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More from the Shameless Whoring Files...
EDIT (huzzah!) - a question and new picture added, below...
... because I just cannot get enough of myself, and neither can you...
1) More what-the-fuck-is-up-with-feminism? ranting at SheBytches. If you are offended by my drooling girl love for Gloria Steinem, look away. Otherwise, good times.
2) My own Call to Action post is up. But hey! Not here! I put it up at urbanmoms, where the notion of blog community and the integrity thereof has been under rigorous interrogation.
(Hey! There can't be community where there's advertising! Not possible! Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Bad Mother?)
(Ever been to Cuba? The absence of Pepsi ads has secured freedom of speech and open dialogue to an extent hitherto unseen in human history.)
The Call to Action links are being compiled as we speak and that post will go up, in all of its gushy/ranty goodness SOON. I promise.
3) That 'Loneliness of the Long-Distance Mommy' post that I wrote the other week? Devra and Aviva over at Parentopia have deconstructed it and de-guiltified it and their work is awesome, not least because they turned my appropriation of Liz's term Competi-Mommy into the term Emanci-Mommy. Genius.
4) That's it, for now. What, you're not tired of my screeching, whorish voice yet? How about a little WonderBaby/INEBG Dancers action to take the edge off?
... to get ahead in life...
... you gotta step on a little frog.
So, um... everyone is all, oh, poor Kermie (and even one cheery I'd rather Fozzie took the foot to the head!), but has no-one noticed that the baby is using Kermie's head to leverage herself up to the second shelf of our bookshelf unit, the better to pull herself up to the third shelf and turn on the television?
Or is this normal baby behaviour, and I just missed that chapter in What to Expect in the First Year?
Things she didn't learn at play group, #837: WonderBaby demonstrates how to break out of one's own house through the living room window...

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Legion battles Congress in COLA wars
The American Legion has been wearing down the marble hallways on Capitol Hill, paying daily visits to senators and representatives, urging them to repeal cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) cuts for military retirees they passed last month.
In August 2011, President Barack Obama spoke at the Legion's national convention in Minneapolis. "I want to be absolutely clear: We cannot, we must not, and we will not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans," Obama told Legionnaires. "And as commander-in-chief, I won't allow it."
Yet that is precisely what Congress is doing by reducing COLA benefits for military retirees 1 percent per year for a decade, for projected savings of $6.3 billion.
As the Legion has repeatedly pointed out to members of Congress, of all the people receiving benefits from the federal government, military retirees under age 62 are the only ones losing direct income.
In the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Act just passed by the House and on the verge of Senate passage, an amendment in the bill would restore COLA benefits to veterans who were medically discharged – about 96,000 of America's 903,000 military retirees aged 62 or younger.
For more than 800,000 military retirees, the amendment inserted into the omnibus bill means nothing. While several members of Congress have touted their support for veterans by engineering this amendment, they remain mute on why so many other veterans must bear the burden of reduced benefits by themselves.
"The American Legion is extremely disheartened that Congress, once again, fails to honor those in our country who have dedicated many years to serving America in uniform," American Legion National Commander Daniel M. Dellinger said. "Even more unconscionable is the fact that Senate leaders are using medically discharged veterans to try and convince the American people that they really have not broken faith with our veterans. Congress needs to restore COLA benefits to all military retirees, not just some of them."
Since last month, Dellinger has made many public statements, sent letters to Congress, and issued two legislative action alerts to the Legion's membership – all to make clear his organization's staunch opposition to taking away benefits from military retirees.
In a Jan. 1 op-ed published in USA Today, Dellinger wrote, "As is too often the case, Congress fails to consider the long-term effects of legislation it passes. Veterans who will lose retirement income can't be blamed when they discourage their children and grandchildren from military careers. Men and women who now serve America in uniform may begin to wonder which of their benefits Congress will take its chisel to next."
On Jan. 15, Louis Celli, the Legion's Legislative director, met with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Finding a way to repeal COLA cuts for all military retirees was the topic of discussion.
At its August 2012 national convention in Indianapolis, The American Legion passed a resolution that opposed any changes to the current military retirement system that would reduce incentives for enlistment or re-enlistment.
"Any changes to the existing military retirement system may violate contracts made with military retirees and currently serving military personnel, and would undermine morale and readiness," the resolution stated.
The American Legion, which has received many emails from retired veterans distressed by their future loss of benefits, is urging veterans to voice their concerns about the COLA cuts to the district offices of their congressional representatives.
To get contact information for congressional district offices, go to the Senate and House of Representatives websites.


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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Pasta with Bread Crumbs and Herbed Tomatoes
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I had more than a passing encounter with Mother Hubbard's dilemma today. I've been madly preparing for an extended trip to the coast and dinner time rolled around with packed suitcases but nothing more for dinner than a defrosted steak that desperately needed something to keep it company on the plate. The cupboard was, indeed, nearly bare and I wasn't up to a last-minute grocery shop. It was obviously going to be a make-do supper. That occasionally happens here, and, when it does, I have a handful of recipes that I fall back on. This is one of them. I make this dish once or twice a year when I have stale bread and ripe tomatoes that must be used. It's not my favorite recipe, but it is serviceable and makes a really nice accompaniment to plain grilled meat or chicken.I routinely use stale bread to make crumbs and usually have a supply in the pantry. Because I have them in ready status it takes only minutes for me to make this pasta. If you are going to make crumbs just for the pasta, it will take about an hour for them to properly dry and toast, so plan your time accordingly. I've included instructions for preparing crumbs in today's recipe. If you make the recipe from start to finish you will need a couple of hours to put everything together. An easy shortcut is the use of panko bread crumbs. If you use a gentle hand, panko has enough substance to stand in for homemade crumbs. If you use them, you would begin with step 3 in the recipe below. This is really easy to make, and, if ever you are in need of a quick go-with, you might want to try this pasta. Here's the recipe.
Pasta With Bread Crumbs and Herbed Tomatoes...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
1/2 large loaf country-style bread, crust removed
1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
3 cloves, chopped
6 large, ripe, Roma tomatoes, cored, peeled, seeded, and chopped
1/2 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, chopped
3 sprigs fresh thyme leaves, chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Balsamic or red wine vinegar to taste (optional)
12-ounces dried fusilli or other short tubular pasta
1) Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.
2) Cut bread into pieces. In a food processor fitted with the metal blade, process bread, in batches, to coarse crumbs. There will be about 3 cups of crumbs. Spread in a shallow baking tray and toast in the oven for 1 hour, or until dry and crisp but not brown.
3) In a large saute pan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add bread crumbs and garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 10 minutes, or until crumbs are golden. Pour into a bowl and set aside.
4) In a glass or ceramic bowl, combine tomatoes and chopped herbs. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a splash of vinegar to intensify flavor of the tomatoes, if you desire.
5) In a large pot, bring 4 quarts of salted water to a boil over high heat. Cook pasta per package directions until al dente. Drain well.
6) Transfer pasta to a warm, shallow serving bowl. Toss with reserved 1 tablespoon olive oil. Pour tomatoes over top and toss to combine. Add bread crumbs and toss again. Serve immediately.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
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49 comments :
- teresa said...
oh how delicious! i love the buttery breadcrumbs on top, lovely!
- August 20, 2011 at 12:09 AM
You always have something to make pasta yummy:)
- August 20, 2011 at 1:01 AM
- Alessandra said...
I love pasta with breadcrumbs, especially when I vegan friends round for lunch and they don't eat parmesan on pasta :-).
Have a good weekend
Alessandra - August 20, 2011 at 1:07 AM
- Diane said...
Hope you have a lovely trip to the coast. Drive safely.
This pasta dish looks yummy to me. Take care Diane - August 20, 2011 at 3:20 AM
- The Magic Pie said...
Mary, pasta with breadcrumbs is one of my favourite recipes for pasta. Maybe sometimes I'll put my recipe and you could take a look!!!
yours looks so good!!!
See you soon :D
Laura - August 20, 2011 at 4:35 AM
- Hiperica di Lady Boheme said...
Una ricetta fantastica!!! Complimenti!!!!
- August 20, 2011 at 4:36 AM
- Maris (In Good Taste) said...
You are amazing to call this a make do dinner! Looks so good! have a fabulous trip!
- August 20, 2011 at 5:51 AM
- Sue/the view from great island said...
I think our definition of bare cupboards is a little different. You are truly an artist! Have fun on your getaway to the coast.
- August 20, 2011 at 6:17 AM
- Lynn said...
I would love this Mary, I'd call it comfort food. Have a great trip:@)
- August 20, 2011 at 6:22 AM
- Janine said...
my first thought was, ooh i have the same plate too. second thought was - this is such a brilliant idea! i'm always on the look out for pasta ideas and this looks really simple but delicious!
- August 20, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- Kasia said...
I love all of those ingredients so it must be delicious! :-)
Greetings from Poland :) - August 20, 2011 at 6:57 AM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
This has now become a staple around my home too Mary.
- August 20, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Unknown said...
This is my favorite pasta combination.
- August 20, 2011 at 7:56 AM
- Karen (Back Road Journal) said...
Toasted bread crumbs add a lovely crunch to pasta. I'll have to add olive oil and garlic when I make it or my husband won't think it is Italian.
- August 20, 2011 at 8:01 AM
- Kim said...
I like this kind of side dish. Plus, with great and rippened tomatoes, it can be quite tasty. Have a nice saturday Mary!
- August 20, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- SavoringTime in the Kitchen said...
All I can say is we though alike this week! My last post is practically the same dish :) It is a wonderful pasta with those fresh tomatoes and breadcrumbs.
- August 20, 2011 at 8:53 AM
- Tanna said...
Pasta, breadcrumbs, tomatoes... oh, yeah. =) blessings ~ tanna
- August 20, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- That Girl said...
It's like a panzanella pasta!
- August 20, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- polwig said...
Perfect fall on recipe. I have never had tomatoes with bread crumbs but I am sure they are amazing, polish serve their cook green beans with same breadcrumb/butter sauce.
- August 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- StephenC said...
We have homemade breadcrumbs in the freezer at all times. We toast up leftover hunks of bread and bust them up with our meat pounder or in the food processor. Also, it's handy to mix them with panko too. Your recipe is the kind of thing we would make at any time it seemed necessary.
- August 20, 2011 at 11:01 AM
ooo,, thats lovely,, just yummy,,
- August 20, 2011 at 11:02 AM
- Linda said...
I like this recipe because there is no cheese!! We are dairy free, but we love our pasta and it's hard to find pasta recipes without cheese. Have a wonderful trip!!
- August 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM
- Mother Rimmy said...
I've never topped pasta with bread crumbs. I love the idea! I'm with you. I routinely save the last pieces of bread in a bag in the freezer. Then when I want whole grain bread crumbs (can't find those at the store), I can make my own.
- August 20, 2011 at 11:16 AM
- JasmyneTea said...
I actually have the same issue, thanks for this idea, I wasn't sure what to make!
- August 20, 2011 at 11:41 AM
I've bookmarked this one!
Karen - August 20, 2011 at 11:48 AM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
Delicious. I had that same problem... nothing to cook and no energy (after our trip) to shop that night. PASTA to the rescue!!!
- August 20, 2011 at 12:31 PM
- Ginny Hartzler said...
this looks beautiful! Yes, Panko are so much better than regular, do you know how they get it that way?
- August 20, 2011 at 12:40 PM
What a great easy dish to prepare! It looks very tasty.
- August 20, 2011 at 12:40 PM
- Foodiewife said...
I think you found a brilliant solution to making dinner out of almost nothing. Pasta is such a safe "go to". Panko crumbs are a staple in my pantry. I love the crunch that they add to recipes. Enjoy your trip!
- August 20, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Food Glorious Food! said...
I have some stale bread too and this sure gonna be perfect! Thanks dear and have a good weekend!
- August 20, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- SweetSavoryPlanet said...
This is such a classic pasta dish and so delicious. Never seen it with fresh tomatoes - what a great idea!
- August 20, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Gloria Baker said...
Mary look delicious and the breadcrumbs, gloria
- August 20, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Unknown said...
I think it looks like a good recipe to have up my sleeve here in our village!! Thanks!
- August 20, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Azlita Aziz said...
Thank you dear for yr visit. Your cookings and writings are perfectly blended, just like yr nice recipes. Have a safe trip.
- August 20, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Plateful said...
This looks simply mouthwatering! I'm craving for a mouthful!
- August 20, 2011 at 6:05 PM
- PeggyR said...
That sounds wonderful and very quick to make!
- August 20, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- From the Kitchen said...
Looks good to me. Enjoy your idyll by the sea.
Bonnie - August 20, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Joanne said...
The bread crumbs must add such great texture and flavor! Have fun on your trip!
- August 20, 2011 at 8:29 PM
- Jihane @ Sinful Sundays said...
Love the breadcrumbs on the pasta. Looks de.lish. I hope you have a great trip!! :)
- August 21, 2011 at 4:09 PM
- Gopika Ram said...
Wow.. they look so buttery and yummy :D I love pasta.. :D
- August 21, 2011 at 5:34 PM
- Terri @ that's some good cookin' said...
You know, Mary, I have been clicking through your blog tonight and the thought occurred to me that if I would make even half of the wonderful recipes you have here, I would never need to eat out again. You have such an amazing collection of truly delicious recipes.
- August 22, 2011 at 2:23 AM
- Cooking Creation said...
I've never served my pasta with breadcrumbs on top but I have a feeling my husband would love it!
- August 22, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Unknown said...
Gorgeous! I actually have found that some of my "make-do-suppers" are some of the best meals I've made :)
- August 22, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- Allison O'Mara said...
Thanks for including me in your list! Everything on your blog looks SO good!
- August 22, 2011 at 4:37 PM
- Rosita Vargas said...
That sounds wonderful and very quick to make!I love pasta with breadcrumbs :-).
- August 22, 2011 at 7:19 PM
- Becki's Whole Life said...
Pasta with breadcrumbs is wonderful and the addition of tomatoes is great! My neighbor just delivered a bag full of tomatoes to my house last night so this is perfect timing!
- August 23, 2011 at 7:51 AM
- Unknown said...
this recipe is perfect...and well done..kiss Simmy
- August 23, 2011 at 7:26 PM
- Katie said...
mmmm this looks and sounds wonderful! I will definitely be trying this soon.
- August 24, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- The Harried Cook said...
This sounds and looks great, Mary! I have made breadcrumb pasta before, but the similarity stops at the name :) I can't wait to try yours! Thank you for sharing!
- August 26, 2011 at 3:04 AM


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LONDON (AP) - Stella McCartney, who designed the uniforms worn by Britain's record-smashing Olympic team, and Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the so-called "God particle," are among the hundreds being honored by Queen Elizabeth II this New Year.
The list is particularly heavy with Britain's Olympic heroes, but it also includes "Star Wars" actor Ewan McGregor, eccentric English singer Kate Bush, Roald Dahl illustrator Quentin Blake, and Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, the royal aide who helped organize the watched-around-the-world wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.
McCartney was honored with the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, in part for her work creating the skintight, red-white-and-blue uniforms worn by British athletes as they grabbed 65 medals during the 2012 games hosted by London. McCartney is the designer daughter of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his first wife Linda, and she has moved to make the family name almost as synonymous with fashion as it is with music, setting up a successful business and a critically-acclaimed label.
Higgs' achievements, which made him a Companion of Honor, touch on the nature and the origins of the universe. The 83-year-old researcher's work in theoretical physics sought to explain what gives things weight. He said it was while walking through the Scottish mountains that he hit upon the concept of what would later become known as the Higgs boson, an elusive subatomic particle that gives objects mass and combines with gravity to give them weight.
For decades, the existence of such a particle remained just a theory, but earlier this year scientists working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, said they'd found compelling evidence that the Higgs boson was out there. Or in there. Or whatever.
All of Britain's gold medalists from this year's games were on the list, with cyclist Bradley Wiggins and sailor Ben Ainslie honored with knighthoods.
Sebastian Coe, who masterminded the games as chairman of the London organizing committee, was made a Companion of Honor _ a prestigious title also awarded to Higgs. But Ken Livingstone, London's former mayor, said Saturday he turned down a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, recognizing his services to the Olympics because he doesn't believe politicians should get the queen's honors.
Honors lists typically include a sprinkling of star power, and this year was no different. Ewan McGregor, who came to public attention through his role as the heroin-addled anti-hero of British drug drama "Trainspotting," was awarded an OBE. The 41-year-old actor is also known for his turn as a young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the "Star Wars" prequels.
"Babooshka" singer Kate Bush said she was delighted to be made a CBE for a musical career which has resulted in a string of quirky hits including "Wuthering Heights," "Cloudbusting," and "Man With The Child In His Eyes."
Other art world honorees included artist Tracey Emin and Quentin Blake, whose spiky, exuberant illustrations are best known through the work of his collaborator Roald Dahl.
Politicians, policemen, and spies got honors too. Scotland Yard chief Bernard Hogan-Howe was awarded a knighthood; former British foreign minister Margaret Beckett was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie was made a CBE for her charity work. MI5 chief Jonathan Evans was made a Knight Commander of the Order of Bath.
Also honored was the man credited with helping pull off the wedding of the decade: Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, principal private secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (as Prince William and his wife are formally known) was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order.
Britain's honors are bestowed twice a year by the monarch, at New Year's and on her official birthday in June. Although the queen does pick out some lesser honors herself, the vast majority of recipients are selected by government committees from nominations made by officials and members of the public.
In descending order, the honors are knighthoods, CBE, OBE, and MBE _ Member of the Order of the British Empire. Knights are addressed as "sir" or "dame." Recipients of the other honors, such as the Order of the Companions of Honor given to Higgs and Coe or the Royal Victorian Order personally picked out by the queen, receive no title but can put the letters after their names.
The New Year's honors carried the usual batch of courtiers _ even the royal household's switchboard operator got a medal _ as well as senior civil servants, soldiers, charity executives, successful entrepreneurs, established academics, volunteers, and community workers. Some of the more eclectic honors included the OBE handed to card game columnist Andrew Michael Robson "for services to the game of bridge," and the OBE given to river conservationist Andrew Douglas-Home "for services to fishing."
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Dear community :
Here comes 13th community update. During these two weeks, there are many exciting news here. Openmoko has announced Om 2009 release plan, Gentoo@openmoko team has reached their first milestone for running Gentoo on FreeRunner... etc.
Beside the distribution news, there are many events like FreerunnerMeeting (in Politecnico di Milano University), OSI Tech Days 2009 and Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2009... etc, will be held during sprint time.
Finally, I would like to remind you all that there is nine days left for the registration of FreeRunner programming competition.
Stay tuned. There is more interesting information in this community update.
Period 20, Feb~5, Mar, 2009
- FSO 5.1 has been released. FSO milestone5 to fix some bugs that crept into the release, notably the "not working on bootloaders that mount the root partition read-only".
- The release has been built out of the fso/milestone5 OE branch. Get it at http://downloads.freesmartphone.org/fso-stable/milestone5.1/
- Om2009 release plan - On the release plan, Openmoko is going to put FSO milestone 5.5, the stable kernel, paroli and the new xorg-glamo drivers together and make most stable distro ever. The builds in March will be called Alpha builds, and will receive only partial testing. Start with Beta builds and full testing in April. From then on only critical features and bug fixes will be backported into the branch. At the end of May, release candidates (RC builds) will start generating.
- SHR New testing released. After some time of inactivity SHR-Testing gets an update. Telephonie should be stable. Testers with positive and negative feedback are very welcome.
- [[|Qt Extended Improved|Qt Extended]] Discontinued by Nokia. After some months with little to no activity, Nokia announced a final release of Qt Extended on March 5, 2009, afterwards, the product will be discontinued. The final release will be 4.4.3 and maintained for one year. -- QT Extended has been discontinued as a standalone product, to be integrated into QT.
- fyp release 3.01 available. This version is completely fingerfriendly now.
- Gentoo @ Openmoko team announced that they reached the first milestone for running Gentoo on the Freerunner. The goal of our project is to provide a way to cross- and natively compile all packages of the protage tree and feed back our fixes to the official tree.
- This mean you can cross- and natively compile a basic system including X, enlightenment, the FSO framework, WLAN tools and many more packages. Some phone GUIs went already into the overlay located at http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/embedded
- To get started, please take a look at http://gentoo.mindzoo.de , or visit Gentoo@Openmoko team on the Freenode IRC channel #gentoo-openmoko.
- Under this project, you can expect:
- - the Gentoo feeling
- - forget about version conflicts
- - frequent enlightenment updates
- - easy integration of new packages (start writing ebuilds yourself, it's trivial!)
- - multiple phone stacks
New Applications
- MokoPod - It's an audio software. It can help you retrieve and listen to podcasts.
Application Updates
- GridPad 2.0 have released.
- GridPad is an alternative input method for entering text with your finger, a Simple Character Recognizer Software. It's an approximation to a handwriting recognition program, but in the most simply way that you can think.
- Install files: http://downloads.om.vptt.ch/GridPad/
- More information in: GridPad User Manual
- Code at: http://svn.om.vptt.ch/trunk/GridPad
- MokoGeocaching 0.2 released
- It's a litle gtk python script that searches the geocaching.com site for caches near your current position or a user specified lattitude and longitude and adds the cache as a poi in tangogps.
- The script can now:
- get gps location from phone
- user can manually set location
- user can specify range
- script can download matching geocaches and add as poi
- read geocaching.com username and password from configuration file
- threaded GTK and downloading - but unfortunately no unicode support in search
- gui input for username and password
- The script can now:
- The package can be found here: http://www.opkg.org/package_141.html
- it's only tested on shr unstable.
- Voicenote 0.3 released
- At the new release, you can play the wav files you have recorded with voicenote (or other wav files), and go back to the 1st choice dialog (record or play?) after each action.
- If you want to read more, please visit http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Voicenote .
- Sephora 0.2.2 released
- Sephora is a FreeRunner settings manager in PyGtk for XFCE. You can visit its home page to get more information.
- Neon 0.9.8 released
- Changes since 0.9.6 :
- Smoother scrolling in filesystem browser
- Added a "scrollbar" in filesystem browser. It doesn't allow to scroll the list, it's used only as an indicator of progression.
- Window can be rotated now via accelerometers data.
- Minor fixes and code cleanups
- As usual you can get it at : http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/?group_id=239
- BEWARE : If your system uses Python 2.6 (not 2.5) like SHR or FSO, you must install alternative package neon_0.9.8-r1_all_py2.6.ipk
- Kustomizer 0.35 released
- Improvements, bugfixes and some new applications
- Yaouh! 0.5.1 released
- Change :
- Increase speed (thanks to Helge Hafting patch)
- Work with TangoGPS default configuration file
- weekly update week 10 of 2009 -- Check here to get the details.
- CellHunter 0.4.2 released
- CellHunter is version 0.4.2 now. The updates are including bugfixes and improvements of collected data. The database has reached ~850,000 entries with over 16,000 unique cells. 70 teams are hunting for cells.
Tips and Tricks
- In order to record audio, you can use special alsa state file and recording applications like Monologue and Voicenote. If you want to get more ideas about how to record audio, You can get more information here.
Flashing MOKO11 to GTA02 Freerunner with uSD-card Image
- There's a beta version for flashing MOKO11 to GTA02 Freerunner only.
- apply `sudo` or use root-terminal according to your taste ;)
- Insert the uSD in your PC, `umount` all uSD-partitions that might have been automounted (use `mount` or `df -h` to check). Do not use "safely remove" for this.
- `dd` the image "flash-moko11-2.image" to the physical(!) uSD-device (this will erase all data from your uSD!). `Sync` or `eject <device>`.
- Insert uSD in your FR, boot from NOR-U-Boot to uSD, wait until green "d_o_n_e" shows on screen (takes some 6min). Remove bat and uSD, or login via ssh. `mickeyterm` will access modem.
- moko 11 (Calypso GSM modem firmware) considered to be official
- Moko11 is considered to be "official". So far, received reports indicate that moko11 did indeed solve the problems it's supposed to address (i.e., lost wakeups and flow control.)
- The developer now also would like to know if anything has gone wrong after installing moko11, e.g., if the changes in IO1 handling have introduced new wakeup problems. Everyone who's tried moko11-beta, please reply, either to the list or to Werner in private.
- About the draft of moko11, the draft is here.
- Help developing www.opkg.org
- Opkg.org needs some developers to develop some features.
- For Opkg.org was not updated for two months, but there are still some features needed, like a better comment system with email notifications, for example. Tobiasdecided to publish the opkg.org source code, this way, anyone who wants to help making www.opkg.org even better than it is today, feel free to contact Tobias.
- Wiki statistic numbers for February.
- The Wiki statistic numbers for February now are avalable on Wiki statistics page now. There are 139,554 Visits, 492,630 Page Views. The top tree popular pages are Main_Page, Distributions and Applications.
Event News
- Announcement: March 2nd, 2009
- Registration deadline: March 15th
- Submission deadline: March 24th, 2009 07:00 UTC
- Required license: GPL v2 or newer
- Programming language: c/c++ (no python/bash)
- 2009-03-01/03-31 Harry' Openmoko Survey | Please help me with my free software and Openmoko related academic research | Harry Tsai of Chang Gung Universtiy
- 2009-03-11/12 OSiM USA | The Westin San Francisco, Market Street | Openmoko will give a speech
- 2009-03-12/14 OSI Tech Days 2009 | Chennai Trade Center, INDIA | Rakshat Hooja of IDA Systems will be speaking about Openmoko
- 2009-03-13 Freerunner Meeting in Politecnico di Milano University (Milan, Italy). Please visite here to get more information.
- 2009-03-13 Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2009 | Lecture and Seminar Building of the Technical University of Chemnitz|Please visit here to get more information.
- 2009-03-23/27 Apogee 2009 | Rakshat Hooja of IDA Systems will be speaking about Openmoko


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Code: Wooden Puzzle Box PUZ104
About Wooden puzzle box
Wooden puzzle box as known as wooden jewel box and was designed to store gifts such as jewelry and watches , etc… If this is your first use, it will take time to open and close the lid, because for opening the box you must figure out its hidden wooden keys. This feature will create curiosity for the receiver . Also due to this brilliantly designed key, wooden jewel box is called wooden puzzle box. The surface of wooden puzzle box is decorated with art images which are very skillful and beautiful. There are various designs such as animals , pet or logo … for you to get unique gifts for your friends and family. Wooden jewel boxes are the handicraft products, so over 90% of the color is natural wood. Body boxes are manufactured with the use of best-in-class pyinkkado wood, beach wood and cajuput wood. Depending on your market demand, we will consult you the most appropriate timber . The product photos on our website are just one of the few for your reference. Currently, we have a lot of samples will suit your business. Please contact us to find the appropriate products. We are the only company in Vietnam that can assist you to develop your design models. We want to hear from you and do it for you. Please share your ideas, comments and feedback to us. For more information, please refer our previous designs.


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Never Not Knitting For Tiny Ones
32 comments:
- Melissa said...
Cute. If you ever need a boy model, just let me know. My 3-yr-old son loves to model for the camera and loves wearing things I knit for him.
- July 19, 2010 at 12:35 AM
- Zenitude said...
So precious!
- July 19, 2010 at 4:37 AM
Oh these are painfully cute pictures! I think on my next order I'm going to HAVE to get the Watermelon patterns in at the shop! That baby just totally sold me on them!!!
- July 19, 2010 at 5:26 AM
- Jessica said...
OMG! What a gorgeous baby! Beautiful photography! As always, I love your patterns! I visited your trunk show at Knitty City (NYC) in the beginning of summer- now I hope these samples make their way back there so I can see them in person!!
Jpeled on ravelry - July 19, 2010 at 5:38 AM
- Wool Free and Lovin' Knit said...
oh my gosh -- that baby has the most adorable face -- she totally upstaged your knitting, which is lovely -- but her expressions are priceless!!
- July 19, 2010 at 5:43 AM
- Dawn said...
What a cutie pie! Such expressions!
- July 19, 2010 at 7:46 AM
- A Life of Knitting said...
Just adorable!
- July 19, 2010 at 7:49 AM
- Julie said...
Awww, so adorable!! even when upset, the watermelon knits still make it supercute.
- July 19, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Lydia said...
ADORABLE-almost makes me wish i had a little one running around-ALMOST. i have teenage boys-and kinda like that stage too-she's a lovely model for lovely baby sweaters.
- July 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM
- skinner studio said...
The cutest pictures EVER!
- July 19, 2010 at 8:32 AM
- Ertman-Trowbridge Family said...
I am planning on making the spring garden tee for my oldest daughter (21 months) but I was hesitant to make it in an itty bitty size for my six month old. (She is quite petite.) But after seeing the tee on your beautiful model I now know that it looks equally cute in the small sizes too. Thanks!
- July 19, 2010 at 8:47 AM
I LOVE baby pictures!! This little girl is totally adorable, I specially love th 5th photo, so CUTE!! And the tops look great great in that size.
- July 19, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Madison said...
The watermelon overload picture was adorable and priceless. Thanks for sharing. My two year old loves her haltermelon top. It is awesome for hot days, but I am always trying to save it for "special occasions" so it doesn't get ruined. I should get over it. She only has this one summer to wear it.
- July 19, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Paula said...
You just made my day special with these photos of the adorable baby and your beautiful knits.
- July 19, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- CeRae said...
What a cutie!! So great to see these tiny little knits on a real, live model!
- July 19, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- thewalshfam said...
Beautiful pictures!!! I love my 2 sons so much but every time I see cute little girl knits like yours, it just makes me hope that someday I'll be blessed with a girl to knit for! :o)
- July 19, 2010 at 3:56 PM
OMG. I'm loving the photos! What a great little model! Not only cute but makes me literally laugh out loud. So very sweet.
- July 19, 2010 at 6:19 PM
- Yarndancer said...
Lolz!! Those photos are so cute! Your designs are wonderful :)
- July 20, 2010 at 1:25 PM
So adorable! I love the watermelon overload picture. hehe
- July 20, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- knittingknirvana said...
That baby is the most beautiful, photogenic little girl! And the hand knits are pretty awesome, too. :)
- July 20, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- urban muser said...
beautiful knitting! beautiful baby! beautiful photography! wow.
- July 22, 2010 at 4:58 AM
- Amanda said...
So cute, and I just love her expressions.
- July 22, 2010 at 7:17 AM
- Anett said...
What a cut model! All sweaters and tees look so beautiful on her.
- July 23, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- Maryse said...
A.do.ra.ble! The 3 patterns are so cute (even the Haltermelon!) Adelaide looks like such a sweetheart!
- July 24, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Joanne said...
Love the pictures...and the narrative...and the knitting!
- July 24, 2010 at 4:28 PM
- pearl said...
what a sweet, precious baby. you such a fantastic photographer! the Garden Tee look so pretty on her!
- July 25, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- paws said...
Those pictures could not be any more adorable.
- July 26, 2010 at 8:52 AM
- Tammy said...
Beautiful little girl, wonderful patterns!!!!
- July 27, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Hishandmaid said...
adorable photos! The soft blue is truly a great color for her!
- August 3, 2010 at 6:11 AM
- Joansie said...
I went to see your "trunk show". Beautiful things and I am now knitting the Cedar Leaf Shawlette. You have great pattenrs. Great photography!
- August 3, 2010 at 12:34 PM
- Amy said...
What goregous pictures! And the garments are totally cute, even the watermelon sweater LOL.
- August 5, 2010 at 2:15 PM
- Lindy said...
I really love your babies sweater shirt. This may seem strange but I don't knit but I love your podcast. Its funny and wonderful to listen to. I listen to you while I sew clothes and do my quilting. Keep up the good work.
- August 8, 2010 at 8:24 PM


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NEW YORK — Janell Burley Hofmann honored her 13-year-old son's "maturity and growth" at Christmas with his first iPhone, but it came with strings attached.
Eighteen strings, to be exact, in a written code of conduct that placed the mommy blogger at the center of the debate over how parents should handle technology in the hands of their teens, especially younger ones just entering the frenetic world of social networks and smartphones.
Thousands of people, including those bemoaning too much helicopter parenting, commented and shared the funny, heartfelt agreement posted at the holiday by the Cape Cod, Mass., mom of five. The interest crashed her website and led her to appear with her eldest, Gregory, on morning TV.
Hofmann's first order of business: "1. It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am loaning it to you. Aren't I the greatest?"
She included caveats that some parenting and tech addiction experts consider crucial in easing new entrants onto Facebook, Instagram and shiny new mobile devices:
You must share passwords with a parent, answer their calls, hand over said device early on school nights and a little later on weekends. You must avoid hurtful texts and porn and pay for a replacement if your phone "falls into the toilet, smashes on the ground, or vanishes into thin air." Of the latter Hofmann advises her teen, "Mow a lawn, stash some birthday money. It will happen, you should be prepared."
Hofmann said in an interview that she decided on the contract as she pondered the power of the technology she and her husband were about to plop into their son's world. She was looking for a way to be present in his phone use without being a "creeper," his word for stalky, spying parents.
She wasn't surprised that her list, which Greg agreed to, resonates with other parents. It also resonates with psychologist David Greenfield, a technology addiction specialist in West Hartford, Conn.
"We have ritualized the gift of the smartphone," he said, yet many parents don't have the know-how, stomach, time or interest in actively guiding kids when they first jump into digital life. For some parents, he said, it's only when things go horribly wrong that attention is paid.
He knows of parents who have gone so far as to jam all Internet and cell phone signals at home when they couldn't get their kids to power down. Police in Rocklin, Calif., said two girls, ages 15 and 16, used a prescription sleeping medication recently to spike the milkshakes of one's parents so they could log onto the Internet after 10 p.m.
Greenfield recommends contracts like Hofmann's, if parents follow through. Others creep using apps and monitoring software. He thinks that's fine, too.
There's little data broken down by age on the number of Internet users whose lives are negatively impacted by smartphones, tablets, laptops and other technology, Greenfield said. In the general population, studies range from 1 percent to 10 percent of users whose digital habits interfere with their lives. Greenfield estimates the reality is somewhere between 2 and 6 percent.
Hofmann was looking for a way to open the conversation with her son. Many other parents are, obviously, concerned as well about what their teens are doing online, but also what is being done to them.
In a recent report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 81 percent of parents with online teens said they are concerned about how much information advertisers can learn about their kids' behavior and 72 percent said they're concerned about how their children interact online with people they don't know.
Nearly 70 percent said they're concerned about how their children manage their reputations online and 57 percent of kids ages 12 and 13 said they're very concerned about it.
The report said parents are being more proactive, not just relying on parental-control tools such as browser filters. An increasing number are joining their kids on social media, but older parents may be approaching their kids' lives there with the wrong emotional filters.
"We see it as a separation from social behavior. They see it AS social behavior," Greenfield said. "I'm not sure we're going to be able to bridge that difference generationally."
More tech abuse education needs to be done in this country before teens are actively engaged, he said. In parts of Europe and Asia, for instance, kids learn how to handle their digital lives as formal training in third or fourth grade.
"Here they think of it like it's part of their body, and they treat it that way," Greenfield said.
Hofmann's contract is her own attempt at education. "Don't take a zillion pictures and videos. There is no need to document everything. Live your experiences. They will be stored in your memory for eternity."
And she gets downright inspirational toward the bottom: "Leave your phone home sometimes and feel safe and secure in that decision. It is not alive or an extension of you. Learn to live without it. Be bigger and more powerful than FOMO — fear of missing out."
Hofmann also urges her boy to, "Keep your eyes up. See the world happening around you. Stare out a window. Listen to the birds. Take a walk. Talk to a stranger. Wonder without googling."
And her final word: "You will mess up. I will take away your phone. We will sit down and talk about it. We will start over again. You & I, we are always learning. I am on your team. We are in this together."
Aisha Sultan in St. Louis studied parenting in the digital age as a Knight Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. As parents, she said, "We've sort of hit a tipping point. The conversation has shifted from wow, isn't all this technology cool to wow, how do we control it? We can't eliminate it completely."
But parental frustration is mounting, Sultan said. She cited last year's case of a father who shot up his daughter's laptop over a profanity-infused Facebook rant against her parents. He recorded the act and earned more than 23 million YouTube views for his trouble.
Before the conversation with our kids begins, Greenfield said, parents have to deal with their own digital obsessions.
"Parents have to have limits, too," he said. "We have to be brutally honest with ourselves on our own use and abuse."


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The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, is a U.S. Government agency that monitors progress in the implementation of the provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. The Commission consists of nine members from the United States Senate, nine from the House of Representatives, and one member each from the Departments of State, Defense and Commerce.
The Helsinki Commission has held numerous hearings on the situation in Kosovo since the 1990s, with a heavy emphasis on human rights issues.
"We must press the violators of human rights to stop and, given the international presence in Kosovo, provide better protection for potential victims, regardless of ethnicity," noted Commission Co-Chairman Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ). "The testimony we have heard today shows that we still need active international, including OSCE, involvement in Kosovo."
The hearing was held in the wake of increased diplomatic activity that may lead to consideration of Kosovo's status in 2005. While Serbian and Kosovar Albanian positions remain far apart, the international community has so far ruled out allowing Kosovo to return to Serbian control, merge with Albania or with any other neighboring territory or to a partitioning of Kosovo itself.
"The international community needs to recommit itself to protecting minority rights and laying the groundwork for a fully democratic government," added Commission Ranking member Rep. Ben Cardin, (D-MD). "Prosecution of war crimes also remains critical."
Providing testimony at the hearing were Mr. Soren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General and Head of the U.N. Mission in Kosovo, and Mr. Charles L. English, Director of the Office of South Central European Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Both assured the Commission human rights concerns would not be ignored as wider issues are addressed. During the hearing, questions were also raised regarding the return of displaced persons, religious freedom, the particular plight of Roma, and protection of homes and places of worship.


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A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.


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Today through August 7 is World Breastfeeding Week! Coordinated by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and a variety of other partners, this year's theme highlights peer counseling programs for mothers.
Through World Vision, mothers and infants in Mongolia are benefiting from such initiatives. Find out how!
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Five-month-old baby girl Gereltnaran rolls over on a mattress on the floor of a 160-square-foot ramshackle clay house. She lives there with her family of five, her grandparents, and an aunt.
She likes when her mother carries her and lets her sit on her lap. She plays by herself and smiles, looking around at every person in the house. She doesn't cry much unless she's hungry; then she suckles loudly at her mom's breast.
Gereltnaran's house is very poorly furnished. There is one old bed, one table, two chairs, a 1980s television, and a bin on one side of the furnace; on the other side, there is one table, a mechanical washing machine, and a cupboard.
Her mother Ulaanaa, 29, is a housewife. Baatarpurev, her father, has to live more than 30 miles away so he can work as a brick-layer to support his family. He visits his family once a month. They have three children. Since they got married, they have been living with Ulaanaa's parents.
Ulaanaa used to sell scrap iron, earning about US $15 some days — but on other days, she was unable to find any scrap iron and made no income at all. She stopped working when her firstborn son arrived. Now her husband is earning US $330 monthly and provides for his family and in-laws.
Ulaanaa doesn't have enough breast milk to nourish her baby adequately, so she had no choice but to feed her 3-month-old with baby cereal only.
Cute baby Gereltnaran was underweight.
Ulaanaa discovered the Positive Deviance Hearth project through Myagmar, a health clinic staff member who cooperates with World Vision's Tolgoit community. The project was implemented by World Vision and local medical clinic centers to teach lactating mothers how to make more nutritious food for their babies.
Over the past three years, Tolgoit has cooperated with seven local health clinics to implement the 12-day project. Twenty mothers and 20 babies attended from May 23 to June 4. Mothers who attended were encouraged to teach what they learned to other mothers of malnourished children.
Over the 12 days of the program, Gereltnaran gained 1.45 kilograms (about 3.2 pounds). Ulaanaa plans to coach five mothers in the near future. It is now the Mongolian summer, and local residents often go to the countryside to enjoy the beautiful weather before the harsh winters arrive, which usually bring temperatures of 20 to 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. These mothers will be at the countryside through August.
"There are many malnourished babies," says Myagmar. "We have 917 children under 5 years old. We could only choose 20 babies due to capacity limitations. Children were tested before they were able to participate because sick children wouldn't gain weight even when fed nutritious food. The parents liked the way their babies were rehabilitated in this training.
"I am really grateful to World Vision for helping these 20 babies," Myagmar adds. "The result of the training is that the children won't catch cold so easily. They will be a healthy weight, won't have a vitamin D deficiency in the winter, and the incidence of anemia will be greatly reduced. World Vision provides food and dairy products for the training at the health clinic center.
"We gather together at 10 a.m. and place the babies on the sand of the playground outside. We call the training the health strengthening camp. We apply some vegetable oil or water on the babies' bodies, which encourages their skin to absorb the sun and produce vitamin D. We massage them under the sun and cover their legs with sand and let them sit or lay down."
Smiling, Ulaanaa says, "I thank World Vision and sister Myagmar for helping the malnourished children."
She lays her baby on a mattress on the floor. "I am feeding my baby well. And I will visit five mothers to help and check that they are applying what they learned after they come back from the countryside."
Your one-time donation will provide a new mother and baby kit to a mother-to-be, providing the supplies she needs to care for her baby in those first critical weeks of life. Each kit includes items like a bassinet, cloth diapers, a blanket, soap, and a container for clean water. Your gift will also provide infant care training for new mothers.


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Tularemia is a rare bacterial infection. The effects of the infection will depend on where the exposure occurs. It can be deadly if it is not treated.
Tularemia is caused by specific bacteria. It is normally found in small animals such as mice and rabbits. The bacteria can pass to humans through:
- Bites of infected animals, ticks, or deer flies.
- Contact with an infected animal's tissues or contaminated water, food, or soil. It can enter the body through the lungs, eyes, mouth, nose, or skin.
The infection does not pass between people.
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase the chances of tularemia:
- Hunting, trapping, or butchering infected animals
- Working with infected animals or their tissue
- Working in a laboratory with the bacteria
- Eating meat from an infected animal
- Being bitten by an infected mosquito or tick
- Biological terrorism
Symptoms usually occur 3-5 days after exposure. The symptoms will depend on where the bacteria entered the body, the type and amount of bacteria you were exposed to, and the health of your immune system.
Pneumonic symptoms (lung problems):
- Fever
- Chills
- Fatigue
- Headache
- Body aches
- Sore throat
- Cough
- Burning sensation or pain in chest
Ulceroglandular symptoms (skin and lymph gland problems):
- Raised, red bump that continues to swell
- Raised area opens, drains pus, and forms an ulcer
- May form a dark scab
- Swollen, tender lymph nodes
- Fever
- Chills
Glandular symptoms (problems in lymph nodes):
- Swollen, tender lymph nodes
Oculoglandular symptoms (problems in eyes and lymph nodes):
- Sensitivity to light
- Tearing
- Puffy eyelid
- Swelling, redness, and sores in the eye
- Swollen lymph nodes
Oropharyngeal symptoms (mouth and throat problems):
- Irritated membranes in the mouth
- Sore throat
- Ulcers in the throat or on tonsils
- Swollen lymph nodes
Intestinal symptoms:
- Fever
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Vomiting
Typhoidal symptoms (full body problems):
- Fever
- Chills
- Headache
- Muscle aches
- Poor appetite
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Abdominal pain
- Cough
Symptoms of progression from other types:
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You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. You will be also asked about possible sources of exposure. A physical exam will also be done.
Your body fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
- Culture of body fluids
- Skin test
- Blood test
Images may be needed. This can be done with a chest x-ray .
Antibiotics can treat most tularemia infections. The first few doses of antibiotics will be injected in a muscle or given through an IV. You may need to take antibiotics by mouth for a few days after the initial dose. Treatment can last for 10-14 days. Make sure to take all of your medication even if you feel better.
Tularemia infections are reported to public health officials. This will help them track any outbreaks.
Measures to prevent the disease include:
- Do not handle sick or dead animals.
- Wear gloves, mask, and goggles if skinning or butchering animals.
- Completely cook game meats.
Take precautions if you live in an area with ticks or deer flies:
- Wear protective clothing.
- Use tick repellant.
- Check skin often for ticks.
- Do not touch a tick with your hand.
- Follow precautions when working in a laboratory.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention https://www.cdc.gov
Ontario Ministry of Health https://www.ontario.ca
Public Health Agency of Canada https://www.canada.ca
Tularemia. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/tularemia. Accessed January 29, 2021.
Tularemia. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T113638/Tularemia . Accessed January 29, 2021.
Tularemia. Illinois Department of Public Health website. Available at: http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbtulare.htm. Accessed January 29, 2021.
Revision Information
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board David L. Horn, MD, FACP
- Review Date: 03/2020
- Update Date: 01/29/2021


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Click here to download the Powerpoint Presentation Click here to read the MOU between CERN & WAAS
The objective of presentation by Garry Jacobs was to explore the potential for collaboration between the physical and social sciences to arrive at a more cohesive and effective framework by exploring a series of questions, including –
- Is an integrated science of society possible that transcends disciplinary boundaries based on common underlying principles as we find in the natural sciences?
- To what extent can principles of natural science serve as valid models and analogies for the social sciences?
- How are the laws governing society similar or different from the immutable laws of nature identified by the natural sciences?
- How does conscious anticipation impact on the action of causality in human society?
- To what extent does systems theory provide adequate models for understanding conscious human social systems?
- What are the implications of entanglement, complexity and uncertainty in physics for understanding social systems?
The Academy hopes that this meeting will lead to on-going collaboration with CERN on this project.
From left to right: Maurizio Bona, Rolf Heuer,
Garry Jacobs and Herwig Schopper
On 13 March 2014, Rolf Heuer, the Director-General of CERN and Garry Jacobs, the Chief Executive Officer of WAAS, signed an MOU (in the presence of Herwig Schopper and Maurizio Bona) providing the basis for future cooperation between the two organizations. CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, has become the focal point for more than 10,000 visiting scientists and engineers from all over the world. Since its founding, it not only had the task of supporting scientific cooperation but to promote 'science for peace'. WAAS, an international think tank established in 1960, is the only global academy assuring common endeavour to address the challenges and opportunities facing global humanity today and supporting worldwide peaceful scientific cooperation.
In the MOU the two organisations agreed to provide intellectual and technical support for initiatives taken by one institution or the other, and to participate in providing and receiving information resulting from the progress and studies conducted by the other. Some fields have been identified for special emphasis in the development of collaboration between the two institutions. Among them one finds the establishment of interlinks between the natural and human sciences, a better access of women to science, the promotion of scientific and technological education and the creation of scientific networks, with particular focus on developing countries and on youth. The two institutions will collaborate to evolve strategies aimed at expanding the global delivery system for higher education in order to address the rapidly increasing demand and urgent need to improve the quality and relevance of higher education and lifelong education to social life.
Informal contacts between the two institutions had been established before the MOU was signed. CERN was a co-sponsor of the international conference on "Opportunities & Challenges for the 21st Century: Need for a New Paradigm" organised by the United Nations in Geneva and World Academy on June 3, 2013,
which offered K. J. Tokayev, the former Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Ivo Šlaus, the Honorary President of WAAS, and Rolf Heuer, the Director-General of CERN, the opportunity to explain the intentions of the respective institutions in public talks and to establish first contacts. These were followed later by informal visits of Ivo Šlaus and Garry Jacobs to CERN initiated by Herwig Schopper leading finally to the signing of the MOU.
As a first result of the agreement of cooperation, a colloquium talk by Garry Jacobs was organised at CERN titled 'Insights from the physical sciences and their relevance to the evolution of social science' on 13 March 2014.
Herwig Schopper
Trustee, World Academy of Art & Science;
Former Director-General, CERN


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Pentagon Is Prepping Defenses Against Iran, 'Wall Street Journal' Reports
One of this morning's scoops, from The Wall Street Journal:
"The Pentagon is building a missile-defense radar station at a secret site in Qatar and organizing its biggest-ever minesweeping exercises in the Persian Gulf, as preparations accelerate for a possible flare-up with Iran, according to U.S. officials."
And a related story, from The Associated Press:
"The Pentagon is sending an aircraft carrier to the Middle East several months early to make sure at least two carriers will constantly be present in the troubled region.
"The extra presence was approved late last week on a request by Gen. James Mattis, commander of U.S. Central Command, Pentagon press Secretary George Little said Monday. Questioned about whether the deployment is a response to problems with Iran or perhaps the violence in Syria, he declined to be specific. Little said the need comes from a 'wide range of security issues' in the region.
" 'This is not about any one particular country or any one particular threat,' he said."


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Thank you to all of you who wrote in with words of support and encouragement.I don't know what I would have done without you guys.Really.
We chose this pudding for our Sweet Punch challenge this month.The name itself explains the texture of the pudding-self saucing pudding.The recipe and the method is very unique.First we make a pudding batter and then top it with a chocolate-coffee sauce and bake it.As it bakes,the cake/pudding comes up leaving a thick sauce underneath which makes the pudding a class apart.
If you like chocolate and coffee,you'd love this pudding.
Self-saucing Coffee&Chocolate Pudding
Recipe source
Flour - 1 cup
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Cocoa powder - 2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Butter - 2 tbsp,melted
Milk - 1/2 cup
Yogurt - 1 tsp(in place of 1 egg)
Almonds - 50 gms,sliced
For the topping
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Instant coffee powder - 1 tsp
Cocoa powder - 3 tbsp
Water - 1 cup
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Sift together flour
baking powder
Dust with cocoa powder or cinnamon and sugar; serve with vanilla ice cream.I served it plain to enjoy the full flavor of coffee and chocolate.


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Massage is rubbing the soft tissues of the body, such as the muscles. Massage may be helpful in reducing tension and pain, improving blood flow, and encouraging relaxation. Massage therapists usually apply pressure with their hands, but they can also use their forearms, elbows, or feet. There are at least 80 different types of massage. Some are gentle, and some are very active and intense.
For example, Swedish massage is very gentle and is often used to promote relaxation, improve blood flow, and relieve muscle tension. The therapist uses long, gliding strokes and kneading and tapping techniques on the top layer of muscles in the direction of blood flow to the heart. This may also include moving the joints gently to improve range of motion.
Deep tissue massage is more active and intense. It is used to treat long-lasting muscle tension. The therapist applies slow strokes (with the fingers, thumbs, and elbows) using intense pressure to reach deeper layers of the muscles than those reached with a Swedish massage technique.
You can use self-massage to unwind after work or school, or to energize yourself in the morning. You can easily massage your feet, hands, or neck while doing other tasks or while relaxing. Self-massage works best if you are in comfortable clothes and are sitting or lying in a comfortable position. Use oil or lotion to massage bare skin.
Trigger point massage is less gentle and can sometimes be uncomfortable. The therapist applies firm pressure to knots or tight, tense muscles that have been overused or injured, continuing until the muscles relax. Let your massage therapist know if you feel any discomfort during the massage.
Some people feel that massage works because the touch is healing. Touch also communicates a sense of caring.
People use massage to promote relaxation and relieve pain. It can also relieve muscle tension and may improve blood flow, relieve pressure on nerves, and restore normal joint movement.
When done properly, massage is considered safe. But talk to your doctor before you get a massage if:
Certification by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) ensures that your massage therapist has a certain level of training and uses certain practice guidelines. Keep in mind that massage may be expensive, is generally not covered by insurance, and requires a time commitment.
Always tell your doctor if you are using an alternative therapy or if you are thinking about combining an alternative therapy with your conventional medical treatment. It may not be safe to forgo your conventional medical treatment and rely only on an alternative therapy.
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The other day I was leaving the office and mentally switching gears from the design work I had been doing all day to the fencing class I was about to teach that night. During my commute, I thought to myself, "It's time to stop thinking like the end user and start thinking like a fencer."
Suddenly realizing the similarities between my job and my hobby, I found myself pondering the connections between fencing and UX Design further over the next few weeks. I discovered more parallels than I had expected, although the first thought I had was that the goals are almost completely opposite.
When I am fencing, I want to frustrate my opponent and keep him from accomplishing his goals. When I am designing an interface, I want to encourage the user and help them accomplish their goals. It occurred to me, however, that while the final results are polar opposites, many of the methods used for assessing how best to achieve those opposite ends are actually very similar.
Since most people are not very familiar with modern competition fencing, let's start by taking a look at the sport. Modern fencing has its roots in swordplay, but the training and tactics employed are meant to win competitions, not duels. Bouts are fenced to a set number of points. Points are most often scored by making a valid touch on your opponent although points can also be awarded if a fencer retreats off the end of the strip or for certain rule violations. There is a director who judges the bout and enforces the rules.
Weapons and Tools
There are a great many fencing moves that have been invented over the years. Simple moves such as feints and parries, also known as fakes and blocks, can be combined to create points and there are an endless number of variations. Knowing a wide variety of moves and their strengths and weaknesses is key to becoming a successful fencer. Choosing which moves to use is a large part of any fencing bout, as every opponent you face will fence differently. If I can find a move that my opponent is only able to stop a third of the time or less, I am almost sure to win the bout. The more moves you are proficient with, the more likely you will be able to find one that works well against your opponent.
At this point, you're probably asking: "What does this have to do with UX design?"
Well, to start, consider any usability forum where people are asking questions about usability and count how many responses start with the words "it depends." There are countless ways of gathering usability information. Which method should be employed depends upon the situation, very similar to choosing which moves to employ in a fencing bout. Methods like remote testing, paper prototyping, and A/B testing all have their benefits and drawbacks. The more methods you know and are proficient in, the more likely you will be to get the best possible information given a particular set of restrictions. The deeper your understanding, the easier it is to make a quick, accurate decision.
Opponents and Users—Get Into their Heads
Fencing is sometimes called physical chess because success often comes down to assessing your opponent and adjusting your game to defeat him. The more you understand your opponent, the easier it will be to anticipate his moves and the better you can plan your strategy. Is he tired? Does he like to attack or is he more comfortable defending? What is his favorite attack? Is he right or left handed? As you gather information, you begin to build a mental model of your opponent. Each action, whether you get the point or lose it, gives you information to add to your mental model. If you learn that your opponent never makes low attacks, then you don't have to worry about defending low.
The more robust your mental model, the better it will be at predicting your opponent's behavior. UX Design is a chess match as well. With UX Design, the more you can understand your user, the better. Your user, although not your opponent, is on the other end of the ultimate outcome: the design. So it's vital to know how the user will react and what their needs and desires are prior to engaging in UX Design.
Strategic concerns must be considered up-front and during the build. What are the user's motivations for using a feature? What kind of physical environment are they in? Building a mental model of a user that can be used to predict and/or explain behavior is actually very similar to what I do when fencing. Being able to see potential design solutions as the user will see them is invaluable. For example, if you know the user is uncomfortable around computers, you can discard more complicated or technical options right from the start. Discarding untenable options ahead of time will save time and money in asset creation, testing, and rework.
Understanding "Why" Is Essential
I have been teaching fencing classes for at least a decade, and one thing I constantly tell my students is: "Ask why." I don't want them to just know what is correct, I want them to know why it is correct. There are several reasons for this. The first is that it tends to be easier to remember what's correct if you have some reason behind it other than the arbitrary "that is what the instructor said." The second and more important reason is that knowing why will help you make better decisions. Knowing that you don't do a parry a particular way because it would allow your opponent to hit you means that when you see your opponent make that mistake, you know where you can hit.
Knowing why is also important in UX Design. If the results of a usability test show that something doesn't work, it is good to know why so that you can avoid making a similar mistake in future designs. Furthermore, knowing a certain menu doesn't work, doesn't give a designer enough information to fix the problem. A UX Designer can go back and redesign the menu mechanism multiple times without any improvement in test results, because he or she doesn't know that it is actually the wording of the menu items that is the problem. The same goes for user requests. Users will often tell you what control they want and where they want it instead of telling you what tools they need to accomplish their goal. If you find out why they need the control upfront, you can often find a better way to meet the need, or even several needs, with a different design than the one the user described.
Final Round
Why should you care about the similarities between fencing and UX Design? It's always interesting to see how many correlations can be found between two seemingly disparate activities, and I believe that thinking about one activity in light of another has the potential to enhance understanding, spark new ideas, and improve results for both pursuits. While most people are probably not terribly familiar with fencing, I suspect that many of the parallels I've put forth for fencing and UX Design will ring true for most sports where individuals compete directly with each other, and against themselves.
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