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As any sci-fi geek (and the extreme majority of the Access Hollywood staff) knows, tonight kicks off the sixth and final season of ABC's "Lost," regarded by many as one of the greatest shows in the history of television.
But the dense narrative weaved by show runners Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof is certainly tangled – to say the least! After a season of time traveling, there are just a few loose ends left to tie up.
And so Access counts down our Top 10 Unanswered "Lost" Questions, (which we expect answers to!) for this final season!
Sure, some of these seem like several questions inter-woven into a single larger question … but hey, it's par for the course, no?!
10) Is Juliet Alive?
And did she reset the chain of events with brought the passengers of Oceanic Air flight 815 to the island?
9) What Happened to Claire?
She's been MIA for three seasons – what's up with that? And what is her son Aaron's role in the island's mythology?
8) The Ajira Airways 316 Posse?
Why did some passengers on the Ajira Airways Flight 316 flash back to 1977 (Kate, Hurley, Jack, Sayid) while others remained in the present (Sun, Frank, and Ben)? And who exactly are Ilana and her crew? And where do they fit into the Widmore/Ben Linus, Jacob/Jacob's enemy dichotomy of alliances?
7) The Numbers!
What is the significance of the numbers (4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42), and do they connect somehow to the island or to its powers? And is Hurley truly cursed by them?
6) The All-Knowing Eloise
How does Eloise Hawking know so much, and what is her role as a mastermind of the entire scenario?
5) Inter-Connectivity of the Main Characters
Why have these castaways crashed on this island? Were they chosen or connected in some way? And if so, how?
4) Jacob & His Nemesis
Who built the statue and temple and how did they get there? When/how did it get ruined? And who are Jacob and his "mysterious-dressed-in-black" friend? Plus, why did Jacob's nemesis require a loophole in order to kill him? What exactly is the loophole?
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Swedish American Genealogist is a quarterly journal devoted to Swedish American biography, genealogy, and personal history. The journal was founded in 1981 by Nils William Olsson and is currently edited by Elisabeth Thorsell. This online collection is free to the public and contains issues published as recently as 2007.
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I had this "kid" who i used to play with for a short period some time back. today he contacts me on skype telling me he was watching my screens, both my laptop(backtrack 5) and my desktop(win7). i realized that this is not likely(he was pretty vague), but i got curious and suspicious so i researched it a bit, but did'nt really come up with much. i tried "netstat -n" and CommView in win 7 to see if i could find his IP or something, but with no luck(i think). I allso tried looking at the "airodump-ng" for my "mon0" in backtrack 5 to see if i could "spot" anything strange there, but i am not that experienced with backtrack yet. In the end i basicly said "fuck you, you are now blocked and reported" and did so.
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Is it possible to monitor (a) computer(s) in that sense or other? If so, how to detect it and prevent it?
hope this is the right forum for this question.
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As a Penn State fan, the fact that WVU gets the premiere cover for what likely will be sold in PA hurts.They are the top team though I suppose.
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So it looks like if you live anywhere east of Nevada or north of Texas you will never see the sun again. Since you are now essentially living in the Arctic, you will need to get a new set of skills, especially if you want to avoid what's known as "arctic hysteria."
Arctic Hysteria
It seems that arctic hysteria is what happens to people in the American arctic during long winters. Another name for it is "piblokto" or "pibloktoq," but those two terms have for the most part been dropped. Explorers who first chronicled the madness said that "piblokto" was the local word for the outbursts, but no contemporary scholars can find any word like it, and most agree that it was either misheard or badly transcribed.
The disease is so creepy and dramatic that it's a wonder it hasn't made it to either the big or little screen. According to early sources it started out with soft singing and repeated clapping or striking of the hands to keep a beat. After a while the singing dissolved into crying, which spiraled up into screaming. The person affected tore off their own clothes, smashed everything indoors, and ran screaming into the snow. Eventually most sessions ended with a kind of seizure, followed by a near-catatonic state, after which the person nearly always recovered. If that sounds nice to you, be aware that some cases of arctic hysteria included coprophagia (i.e., poop-eating).
The Physical Causes
There are no recent cases of arctic hysteria, but so much has changed since the early 1800s that it's hard to pin down why. When looking for physical causes, most scientists turn to diet; vitamin C deficiency, vitamin D deficiency and calcium deficiency were tossed around as possible causes. While lack of vitamin C causes muscle spasms, and lack of calcium causes mood swings, neither causes screaming, the tearing of clothes, or running around. One study considered the idea that victims of arctic hysteria might have had an overdose of vitamin A. Liver, a main source of nutrition for those with plenty of meat, but little access to fruits or vegetables over the winter, can contain enough vitamin A to be toxic to humans. But, though an overdose of vitamin A yields a long list of symptoms, most of those symptoms are things like blurred vision, dizziness, and lethargy, which aren't likely to get someone to run around screaming. One symptom is irritability, which if it is meant to refer to the disease, is something of an understatement.
Finally, there is simple hypothermia. Hypothermia makes people irrational. It leads to mood swings and, occasionally, violent behavior. The later stages of hypothermia make victims feel like they are burning with heat, even as they freeze. Many hypothermia victims are found stripped to their underwear, or completely naked. Any time people are exposed to the cold for long periods of time, hypothermia is a possibility.
Just to be safe, keep as warm as you can, eat a lot of produce, but stay away from liver.
The Psychological Causes
If the hysteria is psychological, rather than physical, there are discomfortingly few steps you can take. At first, doctors thought the arctic hysteria episodes were a cultural phenomenon; certainly, they were reactions to stress, but that reaction, just like our reactions, aren't entirely separated from the culture we live in. When explorers in the arctic also fell victim to arctic hysteria, things got more complicated. It's not unheard of for outsiders who have been exposed to a culture for a while to unconsciously adopt that culture's mentality. It does, however, imply that if you want to avoid running out into the snow naked, you would have been better off never reading this article.
One of the most intriguing analysis of the disease might explain why there is no word in any indigenous American language for what seems like a notable phenomenon. Arctic hysteria might not have started happening until enough explorers and Europeans made their way to the arctic and subarctic. Winters are never easy, and arctic hysteria might have been the reaction to a massive shift in circumstances. A culture that needed to marshal much of its resources and knowledge to get through a tough time was seeing those resources stripped away and that knowledge become irrelevant in a changing world. If that's the case, then probably the best way to stop yourself from succumbing to arctic hysteria is to stay away from the news, keep yourself from looking up anything that's trending on twitter, and just keep telling yourself the spring will come.
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[Via International Medicine, Michigan State University, Pibloktoq (Hysteria) and Inuit Nutrition, Arctic Anthropology]


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144. The Artist-Troll War 1: HATRED BREEDS HATRED
So this is something a bit different: a multi-part story that will run over the next few weeks without any inspirational quotes except for the short title. This story has been brewing in my head for awhile now and I just had to put it on paper. I also wanted to see if I could generate a totally original story without having a quote as a kind of safety net. This is all me. It'll also be the longest strip I've ever done – probably the equivalent of a 24-page comic book.
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Historians and locals spend considerable energy asking what would Jefferson do (WWJD)? Jefferson aids that pursuit by his meticulously catalogued writings. Jefferson has been called the epicurean president, the first foodie. These people visited Monticello last weekend for the 6th annual Heritage Harvest Festival, with Monticello as classroom. But hey, the people are hungry, so Monticello gets a food court. With the line to Matt Rohdie's trailer 20 people deep, my unscientific count crowned Carpe Donut king of the mountain.
Commentator Bill Emory puts up a new photo nearly every day at billemory.com/blog.Read more on: heritage harvest festivalmonticello
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Did Jefferson eat donuts ?
The Donut guy says he uses Local Organic eggs. I would like to know where he gets his Local Organic eggs.
This town is more hooked on "Local and Organic" than people were hooked on Crack in the 80s.
My eggs come from a chicken. I think that is organic enough.
I am sure that both Buzz bomb and County resident buy all of their food at Wal Mart and complain about where have all of the jobs gone.
It's a great photo, and the facilities on Mr. Jefferson's Mountain are far better than they used to be. And he still gets mentions in football games... in spite of the holier-than-thou UVA insiders who sneer at anyone who does not have a star on his belly.
No, I haven't set foot in a Wal-Mart in over 10 years. I just don't buy into all the local and organic hype. I know where the Jobs have gone.... overseas. Thanks, Dubya!
WWJD?Mister Jefferson would have slaves do his work. This is the ultimate problem (aside from his being highly overated as an original thinker) with Jeff. We can concede all the problems any Virginian of that period would have freeing his slaves yet the it was, on option.And, if anybody wonders,that's why I,a descent of Lee, Berkeley, Carter and all those men , am no great fan of any of them. yeah lighten up this is a fun article,...
OLD MAN said: "Mister Jefferson would have slaves do his work"
In 200 years, people will be dissing us even worse for our compromises with an evil system than Jefferson gets for his compromises.
Hell, at least Jefferson hated slavery, a system he inherited. On this site, I see a whole lotta love for the current evil.
Jefferson hated slavery,yet did not free any of his, unlike George Washington.Washington provided for most of his slaves to be freed after his death, and the rest after Martha's.
A man of contradiction indeed.Kind of like Bill Clinton and women. Who strongly supported women's issues, yet treated some of them badly in his personal life.
No Sally Hemmings comments? Get a sense of humor folks.
"I just don't buy into all the local and organic hype. I know where the Jobs have gone.... overseas."
Thinking about "local" in general wouldn't help change that jobs thing?


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George Orwell's dystopian novel "1984" is enjoying a spike in sales in the wake of revelations on surveillance in the United States.
Amazon.com says the book, published in 1945, has gone from No. 13,074 to No. 193 on its selling list, and it is moving higher, The Guardian reported. To put it another way, sales are up 7,000 percent.
In the novel, Orwell imagines a world divided into three large states, all of them exercising near-constant surveillance on their subjects. The government manipulates the news, history and the language.
The novel is set in London, the city where Orwell spent much of his adult life. But his primary target appears to be the Soviet Union, although he was also concerned about trends he saw in the United States and Britain.
It was "1984" that made "Orwellian" a common adjective in English. It is one that has been used a lot since news broke of National Security Agency monitoring of Internet and telephone traffic.
"What does our Constitution mean? What kind of country do we want to be? Kids will grow up knowing that every damn thing that they do is going to be recorded somewhere in a file, and I think that will have a very Orwellian and inhibiting impact on our lives," U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., said in a recent interview.
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Just heard they put a moratorium on the building of hotels in La Fortuna Costa Rica for the next 10 years. I'm not sure how accurate this information is, but right now, I believe it to be fairly accurate.
And was it EVER needed, so its just GOTTA BE TRUE.
La Fortuna has pretty much lost its, 'quaint little town' status- it started about 3 years ago. I mentioned in a previous post they had the 'Field of Dreams' mentality here. Remember the James Earl Jones line- "If you build it, they will come." OH they built it all right, and just kept on building, and Building, AND BUILDING- and quickly discovered that James was full of shit or maybe the Costa Rican banks just hadn't seen the movie, whatever. If James would have appeared as Darth Vader, I think it would have been more obvious.
I don't care what the reasoning is- this needed to happen. It should be noted; this didn't become a problem because of the recent economic downturn in the States. This was a problem as soon as Mr. Earl Jones opened his mouth. This tiny little town just can't fill that many rooms- thousands, it's insane.
Now, if we could just get rid of the fast-food franchises, we just may have a chance.
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News | July 31, 2000
Flying Laboratory Begins Pacific Rim Earth Science Studies
The most volcanically active region in the world -- the Pacific Rim -- is center stage for a comprehensive Earth- observing mission being conducted over the next 2 1/2 months by NASA and a team of scientists from several research institutions.
The ambitious program to collect data in more than 15 countries around the Pacific Ocean got underway today with the deployment of NASA's DC-8 Flying Laboratory from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif. Operated by the Airborne Science Directorate at NASA Dryden, the highly modified aircraft is carrying a suite of precision instruments to document geographic and atmospheric factors throughout the Pacific Rim area on its scientific odyssey.
Among the areas where data will be collected during the Pacific Rim 2000 mission conducted by NASA's Earth Science Enterprise are Cambodia's Angkor Wat Temple, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Australian coastal wetlands.
"The mission of PacRim 2000 includes gathering geographic and atmospheric data for coastal analysis and oceanography, forestry, geology, hydrology and archaeology," said Ellen O'Leary, PacRim 2000 mission coordinator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "This mission will provide a great deal of valuable information to each of the countries in which we are gathering data."
The primary PacRim 2000 instrument is the Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (AIRSAR), designed and built by JPL. AIRSAR is NASA's radar technology testbed and is used to demonstrate technology for spaceborne radar missions, such as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission that flew on Space Shuttle mission STS- 99 in February 2000, according to Dr. David Imel, JPL's AIRSAR project manager.
AIRSAR also collects data for Earth science research and is an all-weather imaging tool, able to see through clouds and collect data at night. Radar's ability to collect data of the Earth's surface, even in cloud-covered regions, makes it a particularly valuable tool for the tropical areas around the Pacific Rim that are often covered with clouds. The instrument's longer wavelengths can also penetrate into the forest canopy, providing scientists with data at different levels in the forest.
The AIRSAR radar antenna panels are mounted on the outside of the aircraft and the instrument looks to the side of the flight path. The radar transmits microwaves and the return signal is collected after the Earth reflects it. Rough areas, such as cities, mountains and forests, have more surfaces for the signal to reflect off; they therefore return more of the radar signal to the antenna and appear brighter on the resulting radar image.
In contrast, smooth areas, such as deserts, roads and water surfaces, return less of the radar signal and appear darker on the radar images. Trees with differing branch and leaf structures will also return different amounts of the radar signal to the antenna. The resulting data can be used for forest and land-cover classification purposes.
In addition to collecting data about the roughness characteristics of the surface, AIRSAR can also collect data that is processed to high-resolution digital elevation models, which are three-dimensional topographic maps of the surface.
A third type of AIRSAR data is used to measure motion of currents and waves. Digital elevation model data are particularly important to disaster managers around the Pacific Rim who are responsible for developing plans to mitigate and respond to natural hazards such as typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, which affect nearly everyone around the Pacific Rim "Ring of Fire."
Also onboard the DC-8 is the MASTER instrument, which is the MODIS/ASTER airborne simulator. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) are two instruments on NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra satellite launched in December 1999. The MASTER instrument is used to obtain detailed maps of land surface temperature, emissions and reflectance.
PacRim 2000 is the first mission to operate both the AIRSAR and MASTER instruments simultaneously on the DC-8. Michael Fitzgerald, manager of EOS simulation data production for the Airborne Sensor Facility at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., anticipates exciting results from combining AIRSAR and MASTER data collected over the same site. For example, MASTER data can be draped over digital elevation model data generated by AIRSAR, providing scientists with additional insight on how topography affects the vegetation and land surface temperature as seen in the MASTER data.
NASA's DC-8 Flying Laboratory is a former long-range jetliner that has been converted into a world-class airborne scientific laboratory. It can carry 30,000 pounds (13,600 kilograms) of scientific instruments and equipment along with scientists and experimenters, cruising at altitudes up to 42,000 feet (12,800 meters). Its range is 5,400 nautical miles (10,000 kilometers) and it has a flight duration of up to 12 hours. The aircraft is scheduled to return to NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on October 23.
A map of the flight plan is available at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/pictures/pacrim
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The Observer Pattern using a Broadcast Channel
In the last post, I explained how to implement the observer pattern using an active process. The process approach is fairly flexible, but there is an even simpler way to implement the observer pattern in CHP: use a broadcast channel.
A broadcast channel has one writer, but potentially many readers. When the writer sends one piece of data, all the readers receive that same data; we call this one-to-many. Readers may join and leave the channel dynamically — we refer to this as enrolling on the channel, and resigning from the channel respectively. The broadcast channel fits the observer pattern perfectly: the process that changes the value is the writer, sending out updates. The observers enroll on the channel and subsequently listen for updates on the channel. They can easily resign from the channel at any time when they want to stop receiving updates — unlike our process-oriented approach, where I decided to omit stopping observation for simplicity.
To demonstrate the use of a broadcast channel, I've put together a little example. It deals with one observer joining and leaving the channel. You control it from the console; pressing space toggles between observing and not observing. Meanwhile (in parallel), a writer will send updates every 2 seconds. Here's the first bit of the code:
{-# LANGUAGE RecordPuns #-} import Control.Concurrent.CHP import Control.Concurrent.CHP.Console consoleMain :: ConsoleChans -> CHP () consoleMain (ConsoleChans {cStdin, cStdout}) = do c <- oneToManyChannel waitSend (writer c) 0 <|*|> nonObserver (reader c) where waitSend :: BroadcastChanout Int -> Int -> CHP () waitSend out n = do writeChannel out n waitFor 2000000 -- 2 seconds waitSend out (n+1)
This creates the broadcast channel (using oneToManyChannel) and runs in parallel the writer and the non-observer process (the <|*|> is parallel composition that discards the results). The nonObserver process is one that is not currently observing — there is also an observer process that does observe the changes. Here is the nonObserver:
nonObserver :: BroadcastChanin Int -> CHP () nonObserver obsIn = do c <- readChannel cStdin case c of ' ' -> do mapM_ (writeChannel cStdout) "Beginning observation\n" enroll obsIn observer _ -> return () nonObserver obsIn
This waits for input from stdin (i.e., you). When you press space, it sends the message about beginning observation. It then calls enroll: this function enrolls on its first argument, and passes the enrolled item to the second argument (the inner process). It stays enrolled for the duration of the inner process, and automatically resigns when the inner process is finished. If you pressed another key, or once the observer has finished, it recurses. We will now look at the observer process that takes the enrolled version of the BroadcastChanin as its argument:
observer :: Enrolled BroadcastChanin Int -> CHP () observer obsIn = (do x <- readChannel obsIn mapM_ (writeChannel cStdout) $ "Observed: " ++ show x ++ "\n" observer obsIn ) <-> (do c <- readChannel cStdin case c of ' ' -> do mapM_ (writeChannel cStdout) "Ceasing observation\n" return () -- Stop being an observer _ -> observer obsIn )
This process offers a choice. It offers to read from the observer input channel, in which case it prints out the observed value and recurses. It also offers to read in a key from stdin (that's you hitting space again), in which case it prints out that it is ceasing observation, and returns (which falls out of the enroll call in nonObserver and thus resigns from the channel). If you press a key other than space, it continues to observe.
Note that the type of the enrolled channel-end (Enrolled BroadcastChanin Int) is different to the non-enrolled end (BroadcastChanin Int). If you try to read from the non-enrolled version, you will get a compile-time error. This uses Haskell's type system to prevent any confusion as to whether you are currently enrolled, and we use the natural scoping of the process passed to enroll to prevent forgetting to resign from the channel (when the process finishes, the resignation happens automatically).
When you first run this program, nothing happens. The writer is generating values but no-one is observing. When you press space for the first time, the observer starts watching (i.e. it enrolls on the broadcast channel) and printing out the values. You'll see a stream of new values being printed. If you hit space again, the observer stops watching (it resigns from the broadcast channel), and the values are discarded. Hit space and you are back to observing. You can do this as you like — ceasing and beginning observation again in quick succession between two updates (thus not missing one), or ceasing observation for a long time. The sequence number helps show how many updates you have missed.
This example demonstrates some concurrency between the process changing the value, and the observers. I find this version much simpler than the process approach, although it does have the drawback that all the observers must agree to receive from the modifying process before the modifying process is free to proceed.
(Note: you will need to compile the above program with -threaded to get the proper concurrency, and you will also need the imminent new CHP 1.6.0 release; writing this blog post prompted me to tighten up the semantics of broadcast channels with no readers enrolled.) Also, there is now a blog post describing the Haskell observer library that prompted my posts.


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Traditionally, Pivotal Labs has been known for our world-class software engineers, our effective and disciplined development process, and exceptionally successful projects. Our practice is built around strongly-held beliefs about the "how" of developing software, based on years in the trenches. We've been at the forefront of the agile development scene for a decade, constantly honing and refining our software development processes. Now we do even more.
Of course, it takes a lot more than world-class coding to build great products. Most successful teams feature the triumvirate of development working with Product Management and Design talent.
The Product Manager is the center of the development effort, deciding iteratively what features should be in the product for the next release and providing answers to the questions that arise day-to-day in the development process. A strong PM practices "ruthless prioritization" to get a viable product defined quickly, and makes sure there is a clear runway for the team to make progress.
The Design role is often the most immediate advocate for the user. UX and Visual Design tailor the product to be targeted, useful, and appropriate for the intended customer.
Clearly these roles need to be successful if the product is to have a chance of success. Some clients have these skills on the team, but sometimes they need help.
You may not have known it, but Pivotal Labs has actually had a small, high-quality design team for many years. Under the leadership of Pivot Jessica Miller, we've done great design work for dozens of clients and come up with some innovative ways of integrating design into our development process.
Pivotal Labs undertakes over 100 client projects a year. By scaling up our investment in the Design team, we'll be able to deliver better products, but we can also help the industry push the thinking forward on how design and development interact.
That same thinking applies to Product Management. In the past, Pivotal Labs relied on clients to provide their own product management. Often this worked well, but some clients clearly needed help. Our new PM team enables us to provide this service to clients – often helping them build the skills on their own team – while innovating on the "how" of the PM role. Again, we are pushing the conversation forward about how the PM, Design, and Developer interaction can be made more productive.
Now we are providing what clients had been clamoring for – a more "full service" Pivotal Labs.
Tim McCoy, formerly of Cooper, will be working closely with Jessica to build on top of our Design success to grow the practice and further innovate on how design fits in to the Pivotal process. Drew McManus, formerly founder of agile PM consultancy Road 3, leads the combined Product Management and Design practices for us as VP of Product.
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Security forces "have been deployed along the Gaza Strip border to preserve the implementation of the truce," the spokesman for the Hamas interior ministry, Islam Shahwan, told AFP.
"Police were deployed Friday night east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, in order to protect the lives of citizens, victims of Israeli aggression," he added.
Shahwan was referring to Israeli soldiers opening fire on residents of Khouzaa, near Khan Yunis, who approached the border. One person was killed and 19 wounded.
Hamas denounced the event as "the first Israeli violation of the truce," which was agreed on Wednesday and ended eight days in which 166 Palestinians and six Israelis were killed, saying they would raise the matter with the Egyptian mediators.
Following the Friday death, unarmed Hamas police were deployed in the area to prevent access in coordination with Egypt, without the risk of being fired at by Israel.
This was the first time since Hamas took over Gaza in 2007 such a move was possible, a source familiar with the matter said.
"Israel asked Egypt to intervene to keep dozens of Palestinians away from the border for fear of deterioration. Members of the Gaza police were dispatched to keep Palestinian farmers away in coordination with Egypt," said the source.
A spokesman for the Israeli army said they were aware of the recent deployment.
In addition, a statement from Gaza premier Ismail Haniya said they were informed by the head of Egyptian intelligence that "under the truce, fishermen would be allowed access up to six nautical miles instead of three."
An Israeli official would not confirm the reported change, but said "it was agreed with the Egyptians that these issues would be discussed in a bilateral dialogue between Israel and Egypt, and that is in fact happening."
Israel also maintains a "buffer zone" of approximately 300 meters (yards) in the Gaza Strip along the border, and prevents access to Palestinians under threat of firing.
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In my article on parallel merge, I developed and optimized a generic parallel merge algorithm. It utilized multiple CPU cores and scaled well in performance. The algorithm was stable, leading directly to Parallel Merge Sort. However, it was not an in-place implementation. In this article, I develop an in-place parallel merge, which enables in-place parallel merge sort.
The STL implements sequential merge and in-place merge algorithms, as
merge() and
inplace_merge(), which run on a single CPU core. The merge algorithm is O(n), leading to O(nlgn) merge sort, while the in-place merge is O(nlgn), leading to O(n(lgn)2) in-place merge sort. Because merge is faster than in-place merge, but requires extra memory, STL favors using merge whenever memory is available, copying the result back to the input array (under the hood).
Revisit Not-In-Place
The divide-and-conquer merge algorithm described in Parallel Merge, which is not-in-place, is illustrated in Figure 1. At each step, this algorithm moves a single element X from the source array T to the destination array A, as follows.
Figure 1. A merge algorithm that is not in place.
The two input sub-arrays of T are from [p1 to r1] and from [p2 to r2]. The output is a single sub-array of A from [p3 to r3]. The divide step is done by choosing the middle element within the larger of the two input sub-arrays—at index q1. The value at this index is then used as the partition element to split the other input sub-array into two sections - less than X and greater than or equal to X. The partition value X (at index q1 of T) is copied to array A at index q3. The conquer step recursively merges the two portions that are smaller than or equal to X— indicated by light gray boxes and light arrows. It also recursively merges the two portions that are larger than or equal to X—indicated by darker gray boxes and dark arrows.
The algorithm proceeds recursively until the termination condition —when the shortest of the two input sub-arrays has no elements. At each step, the algorithm reduces the size of the array by one element. One merge is split into two smaller merges, with the output element placed in between. Each of the two smaller merges will contain at least N/4 elements, since the left input array is split in half.
This algorithm is O(n) and is stable. It was shown not to be performance competitive in its pure form. However, performance became equivalent to other merges in a hybrid form, which utilized a simple merge to terminate recursion early. The hybrid version enabled parallelism by using of divide-and-conquer method, scaled well across multiple cores, outperforming STL merge by over 5X on quad-core CPU, being limited by memory bandwidth. It was also used as the core of Parallel Merge Sort, which scaled well across multiple cores, utilizing a further hybrid approach to gain more speed, and providing a high degree of parallelism, Θ(n/lg2n).


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For the past several years, the Indiana State Police has recognized the pivotal role played by its telecommunications operators who are commonly referred to as regional dispatchers. They use telephones, radios, computers, and technical skills to answer calls for emergency assistance and dispatch first responders to the site of an emergency. They also provide support to field personnel, the general public, local police agencies, emergency medical services, the National Weather Service, and other governmental agencies.
Each year the second full week of April is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety telecommunications operators. In 1991, Congress proclaimed it as a national week of recognition. This year it is April 7 through April 12.
Telecommunications operators, for the Indiana State Police, work from six regional dispatch centers located in Bloomington, Versailles, Fort Wayne, Lowell, Bristol (Toll Road) and Indianapolis. They are responsible for dispatching troopers and motor carrier inspectors to calls for service in 92 counties. Currently each regional dispatch center is allocated one regional manager, three regional supervisors, and several telecommunications operators (regional dispatchers).
Those selected as regional dispatchers with the Indiana State Police must pass a written and typing test before they are interviewed to be hired. They are required to remain composed in many different emergency situations and have the ability to speak calmly and clearly. They must be proficient in the many tools of their trade which range from computers, multi-line telephones, dispatching equipment, to a fax machine. Indiana State Police telecommunications operators are required to become certified in entering information in the Indiana Data and Communications System (IDACS) and National Crime Information Center (NCIC). They are also required to be certified in emergency medical dispatch.
Telecommunications operators working from Regional Dispatch Center VI, located in Bristol, IN, at the Indiana State Police Toll Road Post, are responsible for dispatching troopers and motor carrier inspectors working from the Indiana State Police Bremen Post. The Bremen Post covers Marshall, St. Joseph, Elkhart, and Kosciusko Counties. Telecommunications operators assigned to Regional Dispatch Center VI are also responsible for dispatching personnel assigned to the Indiana State Police Toll Road Post. The Toll Road Post is responsible for patrolling the Indiana Toll Road which traverses through northern Indiana in Elkhart, Lake, La Porte, Lagrange, Porter, St. Joseph's, and Steuben Counties.
Personnel assigned to Regional Dispatch Center VI:
Regional Manager Helen Kautz
Regional Supervisor Angela Starke
Regional Dispatcher Juliet Keeling
Regional Dispatcher Lucinda Culp
Regional Dispatcher Cynthia Wiseman
Regional Dispatcher Lori Fitch
Regional Dispatcher Stefany Workman
Regional Dispatcher Stephanie Hubbard
Regional Dispatcher Liniya Roseburgh
Regional Dispatcher Louella Gary
Regional Dispatcher Michelle Leedy
Regional Dispatcher Deidre Sechrist
Anyone interested in a career as a telecommunications operator with the Indiana State Police are encouraged to contact their nearest Indiana State Police Post or check the State of Indiana Job Bank.


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2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, sliced
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
Pinch red pepper flakes
Kosher salt
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, torn
4 (6-ounce) snapper fillets, with skin
Freshly ground black pepper
Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
Toss the tomatoes with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil, garlic, vinegar, pepper flakes, and salt, to taste. Spread out on a baking sheet and roast until the tomatoes get juicy, about 15 minutes. Transfer tomatoes to a bowl and toss with the basil.
Dry the fish very well all over. To keep the fish from curling in the pan, lightly slash a cross-hatch pattern into the skin of the fish with a sharp knife. Brush the rounded flesh side of the fish with the remaining olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Place the fish, seasoned side down, in the oil, and cook undisturbed over high heat, until the fish turns both opaque along the edges and golden on the bottom, about 3 minutes. Lightly salt the skin side of the fish. Flip the snapper and turn off the heat and let the fish cook in the residual heat of the pan until the fillets are firm but still juicy, about 1 minute more.
Divide the fish among 4 plates. Top with the tomatoes and serve.
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It doesn't matter how stellar an engine you build—if the spark isn't there to light off the air/fuel mixture, you've just built yourself a giant paperweight. Yes, there are lots of aftermarket ignition boxes and distributors on that market that put out a time traveling–like 1.21 gigawatts of spark energy, but for the guys who want a more stealthy look to their ignition systems, sometimes it can be tough.
But Pertronix is there to make sure your vintage-looking engine fires up every time, any time, without the need for big, bulky boxes, coil-in-cap HEI units, or something that would intrude on the cleanliness and simple beauty of an engine compartment. At the same time, the company adds the reliability of a modern electronic ignition that provides constant and high-spark energy.
Our AMD '67 Chevelle project car needed an upgrade in the ignition department for its 413-inch Rat, and so not to spoil the car's factory look, we called Pertornix to get the right stuff to keep our big-block happy and running smoothly. We selected the company's Ignitor III ignition system, which not only does away with the points, but is said to have as much power as an aftermarket ignition box—but without the bulky box. Follow along and you'll see just how easy an upgrade this is.
1. With what's destined for our AMD '67 Chevelle and the nature of its built 413-inch big-block, having the best and most reliable spark energy possible was critical. Yes, it was time to say goodbye to our factory distributor with breakerless points ignition. After hand-rotating the engine to have the No. 1 cylinder at top dead center, we unbolted the hold-down clamp on the distributor and pulled it out.
2. Our new distributor from Pertonix is from its Stock Look line of cast distributors. On the outside, the only thing that gives it away as not being a points unit is the second wire coming from the housing, but that's easily hidden once installed.
3. When it's set next to the stock distributor, you can see where the Pertronix distributor looks like a brand-new factory unit, right down to its functional vacuum advance unit.
4. At the heart of our new distributor is Pertronix's Ignitor III ignition module. The Ignitor III is fully electronic, picking up the crankshaft position either from the distributor cam lobe or the Pertronix magnetic sleeve. It cranks out five times the spark energy of a stock points ignition, meaning a hotter spark that will help overpower detonation, stay lit even against high compression, and provide a full burn of the air/fuel air mixture in the cylinder. It is also a multi-spark unit through the entire rpm range, providing a more consistent and full burn in the combustion process even at high rpm.
5. Here's the factory points system. When points are fresh and new, they put out quite a bit of spark energy. The problem is, they wear as they operate, so the spark output diminishes from the first time the engine fires. They are also vulnerable to moisture-induced corrosion, which can inhibit their performance. Anyone who lived through the days of points-style distributors most likely hates them.
6. Compare that to the Ignitor III unit, which fits snugly right into the spot where points would normally live. You can install an Ignitor III in a factory distributor with no problem (Pertronix includes the adapter plate for such a scenario). It will provide five times the spark energy of the factory points, no matter how many miles are on the unit. It's also fully sealed so moisture won't affect its performance, and it features a built-in rev limiter.
7. Along with the distributor, we also upgraded from a stock coil to an Ignitor III coil (right). With an ultra-low 0.32 ohms of resistance, the Ignitor III coil charges to peak capacity 30 to 70 percent faster than regular coils.
8. After installing the new Pertronix distributor, the red and black wires from the Ignitor III unit are hooked to the positive and negative leads on the new coil, per the instructions. It's that easy.
9. Another upgrade we installed was a set of 7mm Stock Look plug wires. On the outside, they look factory, on the inside they feature a carbon-impregnated fiberglass core as the secondary path of spark energy and a spiral-wound stainless steel alloy as the primary path. All this is encased in an outer silicone jacket and an EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Methylene) rubber inner insulation that provides superior resistance against engine heat that can degrade performance, and prevents arcing and voltage leaks that diminish spark energy.
10. To set the rev limiter on the Ignitor III, turn the ignition key to the On position, then rotate the +/- dial clockwise until it stops. If the LED light blinks slowly, you've successfully started the setting procedure. Turning the dial clockwise sets the rev limit. Long flashes indicate rpm in thousands, while short flashes indicate hundreds. The unit comes set from the factory at 5,500 rpm. It can go as high as 9,000 and as low as 4,000. Once you have the rev limiter set at the desired rpm, let it go through the full blink sequence at least three complete cycles. This verifies you've set it properly and prepares it to be saved. Then turn the ignition key to the Off position, and you're done.
11. And there you have it. All that's left to do is hook up a timing light and get the timing set properly, then it's nothing but fun cruising ahead!


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Errol Morris is back in detective mode again in his new film, "Standard Operating Procedure," turning his investigative skills toward a more contemporary crime scene: Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison, the setting of a series of photographs depicting American soldiers torturing prisoners.
Once upon a time, Errol Morris worked as a private detective. He gave up that job a long time ago, finding his true calling as one of the preeminent documentary filmmakers of the day. But the same qualities that led him to be a gumshoe — that itch to dig beneath the surface, that compulsion to find the truth — have served him well as a filmmaker. He won an Oscar for "The Fog of War." And his exhaustive research into the killing of a Texas police officer for his film "The Thin Blue Line" actually got a wrongly convicted man off death row.
He's back in detective mode again in his new film, "Standard Operating Procedure," turning his investigative skills toward a more contemporary crime scene: Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison, the setting of a series of photographs depicting American soldiers torturing prisoners.
You might assume he got the idea for the film the first time he saw the legendary and deeply disturbing photographs that ran in New Yorker magazine and on "60 Minutes" in 2004.But it took longer than that.
"I do remember seeing the photographs of Gus on the leash and Gilligan on the box for the first time," he says, referencing two of the infamous shots. "And I remember thinking, 'This is crazy!' "
Coincidentally, around the same time, Morris had been writing about photography, and considering making a movie about war photographs. He had been kicking around a lot of questions: When we look at a photograph, do we know what we're really looking at? Do we really understand the photo? Can photographs deceive us? Can they conceal things as well as show things?
"Gradually I started to think about the possibility of doing something around the Abu Ghraib photographs," he says.
Again, coincidence paid a visit. Susan Sontag published a piece about torture in the Sunday Times.
"That was something that I read carefully," says Morris. "Then I started to think there was possibly a movie."
Shot in his typical talking-heads method of having interviewees staring directly into the camera lens, the film also features stylized reenactments of some of the reported atrocities that had been caught in still photos. Morris recalls getting into hot water immediately after the film's world premiere at this year's Berlin Film Festival, where it was honored with a Silver Bear award.
"There was a press conference, with well over a hundred journalists from around the world," he says. "And I got all of these reenactment questions, like 'How dare you?' " The complaint: He wasn't there, so how can he reenact the events?
Morris admits he was taken "a little bit by surprise" by the reaction. But he's happy to explain why the scenes are in the film.
"I'll hear a line in an interview, and the line will jump out at me, and I'll use it" for a reenactment, he says. Morris did not restage events in a clinical way; these reenactments are quick and abstract: a close-up of an eyebrow getting shaved, a man in a shower, a drop of blood falling on a military uniform.
"It's an expressionistic way of taking you into the idea, the concept, of what someone is saying," he says. "It abstracts details from what people say. It doesn't try to paint some broad, literal scene. It takes you — usually with ultra slo-mo — into a detail, or a particular moment."
As usual with an Errol Morris documentary, it's the interviews that drive the film. They're up-close and very personal, and they let you see inside the person who's talking. According to Morris, he has hundreds of hours of interviews of people who were directly involved in the incidents at Abu Ghraib.
Some of the most fascinating sequences are with former Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, who stares into Morris' camera with daggers in her eyes. She apparently had presided over much of the abuse at the prison, and was brought to task by higher ups, whose orders she was following.
"She is incredibly angry," says Morris. "And as the interview proceeded, she got angrier and angrier. Janis Karpinski was fired and was demoted by Bush. That was the easiest of all of the interviews. She wanted to talk."
There's also the better-known PFC Lynndie English, who was seen posing with shackled and hooded prisoners in many of the photos. Morris had to wait a year and a half to interview her because she was in prison. In her interviews, there are tears, not daggers, in her eyes. Morris, like many others, changed his preconceived notions of her after talking with her.
"Here's a person who's been blamed for almost anything and everything," he says. "She's been described as retarded, monstrous, a no-good hillbilly. She walked into the studio and started talking and people couldn't believe that she was completely articulate. She expresses herself very powerfully."
Morris isn't one to go around naming names or assigning blame for what happened at Abu Ghraib to specific people.
"Some of it, to be sure, goes to George Bush," he says. "But everything has become such a blame game. I feel one thing really strongly. Even if these so-called bad apples are not lily white — which they're not; it's not as though they're not guilty of anything — they nevertheless were scapegoats. They've been scapegoated by almost everybody, left and right. But I have a different way of looking at it. I have this old-fashioned populist idea that you don't punish the little guys and let the big guys walk away. And that's what's happening here. That is something that's really disturbing and wrong.
"The more we examine Abu Ghraib, and the more we understand what actually happened there, the more we can put the story in some kind of perspective, and move on," he adds. "But denial is not the way to do it."
"Standard Operating Procedure" opens on May 2.
Ed Symkus can be reached at email@example.com Fact:
Errol Morris has lost money on every film he's made. "I direct commercials," he says. "That's how I make a living. Without the commercials, I would be a dead duck.."


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Ireland's varied landscape makes the island an ideal cycling destination, here's how to get started
Ireland has some of the most spectacular cycling routes to suit any pace or ability. The King Fisher Trail covers counties in the midlands in the Republic of Ireland and across the border to Northern Ireland, while the Great Western Greenway is the Republic's longest off-road cycling trail from Westport to Achill in County Mayo.
The Road Safety Authority provides the rules of the road for cyclists. Make sure you are familiar with them before you begin your journey.
Bike hire starts from around €50/£39 a week and one-way hire is available. Hire generally includes lock, pump, repair kit, mudguards and carrier; insurance cover is given with all bicycles hired. Children's bikes are also available, but remember to book well in advance and ask about helmets, especially in high season.
The law does not require you to wear a helmet. However, in the interest of road safety, and your personal safety, it is recommended to wear a helmet at all times.
Across the island, you'll find tours to suit your needs and the bonus is your tour operator can arrange for your bags to meet you at your hotel, hostel or B&B, so you can enjoy a hassle-free ride. If you're feeling a little tired one day, they can even transfer you along with your baggage, so you can meet up with your fellow cyclists at the end of the day.
Dublin is currently the only city boasting a city bike scheme and it's called Dublin bikes. The best bet for visitors is the 3-Day Ticket for €2, which allows unlimited use of the bikes for the three days with the first 30 minutes of use free (services charges apply after the first 30 minutes so check on the website for full details). You will need to bring your own helmet with you.
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Leek, potato & bacon bake
Nutrition and extra info
- Source of vitamin c
- Easily doubled / halved
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal153
- fat5g
- saturates2g
- carbs24g
- sugars3g
- fibre4g
- protein5g
- salt0.35g
- 600ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 1kg potato, thinly sliced
The world's favourite root vegetable, the potato comes in innumerable varieties. A member of…
- 6 leeks, thinly sliced into rounds
Like garlic and onion, leeks are a member of the allium family, but have their own distinct…
- 25g butter
Butter is a dairy product made from separating whole milk or cream into fat and…
- 3-4 rashers streaky bacon, snipped
- 3 tbsp double cream (optional)
Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Put the stock in a large pan, bring to the boil, then add the potatoes and the leeks. Bring back to the boil for 5 mins, then drain well, reserving the stock in a jug.
Meanwhile, butter a large baking dish. Layer up the potatoes and leeks higgledypiggledy, seasoning as you go, then scatter the bacon over the top. Season well, pour over 200ml of the reserved stock, then spoon over the cream (if using) and cover with foil. Can be made up to 1 day ahead and chilled. Bake for 40 mins, uncovering halfway through so that the bacon crisps.


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18 September 2008
What I'm Wearing
top: vintage
skirt: vintage (altered by me)
tights: H&M
purse: vintage
shoes: vintage
hat: vintage
I was feeling extra lady-like today and wanted to wear gloves with this outfit but didn't have any that I thought matched. I'll have to put that on my list of things to look out for. This skirt is one of several that I found at a thrift store and altered by cutting several inches off the hem. I prefer my skirts a bit on the shorter side to keep my outfits from becoming too granny-costume. I was surprised at just how many stares and comments I got about my hat. I guess people don't wear hats out very much any more. Just imagine if I'd been wearing gloves as well!
34 comments:
- AlicePleasance said...
This is my favorite outfit so far. Definitely. The top is fabulous, the hat amazing and I'm desperately searching for skirts like that one but it seems they're not popular here cause I didn't find any... I searched everywhere but nothing :-(
I want, desperately want thrift stores!!!
- September 18, 2008
- Audi said...
The hat looks great on you, and I like the way you wore it towards the back of your head. I'm a big fan of hats and also get lots of comments on mine. I don't know why more people don't wear them -- they add so much flair to an outfit!
- September 18, 2008
- xo, tara said...
ooooh girl! gloves! i have TONS of them..what kind are you looking for? i'll send you some!
- September 18, 2008
- KittyMeow said...
Wow I REALLY love this outfit - everything is perfect :-D
- September 18, 2008
- Adiel | Rose Gold Lining said...
Looking lovely! The skirt is great and so is the bag.
- September 18, 2008
- Sophie said...
That's one of the best hats I've seen in a while! I definitely need to gather up the courage to wear hats. I think it really completes your already adorable outfit. :)
- September 18, 2008
- Q's Daydream said...
Great outfit!
- September 18, 2008
- e.k. peyton said...
I get crazy stares whenever I wear my hat too! It's big and floppy, and I use it to recreate the Annie Hall look. Ah well!
- September 18, 2008
- Fruchtzwerg said...
wow...beautiful pictures.
- September 18, 2008
- Anonymous said...
I find it bizarre sometimes, that something which was once mandatory in public, is now thought of as strange if you opt to wear one. I really love your hat though. And the skirt lovely too. Generally a fabulous outfit!
- September 18, 2008
- svenskaussie said...
Yay for hats I say. When I lived in London no one looked twice if you wore a hat but here in Auckland I get some very strange looks. I think we need to bring the trend back by force and keep wearing those fabulous hats.
- September 18, 2008
- WendyB said...
Love that hat.
- September 18, 2008
- Anonymous said...
amazing bag!
- September 18, 2008
- Ace said...
What a sweet little bow on the hat. Fantastic outfit, I'm utterly jealous of your sewing skills.
- September 18, 2008
- Anonymous said...
ooo...i am looking for a pair of gloves, cream or beige lace would be so dreamy! if you k\find some i would pay top dollar!
- September 18, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Beautiful pictures! I love the hat. You're right: the gloves would have been the perfect finishing touch. Never mind though, I'm sure you'll find some! You make me want to dig out my cream lace ones for these sunny but chill Autumn days. :)
- September 18, 2008
- Sally Jane Vintage said...
Thanks so much everyone!
Alicepleasance: Oh, dear... I can't imagine what I would do without thrift stores. ;0
Audi: Thanks! I've never worn a hat like this so I wasn't sure exactly how it would go.
Tara: You're the bestest. I answered you on your blog, BTW.
kittymeow: Thanks! I already want to wear it again.
sophie: Yes, wearing hats out and about does take a bit of courage but I'm sure you can do it.
e.k. peyton: Your hat sounds great. I love the Annie Hall look.
leah: I know, isn't it strange that at one point I would have ben stared at for not wearing a hat!
svenskaussie: Let's do! I think hats should definitely be back in style.
ace: I'm almost embarrassed to say, but there was actually no sewing involved! Just a pair of scissors, an iron and a roll of stitch witch (my new best friend). :)
patrice lowery: I've been buying them up whenever I see them for sale. A pair of cream ones would be nice.
amy may: Cream lace gloves sound devine. You should wear them!
- September 18, 2008
- Doll legs said...
I love the skirt!! and the hat!!
and I love Captain Jack he's gorgeuos, I adopt a one eye chihuahua,he's name was Pirata(rip)i miss him :(, he was very old and lovely..
- September 18, 2008
- Smaggle said...
In the first photo it looks like your hair is actually arm bands. Looks awesome...
- September 18, 2008
- The Stylish Wanderer said...
OOO lovely
- September 19, 2008
- chin said...
i like how u kept your hair up like that with the hat!
very lady like indeed!
- September 19, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Yeah, I definately think that people only wear hats in Europe which is ridiculous. Especially when you're hat is wonderful... Let them stare!
- September 19, 2008
- Auntie Tati said...
The purse is lovely! I would like to wear my hats more often, but somehow the thought of people staring me makes me leave the hat at home :(
- September 19, 2008
- Unknown said...
i think people should wear hats more and more, and some of them do, i like them
- September 19, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Gorgeous hat! You look so pretty!
- September 19, 2008
- Chérie said...
wow your blog is so great! love it!
wonderful outfit.
- September 19, 2008
- Ina Seb said...
wow! you look so pretty here! love the ginkgo leaf(is it??) haha! thanks for linking me. :D
- September 19, 2008
- Eyeliah said...
The first photo especially is so lovely.
- September 19, 2008
- Penny Lane said...
oh i adore all that ladylike stuff! hats, gloves, pearls - the works!!
looking fabulous as usual xxx
- September 19, 2008
- Abigail said...
I love your outfit! That hat is amazing! I am going to go hunt for one of those now.
- September 19, 2008
- Rebecca, A Clothes Horse said...
The hat is really the icing on this cake! You are so ladylike. ^_^
- September 19, 2008
- Anonymous said...
This outfit is wonderful! That hat and blouse are adorable too! Such good finds!
- September 20, 2008
- Louise said...
Oh lovely lovely. It's funny that you would get looks and comments, because despite looking beautifully lady like, I don't think you look the least bit costumey or anything. The hat is rather splendid though, I would let you know it if I saw you.
- September 21, 2008
- Anonymous said...
Just love your style!
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A Milwaukee man late for his court hearing sideswiped a sheriff's deputy's squad car Thursday morning near Sixth and State streets.
Michael Prusinski, 33, was arrested after illegally driving around the squad car while it was stopped for a person crossing this intersection.
The deputy then pulled him over in the van and arrested him.
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One of the mostly forgotten features of Jerry Brown's first governorship, from 1975 to 1983, was the extended battles he fought with the state's university systems, particularly the University of California. Brown cut back on their funding and took all sorts of shots at the value of what the universities do. University leaders did some blasting back. Things got so bad that, among other things, UC, which had housed the papers of Brown's father Pat, wouldn't take Jerry's. They are at USC.
Brown's budget proposal Monday -- and the almost instant criticism from the leaders of all three university systems (UC, Cal State, and the community colleges) -- suggests that, in matters of higher education, Brown's second go-round as governor could look like its first. The universities, on a percentage basis, would take the worst of the cuts -- with UC and Cal State receiving a combined hit of $1 billion. The community colleges also take a budget hit and would have to hike fees from $26 to $36 per unit.
The community college chief Jack Scott, a Democrat and former legislator who had an awkward (some thought testy) exchange with Brown at a budget forum in LA in December, denounced the proposed cut and fee increases, and predicted 350,000 students would be turned away as a result. In a joint statement, Scott, UC President Mark Yudof, and Cal State Chancellor Charles Reed say: "Now is not the time to shrink public higher education, but to grow it."
The universities would be justified in fighting this proposal with everything they've got == especially because the cuts come on top of a generation of cuts, and because Brown is offering no reform that would protect these systems from future cuts. The universities might be wise to tell Brown that they'll put an initiative on the ballot carving out constitutional protection for their funds of the type that other interest groups have won.
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The wonderful Fiance let me borrow his phone to take all of these photos.
Isn't he the greatest? :)
Anyway, there's a little story behind this Tarte lip tint.
I asked the Fiance for this Tarte Limited Edition LipSurgence collection during Christmas time.
As everyone knows they were completely sold out everywhere. :(
So my Fiance found it on eBay.com and purchased it, and paid almost double for it just so I can have it for Christmas.
He's too good to me. :)
Anyway, unfortunately, it got "lost" in the mail and the lady had to refund him.
Low and behold, when we went home this past weekend, there it was. "Un-lost"
I couldn't even tell you my excitement, I was just too excited and couldn't believe it!!
Anyway, this is so old and I'm sure everyone has seen this already but I took photos of it, and I also took swatches for you, because I believe the colors are still available.
From left to right:
Glitzy, Perky, Flashy, Swank, and Dazzled.
Also, my Fiance surprised me with a NookColor tablet holder. We're heading to the beach in late June and I wanted something to protect it from the sand. But I normally just use it around the apartment, in my room. So I didn't really need a case for it..
I found one at Target I really, really liked but it was $30!
I couldn't bring myself to buy it.
But he found one on ebay for half the price. (Can you tell he's a huge fan of eBay?)
I absolutely LOVE it!
So what do you guys think about his camera quality on his phone?
Not bad right?
It has so many different setting including Macro!
Needless to say I was very impressed.
And the quality isn't that bad either!!
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Thanks for the images and the video. Looks like your well on your way.I guess some advice for you will require you to tell us a little more.Are you planning on ONLY using it in your parents backyard? Never going to roll down the road or take a vacation in it?Because if you are ONLY going to use it at your parents then IF you needed anything you could go inside and get it - like more foodbecause you mentioned a smaller fridge. But IF you were at a campground it might be different.Do your parents have a dump station for you to use?
Update!:So here's the first video of the initial beginnings of my trailer project. I've started on the dining area first and so far it's going....okay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NZ5xqgzeiU&t=3s
A careful inspection of the roofing material and the caulking at the seams should show any potential areas that could leak. You may be able to get an idea of the wall conditions by pulling out outlets, checking the openings behind wall mounted fixtures, and just pressing the paneling, feeling soft spots that indicate the paneling has separated from the framing and insulation where the adhesive has failed. Check the walls both inside and outside. Wood frame rot is not something you want to discover later on after the interior is finished.
I'm glad you found the leak and are fixing it up.The first time I winterized my MH I didn't drain the fresh water tank.I blew everything out and and thought I was done. Then I removed the water lines to and fromthe water pump and they kept draining and draining and draining - that meant there was water somewhere.Then I found the valve for the fresh water tank and it drained for another 15 minutes or so. So then I had tostart the process all over again and re-blow everything out again. At least it was still November so no hard freezes yet.Oh well - I'm sure you (and me) won't do that again. Almost everything gets easier the second or third time around.Your shade are look good - the only thing I might suggest is using kite string (white) instead of what you have now.The string comes in different sizes and for that size shade you could use a pretty small kite string to do the job. JMO.Keep up the good work.
Although you didn't mention it, have you done an inspection of the underpinnings: the axle, springs, wheel bearings, brakes, wheel rims and tires, frame, and tongue/hitch? If not, I would recommend you do this before you go any further. Problems here can run into money quickly. This trailer is 20 years old and lack of maintenance over the years could create problems. Better to find out now rather than later.
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COCOA, Fla. – Brevard County Sheriff's Office is reviewing the arrest of a man who was handcuffed after he filmed a deputy making a traffic stop, according the Florida Today newspaper
Jeffrey Marcus Gray, 43, told Florida Today he works for Photography is Not a Crime, a blog that focuses on recording police activity. He and his attorney consider the arrest wrongful.
"Well, he was arrested while engaged in constitutionally protected activity and some deputies from Brevard County screwed up," said Gray's attorney, Eric Friday. "A citizen with a camera is just like any other journalist and has the same rights to film what's going on in a public space."
The state attorney's office hasn't formally charged Gray — a spokeswoman explained they are anticipating more information from the Sheriff's Office. BCSO Commander Jimmy Donn explained his agency is working with the State Attorney's Office and Gray's attorney.
"In the particular incident we're talking about, we had a citizen who intentionally injected himself into an active, fluid law enforcement action," Donn said.
"Whatever his motivations may have been, whatever his constitutional protections may have been, that decision does not come without consequences, and if those decisions and those actions put the public at risk or put a law enforcement officer at risk, we are prepared to pursue criminal charges and seek judicial review of that action. Having said that, the sheriff's office is conducting a very thorough review of all of the circumstances and dynamics of that particular event, including the arrest of Mr. Gray and we are in consultation with the state attorney, we have engaged Mr. Gray's legal counsel and we are making every effort to ensure that the proper and just decision to meet everyone's legal and lawful interests are met. So it's an ongoing review."
Gray said he regularly makes public records requests. Based in St. Augustine, he passed through Brevard County last week on his way back from Miami. He said he stopped to get video of marked police vehicles for a future video piece about public records in Brevard. He saw a traffic stop on West King Street in unincorporated Cocoa and walked over to document it.
Police records show that Deputy Brett Cook requested backup while he conducted the traffic stop. An agent from the Game Over task force arrived, whose identity is exempt from public records. The agent saw Gray standing about 30 feet behind Cook, holding a cell phone, pointing it at Cook.
Police records show the agent approached Gray and asked why he was there. Gray said he did not have to answer any questions. The agent asked his name — Gray said he didn't have to tell his name and handed the agent a yellow card. Gray said this was his "right's invocation card" and he had the "right to tape law enforcement." The agent told Gray he could stand away from Cook and record video.
Police records show the agent then contacted the owner of the property on which Gray parked and was standing. Cindy Flachmeier said she wanted Gray removed from her property. The agent told Gray he had to move his car and leave. Gray walked back toward the street in front of the car Cook had stopped, saying his wife would move the car.
Police records show Gray stood on the county right of way in front of the traffic stop and in front of the business. The agent told him he was under arrest and put him in handcuffs.
Gray posted a video online that was shot on a camera that remained in his car. The video apparently captures an interaction between his wife and sheriff's deputies after Gray is walked away.
Agent: "Who are you?"
Wife: "I'm his wife and you guys are making a big mistake."
Agent: "OK. He was told to leave, you better get that camera out of my face. He was told to leave several times. He thinks this is a game, it is not."
Wife: "It is not but what I'm saying — it's not against the law."
Agent: "Do you understand how dangerous it is to stand behind a patrolman when he's doing a traffic stop? He doesn't know who you are. OK? He's got to worry about him now instead of the traffic violation. OK? You think that's fair to him?"
Wife: "He's standing over here. Well within his rights."
Agent: "No, he's walking around. He's walking around the deputy. OK? Making him nervous. OK? That's, there's no reason for that. Do you understand how dangerous traffic stops are? If he wants to videotape him, why couldn't he stand over there like we told him to? OK? He's got a, he's got an obligation to the citizens in that car and his family to go home at night. He doesn't have to worry about somebody who thinks it's fun to walk around a patrolman on a traffic stop. OK — he's impeding an active investigation. And it's unacceptable. He was told he was trespassing."
Wife: "He's standing over here."
Agent: "He was told five times to leave. He failed to do so. OK?"
Dialogue pauses for a moment, then Gray's wife has another encounter with a person who sounds like a different deputy.
Agent 2: "Ma'am. This is what I'm telling you, I'm gonna tell you one time, one time only. Take this vehicle and leave this, this parking lot. You're not free to be on the roadway, the county right of way or in this parking lot. You're now trespassing. I'm only gonna tell you that one time, OK? Do you understand what I'm telling you."
Wife: "Yes."
Agent 2: "Here's his property. He's going to Brevard County Detention center."
Wife: "Where is that?"
Agent 2: "I don't have to tell you because you're not gonna cooperate with me, I'm not gonna cooperate with you. What I'm telling you right now is: get in that seat, move this vehicle."
Gray was booked without incident at Brevard County Jail on two charges of resisting an officer without violence and one charge of trespassing after warning. He paid a $1,500 bond.
"It's important because we need to watch the watchers," Gray's attorney said.
Donn said the incident was exaggerated and taken to levels of emotion that were unnecessary. He said the woman driving the car that was stopped was upset by Gray and felt her privacy was being violated.
"We did not create that kind of drama," Donn said. "So I think the average citizen who's driving their vehicle and they have an interaction with a law enforcement officer, those people would not desire that event to be videotaped and broadcast on every social media outlet available."


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Saturday 29 May, 6pm, stairs going up to hall
An exhibition of photos I've taken in Scottish woodlands, while doing conservation volunteering weekends with New Caledonian Woodlands. These weekends are a great way to get out of Edinburgh, meet new people, do some useful work and see amazing places.
The photos range from imposing landscapes and huge trees to close-up details and tiny plants. They show the work involved in giving nature a helping hand, and some of the tools and techniques used.
The exhibition will run for several weeks, so if you can't make the opening party (or even the apres vernissage), you can still check out the pictures. Just without the free booze and nibbles.
A couple of picture from the exhibition are below. Prints will be available, competitively priced.
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We should've seen this coming, even though we're not convinced it's a great idea: Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis squaring off in a film together.
Ferrell and Galifianakis will play rival political candidates in a comedy slated to open amid the 2012 election campaign, reported Deadline. The script will be co-written by Chris Henchy ("The Other Guys") and Shawn Harwell (Eastbound and Down"), with Jay Roach directing.
We have a few concerns about this project:
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Jay Roach: The man's entire career is built almost entirely on the "Meet the Parents" and "Austin Powers" franchises, each of which, while wildly successful, have suffered steady descents. And they don't really strike us as Will's or Zach's flavor. Though Roach did do "Dinner for Schmucks," which was a pleasant surprise and featured a great turn by Galifianakis.
Will Ferrell: He made a nice career recovery this year with "The Other Guys" (hell, we even liked "Megamind"), which was far funnier than we were expecting, and suggested to us that Ferrell's talents are best served when he's got good friend Adam McKay behind the camera.
Zach Galifiankais: Maybe the guy's just trying fill his war chest so he can do whatever he damn well pleases for the next three decades, but it seems as if the guy is saying yes to everything. We love his work, we just hope he's not lowering his standards. Talk of him eying the role of "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" makes us a little nervous.