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Gotye Biography
Born on May 21, 1980, in Bruges, Belgium, singer-songwriter Gotye grew up in Australia. In his youth, Gotye learned to play numerous musical instruments, including piano and drums. But it was after he began to experiment with electronic music, samples and found sounds that Wouter truly found his voice, and his audience. Since taking on the stage name Gotye and releasing his first EP in 2001, his success has been meteoric, landing him at the top of record charts around the world.
Early Life
Wouter De Backer, best known as Gotye, was born on May 21, 1980, in Bruges, Belgium, to Flemish parents. When Gotye was 2 years old, his family relocated to Australia, eventually settling in Montmorency, Victoria. When he began school in Australia, his parents chose to call him "Walter," or diminutively, "Wally"—the English equivalent of his Flemish first name. In his youth, Gotye was exposed to various musical instruments and learned to play many, particularly piano and drums.
While attending Parade College, an all-boys high school, Gotye formed a band called the Downstares, in which he played drums. At the end of high school, however, the band split up, forcing Gotye to find new means of musical expression. It was around this time that he began to experiment with electronic music, found sounds and sampling.
The Birth of 'Gotye'
In 2001, at age 21, Gotye recorded a four-track EP and made a limited number of copies, creating a unique sleeve for each. He decided to name the project Gotye (pronounced like the French "Gauthier") in homage to a pet name that his multilingual parents had often used for him. He sent the recordings to radio stations around the country and handled all of the promotion himself.
Inspired by the positive feedback he received, especially from Australian radio station Triple J, Gotye produced two subsequent self-produced and self-promoted EPs, which also received positive feedback and gained regular radio rotation. In 2003, these early recording were grouped together and released as an album, Boardface.
Rising Popularity
In 2004, Gotye moved to Melbourne and continued to record new tracks, while also working at a library and performing with a band called the Basics. The result of the following two years' worth of recordings was ultimately released as Like Drawing Blood. The album met with notable critical and popular success in Australia. In May 2006, it was voted by Triple J listeners as the "Best Album of 2006," and in September 2006, the album was nominated for the ARIA Award (the Australian equivalent of a Grammy Award) for best independent release. The following year, Gotye won the ARIA for best male artist, reinvigorating sales and both critical and popular adulation of Like Drawing Blood.
Making Mirrors
As his success continued to swell, Gotye was able to establish a home in Melbourne and in 2010 set up a recording studio in the barn on his parents' 13-acre farm. There, he began recording tracks for a third album. In 2010, he released the single "Eyes Wide Open." In July 2011, he released a follow-up single, "Somebody That I Used to Know." The song was almost instantly successful. Its popularity was further bolstered by Ashton Kutcher and Lily Allen, who touted the song on Twitter. The single reached No. 1 in 18 countries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. It also reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart—a feat that only four Australian artist had achieved prior to Gotye. A video directed for the song and released on YouTube was one of the website's most viewed videos of all time.
On August 19, 2011, Gotye's third album was released. It was titled Making Mirrors, a name inspired by a painting by Gotye's father, which is featured on the album cover. The day after the album's release, Gotye performed the album to a sold-out crowd at the Sydney Opera House. Making Mirrors charted Top 10 in 17 countries and No. 1 in six, due in no small part to the album's hit single, "Somebody That I Used to Know." The song, which features singer-songwriter Kimbra on vocals, went on to win two 2013 Grammy Awards—for record of the year and best pop duo/group performance. Additionally, Making Mirrors won the 2012 ARIA for best album and the 2013 Grammy for best alternative music album, and Gotye received the 2012 ARIA for best male artist.
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March 24, 2010
Gettin' Jazzy WIth It!
Lately I've been doing something that I am ashamed of. It's getting to the point where I can barely look at myself in the mirror anymore. I've been sneaking around and trying to keep it as hush-hush as possible in order to protect my reputation, but regardless of my sneaky ways, the neighbors are starting to talk. I know they see me sneak away early in the morning and come home all sweaty and disheveled. Oh yeah, I see them stare and I hear them whisper, and I am sick and tired of the speculation. So now I'm just gonna own it. I'm gonna say it loud (well, maybe at regular conversational volume), and proud (well, maybe somewhere in the middle of embarrassed and proud). Anyway, here goes: My name is Patti Ford and I like Jazzercise.
Whew! That went well. Don't you think it went well? Freeing is what it was. Tension-reducing, if you will. My non-Jazzercise friends were starting to wonder about my busy mornings, my sore muscles, and the funny way I'd start to groove when a certain Lady Gaga or Britney Spears song would come on. Oh sure, I have always grooved, but not like this. Not with that special flair. That special Jazziness. Yep. They knew something was going on. When they started to get nosy, I began to tell them all that I was having an affair with a Jazz dancer. A very steamy affair that took place in the early morning hours and required me to bring along a yoga mat, hand weights, and a bottle of cold water. An affair with a very limber dancer that made my muscles very sore, and my dance moves very awesome. When everyone failed to believe that explanation, knowing full well that if it ain't Paul Rudd, it ain't happening, I decided to tell them I was going to an exercise class.
"What kind of exercise class?"
"The kind in which you exercise, you geniuses."
"Yeah, but what kind of exercise?"
"The fitnessy weight-lossy kind, you morons!"
"Yeah, but what is it called?"
"It's called Stop Asking Me So Many Questions and Get a Life-ercise!"
For some reason this did not appease the nosy masses, and I've grown tired and confused by all of the lies. I've given up and come out of the closet, the jazzy closet, and it feels so good. Why was I ashamed in the first place? Why would I prefer people to think I was being romanced by a man in sequins and tights? It's because the term "Jazzercise" is synonymous with legwarmers, headbands, old Nana's, and dance moves that look like they're straight out of a G-rated version of that 1985 masterpiece "Perfect", starring Jamie Lee Curtis and John Travolta. In other words: People think it's cheesy. Including me. Well, at least until I tried it.
Once I gave in and went to my first class, I realized that it was alot less Jazzy than I thought. I mean, I really got a good workout, and nobody snapped at me, waved their jazz hands in my face or tried to make me do an Axel Turn or jump over me during a Stage Leap (I went to jazz.com). Aside from the fact that I totally suck at miming what the instructor is doing, I am doing okay. Yesterday was a bad day though. I knew it was gonna be tough when I walked straight into a wall that morning. Then while getting jazzy with it, I punched myself in the face once, slammed myself in the kneecap with a 5 pound weight, then ran into a wall again. BUT I get better and better every day, and I like it more and more. Just as long as I get my corner.
My friend Cathy and I like to have the back corner for reasons involving, but not limited to, the fact that we are both tall and limby, and both slightly less than graceful (sorry, Cathy). When I don't get my corner, I get a little irritable. I warn others that I'm definitely gonna hit something at some point, and that it can either be the wall or their heads. Their choice. Lately, there have been unmovable people in my corner. I guess it was only a matter of time until word got out that the corner was the cool place to be. Regardless, it's my corner and I want it back. Since I am admittedly without shame and often without decorum, I have decided that I may possibly have to pee in that corner to mark it. I used to have a cat who did that, and as far as I could tell, it worked. I know that I never went into the pee corners, and I sure as heck never saw anyone else there.
Anyway, back to my point, which I think was that I like Jazzercise, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, lunges and planks. I do not like Lionel Ritchie, country songs, jazz squares or Jazzercisers who yell out things like "yeah" or "woo hoo" during class. While sweating and in pain, I don't believe in yelling anything but the F-word. Why the heck anyone would wanna yell "woo hoo" when their butt muscles hurt, is beyond my limited understanding. Oh! And one more thing: The instructors wear those Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation headsets so they can chit chat and ask us a million questions while we exercise, but guess what? We can't answer! It's like getting dental work and the dentist is asking you about your life story when all you can do is grunt, except in this case there is no drill in our mouths and we can talk, but not loud enough to be heard. I have one working vocal cord people. One! I propose that if the instructor is going to chat over the headset, we get headsets too. Power to the jazzercisers! Woo hoo!
One Response to "Gettin' Jazzy WIth It!"
Kimberly Said:
April 7th, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I did Jazzercise for several years. Loved it! Tried to go back to it this past fall and just wasn't motivated. Enjoy going outside for a brisk jog.
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So.. Lifes pretty damn normal now I don't seem to have anything to write about!
I've settled in at my new job. I work at a place called Taybarns which is an all you can eat buffet and I just have to serve drinks and clear plates. I like it though, its a laugh and the money is okay.
At home, Sams settling into being a stay at home dad. The other day I spent alot of time making cleaning rotas and Heidi's schedule so we can be more organized, we've got to be the most disorganized family in the world!
It's Heidi's 3rd Birthday soon, and I'm starting to plan what we'e going to do for the day. I'm thinking about going to Drayton Manor theme park or maybe the zoo.
NB: I've just checked the website and Drayton Manor is shut in Feb, so It looks like we're going to the zoo.
Also, I'm going to try my hand at decorating my house. I've never decorated before but I've got some good ideas :) I'm having a new sofa, painting and putting wallpaper up and i'm going to try and turn my old scabby table into a mosaic table top and the picture I've got in my head is really nice (lets just hope it turns out like that).
My life has completely turned around from a few months ago and I'm really optimistic.
And shhh but I'm hoping to have another baby soon. Heidi's at that age and I would like to have my kids roughly around the same time.
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Edwina Hedgehog
I have a little collection of freebie coming from UK magazines I haven't stitched yet, so I decided to make those. Starting with this little Edwina Hedgehog with flowers. Not too complicated, except for the number of colours, and the tweaking (stitching with two strands of different colours together).
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|Personality: Harmony is the younger of the two 16 year old Hamilton twins. She's also regarded as less talented than her ambitious, intelligent, and charismatic sister, the heir apparent to the family business. She's mentally plagued on two fronts; Harmony feels guilty for the exploitative methods used to gather their family fortunes and provide their way of life, plus she feels inferior to her twin. She tries to do everything she can to help people out in worse conditions, though her stuck up parents don't necessarily approve of her volunteering or wanting to donate to charities. Harmony generally isn't particularly interested in other rich kids, but she goes out of her way to help out a blind girl at her school named Lily. Given magic, she plans to use it to save people. Ultimately, Harmony's kind actions are a means of differentiating herself from her sister in a positive manner; she does it so she can feel like she's better than her sister at something, so she strongly questions whether she's a good person.
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Thousands voted in our March Military Character Madness competition and R. Lee Ermey was the champion! Help us salute the legendary actor on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at the Angelika Film Center for being this year's Memorable Military Movie Character winner!
As a Golden Globe nominee and Boston Society of Film Critics Award-winner for Best Supporting Actor in director Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket (1987)", R. Lee Ermey is one of the most successful and talented actors working in film and television today.
His numerous roles in feature film include: "Switchback (1997)", starring opposite Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover, "Seven (1995)", "Leaving Las Vegas (1995)", "Murder In The First (1995)", "Life (1999)", "The Frighteners (1996)" and "Sommersby (1993)" as well as his critically acclaimed role opposite Jared Leto in "Prefontaine (1997)". He continues doing numerous voiceover roles which span from "The Simpsons" to "Toy Story (1995)", "Toy Story 2 (1999)" and "Toy Story 3 (2010)"
Ermey spent eleven years in the Marine Corps, Two of which were spent as being a Drill Instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, India Company 3rd Recruit Training Battalion 1965-67, Arrived in Vietnam in 1968 spending 14 months attached to Marine Wing Support Group 17 and 2 tours in Okinawa. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was medically retired for injuries received. On May 17, 2002 he received an honorary promotion to Gunnery Sergeant (E-7) by Commandant James L. Jones, becoming the first retiree in the history of the Marines to be promoted. Using G.I. Bill benefits, Ermey enrolled at the University of Manila in the Philippines, where he studied drama. Francis Ford Coppola was filming "Apocalypse Now (1979)" in the area and cast Ermey in a featured role. He has since gone on to star or appear in approximately sixty films.
He has hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various militaria both modern and historic; and Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which focused on the development of different types of weapons.
The presentation will be part of the "Best of Fest" Awards Show and Film Screening. Other featured guests will include the GIs of Comedy.
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You're probably asking yourself why this bloody Ford Granada is featured in Super Street, let alone our Euro Flavor section. While the blue oval typically echoes American muscle and big pickup trucks, it's a completely different animal in Europe with a huge enthusiast following, particularly retro Fords. You can check out shows and races across the UK and Scandinavia and find thousands of tastefully modified Escorts, Focus, Cortinas, Capris and Granadas. So to give you a small taste of what you're missing, we found this '82 Granada in Norway. In all honesty, it's one of the sickest cars to grace our mag featuring some high-end Euro parts like a V8 engine based on the Koenigsegg and Porsche/Mercedes brakes. We could literally spend the entire book going into every little detail about the Granada but due to page constraints and your ADD, we're going to highlight the coolest bits here.
The Granada was bone stock, before owner and builder Joel Olsen, endeavored on a 17-year journey that would end up being more epic than Frodo's journey through Middle Earth. The project's first stage was a 'measly' 600hp Cosworth-built track car capable of 200mph. It would be enough power for mere mortals like us, but Joel was hungry for more. So he moved on to the twin-turbo 4.7-liter V8 seen here. This particular V8 block is same block used in the Koenigsegg CCR and CC8. And for extra bragging rights, the same company also makes the engines for Ferrari's Formula One program!
From there, we can't imagine the hours, days, months and years it took Joel to perfect every element of his engine setup. He fabricated everything from scratch such as the turbo and intake manifolds, plumbing, cooling system, exhaust, floors and firewall. The engine itself features some of the best parts around such as the 300M steel rods—not even available over the counter. The head is pretty trick as well using beryllium-copper valves seats that remove heat from the valves. As for boost, the two turbochargers are from Comp Turbos. Each can handle 1100hp and also have its own individual oil supply.
Now let's talk power… After years of testing and fine-tuning, the ridiculous Koenigsegg-based engine put down 1300hp on pump gas with a linear torque curve that peaks at 896 lb-ft. Joel tells us the motor can rev to 9600rpm but he's set the limiter to 8500rpm because it's already eff'n bananas. And if you're wondering about how much more power this motor can make, the current setup is more than capable of breaking the 2000hp mark but would need to be hooked up to an engine dyno. Does this Granada have your respect now?
As you can guess, the drivetrain and chassis had to be just as buff. Joel sourced a six-speed Liberty tranny, which is common with drag racers. Before installed, it was rebuilt with modified gears and a custom relief valve on the clutch release bearing to give Joel easier drivability and a more positive and quicker gear change.
For the chassis, Joel's stipulation was that he didn't want a tubular space frame car but keep the original structure and suspension mounting points. So a rollcage helped tighten up the chassis. Next, Joel determined the front suspension out of a GT40 and rear from a Mustang Cobra R would give him the best balance and handling possible. He fabbed up the additional arms, sway bars and alignment tools to fine-tune his suspension competitively for the track.
The madness continues to the brakes where Joel retrofitted parts from Porsche, Mercedes and the Mustang. After determining the weight of the car and position of the brakes, a Tilton pedal box and master cylinder were designed to the car's spec.
Perhaps the least modified part is the exterior. Joel wanted to keep the styling close to its original design. So you'll only notice an RS body kit, billet wheels, carbon spoiler and motorized hood vents—they actually open when the fan turns on!
Most people wouldn't say 'oh shit!' to a boring old Granada like this, but take a closer look and you'll notice the 335-series tires out back, then open the hood and it's game over. While we couldn't cover every aspect of the build, try and understand the amount of work that went into this project. After 17 years of hard work, Joel's 1300+hp Ford is by far one of the most extreme in-depth home-built project cars on earth.
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1982 Ford Granada
Owner Joel Olsen
Hometown A far away place called Norway
Occupation handing supercars their asses
Power 1300hp, 896 lb-ft of torque at 1.2-bar boost and pump fuel
Engine 4700cc Ford Modular V8 with Teksid aluminum block; 9.3:1 compression pistons; custom 300m steel connecting rods; forged crankshaft; six-bolt main bearing support; dual double overhead cam "type B" aluminum heads; 32 valves; stainless steel 40mm inlet race valves; titanium retainers; double valve springs; modified spring platforms; beryllium-copper valve seats; roller lifters; custom cams; 321 stainless steel manifolds with Burns merge collectors; custom Comp oil-less turbos with billet impeller wheels; Turbonetic RaceGate wastegates; mechanical fuel pump; 1680cc injectors; fuel cooler; wet sump oiling with upgraded oil pump and Accusump remote pressurized oil canister; 3.5" straight exhaust; custom intercooler, firewalls and floors; LSX coils and XFI CDI ignition control
Drivetrain Fidanza T6 billet flywheel; four-plate Tilton carbon clutch, release bearing and reduction valve; Liberty/Tremec transmission; faceplate engagement on 2nd, 3rd and 4th with separate oil pump and cooler; modified aluminum Ford Cobra 8.8" diff carrier with wet clutch LSD; billet rear lid with extra main bearing support and separate oil pump/cooler; 31 spline halfshafts and custom driveshaft
Engine Management FAST XFI engine management
Footwork & Chassis Double wishbone front and rear suspension; Le Mans Ford GT replica AVO coilovers; Focus WRC bladed sway bars; spherical bearings; Sierra 2WD steering rack; based on '02 Mustang Cobra R independent suspension, all angles adjustable
Brakes Porsche 911 GT2 six-piston Brembo monoblock front calipers; Mercedes ML55 AMG 355mm vented and drilled front rotors; Ford Cobra 320mm vented rear rotors and calipers; mechanical e-brake and Tilton pedal box with bias adjustable
Wheels & Tires 18x10.5" front, 18x12" rear custom billet center wheels with 275/30 R18 front Toyo R888 and 335/35 R18 rear Kumho Ecsta V800 tires
Exterior Ford RS body kit; carbon-fiber rear spoiler; motorized hood vents; Mercedes paint
Interior Sparco seats and harnesses; aluminum center console; intercom; rollcage; 12.1 touch main instrument cluster; various back-up instruments; fuel cell
Thanks You SWR Engineering; KRB-Trading; John-Christian Solberg; Kesia and Lene; Bjorn; Christer and Gunnar; my friends and family; Ingar


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Obama, Cheney plan dueling speeches
The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism reports that terrorism coverage accounted for 22 percent of the news hole it measured from May 11-17.
Few of those stories were the kind Obama wants to read. Democrats think the issue works both ways because it pulls unpopular Republicans like Cheney out of the dark. But it also pulls the spotlight from Democrats' preferred subjects of health care and energy policies.
Republican have tried for months to keep up a drumbeat on Gitmo, and some Democrats have been frustrated that there has been a vacuum on their side.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has needled the president about the issue in 16 floor speeches, a Washington Post op-ed, several Sunday shows, weekly stakeouts, and a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 27 that kicked off the effort. A timeline by his office shows 22 writings and remarks, plus three videos.
The GOP got an unexpected big gift in the fallout from the statement last week by Pelosi that she was accusing the CIA of "misleading the Congress of the United States" with its briefings on waterboarding. The next evening, she put out a statement of "respect for those in the intelligence community who work to keep our country safe."
Early Wednesday, Former Speaker Newt Gingrich published a column in the conservative Human Events headlined, "Why Speaker Pelosi Should Step Down" over her comments on the CIA waterboarding briefings.
"The person who is No. 2 in line to be commander in chief can't have contempt for the men and women who protect our nation," Gingrich wrote. "[T]his isn't about politics. It's about national security."
Democrats replied that they find it pathetic that the GOP is relying for the charges on a former speaker — reprimanded in a 1997 ethics case on which Pelosi was one judge as part of House panel, giving the exchange the look of massive payback. A top official said: "No House Democrat thinks she should go. None."
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I take good care of my teeth. I have required only two, maybe three, small fillings since I was eight. But a couple of years ago a shard fell off one of my lower incisors when I took a bite. When I visited the dentist, he told me the same thing was about to happen to two others, and that he would need to cap them, just as he once capped my canines, which had been worn level to the incisors over the years.
"My teeth are getting old," I said. "They've been biting for the almost fifty-five years."
That got me thinking about the eternal quest for an elixir of youth, or some formula for the great extension of human life, and how the inventors of these schemes never think about teeth and brains.
First of all, so complex is the human body that it is hardly imaginable that ageing can be fought with a simple, one-off treatment, or even a simple periodic treatment. "Youth therapy", as I shall call it would have to entail a carefully managed cocktail of drugs, and possibly physical therapies, applied over the whole of one's life, and replete with a whole raft of side effects.
The causes of ageing are not known, but some hypotheses include the shortening of telomeres with each cell division, damage caused by free radicals produced by that essential poison, oxygen, the accumulation of wastes, and so forth. No doubt many factors are involved. But all of them boil down to the same truism: no system is perfect. The chemical composition of your body changes with every breath you inhale or exhale, every bite you take, and any movement you perform. Your body is like a waterfall: forever changing, and forever attempting to maintain its form. It is constantly wearing out and constantly repairing itself. But because the process is not 100% perfect, the wear and tear will eventually overtake the repair.
It is important to understand that not all non-infectious disorders are due to ageing. When wear and tear overtake repair in the joints, we call it arthritis. Youth therapy would slow it down, but obesity, long term heavy lifting, and a severe injury to the joint will all tip the scales towards arthritis; if you live long enough, it will catch up with you. Age will weaken the heart, but so will obesity, lack of exercise, smoking, and hypertension. Youth therapy may prevent hypertension under normal circumstances, but if you consume too much alcohol or salt it will catch up with you. Ageing thins the skin and leads to wrinkles, but so does sun exposure. No matter how well youth therapy slows it down, eventually the cumulative effect of the sun will have its effect. Sun exposure will also eventually lead to skin cancer; if you live long enough, you will get it. The same, for that matter, goes for other carcinogens: radiation, chemicals, and viruses. You can never avoid them altogether, and the longer you live the more exposure you will get. Hopefully, by the time youth therapy becomes a reality, they will have found a cure for cancer.
What about teeth and brains?
Teeth. After your baby teeth fall out, you get only one set. They don't grow. They just wear down with constant biting and chewing, and fall out due to decay or accidents. Will everybody over the age of (say) 150 be reduced to chewing on their gums, or getting false teeth? Or perhaps science will find a way to make new teeth grow - by cloning, maybe. Writers practically never think of that.
Brains. This is a bit more serious. In once Gary Larsen cartoon, a schoolboy puts up his hand and says, "Please, miss, may I be excused? My brain is full." But it might be true. Writers always seem to assume that the Methuselahs can go on thinking and remembering forever. But both activities require the growth and expansion of neurons (nerve cells), and the brain has only a finite capacity. Under hypnosis and other altered states people have been shown to activate memories - which can be proved to have been correct - of things they thought they had forgotten. It would appear that overlooked memories are not discarded, but simply buried, as if shelved in a folder marked, "Not obviously needed, but keep for possible future use." But what will happen after (say) 300 years? Will it simply become impossible to add anything more to the memory file? Will the brain become so cluttered that relevant information becomes difficult to access, so that thinking becomes bogged down? Or will the brain find some way to overwrite the old memories, and if so, will the new information get mixed up with what is left of the old, so that the mind malfunctions? Is it, in fact, possible for the brain to become full? It is worth considering.
There are also problems with bionics, as the next article will show.
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The "Dad Bod" Double Standard
By Kate Leddy--I've been hearing a lot about the "dad bod" lately.
Dad bod? Are we talking about fathers who may have let themselves go a little while they were busy caring for their children and wife—who surely must also be receiving similar appreciation for her mom bod after carrying a child for 9 months?
Not really. We're mostly talking about men who aren't even dads but happen to have a body people are equating with the "dad-like" physique.
And no, "mom bods" aren't getting nearly as much hype.
For those who had the same initial idea of the dad bod as I did, here's what it actually is: a "dad bod" is a body type that's recently been getting attention after this article by Mackenzie Pearson in the Clemson Odyssey went viral.
According to Pearson, the dad bod is "a nice balance between a beer gut and working out." Jon Hamm and Seth Rogen—neither of whom are actually dads—are some celebrity examples of this body type, which can easily be achieved by occasionally working out (or not) and allowing yourself to eat whatever your heart desires.
Basically, the dad bod is the "whatever" of body types. And apparently women adore it.
At first, celebrating the dad bod might seem like a step forward in the body positivity movement because it relieves the societal pressure on men to have perfectly chiseled abs and biceps. I'm all about that.
But let's be real. The dad bod is not really a new concept. Take a look at TV show characters like Jay and his bombshell wife Gloria in Modern Family, the nerdy men with their provocative friend, Penny, in the Big Bang Theory, and even cartoon couples like Peter and Lois in Family Guy and Homer and Marge in The Simpsons.
Unfit men's bodies are constantly normalized by the media, especially paired with thin, sexualized women.
Pearson's own observation of this type of pairing perfectly reflects the sexist, heteronomative issues I have with dad bods. "We [women] want to look skinny and the bigger the guy, the smaller we feel and the better we look next to you in a picture," she writes. "We are insecure enough as it is. We don't need a perfectly sculpted guy standing next to us to make us feel worse."
We don't need the media making us feel worse about our bodies, either. Yet here we are, watching the dad bod craze flood the Internet and trying to garner just as much hype about the mom bod with awesome photos like these, but the gross double-standard still remains as men gain even more of the body acceptance that today's women did not have in the first place.
Your body should not even matter this much anyways. It's your body. Whether or not you choose to build muscle is not a reflection of your personality, and as long as you are happy and healthy, you don't have to worry about who is going to find you attractive.
But I'm still waiting for the day that our society actually reflects that for all genders.
I want to see a woman drinking beer and eating pizza on TV because she wants to, and not because she is that character that is "one of the dudes."
I want to see the media celebrate new life in this world, not how quickly a woman was able to drop the baby weight (as Kristen Schaal points out in this interview on the Daily Show, we celebrate "momshells" AKA mom bombshells, not mom bods.)
I love that men are being celebrated for existing in various shapes and sizes, but I want to see the pressure to be perfect starting to lift off of women, too. Only then can the real celebration begin.
About this blogger: Kate is currently a student at UMass Amherst double majoring in journalism and public health. She is currently president of the Active Minds club at UMass, which works to raise awareness and reduce the stigmas associated with mental illness. Kate also has her own blog, PB is Better than ED.
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Overall effect stacks with multiple beacons covering the same machine.
A beacon is a device that transmits module effects to nearby machines, in a 9 × 9 square. The effects are transmitted at only half efficiency. However, a beacon allows transmitting the effect of a module to multiple machines and the effect of all beacons in range of a single machine stacks. Additionally, beacons can provide boosts beyond the normal limits of internal module slots, such as boosting a Pumpjack's output on a depleted well to 0.25 oil per cycle where, alone, it could only reach 0.2 yield.
Beacons are best in these scenarios:
- There are many compatible machines in a dense area
This allows the beacon's effect to reach multiple machines, allowing the player to save materials from crafting modules.
- There is one machine that must have an extreme speed of operation
Mining drills are the best example of this. When an ore patch is small but rich, more speed per drill is necessary to meet demand, since adding more drills isn't possible. So, multiple speed module beacons around a mining drill (with modules in the drill itself) can be used to increase the speed of the individual drill several times, to make up for the low quantity of drills.
Beacons should not be used in these scenarios:
- The machine(s) being boosted operate infrequently
This leads to power waste as beacons will always consume power, even when the machines they're boosting are halted. This however can be circumvented with some planning, and using a Power switch.
- Attempting to boost non-module-compatible machines
Only machines that have module slots will be affected by a beacon.
- Only buildings with module slots can benefit from beacon effects (i.e. laser turret doesn't benefit). The only exceptions to this rule are Assembling machine 1s, Burner mining drills (both of which don't accept modules but are affected by beacons), and beacons themselves which don't benefit from the modules inserted in themselves (or other beacons), so their energy cost can't be reduced.
- Currently, only speed and efficiency modules can be used in beacons, and productivity modules cannot.
- A beacon's effect transmitted is only half of the effect of the modules within. So, two of the same module = one module's worth transmitted. This limitation can be overcome with more beacons with overlapping areas.
- The beacon itself is 3 × 3 tiles, making it difficult to fit between buildings sometimes. It may be necessary to place the beacon first and design the system around it.
Maximum number per building
The maximum number of beacons that can be built in range of a building depend on that building's footprint:
- Buildings from 2 × 2 to 4 × 4 size: 12 beacons.
- Note that this configuration may not be practically possible without using robots to supply the building, as there may not be enough room for belts and inserters.
- 5 × 5 buildings: 16 beacons.
- The only building of this size that can benefit from beacons is the Oil refinery. These cannot be supplied by robot, but all their inputs and outputs are piped fluids (except with Coal liquefaction), meaning inserters are not needed and also offering the more versatile 9-tile (without transitions) maximum length of the underground pipe.
The maximum number of beacons that can be built in range of a row of buildings:
- Row of 3 × 3 buidings: 8 beacons.
- Every building in the row can be in range of 8 beacons (end-of-row buildings possibly more) if a double row of beacons (no spaces between) is built in parallel (may be up to 2 tiles distant). However, the center row of buildings to be boosted must be offset relative to the beacon row; i.e., the center tile of no building on the center row may lie on a line connecting the center tiles of any pair of facing beacons on the two beacon rows.
- Row of 5 × 5 buidings: 10 beacons.
- The same rules apply as before, with the exception that now the center row must not be offset; i.e., centers of boosted buildings must align with the centers of some beacon pair. This requires leaving a gap of 1 tile between buildings on the center row (assuming the beacon rows are gapless). As the only beacon-eligible 5 × 5 buildings are Oil refineries, the free tile is actually useful to make the row player-traversable (a gapless row of refineries is not).
Beacon arrays
Beacons can boost the overall capabilities of a factory quite significantly. However, they consume a considerable amount of power (480 kW apiece), take up nontrivial space, complicate logistics, and also are relatively expensive to craft. Therefore, when building an entire production line with a high beacon boost, it is significantly more economical to build a row of production buildings surrounded by row(s) of beacons, rather than single buildings surrounded by the maximum number of beacons theoretically possible. This also simplifies logistics and makes the design more tiling-friendly.
The maximum possible benefits are reduced somewhat in row-array configuration (for 3 × 3 buildings, 8 beacons per building are possible instead of 12; for 5 × 5 buildings, 10 instead of 16), but the number of beacons required to achieve this boost level is considerably lower. For example, for a single row of 3 × 3 buildings surrounded by a double row of beacons so that each production building is in range of 8 beacons, the total number of beacons required is
2n + 6, where n is the number of production buildings.
The average number of beacons per building is then
2 + (6 ÷ n), which tends toward 2 (i.e., a 75% reduction in the number of beacons needed compared to isolated buildings with 8 distinct beacons each) when n goes to infinity. For e.g. n = 10 the formula evaluates to 2.6, which is still a reduction of 67.5% in beacons needed.
Multi-row arrays
For large numbers of buildings to be boosted, efficiency can be further improved by separating production buildings into multiple rows. In this case, the beacons in all but the edge rows of the array can be shared by the two rows of production buildings on either side. (Note that it does not matter if these are producing different recipes and / or are different buildings altogether.) The total number of beacons required, assuming 3 × 3 sized production buildings and rows of equal length, is
B(r,c) = (r + 1)(c + 3) = rc + 3r + c + 3, where r is the number of rows of production buildings and c is the number of production buildings in a single row.
The number of beacons per boosted building is then
(3 ÷ rc) + (1 ÷ r) + (3 ÷ c) + 1, which tends to 1 as both r and c go to infinity. For finite arrays, the optimum number of rows is given by
r = -0.5 + sqrt[(n ÷ 3) + 0.25], where n is the total number of buildings to be boosted.
The formula above does not generally return integer results. If the r thus found is non-integer, iterate around it, i.e., calculate the number of beacons needed with floor(r) (the next lower integer) and ceiling(r) (the next higher integer) rows and compare the results. For each such integer r, calculate c as floor(n ÷ r), then calculate the number of beacons as B(r,c) + mod(n,r) + 1, where B(r,c) is given above and mod(n,r) is n modulo r, i.e., the remainder of (n ÷ r), equal to n - (r × c).
There will in either case be mod(n,r) buildings "left over"; these should be appended one per row to the ends of a contiguous block of neighboring rows for the total beacon count calculation above to be valid. Other configurations for the leftovers (e.g. all appended to the end of a single row, one each at the end of every second row, etc.) require a higher number of beacons to cover.
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- 0.9.0:
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- 0.7.3:
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Firstly, I thought you would like to see what you could be making which is a full sized quilt.
But we are going to make just two blocks to make our needle case.
You will need:
- Iron and ironing board
- Mat, cutting ruler and rotary cutter
- Main fabric and contrast
- A small piece of felt
- Needle and thread
- Tape Measure or ruler
|1. Cut two 7 inch squares of your main fabric.
2. With the right side of your fabric facing down, fold
over 1/4" of fabric all the way round and press it flat.
3. Fold the fabric in half lengthwise and press, now do
the same widthwise, where these lines bisect is your
centre point.
|4. Fold each corner into the centre - we are now
moving into origami territory.
5. Press the fabric flat, make sure each new corner
is a sharp point.
6. Fold the new corner points into the middle.
|7. Press all the corners into the middle.
8. Catch the opposing corner points with a
slip stitch, do not got through to the layers
beneath, just the points.
9. Your square should now look like this. Now
repeat the process for your second square.
11. If you look at the pic above, you will see that
the seam is invisible when you pull the thread taut.
12. Cut two contrasting squares, which fit within
your two squares, these will form your secret
garden. Slip these squares under the joined
triangles... now you know why I told you not to
stitch all the way through.
13. Now cut a piece of fabric which fits the
diamond shape between the two joined squares,
this will become your Cathedral windows.
14. Roll the edges of the square over your cut out
diamond and slip stitch the rolled edges, at each
corner, catch the two sides together with a little
bar stitch.
15. This is your classic cathedral window.
Now repeat the rolling and slip stitch around
each of the folded triangles, this will expose your
other contrasting fabric which forms the petals
for your secret garden flowers.
16. You now have your cathedral window and
secret garden blocks. In order to make it a little
more interesting, I have added buttons... am
thinking about adding loop to close the needle
17. Now cut out a felt oblong to fit inside the
needle case, I have used pinking shears to make
it look more attractive. Top stitch the felt in
place with a running stitch being careful not to
penetrate to the right side.
18. Your case is now ready for the needles.
17. And there you have it... you can now
do two sorts of hand quilted blocks.
I also have a method for doing this by machine... would anyone like to see it?


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Maritime Medal Nominations Close 30 September
23 September 2011
Nominations for the NSW Maritime Medal awards close on 30 September.
NSW Maritime Acting Deputy Chief Executive Steve Dunn said that the Maritime Medal recognises outstanding contributions in the area of boating safety, the environment or the community.
"Launched in 2006, the Maritime Medal is an award scheme to recognise role models, both individuals and groups, who have made an outstanding or sustained contribution to the maritime community," Mr Dunn said.
"I encourage those of you who were considering nominating a person or a group for the Maritime Medal to do so soon."
Mr Dunn said that the awards are a way of expressing thanks to those people who are making extraordinary efforts for the maritime community.
Nominations are judged by the NSW Maritime Medal Committee which includes representatives of NSW Maritime's peak advisory body. Winners will receive their award at a ceremony to be held in November.
For details and nomination forms go to http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/wh/medal.html
For information on past recipients of the NSW Maritime Medal see http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/news/media-medal_all2010.html


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Title: 장난스런 키스 / Jangnanseureon Kiss
Also known as: Playful Kiss, Naughty Kiss
Genre: Romance, school
Episodes: 16 + 7 special episodes (hosted by YouTube)
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2010-Sep-01 to 2010-Oct-21
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Related TV shows: Itazura na Kiss, It Started with a Kiss
- Sypnosis
Playful Kiss is based on the Japanese shōjo manga, Itazura Na Kiss.
Oh Ha Ni is a sweet lively and happy high school student yet she is definitely not the sharpest crayon in the box.
She has a crush on Baek Seung Jo, the smartest boy in school despite being chased loyally by Bong Joon Gu herself.
When she confesses to Seung Jo through a letter, he brings it back to her, after grading it harshly and commenting that he hates stupid girls.
When Oh Ha Ni's new house suddenly collapses her father's friend offers for him and Ha Ni to stay with them.
Unknown to Ha Ni, her father's friend is actually Baek Seung Jo's dad.
As they continue to live under the same roof and attend Parang University together, Ha Ni continues to show affection for Seung Jo although he seems to be more interested in the equally clever and beautiful Yoon Hae Ra.
- Main Cast
・Jung So Min as Oh Ha Ni
・Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) as Baek Seung Jo
・Lee Tae Sung as Bong Joon Goo
- Other notable cast
Extended Cast
・Jung Hye Young as Hwang Geum Hee (Seung Jo's mother)
・Choi Won Hong as Baek Eun Jo (Seung Jo's brother)
・Lee Si Young as Yoon He Ra
・Yoon Bo Hyun as tennis team captain
- Thoughts
Wow, what an emotional journey this drama takes you on. I've already seen it started with a Kiss, and though I don't feel this drama quite compares, it is good in its own right.
The cast was brilliant and the storyline superb, but I felt like the ending (specifically, the last 4 or so episodes) were rushed, rather than just spreading it out more (getting rid of filler scenes in earlier episodes).
That said, I am bias since i did see It Started With A Kiss first (as well as the second series) so I'd advise watching a few episodes for yourself.
Jung So Min is so cute, seriously, she played the roll of Oh Ha Ni so well. I felt her love, felt her pain but mostly, her determination. She portrays her emotions well and I was happy to follow her journey.
Kim Hyun Joong I remember from Boys Over Flowers and was excited to see him play a lead. I notice he always plays the moody, brooding and smart character rolls, but it suits him, he was great again. He portrayed his conflicting emotions well, and I really felt his frustration and reluctance as Seung Jo.
Lee Tae Sung was an actor id not heard of before, though by God did i look him up afterwards (&plan to watch his other dramas). He plays Bong Joon Goo, whose character transformation was the most progressed in the serious, I felt, and he acted out Joon Goo's growing maturity and determination eso well.
For me, he was truly the star actor here (sorry Hyun Joong & So Min!)
Jung Hye Young I just had to mention, because she did such an excellent job with her character roll. (& she looks so youthful!!) a very funny character.
Lee Si Young who played Yoon He Ra did amazingly as well, she makes you want to reach through the screen and slap her (😅). She plays Ha Ni's rival in love and does an exceptional job at being both harsh, straightforward yet nice at the same time. How you ask? You honestly need to watch to see.
A great watch.
Panda rating
(3) / (5)
"Merely because I preferred 'It Started With A Kiss', & felt this Drama was too rushed."


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Hair & Body Oil Peony Flower & Bergamot
22|11 Cosmetics present their brand new organic hair and body oil, made from essential oils and organic butters to treat and nourish hair and skin. Created by a colour obsessed hairstylist with a background in biochemistry who wanted the ultimate oil for use in his own hair salons, the formula contains bergamot, peony flower, wheat extract, jojoba and shea butters and can be used on both the hair and the body
Directions for use: spread oil over dry hair and massage into roots and along its length. Leave for a minimum of 15 minutes and then rinse off. Note: this product can be left in hair for up to 10 hours (to treat split ends or protect hair from exposure to sun and sea salt) and it can also be used to nourish and moisturise dry skin.
22|11's Hair & Body Oil can be used as a pre-treatment before shampooing or it can be added into the Cream-Shampoo Tangerine & Cinnamon for further softening effect.
Important: please test the product on a patch of your skin before use to see if there is any adverse reaction to the natural oils.
INGREDIENTS: aqua, oleum jojoba, butyrum shea, cocoes oleum, interdum triticum (wheat extract), extractum de aglaophotis flores, extractum de bergamota, kathon CG, parfume
For external use only.
Eco friendly, packed in recyclable aluminium.
Made with certified organic ingredients.
EAC (Eurasian conformity). This product is not tested on animals.


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At the heart of this work is the philosophy that the body has the innate ability to regulate and heal itself. The key to this process is the unimpeded circulation of the body's fluids. These vital liquids carry many of the body's life-sustaining compounds, such as hormones, enzymes and their secretions, immune and anti-inflammatory factors, neural impulses, nutritional elements, and dissolved gases such as oxygen. They also serve as the medium for removing and excreting the bi-products of digestion and cellular respiration. When these processes are happening optimally the body has a much greater capacity for health and wellness.
Any impediment to the circulation of fluids within the body is the subject of assessment and treatment. The results of these impediments may be manifested locally in the body but frequently symptoms are experienced far from the site of the original event. For this reason, it is important to assess the whole body. Although treatment may be directed toward several specific areas, the effect of that treatment is often positively felt throughout the body.
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We celebrated a wonderful Fishmas this year...wait, do you not know what Fishmas is? It's the first day of Trout fishing, of course! It was the second weekend in April this year and perfect timing as Grey loves to fish and it falls right around his birthday every year. Fishmas for us is a big deal and something we look forward to every year - holding traditions for each of that are memorable and meaningful.
Late on Friday night (Fishmas Eve), Greyson and Brandon doled out their hugs and kisses to us as they headed out to sleepover at fishing camp so they could be in the creek for the official start of the season. While the boys were on their way to Bedford, the girls and I loaded up spent a fun evening at our family friend's house with the women 'left behind' while all our guys were at their respective fishing camps (hah!) Gemma and Violet were thrilled to hang out in the hot tub with Sybil - and we got to eat yummy snacks and chat with our friends long into the night (super long! we didn't get home until almost midnight!)
The next morning, I was awoken by my annual 'first day of fishing' selfie from B and Greyson and an update that Grey had slept good but was up bright and early and eager to get out on the stream!
For the record, Grey is obsessed with fishing. I'm talking big time. B said he was in the creek for almost the entire day and was casting and reeling in all on his own. He still needed some help with baiting the hook, but besides that - he's a little pro fisherman already. He caught a bunch of fish and played with his cousin Reid and tuckered himself out so much that I got this picture of him passed out on the porch around 5p on Saturday afternoon! HAH.
As for the girls, we spent the first day of trout hanging out in the sunshine before meeting Gigi at Saturday afternoon mass. Then it was on to OUR annual Fishmas tradition of pedicures and dinner; just the girls. Gigi is the only sister among three boys, and then only had Brandon - so her days of waiting for girls was well overdue. It makes our Fishmas tradition just a little more special knowing that Gigi has been waiting all this time for our daughters and sharing these girly kinds of special treats together!
By happenstance, we were seated right across the aisle from family, out celebrating a birthday. The girls were so thrilled to be able to switch back and forth between the booths and get to spend time with cousin Lainey, Uncle Dave & Aunt Cindy, and Cara & Bruce. (and Gigi and were happy to have the extra hands and attention for those two girls, especially Violet who get particularly antsy in restaurants!)
On Sunday afternoon, the girls all headed out to the Bedford fishing camp. We got lucky with another beautiful day and we even got to sink our toes in the creek for a little while (it was absolutely freezing). Gemma and Audra were overjoyed to see each other again and didn't leave each other's side the entire time of the visit, even holding hands for most of it (I died like twenty times at the sweetness of it). Grey and Reid were proud to show off their fishing skills to us, and as always loved spending time together roughhousing and acting goofy.
We pulled out the bikes and scooters and let the kids ride up and down the camp road. We threw leaves and flowers into the creek to watch them float peacefully away. Ray grilled up some delicious dinner on the grill and we all enjoyed the meal and company under the brand new roof and deck that the boys had been working on for the past few weeks - finished exactly in time for opening day!
|This reminds me so much of one of my childhood favorite movies, Now and Then, that I could cry.
April always holds a bright spot in our yearly calendar. Not only because it's our first born son's birthday month (!) but also because of Fishmas, which is like a real life holiday for us. Oh Fishmas, we love you.


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MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kibush Capital Corporation (OTC:DLCR) (the "Company") announced today that its CEO has returned from a site visit to Rigo Papua New Guinea. The site visit was important to the Company, as it provided a better understanding of the infrastructure requirements to properly plan for the commencement of logging within the area. The Company was able to identify the areas which will be the base camp and processing area. In addition, the Company was able to finalize the planning for the required machinery and the personnel necessary to undertake operations. This week, the Company's Operations Manager Vincent Appo is organizing the move of equipment and personnel into place for the commencement of logging. The Company anticipates that this process should take approximately one week and that logging should commence in Rigo before the end of September. Mr. Sheppard stated "revenues from operations in Rigo should commence within 30 days. Once operational I anticipate a significant increase in revenue over future periods."
While in Rigo, Mr. Sheppard met with the landowners of the Rigo property to ensure that all parties were committed to the project. Mr. Sheppard stated that "the landowners expressed enthusiasm to the commencement of logging and showed their support for the Company. We expect this relationship to be profitable for both the Company and the landowners. We are very excited to get this project operational."
To assist with our new operations in Papua New Guinea, Blackbridge Capital has extended a new facility of $100,000, which as noted in our Form 8-K filed on September 12, 2016, had been drawn down by $25,000 leaving a further facility of $75,000 outstanding. This facility is not to be confused with the $105,000 convertible note to Blackbridge Capital which has been repaid in full via its conversion feature, this new facility with Blackbridge Capital cannot be converted for six months from each drawdown. Our total outstanding shares have increased since last reported due to such conversions. As of September 25, 2016, we had a total of 254,513,362 shares of our common stock outstanding. The Company is attempting to reduce its reliance on convertible notes and we believe the new revenues from Rigo will help ease such reliance in the near future.
About Kibush Capital Corporation:
Kibush Capital is a Resource company with Timber Operations in Papua New Guinea, Gold exploration in Papua New Guinea and Jade exploration in New South Wales, Australia.
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People often use the analogy, "its just like riding a bike" to describe something that, once learned, is difficult to forget how to do and easy to recall how to do. I felt like this would be the same for some of my habitual practices in America. I changed a lot while abroad, many of which, were culturally dependent and I assumed would revert back once I was back in the US. For the most part I was right, If I didn't hold onto something I learned abroad it would fade into memory after a short amount of time. Reading Richard Slimbach's book Becoming World Wise helped prepare me for this and I made sure to pick a few cultural differences that I never wanted to forget. In order to pick them I referred to a letter I wrote before I went abroad which had a list of the things I wanted to accomplish by the end of the semester. The main ones on this list were to learn Italian and be a better cook. Italy was perfect for both of these, their main language being Italian and their second language being good food made it easy to learn. I really enjoy being able to speak a different language and I will strive to continue to improve it for the rest of my life. As for cooking I was never much good at it but after exploring my taste buds a little more in Italy and cooking with my friends abroad I learned some good skills. My mother has always been a great cook and I know she is thrilled that I want to cook more because it makes it a bit easier for her. The other thing I brought back from Italy is some different pronunciations like the correct way to say pistacchio, gnocchi, bruschetta, and many other Italian words. I don't know how much of a practical purpose this will serve other than making English majors upset but it will help to remind me of Italy.
There are also many cultural differences that I will be unable to recreate in the US. Such as walking everywhere, or only buying a few things at the grocery store, or pausa. Pausa is an Italian tradition where the stores close in the middle of the day, around lunch time. A lot of stores close, kids get out of school for a few hours, and traffic almost completely ceases to exist. You also aren't allowed to play basketball at this time which my friends and I learned the hard way. And as much as I disliked walking up all the hills and cobblestone streets to get anywhere its probably the thing I miss the most. Like I said in the beginning some of my abroad habits will change and I will have to reinvent them to work again at home. But there are still many things I am not used to and it will probably take me a long time to get used to again. The big one so far is shopping at the grocery store, no one wants to go everyday or multiple times in the same day but I am really not good at figuring out what I need to cook with. In Italy I was able to run to the grocery store and then go back if I needed something else because it was a five-minute walk away. In the US I need a list and have to try and get as much as I can in one go because it's a fifteen-minute drive away. I haven't seen too many of my other old habits reemerge but the US requires a different lifestyle than the one I had abroad and as much as I don't want to I will need to change.
Photo taken on my last day in Perugia, even the sky was sad we were leaving.
Works Cited
Slimbach, Richard (2012-03-12). Becoming World Wise: A Guide to Global Learning (Kindle Locations 4026-4028). Stylus Publishing. Kindle Edition.


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Archive for February, 2009
Overcoming Coder's Block
Sometimes I completely run out of answers. Other times I have too many answers. Either way, I end up staring stupidly at the screen achieving nothing (well, OK, reading blogs). Here are a few techniques I use to help get unstuck:
- Pros and Cons: when I have too many answers, I try to make it objective by drawing up the pros and cons and seeing where that takes me.
- Simplify: like a lot of developers, I can be prone to over-analyse when I am stuck on an issue for a while. So I remind myself to try simplifying the problem. Often by dropping a layer of flexibility the problem is a lot easier to solve. If I really need the flexibility, I can add it later when I have greater understanding.
- Take a Break: sometimes I'm just trying too hard, and need to step back. I work from home, so a short walk outside is a welcome break. Actually getting away from the computer relaxes the grey matter. The vitamin D doesn't hurt either 🙂 .
- Explain the Problem: very often I find that while I'm explaining the problem, I see it in a different way. If not, the input of another person usually throws a different perspective on the issue. If there's nobody to bother immediately, just writing down an explanation can help.
- Switch Gears: this works when I'm getting frustrated by a lack of progress. By switching to a small, unrelated task, I can Get Something Done and develop some new momentum. This also serves as a break from the original problem.
- Write Some Tests: I don't practice TDD all the time, but when I'm stuck trying to understand how things work, writing some tests first can be very illuminating. Having tests in place also gives gratifying feedback as I finally start to crack the underlying problem. I find this works best for really tough technical issues, where good test coverage is even more important than normal.
- Write Some Code: if I have a partial solution, even if I know it is ugly or inadequate, sometimes I'll just plow ahead anyway. Actually working through a throwaway implementation is better than standing still, as it turns up all the little details. I'm happy to throw that code away since I know the alternative was not getting anywhere.
So, should you be reading this, or taking a walk..? 🙂
Languages, Complexity and Shifting Work
One of the things that bothers me about the rise of dynamic languages is the nagging thought that work is being shifted the wrong way. Generally speaking, we programmers all become more productive as work is shifted down to lower levels. The smarter the toolchain, the less we need to bother with incidental details, leaving us to focus on Real Problems. Sure, someone needs to program that toolchain, but once that is done by the few the benefits can be reaped by the many.
What does this have to do with dynamic languages? Well, a lot of the productivity benefits of these languages come from their support for higher levels of abstraction. Think first class functions, closures, completely dynamic dispatch and so on. Why is it that dynamic languages all seem to have these features, where many statically-typed languages don't? I believe a primary reason is that these features are easier to implement in dynamic languages. It's not that it is impossible to support such features in static languages — in fact many static languages do support them — but rather that creating a flexible enough type system is a challenge.
Probably the most obvious example is duck typing. This is a feature of dynamic languages that removes complexity from the language implementation. With duck-typing, the implementation need not inspect or infer anything, it just tries its best to dispatch at runtime and throws an error if it can't. Compare this with the complexity of implementing a static type system capable of full inference and/or a reasonable alternative like Scala's Structural Types.
So where is the problem? Well, having these features in dynamic languages is a wonderful thing, but it comes at a cost:
- No static verification. Without this verification, we need to do more work to test our code. And because testing isn't perfect, we risk more bugs.
- Less-precisely specified APIs. As APIs contain no type information, they can be harder to read and learn. Documentation helps, but this kind of documentation comes for free (with verification by a compiler) in a statically-typed language.
Essentially, the dynamic languages are giving us more flexibility, but at the same time are shifting other work our way. Shouldn't we aim for more? From what we know about shifting work, shouldn't we be demanding a language which tackles the complex issues head-on to deliver us this flexibility without the costs?
Are there languages that achieve this already? Classics like ML and Haskell, along with newcomers like Scala at least take aim at these harder issues. The biggest problem has always been pushing the complexity down into the language implementation without having it leak too much into the language itself. This is one of the greater challenges in software, but the closer we get to nailing it the more productive we'll all become.
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Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Passionate about Patchwork
I've dusted off my Liberty wellies and they have finally been pressed into action rather than being purely ornamental!
Exciting news is that we now have a new friend in our paddock behind the house. Smartie belongs to a neighbour, he's such a sweet horse and I love looking out and seeing him there.
Indoors, Mr HenHouse has been keeping out of mischief and is working hard, transforming our sitting room. It's quite a large room and he is a perfectionist so it's all taking some time but will be worth it in the end. It was a bit of a gloomy day when I took this picture a few weeks ago but it's usually light and bright, and we will have wonderful views from the windows once the room is finished.
The surprising thing is that The Mr has eschewed all offers of help from yours truly. So I've taken myself off to my Den and set about making some accessories for the new room.
We're going for a soft and light look in this sitting room, sort of English country meets French faded, so I turned to my stash of vintage fabrics.
I've been collecting these fabrics over the last year or so. They are not easy to find and shockingly expensive when you do. None the less, I have little bundles of soft quilt pieces...
Petite stacks of flowery faded linens and cottons...
...and some more colourful ones too, red being a particular favourite.
We have two new sofas for the sitting room so I decided I should get to work on making some cushions. I had a look through a favourite book from which I made some pretty cushions last Summer, Cushions and Quilts by Jo Colwill of Cowslip Workshops, and settled on a pretty design. My favourite bit was selecting the twenty-five different vintage fabrics for the patchwork panel on the front. Once I had piece the front, I was treated to a pleasant few hours hand quilting with perle cottons and added a few old mother of pearl and linen covered buttons from my stash. I bought a whole jar of linen covered buttons for £3 from a garage sale in Bridport a while back. I knew they'd come in handy one day.
It was quite an easy make though I did find the directions for the cushion pad were a bit off. A 12" x 16" cushion pad wasn't big enough and the suggestion to fold an 18" cushion in half didn't seem to work either. I happily decided I would just chop the top off a large feather cushion pad I already had and re-sew it to the correct size. Aaarrgghh, feather alert! Perhaps not my cleverest idea but nothing the hoover couldn't sort out, and in the end, I had the perfectly shaped plump feather pad! I think I would re-jig the sizes next time so that a standard sized pad will fit nicely.
I used some more of the linen buttons for the side fastening which I think is a pretty finish with the feature fabric strip and an idea I will use again.
I love my cushion!
Finishing this cushion left me in need of a new project and I fancied some hand stitching inspired by a cushion cover made from an old patchwork quilt which I spotted in a Cabbages and Roses book and a similar one on the feed of @flowerpotcottage on Instagram.
I've been obsessively stitching rosettes each morning and evening.
We had a day off and went to the antiques fair at Shepton Mallet where a few treasures and more fabric was found.
I stocked up on some more special fabrics from Sue (Vintage to Victorian). You may remember in a previous blog post, I mentioned Sue had found a suitcase containing wonderful hand paper pieced blocks from a patchwork quilt along with the fabrics that had been being used to make it. The papers used in the piecing were taken from old letters and Sue was able to find a date circa 1880. Because they have been stored out of the light in the suitcase for years, the fabrics and quilt pieces are of incredible museum-worthy quality.
I wonder if you can see from this photograph the condition of the chintz fabric. It is so stiff it is almost like folded waxed paper and the sheen from the size is still very thick.
I felt they would be perfect to give my latest piece a real vintage (even antique) quality. I sewed up this block using one of the shirting-style stripes. Oh my, but it was incredibly hard work to sew that stiff thick fabric. I have worn a hole in my leather thimble!
I'm very happy with the way this is looking and I am enjoying choosing new fabrics each day. Soon, I should be ready to sew them together.
Hopefully, we will have the best dressed sofas in the West!
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What beautiful views from the sitting room windows! And I love the "buttoned" cushion! Can't wait to see the room finish.ReplyDelete
Everything is gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
Your room will look so pretty with the quilts and cushionsReplyDelete
Do you get the sun all day.........?
Julie xxxxxxx
All your beautiful patchwork makes mew want to start another quilt but I am in 1940's knitting mode at the moment.ReplyDelete
I can not wait to see your new room finished. We have just done up our 1741 cottage so know how much hard work goes in to homes.
I am really enjoying your beautiful blog.
Fondly Michelle
You have made a lovely cushion and beginnings of another. I think a crocheted blanket using hexagons would be nice - done the way you have stitched yours.ReplyDelete
I think the two of you make a great team :) xxxReplyDelete
Your cushion is so pretty. I can't wait to see the sitting room all finished.ReplyDelete
My goodness these are pretty! Your new sitting room is going to be so charming!ReplyDelete
Your new cushion is so pretty and will look beautiful in your redone room. I love honeycomb quilts but have never had the nerve to try one. Your's is coming along beautifully.ReplyDelete
Your sofas are going to be amazing!! What incredibly beautiful fabrics you have in your stash, so wonderful to work with. I love your new cushion! xxReplyDelete
Hen, as always, I so admire your wonderful sense of style and marvelous sewing talents. Between you and Mr H, your new home is going to become more and more beautiful.ReplyDelete
Hoping that you will take your camera out for a walk (wearing the stylish wellies, of course) and let us see more of the area where you live. That vista in the first photograph is so lovely, I do want to see more. Yes, it's chilly, so do bundle up with lots of layers.
Gorgeous Hen, I can't wait to see it come together! Sarah xoReplyDelete
I love your cushion, the colours and the style. You live in a beautiful areaReplyDelete
Caz xx
Your house looks so amazing already, can't wait to see it finished. I love your cushion as well, especially the idea of buttoning it up on the end with those lovely buttons. Those 19th century fabrics are a real find aren't they? Will that be washable when finished? I suppose it will be OK to handwash it. Isn't it nice living in the country? As a child we lived in a tiny little hamlet called Hatherton close to Cannock Chase, and we had wonderful views and nature and animals all the time, and we did appreciate it.ReplyDelete
Absolutely beautiful as always Hen, I do love my visits, how wonderful to have a blank canvas to decorate I love the cushion and the Hexi's I imagine it can get really hard pushing the needle through.ReplyDelete
Looking forward to your reveal
Hugs Peg xx
Oooh I do enjoy visiting your world Hen. Particularly love your wellies. Lots of fab fabrics, loving the red fabrics especially. Happy decorating!!ReplyDelete
Hello there ... I am your newest follower ... all the way from New Zealand :-) Just wanted to stop by & say your blog is a most lovely & gorgeous place to visit & I am slowly working my way through some of your older posts. Keep up the great work - just love it all :-) Julie x0x0ReplyDelete
How lovely to have a new friend to look at, I think I'd spend most of the day with him! Loving the cushions, I will get around to making a patchwork cushion one day :( xxReplyDelete
What fabulous views! Love your wellies :-)ReplyDelete
I love the look of your hexies, makes me want to do a similar quilt. And I can't wait to see the results of your updated lounge.ReplyDelete
Fiquei encantada com o lugar... Amei o cavalo, é lindo!ReplyDelete
Já posso imaginar sua sala decorada com as coisas lindas que você faz! Ficará perfeita!Bjs!
That new sitting room will be delightful and well used I'm sure! Love your color scheme and new pillow you made! And yes for red from me too!ReplyDelete
Lovely stuff, thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
Your blog is like falling into a soft old fashioned feather bed. Warm, cozy and comfortable. I love it here :)ReplyDelete
I once did that cut a cushion pad in half thing. Never again!ReplyDelete
The makes look truly lovely xxxReplyDelete
Oh, my word! I LOVE your blog! So happy to have "met" you today. :)ReplyDelete
Hope things are okay and that you'll be coming back soon. Miss your posts!!ReplyDelete
I especially loved that first view! Your fabrics are so lovely! I liked the empire dresses in the antique fair picture. Were they a postcard? A pattern? Wish I could see them closer. I have enjoyed visiting your blog. I came over from The Painted Quilt.ReplyDelete
I love your cushion. You have inspired me to make one. I love your stash of fabrics. They are so lovely.ReplyDelete
Hello Hen.....gosh you've moved!!ReplyDelete
I have to....I'm now in the Potteries.....in a lovely old Victorian potters house!!!!
I'm just off to catch up on what else you've been doing......I'm so sorry to read that two of your hairy babies are no longer with us.....Pickle is doing well...though she's been ill and we had to have her to the vets.....but she's well on the mend now.....glad all is sooo good for you.....take care....Mel Mel..xxxx
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Brita Addams
When Aleks Voinov invited me to submit something to Riptide, I struggled for several days until the idea of the Romeo Club came to mind. I wanted it to be contemporary and have humorous vibe, and the character of Aaron was born.
I imagined Aaron as the star of the show. He's in the very first scene of Surprises and I believe readers will enjoy Aaron's appearance in every story. As the collection progresses, I think we see that Aaron isn't exactly as he appears.
Each Romeo Club story has a new main character, with Aaron and Blake, the owner of the club, making appearances in varying degrees. At this point, I don't believe any of the characters will carry over into other stories, but I could change my mind as I go forward with them.
I also write them in first person, usually from the main character's point of view, but that isn't a hard and fast rule. For instance, the third installment is from Blake's point of view and necessarily so.
Each story delves into a different sexual fantasy or kink. The client enters the club for their own reason, with their own set of needs and desires. Since Romeo Club is primarily a dating service, only those who catch Aaron's very astute eye are invited to meet Blake and indulge in all the other things the club has to offer.
There will be twelve to fifteen shorts in this collection and I truly look forward to bringing more stories to light. The stories are unapologetic erotica, I make no bones about that. They are a quick read, about six thousand words each – something for lunchtime or bedtime reading. I'll leave you with an excerpt from Romeo Club #1: Surprises.
Not "have intercourse" or "make love," but "fuck," written out right on the application. Damn! I hadn't expected such personal questions, but after a few moments of thought, "No limit" seemed as good an answer as any.
"What is your favorite position?" Oh, the possibilities.
"Bent over a sofa, chair, table?" All of the above, giving or receiving.
"On all fours on a bed or the floor?" Right you are.
"Standing against the wall?" Definitely has merit.
"Do you suck cock regularly, or do you prefer to be sucked? Do you swallow?" I should have seen that one coming.
"Dildo preference—glass or flexible?" I'd never thought about it, but the question gave me ideas.
"Butt plugs?" Damn, did other people use those things? I squirmed, thinking a smaller one might have been in order for this excursion.
A whole section entitled "Probing Your Fantasies."
"Are you into cowboys, pirates, millionaires, policemen, doctors? Kidnap, rape, ménage? Explain your desires in detail."
I took the expeditious route and wrote, "Yes to all the above." Why limit my options?
"Are you willing to put yourself in our hands?"
Now, that was a loaded question. The devil in me wanted to write, "Hell, yeah," while the commodities trader wrote a more dignified, "Yes."
Only one section left: "The Usual Stuff," mercifully mundane after an hour's worth of divulging everything there was to know about my sex life, real or imagined. Name, address, phone number.
Then, bam, "Do you consider yourself handsome?"
Now, what's a guy supposed to do with that? It's one of those damned if you do, damned if you don't questions. If I said "Fuck yeah," I'd come off as arrogant. If I said "No," I'd sound like someone desperate enough to live in his mother's basement. But then, I was filling out an application for a freaking dating service. Wasn't that desperate by definition? Oh, hell, just leave it blank.
I checked over the tome to make sure I hadn't forgotten anything, lest a fantasy be left undiscovered. My libido had kicked up several notches this past hour and the black and white photos on the walls did nothing to tame it. Damn, if this was a sample of what Romeo's offered, I was glad I'd taken the afternoon off.
The adorable blond behind the desk looked up and smiled when I stood. Good Lord Almighty, they didn't grow guys like that back in Kansas.
Blondie came around the desk, his slim hips working overtime. His body was built to my personal specifications. The fact he'd wrapped it in skin-tight jeans and a royal blue shirt was the cherry on top of the cake. Oh, my unruly cock, be still, boy.
I glanced at the black engraved desk plate: Aaron. He checked over my application with pursed lips and an exaggerated hand to the hip "Have you answered every question? It's very important that you answer all of them."
Hmm, what was he, the damn question police? "I believe I did, yes."
"We'll just have a peek, shall we?"
He grasped the clipboard with both hands and studied it, save for an occasional smirk or eyebrow waggle in my direction.
"Ooh," he said with a giggle. Though curious, I was too chicken to ask what part he'd read.
He flipped through the last couple of pages, then settled a hand over the first page. "You have unique tastes," he said. The sparkle in his eyes was unmistakable. "I believe Blake would be interested in talking to you. If you'll come this way, I'll take you to him."
Brita Addams was born in Upstate New York in a small farm town. However, she's lived in the sultry south for many years. She shares her home with her husband and real life hero, their youngest daughter, a fat cat named Stormee, and Fiona, a puppy who doubles often as her muse.
Her love of history is one of the constants in her life, so historical romance is a nice fit. Brita incorporates archaic English when she writes, or as close as she can come, which reviewers have said adds flavor to her stories.
Her contemporaries allow her to incorporate modern language and pop culture to her stories, as well as throw in a bit of humor.
You can view her entire backlist at www.britaaddams.com
You can purchase Romeo Club #1: Surprises at Riptide Publishing by clicking the book cover.
The second installment, Rubbed the Right Way is available for pre-order: http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/rubbed-right-way-romeo-club-2
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