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Google Images is a nifty tool for finding all sorts of images on the Web. But some of the issues we encounter tend to be related to accuracy and speed. The next time you search for an image via Google, however, you might notice some changes. According to Google's Webmaster Central Blog, image search is getting a new look and feel. Google says they have "redesigned Google Images to provide a better search experience." The new Google Images will display results in an inline panel. Google claims this will be "faster, more beautiful, and more reliable." Google has also added the ability to browse a set of images using the keyboard.
As part of the redesign, Google is putting detailed information about each image front and center. Metadata will now be featured right underneath the image in the results. Google has also added more clickable targets to the image's source page. By increasing click targets from two to four, Google says they've seen a net increase of click-through rates to the hosting websites. In another boon to webmasters, Google Images will no longer load the source page of the hosting site, which reduces the load on the source servers while also speeding up the user experience.
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Nashville, Tenn. - After notching the team's biggest win since the 199-7-98 season, the Tennessee State men's basketball team will travel to Middle Tennessee State on Dec. 18 for the sides' 56th meeting.
In the Tigers' 79-39 win over Lemoyne-Owen, Robert Covington made big play after big play en route to a career-high 31 points while Patrick Miller led the offense with eight assists.
The game boosted Covington's points per game average to 17.5, putting him in fourth place in the conference. Miller's dishes against the Magicians now gives him 70 on the season which is 22 assists higher than anyone else in the Ohio Valley Conference.
"Our program needs consistency, and Rob and Pat provide that," head coach Travis Williams said. "They are two leaders of this team and we need both of those guys to step up against teams the caliber of Middle Tennessee State."
TSU (5-6) will need strong play from everyone on the team when they travel to Murfreesboro to take on the Blue Raiders. TSU holds a 16-39 record all-time in the rivalry, and haven't defeated the Blue Raiders since 1998.
"This has been an exciting rivalry over the years, but our program needs to win some of the games now to move forward. We aren't afraid to play anyone, as evident by our non-conference schedule, but we just need to play the way we are capable," Williams said.
On the court, MTSU is led by senior guard Marcos Knight who averages a team-high 12.4 points and also tallies 5.2 boards per contest.
However, the hallmark of this year's Blue Raider squad is defense. The team currently leads the Sun Belt Conference in scoring defense (61.7 ppg) and rebounding defense (32.2 rpg) while ranking second in three-point percentage defense (29.3%).
"Middle Tennessee State will play a tough, physical style of basketball. They will try to keep us on our heels and MTSU's Murphy Center is a tough place to play," Williams said.
Middle Tennessee State is 19-2 at home during the last two seasons and is currently ranked No. 11 in the CIT Mid Major Poll. Tuesday's game will pit TSU against its fifth nationally ranked opponent so far this season.
"One great thing about college basketball is that anyone is capable of winning on any given night... But the team that wins the game tomorrow will be the team that is more physical and makes better decisions," Williams said.
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Google+ Daddy Vic Gundotra Bails
Apr 25, 2014 5:57 PM PT
Vic Gundotra, who moved Google into the social media world, first with the ill-fated Buzz and then with Google+, on Thursday announced his departure from the company.
"Now is the time for a new journey," he wrote, fittingly, on Google+. The announcement was laced with the usual praise for colleagues accompanying such statements.
It was met with an equally platitude-laden response from Google cofounder and CEO Larry Page, who said Gundotra "built Google+ from nothing."
Gundotra will be replaced by VP of product engineering and fellow Google+ team member Dave Besbris.
Like a Bat Out of Hell
It's unusual for executives at any level -- let alone someone as high in the management ranks as Gundotra, who was a senior VP and a member of Page's inner circle -- to leave so abruptly.
"This looks like he got pissed or got fired, and they're making it look like he quit," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times. "If this were a more reasonable departure, you'd have at least 30 days to clean house."
Contrast Gundotra's departure with that of Hugo Barra, one of the poster boys for Android, last year.
"In a few weeks, I'll be joining the Xiaomi team in China," Barra wrote on Google+ Aug. 28.
"I know [Gundotra] didn't like the forced integration of Google+ into Gmail and YouTube and other products," said Ronald Gruia, director of emerging telecoms at Frost & Sullivan.
That integration, announced in January, sparked complaints not just from privacy groups, but also from users, who resented being forced to sign up for Google+ when they wanted to access other Google services.
An Interesting Man
Gundotra, who was assiduous in promoting Google+ and didn't hold back when it came to publicly ripping into the competition, has aroused considerable interest.
A rumor that Gundotra might be interviewing for a new job, followed by confirmation of his departure from Google, triggered a plethora of comments on Secret, mainly negative toward him.
"Google was to advance his career, not to build a product people want to use," wrote 'poo,' earning 43 hearts. "One of the worse execs I've ever worked with," wrote 'planet,' earning 19 hearts. "Completely skirted the design process and got designers to do one-off projects for him that would derail plans for weeks on end and kill team trust."
On the other hand, "Vic is an inspiring leader," wrote 'Android,' adding: "Great energy. Quick thinker. Zeroes in on key issues," earning 7 hearts. "I like Vic," wrote 'skull.' "Not sure I understand where all the hate is coming from." That earned 1 heart.
To be fair, Secret lets people post anonymously and has had issues with cyberbullying in the past, although CEO David Byttow outlined plans to address the problem in an interview at SXSW 2014.
The Possible Impact on Google+
Gundotra's departure has triggered speculation that Google+ might be pushed down in the hierarchy at Google, with some reports stating the team's offices were being moved to an outlying building on the company campus.
However, Page has pledged to "continue working hard to build great new experiences for the ever increasing number of Google+ fans."
That's the official party line, but "in the grand scheme of things, for the most part, the features of Google+ are still kind of murky," Frost's Gruia told the E-Commerce Times. "They may continue with Hangouts and photos, but in a sense, Google+ was a failed experiment and they may have decided to rethink it."
Only 14 percent of more than 500 marketers will give Google+ a high priority this year, and 23 percent will not consider it, according to Socialbaker. In contrast, 80 percent will give Facebook a high priority.
Google might "mimic [Facebook CEO Mark] Zuckerberg and begin shifting people to the mobile side," Gruia suggested.
Google would have to "fully staff and fund [Google+] with people that have some clue about how to create, build and market a social network," Enderle said. "They don't seem willing to do that."


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Mayor Don Wesely said today he wants to set an example of fiscal frugality by introducing and signing a resolution providing for no increase in the Lincoln Mayor's salary during the next four years. The Lincoln City Council on Monday approved the Mayor's request to freeze the Mayor's salary at $74,909.
"We have not raised the City's property tax rate for the last four years, " said Mayor Wesely. "Personnel costs make up about 71 percent of our tax-supported budget. We have worked very hard to reduce personnel cost increases. Keeping personnel costs in line has been key to keeping the tax rate down. One of the steps we've taken is to ask City employees to accept smaller salary increases. As I ask City employees to sacrifice, I have shown a willingness to sacrifice as well." The Mayor did not receive a raise for the current fiscal year. Seventy-eight City employees now earn more than the Mayor. That number will increase over the next four years as the Mayor's salary is frozen.
Mayor Wesely also proposed permanent changes to the Lincoln Municipal Code to limit merit raises to four percent instead of the current six percent and to require merit increases over three percent to be reviewed. The City Personnel Board denied both proposals.
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Texas Institutes Abortion Restrictions, and More
What's News: Texas Governor Rick Perry signs into law sweeping new abortion restrictions. The Senate confirms Tom Perez as the next labor secretary. Tech firms call for more transparency around NSA surveillance efforts. Joanne Po reports. Photo: AP
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A lot went on in my head last week. Hold tight.
Ignore the following and just take a look at what resulted from it: connect ed
but our kids need an ocean of information into which they can dive and from which they can drink in huge, slurping gulps that look somehow vulgar or excessive to us.
I'm reading Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus. (I thought his TED on it was enough. Silly me. There's so much I needed to hear from the book.) When he talks about the mad cow protest in Seoul, where the teenage girls took over, he quotes Mimi Ito, and I'm going to blatantly quote it all here, it's that huge:
Their participation in the protests was grounded less in the concrete conditions of their everyday lives, and more in their solidarity with a shared media fandom… Although so much of what kids are doing online may look trivial and frivolous, what they are doing is building the capacity to connect, to communicate, and ultimately, to mobilize. From Pokemon to massive political protests, what's distinctive about this historical moment and today's rising generation is not only a distinct form of media expression, but how this expression is tied to social action.
Shirky goes on to say:
Digital tools were critical to coordinating human contact and real-world activity.. when communications tools are in new hands, they take on new characteristics.
and earlier Shirky writes:
During the protests in South Korea, though, media stopped being just a source of information and became a locus of coordination as well.
The atomization of social life in the twentieth century left us so far removed from participatory culture that when it came back, we needed the phrase "participatory culture" to describe it.
My friend Ian, posted this, and I think that it approaches what tech through the web is trying to provide for us.
Intimate conversation with any gathering, anyone, anywhere, at any time.
Intimate conversation with any gathering, anyone, anywhere, at any time.
I think we are approaching a dimensionality in our conversations we've not yet experienced. One where we not only come together per passion, but also in grace and deep respect. One where more can be said, because in our new found security of intimate community, we spend less time with defense. ( http://pds8.egloos.com/pds/200… ) so more can be understood. one where less needs to be said, because more is understood. (http://www.ascd.org/publicatio… )
I'm wondering how deep we can take this.
I'm wondering with our new abilities with web connections, do we even need measurement?..
I'm wondering with our new abilities with web connections, do we even need measurement?..
Does conversation trump and change everything?
is now the work – we used to go to 9-5 – to get our monetary reward…
the work of being a part of something?
the work of being a part of something?
Steve's and Michael's work (my fav so far) seem to be innately lobbying for value and validation of tacit knowledge, over standardized tests, etc.
They both appear to have started their projects as a means to project student voice. And as per usual, student voice is filled with honesty, innovation and insight we often miss.
Students are sharing how they learn. They are sharing what matters most. They are sharing what indwells in them, or, in many of the videos, that which doesn't indwell in them.
To me.. this is a call out for free space where indwelling in experience is not only allowed but hailed and facilitated. And where creativity abounds in ways to expose that experience, that tacit knowledge.
I also think JR's project could poignantly promote more student voice in communities, more conversations, more sharing of story.
I believe Chad's suffocation is serving us well. I think it's zooming us out, back to ourselves, back community, back to humanity. We need some tech savvy's to hurry along what i believe tech wants: Intimate conversation with any gathering, anyone, anywhere, at any time.
I also finally shipped – how to be a mentor/facilitator.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Perfect End-of-Winter Fare
I do not stuff my braciole and instead of pork filling I use ground turkey. Let me give you the Robertsonian method.
Buy the cut of meat called braciole at the local market. It is large very thin slices of beef. Prepare the stuffing with a package of ground turkey, a handful of Parmesan cheese-about 4 Tbs, another handful of chopped parsley, 4 cloves of chopped garlic, S&P and 2 eggs. Mix it together and then spread it on the slices of beef. Roll the slices up and tie them with kitchen string. Coat the bundles with flour and brown them in 2 Tbs of butter and 2 Tbs of olive oil—more or less depending on how many braciole you are making. When they are browned nicely, pour in ½ a bottle of white wine and scrape up any brown bits. Cook them for about an hour. Take out the bundles and thin or thicken the sauce as needed. Put the braciole on a platter then pour the sauce over them and put any extra in a gravy boat. Enjoy!
5 comments:
- Bevson said...
I noticed that last Sunday, I gave you a recipe too. Perhaps I will do a recipe or menu idea every Sunday. Thoughts?
- March 16, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- djbrown said...
Having been there and eaten that (at your house!) I can vouch for the savoriness of the beef, the creaminess of the risotto, the snap of the asparagas, not to mention the fresh punch of strawberries! Delicious!
- March 16, 2008 at 10:58 AM
Oh yes, please do give me recipes. I am always struggling with the same old, same old. What kind of "outside the box" are you talking about? Susan
- March 16, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- Bevson said...
Well, I have a pot of afelia in the oven as I write this. It is a pork, onion, red wine stew from Cyprus. It is not really outside the box, but somewhat unusual. I have never made it before, I'll let you know how it turned out.
- March 16, 2008 at 4:21 PM
OMG, it's not even 11 a.m. and now I'm starving, and craving that braciole! I noticed you twittered about homework - is that for writing on Thursday?? Can't wait to hear it...
- March 17, 2008 at 9:53 AM


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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Wild Horses . . .
15 comments:
- kwinkunks said...
Really lovely! I love your animal patterns. I'd love to hear more about how you go about designing a pattern -- what you start with, how you plan to repetition, colouring choices etc. I'm fascinated!
- October 19, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- Ruzu said...
pretty pattern :D
- October 19, 2011 at 8:23 PM
- orange you lucky! said...
dear kwinkunks:)
I just put on Cee Lo Green, turn on A.Illustrator... and the rest does itself. There's no method to my madness.
- October 19, 2011 at 8:33 PM
- Louise Allen said...
Lovely lovely designs beautiful colours! I'd also love to know where you get your colour inspiration from you use stunning combinations.
- October 20, 2011 at 3:18 AM
- alison said...
Fantastic! As always your work is incredibly inspiring!
- October 20, 2011 at 9:18 AM
- Srta. Medusa said...
Your madness it´s amazing! :D I wish I could do such great patterns
- October 20, 2011 at 10:01 AM
Just bumped into this beautiful blog!! I adore the playfulness, and the skill. I will continue to visit, thanks for sharing :)
- October 20, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- sandy said...
didn't mean to be anonymous!
- October 20, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Maren said...
this is my favorite of all the ones you have done. love it.
- October 20, 2011 at 3:55 PM
- Aurora Cascudo Román said...
wonderful, it´s fantastic, it´s one of my favorite, too!!
- October 20, 2011 at 4:21 PM
- Rigel said...
Really nice work. I love everything about it. Excellent colour choices.
- October 20, 2011 at 6:22 PM
- Jenni said...
oh my geez. i love this. i want it in a fabric form. do you sell fabric patterns on spoonflower or anywhere else??
- October 21, 2011 at 4:27 PM
- Doe said...
I'm with Jenni. These would make a fun, fun, FUN quilt for kids and the young at heart. I'm still hoping someday you'll consider selling these (and other prints) on Spoonflower and perhaps a part of new fabric collection in the near future.
- October 22, 2011 at 4:02 PM
- orange you lucky! said...
I wish It was easier to produce my own fabric. I can't do Spoonflower. Shipping overseas is so expensive, it taking all the fun out of it... I know I'll find a better way... one of these days:)
- October 22, 2011 at 9:28 PM
When Will You have a wall paper collection?
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WWE veteran Mark Henry may not be da boss ... but he looks exactly like him.
The 418-lb wrestler shaved his head last week ... and afterward, everyone said he looked like Rick Ross.
So of course ... he dressed up like Ricky Rozay for Halloween!
The real Rick Ross approved of the costume online afterward -- and gave the costume two thumbs up.


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I went back to the Dodderhill Parish Survey Project site mentioned in last post and found great-great-great-grandfather William CAUSIER actually named! It says
Most of the Land is owned by Earl Somers and Thomas Thould, with John Bobeson, Thomas Wilson, Edward Bayliss, and William Causier as main occupiers. Full details are in the Appendices of the document available by clicking the link below, which also has information on the various legal documents conveying the land at Impney to John Corbett.My goodness! A name and more information available?! What could be better than that?!
It took a while to navigate and get to the additional information, but it is super! Links led to the Worcestershire County Council site and, wonder of all wonders, they have a searchable database with digital copies of the 1845 tithe maps! There are lots of ways to display the maps and a complicated/thorough legend and labeling system. It seems to work much better with IE instead of Mozilla. This image is a very simplified version of what I found:
The pink hash-marked spaces are roads, with the main one from the right of the top center to the bottom left corner being Bromsgrove Road. The label didn't transfer with the image, but the area immediately to the east of that road and immediately south of the L-shaped dead-end is Hill End!
Now, for the biggie: look at the line of 8 structures along Bromsgrove Road in the center of the image. The thin, greenish parcel with the 4th structure down is that of William Causier in 1845! I hope this makes sense because this is a great find: a map that specifically shows William's land and the location of the Hill End area.
The unique intersections allowed me to use Google street view and locate the spot! It shows lush foliage in a mostly residential area with the Hill End busstop in front of a wall that would be just about where William's parcel was. I may never get to see it in person, but this find is almost as exciting as that would be for me.
The tithe mapping database says:
I haven't yet found the appendices and document mentioned, but I'll keep looking. And, I don't know what the '0,0,9' means for the area, but I bet the folks at RootsChat will! Right now, I'm going back to RootsChat to show them what I found because of their answers to my query!Parcel 436Owner: Earl SomersTenant: William CausierTitle: Cottage and gardenArea: 0,0,9Tithes: 0Land Use: Non-agriculturalParish: Dodderhill
It's good to keep looking and exploring all the info in a large website. I don't know why I kept looking this time because I know I was assuming it was all just general info and would never have anything on just, plain, regular folk....
Now, I have a map and a very specific location for a great-great-great-grandfather from 1845. English geography doesn't seem quite so complicated right now! I am so very excited! A map can be better than anything!
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Congratulations to yesterday's winner, Jeanne, for her great answer: "My daughter is doing Tunisian crochet scarves for all her family and co-workers; I am making fleece hats for all, plus flannel pjs for my kids [family tradition] plus assorted totes and accessories…all from my stash or recycling bag…" Jeanne was randomly selected to win the book Simple Gifts: 50 Little Luxuries to Craft, Sew, Cook & Knit by Jennifer Worick (Voyageur Press).
Today's book giveaway is for Design Your Own Tees by Jennifer Cooke (St. Martin's Griffin). Check it out here.
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announced that it will continue to require third-party certification via the Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) program for electrical products used in American workplaces and refrain from adopting Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC). OSHA's decision endorses the position taken by Rosslyn, Va.-based National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) in comments submitted to the agency in January 2009.
"OSHA should be applauded for its commitment to third-party certification to enhance electrical safety in U.S. workplaces," NEMA President and CEO Evan R. Gaddis says. "The existing NRTL program provides an efficient and cost-effective way to ensure the installation and use of safe, reliable products."
The decision, which was published officially in the Federal Register on December 17, is a formal response to comments received on the Request for Information (RFI) issued in October 2008. The RFI was initiated at the request of the European Commission to permit an SDoC system in the United States similar to the one allowed in the European Union.
OSHA's response, however, finds that "the record contains no statistically sound evidence demonstrating that an SDoC system provides a high degree of protection for electrical safety in the workplace, and what evidence there is raises concerns that the SDoC system may be less protective than the NRTL system."
To read OSHA's response in its entirety, go to www.ofr.gov/.
For more information on the SDoC debate, read the October 2009 article "Fair Trade" on the EC&M website .


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Taylor Swift Performs 'Eyes Open' Live for the First Time
Taylor Swift treated her fans to an acoustic performance of 'Eyes Open' in Auckland, New Zealand this week. Before launching into her latest hit, she asked the crowd if they wanted to hear a new song, but that she wasn't sure if they'd like it. "I don't know … What do you think?" she teased.
Swift sat alone onstage with her guitar and serenaded her massive crowd to the 'Hunger Games' track. The album version of the song has heavy production and lots more instrumentation, but this performance showcased Swift's voice. While critics of the country-pop superstar sometimes gripe that her live vocals leave much to be desired, this video should shush them at least for a while — her voice sounds stronger than ever before.
She exclaimed at the conclusion of the song, "You do like it!" You can tell she does, too — she can't stop smiling while she sings it!
'The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond,' also features tracks from Kid Cudi (listen to his creepy 'The Ruler & the Killer'), Maroon 5, Miranda Lambert and Arcade Fire, hits shelves this Tuesday, March 20.
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So we're already giving away two ASUS Transformer Prime's with their keyboard docks -- one via Google+, the other in our forums. Only, as some of you have noticed, the Google+ link is mostly dead. Pesky rules or something. No matter. Here's what we're going to do:
We're going to give away a third Transformer Prime and keyboard dock. To enter, just leave a comment in this post. That simple.
So now you've got three ways to win -- in the now-dead Google+ thread (don't you worry, we can still see it, so we can still pick a winner), this thread in our forums, and now here on this post. We'll shut it down at the same time -- 8 a.m. PDT Monday morning.
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Circular, Kansas -- Help! Help!
Author: Hurd, H. B.; Lawrence Citizens
Date: August 13, 1856
This circular was composed of two parts. The first section was a letter written from Lawrence to the National Kansas Committee, asked for help because of the conflict in Kansas, stating that "instant action alone can save our people from destruction." The letter briefly mentioned the recent attack on Lawrence and the proslavery forces which were gathering and organizing. Although there was a lull in the fighting, the citizens of Lawrence were looking for assistance and relief. The second part was a response written by H. B. Hurd, secretary of the National Kansas Committee, encouraging emigration to Kansas but raising the possibility that free state settlers in the territory must at times defend their rights. He wrote that "Kansas is now in a state of open war."
Location of Original: KSHS Call Number: Port Vault K 361 H833k 1856
Item Number: 100140 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Circulars; Free state cause; Free state perspective; Hurd, H. B.; Lawrence, Kansas Territory; Missourians; National Kansas Committee; Proslavery activities; Relief; Sack of Lawrence, May 1856
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Gallery: Batkid Saves San Francisco
It takes a lot to warm the iced-over ventricles of our heart, but San Franciso has done just that today by turning the entire city into Gotham to make a little boy's dreams come true.
Miles, 5, has been fighting leukemia for most of his young life, a situation that inspired the Make A Wish Foundation to move the planets and heavens themselves to give the young Batman fan an adventure worthy of a summer blockbuster. So, for the past week or so, San Franciscans of all backgrounds banded together en masse along with Make A Wish to turn their fair city into Gotham, complete with supervillians the Riddler and Penguin, as well as the damsels in distress oft found in the fabled city.
It all came to a head Friday morning, when the only one left who could save the day was Batkid, and Batkid alone. Thousands of San Franciscans, many with Batkid signs and t-shirts, showed up to cheer Batkid on as he met with Batman before heading off in the Batmobile to save a Damsel in Distress and take on the Riddler.
A few shots from Twitter of the first part of Batkid's day:
Even if San Franciscans were unable to be there in person to cheer Batkid on, they did so with signs of support found all Gotham, including from Zynga:
The San Francisco Chronicle has published a special edition, which it is handing out free across the city:
The title, though steeped in the make believe of today, couldn't be further from reality. Batkid has done as much for San Francisco as the City By the Bay has done for him.
Faith in humanity restored. Good job, S.F.
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Re: Mandalorian Rebellion 2 (Didn't know what to call it)
Hobbe sat right across from En'de searching through the Wookie archives. He had been priviliged to be accepted into the Wookie village and had thus been given a Ryyk blade. He couldn't find anything on them and soon put down the datapad. He didn't need to calibrate his bowcaster and the Ryyk blade was as sharp as ever. The only else to do would be to calibrate the detanators or the scope on the bowcaster or to help En'de. "May I take a look at that eye, En'de?" Hobbe asked in a rather meek tone. Hobbe knew how much En'de disliked other people messing with his property but En'de replied with a "Whatever," and Hobbe was soon working on a robotic eye.


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U. of Chicago Frat Plays Racist Homophobic Prank On Postal Service Worker
An African-American mail carrier was on the receiving end of prank by a University of Chicago fraternity and now the frat is being accused of racism and homophobia.
Postal carrier Iran Becton said about a week after Memorial Day he had an order to deliver dozens of postal supply boxes to the
The Sun-Times Mary Mitchell reports, it took Becton six or seven trips to deliver the packages until one of the fraternity members told Becton to read the name on the order "Reggin Toggaf" backwards.
Reversing the names, the first name is a racial slur. The last name is a slur for gay men.
Becton explains, "About a week after Memorial Day, I had an order to bring 79 of the boxes. I came to the address and explained to the frat member that I would have a lot more supplies. I went back to the truck for the boxes about six or seven times. After the last trip, one of the frat guys came out and said it was a practical joke. Another guy said that I should read the name backwards and I'll get the joke."
Postal delivery has been suspended until they issue Becton a written apology and the University is apparently complying with an investigation from the U.S. Postal Service. Criminal charges could be filed based on the abuse of postal property.
How do you think this should be handled, Instincters?
Phi Delta Theta was not responsible, was terribly upset by the incident, and reported it when it occurred. Only 33 of their 57 members are white, and articles like this put them in danger of retaliation against them for hate crimes committed against them in the first place. Whoever did this should be held accountable as it is utterly cruel, but right now I am concerned for the safety of these young people. Please get all the details before making your own stereotypes on things like this. The original articles published by Chicago Sun Times and Huffington Post have been amended. Check them out for more information.


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Afro creator Takashi Okazaki prefers a diet high in Primetime Emmys®
The Tao of Wu - In Stores Now!
We wanted to show a little love to our good friend The RZA since he's been such an integral part of
Afro Samurai
. Always extremely passionate about his work, he has gone above and beyond to help us promote Afro Samurai. Heck, he even did personal
just to talk more about Afro. If you watch the videos, you'll see that The RZA's not only a talented musician, but a very deep, spiritual person. So, it's only fitting that he writes a book to explain his way of life.
The Tao of Wu
(IN STORES NOW) describes itself as a book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most violent slums of New York City to the highest planes of spiritual thought by the RZA, hip-hop's most exalted wise man.
Want to hear more?
RZA on
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One of the passages in your book talks about the anime movie
Dragon Ball Z
and how it represents the journey of the black man in America. And it struck me because in
Inglourious Basterds
, there's a scene about how
King Kong
represents the plight of the black man in America. Is there another movie or book or piece of art that you think represents what African Americans have had to go through?
Tarantino and I agree on
King Kong
. I'll give you another movie: John Carpenter's
They Live
. That's perfect for our times right now. That's where we're at. I saw that movie, and it really made me think. I started bugging out in the mall. I just felt like, wow, there was something about that movie that was real. I got locked up like two hours [after watching it]; I was drunk and acting crazy.
Also, here is an excerpt from
AllHipHop.com's interview
with The RZA about his new book:
: The book posits 7 Pillars as a pathway to gain spiritual enlightenment and peace. How long did it take you to finalize these attributes into a set system?
: The 7 Pillars was actually suggested to me by [co-author] Chris Norris. First we thought about 9, being we're always dealing with 9: 9 chambers of the heart, 9 Wu members and everything like that. But then when we started going through it, we didn't want to do 5 like it was the 5 Pillars of Islam and we were changing Islam. That's impossible. The 7 does represent the body of work of the book and the steps that can be taken for a person to gain the wisdom that I'm trying to instill. And I still strongly advocate the 12 Jewels of the Nation of Gods and Earths. I'm not the author of those, but I'm a person that lives by them and they are 12 steps that every man should be able to obtain.
The last jewel is happiness. But there's basically enlightenment, an awakening you gain that leads to freedom. The goal of life is to be happy.
: Personally, what would you say was the most difficult jewel for you to master?
: I'll say this. To obtain the jewels you must have them mentally, spiritually, and physically. I ain't going to go into the other planes because that'll take forever. Now mentally you gain them all in one night simply by memorizing them. Spiritually you can gain them by living it and making sure the next man you come across you don't infringe on his jewels. But, physically? That's a difficult task in our society, because you're not given food, clothing and shelter. So that means I can get knowledge, wisdom, and understanding just from my own studies. But to get freedom, justice, and equality I have to turn to my government for that. And it may be hard to obtain that if they don't offer it. You may find love in the realm of a woman or children, but if you don't have food, clothing, and shelter how are you going to find peace? You ain't going to be at peace or feel free. How are you going to be happy? So you can obtain some of the jewels but if you don't have all of them, you liable to lack in more than one of them.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection @ the San Diego Asian Film Festival
The Primetime Emmy® Award winning film AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION will have its first U.S. festival and theatrical screening at the San Diego Asian Film Festival as part of the SDAFF Extreme series. Grab front row seats for this animated fusion of action and hip-hop created by Takashi Okazaki and produced by the renowned studio GONZO in association with Spike TV and FUNimation Entertainment.
Afro (Samuel L. Jackson) has finally found peace after avenging his father's death and becoming the number one Samurai in the world. But his life of peace soon ends when a mysterious woman from his past returns. While Sio (Lucy Liu) is prepared to destroy Afro just as he destroyed so many to avenge for his father's death, Afro struggles to understand why?
Led by the voice talents of Jackson and Liu, Mark Hamill (Star Wars), and Yuri Lowenthal (Ben 10) and a score by famed music producer and rap artist The RZA, the story of Afro Samurai thrills with blood, sex, and the baddest man in a headband ever!
AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION screening
Friday, October 16 at 7:40 pm, screening followed by a Q&A
Ultrastar Theater
Writer/producers Leo Chu and Eric Garcia will be in attendance.
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Afro Samurai: Resurrection Wins Primetime Emmy® Award
Critically-Acclaimed Series First Anime Ever To Be Nominated
The critically-acclaimed, funktastic anime movie "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" has been honored with a 2009 juried Primetime Emmy® Award win for Art Director Shigemi Ikeda in the category of Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation.
"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" was also nominated in the category of Outstanding Animated Program (for programming of one hour or more) earning Spike TV its first-ever Primetime Emmy nomination from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The nomination also marks the first time in Emmy history that an anime series has been nominated in any category.
"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" stars Academy Award®-nominated actor Samuel L. Jackson opposite Emmy Award®-nominated actress Lucy Liu and featuring Mark Hamill and Yuri Lowenthal. Jackson also served as executive producer of the stylish series and the original score was provided by renowned rap artist and producer The RZA.
"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" is the sequel to the network's 2006 series "Afro Samurai" and best-selling anime DVD release of 2007. The series is based on the original art and story of manga artist Takashi Okazaki, about a black samurai's quest for revenge and justice for his murdered father. Samuel L. Jackson starred as the uncompromising hero, Afro and his motor-mouthed sidekick Ninja Ninja. When his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro is forced to pick up his sword again and wreak bloody vengeance against an army of deadly foes lead by a sadistic mastermind.
"Afro Samurai: Resurrection" was produced for Spike TV by Japanese studio GONZO in association/partnership with GONZO K.K. and FUNimation Entertainment.
Afro Samurai Resurrection Blu-rayâ"¢ Product Exchange
We are aware of an audio problem affecting some units of the Afro Samurai: Resurrection Blu-rayâ"¢ release. While it was intended that the audio on this title be English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, it has come to our attention that the audio track on some of these units is a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix.
We wish to rectify this issue with any consumers who believe they may have purchased one of these units. If you have purchased Afro Samurai: Resurrection on Blu-Ray and believe this copy does not have the TrueHD audio track, please contact
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Afro Samurai Resurrection In Stores Today!
Afro Samurai Resurrection is IN STORES TODAY!
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Sam Jackson & Afro Samurai in the Press
LA Weekly
Samuel L. Jackson Interviewed: Discusses Hip Hop and Comics For the Premiere of Afro Samurai
21 years ago, Samuel L. Jackson snagged a bit part as Leeds in Spike Lee's School Daze. Since then, the prolific Tennessean has appeared in roughly 70 films - some of them good (Kill Bill, Do the Right Thing, Hard 8,), some not so good (S.W.A.T, Amos and Andrew, Deep Blue Sea), and some that can only be classified as "ironically awesome" (Great White Hype, Snakes on a Plane, Deep Blue Sea).
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Los Angeles Times
Samuel L. Jackson is Animated About 'Afro Samurai: Resurrection'
It's a point of pride for Samuel L. Jackson that if you list every film in which he has starred or appeared and add up their box-office receipts, the collective total would be higher than any other on-screen actor in history. That might be some arcane career calculus, but it does speak to the 60-year-old actor's crowded schedule and crowd-pleasing sensibility.
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Afro Samurai: The Coolest Cartoon on Television
Samuel L. Jackson may have chosen a few questionable roles in recent years (we're looking at you, Snakes and Jumper), but there's no denying his involvement in the latest anime-inspired project Afro Samurai is downright awesome.
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Salt Lake Weekly
Daaay-um! Afro Samurai is Back!
This week, the world will be privileged to see an African-American take charge in a role traditionally denied to his people. You were thinking "samurai," weren't you?
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Afro Samurai Goes Gold for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
Hip-Hop Inspired Samurai Showdown to Deliver Cutting Edge Gameplay and Striking Visuals
SURGE announced today that Afro Samurai has gone gold and will be released throughout North America on January 27, 2009 for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. Based on the acclaimed animated series starring and executive-produced by Samuel L. Jackson, Afro Samurai expertly blends hip-hop culture and traditional Japanese aesthetics into a brutally fresh cinematic experience.
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HipHopGame.com Interviews The RZA
Recently, HipHopGame.com was able to ask The RZA a few questions such as..
- The second Afro Samurai soundtrack is dropping in late January. How did you go about putting this one together?
- What was it like working with Sly Stone on this project?
- As far as the storyline goes, are you happy with how the plotline and characters are developing?
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Afro Samurai Overlooks Times Square
It is a 45'x45' square on the south-east corner of Broadway and W.44th St.
The board slightly angles to face uptown, so all traffic coming downtown sees it, and it faces directly into 1515 Broadway which is the Viacom building.
IGN.com Reviews Afro Samurai: Resurrection
"Afro Samurai: Resurrection is a welcome addition to the Afro Samurai franchise. If you saw the first installment, you absolutely have to catch the second one. You'll see this one and want it in your home collection (if for nothing else, to see the content that Spike TV will censor), and you won't have to wait long because the DVD and Blu-Ray releases become available on February 3rd. "
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Wu Music Group to release "AFRO SAMURAI: RESURRECTION†Jan 27, 2009
Wu Music Group, the label ran by Mitchell "Divine†Diggs and the creative force of Wu-Tang Clan, "The RZAâ€, will release their second album, Afro Samurai: The Resurrection, on January 27th, 2009.
The album is the soundtrack to season two of Spike TV's animated television show and DVD Afro Samurai featuring the voice of Samuel L. Jackson. The soundtrack features collaborations and guest drops from artists such as Sly Stone, members of the Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G Rap, Rah Digga, and a whole cast of RZA's protégé's, including the late Ol' Dirty Bastard's son - Boy Jones.
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Europa League: Liverpool bow out of Europe on away goals despite a 3-1 win over Zenit
Liverpool bowed out of the Europa League on away goals despite a thrilling 3-1 win over Zenit St Petersburg.
Last Updated: 22/02/13 8:43am
Hulk's early away goal proved critical on Thursday as Zenit booked their place in the last 16, with Luis Suarez's two free-kicks and Joe Allen's strike not enough to complete a memorable comeback.
Liverpool started on the front foot, but found themselves behind after 19 minutes when Hulk capitalised on a terrible mistake from Jamie Carragher to stun the home fans.
There looked very little danger when Carragher collected the ball midway inside his own half but his attempted back pass towards Pepe Reina was terribly underhit, allowing Hulk to race clear and slide the ball under Reina and leaving Liverpool needing to score four goals if they were to progress.
Liverpool gave themselves hope on 28 minutes when Daniel Agger was felled on the edge of the box and Suarez drilled his free-kick low through the Zenit wall and into the net past Vyacheslav Malafeev.
Liverpool reduced the arrears in the tie and went in front on the night two minutes before the break, with Joe Allen finding the net.
Jose Enrique worked a neat one-two with Jordan Henderson before crossing for Allen, who saw his initial effort saved by Malafeev, but he was on hand to fire home the rebound from close-range.
Liverpool picked up where they left off at the start of the second half and they levelled the tie on aggregate just before the hour mark with a stunning free-kick from Suarez.
The Uruguayan curled his effort from 25 yards round the wall and into the top right-hand corner past a stunned Malafeev to send the home fans into raptures.
Liverpool went close to grabbing a fourth goal on 72 minutes when Malafeev flapped at a cross from Enrique and the ball dropped to Gerrard, who hit his shot into the ground and the ball bounced up goalwards only for Malafeev to produce a fine acrobatic save to turned the ball behind.
Reina kept Liverpool in the tie a minute later when he got down low to keep out Hulk's powerful effort from the edge of the box.
Liverpool threw everything at Zenit in the closing stages, but they could not find a fourth goal as they saw their European hopes ended in dramatic fashion.


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Correction - FF pass-through outputs are CV Out3 and CV Out4 (not 2 & 3) for clock and reset respectively. The diagram is incorrect for version 0.0.1.
Late last year, I spent a considerable amount of time working on an idea. I wanted to see how far I could get implementing some sort of "digital logic" with Reason4 devices. You know, the sorts of things that make computers and electronics work. I wanted to use CV as a kind of "voltage" and create both combinational logic gates (e.g. AND, XOR) as well as sequential logic (flipflops) so that I can combine them to create various complex devices such as finite state machines or digital adders. This is the sort of thing that electronics engineers like myself think about...
I had grand plans for this stuff, but time ran out for now. Therefore I'd like to post what I have to date so that people can pick this up and run with it if they think it's interesting.
I did manage to get things working quite nicely - I believe basic finite state machines are definitely possible and to prove this I created one of the most simple of all - a counter. Behold, my 16-bit digital synchronous counter implemented entirely with Reason devices!
RNS file: 16-bit Digital Counter
This design is based on the standard synchronous counter implemented with D-type flipflops, as described here.
In order to achieve this, I had to design a suite of simpler devices such as AND and XOR gates, as well as synchronous elements such as a clock generator and a flipflop.
I set myself some goals:
- each device must compose of no more than a single Thor instance. No combinators allowed because I wanted to put groups of these devices inside combinators without messing around with combi programming.
- ensure the devices are designed to run at the fastest Reason CV oscillator rate - 250 Hz. Not very fast really, but fast enough for what I want to do.
- ensure that the flipflops act as registers, not latches. The output should only change on the 'clock edge'.
Bipolar input signals need to be specially constructed, so I designed a bipolar signal source and bipolar clock generator to produce the right CV signals.
I'm not going to go into the intricacies of the combinational logic devices, but here is an interactive testbench (RNS). Click the Thor buttons labeled A, B, C and D to generate logical input signals...
then select your function from the Function Select combi (only choose one at a time!).
You should see the result in the Outputs combi. Some devices incorporate multiple gates, and are named as such - e.g. AND2. In this case, inputs A & B correspond to output W, and C &D correspond to output Y. For the NOT4 device, A corresponds to W, B to X, C to Y and D to Z.
You should be able to verify these basic logic operations pretty easily with this testbench.
The flipflop (FF) is a much more interesting device, and is the fundamental building block for synchronous logic. I won't go into the details of an ideal D-type flipflop, but one characteristic that is crucial is that the output only changes on the rising clock edge (i.e. when the clock transitions from low to high, in this case).
This testbench shows a single flipflop in operation. The clock is running at about 1 Hz and you can hear and see this in the Monitor combi. You can change the clock rate with knob 1 on the Inputs combi. You'll also see four buttons:
- reset - used to set the FF into a known state - set the button for at least one clock cycle, then unset it. It is a synchronous reset.
- data - the input signal that the FF will sample on the rising clock edge and hold.
- enable - used to turn the clock on or off. This version of the clock generator does not implement this correctly.
- beep - simply for audio feedback, turn it off if you prefer.
The FF has 3 inputs on the back panel:
- ROTARY 1: incoming data that will be sampled and held on the rising clock edge.
- CV In1: the clock signal - a bipolar CV signal in the shape of a square wave.
- CV In2: the reset signal - active high, synchronous, sets the FF output to low.
- CV Out1: the sampled and held output.
- CV Out3: simply a pass-through for the clock for chaining FFs together.
- CV Out4: simply a pass-through for the reset for chaining FFs together.
- Audio Out4: this is for an optional 'beep' sound that helps debug the FF operation. You can leave this disconnected.
NOTE: when you save a Thor patch, it does not save any rear-panel cables. For the FF to operate correctly, you must connect AUDIO OUTPUT 1 to AUDIO INPUT 1 with a single cable.
This FF works by using a little trick to store state information. The incoming data value is used to set the transpose level of the Step Sequencer. However Thor will only remember this value when the Step Sequencer is triggered by the clock incoming on CV In1 going high. If we stopped here, there would be a problem. The FF output must only change when the clock edge rises, so it must not be transparent to changes on the data input when the clock is high. I forget exactly how I solved this, but I end up converted the stored value (transposed note value) into an audio signal, passing it out of the Thor via a very small delay, taking it straight back in again and converting it to an output CV value. This also creates a very short propagation delay that prevents the FF output from changing simultaneously with the clock edge - if it did, then downstream FFs would see their input value change too soon and that would be bad as it would make all FFs transparent on the clock edge.
Then I simply took the FF and combinational devices and connected them to create 4-bit counter combinators.
By chaining four of these in series, via the carry bit, I created a 16-bit counter. I had to add a FF in-between 4-bit counter to buffer the signal and ensure the first FF in the next 4-bit counter would sample accurately - probably an issue with the way Reason handles CV internally in large networks. This does add extra clock cycles unfortunately, but there may be a cleaner way to buffer between these counters.
The BV512 vocoder display is used to display the 16-bit value - you can see the least-significant-bit on the far right, and the most-significant-bit on the far left. It takes some time to reach its maximum value before rolling back over to zero.
This was a very interesting little project and I was immensely satisfied to create a functioning 16-bit counter. Unfortunately other things came up and I lacked the time or energy to take this further, but I envisioned the following projects using these components:
- a simple finite state machine that can change CV values in response to events - essentially a way for things to change over time in a programmatic way. One example might be a CV signal that changes after a number of events have occurred.
- a multiplexer design that allows the selection of multiple incoming CV signals so that only one (or a set of several for multi-input muxes) passes through at a time. This would allow programmatic selection of various control signals in real-time.
- hundreds of other little ideas spinning around inside my head.
I also learned a valuable lesson - in future, when creating many, many different devices with different functions, keep a log! That way you know what these things all are when you look at them again six months later. Sigh.
One final note. It is known by some that if you have a NAND gate (negated-and), you can implement any combinational logic function with just NAND gates. I've provided a NOT and an AND gate; the NAND should be trivial. Good luck!
RNS files in this post:
One last comment - although my demonstrations use Thor buttons in a combi for visual feedback, this is for illustrative purposes only. It's important that the "digital" CV signals sit on the rails - i.e. -64 and +63, or whatever the equivalent scaling is. The Thor buttons in a combi are only on when the signal is at the top rail, but off for all other values. To properly debug any use of these devices, I recommend using the CV Monitor instead of "Thor buttons", and ensuring that the relevant Delay display is either "1" or "2000" and nothing in-between, otherwise these errors will propagate and eventually cause problems.


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Radical policies for which no one has voted
If a government is pursuing radical policies for which no one has voted what can you do? Not much really. Writing to your MP is worth a try. It might be more worthwhile if your MP happens to be in the cabinet.
A friend, briefed by Dr Grumble, sent this letter to his MP, a well-known cabinet minister:
Dear Cabinet Minister,
Health and Social Care Bill 2011
I am writing to express my concern about the general direction of the proposed NHS reforms. We have been repeatedly told that the NHS has to change. The evidence for this assertion is lacking. We do have a problem: health-care spending is predicted to rise because of the increasing numbers of elderly and the ever-increasing costs of treatment. That is the problem, not the current structure of the NHS.
The Commonwealth Fund has found the NHS to be the most cost-efficient healthcare service in the world. The World Health Organisation recognises the French system as being the best in the world but the French spend 11.2% of GDP on health care compared with our 8.6%. Despite this, our figures are improving much more rapidly than those in France.
I am particularly concerned about the move towards privatisation and a more American-style system. In the United States spending on health care in the year 2005 was £3921 per person whereas the figure for the NHS was £1603. Are their results any better? No. The British have generally better health and live a year longer. And the cost of administration of the US system is three times that of the NHS.
Why can we not accept that rationing is a fact of life in all health care systems. We need to ration on the basis of need. The National Institute of Clinical Excellence has led the way on this, is admired throughout the world and has ensured that we provide the best treatments to the greatest number of people.
We all accept that there is a need to keep healthcare spending under control but allowing the NHS to fragment into a loose association of multiple providers all in competition with each other is hardly the route to cost-effective integrated health care. I do hope you will do what you can to ensure that the Bill is shelved.
Yours sincerely,
A Grumblefriend
The reply he received is as follows:
Dear Mr Grumblefriend,
Thank you for your letter. Our plans to modernise the NHS have a simple aim: to ensure everyone is provided with healthcare - free at the point of use - which is the best in the world. At the moment, and despite years of extra investment productivity has declined by 15 per cent over the previous 10 years. We have to modernise the NHS to ensure that it is ready to meet the twin pressures of an ageing population and rapid advances in medicine.
We have already made several changes in response to concerns voiced by healthcare professionals - this includes strengthening the provision that competition will be based on quality not price. I can also assure you that the Secretary of State will still have a duty to promote a comprehensive health service. Now that the Bill has passed through the Commons there is a natural pause before it is considered by the Lords. We will be using this break to listen to the concerns that people still have. Where those concerns are genuine we will engage with those who want the NHS to succeed and make amendments to improve the Bill.
Yours sincerely,
A Cabinet Minister
The cabinet minister signs off with just his first name. Grumble's friend moves in high circles. The letter is clearly a standard reply. It even mentions a major concern that Grumble's friend neglected to raise: the crucial change in the responsibility of the Secretary of State who now only has a duty 'to promote' a comprehensive health service. Plainly it is not just a few maverick medical bloggers who have spotted this fundamental change to the law.
This bland mollifying reply, sent doubtless to numerous constituents, actually reveals that they are not going to budge one iota on this crucial point. No longer will the law state that the Secretary of State
"must...provide or secure the provision of [National Health] services.."The duty to provide comprehensive health care has gone. The requirement that previous benevolent governments took upon themselves at times of great hardship to provide healthcare for us all, rich and poor, has been taken away. It has gone forever.
'The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with the faith to fight for it.'Aneurin Bevan
Are there still enough folk out there with the faith to fight? Possibly not. Not in parliament anyway. People are afraid. Very afraid. And they are right to be.


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- How do you set up your mirrors?
How do you set up your mirrors?
I've recently written an article for The Driver magazine outlining when the mirrors should be checked, but here's another debate to bring up; mirror set up.How should the mirrors be set up to give the driver the best advantage?
The purpose of the mirrors is to allow the driver to be kept up to date with approaching drivers before they get into the driver's blind spots. They are also designed to help drivers avoid rear crashes; which is North America's most commonly reported crash.
The traditional way to set up your inside mirror was for it to frame the inside of your rear window. This still works as it allows the driver to take a quick glance of who is approaching them directly from behind. If you're sitting in a relaxed position, with your back up against the back of the seat, you should be able to make a quick glance in the rear view mirror without much body movement at all. If you see too much of the ceiling or seats, please re-adjust your mirror.
The major debate seems to come from the side mirror set up. The traditional way was to glance into the driver's side mirror so you could see a sliver of the vehicle and straight back at eye level. The same went for the passenger side mirror. The interesting thing is that we all seem to call these mirrors a "side mirror", when in reality it's an "outside rear view mirror". They widen the rear view for the driver.
There's some discussion out there that, as a driver, if you lean as far to your right and then adjust the side mirror to see a sliver of the vehicle, it will eliminate the blind spot to the right. Apparently, if you lean to the driver's door and do the same thing for the driver's side mirror, it will eliminate the blind spot on that side. Really? Why do I want to do that? If the side mirrors are set away from the vehicle, I reduce my chance to avoid rear crashes. Remember, they are the most common type of crash in North America. A quick glance over your shoulder to check your blind spot takes a millisecond. Here's the best part, if you've been checking your mirrors on a regular basis, you'll know who's about to come beside you and enter into your blind spot. This way, you won't be surprised when you see someone there after you check it.
To reduce the size of your blind spot on the driver's side, at Young Drivers of Canada, we'll teach our students to turn their head to a 45° angle before lining up the side mirror so a sliver of the vehicle is visible in the mirror. This will allow them to see down the side of their vehicle. Now, if they look straight ahead and just move their eyes, not turn their head to the side mirror, it shows more to the side of the vehicle. The blind spot to the driver's side is drastically reduced, but they can still see down the side of the vehicle when they need to. When would they need to?
Let's say you've been stopped in traffic and a larger vehicle, like a van with tinted windows or a truck, stops behind you. If you can't see through their vehicle from your rear view mirror and another driver comes up behind them too quickly to stop in time, you won't be able to avoid the rear crash because you won't know you need to. If your side mirrors are angled away from your vehicle, you won't be able to use them either to gather this information. You'll end up as another statistic from another rear crash. If you can still use your outside mirrors to see down the side of your vehicle, you'll need to position your vehicle to either side of your lane while stopping so you can use the outside mirror when a larger vehicle is approaching you from behind. This puts you in a proactive state of mind in case you need to move out of the way from the multiple rear crash.
A side swipe is the least of your problems when a rear crash is more common. A quick glance over your shoulder allows the driver to see what's around them before changing lanes. If the outside mirrors aren't set up to assist you to see around larger vehicles while stopped, what's the point? Ask any truck driver who is dependent on checking their mirrors. They have to rely on their mirrors because they have no other choice. We do have a choice.
A compromise here may be needed for crashes to be reduced everywhere. Set your mirrors up so you can have a solution to both side swipes and rear crashes; not just the side swipe. My advice now is to play with both techniques for awhile and see which works for you. You may be surprised with the results.
Author's Bio: Scott Marshall is Director of Training for Young Drivers of Canada (www.yd.com). Recently he has been a judge on the first three seasons of Canada's Worst Driver on Discovery Network. Scott started writing columns on driving for his community paper over 4 years ago. Since then his columns have been printed in several publications including newspaper, magazines and various web-sites. Now he has his own blog at http://safedriving.wordpress.com. You can reach Scott via e-mail with any questions or comments at email@example.com.


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Allergic reactions usually are due to foods, medicine, insect stings, pets, pollen, and a few other substances. Most of these reactions aren't serious.
However, serious allergic reactions do happen and can be life threatening. They should be treated immediately.
Possible signs of a mild allergic reaction:
Possible signs of a serious allergic reaction:
If a child has an allergic reaction:
Knowing a few things in advance can help you prevent allergic reactions — or treat them if they do happen:
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Date Reviewed: 14-06-2013


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Bill and I visited Brooklyn, on a rainy Saturday. A blogger friend had recommended a coffee shop, the Brooklyn Roasting Company on Jay St. Dispite the weather we set off to see the area, here is Bill walking down Jays St. – with the cobblestone streets, and old rail lines. After a warm cup of coffee we headed out to walk along the river.
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I recently bought a new lens for my reflex and I'm so in love with these first pics I shot with it! You can believe me if I said these pics have no retouch at all? They're so naturally shiny! I wish I have enough money to buy some more lenses and learn more how to take good and different pics, but for now I'm satisfied with the quality ahah. The outfit is as always one of my favorite easy all black outfits with some of my matte black accessories, the lenses are iFairy Moe Moe brown from Uniqso (you can use as always my code "vanilla" for a discount on your order) and they're still my favorite pair!