justified these years in borstal. to be sure the prison house development in Scotland is more some more than what it was same in Jerusalem 2,000 old age ago. In Acts Chapter 4, in our New Testament, these two disciples of Jesus Christ, Peter and John, are in borstal.
They were taken over and incarcerated in this Jerusalem jail, simply because a man in his 40's who had never walked had been healed, and they explained that the Risen and Living Lord Jesus Christ was at the rear the therapeutic.
They are brought in since the sacred government - that is, past the one and the same culture who had been liable for crucifying Jesus. Jesus had been in this committee. These 'judges' were the wealthiest and maximum cogent in the nation.Post ads:
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Peter is reasonable, respectful, and he sticks to the facts. Peter is a dutiful and truehearted witness, when he is full up beside the Holy Spirit, and spell he is chock-full. He is rational, unembroidered and non-emotional. He is besides challenging, and pointing to Jesus, as he speaks roughly the status of salvation, and where on earth link can be saved.
These divine leaders constituted that beforehand them stood two terribly game men. They had not been to academy. They were to a certain extent frequent men, but the polity took short letter that they had been near Jesus. That is what ready-made the disparity.
That is the solitary way by which they could put the renovate in these men into speech. They were not in a job to use concepts approaching Holy Spirit, but they were mindful of a dissimilarity - a boldness - a boldness - a impetus - a state of grace.
Are those around us aware that we are different? And, if so, do they cognize why?
Next to them stood the man who had been cured. He was up to date. His healthful lasted. Two fishermen are in court on proceeding until that time a intellectual leash of 70 lawyers.
They put out Peter and John, to consult in sheltered.
What are we active to do? News had circulation hurried in connection with the miracle, and "we cannot reject it"!
What are we going to do to avoid this entity from spreading? There's different enquiry. Why did God not lately interact at that moment, to say, "Call My occupation 'this thing!" He didn't.
They resolve. We will caution them. That will put the air current up them. Well, it did in a sense, as they received more than and much of the twirl of the Spirit.
Peter and John are named in, and commanded not to verbalise or drill in the given name of Jesus. Peter and John come back with - "Judge for yourselves. We cannot support mumbling around what we have seen and heard." Again, data the two weather - seeing and quick-eared.
They vulnerable them further, then discharged them. Remember Jesus was vulnerable too precise at the incredibly foundation of His Ministry.
This Jerusalem board hot to castigate Peter and John. Why? Because all the associates were praiseful God! These sacred leadership were much concerned now than when Jesus had been evidently going say Jerusalem.
Jesus had warned His disciples they would be scorned and detested. From the earliest days, disciples of Jesus Christ have been universal misfits. You will not fit in. You will be distinguishable. It is striking once.
Yet, when you track Jesus you can go anywhere, and be utilized by God.
There are 3 groups represented here.
1. The Priests. They were the formalised teachers and would pb the work. When you are primary work beside thousands immediate you can cognizance beautiful important, but now at hand are thousands situation in a circle the disciples of Jesus. This rival burgeoning pack is a hugely actual danger.
2. The captain of the Temple escort. It was his job to maintain the order and sustenance everything calm, pro forma and sacredly legitimate. 120 disciples had righteous interrupted one service, and now, this healed man has caused nervy. "Why are you bewildering the peace? Why can't you go elsewhere? These are not cushy sentiments to hear, but see the Hand of God in this. No man would try to inauguration of a new theology in this demeanour. What a way to educate a new action.
3. The Sadducees. They were the 'theologians'. They did not allow in the supernatural, in the resurrection, nor miracles. Peter and John had honorable wrecked their branch of knowledge. This is thing the Holy Spirit can do.
On anyone released, Peter and John go put money on to the Fellowship, and papers what they had been through with. There is no self-pity, or outlook diffident for themselves, and when the believers detected their story, they launched out in worship.
You didn't have to say anything to move these general public to commune. They did not entail to be coaxed to commune. We have several lines of that prayer, and they commune for terrible daring. "Heal, act miracles and wonders, through with the Name of JESUS." The scheduled time locate was jolted. They were all complete next to the Holy Spirit, and radius the Word of God boldly.
There are moral principles in this passage, which we entail to know, and know beside security.
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Our garden has had a tough year. Between heavy spring rains, Tropical Storm Irene, powdery mildew, and our local groundhog, keeping the garden going has been a challenge (though we have been rewarded with a great deal of cucumbers). Here in East Middlebury, we narrowly avoided a frost in late September, but the end of the growing season is very close. The first hard freeze of the year is coming to Addison County.
Editor's note: Please don't try this at home.
This week, another installment of paddling in our backyard: Otter Creek Falls.
Whenever we slide into the water behind the restaurant there are a few patrons who shout off the porch.
"Do you know there's a waterfall down there?" they say, gesticulating wildly.
"What?" I say. "Really? A waterfall? How tall?"
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Pavement markings include the lines down the middle of the lanes, as well as turn indicators, crosswalks, and stop lines.
Street lights have a dual purpose in Urbandale. They help to ensure a safe street system for both motorists and pedestrians, and they help to reduce crime by lighting up the dark areas where potential criminals like to work.
The City installs traffic signals and signs in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This document, produced by the State of Iowa, sets the standards for signals and signs.


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Friday, 13 February 2009
Friday Favourites #1: Randomness
Cognitive Daily is a blog worth a few moments of your time - the posts there are usually thought-provoking and, in my experience, highly entertaining.
In particular, Fridays alternate between survey weeks and results weeks for 'Casual Fridays', which tend to be a bit random - click here to take this week's survey, and check back next week for the results.
The results of last week's survey, on what makes a romantic gift is topical Valentine's Day reading...
Tags: links, psychology
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- Sam said...
Hi Rachel. Wanted you to know that you're my Saturday selection. I also wanted to thank you for the regular encouragement you have given me as I attempt to write.
- 14 February 2009 at 04:20
- Chef E said...
Cool...I wrote something for you and all my other blog 'Angels' some come see at my TMI blog...
- 14 February 2009 at 05:37
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Quick Start Guide for Wahoo Heart Rate Belt and Motorola Razr Droid
Please follow the described steps carefully to save time by powering on your Android heart rate demo application on your Motorola Razr Droid.
1. Preparing your Motorola Razr Droid
- Go to the Android Market and download the app called nRF HRM Demo to your Android Smart Phone. https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nordic.ble
- Install the app on your phone. Do not start it for now.
2. Power on your Wahoo Heart Rate Belt
- The Wahoo Heart Rate Belt will be powered on automatically by wearing it at your body. It has no On/Off pin!
3. Go back to your Motorola Razr Droid
- Go to "Settings" -> "Wireless & Networks" -> "Bluetooth Settings"
- Press scan for devices
- Select the belt out of list and click it
- Start the nRF HRM (Heart Rate Monitor) Demo at you phone
4. Motorola Razr Droid with running HRM demo
Please be aware that this photo is a photo montage. As soon you move the Wahoo Heart Rate Belt away from your body the Bluetooth Smart transceiver will be powered off.
I assume that the upper mentioned steps are close the same for the Nordic nRF8001 evaluation kit. I got the nRF8001 development kit this weekend as well, but I can´t use it because my nRFgo motherboard I loaned to one of my customers for testing the ANT+ ICs of Nordic. The nRFgo motherboard is supporting several other Nordic ICs. Anyhow, sooner or later I will have a complete Bluetooth Smart evaluation kit at my office. I will keep you posted for sure.
There are several Bluetooth Smart, Bluetooth 2.1, Wifi and NFC projects in parallel guide-lined by myself. The next event for a face to face meeting is at Embedded World in Nuremberg. I will stay all three days at the booth of Rutronik. Some days later I will talk about Bluetooth Smart, Bluetooth 2.1, Wifi and NFC at Droidcon in Berlin.
Face to face meeting with me can be arranged at:
- Embedded World / Nürnberg 28.2 – 1.03 (3 days)
- Exhibition of latest wireless technologies and examples.
- http://www.embedded-world.de/ Rutronik Hall 1, Stand 318
- Droidcon / Berlin 13. – 14.03 (2 days)
- Wireless links around your Smart Phone. NFC, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart, ANT+ and WIFI. Difference in range, power consumption, latency. Examples for applications
- http://de.droidcon.com/session/comparsion-radio-links-inside-android-device-and-examples-applications
- Cebit / Hannover 6. – 10.03- (5 days)
- Big event about communication just 45 minutes far away from my home. I will use this event for customer meetings and learning about latest wireless technologies. The opening this year will be done by Mr. Eric Smith (Google) and Dr. Angela Merkel (Federal Chancellor/ Germany)
- LTE Seminar / Berlin 20.03 (1 day)
- Tests, Approvels in US, EU and other regions. Embedded LTE antennas and design in.
- Hannover Industry Fair 23. – 27. 04 (4 days)
- Big exhibition related to latest technologies close to my home.
- Rutronik Wireless Roadshow Düsseldorf 22.05- 24.05 (3 days) and Rutronik Wireless Roadshow Berlin 25.09 – 27.09 (3 days)
- Day 1: Postining on GNSS like GPS, but Glonass, Beidou, Galileo and QZSS as well. Non GNSS locating by WIF, Bluetooth Smart, active RFID up to GSM locating
- Day 2: Wireless links around your Smart Phone. NFC, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart, ANT+ and WIFI
- Day 3: Internet of Things: GSM, GPRS, HSPA, UMTS, WIFI, ZigBee, 6LoWPAN
If you have interest in an own Buetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy) solution then just drop an email to harald.naumann (at) gsm-modem.de


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An unusual freight job ran in Feb, utilising the Viterra grain service to move some railsets to Goulburn for an upcoming track closure.
CM3303, C508 and 1432 lead the freight. 1432 would be detached with the railsets and work them back to Moss Vale over hte following days.
ARTC Railset comprising on AZRL wagons.
Probably used as a staff platform during transit, ballast plough AZZX 0001-G was between the two railset consists.
Loaded NDRF railset. This is one of two sets owned by ARTC.
CQZY 1639 with VTAD containers on the rear of the train.


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The commune election results gathered by the ruling Cambodian People's Party on the night of the June 3 vote match the exact numbers released by the National Election Committee yesterday.
The CPP will take control of 1,582 of the 1,633 communes, positioning it to sweep to another victory in the National Assembly vote on July 28 next year.
Tep Nytha, secretary general of the National Election Committee, said the CPP had won 72 per cent of the total 11,459 commune seats.
Main opposition Sam Rainsy Party scored 18 per cent.
The NEC will send the list of winning candidates to the Ministry of Interior today.
Candidates will take up their positions 14 days after that.
The Human Rights Party issued a statement yesterday reaffirming that the newcomer opposition party will boycott the forthcoming national elections next year unless there's improvement to NEC's election procedure.
The party, which scored 18 commune chief positions, said the election procedure was too complicated.
To contact the reporter on this story: Vong Sokheng at [email protected]


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Residents still feel UT cops need to do more
Even though the Chandigarh Police took a slew of measures this year, including connecting online and aiming at making police more 'public friendly', the residents feel that the cops need to do much more.chandigarh Updated: Dec 19, 2013 12:15 IST
Even though the Chandigarh Police took a slew of measures this year, including connecting online and aiming at making police more 'public friendly', the residents feel that the cops need to do much more.
The police refurbished its website, providing people with an email address through which they could directly get in touch with UT inspector general of police (IGP) RP Upadhyaya; and launched know your case in June, providing update or status of your complaint and uploading of first information report (FIR).
The IGP received about 2,500 emails since the launch of the initiative in March. As many as 64 cases were registered following the complaints. About 80 residents replied they were satisfied, while 40 had come up with various suggestions relating to traffic, besides law and order.
According to residents, connecting with the IGP through email and upgrading website caught their attention, but 'know your case' has not been a hit.
At least 760 resident welfare meetings were organised where the police interacted with residents. The police authorities claim that they interacted with nothing less than 27,000 city residents through these meetings, but the city residents claim it to be different.
City-based advocate Ajay Jagga and RTI activist RK Garg said the police only interacted with a selective audience, particularly from specific resident welfare associations (RWA).
The police officers said public mechanism was improved, which resulted in more reporting and almost 100% registration of cases.
The police also started the practice of deputing a deputy superintendent of police (DSP)-level officer on night duty. The residents can call the officer after midnight till 7 am in case of any problem.
The police also came up with an all-women police control room (PCR) vehicle to address the women complaints.
"We are open to suggestions and positive criticism. Efforts are aimed to connect with the residents. The measures have been taken to bridge the gap between the police and residents, so that we get the direct feedback," IGP Upadhyaya said.
Resident speakRTI activist RK Garg
Website and email id to connect with the top cop is a good initiative. A lot of information is provided on the police website, unlike other government websites. But at the same time the, know your case initiative is a flop. I have been trying to know the status of my case for past so many months, but haven't been able to get any clarity. The RWA meetings are also farce. Chairman, Federation of Sector Welfare Associations Chandigarh, PC Sanghi
We have been noticing change of the IGP's for the past so many years. The chief of the police force changes and so does the policies. The officers come up with the ideas for their own publicity and later they are left abandoned. There has been no respite from snatching, thefts, and rape and sexual harassment cases. The police need to have effective policing, for which ways and means need to be worked out.Advocate Ajay Jagga
The initiatives of the police were more on paper and didn't yield much result. Only some of the resident welfare associations and senior citizen associations had meetings with the police. The RWA meetings should be increased so that more people could be reached out. These initiatives cannot bring about much difference till the cops implement police reforms as per the ministry of home affairs guidelines. The police should also set up police advisory committee.Member, Senior Citizen Welfare Association of Manimajra, Col Gursewak Singh (retd)
I have a good experience with the Chandigarh Police. I had mailed them and got feedback within 24 hours. The initiatives of the police are better than nothing; they are trying to connect and get feedback from cops. Even the traffic police act in a proactive manner and respond to the queries posted on their Facebook page or any suggestions mailed to them.
Official speak
UT inspector general of police, RP Upadhyaya.
We are open too suggestions and positive criticism. Efforts are aimed to connect with the residents. The measures have been taken to bridge the gap between the police and residents, so that we get the direct feedback.
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04 May This is my Lupus Story
I've had SLE since 1968. I was 20 years old and in my last year of nursing school at Henry Ford Hospital. I was a cheerleader, singer and sun worshiper in the Michigan summers. I was going to be an RN and travel or join the Service.
During training, I thought Lupus and RA would be awful illnesses to have to live with. It started with migrating joint pain and fatigue. When I went to see our Student physician, he insinuated that I was using this as a way to get out of class. Then I awakened one day and could bearly dress myself so I went back to see the doctor and told him I wanted a second opinion and only then was I sent to a Rheumatologist.
Symptoms progressed to the point that I couldn't stand the weight of a sheet on my body and I would feel like I was freezing and then later drenched in perspiration with high fevers. Hospitalized, my hemoglobin dropped and I needed a transfusion. I had encephalitis and kidney involvement and the lupus rash. I do not remember the first month of my hospitalization while the doctors tried to discover what was happening. Mega doses of Prednisone saved me then.
My second month of hospitalization was spent with testing and getting my strength back, while I watched my hair fall out as I combed my hair. As prednisone doses were being decreased gradually I experienced mood swings from crying to laughter, and just before my doctor was finally able to tell me my diagnosis, I had realized that the textbook symptoms of SLE gave me a life expectancy of three and a half years. My life plans changed dramatically overnight.
I had nine years of active lupus symptoms, mostly joint pain, fatigue, and pleuritic pain, but I did get married, finished nursing school, had a baby boy ( my miracle baby) and adopted a little girl.
Then one day the pain disappeared and I had nine normal years in remission while my children grew up. I worked part time in doctor offices and then suddenly I had symptoms that were diagnosed as Thrombocytopenia purpura due to the SLE. I remember sobbing and thinking that I couldn't go through what I had experienced before, once again. Luckily that didn't happen, except I was back on steroids.
With the help of medication and always the support of my family I am a Lupus survivor.
Unfortunately, Blood transfusions were not screened for Hep C the years that I had my two transfusions, so in 1998 I was diagnosed with Chronic Hep C and Cirrhosis. At the time there was no treatment for Hep C for me because of the SLE. In 2015 the new drug for Hep C, Sovaldi, was the one that I would be able to take safely. I was cured of the Hep C within 6 months! I continue to be checked every 6 months for Liver Cancer.
In the early years of my SLE, the diagnosis of the disease was difficult to come by for patients like myself. For me, the elusive SLE test was positive while I was hospitalized, shortening the diagnosis time.
I was active in the first grass roots Michigan Lupus Foundation, and was in charge of the Lupus News Letter, as temporary President for a while and as a presenter to other organizations. The Michigan Lupus Foundation was a big part of my life years ago and I am thankful for the people who started it all those many years ago for all of us and I am glad I was able to help.
I turned 70 years old a week ago and now only have old age types of pains, but am always watchful. I am retired and am a volunteer with the St. Vincent de Paul Society. I have outlived my life expectancy and plan on many more years ahead, God willing.


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I really had not gotten that far on it. I had run into an issue with seam allowance (namely that I'd left too much allowance on some areas), and trying to work through that issue, I'd sputtered out on it. I had also started to feel like my pieced-together full lining had been a bad idea. It really just looked terrible.
Since putting it aside, I've been introduced to a few new methods of seam finishing, and since I really didn't have much sewing done on the dress, I figured back-tracking was probably the order of the day. I pulled all the existing stitching, and removed the lining. I kept the heavy linen bodice lining for a future dress, since it's still good. I was going to purchase a new lining material, but my budget just wasn't making that possible, and I really wanted to get the dress completed. So, I decided to proceed without a lining.
Since it had been a considerable enough of an amount of time since I started the dress in the first place, I figured that doing a quick refit wasn't a bad idea. I'm glad I did that, since there were definite modifications that needed to be made. Luckily, I've done enough of these dress fittings to be able to wing the adjustments, and not need the extra set of hands. My husband gave me the final thumbs up on the fit.
But then, as it waited about 3 weeks for me to get back to it, I came across Medieval Market's Cotte Simple Type 3, and began to rethink the needs of my wardrobe. In fact, several hours of perusal of their entire women's clothing line turned out to be a great advantage to inventorying my existing garb and identifying what may still be missing. Ultimately, I decided to convert the orange dress into the same type of dress as their #3 by converting the front to a fixed curved seam, and moving the lacing to the side. In this manner, it can function as a supportive layer under just about anything, and can certainly work on its own if needed during the summer.
|You can see here the three lines of fitting on one of the sides- the outermost was the seam as determined by the lining fitting, and the innermost seam is after switching the front to a fixed curved seam.
After getting all four main panels of the dress sorted out, I decided to move forward with using the Elizabethan seam for the entire dress. After trimming all my seams down to 3/4" seam allowances, I began the hand-sewing phase by finishing the sides and shoulders with double folded hems, securing them down using running stitch with a matching cotton thread. I made sure that I marked on each panel the insertion points for the gores to make sure everything was lining up correctly.
|Finished panels, waiting to be joined by the gores.
At this point, I've completed that first stage of finishing on all four panels, and now I'm moving on to the gores. I've accomplished more on this dress in the last 3 days than I had accomplished up to that point. I suppose, sometimes all it takes is rethinking a project in order to get it done!


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Tow Mater was brought into this world in the little town of Radiator Springs, along historic Route 66 in the mwaka of January 12th, 1957. Although it is not known for sure, he is believed to be the son of Stanley and Lizzie Mater from Radiator Springs.
The characters can go out with me is Mater the tow truck and Lighting McQueen and I upendo both of them and they are really good Marafiki together and I upendo to talk to them and say hello and how are u:)
My best character that can go out with me will probably Mater the tow truck. I upendo HIM:)
Lighting McQueen can go out with me too and that will be amazing to go anywhere to a place au something that Lighting McQueen can do sometimes. That will be a good thing to do like a character if I was in the movie and don't know what car that I'm going to look at but I will be a...
I upendo all of the Disney Cars characters except for one is Chick Hicks and he is okay but he is mean though. Some people don't like them like me!
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On July 15, 2015; Wednesday, the organizing committee has published their 'Fixture Out of the Tournament'. The Tournament is going to be held in the soccer field at 980 Lakeshore Blvd, Akron, OH 44311 from 9:00 am on July 18th 2015, and the final match will be at 5:00 pm on the same day on the same location.
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Okay, so I haven't really been consistently writing my six word stories since I proposed the project last month. It is always in the back of my mind, but it is harder than I thought. Six words is nothing. Nothing. I have come up with some great haikus while contemplating my six word stories. Of course, I'm never anywhere where I can write those down. That would help me fulfill my poetry resolution that is still pending. Ah, well.
Anyway, here is the last month of six word stories.
She no longer rejects opened doors.
She doesn't mind being the pacifier.
His laugh was hesitant but genuine.
Three-year-old games are point-less.
Work meeting: more ughs than ahas.
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Most automakers boast about the range capabilities of their upcoming electric vehicles, but not Renault-Nissan. As confirmed in the recent Revenge of the Electric Car film, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn prefers to keep his company's EV activities on the DL until he's ready to spring them on the world. Case in point: the Renault-Nissan Zoe EV will not reveal its range capability until it is released in Europe next year.
The prototype Zoe was already capable of an impressive 124-mile range (100 miles is currently the goal of many automakers), so expect the production model to top that by at least another 25 to 50 miles. After all, Nissan's Ghosn is all about maintaining a competitive advantage through secrecy, so the gains the Zoe has achieved through its development must be significant to warrant banning even members of the board from revealing the capabilities of this little car.
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Drifting from Utopia
Only those who don't know Utopia write its name. It's land of the equal, the land of the same. Same colours, same rights, same laws. Personality it's a flaw, individuality is banished. You can break the law yet still walk "freely". But you cannot be happy. I've seen it with my eyes. Touched it with my hands. You can feel the shame of the slaves. The indifference of the free. Their wits, abundant, without doubt, are outclassed by their lack of humanity. In that cursed island only despair did I feel. Trapped in land surrounded by water with living dolls. Their eyes are empty, their smiles are hollow. They feel nothing. Only turmoil could conquer that land and make it human again. For it is human nature to crave and cause chaos. To disrupt Nature's order is our own nature. Utopia breaks that basic human instinct. Utopia is not a place of freedom, of perfection, of peace. Utopia is the very definition of human chaos. The standstill of human's evolution.
I dare say, as I slowly drift from the island, free of its torments, that it's a nightmarish sight to see such calculated civility. Meritocracy without doubt. But also the corruptibility of such a perfect life that it has forgotten the basic law of nature. The strong against the weak. Do the wolves not hunt the rabbits? Are the bears not wolves' natural foes? Do we all not turn to dust once we're dead? So quickly and feverish did they look to seek out and erase all that's unclear and evil in this world that they forgot where they came from and where we all end. For mortality is what defines us. We should embrace it. Live with it. But they spurn from this basic law of nature. Immortality is reserved to the trees and skies. Stones, however, can be broken for they are without soul. Stones can be thrown, utopians have done it so when shaping their walls. They are those stones. Without soul. Corrupted when trying to clean themselves of the shame of humanity. Corrupting still when paying their foes to fight their wars and wars of others, to die foolishly while they seat and feast with empty glasses and empty laughter. Maybe this is a hint of humanity. Maybe this is their ray of humanity. Slowly am drifting from their island as the sun shines from between the clouds and I do dare to hope. Hope one day I'm safe from the madness I here saw. Hope one day people will know the true Utopia, the empty and delusional Utopia.
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- sónia fernandes disse...
this is my favorite part, a very good definition of the character of you Utopia land
"But also the corruptibility of such a perfect life that it has forgotten the basic law of nature."
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There are renewables on the planet. They all involve life processes. Sunlight fuels life processes. We can make use of the stored calories in plants, and in other creatures, to feed our bodies and to heat our homes (wood, dried manure, and fats can be burned).
The is the simplest conception of our system. You mention technology a lot, but of course you know that burning things for heat and cooking and to transform materials has been one of our main technologies for most of our history on this planet. We are the burning animal. Hunting tools, gathering tools, tools used to plant and to control animal power.. these go back thousands of years. These are all technology too.
But it was the industrial technology that revolutionized our impact because it made overpopulation possible. It made machines possible on a scale that speeded and ramped up the digging of holes and building of transportation systems and allowed the whole provisioning of things like electricity and liquid gas and plastics and chemical fertilizers and so on. All were solving problems caused by the earlier technologies.
We need to power down. We have no clear set of directions for doing that. Maybe we ought to explore what such steps would be. For example, what if no new driver's licences can ever be issued? (wicked grin).
There are no technological renewables. That claim is a furphy. Nature has provided renewables for eons but industrialization has not been able to emulate that process for fundamental physical reasons.Delete
The start up costs will always suck energy and at this stage most of that energy is still fossil fuel based. But once the start up phase is over, the working life of the solar panel or the wind turbine or the geothermal unit is far less consumptive than the current means of energy production and sustainence.ReplyDelete
"I think it is incredibly difficult to wrap our heart, mind and spirit around the massive changes facing us. A world no longer powered by fossil fuels, no matter what incarnation, is almost inconceivable and for many terrifying. It is indeed traumatic for what it might (probably) means not just for us but also for our love ones, children, grandchildren. Our hearts break. We want to fix it. So we do more technology and more ultimate harm."
Brilliant paragraph except the last line should be more "good" in the end, if the technology is right.
Technology has never created any material system.Technology only uses natural forces to irreversibly use limited natural material resources while producing irrevocable wastes. This tangible operation is an unsustainable process, despite the anthropocentric views of most people.Delete
Most INDUSTRIAL technology is harmful.
Most ECOLOGICAL technology is not.
Technology is a term that refers to systems devised by people and use materials. Natural ecological operations are not technology.Delete
Well said, Denis. (Glad to see you're still around...Bev from ROEOZ)Delete
Ah, yes, the unintended consequences of technology...... these consequences are not just what is commonly written about. All forms of life on this planet are under threat. Not just climate change, not just ocean acidification, not just poisoning of the land water and air....but contamination and corruption of the spirit leading to loss of trust in anything, including having the vision or intellect to solve the problems we face. Life always has had unintended consequences. The technology that this is written on may have more unintended consequences than solar technology. Why? because solar technology is one of the most durable products ever devised by humans. These computing devices will be obsolete in a few years.
Part of the solution is the elimination of waste (efficiency). Most of what we do with energy and materials is waste. Part of it is devising systems that allow the economical recycling of all materials. Another part is requiring complete testing of all life cycle consequences of products before they are allowed to be released. These are complex problems but they can be focused upon. We cannot simply give up because we have never before as a civilization acted responsibly. Its not about technology or capitalism or ideology of any sort. It is about corruption from the top to the bottom that says that it is normal to do anything that gives one or a few persons some momentary advantage. I have watched this evolution of me-ism for 50 years and never before has it been more invisibly ingrained into the fabric of everything. I do not see giving up as an option. That is the ultimate form of corruption. http://lightontheearth.blogspot.com/p/eco-industrial-revolution.html
Economical recycling of all materials is not possible. some materials, such as the hydrocarbons in oil and gas and the CO2 emissions from coal combustion cannot possibly be recycled. Some materials can be recycled at an ecological cost which in many cases is not worthwhile because it is an unsustainable process.
Sound decisions about how to deal with the difficult times ahead depends on wide spread understanding of the fundamental physical principles that always governs what happening.
The questions I ask are...
Are metals and minerals more or less available?
Is the population growing or decreasing or staying the same?
If Answer to question 1 is less available, and Answer to question 2 is more people,
how are we imagining growth or abundance????
The elite response is ...." Undiscussed carcinogens and genetic disruption via chemicals, glyphosate, wireless frequencies, and selectively poisoning vaccines have already been introduced to reduce lifespan and fertility. This reduces demand. Our global curriculum now teaches children our brand of logic through tested math, and we will control the components of logic. This insures compliance.
We have been planning for overpopulation for 150 years. All modern tech is controlled by eugenicists, example being Bill Gates. Smart phones and Smart Meters are wireless weapons. The survivors of the future will live in our Smart City slave camps. Nature will be hunting grounds for the managers, and indigenous people have already been almost eliminated. Everyone will be long socially engineered with no memory of anything else and happy with unlimited orgasms and drugs. You will have no gender or sobriety. We will continue killing off alternatives. We are involved with high tech from ET sources who work with us. That is why we have underground facilities and vast network of underground transportation. Our regime will survive. Our ET friends don't mind working with a coercive slave system, and "might makes right", so we will continue to act with impunity because humans are now too weak to imagine giving up their habits of consumption provided by our system. All balls are in our court."
The Truther response to the elite is.... '
"Your time table has been continually disrupted. It has taken maximum manipulation to achieve your endless war world, while every child is born with inner joy. Your habit of killing planets has not made you stronger, but weaker. Poverty will create the resistance to your plans, and poverty will insure the return to simplicity and self-sufficiency. The humanitarian response will responsibly deal with your nuclear reactors and poisoned ground water. Complexity will give way to sanity. Artificial environments and artificial reproduction is just your vanity trying to be immortal at the expense of organic life. The good side is just waiting for the tipping point of questions to show you the insanity of your demonic parasitic addictions. As satanists and pedophiles, the good side is invisible to you, but though you deny it, virtue is within you too, and gnawing at your lies. You are the ones living in denial and fear, and this is why you create it for others, so you can use and abuse them. It is time to turn over a new leaf and re-consider your soul-killing way of mind."
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Thanks John, this analysis is spot on. For more info debunking some of our wishful thinking, see the Deep Green Resistance FAQs on Green Technology & Renewable Energy.ReplyDelete
Pieces at www.skil.org support you ideas.
I suggest two 10 minutes videos.
Losing Our Energy Slaves
Sustainable Civilization Analysis Project
Its well illustrated and quite interesting and now I have more perspective on energy saving.ReplyDelete