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The Strain Recap S1E1: Night Zero
It's the series we've been anticipating since the announcement, and its finally here. Will it live up to the hype and do the books justice is yet to be seen!
There is a hunger in the world that is rising, an unquenchable one, and it's not human. A plane is preparing to land and everything seems quiet. And everything is relatively normal as the stewardess tells various passengers to turn off their electronics or put their chairs back in their upright positions. In the back of the plane, it's a mess. The other steward is freaking out because he thinks he heard something moving in the cargo hold of the plane. He makes the woman investigate. She doesn't see anything, but when she closes the hold, there's clearly something inside, and it breaks out. What the hell is that?
On the ground the plane, they notice the plane has shut down, completely still on the runway, and Bishop goes to investigate before the first responders arrive. The plane is cold to the touch, like a dead animal. All of the window blinds are closed but one. The CDC is called. They've got a dead airplane.
In Astoria Queens. Ephraim from the CDC heads into the Family Counseling Center. His son, Zach is glad to see him and wishes him luck. He's late. He's been busy with the latest outbreak, but they aren't cutting him any slack. He's great at his job, Kelly tells him but he's failing at everything else, not for lack of trying. He's making changes, he's quit drinking. His ex points out that her current excels at his job too, but he's there for them all the time. Ephraim is willing to quit his job anything or his family. His phone rings off the hook, and she points out that that is the problem. He has to take it though, it's about the plane. And to make matters worse, he's gotten a parking ticket.
Ephraim arrives onsite. Over two hundred people have been sitting on that plane in complete silence for an hour. Ephraim cannot believe it. The landing took six minutes, and the onsite team thinks that the CDC should take a back seat to the investigation. Ephraim makes the men think about the fast spread of a virus, and makes them rethink being the first ones through the door.
Manhattan. A man comes into a pawn shop. He want to know if the man will buy something without a receipt, and pawn shop owner, Abraham Setrakian tells him that he's always looking for good silver. He looks at the watch, and the man tries to steal from his cash box. Abraham grabs him through the glass and holds him by knifepoint. He makes the man rethink his life decisions, and his friend is forced to hand over his gun. The man steal something on his way out, but Abraham has a new gun. On the TV he hears about the dead plane, and he slides into his hidden room. Down the steps he goes, inside he has some nifty trinkets, including a pretty nice can sword. He knows something is back as he looks at a dead heart in chloroform. He's unsure if he has the strength to do this again, but This time he vows not to fail. He opens the jar, and spills a few drops into the water. Little tentacles come out of the heart, and go crazy for the spilt blood.
Ephraim and Nora suit up and head into the plane. She tries to give him words of encouragement about his family situation, and realizes that he really knows little about women. Ephraim and Nora had inside. The plane is beyond dead. It looks as if every passenger, everyone on the plane is dead. There are no signs of struggle, agents or bruising. They check the readings, trying to finds some cause of death. Everyone looks to be asleep, all but the little girl. She has her eyes open. Ephraim checks her to find some clues, but it only leads to more questions. They use some UV lights, which shows some substance splattered throughout the cabin. One of the passengers twitch, not everyone is dead after all, but Ephraim and Nora don't see the movement. Ephraim finds the cargo compartment open. It looks to be where the substance leads from. Inside, the substance is everywhere. Nora finds the cockpit open. She enters, and from her radio Jim tells her that she should not be inside, to get out of there, but she doesn't listen. Jim notifies Ephraim. One of the pilot awakes, startling her, and as Ephraim rushes to her side, there are others awake. Jim prepares to call SWAT, but Ephraim orders paramedics for the survivors. He should have called SWAT, the survivors are gonna be a problem!
At the StoneHeart Group, Thomas Eichorst goes to the top lab and Eldritch Palmer. A line has been crossed that cannot be uncrossed Eldritch tells him, and Thomas likes the sound of that.
Ephraim shows Everett just how bad it is. The bodies are being bagged, tagged, and will be autopsied. The four survivors will be quarantined, but Everett wants to make certain that Ephraim is prepared to meet with the families. Everett is more concerned with public scare, than with potential outbreak.
Mrs. Lester is being less cooperative. She 's sealed into her own room, as all of the survivors are being kept separately. Ephraim and Nora question the survivors, trying to get any clues they can. They ask if there was a distinct smell or anything. The survivors want answers, but they have none. Ephraim gets called to look at something they found.
In the cargo hold there was an oddly carved box, its not on the manifest though. Standing it's nine feet tall. Tony has it turned onto its side, and they open it. The chances of it loaded unchecked and unlisted are next to impossible. Nora sees that it has a latch on the inside. Ephraim wants to know who put this on the Plane.
The news continues to report about the airplane. Kelly and Zach watch the news unfold, while her boyfriend tries to get her attention elsewhere. Zach heads off to bed, but not before texting his father to check on him. He tries to assure his son that he's fine. Nora prepares him to speak with the quarantined people's families.
There's no record of the box, and the air port where it originated from makes excuses why they can't try to look into its origins. An Airport employee hears some odd noises, and he goes to investigate. Passing through doors he finds a heap, and blood everywhere. The thing grabs him, draining the body, before violently smashing his head. In the cheesiest effect yet it runs out screeching into the night. The episode has been fantastic right up until that retreat.
Harlem, Manhattan. Thomas enlists the help of a gang to retrieve the box. The thugs big talk doesn't faze him, and he gives the man his walking orders. He gives the man everything he needs to pull off the job. He's used thug power before, but he needs to make sure that all instructions are followed, and to that end, he puts the man's family on the line. He tries to walk away, and Thomas isn't what he seems with an odd twitch of the eyes. Thomas convinces the man otherwise, and issues three rules. No opening the cargo, drive fast, and deliver before sunrise.
JFK airport. Abraham arrives to the chaotic scene. Families are fantic, Bolivar's fan are chanting for him. Abraham zeroes in on Jim who is trying to coordinate security. From his pocket he pulls a medication vial to get close to Jim. The ruse works.
Everett gives Ephraim the passenger manifest and throws him into the lion's den. The press close in hungry for any news. Ephraim begins the press conference. Kelly watches from home. The press all yell trying to get a question in, but he silences them. He's not there for reassurances, but to deliver what he knows. 203 passengers are dead, and 4 are alive. They have no clue how they died, but that it looks like they died peacefully. One of the men punches Ephraim, he's a distraught father. He wants to see his daughter. In 48 hours, more answers will be available.
Ephraim and Nora call the morgue for answers. The bodies haven't been processed yet, but he's found an incision in one of the necks, deep enough to puncture the carotid artery. Spot check of six others, show the exact same wound in the exact same place. The other intriguing finding is what looks like milk in the bodies. There are no blood in the bodies at all.
Jim tells Ephraim that he'll want to talk to Abraham. Ephraim tries to brush him off, but Abraham will not be silenced. He tells him that he has faced this virus before, and he must be contained. Abraham announces that the bodies are not decomposing normally, and that gets their attention. He tells them that all the bodies dead or alive they must be destroyed. The heads severed, bodies burned. Ephraim lets security restrain him as he yells about the coffin, asking if they have it. Nora listens as he tells them that it isn't too late if they have the coffin, to destroy it, and not let it cross the river.
At the morgue, one of the bodies is examined under UV light. There's a weird webbing that can be seen under the skin.
Nora wonders how the man could have known about the coffin. Ephraim thinks its all crazy talk. He finds a thin worm that tries to pierce their gloves. It's desperate for a host. He boxes his specimen. Good news is that it isn't airborne. Nora finds more of them, and now they're panicked. They run to find the cabinet/coffin and it's gone. Looking over the security footage, its there, and then there's a glitch and its gone. Nora thinks back over Abraham's words. The footage when it disappeared isn't too old, which means the box is still in the airport. He goes to find it.
The thug has a CDC placard in his car, and the box inside. He's not sure what the hell is in the van, but he takes it. Ephraim seals off the parameter of the airport. He wants all vehicles stopped, and Jim gives the orders to stop everything. The van pulls out of the garage, but is stopped. He has all the right ID, and when he hands over the card that Thomas gave him the cop doesn't know what to do with it. The K-9 unit goes nuts, and the cop asks him to step out of the vehicle. He bristles at the order, and Jim comes to see what the commotion is. He sees the card, and okays the vehicle to go past, but not before he gives the thug a message. He's done. Bad move Jim.
The autopsies continue. There are growths on some of the organs. When the heart is weighed, the coroner hears a noise. The heart is full of worms. They crawl out and into his hands. As he tries to get rid of the worms, the dead rise and eat him. Lesson one, never investigate a strange noise, it does not end well.
It's a decent first outing for the Strain, but I just wonder. What the hell is with Ephraim and his milk drinking?


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Nathan Van Hoff, DO
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
"I chose UPMC Hamot for my residency training over the many places I rotated and shadowed as a student not only because I got along with the other residents and attendings, or even that I saw things that most residencies said I'll never see and then saw here, but for the fact that when I rotated here I felt as if I could make it my home; a safe haven for learning and training.
I knew I'd get many chances at procedures and critical cases. That proved right on my very first week as a resident in which I was seeing and helping on one of those critical trauma cases 'I'd never see,' standing shoulder to shoulder with the ED doctor and trauma surgeon with them being overly willing to teach me. The comfort and security I felt from my ED attending and the trauma surgeon solidified my decision to train from them. I wanted these experiences in training for whatever my future job holds.
I knew if I trained here I could work anywhere - a smaller hospital with lower patient volume or a large tertiary center. We get the opportunity to go to Pittsburgh for our PICU, but I feel as though we have a unique niche here, getting plenty of pediatric patients and running the traumas to make me extremely prepared before I even head to Pittsburgh. Didactics are not your typical snoozer but are engaging, with many specialists who come to talk with us and relate relevant information to how we practice in the ED. We also get plenty of skills practice within our didactics, so we're always prepared for the real deal!
Turning to my life out of my new found home here at UPMC Hamot, Erie offers many things for me, my wife, and my three boys to do, such as beaches, hiking, theme parks, water sports, minor league baseball games, snow skiing, ice fishing, ice hockey games, basketball games, and indoor water parks. And if you still need more, we're situated nicely between three large cities: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo. Needless to say, my boys and wife never go without something to do and on my off days they let me tag along. If you choose UPMC Hamot you will not regret it for a second!"
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"This program has been great so far. When I interviewed for the program, I fell in love. Everyone was so welcoming and seemed like a large family, which I was looking for. I'm now so grateful to be part of the great family of UPMC Hamot emergency medicine residents. The attendings are also very welcoming and enjoy teaching. The entire hospital is welcoming of us as residents. In the ED, you are definitely never short of patients to see and learn from. So much pathology comes through the doors that you will constantly be learning. There are tons of procedures available to do. I've also fallen in love with Erie. I'm originally from Texas and people are always asking how I could like Erie and its weather. Well, I love the seasons and there is so much to do here. It very much has the feel of a small town with big city amenities. The UPMC Hamot Emergency Medicine Residency Program provides great training and I'm so glad to be a part of it!"
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Working a temp job.
I am now the (not) proud daughter of two cancer patients. And I got 3 job rejections.
Ooooooooother than that, nice day today.
Ah, Jen! That is so much bad news. I am so sorry to hear about your parents. I know how down you've been about the job situation. I'm sure it's bitterly disappointing and a blow to morale to get 3 rejections like that.
At least you have a temp job now to help with things. Hopefully regain some job confidence. Is there a potential for it to go perm., in the future?
It was $165K. $31K was just the price tag for the dining set. WTAF. Absolute bullshit.short+sassy said:
More government ranting...
Do you all remember when Ben Carson did his big tour of HUD housing across the U.S. shortly after being named Secretary? And was all furious about how "comfortable" it was? Someone should have told him that all the rats AREN'T HUD provided pets for the children, but I digress. He didn't say that, I'm just being a b**ch because much of public housing is in deplorable condition.
Apparently he just spent $31K of tax payer money to re-do his office.
Secretary Carson, I think YOU are too comfortable.
Thanks. Yes, it just might, so I am going to do the best possible job here I can.
I took a temp-to-perm job about 10 years ago. Little did I know, it would lead me on a path to decent career success.
It was an admin. asst. position with an oil and gas engineering firm. I was taken on perm. about 4 months in. But, unfortunately, when the housing crisis tanked the economy, the oil and gas industry went with it. I got laid off and ended up only working there for about 10 months total.
A few days later, I saw another engineering firm looking for similar project support experience. They told me they were originally just looking for someone with good experience, but it was huge icing on the cake that some of mine had been in engineering.
Got laid off there when the project ended two years later. But, with the contacts I made, landed a job at my current company. My THIRD engineering employer, lol. Though, unfortunately, there was a one-year "lag" between those two jobs. If only it had been as quick as between the 1st and 2nd, lol.
You just never know when something will "click" and opportunity will find you! Continuing to keep my fingers crossed for ya.


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This Is What Getting Tased Looks Like In Super-Slow Motion
There's quite a lot of footage around of people being hit with a taser, either by the police, or titting about at a party… But what does it look like in super slow motion?
Pretty weird, is the simple answer.
Most film is shot at 24 frames per second, but because tasers work so quickly, this was filmed at 28,500 fps in order to slow it right down.
The stuff that looks like confetti flying out is actually there because it has tracking numbers on it, so it can trace which taser was used and who used it.
This guy let himself be shot with a taser, so we can see it properly. Rather him than me.
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Despite his face… It doesn't look like fun.
It looks a lot weirder than I realised. The confetti firing out makes it look like something from a birthday party. It's just a shame it really, REALLY hurts.
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Friday, June 08, 2007
Problem signing in, seeing your blog in the Dashboard, user account, etc
What do you do when you cannot sign into Blogger, or you sign in but can't see your blog in the Dashboard, or you have other related problems.
An example of a related problem is this. A company got a former employee set up a blog for the company. The former employee is now no longer with the company and they don't know what email address and/or Google account he/she used for the blog. The company would like to get access to the blog. This is an actual problem posted to the Google Blogger Help group. It appeared to me an impossible problem to solve as according to Blogger, it is a delicate issue as it involves ownership of a blog which can be disputed. However, a representative of Blogger has suggested going to Blogger Contact Us page. You will get a page where you have to tick the radio button relevant to the problem:
You will likely be taken to a series of pages that may provide information or links to information for your problem, and perhaps make further choices. You may finally come to a dead end with a suggestion and a link to the Google Blogger Help group to get help for your problem or if you are lucky, you will eventually end up in an actual contact form that allows you to submit details of your problem to Blogger Support.
As an example, I will now act like the company mentioned above and tick "Report a bug or a problem", then click "Submit". The choice expanded:
I ticked "I can't log in" and click "Submit again". I got to another page with 5 choices, all of which is not exactly relevant to the problem described for the company above. There was a message at the bottom of the page: "Didn't find what you're looking for? Visit our Blogger Help Group for more assistance" with a link to the Google Blogger Help group. That would be going in a circle. However, there was one choice that may help: "I forgot my username or password and the email address I signed up with is no longer accessible". I ticked that one and and this time a message popped-up on the page:
I clicked on the "Contact us" link and was taken to a real Google Account Help contact page. However, the problem is, it require "Original email address that was associated with your account", "Email address we can use to contact you" (no problem), "Email addresses (if any) previously associated with your account", "Dates, if applicable, of previous email address changes" which field is colored yellow, probably meaning you have to fill them in to get a response, and other field to enter information (in white) plus a question "Do you currently have access to the original email address that was associated with your account?" which would be "No". As a test, I ticked "No", selected my country in a drop-down menu, left all the other fields blank, typed my contact email address, then type a message in the message box. This resulted in error messages:
A required field has been left blank. Please enter the email address that was associated with your account.
A required field has been left blank. Please enter your last successful login date.
Looks like a dead end except to go back to Google Help group for help. Then I had a naughty idea. Why not just enter an email address not really associated with the account, enter a false "last successful login date", Explain in the message box with a full description of the actual problem, click "Submit" and then pray. That should get the message sent to Blogger Support, and then hopefully get a fruitful response. If I were that company, this is what I would do.
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I can get through to GOD easier than Google / Blogger! I made the mistake of changing my password on June 8 for my blog "Publishing Fast Track" lynnmmanningross.blogspot.com. I've tried since then and have done all the things you suggest. I made this mistake several times before and now Blogger has my name in god-knows how many different configs. To get this far, I had to once again enter another email and password. It is truly frustrating and a big waste of time. HELP!ReplyDelete
I can get through to GOD easier than Google / Blogger! I made the mistake of changing my password on June 8 for my blog "Publishing Fast Track" lynnmmanningross.blogspot.com. I've tried since then and have done all the things you suggest. I made this mistake several times before and now Blogger has my name in god-knows how many different configs. To get this far, I had to once again enter another email and password. It is truly frustrating and a big waste of time. HELP!ReplyDelete
Hi Lynn,ReplyDelete
My sympathies. I am afraid all I can do is to bring this problem to the notice of Blogger, but doubt they can do much as they have chosen to operate Blogger as a free service and thus I think they have to operate on a limited budget, which means a small support team.
Google AdSense Support used to be very good. There is a contact form. Fill up that form and you would get a response from them within a few working days. Now that contact form leads you in a merry-go-round, probably worst than Blogger. And Google AdSense generates lots of revenue for Google.
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I am giving up on blogger...I just made a blog (yesterday) and can't even sign in to my own blog at all..no help with the help menus or group helps...I want a real person!!!ReplyDelete
Hi Katesmum,ReplyDelete
I sympathise with your problem. Blogger Support can be difficult to contact but not impossible. Perhaps one can't blame them as they chose to operate Blogger as a free service, which means thin budget. However, from feedback, some bloggers have had good luck. See this response:
""Dear Peter. Thanks so much for all your help, tips , and tricks. Blogger support DID reply to my report and they were very prompt. My problem has resolved somewhat. Thanks so much again."
There was another recent feedback where a blogger got her accidentally deleted blog and emailed me. Here is her response after only I think 2 days:
"Thanks Peter. A kind blogger employee restored the blog for me."
Turned out that blogger employee is Blogger Support who responded to her request for help.
So I hope you don't give up, but whether to stay with Blogger or to change to another platform is your call. As for me, I am sticking with Blogger.
Peter (Blog*Star 2006 and 2007)
Dummies Guide to Google Blogger
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I hope I can find here help for my problems. I have a lot of Blogspot Blogs with Adult Content. Today I will post new stuff and first was that I can´t login in my Dashboard, I need to sign up new again for a google account because the program tells me, dont know my e-mail adress. ´Some days before all works with this password.
Ok, I add new again with the same E-MAil and now I have not one Blog in my Dashboard. I check for the Url´s and they says me this url is in use. when i add the url´s from my blogs, they shows nothing, i understand nothing about this problem comes. i don´t hope that over 50 Blogs I loose and that the work from months was for nothings now. I need somebody, he can check my blog url´s and the login for that and why this problems comes, and I hope that is possible to reload the blogs or fix that problem and that i can use the same blog url´s when i must start new again.
Please write me a Answer Message to my email@example.com , when somebody have a mail to a support partner what i can speak personality please write me to that i can write there too.
Hi Roberto,ReplyDelete
I empathise with you on your problem. This post use to be the most effective way to contact Blogger Support, and I have to keep on updating. Recently I have some problems with comment moderation via email, and needed to contact them. I used the way described in this post but what used to work before don't work now. There are ways for us to contact Blogger for really crucial and urgent matters but which I do not abuse and which I cannot reveal for privacy reasons. I am afraid now I can't think of ways to help except post your problem to Google Blogger Help group and hope Blogger Employee Helper (Blogger Employee is on vacation now) will see your plea for help.
Peter (Blog*Star)
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Oh Gosh! I tried to find a place to report a problem, but I couldn't find it. I hope you guys can help me.ReplyDelete
Yesterday, I was under a lot of stress and accidentally I deleted my blog www.greeneyedladymusic.blogspot. com and I'd like to know if there's a chance to have it restored.
Thank you very much for your attention.
green eyed lady
Hi Green Eyed Lady,ReplyDelete
I have seen Blogger Employee/Blogger support help restore accidentally deleted blog, but Blogger Employee is on vacation and Blogger support have made themselves very hard to contact. I will have to update this post.
There is still Blogger Employee Helper at Google Blogger Help group, if only you can catch his attention.
In the meantime, try How to recover from accidentally deleting a blog.
Peter (Blog*Star)
How you can help Blogger Tips and Tricks
(no one should feel obligated. Everthing completely voluntary. However, by doing so, you may also help your visitors find helpful information and help. You may even pick up various ways of linking sites there too)
Thank you for your useful blog.ReplyDelete
Perhaps you can offer some advice for my problem:
I need to delete my blog. I know the username but none of the passwords I habitually use for accounts like this work.
My email address has changed. The company I was with no longer exists.
I've tried all the suggestions to no avail, and even posted on the help blog without response.
Any ideas?
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this.
Hi Learnning and...ReplyDelete
Yahoo has a provision for adding an alternative email address. I can;t remember if Google account (tied with Blogger account) has that provision because if I am not wrong, once I added a gmail account, I could no longer log into Blogger account. If there is no alternative email address, you have no recourse.
Your only slim hope is to contact Blogger Support. I had problems, but got feedback some have managed to get through. I still have no time to test that yet. Perhaps if you try, you may be lucky and if so, I hope you give us feedback on your experience. Surely not too much to ask. In any case I heard Blogger Support may read your request, but may not reply if they do not need further information from you.
Peter Blog*Star
What a grateful blogger did for me
(no one should feel obligated. Everything completely voluntary. However, by doing so, you may also help your visitors find helpful information and help. You may even pick up various ways of linking sites there too)
Hi Peter.ReplyDelete
I appreciate your advise on my problem.
I recently have 12 blogs that I maintained (all blogger account). I update them manually, NONE on automated submission. Some I update almost everyday and the rest once a week or more (but no more than a month).
Today, when I logged in to my blogger account, ALL of my blogs are no more available on the dashboard! What have I done wrong? Obviously I didn't delete them since I can see some page impressions and clicks on my adsense.
I check the link and it all gave the same result: Page Not Found (Error 404). Many of my blogs have PR3 and PR4 quite recently.
Oh, btw, one of my blogs featured Paris Hilton video, but all are selected ones as not to create an adult site.
FYI, I can still successfully create new blog today.
Can I know how many blogs of your were deleted and how long did it take for them to restore back the blogs?
Please help. Tq.
Hi Mr. Ular,ReplyDelete
BTW ular is snake in my country official language. Hope that wasn't the reason you lost your blog.
I did have problems with blogs before. That was long ago. Can't remember the problem, but I don't think it was losing blogs, but not being able to access them. Not sure anymore.
Regarding Paris Hilton vidoe, do you have permission to put it in your blog? If that is copyright, and the copyright holder complained, that could be one reason you lost your blog.
Anyway, back to my problem. I contacted Blogger Support. I have been officially told emailing support at blogger dot com is not the way to do it.
If you have problem with the above, try How to solve problem signing into Blogger, not seeing your blogs in the Dashboard, etc.
It took me 1 to 2 weeks to get my blogs back.
Peter Blog*Star
Alternatives to Google AdSense
Hi Peter,ReplyDelete
Thanks for your reply.
Actually for my video blogs, (actually I have 3 including beyonce's), all the materials I got are taken from youtube (embedded script). So, I supposed they are all legal.
Oh, btw, when I looked at my adsense today, surprisingly, a blog of mine that faced the same problem (error 404 - Page Not Found) has generated around 20 page impressions and also secured clicks. How can that happened when it's not able to display?
Thanks so much Peter. I truly appreciate your help! :)
Hi Mr. Ular,ReplyDelete
Regarding AdSense, different people from different place at different time see different things. Just because you can't see the ads doesn't mean others can't. Maybe if you check your blog at other time, you will not see that 404.
Peter Blog*Star
Blogger for Dummies
Hi Peter.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure about that. You see, according to my statistics, previously, I have an average of 1500 - 2500 page views per day for that particular site. I have at least 3 sites monitoring for the statistics (not including impressions by Adsense).
I wonder how some people can still see my page online. Up till now, there about 60 page views with 20 visitors to my site.
Erm..I'm just confused. Help! Thanks a million..!!
its url was fideeda.blogspot.com
i used the email address firstname.lastname@example.com to sign in..
Hi Eeda,ReplyDelete
I am sorry you lost your blog, but you still have hope. If you succeed in getting through to Blogger Support, or if you post your problem in the Google Blogger Help group and catch the attention of Blogger Employee, they can help you restore your deleted blog.
In the meantime, try to help yourself - What to do when you accidentally delete you blog.
Peter Blog*Star
Tips and Tricks for Blogger or "Son of Blogger Tips and Tricks" slotted for conversion to custom domain
Hope this reaches you.
I can log in and open my blog but that is all. Cannot even get the help to open. Tried to get the report form you give on this page but that too is locked. In fact everything to do with getting onto anything to do with Blogger seems to be locked. Don't know what else to do.
I have even set up a blog with wordpress as a last resort.
I have gone through and done everything on 2 different computers. The green line at the bottom of the page fills to about 80% then freezes. Now it does it even for the help.
Is there no way I can contact blogger or should I give up?
my blog is http://shirleyannesherris.blogspot.com
Hi Shirley,ReplyDelete
Hang on. I will see if any help might be forthcoming.
Peter Blog*Star
Dream Driven Life(TM)
my blog link is fideeda.blogspot.com
everytime i try opening it i get an error saying
File not found
Firefox can't find the file at /.
* Check the file name for capitalization or other typing errors.
* Check to see if the file was moved, renamed or deleted.
My other blog on the same account (randomrhyme.blogspot.com) has no
I have almost two years worth of stuff on my blog.Please help me out.
Hi Eeda,ReplyDelete
I will see what can be done.
Peter Blog*Star
Environmentally friendly presents
Hi Eeda,ReplyDelete
I checked http://fideeda.blogspot.com/
and it is viewable. The latest post:
My stupid blog thingy...
Peter Chen Blog*Star
Dream Driven Life(TM)
- Anonymous11/26/2008
Hi Pete,ReplyDelete
I am currently running a "political blog" and I ahd a few "teammates" that helped me run one prior. Someone...and they won't fess up, deleted it!!!
Can I recover it? I'd like to get it back, but don't know how.
I can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
What is the URL of your blog?ReplyDelete
i've had my blog for a couple yrs with no problem on uodates...now none of my updates show on dashboard or google reader. so no one knows i've updated. what can i do?ReplyDelete
Not sure how I should respond, but perhaps to ask you to provide more details or try my favorite when I am faced with a situation where I don't know the solution - try using a different browserReplyDelete
I really hope I can get some help...ReplyDelete
I've been blogging for a year and two months ago, my posts stopped showing up on my and all my followers dashboards. I have searched everywhere on the Blogger Help and Support page, I've posted a problem and complained about it in a survey type thing. days and weeks have gone by and I still haven't gotten any help!
I tried one of my other public blogs and there is nothing at all wrong with it.
my blog URL is: http://anotheronceintime.blogspot.com/
Feedburner is working, but google reader is not...
Please help me!!!!!


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SAP's Story
When I started out cloth diapering SAP I went with what I was told was the best name brand cloth diapers, I didn't want my mom or anyone else to see me fail at cloth diapering! I've come a LONG way since then, and helped many new parents and friends decide to cloth diaper! One of those people was my "twin"! When she got pregnant she decide to cloth diaper as well after my wonderful experience with it! But, she didn't go the way I did. She didn't buy all the name brand diapers....she got a lot of WAHM and Etsy diapers! Brands and names I had never heard of! I was very intrigued! These diapers were soooo original and looked cute and I was curious if they would hold up to the test!
I'm still waiting to hear back from my twin, but that experience made me reach out and speak to a wonderful new Etsy shop, Her Majesty's Closet! Melissa at Her Majesty's Closet not only makes amazing cloth diapers, but other diapering accessories adult products, like mama cloth and un-paper towels! Yes I had to ask her about those as well, I had never used those before!
Melissa was so wonderful, she worked with me to make the PERFECT cloth diaper for SAP! She got her measurements, weight, and fabric choices to make the diaper that not only fit her perfectly, but fit her personality perfectly as well! I chose a fleece AIO cloth diaper as I had no fleece diapers in my stash save for my DryBees I use for night time diapering, and I was very curious how well it would compare to not only my day diapers, but also my top, number one, night diaper!
I have to say, I was apprehensive. I liked that it was breathable, unlike other diapers, but worried about it feeling like it was leaking. We used it multiple times with no problem at all, even with the "messy business!" We tried it at daycare once to test it out since it had Velcro closures like all the other diapers we used at daycare, but have since decided not to. They don't quite understand the "breathable" part of some cloth diapers, and so thought that it was leaking, which I explained to them it wasn't leaking...hence why her pants were not wet! lol. So unfortunately it won't work out for daycare use, but that's fine, we can use it at home!
The other nice feature with it having a fleece outer instead of PUL is that it dries quicker! We hang dry all of our diapers, so our AIO take FOREVER to dry! Usually we can turn them inside out and it helps, but some AIO diapers don't have that pocket and so we cannot do that. However, this one dried just as fast as my other AIO air drying since it had the breathable fleece outer! That made me happy!
There were only a couple things I'd envision improvement on. I of course would love snaps over velcro! But that is just personal preference! Besides that, there is no overlap velcro tab for skinnier babies on my diaper, but if asked I'm sure she can easily provide one if you have a skinny baby :)
Another thing I noticed regarding the velcro is how the velcro tabs are sewn! They allow for alittle tab of fabric after the velcro.
Now, I am quite in-decisive as to if I like this or not. I like that it provides a nice soft edge so that the velcro won't rub on baby's belly when they roll around and bend forward, etc., and I like having something to grab to unfasten the diaper, makes changing diapers quicker! However, they also make it quite easy for SAP to grab and unfasten her diaper! ah-oh!! So usually I have clothes over this diaper lol. Then no streaking baby incident :) Haven't had many problems yet but I can only imagine! Would only be a concern for toddlers who are the curious types like mine.
This diaper is well made, it fits wonderfully and looks adorable. It also seems comfy for SAP to run around in, nice and soft fluff! Melissa did a great job!
- Type of Cloth Diaper:
All In One
- Sizes:
Melissa can make you any size you need!
- How Diaper Works/Features:
This diaper is a all-in-one style cloth diaper. That means it is all one piece and does not require stuffing, un-stuffing, folding or anything! As Melissa does not have a snap press currently (though watch for that option in the future!) the cloth diapers she makes are Velcro closure, and are very easy to use! Because insert is sewn in it can increase drying time.
- Material Feel: I love the feel of the fleece outer, it is very soft! The flannel inner and the leg closure areas also seem to be quite smooth and not at all irritating.
- Materials Used: The outside of this diaper is fleece fabric, the inside of this diaper is flannel fabric. Melissa can make many variations of flannel and fleece AIO/pockets/pocket-AIO diapers.
- Keep Baby Dry Layer: This diaper did not have a "Keep Baby Dry Layer". You can request a "Keep Baby Dry Layer" in suede cloth, fleece, or other fabric from Melissa, which is usually more easily done with pocket diapers.
- Color/Aesthetics: Her Majesty's Closet diapers, and this diaper, are so unique! Every time I see a new diaper made by Melissa it is adorable, and has such personality! You can have everything from psychedelic peace/hippie designs to animal and character prints! I think aesthetics are a huge plus for Her Majesty's Closet, very cute, or modern, and you choose which you want!
- Closures: At this point in time the only closures available are Velcro closure. These are very easy to use and can be used simply by most people without much instruction. The diaper does come with laundry tabs, and I have found that the style laundry tab I recieved on my diaper kept my laundry tabs held in the wash (I don't use the dryer) about 70% of the time. The diaper did not come with overlap Velcro tabs, but this could be an option you could discuss with Melissa if you would like it done.
- Similarity To Disposables: This diaper is a little of both ends, and I think the best of both sides! It is very simple to use, like most consider a disposable diaper, and can easily be used by most people without instruction. However, it is customizable, aesthetically pleasing, and unique, unlike any disposable I know of! It also is breathable with it's fleece outer, unlike, and better than, disposable diapers! The best of both worlds, what more can you ask?
- How Size and Fit are Adjusted: You can order a diaper from Her Majesty's closet that is pre-made, or get a customized diaper to fit your child perfectly! These diapers are sized, so when the diaper gets too small for your child you will have to move up to the next sized diaper. Fit is adjusted every use by the Velcro tabs, to get a good snug fit on your baby, but leg closures and rise are not adjustable.
- Trimness: This diaper is not the trimmest diaper, since fleece is not the thinnest fabric! Also, trimness is not adjustable since it is an AIO diaper and not a pocket diaper. It is not overly bulky though like other fleece diapers, and night time diapers, I have experienced. It will still fit in SAP's pants, it just gives her a nice round behind!
- How Adjustable Diaper is for Absorbency: This diaper has done well for absorbency needs for SAP, which is saying something! I was not able to test it out at night yet, but if I did need to increase absorbency I could lay a hemp booster inside the diaper. There is no pocket opening to stuff extra inserts for added absorbency so you would have to lay them on top of the inner fabric (flannel in this case).
- Leaks: I have had no leaks with this diaper at all! You can kind of feel the wetness through the fleece when baby has wet the diaper, but I like this so I know when to change her. Some may confuse this with leaking, especially if you have a heavy wetter, but this is typical of fleece covers/outer. This may cause some concern with daycare. It should not, and has not in SAP's case, made her bedsheets or clothes wet, so is not leaking! Just feels damp!
- Absorbency: Absorbency in this all-in-one diaper has been adequate enough for SAP to go through a few hours between diaper changes, and has worked for nap time as well without issue! I say pretty good!
- Leg Gussets: Leg guessets are made of same materials as the diaper: flannel more to the inner side and fleece on the outer side. They are pretty smooth and have not caused any irritation at all for SAP even during really active play. They seem to be snug enough also to keep messes in, as SAP has tested quite well!
- Nap/Bedtime Use: This diaper has worked fine for us at nap time and provides families a great breathable nap time diaper, which is good on hot days and for if baby has a rash, to help it heal. We have not tested this for bedtime but with the experiences we have had with this diaper I believe a hemp booster would be sufficient to help aid in absorption, and it would perform just as well as it did for nap time use.
- If Fit Is True: With this diaper, you cannot get a more true fit! The wonderful thing about Her Majesty's Closet is she can customize your diaper for you! So no worry about fit of this cloth diaper!
- Wear and Tear: I have had this diaper about a month now and it has not shown much wear at all! Velcro works perfectly, elastic at the leg closures stretches perfectly, the only sign that this isn't a brand new diaper is the minor lint on the outside fleece part of the diaper because I don't dry it in the dryer. Thinking I will every now and then though! Over all wear and tear is minimale, no lose threads or fraying, it is well sewn and working very well.
- These diapers Melissa makes (for AIO or pocket) for $18 each, and that includes shipping!! That is a low price for a AIO or pocket diaper, and comparable to most diapers on the market. However, for the personalization fact and perfect fit, with excellent customer service, I definitely think the quality/cash analysis of these diapers is above even other brand name diapers of similar pricing for a similar product!


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Coach Stephen Siraco
Steve has over 16 years in the U.S. Coast Guard and continues to serve on active duty as a Chief Maritime Enforcement Specialist. Steve has also served as the Physical Fitness Coordinator at the Maritime Enforcement Specialist "A" School where he was responsible for training future Petty Officers before sending them back into the fleet.
Steve's athletic background prior to OCR includes football, swimming, CrossFit, and general fitness. OCR has proven to be the perfect blend of endurance and strength for this 5'10", 210 lbs. athlete.
In addition to Steve's military leadership, Steve's coaching experience includes Spartan SGX Coach, CrossFit Level 1 Coach, CrossFit Olympic Weight Lifting Instructor, CrossFit Kettle Bell Instructor, W.I.T.S. Personal Trainer, HISST Coach, and SKF Men's Coach.
Media / Published Articles
Coaching Experience
Spartan SGX Coach * CrossFit Level 1 Coach * CrossFit Olympic Weight Lifting Instructor * CrossFit Kettle Bell Instructor
W.I.T.S. Personal Trainer * HISST Coach * SKF Men's Coach
In addition to Steve's 16+ years of military leadership, his coaching experience includes:
Steve's athletic background prior to OCR includes high school football and swimming where he both shattered his arm and held the school record for the 500 freestyle. In college, prior to joining the Coast Guard, Steve said he did what everybody in Boston did and tried to become a meathead.
Joining the Coast Guard meant Steve was required to be physically fit for his job. He started running and doing more body weight exercises to prepare him for the 70 pounds of gear he would be carrying while boarding ships at sea, often under the cover of darkness, and to be able to repel, also known as "fast roping", out of helicopters onto a moving target.
In 2011, Steve found his way to CrossFit where he competed in several competitions and performed relatively well. In 2014 he was searching for something different, and that's when his best friend John introduced him to obstacle course racing. Steve didn't know what he was in for, but he came out loving it. He introduced his girlfriend and partner in all things fitness to the sport and they have been at it ever since. Not only have they competed in 35 races between the two of them, they were also selected as contestants on NBC's Spartan Ultimate Team Challenge set to air this spring.
Stop Chasing Skinny Podcast
OCR Radio Podcast
As a coach for the SKF Men's Lifestyle Program, Steve appears as a co-host on the Stop Chasing Skinny Podcast, a partner podcast for the SKFitLife Programs.
Steve appears as a co-host on the OCR Radio Podcast where he delights us with his humor and wit while getting down to what you really need to know to get started in OCR or to level up your game.
Born and raised in East Boston Massachusetts, I learned from a very young age that life wasn't easy. I grew up poor. Food stamps and government cheese poor. Oldest of three children, I watched night after night my mother fight back tears trying to figure out how to make life better for us. She wanted the best for her children, always putting us first and foremost.
I never knew how poor I really was until I attended a private Catholic middle school. Most of the kids there were well off and had two parent homes. As I look back on those times, I remember thanking God that I had to wear a uniform. I didn't have nice clothes like the other kids, so wearing a uniform shielded me from that embarrassment. I remember one particular day I was with my mother buying groceries. She paid the bill with food stamps, and to my horror, there were two mothers of my classmates behind us. I remember feeling so ashamed and embarrassed. I'll never forget the look on their faces. Judging my mother from their high horse. My amazing mother was doing the best she could and these women were looking down their noses at her. It was at that moment, at a very young age, I swore to myself that somehow, some way, things would be different in the future.
Following high-school, I attended UMASS Boston where I was a mediocre student at best. I didn't take it seriously, and after two short years I left the university. Needing money to support myself, I took a job as a cable guy. The money was great so I was still able to live the party life. The party life led me into the rave scene where life got strange for a year. At this point I had no idea who I was or where I was heading. I eventually lost my job, so to support myself, I started making money in a less than honorable way. Then life punched me in the face and turned my world upside down.
Military Experience
Joining the U.S. Coast Guard was the best decision of my life. I honestly can't imagine where I would be today if I didn't enlist. The Coast Guard, along with my mother, is what shaped me into the man I am today. On November 2nd 2015, I reached the 13 year mark in the USCG. My career so far has been an amazing journey. In 2005 I was sent to New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina. While there, I saw first hand how the media twists reality. If you want to know more just email me. From 2007 to 2011, my primary mission was working counter-narcotics in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean. My biggest bust as a Boarding Officer was 4.62 tons. The picture below was taken during the week transit from Saint Martin to Panama. I was so bored I decided to make a throne out of cocaine. Not many people can say that huh?
In the summer of 2001 I was arrested. Luckily, the judge went easy on me and I didn't have to serve jail time. I was placed on probation for one year and my case was adjudicated as a continuance without a finding. Shortly after that, on September 11th the homeland was attacked. I remember this day differently than most people. On September 11th 2001, my close friend died of a drug overdose. I was destroyed. My life was out of control. I needed to do something fast to escape the hell that was East Boston at the time. My arrest, the towers falling, and my friend passing away is what led me to join the U.S. Coast Guard.
In 2008 I was sent to Um Qasr, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi freedom. If you are asking yourself why is the Coast Guard in Iraq, google U.S. Coast Guard war history. You will be surprised! While there, my mission was training the Iraqi Marines / Coast Guard, as well as river patrols on the border with Iran. This deployment made me appreciate how good we have it in the U.S. When I hear people complain about how "awful" our country is, or when the flag is burned in protest, it pisses me off to no end. Murica baby!
In 2010 my team was one of the first into Port au Prince, Haiti following the earthquake. This was a humbling experience due to over 220,000 people losing their lives. Images that have been burned into my memory haunt me to this day. Our mission was to secure Port au Prince's only functioning port so aid could reach the people. Again I was reminded how good we have it in the U.S. Haiti is a mess both politically and financially, and their jerry rigged infrastructure directly led to the astronomically high death toll.
In 2011 I was tasked to hunt pirates. Yes you read that right. My team was attached to a U.S. Navy destroyer and our mission was to deter pirate attacks and detain the offenders. We were operating primarily in the Gulf of Aden, and while we were there, we stopped three attacks and captured 16 pirates in total. Good times!
In the fall of 2011 I decided I needed a break from the operations side of the guard. I took an instructor position at the Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in Charleston, S.C. where I am currently stationed. Here, I am able to train and mentor future Petty Officers before sending them back to the fleet. Of all the jobs I have had in the Coast Guard, I have to say this one is the most rewarding. It's not the most exciting thing I have done but I believe it does have the most impact.


text: n the national interest Monday, March 30, 2009 Kamal Siddiqi The writer is editor reporting, The News Earlier this week, a family friend got off from her car and walked to a chemist's shop in a busy shopping area of Karachi. She was wearing a normal shalwar- kameez suit that most Karachi women wear in public areas. Nothing out of the ordinary. As she walked to the shop, a man approached her and showed her a pistol. But instead of robbing her, he gave her a chilling message: "Next time you come in public, cover yourself from head to toe." This happened in full public view on a busy Karachi street. But no one seemed to notice and the man did not in any way seem in any hurry or worry. The reference of this incident happening to a family friend has only been done to make people understand that this is not an urban myth but a reality. It is happening in Karachi, the country's largest and possibly most open city. There are more worrisome incidents than one can recall. Many businessmen have received calls on their cell phones in which the caller does not identify himself but does confirm the name of the person he has called. After a couple of days comes another call. And then another. The businessman is told to contribute a certain amount to the Tehreek-e-Taliban. One businessman shrugged this off as a hoax. But soon enough there were men who called at his house and made the same demand, only this time they also mentioned that they not only knew where he lived, but where he worked, which schools his children went to, and other details. The man ended up paying. No one knows who these people are. Some say they are criminals who are using the name of the Taliban. Who knows? A family in Clifton last month received a notice which was addressed to the father. In it, he was told to ensure that his daughters — who were described in the letter in very negative terms — should be told to stay home since they were seen to be of loose character. The letter warned the father to take action, otherwise the mosque will have to "do something." The crime of these girls apparently was that they were seen too frequently moving around and that too in Western clothes. The writers of this threatening letter even disclosed their identity. The claimed to be from a prominent mosque, situated in the market area of Clifton. The shaken family did as they were told. Many families have received such letters and in most instances they have complied. No action or questions have been asked of the people at this mosque. The police shrugs this off as nothing important. Last year, this mosque was identified by the MQM when it made an outcry on the rise in Talibanisation in Karachi. But the People's Party government has been denying the rise of extremist forces in Karachi for the year since it has been in power. Some say that the motives of the MQM are suspect. Their agenda is more political. But then again, who is right and who is wrong? Stories continue to surface of the growing influence of such elements. Women who travel without their heads covered in public transport have been spat upon. In some instances by other women. The media has helped confuse the people even more. Programmes aired by our leading channels on religious issues sometimes misguide instead of guide. They play on the sentiments of people only to get better ratings. After all, one of the most prominent religious show hosts ended up becoming a minister. The tragedy, if one may call it that, is that there is a growing number of people in Karachi who welcome the arrival of the purveyors of quick and cheap justice. And are willing to defend, fund and shelter them. They sympathise with the soldiers of their brand of Islam because the government has let them down. And they are frustrated over the growing incidents of crime and lawlessness and have no hope in the government addressing these issues. Both the military junta and the elected peoples representatives are seen more interested in protecting and enriching themselves than providing good governance to the people. This is the public perception. Two video clips that have been circulating on the Internet only add to people's fear and plays on their insecurity. One clip, which is perhaps one of the most watched and forwarded clips in Pakistan this week, shows how a man is mugged while he is taking money out of an ATM in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi. The clip, which was taken off a security camera of the bank, clearly shows the face of the man, the two men who rob him and the look of frustration and helplessness on the victim's face once the deed is done. While there is no violence, except where the robber shows the poor man a gun and then hides it, it leaves one disturbed and it is chilling for anyone who has any care for Pakistan. Is this what we have been reduced to, and where do we go from here? The other clip, which has not been seen by as many people, is violent and much more chilling. This clip was made from a mobile phone by the accomplice of a man who is currently in police custody. This is now known as the "Hajiano case" or the "White Corolla case." This man robbed people and raped women at will for a year. This clip relates to one incident where a woman is being assaulted. The clip numbs the brain and makes one bay for blood. After seeing this video, people have said that an exemplary punishment should be given to the perpetrator. One hopes this is done, but there are many who have expressed fears that the case will soon be forgotten. The women's rights organisations which had earlier come out on the streets now seem to have been lulled into silence. Let us hope for justice. There are some who say that this matter would have been settled had the Taliban been in charge. These are worrisome sentiments. In his speech this week, President Obama has committed more money to Pakistan to crush Al-Qaeda. He said in his speech that the Al-Qaeda and its extremist allies (like the Taliban) are a cancer that risks killing Pakistan from within. The problem is that many Pakistanis do not see it like that anymore. To defeat extremist elements, the US and Pakistan have to do more than pump in more military and economic assistance which never reaches the common man. There is a larger battle, for the hearts and minds of the people of Pakistan, which needs to be fought. This is not being done. We do not want any more VOA-TV type propaganda that, in its condescending way creates more enemies then friends. We want a proper dialogue with the US and the West over what its goals are and whether these are our goals as well. Whether we like it or not, the battle for a safer America cannot be won if the people of Pakistan are not convinced. This is the stark reality, no matter how many drone attacks are carried out on the one hand and assistance is given to our government on the other. It was true of the Musharraf government and is becoming increasingly true of the Zardari government too. The people of Pakistan are not seen as stakeholders in the battle against militants and extremism. It is too often said that while the West talks to our leaders, Al Qaeda and the Taliban talk to the people. Sadly, this is an issue President Obama has not addressed. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=169835


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This is a great one, knitters. We embark this month on the afterthought heel. The pattern is lovely: Hedera Helix Socks, a design from James Arnall-Culliford, co-creator of A Year of Techniques.
What does the name "Hedera Helix" mean? Read on.
Our fearless pattern designer shares a bit of his thinking about what we're diving into this month:
Afterthought heels struck me as brilliantly clever the first time I came across them. There are so many options at a knitter's disposal in terms of how you do the decreases, the yarn you use and so on. Furthermore, as someone who is hard on his socks, I love that, if you're careful, the heels can be replaced.
The cables are adaptations of a couple of charts from Twisted Stitch Knitting by Maria Erlbacher. The book is a fascinating record of motifs and patterns from the Styrian Enns Valley in Austria. What I love is that the chart symbols are written in a different way from the one I'm used to, so it's a bit like translating between languages.
I didn't name the pattern until after the samples were knitted, but it was pretty straightforward. The combination of colour and interlinking pattern reminded me of the battle I had years ago to rid a shed of ivy. I think that it turned out that he ivy was actually the thing holding the shed up, but we won't dwell on that. So that's how I ended up with the Latin name for English ivy.
We're knocked out by the elegance of these swirling motifs. The double helix is especially juicy for all us fans of, you know, DNA.
We like the way the pattern runs on the top and front. It means that each round of the leg has a bit of action and a bit of easy peasy stockinette.
Jen Arnall-Culliford's video tutorial up top takes us through the clever steps that result in an elegant, tidy afterthought heel.
How to Get in on These Socks
Get the pattern. If you already have your Year of Techniques ebook, you're set. If you need to obtain your Year of Techniques ebook, which includes all 12 patterns, and tutorials for the whole program, it's available on Ravelry and from Arnall-Culliford Knitwear.
The print edition is available in the MDK Shop. Heartened at the number of knitters who've ordered a copy. Thank you!
Get the yarn. The yarn for this pattern is Schoppel Admiral, a sport weight sock yarn. It's available from Arnall-Culliford Knitwear in their three-project Winter Kit for A Year of Techniques. When you order this kit, you'll be set for these last three months of projects for A Year of Techniques.
Join the conversation. We'll be over in the Lounge talking about Hedera Helix Socks in the topic "Technique Number 10: Afterthought Heel" And of course, the gang will be carrying on about it in the Year of Techniques Ravelry group. What a group! Love 'em!
A Note: We Are Learning a Lot
It astonishes us that this is the tenth project in A Year of Techniques. Only two more to go! If you're just joining this series, you have a lot of fun ahead of you. One place to start is to take a peek at all the video tutorials for A Year of Techniques, here.


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Provided I live through running uphill in sauna-like conditions tomorrow morning I have to decide what sessions to attend. This is why I like vet conferences. I could choose to go to something useful and educational or I could go to "Whale Shark Care." That makes me giggle every time I see it on the schedule. Yep, if someone walks into my clinic in Ohio and asks about their pet whale shark I would be prepared.


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CLEVELAND — Sen. Chuck Grassley agrees with former Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Donald Trump's wall will, at least in part, be "virtual."
"I would use the wall and I would describe the wall with three parts and remember that a physical wall across the Southern border will not be a physical wall in every place," he told reporters at a Cleveland restaurant on Tuesday. "Some places will be a virtual wall."
Grassley said that drones, other electronics, and increased border patrol will be part of the solution.
The chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee added that "More importantly, the border patrol not standing down as they've done so under this administration."
Grassley's sentiment matched remarks made by Perry earlier this month, when he downplayed the Manhattan billionaire's proposed wall along the US-Mexico border, a core proposal of his campaign.
"I'm for Donald Trump, and he says we're going to build a wall, the Mexicans are gonna pay for it," Perry told Snapchat's Peter Hamby.
Hamby said: "It's not going to happen."
"Well, it's not," Perry said. "It's a wall, but it's a technological wall — it's a digital wall."
"There are some that hear this is going to be 1,200 miles from Brownsville to El Paso, 30-foot high, and listen, I know you can't do that," he added.


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Fox Sports Unveils 2017 NRL Line-up With Focus On Female Presenters
Fox Sports unveiled its 2017 NRL plans last night at a gala event at Sydney's Birchgrove Oval – home of the first ever league game in Australia.
This year's coverage will include every game of every round, plus every final in September live, ad-break free during play and in HD all on a dedicated 24/7 Rugby League channel, 'FOX LEAGUE'.
Switching on February 20, channel FOX SPORTS 502 will become FOX LEAGUE with all the shows firing up from February 27 before Round 1 kicks off on March 2. FOX LEAGUE will give fans what they have been asking for – every game, every round live, guided by the best commentary team in the business, on their very own channel that never switches off.
Joining the FOX family in 2017 is the highly sought-after sports presenter, Yvonne Sampson, who will lead a new era for Rugby League coverage alongside one of Australia's brightest broadcasters, Matty Johns.
Other new faces joining the network, as it gears up for its biggest and best year ever, is recently retired Broncos great, Justin Hodges, former half-back star, Brett Finch and popular sports presenter Hannah Hollis. Fans will see more of Corey Parker and Mick Ennis plus hear from new match-day caller, Brenton Speed.
Sharing play-by-play commentary duties with Speed is Warren Smith and Andrew Voss.
Hodges, Parker and Sampson join Mal Meninga, Kevin Walters, Ben Ikin and Gorden Tallis to lead the Queensland contingent of FOX SPORTS.
In 2017, fans will hear from more of the most respected female sports presenters in the country with Sampson joined by Hollis, Lara Pitt, Megan Barnard, Tara Rushton and Jess Yates to feature prominently across the week's programming.
The LIVE on-field action starts earlier in the week this season, with the new Thursday night match hosted by Sampson, Johns and a panel of experts weekly from 7.00pm EDT.
Then it's a Friday double-header, with the new 6pm match only on FOX LEAGUE, before a massive Super Saturday EXCLUSIVE triple-header. FOX LEAGUE will be the only place to watch both Sunday matches LIVE, wrapping up the weekend's action.
Across the week, six new magazine shows will keep fans entertained, informed and across all Rugby League's big issues. There will be something for everyone – more fun and more debate, bringing fans even closer to the game they love.
New to the FOX LEAGUE Lab is the Whizz-kid, whose razor sharp brain and home-made algorithms correctly predicted 80 per cent of last season's results. New additions to FOX SPORTS' in-broadcast Augmented Reality, will see a new virtual tackle marker, keeping track of the tackle-count as well as showing subscribers exactly where it took place. And shedding new light on what was a recurring point of contention last year, a new virtual 10-metre line will make it clearer for fans to know when refs are getting it right.
FOX SPORTS CEO, Patrick Delany, said: "This is a game changing day for NRL. We've listened to fans and responded to their desire to see their game celebrated and enshrined in a place all of its own. That new place is FOX LEAGUE. We are going to make what is already awesome, more awesome!
"We will share our love of the game with fans around the country delivering the best coverage to more fans, in more ways than ever before.
"Your game, your team and now your channel. We will have double, triple, double live coverage from Friday to Sunday, plus the best Thursday night line-up kicking off the round's action.
"With all the live broadcasts, all the shows – we will do what no one else can. It's a massive investment for us but we are committed to making our coverage of the game even more awesome for the fans."
FOX SPORTS head of television, Steve Crawley, said: "FOX LEAGUE will put Rugby League onto the world stage of sports broadcasting. It will be like no other and like nothing Australian sports fans have ever experienced.


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Just a quick update on the projects I'm working on here at Snowden Labs.
1. MMIP Riffs, a movie riffing project for theinternetplayhouse. Our first movie will be one I've bitched about on this blog many times: Amityville 2: The Possession. I hope we can hurt it as much as it's hurt me.
2. A novel about a wrongfully convicted woman that follows her through a single day about a month after her release.
3. A stage play about the Wannsee Conference.
4. A secret Goodreads project.


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(Reuters) - OpenAI, the non-profit artificial intelligence (AI) research firm backed by Tesla Motors Inc's (TSLA.O) Elon Musk and other prominent tech executives, has signed an agreement to run most of its large-scale experiments on Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) flagship cloud service, Azure.
OpenAI will use Azure for its experiments in deep learning and AI, and Microsoft will collaborate with the company on advancing research and creating new tools and technologies.
Musk, along with venture capitalist Sam Altman, co-chairs OpenAI, whose backers apart from Musk include Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O) Amazon Web Services and tech investor Peter Thiel and LinkedIn Corp LNKD.N co-founder Reid Hoffman.
OpenAI is an early adopter of Microsoft's Azure N-Series Virtual Machines service, which will be generally available from December.
These cloud-computing services, which are powered by Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) graphics chips, are designed for the most intensive computing workloads, including deep learning and simulations.
"In the coming months we will use thousands to tens of thousands of these machines to increase both the number of experiments we run and the size of the models we train," OpenAI said in a blogpost. (bit.ly/2gdxifR)
The non-profit was created last December for the purpose of creating AI that augments human capabilities.
The investors have committed $1 billion to the startup, but OpenAI said it expects to spend only a "tiny fraction" of that in the next few years.
OpenAI will continue to release open-source software to make it easier for people to run large-scale AI workloads on the cloud, and will provide Microsoft with feedback to ensure that Azure's capabilities keep pace with its advances in AI.
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RECENT rumblings — perhaps one should say mumblings — indicate an emerging movement in American independent film. Specimens of the genre share a low-key naturalism, low-fi production values and a stream of low-volume chatter often perceived as ineloquence. Hence the name: mumblecore.
More a loose collective or even a state of mind than an actual aesthetic movement, mumblecore concerns itself with the mundane vacillations of postcollegiate existence. It can seem like these movies, which star nonprofessional actors and feature quasi-improvised dialogue, seldom deal with matters more pressing than whether to return a phone call. When the heroine of "Funny Ha Ha" (2002), the film that kicked off the mumblecore wave, writes out a to-do list, the items include "Learn to play chess?" and "Fitness initiative!!"
But what these films understand all too well is that the tentative drift of the in-between years masks quietly seismic shifts that are apparent only in hindsight. Mumblecore narratives hinge less on plot points than on the tipping points in interpersonal relationships. A favorite setting is the party that goes subtly but disastrously astray. Events are often set in motion by an impulsive, ill-judged act of intimacy.
Artists who mine life's minutiae are by no means new, but mumblecore bespeaks a true 21st-century sensibility, reflective of MySpace-like social networks and the voyeurism and intimacy of YouTube. It also signals a paradigm shift in how movies are made and how they find an audience. "This is the first time, mostly because of technology, that someone like me can go out and make a film with no money and no connections," said Aaron Katz, whose movies "Dance Party USA" and "Quiet City" will be shown as part of a 10-film mumblecore series at the IFC Center that begins Wednesday and continues through Sept. 4.
Boosted in the last two years by enthusiastic word of mouth at film festivals and on blogs, movies like Mr. Katz's have gained a following in the hipster enclaves where they are often set. Depending on how you define mumblecore, the category now includes 10 to 20 films. There have been a few commercial success stories and even the odd Hollywood flirtation. Jay and Mark Duplass's "Puffy Chair" was released jointly by Netflix and the distributor Roadside Attractions and, thanks to aggressive promotion to Netflix subscribers, did well in theaters and even better on DVD. Andrew Bujalski, whose "Funny Ha Ha" and "Mutual Appreciation" are the best reviewed of the crop, is to write and direct an adaptation of "Indecision," a novel by Benjamin Kunkel, for the producer Scott Rudin.
But for the most part mumblecore has stayed small precisely because it can. The need for traditional distribution deals is diminished when production costs are often as low as a few thousand dollars. "These filmmakers seem remarkably free of the anxiety you see in indie film directors who have brought their higher-budgeted films to festivals and are praying for them to sell," said Scott Macaulay, a veteran indie producer and the editor of Filmmaker magazine, which recently ran a cover story on mumblecore. "The films feel more like dialogues between filmmakers and their audiences and less like calling cards to the studios."
Alert to the business implications of the "long tail" theory about niche markets, the mumblecore crew has approached not just production but also distribution with a D.I.Y. mind-set. Mr. Bujalski's first two films were self-distributed. Many of the directors have sold home-burned DVDs online.
Mumblecore's origin myth locates the watershed at the 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Tex., which screened a cluster of small, superficially similar films (including "The Puffy Chair" and "Mutual Appreciation"). The filmmakers hit it off. At a bar one night Mr. Bujalski's sound mixer, Eric Masunaga, coined the word "mumblecore."
"It was an obnoxious name nobody liked and it was meant to be a joke," said the director Joe Swanberg, who was at the festival that year with his first feature, "Kissing on the Mouth." "But we haven't been able to get rid of it."
It was Mr. Bujalski who first publicly uttered the term in an interview with Indiewire.com. "I should apologize for that," he said recently.
It's only fitting that the etymology should be a point of contention, since the films in question often deal with the fraught process of identity formation. Journalists and bloggers have floated other tags, including the self-explanatory "bedhead cinema" and "Slackavettes," in homage to the patron saint of American indie auteurs, John Cassavetes. The IFC Center series, despite using "mumblecore" in its publicity materials, is officially called "The New Talkies: Generation D.I.Y."
Mr. Bujalski, speaking by phone from Austin, where he had just finished shooting his third feature, objected to the very idea of a movement. "It makes perfect sense for bloggers to sift through the films and pluck out commonalities," he said. "But the reductive concept that we're somehow the same — that bugs me."
There are indeed striking differences among the so-called mumblecorps. Mr. Bujalski, 30, is the elder statesman, and his movies are the most artful and sophisticated of the bunch, not least for being shot on film instead of handheld video.
Mr. Swanberg, 25, is the most prolific and the most committed to improvisation. His new film, "Hannah Takes the Stairs," which will have a weeklong run during the series, was shot without a script; he shares writing credit with the actors. The creator of "Young American Bodies," a Web series on Nerve.com, he is much more sexually candid than his colleagues. In a notorious scene in "Kissing on the Mouth," he actually masturbates on camera.
Mr. Katz, 25, is more sensitive than his peers to the aesthetic limits and possibilities of digital video and has a more poetic sense of place. Frank V. Ross, 26, has received less exposure than the others, perhaps because his films are rougher-hewn and emotionally harsher. His latest, "Hohokam," features slightly older, sadder characters and plays like a sober sequel to the first-generation mumblecore films.
As in most artistic movements, there is cross-pollination and tacit one-upmanship. Mr. Swanberg said he made "Kissing on the Mouth" partly in response to Mr. Bujalski's "Funny Ha Ha," whose characters he found passive-aggressive.
But the prevailing spirit is of friendly collaboration. Two of the three male leads in Mr. Swanberg's "Hannah" are played by Mr. Bujalski and Mark Duplass. Mr. Katz edited the film's trailer. Mr. Swanberg appears in Mr. Katz's "Quiet City" and Mr. Ross's "Hohokam." Since most of them live in different cities — Mr. Bujalski in Boston, Mr. Swanberg and Mr. Ross in Chicago, Mr. Katz in New York — film festivals function as social hubs, networking events and de facto casting sessions.
While many of these movies have screened at festivals, mumblecore is the sole significant American indie film wave of the last 20 years to have emerged outside the ecosystem of the Sundance Film Festival. ("The Puffy Chair" is the only one to have screened at Sundance; Mr. Bujalski and Mr. Swanberg have had films rejected by the festival.)
For credibility purposes the perception of the mumblecorps as underdog outsiders, too indie for Sundance, is hardly a bad thing. Especially not since South by Southwest, which takes place in March, two months after Sundance, has stepped up to serve as the movement's unofficial headquarters. Matt Dentler, the producer of South by Southwest, said that a few years ago he resolved to "find films that bigger festivals wouldn't be able to take a chance on."
Despite the anti-Sundance image, mumblecore has ancestors in American indie cinema. Given that the films are often anthropological studies of 20-something mating rituals, attuned to the halting rhythms and circular digressions of actual speech, Richard Linklater is perhaps the most obvious forefather. ("Quiet City" is a scruffy cover version of Mr. Linklater's meet-cute romance "Before Sunrise," substituting the F train for the Eurostar.) Some critics have suggested loftier reference points like the French masters of talk Eric Rohmer and Jean Eustache.
For potential haters, mumblecore offers plenty of ammunition. The films are modest in scope, but their concentration on daily banalities can register as narcissism. Despite the movement's communitarian ethos, from the outside it can seem incestuous and insular. Hardly models of diversity, the films are set in mostly white, straight, middle-class worlds, and while female characters are often well drawn, the directors are overwhelmingly male.
To their credit, most of these films offset their navel-gazing tendencies with a dose of skepticism. The filmmakers view their characters with empathy but don't let them off the hook; Mr. Swanberg and Mr. Bujalski often assign themselves the least flattering roles available. "A lot of that is actual self-critique," said Mr. Swanberg, whose "LOL" is a withering portrayal of masculine self-absorption in an age of high-tech addictions.
Mumblecore's inherent emphasis on the transitional periods of life should in theory save it from an ignominious middle age. Even as this generational sensibility expands its reach — Mr. Swanberg spent part of the summer in London acting in a British mumblecore indie — its pioneers have already begun to outgrow it.
Mr. Katz is working on a '70s-set screenplay that he said would be ill-suited to micro-budget methods. Mr. Swanberg got married this year and wants to explore new issues, "more societal and less personal," he said. "If I have to watch another conversation on a couch, I'm going to kill myself."
His fatigue also has to do with having made four films in three years. At the heart of the mumblecore movement is a utopian impulse: the merging of art and life. The danger, as Mr. Swanberg has found, is that the art can get in the way of the life. When he wrapped his fourth film, "Nights and Weekends," he said, "I realized that because I'd been producing so much work, I hadn't changed enough as a person between projects. At that point I couldn't make another movie even if I'd wanted to, because I hadn't had a life for so long."


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Impressive research based works by Dina Kelberman. Im featuring one of her ongoing projects called "I'm Google" which presents a great organized image and video research by many different factors. But I highly recommend to check out also her other similar ongoing projects featuring a huge variety of imagery source such as found image, photographs, cartoons.. like the one at her start page called "smoke and fire" also presented at the New Museum as online exhibition.
"My work comes out of my natural tendency to spend long hours collecting and organizing imagery from the internet, television, and other commonplace surroundings of my everyday life. I make things as I am compelled to make them and consider why later, often making connections I didn't consciously set out to realize. I gravitate towards things that are simple, colorful, industrial, and mundane. I am also interested in using materials that are easily accessible and familiar to the everyday person. My work elevates the familiar and transforms brief moments into infinite stretches of time. In close examination of the simple or the seemingly insignificant the viewer may bring their own limitless associations." - Dina Kelberman. See more;
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"I'm Google is an ongoing tumblr blog in which batches of images and videos that I cull from the internet are compiled into a long stream-of-consciousness. The batches move seamlessly from one subject to the next based on similarities in form, composition, color, and theme. This results visually in a colorful grid that slowly changes as the viewer scrolls through it. Images of houses being demolished transition into images of buildings on fire, to forest fires, to billowing smoke, to geysers, to bursting fire hydrants, to fire hoses, to spools of thread. The site is constantly updated week after week, batch by batch, sometimes in bursts, sometimes very slowly.
The blog came out of my natural tendency to spend long hours obsessing over Google Image searches, collecting photos I found beautiful and storing them by theme. Often the images that interest me are of industrial or municipal materials or everyday photo snapshots. I do not select images or videos that appear to be intentionally artistic. Happily, the process of researching various themes in this way has lead to unintentionally learning about topics I might never have otherwise, including structural drying, bale feeders, B2P, VAWTs, screw turbines, the cleveland pack, and powder coating.
I feel that my experience wandering through Google Image Search and YouTube hunting for obscure information and encountering unexpected results is a very common one. My blog serves as a visual representation of this phenomenon. This ability to endlessly drift from one topic to the next is the inherently fascinating quality that makes the internet so amazing." - Dina Kelberman.