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There were too many highlights to mention but I'll pick a few of my favourites.
There was the surprise smorgasbord set on the Friday night that had everyone trying to guess what the theme was (there wasn't one) unless you call it "Acoustic Bobsleigh Sandwich" where the bread was a fine mixture of old and seldom heard favourites and the filling morphed from "h natural" thru "Los Trios" and into "Marillion Bobsleigh"
On Saturday everyone guessed we would play all of FEAR but seeing the crowd bouncing up and down as one as we played through a selection of Clutching At Straws heavy vintage Marillion was just like the old Marquee days. We were all young again for an hour.
Then fast-forward to 2017 and the FEAR album was a tour de force to end the night and leave everyone wanting more. Again, everyone was expecting Dot Com but to see the looks on people's faces as the curtains opened and the sublime sight and sound of the string quartet playing the familiar but fresh opening bars of A Legacy was unforgettable. It was great to have so many fine guest musicians on stage with us too.
We were blessed with the finest weather ever at PZ and even the fun run was fun!
I'm already looking forward to the next one.
Well what an amazing weekend that was.
The fine weather coupled with the extra day seemed to add to the laid back and convivial atmosphere all round the park. I can't even put into words the reaction I got from everyone I met regarding the three nights.
If I had to choose the evening I enjoyed the most I'd probably say Saturday, purely because we've all been waiting so long to play F E A R in its entirety and I can see The Leavers becoming our new must play classic in the near future.
After each convention fans come up to me and say "that was the best one yet"
You know what, I think this time it really was.
Thank you all.
Not sure I could add to that apart from to say that I used up yet another life and I really must get out of the habit of almost having to leave Ouddorp before the end, in an ambulance.
Cracking weekend (I'm not just talking about my ribs).

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SAN/NAS integration, devices and prices
Could you tell me about NAS head devices that provide a file system view of SANs? Is there any other way to achieve SAN/NAS integration? Who are the best suppliers in this regard and what are the price ranges like? How much sense does it make to go in for such a device rather than say, NetApps NAS appliances?
NAS devices that provide a file system view of a SAN are really just the NAS controller that is sometimes called a head or gateway with the storage being attached via the SAN. This is relatively simple to understand once you grasp that a NAS device has a control function (the controller or head) and a storage element. There's no difference in the storage attached as far as the code in the NAS device can tell - it's just blocks of data accessed with SCSI commands typically. By using the storage in a SAN rather than direct attached, the NAS controller has a LUN (or LUNs) assigned to it that it owns and controls as if it were direct attached. The value here is in the ability to use possibly less expensive storage in the SAN and centralize the administration of that storage (and achieve greater economies of scale).
There are other approaches being used to capitalize on SAN storage with file access that you would use for NAS: one is with a Metadata Server approach where the metadata server controls access to the storage but data is actually accessed in blocks across the SAN. This approach is used in the IBM SANergy product and EMC Highroad among others. Another approach is to create a SAN file system that treats all the storage in the SAN as if it were a very large file system (which requires sharing of information among servers). This approach is being used by a few vendors including VERITAS.
It is not appropriate to comment on who is the best vendor (that is very subjective) or the prices since the prices depend greatly on the deal you make.
The bottom line in choosing these combined NAS and SAN solutions is economics. You'll need to look at your individual situation and consider product costs, administration costs, the cost associated with your storage demand growth (how well you scale), etc. and determine the best economic answer for you. Despite what a vendor may tell you, it's not always the same solution for everyone. That's what makes it interesting.
Randy Kerns
Evaluator Group, Inc.
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Friday, February 29, 2008
A Horst Is A Horst
Le sigh. I hope one day to be able to take photos as half as well as Horst P. Horst did. The world needs glamour.
Meet & Greet
The warmth of the company went a long way to making it fun though. There were quite a few people I already knew, Riayn and Marcellous who I had both met once before at Sydney Blogger Meet, James (of course) who I have known for a few years, Grant who I have known for more than 20 years, Therin who I have known for almost the same length of time, my fellow knitting buddy Mary-Helen, and Panther who's house I once went to a party at but hadn't seen for about 20 years! Small world indeed. Ninglun and Mike I hadn't met before, and their blogs were completely new to me.
Here's a mousketeers' roll call of the attendees, and check out these blogs because there are some great reads:
- Grant, who is also A Girl Called Dusty
- James O'Brien
- Marcellous, the man who is Stumbling On Melons
- Mary-Helen, who puts the witty in Witty Knitter
- Mike, one half of the handsome duo El Loco & El Lobo
- Ninglun, who is writing New Lines From A Floating Life
- Riayn, is Dancing About Architecture
- Panther, who stalks Pinkboard
- Therin, who's motto is Have Phaser, Will Travel
James has written a really good recap of the evening, with his thoughts. I had a really great time, and it was fantastic to see such a diverse group of people. We talked about our blogs, about plagiarism on The Interweb, knitting (yay, Mike is a knitter too!), travel, tv, all sorts of things.
The conversation flowed easily, which has been my experience with meeting other bloggers in the past. I guess blogging really is an extension of our desire to communicate after all, and as such bloggers are generally pretty good communicators. Even though some of us are a little more shy in person than on our blogs, I guess because our own blogs give as a safe space to write our thoughts in (interweb trolls aside).
James, Riayn and I hung at the pub out until about 9pm, by which time it was raining fairly heavily and the cold had driven us inside. I made the short walk home in the rain, having had a fun night and looking forward to all the new blogs I now have to read!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Thunderbolt And Lightning. Very, Very Frightening Me.
(the band, not the person... or persons),
As entertaining as "Bohemian Rhapsody" is, I think you'll find that it's actually lightning bolts and thunder claps. I mean, "thunderbolt"? Oh, and maybe "very, very frightening TO me" would be a sentence worth your consideration.
Cordially, TOA.
It has been raining on and off for most of the day here today, with storms forecast. A short while ago, completely without warning, there was a lightning flash and simultaneous humungous crash of thunder. Louder than I have ever heard before, and closely followed by flickering electricity, and various building and car alarms. Yup, I think the building scored a direct hit.
It was enough to make me exclaim Fuck! at the top of my lungs, let me tell you.
I wonder what the good Christians here at The Big Christian Charity that I work for have to make of that? I think we just got smited*. I don't care what they say, I am NOT taking the blame for this. Not this time.
* Smote? Smitten?
Colour Inspiration
Oh man, I have a new obsession! Ever since I saw this on Apartment Therapy earlier today I've been looking through all the entries on Kris's Color Stripes blog.
Kris is an artist and fashion designer in Italy who takes favourite photos and deconstructs them into colour palettes. Because most of the photos are of nature, what you end up with are quite harmonious palettes.
So fantastic! I just mentally redecorated my house about 10 times over!
[All photos and palettes from Kris's Color Stripes blog.]
Self Inflicted
And tonight more beers! Um, yay. The GLBTI Blogger Meet is on tonight. My only concern right now though is the weather, storms are forecast for today and we are going to be outside in a beer garden. Under cover, but still outside. Oops. I'm sure it'll be fine, right! ::crosses fingers::
I'm really looking forward to it. I have already met about half of the people intending to come along, but there's going to be some new faces in there. I've been to a few blogger meets of various kinds, and with the exception of a few freaky "I'm going to blog to make a fortune, because people will pay to read anything" types (I kid you not), everyone I've met so far has been pretty cool and interesting.
Oh crap, that means the pressure is on for me to try and be cool and interesting...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Urban Archeology In Newtown
Over the past few weeks I've been taking my camera with me almost everywhere I go, and I snapped these pics while wandering the back streets and lanes of my suburb Newtown. It's amazing how much you can find within 5 minutes of home, if you look hard enough. I particularly love the layers of this place. Paint over paint, signs of new occupation over old, of people making their marks.
[I'm having some firewall issues with Flickr on my work computer at the moment, so I haven't posted these to Flickr. But as alway, you can click these pics to see the full sized version.]
Absolute Alliteration!
More vintage pulp fun courtesy of BookScans.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Still Getting My Ass Kicked
On the upside one of my team mates here at work just left on a bakery run. Mmmmmmm, fat.
So what else do I have to tell you? Let me see...
Still obsessed with So You Think You Can Dance: Australia, even though I stopped blogging about it. (Until now, I guess.) All I can say, the judges got it wrong last night. Rhiannon and JD should have gone home.
I watched the Oscars last night. I thought the telecast was a little flat. Jon Stewart was very funny, but the audio was a little weird in parts. You couldn't hear the announcements of who was presenting each award, for instance. But one word for Katherine Heigl:
The word is GORGEOUS.
I made risotto for dinner last night, and I made enough for two meals. Then of course it was so good I ended up scarfing down most of it. I'm a pig. A pig who's also a good cook, that is.
My boss has the radio playing in his office, and right now it's playing Celine Friggin' Dion. [hate]
I wish she'd hurry with those pastries.
All The Fishes In The Sea, Couldn't Be Happier Than You And Me
[Link via things magazine.]
Trend Watch
Monday, February 25, 2008
Does Not Compute
(I say reasonably upbeat because I'd had a bit of a weird weekend. I had a really nice time at a function on Saturday afternoon, got rather drunk and spent the rest of Saturday night sobering up. In fact I promised my friend Graeme I'd write a blog post about Saturday but I'm not in the right headspace at the moment.
Then I went to my regular knitting group on Sunday and nobody showed up, so I got kind of shitty and frustrated and ended up feeling like I'd wasted an entire afternoon. In fairness the knitting group is one of those drop-in things that people come and go at, so I didn't have a real right to be ticked off, but the reality is that sitting alone at a table for 6 for 45 minutes in a crowded beer garden, while everybody else who is looking for a table gives you the stink eye, is officially no fun.)
Anyhoo, back to today. So after posting my previous post early this morning about the GLBTI Blogger Meet I started a task here at work that is so mind numbingly tedious and frustrating that if I actually told you in detail, well all your synapses would simulatneously explode in misguided attempt at self-preservation.
The short description is to do with Income & Expenditure reports, with us carefully informing our head office of where each item we bank needs to be allocated, and with them apparently shredding everything we send them and then randomly reassembling them into something that uses the same source material, but bears no relation to the spirit (or meaning) of the original. My task is kind of like looking at the original and looking at the end result and trying to reconcile the two. Fun!
I think my own synapses started committing hari-kiri some hours ago...
GLBTI Blogger Meet
If you happen to be in Sydney this Thursday, are any colour of the glbti rainbow, and either have a blog or are thinking of starting one, then please come along! We made it an early start so that people can come straight from work if they wish, and stay or go on to dinner etc.
James has created a page with more information, and as James suggests it might be nice to leave a comment if you plan on coming, so that we can get a rough idea of numbers. Hope to see you there!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Quiet Times
I have no empirical data. None. I haven't measured the depth and breadth of anything, checked the click through rates of anything else, the frequency of this, the rarity of that, looked under the hood or taken a pulse. I am without data. But it kind of seems like some of my favourite blogs have been a bit quite of late.
Oh sure, it was a public holiday in the US at the start of the week. I get that. The international date line, times zones and such magical things also means that traffic here is usually pretty quiet on a Monday, as much of the Northern Hemisphere is still enjoying their Sunday.
Anyhoo, it's just a feeling. Posting on some of my favourite blogs has been a bit quiet this week, and some blogs don't seem to have had a lot of comments this week. Am I right, or is my judgement questionable?
[Cartoon by Dave Walker at We Blog Cartoons.]
Do The Happy Dance
For yea verily today art Friday, and tomorrow art Saturday. Rejoice!
Actually I have a bunch of things to be gratefull for today. Pear and pecan loaf, and a good black coffee, just for starters. Warm weather. A string of better night's sleep this week (and if I've just jinxed myself I will have to give myself a stern talking to). Handsome men to look at on the train ride to work this morning. A fantastic crisp apple.
You know, good stuff.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
If all you heard was blah blah, don't worry about the technical stuff. Just enjoy the pretties!
I'm really pleased with the results. I hope you like them!
[Via Shorpy]
- Number of coffees drunk: 2
- Number of glasses of water drunk: 4
- Number of caesar salads eaten: 1
- Number of emails read: 5
- Number of websites visited: innumerable
- Number of times complained of headache: 8?, 10?
- Number of times told unsympathetic co-worker that she wasn't a very nice person: 1
- Number of chocolate biscuits eaten: 1 (very good one)
- Number of bits of work done: handfull
[Cartoon by Dave Walker from We Blog Cartoons]
Now For My Next Trick!
Please Tiptoe
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Pink Can Be For Boys Too. Sometimes. Just Like Blue Can Be For Girls.
I find these pictures that I found on designboom fascinating but kind of oddly depressing. The story behind the pics, to quote designboom:
Korean artist Jeongmee Yoon's 'pink and blue project' was inspired by her daughter. She would only wear pink and buy pink toys. She found this to be a common theme in Korea, the US and around the world. When photographing girl's [sic] in their world of pink, she realized that boys shared the same phenomenon except in a different hue: blue. The objects are arranged in the child's room and photographed in a square format. Jeongmee Yoon was born in Seoul and lives in New York.
Wow, first off these kids have a lot of stuff. I find the pink is for girls and blue is for boys thing a bit dispiriting and sad. Maybe I'm reading too much into this, I know all kids like to try and discover gender and sexuality issues by modelling based on stereotypes. But wow, this is like beyond a simple preference for a colour don't you think? It just seems so... rigid. So deeply enmeshed in a societal gender role.
It kind of makes me want to go in and take a few things from the girl's room and a few thing's from the boy's room and play switcheroo. Maybe show that there's fun to be had in accessorising that Superman outfit with a pink tiara and some clip on earrings. Or that Barbie would have lots more fun if she occasionally broke out and wrapped herself up in a superhero cape.
Charming Indeed
I'm going to tackle a little D.I.Y. job for home tonight. I think I mentioned this before, but a few weeks back I scored a couple of free cork pinup boards from work as part of a big clean out. Last week when I was on holidays I finally got a chance to visit the super cute studio store of Prints Charming, and I bought a couple of co-ordinating fabrics to cover the boards in.
I really wanted to hide the ugly brown corkiness of the boards, and I thought that once I'd covered them in something nice I'd put one of these in my bedroom and one in the kitchen. Over the years I've amassed quite a few postcards and bits of ephemera, and I also wanted somewhere to stick up design ideas and stuff.
So I bought 2 fabrics in a light, fresh green colourway that should go nicely in my house and add a bit of punch. (I'm a bit more in love with the retro star design than the hibiscus inspired one I've decided, but I still like both of them.) I started the satisfying task of staple gunning the fabric over the boards, and tonight I'll finish that off and stick some hanging hardware on the back of them.
Do you have any idea how satisfying weilding a staple gun is? Seriously. Give me a staple gun, and a hot glue gun, and it's like there is nothing I can't achieve.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
A Fine Line
I really admire people who can draw well. There's a very fine difference between something that really sings on the page, and a line that just doesn't look quite right.
The more I look at illustration the more I want to pick up a pencil again and get to it. What I need to do though is to get over that period of frustration at not being able to it as well as I used to. If you're a bit of a perfectionist like I am, then it's harder to get through that without packing it in.
So I need to give myself permission to suck at it for a while. Which is an extremely hard thing to do!
A couple of weekends ago I went to the cocktail lounge atop the Eastern Hotel in Bondi Junction for Evan's birthday celebration. We had a fabulous long and lazy afternoon sipping beverage items and eating gourmet pizzas. The cocktail bar has been done in a sort of pan-Asian style decor, with lots of deep leather sofas, billowing curtains and vintage chinoiserie. Quite fab.
It was surprisingly quiet the Saturday afternoon that we were there, but it did mean that we had the place almost to ourselves. It was a great afternoon, with lots of laughter and conversation. I had to snap some pics of some of the details of the decor because it was really quite lovely.
Monday, February 18, 2008
New Word For The Day
Fair Day
Sunday was Fair Day, one of the first events that kicks off the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras festival. I love Fair Day! It's always a great opportunity to see the broad variety of gay & lesbian groups and businesses around Sydney, get sunburned, pet pooches, run into old friends and ex boyfriends (four, I counted), drink in the sun, watch drag shows, boy watch, and generally have a grand old time. Perhaps a gay old time would be more appropos?
Dinner With Gomez & Morticia
I alternately find the Gothick style "Memento Mori" (rough translation "Remember that you are mortal") collection by designer Douglas Little either fabulous or silly. It's one of those things that can go either way, you know? Some of the items in the range, some of the skull items in particular, are a bit naff I think. But other stuff, like the plates and candle votives below I kind of like. It's expensive gear, US$180 for 4 plates in a box set. Not that I would probably buy it anyway, I mean I'm guessing it's kind of hard to make this stuff work with IKEA furniture...
These are only a few of the items in the large range, which you can see over at unica home.
Memento Mori set of 4 plates. Just the thing next time you sit down to a dish of braaaaaaaains!
Black pepper scented Altar Candle.
Jasmine scented Altar Candle.
Hemlock scented candle in a frosted glass votive. DO NOT EAT would be my recommendation.
The 'L' plate from the L-O-V-E Birds 4 plate set.
[Updated: Ok, scratch what I said about dinner at Gomez & Morticia's. Because I think Diamanda Galas must have the whole Douglas Little collection! To whit:
I'm right, don't you think?]
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Holiday. Celebrate. It Would Be So Nice.
My little week long holiday is almost at an end. I kind of have that nagging 'it's Sunday night and back to school tomorrow' feeling in the pit of my stomach. And it's only Saturday! It's ok though, I've enjoyed my little break. I didn't achieve as much as I set out to in a material sense, but then I feel relaxed and more me right now than I did at the start of the week. That's a big something in my book.
Tomorrow is Fair Day, one of the events that kicks of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras. So tomorrow's themes will be 'drinking', 'photos', 'cute boys' and possibly even 'photos of cute boys drinking'. I kid! (Mostly.) Another theme will probably be 'sunburn'.
Fair Day is one of my favourite events and it has a great community spirit about it. It's also nice opportunity to catch up with friends, and tomorrow I'll be doing just that. It should be a fun way to round out the end of my holiday.
(Speaking of the having of fun. I hope you checked out my little guest spot on Fabulon earlier today! If not, scooch on over and look for the posts with "Posted by The Other Andrew" on them!)
Friday, February 15, 2008
Guest Blogging
Come on over, it's Open Bar!
Sensory Overload
I decided to have a wander around IKEA yesterday, making use of being on holidays and having the rare opportunity to go in the middle of the day and avoid the weekend crowds. It was primarily a fact finding mission this time around, there was some stuff in the catalogue that I was thinking of getting, and I wanted to go in and see it in the flesh, you know look under the hood and kick the tires, before committing to it. The only thing I was going to get this time was some fabric, which of course they didn't have. But I did buy some more storage boxes in the (vain?) hope of getting more 'organised'.
The IKEA here is so BIG and with so much stuff in it, that I always feel a little overloaded by the time I've done the place. You know? After a while all the beech veneer and 50c glassware starts to meld into one. A sort of Swedish fugue state. It was a lot quieter though, which was nice. And the demographic was more single mothers and youngsters, and less full families and The Gays.
I was in there for over three hours! By the time I left I felt tired and dehydrated. Who knew IKEA could be such a marathon?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Lupercalia By Any Other Name?
Happy Valentine's Day!
I tried kick off this post with a bit of history about the origins of Valentine's Day, but every version seems to be slightly different. One thing that seems to crop up frequently though, and even the Catholics acknowledge is the likely association with the Roman erotic and fertility festival of Lupercalia. Erotic festival has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Yeah there's stuff about poor Valentine, once saint but now suspended from duty without pay, but I have decided (in the interest of historical accuracy only, of course) that Lupercalia it is. I'm not so keen on the animal sacrifice, the flogging with strips of sacrifical hide etc, but the bits about young men in loincloths I do support. Huzzah for young men in loincloths!
Anyhoo, love and eroticism. So hard to seperate anyway, and sometimes so easy to confuse for each other. So I hope you all get a fair sized helping of both on this day. Or maybe tonight. Or even later in the week. Just get some, ok?
This is also a little love letter to all of you who stop by here. Thanks so much for reading! Really. I never expected this blog to become something that I would enjoy doing almost every day, but it is. Big love and erotic Lupercalian thoughts especially for those of you who comment, to those of you who link back to this little blog of mine, and for those of you who provide me with thought provoking and amusing times on your own blogs.
Big kisses and a squeeze for all! Mwah!


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This is part four in a series on our trip to San Diego for the Energy Storage North America conference and expo. Here are parts one, two and three.
It's a long flight from Beijing to California, so it's not every day that our Chinese members have the opportunity to visit demonstration projects in the United States. We wanted to make the most of our San Diego trip, and so scheduled a trip to Borrego Springs, a community two hours away hosting a 26 megawatt solar facility and a 4.5 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system owned and operated by San Diego Gas & Electric. The batteries were provided and installed by Saft, with PCS from Parker and ABB.
The microgrid was funded in part by the Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission to build energy resilience in a remote community within California's largest state park. The community's population fluctuates between 2,500 and 10,000 residents, causing seasonal swings in load. Most importantly, the community is served by only a single transmission line strung in rugged terrain, leaving the community vulnerable to prolonged outages due to fire, lightning strikes, or floods.
The microgrid has already proven itself as a powerful back-up system. During a planned transmission maintenance outage in May, the utility was able to switch customers to microgrid-supplied power after only a 10-minute outage. According to Jeff Mucha, project manager at SDG&E, that outage length was necessary to maintain personnel safety while flipping switches manually. The company is currently installing automation systems to make it possible to control microgrid services from SDG&E headquarters in San Diego.
This facility demonstrates the myriad values that microgrids can provide. In many ways, it was the ideal bookend to a trip that began with a visit to UC San Diego's microgrid. One site was a telescope looking at the future technologies and business models that can help achieve grid stability and reduced carbon emissions in an urban, EV-heavy setting. The other, by contrast, showed how microgrids and energy storage can build resilience in isolated communities with plentiful solar resources.
Big thanks to Jeff Mucha and Donna Miyasako-Blanco at SDG&E, and Linda Haddock at the Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce.
This is the final part of our blog, Dispatches from San Diego. See parts one, two, and three.


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Bearborn (4e Race)
From D&D Wiki
Fierce and powerful, bearborn are a noble honor-bound race.
|Racial Traits
|Average Height: 6'9"-7'5"
|Average Weight: 210-260
|Ability Scores: +2 Strength, +2 Charisma or Constitution
|Size: Medium
|Speed: 6 squares squares
|Vision: Normal
|Languages: Common, one other language
|Skill Bonuses: +2 Endurance, +2 Intimidate
|Strong: You have a +1 racial bonus to Fortitude
|Bearborn Oath: You can use bearborn oath as an encounter power.
|Bearborn Oath
|Bearborn Racial Power
|Minor Action
|Melee 1
|Target: One target
|Effect: You mark the target until the end of your next turn. If the marked target uses an attack that doesn't include you as a target, it takes damage equal to your charisma modifier. On your next turn if you attack the target you gain a racial bonus to damage equal to your charisma modifier. If you do not attack the target by the end of your next turn, you suffer the same amount of damage.
Play an bearborn if you want...
- To look like a bear.
- To excel in battle.
- To not break an oath.
- To be a member of a race that favors the barbarian, fighter, paladin, and rogue classes.
Physical Qualities[edit]
A bearborn looks like a humanoid and slightly smaller bear. Bearborn have long fur and sharp claws. They are very strong and tower among most races. Bearborn eyes are dark and their fur can either be brown, black, golden, or white. Bearborn have a lifespan slightly longer than a humans, most live until 90 but some have been known to live up to 120 years.
Playing an Bearborn[edit]
Bearborn are similar to dragonborn, but they have different traits. They can be very stubborn but honor bound creatures. A bearborn that has broken a promise is exiled from his or her clan, stripped of clan name and labeled "oathbreaker". An oathbreaker is forbidden from returning to the clan until suitable amends have been made toward the recipient of the broken promise and the clan chieftain.
Bearborn live in the far north and south in kingdoms ruled by the largest and strongest clans. Bearborn kingdoms don't have a lower class and have only the middle and upper classes. Bearborn usually take on manual labor, and become labor and guards in human cities. Bearborn make great adventurers.
Bearborns also are drawn into battle. Over thousands of years the race had fought many battles over many evil humanoids, putting cities in their place. This is a factor that caused an age of darkness thousands of years ago. Still, bearborns exel in battle, and live to feel the blood.
Bearborn mostly have bad tempers, they never forget insults but almost act like dragons when they fight back. Also they have a fair almost of respect for nature, but only enough to not tear down the forests. They also have a fair respect for Teddy Bears, but treat them as pets or parody of their race. Bearborns mostly warship Kord, Bahamut, and sometimes Moradin and Melodra.
Bearborn Characteristics: honor-bond, fierce, leader, stubborn, warrior
Male Names: Beorn, Barn, Darr, Redax, Ruhn, Rhimm.
Female Names: no big difference with male names except they're like beorn +a: beorna, barna, ruhna etc.
Bearborn Adventurers[edit]
Three sample <!-Your race-> adventurers are described below.
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the sacred story at large informs us. We read also, of the fast of the fourth month, zcch. and the fast of the fifth, and the fast, of the vi«- '9sevenths and the fast of the tenth, which were probably in Commemoration of National Calamities, such as the Destruction of their City and Temple, and their being led into Captivity. Besides which, it is likely, they might have several other Days of Fasting and Rejoycing; which maybe seen in those Authors who have written purposely concerning their Affairs. But our Bibles mention no more than these.
A VIN G spoken of the Places and Times sacred to the Religion of the Israelites, we come next to treat of their Rites and Ceremonies; as they are deliver'd to us in the Books of the Law of Moses. Among which the principal were their Offerings. And these were of two Kinds, Sacrifices and Gifts. Both of which appear to be offer'd up, occasionally, upon three Accounts; first, ' either to honour the Supreme Deity; or, secondly, to obtain some Benefit from Him j or lastly, to atone for some Sin committed against Him. And of this last we have mention in several Places of Holy Writ. Where the manner of the Burnt-Offering is prescrib'd, Lev. i. 4. in t«e Conclusion, it is said; and he shall put his hand upon the head of the burntoffering: and it stall be accepted for him, to make atonement for him. Again the Lord
says to Samuel; I have sworn unto the house *. Sam. | of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli'j house JhallUL '4* not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. And the Apostle to the Hebrews, in two places, declares, That every HighPriest is ordained for men, in things pertain- vui. *z. ing to God; that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for fins. We will therefore inquire, distinctly, what the Scripture faith, first, in relation to Sacrifices} and secondly
SACRIFICES. The Sacrifices appointed by God himself, under the Dispensation of the Law, are/*. I. The Burnt-Offering. 2. The Meat-Offering. 3. The Peace-Offering. 4. The Sin-Offering. 5. The TrespassOffering. 6. The Consecration-Offering. The five first offer'd, by the Priest, in behalf of the People j the last, upon his own Account only. And besides, there are likewise some other Offerings, such as those of Purification, and Atonement, and the Oblation of Incense. Of all which we shall speak in their Places. 1 . M SECT. SECT. III.
The Burnt-Offerings was a Sacrifice mtended purely to do Honour to God, and therefore intirely devoted to Him without the Priests partaking of it in the least. For being * quite consumed by Fire; and ascending up toward Heaven with its odoriferous Fumes, it was suppos'd to be grateful and pleasing to the supreme Being.
The manner of ordering it, in its several Kinds, is rather too long to be transcribed Lev. i. from the Bible. I shall only observe, that at the End, it is said to be, An offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the lev. vi. Lord. In another Place, it is thus pre'2* scrib'd; The fire upon the altar Jhall be burning in it, it Jhall not be put out: And the Priejl Jhall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt-offering in order upon it. The fire Jhall ever be burning upon the altar, it Jhall never go out. .
This Fire is what we,afterwards read of, as being miraculously kindled, to consume
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the the first Burnt-Offering that was offer'd after the building of the Altar. Where we are told, that when Aaron brought the Le. burnt-offering, and offer d it according to 16 ■ the manner, 'There came a fire out from before the L|o R Dj and consumed upon the altar the burnt-offering, &c. Which Fire, is said, to have been constantly kept in, until the Time of the Babylonish Captivity. However that be, it was reckon'd an impious Presumption to make use of any other in any Burnt-Offering. For when Ksadab and Abihu the Sons of Aaron, burnt Incense in their Censers before the Lord, not with this, but other Fire j we are told, Ley there went out fire from thel^otm and devoured them, and they died before the Lo* P.
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Number one: Things you should never allow kids to give their mothers (or should you give yours).
|No. VERY bad idea
A cookbook. (She'll see it as an insult to her orange and parsley meatball casserole)
Hedge trimmer. (Another potential Dad replacement or a comment about her leg-shaving habits)
A puppy. (A potential replacement for YOU.)
All the obvious things. Kids picking gifts when little is kind of a mistake anyway because most moms aren't big fans of Hotwheels or Barbies. They have to pick them up off the floor all the time or stepping on them when going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Legos are completely off the list. I heard a rumor that the government wants to replace water boarding with barefooted Lego walking.
Number two: For husbands, should you give your wife a gift on Mother's Day? She's not YOUR mother, after all...
This is a toughie and I have mixed feelings on this one. I always believed when the kids were little to get the gift for the wifey and have them sign a card, or make cookies or something. The bad thing is getting the wrong gift and then getting THE LOOK. How was I supposed to know that certain perfumes cause a rash?
Not sure if this is going to be of much help to anyone, but if you've got ideas about what NOT to get your Mom, I'd love to hear them.
And in the meantime, Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there.
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For Luke:
AIO/Pockets: 22
2 Thirsties Duo Size 2
8 Fuzzi Bunz (combo of Mediums & OS)
2 Alva Baby (day-time stuffing)
6 Alva Baby (overnight stuffing)
Fitteds: 5
1 SBish Snapless Multi
1 Butterfly Baby Snapless
3 Soggy Bottom Baby Mediums
For Vinnie:
AIOs/Pockets: 24
9 BG 3.0s Velcro
6 BG 3.0s Snap
3 BottomBumpers (OS)
2 Sunbaby
1 Swaddleebees
1 Grovia AIO
1 Haute Pocket
1 Blueberry
Fitteds: 9
4 BSRBs
3 Soggy Bottom Baby Smalls
1 Wonderwrap
Luke's Wool:
Vinnie's Wool:
PUL/ Fleece:
Not in Rotation Wool:
|All the diapers & wool in the organizer.
|All the buckets laid out, so you can see what is in them.
The empty one is there to represent the 21 diapers that are coming!
I need to count up the wool & covers & then I'll add those. There are a lot of diapers out for repair right now. My friend JoAnna is repairing 8 BG 3.0s that my friend Jennifer gave us & 7 other diapers I sent her. I also have 6 more Bottombumpers that are out for repair with them. So, that will add another 21 diapers to our stash too. Some of those diapers will be Luke's, some will be Vinnie's, so I will wait to add them to the list until I know who is getting what in their "stash".


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I've been working on 2 different customer quilts this weekend. Both are going to be Christmas gifts. This little one belongs to Wendy. She is new to quilting. She likes the McKenna Ryan patterns, & wanted to give this to her daughter.
I've been working on it between working on Kate's big quilt. When my knees start to ache from standing, I sat down & worked on the small quilt. It's complete, now I just have to finish Kate's.
I've also been trying to decorate the house too. I put the little ceramic tree in the kitchen while I was talking on the phone to my youngest son.
We had quite a bit of snow over the last couple of days. Warren went out to snow-blow the driveway today, but the old snow-blower died. He says he will try to find a new one tomorrow.
Kate's quilt has been pure pleasure to work on during the gray winter days. It is so sunny & warm. The Minkie on the back is behaving just fine. I am also loving the green batting. It's very nice.
Broc has wanted a little attention too. He gets so goofy at times. Yesterday Warren went shopping, & picked up Broc's free gift from the Pet Zoo. When Warren came in & sat down the bags, Broc had gotten his & tried to take off with it. He knew it was his present!


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Who Is Ras Baraka?
Mayor Ras J. Baraka
Ras J. Baraka was sworn in as the 40th Mayor of the City of Newark in July of 2014.
His progressive approach to governing has won him accolades from grassroots organizations to the White House. He was listed in The Nation's 2015 "Most Valuable Progressives" as "Most Valuable Mayor", Ebony Magazine's "Power 100" and on the front page of the New York Times for "defying expectations" during his first year-and-half in office.
President Barack Obama announced his sweeping plan for criminal justice reform while visiting a Newark reentry center with Mayor Baraka and because of Mayor Baraka's diplomatic skill and strong advocacy, Newark Public Schools can expect to be returned to the control of the City for the first time in more than two decades. Throughout the City's five wards, he is beloved as an educator, former principal, basketball coach, neighbor, mentor, and friend.
From the launch of a social impact venture fund to accelerate the development of technology and the opening of the nation's largest vertical indoor farm, to the creation of the City's first-ever police Civilian Complaint Review Board to mobilizing residents to combat violence in high-crime areas, Mayor Baraka's leadership has married a profound vision with an unshakeable passion for the City where he has lived and worked for more than four decades.
Under Mayor Baraka's leadership in 2017, a groundbreaking partnership designed to strengthen the City's economy called, Hire. Buy. Live. Newark, was formed. Hire. Buy. Live. Newark, is marked by three interrelated strategies: Newark 2020, which will connect 2020 of the city's unemployed to full-time living wage jobs by the year 2020; Buy Newark which will support the growth of local businesses and match them to the purchasing needs of other Newark businesses large and small; and, Live Newark which will attract more employees, faculty, and students to live in the city and provide existing residents with additional rental and homeownership choices and incentives.
Hire. Buy. Live. Newark marks the first time that any US city has sought to transform its economy by combining employment, procurement, and residential strategies. Mayor Baraka himself coordinated this effort, which joins the City with Newark's premiere corporate CEOs and leaders of social justice, community development, and educational institutions.
The year 2017 also marked Mayor Baraka's progressive stance in defense of Newark as a sanctuary city and despite the threatening posture of an unreceptive presidential administration, the Mayor signed a 10-page executive order spelling out in great legal detail the protocols and protections that the city provides to undocumented immigrants.
In 2015, under the Mayor's leadership, the City of Newark witnessed successes and accomplishments in various areas:
• Set an all-time record for the collection of revenue during the year and finished the year $30 million in the black
• Completed the year with a surplus in the City's water and sewer department of $14 million and $6 million, respectively
• Implemented an electronic accelerated tax sale that allowed residents to bid on properties online, which generated $1 million more in revenue and increased tax collection to 97%
• Collected $7 million additional in payroll tax and $2 million additional in parking tax
• Joined the fight for $15 minimum wage for airport workers and other workers throughout the State
• Proposed tax abatement for Newark businesses employing 51% or more of Newark residents
• Partnered with the philanthropic and corporate communities to employ 2,900 youth during the summer
• Distributed more than 6,000 municipal IDs, generating over $100,000 in revenue
• Started construction on about 1,000 units of residential space in downtown Newark neighborhoods
• Opened Centers of Hope in every ward, thereby facilitating engagement with 10,000 more Newark residents
• Reorganized several City departments to enhance service and delivery and to increase transparency
• Has committed to working with area institutions of higher learning to ensure that the number of Newark residents with college degrees increases from 17% to 25% by the year 2025
• Instituted community COMSTAT meetings with the Department of Public Safety
Public safety is also one of Mayor Ras Baraka's highest priorities. He has connected law enforcement agencies with the community, provided at risk youth with mentoring, education and job training and developed programs to help ex-offenders join the workforce, gain counseling and medical treatment, and reunite with their families.
At the close of 2015, Mayor Baraka unified the Police and Fire Departments under a single Department of Public Safety. This groundbreaking initiative streamlined the two departments, saved money, and put more police on the street. His other public safety initiative, "Occupy the Block," brings the Mayor and senior staffers together with local residents to disrupt criminal activities on high crime blocks and often collaborates with the Newark Alliance of My Brother's Keeper, the local coalition which is based on President Obama's program to repair the disconnect that many young men of color have with law enforcement, education, and government.
In his first 100 days in office, Mayor Baraka closed the City's budget gap without laying off employees. His perspective on economic development has won him favor with Fortune 500© leaders, small business owners and investors. His strong relationships with Newark's clergy and higher education leaders have allowed him to foster new collaborations on downtown and neighborhood redevelopment, education initiatives and fighting crime.
A native of Newark, whose family has lived in the City for more than 70 years, Mayor Baraka was educated in the Newark Public Schools and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and a Master's Degree in Education Supervision from St. Peter's University in Jersey City. His father, the late Amiri Baraka, was a legendary poet and playwright. His mother, Amina Baraka, is herself a renowned poet.
The father of three daughters, Mayor Baraka is also a published author. His latest work, "Black Girls Learn Love Hard," is dedicated to his late sister, Shani Baraka.


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Nation & World
Condolences pour in from around the country, and from the Royals, for fallen Kansas City firefighters
A city celebrating an improbable win in the afternoon for its hometown baseball team Monday found itself grieving just hours later after two Kansas City firefighters died in the line of duty.
The shock and sorrow was palpable on social media as the news spread. Twitter feeds filled with celebratory tweets about the Royals quickly turned somber.
Tributes continued on Tuesday once the names of the veteran firefighters who died - Larry J. Leggio and John V. Mesh - were revealed.
Downtown Courthouse flags at half-staff w/ additional flag for support for the fallen firefighters. #WeStandWithKCFD pic.twitter.com/L11ZSpRBVr— Jackson County MO (@JacksonCountyMO) October 13, 2015
Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer and the entire Royals organization paid their respects as well.
Prayers for @KCMOFireDept & the families of those firefighters lost & injured tonight. They are true heroes #KCFD pic.twitter.com/AWMLJmkmZj— Eric Hosmer (@TheRealHos35) October 13, 2015
#KC firefighters Larry Leggio & John Mesh made the ultimate sacrifice saving the lives of others. Mourning the loss of these brave #heroes— Governor Jay Nixon (@GovJayNixon) October 13, 2015
STL joins KC in mourning its brave firefighters. #fgs— MayorSlay.com (@MayorSlay) October 13, 2015
Heart heavy at loss of two KC firefighters,who were saving others in burning building that collapsed.We take their bravery for granted. #42— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) October 13, 2015
Mayor Sly James used Twitter to remind Kansas Citians that the city's "firefighters put their put their lives on the line for all of us every day."
Statement on tonight's tragic loss of @KCMOFireDept firefighters: pic.twitter.com/qYnv8DrHkO— Mayor Sly James (@MayorSlyJames) October 13, 2015
Condolences Monday night came from all corners - other fire departments, other municipalities, elected officials, ordinary people.
The City of Kansas City's social media manager, Mark Van Baale, asked his Twitter followers on Tuesday to "take time out of talking #Royals and think about the 2 KCMO firefighters who lost their lives last night. #WeStandWithKCFD."
Our thoughts are w/ our neighbors @KCMOFireDept and the families of those firefighters killed and injured tonight. https://t.co/kcRXjnm9Rr— KS Highway Patrol (@kshighwaypatrol) October 13, 2015
We mourn with our friends at the @KCMOFireDept and the families of the firefighters who died this evening. Brave. Heroes.— Jackson County MO (@JacksonCountyMO) October 13, 2015
Our thoughts and prayers are with the @KCMOFireDept and the families of Firefighters that lost their lives and were injured tonight.— Southern Platte Fire (@SPFPD) October 13, 2015
Thoughts and prayers to #KCFD and the #Firefighters hurt in tonight's #fire and #collapse— Greensboro's Bravest (@PFFG947) October 13, 2015
Tonight, let us bow our heads in remembrance. #KCFD pic.twitter.com/GGBklqtuVi— Shawn Rhino Wheat (@RhinoRadioShow) October 13, 2015
Man, my heart is heavy. Especially for the "brothers" of the #KCFD firefighters who died. Many of them may still be fighting that fire.— Mark Van Baale (@markvanbaale) October 13, 2015
More than 60 American firefighters have lost their lives so far in 2015 according to the U.S. Fire Adminstration, including two in Missouri and three in Kansas.
In ceremonies a few days ago at the 34th Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service in Maryland, President Obama paid homage to firefighters who have given their lives this year "serving their neighbors, their communities, our nation with courage, and fortitude and strength.
"We can never repay them fully for their service."
Obama commended firefighters for their willingness to "leave their homes and their families so they might save the lives of people that they've never met."
"It's hard to think of a more selfless profession than firefighting," the president said.
"There's a reason why firefighting occupies a special place in our imaginations; why little boys and increasingly little girls say, I want to be a fireman, I want to be a firefighter. They understand instinctually that there's something special about it."
Lisa Gutierrez, @LisaGinKC, firstname.lastname@example.com, 816-234-4987


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Before I do anything else, I want to announce that the winner of last week's giveaway is...
Lindsay Harrel!
Today I want to keep the party going by talking about dreams.
Source: simplifiedbee.com via Rachel on Pinterest
I've been listening to an audio sermon by Ransomed Heart ministries that's all about dreams, and let me tell you, it has been so mindset shifting for me. Next Wednesday, I'm going to chat a little bit more about what I'm learning and what it means to have a vision for the unseen... to believe in dreams that are yet to be. I can't wait to dive into this topic!
But before we do, I thought it'd be really neat if we could all share some of our dreams.
So here's what I'd love to hear from you! Would you share...
1) A dream of your heart you're currently striving toward
2) One of your all-time greatest bucket list dreams. I want you to think big.
Here are mine. The dream I'm currently striving toward is publication. This is a huge dream of mine that I daily have to depend on God for. Every time I try to shrink this dream down to what feels like a more manageable status, I find God re-inflates it and reminds me that with Him, nothing is impossible... no matter how impossible it may sometimes seem.
Photo from http://www.halekulani.com/style/photo_gallery/
My bucket list dream is to stay at the Halekulani in Waikiki. The Halekulani is pretty much the greatest hotel in the world... and no, I haven't stayed there yet. But the past few times we've been to Waikiki, we've got to the Halekulani for frozen lemonades to watch the sunset, and let me tell you, there's nothing else like it. Someday, I'm going to stay here, even if it's only for a few nights.
Can't wait to hear from you all!


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In an interview with Screen Crush, Karen Gillian gave up some details on Nebula, her villainous character in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy.
Fanboys were thrilled when Gillian revealed her newly shorn head at last summer's San Diego Comic Con as part of the Guardians of the Galaxy panel. While her character was originally shrouded in mystery, it's become clear she's going to be one of the film's central villains and will be the main antagonist for Zoe Saldana's Gamora. In the interview below, which is the 2nd part of Screen Crush's interview with the actress as a part of her publicity tour for her new film Oculus, Gillian discusses Nebula and gives a few details about what to expect...but not too many
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after stealing a mysterious orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain with ambitions that threaten the entire universe. To evade the ever-persistent Ronan, Quill is forced into an uneasy truce with a quartet of disparate misfits–Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon, Groot, a tree-like humanoid, the deadly and enigmatic Gamora and the revenge-driven Drax the Destroyer. But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand - with the galaxy's fate in the balance. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is presented by Marvel Studios and stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket, Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot, Lee Pace, Michael Rooker, Karen Gilian, Djimon Hounsou with John C. Reilly, Glenn Close as Commander Rael and Benicio del Toro as The Collector. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film opens August 1, 2014.


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Now that I'm all settled in my new home for the next four months in Barcelona, I decided it was about time for my first post. Being a great traveler really isn't that difficult. Despite this reality though, you're going to see a lot of idiots meandering through the airport on any trip you decide to take. Please don't be one of those idiots. Use these five tips to up your travel game, STAT.
This is probably the most important. That's why it's numero uno on this list. If you want to have the best possible experience you can, you're going to have to burst that bubble of yours and expand your horizons. I know that can seem daunting at first, but trust me, traveling is what you make it. So, do it up right. You can thank me later.
Make an effort to learn and (attempt to) speak the local language, try that new food that somehow made it onto your plate because you didn't understand the aforementioned language and step out of your comfort zone to make some new friends.
I promise, even if you make an attempt to do any of this, your time in your new destination will only be that much better.
Part of being prepared to travel to a new place is studying up on that place beforehand. Now I know everyone hates homework. Believe me, I'm the first person to put something off if I think I can get it done tomorrow (or next week, or the night before it's due, or five minutes before it's due).
However, I can't stress enough how important it is to research the place you're traveling to. Especially if it's a foreign country and you're going to be spending an extended period of time there, i.e. my four-month stay in Spain this semester.
Before you go, be a nerd for a few weeks. Buy the little travel books and that stupid little phrase book you swear you'll never use. I promise they'll come in handy. Google up some restaurants and check out the neighborhood around where you'll be staying.
It's not hard, won't take up too much of your time and, unlike that 10-page research paper that you put off until the night before at 3am, this type of homework is actually enjoyable.
Now, I'm definitely not the first person to talk to when it comes to packing advice. That's why this tip has nothing to do with it. All I recommend doing after you stuffed your suitcase to the brim without folding anything (don't worry, no judgments here, this is a safe place) is that you set aside an outfit that you'll be comfortable and confident in when you're traveling. Even though you're not an international businessman, you can still dress stylishly and comfortably at the same time.
For my trip to Spain via DC-->London-->Barcelona and for most of the trips I go on, I usually go with jeans. While traveling in sweatpants is more comfortable and definitely the surefire way to let everyone know that you don't give a shit what you look like, jeans are still comfortable and imply that you give at least half of a shit.
I also recommend wearing a short sleeve shirt with a sweatshirt or other type of jacket. That way, if you're cold on the plane or in the airport, you can keep it on. Alternatively, if you're sprinting through London Heathrow at 7:30am trying to catch your connecting flight to Barcelona, you can take it off. Obviously make sure you wear underwear, socks and comfortable shoes. But you already knew that. Freaks.
It's also important to have the weather of your destination in mind. While it's snowing and in the single digits in Baltimore, it's sunny and 60 in Barcelona. You need to dress with both of those forecasts in mind so that you're comfortable at all times.
Note: This mainly applies to men's style because I am, spoiler alert, a man. For my readers of the female persuasion, check out Hashtag Jetlag's packing list posts for some options.
While I already admitted that I'm no packing genie like my mother, I do know a thing or two about stuffing a backpack with everything I need. First thing you need to know is that when you're flying, you don't only get your normal rolling carry-on bag. You also get what airlines affectionately refer to as the "personal item."
They say this has to fit under your seat, but I say F that. As long as it fits comfortably on the ground under you while still giving you some leg room, you're not going to get hassled by any flight attendants. So, I opt for a backpack that I strategically place everything I need in.
In my backpack for Barcelona, I had the following items, yes all in one backpack:
- Full change of clothes (for the off chance your bags get lost, more on that in another post)
- Headphones
- Laptop
- Chargers, adaptors and converters
- Snacks (more on that later)
- Medicines and liquids
- My Nikon D3200 Camera in travel case with extra lens, batteries and battery charger
- 32oz Brita water bottle
- 2 pairs of Ray Ban sunglasses, in their cases and regular glasses in their case
There was actually more, but you get the idea. Think of it like a game of Tetris. You can fit everything in there, you just have to put it in the right way and in the right spot. Before you go, think of all the stuff you want with you at your seat on the plane and try to stuff it into your backpack.
If something doesn't fit, see if you can buy a smaller version or stuff it into a different compartment. If it still doesn't fit, you might have to reevaluate and find something you could do without having with you.
For me, this is an absolute no-brainer. While everyone always raves about how awesome airline food is (they don't, that was a joke), it helps to have some other options. On my flight to London, I literally saw a woman who packed herself a full, home-cooked, three course meal in tupperware containers and didn't eat the inflight meal. If that fits in your backpack or carry-on, more power to you.
On the more likely occasion that all of that doesn't fit in your backpack, snacks are more likely your best course of action. I personally like to go with pre-packed and portioned snacks that I like to think are healthy. Think Fiber One or Nutri-Grain bars, little bags of almonds and fruit leather. Also, make sure you have a pack of your favorite gum on deck for the takeoff ear-popping orchestra.


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Holiday Playlist by The Citizenry
I'm happy to say that I'm officially home for the holidays, but I wanted to stop by to share my current holiday favorite. In addition to just about everything in their shop, I'm loving this Holiday Playlist compiled by The Citizenry. It will put you in the perfect mood to wrap those last-minute holiday gifts. Promise.
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About why people hate Clippy
Taking some time reading about technological failures, I found this interesting reference by Luke Swartz called Why People Hate the Paperclip: Labels, Appearance, Behavior, and Social Responses to User Interface Agents. This dissertation deals with Office assistants on computers that seem to be a big pain for lots of people. The documents provides an interesting contextual history of such user interface agents and it tackles the user experience angle based on theoretical, qualitative, and quantitative studies, the author.
Some of the results:
"Among the findings were that labels—whether internal cognitive labels or explicit system-provided labels—of user interface agents can influence users' perceptions of those agents. Similarly, specific agent appearance (for example, whether the agent is depicted as a character or not) and behavior (for example, if it obeys standards of social etiquette, or if it tells jokes) can affect users' responses, especially in interaction with labels."
But my favorite part is certainly the one about mental models of Clippy:
"Two interesting points present themselves here: First, beginners—the people who are supposed to be helped the most by the Office Assistant—are at least somewhat confused about what it is supposed to do. Especially given that beginners won't naturally turn to the computer for help (as they seek out people instead, it may be especially important to introduce such users to what the Assistant does and how to use it effectively.
Second, that even relatively experienced users attribute a number of actions (such as automatic formatting) to the Office Assistant suggests that users are so used to the direct-manipulation application-as-tool metaphor, that any amount of independent action will be ascribed to the agent. For these users, the agent has taken on agency for the program itself!"
Why do I blog this? collecting material about technological failures and their user experience, this research piece is interesting both in terms of content and methodologies. Besides, I was intrigued by the discussion about mental models and how people understand how things work (or don't work). There are some interesting parallels between this and the catchbob results. Especially in how we differentiated several clusters of users depending on how they understood flaws and problems.


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Keysight Technologies has released a defense tech brief focussing on identifying common test challenges in radar, EW & electronic intelligence testing applications. RAdio Detection And Ranging (RA-DAR) systems were made famous by WWII, and have since found use in countless types of essential equipment for military and civilian use.
To continue reading, download the tech brief below.
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Even though the concept of electronic cigarettes or vaping in general has been around since the 1930s, us members of the vape community have only really seen a boom since 2011, which is due to a variety of factors.
As with many revolutionary and sometimes controversial products that hit the market there are always roadblocks to break through ranging from various regulations to getting customers to actually try, enjoy and adopt products.
With improvements in technology and social media ruling everyday lives, 2010 set the stage for vaping to take off. And looking at data we've compiled internally as well as Google Trends data, it's clear as day that in 2011 the gates opened and the world of vaping came alive.
Today, the vape community on social networks is as strong as other popular topics like cars, food, etc. As one of the innovators in the vape scene, that is both exciting and rewarding at the same time to see something we believe in take flight.
Next step: See what the future has in store.


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Hornsey to Old Street Cycle Route
|Cycle Route Details
|Route Name
|Hornsey to Old Street
|Distance : miles (km)
|6.21 (9.99)
|Posted By
|J Tramps
|Calories Burned
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|Cycle Steps
|One hill as you leave Crouch End otherwise relatively flat. Some busy roads at the end of the ride that could be avoided by taking more back streets
|Near By Cycle Shops
|Holloway Cycles
|Finsbury Cycles
|Cycling Clubs located in this region
|Anerley Bicycle Club
|Herne Hill Youth Cycling Club
|Kenton Road Club
|Kingston Phoenix Road Club
|London Clarion Cycle Club
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If you (like us!) have been kept awake by the struggle to find time in the school day to work on creative writing with senior students, then this workshop is for you. During the workshop we'll look at how the flipped classroom and writers' workshops can be used to best utilise the limited time students have to master the dark art of writing creative pieces for the Area of Study. We'll suggest some excellent content and also share material you can use to help students overcome the doubts and worries they might have about writing about Discovery.
Participants will design, structure and plan the implementation of an innovative teaching and learning sequence to support creative writing in the senior classroom. The Flipped Classroom and writers' workshops will be introduced as a way for teachers to best utilise the classroom time available for creative writing activities/focus. Participants will develop an understanding of the pedagogy behind:
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Participants will be introduced to teaching strategies which can be used to facilitate writing workshops in the classroom, and develop confidence in the use of the workshop environment as a way to encourage knowledge development, writing skills, and critical and creative thinking in senior students. The curriculum-specific content of the workshop will focus on material designed to assist students with the creative writing component of the Area of Study - Discovery.
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I woke up
yesterday morning wondering how I could convince the government to reduce my
principal. What about all those unfortunate folks who don't have a Fannie or
Freddie loan - will they miss the USS Debt Forgiveness when it leaves the dock?
And why would any borrower obtain a new loan now if their balance is going to
be cut soon? And really, when it comes
right down to it, do the proponents of this plan realize that, just like
raising g-fees or MI premiums, new borrowers and taxpayers are the ones who
bear the brunt of this?
But in
comments that moved one grizzled vet to write to me saying, "I hope Ed DeMarco
runs for office - I'd vote for him!" the acting FHFA Director effectively nixed the idea of broad-based principal forgiveness
by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He cited three key factors in the analysis.
The first was the NPV impact to taxpayer: the Treasury incentive payments would
be considered as an offset to the NPV benefits of a principal reduction modification.
The second was regarding borrower incentives, and the moral hazard issue
associated with principal forgiveness: less than 1 million of the 11 million underwater
borrowers would benefit from forgiveness, so what about keeping the remaining
borrowers current on their mortgages, most of whom have always been current?
Would the remaining herd be motivated to claim hardship or go delinquent on
their mortgage? And lastly, the operational costs could escalate. Forgiveness
guidelines would have to be clearly rolled out to over 1,000 servicers and that
there would be costs associated with such a rollout. What about the costs of the
HARP? (Read: DeMarco Dissects Arguments for Principal Forgiveness)
That all
being said, DeMarco expressed a clear
preference for forbearance over forgiveness, and indicated that forbearance
is effectively a shared appreciation mortgage, with far fewer operational
complexities than an explicit shared appreciation mortgage. Remember that it is
no small deal: F&F have more than 465,000 seriously delinquent loans they
own or guarantee. And the whole issue springs from a Treasury Department
proposal to pay F&F as much as 63 cents for every dollar of principal they
forgive. The Treasury would provide the money to the government-sponsored
lenders from HARP 2.0 and leftover funds from the Troubled Asset Relief
Program. In a January analysis sent to Congress, FHFA said it would cost Fannie
Mae and Freddie Mac an additional $100 billion to write down all 3 million
underwater loans to the value of the homes securing them. How about we use the
money to plain ol' reduce our deficit? Text of his speech
"Rob, it is curious to note, given the recent claims against the two
Franklin Bank executives in Houston, that Lew
Ranieri was the chairman of Franklin's board. It will be interesting to see
if "the father of mortgage-backed securities" is involved in this at
some level, since it was under his watch that this took place."
I received this note regarding UG's
parent AIG. "One thing that readers should know is that the best
estimate is that AIG, owner of UG, still 'owes' the government about $45
billion and the government still owns about 70% of AIG's stock. Because
the government converted much of its stake into equity, it will exit via stock
sales when AIG exceeds $29 per share. The balance of the government's
investment is via a special fund organized by the Fed. Those of us in the
MI business know that the U.S. is happy just to get its money back but
repayment isn't generating any private equity-like returns to the
government. It is also worth remembering that the U.S. consistently
liberalized the repayment terms to ensure that AIG could repay. It is
amazing how quickly folks forget what happened."
How 'bout the CFPB determining the rules
for mortgage servicers - what impact might these new proposed rules have on
them? Well, here is the "borrower friendly" scheme that has been
And here is Fitch's opinion. (Read: CFPB Outlines Possible Rules for Servicers)
The MBA
reported what lock desks around the country already knew: applications dropped
a little last week (2.4%) with refi's falling about 3% and purchase apps down
less than 1%. (Read: Application Volumes Decline Despite Falling Rates) And for any LO who has their business model built around refi's,
the news is not good: the refinance
share of total mortgage activity eased for the eighth week in a row to 70.5%
of applications from 71.2% the week before. It was the lowest refinance share
since late July, the MBA said. Hey, it can't last forever, right?
about some investor/lender updates from the last few weeks? As always, it is best to read the
actual investor bulletins - information provided here is meant to show
trends rather than timely detailed specifics.
outcry can actually change FHA's underwriting changes! GMAC and other investors notified clients that the FHA is delaying
the effective date of the following topics from ML 2012-03: Handling of
Disputed Accounts, Public Records FHA Total User Guide Chapter 2, and Handbook
4155.1 4.C.2.e, Paying off Collections and Judgments. The new effective date of
this section is delayed until July 1, but the FHA intends to seek additional
input on this section and work to clarify guidance, as appropriate.
And a clarification on HARP 2.0, Interbank
"was unlimited but since Wells Fargo changed to 105/110% we did the same
thing weeks ago."
Wells Fargo wholesale has announced that, as of two days
ago the 9th, it was implementing additional validations on lender-paid loans
during the Receiving process so as to catch discrepancies between the GFE and
loan application early. Under-disclosed total broker compensation is
highlighted as one of the most common incongruities, along with discount
points, premium pricing, lender off-set credit, and loan amounts that don't
match up. Lenders submitting Right to Cancel forms are reminded to complete the
form correctly or risk having their loan funding delayed or having to start a
new loan. Changes not initialed by the borrower, accidental borrower
signatures in the "Cancellation Request" box, and dates that are changed such
that they don't reflect an accurate three-day recission period are all errors
that should be avoided.
The guidance on flip transactions that Wells released on March 5th has been
revised. Sales of established non-profits that with a minimum two-year
history as an affordable housing provider; are based in Philadelphia, Atlanta,
Denver, or Santa Ana; and are included on the FHA Non-Profit List are exempt
from the flip policy, as are previously allowed transactions shown as Credit
Policy prior to March 12, 2012. These transactions are eligible in
addition to those outlined in the earlier communication. Happy Massachusetts
Patriots Day for April 16th! As an observed holiday in the Bay State, the
16th will not be considered a business day by Wells for Right of Recission
Fifth Third has issued updated guidance
on values permitted through the collateral review. For Freddie and Fannie
loans where the desk review value is lower but sufficient for the transaction,
the value should be upgraded to the field review value. If the Desk
Review value remains the same or increases, the appraised value should be
used. Portfolio products should use the Desk Review value in cases where
it is either lower or higher; if it remains the same the appraisal value should
be used.
Flagstar is revising the qualifying
ratios it requires for loans to receive an "Approve" response from RD's
Guaranteed Underwriting System (GUS). The maximum housing payment to
income ratio will be reduced to 35.99%; the total debt to income ratio,
47.99%. Loans with improper housing payment to income and total debt to
income ratios will not be approved by the GUS. Some clarification on property
inspections for streamline refinance transactions: a new appraisal isn't
necessary, but an inspection certifying that the property meets current HUD
standards is. Flagstar recommends having an FHA appraiser do the
inspection. Warehouse customers at Flagstar are reminded that the minimum
credit score for all government loan products has increased to 640 for loans
locked on or after March 20th and that loans for borrowers with scores between
620 and 639 must now have been locked (the deadline passed on March 29th) and
should disburse on or before May 11th.
Tomorrow the MBA will be offering a class
titled, "The Historic Federal-State Servicing Settlement, Part II: Servicer
Perspectives on Emerging Servicing Standards." It goes from 3-4:30PM EST,
online. "Learn how servicers who were not a part of the settlement are reacting
to the servicing standards and how the settlement has provided clarity or more
confusion to servicer roles, responsibilities and requirements. Hear from
servicing veterans as well as a seasoned attorney who participated in the
settlement negotiations. The cost is $50 for MBA members and $500 for
nonmembers. (No, I didn't leave off a decimal - membership has its privileges.)
Check it out.
waiting to lock until yesterday afternoon reaped the benefits. In spite of
slightly-above-normal MBS sales volumes, agency prices did very well relative
to Treasury prices. (Read: MBS RECAP: Decent Treasury Rally, but MBS Underperform) There is still demand for production! The market was helped
at 11AM PST by a good $32 billion 3-yr note auction by the Treasury. The increase
in bond prices (and the corresponding drop in yields) was attributed to "risk
aversion on continued euro zone and global growth worries, along with
nervousness as Q1 earnings season gets underway after the equity markets close."
10-year notes improved by about .5, falling below 2% for the first time in a
month, and current coupon MBS prices ended better by .125-.250.
For today,
we've had a couple minor numbers. (Export Prices, for example, were +.8% for
March.) Later we'll grapple with a $21 billion 10-yr T-note auction and the
release of the Fed's Beige Book at 2PM EST. In the early going the 10-yr's yield crept back up to 2.03% and
mortgage prices are a shade worse - but originators may see a slight
improvement depending on where certain investors priced yesterday afternoon.
This student received 0% on this exam. Or should he have received 100%?
Q1. In which battle did Napoleon die?
* his last battle
Q2. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
* at the bottom of the page
Q3. River Ravi flows in which state?
* liquid
Q4. What is the main reason for divorce?
* marriage
Q5. What is the main reason for failure?
* exams
Q6. What can you never eat for breakfast?
* Lunch & dinner
Q7. What looks like half an apple?
* The other half
Q8. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
* It will simply become wet.
Q9. How can a man go eight days without sleeping?
* No problem, he sleeps at night.
Q10. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
* You will never find an elephant that has only one hand.
Q11. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and
three oranges in other hand, what would you have?
* Very large hands.
Q12. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take
four men to build it?
* No time at all, the wall is already built.
Q13. How can u drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
*Any way you want - concrete floors are very hard to crack.
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Now that we are well into the new years and gone back to our usual business, at least most of us. I wanted to share some of the things I have been up to. For starters I'm trying to get some type of routine with a newborn baby around it so different…… but also enjoying my maternity leave. Here in Canada, we have the option of taking a year or 2 years off work, I settled for a year, ask me how I feel in another 3 months.
With my mom around helping me with the baby I get to go out with friends, have some me time even if its an hour and just chill. I catch some new movies on Netflix last week. Lion Heart by Genevieve Nnaji and El Ganador by Nicky Jam. Listennnnnn, I don't know if its the cold winter and a cup of hot chocolate that made me enjoy these movies more or the fact that they are actually really good movies. Let me start with Lion Heart.
Lion Heart was created by Nigerian actress and producer (Genevive) and trust me when I say the movie resonated with me in every way possible, The character Ada- I could relate with her struggles, her role as the 1st daughter and her ambition. I am trying not to give any spoilers but if after this post you take time out to watch the movie and don't like it then I have failed you. The script was well acted out I thought, the transition was done nicely, I can go on and on but I see why Netflix bought the movie.
Now to Nicky Jam's El Ganador, I find this doc-series informative as Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam takes us through his journey, growing up in the States and in Puerto Rico, his struggle with drugs and his rebirth. Its a 13 episode and features Nicky Jam himself. I particularly fall in love with this series because I lived in Colombia for 2 years plus and that was how I first found out about reggaeton music and artist such as J balvin, Daddy Yankee etc. from then on I fall in love with Nicky's music hence why also because I have 1st hand seen what drug addiction does to people so I was particularly interested in his story. You might say who has time for a 13 episode series well that's what I said initially but I got hooked after seeing 2 episodes and finished it overnight. Thankfully my baby was sound asleep.
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Un Promenade in Port Louis, Mauritius/
Our first day in any port is usually spent getting our bearings and walking around. Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius, is vibrant, high energy and offers lots to see and do. There's eye candy everywhere you turn. After small, laid-back places like the Cocos and Rodrigues, mooring in the heart of the city is a fun, pleasant change. They say the best view of the city is from the sea and we'd have to admit, it was a lovely first view.
We set out on foot mid-morning, walking down the Caudan Waterfront, a huge, modern esplanade lined with upscale eateries and boutiques. A rainbow of parasols hung above the walkway, providing both shade from the sun and a riot of color to pedestrians.
The days have been warm and sunny and walking was a pleasure after being captive aboard Cups for a few days. The pace in the city is frenetic. Heavy, fast-moving cars, motorbikes, trucks and bicycles whiz along streets crowded with pedestrian traffic that overflows the narrow sidewalks. Wherever there is a bit of space, a vendor has spread his wares or offers street food or hawks his services.
We walked through the Central Market … it's absolutely huge. Fresh veggies and fruits galore, spices and teas, are all artfully displayed inside the market building, originally built in 1844. Upstairs on a mezzanine level, there are "crafts" vendors (souvenirs) and outside the perimeter of the market building, there are vendors set up under tents and tarps with narrow paths between them selling everything from hubcaps to clothing to pots and pans to batteries. It's crazy and frenzied. Everyone is shouting their prices and promotions. People are darting in and out and around. A good place for a pickpocket and we were very mindful of our valuables. Saturday is the "big" market and we can't imagine how it could be bigger or more crowded, but we're game to find out.
We stopped in the Natural History Museum. The entry is free and though small, it does provide a pretty good overview of the flora and fauna of the island with an emphasis on extinct animals, especially the dodo bird.
We wandered through the Company Gardens, a park originally established by the French East India Company for growing produce for the colony. Huge ficus trees shade the area. There are fountains and lots of benches and statues spread around for visitors to enjoy. We caught a fine view of Le Pouce, the thumb-shaped mountain that sits high above the city and a beautiful flamboyant tree blooming in the foreground and a shadowed statue of Leoville L'Homme, a premiere 19th century Mauritian poet .
There's an old wind mill that sits on a hill above the port that was originally used to mill flour for the dockworkers. Built in 1736, it has survived all the more modern construction around it (unlike the dodo bird) and now houses a small museum which, we were told, never seems to be open during its posted hours.
Just across the street, we noticed the main post office which had a postal museum attached. We were here, we thought, why not? I love it when we discover some new pieces of trivia. The first postal services in Mauritius date back to 1772 when the island was a major sugar-producer for Great Britain. Mauritius was the first British colony in the world to issue a stamp, thus establishing a prepaid postal delivery service. The famous Penny Black is on display, the world's first adhesive stamp.
China Town was easy to find. We spotted the paifang, the traditional Chinese gateway, and headed that way. Business was brisk in the myriad of little shops that lined the narrow streets. We noted the Chinese signs and tiny grocery stores offering unidentifiable foods. Street vendors sold everything from artificial flowers to lychees to flip-flops. We made a note to return for lunch at one of the tiny 4-table restaurants before we leave.
We spotted a beautifully ornate green and white building and tried to figure out what it was. After further investigation, we determined it was a mosque. We weren't sure if it was permissible for us to go inside, but a man on his way in beckoned us to follow him. "Is it okay for us to go inside?", we queried. "Yes, yes … come." We'd never been inside a mosque before. It was beautiful and peaceful. We watched silently as men entered, put down their prayer rugs and began to worship. The Jummah-Masjid mosque dates from the 1850s and covers nearly a block. We are reminded of our visit now, each time we hear the muezzin's call to prayer, especially in the quiet of the morning just before dawn.
We walked for hours checking out nooks and crannies of the city and planning our upcoming days for other places to visit on the island. Today was only a tiny taste of what Mauritius holds in store for us and we can't wait to see more.


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In God`s Hands
>> Sunday, July 20, 2008
Today`s Readings:
First Reading: Micah 6:1-4, 6-8
Psalm 50
Gospel: Matthew 12:38-42
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, "Teacher we wish to see a sign from you." He said to them in reply, "An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given except the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights. At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here."
"Teacher we wish to see a sign from you." Matthew 12:38
Every now and then, I would go on a personal retreat to re-evaluate myself and find out where God is leading me. I find these retreats a time for me to contemplate on God`s words, discern what he wants of me, and see how I have lived my life so far. It is also during these times when I realize that I have doubted my God at points in my life when I can`t seem to get what I want or get things to work my way, times when a situation just hurts too much that I begin to wonder if he had already forsaken me.
As I comtemplate more on these doubtful moments in my life, I realize that I would never get things to work if I only wanted it to work. I must allow God to work in me and give my full trust in Him, and allow Him to take control of my life. For these doubts to go away, I must have the faith and the belief that with the Lord, I am in good hands.
How about you, when have you doubted God? What brought about these doubts?