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Result: Sabres vs Whalers/
Congratulations go out to both the Buffalo Sabres and Hartford Whalers vintage logos! In an unprecedented event, voters at the NHL Tournament of Logos were evenly split on which logo they felt was best. After 3,136 votes, both logos finisehd with 1,568 each.
On a personal note, I'm shocked by the tie. I really didn't expect it. Although it makes sense to me that it happened in a championship round before any other round. I want to thank everyone who voted and participated in this poll.
And just to address the "controversy" — which is becoming a disturbing commonplace among some of you guys (I know, you can never please everybody) — nobody got "robbed." The polls are set to close automatically. Also if you check the original post, there is no longer a scheduled closing time of 11:59 PM as there used to be. I addressed that a while back. So just because the poll didn't close at 11:59 PM your time doesn't mean it didn't automatically close when it was supposed to.
Starting to love controversy, by the way. Maybe I"ll work that into the title of the blog. The Controversial NHL Tournament of Logos! Nice ring, but probably a bit too many syllables. Looking forward to the next tournament. Expect an announcement this afternoon!

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Winter is the real time when I love to visit bar and spend my hours to belly up with my fancy drinks. In fact, I love tasting new cocktails and other drinks but I prefer to sip one type at a time. If I am talking about cocktails, then Gin is the number one in the shelves in making cocktails. Gin is the most fashionable drink due to its subtle flavor. As per the 1951 the Bartenders' Guide Gin was the best base spirits in 7000 cocktails.
Gin is primarily made up of juniper berry but there are many other herbs and spices are added as a flavoring agent. They use the best flavor from the original places, for example Cardamom from Sri Lanka, Cassia bark from Vietnam, Orange peel from Spain, Coriander seed from Czech Republic, Angelica root from Germany. And it is very interesting that Juniper berries are imported from Italy. Apart from these there are dozens of other possible ingredients used in making of Gin. Each distiller follows their secret formula and so no two Gin brands are exact in taste.
Mostly people beef up about its taste; actually Gin can be described as flavored Vodka. Gin was first named as "Genever" from the French word of Juniper. Dr. Franciscus de La Boie who was also known as Dr. Sylyius from Holland, a Dutch Doctor, invented this in 1650 for medical purposes. He was a professor at the University of Leyden. He was trying to find a medicine for the treatment of kidney disorders or the effect of Malaria and for this he mixed Juniper berry oil with grain alcohol, as both have diuretic properties.
Gin was then sweetened with sugar to find more palatable taste and called Old Tom. Soon the unsweetened gins were called Dry or London dry Gin. Actually London dry Gin is specified by a geographical location i.e. it is made in or near London. It was invented in 1831. Now this term is used to describe a style of Gin. The world famous BEEFEATER is now the only Gin distilled in London.
This famous drink reached to England during the rule of William 111, better known as William of Orange, (1650 to 1702). In fact, British troops fought with Dutch for 30 years and while returning they brought back gin, which they called "Dutch Courage" and soon they started distillation in England. It soon became their National drink of England.
Before this they were busy in making Whisky and Scotch from grains and tampering them with years of aging in wooden casks. So it was expensive and too harsh in consumption. But Gin tasted good and was less expensive to produce.
According to Gin and Vodka Association, in 1730, Gin was sold cheaper than beer but soon in 1736 Gin act was issued and Gin became very expensive. During the time of William of Orange gin was free for all distillaters from professionals to amateurs. In 1750s it was again taken in control and the quality and standard of gin came in hands of only professional distillers. Today Britain is the world's greatest Gin exporter.


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May 1, 2011
Strategic Voting
Strategy 1: Vote. It's the simplest strategy, yet only half of us do it.
Strategy 2: Encourage others to vote. Encourage young people, disenfranchised people, women, people with the most to lose if Harper gets back in.
Strategy 3: Vote with my kids. From the day my first boy was born, my children come with me to every election, from national to neighbourhood council. My boys will grow up treasuring their right and responsibility to vote.
Strategy 4: Vote for my kids. When analyzing platforms and wannabe leaders and parties, I'm not looking just at what they'll do for my pocketbook and inflated standard of living for the next 4 years. I'm looking at how they'll help build or continue destroying the world my children and grandchildren will inherit. The Council of Canadians has a great analysis of parties' stands on right to water, climate change, public health care, and respect for our democracy.
Strategy 5: Vote like it means something. It does. True, there are no Obama's among the party leaders, but a clear message needs to be sent that we will not tolerate Harper's fascist regime. Every vote that blocks his return to power matters.
Strategy 6: Make it mean something. This is the point of controversy, of course - do I vote for the person/party I believe in most even if they don't have a reasonable chance of winning? Normally I'd fall more in that camp, and in the long run press for electoral reform to scrap the first-past-the-post craziness and bring in a system that would respect the true will of the voters. But at this point in our country's decline, the prospect another Harper reign is so potentially disastrous that I do believe that people in tight ridings should vote for the candidate best poised to oust the Conservatives.
Interestingly, this year it appears that in many cases that means Liberals voting NDP, not the other whttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifay around. I don't know if Jack Layton will be the greatest Prime Minister in history, but I inherently don't trust Ignatieff, and apparently a growing number of Canadians believe the time has come to give the NDP a try.
So don't just vote tomorrow. Vote with your kids, for your kids, with your friends, and for whatever candidate/party can help put Canada back on the road to democracy, sustainability and freedom. Anyone but Harper's Conservatives.
PS. - Now reading this a few days after Jack Layton's death, I wonder if I couldn't have had more faith in his potential to make real change in our country. I've posted these updated musings at: http://ricksturningpoint.blogspot.com/2011/08/did-i-love-jack-layton-enough.html
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Hi Rick, Thanks for your thoughts. I may bring the boys with me after reading your posting. Since none of the parties truly reflect the world I want to live in, I am often torn between green or ndp. Do you think it is more strategic to vote ndp at this time, even if Jean Crowder will probably get in anyway? I appreciate your thoughts. CathyReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 2, 2011 at 8:50 AM
I would like to think that jean crowder has a solid chance at this election, but also recognize there have been elections lost in the past simply b/c voters viewed a seat as 'secure'.ReplyDelete
And here we are, with Harper getting a majority government in a country where two thirds of the voters clearly indicated they don't want him to ru[i]n Canada. What else needs to happen in order to bring end to the first-by-the-post nonsense?ReplyDelete
On the other hand, it might be too late...


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As i'm following the Slimming World plan, I will add syn value in where I can, and hope i'm accurate in my calculating 🙂
Food is so important to me, I need it to look appealing and taste just as good. I don't want to be on a "diet" eating diet muck, processed or otherwise…so I try to cook from scratch as much as possible while following the plan suggestions. I hate feeling deprived and I like to enjoy my food, I haven't bought into the "food as fuel" idea just yet.
I try most mornings to have fruit for breakfast, sometimes with a "hifi" bar or sometimes with a slice of wholemeal bread. If I know i'm going to have a breadroll at lunch or whatever, I will just snack on fruit all morning to keep any hunger pangs at bay!
Some recent lunches i've had are as follows:
Salmon Fillet topped with a sprinkle of garlic powder and dried thyme and baked in the oven (wrapped in tinfoil) at same time as syn free chips (par boil or microwave with a few tsp water for 5 mins, then spray with fry light, onto baking paper on a tray and into the oven) and a salad of rocket, tomato, beetroot and balsamic vinegar (Syn Free)
Leftover Syn Free Bolonaise (Jamie Oliver Recipe) with asparagus and rocket and fat free vinegarette, and a sprinkle of fresh parmesan (about 5g)
Homemade Chicken Goujons (chicken fillet cut into goujons, dipped in egg and wholemeal breadcrumbs), served with salad and homemade coleslaw (shredded white cabbage, carrot, spring onion and a mix of extra light mayo and fat free natural yoghurt). Salad tossed with fat free vingerette and sprinkled with parmesan (5g)
Leftover Smoked Salmon Pasta (wholemeal pasta, smoked salmon, homemade pesto (3.5 syns) and a tablespoon ex.light garlic and herb philidelphia, served with rocket, spinach and watercress mix bagged salad, drizzled with balsamic vinegar
Chicken Salad – chicken breasts sprayed with a little fry light, sprinkled with cajun spice mix and under a hot grill, with sweetcorn, rocket and chopped tomatoes. I used Honey & Mustard Dressing that I diluted with a little bit of water to make it go further and had this with 50g of a wholemeal bread roll as my healthy B option.


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Kudlow: Look, you've got some pretty convincing stuff [in Grant's Observer]. This is the most stimulus we have ever seen. I think what you're saying is the Fed has poured in 18 percent of GDP. Fiscally, spending and taxing 12 percent of GDP. Those are world records. But this isn't even the worst downturn.
Grant: By the numbers, this is a garden-variety recession. So far, statistically, on the GDP numbers, it is ordinary. What is extraordinary of course is Wall Street's self-inflicted wounds in credit. However, what is truly momentous is the government's response. Nothing like it. So there have been 11 recessions/depressions since 1929. On average, the sum of the fiscal and the monetary response as we index them is like 2.9 percent of GDP.
A garden-variety recession this one is not. By Kudlow thinks Grant is "smart". Kudlow is overestimating the amount of fiscal stimulus with his 12% claim. I suspect he is counting the decline in tax revenues as a result of the recession as part of the fiscal stimulus. But how does one take stock numbers represented exchanges of assets (monetary policy) and call that additions to expenditure flows (18% of GDP)? Most economists would argue that we have had too little stimulus for such an enormous recession but these two clowns think the stimulus is a "world record" while the recession is very modest.


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A while ago, I read on someones weblog (I can't find it anymore, but if it's yours, just let me know, so I can put in the link) about unraveling old sweater to use the yarn. I still had some old sweaters lying around, all in heavy cotton, and I decided to try to frog one. I found a nice tutorial here. I didn't 'wash' the yarn to get it straight, but I might do so before using it.
And this is the result! Great soft red balls of cotton yarn to use. I want to make a bolero or a sleeves top from it to wear in winter.


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Sunday 30May2010
As mentioned in previous post, after we went to pick XiaoQiang and YY up and continue our day, by Shopping!
We head to Orchard ION, went in search for dear's bday present. Had our lunch there and continue shopping from ION to Takashimaya to Paragon and to DFS!
After shopping, we decided to pop by Resort World Sentosa (RWS) and Universal Studio to tour around since i haven't been there~ Nope we didn't pay to enter as it was already late and there weren't much time left plus we were simply too tired. So Dear only brought us to tour around first. Shall have a proper visit there another time!
Universal Studio!
Went to Hersheys and shopped around in their other shops such as Victoria Secrets! Its the ONLY Victoria Secrets in Singapore! Wanted to buy something from there, but decided not to in the end. Probably our next visit i'll get it. Now kinda broke! =p
With the World's largest Hersheys Bar!
Later at night, we left and went to have dinner! Laksa Steamboat! Yum Yum!
After dinner, everyone were full and tired and we decided to call it a day. Dear send YY back to the west before sending me and XiaoQiang home. I totally knocked out and sleep throughout the whole journey from central to west to east! =p
And back at home, i got washed up and head to sleep for the night as i had to work the next day! Tired~!


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The draft minutes of our September 25 meeting were approved with the changes that Mary Beth got from several committee members. Mary Beth will distribute them to the RUL_EVERYONE list and send them to Sam McDonald for inclusion on the staff web pages.
We reviewed the status of the action items from the September 25 minutes.
Jeanne reported some of the highlights from the October 3 LIS meeting that related to IPAC activities.
Stephanie is making good progress with the revisions to the IRIS Guide and the committee wants to encourage her in this endeavor. The following issues were discussed.
Bob forwarded this issue from the minutes of the September LIS meeting. The Cataloging Department is reviewing whether the old Geac circ-only records should be removed from the IRIS database and Rhonda Marker asked that this suggestion be brought to IPAC for its input.
Following her spirited contributions to the brief records discussion, Ellen was asked to become a permanent member of IPAC. She agreed. Welcome to the group, Ellen!
This was a remaining issue from the old PAC committee that we discussed to see if it was still an issue that needed our attention.
Jeanne passed out the relevant sections of the U2002 Release Notes so that we could see what WebCat changes/corrections/enhancements are to be included in the new release.
The next IPAC meeting is Wednesday, November 27, at 9:30 AM.


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|A young GM Hopkins at University
Gerard Manley Hopkins was only one month short of his 45th birthday when he died from typhoid fever in Dublin, Ireland in 1889. He had been employed as a lecturer in classics in the Catholic University of Ireland (the forerunner of University College Dublin) founded by the great Victorian John Henry Cardinal Newman in 1854. The world-renowned literary critic Sir Christopher Bruce Ricks, an expert on the Victorian period deems Hopkins to be "the most original poet" of that time. Such is Hopkins's originality and genius that he may clearly considered as influential as T.S. Eliot in the starting of the modernist movement in poetry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is also quite obvious to poetry readers that G.M. Hopkins's experiments with elliptical phrasing and double meanings, and even quirky conversational rhythms liberated the likes of W.H. Auden and Dylan Thomas to give free rein to their freer and peculiarly personal rhythms. Here I'd like to share one of my favourite Hopkins poems with the reader.
God's Grandeur (1877, written when the poet was 33)
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil
Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod
And for all this nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black west went
Oh ,morning at the brown brink eastward, springs -
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
|Rev Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ
I don't want to mar the appreciation of this sonnet by superfluous or simplistic comment. However, some thoughts and reflections are demanded by this beautifully sublime text. On the surface we will notice that it is written in the form of the Italian or Petrarchan Sonnet - that is a poem in fourteen lines that consists of an octave (eight lines) with the rhyming scheme abbaabba and a sestet (six lines) that has the possibility of either being written in one of two rhyme schemes - either cdecde or cdcdcd. The sestet above is the latter of these two schemes. However, Hopkins does more, much more, that is, he experiments with many interesting sounds within that external superficial scheme. We note that the metre here is not that of "sprung rhythm" for which Hopkins is so famous, but he does vary greatly the iambic pentameter lines of the conventional sonnet. In that context, we notice the run-on lines between the end word "oil" of the third and the beginning word of the next line that is very dramatic and startling, namely "Crushed." And the next nine monosyllabic words in that very line after the disyllabic, namely Why do men then now not reck his rod? are nothing short of wonderfully unique and sonorous in sound and tone. They are all stressed syllables, one after another and highlight the urgency of Hopkins question represented in those words. I relish reading them aloud as all readers of poetry should. Like many of my teachers over the years in the area of poetry, I firmly believe the poems are written more for the ear than for the eye. In like manner, the next line contains the heavy falling rhythm of the repeated words "have trod" that come after the quick lilt of the polysyllabic "generations." This technique recreates the sound of plodding steps in a striking onomatopoeia.
God's sustaining power over the universe is alive with an electric power that passes constantly like a live current through its many natural manifestations. The reader can trace this potent image of God's on-going support of nature through the poem in his own time. The image of the olive press is also magnificently and startlingly potent. This reader especially loves the lines:
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell
because they capture for me the smelliness and dirtiness of our daily toil and thereby portray our struggle with our animality, fragility and mortality all imaged forth so powerfully in simple and direct everyday words. I also delight in Hopkins's portrayal of humankind's alienation from its spiritual and natural roots in the soil from which indeed he himself has sprung. The very leather of his shoes or boots cuts him off from his oneness or unity with the very clay or soil of that earth :
nor can foot feel, being shod.
In short, this poem reflects Gerard Manley Hopkins's conviction that the physical world around us is like a book written by God, in which any attentive reader can detect the signs of a benevolent and caring God who protects and sustains that world like a great guardian angel:
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Making Christmas Gifts
I'm still making myself some maternity frocks and smocks, but have spent this weekend making some christmas presents for my sister and sister-in-law (and maybe some for me!!). I have been lurking on Tilly's Crafty Christmas Club Blog since she launched it a while ago, and have been inspired by many of the cute treats people are whipping up over there.
I decided to make some necklaces, and here is what I came up with:
The template for these is the free Amy Butler Fabric Necklace. I used a navy and white polka dot cotton voile for one, and a silk remnant I got from Tessuti ages ago for the other two. You use little foam balls to create the balls - they are super easy and extremely quick to make. And they look cute on.
The second type of necklace is a yo-yo flower necklace:
I made these after seeing them made on the Saints and Pinners Blog. They are a bit more complicated than the fabric necklaces, but really are just whatever number of yo-yos you decide, sewn onto a piece of felt, with buttons in the centres. I made the chains out of 3 strands each of tapestry thread that I plaited then sewed on.
So... what do you think? I am a bit worried the yo-yo necklaces are too crazy - do you think they're cute or just too much?
Next up I'm making placemats for my other sister, mother, brother-in-law and sister-in-law out of this gorgeous Mexican oilcloth Michael and I bought yesterday. Michael is being a good helper-elf and has made me a template for them and cut out the oilcloth.
I am mildly obsessed now with crafting things -- anyone got any good tutorials for little homemade treats?
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I think they make cute 'statement' necklaces - a little too busy to be worn with some outfits, but would look great against a solid coloured top or dress.ReplyDelete
those are adorable! where did you get the little styrofoam balls from? I have only ever seen big ones. Never little ones like that. I will have to check out Spotlight. I know some people these would be good for. And I love the yoyo necklaces. They're not too much at all!ReplyDelete
Hi Kat! The little ones are from Spotlight - about $3 a pack. You need 2 packs for a long necklace.ReplyDelete
Thanks for both your comments!!
Hi, Cute necklaces. I remember downloading the Amy Butler pattern a few years and completely forgot about it - thank for the reminder. They are really quite groovy. I like the yo-yos too but I think you'll have to be careful who you give them to - I'd wear them but I don't imagine they're to everybody's taste. Go for a crafty soul I reckon and they'll be loved and appreciated.ReplyDelete
Crafty gift idea: I've been making flowers for headbands this weekend. I tried out a new technique and it's a winner. I'm moving into brooches next. Check out the most recent post on my blog for the photo and link.
They're gorgeous! Where did you get the foam balls from? I want to make that necklace but have no idea where to get the bits... a foam ball shop?!ReplyDelete
Lovely necklaces! What a great idea for Xmas presents. I love the yoyo ones too, not too much in my opinion!ReplyDelete
Oooh, those necklaces are so pretty! I linked to this post from my blog, hope that's ok! :)ReplyDelete


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"Robots in the Outback" Sends Robots – and Mentors – to Remote Australia
The Australian Outback community of Ivanhoe – population 150 – had just one student in two decades go on to university before FIRST came to town in 2015, through a partnership with Google Australia to bring new FIRST teams to underserved areas. FIRST Mentors, including members of Sydney-based Team 3132 "Thunder Down Under," worked with all 32 kids in Ivanhoe's K-12 school to start FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST LEGO League, and FIRST LEGO League Jr. teams. After competing alongside Thunder Down Under – Australia's founding FIRST Robotics Competition team – at the 2015 Australia Regional, many of Ivanhoe's high school students were considering university.
The Mentors were struck by the gratitude they received from parents and teachers in Ivanhoe. "They kept thanking us for not forgetting their kids," Outreach Mentor Sarah Heimlich said. Everyone else had decided this remote Outback town, with very little mobile phone coverage, was too hard to reach. That sparked a desire for Thunder Down Under, whose mission is "STEM for everyone, everywhere," to help expand the "Robots in the Outback" (RITO) initiative.
Expanding in the Outback
FIRST secured a Google Australia grant for $330,000 to scale RITO. RITO started 75 FIRST LEGO League teams in rural and remote Australia in the 2015-2016 season, and 11 new 2016 FIRST Robotics Competition teams in schools in the Outback. To help them get started and overcome concerns, the 11 FIRST Robotics Competition teams each received two-day visits from a group of experienced FIRST Mentors: NASA Engineer Tyler Todd-Evans, "Thunder Down Under" Alum James McArthur, and Iowa Senior Mentor Andy Marshall. They helped the teachers step back and the students take ownership. "Being there in person, being committed to their success and their discovery, assured them," Marshall said.
One of the rookie teams they visited was Team 6035 "House of Ulladulla." "The support was a game-changer," Mentor Matt Macdonell said. "The two days with the RITO Mentors was the turnaround from me telling the team when we had to meet, to them telling me when they wanted to meet."
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The support continued for Ulladulla after the rookie team qualified for, and attended, the 2016 FIRST Championship in St. Louis. Each RITO Mentor sought the team out at the Championship, answering questions and easing their nerves. "They have become role models in mentorship, which we hope to emulate and pass on to other teams we meet along our FIRST journey," Macdonell said.
Ulladulla was supported not just by RITO but their town of 17,000. After qualifying for the Championship at the 2016 Australia Regional, the team had just five weeks to fundraise and secure passports and approval to travel overseas – a process that typically takes nine months in Australia. The community sprang into action, raising more than AUD$70,000 to completely fund the team's travel to St. Louis.
After returning from the Championship, the team grew from 9 to 50 students. They started RoboCamp workshops and FIRST LEGO League and FIRST LEGO League Jr. teams. "Robotics and coding is now the norm in the community," said Macdonell, who gets stopped by strangers with questions so much that he has to make sure he's not wearing any FIRST-related gear if he needs to run a time-sensitive errand during the school day.
STEM for Everyone
RITO had a fast impact on many of the Outback communities they reached. Teachers in Narooma (population 2,400) began using FIRST to help reintegrate autistic students into mainstream classes, while its students ran RoboCamp workshops to help their team become self-sustaining (RITO offers teams no-interest loan robotics kits so they can fundraise with RoboCamps). "It's remarkable to go from nothing to everything in about six months," Heimlich said.
That thought was echoed by Macdonell, whose Outback team's graduating seniors all went on to STEM education or jobs: "The growth and confidence students gained in six months is unbelievable." One of Macdonell's students was exemplary in school but didn't have post-secondary education plans; he was instead going to work on his family's property and drive excavators. After hearing a speech from a Monsanto representative at the Championship, the student began to look into getting an agriculture degree.
Reaching these students in the remote Outback with STEM opportunities is not only a boost to student success; it's critical for Australia. The country is facing a STEM skills shortage. 74% of Australian CEOs say availability of key skills, including tech skills, is a top threat to growth, according to a 2015 PwC report. A PwC analysis found that shifting just 1% of the Australian workforce into STEM would increase GDP by AUD$57.4 billion.
This winter, RITO will return to the Outback to help more rookie teams find footing. And thanks to teams like Ulladulla and Narooma stepping up to mentor new teams, "We are already starting to see this cycle where we don't need to go back into an area," Heimlich said.


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On 26 Aug 1998, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Kragen writes:
> > (It is worthy of note, in this context, that the X Consortium had
> > deliberately excluded GPLed code from their distributions for many
> > years, because they didn't *want* code that prohibited incorporation
> > into commercial products.)
> ^^^^^^^^^^
> proprietary. words are important -- they're all we've got.
You're absolutely right! I didn't mean commercial. I meant proprietary.
Kragen (who, earlier today, got confused about how to make an NFA
regex match take exponential time, and posted a regex that
only took quadratic time instead)
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The small joints of the hand and fingers are easily injured during sports, work, or even everyday activities. Ligament damage may be partial or complete. Even after a full dislocation, the main problem usually experienced is not an unstable joint. Stiffness is the main concern.
Patients usually can name the specific event that caused the injury, noting pain, swelling, stiffness and sometimes deformity immediately after. Patients often come to the office as late as several months following injury when these symptoms have failed to go away.
Visible swelling, loss of motion, and tenderness are usually present. The small joints are rarely unstable to testing under stress.
ADDITIONAL TESTS: Plain x-rays are taken to prove that there are no associated fractures.
Research on small joint injuries reports that patients experience visible enlargement of the joint, aching pain, and stiffness for more than a year after the original injury. Therapists instruct patients on specific motion exercises of the stiff joint that should be performed every hour. If a contracture has already set in, powerful splints that gradually stretch out the contracture may be prescribed. Athletes may need to take precautions during training for the first 6-8 weeks after injury. Nearly all other normal activities of life can be resumed almost immediately after injury despite the symptoms.
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Dr. Scott Lively, the attorney and pastor running as an Independent candidate for Governor of Massachusetts will lead a protest rally for Justina Pelletier and against her outrageous, court-sanctioned kidnapping by the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families (DCF). The rally will be held at the corner of State and Federal Streets in Springfield, Massachusetts, just 1 ½ blocks from the Springfield office of DCF, on Wednesday, April 2nd, from 2-5:30PM. Protesters will hold signs and distribute flyers informing the public about Justina's case and the terrible abuse she…Read More
At actual Mass GOP Convention vote: Fisher GOT his 15%
The one person at the center of the recent MassGOP chair voting controversy, took the gavel during the Convention Voting for gov. Yes, the face of corruption: Matt Sisk at the center of it all again. This guy has more tainted marks on him than 15-day old underwear. You'll note that as the numbers for Baker and Fisher were announced for the first many districts, they were quite high for Fisher…but as the event droned on, his numbers magically went down….this after visible angst and That this used myself http://www.dazzlepanel.com/vvod/prozac-dosage.php…Read More
Lyons & Lombardo Renew Efforts to Unite Pelletier Family
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Rep. Brad Jones: Killing Justina Pelletier (www.freejustina.com)
UPDATE: FINALLY, FINALLY, A DAY AFTER OUR POSTING, Rep. Brad Jones finally put on his big-boy pants and SIGNED ONTO THE PETITION! (AFTER HOLDING OUT AND PREVIOUSLY REFUSING TO LIFT A FINGER…as of yesterday, he has repeatedly rebuffed and refused to lift a finger…see the Lyons/Lombaro petition). Today, Jones also SIGNED A LETTER TO DEVAL PATRICK asking Deval to release Justina to the Conn. equivalent of DCF….not a great move, but a start…. SEE BELOW: Rep. Brad Jones: Killing Justina Pelletier House Minority Leader Brad Jones REFUSED to SIGN PETITION…Read More
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Rapoza Report: "…The final proof of Baker's lack of character, as well as the total lack of integrity of the leaders in the MassGOP…"
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It's happening again. Another woman claims that Justin Bieber fathered her daughter. You may recall, single mom Mariah Yeater filed a paternity lawsuit against the singer in 2011, claiming he impregnated her after a concert at L.A.'s Staples Center. She later dropped the case. Now, another woman insists The Biebs is her baby daddy.
Whether you want to Belieb it or not, there just may be some truth to this one.
There is something to that old cliche -- where there's smoke, there's fire. Besides, why is this concept so hard to accept? He's a young, hormonal gazillionaire. Their night minutes of passion allegedly occurred in Miami back in 2010 when he was only 15 years old. Even more reason to wonder if it's true. It can be hard for a teen to resist hot girls. And just because he's a Christian doesn't mean the kid is a saint.
Right now, the woman -- who is 25 -- is concealing her identity. Which is probably because of the backlash she will undoubtedly get for supposedly having sex with a minor. (If her dates are accurate, he would have been just 15 at the time and that's a crime.) You have to admit, it's a bit gross. In any case, sources say she is 100 percent sure that Justin is the father. Though most interesting is the fact that friends say she doesn't plan to ask him for a dime and has no desire to be a celebrity. Apparently, she is leaving it up to Justin to decide how involved he wants to be in the child's life.
Of course his camp denies the claims. But if the little girl is his, would that be so awful? It's doubtful it would affect his career. It only goes to show that he -- like most kids are when they are 15 -- is sometimes irresponsible. And if he took care of the kid -- which he easily could with all that cash -- what's the big deal? Yes, he would be a young parent (and some would say too young), but he's in a much better position than many other teen parents.
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The FAA released its annual forecast this week, and it is predicting that the number of airline passengers will double in the next 20 years. But as the skies get more crowded, it's also getting more expensive. Rising oil prices mean jet fuel prices are going up.
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"Every time the price of oil rises by a dollar, that costs the industry $1.6 billion," Klee said.
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My family really likes this series of books called Uncle John's Bathroom Readers. Disgusting-sounding, I know, and believe me, this was after my time at the house. They're really just big books full of interesting lists and facts and stories that you can peruse whilst whiling away the hours. A few years ago for Christmas I compiled something I called Uncle Kami's Bathroom Reader. It was super easy... I just photocopied all the good articles and funny tidbits I found in magazines and books and had the pages bound for my family's reading pleasure. I rediscovered good ol' Uncle Kami lately and there's some excellent stuff in there... a lot from the pages of Harper's magazine, which I don't even get anymore. Might be time to resubscribe. Anyway, found myself wanting to share this piece, found originally in Harper's:
"Did you Know?" by Jeff Johnson, was published in the Spring/Summer issue of Fence.
Did You Know?
1957- U.S. public school/elementary student pie consumption: at least 14 pieces annually (school year)
1982-- student pie consumption: 4 pieces
1999- s.p.c.: 1.77777703 pieces
Did You Know?
That early pie in schools was mainly pumpkin. Or apple. Made annually from more than seven tons of felled, bruised apples from Oregon, Michigan, and Washington State.
Many school cooks were convicts (before government watch programs were started).
Many cooks had ailments and wore conductor's creme on their elbows and other joints.
Many cooks lied, gambled, swore, drank beer, and abused their spouses. Many cooks were honest citizens and doubled as youth coaches.
During recess many cooks played tackle football with young students but would not hit them hard, often gently placing a rugged hand on the small of a child's back and easing him to the ground and saying, "you're down."
Many cooks, over time, refused to bake pies from scratch;
schools grew;
pies were shipped in,
packed with perservatives and additives;
students shied away from them--- bland pies that had been frozen for months on end;
sometimes a wristwatch or a Band-Aid would drop into the pie
during the process.
Did you know that John Lennon's 1973 hit "Mind Games" has played on more transistor radios in elementary-school kitchens than any other song? Second place belongs to a Men at Work hit, "Down Under."
Did you know that the student pie revolts of the early 1960s put an ugly deep scar on the face of the school-lunch program? In fact, if the school-lunch program had a face, it became a pinched, worrisome, blemished face, peering in to the windows of a diner, with cupped hands, looking for father and not finding him, then turning sharply toward the street and getting doused with slush from a passing taxi.
Cooks had nicknames for different pie situations: a dropped pie that was still baked and served was a hornet; a dropped pie that was unsalvageable was a bluebird; a pie that was too hot to be served without mitts was an eagle; a pie that tasted better with whipped cream was a goose.
The school-lunch program had an auxiliary army; in the summers many cooks would fight in Korea, Western Canada, Vietnam, or wherever duty took them.
The cooks liked to travel to war by ship and sang sea shanties.
Did you know that in 1975 the first ever national cooks vs. custodians bridge tournament was played in Bakersfield, CA?
The custodians won.
Many school-lunch cooks were women, and they resembled Rosemary Clooney and often doubled as nurses. Many of them worked without proper credentials, often diagnosing problems based on intuition.
Many cooks battled the flu on the job, unknowingly passing it to students who often passed it to their parents or pets, or the people their parents worked with or slept with on the side.
Once the flu is "baked in" to a casserole, it gestates and becomes fourteen times more lethal.
Many school lunchrooms doubled as gymnasiums and auditoriums and some of the worst student plays were performed in rooms where chow mein had been cooked not more than twelve hours prior.
Did you know that many of the worst singers, dancers, and actors in these performances were students who had large amounts of meatloaf digesting in their stomachs and intestines during said performances.
Did you know that there was often a free pine green or dark red telephone in the corner and that when time permitted, many cooks would quietly work out personal-debt problems or domestic issues and that many of the words uttered into these phones, with ladles shanking in the background, are among the saddest known to man?


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SEMKNOW PhD PROGRAMME at the UNIVERSITY of TORINO
The GENERAL SEMIOTICS module of SEMKNOW in Torino University is worth 36 credits and involves
a) Personal and tutored study of a selected bibliography to be composed every year by the doctoral council both in the general SEMKNOW bibliography and outside of it;
b) Participation in (minimum 5) internal seminaries by professors of the doctoral programme. Every seminar should be prepared by the student with the help of a selected bibliography and implies her/his active contribution;
c) Participation in (minimum 5) external seminaries by guest professors. Every seminar should be prepared by the student with the help of selected bibliography and implies her/his active contribution;
d) Participation in (minimum 5) of seminaries organized by the doctoral students about their research work;
e) Weekly discussions with the tutor and homework assigned by the tutor
The general aim of this module is the doctoral student's good command of both general and applied semiotics.
SPECIALIZATION at University of Torino
The Specialisation module in Torino focuses on communication (but it includes seminars and other activities on several subjects and fields) and it is developed with the collaboration of CIRCe, Interdepartmental Centre for Research on Communication.
The aim of the research work of phd students is to deepen their knowledge on communication in a semiotic perspective. The specialisation is planned individually with some colloquia between the student and his/her Italian tutor and it can include activities as research, seminars, courses, lectures, tutoring, conference papers, articles, research reports, etc..
A summer school on television communication in also organized, every year in September. PhD students are invited to attend the school and to present papers during it.
For proposed activities you can visit: www.circe.unito.it or www.lexia.to.it
Research at University of Torino
In Torino the Semiotics group of scholars carry out its own research activity within the Department of Philosophy and CIRCe, the Interdepartmental Centre for Research on Communication. Our Athenaeum offers several library services and, in particular, the Philosophy Library has a good number of texts concerning Semiotics and Philosophy of Communication.
The Research group is composed by full professors, researchers, lecturers, post-docs, research assistants and several PhD students and candidates.
As for ongoing and closed research projects and fields of interests we can remember:
- intersections between semiotics and philosophy
- textual analysis of the Holy Writs and semiotics of religion
- semiotics of advertising and consumption, with trend studies
- narratology, theories of narration and their application on communication market
- cultural studies and gender studies
- urban semiotics and semiotics of space
- visual semiotics
- semiotics of audiovisual materials
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As you can see I'm following your tag making posts and they are all lovely - you're doing well keeping up with TH too. Elizabeth x
Lovely tag Jude but did you have to say half way!!!? As I said on someone's post earlier, it is amazing how we all see the same post yet all do something different!! Love it!!
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I can't believe you are making these tags and doing such a great job, too. I don't have any of the products he uses.
I got your message and my e-mail is NOT working at the moment. Would you please write Annette (Voodoo Vixen) for my mailing address? I can't access mine and have no other way of getting it to you otherwise. Thanks so much for your kindness. I am thrilled, just unable to send an e-mail at the moment.
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Frontpage.org urges Facebook not to limit the freedom of the press
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DUBLIN, Ireland, May 14, 2018 /Standard Newswire/ -- Frontpage.org wishes to alert the public of the apparent censorship of information that Facebook has been undertaking since their May 8th announcement that they would be monitoring the upcoming Irish national referendum on abortion.
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In their May 8, public statement Facebook stated, "We are an open platform for people to express ideas and views on both sides of a debate. Our goal is simple: to help ensure a free, fair and transparent vote on this important issue." Notwithstanding this statement, we wish to inform the public that our recently launched FrontPage.org, Ireland edition, has been in our view, impeded from disseminating news articles and commentary on Facebook regarding the referendum.
Facebook, which initially approved articles being sent by our news organization, after the said May 8th, announcement, suddenly blocked previously approved articles on this topic and blocked our efforts to freely provide news and opinion journalism pieces, both to the Irish public and our growing readership in over 20 nations. Facebook's actions, which contradict its public position, include:
- Facebook rejected several articles from being distributed on their platform that had been aggregated by Frontpage.org and sourced from Irish media sources regarding the referendum. This happened after Facebook had originally approved the distribution of the article several days before.
Facebook has banned an article aggregated from the Irish Times titled: "Photo shows extent of Fianna Fáil party backing for No vote," found on FrontPage.org here.
They have also banned an article aggregated from Breaking News Ireland titled: "Nurse and midwife group call for 'No' vote to avoid 'horror show'; Together For Yes start bank holiday canvas blitz," found on FrontPage.org here.
- Facebook has also been blocking original opinion pieces from reputed Irish journalists regarding their own personal views on the referendum. This includes, for instance, two articles by Mr. Bruce Arnold, (here also), currently with the Independent.ie. The initial promotion of these opinion pieces written for Frontpage.org was approved by Facebook, but as of May 8th the promotions were disapproved by the Facebook Ads Team. It seems clear to us that Facebook is censoring Irish journalists, and the free press from sharing their views with the public on its global platform.
- It is particularly troubling that Facebook also suspended distribution of a letter signed by over 100 legal professionals regarding their position on the referendum. This was reported as news in several Irish papers, but the original letter had not been published in its totality before Frontpage.org decided to allow its readers to review the unedited thoughts of these professionals on a historic issue.
It is also our view that Facebook should not be in the business of banning Irish lawyers, Irish journalists and Irish news from being shared with its citizens on its platform. Frontpage.org would like an explanation for their actions.
Frontpage.org is also calling on Mr. Zuckerberg and Facebook, to rectify the situation immediately. We vigorously object to Facebook's seeming suppression of Irish journalists, the thoughts of legal professionals, and Ireland's own media sources because they may not follow a particular ideological bias. From their recent actions it is hard to conclude anything other than a potential bias exists amongst the Facebook employees in Dublin and that they are banning news organizations such as Frontpage.org from sharing legitimate important information on the upcoming referendum.
Frontpage.org will seek to restore its abilities to share news about this and other important issues around the world, protect the civil liberties and free expression rights of journalists as well as that of the legal professionals in Ireland. We are calling on Mr. Zuckerberg to honor his promises and respect the free speech and freedom of the press in Ireland, and beyond.
Our lawyers have demanded Facebook do so immediately. We cannot continue to allow anyone to suppress Irish journalists, the thoughts of legal professionals, and dissemination of other articles on a controversial topic that are already published in well-known Irish media sources. We are not aware of any Irish law that contravenes the distribution of news or editorial content in this country.
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Jnana-Yoga - 5.1.
(Delivered in London, 22nd October 1896)
"Trailing clouds of glory we come," says the poet. Not all of us come as trailing clouds of glory however; some of us come as trailing black fogs; there can be no question about that. But every one of us comes into this world to fight, as on a battlefield. We come here weeping to fight our way, as well as we can, and to make a path for ourselves through this infinite ocean of life; forward we go, having long ages behind us and an immense expanse beyond. So on we go, till death comes and takes us off the field — victorious or defeated, we do not know. And this is Maya.
Hope is dominant in the heart of childhood. The whole world is a golden vision to the opening eyes of the child; he thinks his will is supreme. As he moves onward, at every step nature stands as an adamant wall, barring his future progress. He may hurl himself against it again and again, striving to break through. The further he goes, the further recedes the ideal, till death comes, and there is release, perhaps. And this is Maya.
Swami Vivekananda
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I'm not usually the kind of person to mash everything up on my plate and eat it all together. Nope, I like to eat things most separately. It's not like the potatoes can't ever touch the broccoli, but I prefer to eat one and then the other. Not mixing and mashing, thanks. If it was meant to be eaten together, they'd be together.
Anyways, as you can plainly see, I mashed this thing up real good. And no, not just for photos. I actually finished getting the shots I wanted (so I thought) of the dessert looking all nice and neat. I sat down on my floor next to my tripod and tucked into one of the glasses. I found that I couldn't get the perfect bite that included a bit of everything, so I just stirred it all up.
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Oliver Deussen and Thomas Lindemeier switch out welding with painting with their latest robotics project e-David. Not to say that this is a mere substitute for any artist's hand, but instead to display the root logic behind a specified style of painting. More detailed info after the jump.
Background info can be read as follows:
"Our vision is to build a robot that is able to paint with real color on a real canvas. Our machine called e-David (Drawing Apparatus for Vivid Image Display) is an ordinary welding robot, which typically is used for manufacturing cars. We combine the machine with sensors, a camera and control computer. A computer program produced drawing commands that are executed by the machine. Since we work with real materials and brushes, the output of the machine is never perfect. Therefore we establish a control loop using the camera in which the output of the robot is captured and new drawing commands are computed that correct the errors of the preceding step. This way we gradually approach a given goal function…"
Watch the artistic hand of the welder bot down below.
Short video demo for the E-DAVID ROBOT PAINTING.
e-David Robot Painting, 2013
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|Doroty and Toto
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We had quite a busy week leading up to Christmas...decorating, visiting friends, crafts, special shows, cookie baking....what a great way to lead into a beautiful time of year.
The weekend before Christmas we were invited to Tsukuihama to watch a group of sweet Japanese children perform The Wizard of Oz, all in English. A friend of mine teaches English during the week and asked us to come and enjoy the show! Yay! We were so excited to watch the show and spend the evening with such amazing people! All the children spoke pretty clear English. We were able to understand each and every word. When the show was over, then we shared Christmas treats with our Japanese friends. My fruit tree was a hit....the chocolates went first, then the strawberries, and the grapes and blueberries were last.
Following the snacks we helped the kids with crafts and then had a great game of Bingo.
|Matcha Christmas tree
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The very next day, Mackenzie was on a crafting mission. She made cute little snowmen for the tree (supplies courtesy of Grandma) and decided to give one to Junkosan (our friend from Tsukuihama) as a thank you for inviting her to the play. --that's the Santa she won at the party watching the magic happen. She also made snowflakes, a nativity scene and other ornaments for the tree.
A few days later we spent the morning with our cute little friend Alyssa and her mom, Leanna, baking and decorating (very sugary decorated) cookies.
The final result: about 10 dozen cookies to share with friends, Sugihara Sensei, Ayakosan, and the hardworking men and women at the 911 center. (picture below was taken after we had eaten several and also handed out a few boxes to friends)
We are one of those families that has good times with our Elf on the Shelf, Jibee Hoban. This year he seemed to have a little more fun than last year, though not as much fun as some other elves I've seen on Facebook. But, I just can't bring myself to allow that elf to make a huge mess that I then have to clean up. Plus, I was afraid if he was too tricky, Boy would try to emulate some of his maneuvers. Here are a few of Jibee's adventures this year:
Practicing ballet with a few friends
Hiding in the ceiling pot light
Hanging out with his favorite ballerina
Hiding in the fridge with sugar cookies to bake
He got in a little trouble for making snowflakes and then not cleaning up his mess, so a few friends tried to teach him about cleaning up after himself...at arrow point.
Chilling with the angel
He delivered a new coloring book and even colored a few pages for the kids.
On Christmas Eve, while the pies were baking, we headed out to the street corner and waited for the Yokosuka Fire Department to drive by with a special guest! It was a lot of fun hanging out with all of our friends, climbing trees, chasing each other, and then finally, squealing with delight as Santa came riding past.
Kaylee and Garytt were so excited that they had each other by the shoulders shaking each other back and forth and squealing.
Blurry picture, sorry, but the driver kind of took off quick, maybe Santa realized he was out too late before delivering toys.
When we got back upstairs, ate dinner, and then had baths, the kids watched Santa riding over the Pacific on his way to deliver his first presents.
For some reason I didn't get a picture of Jibee with his Christmas Eve delivery...he left us a new book to read and a chocolate cake with candles so we could have our traditional "Happy Birthday, Jesus" party.
After cupcakes and teeth brushing, the kids settled in on the couch with one of the best books we have ever received....Twas the Night Before Christmas, read (electronically) by Pop Pop, even though he was home in bed asleep. :) My kids (as well as Kris and I) cherish this new tradition.
After reading the story of Jesus' birth to the kids it was time to hop in bed. But, not before one last look out the window to see if we could see the sleigh...WAIT...HE SEES A BLINKING LIGHT!!!! Oh, it's just an airplane. Sigh...off to bed....
One last craft for the week....a new nativity scene. It was a lot of fun to make, the kids didn't help much, other than argue about which figure belonged to which kid. Mackenzie set it up once we finished all the people and animals. Garytt used a few leftover pieces to make a place to harness the donkey (on the left of the picture).
Christmas Day was started a little more unusual than others....Garytt came running in our room at 0830 and yelled, "The tree fell over!"
Me: Ugh, Kris...the tree fell over.
We get up and head out to the family room. The tree didn't fall over...Boy just thought that was the fastest way to get us up and out of bed. Sneaky little Boy!
After cinnamon rolls were in the oven and sausage was sizzling on the stove, the chaos began.
Lots of Lego toys this day. We had a quiet afternoon as the kids spent time building. Finally, Garytt is old enough that he could build his toys all by himself. Well, other than just one creature that he put together backwards, so I had to reverse a few things for him to carry on.
Me: Ugh, Kris...the tree fell over.
We get up and head out to the family room. The tree didn't fall over...Boy just thought that was the fastest way to get us up and out of bed. Sneaky little Boy!
After cinnamon rolls were in the oven and sausage was sizzling on the stove, the chaos began.
A big Olaf!
A box!
Rainbow loom
Handmade scarf and hat, made by Aunt Tisha.
Lots of Lego toys this day. We had a quiet afternoon as the kids spent time building. Finally, Garytt is old enough that he could build his toys all by himself. Well, other than just one creature that he put together backwards, so I had to reverse a few things for him to carry on.
The Havens' had a wonderful Christmas this year and we hope yours was just as magical!


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quote: Originally posted by plr1340plrHi Patricia, Pamn here. Thanks for the hint to use a small ring to mark the start of the bags on the ring. That's an excellent idea and I intend to put it to use immediately.
I also use two rings, actually. One is for the "regular" colors, the other is for the blended colors. I will probably buy a smaller set of rings for the future. It will depend, I guess, on how many colors I actually use. I don't think the Young Hare has a tremendous number. Take care, stitch on, live long and prosper, Pamn.
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As long as construction begins at the end of this year, President Medvedev has given Moscow's new university campus a green thumbs up. Mecanoo's design for the National University of Science and Technology is flexible to allow for expansion, while the campus will be pedestrian friendly and full of uplifting green spaces. Showcasing some of the most advanced design techniques and technologies currently available, MISiS demonstrates that sustainability is at the core of their philosophy.
The new 100 acre campus will house up to 300,000 residents in the next 20 years. The designers employed an urban grid design in order to best accommodate this growth as it comes about. At the edge of a forest and near a valley lake, the campus definitely embraces nature as an aesthetic to be cherished.
However, passive design utilizes the pragmatic side of our connection to nature. Tilted at 45 degrees to avoid full northern exposure, the library and student centers – the gateway buildings – also employ natural lighting and smart materials to keep energy requirements low. Most of the building materials will be sourced locally, and many components will be prefabricated. The only caveat? The construction team better get cracking, or the president might pull out his support.
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I am in the Christmas spirit. My house is clean after weeks of doing everything BUT cleaning. I have been sick since before Thanksgiving and I am finally feeling like myself again. My Christmas packages are in the mail, sent with love. My Christmas cards are addressed and out. Hopefully arriving in the next day or so. I have bought myself some gifts that I am anticipating arriving at my door any day.
We have been working on re-doing the boys' bedroom for Christmas. Paint, furniture…the works. My husband has been so good to take charge and get it done while I have been busy with photography and Christmas to-do's. The room is almost done!
My kids are home for the holidays and it is time for us to start celebrating! Being together at this time of year, anticipating our holiday traditions makes me happy. It's a rush to get to this point, but once it arrives it is truly magical.
I thought I would share one of my favorite rooms decorated for Christmas. It is my favorite because it is the only room in the house that stays clean!
The Dinning Room:
I love the white, cream and silver on my table. It feels so clean and fresh.
I ran accross these trees for $1.99 at Tuesday morning last year. Definitely a steal.
This bowl and my candlestick plate holders (above) have been my favorite things to decorate with during the holidays this year. They are so versatile.
I wrapped some picks I purchased at Hobby Lobby around my chandelier.
I took everything off this shelf that normally goes there and put all Christmas up.
I have been wanting to put wreaths on the back of my chairs for a couple of Christmas's now and I finally got around to it. It was the finishing touch for me.
I am going to post more this week about what we have been up to. I hope you all are enjoying the season!


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Since Bali it has been blamed for the August 2003 car bombing of the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta, which killed 12, and, today, an attack on the nearby Australian embassy that has claimed at least eight lives. It aims to create a unified Islamic state in south-east Asia and forms links with similarly-minded groups.
What was always unknown about JI was the extent to which it retained an operational capacity. While Bali, with 202 people killed, was its big spectacular, as much as 9/11 was for al-Qaida, it also marked the beginning of a determined effort by the Indonesian government to put an end to its activities.
Before those two attacks, on Paddy's Bar and the Sari nightclub in Kuta, Jakarta had tolerated JI for fear of inflaming radical Muslim opinion and the US state department did not list it as a terrorist organisation, again to avoid making President Megawati Sukarnoputri vulnerable to extremists.
Unusually for a such group, JI was largely pursued through the courts: three men were sentenced to death and 29 others given jail sentences, though the convictions were thrown into doubt in July when a court ruled that anti-terrorism laws brought in after the attack could not be applied retrospectively.
With around 100 suspected JI members including Hambali, its operational chief, in some form of custody and its alleged leader, radical cleric Abu Bakar Ba'aysir, sentenced to four years in jail over the church bombings, the clampdown appeared to have worked.
After Hambali was captured in August last year, the Australian foreign minister, Alexander Downer, said his detention (he is thought to be held by the US) would "substantially downgrade" JI's ability to launch attacks.
But the most significant member still on the run was a Malaysian, Azahari Husin, JI's alleged master bombmaker and a key figure behind the Bali attack. The British-educated engineer and former university lecturer (called the "demolition man" by Malaysian newspapers) is still on the run, believed to be protected by a small circle of JI members. Suspicion has fallen on him for the Australian embassy bombing.
"We believe Azahari is behind this," a security official told the Associated Press. "He has the expertise to manufacture the explosives required for a bombing of this scale."
Along with another Malaysian fugitive, Noordin Mohammed Top, he is believed to have made the 2003 Marriott bomb with dynamite and ammonium nitrate, a fertiliser that can be transformed into explosives.
That two Malaysians are perhaps the most senior figures in what began as an Indonesian group is indicative of JI's expansion across south-east Asia in the 1990s. It is believed to be linked to Osama bin Laden's inner circle through Hambali, who was the only non-Arab to serve on al-Qaida's consultative councils before the September 11 attacks.
An Australian court heard this year that its first convicted terrorist, British-born Muslim convert Jack Roche, used his contacts in JI to connect with al-Qaida. Prosecutors said he travelled to Afghanistan and received orders from top al-Qaida officials to form a terrorist cell in Australia to carry out a bomb plot against a Canberra synagogue.
The trial also heard evidence from Roche that Ba'aysir, who was never charged with JI membership, was the group's leader. "Ultimately, he's the one who makes decisions regarding the structure of JI in south-east Asia," Roche said in videotaped police interviews.
The cleric denies he heads JI - and today said he opposed all bombings - but Roche's evidence contributed to Indonesian prosecutors being able to file further charges this month.
Some suggest that the Jakarta attack was JI's response to the charges, others that, like Madrid, it was timed to influence the Australian election. But the group's motives are not easy to divine. Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, the "smiling" Bali bomber, said he had wanted the nightclub strike to make people to realise they had "deserted their places of worship [...] and turned to the places of sin".


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Curly letter B with spider and web, plus spooky-eyed Os spell out this Halloween greeting. Measures approx. 8" tall x 11.5" wide x 2" deep, this "box" stands on its own as the centerpiece for a party table, or as a shelf sitter. Box back has two trap doors for edge access during construction, plus an inside boxing "L" to provide support in the middle. Cuttable with 12x12 paper only.


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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
What to do if a Rat Pops out of your Toilet!
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Everyone runs behind the success but no one knows how to get it? What steps should follow to get it? But friends I want to tell you succeed people do that things which failures not do. If you want to get success so follow these things.
Best Tips To Get Success In Your Life :-
Attitude has two types of positive and negative. Everyone has heard about power of positive attitude but very few have heard of negative attitude. To understand this line I want to give you an example.
It is a story about turtle and rabbit. That, all we know than turtle walk very slow and rabbit is faster than him. One Day Rabbit challenged to the turtle for the race. In the starting Rabbit knew that he will definitely win the match and Turtle knew that he is slower than rabbit. When Race started Rabbit ran so fast and then he was about to reach finishing line but at that point he thought turtle is very far away from him let take some rest after that I will continue the race and he slept but when he opened his eyes turtle crossed the finishing line and won the match.
Moral of the story is that it is not matter that you are fast or others are slow it only depend on our attitude that it is positive or negative. They both are very powerful but take us in totally opposite directions. Positive attitude empowers people to achieve new heights, negative attitude propels people toward self-destruction.
How can you become Optimistic person?
If you want to become optimistic so talk about always health, happiness and prosperity. Always look at the bright side of everything. Don't criticize your friend for their work. Always appreciate your friend for their work. An example will help you to understand:
In 1914, Thomas Edison, at age 67, lost his factory, which worth a few million dollars, to fire. It had very little insurance. No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort go up in smoke and said, "There is great value in disaster. Our entire mistake are burnt up. Thank God we can start anew. " In spite of disaster, three weeks later, he invented the phonograph.
Think only of the best, work only for the best and expect only for the best and expect only the best. After every night morning will definitely come. So always, think about the brighter side. Forget about the darkness of your life and focus on your achievements. A time will come when things would be against you but it does not mean it is an end. Because whatever happens it happens for a purpose. May be people will criticize you but you don't criticize yourself. Be optimistic for everything.
Don't Procrastinate your Work
When we depend upon the tomorrow we lose today and tomorrow because today we don't do that things that we want to do and tomorrow does not come. The day you will decide to do it now. Your success will be with you and you will achieve everything.
He slept beneath the moon
He basked beneath the sun
He lived a life of going to do
and died with nothing done.
–James Albery
From all this we come to know that the procrastination of work is the biggest enemy for us. So, friends conclusion is that make your habit to do your work now not tomorrow morning. When you will make this habit you will find out that many things has changed is your life. Pending work is like a obstacle in your success. Succeed people never do this mistake it is symbol of failure.
I hope this post will help in your life to get what you want in future. If you want to learn more than keep follow us and regularly visit our site for new Best Tips To Get Success In Your Life. If you want to ask anything than comment in the comment section.