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We are prepping- I blog, Bu hits le bong- for a quick brunch of coffee and biscuit sandwiches before the matinee. I'm bracing for a dizzying array of emotions about Heath's performance, the orgasmic pairing of Maggie G & Mr. Bale, and my unmitigated awe-squee that my favorite director from the dusty indie VHS copy of Following from my video shop clerk days is a bazillionaire blockbuster-making dude now. So few of those guys are this talented, in my snarky opinion. Salon disagreed but made a lot of Hitchcock comparisons so they lost me as I've not seen enough Hitchcock to know. Or to care. I just think he fucking rules, and that's that.
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Fitwize, it's more than a (summer) camp, it's a blessing in the community.
Elementary Schools we Pick-up from—
Middle School Van open spots – Brambleton, Eagle Ridge, Farmwell Station and Trailside.
The Fitwize After School Program (ASP) is where academics, fitness, nutrition and fun come together. We provide transportation in our safe, clean, seat-belted vans, driven by experienced, licensed drivers. Our program is available Monday-Friday from the end of the school day until 6:30pm. As an extension to our program, we are open on teacher work days and most holidays.
Our fitness program is coordinated by our ACE, CPR, AED and First Aid certified fitness instructor, and our nutrition program is implemented by our registered dietitian. We hire the best to ensure the highest quality care in the area.
Hands-on STEM Activity Center was introduced in our homework room. There are several choices of different activities to choose from. STEM is an approach of using critical understanding to explore and engage with the world, then has the capability to change it. It's a curriculum-based education that includes four disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. STEM integrates these four areas into a learning standard based on real-world applications.
The ASP also provides a healthy snack and is designed to meet the needs and interests of our school-age children.
Classes and clubs are built to enhance our children's experience while attending our programs. Our Fall program will include the following:
Classes – Tumbling
Clubs – Running (information coming mid-September)
Board and card games, arts and crafts, cup stacking and group fitness activities are provided daily to encourage children to use their teamwork skills, creativity and to challenge themselves. This will help to balance academic and non-academic opportunities as we believe children need time to just be kids.
Our sport court provides kids with the opportunity to play basketball, volleyball, soccer, four-square and many other games and activities.
We set Friday aside as a day to participate in special activities, such as science and nutrition activities, cup stacking tournaments, team sport activities, nutrition seminars, backpack program to assist those less fortunate, annual Toys for Tots drive and more!
This year we are happy to implement our INSPIRE Community Service program where we'll highlight a different theme each month, and offer corresponding activities to coincide with the theme.
Benefits of our program include increased self-esteem; enhanced academic performance; low-intensity, highly-achievable exercise experience; life-long benefits of learning about healthy eating; and new friendships.
For more information and a tour, contact us via email or phone. Come see why our program has been waitlisted since our first full school-year. Feel free to complete our registration form to enroll you child(ren) into our program.
Why 60 minutes of daily physical activity and why teach nutrition education? According to the Center for Disease Control & Prevention, 60 minutes of exercise each day, can help maintain health and reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.

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There is a lot going on around us that our brain picks up, but we don't consciously register. You can stretch beyond what the physical body is able to perceive when you expand your spiritual intuition, and gain confidence in your abilities.
Learning to recognize and harness your innate intuition is a powerful tool for increased clarity and informed decision making. We all have intuitive abilities, and often it is a process of learning to recognize how it shows up for you, to let go of expectations of what intuition "should" look like, and as you begin to work with your intuition you become more familiar with how you perceive.
- Guided practice with exercises to open clairaudience, clairvoyance, and clairsentience
- Student manual with simple exercises to expand intuitive senses
- Support in recogizing how your intuition shows up for you
- Practical applications to enhance your life by using your intuition
- Invitation to start the 90 Day Challenge and receive daily email support as you complete intuition exercises
The Life Activation and Full Spirit Activation sessions are recommended to support your intuitive development, and the Empower Thyself Program will also significantly support this process.


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Bluesound is an alliance of audiophiles dedicated to delivering on the promise of wireless, digitally-perfect high-fidelity audio.
As designers, engineers and individuals who have spent our lives in the music industry, we are not satisfied with anything less than perfection. We're many of the same people from world-famous NAD that pioneered HiFi in the 70s, and we continue to relentlessly pursue innovative technologies and faithful music reproduction. We're not just another computer company. We're all about sound.
The Backstory
Digital audio got its start like any other new technology. It was amazing and new – limited and imperfect – and naturally became the adopted standard for the next generation. We love technology, but we love music even more. To us, digital just wasn't up to par, so we decided to set out and raise the bar on digital so that audiophiles and music lovers would hear what they've been missing since digital audio came into existence. Even 16-bit CDs have only about half of the audio spectrum that the master recording holds, and that's a whole lot more than MP3s have left in them. With more than a decade of compressed audio piping through earbud headphones and cheap dock players, the time had come. The portable players we all love have created a new way of listening to music, but there hasn't really been much there to hear. Until now. Enter true 24-bit HD digital audio.
All of your music, for all to hear.
Get your music out of your head and into the room. After all, music was meant to be shared! We are passionate about musical detail, texture and volume (we're not just talking about decibels here), and we've painstakingly designed a cutting-edge pure digital platform that delivers on the total HD audio experience. Audio reproduction just like the moment they recorded it in the studio. Just like the musicans themselves wanted it to be heard. Add internet radio and online music services to your own digital audio library to the mix. Sound good? We think so. And so do the critics.
You don't need to be an audiophile to appreciate hi-definition sound. But you might just become one once you hear what you've been missing.


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There are a lot of negative stereotypes associated with Jackson, Mississippi. Many of my friends and old classmates […]
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This was my chance to see at least one of the Jonas Brothers live! (Yes, I'm a true 2010s teen.)
I've lived in Mississippi my entire life and have wanted to not live in Mississippi just as long.


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What is AVX512?
AVX512 (Advanced Vector eXtensions) is the 512-bit SIMD instruction set that follows from previous 256-bit AVX2/FMA3/AVX instruction set. Originally introduced by Intel with its "Xeon Phi" GPGPU accelerators – albeit in a somewhat different form – it has finally made it to its CPU lines with Skylake-X (SKL-X/EX/EP) – for now HEDT (i9) and Server (Xeon) – and hopefully to mainstream at some point.
Note it is rumoured the current Skylake (SKL)/Kabylake (KBL) are also supposed to support it based on core changes (widening of ports to 512-bit, unit changes, etc.) – nevertheless no public way of engaging them has been found.
AVX512 consists of multiple extensions and not all CPUs (or GPGPUs) may implement them all:
- AVX512F – Foundation – most floating-point single/double instructions widened to 512-bit. [supported by SKL-X, Phi]
- AVX512DQ – Double-Word & Quad-Word – most 32 and 64-bit integer instructions widened to 512-bit [supported by SKL-X]
- AVX512BW – Byte & Word – most 8-bit and 16-bit integer instructions widened to 512-bit [supported by SKL-X]
- AVX512VL – Vector Length eXtensions – most AVX512 instructions on previous 256-bit and 128-bit SIMD registers [supported by SKL-X]
- AVX512CD – Conflict Detection – loop vectorisation through predication [not supported by SKL-X but Phi]
- AVX512ER – Exponential & Reciprocal – transcedental operations [not supported by SKL-X but Phi]
- more sets will be introduced in future versions
As with anything, simply doubling register width does not automagically increase performance by 2x as dependencies, memory load/store latencies and even data characteristics limit performance gains – some of which may require future arch or even tools to realise their true potential.
In this article we test AVX512 core performance; please see our other articles on:
Native SIMD Performance
We are testing native SIMD performance using various instruction sets: AVX512, AVX2/FMA3, AVX to determine the gains the new instruction sets bring.
Results Interpretation: Higher values (GOPS, MB/s, etc.) mean better performance.
Environment: Windows 10 x64, latest AMD and Intel drivers. Turbo / Dynamic Overclocking was enabled on both configurations.
SiSoftware Official Ranker Scores
Final Thoughts / Conclusions
It is clear that even for a 1st-generation CPU with AVX512 support, SKL-X greatly benefits from the new instruction set – with anything between 50-95% performance improvement. However compiler/tools are raw (VC++ 2017 only added support in the recent 15.3 version) and performance sketchy where hand-crafted assembler is not used. But these will get better and future CPU generations (CFL-X, etc.) will likely improve performance.
Also let's remember that some SKUs have 2x FMA (aka 512-bit) (and other instructions) licence – while most SKUs have only 1x FMA (aka 256-bit); the former SKUs likely benefit even more from AVX512 and it is something Intel may be more generous in enabling in future generations.
In algorithms heavily dependent on memory bandwidth or latency AVX512 cannot work miracles, but at least will extract the maximum possible compute performance from the CPU. SKUs with lower number of cores (8, 6, 4, etc.) likely to gain even more from AVX512.
In addition let's not forget the "Phi" accelerators – that also support AVX512 – thus porting code will allow great performance on many-core (MIC) architecture too.


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Who is Dora?
Have you ever had a moment where you suddenly stop, take a look at yourself and think "hang on a minute, I've got this all wrong"?
I have. Quite a lot actually but I'll keep it relevant, for now at least! The first time of note was about 10 years ago and involved some pretty poor decision making in a hairdresser (think lego head). My kindly friends likened me to an exploring cartoon character and my alter ego Dora was born (Dora is not my given name, but it outlasted the haircut).
Next came the point in late 2012 when, whilst recovering from surgery, my love for Instagram began to flourish. I had joined as @doraexplored in 2011 but mainly just for the fun effects and picture frames – I still miss the 1977 and Toaster filters! I began to follow more people and discovered a world of beauty and creativity that I had no previous experience of. I came across the work of some wonderful crochet accounts and decided I wanted to learn to create beautiful things too. I was stuck on the sofa for months, so figured I should make the most of the time, let's remember this was when Netflix still sent you DVDs in the post! So I picked up a crochet hook for the first time.
My addiction was born!
The final moment was more of a series of small signs than a damascene epiphany. I was in a job I enjoyed, but had been doing it a long time. 2016 was an unsettling year from a personal perspective (not to mention the worldwide sack-of-cats level crazy of Brexit, UK PrimeMinisterial musical chairs and Trump). I could feel the need for change rising up within me like I had never experienced before. I've always read a lot of inspirational books, books on psychology and philosophy, self-help books, books about finding purpose and books saying Fuck-it a lot.
At some point I just knew, in my bones, that we only get one go around on this plane of existence and there is no excuse not to spend your life doing what you love. Well actually there are lots of excuses. we make them every single day, but thats all they are. The truth is that they mostly just mask our fear or failure / rejection / humiliation blah blah blah. There is an amazing Ted Talk about this here which puts it better than i ever could (and will make you laugh at the same time!).
I am not naturally a brave person, but the voice in my head telling me to break-out and make a change, kept on patiently but persistently urging me to trust the universe and somehow managed to reassure me that jumping into a void was a completely safe and sensible thing to do, regardless of how scary my monkey brain insisted it was. So in summer 2017 I left my safe corporate job and Dora Does burst into existence.
Dora Does What?
Initially I started Dora Does, and Doralosophy (my blog) to share my crochet designs, tip, tricks and tutorials. I always knew I wanted to involve my take on the world – my Doralosophy – to share my world view, my ideas, trivial and important, about life the universe and everything on top of the crochet love. But what I quickly realised was how much I enjoyed writing about subjects I have a passion for. This is why you will find posts on topics such as wellbeing, mindfulness, personal growth, experimenting and generally trying to make a better life dotted between the crochet tutorials.
Crochet makes such a good metaphor for so many life experiences that pairing the two just seemed to happen very naturally. Not to mention the enormous positive impact has had on my own life in uncountable ways.
My main life goal is to be the best me I can be, and this site is my opportunity to try and help you do the same. I want to live a sustainably happy life where my internal beliefs match my external behaviour. This is what the hipsters mean when they go on about 'authenticity', and it takes self-awareness, honesty and plain old hard work!
The term 'happiness' means something different to every one of you, but I hope you will find something here which resonates or makes you see something from a new perspective. I do not want this blog to be preachy because I don't have most of the answers, and I definitely don't want it to be a self-indulgent journal (I have one of those on paper!). I see it as a way of sharing lessons learned, missteps, successes, clever people's stories and quick fixes. I want to ask questions, learn new things and encourage you, (YES, YOU!) to think about how you can improve your own life. Because you can. Hopefully I will bring some humour to the place too!
If this is not your cup of tea, that is totally fine! You are welcome to filter out the wellbeing stuff and just stay, have a real cup of tea (or coffee), and enjoy the crochet and all that lovely squishy yarn instead!
Dora Does is still a work in progress (and I'm open to suggestions) and I am looking forward to the journey it will take us on!
Here's the disclaimer for clarity… Anything you read here should be taken as my opinion only (apart from the opinions of others which I may or may not agree with!). As Baz Luhrmann put it
"my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…"
Big Love
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If any of you know me well, you are well aware I am currently in possession of four or five diar- journals. They're journals.
I'd be in possession of six if I could find the journal I wrote in fifth grade when I recorded my feline endeavors at recess as "Blackstar", leader of Thunderclan, but I think I must've done a great job hiding it because I've been looking for years now to no avail. One of my high school friends will undoubtedly bring it out just in time for my engagement party within the next ten years. Thanks! ❤
The first journal (alright, it really should just be called what it really is…a "diary") is a spiral notebook with a hard pink cover. A flower adorns the cover and "MY JoUrNaL" is printed sheepishly around the stem, as if an afterthought. My first entry is dated November 18, 2005.
Once inside (if you could unlock it, that is), you'd realize all of the entries are pretty mundane- unless you were my younger sister at the time. The diary included the classes I went to in seventh grade, Venn diagrams of my crushes and their strengths/weaknesses, and random song lyrics I had been feelin' at the time (Duran Duran). Basically, anything you would imagine would be in a journal which has, "THIS BOOK BELONGS TO NO OTHER THAN THE GREAT KRISTIN, NOT YOURS SO DEAL WITH IT" scribbled on the front inside cover. Yes, it was scrawled proudly across the page in sparkly gel pen. It was 2005, man. A hell of a year for any millennial.
The most satisfying part of having a diary (or several) is being able to glimpse back to a time where memories might ordinarily have become muddled by time or bias. Having the ability to look back at written material has served me well. When I wasn't meticulously recording my crushes and their daily interactions with me ("omg Alex saw me in the hall today, I think he looked at me") or showcasing the spelling fads of 2007 ("i no i shouldnt b saying this but i ❤ jordan. his eyes r awesome tho"), it is interesting to see how my brain processes information at the time.
Though my spelling has gotten much better (I still struggle with "i" before "e", except after "c" or whatever the hell it is) and I've become less boy crazy since the days I hid behind my bed to scribble down the events of the day, parts of my thirteen year old self carried over into my college years- for better or worse.
Hidden between the hundreds of pages I'd written about volleyball, soccer, and crushes was a girl struggling with self acceptance. She just didn't quite realize how much this struggle would impact her late teenage years quite yet.
Middle and high school can be remembered fondly to some, while others bask in the glory of having the class bully unclog their toilet forty years later. To say the least, it may be a time best described as having many highs and lows. :.)
Our innocence waned as we learned cuss words on the bus from the older kids, we finally figured out what Chat Roulette was while at a sleepover, and broke curfew…again and again.
My childhood was somewhat more sheltered than most in the sense it was mercifully uneventful until my teenage years.
My diary entries noticeably shifted as 2005 slipped to 2007, then 2008. I continued to sporadically write into high school, but did not write much beyond a few entries in 2008 and two in 2011 (one had been ripped out). I began writing less about my crushes, favorite songs, and daily encounters with my teachers and family.
The girl whose biggest issue was worrying about not making the soccer team now drew a picture of herself pointing out her flaws, writing "ugly" repetitively over the page. I was pale, fat, had too large a nose, regretted cutting my hair, overdid my eye makeup, and hated my freckles. The date above the crudely drawn picture was March 21, 2008. I was sixteen.
Why couldn't I look like the pretty, popular girls at my school?
It was the beginning of a long and difficult road, a struggle not singularly unique to my life.
The girl who looked back at me in the mirror continued to remind me of everything I failed to be. Not only was my appearance unsightly to me, but my perceived personality flaws were now under scrutiny as well. Bashing myself became a cruel hobby, the innocent child in me struggling to stay afloat with compliments I now felt were lies.
I was under the impression nobody liked me, I was a weak leader who constantly underperformed at volleyball, I was a failure/benchwarmer at soccer, and I was selfish. Coaches constantly told me to "fix my face". Why did I look sad or bitchy one minute then become overly cocky the next?
Unbeknownst to me or anyone else at the time, I was in the early stages struggling with some mental health challenges. While it is normal for a middle or high school student to feel awkward and unconfident, my brain had been in overdrive and had convinced me I was an evil, horrible person undeserving of affection. While not an excuse for my behavior at the time, it definitely gives some insight looking back. It didn't matter how much my parents and siblings loved and cared about me. I had convinced myself otherwise.
The insecurity, anxiety, and pessimism I had been feeling was further amplified when I thought I may not just be attracted to just boys like the other girls in my grade.
My hometown was a great place to grow up, but is not the forefront of progressiveness like many larger cities. Sexuality was viewed as a choice by many and the church I had attended since I was in preschool condemned gay marriage. I spent much of my junior year worrying someone would think I was disgusting, repulsive, and gross for feelings I had recognized since seventh grade. Taunted by upperclassmen in the halls, I spent time overthinking my every move while with my close friend.
At the time, I didn't find solace at home. My sister and mother had correctly guessed I was in a relationship with another girl at school and I was terrified. Was the comfort and happiness I found while with my best friend and confidant worth the constant stress of being an embarrassment to my family? I didn't have time to make the choice myself, as my friend chose to end the relationship before she graduated that spring.
Not only did I loathe myself, but now someone I had trusted deeply had denied we had ever been together. Heartbroken and confused, I began confessing my feelings through a Word document on my MacBook. I had to hide everything from my friends who had no idea any of the previous events occurred. Steadily, my writing became more dark and poetic, but pulled me away further and further from reality. I had no idea what was substantive in my life. I didn't know if I was drowning in pain or if I was just numb. I began self harming to feel something- anything.
I continued writing at college after a year break. My freshman year had been a whirlwind of social events and stimuli, but I picked up the hobby again my sophomore year in the fall when my past relationship became a breaking point. I felt alone, insane, and didn't know where to turn.
Entries became sloppy, ink trailed off pages, mixed with tears. An entire entry consisted of an untidy scrawl wherein I tried convincing myself I was another person. I had repeating the same phrase countless times until the page ended. Another page contained confused last rites. I was drunk nearly half of the nights I wrote entries. The same girl who worried over her appearance at sixteen had gotten carried away into a never-ending cycle of self loathing.
Writing had once been a fun release, a way to express myself not unlike my favorite characters from Meg Cabot books. My confessions and heartbreak had morphed into a twisted monster, threatening to finally convince me I was insane and unlovable, a worthy candidate of ending life as I knew it.
However, years later it serves as a reminder of how incredibly sick I had been during this period in my life. Though the entries are painful to read, it truly shows far I have come and how far off the rails I had gone during this period of my life. I had convinced myself of an overwhelming multitude of entirely false information. I lived my life off lies, overreactions, and misconstrued encounters. My illnesses had twisted my outlook on life and stolen years of happiness off my life. It took me awhile to realize my writing was not beautifully tragic, reminiscent of existentialist heroes like Sartre, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche before me, but instead a clear sign I was not well.
Though some of my behaviors are still evocative of the girl who loved to hate herself, it is more clear to me than ever how much I had needed help at the time. I was lucky to have friends and family who sought out help for me. I'm grateful to this day, because the girl in high school and college had no idea how hard she'd fight to find happiness- and how much progress she'd make by the time she turned twenty-five.
Self loathing had been built itself into the core of my being as a teenager, but I've changed this after years (yes, it took me years) of therapy sessions. More recently, I finally took a chance and let myself truly believe I wasn't a horrible person. It didn't come easily to me and is sometimes still a challenge, but by learning to dismiss the cruel voice in my head (not to be confused with schizophrenia), I am becoming happier. It turns out life is easier when you're not trying to cut yourself down (wow!).
So although we don't have a choice what challenges we are born with (or being born at all), we have a choice of who we become. With the right tools and attitude, humans can be remarkably resourceful. These tools and attitude will come more naturally to some, while others will need to fight more to gain the necessary skillset to be happier or even survive.
I was born into this world with some odds stacked against me (acknowledging my privilege as I am white). A few mental illnesses loomed on the horizon of my late teenage years when I was a kid, but I am incredibly lucky to be surrounded by a loving family and friends who wanted to see me succeed and gave me the resources to do so.
It hasn't been an easy journey, but I'm learning to accept myself instead of resorting back to maladaptive behaviors and constantly putting myself down. Instead of allowing myself to get caught up in a tailspin of obsessive, pessimistic thoughts, I recognize my brain doesn't interpret everyday events like a mentally healthy adult. Though it won't always work right away, the fact I recognize my thoughts and behavior as unhelpful is a start.
Hopefully, I have a long life ahead of me (gawd willing). I might as well learn to like myself if I want to live my life to the fullest.
I've written less in journals or diaries as the years go on, but every once and awhile I take time to recount my day- no matter how mundane or uneventful. My journals have served as markers of my mental health through the years and continue to remind me that while life is ever changing, my overall positive attitude about life doesn't need to.
In striving to find whatever positives I can, I've become healthier and overall happier. Even if I'm not entirely happy (who can honestly claim they're happy all the time, let's be real), I'm also learning through pain and sadness.
I'm not quite there yet, but I can say with confidence I am much better than I had been a year ago at this time. When morale gets low, I remind myself I'm not just living for myself, but I'm doing it for those I love. I know I want nothing more than to see my loved ones genuinely happy, so I try to put honest effort into becoming a happier, healthier person each and every day.
So far, it's been working- because everyone deserves a chance at living their best life– one which includes true happiness and self-acceptance.


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- skalovingbride
- 6 years ago
- Wedding: September 2014 - Cadillac mountain
I've seen lots of posts by brides with budgets 10x mine, so I thought I'd share a breakdown of myy 1500 dollar budget! We are getting marred in a small sunrise ceremony and then having a reception the next day at my parents house
Dress – $150 I bought it on Etsy and am IN LOVE with it!
His shirt – $40 since we are having a casual wedding, he is wearing slacks & a vest he already had
Shoes – $150 we are both wearing custom converse
Best friend gifts (we are both having our closest friendsas our witnesses) – $150 total I also go them custom converse
Venue – $50 for the park permit and free for the reception
Officiant – free a family friend has offered to do it for free
Invites – $60 on vistaprint
Headband – $30 on Etsy
Favors – $75 custom koozie's for everyone
Cake/cupcakes – Free as my mom is a pastry chef
Food – $50 for us, my dad is a chef and is colaborating with my mom to make all of our food (I have allergies, so this was the only safe way to do it)
Alcohol – $50 we are having a 12-4 reception to cut down on booze costs and are just doing 2 premade drinks
Decor – $60 I made almost all of it
Bouquet – $35 it is paper flowers
Coffee mugs for the folks coming to the sunrise ceremony – $35 I DIY'd those too
Hotel the night before – $75
Legal jazz – $50
Cuff links & ties – $30 I found cute cufflinks on Etsy and cheap ties online!
Cake topper/cupcake wrappers – $40 Etsy again

Total so far – $1125
I've still got a month to go, so I may end up buying a few more things & I've got some room left to do that 🙂
We aren't doing a rehersal per say since its such a tiny ceremony, but we are doing dinner with family the night before. We aren't paying for people's dinners. We are also doing breakfast the morning of the wedding after the ceremony, but my dad is picking up the tab for that. We estimate that'll be around $300.
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Here's a fun thought exercise for those who partake in late night debates assisted by junk food and a lifting sense of clarity: which action movie star has killed more people in their movies? Is it Arnold or Sylvester? Stallone or Schwarzenegger? This video totals up all the deaths that Sly is responsible for and we can directly compare it to Arnold.
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So, I shopped before going over and had the opportunity to put up many items so when my daughter in law runs late with kids going here and there one night, or just needs some help one night - she can reach in and grab something already made - meatloaves (of course!), Minestrone Soup frozen in many sizes, Navy Bean and Ham Soup, in many sizes (so my daughter could grab a size for lunches for herself!), Chicken Cordon Bleu, Chicken Parmesan, Zucchini Bread (sliced before freezing), lots of pancakes and waffles. Just made double or triple the amounts of dinners I made for the children, then put up a family meal in a "Food Saver" bag - gotta love those!!
And then there were our family derelicts -
|Lucy - THE DIGGER
The Digger - Lucy - who can dig a hole under the fence a be gone before I could run to the bathroom and get back to let her back in! She found the muddiest place in the development to get full of mud before I found her!
|Molly - THE FETCHER
Then there's Molly - yea, look at that face - but don't let her fool you - she waits for Lucy to dig out, and me to go running after Lucy - then comes in and makes that hole a bit bigger and takes a nice long walk! When she a Lucy get out together, it's like herding cats!
Molly loves to play catch, too. She runs after the ball and brings it and puts it right into my hands. She was a great one to play with - but still - an escapee!
|Scout - LOVES SCOUTY TREATS!
Last, but not least, Scout. She's a boxer. All muscle, but a tad lazy. No fetching here, just "Snacks please" - can you see that question when she look at you, too? So, since she never went under the fence to escape - extra treats for Scouty!
After two weeks away from my home, sleeping in my own bed feels marvelous! Instead of the little arm, or little leg throwing over my body from the little octopus sleeping with me - I'm home sleeping next to my wonderful sweetie. I sure love my wee ones, but I sure missed Grandpa! Home to my garden, my birds, my home!
Home only two days - then a jaunt to the Los Angeles area for a DAR trip ~ which I will show you in my next post!
Til then, I hope this week is a marvelous one for all of you! Have fun, stay cool, love on the kids and grand kids!
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you can take an entire shower with only the cold water turned on and never get cold water. We are near Waco, Tx and our water hose is running across the ground for awhile before it gets to the RV.
It's my 62 birthday and so far only my husband and one daughter have remembered. That's what happens when you are the baby of the family. Everyone else's memory has gone


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Had originally thought about making a trike after seeing this picture of Dr. Szmodics online. The attention to detail and quality of construction is really quite amazing. Finding a trike like this in Taiwan proved quite frustrating, as many of them are made here, but are unavailable for sale domestically.
The closest I could find for sale in Taiwan was this trike made by Ta-Han; a restaurant supply business based in Tainan. $55,000 a unit was more than I wanted to pay though, and they wouldn't sell me just the bare trike.
Then, I saw this picture of Bicycle Coffee in Oakland and it gave me the idea to do a trailer instead.
The icebox I have is 50cm wide , 67cm long and 70cm tall (without the wheels), so I decided upon a width of 65cm between the wheels. Combined with 2 x 10cm axles and 2 x 2.5cm square tubing on the outside, this gave a total width of exactly 90cm. Too wide to go through a standard door, but still safe enough to maneuver in traffic.
The closest I could find to a design I liked was this one from instructables:
The metal fabricator I found to build the trailer turned out to be really good at his job and a cycling enthusiast himself. He gave me some very helpful suggestions to modify my design. Specifically, to move the wheel axles further to the back to reduce swing on the rear corners and make it track behind me better. Nice one.
A few days later he delivered the trailer to me to try, so I loaded it up with my 45kg icebox and took it out for a spin; handled the load no problem.
The only problem has been the hitch. I decided to connect at the seat post because I already have a hitch there that I use for my son's Trail-a-bike. Also, it makes the cart easier to maneuver like a handcart than when you connect to the rear axle.
The problem is that the trail-a-bike has only one wheel and can lean with the bike. The 2-wheel trailer can't and was putting a lot of twisting pressure on the hitch. The builder explained his idea to fix the problem and drew me a picture of it, only to show up a couple of days later with something completely different.
It works, and can allow for a full range of movement, but the tiny bit of slack between the two metal loops makes quite a racket when rolling along. It'll do for now, but I have to think of another solution. Maybe a rod-end (heim joint) like they use in Japan. Anybody with suggestions, let me know.
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Black Marriage Day Photo Album 2014
Thank you so much to all of the couples who submitted their beautiful photo's as a testimony to their love and marriage! We sincerely appreciate your support of Love. Work. Repeat. and Black Marriage Day! We received entries from all over the U.S. and for a second year the response was more than we could have ever expected. All we can say is Black Love is beautiful!
Happy Black Marriage Day! Celebrate your union and your love today and all year long! As we strengthen our marriages, we strengthen our families and our communities. For a historical look at Black Marriages, click HERE.
Happy Black Marriage Day! Celebrate your union and your love today and all year long! As we strengthen our marriages, we strengthen our families and our communities. For a historical look at Black Marriages, click HERE.
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happy thanksgiving!Posted: November 25, 2010 Filed under: fitness, food allergies, holidays | Tags: vintage booklets Leave a comment
dancing potatoes!
me? i'll be cooking up the traditional thanksgiving baked french fries.
but first, a workout.
enjoy your holiday!
peaceful hikePosted: November 17, 2010 Filed under: cocktails, crafts, fitness | Tags: american pickers, crafting under the influence again, green's dubbel, health and fitness, mike and frank 2 Comments
i got my peaceful, non-police sirened walk in this past saturday.
and had a nice reward afterwards.
as far as crafting some funny ornaments, well, uh, it's quite possible they're only funny to me.
i only made a couple. and they're not very christmas-y. but there is a string in their heads which makes them official ornaments. put a looped string on anything, it's an ornament. that's my motto.
not matt lauer with hair.
not christopher meloni.
and then there's this:
not dennis miller.
and not a chubby jesus.
not glen campbell with a beard.
put 'em together and it becomes quite obvious.
well, of course, it's mike and frank/frank and mike from american pickers. duh.
use your imagination now.
(this post may have been premature. i've still got to make danielle.)
i rilly gotta get a job.
hooping.orgPosted: May 8, 2010 Filed under: fitness | Tags: hooping, hula hoop, www.hooping.org Leave a comment
It's Spring and Fries In a Cone has her party flower on.
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Recently Pictured: Snake Fire Dancer, Sherri, Madison Orange, View more pics or Nominate your own!
thanks to the folks at www.hooping.org for posting my photo as their "photo of the day." i feel famous. i'll probably have to hide from the paparazzi from now on.
candlesticksPosted: April 8, 2010 Filed under: decor, fitness, movies, thrifting | Tags: candleholders, danish candlesticks, danish modern, hula hoop, precious 3 Comments
alright – it's been crazy warm here. we broke records yesterday in CT with temps in the 90s. it took us til august last year to get into the 90s. and now we've got 'em in APRIL. so strange, but so nice.
i spent over an hour in the park working on hoop moves i can't do indoors.
and then i promptly felt sick.
but not too sick that i couldn't pop into a nearby goodwill and pick up a couple danish candleholders.
i really did feel sick though. sudden overwhelming fatigue and an excruciating headache. i drank a bunch of water…maybe not enough? who knows, but i was flat out on my couch for the rest of the evening with a throbbing head. watched the movie "precious" and that did not help me feel better. well, maybe a little better about my own life, but gawd, was that ever depressing, despite its "hopeful" message.
but back to the candlesticks – they're blue. blue i don't have.
they were a buck apiece.
what's odd though is i found a red pair last week in an entirely different goodwill for 79¢ apiece.
and again, this paints a little story of my personality. on the one hand, who can resist a "made in denmark" bargain? not me. but when is enough enough?
you're with me though, right? ya have to buy a bargain when you spot a bargain.
i'm going for this look i saw in my "small spaces" book from marie claire maison:
i think i've pretty much got it.
now if i could only find a house, a job, a boyfriend, blah blah blah, broken record broken record…
the plate has a homePosted: March 9, 2010 Filed under: fitness | Tags: beach bike, cruiser, thunderbolt, vintage columbia bicycle, vintage palm springs license plate 2 Comments
i mean, what are the chances? as i've mentioned before, i got this little plastic name plate before christmas at a local sundays-only flea market. i knew i was heading to palm springs shortly afterwards, but had no idea in palm springs i'd be riding all over the city on a vintage bicycle that i would grow to LOVE. and that soon after that i'd be buying my own vintage bicycle and actually have a place to put this little plastic license plate with my actual name on it. from palm springs!!! oh the coincidence of it all.
it's been gorgeous and sunshiney here the past few days. i took her for a spin.
a quick spin.
the rain turned to snow.Posted: February 26, 2010 Filed under: fitness, thrifting | Tags: danish modern deer, hula hoop, it's still winter, scandinavian, vintage apron, vintage sweater 1 Comment
if i only had a husband…Posted: February 25, 2010 Filed under: fitness, thrifting | Tags: hula hoop, vintage flower power rolling pin Leave a comment
…i now possess the perfect rolling pin to bop him in the head.
ok – that wasn't nice. i'm not a fan of violent humor.
but c'mon – have you EVER seen such a fun rolling pin?
thrifted yesterday for $2. it's metal with plastic handles and i'm in love with the color combo. despite soaking it overnight, i do believe there is still some 50 year old dough embedded on the handles. i'm not too worried, though as i don't think i'll be using this for baking, since i, of course, do not bake.
and i've got to give the weather forecasters their due. they've been dead-on accurate with their cruddy, rainy forecast. it's been dreary and rainy for days now and we're promised even more of the same.
every picture looks better with a hula hoop, no?.


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The Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards honors and celebrates individuals like Muhammad Ali, that strive to make a difference in their communities and the world.
The great Muhammad Ali was an icon inside the ring as well as outside of it. The extraordinary people honored last night in the 'City of Compassion', Louisville, Kentucky, exemplify these traits and have fulfilled the mission of serving humanity in so many different and exemplary ways – from giving to victims of terror, to creating education platforms that teach these tenets to musical compositions that hold a message of beauty, oneness and peace.
Six young humanitarians from around the world, ages 30 years or younger, were awarded the fourth annual Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award celebrating the greatness of the champ. Along with these young inspiring minds, the evening paid tribute to beacons of light, seasoned humanitarians who have made significant contributions toward the attainment of peace, social justice, or other positive actions pertaining to human or social capital.
I was honored to be there in support of Academy award winning actor and founder of Eracism, Louis Gossett Jr., who received the Education Award (he is in the film I am working on – "Shared Legacies" and is a part of our movement, Spill The Honey). The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Cindy Hensley McCain, Humanitarian Award to Jon Secada, Global Citizen Award to Sheryl Lee Ralph, and the Kentucky Humanitarian Award to John Rosenberg.
The music of CJ Vanston & Michael Fitzpatrick was transformative and truly created a fuel of compassion, heart and soul throughout the evening. Mali Music was awe inspiring, the words, the message, the music just 'BEAUTIFUL' with the Humanity Passport Project Choir filling the air with vocal ambiance while walking through the ballroom with votive candles that warmed our spirit.
THE LEGACY CONTINUES – RIP CHAMP. "Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee."
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Once upon a time, there was a wildly curious but wildly terrified nineteen year old girl. She realized one day that her curiosity was more wild than her terror, so she decided to throw it away and step full force into her wonder.
She started to make choices that didn't please anyone but herself. For once. She started to do things that people questioned, and even berated her for, because they weren't what she was "supposed" to do or be. She was even called "selfish" just for choosing to do what she really wanted to do. It wasn't like she was doing anything illegal or cruel. Just stuff she really wondered about. And wanted to learn from and fasten to her heart. And even things that she longed to become. Oh well.
She decided then and there that she would allow herself to be wildly misunderstood. Because she started to see that life was going to be heartbreaking and beautiful all at the same time, and if she didn't make choices that served her, then she'd never make it through in any way that felt true. And THAT was more scary than anything she'd ever imagined.
So one by one…choice by choice, she went. Sometimes she found herself very much alone because of it, and yes, misunderstood. But there were glorious gifts along the way: in people, places, moments of pure joy. And every so often, she even felt…special. Not in the ways she was supposed to be special. But just…special. Alone in it. But she was not sure if she liked that part.
So she started filling up pages and pages of blank books. She was never without her blank books—sometimes just simple pamphlets she picked up, and sometimes hand-made, leather-bound books. Always blank though. Never lined. She'd had enough of the restrictions and requirements of lines. She needed her thoughts and her words to be big and loopy and unabashed.
It was the beginning of her freedom.
And yes, it came with a cost. She knew it would. But what was the alternative? A life spent making everyone else happy, staying neatly and precisely and preciously in their parameters? She knew that pursuit would never work, because it would never be enough for those people. She would be always dancing. Always trying to be a greater swan for people who wanted her to be a swan. She did not want to be a swan.
So she cut her hair and bought a bunch of baggy clothes, and a backpack, and went overseas. She was only nineteen, so she didn't have a lot of choices in the take-to-the road department, but she chose Turkey over other people's Switzerland, and Greece over other people's France, and a troubled Yugoslavia over other people's London. And she did a lot of it…"alone" but always with her journal. She liked it that way. Her journal didn't judge. It didn't blame. It didn't ask anything of her but to fill up its pages. And even then, it didn't really ask. It just offered the possibility of its page and called her to put pen to it in whatever way she wanted. Because the truth was…she still cared what people thought of her. Shhhhh…. It's her dirty secret.
(Borrowed from my journal, 2018…inspired by the above)
Once upon a time, there was a wildly terrified and wildly curious fifty-two year old woman. She had raised two wildly free children and that had been her life's goal, outside of being a writer and hopefully a published author. She had achieved her goals. And now she was alone with her journal all over again. She didn't know why she was so scared. She had a cozy home in the mountains of Montana in a lovely little town full of remarkable souls. She had time on her hands after a long time with no time on her hands.
How to spend it so that her fear would quell, and her wonder would find itself again. In fact, maybe that was what she was so scared of: how to make her time matter now. She wanted to matter. But she didn't want to matter in the way the world said we should matter: in currency that was not unlike what she left all those years ago. The currency of swans. Beauty. Grace. Being the special bird. For her, it had been by being the different bird. She was beginning to see that in all of her choices, she had never really stopped wanting to be special. Special for following the rules. Special for not following the rules. Special for making up her own rules. Special for achieving excellence in her own rules.
What if she wasn't special? What would that be like? What if she was totally unremarkable? What if she did what she wanted to do, not as a reaction to what she was supposed to do, but rather, simply because she wanted to do it for herself and for no big reason? What if she didn't care what people thought of her at all? For real this time.
So, like her nineteen year old self, she decided to go far away from home. She had always wanted to go to Morocco. Something about the color and the spices and the Moorish architecture she'd seen as a child in Spain. She wanted to sit for a long time in places that didn't require anything from her…and just be. Allow herself to be "spelled differently," as the poet Emma Mellon suggests. She wanted to go alone with her journal and write on park benches and on ancient steps, under towering archways, and under olive trees' shade. She wanted to bum around and not have plans. Maybe take a nap in a park instead of always doing doing doing. She wanted to be be be. In fact, she knew she had to. It was the cure for her fear. Her fear of being not this, not that, not this, not that. But simply and purely: just her.
In short: she needed to re-introduce herself to herself and she needed to have all of the usuals removed. Except for her journal and those blank pages. They were the best way she knew to look into her eyes and welcome them as the windows to the soul she longed to finally come home to.
So…this February…she is going. Someone is taking care of her cozy home and she is going to pack a small bag, and get on a plane and wind her way to Morocco for a month. For a week within that month, she will share writing with seven women who are similar seekers, perhaps also longing to "allow themselves to be spelled differently." She's not exactly sure what she will find there, and that's the very reason why she is going. She hopes she will find her wonder again. And cast fear aside so that the future can give itself to her. Maybe she'll now, finally, be truly free.
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You'll notice that there's a tie for number six. I narrowed it down to Autumn in New York and Stepmom but you can't ask me to choose between Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. Also, they were similar enough to make picking a favourite impossible.
Let's do this...
Wondra's Top 10 Movies for Autumn
|1. Dead Poets Society
This is one of my favourite films, period. It also appears on almost everyone's list of favourite movies for the fall. Why? Because it's about learning, because it's about friendship, because it's about finding yourself, because the actors are amazing and the story is heartbreaking, that's why.
|2. Good Will Hunting
Autumn is a magical time because it's about beginnings and endings at the same time. A new school year is starting, while all the plants are dying. Good Will Hunting captures that feeling perfectly. There's a sense of loss, balanced against the hope of brighter things to come.
|3. Practical Magic
Autumn is a very witchy time. You can almost see the magic in the air. Practical Magic does a brilliant job of visualising that magic for everyone to see. It also explores the relationship between family, love, friendship, community, and identity.
|4. Needful Things
If you want to know what autumn on the East Coast looks like, watch a Stephen King film. Needful Things does this - but it also plays on the darker side of autumn: the decay, the uncertainty, the growing darkness. It peels away the sense of community that we show outsiders to reveal the seething hatred lurking beneath.
|5. Scent of a Woman
Scent of a Woman isn't just the typical school days, young-person-finding-themselves kind of movie that you expect to find on these kinds of lists. It's about a man in the autumn of his life (see what I did there?) finding himself again. Also... Al Pacino is amazing, right? In this film, he goes from raging asshat, to absolutely outrageous, to a heartbreaking old man. It's a powerful performance.
|6. Autumn in New York
A tragic love story, set against the striking backdrop of - you guessed it - autumn in New York. You've got that guy-in-the-autumn-of-his-life thing going on with Gere and the start of a new relationship with Ryder. Young and old, dying and learning to live again. A great pick for snuggling under the blankets with your partner.
|6. Stepmom Stepmom is another one that'll kick you in the feels. It has more humour and angst, though, which made it almost beat Autumn in New York. The ending was maybe not as good because it got a little too saccharine. Even though it's sad, I'd still consider this a great family movie for autumn.
|7. The Others
The Others is one of those movies that captures the stark feeling of autumn as it draws to a close. The nights creep ever closer; the trees are bare; there's an oppressive air of worse things to come. The darkness, the isolation, and the suspense of The Others make it a perfect film for a late autumn frightfest.
|8. You've Got Mail
Most people name When Harry Met Sally when you ask them for a favourite fall movie but I really didn't care for it much. And hardly any of it takes place in autumn. I thought You've Got Mail was a much, much better love story. The imagery was fantastic and, hey, how autumnal are books? Autumn is definitely a time for reading!
|9. Children of the Corn
Ah... autumn... time of the harvest - and freaky little kids killing all their parents. Yup, I'm talking about Children of the Corn. One of my favourite things about Michigan in the autumn is the sun rising over rows and rows of corn. It's a very autumnal image for me. And, if you don't think cornfields can be scary, you've never lived next to one.
|10. October Sky
This is one of those movies I was certain I wouldn't like and fell in love with. October Sky is a back-to-school movie about discovery and finding your own path. It doesn't have the bold autumn imagery that some of these movies do, though, which is why it ended up at the bottom of the list.


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how to organize a kid's closet, part two
Now it's time for the fun stuff! I've already shared the nuts and bolts behind my twin boys' closet, which you saw in the August issue of Better Homes and Gardens, but what I haven't talked about is how to put the FUN in functional. I often use decorative bins and …Read Post


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The best thing about having a number of children is that it gives you a lot of scope for sewing new costumes for them! At least, that is ONE of the best things.
My 7 year-old boy was the last one of my children to need a costume for the Melbourne Regency Picnic. Since I have posted my previous constructions steps for shirts, breeches, waistcoats and jackets, I decided not to detail it all again here as there were substantial similarities in their construction. Instead I have posted a finished picture of each garment instead.
One of the images I used in my inspiration was a painting by Jens Juel, called "A Running Boy" (1802). He is wearing long trousers with a tie above the ankle, and his jacket is double-breasted and appears to have quite short coat tails. He is wearing a striped waistcoat with wide lapels, which also appears to be double-breasted. His shirt has a fold down collar with a fine ruffle at the centre front opening, and the cuffs do not have ruffles. He is not wearing a cravat, and is holding a hat in his hand.
This shirt was made in a similar manner to the MY Mr Knightley shirt, but the ruffle was hand sewn, with a rolled hem and a whipped stitch gathering (as I did with the Skeleton Suit shirt). It is made of white cotton broadcloth.
Fall-Front Trousers
Judging from how many paintings I have found, long Regency trousers were becoming quite popular during the first decade of the 1800's, with both men and boys sporting them for casual wear.
I made these is a similar way to the Skeleton Suit pants I recently finished. These pants were longer and done up with a tie around the leg, just above the ankle, as is evident in the painting above. They were made from brown homespun quilting cotton and have faux metal buttons.
This waistcoat was constructed in a similar way to the Midshipman waistcoat I have made, with a stand-up collar. This particular waistcoat had wide turn-back lapels as well, with two welt pockets and double-breasted at the front. It is made from a curtain remnant I found at a second-hand shop, and has self-covered buttons. The lining is cream cotton broadcloth.
This jacket is an earlier style of Regency tailcoat, with the curved cutaway at the front and the wide fold-down collar. It was made in a similar way to the Midshipman tailcoat I had made before, however this one is unlined and does not have any pockets. Pockets might be a later addition, as I find they are always useful!
It is made from a green wool-blend cloth, with large self-covered buttons. The fabric hardly frays at all, so the seams have all been left un-neatened.
We are now all set for the Regency Picnic, and I look forward to sharing some photos with you!
Related Posts
MY Mr Knightley: Making a Shirt
Making a Skeleton Suit – a boy's shirt
Making a Skeleton Suit – a boy's pants
The Making of a Midshipman: Waistcoat
The Making of a Midshipman: Cutaway Tailcoat
Sources and Relevant Links
The Melbourne Regency Picnic is being held on Sunday 6th March in Elsternwick, Melbourne (Victoria, Australia).
Image Source: through Flickr. The original is held at the State Art Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Costume for a Regency Child – by The Oregon Regency Society


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Want to be more efficient as you work your way through your wine collection? Using a spreadsheet template to track your tasting experiences can ensure you make more educated choices in the future.
The wine tasting scoring sheet on offer on Microsoft's Office Online site includes basic scoring notes, so even if you aren't familiar with the process of rating wine, it's pretty easy to use. You'll still need to enter the names and vintages of your bottles, but if you already store them in some PC-based system, importing into Excel shouldn't be overly complicated.
If you're more likely to need a bottle in a hurry for a dinner party than spend hours planning, try chilling wine with a wet tea towel.
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Software Can Tame Message Onslaught
Advertising Age | June 29, 1998
Dr. V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, the Inventor of Email, was featured in an article in the June 29, 1998 issue of Advertising Age. The article was entitled "Software Can Tame Message Onslaught".
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ISM 10th anniversary: Online features
Information Security magazine 10th anniversary: Online features
Information Security magazine first rolled off the presses in December 1997, and 10 years later, it remains the premier source for information security news and advice for IT professionals. As a complement to the 10th anniversary issue, we invite you to download some of the interviews our staff conducted with some of the luminaries in the industry.
|10th Anniversary Issue Podcasts:
- Sen. Paul Sarbanes and Rep. Michael Oxley: In this exclusive interview, editor Michael Mimoso talks to legislators Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley, sponsors of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, arguably, the most important landmark of the past 10 years in information security.
- Gene Spafford: Editor Michael Mimoso interviews luminary Gene Spafford, founder and executive director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance (CERIAS) at Purdue University. Spaf talks about the early days of CERIAS--which also turns 10 this year--as well as his contributions to the industry and the state of information security going forward.
- Phil Zimmermann: Editor Michael Mimoso has a one-on-one conversation with PGP creator Phil ZImmermann. Zimmermann, an encryption pioneer, talks about his legendary crypto battles with the U.S. government, the ultimate adoption of encryption technology in the enterprise, and his latest project, the secure VoIP product Zfone.
- Donn Parker: Donn Parker is one of the first cybercrime investigators, and has done landmark work around risk management during his time at SRI Laboratories. In this talk with editor Michael Mimoso, Parker goes over some of the important inflection points in information security, and offers a new take on risk management for the next 10 years.
- Bill Cheswick: Bill Cheswick is one of the prominent researchers to emerge from the think-tank at Bell Labs. Now with AT&T Research, Cheswick talks about some of his groundbreaking work in network security, and talks about the security of the Internet for the next decade.
|Q&A Interviews:
- Fyodor Information Security isn't the only standby celebrating its 10th birthday.; Nmap, the popular open source security scanner and network mapping tool, hit double digits in 2007 as well. Like so many projects of its kind, Nmap was a labor of love--and necessity--according to its creator, hacker Fyodor.
- Bruce Schneier: Author, blogger, cryptographer and security luminary Bruce Schneier shares his opinions on the trends and technology of the last 10 years in information security.


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This must be one of the most unique vacation homes on the market.
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Things have been busy lately with school, preparing for another, but final (yeah) relocation, so tonight's meal was literally something I threw together and Sautéed up! Were calling it Turkey Sauté Surprise so easy, so versatile, as you can really add or subtract any vegetables or meat even! 1 package of ground turkey (you could sub any other ground meat or even veggie meat crumbles) 1 cup of frozen or fresh Broccoli 1 Cup of frozen or fresh Cauliflower 1 8oz pack of sliced Crimini Mushrooms 1/4 cup low sodium Chicken Stock Favorite seasonings as desired Cook and brown up Turkey, when Turkey is nearly done, add Chicken Stock, Crimini Mushrooms, Broccoli, Cauliflower and sauté for about 5-7 mins, just until vegetables are tender, season and enjoy We served ours with a Caesar Salad.
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I appreciate the replies but since on my previous RV that had a vent the same height from the tank and never had water flow out of it that I saw, it would seem there may be a fix for this.
DougnCoiled under the bed? Think filling and the overflow tube. You really don't want water under the bed with the heater inverter, etc. That are also under the bed. I guess another thought is... Do you avoid rain? Do you wax the paint? I personally can't see anyway of avoiding getting water on the outside from pretty much any source unless you want to park it in a sealed garage and never take it out. I am not trying to be a smart a$$, I just figure getting the outside of the RV wet is part of using it.
My bad, I wasn't very clear.I would replace the current overflow tube with a longer, say 3' piece that would still connect to the outside. That's what would be coiled under the bed. No water under the bed..............................Dougn
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"The UAE is also projected to seize the third rank for total e-commerce business in the Mena region," said Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy.
Addressing the 'Impact of e-Economy on the development of Mena region' conference, Mohammed Saleh Shalwah, the adviser to the minister of economy, said the UAE's future ambitions know no limit as directed by its leadership.
The three-day congress, which concluded on Monday, was organised by the Department of Economic Development in Ras Al Khaimah, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy, under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah.
Present were Shaikh Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Chairman of the RAK Customs and Ports department and Chairman of the RAK Free Zone, Shaikh Mohammed bin Kayed Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Department of Economic Development in RAK, along with top officials, professors, economic experts, businessmen, investors and dignitaries.
Al Mansouri said as per the UAE's Vision 2021, the non-oil sectors are forecast to post real growth of five per cent, apart from the country holding the tenth position globally in regards to the per capita income, inflow of foreign investment to constitute five per cent of the GDP while Emiratisation is to be boosted in the private sector.
Al Mansouri added that the national economy is to rank first for the easiness and flexibility of practising business, let alone seizing advanced positions in the global indexes of entrepreneurship, creativity and knowledge personnel, and doubling expenses on scientific research.
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5th International Chemistry Conference (5thicc)
Organization: King Khalid University
Venue: Abha Palace Hotel
Location: Abha, Aseer, Saudi Arabia
|Event Date/Time: Apr 26, 2014 / 4:00 pm - (GMT +3:00 hours)
|End Date/Time: Apr 29, 2014 / 4:00 pm - (GMT +3:00 hours)
|Registration Date: Apr 01, 2014
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|Early Registration Date: Feb 28, 2014
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|Abstract Submission Date: Jan 01, 2014
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|Paper Submission Date: Mar 15, 2014
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Fifth International Chemistry Conference
The Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University and the Saudi Chemical Society are jointly organizing the 5th International Chemistry Conference (5thICC) during April 26-29, 2014. Theme of the conference is Chemistry for Durable Globe & Society Welfare.
All researchers, scientists, academics and students are invited to participate in the 5thICC with their recent research outcomes in chemistry and related fields. Conferees are kindly requested to submit their contributions electronically via the website:
Conference Venue: Abha Palace Hotel (http://www.abhapalace.com.sa)
Conference Objectives
- To present the state of the art research work in the cutting edge of chemistry.
- To motivate researchers in KSA for imparking on research work that leads to achieve the goals of the national science, technology and innovation plan (NSTIP).
- To offer a platform for knowledge and technology transfer through interaction between international prominent scientists and their Saudi counterparts.T
- o build partnership between national universities and research institutes.
- To enhance interaction between university students and researchers.
- To establish channels of communication between university students and their potential future employing institutes.
Conference Topics
1. Water and Environment
2. Oil, Gas and Energy
3. Petrochemicals and Catalysis
4. Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials
5. Organic Synthesis, Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry
6. Modern Analytical Technologies and Methodologies
7. Recent Applications of Radiation and Nuclear Chemistry
8. Modeling, Computational Chemistry and Chemometrics
Keynote Speakers
- Prof. Dr. Jin Ho Choy, Ewha Womans, University, Korea
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Schneider, Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
- Prof. Dr. Victor Cerda, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
- Prof. Dr. René E. Van Grieken, Antwerp University, Belgium
- Prof. Dr. Ajayan Vinu, The University of Queensland, Australia
- Prof. Dr. Ivan V. Kozhevnikov, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Three more keynote speakers will be announced soon at the website.
Imoportant Dates
Registration Opens 1/1/2014
Abstarct Submission 1/1/2014
Submission Deadlines 15th of March 2014
Important Notice
Those participants who need visa to Saudi, pleaase Start the process as soon as possible. Visa process takes few weeks. For more information and visa application, please visit visa section in the website.
Scientific Committee Members
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Abdelrahman A. Alwarthan, King Saud University
Co-chairman: Dr. Mohammed D. Oteef, King Khalid University
Coordinator: Dr. Abubakr M. Idris, King Khalid University
Member: Prof. Dr. Abdullah G.M. Al-Sehemi, King Khalid University
Member: Prof. Dr. Ayed Sad M. Al-Shihri, King Khalid University
Member: Prof. Dr. Mohamed A.H. Eltayeb, King Khalid University
Member: Prof. Dr. Kamel Shaker, King Khalid University
Member: Prof. Dr. A.M. AlMayouf, King Saud University
Member: Dr. Ahmed Elzatahry, King Saud University
Member: Prof. Dr. Kuo-Wei Huang, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Organizing Committee Members
Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Daoud, President of King Khalid University
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Taher, King Khalid University, Vice-President of Postgraduate studies and
Scientific Research of King Khalid University
Dr. Abdullah Alhanash, Head of Department of Chemistry, King Khalid University
Prof. Abdulrhman Al-warthan, King Saud University
Prof. Abdullah Almajid, Chairman of Saudi Chemical Society, King Saud University
Dr. Daifallah Aldhayan, Head of Chemistry Department , Secretary-General of Arab Chemists Union, King Saud University
Dr. Mohammed Albahiri, King Khalid University
Mr. Mohammed Alabbood, King Khalid University
Dr. Mohammed Safhi, King Khalid University
Dr. Ali Alsalme, King Saud University
Dr. Nasser Awad, King Khalid University
Dr. Hisham Salah, King Khalid University
Dr. Mohammed Elimam Ahamed ,Convenor, King Khalid University
Abha city has a regional airport (ABH) and offers convenient flight connections to Saudi Arabia international airports:
- KIng Khalid International Airport, Riyadh (RUH)
- King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah (JED)
- King Fahd International Airport, Dammam (DMM)
However, there is a nice possibility for international flights to Abha via Dubai international airport with FlyDubai airline. Also, with EgyptAir there are few flights a week for Cairo to Abha. Major Saudi airlines operating to Abha are, Saudi airlines, FlyNas, Flydubai, EgyptAir.
For more information, please visit the conference website.
Hotels, furnished apartments and flats with various classes can be arranged through the conference website and contact accommodation email via your account in the website.
All conferees (presenters and attendees) with presentation or non are kindly requested to register early at the conference website to benefit early bird registration. The registration fees are detailed below. Payment methods are described in the conference website.Further information is available on the conference websiteas well. However, we will be happy to receive calls and emails for enquiry at:
Phone: 00966544752745
Conference Speakers
· Prof. Dr. Jin Ho Choy, Ewha Womans, University, Korea
· Prof. Dr. Bernd Schneider, Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
· Prof. Dr. Victor Cerda, University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
· Prof. Dr. René E. Van Grieken, Antwerp University, Belgium
Prof. Dr. Ajayan Vinu, The University of Queensland, Australia
Prof. Dr. Ivan V. Kozhevnikov, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Three more keynote speakers will be announced soon at the website.
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