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I now believe - about 90% sure - that this was made by Lido
During the 1950s everyone was looking towards the future. The greatest war man had ever seen was just a few short years behind and the recovery efforts from it were still impacting many. Technology was becoming king in the lives of ordinary people and the Space Race was on. Russia of course had won the first round with the launching of Sputnik but the world had started looking towards the great unknown more than ever. By the mid-1950s space programs were already popular on television with Tom Corbett, Rocky Jones Space Ranger, Captain Video, Flash Gordon and the like plying the airwaves. The '50s also saw some pretty decent movies - and some not so pretty decent - sci-fi flicks hit the big screen. Gems like Forbidden Planet and When Worlds Collide came out, but less than stellar movies (but actually quite fun just the same) like Abbott & Costello Go To Mars brought space travel into the fore.
Then there were the toys. Space ships, flying saucers, aliens, and space cars started popping up everywhere as toy companies capitalized on the latest craze. The designs were often times multi-purpose. Design a sleek looking car and you could call it a Space Car, Futuristic Car, or put racing stripes and a number on it and call it a Race Car. Your pick. Today's featured car is one of those. It's a blue, soft plastic car with a one-person seat and exposed engine measuring 5 1/8" (13cm) L x 1 3/4" (4.4cm) W x 1 1/2" (3.8cm ) H. I have seen it sold more often than not as a 'space car' but it looks more like a race car. HOWEVER, I can visualize this as something that could have appeared in a Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers cartoon. As to who made this, I have no clue. Identifying toys can be very frustrating at times as many toys - like this one - had no manufacturers marks. It has a very distinct 1950s 'feel' to it in both design and manufacture and I'm willing to bet it was made as a cheap bin toy. Quite a few of the old Christmas catalogs have either been reprinted or are available for viewing on the Internet but as good as they are, they simply don't show everything made by the toy companies. Often times the manufacturer isn't listed as well but you at least know the year but so far I haven't been able to find this particular toy (or I simply missed it). So, for your enjoyment today we feature a 1950s Futuristic Space Race Car! Enjoy!


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Govt calls for more education support
"He told mr rakuoane that he first had to consult with Dr Thabane and ms rantšo and that he would contact the minister at a later stage.
"But it has now been 10 days since minister rakuoane talked to Chief 'maseribane and we still await their response. They have not told us when and where they intend to meet with government.
"it is therefore, misleading to conclude that government is silent on the matter and that we're not doing anything about their plight. We are waiting for them to make contact."
The premier further appealed to the opposition trio to "commit to the promise they made that they would meet with government".
He added: "But above all, i urge them to return home. Government is more than willing to provide EDUCATION and Training minister mahali Phamotse has called for more stakeholder support in government's efforts to bridge Lesotho's education infrastructure deficit.
Dr Phamotse made the remarks on Friday during a handover ceremony of a new office building and four classrooms to Liqoabing Primary School. The facilities were constructed by the Lesotho revenue Authority (LRA) at the cost of m938 343.5 as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.
The school's plight came to the attention of the LRA following media reports that the school lacked such basic infrastructure as classrooms ooms for over 100 of its pupils, toilets s and proper roofing for its buildings.
The minister lauded the taxx authority for complementing governvernment's drive to improve the education ation delivery system.
"The LRA has been very supportivertive to government and the community ity of Liqoabing with this initiative which clearly shows how responsible and caring the organisation is to Basotho," said Dr Phamotse.
"During the World educationn Forum held in South Korea last month,onth, it was discovered that 20 percentnt of children in Lesotho have no accessess to education due to such reasons s as lack of classrooms or far flung schools among others.
"it is government's plan to ensure that all children have access to quality education and learn in proper classrooms with all the necessary facilities. So, initiatives like the one the LRA has undertaken are welcome and need to be applauded."
She also implored the surrounding community to be good stewards of the school's facilities.
"i would like to congratulate the community that is going to benefit from this long overdue gift, and to further appeal to everyone involved to handle the facilities with care," Dr Phamotse said.
"Do not allow animals to freely graze here or engage in any activities that may damage the school."
She urged the teachers to also develop new tutoring techniques and encourage pupils to take part in sports to boost their well-being. "remember to always set good examples as children are most likely to copy from you," the minister told the teachers.
Dr Phamotse also took the opportunity to encourage Basotho to continue paying their taxes saying that compliance equipped the LRA with the resources to undertake more projects that give back to communities.
in his address, LRA Commissioner General Thabo Letjama said the tax authority was committed to assisting government in improving people's livelihoods and working in partnership with all stakeholders.
"We could not have achieved this project had it not been for the dedication we saw from the principal of this school, matsoanelo Lephoi, who went on television to appeal for assistance after she had knocked on so many doors without receiving any help,"
LRA Commissioner General Thabo Letjama.

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Friday, August 28, 2009
Gorge Videos
Longboard Day- It was glassy when we got to the Hood River in late afternoon Monday 8/24. But I saw a windline approaching and rigged the "big" 6.5 Sailworks Retro for use on my dad's old longboard. The wind came up a bit and it worked out great. The Mistral Pandera, with it's adjustable mast track and "railing" footstraps, it quite fast and fun with the daggerboard up or down.
Shortboard Day- I got to put some good mileage on the Starboard Kode 86 I rented from Big Winds. The wind was "only" 5.0, but that was good enough for me. I really liked the board's combo of speed and slidey manouverability. The morning sesh was in Hood River at the new Waterfront Park. For the afternoon sesh we drove way East to Maryhill Park, out in the desert. The wind was erratic there, but the scenery was great. The beach was made entirely of river-sculpted "skipping rocks".
I'll post some pictures when I've had time to sort through them.
3 comments:
- Mary said...
Awesome video, James! It looks like so much fun.
Aunt MG
P.S. I want to try SUPing -- I bet I'd do well and like it. It seems like a cool way to observe wildlife.
- August 30, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- George Markopoulos said...
James-a question for you unrelated to this post. What is it that causes the ocean water to be spectacularly blue one day at Assateague, then dark and brown the next? Is it the gulf stream just coming in closer one day for some reason? Granted the sun shining can give the water an appearance of being much clearer and bluer…but I've seen it also dark and brown on a sunny day. Thanks in advance for your response
- August 31, 2009 at 7:47 AM
- James Douglass said...
Aunt MG- Thanks for the comment. Maybe we can try SUP in Edisto sometime, or one of the SC lakes.
George- The gulf stream usually veers far offshore once you get north of the obx, but there are lots of irregular eddies that swirl off the stream and could butt up onto the Assateague shore occasionally. The link below shows how patchy and dynamic the mixing water masses are:
There is also irregular mixing of more coastal waters. The brown days may be when estuarine water full of river mud and stuff is lingering near shore, and the blue days could be when recently upwelled water, or surface waters from further offshore, sidle up to the beach. Besides where the water came from, how big the waves are near shore also affects the blueness or brownness. It's usually brown when the waves are big, because sediments from the bottom are re-suspended by the strong stirring action of the waves.
Here's another link that has some pretty cool ocean temperature images:
- August 31, 2009 at 8:55 AM


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While the plot line remains a closely guarded secret, several weeks before, the film's star offered a little teaser of his own about director Christopher Nolan's approach to making it.
"He sure as [heck] knows what he wants," McConaughey told The Times. "There's scope, major scope, which means a lot of things have to be coordinated. But at the same time, when you're shooting it moves incredibly quickly."
In the teaser, McConaughey says in voiceover, "We've always defined ourselves by the ability to overcome the impossible," noting, "moments when we dared to aim higher, to break barriers, to reach for the stars, to make the unknown known … as our proudest achievements" — then says that "we lost all that."
After production turns in Iceland, Calgary and a Los Angeles-area sound stage, Nolan has just finished shooting the film and is entering the edit room to cut the movie ahead of its Nov. 7, 2014, release. The director is of course famous for both practicing secrecy and asking the same of everyone around him, which leads to more intense anticipation and, occasionally, more intensely ridiculous rumors.
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Using netstat: "
As promised (in my article "How do I find my network information in Linux?") I am going to introduce you to the netstat command. This command is a very useful tool for discovering networking information such as routing tables, network connections, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast memberships. But it's not quite as simple to use as some of of the other "discovery" tools (such as ifconfig). With netstat you really do need to know what you're looking for and how to find it. This article will help you to understand just that.
Fortunately your distribution should come with the netstat command pre-installed. To check this, open up a terminal window (that's where you will use netstat anyway) and issue the command which netsat. This command should return something like /bin/netstat. That will tell you that the tool is installed and where the executable is.
Because netstat offers such a variety of options, it might be best if I first list some of the more useful options.
a: Shows the state of all sockets and routing table entries.
c: Display information continuously.
d: Show the state of all interfaces that use DHCP.
e: Show extended information.
g: Show the multicast group membership information for both IPv4 and IPv6.
i: Display a table of all network inferfaces.
l: Limit statistics to a defined interface.
M: Show multicast routing tables.
n: Shows network addresses as numbers instead of the default symbols.
p: Show address resolution tables.
P: Limit statistics to a defined protocol.
r: Show all routing tables.
t: Show TCP connections.
u: Show UDP connections.
v: Use verbose mode for output.
So let's take a look and see how these can be used together.
By itself (no options) this command prints out generic statistics of the host you are currently connected to.
netstat -an
This command will display all connections to the host, including source and destination addresses and ports, and displays them as numbers.
netstat -rn
This command will display the routing table for the host in numeric form.
netstat -r
This command will display your routing table for your host.
netstat -natp
This command will display active TCP connections in numerical form.
netstat -t –listening
This will show you all tcp ports you host is listening on.
This command will display various statistics for your host's interfaces. Note that this command will display a LOT of statistics. A snippet of the output will look like that shown in Figure 1.
As you can see, this command will display quite a bit of information. On top of that you might need to pipe this command through the less command in order to see it more easily. That full command would look like netstat –statistics | less. Using it that way would allow you to use your arrow keys to scroll up and down through the ouput.
Final thoughts
Although not an exhaustive look at the netstat command, this will get you started and using this handy tool. Since there are so many switches and options to use with netstat, in order to cover them all, take a look at the netstat man page (issue the command man netstat) where you can see each and every switch explained.


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Mali Hostage Crisis Live Updates: Heavy Gunfire Reported From Hotel Where Hostages Are Being Held
UPDATE: 11:10 p.m. EST: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Friday's attack on a Radisson hotel in the Mali capital of Bamako. He expressed his sorrow over the death of American citizen Anita Datar of Maryland, and other lives lost in the attack.
"We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the deceased and injured during this senseless assault on innocent people at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako," Kerry wrote in a statement. "Our embassy in Bamako is making every effort to account for American citizens in the city, and in the days ahead we stand ready to provide support the Malian government in the investigation. All those responsible for these recurring terrorist attacks must be held accountable."
Meanwhile, CBS News reported that Datar was previously from New Jersey and had attended Columbia University in New York City.
UPDATE: 11 p.m. EST -- The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed Saturday that three of its nationals were among the dead in Friday's attack on a Radisson hotel in the Mali capital of Bamako.
The three men reportedly were senior executives of China Railway Construction Corp. The state-owned Chinese company identified the victims as Zhou Tianxiang, general manager for the corporation's international group; Wang Xuanshang, a deputy general manager of the international group; and Chang Xuehui, general manager of the group's West Africa division.
The foreign ministry also reportedly said that four other Chinese citizens had been rescued.
UPDATE, 10:15 p.m. EST: The American citizen who was killed in the Mali terror attack was identified by her family as 41-year-old Anita Datar of Takoma Park, Maryland, the Associated Press reported Friday evening. Family members said in a statement that she worked for an international development agency, and the Washington Post reported that she had an elementary-school-aged son.
According to Datar's LinkedIn profile, she was a senior manager at Palladium, an international development firm with offices in Washington, D.C. She also served in the Peace Corp in Senegal. "We are devastated that Anita is gone," the family's statement said.
UPDATE 6 p.m. EST: Two militants were killed and all surviving hostages were rescued late Friday afternoon after law enforcement officers stormed a hotel in Mali's capital, the Globe and Mail reported. At least 27 were killed in the rampage, and around 170 people were trapped in the hotel for hours until being rescued by Malian, U.S. and French forces. Al Mourabitoun, a jihadi group allied to al Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack. In response to the violence, Mali has declared a 10-day state of emergency, Agence France-Presse reported.
UPDATE 5:35 p.m. EST: A U.S. official told David Martin of CBS News that one American citizen was killed in the Mali attack, according to a tweet.
UPDATE: 4:20 p.m. EST -- A hostage situation on the sixth floor of the Mali hotel that gunmen stormed Friday was still in progress, according to a tweet from a journalist at Globovision, a Spanish-language news outlet.
But an hour earlier the U.S. Department of State tweeted that the incident at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako had finished, while still cautioning all U.S. citizens in the vicinity to be vigilant.
#Mali update: Radisson Hotel incident has concluded. The U.S. Embassy lifted its recommendation for US citizens to shelter in place. (1/2)
— Travel - State Dept (@TravelGov) November 20, 2015
#Mali update: we urge all US citizens to minimize movement around Bamako & be vigilant of their surroundings, & monitor local media. (2/2)
— Travel - State Dept (@TravelGov) November 20, 2015
Three Chinese citizens were killed in the Mali hotel terror attack Friday, according to China's official Xinhua news agency.
BREAKING: Three Chinese citizens killed, four others rescued in Mali hotel siege: Chinese Embassy in Mali pic.twitter.com/WHANTD5UHA
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) November 20, 2015
UPDATE: 2:55 p.m. EST -- Four German nationals survived Friday's deadly hotel siege in Mali that was staged by an apparent terrorist group, according to the German foreign minister. "Today's terrorist attack makes clear again that there's still a long way to go before Mali is stabilized and that Islamic terrorism in the region hasn't been defeated yet," Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, the Associated Press reported.
Six Americans were among other foreign nationals who were evacuated safely from the hotel in the Mali capital city of Bamako.
UPDATE: 12:55 p.m. EST -- The United Nations secretary-general issued a statement Friday afternoon condemning the apparent terrorist attack in Mali that left at least 27 people dead, calling it a "horrific" act and expressing his "sincere condolences to the government of Mali and the bereaved families."
Ban Ki-moon condemns horrific terrorist attack in #Mali, deplores any attempt to derail Peace Agreement https://t.co/s0nfCT3RBb @UN_MINUSMA
— UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) November 20, 2015
Ban Ki-moon's full statement follows below:
The Secretary-General condemns the horrific terrorist attack at the Radisson hotel in Bamako which killed an unknown number of civilians and injured many more. He expresses his sincere condolences to the Government of Mali and the bereaved families and wishes a speedy recovery to the wounded victims of this attack. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been assisting the Malian authorities in the handling of this crisis.
The Secretary-General notes with concern that these attacks are taking place at a time when the peace process is making good progress and the signatory groups to the Agreement on peace and reconciliation in Mali, in particular the Coordination des Mouvements de l'Azawad and the Plateforme, were in Bamako to attend the sixth meeting of the Comité de suivi de l'Accord (CSA) with the Malian Government and international partners.
The Secretary-General deplores any attempt to derail the implementation of the Agreement. He expresses his full support to the Malian authorities in their fight against terrorist and extremist groups. He welcomes the statements of the signatory parties to the Agreement that they remain committed to its implementation. He also reiterates the commitment of the United Nations, through MINUSMA, to support the Malian Government and the parties to the Agreement at this critical juncture in the peace process.
UPDATE: 12:05 p.m. EST -- Gunmen were still reportedly in the Mali hotel's upper floors, and local law enforcement was attempting to find and apprehend them. All of the Americans involved in the hostage situation -- 22 military servicemen and civilians -- survived the attack without sustaining any injuries, Reuters reported.
|@Reuters reports some #Mali hostages were freed after they recited verses from the Koran. https://t.co/TbMYkeNBj3 pic.twitter.com/cVUJV2zn4T
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) November 20, 2015
UPDATE: 11:17 a.m. EST -- U.N. peacekeepers present at the Mali hotel raided by militants Friday reportedly saw 27 bodies, according to Reuters. A search of the hotel continues after an hourslong hostage crisis has reportedly come to an end.
All of the hostages are now safe and outside the hotel.
Malian official tells BFM TV that there are no more hostages being held at Bamako hotel #MaliAttacks #Mali #Bamako pic.twitter.com/0xgOlurNpQ
— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) November 20, 2015
UPDATE: 11:00 a.m. EST -- There are no more hostages being held at the hotel, according to Agence France-Presse.
Two gunmen have reportedly been killed in the siege, the Malian military said Friday.
BREAKING: Two gunmen killed in Mali hotel siege: Malian military
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) November 20, 2015
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UPDATE: 10:13 a.m. EST -- An al Qaeda-affiliated African militant group has claimed responsibility for the ongoing attack, Reuters reported, according to the Guardian. Al-Mourabitoun, a group based in northern Mali, posted a message on Twitter saying its fighters were behind the attack on a hotel in Mali's capital of Bamako.
Supporters of Al-Qaeda-affiliated group claim responsibility for attack, hostage-taking in Mali -- Twitter posting #MaliAttacks
— Reuters Africa (@ReutersAfrica) November 20, 2015
The claim of responsibility cannot be independently verified.
UPDATE: 9:43 a.m. EST -- French special forces have arrived at the hotel, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the French defense ministry. A U.S. military spokesman said at least six Americans who were being held have been freed, the Guardian reported.
Owners of attacked hotel in #Mali, @CARLSONREZIDOR, say that they believe 125 guests & 13 employees are still inside pic.twitter.com/oD4lVpJ9Vo
— CCTVNEWS (@cctvnews) November 20, 2015
Original story:
Heavy gunfire marked the scene at a hotel in the West African nation Mali where some 130 hostages are being held, according to reports Friday morning. Gunmen stormed the tourist-friendly Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, the country's capital and largest city, and at least three people have been killed.
USAFRICOM closely watching the situation in #Mali. Small team of U.S. Special Operations Forces assisting with hostage rescue efforts.
— US AFRICOM (@USAfricaCommand) November 20, 2015
Security forces began a counterassault on the hotel earlier Friday. The situation began Friday morning when two or three attackers stormed the hotel, firing guns and taking hostages, according to officials.
U.S. special forces were assisting the hostage situation, a military spokesperson said, CNN reported. "U.S. forces have helped move civilians to secured locations as Malian forces clear the hotel of hostile gunmen," said Lt. Cmdr. Anthony Falvo, a spokesman for U.S. Africa Command.
Video https://t.co/6bcC8gVGP1 from @SkyNews showing forces inside #RadissonBlue Hotel #MaliAttacks #MaliHostages #Mali
— Rakesh (@bharatmataji) November 20, 2015
A number of extremist Islamic militant groups are active in West Africa.
Suman Varandani contributed reporting for this story.


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Thursday, April 9, 2009
An Introduction
My name is Wesley Neill, and if you are reading this, I am probably dead.
Ok, maybe not. This is my blog. My mother once gave me a leather bound travel journal to take with me during my constant (insofar as time and money allowed) globe trotting. I was sometimes faithful in recording the events of my day, and sometimes not. Sometimes, I just didn't want my mother to know how much drinking (a very cultural activity) I'd been doing, if she ever happened on my journal and got curious. Don't worry, I'm on the wagon now, mom!
Well, this is to be the digital version of that travel journal, from here on out. I soon embark on my career as a U.S. Naval Officer. Here you will find my experiences , photographs of my travels, and really anything else that I find interesting or useful. I hope to keep my family and friends up to date, and perhaps to provide a resource for other travellers and fellow sailors to get ideas about places to live, places to visit and what to expect as a junior officer in the navy in general.
If you are reading this, you are probably family or friend. Hi mom! If not, there is a link to my profile somewhere on the right. Check it out!
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Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
I shouldnt compare myself to others. (Now you are thinking, "Wow! Way to state the obvious." Stick with me though.) I know that and have known that for a long time. However when I actually stopped doing that amazing things happened. I have pitched 2 story compilation ideas. 1 to my pastor and 1 to some friends. They all loved it and I've started the process of gathering stories. I even started the preface of one. I am getting up earlier. I am getting more creative with clothes and putting on make up. I am generally feeling better about myself. I'm even getting ahead on blog posts. I started looking less at myself and more at others. I gave more grace and love out.
When I stopped looking at me, then I saw others more clearly. After all when I was doing all that comparing, I kept looking back at myself. I couldn't enjoy the beauty of Casey's heart and liveliness of Jen's space. I couldn't enjoy the life updates of my parents. Those even somehow became negative in the light of my self centered focus. So I stopped thinking about me and started doing something about the stuff I didn't like. I downloaded an app to my Blackberry that makes pictures all pretty. So now my plain looking photos can be spiffed up.
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your first bet will be check the fuse for the heated seats. and go from there.
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you need to check the resistance in each of the heated seat elements in the seat. There's a two wire connector under the back of each front seat. The connector should be green. disconnect it and measure the resistance along the circuit going into the seat. if it isnt .1 - .3 ohms, replace the appropriate heated seat element
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eBay help!!
I sold our L.L. Bean baby backpack - since my "baby" turns 3 in January! The auction closed on Sunday. I like having my auctions mailed out ASAP so that the person gets what they bought in a timely matter AND (more importantly) it's no longer cluttering up my trailer! However, I do NOT have any reasonable box for this thing anywhere.
My dh brought a box home from work today - it was about 2-3 inches too short lengthwise. I tried one on Monday that his grandpa had - too shallow by a good five inches. I tried making a box out of cut-up priority mail boxes today. Not good. I finally called my dad tonight - the man who can find anything - and gave him the dimensions I need. He thinks he has one for me. If he does, I have to drive over there tomorrow to get it - an hour one way. I'm figuring I'll be making NO money on this thing at all!!!!
In case you are wondering, it's about 40 inches long, 20 inches high & 20 inches wide. Any ideas???
PS: I retried the box my dh brought home & it worked!!! It bulged just a bit on the end. So that is out in the mail!!! Except I just realized they wanted insurance on it & I didn't add that so I'll have to call the PO when it opens again in 30 minutes. I may have to make another trip out to add that. I'm kicking myself since it would have been free if I had done it through PayPal the first time around. Oh well!
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sorry about the box fiasco.... hope you find something soon.ReplyDelete
don't cut up and use priority boxes taped together - unless you are going to ship it priority. the post office hates it when you modify their boxes and they are willing to CHARGE you for it too. i did that last season and it is a big no no - so don't mess with the post office boxes :-)ReplyDelete
when we have large items, we just take a couple large boxes and make our own - tape and white glue. as long as it covers the item they don't care what shape it is.
if you have to drive that far to get a box it's not worth it - then you aren't making any money - that is what makes ebay fun or not - i.e. making money or not! :-)
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Lisa, I hate when I can't find the right sized box. Dh doesn't like me to save them, because he says we have 50 in the basement. Well, maybe so, but I can never find a matching top and bottom, and I like STURDY boxes!ReplyDelete
So . . . did your dad have a box?
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Canonical correlation analysis (CCA) has previously been shown to work well for detecting neural activity in fMRI data. The reason is that CCA enables simultaneous temporal modeling and adaptive spatial filtering of the data. This article introduces a novel method for adaptive anisotropic filtering using the CCA framework and compares it to a previously proposed method. Isotropic adaptive filtering, which is only able to form isotropic filters of different sizes, is also presented and evaluated. It is shown that a new feature of the proposed method is invariance to the orientation of activated regions, and that the detection performance is superior to both that of the previous method and to isotropic filtering.
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Correlation is often used to measure the similarity between signals and is an important tool in signal and image processing. In some applications it is common that signals are corrupted by local bursts of noise. This adversely affects the performance of signal recognition algorithms. This paper presents a novel correlation estimator, which is robust to locally corrupted signals. The estimator is generalized to multivariate correlation analysis (general linear model, GLM, and canonical correlation analysis, CCA). Synthetic functional MRI data is used to demonstrate the estimator, and its robustness is shown to increase the performance of signal detection.
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The four friends have different interests and personalities. Kate Beekman hates sports but loves movies of any kind, even the bad ones. She's a very practical person. Lauren Hunter does like sports and is very imaginative and somewhat superstitious. Stephanie Green is very outgoing and sometimes misses the excitement and sophistication of living in a big city, but shy Patti Jenkins prefers living in a smaller town.
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Patti moves from the big city to the smaller town where the other girls live. Recognizing her as a former classmate, Stephanie invites her to join the group of friends she has sleepovers with. But, ever since Patti arrived, bad things have been happening. Is Patti bad luck?
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Stephanie isn't sure what's happening when her parents seem to be keeping secrets from her. Her friends are hopeful that they're planning a special surprise for her, but Stephanie fears that the secret is something bad.
#12 Kate's Sleepover Disaster
The girls become exchange students, going to visit a school in the country, but Kate isn't happy at the home where she's staying. Her new friend's siblings are driving her crazy!
#13 Patti's Secret Wish
Patti has been acting strange lately, avoiding her friends and giving false excuses. When the other girls catch her out with an older boy, they decide to find out what's really going on.
#14 Lauren Takes Charge
Lauren's mother gets a new job, so Lauren is on her own more at home. She likes some of the freedom that comes with the change, but the extra responsibilities are starting to get to her.
#15 Stephanie's Big Story
#16 Kate's Crush
Stephanie's grandmother takes the girls to a dude ranch in Arizona, but Kate's obsession with a strange guest causes problems.
#17 Patti Gets Even
The girls attempt to prove to a boy that girls aren't stupid by winning contests at the Winter Carnival, but they may have gotten themselves in over their heads.
#18 Stephanie and the Magician
A new magician in town who always wears a mask poses a threat to the friends' party business, but when they try to learn his real identity, it proves harder than they expected.
#19 The Great Kate
Kate tells the others that she doesn't believe in things like telekinesis, and they decide to play a joke to convince her that it's real.
#20 Lauren in the Middle
Lauren makes friends with the new girl in class, Ginger, but it causes problems with the friends she already has.
#21 Starstruck Stephanie
When the girls' favorite tv star comes to town, they try to think of ways that they can meet him. Unfortunately, Stephanie takes things way too far.
#22 The Trouble With Patti
Patti's uncle is staying with her while her parents are out of town, but he's depressed about his girlfriend leaving him. Can Patti and her friends find him another to cheer him up?
#23 Kate's Surprise Visitor
The girls are trying to help plan a costume party at their school, but crushes on a couple of older boys end up getting in their way.
#24 Lauren's New Friend
The girls end up sharing a cabin with a girl named Bitsy on a class trip. Bitsy always seemed a little strange to them, but they learn some surprising things about her, especially after they get lost on a hike.
#25 Stephanie and the Wedding
The girls are excited about being in Patti's uncle's wedding, but something's upsetting Stephanie. Does it have something to do with the owner of that old class ring they found?
#26 The New Kate
Kate comes back from a trip with the Video Club with a new look and an attitude to go with it. Why has she changed, and what can her friends do to get her to change back?
#27 Where's Patti?
Stephanie's grandmother takes the friends to Crab Island for a weekend so they can go to the festival there. At first, the girls are having fun and competing against the Tyler twins in all the contests, but soon the other girls notice that Patti keeps slipping away on them. Where is she going and what is bothering her?
Lauren's family moves to a new house, and not only is it farther away from her friends, but it also looks haunted! But, while Lauren is worrying about the new house, the girls come to believe that one of her new neighbors may actually be a princess!
#29 Kate the Boss
The girls end up having to work with obnoxious Ginger on a float for the homecoming parade. To their surprise, Ginger actually has some pretty good ideas for the float, and Kate gets on their nerves by becoming too bossy.
#30 Big Sister Stephanie
Stephanie's baby siblings are driving her crazy with their constant crying. But, for some reason, then Stephanie starts hanging around with Kate's little sister, Melissa. She acts like she wants to be Melissa's big sister instead.
#31 Lauren's Afterschool Job
Lauren takes an afterschool job in an antiques store but realizes that Ginger works nearby. Then, for some reason, Ginger seems to be unusually friendly with Patti. Why?
#32 A Valentine for Patti
Patti tries to make friends with a new girl in class who is very shy and to help her brother fit in after he moves up a grade in school.
#33 Lauren's Double Disaster
Lauren hates it when she finds out that her teacher wants everyone to participate in the school's art fair because she doesn't think that she's any good at art, but a new friend helps her to change her mind.
#34 Kate the Winner!
When Kate wins six tickets to Wilderness World in a raffle, she has a problem: she can't take her whole family and all of her friends at once because they are short one ticket. The girls decide that they will just have to earn the money to buy the extra ticket, but that turns out to be complicated.
#35 The New Stephanie
After a magazine quiz convinces Stephanie that she isn't nice enough, she goes overboard in her efforts to be nicer.
#36 Presenting Patti
The girls are attending a conference at a college when Patti discovers that Lauren entered her essay in a contest without telling her. Now that Patti has won the contest, she's going to have to read her essay in public before a large audience, and she's terrified!
#37 Lauren Saves the Day
Lauren becomes concerned when a new teacher expects them to dissect animals. When she leads a campaign against dissection, she ends up getting caught up in other causes, too.
#38 Patti's City Adventure
The girls go on a trip to the city for Patti's birthday, but then they become separated. Surprisingly, this disaster works out for the best.


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I did manage a little time for crocheting yesteday. I've got a lap rug I work on occasionally. This means that by the time I finish it, my furniture will be reupholstered and it won't match. And that would be the ADD side of me. Love to start new projects, don't always finish them in a timely manner.
My server is nicely not letting me acces RCTN this morning. Tells me I don't have permission. Wha??
I'm old enough to take care of myself over there. Please, can't I go and play with the other nice people?
Funny how there is always a new way for me to frustrated while sitting at the computer.
I sat down to write a poem last night. Something that had been percolating through my brain for the last few days. I thought it was going to be personal. But it got sidetracked by about the 6th line and turns out to be about the 9/11 commission hearings. Brains really work in mysterious ways.


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I just received an email from David Bram over at Fraction announcing their current show Fathers and Sons, a group show curated by the wonderful Aline Smithson. Since having children, I personally have rediscovered the beauty of childhood through photographing my boys. Most of the images that I have made of my boys are the results of my reactions to moments that had rekindled some memory from my own childhood. There are some good photos in this set. Have a look!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Ft. Hood Update
I heard on the news this morning that there are 5 wounded still in the hospital from the shooting. 1 is in fair condition and the rest are stable. Major Nidal Malik Hasan is still on base in San Antonio and is reported to be paralyzed from the chest down. It has been said that he will be pleading not guilty to all charges. I just don't get it.........
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David Andrew Arnstrong pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an NBCUniversal executive at Armstrong's home.
He made the plea before San Fernando Superior Court Judge Beverly O'Connell during a hearing on Wednesday. He is facing probation to 14 years in prison when he is sentenced Nov.30.
Armstrong is accused of fatally shooting Brian Russel Kaplon in the chest with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle during a gathering on St. Patrick's Day of this year.
According to authorities, Armstrong was showing Kaplon the rifle in the garage of Armstrong's home when the weapon discharged. He was arrested after allegedly making conflicting statements about the incident.
Jim Blatt, Armstrong's attorney, argued that the shooting was a tragic accident involving two friends. It happened after a night of drinking and laughing and there was no sign of "a disagreement or anger."
"At the time of the incident, my client had a blood-alcohol level of 0.15%, which is approximately double the legal limit for driving," Blatt said.
Armstrong had originally been charged with murder, which meant he could have faced a sentence of 50 years to life in prison. Since he pled to involuntary manslaughter, Judge O'Connell could sentence him to probation or as much as 14 years in state prison.
"It's been horrific and surreal," Kristie Kaplon said last month. "Losing my husband in such a horrific manner is something nobody should have to go through. I just want justice for Brian."
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I have a G60-531CA that I reinstalled Win 10 on. Sobin George I had the same issue; when trying to fix the probable driver issue, came across Network Controller driver which was showing code 28 error. Destiny What if you don't see any of those I'm stuck on step 8 too camilla mo Hi Destiny, You need to select the manufacturer and model of the sound card For anyone else that tries this, all I did was check the "Maximum Memory" box. http://prettyfile.com/windows-10/how-to-install-old-drivers-on-xp.php
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The Division of Cardiovascular Medicine of The University of Toledo is recruiting for several physicians to join our faculty at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Candidates should be board certified or board eligible, with interests in clinical care and teaching, with research interests strongly encouraged. We are recruiting for general / non-invasive cardiology, electrophysiology, and heart failure.
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House debates
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My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister guarantee to the House that he's leading a majority government that meets all of the requirements of the Constitution?
- Economy (2 speeches)
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister update the House on how the government's policies are growing the economy, generating jobs and reducing cost-of-living pressures for...
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My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer to my question. Why, then, did the government refer the Deputy Prime Minister to the High Court?
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My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Will the minister advise the House of the importance of upholding the noninterference in the domestic political affairs of other nations principle?
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Read here the latest happenings and thoughts in Polarbear's life.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
This is one comedy that I read the reviews and most of the reviews were positive reviews, which made up my mind that I would want to see this film. I managed to catch this film before the film ends run.
"Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel, "How I Met Your Mother") has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell, "Veronica Mars"). He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life.
To clear his head, Peter takes an impulsive trip to Oahu, where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: his ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend, Aldous (Russell Brand), are sharing his hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah's new life, he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel (Mila Kunis), a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world. He also finds relief in several hundred embarrassing, fruity cocktails."
After watching this show, I am glad that I did not miss this how. It was great! It was about a guy who was dumped by his famous girlfriend. After which, he decided to go Hawaii to get his mind of the break off. Then, his girlfriend and the new boyfriend was there on holiday as well and it sparks off a whole lot of funny jokes. The movie was on the verge of being lame but it managed to maintain on the funny side most of the times. I was quite surprised by the first 5 mins of the show, the local censors actually left it uncensored! Haha!
The whole cast was not A-lister but they managed to make the movie their own. I was impressed by their natural in acting such movies as well. Overall, I give this movie 4 stars out of 5.
A "long time no see such funny show" Polarbear
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Online and mobile banking is fundamentally different from most of the other functions in a bank.
Digital channels exist in a lightning fast market, where the pace is set by Silicon Valley's fizziest start-ups and sustained by the Goliaths of Web 3.0, such as Apple, Google and Amazon.
Conversely, market change impacts banking operations or risk at a more sedate pace. Change in these areas is more likely to originate from regulators rather than competitors. As a result of these differences, few banks have been able to foster the culture of rapid innovation necessary to deliver a sustainably differentiated digital channel experience to customers. At a recent customer advisory board, a number of banks told me that customers feel online banking experiences are becoming commoditized.
And this is happening at the worst possible time. Customer faith in banks is at a very low ebb. New entrants are nibbling at the best bits of the market. One or two mega-players are starting to invest. Most banks could find themselves squeezed on all sides in the next 12 to 24 months. So what to do?
Start innovating. Banks need to regain their verve for innovation in digital channels. Banks cannot abdicate their responsibility to innovate. There needs to be the same level of care about the innovation in digital channels as there is in ubiquitous cost reduction schemes or risk models. If we can harness the same levels of enthusiasm and willingness to experiment, then we will see banks delivering on the promise of a differentiated digital channels proposition. Rather than invest heavily in one big risky project, banks should concentrate on many small innovations, beta test them – and invest where customer feedback is positive.
Be brave. Banks need to stick their necks out a little. That is the essence of innovation. At the same time, banks can mitigate risk by paying attention to successes in non-financial services companies. One good example is gamification – the use of the principles of gaming in delivering a customer-facing process. Gamification has proved very effective in boosting customer engagement and retention, while also making use of social networks for word-of-mouth marketing. Again, rather than taking a big risk with a large investment, banks can look at cloud-hosted solutions that lower the cost of entry and enable them to grow organically as adoption rises.
Don't give it away. Banks hold treasure troves of data. This data is the key to unlocking the best possible experiences for bank customers. Don't give it away! I have heard some banks talk about exposing their APIs – and a couple of financial services companies have started to do so. The idea is to allow digital agencies to come up with wacky and creative ways to use the bank's data. The argument goes that this would let the banks focus on what they do best – and leave all the innovation in the hands of more creative types. I disagree. Banks should not be giving their key advantage away to third parties. They should be using their data to learn even more about their customers. Banks should work with partners who have expertise in digital channels innovation, but continue to own the end-to-end customer relationship and all the related data. This data can then be used to personalise customer experiences as much as possible, giving the bank the edge in the war to gain market share.
If banks keep innovating, are brave about these pursuits and retain control of their data, ultimately, they will have a better chance of catching the eyes of an increasingly demanding marketplace.
Alex Bray is retail channels director of banking at Misys, a financial services technologies provider. You can follow him on Twitter @StGilesResident.


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Patient: I was diagnosed with strep throat on Monday. I was put on to keflex and today, Friday I was not better I still had a very bad throat ache and swollen lymph node. The doctor told me it should have helped. Doctor switched the medicine to Augumentin. I started that just today. I wanted to know if I am contagious until after 24 hours or not?
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Welcome to story time!
Most of you are probably aware that I am often called a grammar nazi. I've even called myself by that epithet more than a few times. It occurs to me now that the guy who used to proofread Hitler's speeches was surely the first of many grammar nazi's and that is where the downfall of grammar began.
*Note: This video contains a few subtitled expletives. If you're easily offended, at work or in close proximity to kids that can read I'd suggest not watching.
And the rest is history.