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by Sam Loth, Fund Drive Committee Member
The Allens Lane Art Center was born in 1953 when the large mansion on the corner of McCallum Street and Allens Lane was razed, leaving only the rear carriage house standing on seven acres of Fairmount Park land. Today's Art Center, in the former carriage house and surrounding park, hosts thousands of visitors annually who access the facility for theater productions, art and dance classes, art exhibitions and a summer art camp for kids, while the surrounding parkland boasts five tennis courts, a basketball court, a softball field and a full-sized children's playground.
Executive Director Craig Stover explains that Allens Lane Art Center is almost like having four different art centers in one. First, there is a complete theater program that is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Each year Allens Lane Art Center announces a call for new plays from area directors, which draws an average of 50 proposals. Five plays are chosen with each play mounting eight performances. Craig states that so far, in the 60 years since they have been doing this, no play has ever been repeated.
The second large program includes a wide variety of art and dance classes for all ages and disciplines, which keeps the Center busy daily, year round.
Third, the Center hosts an annual Summer Art Camp that fills up fast. In 2013 the Art Camp accommodated 127 children who were treated to a combined program of arts and athletics including seven field trips to area attractions, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and an outdoor sports/amusement center.
Fourth, the Art Center operates the Carolyn and Howard Alber Gallery, a professional gallery exhibition space currently offering an exhibition featuring works from its innovative program "Vision through Art," a hands-on sculpture class for blind and visually impaired artists. The exhibition celebrates the 25th anniversary of this program through Dec. 20. Many of the pieces are available for purchase.
Craig and his staff of three manage to run the multi-faceted Allens Lane Art Center on a modest budget of about $320,000 per year. Funding comes from numerous streams: program fees, individual donations, corporate sponsorships and a number of grants, including our Chestnut Hill Community Fund grant. Because the Art Center is located on Fairmount Park land, it has the benefit of being overseen by Lucy Strackouse, executive director of the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust who also serves as the Allens Lane Art Center's board president. Craig emphasizes that the Art Center is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit and does not receive direct funding from Philadelphia's Parks and Recreation Department.
While financial support for the Allens Lane Art Center is diversified, it is by no means easy to come by. In 2007, one year after Craig took the reins of the organization, the center had just completed a successful capital campaign that resulted in $1.25 million in facility improvements. I remember attending Allens Lane Art Center plays back in the 1970s when ascending the stairs to the theater section was an adventure unto itself. Today the facility is modern, clean and up to code.
The Allens Lane Art Center (ALAC) promotes its values as follows: Allens Lane Art Center offers opportunities for people to explore their creative potential. These programs and activities are important because artistic experience and expression enhance the quality of life. Allens Lane Art Center strives to make its programs available to those who might otherwise be unable to participate. In carrying out its mission, Allens Lane Art Center is committed to acceptance of social diversity, promotion of a collaborative environment, personal empowerment, freedom of expression and openness to new ideas. Contact the center at 215-248-0546 or www.allenslane.org.
The Allens Lane Art Center is a true shining gem in our community and deserves our continuing support. The Chestnut Hill Community Fund collects contributions from hundreds of folks like you and redistributes those funds in the form of small grants to worthy nonprofits in Northwest Philadelphia. Please help us to continue supporting the Allens Lane Art Center and over 30 other worthy organizations. You can make a contribution in person or by mail to CHCF at 8434 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118, or online to www.chdashboard.com/member/login, or contact Noreen at 215-248-8810. Thank you.


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Here are some aspects that tie in with time and are part of how long it takes to make a 'work of art':
- years of growing up - finding out who you are
- growing in wisdom and sensitivity (hey, life has a way of giving us opportunity for those things) - that can sure lend maturity to one's artwork
- growing in painting skills over the years
- time involved in the inception of an idea to paint
- time taken to travel to and explore a place where subject matter is found
- time mulling the idea over before it's even begins to be visually expressed
- time spent possibly sketching out an idea before ever putting it to canvas
- time spent when taking a break from a painting to reconsider or ponder parts of the painting
- unplanned interruptions or responsibilities in life that take the artist away from the work for a season
- sometimes purposely putting the painting on hold because it's not flowing and a break from the work is necessary - to maintain or restore 'sanity', find the creative flow again, restore the joy of painting!
- physical handicaps or ailments
- needing to get that 'feel' in a painting
|"Have A Chair" acrylic on canvas 40"x30"
©Nancy Teague 2011
Well, for me my newest painting, "Have A Chair", completed in August 2011 wins the prize for taking the longest time. I began this painting in February 2010. Yikes! - that's one and a half years! However, please know that all the aspects listed above are part of this painting.
Hey, I wonder if that breaks a record in longest time to complete a painting?!
Well, there's more to the story of these chairs - additional posts coming. In the meantime, may you find a comfortable chair and enjoy some light.

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I don't get to travel to nearly as many festivals as I'd like. Work, and obligations, and the fact that I make money more like a deck hand than a pirate lord keep me closer to home than I want to be. (Though if anyone would like to hire a pirate storyteller for their event, just shoot me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com) So I don't get to hear as much pirate music as I'd like.
But lately I've discovered some new (to me) bands and some new songs.
The Musical Blades started out a decade ago, as a comedy sword act in Kansas City – just about as far from piratical waters as it's possible to get! Over the years their act grew and evolved, until they are now a full-fledged pirate band. The Blades have just released their tenth full-length album, "Live at the Voodoo."
This group is tight, talented, and very creative. Renaissance Magazine awarded them Best New CD, Best Live Music Group, and Best Comedy Musical Show for 2016, with additional awards coming from other sources. Even their Facebook Page has won awards!
All I can say about these guys is – Where have you been all my life? (Yeah, I know. I've had my head stuck in a history book.)
So, for your enjoyment, here is the first of two of my favorite Blades songs, an original with a deceptively slow intro. Listen carefully, and you'll catch a line from Pirates of the Caribbean, Curse of the Black Pearl.
Gotta dig the Black Sails images on this. (Black Sails had some great moments and a few idiotic ones, but the cinematography was always outstanding.)
Now, for our next offering, a song with a long history. A VERY long history. "Whiskey in the Jar" probably dates back to about the middle of the 17th century. There is some evidence that it was at least partially based on the life of an Irish highwayman (robber) named Patrick Flemmen who was hanged in 1650.
It's an Irish rebel song, sung by nearly anyone who didn't like being occupied by the English. The basic story is about a highwayman who robs an English army captain and gets away with the money. He goes home to his wife/lover, taking the loot. But as he sleeps, she betrays him and he is captured. The song often ends with the singer's hope that his brother will help him escape, and the two of them will be robbers together in the Irish mountains.
And what does this have to do with pirates? Not a single thing.
BUT the song has been stuck into pirate playlists for decades. Pirates, after all, didn't like the English, and they considered themselves to be in a state of rebellion. It doesn't hurt at all that the Englishman robbed is a "captain." And different version of the song have been sung in Scotland and even the United States – anywhere the English were unwelcome.
But even though the song is very popular, it still has not much to do with pirates. Until the Musical Blades got a hold of it. That is. A little pirate history, a little lyrical magic, and we have a filk song – a song whose lyrics have been altered in order to appeal to a special interest group, in this case, pirate lovers.
Our next band is The Jolly Rogers, another group that flits around the Midwest. They've been recording since 1992, with a total of 12 albums to their credit (thought the first 4 are out of print.) Their latest, XXV (Twenty five in Roman numerals, for those of you who ain't read your classics.) The album covers a lot of ground – 32 songs, ranging from traditional shanties to original works.
This group does not have the professional finish of the Blades, but enthusiasm, imagination and hard work have taken them a long way. My favorite here is "The Flying Dutchman." It's hard to do a whole song that's frightening and creepy, but the Rogers manage it here quite nicely. The driving rhythms move the song forward and the lyrics send a shiver up your spine.
I've saved the best for last. It's been out since 2007, an comes from a real-live revolutionary. David Rovics is an anarchist, a critic of the Republican Party, Democratic Party, George W. Bush, and John Kerry. He also knows his pirates.
Rovics' song is as close to history as a pirate song has ever gotten, and it's pretty plain that he wishes that the pirates had taken over the world. Rovics is so enthusiastic about the "pirate" lifestyle that he has a song called "Steal this MP3." And he gives a lot of his music away for free. And sheet music. And you can watch the video on his site without commercials.
So that's my latest pirate music lineup. Visit the sites, download the music, and support these artists. It's the piratical thing to do.


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I moved, again! It's the 5th time since I've began this blog, and, I think, the 9th in total.
My parents said this was the easiest move so far. I left Mariana's house and my stuff fit in a total of two carton boxes, three ikea bags and a backpack.
I am now living in the house my family bought in the city. A friend told me it looks like an apartment that was renovated by an old lady, and I think that's the best description I can give you of the place. The house manages to be both new and antiquated.
And not in a hip-vintage way.
But I like it. It looks like the places I rented before. Only newer. and the chairs aren't plastic, and the windows don't shake when a bus drives by, and there aren't seaguls fighting with cats outside my bedroom window.
Still it was strange to move here. I spent seven years and nine houses perfecting the art of keeping it to the minimum. I didn't need all my books, I didn't need all my clothes. I rarely ever bought decorations.
I accommodated to my restrictions of space, and to the restrictions of not knowing where I would be in a few months: I had small wardrobes and short term plans.
But now, there's more space than things and my whole "take only what you need" philosophy is worthless! My parents brought me another shelf today because "it's going to be useful, you'll see" and swear to god I've been going around the house trying to find things to put on it and I have nothing. It's just sitting there half empty:
I'm also expected to have opinions on curtains, rug colours and positioning of a dinner table. and I have no idea. I have honestly no opinion formed on where a dinner table should go. Anywhere is fine. As long as I can sit and have dinner on it.
But whenever I express that to my mother she looks at me with disappointment, because I'm not rejoicing on the privilege of being able to pick a place where my dinner table will be located.
BUT I DO!! I'm happy to be able to decide how and where I want my dinner table, it's just that that doesn't make me any more qualified to actually pick a place for it!
I never in my life entered a room and felt a certain table was out of place! NEVER! ANYWHERE IS GOOD!
Anyway, we survived five Ikea trips, we'll make it through this.


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Today is the day for the HOLIDAY RELEASE!!
I received the beautiful Holy Stars die to create with and made two cards to share with you.
I used several blue distress oxide inks to create the background. I swiped the ink pads on the craft sheet, spritzed with water, and laid the card down into it.
I blended the antique linen over it to soften it a bit, and create more of a cloudy sky feel.
Then I added the believe (Simon's soft navy) and stars (Simon's Burnished Rose) and stamped the inside.
I used the Tim Holtz Stamptember 2017 set for this card. I created a background similar to the Believe card, but using only two blues. Then, I took the darker blue and the stencil and added the next layer.
Next, I stamped the trees and deer with the soft brown and edged the card with that also. Final step was to layer the tree (Simon's soft navy) and star (Simon's Burnished Rose) onto the card and stamp a sentiment on the inside.
I hope you've enjoyed the holiday inspiration!
Happy Holiday crafting!


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24 March 2011
Dear JALT members,
People all over the world are saddened by the disastrous effects of the Tohoku Kanto earthquake and the resulting tsunami of March 11, 2011. The consequent problems at the nuclear power plant site in Fukushima are, at the time of writing, still very unclear and the possible long-term effects of radiation exposure loom in the minds of those of us in Japan and our friends and family members worldwide. Our hearts and prayers go out to all those affected by these terrible events.
Amidst all the bad news, the disasters have shown the world that patience, civility, and perseverance are three fundamental traits of Japanese people, and that these character traits survive even when being tested under unthinkable conditions. I have just returned from the TESOL Convention in New Orleans, and I can't count how many people there expressed their deep sympathy for victims of the disasters in Japan, and then showed me faces glowing with admiration for the way the Japanese people have acted in the face of this mounting tragedy.
I am very proud of how JALT members and the JALT Central Office have responded to this crisis. The Board of Directors first gathered as much information and ideas for action as we could from each other and from officers and members of JALT. We then contacted as many of the 254 current or recent members in Aomori, Ibaraki, Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures as possible. So far, the response has been incredibly uplifting. Not only have we received good news of the safety of the members of our JALT family, but our members have also displayed their own incredible courage, empathy, and good humor despite the circumstances that surround them. Some of the replies to our inquiries include:
"Thank you for the email and your concern. My family and I are doing well. In return, if you need any help from me, just say the word."
"I'm safe, in an evacuation centre in Yagiyama, helping out."
"I am from Ibaraki chapter. I am OK although my apartment is not."
"Thank you for the concern. I am one of the fortunate ones."
"Now we are scared of big aftershocks and leaking radiation, but we are really thankful that we are alive."
I'm also glad to report that, as per JALT's nature as a decentralized, grassroots-oriented organization, many discrete parts of JALT are responding to the crisis with empathy and ingenuity. For example, the Shinshu Chapter has offered to organize offers of shelter for evacuees, and from their example I am sure many other Chapters will do so as well. The Pan-SIG organizers have decided to implement a number of fundraising plans in connection with their conference. The JALT Chapters in the most affected areas are also contacting their members to find out their status and what can be done for them.
In the months and years ahead we will continue to do our best to help those in northeastern Japan recover from this disaster. After we learn of their needs we will respond in a way that uses our resources as an association of language teachers in the most effective manner. Teacher training, materials provision, and volunteer teaching are a few ways that we may deploy our resources. With your help we will find many more ways to employ our most precious asset: our members.
At this time I would urge you to please check our primary information page on the crisis, <jalt.org/emergency_response>, and send a message to us at <firstname.lastname@example.com> if you have any information or suggestions on how we can respond to this crisis.
All of us on the Board really appreciate everyone taking heart and doing their best to help JALT members do whatever they can to alleviate suffering and assist in the recovery efforts. Thank you very much for your generosity and continued support.
With gratitude and best wishes,
Kevin Cleary
President, NPO JALT


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About the Poem
This is a poem about a boy that I go to school with. I have had a crush on him for 3 years, and we have become really good friend. I am scared that if we move onto the next level of love we will loose our friendship - and that is a life-altering thing when you are 17 years old.
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awEsOme pOem!. it reaLLy reminDs me wHen i wAs a 4th yEar high scHoOL. i havE a cRuSh on a gUy. thOugh i kNow he cAnt faLL for mE. he cant bE minE. saD bUt tRue!
i luvvvvvv iiiiiiiiiittttttttt!
Oh my word this poem is so true to so many girls. hand in there angel some day he'll realise that you do have feelings for him. i felt the same way about my best guy friend mat i've known him for 11 years i love him so much but just some friendships are so much better then relationships. . . keep your head up love and remember no man is worth your tears and the one who is wont make you cry! love ya
this poem describes how i feel aboout this guy[one of my bff]. i'v known him like 4ever, but i can never tell him dat i lke him becasue i'm afraid if i tell him he would treat me differently or tellin him would ruin our friendship. i've lwayzz planned 2 tell him, but i rlly dont hav d guts 2. dis poem is the best poem that i've ever read
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I Know I Can't Have You
|by Princess
Everything was simple
Everything was fine
I knew I couldn't have you
And I knew why
I tried to move on
I dated other guys
But then we'd hang out
And I knew, to myself I lied.
You noticed me drifting
You said "please explain"
But, I didn't want to loose you
So, I tried to deal with the pain.
It's hard to be with you
It gets harder each day
When I look in your eyes
I feel my body floating away
I miss the way it used to be
You don't feel the change
You don't know I really love you
I'm sure to you, it's just a game
As I close my eyes tonight
I'll pray as I was taught to do
I'll pray that you realize that
I love you, but I can't have you
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I loved this poem it is so true i have the same relationhip with a friend of mine. I have had a crush on him for three years and we are now very very close friends.
I love this poem, because it expresses just how i feel. i really like this guy but i cant have him-he doesnt have the same beliefs as me. i wish it didnt matter but it does, beause my faith in god isnt about a routine every sunday it affects all my choices in life and how i treat others- he wud never understand this part of me, a big part of me. Therefore i shouldnt really go out with him. it wudnt be good for me. yet i want him to know. o love is so tireing and complex
I actually sat down at the computer today to Google up a poem, lyrics, anything that would help me get through a problem much like your own. In your simple, sweet poem, my heart went 'twang' and I know now, I can get through this. Thank you.
I like this guy. a LOT, but we barely even know each other, and I KNOW he'd never go for me. he could go for any girl he wants! Anyways, he's got a girl that is WAY more worthy of him than me. and I can't even hate her for it becaus EI love her as much as he does. Anyways. it always helps to read poems like this. Thanks!
this poem made me think of the love i had for one of my good friends but i counldnt have him because he had someone elas
I Luved LuVed LovEd it! Awesum waii of expressin urself! I LUVED LUVED LOVED it!
very weldone, im gointh though the same thing but with a girl. so i can understand.
i think this poem is sooo. good
this poem is a great poem i love it is realy good to me
I love this poem! I am going through this exact same thing with a guy right now. I am a poet myself, but sometimes I just want to read, not write. Anyway, thank you very much.
this peom touched me it really did thank you for writting this
I really loved this poem i have the same exact thing happening with me and a few other guys at mi skool ahhhh. Mariah Borjon 100 out of a 10
great poem!
that was great i fell like that some times to
omg princess i absoloutly loved your poem because it describes my relashion ship to but instead of loving them 4 three years i have known him since pre-school and i love him so much but i couldnt go out with him and he doesnt know i love it him but to make it worse i am kinnda goin out with his friend but i love him but i cant tell him it sux i wrote a poem to but i cant put mine on sites because there not good enough well i just wanna let u know u touched me with ure poem i love it maybe . if u love sum one u should tell them because u neva know they mite like u back . xoxox KiMmI
i love this poem its so true there is a guy named dustin that i really love in i no i can never have him but i hope one day he will reallise how much i love him!
omfg i luv this poem so much. it is so true about this kid tht i like!i luv u 4 makin this poem. even tho i dont no u but thts okay! n is this like about some1 u like in like real life or juss somthin u made
hey this is just like me, there is a boy we are good friends but i also like him a lot and i know that i want have him b/c of that is my x-boyfriend friend and i know i couldn't have him b/c it would destory there friendship and maybe ours too. and now i found out my best used 2 go with him and now i know i couldn't have him b/c of that now all i can do is just look at him now as i good friend. And i love ur poem it is very much like what i'm going turn right now. but continue on gurl writting ur poems,ur a good poet.
I know how you feel, I'm 17 too and in the same situation. I feel he likes me but I just don't have the courage to find out. Good luck!
this poem is so cute i could really realte myself to it if i had read it last year cuz i was in the same situation
Hey, your poem was amazing & I can completly relate. There is a guy I like and we're the best of friends and as much as I want to be with him I don't want to risk the friendship.
I Liked This Poem. I Was Feeling Down At The Time Thinking about this boy who is a mate but i wish was something more as well. But he has a girlfriend!. Its so confussing because i know im only young but still. And also when me and him are alone we have to bestest times together!x And He has told me he is falling for me 2. but then a couple of days ago i went out with my mates and he was there with his girlfriend and he was sooo horrible to me and them to was all other each other. i wanted to world to eat me!
This poem touched me becoz Im also facing the same problem but I cant say I will not have him becoz I am praying that I do get him
Wow! This is exactly how i feel about the guy i like, except, now he knows i like him, were still really good friends.
This is a really good poem it means a lot to me that someone out there feels the exact same way as i do.
thats sad. hopefully you can get around that situation and try to move the friendship a level up. i know how you are feeling. trust me! ~mary~
i love this poem it really really touched me i have the same problem with a kid at me school and i love him to death but i have known him sence elementry school i love this kid and you poem really really really really really really touched me! thank you very much
This poem really touched me! It sounds exactly how i feel now!
I really liked this poem. It reminded me of a poem I wrote about an ex boyfriend of mine.
great. really great
wow i love that poem it explains exactly how i feel about a guy right now thankyou so much for letting me know im not the only person who feels like that. you are a wonderful poet.
awww. i love your poem. its so tounches. so yeah. keep it up. bye
This is a beautiful poem. its great
i like this poem it remind me of this guy and i now i wondern if i could have him
i love your poem. it's like a reflection of the situation that i am living right now. Princess you are the BEST poet writter ever!
This poem really touched my heart. Because it's like a reflection of my life. I really like a special person but I know I can't have that person. It really hurts deep inside and knowing that other people feel the same way as I do makes me feel much better. I love your poem!
this is such a good poem. omg i can relate to this one hundred and ten percent. good job to the writer. amazing talent, i love to write as well and i really like this one!
Dearest, I am in your same position. Except I have dated this guy. and I love him with all my heart. And I know he doesnt like me the way he wants me to, but since i have broken up with him i have done a lot of stupid stuff. And it has been 3 1/2 years! So dont feel bad hunnie. i know what you are going through. just take time. and you will get through this!
this poem really meant alot considering i can relate to it b/c im just now going through the same
I really liked your poem. I love a boy i can't have and we did go out but he cheated on me but i can't help loving him. Even though he has hurt me, i just can't stop loving him!
it's very frank and concise.
I really like ur poems there so nice and true. Im really heart and ur poeams make me better
i loved this poem, i feel the same way, he was my first bf and he broke my heart but i still love him and its so hard to date other guys, cuz i love him so much
I think your poem is very touching, I nearly cried. I know what it's like loving someone. Keep up the good work
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- Is solving n x n Ken Ken puzzle NP-complete ?
Friday, March 13, 2009
Complexity of Ken Ken Game
I came across this puzzle named Ken Ken. It is Sudoku-type puzzle with arithmetic constraints. Here is a complexity question :
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Self-contained machines include both the icemaker and the container for storing it in one unit. They're bigger and produce more ice than your typical consumer models, but smaller than commercial ice maker. They come in both undercounter and countertop configurations and are easier to fit into tight spaces than ice maker for sale .
The tradeoff, as you would expect, is that they don't make as much ice as modular machines, and don't provide as much storage space. For smaller bars or cafes, they may well suffice, all while allowing more space for other needs in the kitchen. For larger cafeterias or restaurants, you'll likely need to go with a modular ice machine.
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Modular commercial ice maker for sale only make the ice; you'll have to buy a separate storage bin to keep the ice in once it's made. They're the best choice for any commercial kitchen that needs to be able to keep a lot of ice on hand and ready. They produce large amounts of ice quickly and are designed to be easy to attach to a storage bin that's the size of your choosing.
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We are a full scale real estate company, duly licensed under Texas Real Estate Law.
Our objective is to place qualified applicants in your properties, and to maintain those properties at the optimum level that will be most beneficial for you, the owner. Our company offers fully qualified agents, who have over one hundred years of combined experience, to provide any and all sales, leasing, and management services.
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Table of Contents
The Basic Concepts
- What is Database Management System?
- The file based system, Limitations of file based system
- Advantages of Database Approach
- The DBMS Architecture
- Role of Database Administrator
Relational and ER Models
- The Relational Model
- Relational Constraints
- Relational Algebra
- Relational Operations
- Entity Relationship (ER) Model
- Defining Relationship for College Database, E-R Diagram, Conversion of E-R Diagram to Relational Database
Unit 3 : Database Integrity and Normalisation
Relational Database Integrity, The Keys, Referential Integrity, Entity Integrity, Redundancy and Associated Problems, Single-Valued Dependencies, Single-Valued Normalisation, The First Normal Form, The Second Normal Form, The Third Normal Form, Boyce Codd Normal Form, Desirable Properties of Decomposition, Attribute Preservation, Lossless-join Decomposition, Dependency Preservation, Lack of redundancy, Rules of Data Normalisation, Eliminate Repeating Groups, Eliminate Redundant Data, Eliminate Columns Not Dependent on Key.
Unit 4 : File Organisation in DBMS
Physical Database Design Issues, Storage of Database on Hard Disks, File Organisation and Its Types, Heap files (Unordered files), Sequential File Organisation, Indexed (Indexed Sequential) File Organisation, Hashed File Organisation, Types of Indexes, Index and Tree Structure, Multi-key File Organisation, Need for Multiple Access Paths, Multi-list File Organisation, Inverted File Organisation, Importance of File Organisation in Databases
BLOCK 2: Structured Query Language and Transaction Management
Unit 1 : The Structures Query Language
What is SQL? Data Definition Language, Data Manipulation Language, Data Control, Database Objects: Views, Sequences, Indexes and Synonyms, Table Handling, Nested Queries
Unit 2 : Transactions and Concurrency Management
The Transactions, The Concurrent Transactions, The Locking Protocol, Serialisable Schedules, Locks Two Phase Locking (2PL), Deadlock and its Prevention, Optimistic Concurrency Control.
Unit 3 : Database Recovery and Security
What is Recovery? Kinds of failures, Failure controlling methods, Database errors, Recovery Techniques, Security & Integrity, Relationship between Security and Integrity, Difference between Operating System and Database Security, Authorization


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What to get the guy who has everything for Christmas?
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If only all questions could be answered this easily.
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I just bought myself a new sock collection. Winter can come :)
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Yep - that was an easy answer in your case. But in mine - not so much. First I would have to go through the sock drawer and get rid of all the the - ahem - sub-standard ones or the ones that are missing a partner - hahaha - wish me luck finding something for him :)ReplyDelete
I'd say that would be a perfect gift!ReplyDelete
Love it, it's true we never buy socks
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I saw a new trio of trees in a for-sale knitting pattern on Ravelry. I dug them! And then I thought I can do that in crochet!
I stayed up last night til this morning and finished them
The one on the left is an original pattern. The one in the middle is a free pattern online.
The one on the right is improvised.
I've written the tree pattern. Will strive to make another one tonight to test it.
So many of the list pages are malware or fronts for selling, so I hope you'll enjoy seeing what I found as I searched around.
Other Christmas Tree patterns:
http://www.mypicot.com/christmas_crochet_patterns04.html -- fab tree with branches
On Michael's
http://www.michaels.com/art/online/projectsheet?pid=h00062 this reads familiar, but the base is looped before branches are added-- i think I'll try this one when i finish with my giftmaking.
She makes the bottom separate-- i prefer to never sew and so for my little tree on right, backstitch decreases gave me a flat bottom.
http://sarahanns.com/crochetworks/tptoppers.html fabulous site fabulous
http://sarahanns.com/crochetworks/gingerbread.html great tiny tree!
a 13-inch tree
love this! it's the insight that gave me the tiny tree.
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In last week's Charity Update, we announced that we were opening up a Red Cross Sandy Relief Fund to help those who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. After just a week of donations, we've already taken in almost 450,000 Swag Bucks. This is absolutely incredible, and just goes to show what generous Swaggernauts we have, especially when there are personal ties involved. Being that the East Coast is currently in a state of emergency, we want to send our help as soon as possible. We have decided that we will be sending the first round of donations for the American Red Cross Superstorm Sandy Relief Fund on Friday, November 9th. If you would like your donation to be included in this first round, be sure to get your contribution in by Friday, November 9th at 12pm PST. Also, we want our help to go a long way, so Swagbucks is going to increase your donation! Here's how. Very shortly, we will be sending out a tweet on our Twitter page. For every ReTweet that initial tweet gets, we will increase the donation. The tweet will look like this:
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Be sure to ReTweet it yourself, and tell your friends and family to ReTweet it, as well. The more ReTweets, the higher the donation that will be made to the American Red Cross Superstorm Sandy Relief Fund on Friday, November 9th. Keep in mind, this charity will remain open for donations, as we will be sending them another check later in the year.
In addition to the American Red Cross Superstorm Sandy Relief Fund, we have other charities still available for your donations until the end of the year. We are proud to announce that, as of November 1st, charity:water has returned to the Swag Store as an option to donate. charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations. They use 100% of public donations to directly fund sustainable water solutions in areas of greatest need. Right now, 800 million people on the planet don't have access clean and safe drinking water. That's one in nine of us. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of diseases and kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. Children are especially vulnerable, as their bodies aren't strong enough to fight diarrhea, dysentery and other illnesses. Just $20 can give one person access to clean water.
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The reception is directly situated at the entrance of the park. Here you're at the right (proper) place to ask all of your questions and to book your reservations. At the reception tens of leaflets containing all available information about the facilities in and around the park are shown
Indoor Swimming Pool
Swimming is possible all year round in the indoor pool at EuroParcs Resort De Achterhoek! Swimming fun for young and old!
Restaurant Friends 'n Bites
Due to extenuating circumstances Restaurant Friends 'n Bites is closed for an undefined amount of time. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Bicycle- and kart rental service
From the country estate of Ruighenrode you can make beautiful biking tours through the environment. Visit the sociable town of Lochem or go biking the castle route! A wonderful trip which is going to lead along the most beautiful castles in the province of Gelderland.
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Estate Ruighenrode has three pétanque courts spread across the park. It is possible to lend official jeu de boules balls at the reception, in exchange for a deposit.
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Enjoy miniature golf with the entire family. For only €3 per person, you can play miniature golf on the 18-hole miniature golf course of Resort De Achterhoek. Golf clubs for young and old can be picked up at reception where you will also be given miniature golf balls and an individual scoring form.
€ 3,- p.p.
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Did you forget to bring something? No problem! You will find a mini market near the reception of EuroParcs Resort De Achterhoek. Here you can find food items, soft drinks, and various non-food items. Opening hours are the same as that of the reception.
Recreation team Sportwijzer provides a recreation program for both young and old during the school holidays. Some examples of the activities are a hexathlon, wall climbing, and even creepy haunted tours. Events are regularly planned during the high season, such as bouncy castles and other extra special activities.
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Recreation pond
The country estate of Ruighenrode has a wonderful recreation pond, which is suitable for both young and old. Surrounded by tiny sand beaches and little grass fields , it's great to be here! Swimming is allowed and this also counts for going out boating. If you would like to go fishing, you'll have to go to one of the the special fishing spots.
Ruighland playing paradise
The children at the holiday park in the country estate of Ruighenrode can, especially if the weather is a bit less accommodating, nicely play indoor in Kidz playing paradise "Ruighland" . A magnificent indoor playing paradise has been installed, which has been completely arranged in the style of a circus.
Children can let themselves go in several large and small play grounds on the country estate of Ruighenrode. There are climbing frames and at the swimming pond a super-big air trampoline is situated.
Taste & More Family Take Away
Due to extenuating circumstances Taste & More Family Take Away is closed for an undefined amount of time. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
During your holiday you can nicely entertain yourself while hitting a couple of balls on the tennis-court of the country estate of Ruighenrode.
€7,- per baan per uur, inclusief gebruik van rackets en tennisballen.More
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It's only possible to use WIFI at the Grand Cafe Merlot. The restaurant is situated at the front of the park next to the reception.


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Automatic soap dispenser, Battery version
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Colour: Chrome
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The soap dispenser is also activated by a sensor, which allows for hygienic, touch-free use. It automatically dispenses the amount of soap needed for one hand washing. The soap dispenser is available in two versions – battery operated and with power plug.


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Bill Ties Police Raises to Education
BOSTON — Police officers would be eligible for pay raises after completing a variety of college courses — not just those associated with law enforcement — under legislation proposed at the Statehouse.
State Rep. Martin Walsh, D-Dorchester, wants to expand the Quinn Bill, which gives raises of up to 25 percent to officers with college degrees.
Find a school that will get you ready for a career in rescue and public safety.
Walsh's bill would delete language in the law that directs the state Board of Higher Education to maintain a list of approved courses leading to law enforcement degrees. He said officers should be able to take courses in areas increasingly important to their work, such as computer science and chemistry.
"The job of a police officer is a lot different from what it was 20 or 30 years ago," he said. "They should be able to get advanced degrees in a whole host of areas, not just in public safety."
But critics said the bill would give pay raises for classes that offer few benefits to the public.
"They could get a master's degree in basket-weaving and still get a 25 percent pay increase," said Sam Tyler of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, a government watchdog group. "This would be a real step back in terms of trying to ensure that a well-educated police force is serving the public."
Legislators amended the Quinn Bill, which costs about $105 million annually, in 2003 after reviews found officers were getting raises for classes of questionable value. Degree programs now must be approved by the Department of Higher Education.
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It's not easy to hear that you have stage-four colon cancer, and even harder to be told you're having ostomy surgery on the very same day. But on April 22, 2014, that's exactly what happened to me. It was a shock, and adjusting to a colostomy was hard. I'd heard of an ostomy but didn't know much about it. Chemo treatment followed my surgery, and it wasn't easy either. But I made it through because of my faith and the help of my friends and loved ones.
Emergency surgery leads to an ostomy...and saves a life.
That was more than two years ago, and I'm healed, adjusted to my ostomy, enjoying retirement and living a full life.
Today, I do whatever I want to do. This pouch doesn't stop me! I can wear any type clothing I want to wear. I exercise every day. I go to the gym and work out on the weights and aerobics. I walk about a mile and a half up and down the hills where I live. I've walked mountain trails in Washington state, taken pictures of beautiful snow-capped Mt. Rainier and hiked to water falls. And I'm planning a trip to Glacier National Park.
My faith has brought me this far and I plan to keep going for a long time. If this colostomy has to be a part of my life, then so be it. No one really wants to deal with a pouch, but I am alive.
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Sunday, February 14, 2016
'Pearls among hearts' necklace
Thinking of the next beading tutorial, I wanted to embody a few ideas in a single item:
- at first, I wanted to make a beaded item for Valentine's Day,
- at second, I wanted to make an item of beaded jewelry and most of all, a necklace,
- at third, that beaded item should be quite simple and shouldn't need complicated weaving techniques and a large variety of materials,
- at fourth, despite of the above mentioned simplicity that beaded item should be original, elegant and attractive.
As a result, I made a necklace with heart-shaped elements and pearl beads. I called it the 'Pearls among hearts' necklace.
To make this necklace I used the beading technique of cubic right angle weave (CRAW) and a very simple range of materials:
- red color Czech seed beads of two sizes: 10/0 and 8/0,
- 10 mm pearl beads of white color,
- clasp for a necklace,
- nylon fishing line 0.2 mm thick and one or two beading needles (depends on the stringing method you use for making CRAW).
This bracelet consists of heart shaped elements, connected together with pearl beads. First of all, you should make 11 such single elements out of small red seed beads. To make them, follow this tutorial. For the each heart use a line 150 cm long (it's a bit longer than is needed for the element, but you will use the tails later for connecting the elements to each other).
Before you start connecting the hearts to each other, you should learn a trick that is used for attaching a round bead to a CRAW rope. We used such a trick earlier, you can find and learn it here.
In fact, all the further work will be conducted this way; each time we will attach a round pearl bead between two selected seed beads in the hearts. All those seed beads lie in the central line of the outer perimeter of the heart. To help you select the right seed bead in the heart each time, let's count all those seed beads. The seed bead number 1 is the one that lies in the tip of the heart. The seed bead number 2 is the next seed bead in the central line of the outer perimeter of the heart, and so on as it is shown on the next photo. In this way you should number the beads on both sides of the heart: to the right from the seed bead number 1 as well as to the left from that seed bead.
Now put aside 2 of the 11 hearts, we will need them a bit later. To the tip of the each of the other 9 hearts attach a pearl bead. To do it, use an additional seed bead (I used size 8/0 seed bead due to a large hole in the pearl bead). In fact, you should attach the pearl bead between two seed beads: the first seed bead is the seed bead number 1 in the heart and the second seed bead is the additional seed bead.
Next, start connecting the hearts to each other to get the basic part of the necklace.
Start with two hearts without pearl beads on the tip. These hearts will from the very central part of the necklace.
Connect them together using one pearl bead. Attach this pearl bead to the seed beads number 6 in the central line of the outer perimeter of the each heart.
Next, below those hearts attach one more heart.
Use two pearl beads. Attach them to the seed beads number 2 in the upper hearts and to the seed beads number 8 on both sides of the third heart.
We've got the central part of the necklace. Now proceed with the side parts, make them one after another symmetrically with respect to the center of the necklace.
Each side part of the necklace consists of 4 hearts; attach them successively. Each time use the following rule: attach the pearl bead to the seed bead number 7 in the heart that is already connected to the necklace and to the seed bead number 6 in the heart that is to be connected to the necklace.
Thus, the each new heart turns slightly upward and toward the center of the necklace, giving to the necklace its typical rounded shape.
To complete the necklace, make additional CRAW ropes at both sides of the necklace. To start weaving a rope, choose on the extreme heart a 4-bead unit that contains the seed beads number 6 and 7.
The length of the CRAW rope should be determined by try-on, depending on the desired size of the necklace. For my necklace I made a rope of 25 cubes at one side and a rope of 23 cubes at the other side (I needed a small difference due to an asymmetric clasp).
Now attach the clasp. I used the same method that had been used here.
Choosing a specific way of attaching the clasp, make sure the buttoned clasp lies on the neck and doesn't stand sideways.
At last, secure and trim all the remaining tips of the line. The necklace is finished!
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20 July 2014
The time you move across country for a job, only to turn around and go right back to where you started...
My husband recently took a job that moved us across country, only to arrive and have it "not work out" to simply put it. (I can't give much detail on it, as we are probably going to take legal action regarding the events)
Our home in Phoenix never sold, so we have somewhere to go home to, and thankfully my husband's previous job are rehiring him back.
As for me and my job, I am not so lucky, and was recently told by my former Principal that he filled my spot only a mere few days ago. I was devastated to say the least.
Right now most slots for teaching have been filled, and I am probably going to be job less when school resumes. Not a good feeling. I can sub, at least that will bring in something, but the downside of course is that most teachers don't miss any school till Nov/Dec!
Prayers and positive thoughts are much needed and welcomed.
If any of you are in Arizona, and know someone who knows someone who is a Principal that needs an art teacher, don't hesitate to give them my name! Obviously my blog showcases much of my student's work and achievements!
I know there is the old saying "Everything happens for a reason" and it will all work out, but I am terrified at the moment, simply because I have always had a teaching job for 9 years!
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Oh my gosh! How stressful! glad your husband was able to get his job back. If I hear of anything open for teachers in Phx, I will let you know!ReplyDelete
Thinking of you. I've done a lot of moving due to my husband's job and know how hard it is to find a teaching job at the last minute. I would go on the sub list for a couple districts and maybe look into maternity leaves and long term subbing. Best of luck as you get settled back home!ReplyDelete
Thinking of you beautiful. I know that probably means very little in the grand scheme of things when it all seems to be falling apart around you. But this beautiful life never gives us more than we can handle and there IS a reason it all worked out this way. In the meantime, don't ever forget that you have blog friends to listen and vent to when you don't feel like there's anyone else. XOXReplyDelete
A similar thing happened to me, only I was lucky enough to find a new job in the new town several weeks after moving for the first job. I hope everything works out for the best.ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry that things didn't work out and fell through... that is a sucky feeling! I will send all positive thoughts and prayers your way and I understand how having a solid job for so long and then suddenly to not have one MUST be frightening but remember all the things you are thankful and blessed with and maybe that will help calm you. much loveReplyDelete
Oh no that is just terrible. I'm so sorry to hear that. I'll certainly be sending good thoughts and prayers your way.ReplyDelete
I can't even imagine! What a nightmare, I hope you are able to take some kind of legal action, hopefully your husband had signed something or has a written offer. It has to be so sad to leave your families :(ReplyDelete
I'm so sorry to hear that I hope you win the case against his company because that's horrible to move you all the way across the country to have it go south. I hope you find a job you do great work! Always love seeing the kids work on here! But that is good news that your house is still there at least you don't have to jump that hurdle too..ReplyDelete
so sorry, girl! i know those positions aren't the easiest to come by since there's like usually 1 art teacher a school. i hope you find something soon! thinking of you! :)ReplyDelete
Oh no! That just plain sucks! Good luck with everything!ReplyDelete
Thinking of you!!! You never know what might turn up. I didn't get hired until this time last year. Fingers crossed :)ReplyDelete
Hi, I just did a tour at a new location of a school called Hillcrest Academy on Bell and the 51 freeway. It's a charter school and they have art 3 times a week, I believe. I'm not sure if they are hiring but, I thought I'd pass it along. The Principal is Nicole Kirkley and the Assistant Principal is Kevin Knaack. Again, I'm not sure if it's a good lead but I thought I'd share it as they don't start school until Aug 18th and it's a new location. :) Hope it works out for you!ReplyDelete
OH no! Moving sucks, so I can only imagine moving and then getting sent back Good luck finding a new job!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh! I can't even imagine getting there and then having that happen! Good luck!ReplyDelete
I am literally living this situation right now. We moved from L.A. to Louisville for a job two months ago and now it's "not working out" and we are facing a move back. This has been financially and emotionally devastating. Did I mention we have a 6 month old baby!? Gah. Help me. We are now struggling to find hubby a new job back home from all the way out here. We somehow must come up with the money for the move back as well as rent somewhere without a job lined up. I could just die.ReplyDelete


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The B-2 Stealth Bomber: How the US military will break Gaddafi's spirit
Well, I doubt it, but who knows... Shock and awe seems more successful in getting the western media excited than changing the course of the conflict.
I don't think Qaddafi is going anywhere on his own, mentally he is just too far gone... He'll ride this thing out to the end. Just my guess. The rebels will dig him out of a spider hole a la Saddam.


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Objectivity - a Myth in Media?
Stunned like one stung by the sting of a bee; was the pitiful pain I endured as I listened to Times of Swaziland Editor-in-chief Martin Dlamini telling the PASA Conference delegates that 'objectivity is a myth' in the media.
Was I to a different school of thought, so was that of journalism? Or was am I in the world that no longer told the truth? Seated there in the George Hotel Conference Hall, Manzini Swaziland; I impatiently held my pressure as time ticked on his side.
A pinch of my word bluntly disagreed with him. Objectivity in the media can, has never been, and will never be an allegory. Those who know will tell you that the simplest way to look at objectivity is to seek the truth and tell it fairly. How then, is this a myth? How does talking to the accuser and the accused be a myth? How does saying what you have gotten from your source the way you got it and present it the way you found it; be a myth?
Of course I have seen ne'er-do-wells in the media. Those who sale their journalism souls to the devil himself, just to butter their cup. Does that mean objectivity then is a myth just because of a few spoiled apples in the basket?
I have seen and met gallant men and women pen pushers some of whom have died with badges of honour in the media. How did they do it if objectivity is a myth? Is it because one hasn't found himself in the spot of free thinking and decision making? Hence believing that the foul food his mother prepares is just like any other food any other mother prepares elsewhere? Like being in Europe where Africa is seen as a country and not continent?
Hasn't Journalism become so compromised due to the quality or lack it, of the graduates that get into the system now? Those who are today being tutored and lectured by men and women who have never seen the inside of a practical newsroom? The lectures and tutors who went through a pure academic grilling and graduated with straight As; then immediately brought back to the teaching system to teach others without knowing how it is to be a real journalist?
Does therefore this make objectivity a myth?
One can go for as many years as they wish, being trained as journalists; but the anchor of it all, is to be trained to tell the truth fairly. Those who have gone off rail track have derailed themselves and their career path; and not made objectivity a myth.
Haven't many joined the system as fame seekers and not passionate carriers? With the zeal to make names, haven't they landed themselves in areas of temptations that easily made them forget who they are got the dangling carrot? Does that then make objectivity a myth?
Isn't not telling the truth, a personal choice; and not a societal obligation? So is being fair in how this truth is presented?


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It's a little dusty over here…
If the blog were a physical object, I'd be dusting off some cobwebs right now. Wow! I have been wrapped up in all things in my life and haven't made time to get here to write lately. I have a little guilt about that, as this is my "baby", but really, I can only do so much.
We had a nice Thanksgiving. It was fairly low key, and that was perfect for our family. My sister-in-law did a great job with dinner. Everything was delicious. The boys all tried dinner, and Tate even had 2 helpings of mashed "po-matoes". He also had turkey and a bite of corn. Jake and Cole ate a little, too, so for our family, that was a huge win. Tate sat at the dinner table with the rest of us, and it was refreshing to not have to sit with him in another room while everyone else ate and enjoyed the company of others. Tate also conversed with his cousins and Grandma and aunt and uncle. Hubz and I were astounded. Like jaw-drop astounded…and oh, so proud. (We all know how much that took for him to be able to do!!)
Once we got home, Tate was in meltdown. But home is his "safe" space, and we all gave him the space he needed. He had a rough night sleep-wise, which is always hard for me, too. But the next morning he woke up smiling and giggling, so that was wonderful.
Hubz made some breakfast and we pored over the ads. The boys demolished any ad with toys in it. It's so interesting to see the various stages that our kids are in right now. Jake is in that odd not-quite-big-kid-not-quite-little-kid stage where some of the toys are very appealing on the paper or in a commercial..but he knows he would never play with them much. He has changed his list about 10 times…with a stuffed animal walrus being the only main-stay. Tate is finally making lists!!! And we know that his lists MEAN something. This year he wants a Doc Playset (which has already been purchased), and Angry Birds. He also listed his favorite things so we had worms, bugs, and water on his list, too. Cole loves everything. If he sees a toy in an ad, he wants it. If it's a commercial, he wants THAT. His list is twice as long as he is tall…and growing. I did not partake of Black Friday shopping. Hubz and I did quite a bit online, and from the comfort of our pj's in the kitchen. That was quite nice.
On Saturday, Hubz took the kids over to his parents' house where they played and helped set up Christmas over there..and I was able to run out and do a little shopping without all of the crazy crowds. I finished a good deal of our shopping, and was able to enjoy a few hours by myself, which was much needed. We all got home around the same time, and after setting up our Christmas tree, we went out to Red Robin for an early dinner. Tate orders the same thing every time–grilled cheese, french fries, and lemonade. He also has quite a process for eating his meal. This usually involves him stealing french fries from my plate and adding them to his pile, so that he looks like he has the never-ending fry supply. Luckily we were finishing up as the crowds came in, so we avoided over-stimulation and the like.
Sunday involved much laying around and finishing up odds and ends before everyone was back to the daily grind. We tried to take it easy, but even though we were low key, Tate had a sensory pukefest. *sigh* Once he got showered and into pj's–at 4 pm–he was back to his cheerful, mischievous self. And he was asking for fruit snacks and lemonade, so I think he was fine. Just wish he didn't have to lose it before getting back on track.
Jake was out of sorts, too, but once we let him shower and put pj's on–at 4:30 pm–he was cheery and conversational and the grumpy-teen-like being left our home for a bit.
So we made it through the hustle and bustle of the holiday weekend. Re-entry into school yesterday was a bit rough…but I'm hopeful that as the week goes on, both Jake and Tate ease into their routines. Cole is easy-breezy, as always…if not a bit clingy. I really hope that was just a re-entry issue and not a "getting-sick" issue. Time will tell…and I will try to be better about posting here. Yeesh.


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Council approves $464,700 for third welcome sign
The city of Conroe is laying out a lavish welcome mat costing nearly half a million dollars to drivers entering the downtown area at Frazier and Gladstell streets.
City Council members unanimously approved awarding a construction bid of $464,700 to SpawGlass for the sign during their regular meeting Thursday morning. Because 4B sales tax funds will be used on the project, the Conroe Industrial Development Corporation will have to approve funding during its next meeting in May.
Once the project is complete, three medians at the well-traveled intersection - including the triangular median between North Main and Frazier streets - will be rebuilt with a stone welcome sign, stone monuments, new landscaping, a decorative fountain and arbor, according to information given to the council by Assistant City Administrator Paul Virgadamo Jr. The design will be similar to that used in two signs at Davis and Dallas streets and at East Eighth and Davis streets.
"It will be the largest one (of the welcome signs)," Virgadamo said, "and will have several esplanades. It's a very large area."
The project already has gone before the CIDC for funding, but because the bid came in over the original estimate of $350,000 the CIDC will need to approve the additional $114,700, Virgadamo said.
The increase covers the cost of building along an additional right-of-way, he said.
"We've got three of us on the CIDC who would vote for it," Mayor Pro Tem Jerry Streater said.
Streater and councilmen Jay Ross Martin and Toby Powell also sit on the CIDC board.
"We're certainly in favor of it," Mayor Webb Melder said. "I'm fine going ahead if the CIDC will approve it."
Two grants of $25,000 each from the Houston-Galveston Area Council of been used for the signs at the eastern and western gateways, Virgadamo said, but the city cannot apply again this year for the same grant to help offset costs at the southern gateway.
The council deferred two additional projects costing a projected total $123,075 until its next meeting in two weeks because legalities are still being worked out between the city and Montgomery County.
County commissioners approved about six weeks ago allowing the city to use a site of approximately 3.5 acres just north of the Central Library, located off Interstate 45 north of FM 2854, for the Lone Star Flag Monument and a bronze scupture of a historical Texian figure.
Created by award-winning sculptor Craig Campobella, of Conroe, the statue would be surrounded by 13 historical flags that flew over Texas before it became a state. Projected cost of the statue would be $57,475, while cost of the flag monument is projected at $65,600.
But the city had not heard back from county officials as of Wednesday afternoon on whether the land would be leased or conveyed to Conroe, City Attorney Marcus Winberry said.
"I'd rather wait (to vote) until the land is approved because of design issues," Councilwoman Marsha Porter said.
County Attorney David Walker said Thursday afternoon he had spoken with Virgadamo.
"My understanding is they're comfortable with whatever details are worked out," he said. "My thought is we enter an interlocal agreement for the production for the historical park. The city's contract would be for the development and our contract is the conveyance of the land.
"That's probably the cleanest way to do it."
While the land sits in a floodplain, Walker said he did not see any problems arising from its location.
"It might have to have the elevation raised," he said. "You do have to take care not to greatly disrupt the flow (of the creek next to the site).
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Can you toss a 20-inch pizza 20 feet?
That will be part of the fun at Andrew's Pizza and Skylight Theatre March 4-11 when the Oak Street business celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Trivia contests, free slices, 1991 beer prices, gifts and free movies are other events to expect.
Andrew and Melissa McElderry opened the pizzeria in March 1991, and five years later expanded to add the Skylight Theatre.
Just like old times, the McElderrys will work the counter Tuesday and Saturday.
Films (titles to be announced) from spring 1991 will be shown free at noon on March 5-6.
Here's what's happening at Andrew's:
• March 4, the Gorge Ukulele Festival open mic event starts at 9 p.m.
• March 5, 2 p.m., try your hand at the 20-foot pizza toss, in front of the store.
• March 5, singer-songwriter Alex Ellison, son of manager Chris Ellison, will give a free concert from 6-9 p.m.
• There will be a daily trivia contest for people who can say they have lived in Hood River for 20 years or longer; correct answers deliver 20 gift cards for $20 and 20 T-shirts.
• On March 4-5 the first 20 people who can cite the 1991 price of an 18-inch cheese pizza gets it for that price.
• Each day, free pizza slices will go to the first 20 people to request one.
• All Full Sail beer will be sold at 1991 prices
Question: what was the name of the bakery at 107 Oak St. before Andrew's Pizza opened shop 20 years ago?
Answer: Sail Away Bakery, which was owned by Chris Ellison, who returned from a traveling career in food and beverage eight years ago and has been Andrew's general manager ever since.


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Source: AutoVerdict
October 21, 2017
by Nick Saporito
Buick is apparently already expanding its Avenir sub-brand by bringing the top-tier trim to the LaCrosse sedan. The flashy trim level recently launched first on the Enclave crossover and a promise that more Buick models would gain the added goodies.*
According to GM's own 2018 VIN decoder document, the LaCrosse will be offered in Avenir trim during the 2018 model year. Given the sedan is one of Buick's higher-end products (along with Enclave), it comes as little surprise that it is next on the docket to get an Avenir model.*
Assuming the Avenir formula remains fairly static between Enclave and LaCrosse, we can expect a new three-dimensional grille treatment and higher-end finishes outside. Inside, expect premium leather surfaces, real wood trim and other luxuries not found on your everyday LaCrosse.*
As of right now, the 2018 LaCrosse tops out at around $51,000 for the LaCross Premium trim. It's a safe bet the LaCrosse Avenir will push the price tag up a little higher.*
Buick first announced the Avenir sub-brand with the 2018 Buick Enclave. At the time of the announcement brand executives confirmed plans to rollout more Avenir models within the next two years. Thus far the brand has not disclosed which models within the Buick portfolio will gain access to the new sub-brand.*
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While on the winding road in the Patapsco River Valley, I thought it had been 30 years since I last visited Oella, the mill village tucked deep into the hills between Catonsville and Ellicott City's Main Street.
On a fall day, the rocky terrain, steep hillsides and leaf colors suggested that Oella might be in Vermont or West Virginia. Then I turned a bend and a resplendently restored Oella Mill appeared. It was one of those astounding moments, as if you hadn't been to Baltimore's harbor for 40 years and returned today.
There were other reminders of other places. Some of the native stone houses have their counterparts in the older villages that are now part of the city. More than a few suggested the Stone Hill section of Remington, where the old Mount Vernon Mill is now undergoing the same treatment as the Oella Mill.
I spoke with Charles L. Wagandt II, the 87-year-old patriarch who 39 years ago stepped in to reclaim the village and lead it gently but authoritatively to where it is today. What had been a rural backwater, without sewerage and plumbing, could now pose for travel posters and postcards.
The great-grandson of William James Dickey, he is a member of the family that owned textile mills, including the one in Oella and another in Dickeyville in Baltimore City. When Oella was at the end of its economic life in the early 1970s, Wagandt said, he acquired it from family members. "I bought it because no one else wanted it. My family said, 'We are out of here.' They did take back a mortgage," he said.
Wagandt spent nearly four decades supervising the transformation of the Oella village that unfolds on the little roads and hillsides around the mill. He was guided by planned growth, good taste and an abiding sense of historic preservation. The results show very well, but he also picked up the state's Calvert Prize, given by the Maryland Historic Trust.
He spoke charmingly and expansively from his desk in the village's former Methodist church, whose congregation scattered years ago. The building is now a handsome office where he has overseen the refurbishment of 76 acres and 245 housing units, some restored 19th-century homes, others newly built. There is little of a retail or a commercial nature within the enclave.
After purchasing the land and many buildings, he renovated them and sold them to people who appreciated the quaintness of the village.
It seems like not so long ago that the sprawling Oella Mill was antiques shops and artists' studios. Today the mill is quite a mighty building, built in 1918 to replace an early structure that burned. A studio apartment begins at $1,325. You can spend $3,260 on a month's rent here, and, judging by what I observed, you could be content. Credit for the mill's conversion goes to Southern Management, a real estate firm based in Vienna, Va., that owns the mill.
"All I do is reflect in its glory," Wagandt said of the mill renovation. Wagandt explained that his family sold the mill and its valuable looms when the bottom dropped out of the men's woolen fabric market in the 1970s.
"We were America's foremost producers of menswear woolens and sold to big tailors such as J. Schoeneman and L. Greif," he said. "But there was a cultural and a social revolution. In the 1970s, something called double-knits came along. We could make some money in the fall season, but men weren't wearing lighter wools in the spring. The mill closed in March 1972, and we sold it off."
And after a thorough renovation, it now has a cleaned brick exterior and dark green windows.
"By golly, the mill finally paid off," he said.
He has an observation of his years of patient stewardship in Oella: "I have a theory. Rehabilitation takes twice as much money and twice as much time to get to the end objective. I should be through it all by now, but I've still got a few more things here to do."
He mentions that sewer and water lines that were finally completed in 1984.
"People could stop using outhouses; now they make wonderful toolsheds. We call them amenities," Wagandt said.


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A little experiment
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Assuming you already have mercurial:
$ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/fdion/
If you need to install mercurial first:
debian based
$ sudo apt-get install mercurial
or fedora
$ sudo yum install mercurial
Under solaris, it is available under the packagemanager. On windows or mac you can get it here: http://mercurial.selenic.com/
All those .py scripts and directories will make more sense during the talk, as we dig through them.
I will also post screencam captures later, for those who are not local.


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Cherry Hill, N.J., July 10, 2013 - On July 11th, Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team drivers Bucky Lasek, Dave Mirra and Sverre Isachsen will race head-to-head against a pack of International stars at New Hampshire Motor Speedway for Round four of the 2013 Global RallyCross Championship (GRC). The trio will each pilot their Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive 600hp 2013 Subaru WRX STI Rallycross cars on a custom dirt and tarmac course. The event will stream live on ESPN3.com at 5:30 p.m. ET. The event will also be broadcasted on ESPN July 13th at 7:30 p.m. ET. The team is eager for another run after team leader and three-time European Rallycross Champion Sverre Isachsen qualified 3rd fastest and then 5th fastest at the previous double-header round in Munich, Germany. Isachsen was set to finish 4th Overall in the Final at Munich before being spun out from behind by another competitor on the final lap.
The event will run at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Affectionately named the "Magic Mile", the track is typically used for NASCAR oval racing. The Rallycross course utilizes a section of the oval but also includes tight turns, a jump and will be nearly 40 percent dirt. After globe-trotting to Barcelona and Munich in recent months, this race is in the backyard of the team. Subaru technical-partner Vermont SportsCar, based in Colchester, Vermont manages the Subaru PUMA RallyCross Team for Subaru of America.
The Global RallyCross Championship pits drivers against each other for side-by-side racing in turbocharged 600hp all-wheel drive cars on surfaces that include dirt and asphalt as well as jumps. Competitors progress through a series of timed heats to a final, winner-takes-all race. The GRC combines the best attributes of circuit, off-road, and rally racing resulting in intense competition.
"I'm looking forward to racing in the USA again," explains the Norwegian Sverre Isachsen. "The Subaru was awesome in X Games Munich and I would have finished fourth, but Ken Block drove right into me in the final. Ken has apologized and I accept his apology and now I'm ready for a clean fight with him and all the other GRC drivers in New Hampshire! A podium is my aim."
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During communication with an smtp server, if the "data" command is sent before the more important information is sent, such as "rcpt to", the smtp server will return error 503, saying that rcpt was required. The firewall, however, thinks everything is alright and will let everything through until recieving "<CR><LF><CR><LF>.<CR><LF>". It is then possible for the attacker to do whatever he wishes on the email server.
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Cosplay is a fun hobby. Part of the fun is getting photos taken at locations that match the character you are portraying. Part of the fun is also meeting likeminded artists and otaku who enjoy the same.
I created this section because frankly, while I enjoy going to Little Tokyo for cultural events and cosplay contests, there are plenty of places in California to do small gatherings, fan get togethers, and photo shoots.
This section is to document places in California appropriate for small cosplay gatherings, small cosplay photo shoots, lolita gatherings, etc.
- Sutro Bath Ruins
- California State University Fullerton Arboretum
- Downtown Orange
- California State University Long Beach
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