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The B.U. Center for Digital Imaging Arts has just added another core curriculum to their stable of information technology certificates by introducing the Web Development Certificate. As you may know, they completely won me over with their Digital Photography program, and one of my coworkers at Adobe has been raving about their Audio Production curriculum as well. As such, I have high expectations that they will deliver great instructors for the chosen curriculum.
Their Web Development certificate program, founded on more than 20 courses, emphasizes the use of PHP and MySQL as core technologies, including a Rich Media Web Development subtopic focusing on the use of Flash and ActionScript. Along the way there's a sprinkling of Javascript, XML related technologies, and AJAX, and the course is capped off with some Content Management and Web 2.0 social network topics.
The B.U. Center for Digital Imaging Arts has just added another core curriculum to their stable of information technology certificates by introducing the Web Development Certificate. As you may know, they completely won me over with their Digital Photography program, and one of my coworkers at Adobe has been raving about their Audio Production curriculum as well. As such, I have high expectations that they will deliver great instructors for the chosen curriculum.
Last summer I posted my initial thoughts on the Professional Digital Photography program at Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts (CDIA), as well as some short video clips from the studios. While I've been attending the 18 month part time program I've received numerous inquiries requesting additional advice or insight about the program. I've decided to synthesize my email replies into a single blog entry for the benefit others who may be interested as well. Below you'll find an update on my experiences and some helpful advice.
I absolutely love the quality of instruction, facilities, and equipment available in the Professional Digital Photography program at Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts. They have a well thought out curriculum, outstanding instructors, and state of the art facilities. They are so successful that they've purchased a large building across the street from their primary location in Waltham, MA to effectively double their capacity. They also operate a new campus in Georgetown, Washington D.C., and I've heard they are opening additional campuses in San Francisco, CA and Austin, TX.
The holiday season has come and gone with little blogging on my part, but there's a few photography utilities for the web that I've wanted to mention. Its been a busy season with a couple weeks in Barcelona and a regular evening schedule at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at BU. It won't get less busy for me, so now's the time to share...
- Lightroom SDK: Flickr Export Plugin
- The SDK (Software Developer's Kit) for Lightroom provides software developers a way to build custom plugins for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. An example plugin to Export photos directly from Lightroom to Flickr comes with the SDK, so download the Lightroom SDK to get it. Even if you don't care about the SDK and aren't a software geek, download it anyway just to get the plugin to make your Flickr workflow even easier.
- SlideShowPro for Lightroom
- Speaking of Lightroom (yes, it is my favorite piece of image software right now!), for just $25 you can buy an excellent plugin for Lightroom to export stylish and sophisticated Flash-based Web Galleries for your website. Its very easy to use and provides an intuitive panel of gallery styling options. Previously, to use SlideShowPro you had to understand the Flash Authoring tool in order to get started, but with Lightroom its now incredibly simple to use. Here's where you can check out a Web Gallery example of the SlideShowPro plugin for Lightroom
- FlickrEdit: Backup Your Flickr Library
- And speaking of Flickr, I've recently read some recommendations for FlickrEdit, free utility that permits you to backup all your images on Flickr to your local desktop, among other things. I haven't used it yet, but it seems like a very useful safety net to have around.
- Photographic Storytelling with Soundslides Plus
- Moving back to the topic of Web Image Galleries, I've just stumbled across a remarkable Flash-based tool from Soundslides geared towards photojournalists that enables you to easily synchronize digital audio recordings with a collection of photographs. Check out this newspaper article Through the Artists' Eyes to view two wonderful examples.
- HDR and Tone Mapping with PhotoMatix
Although Photoshop CS2 and CS3 have a built-in automation tool for generating HDR images from multiple exposures, I've been giving Photomatix a test drive because it has been touted to have better fine-tuned control over the Tone Mapping process. In fact, I find that when using Photomatix I have had more success with HDR, just take a look below for some recent examples. There's lots of detailed knobs and sliders during the Tone Mapping process in Photomatix, and to save time later when I produce a satisfying result Photomatix allows me to save my settings. Later, when working on a new image I can try on some of my previous settings to quickly see if any produce a pleasing effect.
There we have it... I hope you find some of these useful as I have. Now, since I've got your attention, here's some of my recent work both from the studio at CDIA and from my recent trips to Barcelona and San Francisco. Enjoy!
If you're giving Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop CS3 for the Holidays this year, or if you're lucky enough to receive them as a gift, read the EULA to double your gifting fun!
I've seen very little mention of the Adobe End User License Agreement, or EULA, for these products in the blogosphere, and I haven't spoken with anyone that already knew about this little gem either. Specifically, the EULA is the license that Adobe gives you as the purchaser or user of the software, and that license states the terms under which you are legally permitted to use them.
Both Lightroom and Photoshop CS3 EULA state, under section 2.4 Portable or Home Computer Use, that you're allowed to install the software on not just one, but two of your home computers! Yippee!!! There is a small caveat that technically you're not permitted to use the same product at the same time on the two computers, but unless you're a serious Type A Multi-tasker then I doubt you'll have to worry about that... The official Legalease from the EULA is as follows:
Adobe Lightroom EULA
2.4 Portable or Home Computer Use. The primary user of the Computer on which the Software is installed may install a second copy of the Software for his or her exclusive use on either a portable Computer or a Computer located at his or her home, provided the Software on the portable or home Computer is not used at the same time as the Software on the primary Computer.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 EULA
2.4 Portable or Home Computer Use. The primary user of the Computer on which the Software is installed may install a second copy of the Software for his or her exclusive use on either a portable Computer or a Computer located at his or her home, provided the Software on the portable or home Computer is not used at the same time as the Software on the primary Computer. You may be required to contact Adobe in order to make a second copy.
Further, when Lightroom was still in beta version back last January, the Lightroom Program Manager, Tom Hogarty, posted to a forum thread that you may choose a different operating system when installing the second copy, just in case, for example, that you have PC as your primary computer and a Mac Powerbook as your second, then you're good to go.
A nonprofit called Sea Studios Foundation is making a film in cooperation with National Geographic Television and PBS, called Strange Days on Planet Earth, to be hosted by Edward Norton. This film will spotlight key issues affecting the health of the world ocean and highlight cutting edge scientific research.
A producer recently contacted me to request the use of one of my studio photographs entitled "The Snappah" for use in Season 2 of the program due out this winter.
The Snappah (a play on how a Bostonian might refer to a Red Snapper) was a creative shot I came up with one day while in my class on Introduction to Studio Lighting at CDIA. The image just popped into my head of an Alice in Wonderland type of outrageous dinner setting with a fresh fish too huge for the plate, accompanied by absurd utensils, and a bouquet of something with real punch. That morning I took a walk through Whole Foods Markets for inspiration, and voila, I was smitten with the snapper.
I'm absolutely thrilled on so many levels to know that one of my images has become so successful. On Flickr the image quickly made it into Explore, Flickr's most interesting photos for a given day, and was complemented by scores of comments and favorites. To have the image used in PBS science documentary in conjunction with the National Geographic Society is a dream come true and validates all the time and hard work I've been putting into goal to become a professional photographer.
You can read more about my experience at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University in Waltham, MA.
Integrating Photoshop Into the Creative Studio -- That's the snazzy title of the 8th course in CDIA's Professional Digital Photography program. Not too long ago, photographers that shot film could spend hours setting up perfect lighting in a shot using snoots, grids, reflectors, gobos, and other light modifiers to capture the perfect image with one shutter click. With the advent of digital photography its possible to achieve that perfect shot in far less time by shooting several versions of the set then combine the images in Photoshop using layer masks and blending. In the digital photographer's studio, the final image is often a composite that makes best use of time between setting up the lighting and post production editing.
The first exercise in this course is known as a split shot, a technique to control reflections in a set. Imagine an art director sets up a product shot in the studio composed of a couple books and some CDs, carefully placing each element in his or her preferred configuration. Then its the photographer's job to capture the image just as the art director composed it, even though the set may have elements of differing reflective surfaces or different contrasts. The CDs have prismatic reflections of the books behind them, and the books may have shadows or glossy reflections of the other books or CDs in front of them.
To achieve a well lit, final image begin by capturing the original set, then use light modifers such as cards or gobos to capture subsequent shots where one element of the set is lit properly. Weight down the tripod to completely avoid nudging the camera since later several captures will be layered and combined.
- Wake up early (yes, 7AM is early for me) to prepare to go to the Apple Store opening at 9AM
- Check the Apple website and find that the countdown still reads 11 hours. By 10/26 they didn't mean morning of 10/26. Back to bed.
- Leave work to head over the Apple Store at the Natick Collection Mall
- Join the line camped outside the locked doors of the Apple Store. A kid in front of me walks the line, returns to his father to report that they are #38 in line.
- The frumpy old guy next to me starts chatting with about Macs. Says that he's a web developer that works at home and uses Dreamweaver and Flash on PCs and wants to trash them for Macs instead.
The Bruce Freeman Rail Trail is a proposed development in Massachusetts that will convert a former railroad bed into a 25 mile, multi-purpose trail stretching from Chelmsford to Framingham, passing through the towns of Westford, Carlisle, Acton, Concord, and Sudbury too . The trail is logistically broken out into three phases, each to be developed sequentially as fund-raising and litigation with abutters move along in parallel.
The BFRT website is chock full of useful information for to help support the building of the Rail Trail. The map which diagrams the route and its 3 phases is rather vague unfortunately. I decided to diagram the bicycle path's proposed route using Google Maps instead, which allows for precise plotting, zooming, and both map and satellite views.
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I would love to see the whole network of rail trails in Massachusetts developed to encourage bicycling for sport and commuting since the roads are so very hazardous here. For starters, a connector trail to join the BFRT with the Assabet River Rail Trail would extend the trail network to Marlborough, Hudson, Maynard, and Stow. It would be a dream to also connect it to the Minuteman Bikeway that runs from Bedford to Cambridge and provides access to the Alewife subway station and Boston.
While in Burlington Vermont this weekend, I setup to do an HDR image on Church Street, the pedestrian thoroughfare with cross traffic at every block. An HDR image at night requires several long exposures taken in sequence.
While in the middle of the sequence, this driver from Morf Transit taxi service pulls up to wait for a client and stops right in front of me, although there was plenty of space in front of and behind it.
For 5 minutes I wait patiently with my wife beside me, just chuckling to ourselves over his parking tactics. No bigggie..
After 10 minutes I'm wondering if I should just move closer to the church in the distance and start over. The driver begins honking his horn to notify his clients that he's ready.
At close to 15 minutes of waiting the driver continues honking, and rolls down his windows to get some air. I took this opportunity to request if he wouldn't mind pulling forward a bit, and the conversation goes roughly like this:
As Jason Delmore, ColdFusion Product Manager, says:
"You really distilled our CF message".
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I have decided to do a different kind of post today and it's about something pretty close to my heart.
Some of you may have heard of the amazing band Placebo and for those of you who have not... Where have you been all your life?!
Words cannot really describe how much I love this band, they produce the most technically awesome music out there and even if you don't know who they are, you are bound to know one of their songs.
I am not going to give you their biography, so what you waiting for? Go Google them!!:)
The hot front man Brian Molko, has the most alluring voice and a somewhat hypnotising stage presence. You cannot help but stare at him and even if he wasn't in a band he would still have the same effect on me. Why are all the good ones untouchable?! *sighs*
Brian writes frickin awesome songs that will always resonate with what ever you are feeling at the particular time, it's a skill not many musicians possess within the 'pop culture' this is real.
Placebo as a band (who consist of Brian, Stefan and now Matt) produces 'real' music and when performing with the touring members you can feel a strong connection that makes live shows INCREDIBLE!!
On the 18th March 2015 I saw them live again for the 3rd time at the O2 Academy in Birmingham and it was THE best night of my life!!
This story is a crazy one with lots of pictures!
It's going to be good!!
I wanted to get to the gig early so I had a chance to get as near to the front as possible, I managed to arrive at 5.30 pm and the queue was pretty small.
Ha, I decided I needed to be tall that night so I wasn't stuck behind some person with mega height on them. I had a bright idea to wear these...
Yeah... Not so bright, because let me tell you, even though these gave me the height I needed boy didn't they kill my feet and legs off!!
Anyway, I stood waiting until the doors opened at 7 pm and by that time my feet were already hurting. Placebo played at the O2 Academy just over a year ago so I knew how small the place was.
I walked through the doors and there was the stage with just a handful of people around it (the lucky buggers with O2 Priority passes I may add), and I knew where Brian was going to have his mic placed so I made sure I got a spot around there. I was literally like 3 people width wise away from the front and I was stood in front of lots of shorter people. Score.
And then 'BOOM' a frickin tree stands right in front of me. Turns out the girl in front of me needed her boyfriend to hug her throughout the gig (I mean seriously)! I met this real nice couple next to me who I spoke to on and off and there was this older guy next to me on the right who announced that his two cups of beer's he was holding cost £19!! I almost choked when I heard that. Is he mad?!
I had my ear plugs in and this 'beer guy' kept trying to talk to me. I was more worried that his drinks were going to go flying over me when the music started than what he was actually asking me.
I have a real dry sense of humour so can come across quite sarcastic sometimes, he asked me whether I had a boyfriend. I said "I don't have one" and put my ear plugs back in and turned away before he asked me anything else, I was going to say that I was a lesbian but he might of liked that idea so I thought, keep it short and sweet. Ha.
There is always one.
The lights went dim and all I could see was the stage lights getting brighter. It was starting.
At this point I was breathing through the pain of my feet and then the supporting band come on stage and graced me with their presence.
'The Mirror Trap' was the name of the band and I had never heard of them before and I tell you now they are and were AWESOME!!
Their music to me is quite similar to Placebo's in the guitar riffs and the genre. They are a five piece band and had amazing stage presence.
My camera always makes me look further away from the stage than I actually am and I struggled to take totally clear pictures. Why would my phone even frickin do that?! Always at gigs.
As I was saying, these guys were great. The front man Garry was very charismatic, had some god damn quirky dance moves (I loved it) and the songs were memorable and catchy, plus Garry is HOT!!
Don't quote me on this but I think they played 5 or 6 songs one of which was called 'Piranha'- that is probably incorrect, I had my ear plugs in. Ha. I also remember 'Killing Time'. I was a bloody idiot though because I forgot to pick up their EP at the end of the gig.
Their set lasted around an hour and they interacted with the crowd brilliantly. They have definitely gained a fan in me and I don't just like any kind of music!!
Well done boys, I hope to see you guys again soon!!
My feet were hurting so bad by this point I actually did think I wouldn't be able to make it through Placebo's set.
I wasn't going to let it defeat me so I carried on like the trooper I am. I had to wait like another hour before Placebo came on.
Again the lights went dark behind me and the stage lit up. Now I was full on excited, I had little butterflies going on inside and everything. Ha. I cannot even remember who came on first but all I remember was seeing Brian standing in front of me and that was it, I was a goner. He has this weird affect on me, I don't know what it is or how to explain it but this guy literally just 'has' me. I was literally mesmerised throughout the whole gig, it's sad to admit this but I love everything about this man and his band. I just wanted to get up on stage and rock out with them, the stage is where I want to be and they just make me want it even more.
It's Placebo's 20th anniversary and they played songs from their newest album 'Loud Like Love' back to 'Battle for the Sun' 'Meds' and even 'Black Market Music'. The set was god damn beautiful, there was sooooo much energy coming off that stage and Brian and the rest of the guys were on top form.
Steve Forrest who recently left the band as the drummer has been replaced by a guy called Matt... He was actually really good and it didn't feel 'different' at all. It was still Placebo.
Stefan, Fiona, Nick and Bill were also amazing nothing to fault at all and man can't they work their instruments!!
I did notice something was up with Nick at a certain point of the gig and I thought he wasn't well, I later found out that he fell over on stage. I didn't see it but I think it knocked him about a bit. :(
I had soooo many people waving their arms into my head and smacking into me it was difficult at times but it's a gig and that's what happens. It got really hot in there I don't think I have sweated so much in my life literally I was dripping everywhere. I thought I was going to pass out at one point. Brian was pouring with sweat I could see it drip of his hair and everything, it must be so hard playing a guitar, singing and being extremely hot. I didn't envy him at that point, although it just made him look even hotter. :)
The couple I was talking to at the beginning of the gig had re-shuffled and the lady was in front of me. I had some girls behind me push me into her and I apologised to her and told her what happened and the next thing I knew she grabbed me and pulled me in front of her. I was at the front. I couldn't believe it, it was the nicest thing and I was shocked she even contemplated it. I was so grateful to her.
Last year (probs like a year and three months actually) I didn't make it to the end of the gig as a fight broke out and I was in the middle, so I left before I got hurt. This year I made it to the end and it was without a doubt the best gig I have ever been to of theirs and in general. They were amazing and even if you aren't sure of their music when you hear it on a C.D, go and see them live because you have seen nothing yet.
I forgot my good camera so had to make do with the Iphone. It let me down big time. Honestly I was nearer to the stage than it looks.
I have been a fan for 10 years and when I finally got to see the end of the show up close where they all held hands and bowed to the audience it was the best 'complete' feeling. It made me sad though because it was over and for a moment I was in their bubble and living their music with them.
They bowed and left the stage waving. I was so happy!
Then I realised... My feet. I could barely walk by this point and was walking like I seriously had something wrong with me. Ha.
Now this is the BEST bit.
Mum and dad met me outside the arena where I took my shoes off. Bliss pure bliss.
I walked to where the tour buses were and to my car (where my dad had parked it between the buses) and I saw a friend waiting, I went over to speak to her and we noticed the security guys putting the barriers up . My friend said to me "they usually do that if Brian is going to come out" we walked over to the barriers and then everyone started rushing up. I was worried my feet were going to get crushed if Brian did make an appearance, so asked my dad for my shoes.
My feet started cramping and after around 25 minutes of waiting I couldn't wait any more as my legs were about to give way. I called the security guy over and asked him if it would be okay if I came through the barriers to my car as I could no longer stand.
He looked suspiciously at me, which is understandable but I reassured him I am not a crazy fan I just need to get to my car and that he can escort me if needed. He helped me walk to my car and said "I don't know why you guys wait, it's just a person" and I turned to him and said " I have waited 10 years to meet Brian and it would just be my luck that when I go he will come out".
I got in my car and almost went to leave and the same security guard came running up and said to me "want to know a little secret, Brian is coming out now" I didn't know what to do with myself, the backstage door was inches from me and my dad was like "LEYA GET OUT OF THE CAR!!!" I hobbled out shoeless and waited at the barrier next to the door and it was just me stood there, the others were still down at the other end.
Then it happened!!
The door flew open, a guy came out and looked at me as if to say "hey I wasn't expecting anyone to be here" and then BRIAN CAME OUT!!! hdjudsbgubgfjdbnjgvbnjfd.
I can't remember a lot of this but dad said he looked up out of his hood at me. All I remember was looking at him thinking "oh my god, Brian is in front of me, I look a mess, marry me, me and Brian are face to face one on one and I have waited so long for this moment". Now I am not a stereotypical fan that would jump on the guy, ask for a picture, cry and say I love him (even though I wanted to do all of those) and instead said "hi" ha ha ha, yeah I was so shocked at it all I said "hi" he came over and signed my ticket and out of all of the things I could talk to him about I decided I would tell him about my crippled feet!!!
YES MY FEET!!! Why can't I ever come out with something good?! I said thanks for signing my ticket and the concert was amazing, he smiled and nodded before he was ushered off to the other people.
I would of loved to of had an actual conversation with him, he really intrigues me but obviously that wasn't going to happen.
Maybe next time... On the tour bus?
I will keep dreaming.
And that was that, I got back into the car and went home a VERY happy woman with my autographed ticket.
I will never forget that night or meeting Brian. I can't help but wonder if he will ever remember meeting me?
If he thinks of feet or red lipstick then maybe so. Ha.
If you want to hear clips of me singing their songs you can find them...

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"Send Silence Packing" Program Coming to Northwestern/
Promoting mental health and suicide prevention is a top priority at Northwestern. At times, stigma may result in students feeling uncomfortable about reaching out to friends or family and seeking the help they need. However, no one should feel like they have to hide or be alone. Northwestern is actively addressing the topic of mental health and suicide prevention in a number of ways, including an upcoming highly acclaimed program:
Send Silence Packing
- Monday, September 28, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Deering Meadow (rain location, Norris Center's Louis Room)
"Send Silence Packing," a national campaign by Active Minds Inc., is a program that sheds light on college student suicide. It involves the display of 1,100 backpacks, representing the number of college students who die by suicide each year. The initiative started in 2008 at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and has transformed into a national campaign, growing to include over 320,000 people across 98 cities in the U.S. With the help of NU Active Minds, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), Division of Student Affairs, Associated Student Government (ASG), the Dean of Students Office, and the Women's Center, Northwestern is joining the movement. Sponsoring organizations will also provide information about resources available to students both during the program and online.
Active Minds Inc. stands to promote mental health, and by bringing this event to Northwestern, they promote the idea that "preventing suicide is not just about lowering statistics, but about saving lives."


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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Great RTI Site
For those of you who work with RTI approach, you may have or may have not seen the site Inverntion Central. This site is a geared towards Common Core Standards, but as with everything in education, we take what we can use and/or modify the rest. They have a ton of resources to help struggling learners...interventions, blogs, videos, downloads, etc. This site is sure to help anyone when working with Response to Intervention.
Intervention Central
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CMG Financial, a well-capitalized, privately held mortgage-banking firm, continues its national expansion with the addition of Tim Parent to its management team. Parent will serve as Vice President of Project Standards to focus on growing condo and co-op lending. In his previous roles, Parent has proven his ability to build new business and push departments to their full growth potential.
After earning his degree in Economics and Mathematics, Parent has worked in the mortgage banking industry for the past seven years. He previously held management positions at Guaranteed Rate and the Federal Savings Bank. At the Federal Savings Bank, he grew the condo review department from the ground up through his innovative leadership and forged strategic relationships with national builders.
Parent is also a licensed real estate continuing education instructor from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations. His ambition drives him to always be learning, expanding, and diversifying his professional activity.
"It's no secret that lending in condo projects can make the mortgage transaction slightly more difficult," Parent stated, "However, at CMG we want to breed a culture that excels in condo lending. Instead of looking at it as a difficulty, we will be working throughout all levels of the company so it becomes a strength of our lending capabilities. By making some internal process changes, bringing project level FHA, VA, and PERS approvals in-house, and producing more marketing and education for our originators and realtor partners, we expect to bring condo lending to the forefront of CMG's business."
"As CMG continues to expand its retail footprint, we are excited to welcome Tim Parent as our Vice President of Project Standards," said Charlie Rogers, Senior Vice President of Retail Lending, "Tim's expertise in finding solutions for hard to approve condominium projects will facilitate our growth efforts."
If you are interested in joining CMG Financial, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
About CMG Financial
CMG Financial is a well-capitalized, privately held mortgage-banking firm founded in 1993. The company makes its products and services available to the market through three distinct origination channels including Retail Lending, Wholesale Lending, and Correspondent Lending.
CMG Financial currently operates in most states, including District of Columbia, and holds federal agency lending approvals with HUD, VA, RHS, GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC. Throughout the mortgage banking and housing markets, CMG Financial is widely known for responsible lending practices, industry and consumer advocacy, product innovation, and operational efficiency.


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Essay on Chinese Ethical Systems
Free sample essay on Chinese Ethical Systems:
Throughout the world many philosophies have been created in order to better understand the world which we live in. These philosophies are all very interesting, but all are very different. Philosophies change not only through geography, but people from the same family may have very different philosophies. The Chinese have always been admired for their diverse philosophies. Three of the main philosophies of China are Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.
Confucius was a great philosopher who came from humble beginnings, but would later change the world with his ground breaking ideas and philosophies. Confucius believed that social and harmony could be achieved by focusing on five basic relationships: ruler and subject, father and son, husband and wife, older brother and younger brother, friend and friend. A certain code of conduct regulated each relationship. Confucius pressed the youth to practice filial piety. Confucius' beliefs are the basis of an ethical system called Confucianism….


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Inked Bird LoveJune 20, 2011, 14:49 pm Posted by Lark
As you know by now, we've been celebrating our Bird Love month (and Lark's blogiversary) this June, and I thought we should celebrate the art of the bird in its many forms, especially its very personal, permanent, and beautiful ink form. The following photos capture just a sliver of the wide world of bird tattoos, but what an inspiring sliver it is.
Thank you to the artists, photographers, and inked individuals mentioned below for sharing their feathered inspiration.
this is joy – from bewailthepast
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sparrow – from WeHeartIt
Fly Away – from Jak & Jil Blog
bird tattoo – from ellamints
bird tattoo – from wavingtoanimals by Shaun Martinson
little ankle birdies – from Spannie
flying bird tattoos – by Evie's Ink
Bird Cage Tattoo – by Paulo Madeira


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Avoiding perversions of evidence-informed decision-making
How to avoid "We saw the evidence and made a decision…and that decision was: since the evidence didn't confirm our priors, to try to downplay the evidence"
Before we dig into that statement (based-on-a-true-story-involving-people-like-us), we start with a simpler, obvious one: many people are involved in evaluations. We use the word 'involved' rather broadly. Our central focus for this post is people who may block the honest presentation of evaluation results.
In any given evaluation, there are several groups of organizations and people with stake in an evaluation of a program or policy. Most obviously, there are researchers and implementers. There are also participants. And, for much of the global development ecosystem, there are funders of the program, who may be separate from the funders of the evaluation. Both of these may work through sub-contractors and consultants, bringing yet others on board.
Our contention is that not all of these actors are currently, explicitly acknowledged in the current transparency movement in social science evaluation, with implications for the later acceptance and use of the results. The current focus is often on a contract between researchers and evidence consumers as a sign that, in Ben Olken's terms, researchers are not nefarious and power (statistically speaking) -hungry (2015). To achieve its objectives, the transparency movement requires more than committing to a core set of analyses ex ante (through pre-analysis or commitment to analysis plans) and study registration.
To make sure that research is conducted openly at all phases, transparency must include engaging all stakeholders — perhaps particularly those that can block the honest sharing of results. This is in line with, for example, EGAP's third research principle on rights to review and publish results. We return to some ideas of how to encourage this at the end of the blog.


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Sustainable use of nuts of the soapwood tree in the Alto Mayo region of Peru Jorge Elliot of ITDG Latin America in Peru describes the utilisation of the nuts from an Amazonian tree (Caryocar...
Jorge Elliot, Published on 2001
Practical Action, Published by Practical Action on 2013
Groundnuts are extremely versatile and can be used in a wide range of products. This brief outlines some of their uses.
La noix de cajou constitue un fruit qui peut être transformé en produit de grignotage.
Sue Azam-Ali, Dr, Published on 2001
Groundnuts are extremely versatile and can be used in a wide range of products. This brief outlines some of their uses.
Published on 2007
L'huile est extraite à partir de différentes graines, noix et fruits pour une utilisation dans la cuisine et pour la fabrication de savon, decosmétiques, de détergents, ou comme.
Tony Swetman, Published on 2008
Les huiles essentielles sont les huiles volatiles distillées à partir de matières aromatiques végétales.
Tony Swetman, Published on 2013
Les arachides sont extrêmement versatiles et peuvent être utilisées dans une grande variété de produits. Ce dossier souligne certains de ses usages.
Sue Azam-Ali, Dr, Published on 2013
The design and construction of a peanut roaster
Practical Action, Published by Practical Action on 2014
The cultivation, harvesting, processing and products of the shea-tree.
Tony Swetman, Published on 2008
Engineering drawings for the manual screw press used for edible oil extraction. Manual processing can be done with groundnut, safflower, sesame and other soft oilseeds.
Andrew Russell, Published on 2008
Discusses refining oilseed on a small-scale; topics include raw materials, health and safety and processing.
Barrie Axtell;Neil Noble, Published on 2006
Small scale oil extraction from nuts, seeds and fruits, can be used for eating, cosmetics and detergents. It can be a good source of income, once the equipment is invested in up front.
Tony Swetman, Published on 2008
Engineering drawings describing the groundnut huller - accompanies the guide which is available.
Apt Consultancy, Published by Apt Consultancy on 2011
A case study from Indicorp describing the introduction of a domestic cooler.
Karthik Raman, Published by Indicorps on 2007
Essential oils are the volatile oils distilled from aromatic plant materials. This fact sheet shows how to harvest the plant and separate the oil.
Tony Swetman, Published on 2008


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Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left a comment on Rose's introduction!!
We are thrilled to be going to an all sketch challenge!
The next designer I would like to introduce you to is Amy Tsuruta.
What is the name of your blog?
Tsuruta Designs
When did you begin paper crafting?
It seems like I've always been creating but I'm guessing it officially started when I volunteered to be my son's co-op preschool scrapbook coordinator in 2001...um yeah, I had never scrapbooked at that point in time:)
What are some of your favourite stamps?
Neat & Tangled, Avocado Arts, Fresh Squeezed Stamps and Jane's Doodles ;)
What inks do you use and like the most?
My go to black is Memento Tuxedo!
My go to brown is Memento Rich cocoa and all my other colors are Fresh Inks by Impress!
What kind of challenges do you enjoy the most for card making?
I'm totally a sketch girl:)
Do you design for other teams or companies?
Little Tangles
Avocado Arts
Timeless Twine
Paper Made Bakery
Paper Made Bakery
Thank you so much Amy for sharing a bit about yourself!!!
The sketches begin on Tuesday, August 6th!
Thanks for stopping by!


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Sixteen people were killed and four others injured in truck accidents in Tangail, Naogaon and Manikganj districts on Wednesday.
In Tangail, 10 people, including four members of a family, were killed and three others injured in a fatal road accident on Tangail-Mymensingh road at Ashura in Madhupur upazila.
The deceased were identified as Rahima Khatun, 50, her daughter Salma Begum, 30, two grandsons — Sadequl Islam, 12, and Shafi Islam, 6, of Aralia village, Firoza Begum, 40, Sajid, 3, Abdul Quader, 50 of Gangair village, Habibur Rahman, 55, Hena Akhter, 35, and Esha Akter, 14, of Raktipara village.Police said the accident occured around 12:30 pm when a Tangail-bound truck from Madhupur hit the tempo coming from the opposite direction, killing the eight people on the spot and five others injured.
The injured were rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where Safi and Esha died after admission. Police seized the truck but its driver fled the scene.
In Naogaon, four people, including a child, were killed and another was injured when a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway at Bagachara in Mahadebpur upazila.
The deceased were identified as Abdus Sattar, 45, a van-puller, son of of Faraj Ali of Enayetpur village, his daughter Khushi, 8, Ismat Ali, 35, son of Sudha Pramanik of Sharifpur village and Soel Ahmed, 22, son of Abul Kashem of Dogacchi village in sadar upazila.
The accident occured around 12.00 pm when a Rajshahi-bound truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving four people dead on the spot and another injured, said officer-in-charge of Mahadebpur Police Station Saiful Islam.
The injured was taken to sadar hospital. Police arrested the truck driver from Khoshalbari, 10 kilometers off the spot.
Angered by the incident, local people put barricades on Naogaon-Rajshahi highway, disrupting traffic for about two hours.
In Manikganj, a truck driver and his helper were killed when a stone-laden truck plunged into a roadside ditch after breaking a bailey bridge at Kitingchar in Singair upazila early in the morning.
The identities of the deceased could not yet be known. – UNB
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Sixteen people were killed and four others injured in truck accidents in Tangail, Naogaon and Manikganj districts on Wednesday.


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My Girlfriend Turned Me Gaybykeithdavis1010©
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Note: this is the sequel to Fantasy Revealed & Almost Fulfilled. Please don't read this if you are offended by homosexuality, bisexuality, or gay gangbangs. This story centers on bringing a fantasy to complete fulfillment with the encouragement of an open-minded girlfriend. Many who read this story may take exception to the 'rape' aspect. I would remind those readers that control is tacitly understood to rest exclusively with the main protagonist of this story (that is he can call it off at any time). I do not advocate non- consensual sex under any circumstances. I do advocate 'safe sex' but I have left out condom use in my stories -- because these stories take place under ideal circumstance and in an ideal world. The theme of this story is a recurring entry on the top 10 fantasies for men -- being taken in the ass usually by force. I guess if consent isn't given then you can enjoy it without being gay or leaning that way. I look forward to a day when all of us aren't so limited in our appreciation of sex, in all its forms.
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It had been a week since I had confessed my fantasy. I admit I was surprised at her response. She actually made my fantasy come true, well not exactly. You see I told her I fantasized about being fucked in the ass, so she produced a strap-on and did just that. She tried to convince me to go all the way with my fantasy; even promising me that she could make it happen easily.
We both had quite a week and Friday night was finally here. Sitting on the couch we were having cocktails and discussing our work when she broached the subject of last weeks sexcapades.
"So how's that ass of yours?" She asked running her fingers lightly up the inseam of my pant leg.
"What do you mean?" I asked coyly, knowing full well what she meant.
"Is it time for another lesson in taking it up the ass?" She answered.
"Oh honey, I don't know if ..." I said as she interrupted.
"I do, I want your ass and much more than that baby, a lot more." She said cryptically.
"Yes, I did like it but ..." I said.
Interrupting she said, " Liked it. Shit you were on your hands and knees taking it like a seasoned whore -- liked it. You LOVED IT."
"Yes, I did I admit it, I really did, but ..." I admitted reluctantly.
"Listen, you love taking it up the ass and you shouldn't deny yourself pleasure because you're homophobic or ashamed." She answered softly.
"I guess your right I said, but I'm worried about what you think." I asked.
"I think it's fucking hot. You should already know how I feel about it. Remember I'm the one who popped your cherry. I'm also the one who wants to see you do a guy." She answered.
There was a pause I our conversation, I was remembering her promise that she could "make it happen easily" and I was having this internal dialogue about whether or not I wanted to. I already knew the answer and I guessed she did too.
"Technically you've already committed yourself to doing a guy last week, remember?" She asked with raised eyebrows. The stakes were mounting, I was being expertly maneuvered and manipulated.
"I remember." How could I forget? She was doing my ass doggy style with her huge strap-on, and in the throes of passion, I would have agreed to anything.
The doorbell rang and the pizza arrived. We watched a movie and went to bed after more drinks. I was fuzzy headed toward the end of the evening. I woke the next day with dry mouth and a headache. I looked over at her side of the bed and it was empty.
"Honey?" I called out. I thought I could hear her voice in the living room.
She sashayed into the bedroom saying, "Wakey, wakey sleepy head. How are you feeling?"
"I've got a head ache and dry mouth." I said sitting up I bed. I was wondering why I was so dizzy and disoriented.
"I'll be right back." She left and returned with a glass of orange juice spiked with a generous amount of vodka and two pills. She handed them to me, "This will make you feel better." I swallowed the pills with a generous drink.
Not expecting the vodka I coughed a couple of times and said, "Jeez what are you trying to do kill me?"
Ignoring my question she asked again, "how are you feeling?"
"Pretty good, a little dizzy, actually a lot dizzy." I said smiling.
"Roll over on your stomach and I give you a rub." She said. I thanked her for her offer and rolled over on the bed.
"I'll go get the oil." She said disappearing. I thought I could hear voices again, they sounded distant yet very close at the same time.
"I warmed it up for you. You're in for a treat, this will feel good." She said pouring oil all over my back, ass, and legs.
"Oh god." I exclaimed as she began rubbing my body. It caused tingly waves to roll all over my body. I was getting extremely aroused, my stomach burning with desire.
"What are you doing to me?" I asked
"I can't take all the credit. That's the effects of the drugs. They'll make you appreciate the ... experience better." She replied.
I began to moan as she massaged my body into a compliant and relaxed state. I raised my ass up as an invitation that she took. Her fingers began exploring my tightness as she asked, " You like that?"
"Oh god yeah, that feels great. Hey honey could you fuck me with your strap-on again?" I begged.
Her fingering became more intense, "Wow, you're asking for it eh?"
"Yes, please baby?" I surprised myself. What was I saying? I felt like I was on fire with lust.
She stopped touching me, and got off the bed, leaving me wanting, needing. She said, "Now you're begging for it? I want you to say what you want, let me hear it."
I said, "I want you to fuck me." I was breathing heavy.
I moaned loudly as her hands started to rub me again. She was rubbing me harder than before and I liked it.
"You really like it up the ass don't you?" She asked, her voice sounding distant.
"Oh yes, I love it. Please fuck me." Confused, I looked up and saw her pointing a camcorder at me. I thought how could she be over there?
She asked me, "Do you like big hard cock?"
"Yes." I panted out.
"Your horny for some ass fucking aren't you?" She asked still pointing the camcorder at me.
"Yes, please fuck me. Fuck my ass" I lost all composure.
"Well what are you waiting for? Shove it up his ass." She said. I felt a probing hardness thrusting between my well-oiled ass check searching for entry.
"Oh yeah." I said as I parted my ass cheeks for better access. The next feeling was a sharp pain as I was penetrated. The pain lasted only a fraction of a second replaced by a tingling sensation that ran up and down my spine.
"Oh yeah, fuck me." I said with my eyes closed, thrusting my ass backward impaling myself on the huge invader. I kept sliding back along the full length until I felt pubic hair against my ass. There was a small pinching feeling in my guts that reminded me how full I was.
I was forcefully pulled up on my hands and knees. My hair pulled backward causing my body to arch. The huge cock in my ass pulled almost all the way out, small shallow thrusts, and then one long hard thrust balls deep into my ass. My eyes bulged out and my mouth formed an, 'O' as I groaned like a whore.
"That's it fill that ass up." She exclaimed.
My eyes focused on her pointing the camcorder right at my face. Each thrust from behind was shaking my body causing me to moan and groan. You could hear our bodies smacking against each other just like a porno movie. She extended her hand towards my mouth touching my lips lightly while she held the camcorder in the other hand.
She said, "This oiled up whore can take it up the ass like a pro, but you have another hole to fill -- don't you?" The smacking wet sounds continued as my ass was being fucked hard and fast each stroke reaching the very center of my soul turning me, changing me.
I sucked her fingers still wondering how she was able to be in two places at once, in front of me video taping and fucking me from behind. I was confused and couldn't quite work it out.
She asked, "Well slut you want to suck some cock?"
I nodded my reply. Suddenly a man appeared in front of me and dropped his pants, an erect cock bounced free. I opened my mouth and took it deeply down my throat. I gagged for a few heartbeats then relaxed as he drove his tool down my throat and began to face fuck me with gusto. I finally realized what was going on but surprisingly I didn't care anymore.
"Oh yeah that's it. He'll suck any cock that pops up in front of his face." She commented. I was getting fucked from both ends while my girlfriend watched. She did much more than just watch, she was encouraging them to fuck me harder and faster and of course videotaping everything.
The man fucking my ass froze up, clutching my ass hard. He began pumping my ass full of come. I heard him moan loudly. When his balls were emptied deep in my ass he yanked his cock out, leaving my ass gaping open. It was over too soon for me, I needed more. I wiggled my ass as an invitation for more.
She responded by saying, "Looks like you want more. Do you want more cock?"
Since my mouth was full I replied by nodding. I felt the cock in my mouth go rigid the balls pulling tight, my mouth was filled to overflowing. I couldn't swallow all of it, so it ran over my lips and chin. He simply pulled his pants up and left without a word. I was still on my hands and knees with come running down my face and leaking out my gapping ass. I never felt so violated or used but I found myself wanting more. We were alone. I looked up at her taping me.
"You're just getting warmed up aren't you?" She seductively said.
"I just nodded." I was woozy and still burning with desire.
"Answer me baby, do you want more dick or not? What ever you want just tell me." She asked
Trembling I said, "I'll do whatever you want. Fuck me like the slut I am."
"The little slut wants me to pimp him out. Just so we are VERY clear (she grabbed my face directing it toward the camera) you'll be used over and over again until your ass is raw, and you'll suck cock till your full of hot creamy come. Is that what you want?"
"Yess." I hissed.
"You heard 'em boys. Fill the whore up." She announced.
I head voices then felt hands all over my body, spreading my ass cheeks. Being well lubricated with another man's come it was easy for the next man to gain entry. I felt him slide it in easily. Then he squeezed my ass cheeks to together and started to fuck me with a steady rhythm.
I was presented with a nice hard cock that slapped my face a few times. I struggled to get my mouth around the large head. I started to realize just how big this guy was. My head flopped back and forth. After no more than a few minutes, he groaned and cum spattered all over my face.
"That's it fill the whore up. So who's next?' she asked. Another cock filled my warm mouth stretching and reshaping it. I looked up at her watching, taping me.
She said, "don't worry babe you'll get enough cock. See, they're lining up at both ends."
I was used like a helpless meat puppet and I loved it. I knew I would be crawling from one cock to the next begging for it. I came several times but was insatiable.
I can still her voice ringing in my ears, "I want this whore so full he sloshes. Fill the bitch up."
I don't know how many I serviced but after that fuck fest I found myself alone with her still taping me.
"You did a good job. I'm so proud of you." She said turning off the camcorder and placing it on the nightstand. She was rubbing my well used ass, smearing the come around.
"You'll remember this for the rest of your life and if you want help turn you into a real whore. With a little help, you will end up a slut for men who can appreciate an always horny, eager and ready little fucktoy! You'll end up like you are right now every night, with well-used holes, limp, unable to move, and the only thing you'll think about will be more cock, filling you up." She said as I drifted off to sleep.
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text: News & Events Blog Civil Engineering Diary - 16 November 2017 Thursday 16th November 2017 First of all the S&T! You will hopefully remember that in my last diary I said I expected to hear from them with photos and true to form as seen here in photos A and B they are tidying up the road surface at High Mill Level Crossing. This is in preparation for our contractor painting a yellow box junction on the crossing. If you look closely you can see the old Down Running Line which is still there but only through the level crossing itself. It "re-emerges" to the north in the form of what we now call the "South End Neck" back towards Pickering from 6 Points crossover. In times past when they spot sleepered sections of track they often put in cast iron small markers with the year date on them. I took out the last ones some years ago and the dozen I still have are all dated 1937 or 1938. Those sleepers are still there and in reasonably good condition, after all in pre-war days the timber was good and well preserved with creosote. After the war softwood timber was not very good and with pressure treatment using creosote going out of fashion, not least as creosote is a carcinogen, railways moved towards using hardwood and concrete for sleepers and then steel. When I started, BR hardwood sleepers were very popular. The usual ones were Jarrah which is Eucalyptus wood from Australia being a nice red colour similar to mahogany. But when it weathered it turned grey and developed longitudinal splits which wasn't a problem in sleepers but caused issues when machined and used in building items such as window frames! While on the subject of hardwood sleepers, when supplies of Eucalyptus became restricted, railways were offered "tropical" hardwood which we were all assured would last as well. Of course it didn't and as I described earlier in the year, those we bought 20 years ago are now well and truly rotten and life expired for use as sleepers, in fact for most things. One advantage of steel is of course they are termite proof! At Goathland Jim and Mark are renewing the Up platform concrete copes as many are cracked and breaking up. We have had some stored for several years and these are being used. The first section was the ramp where one cope had been replaced some years ago with in-situ concrete. It was very difficult to lift up as seen in C and was a very substantial piece of work, we think done by Dick who used to work for us before going to BR at Huddersfield. The work is now progressing with the worst of the copes being around the footbridge, perhaps people stand too heavily on them when getting in and out of trains? Photos D and E show progress earlier this week. After some ducts have been put in, the platform surface will be resurfaced. The works is being looked after by Carole and Dave seen in F with our Station Master, John Bruce smiling in the sun. The relay in deepest darkest Newtondale is going well after some appalling weather and should be ready for ballasting next week. Photos G and H show the south end breathers being installed last week ready for the steel sleepers then up to bridge 13. And finally, I have no comment about the two in photo I, but my camera lens is now better! More next week. RegardsNigel TrotterNYMR Civil Engineer Previous Entry


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Review: "The Custom Road Bike."
What initially got me into cycling was the machine itself.
This fabrication and assembly of colored paint along with bright and shiny parts into a piece of pure art.
It was something that looked so fragile and yet was quite strong, and when you rode it you became one with this machine.
In my immaturity I several times almost ran into parked vehicles because I was looking down admiring the bicycle, or looking at my reflection in store windows as I rode by.
My father bought me a modest lightweight bike, then later when I joined a local club and started racing, I upgraded it by buying and replacing various parts, until I eventually bought a new frame and so had a completely new bike.
Every time I had an important race I would spend the day before completely disassembling the bike, cleaning every part, and then reassembling with just the lightest smear of grease in the bearings, and the same adjusted to smooth perfection.
Working on the bike brought as much pleasure as riding it. Equipment was often replaced, not because it was worn out, but because something new and wonderful came on the market that I just had to have.
This was all brought back to me when I was recently sent a review copy of "The Custom Road Bike" by Guy Andrews, who for the last fifteen years has been the editor of "Rouleur" magazine.
The book is a large and lavish publication, detailed and beautifully illustrated with all the top of the line component parts that go to make up the modern road bike. It describes in detail for example, the differences between Campagnolo, Shimano, and Scram without opinions or prejudices.
I looked for miss-information because so many books like this have some. I didn't find any, Guy Andrews did what a good editor should do, he spoke with experts and reported what they said.
There are interviews with American framebuilders Richard Sachs and Ben Serotta and while some may feel others should have been included, there is such a thing as "Paying your dues."
These two were around in the 1970s and are still at it when most others, including myself, have long since thrown in the towel. There are also interviews with Italian builders Ernesto Colnago and Dario Pegoretti.
As I said this is a lavish and spendy book at $50, although Amazon has it for $31.50 and Barnes & Nobel for $33.75.
So should you buy it? It is rather like the bike you ride; the most expensive bike is not necessarily going to bring you the most cycling pleasure, especially if you can't afford it. On the other hand if you can afford the most expensive bike, then go for it.
The same with this book. Today one can gather much information on the Internet for free, but if you can afford it, it is a pleasure to have all the information in one place in a book that is nice to own.
If you are old skool like me, and want to get up to date on the new stuff, this book will do it. But only if you are a hands on guy who likes tearing your bike apart and building it up again once in a while.
Otherwise get the book from the library, and take your bike to the local bike shop.


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This VIS image shows a small portion of the northern escarpment of Olympus Mons. The semi-circular deposit on the left side of the frame is a large landslide deposit.
Orbit Number: 39478 Latitude: 23.5764 Longitude: 224.064 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-11-07 23:10
Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.


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|It started out so innocently...
|Angelic faced naked babies...
|Jack looking so sweet and innocents...
|Jack grabbing Will's head
|Trying to gnaw on it...
|And ending in a (blurry) headlock!
Phew...I'm sure we're going to have many of these
to ref through the years! =)
Sunday we were invited to a reunion at the NICU where the boys spent their first 2 months! It was such fun to get to see many of the nurses who took care of our boys and show the boys off! They were so happy to see how big they had gotten!
|They started the reunion sound asleep!
|Jack and Mommy
|Will and Daddy
|I meant to get a picture of Jack with his nametag on also, but he was fussy, so we just got Will.
Silly, but I their first nametags were adorable!!
|Jack in the activity center
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Then I purchased Altard's latest e-book on technique and imagine my surprise to find that this power-house of furniture painting has completely stopped using wax due to the same reasons I was using it less.
Well then. To wax or not to wax? If you have humidity or hot weather I'd be thinking twice. The waxed furniture I took to an outdoor show last summer, including my chippy table below, came home dull. I had to redo those pieces and I wasn't happy. No, not at all.
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How are you?
It is already Thursady, time flies so fast!
I'm preparing to go to Rome, I will have the train in a couple of hours. Rome is a very beautiful city!
I'm going to meet also my cousin but I won't have time to visit nothing since I'm going there for work!
Very nice and sunny day in Milan, in Rome I will find the same weather! ;) Spring is in the air!
Well today I'm flying to Indonesia :D Sun, amazing beaches, hot weather, relax are the words that make me think of this beautiful country so far away from me.
This postcard isn't a place but a part of the local culture: a traditional dance called Betawi. This name is also the name of the local people and it derived from the name "Batavia", the old colonial name of Jakarta.
In my opinion these costumes are very unique and colorful!
Erika is the girl that sent me this card :)
Here is a video if you wanna watch a bit of this dance:
Short post to show you this piece of Indonesia :)
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MP for Carshalton and Wallington Tom Brake is backing a Suzy Lamplugh Trust campaign to stop all alcohol advertising on television before the 9pm watershed by putting his name to a parliamentary Early Day Motion.
Tom said:
"We are trying to stop excessive alcohol consumption at the same time as we allow adverts to promote alcohol when millions of children are watching? The present regulations rate alcohol promotions as less damaging for children than swearing, which is ludicrous.
"There are now talks about banning junk food advertising before 9pm. We could be in the ridiculous position where we protect our children from the promotion of soft drinks whilst allowing alcohol drinks to be promoted to them!"
At present, alcohol can be promoted in cinemas before films rated for 15 year olds and even younger and television regulations only prohibit alcohol advertising around children's programmes. However 'children's programmes' are classified by the percentage of the audience who are children as opposed to the actual number of children watching. This means many family programmes, some of which have child audiences of a million or more, are still deemed suitable for alcohol advertising.
At the Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the personal safety charity which was instrumental in having the EDM tabled, they believe that regulations regarding the scheduling of alcohol advertising, as they stand at the moment, are putting the welfare of the alcohol industry before that of children.
Chief Executive of the Trust, Steven Gauge, says:
"We are delighted that Mr Brake is supporting the campaign to stop alcohol being promoted on television and in cinemas during family viewing times. Alcohol and drunkenness play a very significant role in people becoming victims of crime and almost 50% of all violent crimes involve alcohol. Yet as a society we have regulations that stop children from being exposed to scenes of sex, violence and swearing on television and in cinemas but not from alcohol promotions."
"There is no logic to protecting our children from hearing a few swear words but not from images which glamorise alcohol and its use. When was the last time someone was admitted to A & E on a Saturday night because they swore too much! "
Readers can support the campaign by visiting www.suzylamplugh.org and signing the online petition.
Tom added:
"When you sign the petition, an email will automatically be sent to me and although I have already signed the EDM, I welcome these emails as the more evidence I have of support for the campaign from constituents the stronger it makes my argument."
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Section D. Removal of Members
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The Board and Deaconesses shall be elected by the church by secret ballot for one, two or three year terms. One third of the total number shall be elected at each Annual Business Meeting.
They shall be ineligible for reelection until six months after completion of two consecutive Three (3) year terms. In case of a vacancy, a new board member may be appointed by the Board to fill that vacancy until the next Annual Business Meeting.
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The scriptural officers of this church shall be Elders, Deacons, and Deaconesses, whose number shall be determined by the number of qualified individuals available not to exceed twelve (12) in number for the first 200 members and not to exceed two (2) additional Elders, Deacons, and Deaconesses for each 100 members over 200.
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Should it become necessary to remove any officer from his or her office, after it has been determined through investigation that he or she has failed to maintain the high conduct fitting his or her office, has deviated from the articles of Faith of this church, or church covenant to the extent that it is detrimental to the church.
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Joe and I did this once or twice years ago in NM and I finally remembered to pick it up again this summer. Kayla was at camp so Lucas and I went on our first outing and came away with more mosquito bites then I care to count! But we prevailed and successfully found that canister!
We've found some on our travels, too - like when we were in FL and found one at a location that had the most delicious soft-serve ice-cream!
Lucas and I found several in NC when Kayla was at Camp Victory Junction.
Or at South of the Border when we were on our way to NC to visit with my brother and his family.
If we have a day that we aren't doing anything it's fun to hop in the car and follow the geocache app to find some caches throughout our town.


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I had a blast weekend though I didn't plan it just at all beforehand. We went to eat pizzas on Saturday after the work and attended gold parties of the local ice hockey team just for fun. I'm definitely not a fan of ice hockey, but I was curious to see how many people there were and there were many... in the evening I opened a bottle of sparking wine and we ended up watching the fire works. It was like it would have been New Year's Eve: it was snowing and the sky glinted.
I recommend to visit here if you want good pizzas and you are around the corner. I have visited twice and I find the place is nice and stylish. I like their interior.


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I?m a 23 year old female and I?m outdoors a lot because of my job. I?m allergic to bees. Can other insect bites be dangerous too?
Insect bites can sometimes be dangerous to your health for many different reasons. True allergies to insect bites (other than bee stings) are not that common. Thus even though you are allergic to bees, I think that it is a low likelihood that you are allergic to other insect bites such as spider bites. There is no way to tell unless you react badly to a bite sometime down the road. Other insect bites can cause other problems such as infections. Often a bite from a spider or other bug can cause a small infection under the skin that may need to be treated with antibiotics. In addition, some insects such as ticks can carry dangerous infections with them such as the bacteria that causes Lime disease. Since you are allergic to bees, you should always carry a syringe with epinephrine (called and epipen) to inject yourself with if you get stung and have trouble breathing. I also suggest that you schedule an appointment with your primary care physician. The two of you can discuss your allergy to bees and what the real dangers are. You can also discuss what other insect bites you should be worried about in your area of the country.
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Report shows Forty percent of consumers are likely to test drive an electric vehicle
According to a new study of online American adults from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. The study, Electric Vehicles: The Future of Driving, suggests electric vehicles entice consumers with improved environmental quality and potential cost savings, but leave them with questions about battery life and convenience of battery charging. Consumers are open to considering an electric vehicle in the future, with 42 percent reporting they are likely to follow news reports about electric vehicles. However, overall awareness of the various types of alternative vehicles remains low. While nearly one-third (32 percent) report they are familiar, or very familiar, with hybrid vehicles, only about one-quarter are familiar with electric-powered vehicles (25 percent). The study finds running out of battery power on the road (71 percent), lack of charging stations and/or not being able to recharge (66 percent) and limited mileage (59 percent) are the most common perceived disadvantages with electric vehicles. Home charging stations may also impact purchase decisions. Half of consumers (51 percent) would be less likely to consider purchasing an electric vehicle if they would have to install special charging equipment for the batteries.
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Remix—Barbara Kasten w/ Lucky Dragons
March 12 – May 31, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, March 11, 6-8pm
Hours: Every following Friday and Saturday, 1-5pm and by appointment
845 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60607
Applied Arts is excited to present a multi-channel video installation by Barbara Kasten featuring sound by Lucky Dragons.
Barbara Kasten is one of the preeminent photographers working today, a precursor to the recent generation of artists photographing staged environments such as Eileen Quinlan and Sara VanDerBeek. For the past 30 years, Kasten has created elaborate constructions, which she then photographs and dismantles. These constructions have varied from large-scale studio set-ups to on-site architectural interventions. The installation at Applied Arts can be seen as a point of convergence, where altered recordings of her studio constructs are thrown against the space's architecture. Here, Kasten's photographic interests are expanded with time and motion. The footage in REMIX is essentially just that—a remix. Kasten edits her initial footage and re-shoots the altered footage as she projects it back into the studio. As her interpretation transmits light into new media, the subject begins to turn unrecognizable. Remixes of four sound pieces by Lucky Dragons will accompany the installation.
Barbara Kasten lives and works in Chicago. Her recent exhibitions include Almine Rech in Paris; Carl Freedman Gallery in London; Kadel Wilborn in Karlsruhe, Germany; Ballroom Marfa in Marfa, Texas; Aperture in New York; to name but a few.
Lucky Dragons means any project by Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara. Their work has been presented at the 2008 Whitney Biennial in New York; The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; and MOCA Los Angeles, among many others.
For further information please visit www.AppliedArts.info or www.BarbaraKasten.net.


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In his own words: Phil Parkinson post-Cardiff City
Wanderers missed out on the chance to extend the gap between themselves and the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone after losing away at Cardiff City on Tuesday night.
With only one away victory to their names so far this season, the Whites were second-best against the promotion-hopefuls as first-half goals from Armand Traore and Sean Morrison sealed the points.
Reflecting on the game with iFollow BWFC after the final whistle, manager Phil Parkinson covered the following points...
On his side's performance…
"We're disappointed with the first half. All the basic things you need to do at a place like Cardiff we didn't do as well as we needed to. We were better in the second half and restored some pride.
Cardiff are a strong team, especially on their home patch. It was a difficult game for us tonight.
We're disappointed not to get something from the game. We need to dust ourselves down, regroup and get ready for the weekend."
On Cardiff City…
"Cardiff have got a lot of attributes. At times they overpowered us which is disappointing because it doesn't happen to us very often.
They were physical and have a lot pace on the break. When the ball came in the box, they were that little bit hungrier than us tonight.
We need to learn our lessons from this evening's performance and make sure the very basic things you need on a football are in place to give us a chance of getting a result at the weekend."
On Ben Alnwick's performance…
"Ben has been excellent for us and his performance tonight was top drawer. A lot of credit goes to him because he made some really big saves."
On playing away from home…
"You have to stand strong as a team away from home to get results. In the first period we didn't do that well enough tonight, though we were better in the second half.
We need to stand strong and be resilient first and foremost because we didn't do that and I'm disappointed."
And finally, looking forward to Saturday's trip to Queens Park Rangers…
"We need to move on from this quickly. It was our game in hand and a chance for us to open up the gap on the bottom three. We haven't taken but we need to make sure we start better on Saturday against QPR.
We've now got to recover the lads as quickly as possible and get ready for another terrific game ahead of us at the weekend."


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"Faye's Daily Words Of Encouragement # 231 Today's word Is: Thorn"
"Faye's Daily Words Of Encouragement # 231 Today's word Is: Thorn"
"Faye's Daily Words Of Encouragement # 231Today's word Is : Thorn"
Definition of the word Thorn : Means a sharp outgrowth from a plant, or a source of discomfort. or an annoyance.
Numbers chapter 33 - 55 : But if we will not drive out the inhabitants out of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Judges chapter 2 - 3 : Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto them.
Songs Of Solomon chapter2 - 2 :As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
2 Corinthians chapter 12 - 7 : And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, these were given me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan buffer me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
Matthews chapter 13 - 7 : And some fell among thorns and thorns springs up, and choked them.
Today's daily words of encouragement word is Thorn: Which is a sharp outgrowth of a plant, or a source of discomfort or an annoyance. The disciple Paul give a thorn in his side by Jesus, which was sufficient for him to deal with on his walk with God. I think we are given thorns in our sides to buffer us, to make us work harder to walk on the straight and narrow way.
I think also that the thorn is in our sides,makes us appreciate God, people and thing where we things that we take for granted more. The thorn is there to keep us from being high and mighty, and forgetting where we came from and where we're going. Even the thorn is a discomfort an a annoyance for the goodness of our spiritual progress.
Benny Faye Douglass
It makes me shudder when I think of the thorns Jesus had on his head, the pain.......
God loves you
This is an excellent lesson, one we should always remember!
Think how much a thorn prick hurts your finger, how Jesus must have suffered with his crown of thorns.
Thank You for all you do to help others
It seems we must endure unpleasantness at times in order to grow.
Another wonderfully blessed word.
I am also reminded of the thorns placed upon the head of our Lord.
Love and peace,
Forever His
It certainly is a lesson. Thank you.


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Here's a thought. Twitter. Ever monitor thru using the Search.twitter.com function to see who's talking about you? Its commonplace in people who understand social media. Just use the keyword or words you want Twitter to look for, then have it sent to your RSS reader for later consumption.
I've been watching the word 'radio' in a couple of markets I'm interested in. Plus call letters of the stations. Finding out something that we knew instinctively…but its painful to see. Or rather not see.
Heck, I'm even looking at PR groups…who's goal in life is to find a pitch to use on our morning shows so clients can get free air time. They (PR) gets paid. We (radio) get used.
They don't even talk about us. That includes rock stations and younger targeted stations whom you would think Twitter would be a target.
I used Twitter in Phoenix to keep track of the other guys morning show, their calls, my calls, my morning show, etc. If people had conversations about them, I wanted to get involved.
Didn't take much of my time. Cause there was rarely anything there.
One of two conclusions. All the focus on Twitter is wrong for radio cause our listeners don't give a damn.
Our listeners don't give a damn about us.
Then there's how we use Twitter. I follow the highest profile guy in radio in America. The use is astoundingly bad. I mean…the weather in LA. Give me a break. If that's all the interesting you are, how are you getting paid?
I'd like to buy a clue please.


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Drug Courier or Businesswoman: Why was Claudia Membreno Gomez Murdered?
Read here for the complete article.
Now, as usual, the media leaves out so much information that readers are likely to make their own assumptions as to what occurred. The first thought that popped up in my mind was how could enough money be made transporting gifts to even cover the airfare? So, the thought of drugs popped into my head quite quickly. Claudia had been receiving threatening phone calls from some gang attempting to extort money from her. She had not reported the calls to the police.
An explanation about the nonreporting of these threats to the authorities was that the police in Honduras are not responsive to such issues, so she didn't inform them. I could understand there might be truth in this considering the high level of crime in Honduras; I have been there and can say it is not the safest country in the world at the moment.
But, still, I was questioning the lucrativeness of this package business; it didn't make sense to me that the Gomezes would find profitable the taking of overstuffed suitcases back and forth to Honduras if there wasn't something more. Could they be drug runners? But, then, something further on in the story caught my eye; Claudia is a devout Jehovah's Witness and being involved in crime is extremely unlikely for someone who is a baptized Witness. So I did some more exploring on the Internet for an answer to this package business.
Turns out, Claudia is what is called a viajera (and her husband is a viajero), the Spanish word for traveler. However, Claudia's role is more than traveling back and forth between countries doing a private UPS job. Being a successful viajera involved also being a private Western Union. Due to concerns about sending money home to Honduras via Western Union for a number of reasons (theft in Honduras, lack of documentation to pick up money, etc), many prefer to use a trusted private service, someone who carries the money down on their person. This is not illegal, so Claudia was committing no crime in doing so. But, it was likely, she was transporting large sums of money on her to distribute upon arrival, possibly as high as $20,000, a percentage of which she gets for her service. Now it makes sense that the Gomezes were running a private package service; it is a good moneymaker.
But a damned dangerous one. Many viajeras and viajeras have armed guards with them because of the danger of robbery. Claudia, it seems, was known to some gang who wished to get a cut of her earnings; hence, the threats of extortion a la the old protection racket run by the mob.
I wish the news reporters had done some research before they printed their story. I wonder how many people will think the Gomezes were criminals as opposed to, perhaps, being foolish in their choice to operate a business which is awfully dangerous for parents of four children. Now, there are four children without one.
Criminal Profiler Pat Brown
December 9, 2013


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To make sure tourist stay as enjoyable and fulfilling as possible, Dubai authorities have encouraged organizations to implement various festivals and events throughout the year in order to attract tourists to the city. United Arab Emirates is celebrating National Day on the 2nd of December each year.
National Day is known as Al-Eid Al Watani in Arabic. Dubai's National Day Festival is an annual day of celebration to commemorate the Emirates' independence from Great Britain, with many of the city's leading monuments opening their doors to the public and putting on special events throughout the day. The most significant day in the history of Dubai, National Day is a celebration of honor, pride and patriotism.
National Day Festival is celebrated with great zest amongst locals, as it is one of the biggest events and exhibitions in Dubai. Tourists on Dubai tours also gladly take part in the revels that fill up the air on this great day.
All important monuments in the city are opened to public, during the National Day Festival in Dubai. Sequences of events are organized at prevalent tourist attractions of Dubai in celebration of National Day.
On National Day Festival, Dubai declares this day as national holiday and thus, most people take their families for excursions. During this time, tourists also get to interconnect and support residents. The national fervor during National Day Festival in Dubai is something unforgettable for tourists. It provides a great insight into the culture, arts, music and dances of Dubai.
One of the rare places that one can witness the harmonious existence of tradition and modernity together, Dubai is a destination well worth visiting. Boasting a vivacious nightlife, glamorous shopping malls, a myriad of unique recreational activities and breathtaking vistas of the cityscape, one can only imagine how amazing the atmosphere of the metropolis must be on its National Day Festival.


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And for this reason, most all of the yogis, save one or two, were strangers when I first arrived.
Anne is an author and a yogi who's doing her best to live a fearless life, moving every day and writing it down along the way.
Love this so much!
Ever since I've stopped going to the studio and begun practising solely at home, I've had a bigger fear of falling, mainly because my house is small and falling would mean landing on furniture, so it's not a fear without cause. Still, I miss having the opportunity to practice my handstands.
And well done on accomplishing your handstand mid room :)
Hi Hui. Always great to hear from you! I am impressed that you have a home practice. I endeavor to start one but never find the motivation. So I am at three different studios a total of six times a week! Now, I'm afraid to try things at home!
Maybe you could yoga-proof some surrounding furniture. Maybe setting up some pillows and chair cushions around you and atop whatever you might fall upon -- because going upside down is the best part!
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