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Acer Aspire One eSATA mod: Video
The original Acer Aspire One has proved a willing and able subject for modders, and the most recent hack makes the 8.9-inch netbook all the more data-friendly with the addition of an eSATA port. Piggy-backing over the Storage Expansion SD slot, modder tnkgrl used the netbook's SATA port to wire things up.
The SATA port was free, because tnkgrl had already switched out her Aspire One's original 8GB SSD with a 60GB hard-drive, hooked up to the PATA interface. Two versions of the 8.9-inch Aspire One motherboard are out there, the SSD version has the ZIF connector and the HDD version has the standard 2.5-inch SATA connector.
Some basic 2-conductor shielded microphone cable was used to link to where the SATA connector would normally be, and an eSATA socket was taken from an old desktop bracket. The netbook requires a reboot to recognize any new devices plugged in, seeing as its SATA isn't hot-swappable.


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I hadn't been to this place since I was a toddler. This statue of Stegosaurus at the entrance is likely among my earliest memories. On this occasion, it was in the snow, an unlikely prospect in the Morrison 155 Ma.
The mount of "Jane" the juvenile tyrannosaurid in the entrance lobby was new to me.
One of the first halls one can visit upon getting inside the museum (and one that I still have memories of from my toddler years) places an emphasis on human interaction with the environment. The very first exhibit here introduces visitors to "the most dangerous animal" and some of its historical victims, such as the passenger pigeon...
... and the Carolina parakeet.
The rest of the hall showcases ecosystems from around the world, integrating information on both native cultures and wildlife. Many individual objects that I held memories of turned out (understandably) to be smaller than I remembered them, but these exhibits that towered to the ceiling retained much of their fabled grandeur.
A selection of our summer birds that spend their winters in South America.
A dynamic mount of a leopard going after a springbok, while other African animals look on.
A depiction of the Sonoran Desert ecosystem.
Appropriate for the occasion (as I was visiting over Thanksgiving break), some turkeys as examples of native wildlife.
The exhibit case showcasing the Everglades.
A black bear mounted investigating a turtle.
Display on the mound-building Native Americans in Ohio.
In addition to mounted specimens, a detour takes one outdoors where live specimens of local species are exhibited. This is a red-shouldered hawk, a fabulously patterned Buteo that is, in my experience, often first heard before being seen.
A pair of barred owls.
A great horned owl.
A living representative of the Thanksgiving theropod.
Not turkeys, but turkey vultures and an American crow, in my opinion two of our most underappreciated native birds.
A barn owl.
Some river otters.
A northern raccoon.
A red fox.
This coyote was quite lively.
Stopping for some fruit snacks.
A pair of sandhill cranes.
Back inside the main building, the fossil hall is up next. Here is a mastodon.
Across from it, a mammoth for comparison.
Saber-toothed cat trapped in between.
Traveling further back in time, an oreodont.
Further still, Gastornis.
A famous match-up dominates one half of the hall (the other is given to Allosaurus and Haplocanthosaurus).
... Right.
A mosasaur suspended from the ceiling.
A cast of the London Archaeopteryx with an above-average life restoration.
One of the stars of the show, Dunkleosteus.
Here is its fossil skull.
This shrew and platypus are part of a large display depicting the extant diversity of life.
At this point I began neglecting photography, which was a shame because there was also a nice temporary exhibit on proboscidean evolution open during my visit that in retrospect I could have taken pictures of.
Saturday, December 6, 2014
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
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"... Right."ReplyDelete
What did the associated sign say?
It was about anatomical characteristics shared by Tyrannosaurus and birds, which I didn't find much issue with, but I'm skeptical that the image was the best way to illustrate it.Delete
That's one of the more awkward Chickenosaurs I've seen. It reminds me of nothing more than the creationist Crocoduck.Delete
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Beat well and distribute into the dessert cups. Put them in a water bath to bake for about 55 minutes in the oven, on not too high heat. If when you stick a knife in the middle of the crème caramel and pull it out dry, it means they are ready. Take the crème caramel out from the water bath, cover with a towel and leave it to rest for at least 4 hours.
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With the hobby's most famous image generating headlines again, it's probably a good time for a short column on authenticating the often reprinted T206 cards. Of course, how to spot a fake Honus Wagner is a skill a LOT of people could use, so with that, here are some tips.
1) Read my past two columns on black light and direct comparison of cards. These two columns alone will help you identify reprints of T206s and all other cards, especially Pre-WWII cards.
2) T206s are on thin, off-white card stock. The stock is thinner than a 1950s-80s Topps cards. If you hold them up to a light, light will shine through.
3) The fronts and the backs of T206s have different textures and gloss, and the front white borders are whiter than the backs.
T206 backs have a fibrous feel of raw card stock and are off-white or toned.
To make the front graphics more colorful and crisp, before printing the front of the card stock was coated in a white substance. It gives the front borders a sort of white washed or enameled appearance and feel. The white borders have a distinctly smoother and whiter appearance and feel than the off-white, fibrous backs. The fronts are not glossy, but have more of a gloss than the matte backs.
If the front and back of a T206 has the same gloss and texture, assume that it's a reprint.
4) T206 reprints will have a fine multi-color dot pattern in the player image area, and often throughout the entire card.
Modern lithography and computer prints reprint an image by translating it into a fine multi-color dot pattern. This dot pattern is seen through strong magnification. To see what this dot pattern looks like examine a magazine picture or modern baseball card. If the player image area has a dot pattern like this, it's a modern reprint.
With some professionally made reprints, only the player image area has the dot pattern and the front black border line around the player image and front and back text will be solid ink. However, most cheapo home computer reprints will have the dot pattern throughout the whole card, front and back.
Realize that some forgeries paste a computer reprint front to a real common back, so make sure you focus on the front. Clearly, these forgers are trying to make a common card into a valuable card, so the front will be an expensive subject such as Honus Wagner or Eddie Plank.
5) Under the microscope, the original T206 printing and ink is distinctly different.
The original cards were made with early color lithography. Unlike with the fine dot patterns of a reprint, the ink patterns in the player image will be irregular, transparent in areas and overall resemble a watercolor painting. There will be splotches of ink here, irregular dots there, large areas of color. As I said it will resemble a watercolor painting. Quite simply, there is no mistaking the original T206 printing and ink for the modern fine dot pattern. Examine a real T206 and you will see for yourself.
Under the microscope, the ink on a real T206 often has a distinct irregular dark rim around the edge of the ink. This typical irregular dark rim will also appear on much of the black borders and text below the player's picture. As the back of the card usually has a rough texture, there is usually no detectable rim there. It's best to examine the printing on the smooth front.
5) Off registration of colors.
A common problem in the printing of early 1900s color lithograph cards was registration. The printers had a tough time lining up the colors during the printing process. It is not uncommon for a T206 card to have the colors at the border or edge of the player's body or head to overlap. Sometimes the overlapping is obvious in an online picture.
If the overlapping ink is solid, that's a strong sign that your card is genuine. In a cheap home computer reprint, where someone prints out a digital scan of card, it will have the tell-tale dot reproduction of the registration. From afar it may appear like genuine overlapping colors. However, upon close examination you will see the tell-tale multi-color dot pattern.
6) Use common sense. This column isn't a 'Collecting 101' article, but I will remind readers, in particular beginners, to buy expensive cards from reputable and experienced sellers who guarantee what they sell, ask for second opinions, use the services of the reputable graders and know that if a deal sounds too good to be true it probably is.
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Reasons To Upgrade To Epicor 10: Scheduling
Given its relatively recent appearance on the landscape of ERP software, Epicor 10 has been generating a lot of interest, both from those already running legacy versions of Epicor and looking for an upgrade, and other businesses who haven't yet implemented an enterprise suite. Marketed as a much faster, more usable and capable version of the manufacturing technology, we still field a lot of questions on whether the cost of the upgrade is truly worth it. That's why we're starting a recurring series on the Datix blog centered around reasons businesses should consider the upgrade to Epicor 10. In this first part, we're turning our attention to the application's capability for powerful and comprehensible production scheduling—even for users that might not be all too familiar with enterprise software or how to customize it.
No matter what area of business you're in, be it manufacturing, services or distribution—or perhaps some combination of all of the above—the likelihood is that you'll be using your ERP for process planning and scheduling. It's a key component when it comes to any ERP strategy. And, as part of Epicor's focus on creating adaptive software that can accommodate any business' unique needs, Epicor 10 prides itself on its new advanced materials planning module that allows for complex scheduling functions without asking for huge customization or technical development. You can improve lead response time with make-to-order and engineer-to-order capabilities.
An upgrade to Epicor 10 can present a whole new world of production scheduling capability. Businesses that operate in markets with a high degree of seasonality and changeability, or are producing products for various private label brands, will find this kind of nuanced scheduling control (and ability to alter that same schedule in the blink of an eye) crucial. What's more, Epicor 10 includes the capability for cloud scheduling—storing your processes and production plans online and in the cloud. If you do upgrade to Epicor 10 and choose to take advantage of this feature, you will be shoring up the safety of your operations in the event of a technical breakdown or a natural disaster at one or more of your manufacturing locations. Shutdowns can be particularly deadly for mid-market businesses that only run one or a few different sites—backing up production lines across the board and setting your business backs weeks or months for every lost hour of manufacturing time. However, with cloud-based Epicor 10, a production manager can still access your ERP suite (even on mobile) and retool your machines in another location or rebuild your workflow to accommodate the shutdown and keep your business afloat during the crisis. Current Epicor 10 users have noted the software's unique ability to allow users to adapt to changing situations quickly and deftly—an invaluable quality when it comes to the often rapidly changing world of manufacturing and distribution.
Flexibility remains one of the strongest cases one can make for a business to upgrade to Epicor 10, and the suite's ability to handle scheduling masterfully is a big part of that. If you're currently running an older, legacy version of Epicor or Vantage ERP and have been thinking about an upgrade to Epicor 10 in order to make your enterprise software more agile, get in touch with one of consultants at Datix today. We have helped multiple businesses along the path of an upgrade and can help ease the transition, keeping your data safe and your employees comfortable on the new system.


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I wonder when they will tour the States. Around the holidays?
spunky said:
Hammersmith Apollo is a good venue. I always go for seats in the circle. I've never been seated downsairs as every gig I've been to there has always had standing in the stalls area.
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My name is Julie Kirkpatrick, I am 41 years old and I'm from a small town in South West Scotland called Dumfries. My beautiful daughter Amy came into the world on Friday the 5th June 1998 at 7.10pm. Before I gave birth to my daughter I had never experienced any mental health issues. When I came home from the hospital I was feeling very overwhelmed and anxious about being a first-time mum. Initially I thought it was just a natural feeling, but as the weeks went on I became more and more overwhelmed and my mood dropped pretty low which didn't make any sense, as surely this was meant to be the happiest time of my life. I knew I needed to talk to someone about how I was feeling so when my midwife came round to do the check up, I bravely spoke to her about my thoughts and feelings. She booked me in with my GP. This is when I was diagnosed with Post Natal Depression.
I didn't really know much about the illness but i was willing to take the help that they were offering as I knew something wasn't right with me and I had to be well to look after my newborn baby. I was prescribed anti-depressants which took a while to get into my system so it was quite a difficult time trying to look after a newborn, whilst adapting to the new medication. Amy's father worked shifts so I moved in with my parents for a while so that they could help me out with Amy and I could begin my course of medication. Getting that extra support from my family was key for me at that time.
When Amy was five we moved house. Amy's dad had recently joined the police force so he was away from the family home for a few months on training. This was the first time since Amy was a newborn that the two of us had been left on our own for such a length of time. Amy had recently started primary school so I began to look for a part time job to keep myself busy as I felt lost not having her around. She settled into school and it felt good for me to be back in the working world again. I was still having low days but I was managing to keep myself well enough to cope with everything. When Amy was nine and half I started to feel unwell again. I just couldn't shift the feeling of inadequacy. I felt anxious and was worrying about things 24/7, my mood was very low. I was back to feeling the same way I was when I was first diagnosed with PND. I knew I had to contact my GP again. He referred me to a CPN (Community Psychiatric Nurse) and a Psychiatrist. They told me that I had clinical depression. Once again I felt like a failure. Amy's father tried to help and understand my illness as best as he could but my struggles put a lot of pressure on our relationship. We had been together since we were seventeen but in May of that year Amy's father walked out on me. Not only was I struggling with my mental health I was now a single parent too. His departure felt like a death within the family. We'd been together for such a long time. Sixteen years to be exact. I don't think I actually processed what had happened properly, as I was more concerned about how the split was going to impact Amy. When it finally hit me that I was going this alone I had to think about how I was going to cope financially. He was the bread winner and I was signed off on long term sick with depression.
I blamed myself for Amy not having her father around. I felt that my mental health problems were the reason why he was gone. My parents and close friends were an absolute lifeline for both myself and Amy. I got in contact with my GP and CPN once again to let them know what had happened. My CPN visited me at home regularly to make sure i was coping okay. Having the support of my GP/CPN and family/friends was vital for me.
Once I began to accept the fact that I was a single parent, I eventually returned to work. I worked part time so that I could be there for Amy once she'd finished school each day. I was having regular counselling sessions and still seeing my CPN which kept me from keeping how I was feeling to myself. My real focus was Amy knowing that I had to get up every morning whether I liked it or not. I knew that this little girl needed me more than ever and I pledged to myself that I'd be there for her through think and thin.
If you've recently become a single parent here are my top tips:
1) Don't blame yourself: Never blame yourself for the situation that you are in. Being a single parent may at first seem very daunting but from my own experience, it is hard, but the relationship that I now have with my daughter has grown stronger over the years. We've become a team.
2) Get some support: Having a good support network around you is vital, reach out to professionals such as GP's, counsellors, tell your family and friends how you are feeling and take all the support that is offered to you. The worst thing to do at this time is to isolate yourself from people.
3) Be honest: I found being open with my daughter was vital. Find out how your child/children are feeling about the situation. Sometimes children can blame themselves for their parents separation so it's a good idea to talk to them and explain what is happening age appropriately.
My relationship with my beautiful daughter is wonderful! Not only is she my daughter she's also my best friend. For so many years I didn't feel like I was doing a good job of raising her, especially when I first became a single parent. I felt like it was my fault that her parents were separated and divorced. However fast forward a few years and i can now eventually see that I have contributed to the growth and development of my gorgeous daughter. She was ten when her father left and in June of this year she will turn 19. This September she starts University! Amy is a loving, caring, humble, hard working, generous, kind, bright, well mannered and compassionate young lady who I'm so very very proud of. Now that she is that bit older she has more understanding of my mental health issues and is so empathetic to what I face everyday, she is so supportive of the things that I do to keep myself well. Last summer I completed an eight week mindfulness course which was life changing for me. After nearly nineteen years I can finally say that I am in control of my mental health issues, for so many years I was just surviving but now I feel like I'm thriving. Amy has and always will be my main priority, she completes me, If life is a jigsaw puzzle, she is my missing piece.
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States of Mine is a work of installation art within the Falmouth University International Landings exhibition. The work will be live in Learning Teams – La Sella, Spain from 16-25th August and on the Landings website for a year from August 16th. Other exhibitions by current photography students and staff at Falmouth will take place internationally from 16-25th August and will continue live on the Landings website for a year.
The full title of the work is STATES OF MINE by WINDOWS OF SUSUZ.
The installation art seeks to explore the difficulty of showing the internal state of a human being, me, from an external surface image.
In these two photographs I am smiling. In one I am happy and in the other I am very sad. Even though I know which one represents each state I find it difficult to find evidence in the surface image. Do you know which is the sad one? How did you decide? Are you right?
Recently I was in Cyprus with my best mate Robert Kyprianou. We were photographing places inspired by the theme of his project called the Spirit of Cyprus. One place he took me to was Souskiou. I was moved powerfully by this visit and we returned several times to photograph it.
In 1974 Susuz had over 400 residents and then it had none. In the dispute between Turkey and Cyprus all these residents had to leave these homes as it was predominantly Turkish Cypriots and there was a similar fate for Greek Cypriots the other side of the Green Line. The village has been abandoned ever since as the property is still treated as owned by those who left.
I was more emotionally moved by the experience of being in this village than I expected or understood. On reflection it might take me back to my ancestors on my mothers side who were driven out by Turkish forces from Croatia up in to Hungary and were then annexed by Austria. Then my mum came to England for a new start after the war.
The windows of Susuz captured my attention and are a component of the installation art I will set up for Landings.
Each window is to a dwelling that was lived in by families up until 1974. There would have been happiness, sadness and the full range of lived experiences unfolding in this idyllic spot. My installation uses dwellings as a metaphor for the human state. A thriving house represents itself to the world by the state it is in. An abandoned house represents itself similarly. Each window is a representation of that state. Human beings, in this case me, hide many of the states I do not wish to show. These windows are a representation of some of those states.
The installation art will have 6 panels of 4 windows with each panel arranged as a window. (click) The six panels. This is part of the installation.
I wish to go further and be ambitious by treating the space as installation art rather than an installation of art. The distinction is given in Bishop (2005:6) where she says 'in a work of installation art, the space, and the ensemble of elements within it, are regarded in their entirety as a singular entity.'
It would be too neat and tidy to say the Windows of Susuz are alone the representation of states of mine. That is not how we can ever describe our states. They are messy, difficult to tie down and often we, I, do not understand my own state. Sometimes I can explain it but still behave with complete lack of understanding of the explanation. I am conflicted. This is normal.
The rooms of Learning Teams and the building it is within therefore represent states of mine. Anything a viewer looks at or experiences is a representation of a state. For the Landings website presence I propose that the viewer uses anything within the space they are present in as representations of states of mine when they consider the work. The intent is to provoke participants to explore the idea of the internal workings and conundrums that lie behind a surface image.
Here is the first draft set of instructions for participants. (click) Instructions.
This installation art sits within the bigger project THE TRUTH & BEAUTY OF ME.
Bishop, Clare. Installation Art: a critical history (Introduction). 2005. Tate.
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"I never use a lot of make-up."
I don't really know loads about make-up. I mean, I like make-up. I have been using it since I went to high school more or less. My favorite back then was light blue eye shadow. Don't ask me why but it was a thing. I never really used a lot of make-up though, I like the overall effect to be quite natural (apart from my light blue eyeshadow days). Sometimes, with that I mean rarely, I go for a more statement look with bright red lips or a smokey eye. The latter is something I love for evenings out, I think it's the right mix of sexy and rock and roll. Attitude, so to say. But I don't really know how to do it properly, because it shouldn't be to heavy on the lids. So when the Tom Ford beauty team came in to do my make-up for their show during New York Fashion Week, I asked all the (wrong) questions. And so I learned a lot.
Because the smokey eye doesn't mean just using black or charcoal colored eyeshadow. For a more natural effect you blend it with brown tones – from very light to dark. It's all about layering really, going one step darker every time without smacking it on straight away. When my eyes are more heavily made up I prefer to keep the rest really simple. I'm a big fan of bronzer so a little of that on my cheeks, and a nude lip. I had a minimal amount of foundation and concealer on, just enough to look good and even in photos. Normally, I would probably forego them, but since this was a special occasion I figured what the heck. I do need to watch a bunch of Youtube tutorials though to really get the hang of it but figured this tiny bit of knowledge was worth sharing.


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Rooftop vegetable gardens could be coming to a city near you if an initiative by global retailers takes off.
Leading supermarket retailer Delhaize has built a greenhouse and vegetable garden on the roof of a Brussels store to provide customers with a local produce option. A variety of lettuces have been planted and will be sold in-store, with eggplants, tomatoes, and zucchini to be added in 2018, a story in J. W. Intelligence explains.
The idea was part of a drive to provide consumers with fresh, locally-sourced food throughout the year, regardless of their location. Additionally, the urban gardens aim to promote sustainability by reducing water usage, pesticides, and carbon emissions. "Developing a healthy and high-quality nutritional pattern…is one of the challenges of the Brussels region," Brussels Minister for Environment and Energy Céline Fremault said in a statement. "This first city farm of Delhaize is therefore an excellent initiative, which fully fits into one of Brussels' ambitions: to increase local production."
Other businesses have embarked on similar initiatives, such as Canadian store IGA and French retailer Carrefour. While Carrefour launched a rooftop garden much like Delhaize's, IGA began growing more than 30 kinds of fruit and vegetables in-store.
On a local front, New Zealand's Auckland Council last year constructed a pop-up garden in the heart of the city with fresh herbs and a community fridge where donors can leave unwanted food. Called Griffith Garden, the space is a community hub where workshops are hosted and people can enjoy some greenery during their lunch break. The city's popular Aotea Square also transforms into a garden over summer annually, with pellets of herbs and flowers scattered around the area.
In Australia, The University of Melbourne's Burnley campus is reducing flooding and energy usage while enhancing biodiversity with three rooftop gardens called the Burnley Living Roofs. the roofs have different features, with one creating a bird and insect habitat using indigenous plants and natural recycled elements, another examining the quality of stormwater and insulation, and the last exploring how using plants on neglected city surfaces will benefit the environment and urban landscape.
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Habitat Field Trip
What a beautiful day at Habitat in Belmont. Many thanks to our awesome chaperones for joining us!
Field Trip Reminder
Tomorrow (Monday, October 31st) is our first field trip. We will visiting Habitat in Belmont. We will depart Stratton at 9:00am. We will be back at Stratton by 11:20-ish for our regular recess and snack. Please have your child dress in layers and to wear boots or sneakers.
Chaperones, please arrive at 8:45 in our class.
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Peer Editing and Writing Stamina
The girls and boys have worked with their peer buddies to help edit and revise their small moment stories. The children have developed their writing stamina!
Student Illustrators
This week we spent time "fixing and fancying" our personal narrative stories. We also added additional illustrations. Two students presented short art lessons on drawing figures for the class.
Indoor Recess/Brain Breaks
Trace a Face
Social Thinking-Glassman
Flashlight Friday
Fall Weekend
PRIDE Assembly Tomorrow
We will have our second PRIDE assembly tomorrow morning. Wear green to show your second grade PRIDE!
Juicy, Powerful, and Very Fancy Words
While reading in class, the children are on the lookout for great word choice or Juicy, Powerful and Very Fancy words. Remind your child to keep an eye out for great word choice in the texts you are reading at home. (Feel free to jot down the words and bring them in to share!)
Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration
Stratton's second grade has created symbolic butterflies and sent them to Mexico for the winter as part of the Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration project through Journey North. We read Gail Gibbons text on Monarch butterflies to assist us with this project.
Building Reading Stamina
Each day the children are working on building their reading stamina. We have a wide selection of books to choose from. The children are also welcome to use the RazKids app several times a week during our independent reading time.
Language Choices
"Those Darn Squirrels"
Take a look at the lessons the children learned while reading "Those Darn Squirrels" by Adam Rubin. (This book is awesome!)
Teacher from Netherlands
Judith Jansen-Peijnenburg, an elementary teacher from the Netherlands, came into our class and shared experiences from her school. We were able to have a virtual tour of her class. We also learned a few words in Dutch!
Make Ten & Tens Go Fish
September 2020
Mrs. Barth
I love staying connected between the classroom and the children's homes. I look forward to posting often this year! Feel free to leave comments!


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The exceptionally long line of cyclists made our way through Holyrood Park, through the back streets of Willowbrae (past the site of the recent shooting), through Mountcastle, and onto Portobello Prom via Fishwives Causeway. Out of consideration for pedestrians, we split into two groups along the crowded prom. We then pushed on along the road towards Musselburgh.
We regrouped at Fisherrow Harbour where I took centre stage to tell everyone a little bit about the history of the Honest Toun. We then rode along the prom, up beside the river and took an unfamiliar route through the Stoneyhill estate before joining the more familiar cycle path to Whitecraig before pushing on to the Dalkeith High School campus. It was on this section that Nick came off after hitting a post. Bloodied, but unbowed he carried on and stayed with us until the end. The cuts to his head and knee must have looked worse than they were. He certainly got lots of sympathy. Well done Nick.
We then ran into Dalkeith and turned off for the fast downhill run into Dalkeith Country Park and lunch at the Stables tearoom. Julie made us as welcome as ever and did a great job of ensuring we were all fed and watered. After a group photo courtesey of Logan, we headed towards Musselburgh through the park. All was going well until we encountered the gate out of the estate which was well and truly locked. Fortunately, a very nice lady in a Landrover turned up with a key at just the right moment.
The remainder of the run was relatively uneventful as we returned to Middle Meadow Walk via Musselburgh Station, Brunstane and the Innocent Railway. The Innocent Tunnel felt colder than usual on such a warm day.
After a faltering start, a few adventures, several regrouping stops and six punctures, quite a few of us retired to Peter's Yard for welcome refreshment. Whenever anyone asks what it was like to lead such a large group, my reply will be "have you ever tried herding cats?"
Leader: Glenn
Report: Glenn
Map trace: Jim
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I saw Rosemary's Baby this last weekend at the Film Forum with a group of friends, and it had been nearly ten years since I last saw this film on a big screen at the old theater in Austin, Texas. It was such a different experience for me with this audience, who laughed often, making this horror film seem more like a black comedy when it is so not.
So many more details came across on the big screen compared to when I watch Rosemary's Baby on my tiny twelve-inch-screen TV. Mia Farrow's fragile, freckled beauty is emphasized by the dark, oppressive architecture of the Bramwell and the concrete backdrop of New York, making the character appear so small and alone.
In this viewing, I was really struck by the use of color and tone. When Rosemary and her husband go to view the "perfect" apartment, they're bright surrounded by all this dark wood and heavy, drab fabric while being led by a realtor who seems more like an undertaker.
Then they get their dream apartment and there's a montage as Rosemary goes into nesting mode, having the apartment painted in white, yellow, and apple green colors, covering shelves in a mod print for their closet, and having furniture in a light wood delivered. Later when she's become impregnated by the devil's spawn, she goes about decorating the nursery in the same fashion–a palette of yellows, so hopeful, while her guilty-as-sin husband stands back with a hangdog expression on his face.
I think a lot of the audience's laughter had to do with the contrast between male and female roles in the film and how it actually is today. Rosemary is the perfect housewife–so young, fresh, and eager to please–while her husband Guy is a lout, concerned only with his career. The night after Rosemary is drugged, raped, and scratched to ribbons by the devil's fingernails, her husband smacks her on the ass to get her out of bed so she can make his breakfast.
The tension in the last few scenes is wonderful as Rosemary puts it all together and realizes who and what everybody is. Waddling and heavily pregnant while venturing through New York City on a brutally hot summer day. Trapped and sweating in a telephone booth and then thinking she has found salvation in a clean, sterile doctor's office. It's hard to think of when I've seen vulnerability so well done.


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The Backstory: As we continue in our Sun Devil Legend Series, we get to one of the best defensive backs in school history. He is one of only three, two-time consensus All-Americans in Arizona State history, dominating the Pac-10 in the early 80's.
This player was named All-Pac-10 four times as a Sun Devil and went on to have a very successful NFL career. He roamed the Arizona State secondary from 1979-1982 and his name is Mike Richardson.
The Player: Mike Richardson (1979-1982)
Richardson stepped onto campus in 1979 and had an immediate impact in his freshman season. He was named honorable mention All-Pac-10 that season as ASU went just 6-6 in Frank Kush's final season as head coach.
In 1980, Richardson made the second team All-Pac-10 selection under head coach Daryl Rodgers as he guided Arizona State to a 7-4 record including a 44-7 pounding of Arizona. Richardson tallied a team-high eight interceptions that season, earning him honorable mention All-American status from the Associated Press.
As a junior, Richardson had a breakout season. He once again led Arizona State in interceptions with six and he was named a consensus All-American, just the sixth player in school history to accomplish that feat at the time.
Richardson earned first team All-Pac-10 honors that season, as Arizona State finished with a 9-2 record and another victory over Arizona.
As a team captain in 1982, Richardson finished the season with 127 total tackles. He was once again named a consensus All-American, becoming just the second player in school history to accomplish the feat twice (Woody Green is the other). He was also a two-time Playboy Magazine All-American, the first Sun Devil to accomplish that.
Richardson helped Arizona State football get back into national prominence, as in 1982 they defeated Oklahoma to win the 1983 Fiesta Bowl. In his final two years, Arizona State went 19-4.
In the Pros
Richardson was taken in the second round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears. He spent six season as a member of the vaunted Bears defense under Buddy Ryan.
He was a member of Chicago's 1985 Super Bowl team and was named an All-Pro in 1986. He spend 1989 with the San Francisco 49ers before retiring.
Honorable Mention
Steve Holden - The three-time All-WAC selection, Holden led the nation in punt returns in 1970. In 1972, he averaged 22.9 yards per reception for the Sun Devils and he set a school record with 12 touchdown receptions that season. Holden averaged over 19 yards per punt return in his ASU career and totaled 1,120 punt return yards while at Arizona State.


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As POTUS sat with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an unidentified American reporter shouted a question asking whether Trump was planning to tell his counterpart not to "meddle" in the 2020 elections.
"Of course," POTUS said before turning to Putin and facetiously saying, "Don't meddle in the election." He then playfully made the request again, this time pointing at the Russia leader, who laughed.
As The National Sentinel reported, Trump was obviously trolling the media and Democrats, most of whom are still pushing the lie that he "colluded" with Putin to "steal the election" from Hillary Clinton — despite the fact that special counsel Robert Mueller has 'officially' cleared him.
But like Mueller ignored Clinton's direct involvement with Russian and Ukrainian sources during the 2016 election, Democrats and the ridiculously biased 'mainstream' media have ignored a major election meddling bombshell dropped by Project Veritas last week involving search and tech behemoth Google.
Project Veritas released an undercover video involving Google executive Jen Gennai talking about how her company is manipulating its AI algorithms to censor out pro-Trump, pro-administration content ahead of next year's election.
The video also featured an insider/whistleblower who said Google's primary objective is to prevent POTUS Trump's reelection and to prevent anyone else like him ever making it to the White House.
So what, right? A private company can do whatever it wants, right? Not so fast. Because the Internet has become the new 'public square' in the 21st century and because Google's market share is so large, researchers have found that the company — in combination with other social media behemoths — can actually influence the outcomes of elections.
Meddle, in other words. (Related: Vimeo bans Project Veritas, Natural News on the same day as criminal tech giants collude to silence independent journalism.)
Project Veritas didn't just uncover this bombshell and report it. The organization has also informed a bipartisan group of lawmakers about its findings.
As Big League Politics reports:
The organization's legal counsel, Benjamin Barr of Statecraft Law, sent letters to a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Washington D.C. including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Ed Markey (D-MA) as well as Reps. Louis Gohmert (R-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve King (R-IA), and Jim Jordan (R-OH) informing them that Big Tech is an existential threat to our democratic process.
"Under the Federal Election Campaign Act ("FECA"), federal election law prohibits corporations from making contributions," Barr noted in the letter.
"This prohibition includes in-kind contributions by corporations where something of value is offered that supports or opposes a candidate for office. As an incorporated entity, Google is forbidden under the FECA to use resources to 'never let[] somebody like Donald Trump [to] come to power again.'"
"The captured video of Ms. Gennai illustrates that Google is currently 'training [its] algorithms' and is thus taking concrete steps likely in violation of federal election law," Barr noted further.
In subsequent reporting, Project Veritas has also exposed the search platform for instructing employees on how best to resist POTUS Trump and his policies, while blacklisting pro-life terms from search results before an abortion referendum in Ireland, and labeling conservative politicos like Ben Shapiro and Dennis Prager 'Nazis using dog whistles.'
Big League Politics reports that even more Google whistleblowers are set to come forward, so the PR nightmare may not be over for the company just yet.
Beyond that, it's patently obvious that something needs to be done about Google's election meddling, which is much more serious than anything Russia has done.
Read more about how Big Tech's conservative censorship could change the election at BigTech.news and Censorship.news.
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The US-based Union of Concerned Scientists has just published a new infographic about the deforestation caused by oil palm cultivation and has called on palm oil companies to improve sustainability standards and only sell palm oil that is produced without causing forest destruction.
Companies using palm oil can reduce negative impacts by adopting strong sourcing policies and refusing to buy from producers whose plantations are on peat or other forested land, the UCS adds.
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), palm oil plantations are the leading cause of rainforest destruction in Indonesia and Malaysia, who together produce close to 90 percent of the world supply.
In Indonesia, unscrupulous companies have been slashing and burning whole swathes of land that were thought to be protected by law; they have cleared peatland that should be excluded from such production because of its environmental value.
The demand for palm oil is massive. Global consumption was estimated at 58 million tonnes in 2013, and 50 percent of this was produced in Indonesia.
"Many of the products we use in our daily lives, from crackers to shampoo, contain palm oil, an ingredient that is driving tropical deforestation and global warming," said the UCS, which has published several reports about palm oil and the destruction being caused by its production.
Ten percent of all global warming emissions result from deforestation, the UCS says. "This practice destroys irreplaceable forests that are home to endangered species and a resource for forest-dependent communities," said Sharon Smith, campaign manager for the UCS's Tropical Forest & Climate Initiative.
According to the WWF, about half the packaged food now found in supermarkets contains palm oil. It is present in all kinds of produce ranging from biscuits and peanut butter to chocolate and ice cream; it's in all kinds of ready meals and breakfast cereals, and in shampoo, cosmetics, shaving cream, soap, and industrial lubricants.
Palm oil is now also being used to make biofuel, the production of which actually increases greenhouse gas emissions.
Reducing the impact
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) provides criteria for certified sustainable palm oil, but the UCS says the organisation's standards "do not yet represent the best science regarding forest conservation and carbon emissions".
Certified sustainable palm oil, the scientists point out, is not guaranteed to be deforestation-free, and the destruction of peatlands is not banned.
In early 2013, more than 200 scientists from around the world called on the RSPO to adopt stronger standards to address these problems, but, says the UCS, the RSPO failed to make these needed changes.
Purchasing certified sustainable palm oil is a good first step, the UCS says, and many buyers are tightening up their palm oil policies, but much more needs to be done to eliminate the negative environmental impacts associated with palm oil production.
Palm oil could be grown on degraded land instead of forested land, and on mineral soils instead of peat soils, the scientists union says. Also, existing palm oil plantations could increase crop yields to reduce the need for new plantation expansion.
"Palm oil can be grown without destroying tropical forests or our climate," said Sharon Smith. "Several producer and user companies have made public commitments to sustainable palm oil."
In December 2013, the Singapore-based palm oil producer and trader Wilmar announced that it would commit to supplying palm oil that was deforestation-free and did not violate human rights.
The UCS welcomed the announcement. "The language sets a strong new standard for deforestation-free, peat-free, and exploitation-free palm oil," said Smith . "Wilmar indicated that they are responding to the rising market demand for traceable, responsibly produced vegetable oil. If Wilmar is genuine in its commitment, this could be a game-changer for the industry."
Smith says the UCS will be watching closely to see if Wilmar is serious about protecting the environment, endangered species, and indigenous communities.
The UCS has also welcomed statements by Unilever and Ferrerro Chocolates that, by the end of 2014, all of the palm oil they buy globally will be traceable.
"L'Oréal just adopted a deforestation-free policy that, in writing, is quite strong on palm oil," Smith added. "And Kellogg has just made a new deforestation and traceability commitment."
Dramatic statistics
The data gathered together by the UCS highlights the huge impact of palm oil production:
• Palm oil acreage worldwide increased from 15 million acres in 1990 to 40 million acres in 2011.
• When tropical forests are cut down for palm oil, large amounts of carbon are released into the atmosphere, accelerating global warming. From 2001 to 2010, land-use carbon emissions from palm oil in Indonesia averaged 216 to 268 million tonnes, which is equivalent to the emissions from 45 to 55 million cars, 61 to 75 coal-fired power plants, or the energy use from 10 to 13 million homes.
• Palm oil conversion also takes a heavy toll on tropical forest biodiversity: only 15 percent of species that inhabit tropical forests are also found on palm oil plantations.
• Between 1990 and 2010, global production of palm oil nearly quadrupled, rising from 14.5 million tonnes to 54.2 million tonnes. Production is projected to pass 75 million tonnes by 2020.
While Southeast Asia is still the main hub for palm oil production, producers are rapidly moving into Africa – and Liberia, Cameroon, Gabon, and Ghana in particular. Palm oil production is also expanding fast in Brazil.
"Tropical forests play a crucial role in stabilizing the earth's climate, storing vastly more carbon dioxide than forests in the world's temperate regions," the UCS said. "And they play host to millions of species, comprising about two-thirds of the earth's terrestrial biodiversity."
A study carried out in 2011 estimated that the earth's tropical forests store 271 billion tonnes of carbon, which is about seven times the total carbon emitted as a result of fossil fuel use in 2008.
Endangering wildlife
In a landmark court ruling in Indonesia in January, the palm oil company PT Kallista Alam was fined millions of dollars for illegally burning large areas of the Tripa peat forest in Sumatra.
The case was brought by the Indonesian environment ministry. Tripa lies within the Leuser Ecosystem – the only place on earth where tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans can be found living together in the wild.
The court ordered the company to pay 114.3 billion rupiah (nearly 9.4 million US$) in compensation and 251.7 billion rupiah (close to 20.8 million US$) to restore the 1,000 hectares of forest affected.
Large areas of Sumatra continue to be illegally burned for oil palm cultivation, however, and the resultant smog is carried as far as neighbouring Malaysia.
Experts in wildlife protection say habitat destruction is bringing the Sumatran orangutan to the brink of extinction.
As recently as the 1960s, 82 percent of Indonesia was covered with tropical rainforests, but the country now has one of the fastest deforestation rates in the world. Between 1990 and 2005, Indonesia lost more than 28 million hectares of forest, including 21.7 hectares of virgin forest. It is estimated that, from 2000 to 2010, about 1.125 million hectares have been lost.
Tripa burning in 2012; photo by Carlos Quiles.
UCS reports and appeals
Article updated 15/02/2014
Categories: Environment, Indonesia, Palm Oil


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(CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday slammed the White House's most recent stimulus proposal as ignoring key economic issues wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, defending her decision to turn down what she described as a political stunt that would fail to help the public.
"All of my colleagues — we represent these people, I have for over 30 years represented my constituents," Pelosi told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room." "I know what their needs are, I listen to them, and their needs are not addressed in the President's proposal."
When asked whether she could avoid letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, Pelosi replied, "I will not let the wrong be the enemy of the right."
Pelosi's comments come after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Senate Republicans will attempt to move forward on a "targeted" coronavirus relief bill when the Senate returns to session next week — a sign that prospects for broad stimulus agreement have all but faded before Election Day.
Despite the urgency expressed throughout the country, the negotiations have only appeared to get further away from a resolution in recent days — and significantly more confusing. While President Donald Trump offered a momentary boost to the prospects of an agreement last week when he called for a "big" deal and proposed a $1.8 trillion offer, Pelosi has rejected the effort as insufficient on several major fronts and the talks are once again stuck without a clear path forward.
Pelosi dismissed Blitzer's references to other Democrats calling for a relief bill — such as California Rep. Ro Khanna warning that people can not wait for aid until February, former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang saying that there was some good in the Republicans' offer and the Problem Solvers Caucus' proposal.
While the two men are "lovely," Pelosi said, "they know nothing about" the specifics of the White House's proposals and "they are not negotiating this situation — they have no idea of the particulars, they have no idea of what the language is here."
Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus "don't have any earned income tax credit or child tax credit in their proposal, either," like the White House proposal, she added.
"With all due respect to the kind of people you were referencing — and I welcome their enthusiasm, I welcome their interests, I welcome their originality of their thinking," Pelosi said. "But the fact is we have a responsibility to meet the needs of the American people in a retroactive way so they are not at a total loss."
"Nobody is waiting until February — I want this very much now, because people need help now," Pelosi said. "But it's no use giving them a false thing just because the President wants to put a check with his name on it in the mail that we should not be doing all we can to help people pay the rent, put food on the table and enhance benefits."
Asked to respond to Pelosi's comments, Khanna told CNN's Poppy Harlow on Wednesday that he has great admiration for the House speaker and her negotiating skills.
"I'm just talking about people I hear in my district," he said during an interview on "Newsroom." "I'm speaking for them. That's my job as a member of Congress to say we've got to help them and get something done."
He also said a lot of his fellow lawmakers want a deal but agreed that Pelosi is "right there has to be some things that need to be amended."
"We need to get the money for testing, we need a full comprehensive testing plan," he said, adding. "We should make a deal. I'm not saying we should take exactly the language of what the White House offered. What I have said is we ought to be able to — we're close and we should be able to make the deal and I think we can."
Pelosi on Tuesday also slammed Republicans as proposing unacceptable cutting from the next stimulus agreement.
"They minimize the need for child care" and removed the child tax credit and expanded unemployment insurance "benefits to the extent that it was agreed to before," she said, criticizing their proposed "tax break for the wealthiest families in the country while they cut out the earned income tax credit for the poorest families in our country and the poorest children in our country."
Conversely, she also emphasized her committee chairs' abilities to advocate for the right stimulus elements.
"I have every confidence in the arguments we make because it's based on science and documentation," she said. "Our chairs know their stuff. They know what they are doing."
This story has been updated with additional developments Wednesday.
CNN's Phil Mattingly and Chandelis Duster contributed to this report.


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Refinancing your mortgage with a bankruptcy on your record is not an impossible task. Since your home is used as collateral on a mortgage loan, lenders are more prone to work with people that have poor credit or recent bankruptcies. Refinancing your mortgage loan can even help improve your credit score.
The best way to re-establish your credit after a bankruptcy is to obtain credit. Opening a credit card is a simple way to do this. As long as you use the credit card responsibly and make payments on time your credit will improve. It is important that you keep your balance low and make your payments on time. After you have established a positive credit rating it is important to monitor your credit report. The credit reporting agencies make mistakes; you want to make sure your credit report is accurate.
Another way to improve your situation when refinancing is to put some money away. If you are able to pre-pay points on the mortgage you will receive better terms and interest rates for your new mortgage.


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The Massachusetts Medical Society has launched a comprehensive cannabis curriculum for physicians recommending medical cannabis for patients.
Developed by TheAnswerPage.com, a website that offers educational content regarding medical cannabis, physicians will learn about topics such as the endocannabinoid system, proper dosage for medical cannabis, the health affects of medical cannabis and how to assess the use of medical cannabis for specific diseases.
Although the Massachusetts Medical Society continues to oppose the legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana, group president Henry Dorkin told MassLive that it has to accept the fact that patients will use medical cannabis and that it's the medical society's responsibility to see that medical cannabis is used as safely as possible.
"We're not in any way urging [physicians] to write for this," Dorkin said. "But it's a fact of life that marijuana exists, it's legalized in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the reality is physicians need to be educated about marijuana, and they need to learn to deal with its effects on patients."


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One of the first science fiction stories I read where the hero of a SF story wasn't a strapping white male, was about a young telepathic Bangladeshi refugee living in a futuristic New York as an indentured servant/psychic on a leash. She was tough, poor, and smart and brave enough to work out how to save the man she loved and a child, even at a terrible physical cost. Even thirty years on, she's still my gold standard for memorable, powerful non-stereotypical characters in fiction.
Unfortunately, finding leading characters in SF who break the straight white male mould is still harder than it should be. It feels sometimes like we're stuck on Star Trek mode in an endless loop. All the aliens are bipedal humanoids, the black actors play the aliens (unless they're hot black women, then they get to play the receptionist), and we only allow one or two token model minorities into the fully human cast. Everybody's heterosexual, the captain is always Caucasian and omniscient, and almost always male.
It's getting better, though, and with many more female writers gaining acceptance in the genre, we're seeing more women, more GLBT people, and more brown and black characters. Which is as it should be because brown and black people have always been in the majority (over 80%) of the planetary population, and with China and India both heavily involved in the space race, there's no reason why the new colony on that distant exo-planet won't be founded by Krishnamurtis, Lees and Changs, rather than Smiths, Harrisons and O'Reillys.
However, the final frontier in science fiction turns out not to be space, but disability. More specifically, characters with disabilities who aren't blind sages or Geordi LaForge and his magical visor. I can't claim to have a comprehensive knowledge of modern SF, but publishers are certainly leery of disabled romantic leads, and I can't off-hand remember a science fiction story where the main protagonist—not just the perky, disposable sidekick—had a disability for more than cosmetic purposes.
But why should this be the case? We can imagine faster than light travel and artificial gravity, but not a space environment where being blind, deaf or paralysed is just another personal characteristic to accommodate? Hey, some people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders are considered preferred employees in some industries—the same industries that contribute significantly to space travel and research right now, in 2010—because of their ability to focus and concentrate without becoming bored by repetitive tasks. Being autistic certainly doesn't mean you can't be a fully contributing member of society, so how come we don't have an autistic hero whose powers of concentration save the day? And if sufferers of depression are among some of our most beloved artists and musicans, and respected politicians, why can't they fly a space ship and engage in exploration? There's no reason why physical or mental conditions accommodated to a lesser or greater degree on our Earth, have to be insurmountable limitations where there's no gravity, when computers can produce output in many forms, or where, for example, being very small or light could be a positive advantage.
But I don't want stories that 'cure' those conditions, or where no one ever has the slightest difficulty though they were born with what we would consider a disability now. Don't give me Geordi laForge—the blind character who isn't actually blind—or a deaf character who's telepathic. Using such a narrative device sends the message disability is still a problem and can't be tolerated in the character, unless it's overcome or eradicated, and that, without such a cheat, people with disabilities are still unwelcome in the author's universe (as they were in James Cameron's Avatar.) That's as erasing as not including characters with disabilities at all.
I want stories where someone's physical abilities or disabilities are all part of who they are, what formed them, and what contributes to them being completely awesome and fascinating. Don't make them extraordinary—by that, I mean, magical or superhuman—for those things. Just have those things there. They don't have to save the world because their disability makes them superawesomely perceptive. They can save the world because the experience of being disabled has contributed to their character and their way of dealing with problems and challenges. It's like someone's religion, or their cultural background. These things make someone who they are, and who they are is what they bring to the fight.
So give me the story of the depressed deep space captain, and his navigator husband with PTSD, who fight off the ravening alien hordes, and live to fly another day.
Tell me about a deaf engineer who finds out about the sabotage threatening the lives of a million people living under an artificial sky on Mars...
...or the autistic astrogator who steps in when the pilot of a star ship falls desperately ill, and single-handedly lands the ship, ensuring the safety of the crew and passengers.
Where's the blind artist whose vivid hallucinations inspire a planet full of empaths and telepaths to create a new and wonderful biosphere? And what about her wives who love and encourage her work, designing healthy living areas on ships for long-haul space travel?
And how's this for a pitch? "She's got a really big laser cannon. He's a kickass pilot. Together, they're chasing sky pirates, bringing them to justice. They don't need their legs."
Not including characters with disabilities—or excluding from the main heroic lead role, or refusing to allow them to be the part of the main romantic relationship—isn't just insulting, it's a terrible waste of the diversity inherent in our present reality, let alone of what we can conceive. That diversity of experiences is what helps human beings be so adaptable, and the most successful species on this planet. There's every reason to believe it'll help us be successful when we branch out into the rest of the universe.
I invite you to peruse the following titles of my stories with disabled characters, all of which can be found on my site:
Einan - PTSD. "Going Down"
Paole - Blind in one eye. "Many Roads Home"
Jumei - Partial paralysis caused by brain injury. "Home Ground" (free to read)
[My thanks to McVane and Anita for their gracious assistance with this article]
Ann Somerville grew up in one of Australia's prettiest small cities. In 1989, she left Australia with a BA majoring in English, French and History, and a burning ambition to see more of the world and its people, and to discover this 'culture' thing people kept telling her about. In 2006, she returned home to Southeast Queensland with two more degrees (this time in science and IT), an English husband (and an English accent) and a staggering case of homesickness, vowing never to leave Australia again.
She now writes full-time, working part-time as a contract web programmer to pay for the small luxuries of life, but all she really needs is a laptop and an internet connection for true happiness. Her long, plot-driven fiction featuring gay and bisexual characters has been published by Samhain Publishing and elsewhere. Additionally, copious free full length stories and novels are available on her website. She also reviews GLBT fiction on Outlaw Reviews and blogs about writing, publishing, her life and many shiny distracting things.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Parallel Universe: "Does she take sugar?" by Ann Somerville
One of the first science fiction stories I read where the hero of a SF story wasn't a strapping white male, was about a young telepathic Bangladeshi refugee living in a futuristic New York as an indentured servant/psychic on a leash. She was tough, poor, and smart and brave enough to work out how to save the man she loved and a child, even at a terrible physical cost. Even thirty years on, she's still my gold standard for memorable, powerful non-stereotypical characters in fiction.


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Common real-time operating systems rely on priority-based, preemptive scheduling. Resource sharing in such systems potentially leads to priority inversion: processes of high priority can be prevented from entering a critical section and be delayed by processes of lower priority. Since uncontrolled priority inversion can cause high priority processes to miss their deadlines, a real-time operating system must use resource-sharing mechanisms that limit the effects of priority inversion. The priority ceiling protocol is one such mechanism. It ensures mutual exclusion and absence of deadlocks, and minimizes the length of priority inversion periods. This paper presents a formal specification and analysis of the protocol using PVS and the rigorous proof of associated schedulability results.
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İstanbul Research Institute Catalogue of Manuscripts
(3 volumes)
Edited by a team of scholars presided by Prof. Günay Kut, İstanbul Research Institute Catalogue of Manuscripts comprises 1311 manuscript organized under 14 major headings. Today, the books, a significant majority of which have been acquired from the Şevket Rado Collection, along with the manuscripts obtained from different sources over time, constitute an invaluable source of information both in terms of the history of İstanbul and the diverse culture of the vast geography the Ottoman Empire sprawled across.
The İstanbul Research Institute is proud to share this cultural heritage with the scholars and researchers dedicated to İstanbul.
June 2014
1502 pages
978-605-4642-32-8 (v.1)
978-605-4642-33-5 (v.2)
978-605-4642-34-2 (v.3)


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There is an immediacy to the FASPE experience that is invaluable. The visceral nature of what is presented, discussed and felt is at once unique to this fellowship and universal to the human experience.
Laura Sherwood
2016 Medical Fellow
• FASPE Journal
At the core of FASPE are its six fellowship programs—Business, Design & Technology, Journalism, Law, Medical and Seminary—which award fellowships to American and international graduate students in professional schools and to early-career professionals. Every year, 12 to 18 fellows are chosen in each discipline through a competitive application process.
Each program is comprised of an intensive two-week trip during the early summer to Germany and Poland where fellows attend seminars and visit historical sites. The trips all begin in Berlin and continue on to Krakow and Auschwitz. Fellows in the Business, Design & Technology, and Law programs travel together, sharing meals and several interdisciplinary seminars in addition to their discipline-specific classes. Fellows in the Medical, Journalism, and Seminary programs travel together with the same benefits.
The individual fellowship programs are led by faculty who are professors in graduate schools, practicing professionals and historians. The curricula were designed by leading ethicists, practitioners and historians. The itineraries focus first on the actions of professionals in Nazi Germany—so as to provide the fellows with a grounding in the importance of their professions. The second portions of the trips are devoted to contemporary issues in the professions.
FASPE also offers programs dedicated to practicing professionals and other community leaders, including ethics training and workshops onsite at law firms, corporations and other places of work; and an abbreviated, less intense study trip to Europe modeled after the FASPE fellowships.The fellowship programs are only the start of FASPE's relationship with its fellows. FASPE has a robust network of alumni fellows who continue to engage with each other and the organization, as a whole, over issues of professional ethics.
For more in-depth information on each program, please visit the individual program pages. For more information on how to apply to a fellowship program, please visit the How to Apply page.


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The nice folks from AudioBoo caught me for a quick interview after my presentation yesterday and you can hear the short summary of what I talked about on their site, or by playing the embedded audio here.
I was also interviewed on camera by Daniel and Eduardo Vidal (hope you feel better soon, Eduardo!)… and my whole presentation was recorded as well, so those should appear over the next couple of weeks.
Oddly I seemed to spend a lot of time discussing Poken after the talk! I guess my use of Poken as a prop at the start of the presentation raised a lot of interest. My mention of Home Camp and sustainability also generated some additional conversations. I also detected a lot of interest as to how IBM had achieved the cultural changes required to adapt to a social web (answer: I'd argue that openness has been in our corporate DNA for some time now), and also in how we put together our Social Computing Guidelines. Again, I would draw attention to one paragraph in the guidelines which I think sums up the approach and background:
In 1997, IBM recommended that its employees get out onto the Internet—at a time when many companies were seeking to restrict their employees' Internet access. In 2005, the company made a strategic decision to embrace the blogosphere and to encourage IBMers to participate. We continue to advocate IBMers' responsible involvement today in this rapidly growing space of relationship, learning and collaboration.
I thought the SOMESSO London event was just superb. A series of short (15-20 minute) presentations from some smart people who I was quite frankly honoured to be on the same bill as; and I really didn't think that there was anything superfluous, it was just great content and information. The Emirates Stadium was a great venue, too… once I'd found my way into the conference centre in the morning, avoiding the queue of contestants lining up for X-Factor auditions! If my camera battery had lasted I would have posted a lot more to Flickr, but I'm afraid there are only a few shots up there.
Thanks to Arjen Strijker, Mary Harrington, Susan Kish and others for putting the day together. On the basis of yesterday's conference, I highly recommend future events in the series, and would also encourage you to get involved in the SOMESSO community if you are at all interested in social media in the enterprise. I'm really looking forward to following up all of the new connections I made yesterday.
Finally, some links to some of the books I referenced in my talk or during the backchannel conversation:


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How have I made it this far? The refreshing rain that comes daily from above.
Tragedies stack up and life continues, the saving grace is just that: saving grace.
When I was a child, I didn't dream often. There was nothing to dream about. As a matter of fact, I hated dreaming. My dreams were plagued with death and mayhem. It's only now that I've begun to dream.
Oh, I had huge dreams for my children. Bigger than any love I'd ever felt. Then, my ex-husband dashed those dreams to pieces; staggering my heart's ability to breath.
There are places in my heart God still needs to find. He'll expose them to bring His light and His love. But, it hurts.
"Father, my girls, what about my girls."
These words darken the deepest recess of my mind. They penetrate my heart and are a stark comparison to the dreams I once had for them. They've known fear and pain in a way I thought I'd be able to keep them from. But, I didn't keep them from it.
I was too lost in my own journey to protect them.
Why do I need the refreshing rain from heaven? To carry on. To fight. To stand. To rest.
He knows.


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So this week has been all about Manu Claus and the presents he's been giving to the basketball world. Transgojobot was able to snap a photo of Manu Claus in his natural element. And then Hirschof transcribed a folk song about the man for us. This got me thinking about the abundant talents often showcased by our merry little band of Spurs fans.
So, let your creative juices flow and share with the community any Spurs-related Christmas (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or ...) anecdotes, photos, 'chops, songs, videos, etc. Let you Spurs flag fly! MSPaint submittals will be greatly appreciated (ahem, Hipuks).
And since this is a DTOUR, feel free to discuss the weather too. :)


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What happens to all those socks that go missing? Monsters eat them of course!
Join us for this monsterific-fun tour from Feb 9 to March 6! If you're interested in this tour, and you haven't received an email offer of review, leave a comment or contact us.
Book Details:
Book Title: The Monster That Ate My Socks, written and illustrated by A.J. Cosmo
Category: Children's fiction, 30 pages
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Humor, Monsters
Publisher: Thought Bubble Publishing
Release date: December 2014
Available for review in: print and ebook (mobi, ePub, PDF)
Will send books: USA and Canada
Tour dates: Feb 9 to March 6
Content Rating: G
Book Description:
A young boy, who is about to be grounded for going through so many socks, discovers that a monster has been eating them.
Max is a young boy who is constantly getting in trouble for his socks disappearing. He doesn't know where they go, but he does know that if he doesn't do something quickly his mom will ground him for summer. Max soon discovers that a little green monster is sneaking into his room at night and eating his sweaty socks. His mother, of course, doesn't believe him, so Max calls on his best friend to come for a sleepover to catch the monster.
They devise a trap and capture the monster only to learn that the creature can speak. It hasn't meant to cause any harm, it's just trying to feed its family. The monster shows them his home and his three little children and begs the boys not to turn them over to the adults. Adults, he says, want to destroy monsters.
The boys are left in a pickle. Allow the monsters to be and get grounded, or turn the monsters in knowing what will happen to them? Neither idea seems good, so they come up with a new plan!
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Meet the Author:
A.J. Cosmo's stories are crafted to help parents teach their children
simple everyday lessons in an easy to understand manner. By artfully
marrying beautiful illustrations and language, children are challenged to
explore his magical worlds. Written for the transitional reader, A.J.'s
stories allow your child to develop and master a new level of reading.
Connect with A.J.: Website ~ Facebook ~ Twitter
Tour Schedule:
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Feb 16 - Life as Leels - review / author interview / giveaway
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Feb 19 - Walking with Nora - review / giveaway
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In a wonderfully poetic article, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung describes the Ria Formosa as a
hybrid water, "which is no longer river and not yet sea; perhaps lagoon is the right word because the water lies so still."
Since 1987, the lagoon, with its islands, canals, mussel beds, marshes and mudflats, is a natural reserve known as "Parque Natural da Ria Formosa".
From the small village Cacela-a-Velha, which is situated on a cliff above the otherwise completely flat Ria Formosa, one has a beautiful view over this unique landscape. Cacela-a-Velha is right next to Fabrica Beach and while you are there make sure to taste some fresh oysters at Casa da Igreja.


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The Manitoba-Ontario border has become a stark dividing line on the unemployment map.
Hiring in Canada stalled in October while the unemployment rate held at 7.4 per cent, a notch higher than where it stood a year ago. But there's a fault line that is troubling as the economy shifts into slower gear.
For five consecutive months, unemployment in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia has been below the national average, while Ontario and the provinces east have suffered higher jobless rates.
The fractured labour market reflects contrasting economies, with much of the West rich in oil, gas, potash, wheat and canola, although some major resource projects are now being delayed. The central and Atlantic provinces are far more skewed to manufacturing and other industries.
Canada has entered a soft patch. The hiring pause points to an economy losing momentum after two solid months of employment gains. It comes as a separate report this week showed Canada's gross domestic product contracted in August, the first drop in six months, with broad declines in manufacturing, mining and the housing sector. Insolvency stats for the same month also show weakness, with an increase in bankruptcies and proposals.
"Not to be too down on the Canadian economy – we did well coming out of the recession and are on solid footing relative to others – but this is pretty soft," said Pedro Antunes, Ottawa-based director of national and provincial forecasts at the Conference Board of Canada.
The country's employers added 1,800 jobs in October, Statistics Canada said Friday. A six-month average, which smooths out monthly volatility, shows the rate of employment gains has halved to 12,000 compared with a few months ago.
The rocky global economy, wobbling confidence and high Canadian dollar are walloping the goods-producing side of the economy, which has shed jobs in four of the past five months. October's losses were fuelled by declines in agriculture, utilities and natural resources.
Squeezed margins and competitive pressures are forcing some Canadian companies into layoff mode. Drug maker Pfizer Canada along with National Bank of Canada and a Nova Scotia paper mill have all announced staff reductions recently.
"Long-term sustainability cannot be achieved," a Nov. 1 memo from Scotia Investments read as it closed its container board mill in western Nova Scotia, citing "marketplace challenges, increased competition (using newer, more efficient technology) and rising costs of operation."
Still, aggregate numbers mask deep regional variations in the country. The jobless rate is higher than the national average from Ontario eastward, and lower than average from Manitoba westward.
A look at the regions highlights the divisions. Unemployment in the four westernmost provinces ranges from 4.5 per cent in Alberta to 6.7 per cent in British Columbia, while the rest struggle with levels of between 7.7 per cent, in Quebec, and 11.9 per cent, in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Cities tell a similar story. The auto-dependent manufacturing hubs of Oshawa and Windsor, Ont., have the country's highest employment rates, at 9.6 per cent and 9.1 per cent, respectively. Resource-rich Regina has the lowest, at 3.9 per cent.
This masks an improvement in Newfoundland and Labrador, however, a province that has shown notable strength this year. Its employment and wage growth are the strongest in the country in the past year, and employment levels have never been higher.
Over all, there are still grounds for optimism in the months ahead. The U.S. economy is showing clear signs of a turnaround, as recent reports on employment and housing show, in a good sign for Canadian exporters. And manufacturing in China is perking up, which bodes well for the global economy.
"The Canadian economy is poised to emerge from its current funk in the fourth quarter," said Sonya Gulati, senior economist at TD Securities in a note. "The trajectory will likely remain bumpy and modest at best, but some comfort will be had when we get through the current lull."
One of the major bumps will be in the public sector. Last month's gains were driven by public-sector hiring, which added 36,900 jobs in education, health care and public administration, as the private sector trimmed 20,300 positions. That pace is expected to peter out, given fiscal restraint at the municipal, provincial and federal government levels.
Job quality has been weakening since late spring amid losses in higher-paying goods-producers such as factories and construction, a CIBC World Markets employment quality index shows.
Canada's broadest measure of unemployment, the R8 – which includes discouraged workers and part-timers who would rather be full-time – was 9.3 per cent last month, little changed from a year ago.


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iQiyi is a prominent Chinese video streaming service owned by Baidu, a massive Internet conglomerate of same origin, often referred to as Google of China. This week, the company announced its intent to release a new headset – specifically, a 4K VR headset.
An earlier version of this headset, the Qiyu VR II, was shown off at CES earlier this year. Since that time, iQiyi has announced a May release window, renamed the headset to just VR II, and has significantly improved its components. The current VR II now offers 8K panoramic video support, which is achieved by downsampling to the 4K display inside of the headset. The base model of the VR II will only offer 3DOF tracking in VR, but can acquire 6DOF support through the usage of an extra peripheral.
4K VR with full 6DOF tracking, supporting China's Netflix equivalent? Colour us interested.


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What is my server log, and what do I need it for?
The log file, or server log, is a file on your web server where all the requests to that server are recorded.
Every web page, picture, script, video, or other piece of content is recorded in the web server's log file.
The most obvious use of log files is tracking web site traffic: how many people come to your web site, and how many pages do they look at. The server logs are not the only way to track your web site traffic, but log file analysis is used by many small businesses and organizations to track how much traffic they receive.
Log files can also be used by your web developers to trouble shoot any issues that your web site may have, or to check for hidden problems.


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Making money with your blog has never been easier and harder at the same time. Once you have a solid entourage of followers you already did half the work. But if you go directly to AdSense you lose a lot of time and end up without reward.
In addition to taking at least two months to receive a response from the Google team, they can also cause various problems. They can trim your follower stream as well as the Ads you receive. Even include some that you did not want on your website.
There are other Ad Networks that can generate even more traffic on your blog. Companies like MediaFem have Traffic Arbitrage tools, which are usually left aside by Google AdSense.
For blogs that are just getting started or have been banned by AdSense for using content that contains words on their "Banned Words" list, companies like MediaFem are the best choice.
With a shared revenue scheme that benefits both the writer and MediaFem, this platform integrates with AdSense and delivers advertising in a matter of hours.
Ad Requirements:
- Page or Screen cannot contain more ads than content
- The site cannot contain pop-ups, pop-unders, or redirects
- The site cannot contain expandable ad units
- Site or app cannot contain video ads with auto-play audio
- Site or app cannot contain inappropriate ads
- The site can contain no more than 5 ads per page. Mobile Apps no more than 3 ads per screen.
- Ads must be clearly separated from content and declared as ads when embedded in the content
- Ads cannot distribute malware
- The refresh rate cannot exceed 30 seconds
- Ads cannot enable crypto-jacking
- Site or app must be compliant in accordance with the Coalition for Better Ads
How Does MediaFem Works?
Because MediaFem uses a 70 percent Rev. Share model for Publishers, there are no upfront fees when paying in Net53 terms. These percentages are maintained independent of the geographic location of a publisher and are not averaged among publishers in any way.
Publishers can choose between header bidding and the classic One Ad Code method with their solutions. Video, display, mobile, and native formats are all supported by MediaFem.
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