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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Am I bisexual?
So many people have asked me this during my long period of being out, that I thought I'd have a bash at answering it. I don't think people who have never really questioned their sexual identity, worried about the impact of change on their relationships, friendships, whole lives, can really understand how troubling it can be to not know something so fundamental about yourself.
Now, first up, the "I" here is not me - it is whoever is asking the question. I know that "I" am bisexual, whether or not I have had any male/female lovers recently. I know this through my past, my interests, my perspective on the world, my friendships, who I fancy, everything. It's an important part of my identity.
But people who are asking "am I bisexual?" don't have that. Quite possibly they either:
* Are mainly straight or gay, and wonder if having sexual fantasies about the "wrong" sex, or having kissed one at a party, makes them bisexual.
* Have been in a monogamous relationship for a long while, and are now wondering - sometimes obsessively - what a lover of another gender would be like.
* They are young, or going through a period of great flux in their life, and really don't know who they are attracted to.
* They are very much less young, and haven't "done anything" about their bisexuality in a while.
* They don't feel entirely gay, or straight, but feel that the amount of experience they have had with the "wrong" sex doesn't qualify them to identify as bisexual.
* While they were in a gay/straight relationship previously, they are now in a straight/gay one, and intend to stay in it until their dying day.
* Their sexual desires don't fit into other kinds of boxes, including but by no means limited to the following: they are a woman who is only sexually attracted to gay men, or a man who wants to dress as a woman and have what he (or they) see as lesbian sex, or a person, any gender, who is only attracted to transsexuals.
* Or, quite common this, they are a man who enjoys having some kind of sexual contact with other men but needs to keep this within very strictly confined boundaries and never, ever, would be emotionally involved with one.
* Or, also very common, they think they are "sort-of" bisexual, but consider that to be properly bisexual they need to have a 50-50 interest in men and women.
What do you call yourself?
Now, people who ask this question, I don't know if you are bisexual or not. For me, the bottom line (so to speak) has always been: you are bisexual if you think you are, it's self-identity that counts. Not what other people think - for instance, saying that you have to have had sex with both a man and a woman within a certain time-frame or you will have to hand back your bi credentials.
However. However...
Many people who - looking at their behaviour, or history, or all the things that count for me - don't identify as bisexual. Leaving aside for the moment those people who want to identify themselves as "queer", or who think that there are many different genders, not just two, and therefore consider "bisexual" to be reductive, or know that their "wrong" sex behaviour is something too trivial to be bothered with, many actually don't want to think they are bisexual.
What about all those "Men who have sex with men" or "Behavioural bisexuals" much beloved of HIV-preventors? They are more likely to say "I am just sexual" - and indeed some of them have said precisely that to me. Perhaps the much-hyped African-Americans on the "down-low" (probably only differing from the MSM or BBs by the fact that they are African-American) would say something similar. Thinking of themselves as "bisexual" would be giving it too much importance, or taking on a label that all these men would consider inappropriate.
But people who actually ask "am I bisexual?" aren't - in general - playing word games about whether bi-curious or bi-dyke is a better option for them. They are asking about the deeper aspects of bisexuality. They feel uncomfortable in their own skin, about how they present themselves to the world, about their futures. They are looking for answers to some pretty fundamental questions about themselves and the possibility of being happy in the future. Those answers can only come from within the individual - hopefully through talking things through with friends, lovers, partners, possibly therapists, but also through reading and perhaps finding support groups. The internet is hugely helpful here.
So what's the answer?
There isn't, unfortunately, one simple answer as to whether "you" are bisexual, certainly not one that I can give. But I can say: you can much prefer one gender over the other, and still be bisexual; you can only want emotional relationships with one gender, and still be bisexual; you can call yourself bisexual at the moment - it doesn't matter whether you will always feel this way; you can be happily monogamous and still be bisexual; you can only want to have sex with blonds (scarcely even seeing their gender) and still be bisexual.
It can be really hard to live with uncertainty, particularly if it feels like things are falling apart, but ultimately please don't worry. Bisexuality can actually be pretty great.
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- aaronjasonsilver said...
concerning the subject of bi-sexuality , there has been some interesting studies done recently on this topic. These studies were doubleblind studies and they also used computer apparatus to detect sexual responses when male gays men that referred to themselves as bi-sexual actually had the same responses to erotic nude photos of men as did gay men. There was not one that has equal responses to both female erotica and male erotica. More studies need to be done but I found this one paricularly interesting.
- 1:32 am
We (the human race, I mean) seem to have an interesting obsession with labelling ourselves and others to make sure that everyone fits neatly into a category, a sub-category, a little cubicle. And yet ultimately, it is how we feel about ourselves and how we identify with our own little category that actually counts. Self-identity is a scary, mind-boggling pursuit, and asking the "What Am I" question is a critical part of that pursuit, albeit not an easy question by any means. But what a fun journey it may be!
I appreciate and enjoy how you pulled all of this together, and hope that anyone wondering about where he/she "belongs" right now can find comfort and confidence in the fact that we are all trying to figure it out.
- 1:45 pm
- Sue George said...
Thank you, lovestrong. You leave such nice comments!
Now Aaron, Aaron... there's so much to be said about that research you mention. I had hoped it would fade away, given that it's been picked to shreds by bi activist and psychologist type people. Obviously, a foolish hope. I think I will have to blog about it in my next post.
- 7:25 pm


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I love the lyrics to Lily's new song Hard out here as she underlines the sexism in our society. Through depicting the representation of women in the media she highlights the difference between how men and women are still perceived in the modern day. She also draws attention to the way in which society deems women who are sexually active promiscuous yet at the same time praises men for doing just that. Similarly to P!inks 'Stupid Girls', the meaning to the song sends a good message to younger girls growing up in today's society where MTV does little other than show women as objects of sexual desire with the likes of Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke who are used as parodies in Allen's music video. I love the line "Don't need to shake my ass for you cuz I got a brain" as not only it pretty much sums up the song but it's so relevant right now with the latest craze "twerking". The song is a voice for females who are still to this day looking for equality.
I'm usually a massive Lily fan and love everything about her use of tongue and cheek however, I was little impressed with her video to Hard Out Here. Yes, it parodies sexist videos but by having women twerking and frolicking in underwear it still appeals to the "male gaze". The song is amazing but it seems the video, funny as it is, is an attempt to get publicity and attention which is basically the reason why stars such as Miley Cyrus make sexually exploiting videos in the first place. So, by doing so she is just playing into the 'sex sells' game that all these artists she's complaining about do. She could have perfectly got her point across without having shots of women bums being spanked and dancing with close up shots of their crotches, which I found not only quite pornographic, but at times uncomfortable to watch.
On the brighter side, it's super catchy and I can't stop singing the chorus!!
What do you think of the latest single?
Love O
|Parody of 'Robin Thicke has a big dick'
|An unnecessary scene in my opinion...
|Lily learns how to twerk

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by Joanna
Lately I have really enjoyed making handmade gifts again. That is one of the trickiest things about taking up pattern writing as a profession-- sometimes you lose out on the joy of creating handmade gifts just for fun. Not me! People appreciate hand made gifts too much to skip out on it!
I found this adorable crochet pattern from Crochet Me, it is a free pattern which you can find here:
I used some Red Heart yarn from the stash and happily cast on, making a few changes like using white instead of gray for the center of the wheels. My crochet skills are very limited, but I had no issues with this project at all, it went very quickly!
The best part? I think the thank you note I got from our son's teacher was the nicest thank you note I have ever received! What a great way to end the school year.


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You know you've reached a new level of sad in your life when you laugh out loud at your own joke. Even when it's not really a joke but a very lame use of words. And you're home alone.
I've recently been accessorizing myself with white – with the fashion product that is matt emulsion. I've been sporting it in my hair, speckled over my arms, and if I'm feeling particularly cutting edge, smudged down my forehead and cheeks.
Before now I've only used white emulsion as base coats on walls before adding a coat or two of colour. So it feel's weird to be piling coat after coat of the white stuff. It's a bit like ground hog day. But I like it. A lot more forgiving. And oh my goodness, the room is so much lighter now. I've always always always preferred creams over white for the added warmth but I'm very excited to see how this room shapes up. Carpet is coming Monday so we'll have just enough time to bring the house back to normality in time for going away to Soul Survivor camp.
We're house-swapping in the third week of the summer holidays so we're all looking forward to slowing down in the very very gorgeous Yorkshire Dales. This will be the pinnacle of our Summer Staycation (I guess we're cheating really, because we're not 'staying' at home that week – but you know what I mean) and the girls are loving coming up with ideas for our Summer Staycation List.
Mallorca Schmallorca.
I had my hair cut last week the day before my birthday. I have not had a lot of luck with hairdressers. Back in 2010 I wrote about some of these hair-nightmares. This time round was the shortest I'd ever had it cut and ironically it was at the salon that I ended up in at the end of my blog post a couple of years ago. My regular hair dresser was on holiday so i had a younger girl. After I'd washed it myself I couldn't do a thing with it. Clumps of hair pointed in all directions and all I could do was try to tame it with a hairband. By yesterday I had had enough. I had the salon's number in front of me and I really wanted them to look at my hair, but I bottled it because I would have felt so uncomfortable if the girl had been there. So I called a different salon and begged them to save my hair. The owner was so lovely and told me to come over at 6.30. I got there, sat down and showed her some pictures of what I had been hoping for. She didn't say much as she looked through my hair, section by section. She got a mirror and showed me the back of my hair. I burst into tears, so horrified at it. The hairdresser soothed me and told me it would be fine. She did say that she'd never seen such a bad cut. WHAT ON EARTH??? OF ALL THE HAIRDRESSERS IN THE WORLD, HOW DID I FIND TWO WITHIN A COUPLE OF YEARS THAT MANAGEDTO HACK MY HAIR INTO A MESS THAT HAD THEN HORRIFIED OTHER HAIRDRESSERS?? There were some things the hairdresser could fix, some she couldn't. She left the top of my hair to grow but had to cut quite a bit off the sides. It is super short now but at least its in a definite style that should grow well.
Who knew hair could be so stressful? What I need is a nice light and white, airy room to calm my nerves…


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Samsung could launch its next generation Galaxy S5 next February, even as the South Korean tech giant plans to introduce a gold variant of its popular Galaxy Note 3.
According to a report published in ETNews.
Samsung will start mass production of the Galaxy S5 in January next year and launch it in the market by the end of February 2014.
The report claims that Samsung is advancing the release of its Galaxy S5 due to S4`s poor sales performance, especially since the launch of the Note 3.
Meanwhile the S5 might introduce a 5 inch flexible OLED display, a 64-bit processor, 3GB of RAM, a16 MP camera and 4,000-mAh battery.
Samsung had earlier tried to boost the sales of the Galaxy S4 by introducing a gold variant.
Latest reports also indicate that Samsung will also come out with a white gold and red coloured models of its latest flagship.
Well, if you can opt for the iPhone, Galaxy S4 and the HTC One in Gold, then why not the Galaxy Note 3.
Samsung launched the Note 3 in both white and black colours and later introduced a pink version.
According to a latest report by tech blog Sammobile, the South Korean company that earlier this year launched the golden coloured Galaxy S4 will bring out the two new variants of the Note 3 by the end of January 2014.
It appears that Gold is especially catching on ever since Apple first introduced a golden variant of the iPhone 5S. Soon Samsung followed with a similar Galaxy S4. Last week HTC too announced that it would come out with a gold coloured HTC One.
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Are users blind?
There's currently a lot of talk about whether users are blind to this, blind to that, don't look at this, ignore that. So I ask you, what do they look at?
A while ago I also commented that users generally don't read and use visuals clues to access the content they are looking for. Usability designers go blue in the face preaching this very theory but typographer's have been doing this for centuries. It really is nothing new. So, what's my point?
Well, i'm currently at the starting points for my article for Design In Flight. One of the sections in this article is going to be about Access Structure, from a typographic angle. I won't give too much away as i'm sure Andy will want you to buy the magazine ;-).
Basically Access Structure is just that - how people access content. In book design access structure is made up of several page components - folios, running heads, content pages, index etc - in addition to typographic heirachy. A lot of these conventions have been around for hundreds of years in one form or another. They are conventions that people, and let's remember that users are people, have been used to looking at for that duration. (more detail on this in the upcoming article)
I think we, an industry, can work a lot harder so that our readers/users can access the content they want quickly and effectively.
Instead of looking towards usability gurus and modern web accessibility practice, what can we get from the past?
What can we learn from book designers, typographers, signage and information designers that we can then apply to modern website and application design so that our users are not blind to the content, but use it? My guess is, a lot.


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Braconnier, D., Oldest Evidence of Writing Found in Europe.
Located in the southwestern corner of Greece, the town where this discovery took place is Iklaina. This town dates back to the Mycenaean period of 1500 BC to 100 BC, and around 1400 BC was conquered by King Nestor.The oldest evidence of writing dates back to 58,000 B.C.
Cosmopoulos has been actively excavating this site for 11 years and has found evidence of a Mycenaean palace, including colorful murals, Cyclopean walls, and an elaborate drainage system made from clay pipes. However, this tablet has been his most unexpected find.
Tablets of this nature were made from clay which was allowed to dry in the sun, making them very brittle and easily destroyed. The tablet they discovered however, had been thrown in a garbage pit and burned, thus firing the clay and leaving it preserved.
The estimated 3,500 year-old tablet only measures around one inch by one and a half inches, but shows various symbols of Linear B, an ancient Greek writing consisting of 87 signs, each signifying one syllable. It appears that the Mycenaean's used this tablet to record economic matters of interest to those in the ruling party.
From what the researchers can distinguish, the front of the tablet shows markings appearing to for a verb relating to manufacturing. The back of this small tablet shows a list with numbers and names.
While this is not the oldest writing ever found, it is the earliest example of writing found in Europe.


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The GPC fully supports the efforts of all growers clubs, as they are the driving force behind the education of growers. These clubs provide a crucial link between the GPC, the individual growers, and the weighoff sites. We encourage all new growers to contact their local club to discover the benefits of joining and to find other growers in their area.


text: UNICEF said it believed there were now more than 12,000 children in government and rebel ranks [Adriane Ohanesian/Al Jazeera] South Sudan's army and rebels have both stepped up the kidnapping of children to fight in the country's civil war, with hundreds snatched from villages in the last month alone, the UN children's agency has said. Providing the most detailed account yet of the country's child soldier crisis, UNICEF said in a statement on Friday that it believed there were now more than 12,000 children in government and rebel ranks across the country. "It has become increasingly desperate for boy children in many areas of the conflict zone. They are being targeted. They are being rounded up and sent to the front line. This is happening as I speak," Jonathan Veitch, UNICEF's representative in the country, said. Veitch said UNICEF had "credible and in some instances verifiable information that forces aligned with the government and opposition have abducted or coerced hundreds of children into their ranks in the past month alone", a period coinciding with the collapse of peace talks. "Our teams on the ground and our partners are reporting a strong upsurge in recruitment at the moment and it is ongoing," he told reporters in Geneva. South Sudan is the the world's youngest nation, having broken away from Khartoum in 2011 after a long and bloody independence struggle. Civil war broke out in the new nation in December 2013, when President Salva Kiir accused Riek Machar, his former deputy, of planning a coup. Since then tens of thousands have died, two million have been uprooted and four million face starvation. The government and the rebels have been accused of widespread atrocities and war crimes - including gang rapes, massacres and attacks on aid organisations and peacekeepers. Earlier this month the UN Security Council passed a US-drafted resolution creating a sanctions regime for South Sudan, although none have yet been imposed. Veitch reminded South Sudan's warring factions that the resolution "specifically lists the recruitment of children as soldiers as one of the criteria for imposing sanctions". The comments came after both the government and the rebels signalled clearly that they were in no mood for peace following the collapse of talks in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. On Thursday, the rebels said the civil war would likely drag on and that "fighting will continue until one side is defeated". President Kiir earlier this week also ruled out sharing power with Machar, rejecting key elements of peace deal proposed by regional mediators. SOURCE: Agencies War & Conflict Africa Salva Kiir Riek Machar South Sudan


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Opposing views about future of north Norfolk sea defences
PUBLISHED: 09:44 24 January 2014 | UPDATED: 11:23 24 January 2014
Archant Norfolk 2014
The debate over whether to rebuild fragile sea defences around north Norfolk marshland or let nature take its course is the talk of one coastal community.
Opposing views on the future of the earth bank around Blakeney, Cley and Morston as well as the shingle bank at Salthouse were being voiced by walkers, businesses and residents around Blakeney yesterday.
• Communities will be engaged with over future sea defences plans in north Norfolk - Environment Agency
People will be able to let the Environment Agency (EA) know what they want to happen to the defences at a drop-in session at Blakeney Scout Hut, next to the village hall off Langham Road, on Thursday February 13 between 2.30-7pm.
Amanda Sayers, from Blakeney, who was out walking with her partner Paul Cowell, and dog Bentley, said: "They keep rebuilding the defences and they keep breaking down. It is tricky one but eventually the sea will continue claiming them back. People will always come here with their families."
Mr Cowell, a chef, said: "The EA spend thousands of pounds on the defences and I think it is a waste of money. I think the area should stay a saltwater marsh because you cannot stop the sea."
One area some people were concerned about, especially bird enthusiasts, was the impact of saltwater moving on to the unique freshwater marshes because of the lack of defences.
James Player, 29, director of The Blakeney Cottage Company which rents out holiday cottages, said: "The saltwater would affect the different species of birds that like the freshwater marshes. That would have a knock-on effect on the number of birdwatchers that come here."
He said it was important areas of the coastal path around Blakeney damaged by the surge were reinstated, a view shared by Blakeney Parish Council chairman Tony Faulkner, who added: "A lot of bird folk say the EA must repair the defences because they are precious but others say they should go back to their natural state.
"In the long-term it is better not to fight nature. It makes logical sense to protect the villages close to the coast with short banks rather than protect the vast areas of marsh."
John Marcucci, 62, a barman at the King's Arms pub, said people needed to hear from the EA about what was going to happen and properties, including homes at Salthouse, were at risk from flooding.
"If the barriers were not rebuilt it would reduce the number of visitors. We need people to come to north Norfolk and we need to hold on to what people come for," he added.
Mr Marcucci said the damaged defences were having an impact on the environment and marshes.
Dan Goff, owner of the Dun Cow pub, said the EA had to protect property "first and foremost".
He had "mixed feelings" and said there was a case that migratory birds on freshwater marshes attracted birdwatchers and walkers but there was another argument that the natural environment should take its course.
"If the EA are going to do something they have do it quickly. The longer they wait, the project will become bigger and more expensive," Mr Goff said.


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Office Supplies are everywhere right now and today I'd like to share with you two different ways to incorporate washi into the office supply trend.
First up is using washi to decorate office supplies you have around the house.
One of my favorite things about washi tape is that you can use it to quickly decorate so many things. In my other life, I'm a full time student in the middle of writing a 100 page thesis, and I'm constantly using washi to spice up my notes and add a bit of color to my textbooks. Washi makes a great bookmark and the translucent aspect makes it great for highlighting as well.
Here I used washi tape to decorate several binder clips, a post-it note holder, and an Amy Tangerine Sketchbook. All quick and easy projects you can do in just a couple of minutes.
To make the post-it note holder: Cut a sheet of cardstock the same width as your post-it note. Place your post it notes in the middle of the cardstock strip and fold the cardstock around the top and bottom; glue the post-it notes to the bottom of the folded cardstock. Decorate the front with stamps and washi.
I also created a layout and incorporated some of the great office supply themed scrapbook products that are available. The sheet of ledger cardstock is a great background and gives space for easy journaling. I used each of the three new Freckled Fawn washi tapes on this layout and I love them all!
Thanks for joining me today for my washi workshop! - Kristin


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On Wednesday I showed you how I made the padded hearts for the baby quilt I'm making, so it would only be fare to show you the small hearts that go into the border too. I made these the exact same way as I did the small hearts for the valentines mini quilt I made.
I started out by piecing two different, 10 inch x 2½ inch strips of fabric together pressing the seams open. I made a small heart template the same way as I did for the larger hearts (you can see how HERE) and traced 20 hearts on fusible applique, I used Wonder Under. After I had all my strips sewn, and hearts cut out, I pressed the applique hearts (glue side down) on to the back of the pieced strips right in the center, making sure the inside- and outside points are right on the seam and the bottom of the heart facing towards the inside.
The rest is very simple, I cut out the hearts and they were ready to be used. By placing the hearts points towards the inside of the strip, you end up with mirror image hearts, same fabrics, but they look different.
Then it was time to sew the hearts onto the strips of white fabrics. To make sure I got the hearts exactly right and spaced exactly the same, I placed the strips right next to each other, and pined the hearts at an angle, I would then peal back the paper from the fusible applique and place them on the fabric, and press them with a really hot dry iron.
To sew them on, I used a blanket stitch. This part was a bit tricky, spacing the stitches just right, especially in the center of the heart, and the bottom point. Not all of them came out perfectly but most came ended up looking just fine.
To hide the thread tails, I pulled the threads to the back, tied them in a knot and pulled it through the existing stitches. Because the heart is fused to the white fabric, there was no way of hiding them between the layers, and I did not want to leave the threads to show, since its all white, I don't want the black threads to show up when quilting.
These strips are for the side borders and I still have to get the top and bottom done.
This part is quite time consuming, since I'm stitching the blanket stitch quit slow, making sure they end up exactly right.
Linking up to can-I-get-a-whoop-whoop over at Confessions of a fabric addict.
Happy quilting.


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SOURCE: iPass
October 09, 2012 05:00 ET
REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 9, 2012) - iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), a leading provider of mobility services for enterprises and telecom service providers, today announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter 2012 on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 following the close of regular market trading.
The company will host a live conference call that same day to discuss its financial results, outlook and business activities at 2 p.m. Pacific time (5 p.m. Eastern time). The conference call will be accessible by telephone, toll-free at 888-417-8533 or direct dial at 719-325-2329 with a participant confirmation code of 5453220. The conference call will also be available live via webcast on the company's web site at http://investor.ipass.com. The webcast will be available for replay until iPass reports its fourth quarter 2012 results.
The dial-in number for a telephone replay of the conference call is 888-203-1112 and 719-457-0820 and will be available until December 31, 2012. The confirmation code for the replay is 5453220.
Upcoming Investor Conference
iPass management will be presenting at the IDEAS Investor Conference on November 14, 2012 in Dallas and the Needham Growth Conference in January 2013 in New York. Evan Kaplan, president and CEO and Steven Gatoff, senior vice president and CFO of iPass, will provide an overview of the company's business, growth strategy and financial fundamentals.
About iPass Inc.
iPass helps enterprises and telecom service providers ensure their employees and subscribers stay well connected. Founded in 1996, iPass delivers the world's largest commercial-grade Wi-Fi network and trusted connectivity platform. With more than one million Wi-Fi hotspots across 113 countries and territories, iPass gives its customers always-on, frictionless connectivity anywhere in the world -- simply, securely and cost-effectively. Additional information is available at www.iPass.com or on Smarter Connections, the iPass blog.
iPass® is a registered trademark of iPass Inc. Wi-Fi® is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners.
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Sribd is a web 2.0 tool where you can upload and share virtually any kind of document (doc, ppt, pps, xls, pdf, ps, odt, odp, sxw, sxi, jpg, jpeg, png, gif, txt and rtf). Besides reading the uploaded documents, visitors can also leave comments, which are notified to you in your scribd account, or via email - you choose.
What I really liked about this new scribd generation is the fact that they provide us with the html codes of any document uploaded to be added to your website, blog, wiki etc. Here are two examples of how scribd documents look when embedded to a blog. I have just uploaded them and notice that the uploading process is extremely fast!
The first one is a Microsoft Word document (.doc) with a song exercise for advanced EFL/ESL students to practice crimes/law vocabulary. The second one is a Microsoft Power Point presentation (.ppt) that I created and used in December of 2007 for a workshop I gave to public school teachers in Recife, Brazil about the uses of IT in the classroom. The slide presentation looks like the ones uploaded to slideshare, so I'll probably write another post soon contrasting these two tools.
Example 1 (word document)
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please post this :) please. the person with the undiagnosed brain thing please post something to the bulletin board (living with hiv/aids) at the body connecting to others. i have the same thing going on i also had a biopsy and no dx i would love to correspond with you and compare notes -- here we can't post our e-mail address. thanks
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I hope you hear from the other correspondent.
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Money Raised: $85,552.77 Campaign Goal: $60,000.00
The 3rd Annual Journey of Awesomeness is a 2-day, 200-mile trek from the beautiful city of Charlottesville, VA to Yorktown, VA. All funds raised benefit Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries, an awesome organization doing awesome things in Charlottesville - more information about CALM can be found here. Last year, we raised over $60,000 and we're excited and grateful for the opportunity to do it again in 2017!


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So my pet store was out of Silica sand and all the sand from the local nursery seems to have lime in them (did the vinegar test). I found some sand called Repti- Sand (by zoo med) in the reptile section of the pet store. The package states: "Pure, very fine quartz desert sand". It also states "Natural colours no added dyes or chemicals".
Is quartz sand the same and silica ( sure looks the same) and is it safe to add to my cp soil mix?
Thanks in advance for the help,


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One of 12 active, nationally renowned research centers within Brown's School of Public Health, the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) conducts interdisciplinary, empirical research to promote healthier behaviors and environments. Our overarching topical strengths are in the areas of HIV primary and secondary prevention, global public health, LGBT health, substance addiction treatment, obesity, smoking, exercise and nutrition, and behavioral medicine.
Our people have collective expertise in intervention development and testing, clinical trials, epidemiologic methods, advanced biostatistics, qualitative research, and program evaluation. We maintain strong collaborative relationships with a wide array of hospitals, community service organizations, and worksites, as well as with major funding institutions.
CHER faculty mentor and train undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students, as well as clinical and research post-doctoral fellows. We actively pursue and receive grants from a variety of funding sources, including but not limited to the AmFAR Foundation for AIDS Research, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard University Center for AIDS Research, the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research, MAC AIDS Fund, National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Tufts Health Plan Foundation.
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To improve health, especially in underserved populations, by conducting interdisciplinary research and education to empower individuals, providers, organizations, and communities to practice and promote healthier behaviors and environments.
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CHER is recruiting new investigators for a mentoring program in clinical, behavioral and community engaged research related to HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and other infectious diseases. This program trains new investigators from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in the sciences, particularly African Americans and Hispanics, in clinical, behavioral and community-based research. There is no application deadline; recruitment occurs on a rolling basis. More information here.


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Halle Berry knows the pain of residents of the Los Angeles battered-women's shelter where she's a volunteer. "I saw my mother battered, and could not do anything to stop it," she told the Sunday Times of London. "My father was tyrannical, lashing out at her for no reason. I felt the effects that had on our family." Berry, 43, has been a low-key night-shift volunteer at the Jenesse Center for years, and hopes speaking up will help Jenesse's six shelters overcome financial stresses brought on by the slack economy. A former shelter resident said she had no idea the woman she called Halle Baby and who told silly jokes to her children was a movie star.
Heartfelt Halle
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The company was founded at the end of 2004 in order to develop a network of dry ports in France to meet the shortage of berths and solve the difficulties encountered to build new marinas.
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Leveraging on its broad and proven expertise, Port Adhoc masters the different stages of the creation and the management of any boating infrastructures.
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Port Adhoc is a private and non-listed company. Its shares are held by physical and legal persons, as well as investment funds that allow Port Adhoc to ensure the financing of its development: boating infrastructure requires significant investments.
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Until last week the official criminal record of Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone of Chicago, foremost U. S. gangster, stood:
1) Held by police for questioning in connection with two murders while a member of Brooklyn's Five Points Gang. Dismissed.
2) Booked as "Alfred Caponi" in Chiago in 1922 on charges of driving while intoxicated, carrying concealed weapons, assault. Never brought to trial.
3) Accused in 1922 (under the name of "Tony Capone, alias Al Brown") of the murder of Joe Howard, petty footpad and hijacker. Never brought to trial....
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IPMBA Training
Host Bicycle Response Team Training
Arrangements to host an IPMBA Bicycle Response Team Training (BRTT) should be made directly with an individual instructor. For information on hosting an Instructor Course, visit the FAQs.
To contact instructors in your area directly, use the online instructor search on this page or contact IPMBA for a reference. Only those instructors who have the letter "B" appended to their instructor number(s) are eligible to teach the BRTT.
To request that a request for proposals be sent out to IPMBA's instructor networks, please email the following information to email@example.com:
- Your name
- Your department/agency name
- Your telephone number
- Your email address
- The type of course you would like to host
- The number of students you would like trained (maximum 10 per instructor)
- The time frame in which you would like to hold the course
- Any other specific information you require
Facility Requirements
Training Venues
- Classroom with seating adequate for enrollment and equipped with computer projection equipment, screen, and whiteboard, chalkboard, or flipchart/markers (instructor will supply laptop computer)
- Minimum 100' x 100' parking lot with minimal obstructions
- Parking garage, min 300' x 125' for smoke drills (optional - can use parking lot)
- Streets & alleys for scenarios
- Secure training facility with large outdoor area, such as police or fire training academy for scenario (if possible)
- Weapons clearing station/storage with armed guard during scenario practical
- 150 cones
- Four 4-ft. long 2 x 4 (scrap lumber)
- Four 4-ft. long 4 x 4 (scrap lumber)
- EMS students only: 1000cc expired IV bags (10 per student) or other weights (e.g., one-litre bottles filled with sand - not sandbags) to equal 30 lbs per student.)
- Police tape
- Whistle
Scenario Props
- Smoke grenades and bucket to unload them into (optional; 6 for up to 10 students; 8-10 for more)
- Fire extinguisher (if smoke is deployed)
- 50 plastic bottles/zip-loc bags of water/tennis balls/crushed cans/other projectiles (for throwing during the scenario)
- Protest signs
- Backpack(s)
- Scarves, balaclavas, or other face coverings
- Simulated explosive device (Molotov cocktail)
- CS, OC, and impact weapons (optional)
- Moulage kit (if available)
- Super Soaker style water dispersion/Inert or safe device (children's orange cap)
- Squad car with PA/siren/ability to blare radio
- Department liaison
- Safety officers for scenario
- 20 role players for scenario
- EMS support on standby during scenario
- Assistance with set-up as needed
- Secure storage area for participants' bicycles and equipment during classroom sessions
- Map and guides/transportation to on-bike training locations as needed (min. one guide per 10 students)
- Communications between guides and at least one instructor
- Protocol for summoning EMS in the event of serious injury
- Mechanical support (on-call bike shop for emergency repairs, shipping/receiving bikes, etc.)
- Water, first aid supplies, & restroom facilities at training site
- Caution/Police Tape/Training signs as needed
- Meal location(s)
- Parking permits as needed
Student Requirements
Duty Bicycle
- Reputable manufacturer mountain bike in good working order, properly fitted
- Street/combination tires (size 26-29 x 1.5 - 26-29 x 2.1; no knobbies)
- Pedal retention devices (BMX-style platform pedals are not acceptable)
- At least one water bottle cage & bottle
- On-body hydration delivery system (recommended)
- Headlight (42 lumens at 10 feet)
- L.E.D. steady or flashing red taillight
- Rear mount kick stand
- Rear rack with full size rack bag
- Heavy duty rear rack with full-size rack bag and panniers (EMS only)
- Patch kit
- Tire levers
- Chain tool
- Two spare tubes
- Compact tire pump or CO2
- 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 mm allen wrenches
Safety Equipment
- Eye protection – shatter-resistant, wraparound, clear and tinted
- Bicycle helmet (ANSI, Snell or CPSC-approved)
- Padded cycling gloves
- Body armor protective vest (if worn on duty)
- Full duty uniform
- Shirt
- Shorts/Pants
- Shoes
- Padded cycling shorts (strongly recommended)
- Foul weather gear (jacket, pants)
- Plain black tee-shirt
Duty Gear
- Law Enforcement/Security (as carried on regular patrol duty)
- Duty belt/vest
- Duty weapon (this course does not include live-fire exercises)
- Magazine
- Baton
- Handcuffs
- Cuff Key
- Flashlight
- Keepers
- Panniers and Rear Rack
- Basic first aid kit
Special Equipment
- Gas mask with extra filters
- Gas mask carry bag
- DOT-approved lightweight riot helmet with shield (if possible)
- Pencil/Pen
- Notebook
- Flash drive for materials (recommended)
- Sunscreen
- PAR-Q and Medical Clearance (if indicated by PAR-Q)
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Friday, November 04, 2011
WEOFM: Presentations by W. Kirk MacNulty and Ralph McNeal
The latest video presentation from the Worldwide Exemplification of Freemasonry is The Philosophical Background for Masonic Symbolism by author W. Kirk MacNulty, PM. (CLICK HERE TO VIEW)
Last week's video was Prince Hall Freemasonry, Pt. 1 by Ralph McNeal, of the MWPHGL of Arizona. See it here.
The Worldwide Exemplification of Freemasonry 2011 Lecture Series is a free presentation of Masonic education endorsed by the Grand Lodge of Indiana F&AM, beginning January 1, 2011 and running through December 31, 2011.
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BizeeBee Adds Payments, But The Transaction Fee May Sting
Owning and running a fitness studio has got to be a pain in the ass. Besides all of the health concerns, needing to procure the appropriate equipment, and relying on post-New Year's sign-ups, many studios are forced to rely on dated technology to manage their customers and sales systems.
Poornima Vijayashanker had the same thought in 2010 after visiting a yoga studio for several months and realizing how clunky the business' systems were. Vijayashanker started Bizeebee to help make life a little easier for small business owners – fitness studios, specifically – manage their customers on the cheap. The company is now working with Balanced, a new payments platform, to help these fitness studios manage their finances as well as their customers.
Balanced offers its users a white-label marketplace and handles all of the financial
magic tech on the back end. Vijayashanker says that she chose Balanced for its branding opportunities and ease-of-use. Payments are processed and deposited in one day and don't require any special hardware, unlike solutions like Square or a different point-of-sale system that require a card reader or specific terminal.
Unfortunately this ease-of-use will come with a price. Square charges a 2.75 percent transaction fee for each swipe; BizeeBee will charge a 4 percent fee on top of each transaction on top of the $100 per month businesses have to pay to access the feature.
If businesses are only interested in a payment platform they will probably be better served by a different solution. But businesses looking for a CRM system tailored to small businesses and fitness studios might be willing to accept the higher transaction fee in exchange for access to the other features.
"The whole value that we're offering is trying to take in different sources for small businesses and trying to add a level of analytics on top of that," Vijayashanker says. "[Business owners] see it as a way to see what their small business is doing."
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Last post took care of some of the revision of Basic Shader stuff on which I lost touch due to extreme crunch times at work & obviously hell lotsa Gaming! Somehow I always that instead of covering these topics at random, more systematic approach will suffice. So, I decided to dedicate a post completely on Various Lighting Models that exists in Computer Graphcis. Obviously, being noob as I am in Shader Programming, covering all the lighting models is next to impossible, but definitely, I will be posting some of the basic & advanced lighting models.
The various lighting models am planning to cover are :
Phong Lighting Model :
Cook Torrence Lighting Model :
Oren Nayar Lighting Model
The various lighting models am planning to cover are :
- Lambertian Lighting Model
- Phong Lighting Model
- Cook-Torrence Lighting Model
- Oren-Nayar Lighting Model
- Minneart Lighting Model
- Wards Anisotropic Lighting Model
- Non Photo Realistic Lighting ( NPR )
Lambertian Lighting Model :
Phong Lighting Model :
Cook Torrence Lighting Model :
Referred to the White Paper by North Carolina University
Oren Nayar Lighting Model
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Books :
Physically Based Rendering by Morgan Kauffman (Its a treat for any Math Lover)
Minneart Lighting Model
Minneart Lighting Model
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Species Account for Agraecina striata
Agraecina striata (Kulczynski, 1882)
Araneae: Liocranidae
Reproduction for study and non-profit use permitted, all other rights reserved.
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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Threatened
Additional Phenology Data
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Taxonomic group: spiders (Araneae) - County data
National map for Agraecina striata on Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme website
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Apart from records from Kirkcudbrightshire and the Isle of Man, the species is confined to south of a line from the Wash to Cardigan Bay. Agraecina striata occurs at ground level in wet places, in wet heathland and bog, in marshes, fens and wet broad-leaved woodland, with no clear preference for any particular type of wet habitat. It is found in a range of coastal habitats including wet grassland and dyke edges but also on dune and shingle. In Essex the species is often found in brackish grassland behind the sea wall (Harvey et al. 2002). References
Recorded management for locations with Agraecina striata
Recorded substrate and hydrology for locations with Agraecina striata
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Where a teen writer waffles on about reading, writing, and generally obsessing over Young Adult Contemporary books...
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Dust It Off Bloghop - My Pitch!
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Oh, I love a good horse story. :) Add a little romance and how can you go wrong? ;) Looking forward to hearing your excerpt.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great story! Horse shows and romance = excellent.ReplyDelete
This is really great! I can't wait to read your excerpt!ReplyDelete
Love the premise. I love that it's more than just the romance, both Daisy and Fergus have deeper issues within their lives and that brings this to a whole other level. Can't wait to read your excerpt!ReplyDelete
I think it sounds like a great premise. Eager to see your excerpt.ReplyDelete
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Thanks everyone! This manuscript will forever stay shelved, even though it was a kindle for about 4 months and then quickly deleted...I still have a few favourite bits though, so I'll have to find an excerpt :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5 May 2012 at 16:09
This sounds like a great contemporary YA, I can't wait to read your excerptReplyDelete
Romance and horses? Yes, please! Nice job :) New follower.ReplyDelete


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After an exciting weekend in California that started with a 6-5 loss to Nebraska and concluded with four straight wins, including a comeback from a 7-0 deficit against #17 Missouri, Oregon softball is prepping for a weekend in Las Vegas. Their first game will be against Drake at 6:00 on Friday.
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So March was an okay month but I really want to tone my body and get to running again !!
Went out and Got a jogger stroller so my son couldn't be my excuse (that thing is hard to push while running )
Doing the military inspired home workout program along with some extra strength training which I love because I miss being in the army some days and after the workout I don't miss it as much lol !!! 😂
Starting a new support group for all others that have been joining me on this amazing health & fitness journey !
Oh and I'm back in a size small and 3 jeans 😁😁😁 from 207lbs to 137 in 4 months holy crap I can't believe I did it seriously I thought it was impossible !!
Do you want to have similar results and kick Aprils ass with me ?! Drop a comment and let's do this !!!!


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Katherineneale needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Ocean Eyes Images
We provide bespoke photography packages for weddings, and portrait photography to families.
We haven't got a slogan as such but do need 'Wedding & Portrait Photography' to be conveyed somewhere in a logo design in small print maybe. Our main demographic is middle class families and small businesses.I have attached a colour scheme I like and the suggestion of an 'eye' somewhere but am completely open to suggestions.
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Though I do appreciate it when retailers assemble together outfits of their wares so people can consider ways to wear their pieces together, I rarely ever remember any of them to be able to replicate the cute ensembles (I'm so much better gaining inspiration from other stylish women off Instagram or their blogs where I can easily pull their looks up on my phone when I need the help). This cardigan/blouse combination from Anthropologie however, stuck out in my mind and I had to replicate the outfit when I saw the cardigan hit super-sale.
Cardigan: Moth via Anthropologie array zip-front on sale (sim used)
Top: Maeve via Anthropologie luca tie-neck on sale (sim pricey on sale, sim v-neck)
Jeans: Banana Republic factory (sim)
Bracelet: c/o INPINK (sim, sim for $50)
Earrings: J.Crew crystal drop (sim tortoise on sale)
Ring: INPINK (sim)
Shoes: Tory Bruch miller w/rainbow logo (same in red)
Bag: Zac Posen eartha soft top (same studded)


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I am your liver.
You only get one of me. Detox me once in a while will you?
Do you know how I benefit you?
HOW to take care of me?
I store the iron reserves you need as well as lots of vitamins and minerals – without me you wouldn't have the strength to carry on
I make bile to help you digest your food – without me you'd waste away to nothing
I detoxify poisonous chemicals you give me, alcohol, beer, wine and drugs; those prescribed, over the counter or illegal – without me your bad habits would kill you
I store energy like a battery by stock piling carbs, glucose and fat until you need it – without me your sugar levels would fall dramatically and you'd go into a coma
I made the blood in your system before you were born – without me you wouldn't be here
I manufacture new proteins that your body needs to stay healthy and grow – without me you wouldn't grow properly
I remove poisons from the air you breath,the exhaust smoke, pollution indoors and out – without me you'd be poisoned
I make clotting factors that stop the bleeding when you accidentally prick yourself – without me you'd bleed to death
I help defend you against germs that constantly enter your body – without me you'd be a sitting duck for every infection known to man.
Do me a favor and take care of me will you ?
I can't tell you that I am in trouble until it's too late
I scar easily – those scars are called "cirrhosis".
Those scars come from the drugs and chemicals you take that actually harm me
Don't drown me in alcohol.
All that touches your skin absorbs into me – be mindful of the toxins you put on your body
Everything you breathe I breathe too – don't use aerosols
Don't eat fatty foods
Detoxify me every once in awhile OK?
I actually have the ability to regenerate!
Remember, I do these things JUST for you:
metabolize fat
manage cholesterol levels
control your weight
cleanse your blood
destroy toxic chemicals
remove unhealthy cells from the blood
improve your immunity
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Vore and Zillion return! From Starslip Crisis.
Most of you probably don't know this, but I really don't like posting more than one thing on my blog per day. I've never been a big fan of the concept of the "blog dump", when you just post up a huge amount of things. That just results in a lot of stuff getting lost in the shuffle. I like to let a post sit at the top long enough at least for people to find it, read it, and post any comments they may have before the post gets pushed on down the page. Also, limiting myself to one post per day helps me pace myself and get fewer of these "droughts" between posts (not that it seems to be helping much).
Well, some days there's just too much going on to not talk about it. Today is one of those days.
Starslip Crisis has been on a rather serious storyline of late, with the reveal of the crisis and the "death" of Jovia. We've gotten to see some new depth from Vanderbeam as he struggles with loss and grief, and learned a lot more about both Jovia's father and Obdrath. The humor has been there throughout, as it should be, but it's been more subdued as the drama has taken a more central role.
And then we get today's strip. At the beginning of a new week, Kris Straub presents us with a radical paradigm shift from the Fuseli and its crew to Vore and Zillion. These two have been sitting on the back burner for quite some time, waiting to re-enter the strip. And I'm glad to have them back, as they're two of my favorite characters (especially Zillion. Love that crazy slang). But it begs the question of why? Why are they back? Are they going to be at all related to the crisis? Does one of them have something vital to add?
A younger me would be racking my brains over these questions. But I am much older and wiser now. I've been through the Chronomantic storyline, puzzling and puzzling to try to see how it was going to fit in with the main plotline. And it never did, except possibly for this one strip. By the way, that's a strip everyone should file away in their memories for later. Who might the greatest time offender be? I've got my guess. But the point is that it was a fully complete storyline that was entirely independent of the Fuseli and it's crew. The last storyline with Zillion was Fuseli independent as well, so this one might be too.
I'm entirely positive that at some point all of the separate plotlines in the comic will unify. How could they not? But I don't know when that's going to happen, and quite frankly I've given up guessing. I'm just going to sit back, grab a nice tall glass of iced tea, and enjoy a couple of my favorite characters re-entering a strip that I love. And that's a pretty good feeling.


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No trip to Japan would be complete without a report about their vending machines from the future.
A few years back, when I traveled to Japan for the first time, friends put me on scouting missions:
"Find the robotic vending machine that follows you around Shibuya!"
"Find the SMART car vending machine!"
"Find the umbrella / necktie / lobster / underwear vending machine!"
To varying degrees of success, those were hunted down pretty easily (although I regret never seeing the robotic Coke machine).
This time around, we had our quest to find the facial-recognition vending machines.
The machines, developed by a subsidy of the train company JR East Co., analyze your facial features to determine your age and gender and recommend a drink accordingly. They also change recommendations to match time of day and temperature. It uses algorithms such as men prefer canned coffee and women like slightly sweeter drinks.
Sales from these machines have tripled in comparison to regular machines.
The photo is of Peter, disapproving of the machine's recommended energy drinks, since he in fact wanted an orange juice.
A near-perfect future. ^^


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this is a Mod for the new F1 Season. It changes Names to actual. English and German Language Version only.
changes I've done:PS. Haas F1 is not included yet.
- Lotus F1 is now Renault Sport F1 Team
- Infiniti Red Bull Racing is now Red Bull Racing
- Manor Marussia is now Manor Racing
- Williams Racing is now Williams Martini Racing
- I changed also the driver names to Wehrlein, Haryanto, Palmer and Magnussen
Team & Driver Names 2016 1.0
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Who said staring at a computer or a Smartphone was bad for you? Research has now shown that people who receive regular supportive text or social media messages are more likely to stay motivated about exercising.
A study into behaviour change presented by the British Psychological Society Division of Sport & Exercise Psychology (DSEP) shows that the levels of exercise on novices can be boosted thanks to supported text messages twice a week.
So it might just pay to get your friends involved in that new fitness programme you've promised yourself you'll stick to.
Friends are a great motivational tool for many reasons – they open us up to the notion of healthy competition, as well as staying positive when we might be feeling less than enthusiastic. And doing activities with friends, be it a fitness class or a jog around the block, makes us feel that someone relies on us for support as well.
Social networking has long been known to be the platform where you get to boast about all the great things you've been doing, and to portray yourself in the most positive light you can. But this new research has shown that simple messages, such as a simple "well done" or "good luck" message, can really spur us on.
The study was undertaken by Florence-Emilie Kinnafick of University of Northampton, and Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani of University of Birmingham and they examined the impact on which text messages could have on the exercise levels of beginner exercisers. Sixty women and five men were put in one of two groups, with one receiving supportive messages twice a week, and the other group receiving neutral comments without the supportive element.
Those who received the supportive texts took on more moderate exercise over a four month timeframe and said they felt more supported in their activities.
Florence-Emilie Kinnafick said: "Text messages are relatively inexpensive and can reach a large portion of the population. Therefore, using supportive text messages could be a useful, efficient, and effective addition to current programmes aimed at increasing levels of physical activity in those individuals new to exercise".
Fitocracy, Map My Fitness, and other apps available are now helping us to shout about our fitness goals even louder, and offer a platform where people can share data, engage with other fitness-minded people, and most importantly offer help and support.
It's an age-old question as to what can keep us motivated to keep up our New Year fitness ideals, but motivation is most definitely key to success. If people feel that others are interested in their endeavours then they are more likely to work harder at getting the results they set out to achieve.
Being social creatures means we like to know that other people are paying attention and supporting us through challenges that we face.
When we sometimes can't get to exercise with others, at least the idea of a supportive text or social media messages makes us feel like we are part of something bigger. It's similar to the idea of training for a big event like the London Marathon. If you are running for charity then you'll receive regular supportive literature through the post, texts, and invites to training days where you can really feel part of a team. It's like we need to feel that we belong to a bigger group in order to push ourselves to the limits.
Social media has had a lot of bad press for reasons where people are targeted and bullied, but it can be used for good if used in the right way.
Encouragement, support and motivation from friends and relatives, and even from people you've never met before can all make you work harder at achieving those fitness dreams, where otherwise we might feel like what's the point? And drop out on our regime in the first week.
So many obstacles lie in our way in modern life for people to shun exercise and take the easy option to take the car instead of walk, eat fast food rather than cook from fresh, but one thing we are all surrounded by now is technology, and if we can make it work for us, then so much the better.
Perhaps if we all received more encouragement through text messages, Facebook and Twitter, then we would be more fired up to achieve our goals and our "New Year's Resolutions" to achieve that beach body by working hard at the gym.
With enough support rather than ditching those resolutions we'll all be happier and healthier in 2014 through receiving kind words and encouragement. All it takes sometimes is a little help from your friends, and sometimes just a little help from whoever is happy to listen – and to text you some support as well!
Instead of messing about on social media surely you should just get out there and do it? It's just another way of wasting time.
I was inspired to start running after followers on Twitter told me their stories. It got me started on the Couch25K programme and from there I started going to my local gym. I would never have started exercising if it wasn't for social media - it worked for me!
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|1.35kWp Solar PV using Kyocera 135W panels + 2kWp Solar thermal using 100W Thermomax tubes.
|3.5kWp Solar PV, using Hyundai 250W panels.
|The limescale-coated bulb at the bottom is very hot!
|The current-sensing transformer is the black thing around the red wire, sitting on the black fuse.
As the company that installed the upgrade had previously only installed systems to properties previous without Solar PV, they thought that I would receive the current Feed-In Tariff rate, which is 16.56p/kWh, including 50% export Tariff. This is much lower than the Feed-In Tariff rate that I was receiving for my 1.35kWp installation, which was 47p/kWh, including 50% export Tariff. They suggested that I phone ScottishPower (my energy supplier) for clarification.
The good news is that I will receive 47p/kWh for 1.35kW and 16.56p/kWh for the additional 2.15kW, making a net Feed-In Tariff of 28.3p/kWh, including 50% export Tariff. That's 71% more than I thought I'd get.
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Bacchus was not originally Roman at all but was rather a Latinized form of the Greek Dionysus, god of wine and intoxication, of wild, uncultivated nature, of ritual madness and ecstasy, and of otherness,impersonation, and drama. In Greek art Dionysus is often portrayed as an older male with long black hair and beard, wearing animal skins and wreathed with ivy, carrying a sacred thyrsus, a long staff topped with grapes or a pine cone. The worship of Dionysus, involving ecstatic dancing, appealed particularly to women; when Bacchic festivals, called Bacchanalia, were imported into Rome the authorities strongly disapproved. In 186 BCE, the Senate outlawed Bacchic cults and apparently succeeded in suppressing the wilder forms of this worship, although more domesticated versions of the cult survived and Bacchic themes were very popular in Roman art, which emphasized Bacchus as a youthful god of wine and the good life.
This Roman bronze figurine, dating from the second century CE, has silver encrusted eyes. Bacchus is shown in typical Roman fashion, as a beardless, rather effeminate youth; he wears a crown of leaves and flowers. He is accompanied by the half-goat, half-human god Pan, patron of shepherds and flocks, whom the Romans identified with Faunus, a native Italian god of the wild forests. In this statuette, Pan offers Bacchus a bunch of grapes.


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I used the lid as a "catcher" for any spilled wax. Once the wax set enough I closed each one and put into the correct pile. By then the melted wax in the PT cooled off enough to replace the lid and put away.
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Dame Joan Bakewell, the Government's voice for older people, has waded into the pensions debate this week by calling for the mandatory retirement age of 65 to be scrapped. She's right. It is about time we recognised that working longer has tremendous advantages. We should not encourage people to retire at any particular age - if they are healthy and want to work, they should.
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At the moment, policy works against this. There should not be any one 'magic' age beyond which society says people are too old to work: each individual is different. At the moment, employers can sack an older worker just for being old, a ludicrous stance and a sad waste of resources.
Government should take the lead and encourage employers to help older workers find employment or stay working on a less than full time basis if they want to. Just like we have done for mothers with young children - more flexibility and choice that allows the economy to benefit from increased labour force participation by older workers, who would otherwise be living on very little money.
There is a whole new phase of life - call them 'bonus years' - waiting to be grasped. Some years of part time work, where people gradually cut down instead of stopping work altogether.
Previous generations could not have envisaged this, but with all the advances in health, longevity and working practices, it is now realistic. Each person should have the opportunity to stay working if they want to - a different approach to lifetime planning. Retirement should be a process, not an event, in which people keep earning some money but also have more leisure, and more money to spend in their free time.


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Pugs are curious things. They are like twisted up halflings, typically short but with proportional limbs. Their faces are difficult to read, as they seem to be permanently screwed-up into disgusted expressions. A pug has floppy dog/rabbit ears jutting out from the sides of its head. Pugs wear furs and skins to keep warm and are moderately intelligent. They construct wooden buildings and are great, natural carpenters.
However they much prefer to take what they can find.
Pugs will settle in any building that they can find to ward against the cold. Out of the mountains and in the south they roam around in small bands and try to stay hidden, sneaking into villages and taking animals – even small children – for food. These small groups are outliers. Further north they teem through the mountains, whole warbands serving under Pug Warlords. Their spiritual leaders sacrifice the impure and the un-pug to draw life and power for greater and more terrible actions. It is rumoured that some of them worship Drazils and Greater Drazils, and make offerings to bring the Final Winter.
Pugs hate halflings and Dwarves. They have never been as far north as the halfling valleys (no-one has, the way is hidden) but they have taken control of some Dwarven buildings and former outposts. It is rumoured that they have found their way in to the Kingdom, but who can say for sure? It is so long since anyone has been to the Kingdom...
They are fearful of the Bridge, and will only cross it under duress or threat from a Warlord.
Around 10% of Pugs can understand human speech.
2/3HD. No armour or leather armour. Will be armed with one of the following: short sword, sling, dagger, club.
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2/3HD. Leather armour and wielding a carved staff. The staff is a little awkward and big for combat (-1 to hit). A typical cleric will have two 1st level spells.
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3-4. Medium group.
There are 6+3d6 pugs, a third have 3HD. One person in the group will be a cleric. 50% of the time there will be a particularly big pug with 4HD, however it will be wearing leather armour and won't be the son of a warlord. A medium group will have 20+d100 silver.
5. Large group.
20+3d10 pugs in the group. A quarter of them have 3HD, including two clerics. The leader of the group will be a warlord's son, 4HD, wearing chainmail and desperate to prove himself. About a quarter in total will be willing to ride shaggy pigs in to battle, trying to sling enemies. In their booty they will be carrying 4d100 silver and 2d6 gold.
6. Warband.
Potentially, a force to be reckoned with. 50+d100 pugs, a quarter with 3HD. There will be a cleric for every twenty pugs (rounded down). The materials and possessions of the band will be carried on carts/sleds pulled by shaggy pigs. Pugs will ride pigs into a fight. The Pug Warlord in charge will have 5HD and will have two sons with him who have 4HD. A pug warband take their spoils with them in chests: 600+2d100 silver and 3d20 gold.
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The news broke today that Google+ has now officially become available to everyone after a three month trial period by invite only.
Why are Google so keen to get into social media? Targeted advertising obviously, but also, to get you to log into Google so they can tailor organic results to you. Its nothing new to Google, but until now, your typical user has not had much cause to log in to Google unless they have a Gmail account or keep a close eye on their web page analytics.
With the rise of "Social Search" we can expect to see search results becoming far more tailored to the individual. What websites have you looked at recently? What businesses do you Like or Follow or +1? What have your friends been doing recently? Who do they work for? The more information they have about you and your "circles", the more likely you will be to see results relating to them. If someone in one of your circles gives Ford Motor Company a +1 and you are searching for a new car, you will be more likely to see your local Ford dealership pop up in your search results if you are logged in to the Google+ social networking platform.
What does this mean for the individual? Time will tell if this is going to make search results more relevant for users. Social search has potential to make your little world a lot smaller. You will be more likely to buy the same t-shirt that your mate just bought online, and find your next door neighbour eating in the same restaurant as you when you are on holiday in the south of France.
What does this mean for business owners? If everyone is being served up different results for exactly the same search, Search Engine Optimisation is going to get a whole lot more difficult. It will be more important than ever for businesses to be active in social media circles, and the more popular you are, the more popular you may become. There is a huge opportunity for early adopters here, and a good social media strategy could mean a huge boost to your position in search results.
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The smell of drying paint is a fine substitute to the reek of vehicle fumes, I can tell you. Well, I have managed to get working on my prototype Dark Future mean machine today. Really, I should be using an airbrush for that 'just out of the spray booth' car look but its somewhere lost in the garage, and to be honest, the WIFE would go ballistic if I started spraying around the kids.
Old fashioned paint it is then...
Before continuing onwards I would like to talk about an email I received from the mysterious, Twisted Moon.
wotcha, just spotted your new dark future blog. it looks good, and dark future is a great game. however, you might like to check out the vehicle design rules before doing too much modelling, especially if you are gluing weapons in place. laters, the dark knight of the twisted moon
|Do you like the grime? Plenty of dust and road filth over this baby. Next step will be drybrushing up the details and the freehand painting.
Additionally, big, big thanks to Kevin Green who has gone a found the link to the old Specialist Games Rule kit that GW put out some years ago. I've linked to it permanently at the top of the page but for those of you who want a copy NOW NOW NOW, here's a direct link!
Dark Future Rules
Now, where's that white undercoat?


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I have a soft spot for dogs.
They truly are "man's best friend".
I used to have an adventure companion when I lived in USA: an Australian Sheppard (think Border Collie).
She would come on most mountain bike rides, or at least on the ones that were not in the blazing sun in the middle of summer, keeping up to any single track speed
She would come backpacking with me in the High Sierra (we overnighted on a peak of 13.000ft once) and on skiing trips.
Foof backpacking in the High Sierra
Once I moved back to Australia I realized that if I had to have a dog here life would be much tougher, for the dog I mean.
Most recreational areas in Australia are designated National Park where domestic animals are not permitted.
A dog in Australia has a much more restricted life.
In my neighbourhood I would be able to exercise a dog off-leash only in designated pathetically confined fenced up "dog parks".
A far cry from the open environments my dog enjoyed in USA.
Occasionally when I go mountain biking, I see well trained dogs run around off-leash in the forest but I am sure that "technically" they would have to be on the lead.
Authorities seem to be much more aggressive here too and it would be probably just a matter of time before I would get a fine if my dog would follow me on my rides.
So, I was very pleased to see a nice boxer accompany his owner on a Sunday paddle.
Funny thing is that the dog was so mellow about the outing that he nodded off, fell asleep, lost his balance and ended up in the drink :-)
After that rude awakening the pooch remained nice and alert for the rest of the trip.
PS any pooch deserves to be loved and cared for. If you really want to keep your dog safe consider the Safety Collar from Tazlab: the only collar that will prevent accidental strangulation...
22 March 2010
Soft spot for pooches...
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Fantastic shot, Dom--nice work!ReplyDelete
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Hi there,what a guy your are! Just found your blog and now completely hooked.ReplyDelete
lots of love Caroline x
Great!!!! Love this pic:)))I would love to have my samojed Nansen at the back of mye kayak:)) Maybe one day c",)ReplyDelete
A very cute dog. What a nose they have! And if yours was like mine, she hogs the side of the tent with the comfy sleeping bag too. They love camping with us. I was just revisiting this post from a link you added to a comment on one of my posts.ReplyDelete
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December 2007 is when Heather wrote the first post on this blog and LoCo became part of our vernacular. We had lived here for 8 years at that point, and I had never heard anyone use that nickname for the county. Not saying she coined the phrase, but here we are almost six years later and we have LoCo Crossfit, LoCo Racing, numerous LoCo groups on Facebook, and our good friend at VivaLoudoun uses LoCo all the time in his top 5's. Heck, we even have our own LoCo beer thanks to Corcoran Brewing Company's LoCo I.P.A.
You can imagine our delight when we found the newest member of the 'LoCo' family, LoCo Beans, in the little red silo at Market Station in Leesburg. If you have been following along with Heather over the last 6 years, you would know how much she loves coffee… so this was the best thing since sliced bread! I had a chance to talk with Chau Pham and Paul Modolo (they're the owners) as they were roasting some deliciousness and discovered they had their one year anniversary on June 16. I have no idea how we missed the opening, but I can promise you we will become regular customers.