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2 Chronicles 7:12-14
12the Lord appeared to him at night and said:
"I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices.
13"When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
On the occasion of the dedication of the first Temple in Jerusalem, after the offering of many oxen and bulls was accepted by God, with Holy fire consuming them on the altar; God promised Solomon:
"If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and turn from their wicked ways; then I shall hear from heaven; then I shall heal their land."
A multiple shooting and possible hostage situation at a Sikh Temple in suburban Wisconsin was "Breaking News" today as we prepared our family brunch.
A few burnt eggs and half-cooked hash browns later, we learned that several people have been killed and some wounded; including the responding Police Officer to the scene.
Our humble, sincere prayers are offered to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for the families, loved ones and all connected to this horrific situation. We pray for the First Responders, the Physicians and many medical professionals treating the survivors; also for the shocked community and the many officials investigating this tragic, evil act.
We are saddened as well as filled with righteous indignation; pleading: 'Enough Lord, please help us! Enough of the hate and evil; enough of the divisiveness that pits human being against human being with suspicions due to their color, their religion, their culture or nationality and politically leanings or sexual identity… We say, "Enough, Lord."
Enough of the ignorance that encourages public figures to make self-serving accusations against innocent people because of race, religion, the circumstances of their birth or the texture of their hair!
Lord God in heaven, we submit ourselves to You and say humbly: Enough, O Lord… we cannot fix it… we pray for You to step in, Father. Just as you shut the mouths of fierce lions set against Your Prophet Daniel because of lies; Father-God, shut the mouths of all those that rage in high places; calling for hate, calling for mistrust, and accusing without a cause. Our land is scorched, are crops fail, we ask Your forgiveness. It is enough Father-God; not another life is worthy of fulfilling this evil quota of intolerance… Surely, it is enough."


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In the latest (likely futile) attempt to teach my kids to tidy up, I made them this Hedgehog shaped pencil case from some pine offcuts I had in the garage. The idea is that they will want to see him all spiky, so they will clean up once they are done drawing, high hopes I know. :-)
It was fun to make though, I made a video of the build and have a bit more about it on my website if you're so inclined.
Here's a link to the youtube video: http://bit.ly/1hdFzXu
-- www.thewoodfather.com - A daddy that loves playing with his kiddies and his tools!
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#1 posted 02-22-2014 02:17 AM
i bet they loved the gift even if its not always full with picked up pencils
-- (the only thing in there she says is....tap on head..........tap..........tap..... saw dust) - James www.etsy.com/shop/ZionsWoodnCrafts
#2 posted 02-22-2014 04:05 AM
Great idea. He looks good. My two year old has crayons from one end to the house to the other.
-- "My god has more wood than your god" ... G. Carlin.
#3 posted 02-23-2014 03:24 AM
Cheers guys, the kids love him, they get to carry him around the place, and for a whole 2 days there has been NO pencils on the couch! Success!
-- www.thewoodfather.com - A daddy that loves playing with his kiddies and his tools!
#4 posted 02-27-2014 03:34 PM
Awesome pencil holder! Cool and adorable design. I'm sure this will be a hit for kids and adults alike. Great job!
#5 posted 09-04-2014 03:56 PM
-- God bless, Candy
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Here's a salute to the "Red, White, and Blue!" This one's a patriotic collaboration to celebrate America's independence, full of color and fun. Let freedom ring this summer with a festive kit from DSI and KCB!
This pack contains: 10 journal cards (including 2 6x4 inch cards and 8 3x4 inch cards) in individual .jpg files


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The Population Register Centre has two Certificates
In 2002, the Population Register Centre became the first central government agency to be granted an Information Security Certificate. Our Information Security Certificate covers the activities and premises of the office in Helsinki as well as in Kokkola. A Quality Certificate has also been granted to the Quality System of our Certificate/EID Service. Both certificates have been granted by Inspecta Certification.
These certificates are not granted for an indefinite period: renewals require regular audits at least once a year. The organisation must maintain and develop its information security and quality systems and ensure that processes, work performances and services are carried out in accordance with the certified system.
Information Security Certificate
The Population Register Centre's Information Security Certificate complies with the ISO/IEC 27001:13 standard. It covers issues such as information security policy, organisation of information security management, classification and control of assets protected, personnel security, physical information security, communications and operations management, access control, systems development and maintenance, business continuity management and compliance. The standard defines the high standard of information security that is implemented using the protection mechanisms chosen by the organisation.
Certificate for the Quality System of the Certificate/EID Service
The Certificate granted for the Quality System of the Certificate/EID Service of the Population Register Centre complies with standard ISO 9001:2015. The Quality System is an important tool for planning and developing the operations. Certification improves the public credibility of the operations and the system. The objective of having the Certificate, therefore, is to create an operational policy that involves continued development and to produce internationally valid evidence of the standards compliance of the Quality System.


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Deadline: Feb. 28
This scholarship is intended for students to demonstrate a commitment to the field of mass communications. Funds are applied to tuition expenses. Students must have a 3.25 GPA. Learn more
Gary Moore Great Plan Scholarship
Deadline: Feb.1
The purpose of this scholarship is to facilitate outstanding high school seniors in need of financial assistance so that they may experience the educational opportunities offered by the Oklahoma City University College of Arts and Sciences. Graduating seniors in the upper 10% of their graduating class from an accredited Oklahoma high school, ACT ≥ 30, a non-smoker, and plans to pursue a major within the OKCU College of Arts and Sciences are eligible to apply. Learn more
Mary Ellen & George R. Randall Endowed Great Plan Scholarship
Deadline: Feb. 1
This scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior who plans to study pre-medicine or science at OKCU. It is a four-year scholarship covering tuition, basic room and board, and basic fees. Interviews with selected applicants will be scheduled during the month of February and notifications will be made by the end of February. Link to application
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Deadline: Feb. 1
This scholarship is a competitive, full-tuition scholarship awarded to an outstanding freshman student who chooses to study biology at OKCU. Interviews with selected applicants will be scheduled during the month of February and notifications will be made by the end of February. Link to application
Clara Luper Scholarship
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This scholarship program honors the legacy of Oklahoma City civil rights leader Clara Luper by providing a private college education to deserving students from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds who demonstrate financial need. Learn more
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It was announced today 2/16/2013 that the live DVD/BD of the Budoukan live will be on sale on April 10th 2013. The content of the extras are not mentioned yet but we're hoping for some backstage coverage too. On the same day is the birthday of Arai Hitomi and a special birthday event will be held as well. Apparently the event will take place inside a cinema and everyone can bring along drinks and popcorns together as well.
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English report on TGS Budoukan live by Kawaii-Girl Japan
Yesterday Kawaii Girl Japan has put up their English report on the Budoukan live which was held on the 22nd December 2012. The report covered the event pretty well so do check it out!
Ustream Broadcast tomorow
Tomorrow, January 13th 2013 at 12 noon (Japan time) TGS will be having an event at Shibuya Tower Records in commemoration with Bad Flower release anniversary and also their Manager's Birthday. A Ustream broadcast is scheduled to be on tomorrow so do check it out!
According to the official site, the schedule of tomorrow is as follows :
1st Session 12:00 / 2nd Session 15:00 / 3rd session 18:00~
See you guys at Ustream social chat!
Ustream Awards
Ustream Asia has started a voting session to give an award to the selected channels from Japanese broadcaster and Tokyo Girls' Style Ustream channel is one of the nominee. If you would like to cast in your vote to help TGS get a vote closer to winning this award head over to this link below and click on vote (the black box above their channel picture) and if you have difficulty finding the channel in the page, CTRL + F and search for 033, since they are nominee #033.
Once you have cast your vote, you'd be taken to another page with a few boxes to be filled in. If you can't read Japanese don't panic, these are the only things that you need to know to get on with the voting.
Let us all throw in our support and pray that they'd win this award!
TGS new PV short preview [ Yakusoku ]
Registering at STYLE
There was a question about problem with registering at STYLE due to the confirmation email was not sent. If anyone faced the same problem, try to check your spam mail because the confirmation mail from wordpress might just find its way there. I've come across 2 cases for now and I hope this information will be able to help everyone involved.
Top Yell – February 2013 edition
Tokyo Dream Channel on January 15 2013
The next Tokyo Dream Channel is on January 15th 2013.
To those who are new to this, it is basically a show with Hibi Mikoto ( Dream5) and Yamabe Miyu (Tokyo Girls' Style) where they chat and do various things. The show also features the manager from both group a lot.
The stream will be on Dream5 channel this time around :
HMV Idol Gakuen presents, Nihon Jyuudan Idol Ranbu 2013
Tokyo Girls Style will be participating Idol Ranbu 2013 this year and will be performing all across Japan. Both Tokyo Girls Style and 9Nine will be appearing at every show and information of the tour is as follows :
- March 15 2013 :Hokkaido – Sapporo Penny Lane24
- March 20 2013 :Osaka – Umeda AKASO
- March 22 2013 :Hiroshima – Hiroshima Club Quatro
- March 23 2013 :Fukuoka – Fukuoka DRUM Be-1
- March 25 2013 :Aichi – Nagoya Club Quatro
- March 27 2013 :Miyagi – Sendai darwin
- March 30 2013 :Tokyo – SHIBUYA AX
[Now, TGS is...] On Ustream tomorrow
Tomorrow (January 5th 2013) the show 「今、女子流は…」will be aired starting from 0700 -1400 hours Japan time. The description of the show this time is as follows :
The content is unclear! Just how far is this show going to cover?! There's also a possibility where the connection is going to be bad or even stopped. Please be informed about this.


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A Failed Business Model
By Barry Maher
A few years ago, a self-appointed management and sales guru came up with what he considered a first-rate idea. With so many unhappy, lonely people in the world, he figured he could provide them with a little comfort and make money at the same time by offering them personalized, written advice on their problems.
Since so many people have problems that are similar, he figured he could train employees to write a quick paragraph or two of personalization, then fill up the rest of the letter with appropriate boilerplate.
He placed trial ads in all the leading tabloids. The problems and the checks came pouring in.
He read four letters. And immediately killed the project.
"I realized I was dealing with living, breathing people," he says, "not a marketing opportunity. I also realized the answers I'd provide would have an effect on their lives. They all had such heavy burdens compared to anything I'd ever gone through. Their problems went far beyond the scope of any boilerplate, beyond the scope of any quick, pat answers. And I was completely unqualified to tamper in their lives. I ended up returning their money, and absorbing the price of the ads."
But he did a little more than that. With each refund he sent along a personal, handwritten response. This is one of those letters.
Dear Lorie:
Thanks for writing. Sorry to hear of your situation. Sometimes we simply have to endure until we finally get the life we deserve. And you've endured. I'm returning your $9.95 because I want you to have the money. From your letter, it sounds like you need it more than I do, and I want the best for you. I also want you to want the best for you.
I know you feel small. I know you feel alone. But you're not alone. You're a human being which means that you're related to all of us—a relative—a part of us all. Biologically, in your genes, all your ancestors going back to the beginning of time are a part of you. They struggled and slaved so that you, their descendant, would someday walk this planet. It's taken billions of years to create the universe of possibilities that's within you.
If you undervalue yourself—if you sell yourself short—you're undervaluing all of us, and all of those who came before you.
And even beyond that, Lorie, you are, as an individual human, a miraculous being, more alike than unlike the greatest men and women who ever lived. More alike than unlike Jesus and Einstein and Lincoln and Mozart and Mother Teresa and Van Gogh—with many of their greatest qualities lying somewhere inside you. With thoughts and feelings and desires. And—most miraculous of all—the divinity within you which we call free will. Which gives you the ability to control those feelings and desires, and therefore to control your own destiny, to actually control what you are today and what you will be tomorrow.
Your responsibility, as I see it, is to use that free will to make the most of every instant of the life which so many, including yourself, have participated in creating.
Always the Best,
Barry Maher
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Will not or not it's higher if what are the widespread well being issues horses face, and deal with them earlier than they turn into full-fledged ailments?
Proudly owning a horse is a expensive affair. First, you spend heavily on its dietary necessities and health, after which, if the horse falls in poor health, you spend a fortune on its therapy. Luckily, there isn't any dearth of horse health insurance plans at this time. However you possibly can minimize down the therapy bills by taking excellent care of your horse, which incorporates protecting it from these common health issues.
Colic isn't one particular illness as such. It's a identify given to numerous digestive system problems, including intestinal blockage, excessive gasoline within the gut, or the extra severe―gut twist. It may be triggered on account of exercising the horse immediately after consuming, feeding the horse instantly after exercising, or feeding it too much of inexperienced grass. Symptoms of colic embrace constipation, tooth clenching, stretching the legs out from the physique, and kicking. In case you see your horse gazing its abdomen, it could point out colic.
In the event you see any of the above signs, make the horse stroll round a bit of. This can assist it go the gasoline. Don't ignore these signs as they will show fatal. Seek the advice of a vet as soon as any of these signs are seen. You'll be able to forestall this downside by feeding and exercising the horse in the proper method.
Laminitis is a condition that's characterised by inflammation of the digital laminae of a horse. It's brought on when the horse is made to work on arduous surfaces, overfed with grains, or given water when it's overheated. There are different causes, like infections and reaction to sure medicine, however they are not as distinguished as those talked about beforehand. The horse will probably be reluctant to stroll whether it is affected by laminitis. If solely the entrance hooves are affected, the horse will try to switch the strain of its physique weight on its again hooves. Heavy respiratory and glazed eyes are other signs of laminitis.
Apart from diagnosing these signs, the diagnoses of this situation may even embrace an x-ray examination of the hooves. Based mostly on the diagnoses, the vet will recommend medicine and food regimen. A nutritious diet is the truth is a should, in the case of the prevention of laminitis. Additionally, you have to just be sure you hold the horse away from water our bodies after train.
Strangles in horses is a significant issue, primarily due to the fact that it is contagious. Often known as equine distemper, it's brought on by Streptococcus equi. On this condition, the lymph nodes beneath the horse's throat swell and make it tough for it to breathe (and thus, the identify strangles). Strangles isn't fatal, however―like we mentioned earlier than―it may possibly unfold to different horses. Different signs of strangles embrace high fever, discharge from the nostrils, poor appetite, and melancholy.
Strangles ought to be handled immediately because it does not take a lot time for it to unfold. The condition may be handled by antibiotics, however your precedence ought to be to stop it by vaccination.
Different Horse Ailments
Different ailments in horses are worms, arthritis, influenza, mould, equine cushings illness, and many others. However these ailments are both not very severe, or are associated to a selected breed. Mildew, as an illustration, is barely restricted to shire horses. It may be prevented by washing the hooves of the horse every day. To forestall worms, the horse must be dewormed frequently. Disease like arthritis are most often seen in outdated horses.
The saying prevention is healthier than remedy applies to horses as properly. So the onus is on you to commit sufficient time and sources to make sure that your horse does not contract any of those ailments.


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Earlier this week, I finished When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School by Sam Kashner. I didn't want the story to end. But of course, they all do. They must; otherwise we'd never discover the new stories.
I discovered this book on the shelves of a local thrift shop, and my first thought was excitement. "Who else in this community is reading about this? I want to meet them. I need to meet them." In small, rural Southern towns like mine, like-minded folks are often few and far between. Then I realized if it was at the thrift shop, they'd given the book up and maybe weren't so like-minded as myself after all. I paid my dollar and hurried home. Sam Kashner, if you are reading this, sorry that your book was in a thrift shop being resold for a dollar but if it makes you feel better, I've discovered my own book in a thrift shop before too. Happens to the best of us. And being a paperback, mine was only fifty-cents.
But seriously, I hope, Sam Kashner, that you will read this post one day and know that your book was probably the best dollar I ever spent. I can't even put into words how much I needed to read it. Your honesty, at times brutal and at the expense of your own ego, I'm sure, made the experience more real for me, the reader. But it was more than that, and this is not a book review. This was what I would say to you, if I could, if I had been able to find your email address or ever run into you on the streets when visiting New York.
Your book woke something up in me that I didn't even realize needing awakening. It reminded me that, throughout all the difficult and often financially un-prosperous years, my art, in whatever form it takes - painting, poetry, my one ill-fated book (long story there but involves years of work diminished by a shady publisher) - is always worth doing. Despite the fact that it may never set the world on fire, it's my legacy, and what I was born for. And financial prosperity doesn't always equate real success. As you know better than most, many of the Beat writers were always one step away from desperate poverty. Yet they accepted this and kept on living in the only way they knew how. Kerouac's reaction to his success is legendary, and I always felt like it was because he never expected it, not really. When you are used to a very select few people understanding you, truly 'getting' you, it would be nothing short of overwhelming to suddenly have the world at your door, clamoring for an audience, just to say to you, "I feel/think about/understand the world the same way."
Reading about your experiences was engaging and even humorous at times, but the end, the last chapters were what affected me so deeply. This next part I'd have to actually tell you personally, because it's far too intimate for me to share with the rest of the world why I related so much to the last pages of your book, and why they might have inspired me so. But you know what you wrote.What I want you to know is how glad I am that you wrote it, that you had the courage to tell your story from start to finish, open and honestly. Again this isn't a book review, but nevertheless, your story will remain with me now, in some small way becoming part of mine.
This is why what we do - our art, our poetry, our writing - is always worth doing.


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Canada is killing Seals: Urgently support PETA
Taxpayer-Subsidized Seal Hunt Begins Off Canada's East Coast
Humane Society International Protect Seals team is on location to document the slaughter of baby seals
Humane Society International/Canada is on location to document cruelty at Canada's commercial seal hunt, which opened in the 'Front' (the waters northeast of Newfoundland), half an hour before sunrise on Tuesday, April 9. 15 sealing vessels have hailed out to participate in the slaughter in the Front, eight for the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and three boats for an unknown destination.
"This is my fifteenth year observing the seal slaughter and we are filming the same kind of cruelty we always do. Baby seals are being shot in the face and crying out in agony, wounded seals are being allowed to escape into the water to die slowly, and helpless wounded pups are being beaten to death," said Rebecca Aldworth, executive director of HSI/Canada. "The Canadian government wants the world to believe everything has changed but the seals are suffering as much as always."
Last month, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador provided $3.6 million in financing so that sealers could be paid to kill seals despite a lack of global markets for seal products. Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield has not yet announced the Total Allowable Catch for seals in 2013.
Earlier this year, Taiwan passed a historic ban on the trade in marine mammal products, including Canadian seal products. The European Union, Russia, the United States and other nations have also implemented prohibitions on the trade in seal products.
With global markets for seal products closing fast, HSI/Canada calls on the Canadian and provincial governments to support a federal buyout of the commercial sealing industry, which would involve ending the seal hunt, providing immediate compensation for sealers, and investing in economic alternatives in the communities involved.
Broadcast-quality video and stills of the 2013 commercial seal slaughter will be available.
– National polling consistently shows the overwhelming majority of Canadians want the commercial seal slaughter to end, and oppose the Canadian government using tax dollars to promote the sealing industry.
– 2010 Ipsos Reid polling shows that 50 percent of Newfoundland sealers holding an opinion support a federal sealing industry buyout, a plan in which sealers would be compensated for their licenses, and funds invested in economic alternatives in the communities involved.
– Harp seals are the primary target of the east coast commercial seal hunt.
– As ice dependent animals, seals rely on the sea ice to give birth to and nurse their pups. In recent years, sea ice cover has declined significantly off Canada's east coast, and very high seal pup mortality has been recorded in key seal whelping areas.
– Government landings reports confirm that more than 98 percent of seals killed in Canada's annual slaughter are less than 3 months old.
– Veterinary reports consistently reveal high levels of animal suffering in commercial sealing, and a 2013 veterinary study concluded bans on seal product trade are justified on ethical grounds.
– A leading Canadian government scientist has publicly called for a reduction in the harp seal quota of at least 100,000 to address the impacts of climate change on ice-dependent harp seals in recent years.
– Independent scientists warn that reckless kill levels authorized by the Canadian government, paired with the impacts of climate change on the ice dependent harp seals, poses a serious ecological threat to the survival of harp seal populations.
– Sealers are commercial fishermen who, on average, earn less than 5 percent of their annual incomes from sealing; the remainder comes from seafood such as crab, shrimp and lobster.
Source: Market Wired
Dear Selva,
Today marks the first day of this year's annual commercial baby seal slaughter. We've reached a tipping point in the campaign, and victory is in sight—but we need your help. Because of the worldwide outcry, all major markets have banned seal-fur imports, including the European Union, the U.S., Mexico, Taiwan, and even Russia, which had been importing 95 percent of Canada's seal fur. (Russia's decision came after Pamela Anderson led an international appeal on PETA's behalf.) Even local sentiment is turning, as you can see in this editorial, and a lack of markets has led Canadian officials to seriously examine whether the slaughter should end. And for the second year, Newfoundland will loan $3.6 million to a seal processing plant to boost the industry, even though reports show that hundreds of thousands of seal skins are already in storage.
The time is now to urge Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Keith Ashfield, Minister of Foreign Affairs John Baird, and Minister of International Trade Ed Fast to put an immediate end to the commercial seal slaughter by supporting a government buyout.
Thanks for everything that you do to help animals!
Kind regards,
Dan Mathews
Senior Vice President
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
Dear Selva,
The slaughter has started.
Baby seals are being clubbed and skinned alive as you read this message. After being beaten on the head, they are skinned and left to die. Their mothers look on in horror, wailing in the distance.
Please, donate now to PETA and help us make this the LAST seal slaughter.
It's a gruesome and unbearably painful experience. Sealers use a heavy wooden club with a metal hook at the end to bludgeon the baby seals. Then they hook them in the eye, cheek, or mouth to avoid damaging their fur before dragging them across the ice. We can stop this with your help.
Every donation puts us one step closer to ending this shameful, grotesque practice. Join 2,246 PETA supporters who have already stepped up, and together you'll power our vigorous, no-holds-barred campaign to end the massacre.
Kind regards,
Ingrid E. Newkirk
|Dear Selva,Right now, mother harp seals are experiencing one of life's great wonders.
They are giving birth to wide-eyed seal pups on the ice floes off the East Coast of Canada. Just like our moms, these new mothers feel joy as well as a deep sense of responsibility toward their newborn pups.
Words fail to describe the immense horror that will follow just a few days from now.
Canadian sealers wielding clubs and guns will beat and shoot thousands of these baby seals. Seals will wail in terror as they watch their loved ones have their skin ripped from their bodies, sometimes while they are still alive.
Selva, we can't let this happen again. Please donate to PETA now and help us end the bloody seal slaughter.
Thanks to your support, PETA is close to stopping this senseless massacre.
We've already helped shut down an estimated 95 percent of the global seal-fur market, including a total ban on seal products in the European Union.
But the Canadian government is lobbying to overturn that ban, all for political reasons. If it wins, more seals will die. When you donate today, you'll help us do the following:


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Tandem, award winning crime noir will be shown nationwide February 17
After its world premiere at the Montreal International Film Festival and its hit participation at the Vancouver and Cairo International Film Festivals, King Palisoc's TANDEM will finally have a commercial wide release in the Philippines starting February 17.
Tandem is a crime noir telling the story of two brothers who take advantage of the chaos of the city roads to perpetrate their antisocial occupation: riding in tandem as robbers on a motorbike. When a carefully planned robbery outing turns bloody violent, the brothers are forced to shift gears as hitmen of a high profile officer.
The director, King Palisoc took his filmmaking upstart dishing out music videos, TV commercials and TV shows. A BA Communications Ateneo de Manila University alumnus, King started venturing into narrative filmmaking by directing and producing the acclaimed short documentary "Paalam Pilipinas" (Farewell Philippines). His short feature-length film entitled "Makina" (Machine) is the second installment of the crime drama anthology film "Bang Bang Alley", and was released under Curve Entertainment in 2014. Tandem is his first full length feature film.
The producers of Buchi Boy Films and Tuko Films are also the creation of Artikulo Uno Productions, the maker of the popular historical movie, Heneral Luna. The company has defied commonly held formulae in the Philippine entertainment industry and embarked on this feat to achieve success. Today, they continue working on original Filipino content helping filmmakers who have participated in local film festivals such as the QCinema and the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. Quantum Films has a long filmography of quality independent films with over a decade of experience. Some of its more popular titles include Kubrador, Here Comes the Bride, Ang Babae sa Septic Tank and last year's MMFF sleeper hit, English Only, Please. Its films have toured the world over competing in some of the world's most prestigious film festivals in Toronto, Venice, Moscow, Berlin, Busan, among others and have won various local awards.
The film, which is quite reminiscent of another crime drama, On The Job (Matti, 2013), is based on a concept originally written by Mikhail Red. It features JM De Guzman, who won for his performance when it was shown as part of the New Wave Category of the Metro Manila Film Festival; and underrated indie regular Nico Antonio as brothers. This also marks Rochelle Pangilinan's first major role in an independent film. The film also features a grownup "Tolits" of Eat Bulaga fame, BJ Forbes. Also in the cast are Allan Paule, Paolo O'Hara, Simon Ibarra, BJ Forbes, Karl Medina, Dennis Marasigan, and the magnetic Elora Espano whose performance here is superlative.
Tandem is scheduled to have its European premiere at the Fantasporto International Film Festival in Oporto, Portugal, one of Europe's premiere fantastic film festivals.


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East Yorkshire is rocking with the nation's favourite and original contemporary choir – and singers can now join the musical revolution in this area.
Due to popular demand, the Rock Choir is now rehearsing in Driffield, Goole, Market
Weighton and Pocklington, led by the choir's leader Anna Lusty.
Anna holds fun, weekly rehearsals in Market Weighton on Monday evenings at 7.30pm, Pocklington on Tuesday's at 7.30pm, Wednesday's at 7.30pm in Driffield and on Thursday evening's at 7.30pm in Goole.
Rock Choir's uplifting ethos of fun, friendship and community spirit is a huge part of its attraction as it continues to grow.
At an individual level, the choir also helps improve people's self-confidence, enables them to develop new singing skills, and enjoy a dynamic new social life.
In October, they will be joining thousands of fellow Rock Choir members at the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom for a regional 'Big Sing' event in celebration of being part of the Rock Choir phenomenon.
The choir has also been invited to perform at the Driffield Lights Switch On event later this year.
Members have already performed at Market Weighton Giant Community Day, the Race For Life event at Costello Stadium, and flash-mobbed shoppers at St Stephen's Shopping Centre in Hull.
They have also performed at Elleker's Village Fayre and the Howden Show.
Anna said: "Being in Rock Choir gives local people the chance to find new friendships and experience something very special. I have had some members say that they would never have imagined singing in public but now just can't get enough of it.
"Being in the Rock Choir has simply changed their lives!"
The choir's autumn term rehearsals begin the week commencing Monday 18 September so to find full details of your nearest rehearsal and to book your free taster session, go to www.rockchoir.com or call 01252 714276.


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Touring a Kurdish capital in the US
In Nashville, Kurdish immigrants have built a community to replace the home many were forced to flee. In a co-production with the BBC, Public Radio International's programme The World took a tour of the area.
Nolensville Pike is on Nashville's south side and is one of the city's most international strips. Stores and restaurants specialise in all things Mexican, Indian, Chinese - the usual suspects in a fast-changing city.
But there's one area off the Pike, at Elysian Fields Road, that stands apart: Little Kurdistan.
It looks like a drab strip mall. But it is far from that.
"You have the mosque here in the centre, and to the right you have bakeries, shops and markets - and jewellery shops," says Remziya Suleyman, a 29-year-old community organiser who grew up in the area. "I remember when it was just the mosque and that was all we had."
Suleyman arrived here as a child in the late 1980s after her family fled the Kurdish region of Iraq to escape Saddam Hussein's genocide.
They were part of a wave of refugees from Kurdistan who resettled in Nashville, a relatively affordable place with entry-level jobs that didn't always require English and ties to non-profit organisations like Catholic Charities, which assisted Suleyman's family when they arrived.
The city's Kurdish community grew as the war in the Middle East caused more people to leave Kurdish regions, including those in Iran.
Now Nashville houses the largest Kurdish community in the US, totalling about 13,000 people.
When I visit, it is Friday. Suleyman and I go to the mosque during afternoon prayer. While the imam delivers the sermon to the men, a flat-screen television transmits his words to the women in another room where kids run around.
Afterwards Suleyman shows me the Azadi International Food Market. There's a gem tucked away in the back of the market: a bakery where one wall is lined with ovens, including a tandoor, a large, drum-shaped oven. Several workers are kneading dough into long flatbread.
It is tough work. Bakery shifts start at 04:00. One woman kneads for hours. She gestures to a large plastic bucket filled with dough.
"It's heavy," she says in Kurdish. She sticks a dough ball to the sides of the tandoor to bake. Once it begins to puff, she uses tongs to pull the bread off the sides of the oven.
Customers stream in and out, picking up the warm, soft bread.
Sabri Abdullah runs the bakery and market and talks to me while ringing up customers. He got here in 1993, and he tells me he spotted an opportunity in the community.
"I was the first one, and now we have several bakeries trying to do the same thing," he says.
Nashville's top (and only) Kurdish cop
At 26, Jiyayi Suleyman is the first Kurdish American cop in Nashville.
He patrols Nashville's toughest neighbourhoods, where Yemenis and other Middle Easterners run many of the shops. He says it would be difficult to police his own neighbours.
"You then have to face your community saying, 'Why'd you arrest this young Kurdish guy? Or, why did you do this, why did you do that?'" he says.
Still, he gets calls from neighbours asking for advice about everything from domestic disputes to parking tickets.
Kurdistan is never far from his thoughts. He visited recently and his ties to the region are strong - his uncle is a peshmerga commander and has faced off against both Saddam Hussein and the Islamic State.
Suleyman says he might have joined his uncle had his family not moved to Nashville.
But he's happy in the US, raising two young boys, and - just as he might have in Kurdistan - trying to keep his community safe.
In the market next door, there's another tucked-away spot in a tiny side room. It's where Ibrahim Tahir sells jewellery, and it's clear what is in demand: gold, for weddings and anniversaries - and as an investment. Necklaces and bracelets glitter and golden belts have coins that jangle.
For some, Tahir says, buying gold feels safer than putting savings in a bank. Also, he says, "You can carry it."
Suleyman and a childhood friend, Drost Kokoye, tell me more about their journey to the US.
Kokoye says she and her family were sheltered in Guam for three months, in a five-bedroom house with one family to each room.
"It was a US military base," she says. "I had no idea what was going on. You're from Kurdistan, a landlocked nation, and here we are on an island that's refreshed every couple of weeks with hurricanes. It was frightening."
Suleyman remembers being on the move for years with her family, heading to different refugee camps, until they settled in the US.
As a student at Tennessee State University, she developed an interest in community organising when lawmakers introduced a bill that threatened to make the practice of Islam illegal.
That law was defeated, as were other anti-Islamic bills. But they convinced her to become a full-time advocate.
Days after I left Nashville, tensions rose in northern Iraq. I gave Suleyman a call.
"Our community is on the edge," she says. "We are concerned about the safety and security of all of our loved ones."
She's leading a call for volunteers in Nashville to help pack donations for a humanitarian aid campaign.
It's called All for Kurdistan.
For more, listen to the The World's broadcasts on Remziya and her brother, Officer Jiyayi Suleyman


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Little Things I Just Couldn't Live Without
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Love this post! Definitely agree with youtube - I watch it daily without fail!xxReplyDelete
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Me too, honestly don't know what I'd do without it!! xDelete
Love that you mentioned books. I love getting lost in a good book. What books have you read so far that you have enjoyed?ReplyDelete
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Definitely! I've recently read The Couple Next Door which I loved and I really enjoyed reading Gone Girl and Behind Closed Doors in the summer! :) xDelete
I couldn't imagine my life without coffee hahah :DReplyDelete
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Me too, I drink way too much to be honest!! xDelete
I relate to everything you mentioned. Books, YouTube, coffee...that's me ! Lovely post, girl !ReplyDelete
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What a sweet post! It's nice to pause and appreciate life sometimes.ReplyDelete
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I agree with each thing hahaa! <3ReplyDelete
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Glad I'm not alone!! Haha! xDelete
Taking pictures and writing lists are definitely things I couldn't live without. I also couldn't live without Twitter or my laptop. I have no idea what I'd be doing without those things!ReplyDelete
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Oh I have up counting what week I am on. But, once again I am posting answers to Cee's Share Your World prompts. I really am enjoying these. Starts Monday right. 😀
What is your preferred hot drink: coffee, tea, water, hot chocolate, or other?
Tea. Just plain Orange & Spice tea. (I still don't understand milk and sugar in the tea)
What was your favorite toy as a child . . . and now?
Oh, boy. I don't remember a favorite toy. For me it was always books. Books, Books… books.
Candy factories of the entire world have become one and will now be making only one kind of candy. Which kind, if you were calling the shots?
Chocolate. Really there is no other words needed.
Would you want $100,000 right now or $120,000 in a year (tax Free)?
I actually have to say I would take the $100,000 right now. 'Cause even if I had to pay off taxes it would pay off all of my bills and I would have that extra $20,000 by the end of that second year.
Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
Okay, I am grateful that I think I have all the Christmas shopping done. I am looking forward to having all the pressies show up in the mail this week. ( I have my Christmas list, but I am pretty sure Santa can't deliver the first item on the list) lol 🙂


text: Goddess Relief Office 162 Report post Posted January 15, 2011 (I am not a big fan of counterfactual thinking, but in this particular case it does help to generate new insights.) So let's assume that the protests in Tunisia had eventually gone the way of the Green Revolution in Iran: the government stayed in power, regrouped, and began a massive crackdown on its opponents. As we know from the post-protest crackdown in Iran, the Internet has proved a very rich source of incriminating details about activists; the police scrutinized Facebook groups, tweets, and even email groups very closely. Furthermore, the Iran government may have also analyzed Internet traffic and phone communications related to the opposition. Now, Tunisia is no in Iran. Its long-ruling dictator is now gone and the new government is unlikely to engage in repressions on the same scale. Yet if Ben Ali's regime didn't fall, it appears certain to that the authorities would be brutally going after anyone who has ever posted a damning Facebook post or an angry email. As we have seen in the few weeks leading to Ali's exit, the Tunisian cyber-police have proved to be far more skilled in Internet repression than their counterparts abroad: it's safe to assume they would have dug as much evidence as the Iranians. This brings me to a somewhat depressing conclusion: if the dictator doesn't fall in the end, the benefits of social mobilization afforded by the Internet are probably outweighed by its costs (i.e. the ease of tracking down dissidents - let alone organizers of the protests). The question then is whether the social mobilization afforded by the Internet provides a force that is so powerful that no dictator would be able to withstand it. Judging by the events in Iran, the answer seems to be "no"... It's certainly good news that the revolution in Tunisia has happened - for whatever political and social reasons - just like it's good news that the Internet has played some role in it. But we shouldn't forget that if one of the enabling political and social conditions is missing, the ease of Internet mobilization may also prove to be the opposition's Achilles' heel. P.S. Yes, I know that crackdowns used to follow failed revolutions before the Internet as well. My point is simply that technology - not just the Internet but also mobile phones - make it easier to trace protesters and dissidents. It would be very hard, for example, to trace the names of everyone who gathered on Minsk's central square to oppose the results of the recent elections in Belarus before mobile phones became ubiquitous... View the full article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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So I'm driving with my daughter, a sixth-grader who loves social studies and history, and we see a bumper sticker bashing President Obama. And I sigh and make a despairing (though not disparaging) comment about the bumper sticker, and the driver of the minivan, and my daughter asks, "So mom, what's the difference between Democrats and Republicans?"
"Well, honey," I said, and then paused, wanting to give her an answer that was as objective as possible, "it kind of depends on who you talk to, or ask, and the definition has changed over the years, as the parties have changed."
"And?" she asked, waiting for me to give her some actually useful information.
And this is what I told her, off the top of my head, trying to remain neutral and factual, while trying not to crash into another car or a tree.
I said that in general Democrats tended to be in favor of a social safety net, or the public funding of programs like social security and medicare, which helped elderly people and people who needed extra help (the latter with health care); that Democrats (or most of them) believed in public and/or government funding of education and the arts, and in making sure everyone had access to health care; and that they tended to believe it was up to a woman to decide whether or not she would have a baby. (And yes my daughter knows what abortion is.)
As for Republicans, I told her that they tended to favor a small Federal government, and lower taxes (though who isn't for lower taxes?), which meant eliminating or cutting back on public spending (on things like education and the arts and health care, pretty much everything except defense); that Republicans favored States rights; and that most, especially Conservative Republicans, thought abortion and homosexuality were wrong and should be made illegal (whereas Democrats tended to support both).
Now I realize neither explanation is comprehensive (far from it), but if you had just a few minutes to describe the differences between Democrats and Republicans to a 12-year-old, without the benefit of a computer (or PDA) or a library, how would you describe each party -- while refraining from making any negative or biased statements about either party?
Let me know via the Comments. (And note: I will delete any and all inappropriate, vicious, and/or nasty comments.)
UPDATED: While discussing this post with the spouse, I was reminded of this classic blog post by the late great Jon Swift, titled "Pro-America vs. Anti-America."
Sunday, May 23, 2010
The difference between Democrats and Republicans?
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Not touching this post with a ten foot pole!
- May 23, 2010 at 4:15 PM
I think you described it as diplomatically and accurately as possible. Best to just avoid the tea bagger/tea party people.
- May 24, 2010 at 9:25 AM
I'd say democrats (actually, progressives, most dims are now corporate shills) strive to make society as a whole better off; republicans strive to make only themselves better off.
The difference is greed, pure and simple.
- December 31, 2010 at 10:27 PM
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BRUSSELS : The article below is based on the BIR World Mirror on Non-Ferrous Metals –April 2013. BIR's new electronic scrap committee will be launched at the world organization's forthcoming Convention in Shanghai. As part of the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division, its remit will be to inform members about a sector that is growing and changing rapidly, and specifically about 'the myriad of regulations' that pertain to the recycling of such scraps, explains divisional president Robert Stein of Alter Trading in the USA.
On the issue of controls and regulations, a crackdown on lower grades of mixed scrap metals, shredded harness insulated copper wires and shredded material containing harness insulated wires has been implemented in the south of China. It has been decreed that importers must return these materials to Hong Kong for further cleaning and separation before they can be allowed to re-enter the Chinese market. Elsewhere, there have been other obstacles to smooth trading. The scrap trade in India, for example, has witnessed very low volumes because of money flow tightness ahead of financial year-end.
The market for import-based raw materials has been 'very challenging' with 'some astronomical numbers' quoted for any scrap becoming available. On the back of stronger enquiries for raw material, aluminum scrap supply has also tightened in Japan, leading to a US$ 200-250 per tonne increase in prices over the past two months.
Across in both Australia and New Zealand too, metal merchants are complaining of falling volumes and challenging trading conditions. With their currencies appreciating in relation to the US dollar, business conducted with traditional export markets has also been made more difficult. Some domestic consumers are showing signs of cutting their scrap requirements while others are declining to buy too far forward.
Staying in the southern hemisphere, tightness of supply has prompted 'aggressive' purchasing among domestic consumers in South Africa and, as a result, further margin compression and reduced exports. In the Middle East, meanwhile, supply of scrap has dropped and discounts have narrowed, with financial incentives for collectors said to be 'simply not there'. Morale among the region's traders is described as 'very low' given that many have been forced to cover their long-term contract volumes either at break-even or at a loss.
Complaints persist too in the USA about a lack of volumes and margins. 'The only secondary item that still commands a premium is Twitch,' it is noted. At the same time, spreads on Bare Bright, No 1 copper and No 2 copper have narrowed in recent weeks – 'especially for prompt material'.
Scrap volumes arriving at processing yards in Mexico are as much as 40% lower than last year, and are also down on previous months. However, there is no tightness in the market because consumers' purchasing volumes have also been reduced. Scrap discounts have decreased only slightly and not necessarily in direct proportion to the declines seen on the LME. And in Brazil, where scrap market conditions are also deemed to be 'tough', aluminum scrap dealers and end users are locked in a price battle: the latter are trying to lower prices in line with the decline seen on the LME whereas the former are generally countering by holding on to their material.
In Europe, the mood among scrap operators in Germany is generally 'bad', it is claimed. Metal producers still have sufficient orders but the metalworking industry 'is ordering only at short notice', with longer-term or annual contracts now consigned virtually to history. Here too, scrap availability is said to have worsened.
In Italy, brass and copper are both 'in the doldrums' while lead and zinc scrap are 'moving faster than the rest'. Feedback from France, meanwhile, suggests Southern Europe is offering some demand for copper scrap at decent levels while orders from aluminum consumers in both Europe and Asia are said to be 'satisfactory', with an increase noted in exports to Asia of low- and middle-grade scraps. Orders for battery lead have remained strong while consumers have been 'struggling to secure the large tonnages they need'. Meanwhile, stainless prices are weak and material is abundant.
A brighter note is sounded from the Nordic Countries where the general view persists that '2013 will become brighter than 2012', with local economies benefiting from more rapid world economic growth and experiencing increased industrial production. 'Overall demand for commodities, such as metals, is expected to gain strength with improving market sentiment,' it is pointed out. However, there are few signs a recovery in market fundamentals will be seen before the autumn.
Scrap collection activity in Russia and the CIS region has been affected by freezing conditions, abnormal snowfalls and road transport problems. However, scrap prices and demand are said to be stable, particularly for copper and aluminum.
Source: http://www.scrapmonster.com/news/bir-world-mirror-on-non-ferrous-metals-april-2013/1/8577


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The Joker in a Tarot card?Posted: August 21, 2008 Filed under: General Leave a comment
After lasts weeks entry for the Skeptics Circle, many days after, my Tarot card set arrived. Even though it wasn't any use for the article I had wanted a set just to get familiar with some of the ideas in Tarot and how it is used. As such I was after a nice set of cards so they were at least worth something in an artistic way. I had stumbled on an Art Nouveau themed deck and I was pleasantly suprised by the look of cards which was by Antonella Castelli. All quite attractive until I flicked through to card 15, "The Devil". Below is what I saw..
I think most people who have seen "The Dark Knight" will instantly recognise the face and pose..
Spooky Mulder…
Anyway, many thanks to the people who read the post and especially those who linked to it. On that day we had more viewings than we usually get in a month.


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TerraCycle is gearing up for its 8th annual Graffiti Jam this Saturday, August 11th. Also known as the Jersey Fresh Jam, the festival will feature more than 50 graffiti artists from all over the country, and the best local DJ's and music acts. This all-day free event will bring the people of Trenton together for beautiful art and great music. Graffiti is part of the culture at TerraCycle. We hope that this event will continue to shine a more positive light on the art form.


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by Megan Ellis
(South Riding, VA, USA)
Sleepy Baby Girl
This is Berkley aka Baby girl. Just a few months old in this picture. This is our 2nd Boxer, lost our 12yr. old male in July. Couldn't live without the love of a boxer in our home. Berkley was welcomed into our home 2 days later.
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Programs to raise AVMA profile, promote veterinary careers
The AVMA Executive board approved two proposals to boost the presence of the Association through public television and greater distribution of the AVMA's video and CD-ROM set aimed at promoting careers in veterinary medicine.
The board approved AVMA participation in the National Public Broadcasting Service's six-part "Learning About ... Pets" series. The AVMA will serve as the content adviser for the series and will be recognized in the credits. The AVMA Web site will link to the series, as well.
The board also approved an additional $40,000 in funding to expand the distribution of the Association's video and CD-ROM companion "Dedicated to Service: A Career in Veterinary Medicine." The video was released in spring 2004 to promote careers in veterinary medicine to middle school and high school students. The AVMA provides the video and CD-ROM to schools at no charge. So far, 2,832 videos have been distributed, and 2,000 more have been ordered.
"I've seen this video, and it's excellent," said Dr. Henry Childers, AVMA president-elect. "Having a good video like this is essential, because the pool of good-quality veterinary school applicants is down."
"Dedicated to Service: A Career in Veterinary Medicine" replaced the 1993 video "Veterinary Medicine: Caring for the Future." Between 1993 and 2002, the year the original video was discontinued in anticipation of the new video, the original video was distributed to more than 40,000 schools and seen by an estimated 24 million students.


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No one likes waking up in the morning to discover a large, red, unsightly pimple. Pimples form when the hair follicles and pores in your skin get clogged with oil and dead skin cells, creating an excellent environment for bacteria to grow and causing inflammation; however, there are several inexpensive ways to quickly clear up pimples.[1]
Method 1 of 4:
Reducing Sources of Irritation
1Wash away extra oil and dead skin cells that may be clogging your pores.[2] Wash with warm water and a soft washcloth to open your pores and remove dirt, oils, dead skin and any other irritants. Then wash with cool water to close your pores again.
- Wash the vulnerable areas twice a day, but do not scrub so hard you cause irritation.
- If you use a cleanser or soap, be sure it is a gentle, oil-free, water-based product. Using oily products can clog your pores making the problem worse.
- Wash your hair daily to prevent oils on your hair from dripping onto your skin. If you have particularly oily hair, you can tie it back to keep it off your face.[3]
2Use only oil-free cosmetics. Not only will they be easier to remove, but they shouldn't clog your pores. Look for ones that are noncomedogenic. This means they have been tested to make sure they don't cause acne.[4][5]
- Heavy foundations, in particular, are likely to contain oils and clog pores.
- Always remove your make-up before going to bed. This will prevent you from rubbing it into your pores as you sleep.
- Clean your cosmetic brushes regularly to remove any skin oils or dead skin cells that may have accumulated on them. You don't want to be applying them to your skin with your make-up!
3Minimize contact between your skin and workout clothing/equipment. When tight clothing, backpack straps, helmets, or hats touch your skin, they are holding sweat and oils against it. As they cause friction against your skin, they rub the sweat, oils, dirt, and dead skin cells into your pores.[6]
- Wear loose fitting clothing for sports. This will let your skin breathe better and minimize contact with the sweaty clothes.
- Make sure all backpacks, helmets, and sports equipment fit properly to minimize friction.
- Shower after you work out to wash off any oil, sweat, and dirt that may be on your skin. Leaving it on increases the likelihood that it will clog your pores.
4Do not pick at or squeeze the pimples. If you touch them, you are transferring oils, dirt, and bacteria from your fingers into the inflamed pore, making it worse.
- Picking can cause an open wound which may bleed and then leave you with a scar.
5Control outbreaks by eating a healthy diet. For some people dairy products, refined sugars, and carbohydrate-rich foods, seems to cause outbreaks.[7][8]
6Protect your skin from the sun. Some people are more prone to breakouts when they are exposed to the sun. Use a non-oily skin moisturizer with sunscreen in it to protect your skin.[14]
7Reduce your chances of breaking out by lowering your stress levels. Stress doesn't cause pimples, but if you are prone to them, it may make them worse. [15] Stress causes hormonal changes in your body and may increase the amount that you sweat. Several methods of managing stress include:
- Exercise daily
- Meditation
- Get at least eight hours of sleep
Method 2 of 4:
Applying Inexpensive Household Products as Home Remedies
1Reduce the redness of the pimple by holding ice against it. This will reduce the swelling and inflammation.
- Wrap a piece of ice in a thin cloth and hold it against the pimple until it starts to looks smaller, less red, and is less sore.
- For best results, first wash with warm water to open the pore and remove any dirt, oils, dead skin cells, or bacteria. Then apply the ice to close the pore.
2Kill bacteria that might be causing the redness and inflammation with a 5% tea tree oil mixture. Tea tree oil has antiseptic properties.[16]
- Make a solution of one drop tea tree oil to 19 drops water. Use a sterile cotton ball to wipe it over the pimple. Wash it off after 15–20 minutes.
- If you have sensitive skin, do not use tea tree oil because it may cause irritation. Side effects include contact dermatitis and rosacea.[17]
3Reduce the infection and inflammation by applying acidic home remedies. This will kill bacteria and help dry out your skin.
4Use garlic to promote healing. Garlic has antiseptic properties which act against bacteria and it contains sulfur which will aid healing.
- Cut a garlic clove in half or mash it to create a paste. Rub it on the pimples and allow it to work for about five minutes. Then wash it off with warm water.[21]
5Use astringent substances like baking soda or toothpaste to dry out the pimple. They will remove excess oil from your skin and help exfoliate.[22]
- Make a paste of three parts baking soda to one part water. Dab it onto the pimple and let it dry. Once it dries, wash it off.
- Dab a drop of toothpaste onto the pimple and let it dry. After it is dry, wash it off.
- Raw egg whites may have similar effects, helping to draw out oils, unclog pores, and reduce inflammation. Apply raw egg whites to the problem areas and allow it to dry before washing it off. The proteins and vitamins will also be nourishing for your skin.[23]
6Nourish your skin with a cucumber mask. Cucumber is rich in potassium and vitamins A, C, and E and will help heal your skin.
- Grind up a cucumber into a wet paste. Apply it as mask and let it dry for 15 minutes. This will give the nutrients time to soak into your skin.
- Wash it off with warm water.
- This can also be done with fresh papaya, which is another excellent source of vitamins.
Method 3 of 4:
Using Affordable Over-the-Counter Medications
1Use over-the-counter topical medications to dry your skin, kill bacteria, and promote peeling. Read the ingredients on the packaging and look for the following in the active ingredients:[24]
- Benzoyl peroxide
- Salicylic acid
- Sulfur
- Resorcinol
- Isopropyl Alcohol (Rubbing Alcohol)
- Always follow the instructions on the packaging and consult your doctor before applying these medications to children or if you are pregnant.
2Create your own medication by crushing aspirin. Aspirin contains salicylic acid as its active ingredient, similar to many acne medications.[25]
- Crush an aspirin tablet and add water to make a thick paste. Apply it to the pimple and let it dry for 10 minutes before washing it off.
3Apply commercial alternative medicines and supplements. While some studies suggest that these products are effective, more work is needed to determine how effective they are and whether they are safe for long-term use. Because of this, it is best to discuss these treatments with your doctor before trying them.[26]
- A 20% azelaic acid cream
- Creams containing 5% bovine cartilage
- Zinc lotions
- Lotions with 2% green tea extract
- 50% aloe vera gel
- Brewer's yeast, strain CBS 5926, when taken orally
Method 4 of 4:
Seeking Assistance from a Doctor
1Go to a doctor if home care is not clearing up your pimples. It may mean that you need something stronger to dry your skin, increase cell turnover, kill bacteria, and soothe inflammation. Prescription medications should start to show effects in four to eight weeks. Your doctor may prescribe:[27]
- Topical medications including retinoids (Avita, Retin-A, Differin, Tazorac, Avage) to prevent clogging of hair follicles, antibiotics to kill bacteria and reduce inflammation, or dapsone (Aczone). Follow your doctor's instructions on how often to apply them. He will likely advise you to first wash your hands, then your face with a gentle cleanser and follow this with a thin layer of your medicated topical ointment.
- Oral medications including antibiotics to kill bacteria and promote healing. These medications may also be combined with topical medications. Typical antibiotics prescribed by the doctor include tetracycline, doxycycline, and minocycline.
- Combined oral contraceptives (Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Estrostep, Yaz) which contain estrogen and progestin may be prescribed for women and girls with severe acne.
- An antiandrogen agent, spironolactone (Aldactone), may also be prescribed to women and girls to block the effects of androgen hormones on the oil glands in the skin.
2Consider various therapies. These options may also be used in combination with medications. Your doctor may suggest: [28]
- Light therapy to kill bacteria causing the inflammation. This may be done either in the doctor's office or at home with a hand-held device.
- Chemical peeling to cleanse the skin by removing oils and dead skin cells.
- Extracting the whiteheads and blackheads that are plugging your pores. This may cause scarring.
- Injecting a steroid into the pimples to make them less obvious without the need for extracting the plugs.
- If the costs are not covered by your health insurance then ask your doctor if she offers payment plans.
3Discuss isotretinoin with your doctor if your pimples are severe and unresponsive to other treatments. This medication (brand names Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret) is very effective, but because of the potential for severe side effects, it is generally a last resort. [29]
- Side effects including severe depression, suicide, ulcerative colitis, and severe birth defects.
- Women of reproductive age must participate in a Food and Drug Administration-approved monitoring program when taking this drug.
- Contact your health insurance company to determine what is covered. Many doctors will also let patients pay in installments.
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QuestionHow do you remove pimples from your skin?Chris M. Matsko, MDDr. Matsko is a retired Physician in Pennsylvania. He received his M.D. from the Temple University School of Medicine in 2007.
Family Medicine PhysicianFamily Medicine PhysicianExpert AnswerYou cannot remove pimple from your skin. You have to maintain good hygiene and wash your skin with a gentle cleanser in order to keep you skin clean and pimple-free.
QuestionHow do I get rid of pimples?Beautyhelper_xCommunity AnswerWash your face regularly. You may wish to pop them but I wouldn't recommend it as this could potentially bring more spots to the face. Make sure to change your pillowcase often (once a week) and if you wear makeup you should thoroughly wash all of the excess make up off.
QuestionCan you recommend good cleansers, and what is toner?Community AnswerToner helps restore the pH balance of your skin, remove any traces of dirt, cleans out pores and helps control acne. As a licensed esthetician I would recommend Dermalogica products. They are a bit pricey, but they are amazing!
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The Zone 2 Police Command has arrested two suspected fraudsters in the Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State for allegedly using a live snake and other fetish items to defraud a man of N5m.
PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspects, Ahmed Fatai and Olufemi Adaramola, were arrested on Friday by the Zonal Intervention Squad.
The victim, whose name was not disclosed, reported the case after the suspects had allegedly collected N5m from him.
According to the police, the suspects had asked the victim to pay N75m for a concoction in order to have good luck.
The suspects were said to have collected N5m from him, after which the victim claimed he regained consciousness.
A police source told our correspondent that one of the suspects, Fatai, dressed like an aged man to deceive the victim.
He said, "The man was asked to buy some concoction in the Ikeja area of Lagos State, where they met him.
"They said they were herbalists from the Ijebu Igbo area, and they could also prepare a concoction for him for good luck.
"The victim was thereafter taken to Ijebu Igbo for special prayers for good luck. After the prayers, they asked him to pay N75m. He had paid them N5m before he regained his consciousness and reported the matter to the police.
"It was discovered that the duo usually changed their dressing at every point to deceive unsuspecting people. Fatai had dressed like an old man when he met the man in Ikeja. The victim said he did not know how he gave the money to them."
The Zone 2 police spokesperson, SP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest, adding that the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigation.
He said, "The suspects were arrested with a live snake and some fetish items which they used for their dirty and criminal deals.
"The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has directed that they be charged to court. We want Nigerians to be careful and report suspicious individuals, who do not have a legitimate means of livelihood."
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dorkbotSF Swap Meet February 15, 2011Posted by k0re in Events, Meeting Archive.
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Part of the upcoming dorkbotSF #56 at WHQ – Feb 23 2011. Doors open at 7:30pm – swap meet commences after the last presenter!
From Anders Nelson:
PIC/AVR/Luminary MCUs, development kits, I2C/SPI/parallel LED drivers (self-refreshed, externally clocked, and static) I2C devices, SPI devices, HD44780 LCD displays, high-output LEDs, LDOs, solid core wire, etc.
From Joe Grand:
Through-hole in tubes
Microchip PIC16C57C DIP-28N (500+ pieces)
Alphanumeric LED, 0.5″, high efficiency red, DIP18, Lite-On LTP-587HR (Digi-Key #160-1108-ND) (10 pieces)
Dual 7-segment LED, 0.56″, orange, DIP18, Fairchild MAN6610 (20 pieces)
General Instruments MBR1060 Schottky Diode Rectifier, 10A, 60V, Vf 0.8V, TO-220-2 (659 pieces)
Vishay MBR3060PT-E3 Schottky Diode Rectifier 30A, 60V, Vf 0.76V, TO-247D (18 pieces)
Samsung KM6264AL-10 8K x 8 CMOS SRAM, 10nS, DIP-28 (166 pieces)
UM61256FK-15 SRAM/Cache (DIP28) (88 pieces)
Toshiba TC5517 2K x 8 SRAM (http://legacy.afonsomiguel.com/Datasheet/2016.html) some APL, some BPL-25 (72 pieces)
MicroPower Direct D223RW 2W, 24V input/12V out DC-DC converter (similar to NDL2412SC) (45 pieces)
Murata NDL2412SC 2W, 24V input/12V out DC-DC converter (Digi-Key #811-1364-5-ND) (354 pieces)
Murata/C&D Technologies NDH2412SC 3W, 24V input, +/-12V out DC-DC converter (457 pieces)
Harris CD4098BE CMOS Dual Monostable Multivibrator (DIP16) (100 pieces)
TI SN74HC165 8-bit Parallel Load Shift Register (DIP16) (46 pieces)
TI SN74LS196 4-stage Presettable Ripple Counter (DIP14) (12 pieces)
LM723CN High-Precision Adjustable Voltage Regulator, 40V max. input, 2-37V output (DIP14) (20 pieces)
74LS00 Quad 2-input NAND gate (DIP14) (24 pieces)
National CD4017BCN Decade Counter/Divider w/ 10 decoded outputs (DIP16) (18 pieces)
Sockets, DIP14 (many)
Sockets, DIP16 (many)
Sockets, DIP24, flush to board (pins go into board, carrier gets removed) (156 pieces)
ALCO DRD10C Decade Rotary Switch (38 pieces)
SMD (Surface Mount) in tubes (quantities vary, but there are lots)
Motorola MC68HC11F1FN (2 pieces)
Catalyst Semiconductor (now ON Semi) 24WC128 128Kbit Serial EEPROM (SOIC8) (2490 pieces)
NE555D Timer (SOIC8)
LM324D Single-supply quad op-amp (SOIC14)
LF398 Monolithic Sample and Hold Circuit (SOIC14)
NE5332 High-performance op-amp (SOIC8W)
OPA2604AU Op-amp 20MHz dual-FET (SOIC8)
MMPQ2907A Quad PNP transistor, 60V, 600mA (SOIC16)
74LVC4245AD Octal dual supply translating transceiver (SOIC24)
74HC00 Quad 2-input NAND gate (SOIC14)
74HC373D Octal tri-state latch (SOIC20)
74HC238D Decoder/Demux 3-8 (SOIC16)
SMD on reels
TI ULN2803A Darlington Driver (SOIC18W) (~1892 pieces)
Microchip 24LC16B 16K Serial EEPROM (SOIC8) (3300 pieces)
Panasonic EEF-CD0J470R 47uF, 6.3V speciality polymer aluminum electrolytic (Digikey #PCE3160TR-ND) (3500 pieces)
Panasonic EEF-CD0J470R 47uF, 6.3V speciality polymer aluminum electrolytic (Digikey #PCE3160TR-ND) (~1881 pieces, partial reel)
TI MAX3221CDBR 3-V to 5.5-V Single-Channel RS-232 Line Driver/Receiver (SSOP16) (Digikey #296-9593-2-ND) (2000 pieces)
TI MAX3221CDBR 3-V to 5.5-V Single-Channel RS-232 Line Driver/Receiver (SSOP16) (Digikey #296-9593-2-ND) (~625 pieces, partial reel)
Sumida CR43-8R2MC Power Inductor, 8.2uH, 0.84A (Digikey #308-1126-1-ND) (~1102 pieces)
Sumida CDRH4D28-181NC Power Inductor, 180uH, 0.22A (~222 pieces)
Fairchild 74ACT373MTCX Octal Transparent Latch w/ Tri-State (SSOP20) (~1248 pieces)
Microchip 93LC56T/SN 2Kb Microwire Serial EEPROM (SOIC8) (~1340 pieces)
National LM3480IM3X-3.3 Quasi Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulator, 3.3V, 100mA, SOT-23 (~1019 pieces)
National LM3480IM3-3.3 Quasi Low-Dropout Linear Voltage Regulator, 3.3V, 100mA, SOT-23 (~300 pieces)
Micro Commercial MBR0530 Schottky Rectifier 0.5A (~2451 pieces)
Fairchild MMBT3904 General Purpose Transistor, NPN, SOT23-3 (~2772 pieces)
Fairchild MMBT3904 General Purpose Transistor, NPN, SOT23-3 (~866 pieces)
Fairchild MMBT3906 General Purpose Transistor, PNP, SOT23-3 (~2129 pieces)
Zetex FMMT489TA NPN transistor, 30V, 1A, SOT23-3 (3000 pieces)
Zetex FMMT489TA NPN transistor, 30V, 1A, SOT23-3 (3000 pieces)
Zetex FMMT489TA NPN transistor, 30V, 1A, SOT23-3 (~1304 pieces, partial reel)
Murata CSTCW25M0X51-R0 25MHz resonator w/ built-in capacitors, 2.5mm x 2mm (~2029 pieces)
Murata CSTCV20.00MXJ040-TC20 20MHz ceramic resonator (~1997 pieces)
Adiva Technology 32MHz miniature resonator (ADSR-32.000MHZ) (2000 pieces)
Adiva Technology 32MHz miniature resonator (ADSR-32.000MHZ) (2000 pieces)
Transko Electronics 20.000MHz ceramic resonator (CR3731M-20.000MHZ) (1000 pieces)
Transko Electronics 20.000MHz ceramic resonator (CR3731M-20.000MHZ) (~993 pieces, partial reel)
Transko Electronics 20.000MHz ceramic resonator (CR3731M-20.000MHZ) (~510 pieces, partial reel)
Transko Electronics 20.000MHz ceramic resonator (CR3731M-20.000MHZ) (~74 pieces, partial reel)
Capacitor, 0.1uF, 50V, 0603, Transko TC06032R104K500BA (~3996 pieces)
Capacitor, Kemet C0603C104K4RAC7867, 0.1uF, 16V, X7R, 0603 (~3394 pieces)
Capacitor, Panasonic ECJ2VB1C104K, 0.1uF, 16V ceramic X7R, 10%, 0805 (Digikey #PCC1812TR-ND) (~3973 pieces)
Capacitor, Panasonic ECJ1VF0J225Z, 2.2uF, 6.3V, ceramic Y5V, 0603 (Digikey #PCC2181TR-ND) (~3840 pieces)
Capacitor, Panasonic ECJ1VF0J225Z, 2.2uF, 6.3V, ceramic Y5V, 0603 (Digikey #PCC2181TR-ND) (~2266 pieces)
Capacitor, Kemet C0603C470J5GAC7867, 47pF, 50V (~2376 pieces)
Capacitor, 15pF, 50V, 0603 (Digikey #PCC150ACVTR-ND) (~1008 pieces)
Capacitor, 4.7uF, 20V Tantalum (Digikey #PCS4475TR-ND) (~1500 pieces)
Resistor, 10 ohm, 0603 (Digikey #P10GTR-ND) (~3106 pieces)
Resistor, 100K, 0805, Vishay/Dale (~5000 pieces)
Resistor, 931K, 0603 (Digikey #311-931KHRTR-ND) (5000 pieces)
Resistor, 220K, 0603 (Digikey #311-220KGRTR-ND) (~4504 pieces)
Resistor, 604 ohm, 1%, 0603 (Digikey #P604HTR-ND) (~4077 pieces)
Resistor, 47 ohm, 0805, Yageo (5000 pieces)
Resistor, 47 ohm, 0603 (Digikey #P47GTR-ND) (~1650 pieces)
Resistor, 47 ohm, 0603 (Digikey #P47GTR-ND) (~125 pieces)
Resistor, 3.9K, 0805 (~392 pieces)
Resistor, 27 ohm, 0603 (Digikey #P27GTR-ND) (~1737 pieces)
Resistor, 330 ohm, 0402 (Digikey #P330JTR-ND) (~8148 pieces)
Resistor, 330 ohm, 0603 (~4699 pieces)
Resistor, 330 ohm, 0603 (~3019 pieces)
Resistor, 330 ohm, 0603 (~2721 pieces)
Resistor, 15.4K, 0603 (~4843 pieces)
Resistor, 2.2K, 0402 (~8040 pieces)
Resistor, 66.5K, 1%, 0603 (Digikey #311-66.5KHRTR-ND) (5000 pieces)
Resistor, 1.1K, 0603 (Digikey #P1.1KGTR-ND) (~3680 pieces)
Resistor, 1M ohm, 0402 (Digikey #P1.0MJTR-ND) (~500 pieces)
Resistor, 13K, 0603 (Digikey #311-13KGTR-ND) (~4485 pieces)
Resistor, 470K, 0603, Vishay (~4860 pieces)
Resistor, 470K, 0805 (Digikey #P470KATR-ND) (~4888 pieces)
Resistor, 240 ohm, 0603 (~3792 pieces)
Resistor, 42.2K, 0603, Yageo (5000 pieces)
Resistor, 1K, 0805, KOA (5000 pieces)
Resistor, 100K, 1%, 0805 (Digikey #P100KCTR-ND) (~5000 pieces)
Resistor, 4.7K, 0.5%, 0805 (Digikey #RR12P4.7KDTR-ND) (~4780 pieces)
Resistor Array, 240 ohm, 8 terminal/4 resistors (Digikey #MNR04241TR-ND) (~6544 pieces)
Inductor, 10nH, 400mA, 2%, SMD (Digikey #PCD1294TR-ND) (~2443 pieces)
Inductor, 10nH, 400mA, 2%, SMD (Digikey #PCD1294TR-ND) (~1127 pieces)
Other components
Green LED, T1 3/4 through hole, LDG5171 (~400 pieces)
Bourns/JW Miller 5800-103-RC 10mH high current choke (4 packs of 100 pieces each)
MAX1747 Triple Charge-Pump TFT LCD DC-DC Converter (a few pieces)
MAX1561 High-Efficiency, 26V Step-Up Converters for Two to Six White LEDs (a few pieces)
National LMH730216 Single High Speed Op Amp Evaluation Board
Light-to-frequency converters (or some other photodiode-related thing) (DIP8, manufacturer unknown) (5 pieces)
Acam TDC-GP2 Time-to-Digital converter mounted on QFN32-to-DIP32 prototype board
Misc. stuff/tools
Anti-static bags – various sizes & shapes
Magazine back issues: Nuts & Volts, Circuit Cellar, Elektor
GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary (http://getlamp.com) w/ challenge coin #1693
"There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings" book, Kenn Amdahl
Assorted lengths of 1/4″ smooth aluminum rod
Diolan USB I2C/SPI Adapter (U2C-12)
Freescale MC33993D 22-channel I/O expansion w/ breakout board
Freescale MPXM2010GS pressure sensor w/ breakout board
BSODomizers (www.bsodomizer.com), portion of $ goes to Electronic Frontier Foundation
7 Year Twitch (7 Years of dorkbotSF!) May 27, 2009Posted by k0re in Events, Meeting Archive.
Tags: 7 Year Anniversary, art cars, dorkbotsf, electrocution, meeting, party, tesla coils, vehicles
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Yes, dorkbotSF has been around for 7 years in June! To commemorate, we're having two events in June.
The first one will be on June 3 at Greg Leyh's Nevada Lightning Lab where he'll discuss possible research at NLL and do a live testing of various loads on his 1/12th scale of the 2 12-story tesla coils he's planning to build. Food Hacker Marc Powell is going to show off his latest Food Genome project and bringing some dope food for us all! And the ever prolific Jonathan Foote will be showing us a light printer he calls the Ghost Matrix scavenged from different parts including scrap from SRL! Kevin Ottalini will also show his Marx Generator and the NLL in Half-Life!
More details on the dorkbotSF 7 Year Anniversary MEETING here (Jun 3).
Then about a week and a half later, Jon Sarriugarte is hosting a dorkbot party meeting to end all party meetings at his Boiler Bar in Oakland! Many surprise speakers and strange electrical gizmos to demo so you really have to go as not all of them will be announced! But on the lineup he's got Omega Recoil's twin Tesla Coils that will be running live, the Golden Mean, Marriage Wrecker and Muffin Art Cars! Greg Solberg and Keith Johnson teaching how to build an electric car from scratch (Tesla roadster, muffin cars, marriage wrecker), Jon is giving the audience a choice of several topics he could present so YOU choose: Giant Iron Snail Car, Golden Mean, 1928 Hogan Tesla Coil, Power Tool Drag Racing, Volt-Aged Whiskey and Mike Winter will show his artificial personality projects and interrogation by robots!
There'll be food and beer, fire gardens, and live electrocutions with the 1928 Hogan Device!
More information on the dorkbotSF 7 Year Anniversary PARTY here! (Jun 20)
So hopefully you all can come out to one or preferably both events and celebrate 7 years of people doing strange things with electricity in the Bay Area!
Giant Spider in Yokohama May 19, 2009Posted by k0re in Events.
Tags: art, pyro, robotics, vehicle
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Built by French group La Machine, it can be seen in Yokohama as part of Expo Y150 commemorating the 150th anniversary of Yokohama port. I like how it farts out some kind of mist out of its spider butt and that 3 benign looking people operate it.Also seen in the background is Bastiaan Maris Large Hot Pipe Organ a MIDI-controlled propane-powered fire organ.
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Someone really should build a giant Godzilla to stomp around Japan though.
Via Shaun Fogarty!
Etech proceedings online March 20, 2009Posted by sashahc in Events.
Tags: ETech, etech09, oreilly
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For those who couldn't/wouldn't/shouldn't go to Etech09, the proceedings have started to go online. Check 'em out:
People doing strange things with…Bacon? March 20, 2009Posted by sashahc in Events.
Tags: bacon, barcamp, cooking
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When geeks cook, BaconCamp happens:
BaconCamp is a free, ad-hoc "unconference" happening in March, inspired by BarCamp and dedicated to all things bacon. "This event is FREE FREE FREE. However, in the spirit of BarCamp, we want to give back to the community. We will be taking $5-$10 sliding scale donations at the door. All proceeds go to the American Heart Association."
# Date: March 21, 2009
# Time: 1pm – 5pm
# Location: 500 3rd Street, Suite 510, San Francisco, CA
Of course, bacon has a wiki. Now we *know* it's the future.
Trumpet Hero Tonight March 19, 2009Posted by k0re in Events.
Tags: event, evilsigntist, guitar hero, korntee, music, trumpet
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Come see EAMB korntee's Guitar Hero for trumpet controller mod at tonight's Kicker Launch Party and Tangible Tech Exhibition at 427 Bryant.
It's on the dork calendar…
ETech09 Roundup 2: dorkspotting! plus Shelley Batts, Zoe Keating March 19, 2009Posted by Maribeth in Events, Trip Report.
Tags: etech09, FXPAL, gene therapy, hearing impaired, Shelley Batts, TCHO, Zoe Keating
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Sasha and I were both at Etech in San Jose last week, and we thought we'd comment on some of the doings there.
Lots of dorkbotters participating in ETech: though I'm sure I missed some, I spotted Michael Shiloh and Judy Castro in the Maker Shed; the Evil Mad Scientists demoing at ETechFest; David Calkins, Ben Cerveny, Mike Kuniavsky and Liz Goodman each giving a talk; Sasha herself running a "FreeTech" session (dorkbotters, always ahead of the game, have already seen this talk on her exhibits at California Academy of Sciences), and (ahem) Timothy Childs and I talking about getting chocolate on your research: TCHO + FXPAL.
Here's a couple of my personal high points:
Shelley Batt's session on new therapies (stem cell, gene therapy) for hearing loss: regrow those hair cells! As a hearing-impaired person, I have an abiding interest in (relatively) non-invasive technologies that promise hearing regeneration not involving surgical installation (step away from my skull with the bone drill, please). I've been following her work online for a while and was delighted to see her talk listed. Her work is "related to cures for deafness including gene therapy and small molecule intervention for cochlear hair cell regeneration."
Here's the deal with this: many people who lose their hearing do so because the tiny hair cells on the basilar membrane become damaged and die. Loud sound, high fever, some antibiotics, a physical impact, autoimmune attacks — lots of things will kill off these delicate li'l hair cells. And once dead, they don't come back.
Turns out, though, that birds with damaged hearing actually regrow hair/sensor cells in their ears. Mammals, including us, have lost this ability. The research seems promising: there are once-deaf guinea pigs that have not only successfully regrown their hair cells, but actually hear with them (w00t!).
Bottom line: yes, it will likely work. No, there's no timeline; probably at least a decade or more, unless it's really well funded. And yes, Bush's ban on stem cell research did in fact stymie this research for way too long (grrrr).
Also hearing-related: it is my great good fortune that I can still hear cello very well. Cellist/composer Zoe Keating's concert was, as usual, remarkable. She live/loops her acoustic cello into a lovely, living sonic architecture. I remember first hearing her perform at jhno's Natoma St. loft (really miss that space!). If you haven't caught her in concert, at least you can hear her work online (and see upcoming concert dates) here.
iPhone 3.0 as ubicomp and virtual worlds platform March 18, 2009Posted by Trevor F. Smith in Events, Uncategorized.
Tags: bluetooth, iphone, ubicomp, VR
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While the tech media goes bonkers about cut-n-paste coming to iPhones I think that most of their audience would be pissed if they realized that this is the least interesting part of the story.
Seriously, this thing has accelerated 3D graphics hardware, onboard acceleration and location sensors, and in 3.0 it will provide an in-app microstransaction function that makes the iPhone the first US phone that's able to make good on the old promise of virtual goods based mobile virtual worlds.
Is cut-n-paste more important that the fact that bluetooth devices will be addressable by third party apps? Being able to link to nearby devices opens up the possibility for display wearables, ambient input devices and HUD hacks. Just think of all the arduino art out there which could be that much better by slapping on a bluetooth shield and hooking into the cloud of iPhones passing by.
Fuck cut-n-paste. Bring on the lickable gear cloud wearing, multiworld occupying, environment meshing masses.


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Every anime fan knows that there are tropes that can be found in almost every series, but which are the ones that we see the most? Here is Ranker's list of the most blatant anime cliches. These funny anime cliches transcend genres and demographics, as they can be found in just about every series that's out there. Anime fans will also enjoy these monthly anime subscription boxes and anime loot crates.
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