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BTCO to stop passport work
From May 17, UK passport applications for British nationals will no longer be handled by the British Trade and Cultural Office (BTCO) and will need to be sent directly by the applicant to a regional passport processing center in Hong Kong, the UK's representative office in Taiwan announced yesterday. The office will no longer accept passport applications from British nationals, said the BTCO, Britain's official authority in Taiwan in the absence of bilateral diplomatic ties. Previously, the BTCO acted as a middleman for British passport applications in Taipei, accepting the applications, sending them to the issuing authorities in Hong Kong, and then issuing the passport to the applicant. The BTCO said the changes are part of a global initiative to streamline the issuance of passports overseas. The Passport Processing Center in Hong Kong, which will produce and return passports directly to applicants in Taiwan, aims to issue all new passports within 10 working days, the office said. If British nationals need to travel urgently, however, the BTCO will still be able to issue emergency travel documents.
Kaohsiung set for rationing
Water rationing measures might be implemented in Kaohsiung from late next month because of a serious drought in the southern part of the country, Water Resources Agency (WRA) officials said yesterday. WRA Director-General Yang Wei-fu (楊偉甫) said the WRA had expected normal water supplies to continue into mid-June in the Kaohsiung and Pingtung areas and late June in the Tainan area. However, water reserves in southern Taiwan are diminishing faster than expected, with almost no rainfall in the Kaohsiung and Pingtung areas in recent months, Yang said. If the drought continues, water rationing measures will have to be enforced in Kaohsiung beginning late next month, he said, urging residents to conserve water.
Alishan flower visitors down
Road damage has taken a heavy toll on travel services in the Alishan area, causing the number of visitors to the mountain resort during this year's spring flower season to drop to a 27-year low, according statistics released by the Alishan Highway Toll Station show. The statistics showed only 102,853 people visited the Alishan National Scenic Area between March 15 and Thursday, the lowest number for the period since the inauguration of the Alishan Highway in 1983. A toll station official attributed the low number mainly to the suspension of services on the Alishan alpine railway in the wake of Typhoon Morakot in August last year.
Man indicted for spying
A Taiwanese businessman was indicted by the Shihlin Prosecutors' Office on Thursday on suspicion spying for China, according to the indictment released the same day. Ho Chih-chiang (何志強), a China-based Taiwanese businessman, was recruited by China's national security authorities in 2007 to collect Taiwanese national security secrets in return for financial subsidies and other privileges, the indictment said. Ho returned to Taiwan and tried to recruit a Taiwan National Security Bureau officer to serve as a spy and collect information related to the government's policies on Falun Gong, Tibetan independence, Japan and diplomacy, between December 2008 and February this year it said. Ho was indicted on charges of bribery and of violating laws on national security and the protection of national secrets.


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News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Caton Market to Affordable Housing - Public Hearing Tonight Wed Dec 7
Perhaps you know that Caton Market is to become a large apartment building of below-market apartments? In the years' single most significant effort towards ensuring a neighborhood of income diversity, this project deserves a fast greenlight and public support. I'm sure there will be dissenters. But be sure to do your homework. The City land under the well-meaning but ill-conceived closed-air market at Caton/Flatbush could both serve its current purpose AND house a bunch of people desperate for affordable housing. Want to comment? Tonight's the night.
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This neighborhood already has enough affordable units. Put the affordable units somewhere else, please. Put them in someone else's backyard. Why does this neighborhood need more affordable housing? We have so much already. Thank-you.
- December 7, 2016 at 10:38 AM
- Clarkson FlatBed said...
Your comment is mystifying to me. What exactly do you mean that we have "enough affordable units?" What is the meaning of the word enough, and what do you mean by affordable units?
- December 7, 2016 at 11:03 AM
- Alex said...
To add to Tim's response, why a hyphen in "thank-you"?
- December 7, 2016 at 11:55 AM
- babs said...
It goes with Prospect-Lefferts Gardens (where this is NOT located - it's south of Clarkson).
- December 7, 2016 at 1:21 PM
I say bring on more "affordable" housing cause let's be real...it's still not affordable.
- December 7, 2016 at 6:25 PM
- Bob Marvin said...
This neighborhood already has enough hyphens. Put the hyphens somewhere else, please. Put them in someone else's backyard. Why does this neighborhood need more hyphens? We have so much already. Thank-you [sic].
- December 8, 2016 at 9:23 AM
- Paul Galloway said...
C'mon, Bob:
Make America Hyphen Again
- December 8, 2016 at 2:57 PM
Though Crain's isn't known for the accuracy of its prognostications, the editors always have a few handy offerings, especially now, with Trump about to assume the presidency.
What does Trump mean for NY City? Here's Crain's view:
With respect to healthcare, the article will probably miss by a mile. Most likely, the Trump team will expand the definition of Medicaid and add lots and lots of people to the rolls. As Obamacare fades, Medicaid will grow.
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It seems like nowadays everything is connected to the internet. Whether it's your phone, television, home appliances, and even your car. While before it may have been a crazy thought to have these devices connected online, it's no longer a strange thing.
But with this connectivity comes vulnerability.
Back in October, a massive internet outage caused many internet users unable to access common websites like Twitter or Netflix. The outage was helped because of hacked IoT devices or Internet of Things.
According to a recent NPR article, IoT devices have its weaknesses and advantages. For example, you would have the ability to control your internet connected thermostat while you are away from home. But some devices may not have great security.
However, there are ways in which you can reduce the risk of compromise to your home network and smart products.
The Federal Trade Commission has released steps both consumers and businesses can take to protect their privacy and security when using IoT devices.
Some of those steps include:
- Don't just click "next" when you set up your IoT device. Review the default settings carefully before making a selection, and use the security features for your device. If it allows you to set up a passcode lockout ("three strikes and you're out") and enable encryption, you can add a layer of protection to your device.
- Download the latest security updates for your IoT device. To be secure and effective, the software that comes with your device needs updates. Before you set up a new device, and periodically afterwards, visit the manufacturer's website or the device's settings menu to see if there's a new version of the software available for download. To make sure you hear about the latest version, register your device with the manufacturer and sign up to get updates.
- Change your pre-set passwords. The manufacturer may have assigned your device a standard default password. Hackers know the default passwords, so change it to something more complex and secure.


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As readers of the What Should Be know, I've become quite a fan of Charlie Cook of the Cook Political Report. His piece, published on February 13 in the National Journal's Congress Daily/AM, is entitled Obama's Triangulation Squares With Public. I recommend giving it a read: Here are a couple of excerpts:
Regarding how Republicans in Congress are handling this economic crisis, it seems to appear that their efforts seemed designed to seek approval from the 28 percent of Americans who call themselves Republicans in Gallup polling, but there seems to be little if any effort to reach out to the roughly 72 percent of Americans who either consider themselves Democrats or independents.
Indeed, it would be hard to see how Republicans think they are helping themselves these days, other than trying to feel better about themselves, even if no one else does.
Isn't that the truth? When Republicans need to be reaching out to the 72% of America that no longer agrees with them, they're busy consolidating their 28% base. Yes, very smart. Here's another excerpt that shows Mr. Cook is an equal opportunity critic:
Democrats in Congress seem almost as out of touch with the public mood.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comment that "Washington seems consumed by this process argument of bipartisanship," suggests that she learned little from the 2008 election results. Voters really did seem to be serious last fall about Washington changing its ways, even if the old ways were more convenient for those in power.
After all, why try to work with the other side when you can just steamroll them? Granted, how Republicans have handled this economic crisis would certainly make it tempting to just ignore and work around them, but in the Senate, that won't work.
Besides, the end product of a one-party solution might not be what Americans really want anyway. And while only 28 percent of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, the 36 percent who call themselves Democrats are still a far cry from a majority. Add to that the fact that an equal number can't bring themselves to identify with either party, and it should be a sober reminder to Democrats that while voters might have rejected the GOP, they haven't exactly embraced Democrats either.
Democrats, especially those on the far left of the party, seem to forget that winning an election, even one as impressive as the 2008 election, does not mean that a grand shift has taken place in the American electorate. If Democrats push too extreme (liberal) an agenda, they risk alienation of the 36% who neither allign as Democrat or Republican, in addition to more conservative Democrats. Rather than being hostile to Republicans, especially in the Senate, who force moderation of Democratic plans, they should be thankful that they just might be what ultimately saves them from themselves in the eyes of a more conservative electorate.


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Soirée "Martinique" - The First Councelor's welcoming remarks
Dear Joëlle, dear Muriel, dear Darley,
distinguished guests, dear friends,
It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you all at the French Embassy for a special evening dedicated to the French Caribbean island of Martinique.
There is no doubt we'd rather be there than here right now. I hope this evening will bring us a little bit closer of this beautiful place.
Before we begin, I would like to thank and congratulate Joëlle Desir, director general of the Martinique Tourism Committee as well as my long time dear friend Muriel Wiltord, director for Americas. Night and day, they do an amazing work to promote the island of Martinique across this country. Stéphane Ballot is also present tonight as deputy director for the US of Atout France, the French tourism development agency. I thank him for his support on this project and on so many others. He and his staff play a crucial role in promoting France abroad.
Tonight, it's a perfect opportunity to discover the island of flowers, the Caribbean island with French flair, the, the rum capital of the world, the isle of my preferred poet, Aimé Césaire.
Martinique is truly a land of tradition and culture, with a rich history of crafts and literature by renowned authors and famous poets, music and dance, lifestyle and gastronomy.
In the heart of the Caribbean, this tropical part of France can only benefit from getting better known by our American friends.
The "Travels with Darley" show, which Joëlle and Muriel have made possible, is an important step in that direction. Thanks to their support and to Darley's commitment, the production crew got to know the whole island and promote all it has to offer, its culture, its incredible and marvelous people and its beautiful landscapes.
The show will be broadcasted on Thursday, March 16, 2017, on WHUT-TV at 9:30pm and I can only encourage you to spread the word. I have no doubt that this exclusive preview will convince you to do so.
I thank you all for coming and wish you a very sunny and tropical evening. So, I invite you all to do like me. Get a ticket to fly to Martinique, the island of the "never ending summer."
And don't forget. If America first, make Martinique second!
Thank you Joëlle and Muriel. Thank you Darley!
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Ahmedabad, Jan 13:
Vani Kapoor fired 4 under 68 in the second round to grab the lead in the Rs.7 lakh second leg of the Hero Women's Professional Golf Tour at the Kalhaar Blues and Greens here on Wednesday.
Trailing by a margin of four strokes in tied second position are Kiran Matharu and Amandeep Drall with a total score of 146.
Order of Merit leader Vani started the day in tied second position after playing a birdie-less round on Tuesday. However, the Delhi girl was in supreme form on Wednesday. She played a bogey-free front nine with two birdies on the second and third holes.
She fired four more birdies in the latter half on the 11th, 12th, 13th and 15th holes while dropping just two shots on the 10th and 18th to finish with a total score of 142 after 36 holes. Her tally of six birdies was the maximum by any player in the second round. With a four stroke cushion, Vani will be eyeing her second consecutive title of the season on Thursday.
English golfer Kiran Matharu carded 1 under 71, only the second sub-par score of the round to jump into tied second position. She started impressively, carding two birdies on the first and third. She added another on the 12th but two bogeys on the 10th and 11th meant that she had to settle for tied second.
Panchkula's Amandeep Drall carded an even par 72 to retain her tied second position. Her round included three birdies on the second, fifth and 13th with an equal number of bogeys on the fourth, 10th and 18th to finish with 146.
Kapurthala's Gursimar Badwal carded 1 over 73 in the second round to take fourth position with a score of 150. She carded five birdies on the second, sixth, 11th, 13th and 14th while dropping shots on the 10th and 18th along with two double bogeys on the third and 15th.
Overnight leader Smriti Mehra could not reproduce her form of Tuesday and carded 7 over 79. She is tied fifth with Delhi's Ankita Tiwana with 152. Following them are Chandigarh's Saaniya Sharma and Delhi's Mehar Atwal who are placed seventh and eighth respectively. (IANS)


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Hello, there! Long time, no see! I wish I had a better excuse for my absence these past few weeks other than I've just been incredibly busy and distracted lately. And also sick. Very, very sick. I have barely slept in weeks due to a very bad cough, which is thankfully, I am hoping, reaching its end. It has been difficult to get myself to leave the house because of this, let alone pull together a full ensemble cute enough to share here.
Overall, this past week has been entirely disastrous (which, according to my dearest Jessie, could be due to the current Venus Retrograde, for all of you astrology fans), for myself and nearly everyone I am close with and see regularly. I am not going to go into details, mostly because some are not mine to give, and ones that are are not something I'm entirely comfortable about discussing, but this week's events have left me feeling quite melancholy. The weather going from cheery and bright to dark and gloomy right after one key event responsible for my mood did not help matters much either. Conclusively, the third week of August has been very rough and very emotional.
One thing that I typically do (and have done pretty much my entire life) when I am in ~a mood~ is listen to lots and lots of my lifetime-long favourite band, Fleetwood Mac, which usually leads to me leaving the house in an outfit like this. I think wearing all black can be oddly empowering and makes me feel good about myself when I'm not really feeling too great. What are some things you like to do when you're in a funk? I'd love to take any advice during this time.
Sorry to come back with such a dismal post. To make up for my weird place currently, I will focus on the positive and share some things that made me smile despite the week being rough.
Good things from this week:
- photoshoot with the lovely Jamie of Studio 13 Designs (can't wait to share those with you!)
- reaching 650 followers on Instagram
- microwave macaroni and cheese
- American Apparel sale shopping with Jessie
- video games with James
- visiting my pals at the San Francisco Dungeon
- ModCloth using my photo on their Instagram
- fully furnishing our home
That's all for now. Apologies once again that I couldn't be my usual chipper self this week. I've got lots of exciting stuff coming up, however, so that will be sure to lighten my mood, and I cannot wait to share them with you!
Until then, enjoy the rest of summer, and for those who are starting school, best of luck with your classes!
Stay sweet ♡
P.S. There is still a short amount of time to enter my blog's 2-year anniversary giveaway! Why don't you help support my little blog and swing on over and enter to win some super cute prizes? I will love you forever!
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When I left Brooklyn last January 11th I knew I was taking an incredible journey just by the act of committing to being at Sivananda Yoga Retreat Center for over three months. It turned out to be over four months and now the journey is winding back toward life in Brooklyn.
I say "winding" because the path as I have experienced it in these past months has not exactly followed the original, outward intention I set, to do Karma Yoga for three months. It has followed the intention I held within myself to "re-group and see what appears". There have been some remarkable appearances.
The Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Course was and continues to be life altering on a daily basis for me. Just the aspect of 28 days of such a rigorous discipline of schedule and activity opened the mind to let go of much of the unnecessary. To further connect through the lineage of Swami Sivananda by mantra initiation has brought wisdom and knowledge of the master into my work in Sound Yoga. The openness to the receipt of a new name for myself has given me a support and inner strength through the Hindu Mother Goddess Durga beyond what I could imagine possible.
The Path took me to these places. The Path or Self does that, I am beginning to understand, when the mind begins to let go of all of the thoughts, beliefs and patterns that we believe to be our life and our self.
The greatest teaching I have received is that I am and my life is, so much more than I imagined. We all are so much more than we imagine. And by surrendering to and embracing a lineage and tradition of gurus and teachers, there is the possibility to be supported and to discover our True Nature within the form of our limited self.
There is no greater gift than such a recognition that we are all on the Path, winding as it is, forever connecting the True Self Home.


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The fiasco of Ocean Glory I, impounded by port authorities in Dover, has sparked the question whether too many cruise ships are chasing too few passengers.
The 51-year-old Panamanian-registered vessel was deemed unsafe after the discovery of 32 serious safety and hygiene problems, including cockroaches in the galley.
Six hundred passengers booked for a Norwegian fjords cruise will get refunds and compensation from Cruise Collection, which chartered the vessel.
Ocean Glory won't be the last cruise ship to fall foul of the authorities. So many cruise lines are chasing business that prices are falling - and standards must suffer.
Douglas Ward, editor of The Berlitz Guide to Cruising, who has been on 260 of the 280 cruise ships around the world, tested Ocean Glory last year when it was called Aegean Spirit.
He produced a private dossier on necessary repairs and says the owners "spent quite a bit" trying to put things right.
But Ward admits: "As major players build up fleets, there are lots of old ships about. Small companies charter old ships, get cheap labour, buy inexpensive food, cut back training costs and compete on price.
"They have little to spend on marketing and can soon be in a downward spiral. It's like B&B businesses competing with fine country hotels."
Ward advises: "If the price is low, expect a cheap cruise. Anything better must be seen as an unlikely surprise. Cheap cruise companies find it hard to sustain prices, particularly if the economy goes down."
To make life even more puzzling for travellers, better quality cruise lines are changing pricing policies.
The new fashion is to offer food and entertainment within the package price and charge for everything else, including a visit to the bridge.
The worldwide number of passengers on ocean-going ships has climbed from 500,000 in 1970 to 10.4 million in 2000, and the market could hit 15 million.
Before you book a "bargain", says Ward, ask why prices have fallen. Demand may be low because word has got around that quality is poor.
The Berlitz Guide to Cruising details the age and condition of each ship, but then you have to find out how many "extras" must be paid for - like drinks, photographs, spa treatments or even sending e-mails.
:: The 2002 Berlitz Guide to Cruising is published in November and will cost #16.95.


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Auction Insights with Nigel Kirk
'It must be so interesting', voiced with a hint of envy is the usual response when people learn what I 'do'. Two reasons why stand out. Auctions are an endlessly interesting merry-go-round of art and antiques by which knowledge – I dislike the over-used 'expertise' – is both informed and broadened but also the excitement that comes from objects that are a tangible manifestation of history. I hope you enjoy these weekly blogs.
November Highlights12th December 2017
The November Fine Art Sale. Highlights from a particularly busy few weeks at The Auction...
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Witold Kawalec23rd October 2017
Witold Kawalec was born in Poland and fought with the Polish Resistance in World War Two...
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Marconi16th October 2017
A small black box turned up last week, what looked like a bizarre gadget inside proved...
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George Brough9th October 2017
A little piece of motorcycling history goes under the hammer next month
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Auction Fever3rd October 2017
Last month's hugely successful Fine Art Sale saw demand reach fever pitch for the best...
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Nehru18th September 2017
I could hardly believe my ears when I asked the owner whose they originally were "They...
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When the Beatles came to Nottingham12th September 2017
Do you remember 1963...?
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Victorian Shop Signs4th September 2017
Our receptionist Lorna with a Victorian tobacconists shop figure
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Mouse in the Auction House7th August 2017
From Country cottages to great cathedrals you can see Robert Thompson's 'Mouse' signature
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We quantify the long-term predictability of global mean daily temperature data by means of the Renyi entropy of second order K-2. We are interested in the yearly amplitude fluctuations of the temperature. Hence, the data are low- pass filtered. The obtained oscillatory signal has a more or less constant frequency, depending on the geographical coordinates, but its amplitude fluctuates irregularly. Our estimate of K-2 quantifies the complexity of these amplitude fluctuations. We compare the results obtained for the CRU data set (interpolated measured temperature in the years 1901- 2003 with 0.5 degrees resolution, Mitchell et al., 2005(1)) with the ones obtained for the temperature data from a coupled ocean-atmosphere global circulation model (AOGCM, calculated at DKRZ). Furthermore, we compare the results obtained by means of K-2 with the linear variance of the temperature data
We propose a new approach to calculate recurrence plots of multivariate time series, based on joint recurrences in phase space. This new method allows to estimate dynamical invariants of the whole system, like the joint Renyi entropy of second order. We use this entropy measure to quantitatively study in detail the phase synchronization of two bidirectionally coupled chaotic systems and identify different types of transitions to chaotic phase synchronization in dependence on the coupling strength and the frequency mismatch. By means of this analysis we find several new phenomena, such a chaos-period-chaos transition to phase synchronization for rather large coupling strengths. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
A probabilistic risk assessment for the vulnerability of the European carbon cycle to weather extremes: the ecosystem perspective (2015)
Extreme weather events are likely to occur more often under climate change and the resulting effects on ecosystems could lead to a further acceleration of climate change. But not all extreme weather events lead to extreme ecosystem response. Here, we focus on hazardous ecosystem behaviour and identify coinciding weather conditions. We use a simple probabilistic risk assessment based on time series of ecosystem behaviour and climate conditions. Given the risk assessment terminology, vulnerability and risk for the previously defined hazard are estimated on the basis of observed hazardous ecosystem behaviour. We apply this approach to extreme responses of terrestrial ecosystems to drought, defining the hazard as a negative net biome productivity over a 12-month period. We show an application for two selected sites using data for 1981-2010 and then apply the method to the pan-European scale for the same period, based on numerical modelling results (LPJmL for ecosystem behaviour; ERA-Interim data for climate). Our site-specific results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method, using the SPEI to describe the climate condition. The site in Spain provides an example of vulnerability to drought because the expected value of the SPEI is 0.4 lower for hazardous than for non-hazardous ecosystem behaviour. In northern Germany, on the contrary, the site is not vulnerable to drought because the SPEI expectation values imply wetter conditions in the hazard case than in the non-hazard case. At the pan-European scale, ecosystem vulnerability to drought is calculated in the Mediterranean and temperate region, whereas Scandinavian ecosystems are vulnerable under conditions without water shortages. These first model- based applications indicate the conceptual advantages of the proposed method by focusing on the identification of critical weather conditions for which we observe hazardous ecosystem behaviour in the analysed data set. Application of the method to empirical time series and to future climate would be important next steps to test the approach.
The maximum population, also called Earth's carrying capacity, is the maximum number of people that can live on the food and other resources available on planet Earth. Previous investigations estimated the maximum carrying capacity as large as about 1 trillion people under the assumption that photosynthesis is the limiting process. Here we use a present state-of-the-art dynamic global vegetation model with managed planetary land surface, Lund-Potsdam-Jena managed Land (LPJmL), to calculate the yields of the most productive crops on a global 0.5 degrees x 0.5 degrees grid. Using the 2005 crop distribution the model predicts total harvested calories that are sufficient for the nutrition of 11.4 billion people. We define scenarios where humankind uses the whole land area for agriculture, saves the rain forests and the boreal evergreen forests or cultivates only pasture to feed animals. Every scenario is run in an extreme version with no allowance for urban and recreational needs and in two soft versions with a certain area per person for non-agricultural use. We find that there are natural limits of the maximum carrying capacity which are independent of any increase in agricultural productivity, if non-agricultural land use is accounted for. Using all land planet Earth can sustain 282 billion people. The save-forests-scenario yields 150 billion people. The scenario that cultivates only pasture to feed animals yields 96 billion people. Nevertheless, we should always have in mind that all our calculated numbers for the carrying capacity refer to extreme scenarios where humankind may only vegetate on this planet. Our numbers are considerably higher than the general median estimate of upper bounds of human population found in the literature in the order of 10 billion.
Stability of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of G1 777 A, HD 72659, G1 614, 47 Uma and HD 4208 (2004)
We have undertaken a thorough dynamical investigation of five extrasolar planetary systems using extensive numerical experiments. The systems Gl 777 A, HD 72659, Gl 614, 47 Uma and HD 4208 were examined concerning the question of whether they could host terrestrial-like planets in their habitable zones (HZ). First we investigated the mean motion resonances between fictitious terrestrial planets and the existing gas giants in these five extrasolar systems. Then a fine grid of initial conditions for a potential terrestrial planet within the HZ was chosen for each system, from which the stability of orbits was then assessed by direct integrations over a time interval of 1 million years. For each of the five systems the 2-dimensional grid of initial conditions contained 80 eccentricity points for the Jovian planet and up to 160 semimajor axis points for the fictitious planet. The computations were carried out using a Lie-series integration method with an adaptive step size control. This integration method achieves machine precision accuracy in a highly efficient and robust way, requiring no special adjustments when the orbits have large eccentricities. The stability of orbits was examined with a determination of the Renyi entropy, estimated from recurrence plots, and with a more straightforward method based on the maximum eccentricity achieved by the planet over the 1 million year integration. Additionally, the eccentricity is an indication of the habitability of a terrestrial planet in the HZ; any value of e > 0.2 produces a significant temperature difference on a planet's surface between apoapse and periapse. The results for possible stable orbits for terrestrial planets in habitable zones for the five systems are: for Gl 777 A nearly the entire HZ is stable, for 47 Uma, HD 72659 and HD 4208 terrestrial planets can survive for a sufficiently long time, while for Gl 614 our results exclude terrestrial planets moving in stable orbits within the HZ. Studies such as this one are of primary interest to future space missions dedicated to finding habitable terrestrial planets in other stellar systems. Assessing the likelihood of other habitable planets, and more generally the possibility of other life, is the central question of astrobiology today. Our investigation indicates that, from the dynamical point of view, habitable terrestrial planets seem to be compatible with many of the currently discovered extrasolar systems


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Everyone knows a dad who's obsessed with DIY. Whether he's your dad, your kids' dad, or even a friend's dad, there's always one who loves nothing more than building and fixing things. If he's got one tool kit too many, here's what to get him this Father's Day…
Next time he's painting a fence, or putting up a shelf, he can do it whilst enjoying a brew out of a mug with your face on! I mean, really, which dad wouldn't want that?
How incredible is this portable BBQ?! Just don't forget to buy him some burgers too…
I'm pretty sure any green-fingered dad would relish the idea of growing his own pizza toppings! Not only will he get the satisfaction of eating the pizza, but knowing he grew the toppings too.
Clinique For Men Essentials Kit
Think your dad could maybe take care of his skin a little bit better? Especially if your old man does a lot of outdoor DIY, he should really be protecting his skin against the sun with a daily SPF. This Clinique for Men set would be a great way of encouraging him to start a skincare routine.
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I've been wrestling with the material for 2 years and am continuously awed and surprised by how much evidence there is to support my claims – Satan as the hero of Paradise Lost was the obvious conclusion of any sane reader until a small group of wacky conservatives convinced the world to stop listening to him.
I'm knee deep in research and plan to be neck deep by summer 2014. With luck, the whole manuscript will be done in the fall and I can have the book printed by the end of 2014.
Please join the mailing list to get a review copy, or poke around my heretical musings at www.holyblasphemy.net
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I found this awesome drawing that teaches you how to sketch animals. I like this sketch because it's of an elephant. The sketching is done slowly, so that you can follow what he is doing. The artist's name is 'markcrilley', and he is talented. I think if you enjoy sketching animals, you will love watching the action take place in this video.
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This is an adorable picture of Lily with the two Disney autograph books I decorated for her to take on her first trip, back in April.
Lily and her mom, Pam, had a great time and she got many, many signatures! Pam has already finished Lily's autograph scrapbook, and it is fabulous!! Now she is working on the actual Disney trip, and the pages are turning out great, as well!
I am so glad that Pam and Lily experienced the magic of Disney, because I know that Alyssa and I will never forget it!


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Cisco & Romtelecom
Cisco wanted to promote its partnership with Romtelecom, the country's #1 landline operator and Cisco's main partner, and to raise awareness about Romtelecom's having achieved the highest Cisco certifications.
Ogre put together an integrated marketing campaign, with a focus on lead generation.
Desired outcome
Raise awareness of the high-profile partnership and potentially generate leads.
More than 150 leads totaling an opportunities of more than $2 million, with a geographic distribution of 30 counties (out of Romania's total of 41). The campaign reached a total of 15000 large and medium enterprises in Romania.
Main components
A campaign micro-site, demand generation, email marketing, telemarketing, database marketing, case studies.
The campaign lasted for 3 months and was managed entirely by Ogre. Leads were delivered to both companies in SFDC format


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Now that I've finally managed to upload Willow the Vampire and the Sacred Grove onto Kindle (despite the wretched formatting still not having worked properly when converting to mobi), I can devote my energies to the world of mustalids again.
Before one gentle reader blows another gasket because my last blog post didn't mention ferrets, here is FERRET in all its versatile mustalid glory!
Among the very few good memories I have of my time working and living in London are the occasional unexpected animal encounters. During my lunch hour, hurrying along Marylebone High Street, I would once in a while walk past an unfeasibly large chap with safety pins through his ears and nose, spiky hair and tattoos all over his bulky arms, who'd come towards me with an outstretched arm, his palm turned upwards as if to beg for money.
Upon closer inspection, however, his shovel-sized hand contained a sleeping ferret, curled up, snoozing, breathing deeply, its paws and whiskers twitching with whatever adventure it was going through in its dreams.
Whenever I'm tempted to make rash judgments upon meeting a person for the first time, I remind myself of this hulk, who outwardly looked like something out of a horror movie, but who clearly had such a gentle heart when it came to animals that he couldn't bring himself to disturb the slumber of his little friend. Having said that…Hitler adored his two German shepherd dogs…that didn't stop him from poisoning one of them, just to see how fast a suicide pill would work.
When I later moved to Telegraph Hill (about ten mins. walk from New Cross Gate station), I discovered a young woman who regularly walked her ferrets in Telegraph Hill Park. The little creatures followed her placidly on a leash, scampering here and there, sniffing out the world's secrets.
For anyone thinking of adopting a ferret or two as pets, here in the UK there's the British Ferret Club along with various other organisations, which can help out with information on how best to look after these splendid little animals.
Ferrets in captivity can live between 6 and 12 years. They are carnivores like all the other mustelids and, just like cats, they are exceptionally clean animals with great toiletry habits. Ferrets are approximately 51 cm / 20 inches long with a long bushy tail, cute small ears and a double layer of fur to die for…literally, since mustalids are typically wiped out for two reasons: their lovely soft fur and their excellent hunting skills, which often brought them into conflict with humans.
It is most likely that the ferrets we know today are relatives of the polecat, but it is still undecided if they stem from the European polecat, the Steppe polecat or some animal we don't even know about, yet. Ferrets have been a domesticated mammal for at least 2,500 years – and the reason they became a working pet was their ability to travel down rabbit's burrows and drive them out into the arms of human hunters and the ferret's skilled killing of rodents, in particular rats.
In the wild, the Black-Footed ferret is the most endangered species in all of North America. Until the 1920s some 500,000 individuals are believed to have lived across the North American plains, but systematic extermination of the ferrets' prey, the prairie dog, caused a catastrophic decline, which many believed at the time had led to the ferrets' extinction.
However, in the 1980s a small group of Black-Footed ferrets were discovered. They were entered into a captive breeding program and today there are once again Black-Footed ferrets living in the wild, but they remain threatened by loss of habitat and human intervention with regard to the ferrets' food source.
Ferreting in the metropolis requires careful thought, as these lively creatures need plenty of exercise. In some countries it is even against the law to keep ferrets, because they were either released into the wild or escaped from badly constructed ferret housing and, when they started to breed with local polecat populations, caused damage to the native fauna.
It's not the ferret's fault, our favourite villain…the human creature of the night…is to blame for such irresponsible actions.


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Around the world, lots of people are suffering from the most common form of Arthritis known as "Osteoarthritis". It is caused by the disappearance of the cartilage from the bone, wherein the cartilage is supposed to protect the bone. Though it can happen to any joint in the human body, the most common sites of this disorder are Hands, Knees, Spine or Hips. Because of this disorder, the functioning of joint decreases, severe pain can be found in the concerned area, the affected joint becomes stiff and tender leading to very less flexibility in the joint movement.
Osteoarthritis is a progressive disorder, means it was impossible to stop the deterioration of the symptoms or reverse them. However, thanks to the new form of treatment involving Stem Cell Treatment with PRP doses, it now possible to cure this disorder.
The progression of Osteoarthritis can be slowed down with regular healthy exercise and healthy weight. However, in many cases surgery was required and almost 95% patients do not want to undergo knives due to fear of pain, difficulty, abrasive and unsafe risky procedure and this is where Stem Cell Therapy with PRP comes in useful and this therapy can provide significant results to the patient and it is very safe with no risk or side effects at all. Just not only this, this therapy can permanently stop the symptoms and progression of the disease bringing back the healthier life of the patient.
Knee Osteoarthritis is mostly found in the elder patients above 50 years of age and it is caused by the degenerative disappearance of the cartilage from the joints over the course of many years due to long-term use.
The knee joint is the largest and strongest joint in the human body out of all other joints. The knee joint is also a complex joint as it contains kneecap, shinbone and thighbone end. All these parts meet at the same point. A large
number of articular cartilage needs to be there in the knee joint to make its movement smooth and pain-free. Articular cartilage acts as a necessary cushion to protect the bones from scratching each other.
Knee joint and its cartilage are continuously in motion during many daily routine activities like walking, climbing stairs, driving, etc. Due to many years of continuous use, the knee joint and cartilage become fray making it rough
and the cartilage disappears, hence the required protective shield is gone and the space between bones becomes less which causes various symptoms which progresses over time making the life of the patient difficult or maybe worse.
PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) dose is one of the significantly effective treatment methods for Osteoarthritis patients with the Knee problem. PRP doses are also useful for various other conditions like tendon disorder, joint degeneration,
cartilage defects, etc.
The procedure of PRP begins with taking the patient's blood sample and putting it in the centrifuge for the processing. When this is done, the blood sample is now filled with lots of platelets which are used during the treatment because
of their anti-inflammatory and healing properties. The sample is then injected directly into the affected area like Knee. Now, the blood plasma replaces the damaged or missing cartilage leading to the symptom and problem decrease.
The severe pain which was earlier is also reduced along with the swelling in the joint. The patient can start experiencing improved balance and stability. The movement of the joint also becomes better and pain-free. After this treatment,
the patient can bend joints and legs to their full contraction and extension. The patient can walk now easily keeping it active for the longer duration. The patient will not feel problem anymore in walking or climbing stairs, doing
squat or normal exercises.
PRP injections have showed guaranteed results in many patients including famous athletes, celebrities and famous people around the world and it is believed to be the future of Osteoarthritis treatment. This is the reason, almost all the
patients prefer to undergo stem cell therapy with PRP for Osteoarthritis rather than any other treatment or surgery.
Along with the PRP injections, the patient will be required to undergo stem cell therapy also because stem cell treatment makes the regeneration of the tissues, even more, stronger and healthy to its fullest because along with the other
unique abilities, the stem cells have the special power to carry out healing and anti-inflammatory properties. One more benefit of stem cell therapy is that it can make the patients immune system better thus speeding up the rebuilding
and regeneration system of the organism which will ultimately help in the improvement of the damaged area quickly.
The whole procedure is very safe, reliable, risk-free and painless. The patient will start experiencing the improvements in their condition within 3 – 4 weeks of the stem cell treatment which will gradually keep on going up during the
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For some, the similarities between mythicists and creationists outweigh the differences, while for others the reverse seems to be true. The latter tend to get very upset when the comparison is made.
And so perhaps it is only fair that I emphasize from time to time one of the differences between mythicists and creationists. Having been one of the latter for a while during my teens, and having interacted critically with members of both constituencies in recent years, I think I finally have a clear difference.
Mythicists are more entertaining.
I will offer two recent examples, and save the best (the more hilarious and shorter of the two) for last.
First, commenter NatePe suggested that the book From Reliable Sources by Martha Howell and Walter Prevenier as providing a good presentation of the methods that are used by historians – and which allegedly are not used by those who study the historical Jesus. In response, I mentioned that I not only am familiar with the book, but had myself offered it in the past more than once as an example of the sorts of methods I have in mind when I talk about historical study in general and research on the historical figure of Jesus in particular. NatePe questioned whether I had read the same book as him.
At that point, another commenter Nehemias chimed in to remind us about this passage from the book:
"Although work like Carlyle's is surely naive, it is also a mistake to un-derestimate the effect an individual can have. Imagine what today's world would be like had Mohammed, Confucius, or Christ not lived, if Marx had not written, if there had been no Hitler!"" (Martha Howell and Walter Previnier, From Reliable Sources, page 141)
But even more hilarious than a mythicist trying to quote in mythicism's favor a source that mentions and takes for granted the consensus of historians regarding Jesus, were these words uttered by Neil Godfrey in a recent comment: "This thread has all gone totally off the planet and, neutral bystander that I am, I do believe the fault lies with those who are determined to find fault with and attack anyone on the mythicist side of the fence."
Since words seem insufficient in response to Godfrey's self-description as a "neutral bystander," I offer instead the following instructional poster illustrating the response that I consider most appropriate:


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For those who get pleasure from your backyard garden you can prolong your enjoyment into night and nighttime with creative outdoor garden lighting. Here are just a few extra of the perfect photo voltaic powered landscape & patio lights for sale, in case the objects reviewed above don't match the bill for what you need. This is amongst my favorites of the nativity scenes, with the celebration and worship of the Savior coming into the world wonderfully displayed.
Outdoor Christmas decorations are always a great hit with household, pals and people passing by to get pleasure from it, and when setting out a nativity scene for individuals who recognize and acknowledge that Christmas is a Christian celebration of the beginning of Jesus Christ the Savior coming into the world, those that adhere to that belief will get encouragement and pleasure from seeing an awesome ornamental scene displayed in your yard.
Holiday yard artwork can also be one thing many producers provide for those of us much less artful or skillful in utilizing tools, and plenty of of those offerings of Christmas yard artwork are very nicely performed, and one thing you wouldn't thoughts showcasing in your yard at all.
And not using a flue the fireside fumes will most likely not deplete enough oxygen to cause bodily harm but the fumes will circulate from the hearth with the heat and the area close to the fireside will scent bad and diminish the enjoyment of sitting across the fire.
Utilizing greater than three sets of lights with one extension chord isn't really useful as there might be the next threat of an electrical fault or fire occurring. You don't have to be a great artist or designer to make compelling Christmas yard artwork, and you do not have to create all these colorful and troublesome designs when nice looking Christmas decorations like these will be made. It's best to know your purpose for getting as a way to select the perfect lighting fixture that may tackle your wants. However just because the kinds of outdoor jobs you can get vary, so do the salaries, educational requirements and the locales where you may work. The outside lights are sometimes bronze or earth toned with warmer glass that is not clear. You, your loved ones and company turn into the audience on your outdoor backyard scenes.


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PC Advisor is here to help you get a bargain desktop PC for less than £500. Each month we source, test and review hundreds of technology products, bringing you independent reviews of the very best kit you can buy.
Below you'll find invaluable, straightforward buying advice, so you can ask the right questions when you make a purchase. And on the next page we've got in-depth reviews of the very best five desktop PCs you can buy right now without breaking the bank.
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Budget desktop PCs: buying advice
Processor: Intel's Core 2 Duo E8500 is a popular choice at this price point, although slower processors such as the E8400 will still be fast enough for most users. Lower-cost alternatives include the Intel E7000- and E4000-series chips, although these offer weaker performance at any given clock speed.
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Memory: In this Vista-dominated age, 2GB of RAM is a minimum requirement. You may be able to make do with 1GB, but we wouldn't recommend it. The bulk of sub-£500 PCs are now fitted with 4GB.
Make sure you're getting the full benefit of the memory - some onboard graphics controllers use system memory, which will slow things down. Check your motherboard has free memory slots if you plan to upgrade later.
Storage: You can never have too much storage space. Digital media content such as video and music files will quickly fill a reasonably sized hard drive, so buy the biggest you can. A 320GB drive is a good investment, although hard-drive space is relatively easy to add later.
If you're planning to upgrade hard drives internally, make sure you've got enough free drive bays in your system case.
Look for a DVD drive that can write to the -R/+R formats at 16-speed or better. If you want to copy 8.5GB at once, get a drive that can write to DVD-R DL and +R DL at 12- and eight-speed respectively. Keep an eye out for 22-speed models.
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Flat-panel: PC manufacturers have to make compromises to keep prices down and often start with the monitor. But you don't want to spend all your computing time looking at a poor-quality display.
All the PCs in our chart come with flat-panels. The most common size is 19in - the quality of larger monitors is unlikely to be high at this price. Look for a monitor with a DVI or HDMI digital connector to ensure the best picture quality. Make sure the PC has one too.
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Graphics card: With the best graphics cards retailing for £300 or £400, a sub-£500 PC is unlikely to satisfy a hardcore gamer. Nonetheless, some sub-£500 PCs come with decent cards.
You should be looking for PCs that can produce 50fps if you're going to be playing games - 70fps or 80fps is better still.
Current dollar prices have made it harder to build decent systems for under £500 and this month we're seeing slower graphics cards provided in all the chart systems. The usual 9800 GT and 9600 GT have been replaced by the 9500 GT.
Those in the ATI camp have seen the HD 4670 replaced by the HD 4650, which offers correspondingly lower performance. For nVidia and ATI cards, always look for a 1GB model rather than the 512MB version.
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Sound card and speakers: You're unlikely to get a standalone sound card at this price. Most motherboards have built-in chips that can handle six-channel sound. To get the best out of them, you'll need a 5.1-channel system (five speakers and a subwoofer), but you're unlikely to get surround speakers at this price point.
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Ope: An Anthologycommission
Working with curator Claire English (of FX Plus) and supported by Book Works, London-based arts publishers, Penryn-based Sea Post Press (Penryn) have produced an illustrated collection of new, site-specific writing about the 'Ope' (Cornish Alley).
The publication includes work by Exeter students and graduates, as well as other regional writers of different stages in their careers and a foreword by Poet and University of Exeter Lecturer in Creative Writing, Dr John Wedgwood Clarke. Ope: An Anthology, is available through booksellers across Cornwall and Devon, in the University's library and available for purchase from here.


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Reviewed by: Robbye Fielden
What advice do you have for new and growing Christians? Answer
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Homosexual behavior versus the Bible: Are people born gay? Does homosexuality harm anyone? Is it anyone's business? Are homosexual and heterosexual relationships equally valid?
|Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Craig Kilborn
|Dennis Dugan
|Todd Garner, Derek Dauchy, Jack Giarraputo
|Sony Pictures
"It's never too late to take a stand."
Nerds are known for their complete lack of sports abilities. When Gus (Rob Schneider) and Clark (Jon Heder) see a whole little league team bullying some young nerds for the use of the baseball field, they step in to defend the recipients of "beef stew" (flatulence directed at the victim's face). The encounter creates a desire to play a quick game of baseball, but when Gus and Clark return to the field with their friend, Richie (David Spade), they instead find themselves playing the young baseball team of bullies for rights to the field. Gus has enough baseball skills to defeat the arrogant athletes, and they celebrate a victory for nerds everywhere.
After a celebratory dinner of pizza, Gus, Richie, and Clark encounter the millionaire father of one of the nerds they had protected earlier that day. The grateful dad, Mel (Jon Lovitz), devises a plan to give all nerds the freedom to play ball anytime they want. He asks this newly formed baseball team, who he dubs The Benchwarmers, to play in a tournament against the meanest teams in the state. He ensures all teams' participation by offering a brand-new, multi-million dollar stadium to the winner.
Needless to say, when the stereotypical mean and arrogant jocks are pitted against the stereotypical nose-picking nerds, a great deal of trash-talking ensues. Unfortunately, the trash talking is not limited to sports abilities; instead, both the nerds and the jocks resort to insulting weight ("good catcher of doughnuts in your mouth") or lack of sexual experience (with a reference to a blow up doll), among other things. The members of The Benchwarmers team incur other nicknames and insults such as, "The Three Muske-queers," "douche bags," "a retarded paper boy," and "a gay video store clerk."
There are two incidents of violence associated with this rivalry: A baseball team tackles Clark after his bat unintentionally damages their coach's car. And a jock knocks the head off of a sports store mannequin after trash-talking with Richie and Clark.
As The Benchwarmers prepare for the tournament, their trainer employs several pranks to improve their baseball skills. For speed, the group rings doorbells and runs away as fast as possible. For hand-eye coordination, they practice mailbox baseball while standing in the back of a moving truck. (Kids, don't try this at home). Additional pranks seen or mentioned in other parts of the movie include (but are not limited to) pulling another player's pants down during a baseball game, attacking others with animal feces, wedgies, titty-twisters, and the aforementioned "beef stew."
The movie contains several other potentially objectionable incidents. Early in the movie, Richie is working as a video store clerk and is discussing a movie recommendation with a client. She complains about the lesbian sex scenes in the movie, and his response is, "Isn't it hot?" One of Richie's co-workers is an elderly man who uses a walker, forgets his pants, and flips his middle finger at Richie. At another point in the movie, one team of jocks, who find themselves losing to The Benchwarmers, bribes the umpire to allow a drunk Puerto Rican jock (yet another stereotype) to join the game. In order to outsmart this late addition to the roster, Richie sends his agoraphobic brother, Howie (Nick Swardson), to the store for beer and tequila and provides it to his rival as a "gift." The Puerto Rican man is also seen smoking during the game and extinguishing the cigarette on his tongue.
Another undertone that may offend viewers is the implication that one of the jock coaches is homosexual. He is seen on several occasions with a man in a Speedo, and, though no statements are made to confirm their sexuality, the man in the Speedo asks if anyone wants to wrestle. The homosexual undertones carry to a few of the other jocks as well.
Of the three Benchwarmers, we learn the most about the non-baseball life of Gus. There is a sub-plot involving Gus and his wife's Liz's (Molly Sims) desire to conceive a child. There are discussions involving ovulation, timing of the sexual act, and going "all the way." The couple is also depicted in the bedroom together (he in his boxers and she in a silk nightgown), but there is no hint of sexual activity in the scene. In another risqué scene, Liz is in the shower while she and Gus continue the discussion about a child. At the end of the scene, he joins her in the shower.
There are approximately four uses of sh**, five uses of a**, one use of he**, and two uses of a form of the word bi***. There are also occasional slang references to male and female anatomy.
In the midst of the language and crude and suggestive humor that earned this movie its rating, there are some lessons taught through the plot. One character states that "life's about learning lessons." A pivotal scene involves Gus having to see the results of a poor choice that he made earlier in life and apologize for those actions. The audience is told that, "life is too short to harbor hatred." Unlike many movies today, this movie doesn't hide the consequences of bad behavior. The take-away message is that bullying hurts, and everyone deserves a chance to play baseball and be cheered on by a crowd. These aspects of the story could lend themselves to discussions of how we must all face the consequences of our actions, but we can be free of the eternal punishment of sin through faith in Christ. Christ offers us forgiveness when we believe in Him and ask for His forgiveness.
The trailers for this movie are not misleading. It is a slapstick sort of humor that deserves its PG-13 rating "for crude and suggestive humor, and for language". Expecting any real moral content from this film will lead to disappointment, as its value is in the humor alone. In this reviewers' opinion, it is not appropriate for viewers under 13, even with parental supervision. Mature teenagers can probably handle the content and recognize the inappropriate behavior so as not to repeat it. As always, it would be ideal if an adult can view the movie with a teen in order to facilitate a discussion at a later time. As for adults, if you enjoy other films from Happy Madison Productions (the production company that Adam Sandler began — "Grandma's Boy," "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo," "The Longest Yard," "50 First Dates," "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star," etc.), this will be up your alley. As a nerd myself, I enjoyed some laughs.


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All the beads you need to clean are placed in a tray of water to cover them. Take the first bead from the water and put the pin into the hole and move the bead along the pin. Remove , dip the bead in water and repeat from the other side . Dip in water and dry, blow any water that is in the hole off the bead.
The point of the pin is bald. No scratching of the glass when looking for the hole. The pin must always be kept wet. Never work too long without dipping the pin in water. If the bead is not cleaned the powder will slowly come out while you are wearing your new necklace.
The new Bald Pin Reamer has a pin length of 40 mm and it is app 2 mm diameter. At the base of the pin is a cone shape.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
DJ Set: All Dogs Go to Taco Hut
After much procrastination, I finally sorted out some issues vis-a-vis various pieces of software and got a new mix recorded last night. It's not what I had originally planned, and it gets off to a shaky start, but there are some pretty dope cuts on this and I think you'll like it.
The track list I originally planned got trampled on by a couple of small dogs. True story. I was keeping the volume a little lower than usual out of courtesy to my neighbors (the hour, she was late), and our two terrier chihuahuas were feeling anxious. Every time they ran into or out of the room, the tags on their collars jingled, I lost be ability to hear the hi-hats and handclaps in the music, and the beat matching went right out the window.
After two false starts, I just scrapped my playlist and threw this together to give my frustration level a more appropriate soundtrack. Download the mixed set here, then go get the individual tracks you like below.
track list
- Boys Noize - Jeffer (download)
- Alex Gopher - Handguns (Dada Life remix) (download)
- The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful (SebastiAn remix) (download)
- Bloc Party - Signs (Armand van Helden remix) (totally fucking ill-ass video mbNSFW)
- Empire of the Sun - We Are The People (The Golden Filter remix) (download)
- Simian Mobile Disco - 3 Pin Dip (download)
- The Sisters of Transistors - The Don (Acid Girls Grey Disco remix) (download)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (Johnny Roxx remixx) (download)
- Das Racist - Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell (download)
.:Download All Dogs Go to Taco Hut:.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
"It seems somehow disconcerting to be told that your life, all your hopes, triumphs, and aspirations simply arise from the activity of neurons in your brain. But far from being humiliating, this idea is ennobling, I think. Science—cosmology, evolution, and especially the brain sciences—is telling us that we have no privileged position in the universe and that our sense of having a private nonmaterial soul 'watching the world' is an illusion…. Once you realize that far from being a spectator, you are in fact part of the eternal ebb and flow of events in the cosmos, this realization is very liberating."
V.S. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D. - Phantoms in the Brain
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Short Story: SK8R
Trudge slumped idly on the skull of the giant, the sandstorm fading away over the western horizon behind him. His deck – what little of it he managed to hold onto – lay in ruins at his feet. He was alone. He was always alone, though, when he stopped to really think about it. But the company of others – friends, strangers, lovers—kept him from thinking about it, kept him from being lonely.
He was lonely.
He had seen Aresian sandstorms before, but none like the one that had just taken his arm.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Things have been a little wacky lately and I haven't been particularly music- or writing-focused for about a week. Part of this has to do with the fact that Back Alley Social is (apparently) still renovating their back room and I haven't had a space in which to play out. Another part of it is that my girlfriend bought her first house—a really beautiful, but beaten, Victorian-style home built in the year 1900—and I spent some time over there yesterday yanking out subflooring and inhaling dust. Everywhere, renovation.
Then there's school, and let me tell you, being a 30-year-old dude who is working full-time and taking community college classes online can fill up significant chunks of life at a time.
So I guess you could say I've been preoccupied. I was hoping to have a new mix up for you guys today, but Audition wasn't cooperating over the weekend and I preferred to just play records to myself than mess with software issues.
Right now, though, I'm ear-to-the-ground for new opportunities to play out. If you know a bar or club in Austin who wants a DJ, take just a moment to assure them that I don't drop R&B or top-40 pop, then send them to me! Or send me to them, shoot, either way.
Thanks for hanging with me, Internets. Look forward to some good music and some new fiction in coming weeks.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Short Story: Joachim
A little, uh, contemporary fiction for you guys…
My name's Joachim and I work at the Subway at the mall. I make sandwiches. It's pretty good.
So okay when I was at work this lady comes up and asks for my six inch special of the day, which is kind of to my mind you know a little dirty-sounding but anyway it was Friday so that means she wanted a tuna fish salad sandwich. Some people say they want "my" coldcut combo and it is confusing to me because it is not my sandwich, it is just a sandwich, right? When you come and say to me to "give me your six inch special" it makes me wonder if I am to take off my pants which I will not do at work.
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Monday, August 03, 2009
Using Serato with Adobe Audition
I love Adobe Audition for reasons most people don't understand unless they're CoolEdit users from way back. I basically only use the thing to record mixed DJ sets to MP3 since it includes a few features that make it relatively easy to normalize a waveform and reduce vinyl hiss/system hum noise.
Since I made the transition to Serato, I've been looking forward to recording a new set with a mixture of joy and dread. Previously, I only had to worry about system overhead for one application (Audition) and USB controller bandwidth for one device (my Behringer UCA-202 audio interface). Add Serato to that, and what additional complications could arise, I wondered?
Not much! Turns out, all of the above is quite well-handled by a newish Dell Studio laptop…running Vista, even! Until, that is, I started recording.
I tried a test, got the record playing, armed a track, and started recording. I switched back to Serato to load another track, checked Audition, and found that it had stopped recording! What?
Adobe Audition 3 stops recording when minimized or when a different window takes focus.
Fortunately, there is a simple…
- Click Edit -> Audio Hardware Setup
- Uncheck the box labeled "Release ASIO Driver in Background"
Yep, it's just that simple. Like an idiot, I overlooked this checkbox about a dozen times before I found this solution on the Hydrogen Audio forums. Thanks, folks!
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