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How to Sync Your iPhone 4S with Your Computer
To sync your iPhone 4S with your computer, you use either the included dock connector–to–USB cable or connect wirelessly over Wi-Fi. However, if you want to sync wirelessly, you'll still have to connect your iPhone to your computer with a cable just this once.
Follow these steps and you'll be ready to sync in just a few minutes:
Start by connecting your iPhone to your computer with the dock connector–to–USB cable included with your iPhone.
When you connect your iPhone to your computer, iTunes should launch automatically. If it doesn't, check that you plugged the cable into a USB port on your computer, not a port on your keyboard, monitor, or hub.
If you don't see an iPhone in the source list, try restarting your computer. If iTunes doesn't launch automatically, try launching it manually.
Select your iPhone in the iTunes source list.
If you're setting up this iPhone for the first time, you'll see the Set Up Your iPhone pane:
If you've already named your iPhone, skip to Step 5.
Name your iPhone.
Choose what, if anything, you want iTunes to automatically synchronize, and then click Done.
Your best course is to leave both boxes unchecked and set everything up manually. That way, you'll see additional options for syncing contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, e-mail accounts, and apps, as well as how to sync media including movies, TV shows, and podcasts.
Click the Summary tab near the top of the window.
If you don't see a Summary tab, make sure your iPhone is still selected in the source list.
Click Back Up to iCloud or Back Up to This Computer in the Backup section of the Summary pane.
Your iPhone creates a backup of its contents automatically every time you sync, regardless of whether you sync using a USB cable or wirelessly.
The check boxes in the Options section give you lots of, well, options:
Click to put a check mark in the Open iTunes When This iPhone Is Connected check box to automatically launch iTunes and sync your iPhone whenever you connect it to your computer.
Even with this box selected you can prevent your iPhone from syncing automatically:
After you connect the iPhone to your computer, click the Summary tab in iTunes and deselect the Open iTunes When This iPhone Is Connected check box. You can still start a sync manually by clicking the Sync button.
Launch iTunes before you connect your iPhone to your computer. Then press and hold Command+Option (Mac) or Shift+Ctrl (PC) and connect your iPhone. Keep pressing the keys until you see your iPhone appear in the iTunes source list. This method prevents your iPhone from syncing automatically without changing any settings.
If the Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from Syncing Automatically option in the Devices pane of iTunes Preferences is checked, the Open iTunes When This iPhone Is Connected option in the Summary tab is disabled.
Select the Sync with This iPhone over Wi-Fi check box if you want to sync automatically over your Wi-Fi connection.
Select the Sync Only Checked Songs and Videos check box to sync only items that have check marks to the left of their names in your iTunes library.
Select the Prefer Standard Definition Videos check box to have high-definition videos automatically converted into smaller standard-definition video files when you transfer them to your iPhone.
Standard-definition video files are significantly smaller than high-definition video files. You'll hardly notice the difference when you watch the video on your iPhone, but you can have more video files on your iPhone because they take up less space.
The conversion from HD to standard definition takes a long time, so be prepared for very long sync times when you sync new HD video and have this option enabled.
Select the Convert Higher Bit Rate Songs to 128Kbps AAC check box to automatically create smaller audio files (so you can fit more music on your iPhone).
Most people don't notice much (if any) difference in audio quality when listening to music on most consumer audio gear, but your iPhone will hold roughly twice as many tunes with this option enabled.
Select the Manually Manage Music and Videos check box to turn off automatic syncing in just the Music and Video panes.


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Dunno if you're watching, but the cooperative blog for Tales of the Cocktail is puttering along with many excellent submissions from fellow drinky bloggers.
Blogging Tales of the Cocktail
I put up a post today about a panel dedicated to the "Life, Drinks, and Legacy of Professor Jerry Thomas":
The members of the panel are Ted Haigh, David Wondrich and Brian Rea! Talk about star studded!
It is unfortunately, Friday, July 18th, from 10:30 to noon, so don't tie one on too hard the night before.
Hope to see you there!


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Baltimore's Afro-American newspaper has a rich photo archive — 1.5 million images dating from the Depression, World War II and the civil rights era up to today.
But one of the nation's oldest African-American newspapers didn't have the hundreds of thousands of dollars needed to digitize its historic images for the Internet age. Now, thanks to a little robot built by a former Johns Hopkins student, the effort has gotten a lot cheaper.
Using off-the-shelf electronics, Thomas Smith, a 2011 Hopkins graduate, built Gado, a swiveling, motorized arm with a nozzle that uses vacuum suction to "grab" photos and place them on a scanner. It can take digital snapshots of the front and back of a new photo every 42 seconds — and these images are steadily being made available online with the Afro's digital article archive.
"The articles we have are incredible," said John Oliver Jr., the Afro's publisher. "And when you match them with the pictures, we've got the history."
The effort, dubbed Project Gado, is a revolutionary step toward lowering the cost of digitizing large printed photo archives. Archiving photographs in digital formats can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, due to a combination of machine and human labor costs. But Smith and his startup company, which is marketing the technology, sees it as an inexpensive solution for publishers, historical societies, municipal archives and others with large photo collections to convert to digital.
"It can be incredibly disruptive," Smith said. "Right now, there are high upfront costs, and a lot of organizations don't want to do it. But if you lower the cost enough, you can take the risk of digitization."
In addition to preserving its archives for the Internet generation, the Afro hopes to make money off the sale of images on its website, a trend mirrored at other news organizations, including The Baltimore Sun, that aim to find new revenue in archival content. The Afro, for instance, is selling the digital photos for between $40 and $100. The newspaper underwent an earlier digitization effort for its article archives —Google Inc.scanned most of its old printed articles and made them available online.
Under Project Gado, more than 6,000 photos published in the Afro are now available for viewing and purchasing at gadoimages.com.
The robot captured the attention of Edward C. Papenfuse, Maryland's state archivist. He said he hopes Smith and Gado can secure a grant to digitize Baltimore City's official photo archives — a collection of up to 30,000 images that show city neighborhoods and official events. He said the state archives can't afford expensive automated machines, but Gado offers a cheaper, effective solution.
"I'm very impressed with the thoughtfulness with the way [Gado] is put together," said Papenfuse. "All of the solutions to this point have been very expensive."
Smith, who majored in cognitive science and cultural anthropology at Hopkins, started working on Gado in 2010, when he was still a student. It was serendipity that brought him to the Afro: He was working on an oral history project in East Baltimore and wanted to find old photos.
He visited the Afro, toured its photo archive and met with Moira Hinderer, who was working at the newspaper through a grant to organize its archives. Smith saw a way for a little robot to do much of the tedious work that a person would normally do: Pick up a photo, place it on a scanner and save an image to a computer database.
Gado largely automates the process, freeing archival staffers to focus on other tasks.
Now Smith is starting to sell Gado kits over the Internet for $500, meaning that just about anybody — from amateur photographers to large organizations — can afford to scan huge piles of photos. Two kits have been sold so far. The kits don't include a computer or a scanner, but come with a Web camera, robot parts and software that can work with virtually any scanner, camera and computer.
The technology that underpins Gado is called "open source," meaning that it can evolve with the help of technical contributions made by a community of users that Smith hopes will grow around use of the device.
John Gartrell, the archivist at the Afro, said that before Gado came along, he was the newspaper's chief scanner. He said he's glad he doesn't have to do as much scanning anymore.
"I probably have scanned in 5,000 images myself," Gartrell said. Gado has "taken out so many steps."
He said the Afro chose to digitize its World War II photo collection first because it's one of the richest it has. The newspaper had correspondents covering the war overseas, filing stories and sending photos that captured the lives of black soldiers in wartime, Gartrell said.
Gado scans both the front of the photograph as well as the back. History is captured on the backs of pictures, where photographers and photo editors typically wrote descriptions and the names of people and places in the photograph.
The first version of Gado took two minutes to scan and save a photograph, but Gado 2 does it in less than a minute. Smith said he plans to make it even faster in subsequent versions.
To support development of the technology, Smith's company — Ebers Smith and Douglas Associated LLC — has received grants from Hopkins and the Abell Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropic institution in Baltimore. Hopkins gave $13,000 and Abell gave $35,000 toward the project. Smith said.
Smith's company is based in the Emerging Technology Center, a Baltimore technology business incubator, at its East 33rd Street campus.
Smith recently held a successful Kickstarter campaign, which ended Monday, that raised more than $2,900 over the Internet to cover the cost of a person to oversee the robot at the Afro.


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We know you're out there…you've been in the library all summer – reading our books, watching our movies, listening to our cds, looking at our magazines. So, where are you when school starts? I know you don't like school so much that you spend every free hour flipping through your textbooks and figuring out how else to expand your scholastic knowledge. You do fun things instead!
Well, WE want to know what "fun" is to you…is it working on that new art project or grabbing the next book in that series by your favorite author? Or is it something else? No matter what "fun" is to you, we want to try and find a way we can do that with you…here…at the library. We want you here! Yes, YOU!
No excuses – there are plenty of ways to let us know – find us on Facebook when you're scrolling through, send us an email on your smartphone, or simply slip an anonymous note in our comments box. And then LOOK! We hear you, see what you're saying, and want to accommodate you in any way we can. Look for flyers and press releases about our upcoming events…I'm sure you'll be able to find something interesting.
We look forward to having FUN with you this year!


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Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D., founder and medical director of the Ultra Wllness Center in Lenox, Massachusetts, suggests these simple additions to maximize your body's ability to process waste.
Water with Lemon
Sipping room-temperature water with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice first thing in the morning stimulates digestion and helps to flush toxins.
Regular Exercise
Any type of fitness plan that gets your heart rate up and creates a sheen of sweat (sun salutations, brisk walking, jogging) helps your body rid itself of anything it doesn't need. Fifteen minutes a day is beneficial; 30 is ideal.
A Cleansing Soak
Once a week for 20 minutes, sit in a hot bath that contains a handful of Epsom salts, 10 drops of lavender essential oil, and a half cup of baking soda. This combo draws out toxins, lowers stress-related hormones, and balances your pH levels.
Go Hot and Cold
Finish your morning shower by alternating between water temperatures as hot and cold as you can stand. The technique increases circulation, which in turn flushes the lymphatic system.
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text: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Jan Kara <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:> On Fri 28-10-11 16:37:03, Andy Lutomirski wrote:>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Jan Kara <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:>> >> - Why are we calling file_update_time at all? Presumably we also>> >> update the time when the page is written back (if not, that sounds>> >> like a bug, since the contents may be changed after something saw the>> >> mtime update), and, if so, why bother updating it on the first write?>> >> Anything that relies on this behavior is, I think, unreliable, because>> >> the page could be made writable arbitrarily early by another program>> >> that changes nothing.>> > We don't update timestamp when the page is written back. I believe this>> > is mostly because we don't know whether the data has been changed by a>> > write syscall, which already updated the timestamp, or by mmap. That is>> > also the reason why we update the timestamp at page fault time.>> >>> > The reason why file_update_time() blocks for you is probably that it>> > needs to get access to buffer where inode is stored on disk and because a>> > transaction including this buffer is committing at the moment, your thread>> > has to wait until the transaction commit finishes. This is mostly a problem>> > specific to how ext4 works so e.g. xfs shouldn't have it.>> >>> > Generally I believe the attempts to achieve any RT-like latencies when>> > writing to a filesystem are rather hopeless. How much hopeless depends on>> > the load of the filesystem (e.g., in your case of mostly idle filesystem I>> > can imagine some tweaks could reduce your latencies to an acceptable level>> > but once the disk gets loaded you'll be screwed). So I'd suggest that>> > having RT thread just store log in memory (or write to a pipe) and have>> > another non-RT thread write the data to disk would be a much more robust>> > design.>>>> Windows seems to do pretty well at this, and I think it should be fixable on>> Linux too. "All" that needs to be done is to remove the pte_wrprotect from>> page_mkclean_one. The fallout from that might be unpleasant, though, but>> it would probably speed up a number of workloads.> Well, but Linux's mm pretty much depends the pte_wrprotect() so that's> unlikely to go away in a forseeable future. The reason is that we need to> reliably account the number of dirty pages so that we can throttle> processes that dirty too much of memory and also protect agaist system> going into out-of-memory problems when too many pages would be dirty (and> thus hard to reclaim). Thus we create clean pages as write-protected, when> they are first written to, we account them as dirtied and unprotect them.> When pages are cleaned by writeback, we decrement number of dirty pages> accordingly and write-protect them again.What about skipping pte_wrprotect for mlocked pages and continuing toaccount them dirty even if they're actually clean? This should be astraightforward patch except for the effect on stable pages forwriteback. (It would also have unfortunate side effects onctime/mtime without my other patch to rearrange that code.)>>> Adding a whole separate process just to copy data from memory to disk sounds>> a bit like a hack -- that's what mmap + mlock would do if it worked better.> Well, always only guarantees you cannot hit major fault when accessing> the page. And we keep that promise - we only hit a minor fault. But I agree> that for your usecase this is impractical.Not really true. We never fault in the page, but make_write can waitfor I/O (for hundreds of ms) which is just as bad.>> I can see as theoretically feasible for writeback to skip mlocked pages> which would help your case. But practically, I do not see how to implement> that efficiently (just skipping a dirty page when we find it's mlocked> seems like a way to waste CPU needlessly).>>> Incidentally, pipes are no good. I haven't root-caused it yet, but both>> reading to and writing from pipes, even if O_NONBLOCK, can block. I>> haven't root-caused it yet.> Interesting. I imagine they could block on memory allocation but I guess> you don't put that much pressure on your system. So it might be interesting> to know where else they block...I'll figure it out in a couple of days, I imagine.--Andy--To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to email@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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The CMS Stag and Athena swimmers and divers won 25 of 26 events in SCIAC dual meet action at home versus the Whittier College Poets on Saturday, January 7. The Athenas won 185-51, while the Stags' tally was 182-49.
"We're in the middle of our winter Training Camp, so there were some tired bodies out there," said Coach Charlie Griffiths. "But when your event is called, you need to be ready to race, so we're happy to start 2012 with a strong meet."
Juniors Carmen Lundell and Andrew Fevery set the tone by sweeping the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions for CMS. Likewise, three swimmers won two individual events each. First-year swimmers LillyBelle Deer and Alex Mendoza won the women's and men's 200 yard freestyle and 500 yard freestyle events. Senior Emma Jones nabbed the 50 and 100 yard sprints for the Athenas.
Seven additional Stags won individual events, highlighted by Brett Berger's 9:55.79 in the 1000 yard freestyle, which missed a 15-year old Axelrood Pool record by less than one second. The Athenas produced four more individual winners. CMS swept first and second in all four relay events.
CMS will be back in action on Saturday, January 14 at the University of La Verne for a SCIAC dual meet versus the Leopards. Diving is slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. and the swimming competition will start at 11:00 at the Flores Park Pool in La Verne.


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Friday - Grooming Update
Carol Catalano
Even without snow, we're continuing our work to make our trails the best they can be. Here's what's happening.Read More
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South Hamilton, MA 01982
Help us bring groomed cross-country skiing to the Hamilton area.
The North Shore Nordic Association, a 501C3 tax exempt non-profit charitable organization formed by local residents with the goal of acquiring and operating ski grooming equipment on some of our local trails. The NSNA will work with local land stewards to groom a classical and skate ski lane on several existing trails including Patton Park, portions of the Discover Hamilton Trail, Appleton Farms and Grassrides, Bradley Palmer State Park and hopefully Sagamore Hill.
The NSNA is seeking funding from multiple sources to acquire an 84" Groomer and a special utility snowmobile to tow the groomer. Additionally we seek to acquire a trailer, operating insurance, fuel, signage, trail maps and signs. Please consider making a donation in any amount on our website www.nsnordic.org. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law. WE need to raise a total of approximately $25,000 to get the operation up and running for the winter of 2015-2016. Subsequent years will only require funds to operate and maintain our equipment and pay for fuel and insurance. The NSNA will be an entirely volunteer run operation and we are seeking anyone interested in helping out in any way.
Once we are operational all ski trail use will be free of charge and supported by donations. NSNA will issue donor cards, as a token of appreciation to those making a donation of at least $100.
NSNA is also seeking to partner with corporate sponsors to fund a portion of our capital campaign.
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Even without snow, we're continuing our work to make our trails the best they can be. Here's what's happening.Read More
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Made a little Adambeauty Haul this week – just a tidgy one to keep me going. This consisted of Kate Select Eye Quads, which come in brown and black:
As you can see, quite a nice set of graduated shades.
It's a palette that I thought I could carry around with me in the make up bag – kind of all the shades you need for a smokey eye or a neutral eye. The pigmentation is only so-so though:
I would add a bit of water to make this stand out more though. It's a nice palette if you are new to make up but because of the lack of pigment it has to be a :
I also picked up this Kao NEKURIZUMU
Vapor Relax Hot Eye Mask
I thought this was a cooling gel mask type thing but very oddly – it's a heated eye mask! traditionally we only put cooling things on our eyes to refresh right?
The eye patch looks like a sanitary towel:
So you open this up, put the hooks round your ears and it begins to heat up when you place it near your skin. There are three scents, Lavender, Insipid (that's what it says!) and Yellow Chrysanthemum.
It's hot patches on your eyes and it shouldn't work. But as I tried one out today, within 2 minutes I had fallen into a deep sleep – it was so relaxing! it also stays warm for quite a while, and then like an oddball, I pulled it up around my forehead, which is also quite relaxing.
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Jen Carlton Bailey created this quilt as a wedding gift for friends and was inspired by the couples style and things that they love.
Here it is in Jen's own words: 'Cameron and Daria are true love birds. They married this summer and I knew they needed a quilt-you know, for snuggling, staying warm and baby making! The original design didn't work with the red color theme, so I set off to make something new. It had to be Mod or Mid Century. I mean, it's their favorite aesthetic, well, and mine too (which always helps when you're making a quilt for someone else)! The color was easy. Red-but not all the same shade, even though both the Volvo and the Vespa were painted the exact same color-Formula Red"
"Attached you'll find the three things that inspired me for this quilt. A Mondrian Inspired painting found after oodles of Goggle Images search! As well as Cameron's collection of Vintage red vehicles."
"The quilting was inspired by the planets in Orbit. However, don't count the lines! I had to add a few to make it work. Using two different color threads helped give a little more heft to the quilting. The yellow adds a little more "modern" touch I think."
Jen is a proud member of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild and you can follow her at her blog BettyCrockerAss. One of her recent blog post titled Nothing is Original talks about Inspiration vs. Copying in quilting and is a fun way to end this week of Inspiration. Hop on over to her blog to check it out!


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On an upper level of this home, a narrow balcony matches the minimalist style of the interior with a glass railing, gravel floor and white leather furniture.
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Antique Bench
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Fresh, White Kitchen
The new Blount kitchen is open to the dining room which flows into the living room creating an open, airy space. White cabinetry and countertops create a bright cooking space, as seen on Fixer Upper.
Contemporary Bedroom With Deep Blue Accent Wall
A clean-lined four poster bed with a coordinating nightstand creates a contemporary look in this bedroom. A textured royal blue accent wall provides a beautiful backdrop, lending depth and interest to the space.
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As seen on HGTV's Flip or Flop, an extra long countertop is a creative way to make the most of the space in this bright white, modern kitchen. Hardwood floors extend into the living room pulling the separate spaces together.
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Wicker chairs are a compelling combination with the white, coral-like light fixture in this dining room. The pale gray walls help the textures and crisp contrast leap out into the center of the space.
Contemporary Back Porch Is Cozy, Stylish
Sleek rocking chairs, boxy armchairs and a clean-lined sofa pair with a large fire pit for a cozy yet contemporary feel on this back porch. Large sliding glass doors allow outdoor-indoor functionality.
Modern Widespread Faucet Complements Modern Bathroom
The close-up, side view of this Pure Design Interiors bathroom countertop shows the modern, minimalist style of the space. The modern chrome faucet, with its rounded center water spout, harmonizes nicely with the gray and white marble countertop of the vanity, while the small accessory objects to the left of the faucet give the space an earthy, natural touch.
Spacious, Fully Equipped Island in Contemporary Kitchen
Since the perimeter cabinets in this contemporary kitchen stretch from the floor to the ceiling, the island — which is is fully equipped with a sink, cooktop and vent hood — serves as the prep station.
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A family of five needed a relaxed yet beautiful living space using items they already owned and wanted to incorporate into the overall design. Designer Sarah Wittenbraker created this stunning living room doing just that; she achieved a stylish, eclectic design by mixing furniture pieces of contrasting styles.
Contemporary Italian Farmhouse Kitchen
This Austin, Texas, kitchen features warm colors and dark cabinetry that call back to the traditional, rustic feel of an Italian farmhouse. Wood beams criss-cross the ceiling, while broad, modern windows bring in loads of light.
Eclectic Dining Room With Banquette and Pendant Lights
Unique pendant lights hang from the ceiling of this eclectic dining room. The long wooden table is adorned with a banquette on one side and black chairs on the other side.
His Master Bathroom
The master bathroom for him feels like a day at the spa. A gray and white marbled sink and walls are luxurious details that contribute to the spa-like feel. The shower features the same marble walls with a bench seat for added relaxation.
Vibrant, Purple Dining Space
This colorful, sophisticated dining room features a stunning jeweled chandelier, a gold-toned dining table with purple cushioned chairs and window treatments in the same color palette.
Gold Chandelier And White And Gold Plaster Ceiling Detail
This elegant gold drop chandelier, green hand painted wallpaper, and white and gold plaster ceiling accents add glamour and whimsy to a traditional living room.
Pink and Gray Children's Bedroom with Fringe Chandelier
A bedroom in this dream vacation home in Miami's Sunny Isles Beach is decorated with pink and gray color schemes, a playful gray and gold fringe chandelier and and sheer curtains.
White Traditional Contemporary Dining Room
For a pair of young homeowners, the designer of this home wanted the dining room to feel playful, stylish and a bit more youthful. Putting a darker color on the ceiling, then painting the walls fresh white cozies up the space while maintaining an open feel. A few bold accents—like the leopard print curtains—add edge.
Lighted Mirrors and Natural Light Give Master Bathroom Even Light
Natural light as well as lighted mirrors help to increase visibility in the space. The even light this provides gives the homeowners a great space for getting ready.
Coastal Bedroom with Fun Pendant Lights
Light streams through this coastal bedroom offering relaxing vibes. Crisp white linens with a navy-blue stripe, blue window coverings and twin pendant lights complete the design.


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A Boho Beach Wedding at Sunset Restaurant in Malibu, California
Gwynne Crowley (35 and a freelance producer) and David Lowrie-Reed (40 and in marketing) exchanged vows under a dream catcher wedding arch on the sand outside Sunset Restaurant in Malibu, California. "We love the beach and often spend many special occasions with our toes in the sand," Gwynne says. "I wanted a boho beach wedding with rich orange sunset colors in the flowers," Gwynne says. "The Sunset Restaurant was the perfect location because we were able to have our ceremony right on the beach at sunset." The couple exchanged vows under a simple wooden arch adorned with roses and a dream catcher. "Having the Pacific Ocean just beyond our beautiful dream catcher arch was just magical," Gwynne says. Afterward, the newlyweds hosted their 75 guests at Sunset Restaurant, a few steps from the ceremony site. "Our wedding venue was also a restaurant, so our guests could enjoy their meal along with the ocean view," Gwynne says. "The best advice I could give would be to go with your gut. It's about what you love because it's your special day to celebrate your love." —Carolyn Meers


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6'8 Kid Gets Disrespected & Humiliated After Calling Another Man Out In NYC!
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When the Alibi was born 17 years ago, it wasn't called the Alibi. It was called NuCity. Its first issue gingerly appeared on the Albuquerque scene on Oct. 9, 1992, a Friday, with a whole 12 pages. That magnificent dozen was created with a Powerbook 140 and Macintosh SE, with the help of a rented laser printer.
Last week, on Saturday, Sept. 26, the Alibi was presented with the First Amendment Award by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, an honor that feels both humbling and affirming. ACLU-NM Director Peter Simonson wrote this about the organization's decision to grace us with the award:
The Weekly Alibi—in addition to having its finger on the pulse of the city's arts, culture, cuisine and entertainment—
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HIP109165 is the reference name for the star in the Hipparcos Star Catalogue. The Id of the star in the Henry Draper catalogue is HD209879.
BM Aquarii has alternative name(s) :- , BM Aqr.
BD number is the number that the star was filed under in the Durchmusterung or Bonner Durchmusterung, a star catalogue that was put together by the Bonn Observatory between 1859 to 1903. The star's BD Number is BD-16 6021.
More details on objects' alternative names can be found at Star Names .
The location of the giant star in the night sky is determined by the Right Ascension (R.A.) and Declination (Dec.), these are equivalent to the Longitude and Latitude on the Earth. The Right Ascension is how far expressed in time (hh:mm:ss) the star is along the celestial equator. If the R.A. is positive then its eastwards. The Declination is how far north or south the object is compared to the celestial equator and is expressed in degrees. For BM Aquarii, the location is 22h 06m 44.98 and -15° 38` 40.0 .
Based on the star's spectral type of M3III: , BM Aquarii's colour and type is red giant star. The star has a B-V Colour Index of 1.54 which means the star's temperature is about 3,913 Kelvin. The temperature was calculated using information from Morgans @ Uni.edu.
BM Aquarii has an apparent magnitude of 9.87 which is how bright we see the star from Earth. Apparent Magnitude is also known as Visual Magnitude. Using the supplied Parallax value, you would get an absolute magnitude of Magnitude, whether it be apparent/visual or absolute magnitude is measured by a number, the smaller the number, the brighter the Star is. Our own Sun is the brightest star and therefore has the lowest of all magnitudes, -26.74. A faint star will have a high number.
Using the original Hipparcos data that was released in 1997, the parallax to the star was given as -0.63000 which gave the calculated distance to BM Aquarii as -5177.20 light years away from Earth or -1587.30 parsecs. If you want that in miles, it is about -30,434,819,282,046,185.69, based on 1 Ly = 5,878,625,373,183.61 miles.
The star is a pulsating Semiregular late- (M variable type which means that its size changes over time. The Variable Type is usually named after the first star of that type to be spotted. BM Aquarii brightness ranges from a magnitude of 10.211 to a magnitude of 9.682 over its variable period. The smaller the magnitude, the brighter the star. Its variable/pulsating period lasts for 0.5 days (variability).
The source of the information if it has a Hip I.D. is from Simbad, the Hipparcos data library based at the University at Strasbourg, France. Hipparcos was a E.S.A. satellite operation launched in 1989 for four years. The items in red are values that I've calculated so they could well be wrong. Information regarding Metallicity and/or Mass is from the E.U. Exoplanets. The information was obtained as of 12th Feb 2017.
|Primary / Proper / Traditional Name
|BM Aquarii
|Alternative Names
|HD 209879, HIP 109165, BD-16 6021, BM Aqr
|Spectral Type
|Constellation's Main Star
|Multiple Star System
|No / Unknown
|Star Type
|Giant Star
|Milky Way
|Visual / Apparent Magnitude
|Naked Eye Visible
|Requires a 7x50 Binoculars - Magnitudes
|Right Ascension (R.A.)
|22h 06m 44.98
|Declination (Dec.)
|-15° 38` 40.0
|Galactic Latitude
|-50.18101973 degrees
|Galactic Longitude
|41.05825354 degrees
|Distance from Earth
|-0.63000 Parallax (milliarcseconds)
|-5177.20 Light Years
|-1587.30 Parsecs
|-327,401,845.59 Astronomical Units
|B-V Index
|Radial Velocity
|-21.00000 ± 4.70 km/s
|Exoplanet Count
|Variable Star Class
|Variable Star Type
|Semiregular late- (M
|Mean Variability Period in Days
|Variable Magnitude Range (Brighter - Dimmer)
|9.682 - 10.211
|Effective Temperature
|3,913 Kelvin
|SIMBAD Source
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Copper-Alloy Die Insert Tackles Tough Dual-Phase Draw
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Swedish supplier SSAB Tunnplat manufactures Docol cold-rolled dual-phase (DP) alloys from 0.5 to 1.6 mm thick. Docol 800 DP comprises 1.5 Mn, 0.2 Si, 0.12 C, 0.04 Al, 0.015 Mn, 0.015 Nb, and 0.0002 S. Mechanical properties: 116-131-ksi tensile strength, 72.5-94.3-ksi yield strength, and an n-value of 0.11.
Dual-phase steels have a microstructure that blends ferrite and martensite, giving them their relatively low yield point and high ultimate tensile strength. DP steels also boast a relatively high strain-hardening rate, beneficial in terms of formability and energy-absorption capacity. SSAB recommends a minimum internal bending radius of one times material thickness and a limited drawing ratio of about 2.0.
"The first time JCI ran this tool," shares CTS president John Bouwkamp, "it made 7500 hits before one of the form stations experienced excessive galling. Then, when carbide failed in the application as well, we turned to a special hardened copper alloy for the die insert, and the progressive die has run for more than eight months now, making more than 100,000 hits without requiring maintenance."
The Troubling Station
Of the 41 dies in the seat-stamping package, four process Docol 800 sheet. For these dies, CTS used D2 rather than A2 tool steel. For the dies not stamping Docol 800, trim steels are of A2. Yet, even using coated D2, the form tool in the reinforcement application failed to hold up.
"At that die station, the top surface of the part steps down ¾ in., then gets flanged 90 deg.," says CTS floor supervisor Tom Runyon. "And, the clearance radius specified created a lot of galling of the coated D2 insert. The radius goes from 0.080 in. and blends out to 0.125 in. Where this extreme flange condition is, it more or less kinks the inside radius to a no-radius condition, or almost square inside.
"Forming Docol, we find that you get two hits," Runyon continues. "The first hit can move a lot of steel. But with the second hit, the material has hardened so much that you can't really move the steel too much or it will split."
Where Carbide Fails, Copper Alloy Succeeds
After JCI experienced galling failure after 7500 hits with the die, it asked CTS to try carbide for the troubling tool insert, rather than have to keep a spare insert in hand and have the inserts coated every 7500 hits, at a cost of $600 to $700. However, machining a carbide insert proved disastrous, as it shattered before it even made one hit. "We tried three times, to no avail," says Runyon.
Instead, CTS went with a copper alloy for the insert, DieAce SO390 from Sankyo Oilless, Sterling Heights, MI. DieAce, a special hardened copper-alloy casting, is designed to eliminate galling and scoring in harsh drawing and forming applications. SO390, one of three DieAce alloys, has a hardness of HB 270-290 and 0.5 percent minimum elongation. Sankyo says that the alloys can be cast to size, leaving only a minimal amount of stock for finish machining.
"We were able to mill the insert in 6 hr.," says Runyon, "and overnight ship the new insert to JCI. "So far, after more than 100,000 hits, the material's lubrication properties and wear resistance have kept the die in the press without requiring any maintenance." MF
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BETHESDA, Md., April 30 (UPI) -- Two drugs used for age-related macular degeneration were "highly effective" but Avastin was more frequently used in a head-to-head test, U.S. researchers said.
Dr. Paul A. Sieving, director of the National Eye Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, said prior to the test, conducted two years ago, Avastin and Lucentis had never been compared head-to-head.
Both drugs block growth of abnormal blood vessels and leakage of fluid from the vessels.
Avastin is approved for other indications and most clinicians use it on an as-needed basis when there is evidence of active disease, such as fluid leakage, Sieving said.
The drug trial was designed to compare Avastin and Lucentis with monthly and as-needed treatment schedules.
"Both drugs were highly effective regardless of the approach to dosing. There was slightly less vision gain with as-needed treatment," said Dr. Daniel F. Martin, study chair for the trial and chairman of the Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. "Patients seeking the small extra advantage of monthly treatment need to be mindful of the additional burden, risks, and costs of monthly injections. Since as-needed dosing required 10 fewer eye injections over the course of two years and yielded similar visual results, many patients may choose this option."
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Kruner knows the Saxon capital well: not only was she born and brought up in Dresden, she also works as a tour and museum guide with a particular focus the city's cultural heritage.

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What's special about a Dresden Christmas?

There are a lot of real local Christmas traditions. It's not like Halloween in Germany, which is imported. Dresden has its own traditions, which have been around for hundreds of years and are really something special.

The decorations and lights are a particularly important tradition. We have these traditional paper lanterns lit up with bulbs inside - every shop has them in the windows at Christmas.

Even walking through a very normal residential area at night is very magical because of all the lights; it's a pleasure just to walk around because people do a lot of individual decoration.

Dresden is famous as the birthplace of the Christmas market. But are they just for tourists these days?

Not at all. I actually went to a Christmas market this afternoon with my kids for them to ride on the carousel. You have to go at least once every Christmas and have a Glühwein and a Bratwurst.

Do you have a favourite one?

I like the Neumarkt around the Frauenkirche best. It has a 19th century theme; all the stall holders wear costumes and sell traditional wares. There are a lot of real craftsmen; there's a goldsmith and a knife-grinder. I personally find the Striezelmarkt - the biggest and oldest market - too big and too crowded. There are just too many people. But the one around the Church is much smaller and calmer. It feels a lot more Christmassy.

Dresden is also famous for its Stollen, the traditional German Christmas cake. Where can you find the best?

You can buy it all over the place, but everyone thinks their own is the best! Many people in Dresden make their own. We use my grandmother's recipe, and prepare our own dough but bring it to the baker for it to be baked in a proper oven - that makes it taste even better.

Do you have any tips for festive music lovers?

I love the Kreuzkirche - it's the oldest church in the city and has the famous boys' choir. We go to hear Bach's Christmas Oratorio every year as a family. But all the big churches have wonderful services.

On Christmas morning at six o'clock there's a nativity play in the Kreuzkirche. The church is always heaving with Dresdeners, even though it's so early in the morning.

Where would you go to warm up out of the cold?

Mulled wine! Or a hot chocolate! Wackerbarth makes the best. Theirs is unusual in that it's made with white wine, not red, which comes from the Wackerbarth vineyard here in Saxony. The wine is then mixed with white grape juice and some secret ingredients - it's totally delicious!

Dresden certainly takes Christmas seriously. What would you do if you wanted a break from it all?

If you wanted to escape from Christmas, you'd have to get right out the city - everywhere is full of people and decorations! You'd have to cross the river and get out into the countryside for a walk.

Lastly, can you tell us something about a Dresden Christmas that only locals know?

Every local has their own Stollen recipe - I wouldn't go giving that away! That's a private secret.

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Akin fallout could stick to GOP ticket
In the shadow of Todd Akin, the "Mediscare" battle suddenly seems like old news for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
Romney, who entered the primary season hoping to steer clear of the culture wars, suddenly finds himself immersed in them after a Missouri Senate candidate's comments about "legitimate" rape and pregnancy grabbed the spotlight this week. Despite sharp condemnation from Romney and Ryan and calls for him to leave the race, Akin's remarks sparked a new look at the ways in which the former Massachusetts governor's own positions on certain issues, like abortion, differ in shades from those of his more conservative running mate's.
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Just days before Republicans raise the curtain on their convention in Tampa, the controversy has given Democrats fresh ammunition in waging a campaign against Romney grounded in what they have dubbed a "war on women." Their new approach has been to hit his running mate as they try to tether Romney to the mostly unknown Wisconsin lawmaker's 14-year voting record.
For all the upsides of joining forces with Ryan, a conservative whose calling card is budgetary issues and not social ones, there are some downsides of a more obscure record for opponents to pick through.
( Also on POLITICO: Ryan: Romney abortion policies 'good step')
Even before Akin handed them this gift, the abortion issue is one that the Democrats were already hoping to use against the GOP ticket. Romney, who tacked right during the primaries on social issues, was a supporter of abortion rights during his 2002 gubernatorial election and has aroused suspicions among social conservatives because of that for years despite evolving to embrace the anti-abortion cause.
"This is one of the dangers of having a congressman on the ticket when the ticket hasn't yet started fighting the bigger battle about who can best lead us to 'The Promised Land,'" said Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist and former Romney adviser in his 2008 campaign.
"When campaigns aren't about big things, the small things become the big things, including congressional votes and whether mom is on Medicare," he said.
Former Rep. Tom Reynolds, who was head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, noted that senators and governors also have records, but added that with congressmen they do tend to be "less vetted" by the national or statewide media.
That the party, and Romney, moved swiftly to cauterize the wound that Akin left could help expedite the end of this particular controversy. Ryan, a congressional colleague of Akin's, personally reached out to the Missouri member to ask Akin to consider the impact he was having on the party.
But it is, just as in the primaries, a social-issues headline explosion that is pulling Romney sharply off his singular focus on the economy.
The Akin situation, Republicans note, was unforeseeable and the result of a single person with no real ties to the party who has been roundly denounced. Still, the controversy has dominated Romney's pre-convention week.
Republicans, while not minimizing the impact or seriousness of Akin's comments, have said that Democrats are trying to stoke outrage.
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One of The Situation's best friends, Sammi Sweetheart, tells our source why the 'Jersey Shore' star is in rehab and what prescription medications caused his problems
Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino confirmed on his website yesterday he voluntarily is receiving help for a prescription medication addiction — and HollywoodLife.com has a source who talked to Sammi Sweetheart in Las Vegas, who revealed more details about the serious problem.
We can confirm The Situation is addicted to Oxycontin and Vicodin, specifically. Sammi told our source, "Things got really bad after Italy."
TMZ is reporting that Mike has checked into Cirque Lodge in Utah. Meanwhile, MTV announced that there will be a sixth season of Jersey Shore.
"I want to set the record straight," the Jersey Shore star says on his website. "I have voluntarily taken steps to get control of a prescription medication problem I had due to exhaustion. I have spent the past several weeks getting treatment for this problem and recuperating from my work and appearance schedule. I appreciate my fans support and love you guys."
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'Oz the Great' review: Wonderful wizard
MOVIE REVIEW 3-D leap over the rainbow a heartfelt, magical ride
No one should resist "Oz the Great and Powerful" out of loyalty to "The Wizard of Oz." Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion don't even appear in this one, which takes place some 30 years before the 1939 film, back when the Wizard was just getting his start and the Wicked Witches of the East and West still looked really, really good.
Here you'll find the 3-D almost as good as Ang Lee's "Life of Pi," with the three dimensions in service of a much better story. Screenwriters David Lindsay-Abaire and Mitchell Kapner devise a satisfying history for "Oz," supposedly by going back to L. Frank Baum's books. But watching the movie, it becomes pretty clear that they kept the 1939 classic in mind, thought about what might have happened years before and let their imaginations rip. That's why the more you like the Judy Garland film, the more you might appreciate "Oz the Great and Powerful." Appreciate. Enjoy. Admire. Be glad to see. Have fun with ... But as for love - well, love will be harder to come by.
"Oz the Great and Powerful" has one flaw that keeps it from lifting off and soaring: It's 130 minutes long, and that's just too much for a fairy tale. The individual scenes are so good that this is less a problem than it might sound, and it's hard to say what exactly should be cut - this is precisely the problem director Sam Raimi must have faced. But taken together, the bulk seems wrong for the form.
Everything else deserves praise, and that includes the opening credits sequence, done in black and white, in lettering from the turn of the 20th century, with the camera seeming to be flying toward the credits as a series of walls part and doors open. It's enough to make you start liking 3-D again, and that's just the start.
We meet Oz as a young carnival magician in 1905. He's a fraud, an opportunist and a lothario, who is either a decent fellow underneath it all or only looks like one because he's handsome and played by James Franco. Afraid of poverty and a drab existence, he chooses the life of a mountebank, even when it means giving up the woman of his dreams. And then a tornado comes, while he happens to be fleeing Kansas in a hot air balloon, and he ends up in Oz.
Or he doesn't. Actually, it's possible to look at "Oz the Great and Powerful" as a dream from which young Oz never wakes up because he's dead - that he's a dreamer more like the girl in "Pan's Labyrinth" than Dorothy. You might counter this by asking why he dreams of the same place and characters that Dorothy does, but in the construct of this movie these just might be archetypes. Anyway, just a thought, something to play around with after you've seen the movie.
Upon landing in Oz, he meets Theodora (Mila Kunis), a vulnerable young woman who is struck by the coincidence that his name is Oz. She assumes he is the wizard, foretold in prophecy, and instantly falls in love with him. Pay attention to how she's dressed - Gary Jones' costume design is more than vivid. It's psychologically astute. If the character's clothes make you feel reassured, that means something. If a character's clothes make you uncomfortable and you don't know why, that means something else.
The meeting of Glinda the Good and Oz benefits from the inevitable emotional chemistry of Michelle Williams and Franco; that is, from the combination of her deep-revolving purity and his benevolent wise-guy essence. Any Glinda who'd appreciate Franco must have a fun streak, just as any Oz liked by Williams must have unknown depths.
But the most moving element in the film is the character of a porcelain doll, whose legs are broken in an aerial attack by an evil witch. Time stands still in the best way for the scene in which Oz glues the doll's legs back together. It's a perfectly done scene, with animation effects so seamless you forget to appreciate them. Instead you'll get carried away by the delicacy of the images, the sweetness of the moment and the power of the metaphor: Good and gentleness - people's lives - are porcelain, while the world rains down bombs.
Oz the Great and Powerful
Fairy tale. Starring James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz and Mila Kunis. Directed by Sam Raimi. (PG. 130 minutes.)
Mick LaSalle is The San Francisco Chronicle's movie critic. E-mail: email@example.com