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I may be entering a piano phase.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Billy Joel--Scenes From an Italian Restaurant
by Jay Allbritton
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Allo Darlin'--If Loneliness Was Art
by Jay Allbritton
From the band's 2010 self-titled debut album.
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Elton John--Daniel
by Jay Allbritton
"Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky..."
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Los Campesinos!--Romance Is Boring
by Jay Allbritton
Live at KEXP.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Yoko Ono And Cat Power - Revelations
by Hector Diego
Yoko Ono is performing in New York City for the benefit of Japan--To Japan With Love. Tickets are on sale now.
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Mamas And The Papas - Monday Monday
by Hector Diego
It's Sunday, but I am reminded that Monday is tomorrow--and I don't trust it.
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Beach Boys - Don't Go Near The Water
by Hector Diego
Hear the message!
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Yusuf Islam - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
by Hector Diego
It's Cat Stevens, for those who haven't heard. His version of this Animals' classic is uplifting and spiritual, as it should be.
Here's a live version.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
John Fahey--Desperate Man Blues
by Jay Allbritton
My friend Kevin made this video so that more people could hear the greatness of Mr. Fahey.
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Sea Of Bees--Sidepain
by Jay Allbritton
In this interview, Julie Baenziger explains how Jenny Lewis inspired her to write this song.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Stevie Ray Vaughn--Couldn't Stand the Weather
by Jay Allbritton
Lest we forget.
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Elizabeth Taylor 1932 - 2011
by Hector Diego
Kimya Dawson--Walk Like Thunder
by Jay Allbritton
This song is going to be on Kimya Dawson's new album. It is one of the most emotionally charged tear-jerkers I've ever heard.
Walk Like Thunder by kimyadawson
Walk Like Thunder by kimyadawson
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Monday, March 21, 2011
She Loves You
by Hector Diego
When you are a child, naturally you think of all the careers that you could have when you grow up. And I thought about them, and all I could come up with is that I wanted to be a Beatle. They had girls screaming over them, and, well, it just seems that for that reason alone, no other career could compare. But I also realized that there were only four Beatles and there would never be any more--there was no way I could be what I wanted to be when I grew up. Now that is depressing!
So now you know why a guy like me can never be what he wants to be! How sad! But at least I have a good wife! She doesn't scream over me, but man she sure can cook!
And "She Loves Me." Yeah, yeah, yeah!
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You Like Me Too Much
by Hector Diego
It's George.
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Lily Allen - Fuck You
by Hector Diego
Lily Allen has made it, but one has to wonder if she deserves it. Well, she deserves it more than Britney Spears, OK? At least her lyrics do express good values, and if you don't like them, the title of her song says it all.
Jenny Lewis and Elvis Costello--Carpetbaggers, Why Don't You Go Away
by Jay Allbritton
Jenny Lewis is joined by Elvis Costello on one of her songs, then she joins him for one of his songs.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Thao and Mirah--We're So Sorry
by Jay Allbritton
There's so much going on that I lost track of what Thao is doing. Well, I just got the word, and here it is--an album with Mirah that drops on April 26.
This is going to rule.
This is going to rule.
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Yellow Submarine
by Hector Diego
Ringo hits one out of the park, concluding our Sunday morning Beatles extravaganza. Keep it tuned to KTWS Radio--that's www.thewalrusspeaks.blogspot.com on your cyber radio dial!
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I Need You
by Hector Diego
Pattie Harrison introduced the British Isles to the sacred plant Tulasi Devi.
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by Hector Diego
I remember the first time I heard this song, in Clovis, New Mexico. I was 11.
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It's Only Love
by Hector Diego
Love those double-track vocals.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Saturday Stand Up--Kyle Kinane
by Jay Allbritton
Hmm... CC DeVille's guitar or a trip to the dentist?
In this clip Kyle discusses his employment history, which includes his interview to be mayor of Nike Town.
In this clip Kyle discusses his employment history, which includes his interview to be mayor of Nike Town.
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Mother Love Bone--Stargazer
by Jay Allbritton
One of the fastest, brightest flame-outs in music history was the tragic story of Andy Wood, singer of groundbreaking Seattle bands Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone. For anyone who fell in love with Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney or any of the other celebrated Seattle bands that blew up from 1991-1994, the book Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music is one hell of a good read.
This song by MLB shows only a flash of talent that was lost when Wood overdosed on March 19, 1990, 21 years ago today.
This song by MLB shows only a flash of talent that was lost when Wood overdosed on March 19, 1990, 21 years ago today.
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Jack White--Not Fade Away
by Jay Allbritton
Mr. Jack White plays "a Texas song" for the SXSW crowd. (h/t YANP)
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Sri Caitanya - Siksastakam
by Hector Diego
If you want to "trip out" listening to Sri Caitanya's Siksastakam, this version is for you.
This version, with tamboura, is more traditional.
This is a classic version by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, with harmonium, mrdanga, and karatalas. It also features a translation.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Jaya Radha Madhava
by Hector Diego
Today is the Appearance Day of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Golden Avatara.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Kimya Dawson--My Rollercoaster
by Jay Allbritton
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Flogging Molly--If I Ever Leave This World Alive
by Jay Allbritton
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Little Joy--Next Time Around
by Jay Allbritton
This is one of those side projects that turned out better than the bands from whence the musicians came.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
by Hector Diego
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Elected--Babyface
by Jay Allbritton
A preview of The Elected's new album, Bury Me in My Rings is up at Filter. The record, which features Rilo Kiley guitarist Blake Sennett playing just about everything, comes out May 17.
This is the first single, "Babyface".
The Elected by VagrantRecords
This is the first single, "Babyface".
The Elected by VagrantRecords
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Grateful Dead - Alabama Getaway
by Hector Diego
I am posting this for the benefit of the Right Reverend Richard Warfield, pastor of the Psychedelic Church out in Wimberley, Texas, who has been kidnapped by a spiritual crone and is now being held for ransom in Alabama.
I'm not paying it.
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Weezer--The Good Life
by Jay Allbritton
From a televised performance in Toronto back in the Pinkerton era.
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Pearl Jam--Throw Your Arms Around Me
by Jay Allbritton
Mark Seymour joins PJ for a cover of his band Hunters and Collectors' tune "Throw Your Arms Around Me".
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Cannabis - It's What's For Dinner
by Hector Diego
A new study has fund that marijuana use could lead to a significant reduction in cancer. You read it here first.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Elliott Smith--Angeles
by Jay Allbritton
One last beauty from the Seattle show I've been milking the last three days. This is one of the all time greats...
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Rilo Kiley - American Wife
by Hector Diego
Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis
This is one of Rilo Kiley's so-called B sides, and it is really great. You can tell Ms. Lewis learned a lot from the Beatles.
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
Elliott Smith--Between the Bars
by Jay Allbritton
Another from the Breakroom in Seattle.
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Happy Birthday Danny Pudi
by Jay Allbritton
@dannypudi, who turns 32 today, plays the preternaturally grounded character Abed on NBC's Community. His charisma with cast-mate Donald Glover is excellent, as shown in this clip from the show.
Pudi recently was the guest on the Nerdist podcast with Chris Hardwick and Co. That delightful hour can be heard here.
Pudi recently was the guest on the Nerdist podcast with Chris Hardwick and Co. That delightful hour can be heard here.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Elliott Smith--Biggest Lie
by Jay Allbritton
From the Breakroom in Seattle.
Elsewhere, Drew Litowitz imagines a world where Elliott Smith never made any solo records. Talk about bleak.
Elsewhere, Drew Litowitz imagines a world where Elliott Smith never made any solo records. Talk about bleak.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Buffalo Springfield--For what it's worth
by Jay Allbritton
"There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear..."
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Lila Shakti Romay - Make Up Artist
by Hector Diego
This is daughter #1.
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Monday, March 07, 2011
Enigma - Mea Culpa
by Hector Diego
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What The World Needs Now
by Hector Diego
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Let It Be
by Hector Diego
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Cat Stevens - Peace Train
by Hector Diego
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Youngbloods - Get Together
by Hector Diego
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Give Peace A Chance
by Hector Diego
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
by Hector Diego
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Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
by Hector Diego
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Dion - Abraham, Martin, And John
by Hector Diego
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Mamas And The Papas - California Dreamin'
by Hector Diego
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If You're Going To San Francisco
by Hector Diego
Aquarius/Let The Sun Shine
by Hector Diego
I like the dancing police horses.
Here's the big radio hit.
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Sunday, March 06, 2011
It's Only Love
by Hector Diego
Short and sweet, a perfect little gem.
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Saturday, March 05, 2011
Friday, March 04, 2011
Tofu - The Other White Meat
by Hector Diego
Hundreds of wonderful dishes can be made from tofu
I don't eat much tofu anymore, but I used to. I began to eat it several years after becoming a vegetarian, so it had nothing to do with my transition to an innocent diet. However, foods like tofu can be immensely helpful to people who are new vegetarians. This subject comes up with me from time to time because of advertisements by the meat industry, such as "Beef--it's what's for dinner." Now, when I was young the meat industry never advertised. So why are they advertising now? Obviously, because people are listening to sane counsel and eating less meat. There are some ways we can assist this international transition to an innocent diet, and one of them is by language. For instance, it would help if people said cow not beef, pig not pork. We're having cow or bull for dinner, not beef; it's time for pig chops, etc.
How about a nice hog roast?
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Tim Tebow On The Green
by Hector Diego
What can I say, we're based in Florida. So we're always interested in the career of Tim Tebow, who appears to have struck up a friendship with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus.
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Thursday, March 03, 2011
Marc Maron on CNET
by Jay Allbritton
From May of 2010, Marc talks about Conan, Robin Williams, his podcast WTF, tech and more.
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at 10:30 AM
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Monsters of Folk on ACL
by Jay Allbritton
Conor Oberst, Jim James, Mike Mogis and M. Ward play a nice, tight set on PBS's Austin City Limits. Help save public broadcasting here.
Watch the full episode. See more Austin City Limits.
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Jessica Lea Mayfield--Our Hearts Are Wrong
by Jay Allbritton
Mayfield made her TV debut this week on Letterman.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Gaddafi Clip
by Hector Diego
I just thought some of you would be interested to see the video that is currently sweeping the Arab world.
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Pearl Jam--Oceans
by Jay Allbritton
Completing the trilogy of Seattle-based bands doing MTV Unplugged, PJ's cut track, "Oceans". So far, Soundgarden is the only band among Seattle's "big 4" that has not participated, but who knows? Maybe they'll bring it back.
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Nirvana--Where Did You Sleep Last Night
by Jay Allbritton
From MTV Unplugged. Feeling very 1994 today.
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Alice in Chains--Got Me Wrong
by Jay Allbritton
From MTV Unplugged.
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at 2:05 PM
Last American WW I Veteran Dies
by Hector Diego
Corporal Frank Buckles, Doughboy
I posted this to mark the passage of time, which has us all by the heels. We forget it, but this is a mistake. These days, even a WW II veteran is rare.
But there will be more veterans, and more crying mothers...
But there will be more veterans, and more crying mothers...
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So it's been a minute or actually a month or more...Things have been crazy round these parts. Life sometimes just takes a turn and you have to scale back to make other things happen. I won't be gone forever just need to catch up. I will still be posting every Thursday for Thursday Favorite Things Link Party. So today here is a perfect summer dish!
Happy Monday!!!
Perfect for you summer cook out's is this dish right here. I don't think I have ever went to or had a bbq without some type of potato salad. This particular version and there are quite a few versions out there, has hard boiled eggs. Sounds like a weird addition right? Trust me its not. This is my grandmothers recipe and shes been making it forever. She even made it on Easter Sunday along side her famous baked ham. Now that went well together.
Ingredients2 pounds clean, scrubbed new red potatoes
6 eggs
1 onion, finely chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
2 carrots grated
2 cups mayonnaise
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
salt and pepper to taste
green onion for garnish
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and set in the refrigerator to cool.
Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.
Chop the cooled potatoes, leaving skin on. Add to a large bowl, along with the eggs, onion and celery and carrots. Add mayonnaise, vinegar and mustard mix well to coat. Add salt and pepper to taste. Chill for an hour before serving. Garnish with green onion.

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Last weekend I participated in the Sante Fe Pilgrimage, which took place outside McPherson, Kansas, and was a 33-mile walk to the Padilla Cross. This post is not meant to be an in-depth report on it, but just some impressions. I am working on writing up something very detailed for my family to read, and I may share parts of that online as well.
The pilgrimage was wonderful. Painful, but wonderful. I've heard the expression of 'my blisters have blisters', but I didn't know that was physically possible 🙂
The whole experience, the whole weekend was great. My father and I went together, which was great, just him and I spending the weekend together. Next year I am going to take some of my boys with me, the older ones, but this time it was a trip with my father.
I got to know some people better that I have talked to on the phone and traded emails with, such as Louis Tofari (Romanitas Press) and Mike Austin (Magnificat Media). It was a pleasure to meet you both in person! I got to know a gentleman named Charlie very well, and enjoyed our conversations. I visited the Angelus Press store/warehouse, which resulted in me spending a bit of money on books. But they were all on my list to buy anyways!
I also got to meet several Society priests, both at Saint Vincent de Paul (in Kansas City, MO, where Dad and I stayed before and after the pilgrimage) and during the pilgrimage itself. All of the priests were wonderful, but the one that made a great impression on me was Father Kenneth Novak! He was tireless, either leading the prayers at the front of the group, or walking in the group itself, checking on us men to see how we were doing, encouraging us to continue on.
The pilgrimage took place overnight, starting at 6:00 pm Friday July 22, and ending around 10:00 am on Saturday July 23. When we started it was 105 degrees (Kansas in the summer!), and it dipped to around 80 degrees about 4:00 am, which I was very thankful for. I usually don't think of 80 degrees as cool, but in this case it was!
Dad worked as support for most of the pilgrimage. Mr. Tofari mentioned how incredibly important the help staff is, getting food and water set up at the break areas. The breaks were important, as it allowed us to get off our feet, if only for a few minutes, and refill our canteens or water bottles, something that is so important in 100-degree weather. Dad walked the last 6 miles though, so he got to experience the prayer and penance as well.
The pilgrimage was filled with prayer. It was filled with reflections on the Creed, the Stations of the Cross, the Rosary (the whole traditional 15-mystery Rosary) and more. There were people of all ages, from children with boundless energy (though not all children made it 33-miles), young men (many from Saint Mary's, Kansas), to middle-aged like myself, to old. Everyone set out to show their love for God, to deepen their faith, to do penance. It was beautiful, it was hard. And many of us did not make it the whole 33 miles, but either way, it was great.
While my own pastor used to be in the army, and has told me a story of a forced march where they moved 15 miles in 3 hours in scorching hot weather, I myself have never gone on a long long walk, march, or pilgrimage. So I wasn't sure what to expect. I am thankful that I got into much better shape this year, having been challenged by a friend of mine to start running again. In the 4 months before the pilgrimage, I had dropped over 30 pounds, and have now run in a couple of 5K (3.1 mile) races, with another to be run next week.
But running 3.1 miles, and walking 33 miles in very hot weather, are two different things.
There was a van that always tailed the slowest person, and around 6:00 am, I finally had to take that. I had made it about 24 miles, not the whole 33. It was a bit disappointing, as I am very stubborn, and don't like to admit my own limitations. But I wore out.
I went ahead to help set up the altar at the foot of the Padilla Cross, so I still felt useful! Plus I got to know some other people who also helped set up for Mass.
I am definitely going back next year, and going to take two of my sons, who by then will both be teenagers. It would also be wonderful if Dad comes along again.
Some advice for those who make the pilgrimage in the future, not all of which I followed this time…
1) Bring a canteen or large water bottle. You are going to be very thirsty between the break areas.
2) Salt! Assuming it is hot again (and it will be) you are going to lose a lot of salt walking. Bring trail mix. You are going to need the salt, and the energy, from the food. And the salt will help your muscles not to cramp up, which starts to make a huge different around mile 20.
3) Footwear. My shoes were nice and broken in from my running, but I still got a foot covered in blisters. Bring extra socks. If your socks get wet, you can change them. But you can also just throw on an extra pair of socks, which is important once you start feeling every tiny stone through your shoes.
4) There are things you can do to treat blisters, from things to cover them with to different lotions. Unless you have rough calloused feet, assume you are going to get blisters, and have ways to treat them.
5) Be sure to use the short breaks to treat your feet, as well as get more water and eat some food.
Hopefully next year, with more company and being in even better shape, I will be able to make the entire 33-mile walk, and get the red nail, which is reserved for those who persevere to the end 🙂
God bless,


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IAAC Global Summer School 2013 Sayasaya Istanbul sessions are published XXI March issue
Category Archives: News
Ongoing workshop (update 3/7/2013)
Material System Workshop:
During the workshop we are going to test different materials and construction systems that we are going to use during the Summer School.
Freestanding surface trial
In this experiment we tried to create a surface which can stand vertically and carry its own weight. Scaling up with the same hoses (polyethylene tube (gapex) 10/12 mm) created problems with the stiffness of the surface. We also experience bucking problems in the peak points (midpoints of the hose).
Since we need and input-output system for the algae to grown we also adjusted the weaving pattern
Tests with polyethylene tube (gapex) 10/12 mm
We made several experiments and created a small surface with polyethylene tubes. Each element consists of two hoses weaved to each other.
Algae growth experiments
The second system we are going to introduce is a bioreactor system for algae to grow inside he pipes.
We started making diagrams of the possible movements, different patters etc.
Introducing a movable component to the woven hose system
the investigation of a controlled movement through a wooden system with joints
Weaving hoses and movement
Here is the experimentation
Hydroponic system testing
Testing the hoses
Checking the curvature of plastic hoses
Joint trials
Delft trip
In line with the preparatory events for Summer School, Nilüfer Kozikoğlu, Burcu Biçer, Gamze Gunduz and Menelaos Kokkinos visited Delft.
They visited Prof. Oosterhuis office in Rotterdam.
J. Jaskiewicz and his team organised a tutoring session with Hyperbody students and an introduction on how to work hands-on with HiveKit.
Floor in Hyperbody studio
1-1 scale Mockup
IGSS schedule update
Tutorials Session 12-14 July
Design by Data Workshop
During the workshop Gamze Gunduz, Deniz Tumerdem and Metin Sahin will introduce the main principles around design by data.
The workshop will be divided in 3 sessions
In the first session Metin Sahin will run a tutorial on how to install and edit excel data and how to make surfaces.
Second session is about embedding environmental data onto selected surface. Analyses in Ecotect with weather file and then the information will be imported in Grasshopper through Geco. With the use of Galapagos, it will be possible to work on a responsive surface that will react to real time data changes.
Finally, several optimized surfaces will be produced for different times of the year. The purpose of the session is to further understand the relation between data and geometry and the notion of a responsive surface.
Third session is about Digital Fabrication, ie. the advanced digital design methods and fabrication processes in an integrated way to make physical things from virtual data. This session will focus on transition between computer modeling and materialization. The responsive surfaces designed in the previous sessions will we fabricated. The goal is to translate the language of design into one of the digital fabrication methods: CNC Laser Cut, CNC Milling and 3D Printing. A family of surfaces will be fabricated while understanding the different processes; CAD (Computer-Aided Design) geometry , CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing), Material Preparation and Machining Process.
The workshop will take place on 22-23 of July in Taşkışla. If you want to join us sent a mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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In this section you will find interviews from the instructors during the Summer School in Istanbul. New videos will be added soon.
Discussion with Saya Saya about Netwrok Visualization of Public Transport in Istanbul
Interview with Tomasz Jaskıewıcz
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The registration deadline for IaaC Summer School has been extended. The new deadline is June 12th, 2013.
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More about forest reproductive material - organizations and contacts
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA)
The primary purpose of the ISTA is to develop, adopt and publish standard procedures for sampling and testing seeds and to promote uniform application of these procedures for evaluation of seeds moving in international trade.
The secondary purposes of the Association are to actively promote research in all areas of seed science and technology (sampling, testing, storing, processing and distributing seeds), to encourage variety (cultivar) certification, to participate in conferences and training courses aimed at furthering these objectives and to establish and maintain liaison with other organizations having common or related interests in seed.
ISTA - International Seed Testing Association
Secretariat, P.O. Box 308 Zuerichstrasse 50
8303 Bassersdorf, CH-Switzerland
Tel +41 1 838 60 00 Fax +41 1 838 60 01
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Forest Tree and Shrub Seed Committee
The overall aims of the committee are to improve existing rules and trial improvements before introduction, and to develop new rules and trial before introduction. There are several chapters which focus on particular seed testing topics, such as purity, germination, tetrazolium, moisture content etc. The committee is also concerned with revision of the following publications: ISTA tree and shrub seed handbook, The handbook on tropical and sub-tropical tree seed testing and Micro-organisms associated with tree seed: world checklist 1990.SeeSelected references - Analysis
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To all those "Downton Abbey" fans, this post will particularly tickle your fancy!
Who could forget in the episode of "Downton Abbey" when rebellious Sybil flaunted her new pair of pantaloons. This scene in episode 4 season 1 of "Downtown Abbey" is possibly the most momentous in "Downton Abbey" fashion archive history. First off, it's amazing and equally refreshing at how spot on the show is with the accurate fashions during that time. Me being a costume history fanatic, I often find flaws in period films and television when it comes to dressing the characters in what they would have worn during whatever time they're supposed to be in.
However, "Downton Abbey's" designer, Caroline McCall, (who won the Outstanding Period/Fantasy Costume for a television series award at the 15th annual Designers Guild Awards) has completely nailed it down to the 'T'!
In the early 1900's, a very famous French designer, Paul Poiret, designed the first ever pair of pants for women. Technically it wasn't really a pant. It was more like ginormous parachute pants that gathered at the ankles… Imagine MC Hammer's pants and you've got a pretty good picture in your head of what they looked like. Poiret, already a famous designer by this time, fashioned these 'bloomers' out of inspiration from his muse and fit model, Denise Poiret, his wife. Below is actually an image of one of Poiret's designs and to the right is an image of his wife fashioning his bloomers. Only for the super scandalous and daringly independent minded ladies during this time, the trend stirred up a lot of controversy. I even believe a Miss "CoCo" Channel couldn't get enough of them. In actuality however, the fad faded pretty quickly during its time, up until WWI came around. Regardless, kudos to all the independent fashionistas back then, I don't know if I would have had Sybil's guts.


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I know I was read to as a child, but I can't remember what. Books were important in my household, and though we didn't actually own many, we had a Colliers Encyclopaedia and some Reader's Digest collections, we were a family who read. I remember going to the state library with my mother and brother in the middle of Hobart on a very regular basis as a child, and graduating from the children's section to the adult. As a teenager I kept going – I especially remember stocking up for summer reading lying on the banana lounge in the back yard listening to the cricket.
But as I think back, I can't remember the one book that impressed me but I do recall several that I loved and consider intrinsic to my childhood and fostered my love of reading and writing.
Let's begin with bears. I loved Winnie the Pooh and still have an old red covered edition with my full name and address written in it in my mother's hand, so I must have owned that early. I adored Pooh, coped with Piglet, found Owl too much, loved Tigger and Eeyore in equal measures and was thrilled to bits that a book had Australian animals in it in the shape of the irrepressible Roo and the maternal Kanga. I think I lived in the 100 Acre Wood for many years.
My other favourite bear was Paddington. I must have read all of them and have the collected works for my own children. I had this very clear image of Portobello Road for years, which when I got here to see it bore absolutely no resemblance to my imaginings! At least the Browns' house cannot be similarly disabused. I have my own Paddington Bear too – one of the last gifts from my mother.
My favourite Australian writer was Nan Chauncy who wrote children's adventure books from 1947 to 1969. I loved They Found a Cave, where the children outsmart the adults, living happily in a cave (a real cave used by Bushrangers outside Bagdad in Tasmania) until returned to civilization. But my favourite was the story set in Port Davey (Half a World Away – I think) where the family moves to the end of the civilized world and the daughter gets a wombat as a pet. Oh, did I want a wombat, was my heart set on having a wombat? Did I get a wombat, dear reader? Sadly no, although my father did build a pen that would keep one safe but my parents baulked at the last minute, taking advice from wild-life rangers that to keep a wombat as a pet was unwise, despite an acre of bush at the backdoor.
But it was the 'girl's books' that hit me where I lived and made me write my first stories. I loved the Katy Did series (especially as my parents called me Kate); Heidi and all of the Anne (of Green Gables) books too – Nova Scotia seemed a lot like Tasmania to me. Little Women as well – I was Jo. That was the thing, you could be the hero(ine), get into trouble, not be so pretty, life was full of ups and downs but you'd be okay. They were books with clear unambiguous messages – being a girl is no barrier to having a life.
Anne, Katy, Heidi, Jo – you learnt about friendship, family, suffering, being tough, loss, love and you wanted to be like them and for me, like Jo, I wanted to write about them, or versions of them.
For many of us growing up is difficult. We aren't the pretty, popular ones, we struggle to find our role, our place in the cosmos; our families are unhappy, violent scary places where love is not assured. Reading is the calm in the storm, the desert island you can ship-wreck yourself on, escaping to other worlds where friends call to you.
Reading got me through a lonely childhood, the troubled teens, as did my first stories, which told me I had some talent somewhere. Reading keeps me going now. It nourishes the spirit, takes us away to other places, times, to live with new friends. I couldn't write if I didn't read and I wouldn't be who I am today without the books of my childhood.
Anne of Green Gables, etc by Lucy Maud Montgomery, first published 1908
What Katy Did, etc by Susan Coolidge, first published 1872
Heidi by Johanna Spyri, first published 1880
Little Women, etc by Louisa May Alcott, first published 1868
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A rural community just west of Kakabeka Falls in north west Ontario. Finnish settlers, a railway and a silver mines were the reason that Nolalu came into existence. The rail way is long gone Nolalu today is left with its colourful history, its northern lights, hills and lakes. A hand full of residents a golf course a post office and a general store a laundromat and a few restaurants. The resorts, the snowmobile trails, the fishing and hunting possibilities attract people today.
Drive along Hwy #590 and #588 to see and explore for your self. Enjoy our area with respect for residents , wildlife, and private properties bring trash back home.
Books about Nolalu area
Dorothea Mitchell born in England 1877, the author of the book: The Lady Lumber Jack, lived in our area arround 1910. Miss Mitchell was the station master on the PEEDEE railway line as well as post master at Silver Mountain station in Silver Mountain. Miss Mitchell owned and operated a sawmill from 1911-1920, she is quite a remarkable lady and her book is a great read. To get a taste of this remarkable woman read her biography.
The Lady LumberJack
by Dorothea Mitchell
Against All Odds
How the remote village of Nolalu came te be and survived to become a thriving, innovative community.
by Leo Hunnakko. 2011
Find these books in local stores.
More from local authors:
Futures Past
by Michel Barbeau. 2018
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Is the tide turning in Chagos?
David Snoxell, former British High Commissioner to Mauritius and Co-ordinator of the Chagos Islands (BIOT) All-Party Parliamentary Group, gave a presentation at the Chagos Refugees Group International Conference (Mauritius, 29-31 Oct, 2013). The presentation was entitled Options for resolving the issues concerning the future of the Chagossians and of the Chagos Islands. Is the tide turning in Chagos? He began by congratulating the CRG and its Leader, Olivier Bancoult, on its 30 years of struggle for their noble cause which is to empower Chagossians to return to their homeland.
He then reviewed UK government policy since the 2000 High Court judgment in favour of the Chagossians, which was subsequently overturned by means of an ancient device, known as Privy Council Orders, bypassing Parliament. David Snoxell highlighted the influence of Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials on government policy and how bad policy has been compounded, while pointing to the expertise and continuity available from the Chagos APPG and welcoming the policy review on resettlement of the Chagos Islands:
….it is necessary to understand that it is FCO officials who explain and present the issues and recommend to Ministers the policy to be adopted. Unless it is a major international issue, going to the heart of Britain's essential interests, Ministers generally accept what officials recommend. No Minister is able to take the time to get to grips with complex issues, such as Chagos, when there are international crises raging overhead as there have so often been in recent times. So in effect it is officials who make the policy but they like Ministers come and go with some frequency. FCO officials usually want "quick winsâ€, easy solutions and a straight run in office. In 2004 resettlement was seen as a long drawn out and difficult process, too complicated for the two officials (5 today) who were responsible for BIOT. Banning resettlement altogether seemed the easiest option.
Now it is very difficult for officials and their legal advisers to admit that they or their predecessors made the wrong decision. So they are obliged to defend the entrenched positions of the past with the same formulae and arguments they have inherited, without examining whether those arguments were or remain valid. The result is bureaucratic inertia and becoming victims of their own propaganda. Thus the policy stays frozen in time and officials defend it to the hilt against pressure from Parliament or any other source. Ministers are too busy and lack the expertise to challenge these entrenched positions, often bolstered by legal advice – the current Minister responsible for BIOT is the 9th since 2000. This is where an APPG can be of much help to a beleaguered Minister, challenging the accepted mantras of the past.
It is important to consider the four standard arguments deployed since 2004 by FCO against resettlement:
1. The islands are set aside for defence purposes and in any case the US would not agree. But I have never seen a convincing explanation as to why resettlement of UK nationals, on the Outer Islands would pose a threat to military operations or to the security of the base on DG 130 miles away, or indeed to resettlement on DG itself. The Outer Islands are clearly not required for defence since over the last 48 years no defence facilities have ever been built there. It is unlikely that if the British Government informed the US Administration that it planned to go ahead with a resettlement on the Outer Islands the US would disagree. They might, however, take a little more convincing if the settlement was to be on DG, in close proximity to the base, but this too is not impossible.
2. The 2002 Feasibility Study concluded that resettlement was not feasible due to rising sea levels, increased storminess leading to flooding and erosion of the islands, the potential damage to marine life and corals and the lack of sustainable employment. But the FCO now accepts, 11 years later, that following years of critical analysis of the 2002 study by experts, a new feasibility study is required and by implication that the old one was flawed. We await an announcement soon of the draft ToRs of the proposed study and progress on the Policy Review.
3. Then comes the cost argument, often much exaggerated, but the UK is a wealthy nation that has no trouble finding the resources for overseas defence operations and there are other sources – the US, EU, Commonwealth, International Community and NGOs.
4. Human habitation is not compatible with the conservation of the unique bio-diversity and marine environment of the Islands. This argument of course ignores the fact that up to 4000 military personnel live on DG. But it is a powerful argument which appeals to some zealous members of conservation NGOs. The political influence, resources and reach of these groups should, however, not be underestimated. They have had a symbiotic relationship with the FCO which has used the NGOs to bolster their policy against resettlement and in turn has been used by them to maintain uninhabited the Outer Islands; scientists, environmentalists and conservationists of course excepted. The somewhat misleading campaign to create the MPA, waged by Pew and CEN in public and in private in 2009/10, was a manifestation of this relationship.
But I would now like to focus on the future rather than dwell on past mistakes. Clearly, after more than a decade of intransigence, the FCO needs a thorough and objective review of all its policies towards Chagos. And here I pay tribute to today's FCO for recognising this. The Policy Review announced ten months ago by the Foreign Secretary on 20 December 2012 was a belated but welcome step forward. I believe that it is a genuine attempt to be open, objective and fair. In a debate in the Lords on 17 October the FCO Minister, Baroness Warsi said:
"On 18 December 2012 the Foreign Secretary said that he was going to review policy towards the resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory. This review has been under way since then and we have been in touch with all those with an interest, especially the Chagossian community here in the UK, in Mauritius and in the Seychelles. Ministers have agreed that we should have an independent study that will, with as much transparency as possible, properly explore what might be possible, what is realistic and what it would cost. I am sure that I will report back to the House when that is concluded.â€
I do feel that current officials and their Ministers want to bring about a fair resolution of the issues in consultation with Chagossians and Mauritius. I am hopeful that it will be the breaking of the logjam and that it will lead to four principle results:
1. The Feasibility Study concludes that resettlement is feasible, can be done economically and will not endanger the marine environment.
2. The FCO accepts the findings, makes resettlement a condition of the renewal of the 1966 Anglo-American Agreement to include a financial contribution from the US; seeks funding from other sources (if necessary), resolves to start planning at least an experimental resettlement immediately, with a view to the first settlers returning in 2015, the 50th anniversary of the creation of BIOT.
3. Given the UK's oft repeated commitment that when no longer needed for defence purposes sovereignty will revert to Mauritius, the British Government proposes to Mauritius the start of fresh talks on the future of BIOT, to cover arrangements for Mauritian participation in the management of the Islands and the MPA, leading to a timetable for either joint sovereignty or a gradual ceding of sovereignty which may or may not include DG.
4. All of this to be announced by end 2014, well before the general election in May 2015 and the CHOGM in Mauritius in Oct 2015 to bring the UK into conformity with the Commonwealth Charter, signed by The Queen and Member States in March.
I would also expect conservation organisations in the UK and Mauritius to start to work with Chagossians who wish to return by providing marine skills, training and education in conservation. Proper management of the MPA, especially if a scientific station were established, would result in the creation of jobs such as servicing visiting scientists, maintaining boats and equipment and patrolling the islands.
Having a Policy Review is a sea change in FCO thinking. The results will be seen as a political and moral test of the UK's fundamental values. As the Foreign Secretary has said "It is not in our character as a nation to have a foreign policy without a conscience; neither is it in our interestsâ€. If next year the Feasibility Study reports that resettlement is practical, as we know it is, I cannot imagine that the British Government will not make it possible. The vital thing is to ensure that the Feasibility Study, coming 12 years after the last, is this time truly independent, transparent and objective and takes account of the much more detailed scientific data now available. So to answer my question I believe the tide is turning.
David Snoxell
Coordinator of the Chagos Islands (BIOT) All-Party Parliamentary Group
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It has been a while since I do not publish any post…. I have to catch up with so many pending things…guahhhh
In the meantime a greek colleague, who does not speak Spanish, gave me the link to his "professional" photograph website.
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Attendance -- 8 (Steven and I trained and sparred for an audience of up to 6
Time 13:00 - 16:50 (they had already turned down the lights to encourage folks to head home before we took our last gear out)
Today we covered practical self-defense applications of the unarmed "wrestling" moves detailed in Sigmund Ringeck's 15th century "The Knightly Arts of Combat". We worked through the 6 Mort Stoss (a.k.a. "Death Blows" or "Murder Strikes"), the 4 Bain Bruchen ("Bone Breakings"), and a number of other counterattacks. After covering the primary targets and methods of striking described throughout the text, we donned additional protective gear for sparring. Intrigued by the commotion, several library visitors dropped in for a closer look. Over the course of the next 2 hours, we demonstrated, discussed and sparred with longswords, rapier vs. baskethilt, rapier & buckler vs. baskethilt, etc. Our audience stayed until we had to pack up at the end of the day.
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Title: The Too-Clever Fox
Author: Leigh Bardugo
Year Published: 2013
My The Witch of Duva Review
Synopsis: In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next.
This story is a companion folk tale to Leigh Bardugo's upcoming novel, Siege and Storm, the second book in the Grisha Trilogy.
Review: After reading The Witch of Duva, I've been waiting for another Ravkan Folk Tale to tie in with the second book in the Grisha series. And Leigh Bardugo did not disappoint! Like The Witch of Duva, this story is free to read on Tor's website (link above).
While reading Siege and Storm, I noticed that Alina often mentions that one of the other characters reminds her of the "Too-Clever Fox" from a story she heard as a child. Although we get the basics of the story in the book, it was really cool to be able to read the same story that Alina knows and to find out what exactly she means. After reading the folk tale, I can see how she would compare the character to the Too-Clever Fox. Plus, it just makes the world that much deeper and more colorful.
I love short stories that give more information about minor characters or side events, but I think these folk tales are some of my favorite short stories. We don't really directly learn anything more about characters, but these stories really help increase the understanding of the world and the people in it. In this story, the Fox ends up getting caught in a trap he didn't see because he was too busy looking at the obvious answer. I can totally see how this story would serve as a warning to children - don't mistake a trap for something safe just because you think you have everything figured out.
Like The Witch of Duva, this story was pretty straight-forward. If you pay close enough attention (and don't make assumptions that the Fox makes), I think it's pretty easy to figure out where the twists will come. It's educational and entertaining, and I'm really looking forward to reading another of these folk tales as the last book in the Grisha trilogy is released.
I would definitely recommend this story to anyone who has read any of the Grisha books, especially Siege and Storm. It will give you such a better understanding of a character we all know and love! And especially if you read The Witch of Duva and liked it. This story is in the same style, but I think it was even better. Even if you haven't read any of the Grisha series, I think these folk tales are a great place to test the water and get your feet wet. Especially if you like folk tales. A 4/5 on this one from me!


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Hassan Abbasi has a dream--a helicopter doing an arabesque in cloudy skies to avoid being shot at from the ground. On board are the last of the "fleeing Americans," forced out of the Dar al-Islam (The Abode of Islam) by "the Army of Muhammad." Presented by his friends as "The Dr. Kissinger of Islam," Mr. Abbasi is "professor of strategy" at the Islamic Republic's Revolutionary Guard Corps University and, according to Tehran sources, the principal foreign policy voice in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new radical administration.
For the past several weeks Mr. Abbasi has been addressing crowds of Guard and Baseej Mustadafin (Mobilization of the Dispossessed) officers in Tehran with a simple theme: The U.S. does not have the stomach for a long conflict and will soon revert to its traditional policy of "running away," leaving Afghanistan and Iraq, indeed the whole of the Middle East, to be reshaped by Iran and its regional allies.
To hear Mr. Abbasi tell it the entire recent history of the U.S. could be narrated with the help of the image of "the last helicopter." It was that image in Saigon that concluded the Vietnam War under Gerald Ford.[snip]
According to this theory, President George W. Bush is an "aberration," a leader out of sync with his nation's character and no more than a brief nightmare for those who oppose the creation of an "American Middle East." Messrs. Abbasi and Ahmadinejad have concluded that there will be no helicopter as long as George W. Bush is in the White House. But they believe that whoever succeeds him, Democrat or Republican, will revive the helicopter image to extricate the U.S. from a complex situation that few Americans appear to understand.
Mr. Ahmadinejad's defiant rhetoric is based on a strategy known in Middle Eastern capitals as "waiting Bush out." "We are sure the U.S. will return to saner policies," says Manuchehr Motakki, Iran's new Foreign Minister.
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Mideast dictators try to "wait Bush out." They may be miscalculating.
It's not just the Iranians and other ME dictators that are waiting for this moment. Many left leaning people have been rooting for this moment since even before Iraq, but certainly, as soon as the first tanks crossed the border between Kuwait and Iraq.
In fact, my youngest brother was crowing last night about the falling support for "Bush's War" sighting a poll that states the beginning of the war had 72% support and it is currently down below 50%. From his comments it is easy to understand the thought processes of many in the United States who have never supported the war or have only done so as "sunshine patriots".
From their perspective, a defeat and ignominious retreat is not a defeat for the United States, but a defeat for President Bush and his policies. A defeat is not a defeat of our military, but a defeat of Donald Rumsfeld. It's not a defeat for democracy or freedom, but a win for realistic foreign policies. It's not a defeat for the American people, but a win for the mass voices that just want to go back to the days when the world was "calm" and did not intrude on their way of life.
Forget the broader implications for the Middle East, Islamic Terrorism or the future of security in the US. What's important is that Bush is proved wrong, even if it gives the enemy satisfaction and an open window to proceed to their own dreams of hegemony.
There is no such thing as an American War anymore. It's Johnson's War, Nixon's War, Bush's War. Apparently, the United States is a separate entity from the Executive office and, through some mystical magical machinery, the US will not suffer any consequences because it's all about the President. All of these folks are looking for the Wizard of Oz who will wave his magic wand and turn the world back to September 10th where we can pretend there are no men in Boston waiting to catch an airplane and fly it into buildings.
When the last helicopter leaves, these folks believe we can go back to the way it used to be. Except, of course, Ahmadinejad has a different idea of what that means. Something about Iran becoming the ruling (nuclear weapon holding) leader of the ME complete with Mullahcracy and destruction of Israel.
Mr. Ahmadinejad believes that the world is heading for a clash of civilizations with the Middle East as the main battlefield. In that clash Iran will lead the Muslim world against the "Crusader-Zionist camp" led by America. Mr. Bush might have led the U.S. into "a brief moment of triumph." But the U.S. is a "sunset" (ofuli) power while Iran is a sunrise (tolu'ee) one and, once Mr. Bush is gone, a future president would admit defeat and order a retreat as all of Mr. Bush's predecessors have done since Jimmy Carter.
Mr. Ahmadinejad also notes that Iran has just "reached the Mediterranean" thanks to its strong presence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. He used that message to convince Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to adopt a defiant position vis-à-vis the U.N. investigation of the murder of Rafiq Hariri, a former prime minister of Lebanon. His argument was that once Mr. Bush is gone, the U.N., too, will revert to its traditional lethargy. "They can pass resolutions until they are blue in the face," Mr. Ahmadinejad told a gathering of Hezbollah, Hamas and other radical Arab leaders in Tehran last month.
There's more. Why? Because all the leaders of the ME are getting the idea that soon they can go back to doing things the "old way" and not have to even pay lip service to American policy. What makes them think so? Why, we do of course. Just watch our media and you'll know the message that these folks are getting: stay in your rat hole, soon the cat will be gone and you can come out and play again.
Good job, America. The thing we've become the best at is running away and we think that's just great.
Wonder if any of these folks know what happened to Carthage while the senators dithered? Think any of these folks could find the modern state of Carthage on a 2005 map?
Didn't think so.


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Have you ever seen parents field of study their brood in public? I just this minute saw a mother smack her juvenile at the hill. Unfortunately, the parent was treating her littler missy similar a punching bag.
The shaver was belike 5 or six old age old, and was intrigued by the bank's "Take one!" brochures. When the young person took one, her female parent slapped her mitt. The fille began howling. She received different smack. "You be quiet!" the female parent growled. The toddler sat down on the bank's chesterfield. She intersecting her legs, Indian approach. Oops, her feet colorful the divan. Whack! By the instance they marched out of the bank, that female parent had ill-treated her tyke at lowest 20 nowadays.


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Whatever Happened to the Maitraya?
Waterbirthing: The New Masters Come In
Valley of Initiation
The Angelic Dimension
Speak to the Earth and the Earth Will Speak to You
The Dolphin Reality
The Glastonbury Portal
Far Journeys
Into the Still Center
The following short essays were written for the online newsletter 'Inner Voice'
and generally concern the impact of spiritual intelligences on contemporary
life on this planet.
Exposing the Wargod
Ending the War
Global Shamanism
The Age of God
Life Beyond Death
The Pulse of Life
The Universal Garden
Joining in the Heart
Times of Testing Faith
Learning from Catastrophe
I am including the following three essays, all written between 1979 and 1981,
and which formed a broad conceptual context for my ongoing explorations of
other intelligences.
Speculative Scenarios
Phencyclidine and Ketamine
The Entheogenic Impulse
The Enigma of the
Near Death Experience
The Return of the Rebel


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MIAMI (AP) Joe Johnson's family is already with him in Miami, and if the seven-time All-Star gets his way they will not be moving again anytime soon.
The newly signed Heat forward said Tuesday that he and team President Pat Riley have had discussions about him finishing his career in Miami, one of the reasons why Johnson decided to sign with the team last week.
''The most important thing that Pat told me was that this wasn't just a short-term deal, that he would like for me to finish my career here,'' Johnson said. ''And that's what we're working toward.''
Johnson said he's on a year-to-year basis at this point in his career, but isn't planning on this being his finale.
Johnson was bought out by the Brooklyn Nets last week, cleared waivers Saturday afternoon and signed with the Heat not long afterward. He debuted for Miami in New York on Sunday night, and is making his home debut for the Heat on Tuesday night against Chicago.
His children, ages 9 and 2, accompanied him to town on Monday and Johnson said they were thrilled to get back to warm weather. It was their second time in Miami in a short span - the family also spent the All-Star break in South Florida, and Johnson has spent the past six or seven summers there relaxing and training.
''My kids have a ball here,'' Johnson said. ''They're looking forward to this.''
Johnson once owned a home in Miami, but sold it a couple years ago. He now sounds like he'll need another.
''He's planning on making the transition now,'' Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Johnson has been friends with Heat guard Dwyane Wade for about a decade, and long has raved about some of the things Miami has to offer. Tuesday was his first look at what life inside the arena is like for Heat players, and Johnson was duly impressed.
''I've heard they were very first-class,'' Johnson said. ''But in the past couple days, I've seen a lot of things that I haven't seen in my 15-year career, so I've been impressed.
''How guys are so together and down for one another, that's a great bond and that's how you become a winning team.''


text: After the foundation footings were poured, Crestline Builders LLC has been making good progress on the Pidgeon Point project in West Seattle. Forming and reinforcement placement for the foundation walls is complete and the foundation concrete will be poured later this week. Crestline Builders LLC has extensive experience in building projects on steep slopes and critical areas.


text: Cross-border Research Association, CBRA, formally established in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2005, is an independent research institute focusing on advanced supply chain security, crime prevention, risk management, cross-border trade and logistics, trade facilitation, coordinated border management, and public-private co-operation research, training and consulting – all this in the context of global supply chains and logistics systems. Other CBRA-competencies include international standardization work, particularly in connection of supply chain security management; development of quantitative models, including cost-benefit analysis; development of e-learning applications; as well as execution of scientific dissemination, particularly in the context of European FP7 and other research projects. CBRA works with both public sector and private sector actors, while carrying out this research, for the benefit of business and government practitioners, policy makers and academics alike.


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2014 Wilde Award Nomination for Costume Design!
Woot. I got nominated for a Wilde Award in Costume Design for Cymbeline. And also a honorable mention for She Stoops to Conquer. Nice. These are the awards for professional theatre in Michigan.
Jane-of-All-Trades, Crafty Beaver, Insomniac, & Multi-tasker Extraordinaire. Share in my adventures in motherhood, knitting, crafting, sewing, fashion, makeup, costume design, theatre, and doll collecting.


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Clients and Collaborators
Our clients turn to us to analyze complex communications issues and produce creative solutions that are accessible, appropriate, and sustainable.
As a firm of enthusiastic team players, Two Twelve takes an inclusive approach to the design process that builds relationships with not only clients and stakeholders, but also an array of specialist project partners and collaborators. We draw from an extensive network of qualified type designers, map illustrators, signage fabricators, and other professionals to complement our in-house expertise according to project requirements.


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Summertown Health CentreTel: (01865) 515552
Cutteslowe Surgery Tel: (01865) 512288
Wolvercote SurgeryTel: (01865) 556044
One in three of us will get cancer and it's the toughest thing most of us will ever face. If you've been diagnosed with cancer, or a loved one has, you'll want a team of people in your corner supporting you every step of the way. Macmillan provide practical, medical and financial support and push for better cancer care.
Marie Curie Cancer Care is a UK charity dedicated to the care of people with terminal cancer and other illnesses. Over the financial year 2010/11, we reached a total of 31,799 patients
Youthhealthtalk enables young people, their family and friends, and professionals such as doctors and teachers to understand young people's experiences of health, illness and life in general. The website feature real-life accounts of issues such as effect on work and education, social life and relationships, consulting health professionals and treatment.
We would like to keep our records up to date. You can fill in a form at reception or complete your details here on the website. The 'your clinical record' section at the bottom of the home page is the place to do this.
You can also fill in information about your blood pressure and other measurements from home in this section.
The NHS is launching a new service, care.data, with the purpose of linking patient data from different health care settings in order to improve health outcomes.
The following documents explain the service, how your data will be used, and what you should do if you if you do not wish to participate.
Patient Information Leaflet
Frequently Asked Questions
For more information please visit www.nhs.uk/caredata
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➢ Use your QR reader to install the APP on your device:
➢ You could also type the url of this website in your device.
This portfolio WebApp is designer to work on the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer.
If is not running properly in your machine, please update your browser to the latest version.
This portfolio is a Webapp, a website that works like a desktop application,in the same way you can find them in your pc, mobile or tablet
A Webapp is easy configurable and portable to work in every kind of device, because his code is not device native, is coding with HTML5, CSS3 and Java script.
Using Chace Manifest, you can imporuve the speed of the app
With Local Storage, you can develop Login App, or remember personal data
SqLite databases will let you load content with ajax call, without a server involve
These are the 3 ways of making a Mobile App in our days:
I can actually working in the two first.
Using an Hybrid app you will be able to use all the features of you device, as camera, sensors, internal storage but with the univeral portability of a website, saving time coding in just one time for all kind of devices
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Hi! Welcome to my portfolio webapp!
I'm currently living in London, but originally from Spain. I miss my sun, but the job opportunities are more interesting here.
The last two years I have been working for Concise Media Design, developing webapps for iPad marketing events, using css,html and java script.
Our events are from 10 to 1000 iPads, and the attendees are able to follow the speaker's presentations from their iPads, as made interactive voting with live results, live Q&A session, fill feedback forms, consult relevant info, watch videos or read pdfs. All managing from our server and over our private wifi network.
I share my time between coding at the office, and working onsite. Because we are working with first line clients, as Morgan Standley, BNP Paribas, GE Capital.. I have to be on the actual events to make changes, add features or resolve bugs onsite. Also I use to take care of the control of all the iPads from the backstage, to swich between voting questions, power point presentations or other elements.
I have a web developer background, with some design skills. As a good linux and networking experience.
Started developing websites when I was just 13, but I made the big step during the University, when I met Wordpress and linux, and a whole new world just opened in front of me. During this time I built some linux "How to" blogs, as tuxhuellas.com or ubuntubyatreliz.com while I shared my experience as a forum moderator in todo-linux.com
Later went further in networking and start building wifi bridges, linux hardware firewalls, and vpn private networks.
As the same time I have always been continue making some freelance staff, as web developer or layout magazine designer.
And that's more or less my short story. Please don't hesitate to keep in touch with me.Speak soon!
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A main baggage of 6 years developing web sites within the last 2, full time, developing IOS apps for the European, Asian and States Markets.
Always motivated and optimist for new challenges, I am ready for a job where continue developing my skills, and learning day by day.
➢ Excellent communication skills coupled with the ability to work under pressure.
➢ Enthusiasm surrounding emerging web technologies.
➢ Ability to prioritize and multitask working with a deadline.
➢ Creative problem solver with outstanding attention to detail.
➢ Hard worker and quick learner with a demonstrate initiative and positive work attitude.
➢ Proficient developing Mobile applications (Webapps) for IOS and Android devices .
- Javascript libraries to develop webapps: JQuery UI, JQuery Mobile, JQTouch, Raphael and Iscroll.
- Knowledge of PhoneGap (Cordoba) framework to create mobile applications for IOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone from a webapp.
➢ Strong hand-coding CSS3 and (X)HTML5.
- Able to take Photoshop mockups and create working HTML templates.
- Experience with emerging standards & technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.
- Used of Responsive Design to adapt design to diferent media and device sizes.
2010. Marketing course. ( CVE )
2010. Master in Web Design ( CVE )
2007. Process Management course ( Zitec Enterprise )
2007. Certificated course of PHP ( Nuteca Enterprise )
2007. Bachelor Degree of Electronic Engineering ,at the University of Valladolid
1999. Graduate from Nuestra Señora del Lourdes ́ school
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CurrentlyConcise Media Design - London, UK
Full time iPad developer
2011Gemin-I - London,UK
Web developer developer,Front and back end
2007Freelance Web developer - Valladolid, Spain
Web developer and Magazine layout designer
2007Campruva - Valladolid, Spain
Web developer, and Network and Systems administrator
2006Microsoft Research Mobility Centre
IT support on mobile devices and databases
At the moment my job is a mix of code and customer side.
Developing bespoke apps for iPads, using Java script libraries with CSS3 and HTML5.
And going on site to the events the apps are for dealing with last minute client changes .
Base in London I have been travelling around and working in our 3 offices: NYC, London and Hong Kong, expecially in the NYC one doing the 90% of the jobs.
As the same time I'm still working as web developer during my free time.
This was my first job in London.
Gemini-I organize charity project,and I was involve in developing a Wordpress theme for one of them.
It was a complex job where I was using CSS,HTML,PHP and Java Scripts as the same time, managing several effects and with 3 completely different css styles.
I learned a lot of about mixing Php and Jquery to work together, and also is very grateful to work for a charity and help foundations to raise money.
When I was thirteen I made my first web with composer. Now and I have a long experience with cms like drupal, joomla, forophpbb, zencart.. and especially wordpress.
I can manage: CSS3, HTML5, PHP, Java Scripts(Jquery,JQuery Mobile..) and Flash.
I was also the layout designer of the magazine "Articulo 20" during two years, working with Quark, and Photoshop.
As the same time I was working in CAMPRUVA during the mornings.
My role here was, Networks and Systems administrator
I was the responsible of the correct work on of the computers, and built the network (Windows and Linux servers) of our three offices to share staff and work online.
Managing the databases of the programs and develop new software for our requirements. As well I was the responsable of email marketing and develop websites.
I spent 6 month of internships in Microsoft working with the beginning of the mobility devices, pdas.
My employment in Microsoft was in an IT consulting team, like IT support. giving to the consultants tools to increase their job and manage the clients database.
Do you prefer to meet me?
or just do it easy and email me now


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Kirstie Alley wants an Oscar for starring in 'Dancing With the Stars'
Kirstie Alley admits to being an "airhead" about some things. While training to appear on "Dancing With the Stars," she told reporters how clueless she had been about the grueling regimen endured by professional hoofers. Now she seems to be a bit, ahem, confused about Hollywood trophies.
After she survived this week's elimination and reaped her first 10 score, Kirstie said that, if she won the show, it would "be like winning an Oscar. Because it's something I haven't won before. It's something I've always really wanted. It's a different category, but I feel like we were just nominated."
Different category? Maybe she meant different universe. Maybe she's just a bit dizzy after all of that spinning and leaping on the show.
Oscars, of course, are for film, Emmys for TV. Alley has been nominated eight times for an Emmy: five times for "Cheers," once for "Veronica's Closet" and twice for TV flicks. She won for "Cheers" in 1991 and for the telefilm "David's Mother" in 1994. Alley has never been within 1,000 miles of Oscarland.
"Dancing With the Stars" has lost the Emmy bout for best reality-competition show five consecutive years. It not only lost for best reality-competition show each year, but -- worse -- it was also beaten for the trophy for best choreography. Maybe some of Alley's past Emmy glow can help the show now?
Can Kirstie Alley finally turn 'Dancing With the Stars' into an Emmy winner?
'Glee' Emmy submissions shocker: The Changs are out!
No Emmy divas among 'Hot in Cleveland' stars
-- Tom O'Neil


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|General Care for South Central Texas Daylilies
|By Mark Carpenter of the San Antonio Daylily Society
Planting: Plant only to the base of the crown, the area above the roots on the plant where it is white in color and gradually goes to green, Plant no deeper than where it turns green in the crown.
First 2 weeks care: After planting, water in your new lily well. Repeat every 2 days for the first week, then every 2 to 3 days the second week. Do NOT over water !!
After 2 weeks: I recommend giving your now plant a dose of Miracle-Gro or K-Gro in the fall around early October. Do not Miracle Gro any later than mid November, as a freeze could cause root drainage. Keep your lilies soil moist, but not wet.
Winter Care. Basically, in winter time here you only need to water it once a week, or if you get rainfall, none at all ! Just be sure the soil doesn't get too dry. Foliage needs no care, simply leave it alone. If the daylily is dormant, it will disappear into the ground.
Spring and summer care: In mid-January, I recommend spraying all of your foliage with Orthene systemic to the point of dripping, This will kill any thrips that could damage your scapes. Start a once every 3 weeks Miracle-Gro application by March 1, and continue until scapes appear in May. Keep the soil lightly moist, but not soaked, especially in the June-September time frame, where the roots can "boil" if kept too wet. Lilies respond best to a time release fertilizer such as a 19-5-9 or 20-5-10 slow release, but you may use any fertilizer close to these in proportion. I strongly recommend mulching.
Bugs and pests: Lilies have only a few enemies. Aphids attack the scapes on lilies in early spring, and can cause them to not bloom, Orthene systemic in January will take care of them. You will not be able to see these critters ! Once your flower starts blooming, you probably will see thrips which are tiny flea-like bugs running on your flowers. If you get these, I again recommend Orthene systemic. You can spray it all over the flower and new buds without damaging them. Diazinon may also be used on daylilies with no harm to the flowers for bug control. If you prefer the organic approach, you can spray with an insecticidal soap such as Safer's or use a neem oil spray such as Ortho Rose Defense.
For additional information about daylilies, go to the Bill Jarvis site at:


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Have you ever felt as if the world were slowly slipping beyond your grasp and that, if allowed to sit quietly in a corner to contemplate it all for about ten minutes, you will quietly go insane?
This is where I am now. No, not sitting in the corner—just quietly going insane after having come to the conclusion that the world is completely out of control.
I'll tell you how I know this.
I helped out a friend last weekend in her shop. This is a business where people come to buy clothing and specialty items. . .for their dogs and cats.
You heard me.
At first, I was mildly amused, when a little old blue-haired lady dashed in and grabbed me by the sleeve as if I were a lifeguard on the Titanic.
"Will you help me, please? I'm in a terrible hurry," she said. "I need a collar for my pussy—she likes blue."
I looked at her crotch and asked, "How can you tell?" and she left before I could show her a single collar!
Well, it was easy to laugh off…at first.
But then things abruptly got worse.
The next customer to happen by was an older gent who was tethered to an English Bulldog.
"Nigel needs a dress coat," he declared.
I glanced down at Nigel, who was slobbering so copiously that he looked as if he'd just chewed up a can of shaving cream.
"No, sir. Nigel needs a raincoat…"
Nigel proceeded to prove this by shaking his head with such alacrity that he coated me, his owner, and the car across the street with more slime than Bill Murray could have ever imagined.
"…and so do I," I said.
Nigel's owner, dripping saliva that smelled like something FedEx'd from the bowels of hell, didn't miss a beat. "Nigel already has a raincoat. Now he needs a dress coat, if you please."
"Ah, a dress coat—of course," I said, donning a scuba mask and snorkel. "And would you like spats with that, as well?"
Up strode my friend. "Good morning, sir. Is Carson being of help?" she asked, shooting me a withering look.
I jumped in before the old baggage could dry his soggy handlebar mustache enough to reply. "Oh, yes, Gail. This gentleman is looking for a dress coat for Ninny, here…"
"That's Nigel."
"Of course, Nigel, pardon me. At any rate, he may be interested in spats to go with it. Do we have them?"
"Certainly we have spats. What size?"
"I think a medium would do nicely," Nigel's owner said.
Good God! Not only did we actually have spats for dogs, but this wacko knew his dog's size!
"And I have a marvelous black camel hair Saville Row dress coat that would look wonderful on him," Gail gushed.
Remember, we're talking about a dog here.
So, Gail trotted out a size 20 hand-tailored coat and matching spats for this four-legged professional drooler and dressed him, wrapping a Burberry scarf around Nigel's not inconsiderable neck for a peak fashion statement.
"What, no trilby?" I asked.
"I'm getting to that," she whispered, skewering me with a filthy look. "I'm on a roll. Just step back, watch and learn."
I must admit, when Gail got going, trying to stop her would have been as futile as holding a newspaper over your head during a monsoon and expecting to stay dry. Before the fellow left, not only had he purchased the coat and spats, but he also opted for the trilby, a set of four Florsheim shoes and Yves Saint Laurent monogrammed socks, a trench coat, three pairs of silk jockey shorts, a smoking jacket, a pair of Egyptian cotton pajamas, and some erotic leatherwear for when he's feeling frisky with the ladies.
Total bill? $4500.00
He paid it without a blink.
I watched him walk out the door. "Gail, I've been wondering—is this store near an asylum, by any chance?"
I received my third stink eye of the day in reply.
There followed a breeder of Corgis, whose pick of the litter was having a coming-out party and needed a blue taffeta gown with matching heels; a Basset Hound requiring a plaid cummerbund to complete his tuxedo for a New Year's Eve celebration; and a Rhodesian Ridgeback, whose owner purchased two original Matisses because the dog house was looking so very drab. Oh, and let's not forget the French Poodle that absolutely had to have a hand-carved, solid mahogany Louis XIV dog bed.
And the food! Cats choose from freeze-dried Komodo Dragon, Minced Mouse Mousse, Chinchilla Sushi, or Passenger Pigeon Pate. Our little canine friends are offered Steve's Raw Chateaubriand Diet, Elephant Loin, White Buffalo Brain, and (yum, yum) for those puppies that have been especially good, Braised Suckling Pig.
And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to lunch. Today I have a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and an apple, which I share with the homeless gentleman down the block.


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Delta Softworks "Developers by heart" Be the best you can be and you will succeed.
This job was posted over 30 days ago. This means the position is now most likely filled & no longer available.
Level Designers located Anywhere.
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As a General Mapper (Level Designer), you will create maps from start to finish. We will brief you with pointers on how we want the map to look, then it's up to your imagination. We have modelers at your disposal so you can make the map as unique and as interesting as possible.
•You must have finished at least two previous maps.
•You must be familiar with the Source Hammer editor.
•You must be able to complete tasks provided.
As we are a mod team, we cannot pay you. This is all about improving skills for the future and having a great time whiles doing it.
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Recently we've been telling you about Ohio's new nonrefundable tax credit program called InvestOhio. Through it, Ohio taxpayers who invest in qualifying Ohio small businesses can qualify for a 10 percent credit against their personal Ohio income tax if they meet certain requirements. In less than two weeks, taxpayers can begin the second step in the application process for this tax credit. (more…)
Archive for November, 2011
Are You Ready for the Next Phase of InvestOhio?Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Ready for a Walk Through Ohio's Use Tax Amnesty Process?Monday, November 28th, 2011
If you owe use tax, you currently have an opportunity to save thousands of dollars in use tax, interest and penalties thanks to Ohio's use tax amnesty program. The program is one of the most taxpayer-friendly programs ever enacted by the State of Ohio. (more…)
Do you know the 2012 Retirement Limits?Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
Employees and individual retirement plan owners can contribute more toward their retirement benefits next year. (more…)
Need Help Understanding Employee Healthcare Benefit Reporting on W-2s?Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
The IRS recently held a webinar to explain its reporting requirements for healthcare coverage on employees' W2's for the 2011 tax year. We've provided a summary of the webinar below for those of you who missed it. (more…)
Guarantor Requirements for Ohio Use Tax Payment Plan ChangedThursday, November 17th, 2011
The requirements for participating in the State of Ohio's use tax amnesty program's payment program just got a little easier. (more…)
Are You Ready for the InvestOhio Tax Credit? Register for Tax Credit This WeekTuesday, November 15th, 2011
Ohio taxpayers who invest in a qualifying Ohio small business can qualify for a 10 percent credit against their Ohio income tax if they meet certain requirements – and they can now apply for the credit. (more…)
Have You Determined a Beneficiary for Your Retirement Plan?Friday, November 11th, 2011
A single dad wanted to designate his two children as beneficiaries of his retirement benefits. He mailed his beneficiary designation form to his employer with a cover letter explaining his wishes. When he died, the benefits administrator noticed the designation form wasn't signed. Should the plan assets pass to the estate or the children? (more…)
Investors: Have You Learned the Lessons of 2008?Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
What are the lessons investors and advisors have learned from the Great Recession? Investment Partners' Doug Bambeck shares these four tips. (more…)
Are You Secure? Cyber Security Targets Employee Benefit AccountsThursday, November 3rd, 2011
In July 2011, federal solutions group RSA's Anti-Fraud Command Center detected more than 25,000 phishing attacks, the most recorded in a one-month period. A part of the reason: Employees are increasingly being deceived into providing personal information through their employee benefit accounts. (more…)
Can Medical Concierge Fees Be Applied to Health Savings Accounts?Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
"Medical concierge" physician practices are growing in popularity with both physicians and patients. In this type of practice, patients pay a set fee that entitles them to much quicker access and more dedicated time with their physician as well as the opportunity to participate in additional diagnostics, wellness services and preventive care programs. (more…)


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ที่ฝึกลม Breathing Compact Exerciser
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ที่ฝึกลม Breathing Compact Exerciser ; ใช้ฝึกลมเพื่อให้ใช้ลมได้มีพลังและเป่าได้ยาวขึ้น
- Breathing exerciser boosts respiratory performance
- Resistance easily adjusts for varying lung fitness levels
- Compact, convenient, and safe
- Reduce breathlessness and increase lung capacity by strength-training your respiratory muscles
How it works: after positioning the soft mouthpiece between the teeth and gums and biting down to create an airtight seal, the user breathes in sharply and continues to breathe in hard for as long as possible. Then the breath is slowly exhaled. When repeated 25 times, twice daily, for at least a month, the exercises should noticeably increase breathing strength. As improvement occurs, the user can increase resistance by simply turning one or both parts of the device: the end cap (which holds a lightweight ball) and the valve sleeve. Measuring 5 by 2 by 1-1/4 inches.