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15 October 2016 .....Black students at UCT want the University of Cape Town to scrap science as science is a COLONIAL concept. Bwahahahaaaaaaa
At a panel discussion this week' published to YouTube' the woman responded to a question about the decolonisation of science.
"Science as a whole is a product of western modernity and the whole thing should be scratched off. Especially in Africa'" she says. Too clever....
Arthur Goldreich famously provided refuge to Nelson Mandela at Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia.
Goldreich was also a political activist who became a member of Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) the armed wing of the ANC.
Goldreich and his family provided refuge at their home on Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, to Nelson Mandela and other freedom fighters in 1961.
Goldreich was one of those arrested at the farm on 11 July 1963 in the now infamous Rivonia Raid.
Along with Harold Wolpe, Mosie Moola and Abdulhay Jassat, Goldreich escaped from custody at Marshall Square Police Station in Johannesburg on 11 August 1963.
He moved to Israel in 1964 after his dramatic escape.
After South Africa achieved democracy in 1994 Goldreich attended a reunion at Liliesleaf. It has since been transformed into a museum.
The Sharpeville massacre radicalised Kasrils against the Apartheid system and he joined the African National Congress(ANC) in 1960, becoming secretary of the Congress of Democrats in Natal in 1961, the same year he joined the South African Communist Party. In 1962, he received a five-year banning order prohibiting him from public speaking. He was a founding member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) as member of Natal Regional Command during the same year. He became the commander of Natal Regional Command in 1963. He underwent military training in 1964 in Odessa, USSR and at the end of 1965 was sent to London to work for the movement there. During this time Kasrils worked with Yusuf Dadoo,Joe Slovo and Jack Hodgson and they formed a special committee (1966–76) to develop underground activities in South Africa from the United Kingdom. During this time he trained various people including Raymond Suttner, Jeremy Cronin,Ahmed Timol, Alex Moumbaris, Tim Jenkins and Dave and Sue Rabkin, with the aim of establishing underground propaganda units in South Africa. He served the ANC and was based in London, Luanda, Maputo, Swaziland, Botswana and Lusaka. Kasrils eventually became a member of MK's High Command and was appointed as Chief of MK Intelligence in 1983.
Kasrils also served on the ANC's Politico-Military Council from 1985 to 1989 and worked underground for the ANC in South Africa during Operation Vula from 1990 to 1991. He went on to head the ANC's campaign section from 1991 to 1994.
Born on 26 February 1927 in Johannesburg was one of Johannesburg's best-known and successful lawyers who got lucrative cases and big name clients. Kantor did not much care about politics. When Nelson Mandela became a lawyer, Kantor was one of the first people to offer his congratulations.
In his memoir, A Healthy Grave – An Apartheid Prison Memoir, published in 1969, Kantor says that he was unaware that Wolpe was involved with uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress's (ANC) military wing. Nor, he writes, did he realise that Wolpe had used the firm to set up the dummy company and launder the funds that paid for the purchase of Lilliesleaf Farm, where the MK High Command was based. At the same time, however, Kantor was a secret financial contributor to the resistance movement, someone whom Ivan Schermbrucker, a South African Communist Party (SACP) member—a neighbour and friend of Hilda and Lionel 'Rusty" Bernstei
Albie Sachs - ANC stalwart
Toms was drafted into the national service in the South African Defence Force (SADF), as a non-combatant doctor in 1978.
He opposed the goals of the SADF, but refused to leave South Africa. He spent much of his six months as a doctor in Namibia, which was then known as South West Africa and was controlled by South Africa.
Once he returned to Cape Town, Toms set up a medical clinic in the squatter settlement of Crossroads, which is located about 15 km outside of the city in the Cape Flats area. He was the only doctor who served the Crossroads' population of approximately 60,000 people. In September 1983, Toms witnessed a three-week-long confrontation between the Crossroads community and the South African police and security forces, who were trying to tear down "illegal" buildings in the settlement.[3] After witnessing the violence and brutality of the raid,
Educate Africa - Invest In Africans - Invest in a self sustaining Africa - Invest in Educating Africans - Invest in creating African Alumni to Educate Africans - Invest in Education In Africa To Educate Africans To Educate Their Own - Invest in Educating Africans To Build Businesses That Employ Their Own unskilled labour force, semi-skilled labour force and skilled labour force. Invest in Educating Africans the way India, Korea, Malaysia, China and many other third world areas have done for their people. Help Africans to stop making excuses for poor African Economic performance.
The Very Revd Gonville Aubie ffrench-Beytagh (1912 - 1991), Anglican priest, was the Dean of Johannesburg and an anti-apartheid activist.
No priests are standing up against the lies and racist corruption of SA today. Why? Hypocrites.
He was being watched closely by the Bureau of State Security (BOSS).[8] He was arrested on 20 January 1971 and was held in solitary confinement and brutally interrogated.
At first, he was accused of furthering the unlawful activities of the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party, and of possessing their pamphlets. Alison Norman was named as a co-conspirator. During his detention, demonstrations and vigils were held throughout South Africa, and the cathedral bells and the bells of many suburban churches were chimed each day in protest.
Picture - left - is open for the first ANC or EFF or DA university built for rural poor to invest in the people who need education - those masses in poverty. How Many Black Graduates Are Role Models For Education ?
How Many Black Graduates Are Calling For More Universities For Rural People ? None.
How Many Black Graduates Are Philanthropists For Education Empowerment from Poverty To Professional ? NONE on the news media - Not One.
Why should Colonials - hated colonials - continue to educate the ungrateful few Africans who trash colonial philanthropists?
WHY? The struggle was to be equal - equality begins with equal education for the poor as well as the middle class. I am alright like Zuma is the new SA phrase - screw the poor.
Following the end of apartheid, Du Toit became a Member of Parliament for the African National Congress in 1994. He helped to draft the Constitution of South Africa in 1996.
Timothy Peter Jenkin (born 1948) is a South African writer, former political prisoner and prison escapee, and a monetary activist.
Jenkin, a Cape Town resident and University of Cape Town alumnus, was charged with "producing and distributing 18 different pamphlets on behalf of banned organisations" including the South African Communist Party, African National Congress and the ANC's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe. He did so from 1975–78 and posted a sign on the seventh floor of a Cape Town building which said "The ANC lives". He was arrested, pled guilty to all charges and received a 12-year sentence. However, a year later in 1979, Jenkin and fellow inmates Alex Moumbaris and Stephen Lee broke out of Pretoria Central Prison. He subsequently moved to London and worked as a Research Officer for the International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa. He also wrote Inside Out: Escape from Pretoria Prison.
Zack De Beer - He was appointed South African ambassador to the Netherlands by Nelson Mandela.
Progressive Federal Party which had been formed that year through a merger of the Progressive Party and various other liberal groups of MPs. He became the PFP's leader in August 1988 and, with Denis Worrall and Wynand Malan was a co-leader of the new Democratic Party when it formed in 1989.
Following the DP's defeat in the first post-apartheid election of 1994, De Beer resigned as party leader.
In 2016 black leaders are still talking about white privilege but not one of them - black leaders - has built a university or college for their voters.
Not one can build the mental bridge between Education and Economic Empowerment.
Apparently wealth has everything to do with colour according to Malema and the ANC. With the exception of the ANC and EFF elite of course.
Instead of BEE we need EEE.
Any contribution from educated people is deemed gratuitous by these 'leaders' who feather their bank accounts, build mansions and drive many fancy cars while holding back their own people through ignorance and lies.
It is a common model in tribal Africa.
While they scapegoat racism for their incompetence - they punish their own people.
Idiots is a compliment to some. Idiots or cleverly implementing the perverse model taught them by their Chinese and Russian trainers.
In December 1961, the Soviets decided to re-establish the International Lenin School as a permanent facility to train people from other countries. More than 60 parties were invited to send students to the new school in 1962, and the SACP sent Ruth Mompati, Flag Boshielo and Alfred Kgokong.
The SACP's Arthur Goldreich ( Arthur Goldreich famously provided refuge to Nelson Mandela at Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia) and Vella Pillay went to Moscow in December 1962 and Ponomarey received the duo. They discussed the draft plan of Operation Mayibuye, which called for the training of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) cadres on African soil – by 1963 a camp was set up in Tanzania.
Africans need to stop making excuses for their poor performance in the World Economy - Build their own education.
White activists were almost all educated, intelligent and connected to social networks that shared disgust for apartheid.
Perhaps this is why ANC do not invest in their own people as the colonialists invest in their people.
Perhaps the ANC do not want an educated rural voter base - educated people think and do instead of complaining and making excuses for continued failure - excuses.
The list of white activists is extensive - these are only the high profile ones. There were millions who shared the belief with different levels of personal commitment.
Rick Turner - murdered


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Okay so today I feel I should be honest.
I have been neglecting my health and making some poor health choices in the name of 'budget shopping'. I think that while I am being honest this is a pretty lame excuse and I can do better.
I found myself filling out a health form today and it made me really think and reflect. It was actually quite confronting to answer the form truthfully. Writing out the answers really opened my eyes. Last year I made some solid changes to my eating habits and lost 7kgs without exercising. Since then I have put 3kgs back on and today I realised why. These few kilos didn't magically appear. They weren't created just through sneaky cheat eating but through pure laziness. What started out as 'budget food shopping' became an excuse to be lazy.
In the morning when I wake tired, before my morning coffee kicks in, the kids are crying and demanding attention it is much easier to turn to toast. The kids love toast so while I am preparing it for them I don't even think about what I should be having, I just make a couple of extra slices for me.
SO part of my health challenge for this month is NOT to skip breakfast or to have toast. I need to take responsibility, make changes to see results. Since breakfast is the first and some say the MOST important meal of the day I will start with it.
I think I will have to try some of these Paleo breakfast ideas and maybe go back to some breakfast smoothies. I loved the Michelle Bridges breakfast smoothie 🙂
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Giant Golden Orb Spider
Nephila pilipes
- Colour: the female's abdomen can be variable but is typically brown to yellow with short silvery-white hairs. The legs are usually black with bright yellow patches on the underside of the many leg joints. Its palps (small leg-like structures on either side of its fangs) are distinctly red.
- It makes golden webs, after which it is named.
- Size: females are 4 – 4.5 cm long but the tiny males are only 5 – 6 mm long (body length). The females can have a legspan of up to 15 cm!
- Diet: insects including flies, beetles, locusts, moths and cicadas which are caught in a sticky, wheel-shaped web strung between trees and shrubs. The web's yellow colour attracts insects and it is designed so that the slightest vibrations from trapped insects are transmitted to the spider. It is very strong and can even trap small birds and bats! Victims are wrapped in silk before being carried off to be eaten straight away or hung nearby for later. Small black and silver "pirate" spiders (often called Quicksilver Spiders) also inhabit the web, feeding on small trapped insects.
- Movement: the female occupies the web continuously, usually sitting in the middle, and continually maintains it. She vibrates the web to distract potential predators, and also creates a "barrier network" of silk threads on one or both sides of the web to deter bird attacks. Males sit on the outskirts of the web.
- Breeding: often several males will sit on the outskirts of a web, waiting for an opportunity to mate with the female. After mating, the female buries her single egg sac (which can contain over 2,000 eggs!) in the leaf litter or covers the egg sac in earth and litter.
What to Observe
- Presence of female spider (to establish the first and last sighting for the season)
- Number of males in a web
- Number of egg sacs in a single location
- Number of "pirate" spiders (can be recorded in the Notes box)
ClimateWatch Science Advisor
Spiders may start appearing earlier in the year as a result of climate change warming the earth, and they may also start breeding earlier and appearing in areas that were previously too cold for them. However, at present in some areas, spiders have been appearing much later in the year than expected due to fluctuating temperatures and rain.
When To Look
Day or night throughout summer (most prevalent) and autumn
Where To Look
- In eastern Australia north from Bellingen in New South Wales into the wet tropics region of north Queensland, particularly along the coast. It is also occasionally found in the rainforest areas in southern Queensland, as far south as Brisbane.
- In urban areas and on the edges of tropical forests and rainforests.
- Look in or between trees and shrubs, it can also be seen around buildings.
McKeown, K 1963. Australian Spiders. Angus and Robertson, Sydney.
Simon-Brunet, B 1994. The Silken Web: a natural history of Australian spiders. Reed Books.
York Main, B 1976. Spiders. The Australian Naturalist Library, Collins.
Search Species
What Else?
- Pirate spider: commonly called a Quicksilver Spider and may be mistaken for a male orb spider, it has a conical-shaped abdomen (body).
- Coastal Golden Orb Spider (Nephila plumipes): doesn't have the red colouring on its palps and has yellow bands near the end of each leg segment (the Giant Golden Orb Spider has discrete patches of bright yellow only on the underside of its leg joints).
- Golden Orb Weaver (Nephila edulis): doesn't have the red colouring on its palps and often has yellow bands on its legs (the Giant Golden Orb has discrete patches of bright yellow only on the underside of its leg joints). It also has black "brushes" or hairs along its legs which the Giant species doesn't have.
Did You Know?
They differ from other golden orb spiders as the females almost never eat their male partners!
They tolerate other small species of spiders cohabiting their webs.
Golden Orb Spiders are not aggressive and are probably harmless to humans. However, they should be approached with caution.


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|Outer Rifts
|Outer Sphere
|Chaotic evil
| Demons
Chaotic evil outsiders
Chaotic evil souls
|Infinite fiendish layers of madness
Source: Lords of Chaos
The Abyss (pronounced uh-BIS)[1] is a plane in the Outer Sphere dedicated to the rule of evil unfettered by law. Also referred to as the Outer Rifts, it is accessible through huge rents in the Maelstrom, opening into fiendish depths, vast beyond imagining. Sporadically, the demonic occupants of the Abyss will pour from these rents to menace one plane or another, and sometimes even tear their way into the Material Plane. The Abyss is possessed of many layers, strung together by the River Styx. Many of these planes are ruled by powerful and unique demon lords or, indeed, gods.[2]
Realms in the Abyss
The Abyssal realms are pockets in which the fabric of the Abyss has slowed its relentless, changing insanity to a near-reality pace. These places are often ruled by a demon lord, either thanks to the lord's own power over the area, or simply because demon lords are attracted to a place to build a fortress and armies. Some Abyssal realms have remained relatively unchanged for aeons and these are designated as anchored realms, or anchor realms.[3]
The two primary races that inhabit the countless layers of the Abyss are the ancient qlippoth and the prolific demons, which act as metaphysical bookends to all the numerous races of the Outer Planes. The qlippoth are believed to be some of the most ancient, or perhaps the oldest races of the Great Beyond, while the demons are the youngest. The qlippoth had already existed for eons when the Abyss first revealed itself to the rest of the multiverse, while the demons were originally created by daemons from the souls of evil mortals. When the influx of evil and lawless souls began rising steeply, the demons grew beyond the daemons' ability to control, and are now the most prolific of all the fiendish races.[2]
The Abyss is covered in detail within the pages of The Great Beyond, A Guide to the Multiverse, Lords of Chaos, Book of the Damned Volume 2, and Planar Adventures'. It also features in an extensive article in The Midnight Isles called 'Gazetteer of the Abyss'.
- ↑ Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 246. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 James Jacobs et al. (2011). The Inner Sea World Guide, p. 242. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-269-2
- ↑ James Jacobs. (2010). Lords of Chaos, p. 40. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-250-0


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Keep A Weather Radio Nearby
Weather radios can be set to go off whenever a watch or warning is issued by the National Weather Service, especially during storm season, so they can even wake you up in the middle of the night to make you aware of dangerous weather conditions that are developing near you. You should listen to the warnings because you never know when your home might receive storm damage and put your family at risk.
Most of these radios can be plugged into the wall, but make sure there are backup batteries installed in the radio so it will continue working even if a storm knocks out your power. Keep extra batteries on hand too, in case the power goes out and you discover that the batteries in the radio have already depleted over time.
Create An Emergency Supply Kit For Storm Season
Your emergency supply kit will vary in size depending on the size of your family, but at a minimum, it should include:
- A flashlight with fresh, unopened batteries for each person
- Enough non-perishable foods for each person to last for several days
- One gallon of water per person per day you plan to use the emergency kit
- A well-stocked First Aid Kit see this thorough guide by the Red Cross for items to include
Keep all of these items where you can easily get to them during an emergency, and keep them in a plastic container stored in a dry, cool place.
You should also replace the water in your kit and inspect it for missing items every few months, and you may want to write reminders on your calendar or set up a recurring one on your phone so you don't forget to keep the kit fresh and well-stocked.
Create A Disaster Plan With Your Family In Case Of Storm Damage
Don't count on anyone else to come to your rescue if you're unprepared when the weather turns dangerous. It's your responsibility to know how to plan for severe weather and execute that plan when it hits.
The Red Cross has a whole page dedicated to creating your own disaster plan for, and with, your family. You can visit that page here to print out everything you need and help everyone understand exactly what their responsibilities will be during an emergency.


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Five years from now, when I think of the food I ate in 1994, it is salt-baked crabs I will think of first.
Writing this, I can taste them again, feel my teeth crashing through the hot crust into the voluptuous heart of the crab. I can remember the way the plump, juicy flesh, rich, sweet and soft as butter, snuggled into its crisp coat, remember the perfumed taste of the seafood against the faint saline tang of the spices, the fleeting burn of the sliced chili peppers scattered across the top. I remember the way the entire table fell silent in homage to this feast of the senses. And I remember thinking, "So this is what soft-shell crabs are supposed to taste like!"
Did it matter that these spectacular crabs were served in a bare, bright, loud restaurant where the only music was the sound of noodles being slurped at tables all around? That the decoration was so minimal that the whole pigs hanging in the kitchen were the main attraction? Not at all. No crab I have ever eaten has tasted so good.
Many years ago a chef in Hong Kong told me: "You cook it, you sell it. Quickly. It must not lose wok chi. That is the secret to our cooking." Wok chi is the elusive energy that comes from cooking food very fast at very high temperatures. It fades quickly, he said. When food is allowed to linger too long, it disappears completely. Hong Kong cuisine is not for the slow.
New York Noodletown, with its bustle and clatter, its shared tables and its chefs wreathed in billows of steam rising from the cauldrons of soup in the front of the restaurant, is as close as you can get to Hong Kong without leaving Manhattan. The small storefront is most often crowded with an eclectic clientele. A quick swipe of a cloth across the table and departing policemen are replaced by a quartet of garment workers from a local factory. They order soup noodles all around and eat in noisy silence. A man who looks like a college professor sits nearby, sedately eating a dish of wide noodles with beef. He shares a table with an older woman who methodically works her way through a plate of roast pig.Continue reading the main story
At the next table, a young man orders congee, and a worker in whites emerges from the kitchen carrying a green plastic bucket filled with the rice gruel, his slippers slapping rhythmically against the floor. He pours the congee into a vat in the front of the restaurant. A chef ladles some of the thick white liquid into a bowl, adds a few slices of fish and shoves it across the counter to the waiter. In less than a minute, the young man is eating.
All these dishes are on the menu that is under the glass covering each table. Soup, rice plates, noodles and roasted meats all sell for extremely reasonable prices. Won ton soup is only $2.75, but it is delicious, a bowl of broth of astonishing intensity filled with gossamer dumplings made of shrimp and bits of pork. Noodles, which are served in small mountains, cost a little more. Each is wonderful, but I particularly appreciate chow fun with beef and yellow chives. It is an edible essay on the nature of wok chi, the meat quickly caramelized until it has a sweet and slightly metallic tang tempered by the bite of the chives and the blandness of the sheer, soft noodles.
The roasted meats, which hang on hooks in the window, are also amazing. The baby pig is especially good, the tender flesh lightly spiced and hidden beneath golden squares of skin so crisp they crackle with each bite. This may be the world's most irresistible food.
But New York Noodletown is more than a little noodle shop. Ask and you will discover an enormous menu, itself just a sketch of the many wonderful dishes the kitchen can produce. After a few exploratory visits to Noodletown, you may find some waiters comfortable enough to confide the specials of the day. Listen carefully.
There may be large shrimp with black pepper sauce, the shrimp cooked just until they have lost their translucence, then tossed in a clear, robust black sauce pungent with pepper. Surrounding the pyramid of naked shrimp is a bright green ring of broccoli.
Often there is dou miao, the pea shoots that are the queen of Chinese vegetables, tossed quickly in the wok and served while they are still hot and bright. Or baby bok choy, cooked with just a bit of chicken fat to bring out the flavor. Or flowering chives, bright against a background of carrots, mushrooms and scallions, the taste and color both punctuated by rich chunks of duck.
These are clear flavors; cooks from southern China are famous for their ability to bring out the essential nature of each ingredient. This is a cuisine of simplicity and inspired combination. Noodletown may seem modest, but notice how carefully each vegetable has been cut, the way each piece of carrot, each bit of green onion is exactly the same size. There is nothing casual about this kitchen.
The house special chicken is another wonder, the bird poached and served beneath a blanket of lettuce, ginger, scallions and green chilis. The bird is tender and silky, removed from the fire at the precise moment that the flesh has finished cooking. On the side is a pungent sauce of minced scallions and ginger; it would make almost anything taste better.
No meal at Noodletown is complete without one of the salt-baked specialties. If there are no soft-shell crabs, try shrimp, crisp and tender, or delicate squid or wonderfully chewy cuttlefish. Should the waiter offer salt-roasted flounder, do not refuse. The strips of gray sole are battered in cornstarch and served with chilis and shredded lettuce, and they virtually redefine the notion of fried fish.
Fried rice, fluffy, light and embellished with Chinese sausage and broccoli, makes the perfect ending to this meal. Noodletown has no sweets, but sometimes a plate of sliced oranges arrives with the bill. The tart, juicy fruit makes dessert seem superfluous.
New York Noodletown **
28 1/2 Bowery, near Bayard Street, Chinatown, (212) 349-0923
Atmosphere: Chinatown's most delicious food is served in a standard storefront that is bright, loud, rushed and modest.
Service: There is often a line. The waiters can be brusque. They are happiest when addressed in Cantonese. But they warm up to enthusiastic eaters in any language.
Recommended dishes: Won ton soup; salt-baked crab; salt-baked shrimp; salt-baked flounder; shrimp in black pepper sauce; house special chicken; roast baby pig; clay pot casseroles; any noodle dish.
Wine: Beer only.
Price range: Soup $2.50 to $5.95, main courses $3.25 to $14.95.
Credit Cards: None.
Hours: 9 A.M to 4 A.M. daily
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Welcome to the Miniverse, the little place where I would love to share my love for all things miniature. I hope I can provide some inspiration by sharing my work and telling you how to make minis so you can have your own Miniverse.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Some fun for the garden
Can you believe this lovely little garden fairy was once a cheap rubber doll ?
Other than the doll your will need some bunca and Tackly glue. Scissors and a bit of patience come in handy too. . You can add some little decorations like I did : some plastic berries, flowers and a sequin for a butterfly.
And you will need grey and white paint.
To "dress"the baby : unravel a length of bunca and wrap and glue bunca where you want the clothes to be. Do not use too much glue or you will lose the fluffyness.
Leave to dry very well, preferably overnight.
Glue on any decorations you want to use. I found a rejected crochet hat that looks pretty good. Note to self : Remember to never through anything away LOL
Paint the whole ensemble with grey paint and leave to dry. Dry brush with grey paint mixed with white and leave to dry. For a final touch dry brush with white paint. This will add a bit of depth and texture.
I was pretty pleased with her so I made two more in the same way.
Now all I need is a garden for them to go in .LOL
Hope you will like them.
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As voters are flocking to the polls, many are still contemplating who they want as their representatives. One candidate that won't be found on the ballots is Minneapolis MC Manny Phesto as he continues on his grassroots campaign into politics as a write-in candidate for any seat voters believe he would be best suited for.
"I'm running for Minnesota," said Manny Phesto. "I love this state, the people and the culture that comes with living here. But what I love most is the power (that) we as a community have and can create when we work together toward a common goal. I am running to raise awareness of that strength and potential, and will take any position which allows me to do so. Campaigning as a write-in will allow our community to place me where they feel we will have the greatest impact."
While skeptics are quick to write off his write-in candidacy, Manny Phesto took up this ambitious endeavor through his disenchantment with contemporary politics of more attack ads instead of displaying plausible ideas.
"Most politicians seem more concerned with winning or maintaining office than they are with solving the problems that affect our communities. Also, candidates try to make 'the other guy' look bad instead of trying to make themselves look good. I think an effective politician lets his actions, and the voices of his constituents, speak for him. By gaining the trust and faith of the people, a candidate would never need to 'run' for office again, the people would bring him to it. Also I believe our representatives should be accountable to us, and not to the board of directors at the companies that funded their campaigns."
With a background as a socially conscious MC and organizer for such community minded events such as Hip Hop Harambee, Manny Phesto has a lot of issues to address his venture into civil services. Among his talking points, he continues to stress the problem of police accountability that has constantly shaken the moral standings of this nation.
"I think we need to stop spending millions of dollars a year on brutality settlements for the actions of our historically corrupt, violent police forces. One way to reduce use of excessive force is the use of body cameras on all officers. Another is personal liability insurance for all officers, making them an unjustifiable cost with too many infractions on their record."
Along with reform within our local police departments, Manny Phesto wants to raise awareness of problems within our communities that other politicians have failed to attend to.
"I think we seriously lack in the areas of mental health care, drug treatment vs. incarceration and mass incarceration of our youth, especially from low income and communities of color for non-violent drug crimes."
While some consider his candidacy a joke at modern disillusionment of the democratic process, Manny Phesto is serious about getting out the vote. And as a candidate whose name is forgotten from every ballot, he wants to encourage many apathetic voters to make their way to their local polling areas.
"Without voting, we have no accurate representation in our government. Besides electing people we feel represent our positions, we can also add things to the ballot have a referendum, and vote it into law. If we don't send someone to the table, we simply won't eat."
If elected, fans may worry that the Southside spitter won't have the necessary time to commit to his craft. To which Manny Phesto reassures will not be an issue.
"I am a man of many hats. Being involved with music scenes keeps me in tune with the struggles of our communities, I am perfectly poised to help create policy as well as continue to practice my art."
For anyone questioning his sincerity or current positions, he also offers anyone the opportunity to contact him directly at www.mannyphesto.com to discuss his policies and political standpoints. Polls are currently open until 8 pm this evening and questions regarding where to vote can be found here.


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Capstone ePortfolio Guidelines
School of Information Sciences, The University of Tennessee Knoxville
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, requires a final examination to measure the candidate's ability to integrate materials in major and related fields for the master's degree. As a capstone experience for the master's degree in information science, the ePortfolio provides evidence of the candidate's advanced understanding of knowledge and the ability of applying knowledge to real world problems and needs.
The ALA Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies (2015) emphasize that student learning outcomes be measured by what students know and are able to do.
The term ePortfolio will be used as the official spelling, following its usage in the International Journal of ePortfolio (IJeP), a new scholarly journal for ePortfolio research (http://www.theijep.com/about.html).
As the guidelines for completing a capstone ePortfolio, this document defines ePortfolio content and procedure. The candidate must also meet the Master's degree requirements by the Graduate School (http://gradschool.utk.edu)
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1. About Capstone ePortfolio
The capstone ePortfolio consists of two essential parts: 1) the process, during which the learner collects and organizes evidence of learning outcomes, and reflects on learning and professional growth; and 2) the product, a Web-based ePortfolio, by which the candidate reflects on learning achievements and showcases professional competences in connection with the candidate's career goals.
2. Capstone ePortfolio as Process
As a backend process, the student will work closely with their advisor (ePortfolio committee chair) on setting up learning goals, evaluating milestones, and reflecting on learning experiences. Throughout the program, the student will collect learning artifacts, evaluate progress, and organize learning artifacts and reflective thoughts to build a personal learning repository. The student should maintain a well-organized repository with a focus on significant learning achievements, critical thinking, and self-evaluation of professional growth.
3. Presentational ePortfolio as Product
The Web ePortfolio presents an integrative showcase of the candidate's capstone achievements. A capstone ePortfolio should focus on the candidate's professional identity. It should not be a compilation of the courses or course assignments without being analyzed, synthesized and reflected; nor should it be a report of events or logs of activities during the program.
Be mindful about the differences between reading online and reading print materials. Helping your ePortfolio site visitors navigate should be a high priority in design. Effective use of hyperlinks and menu or sidebars can accommodate diverse readers and enhance your site usability.
The content and structure of a Web presentational ePortfolio must include the following five sections using the same headings and order for top menu:
- In this section, summarize and reflect on the student's learning goals, outcomes, and achievements in the program that support the student's career goals.
- This section should be one succinct page in length; provide links to other sections as appropriate.
- In this section, articulate and synthesize at least three concepts, theories, or frameworks, which the student applied in producing the artifact(s) presented in the Artifacts section.
- This section should be one page in length with in-paragraph headings; insert hyperlinks to the relevant artifact(s); from the specific artifact(s), link back to the headings for the concepts.
- In this section, showcase three representative artifacts/products: for each artifact,demonstrate how the student applied the concepts, theories, or frameworks and what competences the artifact demonstrates; insert hyperlinks to Knowledge section; insert hyperlinks to Competences section.
- In the Artifacts section main page, include a Knowledge-Artifacts-Competences (KAC) matrix with hyperlinks (see Appendix for example).
- Each artifact can be a subpage to stand alone and be accessible from the section main page
- Each artifact should be analyzed and synthesized to include a brief description on:
- What the artifact is about; the student's role and contribution if a collaborative effort
- What concepts, theories, or frameworks the student applied to the artifact; insert hyperlink(s) to the concept, theory, or framework in Knowledge section
- What skills/competences the student demonstrates; insert hyperlink(s) to the competence (s) in Competences section
- Reflections beyond the artifact (such as potential real world applications, metacognitive learning, etc.)
Course assignments may be a good artifact if the student will further strengthen them to demonstrate a higher level learning for capstone ePortfolio. The description of any artifact should omit course number, instructor, and grade; course title or subject may be provided.
For collaborative work, omit teammate's names unless it is a published paper or permission was granted by the teammate; for contribution, an estimate of percentage (%) effort is neither needed nor sufficient, rather the nature of contribution is required.
Competences [1]
- In this section, articulate five competences/skills that are substantiated in the three artifacts.
- For each competence/skill, provide a brief description and self-assessed level (or certified level), such as experienced, fluent, proficient, advanced, mastery, etc.; insert hyperlinks to the relevant artifact(s).
- In this section, make projections toward a bright career future.
- Set lifelong learning goals or plans for professional growth and career development.
- Include Résumé or Curriculum Vitae (may be a section on its own accessible from the top menu).
4. Procedure
To ensure successful completion of a capstone ePortfolio for a master's degree in information sciences, the candidate must meet the following requirements:
Required Course
The student planning to develop a capstone ePortfolio must take and complete the course INSC 505: Capstone for Career Success: Designing ePortfolio upon completion of the required courses or concurrently with the required course(s). The course covers conceptual understanding of integrative learning outcomes, career planning, reflective writing, and advanced Web technology for implementing a capstone ePortfolio.
ePortfolio Committee Chair
The student must have an ePortfolio committee chair (hereafter, ePortfolio chair). The ePortfolio chair is an important source of information and guidance; the chair also serves as a Major Professor as defined by the Graduate School, and they will be identified as such in the relevant forms (e.g., Admission to Candidacy and Graduation Application). An ePortfolio student may transfer from the current academic advisor to an ePortfolio chair served by another faculty member as appropriate. (See Milestones)
In case of lacking adequate progress or potential to complete a capstone ePortfolio for graduation at the time Graduation Application form is due, the student shall be advised if ePortfolio is a viable option in a given timeframe and be advised to select another feasible option.
Master's Committee (a.k.a ePortfolio Committee)
A Master's Committee as defined by the Graduate Catalog is composed of the Major Professor (a.k.a ePortfolio Chair) and at least two other University of Tennessee faculty members with the rank of assistant professor or higher. Clinical assistant professor or higher is eligible to serve as a chair or committee member. One of the committee members may be from another academic department at the rank of assistant professor or higher (including UT libraries).
As the first milestone (see Milestones), the student will choose an ePortfolio chair and form the Master's Committee.
Final Oral Examination (a.k.a Oral Defense)
The student's Admission to Candidacy and Graduation Application to the Graduate School must have been approved. The Final Oral Examination must be scheduled with the student's Master's Committee at least two weeks prior to the examination.
The examination must be held no later than two weeks before the Graduate School's due date for the Final Examination Report. Major Professor and the two members must sign the Final Examination Report. The signed report must be submitted to the School's Student Coordinator at least one day before the Graduate School's due date. (For forms and due dates check the Graduate School online at http://gradschool.utk.edu/).
The following milestones may be used to gauge the progress of an ePortfolio student. The student should be familiar with the specific tasks in each milestone to ensure a successful experience in developing a capstone ePortfolio.
First milestone (to be reached while the student is taking the required INSC 505 ePortfolio course)
- The student develops an ePortfolio prototype
- The student seeks an ePortfolio chair (either the assigned academic advisor or another faculty member with a good match of the student's career path)
- The ePortfolio chair approves the ePortfolio prototype
- The student and the ePortfolio chair jointly form the student's Master's Committee (see Master's Committee above)
Second milestone
- The student has a Master's Committee for ePortfolio
- The student submits a draft ePortfolio to the ePortfolio chair; the draft ePortfolio includes all required sections defined in Section 3 Presentational ePortfolio as Product (above) prior to applying for admission to candidacy and graduation, which is one semester before the target graduation semester
- The chair provides feedback on the draft
- The student revises the draft ePortfolio and resubmits to the chair
- The chair approves the revised ePortfolio (the student may be advised to switch to another option if the ePortfolio draft is below the expected quality)
- The student submits the draft to committee members (The ePortfolio site must be accessible to the members)
- In applying for graduation forms, the student indicates Non-thesis option and identifies self as an ePortfolio candidate
Third milestone
- The student finalizes the ePortfolio
- The student schedules a Final Oral Examination with the committee (see Final Oral Examination above)
- The student takes the Final Oral Examinatio
- The committee approves (or does not approve) the ePortfolio
- The committee may suggest changes or revisions before signing off the ePortfolio
- The committee signs the Report of Final Examination
- The chair submits the report to School's Student Coordinator at least one day before the Graduate School's due date (check due dates at http://gradschool.utk.edu/)
Faculty Workload
A faculty member is not required to serve as Major Professor for more than 5 ePortfolio students per semester. Faculty members are not required to serve ePortfolio Final Oral Examination during the Summer term.
For questions not yet covered in the Guidelines, Contact ePortfolio Coordinator email@example.com
(Approved by the Faculty on November 18, 2015)
Appendix. Illustrative Examples
Knowledge-Artifacts-Competencies (KAC matrix) is a useful tool for integration
The following KAC is a Google slide to be embedded to Web ePortfolio Site for Integrative View with hyperlinks to specific artifacts
ePortfolio Examples:
[1] Competence, a synonym of skill, is the preferred term in ePortfolio because competency refers to behavior rather than skills.


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Fusion woo
| Style over substance
|Popular pseudosciences
|Random examples
Fusion woo refers to dreams of extracting energy from nuclear fusion in a simple, cheap, and safe way. While fusion energy might one day be available, all the signs are that it will require large, complex, and expensive machines, will require the use of radioactive tritium as fuel, and will produce at least some radioactive waste.
Such wishful thinking is popular because, given that fusion fuel resources range from large to effectively limitless, such a device would solve all of our energy headaches. If successful, such schemes would also provide very satisfying opportunities to say "I told you so" to the scientific establishment (which makes it irresistible to cranks). Fusion woo has been fueled by two developments. First, there are in fact several ways to produce nuclear fusion in relatively simple devices, even in a hobbyist's garage. These include the Farnsworth fusor and pyroelectric fusion. Unfortunately, the laws of physics ensure that these devices will always consume more energy than they can produce, although they can still be useful as a neutron source. Second, the widely publicized claims of cold fusion raised hopes of producing nuclear energy in small household devices, free from the disadvantages of conventional, large scale nuclear power plants.
It's not easy to ascertain the goals of fusion woo proponents. Some of them might just be fraudsters out to acquire some venture capital funding and then disappear. Some of them may genuinely believe that their approaches will work.
Cold fusion[edit]
The mother of all fusion woo is cold fusion, which is so far out in left field that we have to refer you to our main article on cold fusion. This article will only cover approaches utilizing energetic particles.
The "safe" part: aneutronic fusion[edit]
Of all the possible fusion reactions, the one with the largest cross section, which also releases the most energy per reaction, is
4He, an alpha particle, is basically just helium. The "n" stands for neutron. The two reactants on the left are isotopes of hydrogen: deuterium, which is stable and behaves itself; and tritium, which is highly radioactive and trouble. Its half-life is 12.3 years, so it does not occur naturally in any significant quantity. It has to be "bred" from lithium using neutrons produced by the fusion reaction.
That would probably work, but it complicates the reactor, and the mathematics of breeding is borderline. The radioactivity also makes tritium a health hazard, especially since hydrogen is volatile and biologically active. The neutrons (n) produced are also a problem. First, they require about 1 meter of shielding to protect the magnets. Second, they get absorbed by the structure of the reactor and make it radioactive. But, with the proper choice of structural material, the radioactivity can be minimized such that it is safe to recycle in about 100 years.
Those are all very good reasons to give serious consideration to alternative fusion reactions, of which there are several. As a rule, if you want to reduce your radiation headaches, the cost is even bigger headaches making your reactor work at all. There are three reasons for this.
- The required temperature is higher.
- The fusion power relative to power loss channels, especially Bremsstrahlung radiation, is lower, so you can tolerate less inefficiency.
- The energy density is lower, making the capital cost per MW higher.
For advocates of fusion woo, it makes little difference whether they ignore science and engineering constraints marginally or in a big way, so they usually go straight for the reaction which produces the fewest neutrons:
p is a proton (garden variety hydrogen). 11B is the most common isotope of boron, which is itself a reasonably common element. Note that none of the reactants or products are radioactive or rare. In particular, no neutrons are produced, so you could put a reactor into your basement and take it to the dump when you're done with it, right? Well, first you have to make sure that not too much deuterium or 10B gets into your fuel since they will also fuse and produce neutrons. But even with isotopically pure fuel there are several nasty side reactions, including these:
The first two produce neutrons (albeit low-energy) and the third produces hard gamma rays. The upshot of it is that even the "aneutronic" p-11B reaction would produce enough neutrons to require heavy shielding and disposal of radioactive waste, it would be about a thousand times less than the D-T reaction, which already has orders of magnitude lower problems with radioactivity than nuclear fission.
The figure of merit usually considered most indicative of the overall quality of a plasma confinement device is the product of the pressure and the energy confinement time (nTτ, the "triple product"). For p-11B fusion, the triple product would have to be 500 times larger than that required for D-T fusion (which is already extremely difficult to achieve). Worse yet, while one might imagine finding a way to increase the confinement time by plugging one hole after another, there is one sort of loss that is essentially impossible to stop: Bremsstrahlung radiation. The standard calculation under the most optimistic conditions indicates that in a p-11B plasma, the Bremsstrahlung loss will always be higher than the fusion power produced. The plasma cannot "burn", but will fizzle out. Some people have spent a lot of effort trying to find a way around this, for example by keeping the electrons colder than the ions, or by keeping the ions or electrons from relaxing to a Maxwellian (thermal) velocity distribution, but the energy required to maintain these special distributions is always greater than the fusion energy produced.
Less attention has been paid to the energy density, although it would also be a dramatic problem, even if you could solve the confinement problem somehow. For a given pressure with otherwise comparable conditions and reasonable approximations, the power density for p-11B would be 2,000 times lower than that for D-T. If the capital cost of a fusion reactor scales linearly with the plasma volume (a reasonable first cut), then electricity from p-11B would cost around 2,000 times more than electricity from D-T (though if we take into account that p-11B plasma may allow more efficient energy conversion, that could fall to "only" 400 times more). Even if you could make p-11B fusion work, why would you not choose to put in D-T fuel instead and produce hundreds of times more power for the same investment?
All of these considerations — the residual radioactivity, the low power density, but especially the Bremsstrahlung losses — make aneutronic fusion the biggest fusion woo. Except for cold fusion, of course.
The "simple and cheap" part: alternate concepts[edit]
Once cold fusion and aneutronic fusion are off the table, most of the rest has a scientific kernel deep down inside, but the PR department oversells the potential in a manner somewhere between "aggressive" and "criminal".
The best hope of producing net energy from nuclear fusion is the tokamak. It probably really will work, but it may also prove to be an order of magnitude more expensive than alternatives, whether they be nuclear fission, solar plants in desert regions, or burning coal and living with climate change. The best argument for continuing the research anyway is that it could turn out to be better than expected, and it will only cost a tiny drop to find out, compared to our expenditures on energy supply.
Among the factors that make tokamaks (and their less popular brothers the stellarators) expensive is that they are toroidal (big and complex), and that the plasma pressure is only about a tenth of the magnetic field pressure. Most of the alternatives try to attack both of these issues. A toroidal field is really a good idea because it's the only way to avoid loose ends, but if you could produce it in a cylindrical machine, you might be able to make it a lot smaller and cheaper. This avenue is called a "compact toroid", of which there are two major lanes: Field-Reversed Configurations (FRC) and Spheromaks. FRCs also have the advantage of inherently having a plasma pressure nearly as high as the magnetic field pressure. (Don't let anybody tell you the plasma pressure can be higher than the magnetic field pressure. The mathematical proof of that fact is called the "virial theorem".)
How to recognize fusion crankery[edit]
It is quite easy to recognize fusion woo. The following things are big red flags:
- No neutron production, especially when claiming to use pure deuterium as fuel. D-D fusion produces tritium in half of its reaction; the tritium then undergoes D-T fusion to produce neutrons. The other half of D-D fusion reactions produces 3He and a neutron. Genuine aneutronic fusion reactions require exotic fuels (such as helium-3) and conditions far more extreme than those achieved at the largest 'Big Science' fusion facilities.
- Use of particle accelerators as the primary means of sustaining the plasma. There are fundamental reasons which prevent such systems from ever generating net power.[1]
- Use of fuel other than a deuterium-tritium mixture, in particular proton-boron fuel. The conditions required for p-11B fusion are so extreme that Bremsstrahlung losses would dwarf any power produced from fusion.
- CrossFire Fusion Reactor
- Tri Alpha Energy - A California company developing aneutronic fusion machines
- Focus Fusion - while the approach is a variant of the "mainstream" magnetic confinement fusion and might not be completely useless, its proponents make claims of being able to eventually achieve net energy gain from proton-boron fusion, which is strongly suspected to be physically impossible.
"Soft" woo[edit]
These are items that, while not overtly being woo themselves, are often presented by their promoters in ways that make them woo.
- ICF — Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), where extremely powerful laser pulses are focused on tiny pellets of fuel to implode them. This closely models the processes happening in thermonuclear weapons. The primary goal of these facilities is to make it possible to design new nuclear weapons and verify the reliability of existing ones without the need for test explosions. It's highly unlikely such a device would ever be used for power production, but describing these projects as energy research rather than stockpile maintenance is far more politically acceptable. ICF facilities include the National Ignition Facility in the U.S. and the Laser Mégajoule in France. It is the claims of being energy research that result in ICF being classified as soft woo.
- Focus Fusion — Also known as dense plasma focus (DPF) fusion. This approach definitely achieves fusion, and has been claimed to produce 4 times the fusion events per unit energy of an ICF device at 1/12,000th the power level using D-D and not the more expensive but better D-T fuel. Thus, if the results are real, it has been empirically shown to be closer to net energy generation than ICF, although ICF itself is far from reaching break-even.
DPFs may be useful as an X-ray or neutron source independent of fusion energy production. There is much speculation that the device is woo because the group pursing it eventually wants to burn p-11B fuel and features this fuel prominently, although their device currently burns D-D fuel. Additional criticism is levied at the group's leader, Eric Lerner, for his rejection of the mainstream consensus regarding the Big Bang, which leads to more doubt as to the group's legitimacy.
Will it ever work?[edit]
The prospects for any such low-cost fusion technology look very bleak. Back in 1995, a graduate physics student at MIT, Todd Rider, wrote an extensive Ph.D. thesis which investigated many possible ways of producing energy from fusion in plasma far from thermodynamic equilibrium, i.e. in a way that does not require sustained extremely high temperatures and pressures. None of the dozens of approaches he studied could be expected to generate net power, even under highly optimistic assumptions.[1] However, this paper does have a loophole in that it does not investigate "transient nonequilibrium burning systems which try to produce enough fusion power before the particle distributions equilibrate". There is of course some small chance that he made serious errors that were not spotted by him nor his reviewers, or that there is some approach he did not consider, and energy gain from a steady state fusion system far from thermodynamic equilibrium is possible after all.
Some of the devices produced by fusion woo companies could find applications in places where intense neutron sources are required — for example, in the transmutation of nuclear waste.
Non-woo approaches[edit]
The approach to fusion power which receives the majority of funding is magnetic confinement fusion (MCF), which uses powerful superconducting magnets to create a spiral magnetic field to stabilize the plasma and may not be woo. This approach is used in the ITER facility under construction in France, which could produce net power within the next decade. Commercial application, however, is still far in the future (after 2050).[2] The Polywell, the brainchild of Robert "interstellar ramjets" Bussard, is also a kind of magnetic confinement fusion; the jury is still out on the Polywell's efficacy, but the U.S. Navy has continued to show an interest in it.
The second approach is inertial confinement fusion (ICF), where extremely powerful laser pulses are focused on tiny pellets of fuel to implode them. See above.
External links[edit]
- Nuclear fusion gets boost from private-sector startups — Science News review private research


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Tech mogul Alibaba Cloud have partnered with payment firm TAS Group in a bid to take on AWS in the Australian market. As per the terms of the deal, Alibaba will fortify their presence in the Australian market by leveraging TAS Group's network in the financial sector.
According to TAS Group, the financial sector in Australia is looking for cloud-based services to reduce their workloads. They also believe that financial organizations are looking for different ways to outdo each other in terms of performance.
By partnering with Alibaba Cloud, TAS Group believe that they will be able to provide financial companies in Australia with a much-needed advantage. They also say TAS Group will be able to boost their reputation in the financial industry.
Speaking about the alliance, Shane Baker, CEO at TAS Group, commented:
As a trusted advisor in FSI, TAS is very pleased to be partnering with a highly regarded global cloud computing company that is cutting edge with its services that will give our clients unparalleled advantages that align with our commitment to provide exceptional tech solutions.
Alibaba say that their decision to partner with TAS is a part of their competitive strategy to gain more market share in the APJ (the Asia Pacific and Japan) region. They also say that by entering into this alliance, Alibaba Cloud will be able to leverage TAS' network to gain businesses.
Speaking about the partnership, Raymond Ma, Alibaba Cloud's ASEAN and ANZ General Manager, said:
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We are happy to have found a like-minded business partner in TAS and look forward to setting a new industry benchmark in the way of cloud deliverables for the financial services market.
It will be interesting to watch how Alibaba Cloud make the most out of this partnership and race ahead of AWS in the cloud race.


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Stella McCartney x Net-a-Porter Holiday Capsule
Stella McCartney is another designer that got you covered for the upcoming holiday season. The British designer teamed up with the online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter on an exclusive capsule collection. It's a small 10-piece collection that consists of jumpsuits, dresses, outwear, and a few separates. Stella McCartney kept things to her simple design aesthetic but added a few details to get you into the holiday spirit.
Stella's holiday dresses feature polished silhouettes. As always, the designer focused on the tailoring instead of excessive details. The satin mini dress in dusty pink features a thigh-high slit that adds a bit of sultriness to the elegant look. For events that require full glam, Stella designed floor-gazing dazzling black dress.
The jumpsuits were the highlight of the limited edition capsule. For the ladies who want to trade the little black dress for another black piece, there is a one-shoulder satin wide-leg jumpsuit that Stella wore at the launch celebration of the collection. There is also a satin pale pink jumpsuit(millennials' dreams just came true) with double high leg slits and tiny belt.
Stella added a fur-free fur cropped jacket to the lineup when it comes to satisfying the needs of the millennials. Along with her sustainable ways of producing the garments, the designer is a lifelong vegetarian. Her parents Paul and Linda McCartney are responsible for popularizing the animal-free diet to the western mainstream. Back in 2015, the designer debuted her fur-free fur outwear. But Stella didn't want to have her pieces mistaken for real fur. That's why she added a "fur-free fur' label attached to the coats in a visible place. This tag is for people who don't want to wear real fur and want to explain themselves. Being a lifelong vegetarian, Stella knows that many people would wear this tag with pride.
Lastly, Stella McCartney's collection for Net-a-Porter includes some separates. You can find silk draped midi skirt, wide-leg satin trousers and a crop top with bow details. All the pieces in the collection put an accent on the modern women's needs from day to night. McCartney wanted women to be able to mix and match the pieces with the rest of their wardrobe.
The collection is exclusive to the online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter. The pieces retail between $690 to $3540.


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Additional Reporting credit for this Sunday Times Home piece. I contacted lots of estate agents around the country to talk about the property market in their area and to see how those properties on their books previously reviewed by the ST had come on since.
Category Archives: Sunday Times
Atticus: Let me tell you where you went wrong there, young David
I contributed the leading item in Atticus, the Sunday Times' diary column. David Cameron, by his own confession, is still receiving PPE tutorials 25 years after graduating from Brasenose.
Atticus: David Dimbleby and Isis
After a morning of research for the ST into Dimbleby's Oxford days – he had recently claimed in an interview that he'd been very well-behaved despite his Bullingdon membership – I found this snippet that made its way into that week's diary, Atticus (£).
Sunday Times: Ministers dry up on tale of Tory wet
Early in January this year I, as one of the new senior editorial staff on Cherwell, was helping to put together the first print edition of Hilary term.
Anthony and Immy, that term's editors, had introduced a new feature on the editorial page called 'In the archives'. (I think they introduced it as I don't recall it being around in Michaelmas)
Each week involved someone sifting through the (then horrendously disorganised; now impressively organised) archives in the Cherwell office, in search of something interesting or amusing.
It was a great little feature, and given the wealth of Oxford alumni in public life, was often quite mischievous fun too. Here is Ken Loach, the film director, in 1960 complaining that "if women were [Oxford University Drama Society] members, we would feel a moral obligation to give them parts, no matter how bad they were" and that "one day you would have a woman President – the thought appalls me." Loach's production company, Sixteen Films, replied to say that "Loach is deeply shocked and shamed by his younger self. Fortunately the Sixties came along and changed him utterly. Whew!"
Back to that first print edition: Pete, another deputy editor at the time, found a copy of Cherwell from 1977, which reported that Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General, had in his student days been part of a mob that chucked Damian Green, now the Minister for Police and Criminal Justice, off Magdalen Bridge. Even better, the story was bylined by Michael Crick, now Channel 4's political correspondent (who I had great fun interviewing last year).
Absent-mindedly, I tweeted it, grasping the comedy of the article – though not its newsworthiness.
Remarkably, given that I hardly had any twitter followers then, the story – a salacious piece of Westminster gossip – appeared on Guido Fawkes the following morning.
A couple of days later the Sunday Times, in the person of Camilla Turner (a former Cherwell editor who was then interning there), asked me to help find out what may have led to the incident all those years ago. We spent the best part of a day digging through the (far better preserved) archives in the Oxford Union. I had an 'Additional Reporting' credit in that week's Sunday Times (£).
Sunday Times: High jinks of the high and mighty
'Additional Reporting' credit for this Sunday Times piece (£) from January 2013.


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I remember when I was around 13 and bought yet another Spider-Man action figure. My mother was not happy about it—she expected me to be past the age of being into such "childish" things.
Well, I'm now 34 and still very much a fan of all things superhero. I'm not ashamed of it, though I should acknowledge that it does help to live in a world in which superhero and geek culture is more alive and accepted than it has ever been. Case in point: Wonder Woman is an official UN honorary ambassador, and I'm lucky enough to be able to write about superhero culture for a website. Even putting those two words together, "superhero" and "culture," isn't the sort of thing that was happening back when I was buying my cheap Spider-Man toys more than 20 years ago.
I'm proud of my inner child; it is a source of happiness for me. At the same time, I understand the unattractiveness of superheroes to many adults—the unrealistic violence of it all, the idea that you can always punch evil in the face to make it go away. Many superhero stories have more depth to them than that, but in the end, when dealing with characters who have superstrength or superspeed, marvelous metal-laced fists, metal gloves, or plain old metal hammers . . . someone evil is getting hit in the face. Yet we superhero geeks are far from being violent people who believe face hitting to be a solution to everything wrong in the world—more than the super characteristic, for fans such as myself it is the hero aspect that keeps us interested. The unrealistic violence is a visceral and direct form of action that the hero engages in to bring about good, and action is what it is all about.
And this is hardly unique to superhero stories. Take the Bhagavad Gita, or Gita for short, which is the Hindu holy text. It is an excerpt from the Mahabharata, an epic story of a rivalry between two families; the Gita is the conversation that takes place between king Arjuna and his charioteer and guide, the lord Krishna, right before a great war. Arjuna is a kshatriya, a person of the warrior caste, so his responsibility and purpose are to fight when it is necessary. But he is having doubts before leading his people into war. Through the philosophical conversation that takes place, lord Krishna convinces Arjuna that this action of war must be taken now, as it is necessary for the ultimate good of all. But war and violence are not advocated by the Gita. They serve as a grand metaphor for taking action, as war is the greatest and most difficult action that anyone can ever decide to take, even for a kshatriya king who is raised by a warrior code of honor.
Likewise, in the case of many superhero comics and movies, action is what it is being advocated, even if action takes the form of violence in the story. Decisive and intentional action to do the right thing and be a certain way, to handle ourselves in a purposeful manner in a given situation to bring about good in ourselves and our surroundings. That is what we allow superheroes to teach us, whether we are 13 or 34.
Naturally, the actions we regular folks must take to overcome our difficulties rarely take the form of punching evil in the face. Our situations change. They can be complicated and are different for every person. Some years ago, when I was in a dismal situation and felt more alone than I have ever been in my life, I remained stagnant and didn't do much of anything to change my circumstances. At one point I became fed up and decided to summon Batman into my life as something of a metaphorical guide, because who better to turn dark loneliness into something spectacularly good than the Dark Knight? The full story is here, but to summarize it for you, it worked astoundingly well. But that was for one particular situation, and that situation is not like any of the challenges I am facing now in my continuing quest to better myself. I expect the superheroes I admire to come and go, and come again into my life when I need them, but I do believe that I personally will always have a bond with the Hindu deity Ganesha. Aside from his being a god of creative writing, I am intrigued by the intersection of his having an old and wise elephant head upon a young and playful child's body.
I know that I am still very much a child by some people's measure, still writing fantasy stories and still dreaming to have those stories out in the world (and working toward it, by the way, if you happen to be a fantasy agent I haven't sent my work to yet). I'm proud of my overactive imagination, and I'm always excited to exercise it by creating and by exposing myself to other people's stories and artwork. All of this childishness makes me happy, but I am adult enough to know that everything takes effort, including happiness. I put considerable conscious effort into being aware of the sources of my happiness. These include but are not limited to practicing gratitude for the good things in my life; spending quality time with my wife, family, and friends; practicing goodwill when I can; and, of course, working on my creative career, which goes hand in hand with engaging in creative play. Having done this for a little while, I've developed a sort of sixth sense for my happiness needs. It's far from flawless, but I generally know when I need to be social and when I need to be alone and create and/or play.
When it comes to play, I no longer have those Spider-Man action figures, but I do have a much more fantastical toy for my age, especially when you consider the many, many superheroes of whom I have grown to be a fan: the Marvel deck-building game Legendary and most of the expansions. My wife can confirm that I am often fiddling with these cards, grouping heroes together for a fantastic fanfiction battle that won't last more than 30 minutes, and often rearranging it all again before we actually play a game. It's great fun for me and has allowed me to re-examine my favorite heroes. By playing with different team combinations, comparing them, and thinking about which iconic villains they are thwarting to save the world, I've considered these heroes in ways I never have before. I've asked myself, what is it about any individual superhero that draws me to them? What do I find most inspirational? And when you strip away the simplistic comic-book violence of face punching, what unique heroism is left that we regular people can incorporate into our own lives?
If we wish for it, each hero can offer us inspirational wisdom that we can use to face a multitude of rotating challenges. I've decided to call this ongoing experiment "The Superheroes in 'I'" to encourage the idea that reflections of multiple superheroes can be found in any one of us, and depending on what our particular challenge or metaphorical villain is, we can bring that hero to the surface to conquer the evils holding us back. Of course, everything I come up with will be made up and will suit my relationship and views of the different characters, but I hope that as I engage in this project, others will also be inspired to find the superheroes within themselves.


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This website provides you information about the Master in Aerospace Science and Technology of the UPC -Barcelona Tech. This Master's Degree gives you advanced training in the sciences and technology that are currently most widely used in the fields of aeronautics and space. The Master program includes the study of theoretical and practical groundwork, techniques, methods and processes of current use in aerospace research.
The whole program consists of a total of 90 ECTS credits distributed in three semesters of 30 credits each. Students may enrol the program in September (mostly recommended) or February. Fall semester is devoted to mandatory courses and spring semester to elective courses. Once students have completed 60 credits in courses, the Master Thesis (30 credits) is performed at a University department or at an aerospace company.
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Lectures are scheduled Monday to Friday from 16.00 with special sessions in other time frames, some of them in the morning.
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This Master is organized by the UPC Castelldefels School of Telecommunication and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC) with the collaboration of the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES), the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
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Prior to his appointment at San Francisco State in 2012, Dr. Wong served as President of Northern Michigan University. Earlier in his career he held executive leadership positions at Valley City State University, the University of Southern Colorado and Evergreen State College.
Dr. Wong holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Gonzaga University, a master's degree in Experimental Psychology from Eastern Washington University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Washington State University. He maintains research interests in educational technology, academic assessment and the role of underrepresented minorities in the academy.


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Friday, August 12, 2011
Week-end Simple: Don't make your bed
There's something luxurious and sensual--even sexy--about an unmade bed. Soft percale and a light cotton blanket, relaxed, unfussy, casual, inviting.
An unmade bed reminds me of childhood summers at the beach when we would get out of bed early in the morning and head down to the ocean to make the most of the day.
School begins soon, and I will go back to rising at 5:30 and my early morning routines. But for the next few weeks I will continue to enjoy my summer and the pleasure of an unmade bed.
The image is of a beautiful painting by artist Sally Strand.
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- AnonymousAugust 12, 2011 at 6:15 PM
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My husband must have been very sexy before we were married; he never made the bed.ReplyDelete
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I LOVE that picture! Wish my unmade bed looked like that :-)ReplyDelete
I see she does workshops too, but I live in the UK so those are not an option...
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7/6/11. I'm leaving this page up, but for more about my reading habits, try my other blog: www.romesbooks.wordpress.com
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These cupcakes have been really popular lately, and I wanted to share with you just how easy they are to make. You don't need a lot of equipment or technique for some real wow factor.
Firstly you'll need some cupcakes. My favourite vanilla cupcake recipe is here. I love the texture of these cupcakes – they are slightly more dense than many I've made before, yet really soft and moist and just melt in your mouth. I also love the Cake Paper Party website – Summer has a heap of great recipes (with beautiful photos) and she delves into the science behind baking which is fascinating.
My favourite chocolate cupcake recipe is here. This cupcake manages to be light and super chocolate-y at the same time, while not dry or crumbly.
Next you are going to need some buttercream. The simplest version is really just a mix of butter and sugar whipped together (an example here from My Cupcake Addiction). My favourite variety though is Swiss Meringue Buttercream (SMB). It is super smooth and soft and velvety. SMB does take a bit of effort but I think it is well worth it. There are heaps on recipes online, but there's a good video here from Elisa Strauss.
Now the fun stuff starts. I've chosen to use five colours in my rainbow, and so I divided my buttercream into five bowls. Colour each bowl of buttercream using a gel paste (water based colours can alter the texture and make your buttercream too runny). Lay out a piece of plastic wrap and dollop the buttercream on in a line, with each colour side by side.
Roll up the plastic wrap so you have one big roll with all five colours inside.
Next you need to slide this big roll of buttercream into your piping bag (with star tip attached) and shake it to get the buttercream to push as close to the tip as possible. It won't go all the way, but don't worry.
All you need to do is twist the top of the piping bag closed and this pressure will squeeze all the colours towards the tip. The first bit of buttercream probably won't have all the colours as they start to merge, so try it out on some spare cupcakes (it will still taste great!), or just onto some baking paper or something to throw away.
My favourite technique is to swirl from the outside towards the middle, building to a peak in the centre. You can add extra decorations like these silver cachous, sprinkles, 100s and 1000s, edible glitter etc – so many possibilities.
The final 'sweet moment' is enjoying a beautiful looking, and tasting, cupcake. I'd love to see your creations, so please post a photo in the comments below.


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My good friend Marcel made the pledge to not buy a single figure in 2010. As an incentive to help him through these difficult 365 days, I decided to paint him a battalion of French infantry, which he will get on 1 Jan 2011 - assuming he manages to get through 2010 without buying any figures.
Last Saturday I dropped by another friend, Fons, who is selling off a lot of his wargames stuff, and picked up 2 boxes of Perry plastic French infantry. Last night I assembled/converted 12 figs (3 companies or half a battalion), put them on their painting bases and primed them. Step 1 of "A batallion for Marcel" has been completed ;-)
I hope to have some pictures of the first 12 primed and ready to go, but that may be a few days, as I'll be travelling for work.


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