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Billing Boats (B472) Mary Ann Fishing Cutter - Model Boat & Fittings is the very first model produced by Billing Boats in 1958. It has been modified 4 times during the years and changed names 3 times. The ship is a typical 45-ton cutter commonly seen in the harbour at Esbjerg, Denmark; often more than 600 cutters of this type can be seen at a time. The model kit is based on the original ship drawings.
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- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk chocolate toffee bits (such as Heath)
- Preheat oven to 350F. Coat an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray. Line with foil, letting edges extend over 2 sides. Coat foil with spray.
- Sift flour and baking powder. Beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla with a mixer until blended. Turn to low speed, add flour mixture and beat just until combined. Beat in toffee bits. Spread evenly in pan.
- Bake 22 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Remove from pan with foil and cut into 16 bars.
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If on the eve of makeup development the main goal was to modify the appearance, to change it according to the fashion standards of each particular time period, now the situation changed. No one applies crocodile's poo for the soft skin, drinks vinegar or use titanium to change the completion, add copper to the eyeshadows for longer lasting or use toxic herbs for the brighter eyesight.
Women want not just to be beautifully applying the makeup, but stay healthy. So here the well being goes hand in hand with beauty. Each and every successful modern brand not just produces cosmetics. They try to make the products healthier, more natural, «greener» even, by using more plant extracts and oils. At the same time, the total amount of chemically created components increases as well. But in comparison to the cosmetics which our mothers used, they became less aggressive and more health-friendly, which reflects the common tendency «back to nature».
As the burst of makeup and fashion development in the middle of 20th century was closely connected to the social transformations and the industrial revolution, today's «back to nature» approach can't be divided from the situation around us. Fashion, in general, is very sensitive to the smallest shifts in the world, so it can be said without any hesitation that today's cosmetics has lost the casual, cozy borders when only European brands were considered to be good and worth attention. Now, when East has met West not just geographically but economically, a bunch of new brands appears on the market, using a bright combination of Asian approach and modern technologies. And, what is more important, this concept was promptly grabbed by the biggest cosmetic brands worldwide.


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Is anyone else doing the Designer Mystery Block of the Month from the Fat Quarter Shop? I signed up for it along with my wife and my mom -- I thought it would be a fun thing for the three of us to do together. We got our first package this week. The fabric is the new Peace on Earth holiday line and it looks reeeeally nice. These should be some nice looking blocks ... and I think I can handle one block per month!
Trying to catch up on a few things from the past few weeks. First, the wonderful Tine from Denmark (aka Sodeste) gave me an Arte y Pico award. I have to be honest -- I can't read Spanish so I have no idea what the site says, and I certainly hope that I am not promoting something that I shouldn't be promoting! But I am sure Tine wouldn't mislead me ... so thanks, Tine!
I'm supposed to "pay it forward", so here are a few people whose blogs and work are always inspiring me:
- Jacquie from Tallgrass Prairie Studio
- Miss Bettyninja
- A mystery lady known only as "Blondie"
- Nicole (and Ozzie) at Sister's Choice Quilts
- And finally Susan (aka Chickenfoot), the hostess with the mostest
I feel kind of like I'm sending along a chain letter (which I never do), so please feel free to ignore me if you think it's rude!
If not, here are the rules:
- Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award based on creativity, design, interesting material, and overall contribution to the blogger community, regardless of the language.
- Post the name of the author and a link to his or her blog by so everyone can view it.
- Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.
- The award-winner and the presenter should post the link of the blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.
- Please post these rules!
Finally, Devida over at Bubba Chic (another deserving recipient of the above award!) tagged me with one of those question and answer things (aren't they called memes or something?). Anyhow, here are the rules for this one:
- Link the person who tagged you
- Mention the rules in your blog
- Tell about six unspectacular quirks of yours
- Tag a new set of six following bloggers by linking them
Six quirks? That's a hard one. I'll try my best:
- My favorite thing for lunch, hands down, is a homemade peanut butter & jelly sandwich. Still just as good with a glass of cold milk as it was when I was a kid.
- I am REALLY good at standardized tests. I don't think it's too much of a measure of how smart a person really is, but just whether or not the person's a good test taker. I guess I am: I got near-perfect scores on both my SAT and GMAT.
- I HATE eating in the car. I don't know why ... it's just one of those things. I only eat in the car when absolutely necessary, and some people hate road-tripping with me because we have to stop for all meals.
- My t-shirts have to be folded perfectly. I had a part-time job at the Gap in college and, ever since, I fold every single t-shirt "the GAP way". So much so that I will unfold and re-fold all the t-shirts that my wife puts away. It drives her nuts. (OCD, anyone? :)
- Wow, this is tough. OK, I am right handed but also wear my watch on my right hand ... which is typically where lefties wear their watch. That's quirky, right?
- I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, but North Carolina is certainly becoming part of me. How do I know? I LOVE good old fashioned southern sweet tea. And if you've never had it, it is just amazing. I am addicted. (Oh, and lately I've also been pretty addicted to Cherry Limeades from Sonic ... one just opened near our house).
OK, six more people to tag?? This chain letter similarity thing is bothering me too much, so I am just going to put it out there to anyone reading and say: have at it if you are so inclined!
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By the end of their tour, in Los Angeles, the movie rights had been sold. To save money, it was decided that, rather than adapt Top Banana like other movie musicals, the film version would essentially document a complete performance of the stage show. Reusing the stage version's sets, costumes, and props, Top Banana unfolds entirely onstage, supposedly (but not really) in front of an occasionally seen, rarely heard from theater audience.
Further, the whole thing was filmed in 3-D, the idea being that moviegoers would vicariously experience a Broadway-style performance, from the vantage point of top dollar theater "seats."
For this and other reasons Top Banana has been a sought-after title for years. It was rarely shown on television or in repertory theaters, and it's one of just two 3-D films from the fifties that does not survive in 3-D, the other being Southwest Passage (also from United Artists). (Nevertheless, a 3-D trailer of Top Banana exists, and if you own a pair of Red-Green 3-D glasses you can watch it right now, on Mark Evanier's great News From Me site.)
But now, at last, there's an MGM "Limited Edition Collection" disc of Top Banana. It's missing about 15 minutes of footage and the print has several awkward splices, but the color is good and the image is sharp, despite some reports that all MGM currently has in its vault are 16mm elements. And, of course, it's not in 3-D.
The story is slight, with TV star Jerry Biffle (Silvers) battling his sponsor, Blendo Soap, while unwittingly getting tangled up in a love triangle with department store model Sally Peter (Judy Lynn), and a singer on Biffle's show, Cliff Lane (Danny Scholl). Jerry hatches a plan (well, actually he steals one of his minions' ideas), inviting the press to photograph Cliff's elopement as a headline-grabbing publicity ploy, all the while unaware the woman Cliff intends to marry is Jerry's girl.
Really, though, the plot of Top Banana is secondary to its fast-paced comedy, much of it a tribute to Burlesque and what even in the fifties were considered ancient jokes and comedy routines. In that sense Top Banana is reminiscent of Olson & Johnson's similarly nostalgic Hellzapoppin' and other stage shows featuring that team. The material may be old hat -"It was so hot, the Hoboken Ferry took off its slip!" - but audiences ate it up. Television, "Burlesque with an antenna," was in its infancy when the stage version opened in 1951, though it had grown by leaps and bounds even by early 1954 when the movie was released. Berle's longtime sponsor, Texaco, actually dropped him in 1953, and Berle's ratings went south.
Ironies abound: It was Silvers's Sgt. Bilko, airing simultaneously on another network, that finally killed Uncle Miltie's TV career. Also around that time Berle had incorporated behind-the-scenes segments on his show that were reminiscent of Top Banana's. Moreover, Berle himself reportedly invested in the Broadway Top Banana after learning it was based on him. Some of the inside jokes (a writer handing Jerry a slip of paper, "Here are your ad-libs!" / Rose Marie's line, "I can tell he's a writer by the lines on his face") are quite funny.
Phil Silvers had been kicking around for years, in Vaudeville, Burlesque, Broadway, and night clubs and then feature films beginning in 1940. However, rarely was there much hint of his Bilko-persona, at least in his pre-Bilko movies. But in Top Banana his Jerry Biffle is at least 80% Bilko, and it's the beginning of the crystallization of that persona. It's a different and even mildly unpleasant character, but most of the components and mannerisms are there. Moreover, playing Jerry's writers are actors Jack Albertson, Joey Faye, and, as Jerry's barber (who also provides an occasional joke for Jerry), Herbie Faye (no relation to Joey, apparently). Herbie Faye would soon become a regular on Bilko as Cpl. Fender, and later would appear on a number of episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, a series partly about television comedy writers. Joey Faye in this is reminiscent of Harvey Lembeck's Cpl. Barbella, on Bilko. Albertson plays a kind of human joke machine in Top Banana, a lot like Morey Amsterdam's Buddy Sorrell on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Rose Marie, who was Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show, plays Sally Peters's roommate in Top Banana. Intrigued yet?
Those expecting a movie-movie will be sorely disappointed by the static approach taken by the filmmakers, who use mostly immobile wide and medium shots, in footage likely shot with two cameras (well, four since this was in 3-D) simultaneously to cover it all. On the other hand, if watched as if it were a theatrical performance, then Top Banana is pretty fun and very fascinating. The comedy, especially in terms of its timing, is exquisite, obviously having been perfected on Broadway and later on the road. Joey Faye, supposedly the creator of two iconic Burlesque routines, "Floogle Street" and "Slowly I Turned," is terrific throughout.
Nonetheless, the film suffers in unexpected ways. For instance, it may be the only movie in history that probably should have been filmed before a live audience, their laughter incorporated onto the soundtrack. There are occasional cutaways to an audience (probably stock footage) taking in the show, and they applaud at the end of Act One, but otherwise there's a deadly silence during all the comedy and no underscoring at all. Phil Silvers reportedly hated the film version and no wonder; he probably saw it in a half-filled theater or screening room, his best material playing to proverbial cricket chirping.
Doing it as a filmed performance presented other anomalies. The cast projects as if on stage, and the audio is weak in wide shots where microphones are obviously high in the rafters. Yet like a "real" movie musical the songs appear to have been pre-recorded, eliminating the immediacy of a live show.
The blocking of the actors is, well, stagy, and likely pretty darn close to the Broadway and roadshow versions. The reconstructed 3-D trailer hints at a much more visually interesting film, even though the 3-D gimmicks are few in number. (In one shot, Silvers tosses a couple of books at the 3-D cameras.) A very similar idea was proposed for the concurrent Cinerama process, a movie version of Porgy & Bess filmed in that multi-camera wonder. Though never made, the plan was to position the Cinerama cameras as if in a prime orchestra seat throughout. At least Top Banana moves in a little bit, with a greater variety of angles than the Cinerama likely would have offered, though all of the angles are still from an audience's perspective.
Unfortunately, Top Banana had a very limited release in 3-D if one at all. The 3-D craze of the 1950s technically lasted from late 1952 through early 1955 or so, but as far as the movie industry was concerned 3-D was dead in the water the minute 20th Century-Fox began demonstrating its CinemaScope widescreen process and making it available to other film companies. Top Banana appears to have opened only in 2-D, though there was talk of distributing it in 3-D later in its run.
Video & Audio
The correctly full-frame transfer of Top Banana generally looks fine, with rich, bright colors. If 16mm film was sourced, MGM did a good job because it's quite sharp overall. The missing footage appears to be the result of damage at the heads and tails of various reels, which exhibit more wear and on which reel change cues are sometimes visible. This version runs 83:47. The missing scenes create several disorienting jump cuts (particularly around the 35:00 mark), and there are a couple of other big splices with missing frames. However, all things considered we should be grateful it exists at all. The mono English audio (no subtitle options) is adequate on this region 1 disc. No Extra Features.
Parting Thoughts
Fans of musical theater, Phil Silvers, early television comedy and history, Sgt. Bilko, 3-D, and/or Burlesque will find much of value in Top Banana, a Recommended title.
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LOA 48 Beam 158 Draft 4
Engine(s) Twin MAN Diesels Engine(s) HP 1100 Engine Model V10-1100 CRM
Hours 650 Cruising Speed 30.5 knots Max Speed 33.5 knots
Fuel 1020 gal. Water 100 gal.
A 3-stateroom, 2-head, galley-up floorplan, the 48 Cabo Convertible doubles as an outstanding fishing and cruising boat. Beautiful Cancun interior decor throughout, a flybridge for eight, a super spacious and well-equipped cockpit for serious fishing and a cockpit-accessed spotless engine room are just a few of the advantages of the Cabo 48.
Cancun interior decor package
Teak and holly sole
Cut-to-fit and bound edge sculptured tan carpet throughout salon with matching runner in galley
L-shaped sofa to port, aft in camel Ultraleather
Storage under both legs of the L-shaped sofa
CruisAir digital control with humidification function
(5) Bose double-cube speakers
42 Samsung LCD flat panel color TV mounted on forward starboard bulkhead
Raritan icemaker
Hi-gloss finish teak table with birds eye maple insert on single-leg pedestal mount
Beige hopsack material covers valance panels and pilasters
Hunter Douglas silhouette window shades
Light fixtures mounted in the headliner
Starboard cabinetry houses master electrical panel, generator remote panel, water tank gauge, Bose Lifestyle 48 AM/FM/CD/DVD , pullout drawer for liquor and glasses
Throw pillows
Up to port in deckhouse
Beautiful teak cabinetry offers ample storage, cabinets and drawers
Corian Acorn countertops
Single-well sink with KWC fixture
Panasonic microwave oven
Exhaust fan
2-burner Kenyon electric range, recessed under the countertop with removable cover
Overhead lighting
Sub-zero refrigeration with two drawers of freezer and two drawers of refrigerator
Forward starboard corner of deckhouse
L-shaped dinette in tan Ultraleather
Storage under seating area
(3) throw pillows
Large hi-gloss finish teak table with Birdseye maple insert on single-pedestal support
Master Stateroom
Walkaround double bed with storage under and one pullout drawer, padded and upholstered bedspread and pillow shams, throw pillows
End tables on each side of bed with storage drawers
Sole 17 flat panel color TV Panasonic AM/FM/CD/DVD with speakers
Hanging locker
Ensuite master head with stall shower, Sea-Land vacuum MSD, faux white marble lavatory, mirror-front medicine cabinet, storage under lavatory, overhead foredeck hatch and Corian Acorn flooring
CruisAir digital control with dehumidification function
Safe-T-Alert carbon monoxide sensor/alarm
110V lamp atop each end table
Bow Guest Stateroom
Double bed mounted against starboard hullside at 45° angle
Padded and upholstered bedspread and pillow shams
HUGE storage area under bed
Large hanging locker
Panasonic AM/FM/CD/DVD unit with speakers
Safe mounted in hanging locker
Tan ultraleather jump seat at the end of the bed
(4) large storage cabinets
Safe-T-Alert carbon monoxide sensor/alarm
Overhead Bomar hatch to foredeck
Entry door to guest head
Sole 17 flat panel color TV
Starboard Guest Stateroom
Stacked bunks against starboard hullside
Storage drawers under lower bunk
Padded and upholstered bunk covers and pillow shams
Small hanging locker
CruisAir control
Safe-T-Alert carbon monoxide sensor/alarm
Reading lamp beside each headboard
(2) Icom M602 VHF radio with DSC capabilities
(2) Icom Remote mic location kit
(2) Icom flush mount kit
(2) Optional NewMar PA 30 Watt White hailing horn
(2) Digital 532V-W 16 10-db VHF antenna/cabling
(2) Rupp four-way base/mount/support
Furuno RD-30 digital depth/navigation display
Furuno RD-30 flush mount kit
Furuno 235DHTL-MSE high precision depth/temperature sensor
Furuno GP-37 differential GPS receiver
Furuno GP-37 flush mount kit
(2) Lilly 107 stainless GPS antenna mount
Northstar NS6100i 12 color WAAS/GPS chart plotter
(3) VEI 12 Super Sunlight monitor
Furuno FCV1200BB black box 1 kW sounder
(2) Furuno 526-IHN in-hull 1000W 50/200KHZ depth transducer
Furuno Navnet 1954C black box radar/plotter with 12 kW 6 array
Navionics 1G906XL3 U.S. Southeast and Bahamas
Furuno BBFF3 dual frequency 1kW color sounder (back up to FCV1200)
Furuno ST-02MSB Bronze thru-hull speed/temperature sensor
Furuno network cable
Simrad AP25 hydraulic autopilot with heading sensor
Hydraulic quick disconnect service kit
KVH TracVision G4HP satellite TV system
KVH HDTV receiver with converter kit
Channel plus video distribution system
Custom antenna mast, nav light bar and backing plate
APC backup, 110 AC power supply for entertainment system
APC backup, 110 AC power supply for Sat TV Receiver
Elbex engine room CCTV camera package including (2) (Center and Aft) 1 LUX high resolution color cameras with housings, power supplies and video cable
Navigation video and entertainment audio distribution system with cabling (This allows viewing of radar, chart plotter, ,video sounders, engine room cameras, Sat TV and Bose DVD on VEI monitors).
ACR 12V RCL-100D Spotlight
Flybridge 12V DC accessory adapter
12/24 VDC Circuit breaker sub-panels for electronics (2)
24V DC regulated supply
Sat HDTV controls faceplate assembly with cut outs and flooring for power supplies
Electrical System
Westerbeke 15 kW diesel generator with sound enclosure in engine room (460Hours
Phase Three 50 amp charger
Cablemaster 220V shore cord system
12V DC system
110/220 AC systems
DC batteries in ventilated box in engine room
Engine Room
Twin MAN V10 FWC diesel engines
ZF 1.77/1 marine gears
Westerbeke generator in sound shield
White gel coat finish in engine room
12V and 110V lighting
Sea Fire fire extinguisher system
Side-power master breaker
(2) Ambient air circulating fans
Dripless shaft seals
CruisAir compressors
Accessed via cockpit door and hatch
Battery banks in ventilated battery box
Dual Racor fuel filters on each engine
Racor fuel filter for the generator
Reverso oil change system (mains, generator, gears)
Reverso fuel prime pump on each engine
Crash pump intake on starboard cooling water intake
Molded FRP hardtop with integral (4) quartz lights facing aft, recessed red and white overhead lights
(8) rod holders welded to aft flybridge handrail
(2) Scopinich teak frame helm chairs on stainless steel pedestal mounts with chair covers and foot rests
Portside ladder from cockpit to flybridge
Ritchie 4 compass
Digital control for trolling valves and synchronizer
Bridge release 32 double spreader Rupp outriggers
4-sided EZ-2-CY enclosure
Athwartships bench seat forward of helm with drained beverage cooler and additional storage under
Flybridge seats 8 comfortably
Cabo helm pod with single lever controls
MAN digital engine function readout panels
MAN emergency operation touch pads
Sidepower joystick bow thruster control
ACR spotlight control
Dedicated electronics breaker panel mounted under the helm console
Cover for entire helm console
Dedicated unit of Air Conditioning (32K BTU) on flybridge
Port and starboard storage lockers under gunwhales with hinged doors
Portside module houses a stainless steel freezer, bait prep area with pressure water, (3) tackle drawers and engine room access
Starboard module offers a top storage compartment with hinged lid and a large storage cabinet underneath
(2) fishboxes with macerator pumps under cockpit deck
Transom livewell
(3) storage compartments in aft bulkhead
Switch panel for macerators, livewell, and pumps
Transom door and gate
Non-skid fiberglass decks throughout
Bow pulpit with roller assembly, Maxwell windlass, rode, and Danforth anchor
Welded aluminum bow rails
Custom handrails above deckhouse windows, port and starboard
Custom handrails at forward corners of the deckhouse
Solid hand-laid fiberglass modified-V hull
Black bottom paint
Black boot stripe
Trim tabs
Algae-Sep fuel/water separator
Tools, fishing gear, personal items.
A note from the builder of this incredible yacht..... Design and Construction CABO Yachts is one of the most successful boat builders in the business today thanks to our undying commitment to superior design and construction. Our never-ending mission to utilize the best materials, engineering, layouts, and manufacturing techniques keeps us a leading choice among the worlds top anglers and marine industry experts. These talented individuals recognize CABOs unmatched product and performance excellence, and the advantage our sportfishers present over the competition. Cutting-Edge Hull Design Every CABO stands ready to combat real-world offshore conditions. Our design team, in conjunction with award-winning Michael Peters Yacht Design, has created a series of incredibly powerful hulls in which biaxial stitched fiberglass is bonded with vinylester resins that are not only lighter and stronger than conventional resins, but also more corrosion resistant. We use high-tech laminating processes such as vacuum-bagging to assure tremendous hull and topside deck strength. Practicing a method far superior to traditional techniques, CABO also bonds the running bottom and reinforced fiberglass interior module into one monolithic structure, ensuring greater resistance to torsion and flexure. Special consideration has gone into creating our high-performance hulls ensuring that each one is steadfast in squalls as well as in calm seas as anyone who has ever ridden in a CABO can tell you. Flawless Engine Rooms Our engine rooms are nothing short of engineering marvels, each one featuring a straightforward layout for unparalleled accessibility to the components. Most importantly, 360 degrees of working space surrounding each of the twin diesel engines means convenient maintenance or repair. All other systems electrical, plumbing, etc. are meticulously organized, easily accessible, and grouped by category whenever possible. Because safety and reliability are key areas of concern for owners, our fuel lines are fire-retardant, aircraft-grade braided stainless steel and our wiring is marine-grade tinned copper to resist corrosion. To prevent chafing, all plumbing and wiring that run through bulkheads are protected with polymer or high-grade solid rubber grommets. Our engine rooms are completely finished in white gelcoat or linear polyurethane paint for simple cleanup. AC or DC lighting illuminates maintenance jobs, and on larger models, ventilation fans keep the space cool. Simply put, engine rooms as organized and detailed as these can only be the result of skilled designers who strive for nothing less than total customer satisfaction. Custom Electrical Systems The electrical panel isnt something that most boaters get over-excited about unless theyre aboard a CABO. Each of our electrical systems is built by master marine electricians who are at the top of thier game. Closed, the electrical panel displays all switched electrical systems, with the components clearly labeled and backlit, allowing visual review and fingertip control. Opened, the clarity of the layout becomes even more evident; divided into AC and DC units, all wires are neatly bundled and labeled, and follow perfectly parallel lines. The CABO electrical system is just one more example of the superior quality found in our highly respected yachts. Absolute Fishability Step aboard a CABO and its immediately apparent that our boats are made by fishermen for fishermen. First and foremost, our cockpits offer more square footage ¿ at times theyre bigger than the cockpits found in much larger boats and we include a long list of standard fishing amenities that are often options on comparable models. Careful thought goes into the placement of every element in the cockpit, especially essentials such as bait tanks, livewells, bait prep centers, and tackle storage. Insulated fish boxes are molded into the sole and equipped with in-line macerators, full-length piano hinges, and doors that seal tightly against rubber gaskets. If owners choose, the boxes can also be equipped with optional icemakers and/or refrigeration plates. Storage throughout the cockpit is abundant, leaving the area clean and free of obstructions when reeling in a fish. Lures and rigging equipment are neatly organized in custom-built tackle centers. Larger models feature a bait prep sink, bait chests, and optional freezer for extended time offshore. To conserve space, livewells are located in the transom when possible. (These are also lighted for nighttime use.) The outward-opening transom door and top gate operate independently, providing safety for the angler and crew while bringing large fish aboard. Padded bolsters ring the cockpit for extra comfort and security when using a stand-up rig. An aluminum reinforcing plate installed in the deck for mounting a fighting chair goes a long way to helping you haul in the tournament-winning fish. Of course, theres also abundant rod and tackle storage on the bridge deck and in the cabin. And in the engine room, our muscular power packages promise to get you to the fish well before the competition. Its all part of our goal to make the most successful sportfishing boats imaginable. Refined Accommodations The interior of a CABO speaks volumes about our companys continued commitment to excellence. To begin with, teak is used throughout the boats, and to ensure consistency and continuity, each individual element is milled in-house and stored in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment during the construction process. The woodwork is sanded, applied with multiple coats of marine varnish, and then buffed to a beautiful satin finish. Our galleys are impressively equipped and beautiful, too. Polished Corian® countertops, spacious refrigerators and freezers, twin-burner cook tops, molded-in sinks, and microwave/convection ovens make cooking aboard a CABO enjoyable, not a chore. The teak cabinetry with crosshatch ventilation is not only attractive, but also functional, allowing the constant air circulation that is necessary in a closed environment. Positive-latching cabinet hardware prevents doors from opening in rough seas, while hinges are designed to keep doors ajar until you close them. Whether you prefer listening to music, watching a movie on your flatscreen television with DVD player, or just relaxing with a book, theres plenty to keep you entertained. Staterooms combine warm woodwork with designer fabrics, creating a soothing, restful retreat. Hanging lockers are cedar-lined, and additional storage beneath berths, under settees, and behind bulkheads is easily accessed. Every inch onboard is a precious commodity, and no space is wasted on a CABO. 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Wednesday, 27 March 2013
GMC guidance- doctors online should reveal their identity
"je digitale alter ego" by verbeeldingskr8
Yesterday, March 25th the GMC published the updated version of Good Medical Practice. And for the first time, supplementary explanatory guidance on the use of social media is also included. The "doctors and social media" guidance was issued in draft last year, was relatively uncontroversial and didn't provoke a lot of discussion. This is what I wrote prior to the publication of the draft guidance.
One line in the final version has received a lot of attention on the twittersphere : "If you identify yourself as a doctor in publicly
accessible social media, you should also identify yourself by name."
Below is the full section from which this comes, followed by the wording of the draft guidance.
17 If you identify yourself as a doctor in publicly accessible social media, you should also identify
yourself by name.Any material written by authors who represent themselves as doctors is likely to be taken on trust and may reasonably be taken to represent the views of the profession more widely.
18 You should also be aware that content uploaded anonymously can, in many cases, be traced back to its point of origin.
17 If you are writing in a professional capacity, you should usually identify yourself. Any material written by authors who represent themselves as doctors are likely to be taken on trust and/or to represent the views of the profession more widely. You should also be aware that content uploaded anonymously can, in many cases, be traced back to its point of origin.
Why has the wording been changed? The GMC have tweeted that the guidance applies "if you are tweeting as a doctor.Then you should identify yourself. Being open+honest helps maintain trust."
The draft guidance was more ambiguous. What was writing in a 'professional capacity'? And you should 'usually' identify yourself. The final guidance is very clear. For people who have not yet started a blog or joined Twitter this clarity may be useful.
But I don't think that many of us who are online already expected this. The RCGP published the final version of its social media highway code last week where they say that as a general principle doctors should use their professional name online if portraying themselves as a registered doctor, but that use of a pseudonym might be reasonable in some circumstances eg moderating a forum, writing about a sensitive subject, or for when comedy or satire.
What happens if a doctor is currently tweeting under a pseudonym and does not start using their real name before April 22nd when the guidance is enacted? Will they be disciplined or reported? How will the GMC respond? Usually most doctors are confident that they are working within the bounds of good medical practice but this is making some with existing pseudonymous twitter accounts, or blogs, feel uncomfortable. They are now deciding what steps they should take.
I have seen some doctors who tweet in their own names suggest that some might use the anonymity of the internet to raise concerns about patient safety or whistle-blow. Personally, I think that writing a blog post to raise concerns about patient safety would be a last resort after taking the steps which the GMC recommend.
What does this guidance mean to you? I allow anonymous comments on this blog.
(By the way, I was glad to see that doctors are not going to be obliged to 'encourage' ill patients back to work -this had been one of the consultation controversies.)
EDIT: reaction from around the web
@GilulaArc, an orthopaedic surgeon, feels that anonymity is essential to protect those dissenting. She wrote a letter to a magazine in her own name which she feels stalled her career. Read more here.
@JobbingDoctor writes that the government sees the professions as people to be controlled. Ensuring doctors only contribute to social media in their own name is part of this. Read more here.
Other reaction collated here.
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Template:Q The Unversed (アンヴァース Anvāsu?)[1], meaning "those who were not well-versed in their own existences", are the main enemies of the game Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. They are considered "the opposite of human life" and grow from the negative emotions produced when Vanitas was created from Ventus. It is because of this that Vanitas is able to control them. By all accounts, the Unversed are extensions of Vanitas himself.
Chronologically, the Unversed are either the first or second enemy referenced during Deep Dive, as they are the second race to manifest, however as seen during a cutscene in-game, Master Xehanort uses Heartless to bring out the darkness within Ventus' heart before splitting him into two separate beings.
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Around the same time as Master Xehanort leaves the Land of Departure, the existence of the Unversed is brought to the attention of Master Eraqus by the Keyblade master's old friend, Master Yen Sid. Master Eraqus sends Terra and Aqua (two of his three apprentices) on a quest to find Master Xehanort and put an end to the threat to the Princesses of Heart the Unversed pose. However, Eraqus did not plan on his other apprentice, Ventus, going after Terra. It is during Ventus's final battle with Vanitas (his dark half) that the truth behind the existence of the Unversed is revealed.
It is explained by Vanitas that the Unversed are his creations, loyal only to him. As he is a being created from the purest and most raw form of darkness, Vanitas manipulated the negative thoughts and emotions of others and spawn them in physical form as the Unversed. To serve both Master Xehanort's plans to create the χ-blade and his own desire to cause misery for others, Vanitas visted as many worlds as he could and release his minions. The Unversed served as the perfect opponents for Terra, Ventus, and Aqua as they would grow stronger by defeating them, all part of Master Xehanort's scheme to create the χ-blade, take Terra's body for himself, and start a new Keyblade War. The only downside to defeating Unversed is that any of the negativity released after they're defeated ends up back in Vanitas, who can just respawn them into the worlds. The whole Unversed race disappears upon the the destruction of their progenitor, Vanitas, at the hands of Ventus.
Several varieties of Unversed appear over the course of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep. Emotion was a key component in their conception and design. Thus they are seen with smiling, angry, and crying "faces", referring to the shape of their red eyes, which all Unversed share. The emblem most Unversed are christened with is also meant to represent a heart that expresses emotion. [2]
List of Unversed
- Unlike Heartless bosses and Nobody bosses (whom are enveloped in light when defeated), the Unversed bosses are consumed in a dark flame when vanquished.
- They lack a direct link to the heart, but are beings that represent emotions in hearts.
Notes and references
- ↑ At one point, the Unversed were known in the past as "Unbirths" due to a fan mistranslation.
- ↑ Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Ultimania Nomura Interview Their design concept became the theme of 'emotion', and we went with various motifs, such as a laughing face, angry face and crying face. The Unversed mark was also modeled on the heart from emotions.
See also
|Kingdom Hearts • Chain of Memories • Kingdom Hearts II • coded • 358/2 Days • Birth by Sleep • 3D: Dream Drop Distance • χ [chi] • Union χ • 0.2 Birth by Sleep • Back Cover • Kingdom Hearts III • Dark Road • Melody of Memory
|Other titles
|Remakes and Remasters
|Re:Chain of Memories • Re:coded • Unchained χ • Dream Drop Distance HD
|Trinity Master Pieces • II Final Mix+ • HD 1.5 ReMix • HD 2.5 ReMix • HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue • 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX • The Story So Far
|Final Mixes
|Final Mix • II Final Mix • Birth by Sleep Final Mix
|Non Canon Titles
|V CAST • Mobile • Magical Puzzle Clash • Gummiship Studio
|Plot elements
|Characters | Heartless | Nobodies | Unversed | Dream Eaters | Replicas | Heart | Soul | Body | Memory | Keyhole | Gate | Keyblade | Light | Darkness
|Mark of Mastery | Book of Prophecies | χ-blade | Foreteller
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|HP | AP | Munny | Magic | Heart Points | Save Point | Gummi Ship | Cards | Medal | Level | Flowmotion | Jiminy's Journal | Point of No Return


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"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is dripping with unpleasantness, tough to watch and about as warm and inviting as a new grave – but it also happens to be a captivating thriller and the must-see movie of Christmas.
Full disclosure – I went into "Dragon Tattoo" completely cold (no pun intended). I have not read the books, nor have I seen the original Swedish film adaptations. So I can attest to the fact that an uninformed audience can walk into "Dragon Tattoo" and get utterly absorbed because, if you are able to judge this film on its own merits alone, you will find they are abundant.
For the other uninitiated, just know that "Dragon Tattoo" is about a disgraced journalist named Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) who gets hired by a wealthy recluse (a sterling Christopher Plummer) to investigate the disappearance of his niece way back in the 1960s. A strange twist of fate finds Blomkvist teamed with a pierced and tatted computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) who is dealing with her own troubled life.
The superlatives have to begin with the titular girl herself. The best thing you can say about Mara is that she inhabits the role so completely she actually feels like someone director David Fincher found in the subways of Stockholm. Her gaunt, almost eyebrow-less face looks like a naked skull, and she manages to exude both terrifying aggression and an intensely pitiable pain often at the same time (from one moment to the next, she's able to morph from androgynous teen to ghostly angel of death to cold and emotionless woman). It's an iconic role in the making, one that will see Rooney's name spoken in the same breath as Heath Ledger's ("May I kill him?" is her "Why so serious?").
Craig, meanwhile, does a lot with a largely thankless role. Blomkvist is a good but not great investigator, a possibly iffy journalist, a generally decent man with some moral question marks and a lousy father. But Craig gives him a some life and a sense of humor about himself and his situation that gel beautifully with Mara's sneering sociopathy. Together they make one of the best – certainly the oddest – movie pairings we've seen in a long time.
Fincher's technical mastery also deserves special mention because of how invisible it is. Unlike, say, James Cameron or Michael Bay, Fincher doesn't want to use technology to blow you through the back of the theater. He uses it subtly, wrapping invisible tendrils around you and sucking you into the story without a lot of blatant trickery. He makes astounding use of Sweden's slate-gray world and turns a simple snow-covered bridge into a terrifying harbinger of doom. Fincher also handles the film's stomach-churning sequences of sexual violence in a way that does not flinch from the brutality but also doesn't seem exploitative. It's no mean feat. Again: Tough to watch.
The director missteps only in the film's last 10 minutes, when the story seems to veer off-course as a way to set up the inevitable sequel. You see what he's doing, but it takes away from the film's intricate build-up and actually feels like a sequence from an entirely different movie. Given what came before, it's anticlimactic.
Finally, it's rare that you feel compelled to mention a film's score, but Fincher has reteamed with his "Social Network" composer Trent Reznor, and the results are spectacular (which is saying something, since "Social Network" earned Reznor an Oscar). The milieu of "Dragon Tattoo" just fits the former Nine Inch Nails frontman like a spiked glove (middle finger extended). The bravura opening title sequence – set to Reznor and co-writer Atticus Ross's cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" – is like the evil opposite of a jaunty James Bond opener, and it tops even Fincher's breathtaking "Fight Club" titles. (Reznor and Ross have already been nominated for a Golden Globe for the score.)
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a nasty but utterly absorbing little romp through the worst of humanity. What better way to escape your own family this holiday?
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FDA warns of birth defects with Topamax
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is warning women of child-bearing age that the epilepsy drug Topamax can increase the risk of birth defects around the mouth.
Data collected from a registry of pregnant women showed a higher rate of cleft lip and cleft palate in babies whose mothers were taking the drug during the first trimester.
Topamax is marketed by Johnson & Johnson to control seizures caused by epilepsy, a neurological disorder that causes excessive signals in the brain. The drug is also used to relieve migraine headaches.
J&J and generic drugmakers who market the drug, known as topiramate, will add a stronger warning label about the drug's effect on pregnancies.
Women taking topiramate should talk to their doctor immediately if they are planning to or become pregnant.
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Boston College report on college experience and priesthood: Often was heard an encouraging word
It might not take a village to raise a Catholic priest, but it almost always takes at least one "encourager"—a person, priest or lay, who actively encourages a young man to consider the diocesan or religious order priesthood. The number of encouragers that really makes the difference is that familiar numeral that looms large in the Catholic psyche: three. If three people have told you that you might make a good priest, you're far more likely to seriously consider the possibility.
These are among the findings of a Boston College report issued this week examining the variables that promote vocations to the priesthood, based on a study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) of 1,500 men who were either studying for the priesthood or recently ordained. The BC report combines the study findings with the analysis of the study that emerged from the national Summit on Vocations to the Priesthood convened in 2013 at Boston College.
Although officially the report is titled College Experience and Priesthood, the subhead on the cover tellingly reads, "The Encouragers."
Some of the report's key findings:
- Men who pursue vocations to the priesthood were likely to have been encouraged by someone: a priest, a friend, a teacher, a family member.
- Men pursing priesthood are more likely to have attended a Catholic college or university, where they met priests as professors and had greater access to Mass and Catholic devotions and activities.
- Having had a spiritual director is one of the key indicators for those who pursue priesthood. Sixty-two percent of the men surveyed who went to Catholic colleges had a regular spiritual director, compared to 30 percent of those from non-Catholic colleges.
- Those who were encouraged by one person to consider priesthood are nearly twice as likely to consider priesthood as those who are not encouraged. And those with three "encouragers" would be more than five times more likely to consider a vocation than someone who never heard a word of encouragement.
- Many young men start thinking about the priesthood during their high school years.
- More never-married Catholic men have considered priesthood than previously suspected.
- Hispanics in the priesthood are wildly underrepresented relative to their percentage of Catholics in the U.S.—15 percent of those ordained in 2014 are Hispanic. Of students in Catholic schools today, only 14 percent are Hispanic—which means they are missing out on the chance to get to know priests and have other experiences that might nudge them to consider priesthood.
The report contains many recommendations for dioceses and religious orders about how to create a "culture of vocations" on campus, and it urges action on comparatively new realities like college debt in the tens of thousands among many young men hoping to enter the seminary.
The opening piece by Boston College's Jesuit president Father William Leahy offers a rousing call to action. "It really starts with us who are clergy and vowed religious," he says. "There is nothing as powerful as happy, fulfilled priests and religious. That is contagious." And studies routinely show that priests are happy in their ministry. Leahy also urges priests, however, to "guard against pessimism" about the future of the church. Bracingly, he frames the question as a good leader should: "I would ask those of you who are directly involved in promoting vocations: Do you have a plan, is it comprehensive, do you share it, and are you consistent in its implementation?"
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Chicago commuters woke up Tuesday morning to a dusting of snow for the drive to work.
A weak system could leave up to an inch of snow in grassy areas, and light snow likely will hang around for much of the day. Blowing snow is expected to reduce visibility at times as strong winds gusting between 40 and 45 mph continue throughout the day.
The snow won't last long. Showers likely will taper to flurries by late morning, and early moring temperatures fall into the teens then hold steady with wind chill readings below zero.
The forecast shows Wednesday wind chills dragging temperatures to below 10 degrees before temps rebound Thursday with highs in the upper 20s and lower 30s.
That's when the snow gets worse. Heavier snow fall is predicted for late Thursday afternoon to remain until Friday. Up to three to five inches of accumulation are possible.
Some models show the system weakening as it hits Chicago later in the week.


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Weekly long run, starting at the club and heading off into the surrounding area.
The basic route will be common to all members, but there will be add-on (or subtraction) options for the quicker/slower runners.
Afterwards, we retire to the bar and enjoy a reviving beverage or two whilst catching up on the gossip, complaining about certains members terrible jokes or planning the weekends activities.
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Jessica Simpson did not hold back during an interview with Kelly Evans on CNBC's "Closing Bell" Thursday.
The singer turned fashion mogul made an appearance on the program to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her mega-successful clothing brand and made a shocking admission about her former marriage to Nick Lachey.
When Evans asked Simpson what she thinks have been her biggest financial mistakes thus far, the mother of two replied, "The biggest money mistakes? I don't know. For some reason I thought of my first marriage!"
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Evans chimed in with, "That's actually a common answer, believe it or not."
The show host also questioned Simpson on her booming financial success and wanted to know a bit more behind the business.
VIDEO: Nick Lachey reveals the last time he saw Jessica Simpson
"My business manager [and I have] been together for 16 years now. He's one of the first people that I met coming into New York City, and I trust him with everything. We've made really great investments, we haven't really had any mistakes," she explained.
"I'm definitely a person that is all about taking a risk and everything to me is kind of a 'why not?'. I take an opportunity by the reins and just go for it...when we started, it was only shoes and now it's grown so big. I'm just counting my blessings."
Simpson added, "I don't always know where all of my money is, but there are people that I love that know where all of my money is."
So where does Simpson see the business in 5 years? "I always say I'm ready for another billion."
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Hebron: a hotbed of tension and human rights abuses
Charlotte Drax
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Israel's first settlement in the West Bank, Kiryat Arba, was established in 1968 adjacent to the municipal boundaries of Hebron, and the city soon saw frequent confrontations between the Israeli settlers and its Palestinian inhabitants.
Due to its religious significance, Hebron became a stronghold for the religious extremists within the settler movement. Today, the city has four Israeli settlements in its center with approximately 500 residents. It has also been surrounded on all sides by four, much larger, Israeli
The settler community in central Hebron is notorious for its frequent assaults on Palestinian civilians. Protected by over 4000 soldiers, these attacks are considered part of an intentional effort to displace the local Palestinian population and expand the illegal Israeli settlements in the center of Hebron.
The falsified search effort and settler attacks
Just over a month ago, Israel focused all its resources on the Hebron area when three Israeli teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrah, went missing from Gush Etzion junction, the entrance to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.
Although it was later
that the
Israeli police, intelligence officials and the prime minister knew within a matter of hours of their disappearance that the three boys had been killed, Israeli authorities used the pretext of search efforts ostensibly aimed at locating the missing teenagers to
launch "Operation Brother's Keeper," the largest military operation in the occupied West Bank in more than a decade.
Over an 18-day period, Israeli forces invaded refugee camps, villages and cities across the West Bank, arresting hundreds of Palestinians and
thousands of houses.
The coordinator of the Palestinian group Human Rights Defenders, activist Badia Dwaik, told
Palestine Monitor
that the West Bank's largest city has seen an increase in violent settler attacks on Palestinian civilians and property since
the bodies of the three Israeli teenagers, who lived in nearby settlements, were discovered in a shallow rocky grave just north of Hebron late June.
After the news broke that the three bodies had been found, residents in the area began to fear Israel's reaction. Clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and the Israeli army soon after the homes of Marwan al-Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Eisheh [the two men suspected of abducting the Israeli teens] were exploded. It hasn't been calm since."
In the last week, Human Rights Defenders have
a handful of attacks by settlers against Palestinian civilians; at least two of which resulted in the Israeli military's
of Palestinians and not the Jewish attackers.
It has also been
that an Israeli settler deliberately ran over an 8-year-old Palestinian girl in southern Hebron city early on Thursday. The exact nature of the incident, however, has yet to be confirmed.
Deaths at demonstrations
Before the dust had time to settle in the West Bank after "Operation Brother's Keeper", Israel re-directed its military assault to the Gaza Strip and launched "Operation Protective Edge", its bloodiest assault to date.
Over the past four weeks, Israel has carried out continuous attacks on the besieged Str
ip resulting in the killing of at least 1,909 Palestinians, including 1,437 civilians, 448 of which have been
This military assault on Gaza has triggered a series of almost daily demonstrations across the West Bank, as
protest against the Israeli attacks, the slaughtering of Palestinians and the illegal closure of the Gaza Strip.
According to Al-Haq field
, since 8 July, the start of Israel's "Operation Protective Edge," 17 Palestinians have been killed during clashes with the Israeli army in different cities throughout the occupied West Bank.
The recent murders of 22-year-old
Ahmad Mohammad during a demonstration close to the Israeli settlement of Psagot near Ramallah,
and 42-year-old
Nadir Muhammad Saadi Idriss
during a solidarity march in
the Bab al-Zawiyeh region of Hebron,
means the death toll now stands at 19. Both men were shot in the chest with live bullets.
, taken by Mamoun Wazwaz, and published by the Al-Usul video agency, shows the moment Idris, a father of seven, was hit by a sniper on Friday. While youth around him are throwing stones towards the Israeli soldiers some distance away, the video shows Idriss standing still the moment before the shot rings out and he collapses.
Badia Dwaik had known Idriss since 1988. "He was a Fatah supporter and a genuine protester - but not violent," Dwaik emphasized. "He would help by just carrying injured people away. The day before he was killed, he had been helping to collect donations for people in Gaza."
"He was then shot with live ammunition by an Israeli sniper, proving that the sniper was aiming to kill, not merely to wound," Dwaik added.
Video evidence and impunity
The killing of Nadir Idris is only the latest act of violence to be caught on video.
On 15 May, a security camera captured the
fatal shootings
by Israeli snipers, a short time apart, of the two Palestinian teens,
Nadim Nuwara and
Muhammad Abu al-Thahir,
in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia.
A brutal attack by Israeli Border Police on 15-year-old Tariq Khdeir was also
in early July. American-born Tariq was arrested after he was severely beaten during clashes in the Shufat neighbourhood of Jerusalem.
The clashes began in the neighbourhood following news of the abduction and brutal killing of Tariq's cousin, 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, who was kidnapped and burned alive, in what we now know was a nationalistically-motivated
revenge attack
"The Israeli military is responsible not only for reckless and deliberate unlawful killings in Gaza, but also for unlawfully killing Palestinian protesters in the West Bank,"
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at
Human Rights Watch
"Because of the Israeli military's long history of operating with virtual impunity, more unlawful killings are predictable unless Israel's allies apply meaningful pressure."
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Thanks, Dude! If I do get fired, I'll come on down and sleep on your couch, I can be a roughneck or drive an oil delivery truck with the best of them! ;-)
Seriously, if you ever come up to the big city let me know, we'll take in a game at Bikini's or something.
If you get fired for watching the game, it was well worth it imo!! No matter the record, lol! I've got a project in Cotulla, TX, let me know!!


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Nanopiezoelectric research hopes to pull tiny amounts of power from minuscule movements, like breathing. Now, Georgia Tech researchers have made a nanopiezoelectric jacket for hamsters that successfully generates .1 volts of electricity.
Woven from zinc oxide nanowires (strands that are 1/50th the width of a human hair), Georgia Tech's hamster jacket is the first nanopiezoelectric device to successfully harvest energy from animals. How much energy could those hamsters produce in real world application? Right now, it would take 1,000 hamsters to charge a cellphone. A human-sized jacket could power an iPod.
Since the theory has been proven to work in a lab setting, there's nothing stopping the technology from being scaled to fit humans—other than the obvious engineering hurdles that must be crossed to make a giant nanotech jacket. Such large scale testing should commence in about three years, according to researchers. [msnbc via Geekologie]


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AVANT_MUTEK Montréal: With MINILOGUE (SE)
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In North America this spring to celebrate - and to retire their almost 2 decade collaboration as MINILOGUE - MUTEK is proud to present the Swedish duo in Montréal on April 18 and Toronto on April 19 (in collaboration with our friends, Breakandenter).
Sebastian Mullaert and Marcus Henriksson have honed a peculiar and wide ranging sound over countless releases and collaborations - from house and techno to jazz, ambient, frenetic improvisation and even animated visual conceptualizations. They appeared for the first time at MUTEK in 2010 before teaming up for a 3 hour improv with MATHEW JONSON, during our 2012 edition. They have never played in Toronto. This tour marks a kind of denouement as they take an indefinite hiatus from this project to focus on solo pursuits and new opportunities.
In a statement, the duo explained: "We feel that the time has come for us to explore new musical universes, one by one. We support each other fully in this and are excited about the musical adventures we have in front of us." MINILOGUE will fill these farewell appearances with their unbridled technological and musical prowess, performing multi-hour live sets in both cities.
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April 18, 2014 22:00 - April 19, 2014 06:00
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SUNY Canton to Host 9/11 MemorialFriday, September 2nd, 2011
SUNY Canton students and faculty are organizing a memorial in remembrance of September 11th that will feature a speaker who spent time in New York City and assisted in the recovery efforts for nearly a year.
The College's Criminal Justice Student Association (CJSA) will present the ceremony in honor of the 10th anniversary beginning at 8 a.m. on September 12 at the Roselle Plaza, adjacent to the Richard W. Miller Campus Center. The event is free and open to the community. Parking will be available in Parking Lot 13.
"It's critical we take this opportunity to remember those who lost their lives, including the heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in an effort to help others," said SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy. "Ten years later, we are still grappling to further understand what happened on that tragic day. I applaud our Criminal Justice students for taking the initiative to host this event and several faculty members for playing a critical role in organizing it."
The memorial's theme will be patriotism and recovery. The keynote speaker will be New York State Trooper Robert M. Parcell, who was assigned to ground zero as a dog handler and spent a year in New York City assisting with recovery efforts.
Senior William R. Francis of Albion was one of the CSJA students who played an important role in this year's ceremony.
"We should never forget 9/11 because it has forged the country we now live in," he said. "Like Pearl Harbor, it will forever be a day that lives in infamy. It marked a turning point for my generation."
Among the other distinguished guests will be Assemblymember Addie J. Russell and Canton Mayor Charlotte Ramsay. Russell will address the crowd, as will President Kennedy. All fire stations and EMS personnel in St. Lawrence County have also been invited to the event and the Canton and Potsdam fire departments will provide ladder trucks from which a huge American flag will fly.
Several SUNY Canton faculty members and employees will be taking part in the service. The Color Guard will feature SUNY Canton University Police Officers Brian J. Perry and Byron Davis. Susan E. Buckley, department chair of the criminal justice, law enforcement leadership and criminal investigation programs, and Robert L. Edwards, professor of criminal investigation, will lay the wreath. William J. Fassinger, associate professor of criminal investigation, also played an integral role in the organization of the ceremony.
While the SUNY Canton did not lose any alumni in the attacks that they are aware of, several took part in the recovery efforts including Brigadier General Fergal Foley, a 1980 alumnus. He served as the Department of Defense Chief of Staff and Acting Commander for the Joint Task Force "Operation World Trade Center" from Sept. 11 through Sept. 29, 2001.
The College has hosted a memorial for September 11th each of the last nine years.
Media inquiries should be directed to Gregory Kie, Media Relations Coordinator, or call 315/386-7528.


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You might experience loneliness as a kind of hollowness or emptiness, a vague feeling that something is not right. Or you might feel loneliness as an intense isolation, a feeling of being cut off from those you normally have contact with. Being at Loyola, you might find yourself struggling to find people who have similar values, traditions, or backgrounds, or feeling accepted for who you are. Loneliness might be due to missing someone, because they have died or are so far away, or because your relationship has ended. Or it might reflect your being physically isolated from people-- like if you have moved or are living alone off campus, or in a residence hall far from friends. You might even feel lonely when you are surrounded by people but are having difficulty connecting to them.
Being physically alone is not the only reason people feel lonely. There are times when we choose to be alone, or have to be alone and are okay with it. And, of course, all of us feel lonely some of the time. It is only when we feel trapped in our loneliness that it becomes a real problem.
Recognize the lonely feelings and express them. To stop feeling lonely, we first must accept that we are feeling lonely. Sometimes admitting that to ourselves is difficult. We then have to express those feelings of loneliness in some way. We might try writing in a journal, writing a letter to a friend or relative, expressing one's self through art or music, or doing anything else that lets us begin to express the feelings we have inside us—including pushing ourselves to talk with other people! Expressing our feelings might lead us to discover that our loneliness involves many feelings, including sadness, anger, and frustration. We might be able to begin to see where these feelings are coming from—what they are connected to in our lives. As we begin to see the connections we will be more able to begin to make changes.
The biggest change is to stop being passive and become more active. If we're missing someone, such as parents, family, or friends, we can telephone, Facetime/Skype, e-mail, or visit them. Talking to an understanding friend can often help change our mood as well. If we don't have an understanding friend, talking with a spiritual guide, teacher or counselor, or praying might be a place to start. If we are lonely because we are missing someone who has died, being able to express our grief at their loss and beginning to remember our happier moments with them and knowing that those memories can always be with us, can move us away from the lonely feelings. This can also apply to losses of significant friendships or romantic partners.
Getting involved in some sort of activity or club can accomplish several things. It can take our minds off of feeling lonely as we get involved in the enjoyable activity. It can actually change our mood directly in this way. It can give us opportunities to meet people with similar interests and practice our people-meeting skills. It can provide some structure in our lives so that we have things to look forward to. It can remind us of how good we might have felt in the past doing similar things. Sometimes these effects can come very quickly and sometimes they may come more slowly. We might really need to push ourselves to go to meetings or talk to people or attend several activities before we begin to feel comfortable with what we are doing and begin to see progress. Perhaps something to avoid is to attempt to join a club or organization or to develop a new interest just because we think it will make us a better or more interesting person. A better strategy might be to get involved in something because we know we've enjoyed it in the past or because we think it might be fun. That way we're more likely to find ourselves enjoying what we're doing and being with people who genuinely enjoy the same things. We may also find out that some people like us for the way we already are. An added bonus is that we might also begin to realize that we could choose to engage in some of those activities or interests entirely on our own without feeling lonely.
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"No better study of a nation's institutions and culture than Tocqueville's Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer; none perhaps as good."
—The New York Times
Praise for the work of Joseph Epstein:
"Epstein is one of the premier contemporary American essayists…What is so remarkable about Epstein as an essay writer is that he'll begin a discussion at some personal place…and end up in another place relevant to us all. He enjoys making language work, not making it jump through hoops for show." —Booklist
"Joseph Epstein is an essayist in the brilliant tradition of Charles Lamb. He moves so effortlessly from the amusingly personal to the broadly philosophical that it takes a moment before you realize how far out into the intellectual cosmos you've been taken."
–Tom Wolfe
"Joseph Epstein's essays no more need his identifying byline than Van Gogh's paintings need his signature. Epstein's style–call it learned whimsy–is unmistakable; for Epstein addicts, indispensable."
–George Will
"Joseph Epstein is the liveliest, most erudite and engaging essayist we have." –James Atlas
"If Epstein's ultimate ancestor is Montaigne, his more immediate master is Mencken. Like Mencken, he has fashioned a style that successfully combines elegance and even bookishness with street-smart colloquial directness. And there is nothing remote or aloof about him."
–John Gross, Chicago Tribune


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I am excited for the 2013 NGS conference in Las Vegas! My friend Stefani Evans, CG has been working tirelessly to put the conference program together and it is searchable at you can preview it now at
As announced in the following press release, registration opens tomorrow.
Registration Opens for the National Genealogical Society's 2013 Family History Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada, 8–11 May 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada, 8–11 May 2013
Building New Bridges
Arlington, Virginia, 30 November 2012:
Registration begins on 1 December 2012 for the National Genealogical Society's thirty-fifth annual Family History Conference, Building New Bridges, which will be held 8–11 May 2013 at the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. NGS chose Las Vegas because it embodies the West, where different cultures, nations, and technologies connect. In addition to attending the NGS 2013 Family History Conference, participants will have an opportunity to tour Las Vegas and the surrounding area, including the Hoover Dam.
The conference will open with Marian Smith, the renowned chief of the historical research branch of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Marian will explore the role of national policy changes that affected your ancestors, their records, and your genealogical research.
A few of the wide-ranging NGS 2013 Family History Conference sessions include "The Civil War in the American West," "Finding American Women's Voices through the Centuries: Letters, Journals, Newspapers, and Court Records," "Solving Historical and Family Mysteries with DNA" "When Our Ancestors Met the Law," "Not Quite Right: Recognizing Errors," "Immigration into Western US/Canadian Ports," "Las Vegas in 1910," and "Social Media Tools for Genealogy."
Registration begins Saturday, 1 December 2012. To register online, visit the NGS website at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
cs/attendee_registration and complete the registration form.
The online searchable program is available at http://members.ngsgenealogy.
org/Conferences/Program2013. cfm and the PDF brochure is available at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/ cs/conference_info.
The brochure includes an overview of the sessions, tours,
pre-conference events, registration times, and rates, as well as general
conference and Las Vegas Hotel & Casino details.
Founded in 1903, the National Genealogical Society is dedicated to genealogy education, high research standards, and the preservation of genealogical records. The Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit is the premier national society for everyone, from the beginner to the most advanced family historian seeking excellence in publications, educational offerings, research guidance, and opportunities to interact with other genealogists.


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2¼ x 3½ Name Tags - Elegant Christmas
Dress custom projects in a formal look with pre-designed Elegant Christmas templates. The design features a trio of red, marquise-shaped ornaments that hang from beaded chains in the center, each decorated with a band of white dots. A damask motif in frosty blue provides a delicate wallpaper background for the old-world-style ornaments, while the blue-and-red colour combination keeps it modern. The design provides plenty of space for adding custom text, and a red border can be used to tie it all together. Customize your personal or professional project today with pre-designed Elegant Christmas templates.
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It's that time of year again! We know that the San Diego Comic Con is not the only massive comic and pop culture convention out there, but it's the only one that Bongo attends in full force and we're always excited when it rolls around.
Come on down and join us Wednesday, July 11th, to Sunday, July 15th, in the San Diego Convention Center for four days and one wild preview night. The Bongo Comics booth is located at #2519 on the Comic-Con international floor, just inside Hall C. We will do our very best to bring that Bongo brashness to the occasion!
Other than meeting the whole Bongo Comics staff, you'll brush shoulders with writers, artists, editor-types, people who color real good, and extra neat letterers who can create huge sound effects with a sweep of the stylus. There will be exclusives; there will be tchotchkes; and there will be comics galore!
We look forward to seeing our regular convention buddies and can't wait to meet new friends. If you're a fan of Bongo, we'd love to meet you and say thanks for your support! Who knows, you may even walk away with something cool!
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Father of Maine man charged with murder of Florida firefighter indicted on drug charges
BELFAST, Maine (AP) � The father of a 25-year-old Maine man charged with murder in the shooting death of a Florida firefighter has been indicted on drug trafficking and possession charges.
WABI-TV (http://bit.ly/12lVqPG) reports that prosecutors say 56-year-old Gary Porter of Jackson had more than a pound of marijuana that he planned to sell.
Porter's son, 25-year-old Daniel Porter, is charged in the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Jerry Perdomo, of Orange City, Fla., last February.
Police say the killing took place at Gary Porter's home in Jackson and stemmed from a dispute over a drug debt that Daniel Porter owed Perdomo.
Information from: WABI-TV, http://www.wabi.tv


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Okay, the most amazing thing happened on Saturday. Well, I suppose technically it happened on Thursday, but since I didn't login to Elfindale on Thursday or Friday, I didn't know about it until Saturday. However, none of the technical details are important. What is important is that when I did login to Elfi on Saturday and checked my mail, I found an in-game mail had been sent to me from someone named Keevy and attached was a Festival Lantern, the Horde side version of the Lunar Festival pet. Squeee! How freaking cool is that. It had been sent on Thursday, but I had been so busy running alts around all over the land to collect coins and gain experience from the elders, I just hadn't been logged in on Elfi for a couple of days. The letter accompanying the pet simply said "From someone who has read your blog. <3" and of course, when I looked up the toon name Keevy with the Battle.net armory, it was a level 2 toon. So I have no way of knowing who sent me such an amazing gift.
I had mentioned in my last post that I wasn't enjoying tracking down the elders very much, but trying to get the pet was why I kept going. Then I closed with a mild, mostly sarcastic complaint that I would also have to repeat the painful process on the Horde side so I could get that version of the pet too. I had no idea such a silly little statement would prompt someone to actually purchase the Horde pet for me and roll an alt on my server to get it to me. What a great bunch of people we have in this community. I am so shocked/flattered/excited and very appreciative of such a gesture. I do wish I knew who the anonymous gift-giver was, but if they don't want to reveal themselves then that's their prerogative. But whoever you are, Keevy, you should know 3 very important things:
1). I am very, very excitedly appreciative of your kind gesture and I thank you very much
2). I have replied to your in-game mail and attached a Lunar Lantern (Alliance side version of the Lunar Festival pet) for you to have. If you already have one, you're welcome to sell this one for money or send it to someone else as a gift and make them as happy as you made me.
3). I named my lantern Keevy in your honor and if you wish to reveal yourself to me by another name, I will gladly rename it to that.


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Wambat is holding a weekly raffle giveaway of Steam games to promote the Fourth Age Total War mod and his Let's Play campaign!
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Remember the old saying an apple a day keeps the doctor away? Keep that in mine when you try this flavor. Crisp and delicious.
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