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The United States' supercomputing standing has eroded, but that could change soon.
The top slot in the latest list of the 500 fastest supercomputers released this month is held by the Sunway TaihuLight in China's National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi. The Sunway TaihuLight has held the No. 1 spot in the last four semi-annual rankings and is significantly more powerful than the other systems on the list, according to Jack Dongarra, a professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who has an appointment at Oak Ridge National Lab and helped created the list.
"If you add up the [petaflops of the] next five machines -- numbers two through six -- then it's equal to the No. 1 machine," Dongarra said.
Sunway TaihuLight, which has more than 10 million cores and over a million GB in memory, reached 93,014.6 TFlop/s on the Linpack performance test. It was built by the National Research Center of Parallel Computer Engineering & Technology and uses Chinese-developed ShenWei processors rather than the Intel, IBM or NVIDIA processors used in most other supercomputers.
The U.S. has the fewest machines it's had on the global list of high-performance computers since the Top500 rankings began 25 years ago. Titan, the country's highest-ranked supercomputer, rose only to number five. But a pair of new machines set to go online next year could place America back in the top spots, experts say.
Dona Crawford, a retired associate director of computation at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, said the United States was dethroned for the first time by Japan in 2002 with its Earth Simulator.
Historically, "the hands-down leader in supercomputing has been the United States," Crawford told GCN. "So when Japan came out of the blue … people stood up, took notice."
After Earth Simulator came online, federal R&D policymakers expressed concerns over the fact that Japan seemed to be pulling ahead in high-performance computing. The Department of Energy's then-Secretary Spencer Abraham announced the U.S. would build the world's fastest computer and awarded Oak Ridge National Lab a $25 million grant to start development.
China's dominance on the recent lists indicates it is investing heavily in high-performance computing as supercomputers become a vital tool for simulating everything from nuclear explosions to medicine.
"Today, science is really driven by simulation and computers do that simulation for us," Dongarra said. More recently, the machines also have been used for artificial intelligence and machine learning.
China's rise on the list has also been relatively recent, Dongarra said. The country had no supercomputers in 2001, "and over the last 16 years they have increased, developed and funded high-performance computing so that today they have the most," he said
"The U.S. [HPC] ecosystem is still the strongest in the world," Crawford said. But China may be "better poised to maintain and sustain" the lead because of its long-term commitment to building an HPC environment.
Sharon Hays, an account manager for systems integrator CSRA Inc., said the Top500 list provides valuable insight into global trends. The company worked with the National Institutes of Health on its Biowulf Cluster, which ranked 66th on this list.
"It's an important metric in measuring not only individual supercomputers, but … in understanding international competitiveness in the high performance computing arena," Hays said.
The Top500 list is not a perfect ranking of high performance computers, however.
First off, there are supercomputers not on this list, Hays said. Machines used by the intelligence community, for example, wouldn't be measured. And while the list gives a general idea of the computer's power, it doesn't tell you how well it can run specific applications.
The way United States computers have held up on the list, though, has been impressive, Crawford said.
"Oak Ridge is No. 5 in the list, but that computer is five years old," she said. "Livermore is sixth on the list, that computer is six years old, which is unprecedented in most computer time frames. …They turn over every three to five years because something bigger, better, badder comes along."
The two new DOE supercomputers -- one at ORNL and one at LLNL -- will likely put the United States back atop the list, Dongarra predicted.
The Oak Ridge Summit and Lawrence Livermore Sierra supercomputers are expected to go online before the June Top500 list is released, and they'll be running both the IBM Power 9 and Nvidia Volta V100 processors. Argonne National Lab is expected to get an exascale system in 2021, too.
"You ain't seen nothing yet," Crawford said. "We are just at the very beginning. When you look at artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data, which seem to be in the news all the time now, by this wonderful tool called supercomputing … the world's going to be very different 10 years from now."
Editor's note: This article was changed Dec. 1 to correct the spelling of Sharon Hays' name.
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A green biofluorescent chain catshark There is a light show in the ocean that you can't see, but many fish can. There's quite a display of neon greens, reds, and oranges going on underneath the surface.
Still, the discovery of what is hidden from human eyes -- biofluorescence in 180 species of fish -- brings up many questions for researchers.
Do fish use it to communicate with others? Do they use it to mate? What is its function? Bio fluorescence occurs when an organism absorbs blue light, transforms it and emits it as another color.
Researchers discover a rich diversity of fluorescent patterns and colours in marine fishes as exemplified here B)ray C) sole, H) false moray eeI, I) chlopsidae, J) pipefish, K) sand gazer
A team of researchers from the American Museum of Natural History and other scientific organizations published a study Wednesday in the online journal PLOS ONE, reporting the findings of the first in-depth look at bio fluorescence in fish.
"We've long known about bio fluorescence underwater in organisms like corals, jellyfish, and even in land animals like butterflies and parrots," said the study's co-author, John Sparks, who is a curator in the Museum's Department of Ichthyology.
A red scorpion fish perched on red fluorescent algae at night in the Solomon Islands
He said the team stumbled on an eel that glowed green while he and a partner were studying a reef in the Cayman Islands. The discovery in a photograph of the eel lighting up underneath the blue lights they used led them to make four more trips in different parts of the world to get a closer look at the glow show.
The expeditions to the Bahamas in the Caribbean and Solomon Islands in the Pacific revealed a variety of fish living around coral reefs -- including sharks, rays, eels and lizerd fishes -- that exhibited bio flourescence. s
"Many shallow reef inhabitants and fish have the capabilities to detect fluorescent light and may be using biofluorescence in similar fashions to how animals use bioluminescence, such as to find mates and to camouflage," Sparks suggested, while adding the reasons will need further study.
So how do the fish recognize it? Many of them have yellow filters in their eyes, "possibly allowing them to see the otherwise hidden fluorescent displays taking place in the water," a news release from the museum of natural history said.
A triplefin blenny under white light,above, and blue light, below.
"The cryptically patterned gobies, flatfishes, eels, and scorpion fishes -- these are animals that you'd never normally see during a dive," Sparks said. "To our eyes, they blend right into their environment. But to a fish that has a yellow intraocular filter, they must stick out like a sore thumb."
Some scientists cautioned that the bioflouresence might look neat in photos using special lights but also have no function.
Nico Michiels, a zoologist at the University of Tübingen in Germany, and Steven Haddock of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California, indicated to Science Now that the need for special technology to view what the website called weak fluorescence "casts doubt on the usefulness of the coloration in the fish's dimly lit natural environments."
Sparks said it will be interesting to see what the team finds next."This paper is the first to look at the wide distribution of biofluorescence across fishes, and it opens up a number of new research areas," he said.He added that there may be fluorescent proteins involved, ones that could be used in biomedical research.

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Love outdoor concerts? We do too. This is Recovery Acres' third annual Party in the Park. Expect fantastic live music all day long – including U2station, the Ralph Boyd Johnson Band, the Sadlier-Brown Band, Kelly Kruse, Mike Clark, Tim Williams, Brent Wright, Brett Spaulding, and a myriad of Calgary musicians dropping by for an eclectic jam session.
This is a free family event in beautiful Sandy Beach Park with a BBQ (yes that's free too!) and fun activities like face-painting for kids. Party in the Park is one of the ways we bring our recovery family together and give back to our community and our supporters. Help us say thank you to the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank for all the ways that they support us throughout the year by bringing a non-perishable food donation.


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11 March 2014
Knowing yourself
Part of the journey to health is knowing yourself. After 54 years on the planet, I am finally getting to know myself really, really well. Tonight at Crossfit the WOD was as follows:
3 rounds for time:
5 hang power cleans
5 thrusters
25 push-ups
I saw that and thought and thought and thought about it. I can do hang power cleans and I can do thrusters. I can not do push-ups. Because of my shoulder, I have to do them on an elevated box. So looking at that WOD, I knew that the limiting factor was going to be the push-ups. I could not do real push-ups and doing them on the box was tough but not that tough. So I thought why don't I go heavy on the cleans and thrusters, and easy on the push-ups. So I did. I went 65# on the cleans and thrusters. That is heavy. Most of the women went a lot lighter. I struggled. But I did them and I got through the WOD without too much problem.
I'm finally learning my strengths and weaknesses and when to accept them or push them. It was a good night.
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Imagine this scene on your morning commute to work:
You're sitting near the subway doors and look anxiously at the time. It's currently 8:40 a.m.
You turn on your phone and stare anxiously at the flashing green lights on the map, waiting for your stop to approach.
At 8:51 a.m. the train stops moving.
"Attention passengers, we are experiencing a delay," the voice says before chalking it up to a little more train traffic than normal. The train begins crawling again at 8:53 a.m.
Passengers begin to glance anxiously between the map and their watches and fidget as the time inches closer to 9 a.m.
Unfortunately, this scene is all too common for Toronto commuters.
In 1998, Premier Mike Harris cut the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) provincial operating budget. Since then, the province has only assisted the city with capital dollars.
The funding and state of the TTC has been a source of great debate between Toronto city councillors and Toronto residents and has now ushered in a new brand of activist: the TTC activist, the largest group of which is called the TTCriders.
"The number one way we can fix transit in Toronto is to invest money into the system. A lot of the problems we face are due to a lack of funding," said executive director of TTCriders Jessica Bell.
TTCriders was founded in 2010, claiming that the funding model for the TTC was unsustainable. TTCriders has since frequented city council meetings and picketed councillors to fight for a provincial subsidy of 50 per cent of operating costs, among other initiatives.
On April 27, TTCriders held its Day of Action at 10 TTC stops, including the TTC stop closest to Premier Kathleen Wynne's home, calling for MPPs to take transit for a week and to fairly fund it, according to a press release. TTCriders spent the day educating the city of Toronto about sustainable funding for public transit.
TTCriders member Barb Willits canvassed outside Eglinton West station and she wasn't letting commuters simply walk by while shaking their heads. The retired hospital administrator believes that it's her obligation to inform herself about issues like this, and the more she learned, the more frustrated she got.
"I'm fed up with the poor transit decisions that are being made for the city of Toronto. I started looking around and realized that tons of people are travelling an hour and a half to get to work and then home again. It's just wrong."
Rebecca Osolen, a Geography student at the University of Toronto was among three volunteers canvassing outside Ossington station.
Recently, the city announced that they'd consider resorting to private partnerships as an alternative form of funding for Toronto's public transit system. Osolen however, doesn't think this will bode well for the future of public services in the city.
"Yes, it's an approach that creates lots of opportunities for business, but it does so at the expense of the public realm and at the expense of everyday people," said Osolen.
However, it seems that despite the efforts of multiple well-intentioned parties, the city can't seem to move forward. Coun. Maria Augimeri, the former TTC Chair, believes that it's up to the province to properly fund the TTC.
Augimeri worked extensively with TTCriders during her tenure, and cites improvements that have been made to the fare system as a result of their partnership. The most recent include free rides for children under 12, which was achieved in early 2015. TTCriders is still pushing for a low-income fare program, and a seniors' discount.
"We concentrated on making the public aware that there were zero operating dollars coming from the province to keep the TTC sustainable on a day-to-day basis," said Augimeri.
Coun. Josh Colle, who took over the role earlier this year, is picking up where Augimeri left off. In hearing cases from transit activist groups in Toronto, he's looking at several funding options and hasn't ruled out private partnerships.
"I think we've all recognized how scarce any dollars are for public investments. We know the province has significant financial constraints right now and at the end of the day, the money has to come from somewhere," said Colle.
The 2015 operating budget includes $39 million in transit improvements, and the implementation of 50 new busses. However, these enhancements relied on a 10 per cent fare increase. The budget also directed another $3 billion in capital investments towards public transit.
Colle adds that the province is more willing to contribute in the form of capital investments -- one-time contributions -- rather than through operating dollars -- consecutive contributions. Operating dollars, however, are what the city needs.
"The city gives a considerable amount but we need all levels of government to step up and commit to the TTC on an ongoing operating basis," said Colle.
TTCriders offers a number of ways to become involved in the transit movement. Those interested in participating occasionally can join either their board or their campaign committee, while those looking to join the transit movement can become a full member of the group.
On June 17 at Steelworkers Hall, the TTCriders will be hosting their annual meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend to find out more about the work the group has done and the benefits of becoming a member.
Other parties participating in the transit movement include the Toronto Transit Alliance, activist Steve Munro and CodeRedTO.
There needs to be a change to Toronto transit and TTC activists are looking to the provincial government to provide the solution.
Or else, Torontonians commutes will continue to be bookended by these familiar announcements:
"Attention passengers, we are experiencing a delay. As a result, the train will operate slower than normal."
Sardined from one side of the train car to the other, people will roll their eyes at the all-too-familiar voice that says "We apologize for the inconvenience."
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Peters v. Active Mfg. Co., 130 U.S. 626 (1889)
Peters v. Active Manufacturing Company
No. 254
Submitted April 16, 1889
Decided May 13, 1889
Letters patent No. 281,553, granted to George M. Peters, July 17, 1883, for an "improvement in dies for making dash frames" are invalid for want of patentable invention.
In equity to restrain the infringement of letters patent. Decree dismissing the bill. Plaintiff appealed. The case is stated in the opinion.
MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit in equity, brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio, by George M. Peters against the Active Manufacturing Company, a corporation, founded on the alleged infringement of letters patent No. 281, 553, granted to said Peters, July 17, 1883, on an application filed December 7, 1880, for an "improvement in dies for making dash frames." A dash frame is made of metal, and is to be used in constructing a dash board for a carriage or other vehicle. The defenses set up in the answer are want of novelty, noninfringement, and also that the devices described and claimed in the patent were, before the alleged invention thereof of by Peters, old and well known in forging, welding, and other metalworking, and that it required no invention to apply or adapt such devices to the old form and construction of dash frames. Issue was joined, proofs were taken, and the circuit court, in its decree, found that the patent was "void for want
of invention," and dismissed the bill. We concur in that conclusion.
The specification of the patent says:
"The principal object of my invention is to provide an efficient and useful method of welding the end bars of a metal dash frame to the bottom rail, and a method by which the bottom rail of the dash is strengthened at the weld and at the portion of said rail to which the dash foot is to be attached. Another object of my invention is to provide a means by which a recess is formed in the bottom rail preparatory to punching said rail; to receive the bolt or other attachment which secures the dash foot to the bottom rail, the operation of forming the recess being performed at the same time that the end-bar is welded to the bottom rail."
The entire operation set forth in the specification, of welding the bars to the rail, of strengthening the bottom rail of the dash, and of forming a recess in the bottom rail at the same time that the welding is done, is described in the specification as effected by one and the same simultaneous action of two opposing dies, an upper die and a lower die, placed face to face. The dies are provided with channels or depressions, one, a, to receive the end bar of the frame, and the other, a1, to receive the bottom rail; the channels, a a1, of one die coinciding with like channels in the other die, when the two dies are placed together. From the bottom of the depressions, a1, in the two dies rise tongues, a2, which, like the depressions, a, coincide with each other when the two dies are placed together; the tongues preferably not rising quite to the face of the dies, so that, when the dies are placed together, a slight space is left between the two tongues. The specification also states that preferably the tongues, a2, are so formed that when the dies are placed together the tongues will approach closer to each other at that portion of themselves which forms that part of the web in the lower bar which is to be punched through to receive the bolt or other device by which the dash frame is connected to the foot or vehicle, than at any other point -- in other words, the face of the tongues is inclined. The object of such a formation of the tongues is stated in the specification
to be to make the web left in the bottom rail thinner in that portion of such rail where perforations are to be made to receive the bolts which secure the dash foot to the frame, the web being in other portions preferably left of a uniform thickness, and one of the objects of thus making the web thin is to enable it to be more readily punched or otherwise perforated. By means of those dies, a recess is formed in either side of the bottom rail, which recess corresponds with the tongues, a2, of the dies. The four claims of the patent are as follows:
"1. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the two dies having opposing angularly joined depressions, a a1, and a tongue, a2, in the depression, a1, of either or both dies."
"2. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the two dies having opposing angularly joined depressions, a a1, and a tongue, a2, in the depression, a2, of either or both dies, the depressions, a1, deepening to wards their junctions with the depressions, a."
"3. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the dies having opposing angularly joined depressions, a a1, and a tongue, a2, in either or both of the said depressions; the face of said tongue or tongues being inclined."
"4. The combination, substantially as before set forth, of the dies having opposing angularly joined depressions, a a1, and a tongue, a2, in either or both of the said depressions; the depressions, a1, deepening toward their junctions with the depressions, a, and the face of the tongue or tongues being inclined."
The whole of this alleged invention is based upon the idea, old and well known, that a metallic die, whether of a cameo or intaglio form, will, when impressed upon a piece of heated or yielding metal, leave the latter of the converse form of the die, and that when two dies are brought together over a piece of heated or yielding metal, the latter will take the shape of the space existing between the contours of the two dies. It is an inevitable consequence of the use of two dies in such a way, on two pieces of metal of proper size, heated to a welding heat, that swaging or welding will take place by the impact of the dies; that when the dies have tongues and depressions in them, the metal acted on by such tongues and depressions
will take the shape, in form and thickness, of the space left between the tongues or the depressions, and that a greater or less thickness of metal will be the result as the face of the tongues is more or less inclined. All this was old and common knowledge, and the whole of the operation resulting from such features is nothing but the well known action of two dies so shaped as to give the desired conformation to the article acted upon by them.
If it was desired to preserve a channel in the bottom rail of the dash frame when the bottom rail was made of channeled iron, it was obvious, and not a matter of invention, that the die must be provided with a tongue to fit into the channel to prevent the filling up of the channel by the forcing into it of metal by the action of the dies in welding the two pieces together. So too, if it was desirable to make the welded parts thicker and thus stronger at the angle formed by the end bar and the bottom rail, it was obvious that the bottoms of the recesses in the dies must be deepened at such angle. That is all there is of the alleged invention of Peters.
t appears from the testimony that it was not new at the time of such alleged invention to use channeled iron in making dash frames, or new to weld channeled iron to flat or oval bars of iron, or new to use dies for swaging or welding together two pieces of iron. All that remained to be done in the present case, as in other cases, was to adapt the form of the dies to the shape desired in the article to be acted upon by them. Dies which act upon two pieces of metal which are capable of being welded to each other, and which are brought to a welding heat, necessarily will weld them together by the impact and action of the dies. There is no patentable invention in securing such result of welding or swaging if there be no patentable invention in the construction and use of the dies to produce a given shape in the article acted upon by them.
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Overview of the Ugandan Education System
The Ugandan education system follows a fairly similar pattern to that in Britain. The school system is structured in a hierarchical manner in a 7-4-2-3 system: seven years in primary school, four years in secondary school (similar to high school), two additional years in secondary school, and a minimum of three years at university level. At the end of each stage there is a national examination.
Primary 7: All students must take national exams at the end of primary which determine the high school students will attend.
Senior 4: Upon completing Senior 4 there is a secondary school graduation, similar to high school graduation.
Senior 6: An additional two years of secondary school is generally required to qualify for a university.
Children in primary schools take four main subjects: English, Math, Science and Social Studies. They may also take courses in Geography, History and Religious Studies. Children in secondary schools take a wide variety of subjects, but the key subjects are English, Math and Science (Biology, Chemistry and Physics).
Education in Uganda is very competitive as students compete for better schools at each level. Secondary schools all over the country pick the best and the brightest students graduating from primary schools. Likewise, colleges also pick the best and brightest students graduating from secondary schools in order to improve their grade average and national standing. Testing is relentless for students; they have to take exams at the end of every term as well as ongoing tests throughout the term. Grades and class ranking are strictly based on student performance. If a student is successful, he or she is promoted to the next class. However, if a student's performance is poor he or she is not promoted.
Students in rural areas often perform poorly due to lack of resources, and many are held back in classes. Of those who move on very few are capable of competing for placement in better schools. Due to the competitive nature of education in Ugandan schools, most students prefer to go to boarding schools instead of day schools. Traditional day schools often make their sixth and seventh graders stay after hours to approximate the education available in boarding schools. In boarding schools, children are provided with a much better education, as students get to fully concentrate on their studies and receive extra classes in the evenings.
It is hard to be a teacher in Uganda, where teachers are faced with such large class sizes and poor resources that it is incredibly difficult for them to give one-to-one attention to students who need it most. When the day school pupils go home after classes, the teachers are at last able to work on a more individualized basis with the boarders. Ugandan parents believe that boarding schools provide the best possible education for their children.
In December 1996 President Yoweri Museveni launched a policy of universal primary education to provide free primary school education to all children of Uganda. In 2005, the government of Uganda implemented universal secondary education throughout the country, becoming the first African country to provide free secondary education for all students.
While the social and economic rationale for expanding learning opportunities beyond primary education is clear, the challenges are daunting. Some of the challenges facing Ugandan schools are:
- Crowded class rooms. The massive increase in student numbers following universal education immediately created a problem of classroom space. Classrooms are always too congested and in rural areas classes are often held outside because of overcrowding.
- Lack of teachers. There are not enough teachers for the increased number of students enrolled as a result of free education, especially in rural areas. The ratio of teachers to pupils is 1:90.
- Inadequate learning materials. Students lack textbooks, paper, pens and pencils, visual aids, etc.
- Clean water: Rural schools lack clean water.


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Well! Now that the dust has settled, we have the faculties to write a proper thank-you note to those of you who actively supported our recent album release and tour. We give our thanks specifically to everyone who bought albums, attended shows, spread the word, graciously hosted us, and gave us advice about IT gizmos and marketing. Far-flung friends came to meet us, new fans gave us insights into how our music affects them, past audiences and album buyers returned, and long-standing friends showed us that they're still by our side. In all your different ways, you keep us going. Our heartfelt thanks to you!
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At the end of his "interview" in front of a six-member committee today, Plainfield boys basketball coach Pete Vasil resigned.
The witch hunt is over. Sources have indicated that the committee is going to recommend former South Plainfield coach Jeff Lubreski for the job.
Here is the updated story on mycentraljersey.com:
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Yet many Western analysts believed that he sought a less confrontational relationship with the United States than other powerful figures in the Iranian hierarchy, for whom hostility toward Washington was a touchstone of ideological purity.
Mr. Rafsanjani, for instance, was credited with suggesting that "Death to America" be dropped from the litany of slogans at Tehran's Friday prayers, a weekly moment of fervor in Iran's political and religious calendar.
In the closing stages of the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted from 1980 to 1988, Mr. Rafsanjani was appointed acting commander in chief of Iranian forces and was widely credited with persuading the leadership in Tehran to accept a United Nations resolution that ended the fighting.
For much of his career, he maintained roles in Parliament and on influential clerical panels, under the tutelage of Ayatollah Khomeini and then, less durably, of his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Mr. Rafsanjani's clout declined sharply during the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, from 2005 to 2013. A populist conservative, Mr. Ahmadinejad had a strong following among poor Iranians, many of whom resented the affluence that endeared Mr. Rafsanjani to his wealthier compatriots.
In 2013, Mr. Rafsanjani was disqualified from standing in presidential elections and swung his political weight behind a moderate, longtime associate, Hassan Rouhani, who won the vote and went on to bring many of Mr. Rafsanjani's supporters into his cabinet and to negotiate the nuclear agreement with the United States in 2015.
But Mr. Rafsanjani, himself an ayatollah, clashed with Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader, over the extent to which Iran should modify its bellicose stance toward outsiders. In March, Mr. Rafsanjani wrote on Twitter that the "world of tomorrow is one of negotiations, not the world of missiles."
Mr. Khamenei responded: "Enemies continue strengthening their military and missile sectors. How can anyone say the era of missiles has passed?"
Without identifying Mr. Rafsanjani by name, Mr. Khamenei said: "People say that tomorrow's world is a world of negotiations and not a world of missiles. If they say this thoughtlessly, it shows they are thoughtless. However, if this is intentional, then this is treachery."
For all that, analysts in Tehran sensed that the pendulum was swinging toward the moderate camp, in which Mr. Rafsanjani played a defining role.
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was born on Aug. 23, 1934, in the village of Bahraman near the town of Rafsanjan in Iran's southeastern Kerman Province. He was one of five sons and four daughters born to Mirza Ali Hashemi Bahramani, a prosperous pistachio farmer, and Mahbibi Safarian Hashemi.
At 4, he left his home village to study theology in the Muslim holy city of Qum, Iran, where he became a disciple of Ayatollah Khomeini. By some accounts, at the time of his death, Mr. Rafsanjani was the last surviving member of an inner circle of Islamic revolutionaries active during Ayatollah Khomeini's exile from 1964 to 1979, fighting an often bloody cat-and-mouse contest with the notorious Savak secret police loyal to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.
From 1963 to 1978, Mr. Rafsanjani was jailed five times for his opposition to the shah, but he remained in close contact with exiled clerics, including Ayatollah Khomeini, who was living in Najaf, Iraq.
During that period, in 1962, he married Effat Marashi, whose family included several respected Shiite clerics. They had five children — two daughters, Fatemeh and Faezeh, and three sons, Mohsen, Mehdi and Yaser.
Information on survivors was not immediately available.
In the turbulence after Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran, Mr. Rafsanjani was elected to Parliament, known as the Majlis, and became its speaker, serving in that position until 1989.
In many accounts of the maneuvering after Ayatollah Khomeini's death in 1989, Mr. Rafsanjani was credited with promoting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, possibly in the mistaken belief that he would prove a pliant figure.
Instead, Ayatollah Khamenei built his own power base. But Mr. Rafsanjani's back-room dealings — often trading on his close relationship with Ayatollah Khomeini — earned him the nickname "kingmaker."
Mr. Rafsanjani was president from 1989 to 1997, facing the challenge of reconstruction after the eight-year war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq. While his economic liberalism and privatization policies were popular among Iran's entrepreneurial classes, many poor Iranians perceived no improvement in their plight.
As president, Mr. Rafsanjani showed little tolerance of dissent. While he sought improved ties with the West, he insisted on Iran's right to develop its nuclear program and did not lift a fatwa declared by Ayatollah Khomeini that enjoined Muslims to kill the writer Salman Rushdie.
Moreover, critics asserted that the Rafsanjani presidency coincided with the spread of corruption and the infiltration by the hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of important economic enterprises.
By 2013, Mr. Rafsanjani was said to have built a family business empire that owned Iran's second biggest airline, exercised a near monopoly on the lucrative pistachio trade and controlled the largest private university, Azad. The family's business interests also included real estate, construction and oil deals. In 2003, Forbes magazine said Mr. Rafsanjani's personal wealth exceeded $ 1 billion.
His time as president left a bitter legacy for many Iranians who struggled to get by. In parliamentary elections, he fared badly and was awarded a seat only after the intervention of a high-powered clerical panel, prompting him to withdraw from the legislature.
In 2005, Mr. Rafsanjani sought to run for the presidency again but lost in a runoff to Mr. Ahmadinejad, whose tenure until 2013 was marked by hard-line nuclear policies, increasingly strained ties with the West and a mounting catalog of economic sanctions over Tehran's efforts to expand its nuclear capability.
In presidential elections in June 2009, Mr. Rafsanjani supported the moderate Mir Hussein Moussavi, who lost to Mr. Ahmadinejad. The outcome was widely disputed, and many Iranian protesters died or were detained challenging the authorities in the streets. The protesters included Mr. Rafsanjani's youngest daughter, Faezeh, who had campaigned for women's rights and was arrested in large demonstrations against Mr. Ahmadinejad's victory.
In September 2009, Mr. Rafsanjani seemed to be sidelined when the authorities barred him from addressing Friday prayers in Tehran on Quds Day, an annual display of solidarity with Palestinians. Mr. Rafsanjani had delivered the Quds Day sermon for almost 25 years, but the authorities in 2009 feared his address would provoke antigovernment protests.
Mr. Ahmadinejad's second term was marked by mounting disputes with the United States and Israel over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and its advances in missile technology. In 2011, Iran sided with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria during the Arab Spring, along with the Hezbollah Shiite militia in Lebanon, setting Tehran against Mr. Assad's Western adversaries, including the United States.
In May 2013, Mr. Rafsanjani announced plans for a comeback, entering his name for presidential elections that June, calculating that, after the years of sanctions-driven decline under Mr. Ahmadinejad, Iranians would think that Mr. Rafsanjani's reputation as a pragmatist and modernizer would offset some of the opprobrium attached to his staggering wealth. At the time, he argued that Iran was in an economic "danger zone" because of Mr. Ahmadinejad's "amateurism."
But he was disqualified by the Guardian Council, an electoral vetting body controlled by hard-liners. Mr. Rafsanjani had long served on another critical panel, the 88-member Assembly of Experts, which is charged with choosing a successor to the Supreme Leader. In 2016, Mr. Rafsanjani polled first in Tehran's voting for the Assembly of Experts, whose role had assumed greater importance since Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, was treated for prostate cancer in 2014.
In the manner of Iran's competing power centers, however, a hard-liner, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who was already the head of the Guardian Council, was elected by the Assembly of Experts as its chairman. The vote signaled new obstacles for the modest changes sought by Mr. Rouhani in running the Islamic Republic.
In another controversy, in May 2016, Mr. Rafsanjani was drawn into a ferocious debate over a meeting between his activist daughter, Faezeh, and Fariba Kamalabadi, a leader of the Baha'is, a minority religious group regarded by the clerical hierarchy as impure pagans.
Mr. Rafsanjani showed little sympathy for his daughter, calling the Baha'is "heretics" and saying publicly that his daughter had "committed a wrong deed" and should be ashamed of herself.
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Online Radio Show Gives Voice to Military Community
By Jamie Findlater
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2008 - The host of a radio program available worldwide on the Internet gives servicemembers a chance to tell their stories.
"This is one way that I can serve the military," Dave Whitten, host of "Voice of the Troops," a weekly hour-long show on Phoenix station KFNX and carried on the station's Web site, said in an "ASY Live" BlogTalkRadio interview.
"ASY Live" is part of the Defense Department's America Supports You program, which connects American citizens and companies with servicemembers at home and abroad.
"I grew up in a very military household," Whitten said. "I always kick myself for not serving."
The idea started for Whitten a year and a half ago, he said, after listening to the radio and television and sensing a need to bring to light the voice of the individual servicemember.
"You hear all the bad stuff that goes on," he said. "Let's face it, war is not pretty. ... But you never [get] to hear the good stories about the good things that our troops [are] doing."
on the program airs Sundays at 7 p.m. PST and is available on the Web at www.1100kfnx.com.
"I give them an hour every week to talk about whatever they want without cutting them up into sound bites," Whitten said. Topics range from post-traumatic stress disorder to military history.
"On one of our most memorable shows, we had two of the remaining five Navajo code talkers talking about how they saved countless numbers of Marine lives in the Pacific Theater," he said. "What was really interesting was that many of these guys were in their mid-80s, and you never know, this might be the last time we capture this. I was told by another Marine, "You guys have captured a part of history."
It's important, especially with current conflicts, to talk to those who are directly affected, Whitten said.
"Kimberly Dozier was a CBS News reporter that we had on our show recently to talk about her experience," he said. "Kimberly and her video crew were involved in an [improvised explosive device] explosion over in Iraq and almost lost her life. [As a] matter of a fact, her photographer and sound person did lose their lives, and she knows first-hand the type of quality care that military survivors received. We got her on the show to talk about how the military doctors got her back to normal."
The show also discusses recent topics of interest and the important ramifications of new military policy.
"Recently, we had a show with two colonels, Kevin and Kate Voight, who talked about their experience serving as intel officers based in Baghdad, Iraq," he said. "Now that Army rules have changed, they can actually serve in a combat area together and have their own housing. It's a way to attract qualified people, because they can have the 15 months of actually functioning as a husband and wife."
Voice of the Troops also brings to light plans for future development of new capabilities. For example, he said, he has lined up Air Force Maj. Gen. William T. Lord, commander of the Air Force's provisional Cyberspace Command, as a guest for an upcoming program to talk about the importance of defending the nation's computer systems from adversaries.
Whitten said he appreciates that programs like America Supports You work to get the message out to servicemembers about programs like his.
"We are proud to work with programs like America Supports You, [which] has done a phenomenal job in garnering the support of people throughout the nation," Whitten said. "We need to help [the public] understand that there is a need out there. We still have men and women in a combat zone, and my hat's off to ASY for what they do."
(Jamie Findlater works in the New Media directorate of the Defense Media Activity.)
*Related Sites:*
"ASY Live" on BlogTalkRadio.com [ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/PentagonRadioNetwork/ASYLive ]
Online Radio Show Gives Voice to Military Community [ http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51012 ]


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Earier we brought you commentary from Mike O'Rourke of Jones Trading, who was arguing that the market was completely divorced from reality, and that it's all Fed driven.
Regardless of what's pushing equities higher, it's undeniably an impressive move.
Dan Greenhaus of BTIG puts some interesting stats on the story:
While there was a bit of weakness towards the end of the day, its hard to argue with the action. We've been noting that the investor enthusiasm on full display to start the year waned somewhat into March. However, the S&P 500 appears poised to gain in the sixth consecutive month, something it hasn't done since 2009 and before that, 2006. Actually, it should be noted that the S&P is about to be up in ten of the last eleven months, something that hasn't happened since late 2006 and before that, early 2003. Data mining aside, it's obviously been a terrific run for equities as numerous headwinds have been shrugged off.


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Sunday, 1 October 2017
Big Cretaceous Frog May Have Eaten Small Dinosaurs, Study Suggests
Joel Kontinen
Named after an ancient Canaanite god, an extinct frog that lived in Madagascar could probably bite so hard that small dinosaurs were in danger of ending up on its menu.
'Bite force research reveals dinosaur-eating frog' was the title of a recent article in Science Daily.
The article is a report on research published in the journal Scientific Reports on how hard modern South American horned frogs could bite.
The study authors assume that the frog Beelzebufo lived some "68 million years" ago and resembled modern South American horned frogs in many ways.
They propose that it could have had a bite force of almost 2200 Newtons (N), which is roughly the same as that of wolves or tigresses.
Frogs have amazing design features and they confirm the after its kind principle introduced in the Book of Genesis.
The study shows that frogs, whether big or small, are frogs, and at least some frogs haven't yet had the time to turn into princes.
Dinosaurs were supposed to rule during the Cretaceous Era, but research suggests that modern mammals and modern birds were also living at that time.
University of Adelaide. 2017. Bite force research reveals dinosaur-eating frog. Science Daily. (20 September).
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Emphysema scores predict death from COPD and lung cancer
Zulueta JJ, Wisnivesky JP, Henschke CI, Yip R, Farooqi AO, McCauley DI, Chen M, Libby DM, Smith JP, Pasmantier MW, Yankelevitz DF.
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Magazine: Chest
Date: May 14, 2012Pneumology
Our objective was to assess the usefulness of emphysema scores in predicting death from COPD and lung cancer.
Emphysema was assessed with low-dose CT scans performed on 9,047 men and women for whom age and smoking history were documented. Each scan was scored according to the presence of emphysema as follows: none, mild, moderate, or marked. Follow-up time was calculated from time of CT scan to time of death or December 31, 2007, whichever came first. Cox regression analysis was used to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) of emphysema as a predictor of death.
Median age was 65 years, 4,433 (49%) were men, and 4,133 (46%) were currently smoking or had quit within 5 years. Emphysema was identified in 2,637 (29%) and was a significant predictor of death from COPD (HR, 9.3; 95% CI, 4.3-20.2; P < .0001) and from lung cancer (HR, 1.7; 95% CI, 1.1-2.5; P = .013), even when adjusted for age and smoking history.
Visual assessment of emphysema on CT scan is a significant predictor of death from COPD and lung cancer.
CITA DEL ARTÍCULO Chest. 2012 May;141(5):1216-23. Epub 2011 Oct 20
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April 12-13, 2005. A public meeting of the C-VPESS will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m (eastern time) on April 12, 2005 and from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (eastern time) on April 13, 2005.
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The meeting will take place at the SAB Conference Center, 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700, Washington, DC 20004.
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Members of the public wishing further information regarding the SAB C-VPESS meeting may contact Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via telephone at: (202) 343-9981 or e-mail at: firstname.lastname@example.com. The SAB mailing address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB, as well as any updates concerning the meetings announced in this notice, may be found in the SAB Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.
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Background: Background on the SAB C-VPESS and its charge was provided in 68 Fed. Reg. 11082 (March 7, 2003). The purpose of the meeting is for the SAB C-VPESS to discuss issues concerning methods for valuing the protection of ecological systems and services, to continue work on the Committee's advisory on the Agency's draft Ecological Benefit Assessments Strategic Plan, and to plan committee activities. All of these activities are related to the Committee's overall charge, to assess Agency needs and the state of the art and science of valuing protection of ecological systems and services, and then to identify key areas for improving knowledge, methodologies, practice, and research.
Availability of Review Material for the Meetings: The Agenda and background documents for this meeting will be posted prior to the meeting on the SAB Staff Office Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab/agendas.htm. EPA's draft Ecological Benefits Assessment Strategic Plan is available on the EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics Web site at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ee/epa/eed.nsf/pages/homepage.
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By Nikki Willhite
Dumpster Diving is not for everyone. However,
Dumpster Diving has become very popular, and is considered a great resource by
many people. We live in a time of excess and waste, and I don't think we should
look down on those who find a way to use that "waste".
When we moved a few years ago, we found a store that didn't
crush all their boxes, and spent a month checking their dumpster every day for
boxes that we could use in our move. That dumpster served us well!
I decided to do some research on this latest craze of Dumpster
Diving. Here are some things I found out.
Dumpster Divers are
people who search for things that other people have thrown out that are still
useful, can be recycled, and have value. Dumpster Divers will not only pick up
discarded items left at the curbside of people's homes, but they will climb into
dumpsters at apartment buildings and behind shopping centers.
However! Most don't actually get in the bins. Most people have
some sort of long pole which allows them to just lean over the dumpster and pull
the items up to them. People enjoy this hobby. It's like a Treasure Hunt.
If you think about it, at one time or another we've all been
lazy and thrown away something that we could have given to Goodwill or recycled.
If we've done it, think about the people who don't watch their finances
carefully. They are throwing away things right and left!
Dumpster Diving can also be profitable. You can make money with
everything from aluminum cans to items that can be resold at garage sales.
People have been known to give up their day jobs to do this!
Common Finds
Many interesting and unexpected items can be found when diving.
Here are some of the more common:
Furniture Food Products, such as Meat, Fruit, Vegetables, &
Pastry Things that get outdated, and are not worth the store's time to return -
everything from dishes to greeting cards.
Great Finds
Computers & Accessories, VCR's, Televisions, Radios, Lawn
Mowers, Vacuum Cleaners, Power Tools, telephones, answering machines, and
If you are going in the evening, you are going to need something
to light up the dumpster. Some people carry a small flashlight. They attach a
cord to it, and then hold it in their teeth to keep their hands free. Others
wear a headlamp! You can find them at reasonable prices in the bike area of
discount stores.
You need something to pull the stuff to you- some kind of pole
with a hook at the end. A hoe works. You can also buy long poles that will pick
up a quarter in the corner of an empty dumpster.
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Sturdy Rope
My summer wake-up call happens in phases. Somewhere around 6:40, I hear Calvin sneak downstairs (rascal is "supposed" to stay upstairs until 7...). Ruby trucks down 15 or 20 minutes later.
I doze and wake in fits, their heels stomping across the downstairs floor, Howard skittering around in his morning frenzy, a little giggling, the unmistakable sound of Legos being sifted around in the box.
With any luck, Silas sleeps until 7:30. I listen for the sounds of his steps, bending my ear to catch the clues they hold about the day ahead of us.
We're a wiley collection of opposing preferences and personalities. Ours is an existence of rushing and waiting, push and pull. We're human, but we sure do love each other.
On my very best days, I offer a quick prayer before I roll out of bed. It's usually more of a plea, really.
Follow closely.
Let us feel you near.
Give me what I need.
Show me joy.
Dear God, grant me the miracle of patience. Quickly!
Leading 3 small people through a long string of long days is no monkey business. Many of you might enjoy amiable children with easy-going demeanors and matching socks. That sounds entirely foreign to me. It's mandarin Chinese.
What I enjoy are 3 funny, short people with various ills ranging from "anger mismanagement" to "excessive sarcasm" to "chronic tattling". Everyday, we have fighting and belly laughs. Every day, we see bright moments of pure genius and lapses into the kind of boredom that can't be fixed, just survived.
I'm on a mission this summer to just make it all work. And I'm finding it's so much easier to go with the flow when I'm really okay flowing.
I don't have to decide everything.
I don't have to say no just because it wasn't my idea.
I don't have to make everyone happy.
I don't even have to make myself happy. (Oy.)
One kid wants eggs, one wants cereal, and one wants toast? I would be wise to save my controlling tendencies for something a tinge more dire. Toast your heart out, Silas! Master that elusive sunny-side, Calv!
This is my life, the exact one that I happen to love. Even when it's hard and crazy-making.
This is what pulls me from my earliest squinty-eyed moments of the day, into the very heart of Christ. Faith and family can tangle into the loveliest rope, a double-helix of home and everything it means.
God gave me my heart by making me a Mama. It wasn't the way I thought it would be, and I'm so glad the choice wasn't mine.
What we are is imperfectly perfect for each other.
What we are is something pretty wonderful.
My dear friend Emily Wierenga just published Atlas Girl, her memoir about arriving at the heart of her faith through the twisting road that led her across the world and back home again.
I started it late last night and slipped very quietly down into the wonderland she creates with her prose and her truth-telling. The way she weaves time, place, and bare-faced truth are already amazing me. I'll have it finished by the weekend. I can't think of a better Summer read.
I intended to share about her book today, but I didn't plan for the way her words would have my head in overdrive, thinking about the way my faith and my family are twined. That, friends, is what great writing will do to you.
Find your copy here.
(All the proceeds from Atlas Girl go towards The Lulu Tree, an organization seeking to prevent orphans in the country of Uganda by supporting and empowering Ugandan Mamas.)
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Thank you for hosting me dear Shannan :) Love you! e.ReplyDelete
i'll be saving up my change to purchase emily's new book. we have a coinstar at the local meijer, and i'm not afraid to use it. -- amazon.com gift cards--ReplyDelete
This book is DEF on my list for the summer! LOVE that the proceeds benefit a great organization! In spite of the glitter nail polish and the spray paint, may your day be filled with way more belly laughs!ReplyDelete
re: your long summer days, has the playground equipment at the school been installed?ReplyDeleteReplies
Will be posting an update on that soon. :)Delete
I am loving your gentle reminders that we do best when we remember that we don't always have to be in charge...:)ReplyDelete
Starting the book tonight- sounds like a wonderful story.
I love that reminder to not say "no" just because it wasn't my idea!ReplyDelete
Ditto to what Laurel said. I have found that, in motherhood, the knee-jerk reaction (for me, at least) is to say no to things too quickly, when sometimes, even though something may be messy, chaotic, or completely contrary to my plans, it still might just be okay! :)ReplyDelete
Sweet! Let me know what you think. I can't wait to get these squirrels in bed and dive in again!ReplyDelete
Thank you for this. On a day when I had to constantly remind myself not to try to control everything (including sprinkle placement on the cake). A day where I felt like I was failing. A day where I wondered in the grocery store if Shannan ever had to deal with x,y & z. I come home to this & find you have plenty of xyz in your own life & I am not alone.ReplyDelete
Ah! I love Emily and her book Chasing Silhouettes was majorly helpful this year as I journeyed with a family (I'm a school social worker) as their 8th grade daughter battled ED.ReplyDelete
Anywho, I really wanted to buy her new book but I have a stack right now and one more just seems like too many but than you said proceeds & Uganda. My little sweetie adopted domestically is half Ugandian so like...Uganda is a pretty big deal in our house. Looks like the stack is gonna get higher!
Ps. Love that you girls are friends.
Adding this book to my wish list! I was so enthralled by her post over at Proverbs 31. Thanks for the reminder!ReplyDelete
Great post! Thanks for sharing this information. I gained quite a lot of knowledge after reading your blog thank you.ReplyDelete
You are incredible flowerpatch farmgirl. I wait with anticipation for YOUR book. Just keep doing what you do. XReplyDelete
Your crew sounds JUST like mine -- 15 or 20 years ago. Hang in there. It gets better and better and better.ReplyDelete


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You need to download Tibia11 Erpegia Client to be able to play.
Tasks are controlled by NPC Kip-San, which is located in Oxenfurt, north-west from temple, one floor over NPC Ricci. You can have 3 tasks started at once and every task can be done 3 times. Tasks without level limit can be done as many times as you want. All tasks are counted as separate quests.
After completing task you can fight boss. To do it you need to go to Chief of Oxenfurt's Guard - NPC Hjaern, The Battlemaster. Every task monster has its own boss. Bosses are usually twice as powerful as normal monster so be careful. From every boss you have a chance to drop Gold Token that can be exchanged for special weapons. Some of them drop rare loot like taming items or special weapons or equipment. For every task you can fight a boss only three times. Beating bosses can also unlock special outfits
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I still don't know who I get to spoil for the next three months, btu I figured I would finally post my answers in case someone already has me….so here ya go! and feel free to email me or comment on here!
1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?
After trying out yarns at AC Moore, I can finally admit that yes I must me a yarn snob. (Sorry!) I have used some things that are acrylic blends (like GGH Goa) and love it so Im open. I've also come to really enjoy handspun or hand dyed yarns. But i just love anything that is pretty or feels good on my hands.
2. Do you spin? Crochet?
I never got the hang of crocheting, it hurts my hand too much. I don't know how to spin, but Im extremely interested in it. I just have no clue where I would learn about it.
3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)
No real allergies, though sometimes mohair makes me itch really bad. I don't like real strong smelling stuff (is that an allergy?) OMG I forgot I am allergic to chocolate! Silly me, I'm only thinking of knitting.
4. How long have you been knitting?
umm I think it's been 3 years. I learned from my bf's mom, but then I really got the hang of it from books.
5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
yep! here ya go.
6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.)
I dont really have a favorite scent since I use unscented dove, but when I buy nice soaps I usually get milk, almond, honey, or some other french ones. again, unscented or lightly scented candles are best.
7. Do you have a sweet tooth?
Unfortunately, yes! And I'm a damn good baker sigh. Cookies, cakes, and pies kill me lol My waistline has never been the same.
8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?
I'm a photographer, I love to cook, and I try to sew.
9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
Yep my comp plays mp3s and I have an ipod! Im not sure what it is I like…I listen to n.e.r.d. nin, the libertines, franz ferdinand, smoosh, u2, gorillaz, the streets, jayz,
10. What's your favorite color? Or–do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?
I like pinks, brown, black, grays, purples, and blues. Umm I dont know about colors I cant stand, I guess I cant imagines knitting something in orange. It just depends on how I react to the color when I first see it. I would like to start knititng in brown, maybe and olive brown.
11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
No pets, just my boyfriend 🙂
12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)
To have my work shown in a New York gallery, to travel to Japan, to get enough confidence to feel like I have talent, and to find a job that I love. and I feel appreciated at.
13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
I noticed that I've used a lot of ggh. I like crystal palace and rowan. But I'm open!
14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
I hated Lamb's pride bulky…hated it!!! Im also not in love with Lions brand or sugar and cream. So really nothing too rough.
15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?
good patterns, yarn, and learning new knitting techniques. I also love to wind my skeins into center pull balls/cakes though I cant imagine what I would be like if i ever get a swift (I just have the ball winder). One thing that I wish wasn't an obsession is finding my stitch markers, I'm constantly loosing the whole pack somewhere in my house. I think I need to get my third pack in a row. I want to learn how to make those cool looking ones or get some that look like sushi (yum!)
16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
I like knitting bags, love knitting for others, but Im finally knitting tops for myself.
17. What are you knitting right now?
Bias top from spring/summer knit.1 mag. It's a pattern from the lovely Teva Durham.
18. What do you think about ponchos?
I never did, but I like the shorter ones and capelets and shrugs. I've never knit one though, there was one from R2 I wanted to try, just never got the chance to.
19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
Either really. Just depends what I'm knitting and what I have. My straights collections easily beats out my circs though.
20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
Again depends on what I'm knitting. I love my addis, but I also love my crystal palace bamboo (my fave bamboo). I have one pair of plastics from clover that I have never been able to buy again (they are called Ivory Needles). I also have cheapie metal ones that work (though I hate them for circs).
21. Are you a sock knitter?
22. How did you learn to knit?
combo of books and boyfriend's mom.
23. How old is your oldest UFO?
Well my oldest one was a sweater that was 2-3 years old, but I ripped it and made a scarf and two bags from it (I still have more yarn from it). So I guess my new oldest UFO is still 2 years old, the bust bathing suit from get crafty.
24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?
none really. I like watching harvey birdman and family guy which doesnt help lol. I hate birds (dont ask) I like dogs (boston terriers, huskies, or those mini bulldogs french bulldogs or something im not sure)
25. What is your favorite holiday?
Hate to sound like a downer, but I don't really have one.
26. Is there anything that you collect?
yarn! other than that, I have a ton of books and Ive been adding to my cookbook collection. Im an artist so I would love to start collecting art. (I have a tiny collection) Oh and I love anything Japanese
27. What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
Interweave Knits and Rebecca. I hate vogue ugh. I've never tried Rowan, but there's a pattern for a bag ("heirloom") in their new one but I dont know how to get single patterns
28. Any books out there you are dying to get your hands on?
Not sure, surprise me. Though I was interested in sarah dallas's new book, but I havent seen anything from it and Im scared that its going to be like vintage knits (too small for me, though I loved the book). I would like to learn to spin, hint hint, and that Pluckyfluff book looks insane, but it's too expensive. Art books are fun. Anything that doesnt have the word "hip" in the title and isnt for grandmas or for people having babies would be cool. Nothing boxy please!


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I'm not yet done sharing our trip, but in case you missed the first few posts, start here:
Our Vacay, According to my iPhone
Down by the [Kachemak] Bay
Tips for Sea Sickness
Oh it's hard to choose- these are all so good! The wolf pup is pretty adorable though!ReplyDelete
Isn't he?! I'm going to posting more photos of our day with them in a few weeks.Delete
oh wow! what amazing photos, I am in love with all of them. the first one, the wolf pup and of course the midnight sun!ReplyDelete
Thank you! I'm going to posting more photos of our day with the wolf pups in a few weeks.Delete
Ah, baby animals!!! And that windswept beach is so desolate and still so beautiful. I can't choose.ReplyDelete
I know, it's a tough one for me too!Delete
WOW! Amazing pictures. I love them all and can't pick a favorite! Thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
These photos are stunning!!! I love the one of the harbour the best. So beautiful!ReplyDelete
Thank you! It's such a beautiful harbour.Delete
Holy stunning!!!! The sweet wolf pup for the win!ReplyDelete
Thank you! I'm going to posting more photos of our day with the wolf pups in a few weeks. It was so much fun!Delete
I love all the pictures, but I think Homer harbor wins for me. I still get little butterflies everytime I see it because Homer is where Steve and I fell in love/became best friends. Holds a special place in my little heart :)ReplyDelete


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War over iron ore
The struggle for control of natural resources and wealth is the cause of nearly all wars. The Battles of Narvik in 1940 were all about who was to have control of Europe's largest iron ore resources, as well as the supply routes for transporting the ore. Narvik was and is an ice-free port built to ship iron ore from the important mines in Kiruna in Northern Sweden. Nazi Germany tried to gain control of this vital supply, and the Allies tried to stop them.
The attack
On 9 April 1940, German forces launched a co-ordinated attack on the most important ports in Southern Norway, and on Narvik in the north. In the grey light of dawn in heavy snow, 10 German destroyers entered Narvik harbour, where two old Norwegian coastal defence ships, «Eidsvold» and «Norge», were anchored. The two Norwegian ships took up the fight, and were immediately sunk with great loss of life. The destroyers anchored in Narvik and 2,000 Austrian mountain troopers (Gebirgsjäger) were landed. Narvik was occupied by the Germans.
The first naval battle
Following the breach of Norwegian neutrality on 8 April[LE1] , and the British Royal Navy having laid mines along the coast from Hustadvika to Bodø, the British were quick to respond with a counter-attack. On 10 April[LE2] , five British destroyers attacked the German destroyers in the Port of Narvik. They succeeded in sinking two of the German destroyers, and a third was badly damaged. Seven other German ships and several merchant vessels were sunk, which had a crucial impact on the supply situation. The British naval forces also suffered losses, two of their five destroyers were sunk and a third was heavily damaged. Narvik harbour was filled with ship wrecks.
The second naval battle
On 13 April, the British naval forces returned, this time with the battleship HMS «Warspite» and nine destroyers. They sank eight German ships in the port of Narvik and in the Rombakfjord. This left the Germans with no naval resources with which to fight back, and most of their ammunition, war materiel and supplies had been lost beneath the waves. The majority of the German marines were, however, rescued, and were equipped with the uniforms of the vanquished Norwegian forces.
The land campaign
The 2,000 Austrian mountain troopers who had landed on 9 April worked systematically to extend their bridgehead in the Narvik area. They soon received reinforcements in the shape of 2,600 marines who had been rescued and brought ashore from the sunken German destroyers. On 16 April this combined force defeated a Norwegian force of 200 men at Bjørnfjell, and were thus able to occupy the entire length of the Ofotbanen railway and secure reinforcements of personnel and materiel via Sweden. Moving northwards from Bjerkvik, they crossed the mountain to Gratangsbotn in an attempt to reach Bardufoss airport, but were stopped at Lapphaugen by determined Norwegian resistance from units of the 6th Division under the command of General Carl Gustav Fleischer. The Norwegians now systematically recaptured mountain summits and heights until the German front lines had been pushed back to the Swedish border.
Allied landings
The British established their headquarters in Harstad on 14 April. From 28 April they began receiving reinforcements from a French expeditionary force, and on 9 May four Polish exile battalions arrived. On 13 May, French Foreign Legion troops landed in Bjerkvik. The Poles were soon operating on the south side of the fjord system, and the Germans in Narvik were attacked from two sides.
The first Allied victory
The Germans were now cut off from reinforcements, and had only modest cover from the air. Increasingly co-ordinated pressure from the Norwegian and Allied forces drove them back, and on 28 May Norwegian and French forces landed on the Narvik peninsula from the north, while Polish troops attacked from the south. The Germans blew up and destroyed Narvik harbour before retreating inland along the railway. This was the first Allied land victory of World War II.
The Germans held only a small pocket of resistance at the border, and they planned to allow themselves to be interned in Sweden, which was neutral. But this plan was never executed. Already prior to retaking Narvik, the Allies had decided to withdraw from Norway: the situation in France at the time was critical and the armed forces were needed there. The victory in Narvik was, however, a real shot in the arm for the Allied war effort, and Winston Churchill said «Look to Narvik». Between 4 and 8 June, the Allied forces were evacuated from Narvik, and on 8 June the town was re-occupied by the Germans. On 10 June the Norwegians capitulated.
War Memorial Museum and Landscapes of War
In the centre of Narvik is the Røde Kors Krigsmuseum (Red Cross War Memorial Museum). Using wall charts, photographs and objects such as uniforms, weapons and medals, the museum tells the dramatic story of the various stages of the Battles of Narvik. Other World War II themes are also in focus, such as the fate of Soviet prisoners of war and the sinking of the Tirpitz. Narvik also has a Peace Chapel and a large war cemetery. In the areas around Narvik where the fighting took place, six commemorative artist-commissioned slabs or columns have been erected in what has been called the "Krigshistorisk landskap" (Landscapes of War).
Human fates
The Red Cross War Memorial Museum is visited by people from many nations who, because of their family ties, feel a direct link to the Battles of Narvik. There is a metro station called Narvik in Paris, and in Poland universities and high schools bear the name Narvik. Many Spaniards went straight from the Spanish Civil War into the French Foreign Legion, which also fought in Narvik. While the Soviet Union had not yet entered the war when the Battles of Narvik took place, during the war years about 75% of the 105,000 Russian soldiers in Norway were POWs in Northern Norway and suffered appalling conditions. Both Australian and Indian troops served in the British forces. Up to 350,000 German and Austrian soldiers were in Norway at any one time during the Nazi occupation. The few survivors and their many descendants are greeted by a museum which presents the history of the period in a highly fact-oriented, objective and nuanced way; the horrors of war sink in only gradually. The museum is not large, but it takes time to digest and reflect on the immense and moving story it has to tell.
Read on
- www.warmuseum.no is the website of the museum.
- www.destinasjonnarvik.com is the website of the Tourist Board