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There are some possible causes for this symptom.Please refer to the following points on your hard drive. Cause 1:Your OS (Operating System) might not support the hard drive.Countermeasure 1...
- How to format the hard drive to NTFS format?
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There are two ways to format the hard drive. Format the hard drive from Disk ManagementFormat the hard drive from My Computer Format the hard drive from Disk Management 1.Start the computer, then log in with the administrator account....
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All Buffalo RMA's are replaced with functional units. Buffalo cannot be held responsible for lost data. All data recovery will need to be performed by the user before sending in the defective unit....
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Products with the same name sold by different divisions of Buffalo in various countries are not necessarily identical. For example, the wireless channels used are often different in each country, due to government regulations....
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If it is not automatically working, Windows will probably see the unit as a "USB 2.0 to IDE Bridge" in Device Manager.Right click on this and choose Properties.Go to the driver tab and choose "Reinstall Drivers" or "Update Drivers". This will bring up the Hardware Install Wizard....
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- How can I calculate hard drive space? (for Windows, MacOS)?
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- Converting FAT32 file system to NTFS for External USB Storage
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Open the file/folder you want to copy.Right-click on the file to copy, and click [Copy].Click [Start] - [Computer(My Computer)].Access to the destination hard drive.Double-click [Local Disk(*:)] and the names of the series, [HD-XXXX(*:)]....


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Physics: How to solve kinematics problems about general one-dimensional motion with constant acceleration.
These videos are offered on a "pay what you like" basis. You can pay for the use of the videos at my website:
For a printable document containing the equations and systematic method discussed in this video series, go to my website.
For a list of all the available video series, arranged in suggested viewing order, go to my website.
For a playlist containing all the videos in this series, click here:
(1) Intro
(2) Always write down the sign, not only for negative numbers, but also for positive numbers. The kinematics variables and their units
(3) The kinematics variables for the x-component and the y-component
(4) The kinematics equations for the x-component
(5) The missing variables. The kinematics equations for the y-component
(6) The systematic, five-step method for solving kinematics problems
(7) An example, illustrating how to use the systematic five-step method
(8) The example concluded
(9) Another example
(10) The example concluded
(11) Another example
(12) The relationship between velocity and acceleration. Velocity tells you which way you're going. Acceleration does NOT tell you which way you're going; in one dimension, acceleration tells you whether you're speeding up or slowing down
(13) The relationship between velocity and acceleration, continued. When the acceleration is parallel to the velocity, you're speeding up; when the acceleration in antiparallel to the velocity, you're slowing down. "Slowing down" does not mean "negative acceleration"
(14) Don't compare the length of the acceleration vector with the length of the velocity vector. If an object is accelerating to the left, it may or may not be moving left right now; but if it continues to accelerate to the left for long enough, eventually it will indeed be moving left
(15) Summary of the relationship between velocity and acceleration. Don't use the word "deceleration"
(16) An example
(17) The example continued
(18) The example concluded. Constant-acceleration kinematics displays symmetry–if two points on the path have the same displacement, then the object has the same speed at both points
(19) Another example
(20) In the instant that you reverse direction, your velocity is zero
(21) An example
(22) The example concluded
(23) Two more examples
(24) Another example
(25) The example concluded
(26) Another example
(27) The example concluded
(28) "Zero acceleration" means "constant velocity"; in one dimension, "zero acceleration" means "constant speed"
(29) How to solve kinematics problems with constant velocity (zero acceleration)
(30) Constant velocity kinematics, continued
(31) Constant velocity vs. constant acceleration
(32) An example, involving constant velocity and multiple objects
(33) The example continued
(34) The example concluded
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Some Typical EdTech Scenarios
Ms. Jones calls in a panic - her students are trying to get to the documents she shared with them on the school server and no one can find them. "The folder was just there," she says, "and now it's gone!" Knowing her history of "organizing" things, I run down to her classroom and in two shakes I move the folder students need access to out of the other folder where she's stored it. I want to explain that students only have access to this folder in this location, and when she moves it, they can't see it any more, but she's already lost valuable instructional time, so I quickly exit as she thanks me profusely and declares me to once again be the most amazing technology guru she's ever met. I vow to myself to follow up later, especially since she keeps doing this, but a day full of similar "emergencies" pushes the latest incident right out of my head...
Mr. Scott snags me in the hall as I am trying to get to the restroom. "I'm trying to use the clickers with my students and my computer screen and projector have gone black!" He pulls me in the door and I see the expectant faces of students, clickers at the ready. I go wiggle the power cable for the powered VGA splitter, and presto, we have visuals again! "Oh, thank you thank you thank you!" he says as he signals the students to applaud me. I really want to show him quickly how simple the fix was, but I've turned red at the attention and Mr. S. has already segued into, "OK, students, let's get started!" I slink out of the room, finally make it to the bathroom, and head back to my computer to send a tech tip to the campus about wiggling their projector connections (this is the third time I've helped someone this week) when the phone rings and caller ID says it's my principal...
It is one of those rare years when the campus is getting new computers (this happens every five or six years if you are lucky), and I've been asked to consult on the standard software image I want on the computers. OK, here's the software list. Now, which shortcut icons do I want on the desktop? Let's make sure the teachers and students can get to their most-used programs, network, and Internet resources without a lot of effort. I could show them how to make shortcuts themselves, but they're already so busy. (Ironically, I'm forgetting at this moment how often teachers tell me they "don't have a program on their computer" because they don't see a shortcut on the desktop...)
These stories are probably very familiar sounding if you are a technology specialist or even a tech savvy instructor on your campus. To many of the folks on your campus, you are the smartest person ever when it comes to technology. Magical even, because you know how to make things work and you make things easy for them. It can be ego-boosting to be thought of this way, but it can also be a burden, getting in the way of making progress with incorporating new technology tools and approaches because you are busy maintaining the status quo.
Learnings From My Experiences
After those six years, I moved up to a district-level position and I watched how the person who took my previous campus position held teachers' hands a little less than I did - and how their tech skills and expertise improved. It was exciting for me to watch, and humbling at the same time. I fretted a bit over opportunities I might have lost for growing my colleagues, and vowed to do better as I moved forward.
This year, all of this helping really hit home. Due to budget cuts, the instructional technology staff in our district has been reduced to 1/3 of what it was just two years ago. I can see now that I wasn't the only campus specialist who was massively "supporting" teachers in instructional technology. For the first time in 11 years, there isn't a dedicated technology facilitator on each campus. I can see how much of a loss many of our staff members are at by the types of questions that are coming through our electronic help desk. And now, I'm making video tutorials on how to create a short-cut on your desktop.
What have I learned from all of this? First of all, teachers need technology support. They really ARE busy and have more demands on them than ever when it comes to instruction - differentiating for the multiple learning styles and special needs in their classrooms, analyzing testing data to push children to meet state and federal standards, supporting kids who may have little support outside of school for various reasons, not to mention trying to integrate technology into teaching and learning - the list is endless.
The biggest lesson I've learned, though, is there is a difference between enabling and empowering. An enabling approach is the one I used to have - do whatever I can to help the teachers survive the day (and then wonder why I'm helping with the same things over and over and over again...). An empowering approach prioritizes educating teachers in how to do the "little" things, like making desktop shortcuts or wiggling power cables. And it acknowledges that there is no time like the present to do this.
As a Result of My Learning...
If the principal is calling while I'm creating/sending an important tech reminder, chances are they can leave a message and wait five minutes for me to get back to them. In the interest of impacting staff with important and helpful info, it's a good trade-off. I'll also add here that it's also worth my time to make a quality tutorial (print, video, etc) and post it where it can be accessed over and over again. As opposed to dashing off quick instructions that will only exist in someone's email and will get lost and therefore cost the teacher precious time they have to ask the same question again. It will also save me time when I can send a quick link to someone the next time the question is asked instead of having to dig out or retype the instructions.
Will these empowering techniques work every time? No, I might answer the same question again, but much like with teaching kids, over time, reinforcement will win out and I'll have empowered a teacher to move on on their own and perhaps, if I'm lucky, also emboldened them to try something new because of the confidence their technology learning is building in them.
Have you had similar experiences, frustrations, and learnings regarding support of educational technology? Please add to the conversation by adding to the comments below!


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Most of my readers know that I struggle with a few addictions. I have totally killed the alcohol demon, drug and tobacco..although I guess they all come under as drug. In September I had 16 years of sobriety. Yes, yay me! Seriously, I had always worried about 'what if' I couldn't run because of injury..would I succumb to my past demons? Not alcohol, not tobacco, not drugs; and for that I am thankful.
As we know, Dopamine is a neurotransmitter - a chemical messenger that delivers signals to and from the brain - that helps to control feelings of reward and pleasure. It is released for healthy reasons, too: physical touch, exercise. It is released in response to the consumption of certain substances: caffeine, narcotics, alcohol, sugar. The dopamine response we get from eating sugar send signals throughout the body to encourage s to continue to seek that pleasurable feeling. This wouldn't be a bad thinking if the sugar we were eating every time we experiences this pleasure was nutrient dense, like berries, and we were eating it in the overall context of a healthy and balanced diet. But, unfortunatley not only do modern, refined forms of sugar trigger this release of dopamine, they rob the nutrient stores which leaves us with the constant desire for more sugar.
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College student Alexandria J. Baker Pierce drove to Durham on Friday with two friends to tell the guy she'd slept with that she hadn't in fact given him herpes. Brinton Marcell Millsap, 23, responded by fatally shooting all three and then killing himself.
Millsap's brother told the Raleigh News-Observer that he had lupus, and was "outraged" at the apparently false rumor that Pierce had given him herpes.
That rumor, according to Pierce's mom, was started by one of her daughter's friends, "who was like a daughter to me." She said her daughter "taught 2-year-olds at a Greensboro day care center, liked to cook big meals for her friends and since high school had a personalized license plate she adored that said 'worldluv.'"
Millsap had told one of the friends he would later murder that if he tested positive for herpes, he was going to kill Pierce. Another friend said Millsap had recently been told of his lupus that he didn't have long to live.
Rumor Of STD Led To Slayings, Relatives Say [News Observer]


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Zoodango, a startup that combines a geographical search engine with social networking tools so users can find and rank restaurants and make plans with their friends, is expanding internationally through a partnership with Citysearch.
Zoodango is also changing its name — to GeoPage — at Citysearch's request, said founder James Sun. "Citysearch has a deal with Fandango [the Web site that sells movie tickets] and so do we, and it doesn't sound good together," he said. "The economy is bad and we're back to fundamentals — we felt like we needed a name that describes what we do."
Zoodango's new name, GeoPage, refers to GeoBlogs, a new feature that allows users to tag their locations and then post restaurant reviews or other suggestions for things to do in a specific geographic area. Facebook friends will be able to share these blog posts starting next week.
Zoodango/GeoPage also ranks restaurants, and those rankings should be improved through access to CitySearch's millions of reviews and other information, which will give GeoPage's algorithms more data to work with, Sun said. Scores for restaurants, for example, can now include ratings by Zagat, the long-time restaurant review service. San Francisco is one of Citysearch's most popular cities, according to Sun.
Citysearch is 13 years old but was relaunched in March to go after Yelp, which is widely used in San Francisco and other cities to find neighborhood businesses.
Citysearch also wants to be more local and has new technology designed to work on mobile phones and the modern Web. It has recently signed partnerships with AT&T Interactive, for yellowpages.com, and MySpace.


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Riedmair, Bärthl (d. 1571)
Bärthl (Bartholomaus) Riedmair (Riedemaier, Riedmaier), also called Schlesinger. He was at first a preacher (Diener) of the Gabrielites, but was removed from his office by Ascherham. On 16 January 1545, he with some followers united with the Hutterian Brethren at Schäkowitz, became a preacher here, and died at Tracht in Moravia on 10 April 1571.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 505.
Zieglschmid, A. J. F. Die älteste Chronik der Hutterischen Brüder: Ein Sprachdenkmal aus frühneuhochdeutscher Zeit. Ithaca: Cayuga Press, 1943: 250-57, 459.
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Crous, Ernst. "Riedmair, Bärthl (d. 1571)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 15 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Riedmair,_B%C3%A4rthl_(d._1571)&oldid=146154.
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Crous, Ernst. (1959). Riedmair, Bärthl (d. 1571). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 15 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Riedmair,_B%C3%A4rthl_(d._1571)&oldid=146154.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 328. All rights reserved.
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This weekend, Star Trek Into Darkness hits theaters and the common consensus among reviewers seems to be that JJ Abrams' adaptation of the beloved series is even better this time around. The thing we're most excited about, of course, is Zoe Saldana's return as a young Nyota Uhura. Apparently Saldana's role is much bigger this time around, which means the Star Trek sequel is a can't miss for us!
Of course, lesbian and bisexual women are not strangers to the world of science fiction. In fact, we often find better representation in the fantasy realm than in any other genre. And even when we don't find queer women to swoon over, we find powerful women to root for. So, in honor of Star Trek, we've made a list of the Top 40 Kick-Ass Female Sci-Fi Characters from some of our favorite TV shows and movies.
(For those of you looking for the fine women of Lost Girl here, please note that they weren't included on this list because that show is considered fantasy, instead of sci-fi, because of magic and mysticism. It's also why Hermione Granger isn't included. Don't worry, we'll keep them in mind when we make our list of favorite fantasy women!)
Nyota Uhura, Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness
In the Star Trek films' alternate timeline, Nyota was a strong-willed cadet who rebuked the drunken advances of James Kirk and then refused to let Spock keep her off the Enterprise just because she was his girlfriend. Once they were in space, she quickly rose to the position of communications officer on her own merit.
River Song, Doctor Who
Conceived in the TARDIS, born partial Time Lord, kidnapped and brainwashed and set on a mission of epic assassination, but every time you thought River Song was going to zig, she zagged. She was a whip-smart, justice-loving, gun-wielding, building-diving adventurer who also had time to drop lines like, "Well, I was on my way to a gay gypsy Bar Mitzvah for the disabled when I suddenly thought, 'Gosh! The Third Reich's a bit rubbish. I think I'll kill the Führer.'"
Agent Sarah Walker, Chuck
She was a CIA special agent who scaled buildings and danced tangos and commandeered sports cars. One time, she disarmed and arrested a man with her hands literally tied behind her back (wearing nothing but lingerie!). Her mission was to protect the asset Chuck Bartowski, whose brain had been transformed into a super computer housing all of the government's secrets. In her spare time, she worked at a frozen yogurt store.
Zoe Washburne, Firefly
She was second-in-command on Serenity and one of the deadliest fighters in the history of space.
Astrid Farnsworth, Fringe
Astrid was an FBI Junior Agent whose technological savvy saved everyone from Observers more times than we can count. She also spoke five languages, enjoyed cryptology as a recreational activity, and started taking apart computers when she was six years old.


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Loaf pan breads work beautifully with our method– giveaway of baking equipment from Red Star Yeast (GIVEAWAY CLOSED, see winners on 10/12 post)
People think of artisan-style loaves as being free-form, but our method also works beautifully in loaf pans, as you can see above (read on for instructions on how to make the cinnamon-raisin bread in Zoe's picture). We love crusty free-form artisan loaves, but nothing says "comfort food" and kicks off the fall baking season like a luscious traditional loaf like this one.
Our friends at Red Star Yeast have offered to provide some great prize packages for a giveaway— perfect for creating loaf-pan breads. Red Star also shot a video of Zoe and me demonstrating the basic method from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day…
We first met the Red Star people in Milwaukee, while on book tour for Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day— that's where the company has its headquarters. Red Star had found out through the bread grapevine (!) that we use their product. Both of us have used it for years– it gives consistent, excellent results, and it's the best value in the grocery store. This fall, you'll find bottles of Red Star yeast in the supermarket, with our pictures tied to them, in addition to a 75 cents-off coupon, and recipe links:
OK, here's what's in our Red-Star giveaway package, which will be awarded to six lucky entrants picked by random drawing next week. You must enter by commenting HERE, on this post (one comment only), US entries only. Don't try to enter on the contest rules page, we won't see that for the drawing (click here to view contest rules):
2-pound loaf pan (extra-heavy duty aluminum), made by Chicago Metallic
Danish dough whisk (view our post to see how easy these are to use for mixing wet dough)
Three-pack of Red Star Yeast envelopes
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Good luck, and click here to see Zoe's post on making the Cinnamon-Raisin Bread. Plus, read on to hear more about getting great results with traditional un-coated loaf pans like this one:
In our books, we've tended to be on the careful side about loaf pans. Since our dough is so wet, we recommended non-stick pans and even so, to grease them well. Yet a very heavyweight aluminum pan (like the one Red Star is giving away this week) works beautifully too– all you have to do is grease it well (I like olive oil even for American-style breads but you can use any liquid or solid shortening you like):
… and be sure the formed dough is well dusted with flour before putting it into the pan— it shouldn't feel all sticky as it goes in. If it does stick a bit, just let it sit for 10 minutes after taking it out of the oven and it will "steam" itself out. I love this pan, and when I say it's heavyweight, I mean it. The pan weighs a full pound…
This was a big loaf 2 pounds, 5 ounces of dough. Loaves this large need to rest for 90 minutes after shaping, and they tend to need extra time in the oven. For this size, a lean dough needs 45 to 60 minutes at 450 degrees F, and enriched doughs will need about an hour at 350. Or more. Go by the loaf color and the firmness of the crust:
Have a great fall, and follow us on Twitter, and on Facebook too… In case you don't win, the products are on Amazon: Red Star Yeast bulk package, the Chicago Metallic Loaf pans: one-pounder or the one-and-one-half pounder, or the Danish dough whisk.


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Joseph Shadday '09 Sings on Indianapolis NBC Affiliate
April 29, 2012
Joe Shadday, tenor and 2009 graduate of DePauw University, performed on WTHR's morning newscast. Shadday sang Lerner and Loewe's On the Street Where You Live in a segment which previewed Saturday's performance of the Berlioz Requiem at Hilbert Circle Theatre in downtown Indianapolis, which will feature Shadday, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and the Butler University Chorale & University Choir with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
Access the clip at the NBC affiliate's website.
Shadday received his B.M. at DePauw and his Master of Music at the University of Maryland Opera Studio. He was a 2012 artist-in-residence with Florida's Pensacola Opera.Back


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Vault 13: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure was an early working title for Fallout (later also called Fallout: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure before the GURPS license was finally dropped).
The game was initially intended to use Steve Jackson Games's GURPS system. GURPS is an acronym for Generic Universal Role Playing System and is a table-top role playing game system published by Steve Jackson Games. Originally released in 1986, it is currently in its fourth edition. GURPS is designed to be easily applicable to any role playing game setting, and is played with six-sided dice.
From the GURPS FAQ : GURPS is a 3d6 skill-based system. It uses a point-based character creation system, and represents characters using four basic stats (Strength, Dexterity, IQ, and Health) along with advantages, disadvantages, perks, quirks, and skills. GURPS is designed to allow role-playing in any genre using the same game mechanics for all of them.
Initially there was a lot of skepticism coming from Steve Jackson as Interplay approached him with an offer. According to Scott Campbell, Steve Jackson only responded once he was offered up-front license money.[1] Scott was appointed Lead Designer, as his previous project, SimEarth had been canceled.
The first draft for the game's story was written down on a "night of many beers".[2] This draft was never intended to be used, and bears little resemblance to the Fallout universe. At this point, Interplay had still not decided what their first GURPS game would be about.
After some time, the development team decided they wanted to do GURPS: Wasteland, based on the old post-apocalyptic game from Interplay. At the same time, Steve Jackson Games was working on GURPS: Survivor, which was a role-playing sourcebook with rules for post-apocalyptic adventuring.[3]
During the last meeting before Christmas break, it was revealed by Interplay's legal team that EA still had the rights to Wasteland, due to the fact that Interplay had recently released a 10th Anniversary pack containing the game through EA. Though this meant that they could no longer use the Wasteland name, they would carry on work on a post-apocalyptic game.
The one that first proposed the idea of using Vaults was Tim Cain, who claimed he had dreamed it.[3] Campbell claims that this one idea was what started the creative process for himself.
The team laid down some simple rules:
- Rule #1: Multiple Decisions. We will always allow for multiple solutions to any obstacle.
- Rule #2: No Useless Skills. The skills we allow you to take will have meaning in the game.
- Rule #3: Dark humor was good. Slap-stick was not.
- Rule #4: Let the player play how he wants to play.
- Rule #5: Your actions have repercussions.[4]
The game was supposed to be no holds barred. Anything would be allowed, even the killing of children. This was early in 1995, and even saying the word "ass" was illegal from public broadcasting. Interplay wanted to push the limits on the game, and in order to give more depth to some of the characters of the harsh environment, the language was spiced up.
Termination and legal issues
In early 1997 (around 11th February 1997), in the midst of Fallout's development, Steve Jackson Games and Interplay terminated their deal. Apparently, Steve Jackson Games was satisfied with everything but the Vault Boy pictures in the character screen and the execution scene in the introduction[5]. As the split between Fallout and GURPS became imminent, Steve Jackson remarked "The GURPS implementation they've created is 'worth' saving." When the contract was referenced over approval rights, Interplay discovered several flaws, which in turn developed into a legal squabble over the contract itself. Eventually, the companies ended with a mutual decision to part ways. Chris Taylor, while agreeing that the split was a blow to the project, said "instead of compromising and making an inferior product -- Fallout will be produced with conviction." The title was changed to the final version: Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game and the SPECIAL character system was designed. GURPS sometimes appears as a terminal password in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4.
In the game files' DATA directory, there is a file called VAULT13.GAM which stores the global variables for the game. This dates back to when Fallout was first called Vault 13.
See also
- Vault 13: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure timeline - the earliest version of the Fallout timeline.
As part of the 10th anniversery celebration for Fallout, here are 2 previously unreleased screenshots from the GURPS version of the game, courtesy of Chris Taylor. They were created when Scott Campbell was still in charge of the design.
External links
- Fallout's 10th anniversary at No Mutants Allowed
- Mirror of the Fallout: A GURPS Post-Nuclear Adventure official website at Duck and Cover
- Original draft for the game on NMA-Fallout.com
- ↑ The Origin of Fallout by R. Scott Campbell Part 1, page 2
- ↑ The Origin of Fallout by R. Scott Campbell Part 1, page 3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Origins of Fallout by R. Scott Campbell Part 2, page 1
- ↑ The Origins of Fallout by R. Scott Campbell Part 2, page 2
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In Anne of Green Gables—that beloved Prince Edward Island saga—Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote, "Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it." Well, Lucy Maud Montgomery wasn't around for 2016. The tomorrows (and yesterdays and todays, hours and even minutes) of 2016 were not only marked by mistakes, but by catastrophic anguish and an alarming amount of apathy. I won't even mention the mistakes of 2016 in this blog post for fear of giving them more power. If there is power in naming, then I want to give that power to 17 forthcoming books that will surely help remember what bright and remarkable beings we are, and to move forward knowing that possibility always exits. Books do this for us, right? (The answer is damn right.) I name these 17 Books to Read in 2017.


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LITTLE ROCK � A new March of Dimes study shows Arkansas' premature birth rate dropped about 0.5 percent in the last six years, but the downward trend rated the state no better than a "D" on the 2012 March of Dimes Premature Birthrate Card released Tuesday.
LITTLE ROCK � A new March of Dimes study shows Arkansas� premature birth rate dropped about 0.5 percent in the last six years, but the downward trend rated the state no better than a �D� on the 2012 March of Dimes Premature Birthrate Card released Tuesday.
Dr. Whit Hall, a neonatologist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the 2013 March of Dimes Citizen of the Year, said the March of Dimes and the state Department of Health recently formed a partnership improve the number of healthy births in Arkansas.
Under the March of Dimes� grading system, states with premature birth rates of 9.6 percent or less were given an A; between 9.6 percent and 11.3 percent a B; 11.3 percent to 12.9 percent a C; 12.9 percent to 13.6 percent a D, and above 13.6 percent an F.
New Hampshire, Maine, Oregon and Vermont were the only states to receive an A. Arkansas, along with Alabama and Mississippi, received a D.
Janalyn Williams, state director of the March of Dimes, said a baby is considered premature if he or she is born less than 37 weeks into the mother�s pregnancy.
The state�s premature birth rate in 2006 was 13.7 percent. It dropped to 12.7 percent in 2010 but rose to 13.2 percent in 2011, the latest year for the statistics. About 37,000 babies are born each year in the state, officials said.
�That�s about 1,800 babies that have not been born premature by having that decrease,� Williams said. �Even though it�s a slight decrease, it�s still a measurable amount of babies that are born (full-term) each year.�
Williams said research is under way to understand why the premature birth rate percentage rose from 12.7 percent in 2010 to 13.2 percent last year.
�We don�t know why this is happening, but certainly it�s a problem,� she said.
She added that the state�s premature birth rate is high � the rate is 11.7 percent nationally � because many pregnant women have little or no access to health care.
�Many of those women don�t know that they need regular and quality health care during pregnancy,� she said.
Another contributing factor is smoking, Williams said, adding that 25 percent of pregnant women in Arkansas smoke during their last trimester of pregnancy.


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Saturday, Dec.01/2012
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A few months ago, our Lead Columnist/Website Founder (Jonathan Hacohen) wrote a brilliant piece about the assembly of the Oakland Athletics roster. He called it "MoneyBall 2." Right after the piece, the A's surged to the greatest record in the second half of the season and won the AL West. The team is now constructed of power hitters and power pitchers. The man behind it all is Billy Beane. I will not get into too much of this philosophy as you can read that piece here. What I intend to do is to show the roster of how it was comprised by Beane in the form of a roster tree. It is just like a family tree, however this shows trades dating back 2,3,4,5,6 fold etc.. in order to show you the mastery of the GM's ability to field a roster on a limited budget.
The Future of the Oakland A's: The Mustache Gang Meets the Bash Brothers: Revealing Billy Beane's Master Plan click here.
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Recently, word has been appearing in scientific literature suggesting that collaurin can activate the immune system response to foreign antigens. Researchers at the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, and the State Scientific Institution of Saratov Research Veterinary Station of Russian Agriculture Academy; have proved that gold nanoparticles increase the immune response of the body given the vaccination of the animals with the transmissible pig gastroenteritis (TPG) virus.
Transmissible pig gastroenteritis is a highly contagious and a very dangerous disease. It most commonly affects piglets in the first weeks of their lives, and in complicated cases can cause the mortality rate of 100 per cent. The piglets can be protected only with maternal antigens that they receive through colostrum and milk. Various vaccines for this disease exist, that are prepared using live or attenuated virus but these are not efficient enough which makes the increase of the immune response to TPG an urgent task.
Collaurin is non-toxic. It has already been proven as a carrier for medicines, genetic material and antigens; it is used for cancer and arthritis therapy.
The researchers prepared the TPG conjugate containing collaurin nanoparticles (with the average particle size being 15 nanometer). Gold interacts with viral proteins forming a sustainable complex. One group of experimental animals was immunised using the resulting conjugate while the other group received a virus without collaurin.
It was discovered that the TPG conjugated with gold nanoparticles was more effective in stimulating the work of the immune system as compared to a common virus. Moreover, the complex affects various sections of the immune system including both phagocyte cells and antibody production.
These are preliminary results but the researchers believe it possible that they can serve as a basis to create antiviral vaccines using cold nanoparticles.
Source of information:
S. А. Staroverov, I. V. Vidyasheva, К. P. Gabalov, О. А. Vasilenko, V. N. Laskavy, L. А. Dykman: "Studying Immunostimulating Action of Gold Nanoparticles Conjugated with the Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus." The Bulletin Of Experimental Biology And Medicine, 2011, #4.
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Danielle Trofe-Live Screen Self-Sustaining Vertical Garden
At Design Interviews
Interview with Danielle Trofe : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Danielle Trofe : The Live Screen was inspired by the living wall concept; however, I wanted to create a system that allowed for a more dynamic function rather than to be confined to a static wall. My goal was to create a sculptural form that could be just as aesthetically important and pleasing as the vegetation it was designed to support. The Live Screen's principle purpose is to sustain plant life through a built-in irrigation system, thus creating a self-sustaining, indoor planter system. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Danielle Trofe : My design was structured around mobility, a screen or room divider that could be placed in the middle of a room, against a wall, anywhere. That meant that the irrigation system had to be hidden within the structure, so the design process began from the inside out. The most important focus of the design process was this self-sustaining function, and I wanted to achieve it in the most effective way, so each aspect of the design had to be centered around the need to circulate water throughout the system in an energy efficient way. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Danielle Trofe : The Live Screen is currently in the prototyping phase with an aim to go into production by year's end. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Danielle Trofe : The initial idea and design was conceived in August 2010. The design stayed dormant until Spring 2011 when I decided to take it to the next level after it received praise, press and several awards. The technological aspects of the design are currently under testing. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Danielle Trofe : This design was a personal pursuit, born from the idea that their has to be a more aesthetically pleasing design to living walls and more dynamic functions as well. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Danielle Trofe : I'm open to selling or leasing production rights. Please contact me via email. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Danielle Trofe : I've always been a huge advocate of incorporating exterior elements into interior spaces. Living systems provide so many benefits, the natural vegetation improves air quality and reduces airborne particles, helps to control humidity and temperature, sustains biodiversity and can serve as an herb and produce source. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Danielle Trofe : Existing living wall systems .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Danielle Trofe : Urban dwellers, restaurants, hotels and office spaces, and anyone who enjoys gardening and enriching their space with plant life. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Danielle Trofe : The fact that the system is a living, functional piece of art distinguishes it from many existing ideas and products. By combining its sculptural form with a self-sustaining function separates it from both living walls and normal interior planters. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Danielle Trofe : The name pretty much sums up is purpose, the Live Screen. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Danielle Trofe : Rhino and 3dsmax .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Danielle Trofe : The built-in irrigation system uses a modified drip hydroponic system that is concealed within the structure. Hydroponics are considered the sustainable agricultural technology of the future and are very effective in maintaining plant life with minimal energy and water use. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Danielle Trofe : The concept and design was mine, but I sought the expertise of a hydroponics specialist out of Canada, Matthew Unger, to advise me on the proper irrigation system that would best fit the design. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Danielle Trofe : This design is highly-driven by technology. The primary function of the design is to sustain living plants, in which a modified drip hydroponic system is put into place. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Danielle Trofe : I conducted hydroponic tests to determine the proper system of tubing, pumps, drip irrigation, etc. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Danielle Trofe : The greatest challenge was marrying the technology with the aesthetic in a functional yet visually stunning manner. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Danielle Trofe : I received my Masters degree in Florence Italy for design. So I've always felt that Italy and many other countries outside of the U.S. are on the forefront of design and lead the rest of the world, especially in the furniture industry. So for me, international competitions are preferred because it allows me to compete against the best in the world and enable me to reach a larger audience. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Danielle Trofe : The Live Screen has taught me that no project is ever completely realized, there is always room for improvement. This mentality has helped to refine my own design process and continue to strive to achieve high-quality, function-forward product design. .
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Sand-Dancer Sans Keyboard: Take Two
I have put up a second version of the hyperlink-based demo, responding to Jon Ingold's suggestion (here). This version streamlines the input model so that only clicking on a button will issue a command. Clicking on a link no longer automatically issues the examine command; instead, it merely brings focus to the object clicked. There is now an button for examining in the object-focus window, which is how we issue the examine command.
Update: A third version, implementing Jon Ingold's suggestion that links not show until hovered over, as well as putting the description for objects in the focus window. The latter is actually my original implementation (rejected pre-release); it both presents the object description w/o the need for an additional mouse-click, and avoids the visual confusion of updating two windows at once.
I don't feel that showing links only on hover works very well, at least when they "light up" individually: it's pretty annoying to hunt and peck links in this way. It might work better if hovering anywhere on a paragraph showed all of the links in that paragraph. Unfortunately, the latter can't be done with CSS, so I won't be mocking it up here. (Hovering doesn't work in a touch interface, so it doesn't really fit the goals of this experiment as I originally defined them in any case.)
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Most Canadians believe journalism plays a vital democratic role in the country.
An Angus Reid survey last month found that 94 per cent of respondents say the media performs an important democratic function, sending a clear signal to elected officials that journalism is a crucial part of Canada's fabric.
But in the past 10 years, 238 local news outlets have closed their doors, according to a Ryerson University media watchdog. Of those, 212 were newspapers and 26 were TV, radio and digital outlets. More than 16,500 jobs in the media sector have been eliminated since 2008, according to the Canadian Media Guild — nearly half of those in print media.
It's not a healthy picture for preserving our democracy. The reasons are obvious — declining ad revenues, a shift to digital media, and the powerful online presence of Facebook and Google. Media groups have rushed to adapt to the digital age, but the turmoil has taken a toll.
Government likes to tout its support for journalism by pointing to increased funding for the CBC. But a lot of community reporting is being done by newspapers, and its content that can't be found anywhere else.
What are media outlets to do? For starters, they have adapted and diversified to publish their content on various platforms such as print, mobile, digital and video.
And, following consultations with news organizations, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage produced a positive report last year that recommended federal action to support local media.
News organizations had offered Ottawa practical, low-cost solutions to consider, such as tax changes, amending the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) to include daily newspapers, and reversing the digital-first strategy for government advertising. News Media Canada, which represents community and daily newspapers, proposed remaking the CPF into the Canadian Journalism Fund and giving it a new mandate to support local journalism, along with $350 million in funding. But the federal budget brought down Tuesday contained far less in this regard than what news industry leaders had sought or expected. It offered $50 million over five years to independent, non-governmental organizations to support local journalism in under-serviced communities. There's no indication of who those organizations will be.
On a positive note, the government will explore allowing charitable support for journalism and local news, thus avoiding direct funding to news organizations that are fiercely protective of their independence from government.
Government likes to tout its support for journalism by pointing to increased funding for the CBC. But a lot of community reporting is being done by newspapers, and its content that can't be found anywhere else.
The mistaken focus of government is on communities that have already lost newspapers, rather than supporting existing newspapers and their journalists to allow them to continue to provide local news in their communities.
The industry wants to boost journalism, which supports democracy, yet the government seems content to let market forces run their course.
It's a potentially dangerous situation.
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I can tell of three stupid things that happened to me.
First - DW5 Empires
I was playing part of the fight against Zhang Jiao and the Yellow Turbans. I was at the end and only Zhang Jiao had to be destroyed. I went in and wanted to slay him - suddenly Sun Jian came with an elephant and knocked him straight into the nearby wall! "First - where did he got the elephant - and Second - how do we defeat Zhang Jiao now?!" << that was all I could thing back on that day.
Second - DW6 - Zhao Yun at Chang Ba
I rescued all the people units because their units started floating in the air when I knocked Zhang He off his horse near powered up Zhang Fei
Third - Dynasty Warriors/RoTK OC Buggs
Two of my OC's I build in DW (and also in RoTK) messing the game up somehow. Mhi Hayoli (my Wei officer) never gets hit one time by Wei officers. They roll around and dodge as good they can or try to flee the fights, but none of them dares to hurt her. The other one is Umi Mari (my free officer). She's the only person I have ever build that can defeat Lu Bu easy on very hard mode. She's the only character ever surviving it, even if I equip a weapon I'm not good at O_o Sometimes Lu Bu even runs from her.
These two charas never change - regardless which DW (or RoTK) I play. It's like a curse or miracle... . I don't know O~O;


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The word 'made' should be understood in the context in which ancient people used it.
I am not defending any interpretation of the Old Testament. In fact I am 100% certain the no god exists and have proven it logically, at least to myself. For me, the only meaningful statement in the Bible or any similar document, is the very first line, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
Wow, thanks for that song, cok guzel! I wouldn't have guessed Keane for theists either. What instruments do you play?
Yikes, how did you end up in an evangelical school in the US? That sounds like an interesting story. I would hate that too. I was actually sent to a private Jewish school growing up, but I think Jewish culture values the mind more than Christians do. A LOT of Jews become atheists, and I think that's got a lot to do with it.
You are going to love NYC! I'm actually not much of a city person myself, much more of a homebody type who likes wildlife, but not crowded spaces. but a musician/actress type like yourself should feel right at home.
As for me, I live in NJ, about 30 minutes outside of NYC. I am studying online for a MA in the humanities while staying at home watching my 3 (soon to be 4) sons, while my Turkish wife works overseas. And I'm 34 ;-)
This site has had Christians do this before….
It isn't a language thing, it's how things are framed.
If you're really an atheist, why do you frame your questions as if the premise is a "truth"?
Ah, yeah, I can see what you mean. Muslims don't evangelize, like American fundamentalist Christians do, do they? Our guys are definitely a lot more noisy, on a personal level. I see plenty of Muslims in the media, talking about random things, but those mostly seem to be speaking to other Muslims.
But every Muslim I've met in person has generally been of the opinion that I should go on holding my beliefs, and he should go and have his. I dunno. That could just be because they're in tiny minority. The Muslims in England are a much bigger problem. They've reached something like 3% or 4% of the population, particularly in urban areas, and have begun trying to throw their weight around.
Interesting. Why the focus on Christianity? Most people are the most aggressive against the religion they came out of. Hell, it's a point of competition and pride, amongst most atheists I know, to see who broke away from the most screwed up religion.
Or were you a Christian raised in the predominantly Muslim country of Turkey? Your profile doesn't specify. I made that stretch, then realized that I might be mistaken.
If you were raised Muslim, what is it that makes you so focused on Christianity?
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It was only back at the end of October 2011 that Canonical's founder, Mark Shuttleworth, outlined his plans to stretch the Ubuntu ecosystem out beyond just computers and onto screens everywhere. We've already seen this in action on mobile phones with the Ubuntu One apps but at, CES 2012, the company has announced possibly its boldest step of all - Ubuntu TV.
Learning from the mistakes of Google, Canonical is ditching the idea of any kind of browser at all maintaining that free searching the web has got nothing to do with a "10 feet back experience". Instead, it's all about a content access experience with Ubuntu One the system behind it to make it work. Indeed, whether you're accessing via a web browser, a desktop app, a smartphone app and now a TV platform, it's your cloud-stored files, photos, music, videos and films that you'll be streaming.
For the purposes of Ubuntu TV, you'll get a little more thrown in too through a TV tuner and apps as well. There's nothing specific designed just yet but then the demo of Ubuntu TV in Vegas this year is just that - a demo. One of the reasons Canonical is here is to strike the deals with the content providers on the video side as well as convince the device manufactures that it's a platform worth building in to TVs and boxes the world over. Music access it already has covered with the Ubuntu One Music system.
Regardless of who the videos belong too though, there is still just one universal search to find it all and, in order to help cut down on text entry time, Ubuntu TV also has the capacity to learn your viewing habits and behaviours to predict what it is that you'll be looking for. In fact, although nothing has been finalised, Canonical want to steer clear of any kind of on-screen keyboard or hard version on a remote control at all. Neither gesture nor voice control are popular either. Think more along the lines of apps to convert your tablets and smartphones into remotes and second screens instead.
The added advantage of that, as explained by Canonical, is the idea of individual profiles. If your Ubuntu TV is controlled by an app on your mobile phone, then it can sign in using your Ubuntu One credentials, rather than anyone else's, with the system then able to provide suggestions and programming tailor made just for you and not a mixture of everyone who happens to live in your household.
Naturally, there's still some distance to go in terms of the search for the manufactures and content providers as well as a few final decisions in the development of the platform as well. There also needs to be a process of education of the Ubuntu app-making community on how and what to write for TV. From what we've seen though, there's a lot to get excited about here. It's a crowded market but Ubuntu does have the advantage of a burgeoning, well-designed and free ecosystem in the shape of Ubuntu One to back it up. It's yet another step in proving that Ubuntu isn't just for people on Linux. We look forward to seeing where this one goes.


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The Beatles - MBEs Awarded By The Queen
The Beatles visited Buckingham Palace to receive their MBE medals from the Queen on October 26, 1965; two years later they wore them for the album cover photograph of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Four years later John returned his in protest at British involvement in the Biafran war, Vietnam and "against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts."
'Well, how long have you been together as a band?' [The Queen asked]...Paul and I said, 'We've been together now for forty years and it don't seem a day too much.' She had this strange, quizzical look on her face, like either she wanted to laugh or she was thinking 'Off with their heads!'.
MBE press conference
MBE press conference
NME, Friday, June 18, 1965
Congratulations from all NME readers on the honour bestowed on you by the Queen, who saw fit to make you Members of the British Empire for your unprecedented achievement in the history of world show business and winning for Britain the interest of millions of teenagers all over the world.
The Prime Minister, the member of Parliament for Huyton, Liverpool, recommended you for this honour. And as you admitted on television, you were sent the forms to fill in six weeks ago to sat if you wanted an honour. We're glad you accepted it.
This means that your teenage fans, who made you, can share in the honour. And these days, when teenagers seem only to get bad publicity, how pleasant to have something good happen.
George, As A Member Of The Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts. With Love, John Lennon."


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In a recent press conference Malik Riaz has attacked the Supreme Judiciary of Pakistan and Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary. In his press conference he mentioned about meeting with CJP and tried to give an impression that he was meeting with him during the cases. In response to that Registrar of Supreme Court has clearly mentioned that these meetings took place when CJP was illegally deposed by Musharraf. It seems that the corrupt real estate mafi lord, Malik Riaz, is trying to blackmail the court. He met CJ only when he was deposed and there was a lawyer's movement going on. CJ met many people during the movement including many lawyers but even those lawyers say that they didn't get any relief.
Registrar SC also clarified that he was also present in the meetings.
Malik Riaz met deposed CJ: SC Registrar
ISLAMABAD: Responding to one of the queries of property tycoon Malik Riaz about the meetings of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry with him, Supreme Court Registrar Faqir Hussain said that the meetings took place when the Chief Justice was deposed.
In a statement issued here shortly after Riaz's press conference in which he levelled serious allegations against the CJ, the SC Registrar said two to three such meetings took place between Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Malik Riaz when he was deposed.
He said the meeting proposed a meeting between Asif Ali Zardari and the Justice Chaudhry. Talking to a private television, he said the chief justice flatly declined to have such meeting saying it would be inappropriate.
He said Iftikhar Chaudhry met Malik Riaz Hussain "two or three times" while he was suspended. The registrar said he was also present during the meetings with Malik Riaz and the Chief Justice.
Now if we look at the press conference by MR, we can clearly see that he is trying to create an environment against CJP. A day before , PM Gillani has also tried to show that he has the option of sending a reference against CJP. Although said it in a way that he doesn't think that reference is required anymore but it is clear that he mentioned about the reference to give a message to SC and CJP. They both need to know that Musharraf tried his evil deeds against the judiciary and honorable CJP but Allah helped them in their noble cause of justice.
Assault on the judiciary by Malik Riaz seems to be fully backed by establishment who don't want an independent judiciary in the country due to the cases of missing person, lal masjid, NRO and Mehran gate.
It seems that there is also international backing on this issue by those powers who don't want a change in the country and want Pakistan to stuck in the NRO setup and war on terror. All the NATO supply thing is a drama and we all know (except some mentally blind people) that drones were flying from Pakistani airbases given to CIA/US Army by Pakistani Armed Forces (Mercenaries).
These forces of evil need to know that they can plan evil but someone above is the best of planners and insaAllah he will not let the evil win.
"Remember how those who bent on denying the truth plotted against you to imprison you or kill you or expel you: they schemed but God also schemed. God is the best of schemers." (Quran, Al-Anfal 8:30 )


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Re: The first pics from Poppers Penguins movie
Those pictures are really cute!
It's so funny to see him wearing gloves with chopsticks. Wouldn't that be a little bit difficult to pic up the food. I'm very clumsy when it comes to chopsticks.
Schmoyoho-oh-oh-oh accent on the YO!
Re: The first pics from Poppers Penguins movie
i think he loved those wee smelly waddlers despite their odour...........lol.......Penguins are really cheeky wee stinkers.......
Re: The first pics from Poppers Penguins movie
When I saw the chopsticks it reminded me of
Chinese New Year's
(starts FEb 3, 2011) this year
I love celebrating Chinese New Year's
Robbie Burns Celebrations are(Scottish Tradition ) Jan 25
Jim's birthday is before that!
lots and lots of celebrations to enjoy
Ye ha!
Excellent pics, thanks for sharing, ya gotta love em.....
Re: The first pics from Poppers Penguins movie
I'd love to hear him give the Address to the Haggis..............
Address to a Haggis.
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy of a grace
As lang's my arm.
The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o need,
While thro your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.
His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An cut you up wi ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!
Then, horn for horn, they stretch an strive:
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
The auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
'Bethankit' hums.
Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi perfect sconner,
Looks down wi sneering, scornfu view
On sic a dinner?
Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit:
Thro bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!
But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll make it whissle;
An legs an arms, an heads will sned,
Like taps o thrissle.
Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies:
But, if ye wish her gratefu prayer,
Gie her a Haggis!
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Some of us really don't know what it means, I wish there was an
English translation. Some of the meaning of the words have me
Fluffy do you know of a translation
I know its a humorous view of the haggis but hard to understand
for some of us uneducated in scottish linguistics.(hope that's the right word)
Re: The first pics from Poppers Penguins movie
hey Fluffy! I'm still waiting for the Haggis to be shipped to me so I can try it.
Can ya air mail it?
It's hard to find any cuisine that's from other cultures and countries. Over here it's so expenisve you just would rather eat something else; Like Ramen, lol.
Schmoyoho-oh-oh-oh accent on the YO!
Re: The first pics from Poppers Penguins movie
lol.......if i find an old enough Haggis it can swim over and hop to you..........lol......
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Rosberg had been recovering from an early pit stop due to first lap contact and came across Karthikeyan's slowing HRT in the high-speed turn 15. The Mercedes driver had no time to react and launched his car over the back of Kathikeyan and into the distant Tec-pro barrier. Both drivers climbed out of their cockpits uninjured, but the field bunched up as the marshals started a lengthily clean-up operation.
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At the restart, Hamilton resumed his lead but five laps later his car ground to a halt with a fuel pressure problem. He had looked locked on for the victory and the problem was a cruel blow with Hamilton coming to the end of his final season with McLaren in two races time. But for Lotus it was a golden opportunity and Raikkonen snatched it by taking the lead and controlling the pace for the rest of the race.
Behind him Alonso took advantage of a mistake from Maldonado and took second place as Webber also started to pile on the pressure on the Williams. Webber tried a move soon after but clipped the Williams as he passed and tipped himself into a spin. Button then showed how it should be done at turn 11 and made the move stick to take third place as Webber dropped to seventh.
Kimi Raikkonen silences his team after unwanted radio advice in the closing stages
Vettel, meanwhile, had made his way into the top ten and when he came up behind the recovering Webber, the No.2 Red Bull was ordered to pit. That ruined Webber's race and released him back onto the track behind an intense battle between Romain Grosjean, Sergio Perez and Paul di Resta. The trio of younger drivers bunched up closer and closer and eventually came to somewhat inevitable blows on lap 38.
Di Resta pulled a legitimate and clean passing move on Grosjean into turn 11, but was followed by Perez who then tried to pass the Force India in turns 12 and 13. The move didn't work and di Resta was forced across the kerb at turn 13 while Perez ran wide. The Force India just about got away unscathed, but as the Sauber came back onto the track he cut across Grosjean who had nowhere to go. Webber was keeping a watching brief but couldn't avoid Grosjean and joined the accident. Perez was the only one of the three to continue but the stewards took a dim view of his behaviour and gave him a 10-second stop/go penalty as a safety car came out to clear the debris.
By that point Vettel was up to fourth and had just made a second pit stop, allowing him to close on Button under the safety car. He was on fresher and softer tyres and after a number of attempts judged his move perfectly to complete his fantastic drive from the pit lane to the podium.
Alonso pressured Raikkonen in the closing stages but was never close enough to activate his DRS. It was a fantastic driver by all three of the podium finishers, who remain in reverse order at the top of the title standings. Whether Alonso can beat Vettel to the top spot by the end of the season will be decided at the next two races in the USA and Brazil.


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I'm appealing for help with these photos.
They were in amongst some family photos which I inherited and they show my grandfather's Polish friend. His signature may read "Bronec" but I'm really struggling with the surname. It's likely that he would have been in East Lothian in 1945. Does anyone know what his uniform is? There was an airfield fairly close to where my Grandfather's farm was. Our mystery friend was home in Poland with his family in 1947, as per this family Christmas portrait which he sent. Doesn't the little boy look smart and handsome in his formal suit?
a little message is written on the back
Any help would be gratefully appreciated! Thanks 🙂
My Polish friend Tadek reckons he's 95% sure that the surname is Gasiorowski, so I'll add the name into the post tags and get researching – any other contributions would be gratefully received! 🙂