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The title of "Canadian National BBQ Champion" will be awarded to the Canadian BBQ team with the highest accumulated score of their best 4 events after a full season of competitions. Our season runs from September 1 - August 30.
Teams that are registered with the CBBQS will automatically be entered in this points race and their rankings at sanctioned competitions will be reflected on the "Canadian BBQ Champion Standings" page. At the end of the year, one team will be named the "Canadian BBQ Champion".
In addition to the National BBQ Champion, the Canadian BBQ Society will also recognize the provincial points leaders and will award the title of "Provincial BBQ Champion" for each participating province.
* National Standings can be found here
* Provincial Standings can be found here
* Individual Competition Results can be found here
As we want to support and encourage all Canadian BBQ teams, we will also honour the results from other sanctioned events in North America, so long as they follow a program similar to KCBS, and are a professional events with 4 meats (Chicken, Ribs, Pork Shoulder & Brisket). Registered teams can submit such an event for consideration via email.

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Welcome to the North West of England Branch.
The North West is an exciting part of the UK, with lots going on and lots to offer psychologists living and working within the region. If you are a member of the BPS and are based within the north west region, you are automatically a member of our Branch.
The North West Branch covers the following postcodes:
Manchester (M), Liverpool (L), Chester (CH), Crewe (CW), Stockport (SK), Warrington (WA), Wigan (WN), Bolton (BL), Blackburn (BB), Oldham (OL), Preston (PR), Blackpool (FY), Isle of Man (IM), Lancaster (LA), and Carlisle (CA)
We are a long-established Branch, involving a committee - elected yearly - and its membership, which consists of all BPS members in the north west of England (see Home). The aim of the Branch is to bring together psychologists and students of different fields from around this geographical region. To fulfil our mission, our activities include:
Communication is high on the agenda. You can contact us directly through here. If you are a BPS Branch member with ideas of what kind of events you would like, or if you are a related interest group in the region who'd like to make links with us, then we would very much like to hear from you! One of the best ways to hear about our events now is through facebook, if you are a member, by 'liking' our pages: (Branch activities for psychologists) and ('Psychology in the Pub' events for the public), and through Twitter.
Not only does the Branch exist for you, but it is also effectively run by you. That is, events only happen because there are good people putting themselves forward, along with their effort and expertise, to organise relevant events, run them, and/or speak at them. If you have any ideas for events and other activities, or you would be open to be invited as a guest speaker or otherwise contribute your expertise, then we would love to hear from you. Please email us in the first instance.
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CHICAGO, March 22 (Reuters) - Catherine Jones lives on $930 a month in Social Security benefits, so every dollar counts for the retired Detroit nurse. Her income is low enough to qualify for a special Medicare program that covers Part B premium copayments and deductibles, but last April, something went wrong. For some reason, Medicare started charging her $134 each month for Part B.
"I called the Social Security office and told them someone was taking my money," said Jones, 67.
Problems like this occur frequently, the result of paperwork snafus between interlinked Medicare, Social Security and state government systems. Jones - a widow who is in remission from a serious bout with cancer - found herself stuck in a complex bureaucratic web, and the Part B deduction continued for 10 months. Ultimately, she found her way to the Detroit Area Agency on Aging, which was able to straighten out the paperwork; Jones will be receiving a refund from Social Security of $1,340.
The agency is funded through the national network of State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP), a vital federally funded program that provides free assistance to seniors around the country as they attempt to navigate their way through Medicare's complexities. Funding for the program has been under attack - the Trump administration and House Republicans proposed to eliminate all SHIP funding for fiscal 2018, and funding levels have been cut repeatedly in recent years.
But SHIP funding is on track to survive as part of the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill under debate in Congress this week. The legislation was approved on Thursday by the U.S. House of Representatives and is now headed to the Senate. It contains $49.1 million for SHIP – a $2 million increase over the fiscal 2017 level, but still below fiscal 2016, when $52.1 million was appropriated.
Jones' story is just one example of how SHIP helps people deal with Medicare's myriad complexities. Seniors often need help during the annual open enrollment period selecting prescription drug plans, supplemental insurance and determining if they qualify for special subsidies available to low-income enrollees.
Would the state of Michigan pick up the $1.3 million in federal funding the state receives if the grants end? "It's highly unlikely," said Jo Murphy, executive director of the Michigan SHIP program, citing the state's budget struggles.
Last year, SHIP counselors helped more than 3 million U.S. seniors with everything from prescription drug plan selection to claims problems and special assistance programs for low-income seniors, according to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), which is battling to keep the program funded. More than one-third received help during the annual fall open-enrollment period, which runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.
The SHIP program is especially crucial for lower-income seniors like Jones. More than half of seniors on Medicare receive annual income of $26,200 or less, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Saving money on Medicare costs can mean the difference between medication, food or keeping the heat turned on.
Says Jennifer Goldberg, directing attorney on aging for Justice in Aging, a nonprofit advocacy organization: "The SHIPs help a broad range of the senior population, but it's especially important for low-income seniors when it comes to Part D and special programs that help subsidize their expenses - that can be very confusing for people."
In Michigan, for example, 42 percent of enrollees assisted by the SHIP are focused on enrollment in Extra Help, a program that often covers up to 75 percent of prescription drug costs. (reut.rs/2FY9KEC) But the program's counselors spend plenty of time helping people navigate other aspects of Medicare. This year in Michigan, enrollees must choose among 24 standard prescription drug plans and 127 Medicare Advantage plans, plus another 34 plans that cover specialized needs. And 65 medigap plans.
Critics of SHIPs often argue they duplicate services available on Medicare's 800 toll-free line, or from Social Security. "They tend to think that the Medicare toll-free line and website will give beneficiaries all the information they need on plan choices," said Marci Phillips, NCOA's director of public policy and advocacy.
But those resources cannot match SHIP counselors' expertise about local health providers, or their all-important contacts with regional Social Security and Medicare staff, Goldberg said. "Walking through the online Medicare plan finder tool with someone is very difficult to do by phone - it's much better to sit with a person, talk about their prescriptions and doctors and then make a recommendation."
Perhaps most impressive is that all SHIP counseling is provided by well-trained volunteers. That means the federal funding is highly leveraged; NCOA reports that the program generates nearly 2 million hours of free assistance annually. In Michigan, a network of 650 volunteers is helping approximately 400,000 enrollees each year, Murphy estimates.
But they also help enrollees sort through complex claims problems and billing errors like the one faced by Jones in Detroit. She was referred to the Michigan SHIP after nearly a year making phone calls and visiting Social Security offices. The SHIP counselor knew how to sort it out by filing a special complaint tracking form to Medicare that began the process of correcting the error - the kind of thing no enrollee could reasonably be expected to do.
She says the extra $134 a month from Social Security will help, along with the expected refund. Jones worked part-time after retiring from nursing before her health worsened. Nowadays, she earns some extra income making wreaths and flower arrangements to make ends meet. "After my insurance bills and Medicare, I didn't have any money left," she said. (Editing by Matthew Lewis)


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They say money can't buy happiness, but being in debt only makes things worse.
A recent review of 52 existing studies shows that debt and mental health are linked more closely than many believe.
Researchers at the University of Southampton in the U.K. found that fewer than nine percent of people without mental health problems—including depression, drug dependence, neurotic disorder, problem drinking, psychotic disorders, and suicide—were in debt.
More than a quarter of people with mental health problems were in debt.
"It might be that debt leads to worse mental health due to the stress it causes. It may also be that those with mental health problems are more prone to debt because of other factors, such as erratic employment," study researcher Dr. Thomas Richardson, a clinical psychologist, said in a statement. "Equally, it might be that the relationship works both ways."
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This doesn't mean that debt causes mental health problems or vice versa because the study couldn't show causality, and researchers say more studies are needed to better understand how the two are connected.
The new study was published in the journal Clinical Psychology Review.
The Recession Worsened Mental Health Problems
A recent study published in the BMJ showed the stark realities of an economic recession: The global economic downturn lead to a 37 percent global unemployment rate and, in turn, a 3.3 percent rise in suicides. Those at the greatest risk were middle-aged men in the U.S. and young men in the U.K.
The U.S. and Canada saw 8.8 percent increases in suicide, while countries in the European Union saw a 13.3 percent increase.
"The rise in the number of suicides is only a small part of the emotional distress caused by the economic downturn," the authors concluded. "Non-fatal suicide attempts could be 40 times more common than completed suicides, and for every suicide attempt, about 10 people experience suicidal thought."
Another study, published in the journal PLOS One, showed the 2008 economic crisis increased feelings of depression and the use of antidepressant drugs, especially among those with the greatest stock holdings.
However, while people reported more feelings of depression, there was no evidence that the dramatic, sudden loss of wealth triggered clinically-validated indicators of depression.
A separate study showed that economic hardship may make the social exclusion of people with mental health problems worse. That study, also published in PLOS One, showed that this exclusion can be hardest on men and people with lower levels of education.
Mental health problems and social isolation increase a person's likelihood of attempting, thinking about, or completing suicide.


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The sudden, quiet killing of the legendary Winamp media player sent a shiver across the Web last week. Just like that, a software giant of yore was gone. But once the initial shock wore off, another thought settled in: "Wait, Winamp was still around?"
And that got me thinking: Whatever happened to all those classic websites and programs that, like Winamp, were found on virtually every PC around the turn of the century? Microsoft snuffed out Clippy (and rightfully so), but what was the fate of RealPlayer, and CompuServe, and—man, oh man—BonziBuddy? Some have joined Winamp in the great Recycle Bin in the sky. Some are still trundling along. And everywhere you turn, you'll find the twin shadows of AOL and Yahoo. Let's dig in.
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Before we start singing dirges for the dead, let's highlight a scrappy classic that's still hanging on. The iconic (and annoying) RealPlayer slung songs on computers across the United States in the late 1990s, mostly because it—along with Winamp—was one of the few free MP3 spinners available to go toe-to-toe with Microsoft's native Windows Media Player.
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that is one mean-looking huge bull!ReplyDelete
Hamish is the right name for this charismatic bull.ReplyDelete
I love Hamish! Of course my little ceramic Hamish fits in my china cupboard better, but this one is beautiful! xoxoxReplyDelete
Ha reminds me of a Tale my Dad used to tell. How there used to be a Taylors Ahop accross the road from the Knox Church. That taylor had a Rooster above a pair of trousers for his sign. Seemingly the good church people saw some Problem with this and insisted he remove the sign.ReplyDelete
The Taylor left the Rooster but removed the Trousers.
And announced that the Trousers had gone bu the Cock was still standing :-)
Cute. That's one big bull.ReplyDelete
This is an impressive addition to a rather dull bit of road.ReplyDelete
From the title I thought that was going to be a blog about entering fields with bulls!ReplyDelete
Well Friend-über-special may be right. I haven't seen a wild haggis for a while. I think it's because the lack of sheep letting the grass grow too long has discouraged them.ReplyDelete
So you have proof that at least one of your bull stories is true! That is an interesting statue, and i like the name.ReplyDelete
Now that, my friend, is a HUGE bunch of bull! *wink*ReplyDelete
My goodness what a big mean looking brute....I still like him.... though I wouldn't want him to come alive.ReplyDelete
Wonderful sculpture!ReplyDelete
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Green Arrow joins the roster of Injustice: Gods Among Us
Billionaire Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow has joined the fighting roster of Injustice: Gods Among Us, and Entertainment Weekly has the exclusive video of our expert archer in action.
Green Arrow can use a variety of arrows including freezing, explosive, and shock arrows. There's no doubt that he's clearly a projectile fighter, although, he is quite capable up close with his bow.
With archers being all the rage these days, it's no surprise that Green Arrow is in the game. Also, the announcement comes the day before The CW's new series based on the character, Arrow, is set to debut in the states.
Green Arrow joins an already robust roster that includes Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Catwoman, Nightwing, Harley Quinn, Cyborg, and Solomon Grundy. Perhaps we'll see Green Lantern in the final game and then we can finally settle the score of who wears the color best.
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EFF says uninstall now.
Should have read the docs more carefully.
Massive amplification possible.
Update now to protect your files.
Suspends delivery for now.
Patches begin rolling out to end users.
Patches arriving now.
AMD users not affected.
Easily fixed, thankfully.
Passwords? Who needs 'em?
Registry tweak a quick fix.
Claims it's not a serious issue.
Tracks vulnerabilities in vulnerability tracker.
Decrypt data, inject content, the works.
$20 a month for Windows 10, Office 365.
Warns of 'nation-state' risks.
Conexant audio driver to blame.
All vulns already patched.
Sadly, that doesn't invalidate the loans.
No explanation for the delay, though.
Documents major security breaches.
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Scrapbook Club started last night and everyone enjoyed it and also produced two lovely 12"x12" layouts which unfortunately I didn't photograph, but then they are very personal and everyone may not have wanted theirs on display. You will just have to look at mine and accept that theirs were all very different but very well designed.
If you missed it and were hoping to join us you can start the club at any stage. At your first session you will receive the album of your choice and the materials for that nights double page spread or mini album. You can then join in each month and add pages to your album. If you can't make the date or time then contact me and we can try to arrange something to suit us both.
Thanks to everyone who came along. I'm glad that you enjoyed the evening and am grateful for your texts and emails confirming it. See you next time.
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I do not wish to come across as a TV reviewer, but I have spectacularly missed both the Festival of Archaeology and the Day of Archaeology this year, so I will write about the two classical documentaries I saw this week. Anyway, my day of archaeology seemed to be a déjà-vu, since I was proof-reading the article I was preparing last summer on that particular day. Not really progressed far, have I? I did not exactly have a riveting subject for a Day of Archaeology blog.
First I want to moan again about the 'mystery' formula the TV producers are using when approaching archaeological topics. The totally mesmerising find of X Tomb in Rome was turned into a 'Who were they' mystery that was not. I missed a bit from the beginning of the documentary and did not know where in Rome the site was. When it became clear that the place was on Via Nomentana and next to the Catacombs of S. Agnes and the mausoleum of S. Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine, it became apparent that the origin of the deceased was not exactly a mystery to the French team excavating at the location. I quite like the presenter, Dr Michael Scott, and I am sure this story would have had legs as an interesting story without the artificial structure of the programme.
It was hugely interesting to see the skeletons piled up on top of each other, often in groups originating from certain frantic periods of action and spanning a couple of hundred years until about the end of the third century AD. It was mesmerising to hear about apparent shrouds that gave the bodies mummy-like appearance. Some of the burial cloths had gold threads sown or woven into them, so these were no paupers. Many bodies had ground amber around them. The burial customs are known from North Africa, with similar mummy-like bodies found from Tunisia and Algeria. The ancient DNA of the pathogens preserved by tiny amounts of blood in teeth showed that some of the larger simultaneously buried groups resulted from the epidemic of so-called Antonine Plague.
This was all very well, but the almost casual dropping of the fact in the end that the area by the Catacombs was the burial ground of the equites singulares, the cavalry arm of the praetorian guard that Constantine abolished, since they had supported his rival Maxentius. These elite horsemen came from different parts of the Empire, including North Africa and Central Europe that was also mentioned. Suddenly, the different complicated scientific analyses were not stabs in the dark, but very carefully considered methods in order to prove something that must have been obvious to the professional Romanists. The cemetery of the equites singulares was in use exactly during the time when the bodies were buried and where they were buried. Not a mystery after all.
On the other hand, a good example was provided by Mary Beard's documentary on Caligula. She had her own approach that was highly source critical. She suggests opinions that the emperor had been slagged by the following generations in order to explain the killing of the emperor. However, she did not discuss the possibility that Caligula may have been mentally unstable and therefore became difficult for the others in the elite to bear. Nevertheless, we did get an interesting discussion, without endless mysteries and with visualisations of the boat finds at the Lake Nemi about the luxurious life the emperor led. Mary Beard suggested that in fact there was just more of the same for the state and nothing changed with the new government and Emperor Claudius. However, it is very difficult to say anything certain without new literary sources, although the contemporary sources do not emphasize any incestuous events. Nevertheless, the juicy stories of a decadent emperor are much more interesting that the power struggles of slightly over-the-top spenders.


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Mother, I'm tired
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Time has ravaged on my soul
No plans to leave, but still I go
Falling with the leaves
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Who cares why?
Mother, I've tried
Wasting my life
I haven't given up, I lie
To make you so proud in my eyes
Falling out of sleep
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To the last goodbyes
Who cares why?
Tuesday's come and gone
Restless, still I drive
Try to leave it all behind
Falling, falling out of sleep
Falling, falling with the leaves
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Once upon a time in my life
Once upon a time in my life
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Mother, I hope you know
That I miss you so
Time has ravaged on my soul
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Uisdean grew up on a small farm in the west coast of Scotland. Participating in all types of activity's from gathering sheep to rugby and football. The one thing he didn't do growing up was climbing.
He started climbing age 19 while doing his joinery apprenticeship and quickly developed into one of Scotland's most active winter climbers.
Scottish winter climbing and big mountain routes have become his main focus. He has developed a passion for thin ice, and has really excelled in this style of climbing . Over the last 3 seasons he has racked up a number of significant repeats and first accents. First accents include The Giant (VII,7) Han solo (VIII,7) Call Me Ishmael (VIII,9) The Messiah (X,10)
"The first winter ascent of The Giant is without doubt one of the most important winter ascents in Cairngorm Climbing history." Simon Richardson Scottishwinter.com
Now 24 and finished his apprenticeship he is looking to train and climb as much as possible.
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Friday, August 10, 2012
FO: Bunting
Pattern: Sweet Bunting by Laura Chau
Yarn: Rowan Pure Wool DK. To avoid buying an entire ball of a third colour, I dyed a small amount of the main colour with some Wiltons icing dye.
Notes: As you can see, I didn't end up using buttons or anything. It's just too cute as it is, so hopefully it stays on the baby. There were no mods that I can think of. My colourwork is a bit lumpy in spots, though blocking mostly sorted it out. The underarm grafting is also kind of bulgy for some reason, but I'm hoping that's only because I photographed it flat - maybe worn it won't be so bulgy? Clearly I need to practice my kitchener stitch.
From this project I learned that I don't hate colourwork done flat in small doses, though I'd still rather do it in the round. Steeking, here I come! I also learned that I can't purl the English way. Also, that baby knits are adorable, but in sport weight they aren't necessarily super quick!
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That is adorable!!!!!! Love the colors...Congrats on finishing...ReplyDelete
I think your colorwork looks really nice (better than most of my efforts)! I've been seeing this pattern around and I have to say that I find it absolutely adorable! Wonderful work!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 August 2012 at 13:08
This is really lovely. Great pattern executed perfectly :)ReplyDelete
It looks adorable. I love the two different blues together. XDReplyDelete
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And as someone who has made quite a few yoke sweaters with underarm grafting, let me reassure you that the bulging disappears when worn. It always looks like that when laid flat.
I'm sure this sweet little sweater will be cherished for years!
Very, very cute! You did a great job, and love how you solved the third color dilemma (although buying yarn is also just fine with me). :)ReplyDelete
So VERY cute! It looks great to me! :DReplyDelete
Such a great idea - I love bunting on that cardi, very cute!ReplyDelete
Precious! And I love the colors. :-)ReplyDelete
Oh, it turned out great! I love the colors that you chose. You can't get any cuter than a hand knitted baby sweater with bunting :)ReplyDelete
It's perfect! I adore it and the blue ribbon really sets it off brilliantlyReplyDelete
What a pretty cardi! You knitted wonderfully.ReplyDelete
Cute! Such a brilliant idea.ReplyDelete
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IBM delivers its 100th MobileFirst for iOS app/
IBM says it's delivered more than 100 IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps, as part of its partnership with Apple, to transform work across 14 industries and 65 individual professions, from wealth advisors to flight attendants, first responders, nurses and retail buyers.
Additionally, the companies are expanding the portfolio to new markets including consumer products, automotive, aging and chemicals and petroleum. Each app "combines IBM's big data and analytics capabilities with Apple's legendary consumer experience to help companies achieve new levels of efficiency, effectiveness and customer satisfaction," says Fred Balboni, general manager Apple partnership, IBM.
Air Canada, AXA, Coca-Cola Amatil, Japan Post, Rimac and Vodafone Netherlands are among many companies worldwide selecting IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps designed for iPads and iPhones. Other clients selecting IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps include Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Borsch BSH, and SAS.
Balboni says IBM will integrate many future IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps with the cognitive capability of Watson, enabling the apps to continuously learn about the needs of employees and customers over time. IBM is also developing enterprise apps for iPad Pro that take advantage of the device's expanded power, performance, larger screen size and iOS 9's multitasking features, allowing professionals to work in two apps side-by-side at the same time, he adds. Apps with Apple Pencil support will provide added precision and functionality to tasks, including designing and laying out a room, logging transactions or annotating maintenance logs.
In July 2014 Apple and IBM announced an exclusive partnership designed to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business apps — bringing IBM's big data and analytics capabilities to the iPhone and iPad. IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions will be built in an exclusive collaboration: IBM's big data and analytics capabilities, with the power of more than 100,000 IBM industry and domain consultants and software developers behind it, fused with Apple's consumer experience, hardware and software integration and developer platform.


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Douglas B. Shane
Doug Shane is Vice President/Business Development, Director of Flight Operations and Test Pilot for Scaled Composites. He has 21 years experience in aircraft flight test, design, program management, and business development, with particular expertise in research aircraft developmental flight test. He has been the Flight Operations Director at Scaled since 1989, and has been directly responsible for the safe performance of more than 25 research flight test programs.
Mr. Shane holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1982.
Flight Experience:
- First flight and large portion of developmental test of the ARES, a single-seat, single-engine jet fighter, including ground and flight firing tests of GAU-12/U 25mm cannon.
- First flight and project pilot for a next-generation general aviation airplane, powered by a unique automotive-derived engine system.
- First flight of an experimental jet-engine derivative of the Long-EZ aircraft.
- First flight of the VisionAire Vantage business jet.
- First flight of the Williams International V-Jet II.
- First flight of the Adam Aircraft Model 309 piston twin-engine aircraft
- First flight of the Scaled Model 318 White Knight
- Total Flight Time: approximately 3500 hours, in more than 130 types of aircraft
- Hold FAA Commercial certificate, with ASEL, AMEL, Instrument Airplane
- Built and operate Rutan Long-EZ aircraft; own and operate 1948 Stinson 108-3
- Fellow, Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) and currently President-Elect of SETP
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The Lammas project has been created to pioneer an alternative model for living on the land. It empowers people to explore what it is to live a one-planet lifestyle. It demonstrates that alternatives are possible here and now.
The project centres around the ecovillage at Tir y Gafel, in North Pembrokeshire, which has been designed using a model that can be replicated across Wales. It combines the traditional smallholding model with the latest innovations in environmental design, green technology and permaculture. The ecovillage was granted planning permission in 2009 by the Welsh Government and is currently part-way through the construction phase. At its heart it consists of 9 smallholdings positioned around a Community Hub building, and it is supported by a range of peripheral projects and networks.


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my 4.5 day weekend starts NOW!
so excited for all the fun people this weekend.
(less excited for the 10 miles I have to do tomorrow, but itll be fun too I guess)
ONLY 3 WEEKS til my half! I got all the final info via email last night and realized HOLY sooooooon. eeeeekkkkk
so of course I stayed up late creating a 40 song, 2.5 hour long playlist for the race (and my long runs between now & then) i'm ridiculous. but its sooo good.
promise to share once its finalized.
and obviously because it was Katie's birthday yesterday (and what else makes packing more fun), I poured myself some scotch, toasted from a few states away, & sent her these pics. wouldn't you just love to get ridiculous self portraits from me? ha.
can not contain my excitement about this weekend.


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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League peace monitors will stay in Syria to check on the government's compliance with a promise to end 10 months of violence against pro-democracy protesters, Arab government sources said on Thursday, despite criticism from Qatar's prime minister that they had made "mistakes".
Syria, keen to show it is respecting an Arab League peace accord, said it had released a further 552 people detained during the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad "whose hands were not stained with blood".
The team of monitors arrived in Syria last week to verify whether the government was implementing the agreement to scale back its military presence in cities and free thousands of prisoners detained since the uprising last March
The League's special committee on Syria is due to meet in Egypt on Sunday to debate the initial findings of the mission, which has been criticized by Syrian activists who question its ability to assess the violence on the ground.
The activists said the teams did not have enough access and were escorted by Syrian authorities, who were manipulating them and hiding prisoners in military facilities.
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, after meeting U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York, said this was the first such experience.
"I said we must evaluate the types of mistakes it made and without a shadow of a doubt I see mistakes, even though we went in to observe, not to stop the violence," he said.
Sheikh Hamad, who chairs the Arab League committee on Syria, did not elaborate on the mistakes but said he was seeking technical help from the United Nations.
U.N. spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters in New York that Sheikh Hamad and Ban discussed "practical measures how the United Nations could assist this observer mission."
"The form that could take is that, under the auspices of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, there would be training of (Arab League) observers," he said. "This would be a small-scale undertaking to train observers."
No comment was immediately available from Qatari officials on Sheikh Hamad's remarks, which were reported by KUNA, the Kuwaiti state news agency.
An Arab government representative told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the monitors could not be withdrawn whatever the contents of the initial report.
Syria said it provided the monitors with all the facilities they needed.
"What we are looking for is objectivity and professionalism," Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdesi told Lebanese Manar television.
State news agency SANA said some 4,000 detainees had been released since November.
Arab League General Secretary Nabil Elaraby said on Monday the mission had secured the release of about 3,500 prisoners. Campaign group Avaaz said on Thursday 37,000 people detained since March were still being held.
Sheikh Hamad said the League would soon hear the monitors' findings and assess the mission's viability: "We are going to evaluate all sides of the situation and we will look at the possibility of the delegation continuing or not and how we can carry on this mission, but we need to listen to the reports of those who were on the ground first".
On the likelihood of Syria being referred to the United Nations Security Council, Sheikh Hamad said: "We always try to create a solution to this crisis within the Arab League, but that depends on the Syrian government and the extent of its clarity with us in producing a solution to the crisis."
If the Arab monitors were pulled out it could open the door for foreign intervention, a scenario many Arab countries want to avoid. Syria is a major player in the region and is strongly supported by Iran and militant groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.
The League has suspended Syria's membership, citing Assad's failure to adhere to its plan to stop a crackdown which the United Nations says has killed more than 5,000 people since March.
The committee comprises the foreign ministers of Egypt, Sudan, Qatar, Oman and Algeria, but a source in the League said other countries were invited to join on Sunday and they could call for an urgent meeting of all Arab ministers the same day.
Some officials at the League said countries such as Sudan, Jordan, Egypt and Algeria were wary of ending the mission early, fearing that declaring it a failure might provoke Western military intervention in Syria.
"They are afraid this will become a pattern and could happen later to their own countries," said a League official who asked not to be identified.
Another Arab government representative said the committee was likely to discuss possible measures to help the monitors, such as providing them with vehicles so they can travel around the country without the assistance of Syrian authorities.
He said they would not discuss changing the head of the monitoring mission, a Sudanese general whose selection was criticized by international human rights groups because of his own country's human rights record.
Additional reporting by Ayman Samir, Yasmine Saleh in Cairo, Isabel Coles in Dubai and Louis Charbonneau in New York; Editing by Paul Simao


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Another Chain Email On The Gulf Spill
From the friend of a friend, source unknown but said by oil guys to explain some details, for what it is worth:
This well had been giving some problems all the way down and was a big discovery. Big pressure, 16ppg mud weight. They ran a long string of 7″ production casing – not a liner, the confusion arising from the fact that all casing strings on a floating rig are run on drill pipe and hung off on the wellhead on the sea floor, like a "liner". They cemented this casing with lightweight cement containing nitrogen because they were having lost circulation in between the well kicking all the way down.
The calculations and the execution of this kind of a cement job are complex, in order that you neither let the well flow from too little hydrostatic pressure nor break it down and lose the fluid and cement from too much hydrostatic. But you gotta believe BP had 8 or 10 of their best double and triple checking everything. [# More #]
On the outside of the top joint of casing is a seal assembly – "packoff" – that sets inside the subsea wellhead and seals. This was set and tested to 10,000 psi, OK. Remember they are doing all this from the surface 5,000 feet away. The technology is fascinating, like going to the moon or fishing out the Russian sub, or killing all the fires in Kuwait in 14 months instead of 5 years. We never have had an accident like this before so hubris, the folie d'grandeur, sort of takes over. BP were the leaders in all this stretching the envelope all over the world in deep water.
This was the end of the well until testing was to begin at a later time, so a temporary "bridge plug" was run in on drill pipe to set somewhere near the top of the well below 5,000 ft. This is the second barrier, you always have to have 2, and the casing was the first one. It is not know if this was actually set or not. At the same time they took the 16 ppg mud out of the riser and replaced it with sea water so that they could pull the riser, lay it down, and move off.
When they did this, they of course took away all the hydrostatic on the well. But this was OK, normal, since the well was plugged both on the inside with the casing and on the outside with the tested packoff. But something turned loose all of a sudden, and the conventional wisdom would be the packoff on the outside of the casing.
Gas and oil rushed up the riser; there was little wind, and a gas cloud got all over the rig. When the main inductions of the engines got a whiff, they ran away and exploded. Blew them right off the rig. This set everything on fire. A similar explosion in the mud pit / mud pump room blew the mud pumps overboard. Another in the mud sack storage room, sited most unfortunately right next to the living quarters, took out all the interior walls where everyone was hanging out having – I am not making this up – a party to celebrate 7 years of accident free work on this rig. 7 BP bigwigs were there visiting from town.
In this sense they were lucky that the only ones lost were the 9 rig crew on the rig floor and 2 mud engineers down on the pits. The furniture and walls trapped some and broke some bones but they all managed to get in the lifeboats with assistance from the others.
The safety shut ins on the BOP were tripped but it is not clear why they did not work. This system has 4 way redundancy; 2 separate hydraulic systems and 2 separate electric systems should be able to operate any of the functions on the stack. They are tested every 14 days, all of them. (there is also a stab on the stack so that an ROV can plug in and operate it, but now it is too late because things are damaged).
The well is flowing through the BOP stack, probably around the outside of the 7″ casing. As reported elsewhere, none of the "rams", those being the valves that are suppose to close around the drill pipe and / or shear it right in two and seal on the open hole, are sealing. Up the riser and out some holes in it where it is kinked. A little is coming out of the drill pipe too which is sticking out of the top of the riser and laid out on the ocean floor. The volumes as reported by the media are not correct but who knows exactly how much is coming?
2 relief wells will be drilled but it will take at least 60 days to kill it that way. There is a "deep sea intervention vessel" on the way, I don't know if that means a submarine or not, one would think this is too deep for subs, and it will have special cutting tools to try to cut off the very bottom of the riser on top of the BOP. The area is remarkably free from debris. The rig "Enterprise" is standing by with another BOP stack and a special connector to set down on top of the original one and then close. You saw this sort of thing in Red Adair movies and in Kuwait, a new stack dangling from a crane is just dropped down on the well after all the junk is removed. But that is not 5,000 ft underwater.
One unknown is if they get a new stack on it and close it, will the bitch broach around the outside of all the casing??
In order for a disaster of this magnitude to happen, more than one thing has to go wrong, or fail. First, a shitty cement job. The wellhead packoff / seal assembly, while designed to hold the pressure, is just a backup. And finally, the ability to close the well in with the BOP somehow went away.
A bad deal for the industry, for sure. Forget about California and Florida. Normal operations in the Gulf will be overregulated like the N. Sea. And so on.


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Boosting Agriculture, Services and Value Chains is Key to Africa's Competitiveness
Jennifer Moyo, Principal Research Economist, AfDB Development Research Department, and one of the report's authors.
African economies' prospects for long-term, sustainable growth are under threat from weakness in the core conditions necessary for competitive and productive economies, despite outwardly healthy-looking growth rates in many parts of the region, according to the African Competitiveness Report, released on Thursday, June 4 in Cape Town.
The biennial report, themed "Transforming Africa's Economies", is jointly produced by the African Development Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, and contains the detailed competitiveness profiles of 40 African economies, and comprehensive summaries of the drivers of competitiveness in each. These profiles are used by policy-makers, business strategists and other key stakeholders with an interest in the region.
This year's report combines detailed data from the Forum's Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) with studies on three key areas of economic activity; agricultural productivity, services sector growth and global and regional value chains. The data points to low and stagnating productivity across all sectors: agriculture, manufacturing and services, partly as a result of ongoing weakness in the basic drivers of competitiveness, such as institutions, infrastructure, health and education. This shortfall masks a better performance in other areas of the economy; specifically, better functioning of labour and goods markets.
In view of Africa's young and growing population, labour-intensive sectors must play a larger role in the continent's transformation: the growth in services – both in terms of GDP and employment – cannot propel Africa's growth alone, and even here development remains uneven, with too many people employed in low productivity services.
"In recent years we have seen some of Africa's leading economies make very promising progress in terms of driving growth through the enabling of markets. However, sustainable growth must be built on a solid foundation, and this means strong institutions, good infrastructure and targeted investments in health, education and skills," said Caroline Galvan, Economist, World Economic Forum, and co-author of the report.
Key findings from the report's analysis include:
- Improving agricultural productivity: Agriculture provides an important source of income for the majority of African citizens, but productivity remains too low and based on small-scale subsistence production. Improvements such as better leveraging of technology (both information and communications technologies, as well as development of high-yield crops and better irrigation), more clearly defined land property rights and promotion of rights and opportunities for women, who represent a significant share of the agricultural workforce on the continent, are all needed to address this. Moreover, enabling greater market access for small-scale farmers would help ensure inclusiveness, while the development of regional value chains would serve as a useful stepping stone, enabling them to improve production and marketing processes, and ultimately to meet the quality standards of world markets.
- Leveraging services: Services exports are typically viewed as an area of comparative advantage for more advanced economies, but a deeper examination of trade statistics suggests that they are much more significant for Africa than previously thought, especially as inputs into exports from other sectors. Further development of low-cost, high-quality services will help countries participate in local, regional and global value chains. It will also encourage policy-makers to promote services development as part of a wider growth agenda.
- Tapping global value chains (GVCs): Greater participation in global and regional value chains can accelerate African economic transformation through the gains associated with enhanced productivity and the development of new activities. However, gains from GVC participation are not automatic and require a broad set of policies, with a particular focus on trade facilitation, investment, transport infrastructure and access to finance. Many of these policy areas have economy-wide benefits beyond GVC integration.
"Business cannot continue as usual in Africa's agriculture sector. It is imperative that productivity be significantly boosted through tailored agriculture research, harnessing ICT and strengthening linkages between small-scale farmers and commercial producers while better integrating them into regional and global value chains" said Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Ag. Chief Economist and Vice-President, African Development Bank.
"The service sector is rapidly becoming much more prominent on the development agenda across Africa and for the World Bank. In many countries across the region, services are the most rapidly growing sector, creating new jobs and economic activities, and providing critical inputs to boost production in other sectors. Yet productivity of the service sector remains low. To be more competitive, governments must lower trade barriers as well as enact complementary regulatory reforms. These reforms are also necessary for Africa to deepen its integration into global value chains," said Anabel González, Senior Trade and Competitiveness Director, World Bank, Washington, DC.
"To consolidate the progress achieved and make new gains that will allow Sub-Saharan Africa to fulfil its full potential, we need to promote further investment in infrastructure, adopt swifter trade procedures, increase regional integration and build more effective institutions. Faster structural transformation is also needed to boost productivity, enhance job creation and improve social cohesion," said Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Paris.
More than 1,000 participants are expected to attend the 25th World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, from June 3-5, 2015. The theme of the meeting is "Then and Now: Reimagining Africa's Future".


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If you did one too many bench presses, you might be feeling it in your chest muscles the next day. That soreness is a result of your muscles reacting to the stress of the exercise, and there are multiple reasons it occurred. You might have worked a little too hard after taking a break from strength training or perhaps ramped up the amount of weight too much. The sore muscle, however, can be soothed — just take precautions next time you hoist the barbell.
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
When you work a muscle too hard, you'll feel a familiar soreness within a few hours that can last up to two days. Known as Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, or DOMS, this pain often represents the tearing down of muscle tissue. It will hurt to move, hurt to touch and may perhaps even swell a bit.
In some cases, it might not even be the actual muscle that's hurting. If a tendon that connects the muscle to the bone gets overwork, it can become irritated and then inflamed. Again, this can cause pain and swelling.
Soothing a Sore Muscle
If your chest muscles are aching, the best remedy is to cut back on the weights. The length of time you should rest depends on how bad the pain is – avoid doing any exercise that hurts. You can, however, still do any exercise that doesn't cause pain to the sore muscles. If possible, move the joint occasionally to avoid stiffness, which can affect the range of motion.
You can also ice the chest muscles that hurt, applying the ice for 20 minutes at a time. Additionally, take an over-the-counter pain reliever or anti-inflammatory to reduce the soreness.
When to See a Doctor
In rare cases, a sore muscle might need the healing touch of a medical professional. If your chest muscles continue to hurt for more than a couple days after exercise and continues to affect your athletic performance, make an appointment with your doctor. Additionally, if the sore muscles wakes you from your sleep, continues to increase or requires increasing amount of pain medication, those are indicators that you might have done damage to the muscle or tendons.
Preventing Sore Muscles
To stop this chest pain from occurring again, do a few things immediately after your workout:
- Stretch the muscles, which promotes mobility and
helps you recover faster.
- Consume protein after working out to help muscle
- Immediately ice the muscle, even if it's not in
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So, I've been sick for 5 days now, with a decently nasty cold. Most of the really bad ickiness has worn off, but I'm still stuffy and coughing and really, really tired. All of this is to say, I've been lying around the house a lot, watching TV (almost done with the first season of Star Trek: TOS!), reading (currently re-reading a lot of Tamora Pierce books), and dinking around the internet in between forcing myself to keep myself fed and hydrated and in one piece. When I lay down a lot, Gnome likes to sit on me and sleep. It's adorable. I happened to have my phone near me a couple times, so I took some pictures. The internet clearly needs more cat pictures. :)
|First, a picture of Kobold, so he's not left out. He likes to curl up on the sheepskin on his Papa's rocking chair.
|Aw, look at that sleeping kitty. This is Gnome, my girl.
|Stretched out in the valley betwixt my lower appendages.
|She turned over in her sleep and stretched out the other way. Also, she's huge when she stretches out - she's stretching from my hips all the way to my feet.
|And she turned over again a while later.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Quote of the Day
"I need to say that it has been pointed out that cataloging racism is a sight below the standards of this blog. I sort of agree. But over the course of the Obama presidency I have become convinced that no single force exerts a greater pull on his presidency than white racism. Not white resentment. Not white populism. White racism. I don't know how else to explain a health care denounced as reparations, the rather continuous disrespect, the sense that he is a Kenyan illegitimate or all of the attendant theories. I do not know how else to explain a state like West Virginia, arguably the most racist in the country, where delegates are now refusing to endorse the president. There will be more on this in the coming months. I don't want to scoop myself. But my point is I can only stop talking about racism, when it ceases to be a significant force in our politics. When the mere act of being white gives Obama's opponent 'a home-state advantage nationally,' I can't stop. It would be deeply wrong to stop."
-- The Atlantic's Ta-Nehisi Coates
I gave Coates the Quote of the Day honor because I'd rather have his thoughtful and passionate rebuttal put front, center and above the actual repugnant comment he was responding to, which was this -- from Arizona conservative talk radio asshole Barbara Espinosa:
"I don't believe in calling (Barack Obama) the first black president. I voted for the white guy myself. I call him a monkey."
Are all Republicans racist? No, of course not.
But make no mistake: The GOP as an institution has fomented, tolerated, enabled or exploited racism within its ranks for far too long, and it's never been more blatant and sickening than during the past three-and-a-half years of the Obama presidency.
If you deny it at this point, you're either lying to yourself or you're an idiot.
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The slings and arrows that President Obama have had to endure have been nothing short of embarrassing. The fact that he has risen above it and has endured it with grace is an inspiration on a scale not seen in a very long time...and surpasses pretty much anything that any current (or maybe even past) politician has had to face.
By merely showing up to the party he has made every privelaged WASP shit their pants and has brought forth to full flame an issue that had been smoldering for a while. I think it made us (some of us at least), as a country, realize how far we've come and how far we have to go.
Regardless of how you feel about his policies, ideals, or him personally...you'd have to admit that it took a tremendous amount of courage for him to be in the office he's in...just on the raw scrutiny of him alone.
- ZIRGAR said...
You nailed it. While the GOP claims that it's not racist, the fact remains that it maintains a very comfortable space within its ranks for racists to spew their hate and idiocy. And the GOP wonders why it can't win over the African American community...If it even really cares one way or the other.
- Nathan said...
It's rather telling that the Conservative Blogosphere goes into paroxysms the instant JEB Bush questions the direction the Republican Party is taking...denouncing him as a RINO and branding him a heretic, yet comments like Espinosa's are met with deafening silence. If, as many Republicans claim, those are fringe sentiments, then the majority needs to call her on them.
- Tuba Terry said...
But white people keep telling me racism is over!
Seriously - When asked 'Are we in a post-racial society?' the only group who responded 'yes' above 20% was whites. It's really one of those WTF things. The people living it are saying it's still a problem, they might be onto something. On the other hand, if your immediate reaction to that information is anywhere near "they've all got a victim mentality", you're probably a racist.


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Frank Leslie was born Henry Carter in Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1821, and quickly displayed a talent for art. His skills, however, were not quite appreciated by his parents, who wished him to join the family glove-making business. To avoid their disapproval, he sold drawings to the Illustrated London News under the adopted name Frank Leslie, which he would ultimately adopt legally. Finally abandoning the family business, he joined the staff at the Illustrated, who, for one, did appreciate his talents. After serving as an illustrator, and ultimately as superintendent of the engraving department, he immigrated to America in 1848. He brought the idea of the illustrated newspaper, and a new process of light-on-shade engraving, with him.
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was founded in 1855, the first of its kind in the United States. To keep his new magazine profitable in lean times, Leslie pioneered the art now known as sensationalism. The head of Leslie's art department, Joseph Becker, recalled that the unofficial company motto seemed to be "Never shoot over the heads of the people." Journalism historian Frank Luther Mott described the paper this way: "(Leslie's) was never profound and seldom very stimulating; but it was nearly always passably amusing, and in its earlier years especially it presented a vivid and lively picture of the American scene."
Leslie's primary competitor was the ubiquitous Harper's Weekly Magazine. In 1817, James and John Harper opened a small print shop. By 1833, they had been joined by their brothers Joseph, Wesley, and Fletcher, forming the Harpers & Brothers publishing company.
In 1857, the brothers saw the growing demand for illustrated papers, and published the first edition of Harper's Weekly. Circulation quickly exceeded 100,000 copies on a regular basis, and climbed to 300,000 at times during the Civil War. While most of the news events were culled from New York newspapers, Harper's staff consisted of both artists and correspondents.
The key to a profitable newspaper business, then as now, was quality illustrations, produced quickly. To achieve this goal, Harper's dispatched their illustrators to the front lines, along with the reporters. The artists would record their impressions, and then dispatch the artwork back to Harper's for publication.
Leslie's and Harper's used the same techniques to produce their papers. Images were divided into separate 2" squares, then divided up among the staff woodcarvers. Each woodcarver would work on his assigned section; when finished, the blocks were re-assembled with screws, to form the original image. The completed block would then be used as a "master", to print the image onto every issue of the paper.
As could be predicted, the popularity of illustrated papers waned with the introduction of photographic transfer techniques. Outmoded by cheaper, faster, better, Leslie's last issue was produced in 1902, while Harper's finally closed its doors in 1916.
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Here comes the weekend and to me that is the best time to indulge in my favorite hobby – cooking and blogging J This weekend I plan to try out a vegetarian South Indian delicacy - Medu Vadas (Lentil Doughnuts). I like mine dunked in oodles of Sambar (a spicy vegetarian curry) and coconut chutney. Yum!! Simple pleasures of life – right??
As a child, I remember my mom making these for me and the one thing that I admired about her was that whenever there was a unique technique or tip involved with a particular recipe, she would always draw my attention to it and tell me how it was supposed to be done right (little does she know how useful they are to me now).
MeduVada are made up of Urad Dal and the recipe is quite simple but the technique and batter consistency is what makes it slightly tricky to make. Back in those days I was just a spectator and food critic but my mom's lessons seem to have been latently residing in some dormant part of my brain until now, thankfully coming back to me when I needed it most. This reminds me of the movie Limitless (one of my favorites, maybe because I love Bradley Cooper ) where he takes a revolutionary new pharmaceutical product that allows him to tap his full potential and everything that he had seen or heard before comes back to him, helping him to take Wall Street by storm, parlaying a small stake into millions. If you haven't watched that movie – do add it to your to-do list!
- Soak Urad dal in water for about 3-4 hours
- Drain the urad dal and transfer it to a food processor/wet grinder or powerful blender and grind it until you get a smooth and fluffy batter. If the batter is too thick for the machine to grind then sprinkle some water. The key to a good vada is to make the batter as thick as possible otherwise you won't be able to shape them.
- Transfer the batter to a bowl and add grated ginger, green chillies, shallots, curry leaves, whole black pepper corns, a pinch of baking soda, salt and mix well.
- Keep the batter in the fridge for 30 mintues as it helps to make the batter more pliable.
- Heat oil in a kadai/ wok. Drop a small portion of batter into the oil to test if the oil is ready for frying. If the batter sizzles and floats to the top then it is ready.
- Keep a bowl of cold water next to the bowl with batter. Immerse your hands into water. Take a small portion of the batter on your palm. Shape it to form a circle and then make a small hole in the center with your finger. Slide the batter into the hot oil and fry until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Serve hot with Chutney and Sambar
- If the batter is loose it will be difficult to shape the Medu Vadas like donuts/rings. Add 2 tablespoons of rice flour and mix the batter and try to shape them again. *You can add more rice flour to make the consistency right but please note that adding too much rice flour will make Medu Vadas dense and less fluffy.
- Use caution while sliding the batter from your palm into the hot oil.
- To make it kid-friendly (less spicy) – Don't add the green chilly and peppercorns to the batter initially. Make a few Medu Vadas without them.
- The leftovers can be used for Dahi Vada or Sambar Vada.


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From all the gorgeous turquoise pieces I've been seeing (Cee, Kileen, Annie, and Jean to name a few), this is a chunky turquoise stone with bronze chain looping.
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From all the gorgeous turquoise pieces I've been seeing (Cee, Kileen, Annie, and Jean to name a few), this is a chunky turquoise stone with bronze chain looping.
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I swear your so crazy good at DiY! The turquoise necklace is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I tried some of the more expensive studio line brushes and they're really soft i was quite surprised at $3 bucks a pop I was quite impressed ive tried everything from MAC brushes to sephora to drugstore.. And they are def better quality brushes then brushes I've purchased from target for lime $10 to $15 bucks. Indonesia think they shed a bit but at $3 bucks it's really not terrible when you have to repurchase.
That's awesome! I was instantly attracted to that second necklace, and now I know why! ;)ReplyDelete
That is sooo cool how you can be inspired by something and actually MAKE it!!!ReplyDelete
i'm so in love with the turquoise necklace! amazing DIY, as usual!ReplyDelete
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that is a beautiful necklace! i love those torquoise stones. you did a great job. now i want to go get my own torquoise necklace! :PReplyDelete
aaw, how sweet that you made necklaces inspired by other petite bloggers in this community. All are very beautiful.ReplyDelete
You've certainly inspired ME to make some of these necklaces as well! I love all of them! :) I especially like the one with the purple flower. =DReplyDelete
Amazing work! That bronze chain looks stunning with the turquoise!ReplyDelete
I love them all :) Though my favorite is the last one with the intertwined pearls and purple flower. So gorgeous! Want to share some of your talent and patience with us? :)ReplyDelete
You're soooo good at DIY!!!ReplyDelete
the turwuoise necklace is outstanding!!!
Omg I am so flattered, I was one of your inspirations? Oh SPG!! Heheheh YAY! Love all the necklaces and your talent is seriously amazing!ReplyDelete
you are definitely one talented and creative mama. i have made some bracelets/necklaces in the past but i can't share them after you post yours haha. *hiding in shame*ReplyDelete
These are so pretty. Once I figure out how to wear accessories, I'm getting something from your etsy.ReplyDelete
Also, my wish came true! It was 60 degrees last night here! I was breaking out the hot chocolate again.
All those girls are my inspirations too...but unfortunately, I don't have your DIY skills, so they inspire me to buy instead!! lol! Really wish I could make them instead, I always start DIY jewelry but never finish making them...ReplyDelete
Lisa - Aww, you are so sweet - thank you! Good to hear that the brushes are pretty good - I'm going to have to try those out!ReplyDelete
Kelly - Teehee, it is such a gorgeous necklace on you that I just couldn't help myself!
Elaine - Thank you so much! I unfortunately can't make more complicated items like Amrita Singh but this definitely tides me over :)
Kileen - Thank you dear!
Ping - Thank you! I highly recommend the turquoise statement necklace at H&M for $12.95 - it is such a gorgeously dramatic piece!
AubreyOhDang - Thank you for your kind words!!
LePetiteLemon - I didn't know you made jewelry too - that's so awesome! Would love to see them some time!
Michelle - Thanks so much! The turquoise one is my favorite :)
Cee - Aw, thank you! So glad you received the items so quickly!!
Francesca - Thank you dear!
Annie - Of course you're an inspiration! Have you seen your blog LOL?
Sunshine - Aw, thank you so much! I want to see your DIY jewelry! I bet they are all gorgeous :)
Aki - Thank you! And yay for getting a cool night! Such a relief, right?
Lor - LOL, buying can be good too :) I would love to see anything you decide to finish!
I'm the type of gal who gets giddy when I receive mail - it's no different with comments! I really appreciate the feedback and love hearing from you :)


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Dream of Mirror Online - RelaunchBy: Emz posted at Nov 05, 2014 8:36 am
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First off if you'd kindly vote "YES" on steam greenlight to push the game into the top 100 games to look forward to play. To gain more players and grow as a community. [DoMO is a Free to Play game]
Steam Greenlight - Dream of Mirror Online
Dream of Mirror Online gets to see the light again after SubaGames' announcement of a relaunch. The game closed down around June of 2012 which left plenty of players heart broken and in limbo searching for a new yet similar game. But now veterans of the game are now able to relive the memories once lost and those who were curious about it gets the chance to experience the awesomeness, which is Dream of Mirror Online. Can't wait to meet ya'll
Please do join us on the game forum until relaunch: HereContinue Reading
Things that make me stay in DoMo from some aspect of the gameBy: clarinetis posted at Oct 15, 2008 3:12 pm
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Hello everyone....
this time i have something to share to you all.... yes its like what the title said, the things that makes me stay in DoMo (Dream of Mirror) Gametribe version.
Ok now, lets start with the reason why i write this article.
It start when i see many people are complaining about domo either in official forum, guild forum, and even in game.but i found something strange in this issue. I see that how much they complain, some of them are still stick there and still playing. And yes they still complaining @_@ btw, i also sometimes complain but i just dont want to voice it in public. well sometimes the others h
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DOMO(GameTribe) Update: Special Edition Goodie Bags on OfferBy: FloatCloud posted at Aug 19, 2008 2:49 am
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Gametribe.com, the premier destination for Free-to-Play gamesis pleased to announce that Dream of Mirror Online (DOMO), the Free-to-Play social MMORPG, has received its second content update for August. This amazing update contains 3 brand new Special Edition Goodie Bags which will be placed into the games shop for a very limited time.
These rare Special Edition Goodie Bags are only available until September 3rd; players can get their hands on an Ornamental Pet such as the heavily sought after Dorabimon alongside other rare items and cute helpers such as the handy Eggsploiter who will help you in battle or one of the Special Edition versions of the Alice or Mr. Rabbit Costumes.
The update also brings more new costumes and hair dyes into the shop, players can go down the rabbit hole and pick up a standard edition Alice or Mr. Rabbit Costume or change their hair colour to Orange or Green. A brand new Guild quest in which guild members need to protect the fabled Darkdale Mine is also included.
The new update will be available to players after the weekly Wednesday maintenance window.
DOMO is a Free-to-Play social MMORPG based on ancient Chinese myContinue Reading
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Dream of Mirror [DOMO] - update !By: zetzama posted at Jul 25, 2008 3:51 pm
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The Dream of Mirror new update includes the new Platinum Weapons and the Dragons Den map. The platinum Weapons can be found in the new goodie bags available in the shops. In the bags you can find : Scrappers Scrolls, Weapon and Magic upgrade Books. You can also find Red Caret Diamonds, used to upgrade the Platinum Weapons.
The Dragons Den map includes 2 new quests.
# Recycling Brothers Request
# Hermione's Adventure Team
The quests features repeatable bosses and some amazing rewards.
This update also have new Costumes :
Tiger-Stripe Butterfly Ribbon, Red Ghostly Gown, Demon Horn, Fairy Horn and Bestial Girl.
New Hair Dyes : Dark Purple and Blond.
GameTribe announce a new minisite in German language for DOMO
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- furiosknight said:OMGz! I love this game! It's got a very thorough storyline!
DOMO(GameTribe) June 25th Update: New class Merchant and more new contentBy: floatcloud posted at Jun 23, 2008 12:03 am
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DOMO(GameTribe) June 25th Update: New class Merchant and more new content:
The Merchant class uses money to fight and create powerful attacks! He's a good friend to have in your group when facing epic adventures!
Also add a bunch of new quests for your pleasure!
- new steps of main quest (Confusion Moves Chapter 1&2)
- Merchant Transferring quest
- Sammy's Love quest
- Old man's dogs quest
New items to be added to the shop:
· Greedy inventory: 5 more slots to increase permanently your inventory. Maximum two greedy bags for each character (10 slots)
· New items to change your look with
o Camouflage soldier costume (uniform, helmet or hat)
o Large Red Butterfly Ribbon and AquaButterfly Ribbon
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DOMO(GameTribe) June 11th Update: Hero quests and new itemsBy: FloatCloud posted at Jun 10, 2008 7:33 pm
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The entertainment is never ending with Domo.
As of next June 11th you will be able to prove yourself into 2 new hero quests in Blakatoa Peak: "Jason's Powerful pill" and "Wizard for Blakatoa peak" quests.
Furthermore GameTribe has planned a new batch of items to be released on the same day! In the Game's shop you will find:
Special mission card: would you like to restart some 1-time-only high level quests? Like the "Find out lover's spirit" or the "Dog-Tired's Red & White Lucky Peach "Missions? With this item you can! Enjoy once more the thrill of these amazing missions with your friends!
Baby Big Bonus Pill: this item increase of 50% the experience gained and the item drop rate for one hour. If you want you can also use two of these Pills to get 100% increase.
Double Heart Flypass: an unique fireworks to show your love!
Hair Dye: brand new colors (Olive Green and Light Purple) to change your hairs' look!
Weapon upgrade books: available in different colors each one with a different kind of bonus.
Teddy Bear costume: a new costume to personalize you character an look like a Teddy Bear.
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DOMO(GameTribe): great update on May 28thBy: FloatCloud posted at May 26, 2008 7:34 pm
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* The Dancer class is now available to you!! You can dance with your friends, hypnotize monsters with glamorous moves,
The dancer class is able to control your enemies, decrease its defense, speed and strength, steal health points and many more skills!
Of course, the new Dancer class will be accompanied with its job quests and dedicated items to level up accordingly.
* The new quests available for high level heroes. Team up with your fellows and face the dangers of the new instanced quests:
- Greedy Cat's Food Mission
- Big Frankie's Lover Mission,
- Find out lover's spirit Mission
* New items will be added in the shop.
New special edition pets: you may find the new third special edition pets in the vending machines. Wanna try your luck and get a very rare pet?
Football fiesta over Europe : Football will set Europe on fire in June. Support your favourite national team in DOMO with the national team flags during the competition!
New ornamental items to change your look:
Cheerleader, Bounty Hunter and Samuraï costumes
Scottish Butterfly Ribbon and Cute Butterfly Ribbon
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DOMO(GameTribe) May 14th important updateBy: FloatCloud posted at May 11, 2008 8:06 pm
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DOMO important update: New steps of the quests, discover the new maps and make your pet grow!Time has come to discover some new areas of the fantasy world of Kunlun Mirror: enter the Foggy Forest and the Blakatoa Peak!!! And if you want to follow your path now you have also the chance to enjoy the new steps of Main quest and of the new Hero Quest. Some new contents will be added to the item shop too:
- Minor Dimension Rift: this is a really useful item that allows you to access your warehouse anywhere anytime
- Hair colors: change your hair look with the brand new bright green, Emerald green, Carmine Red and light blue colors
- Enchantment scrolls: 6 new scrolls to enchant your armor and improve your defence bonus
- Some new fancy costume: the Mecha's armor and equipment (helmet and jetpack) and cowboy's costume and hat
- Intermediate evolution stone: make your pet grow! Thanks to this item, pets can now reach upper levels
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hiyas!!By: ijskonijntje posted at Apr 29, 2008 8:24 am
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this is my first time here and cuz i can't play kalonline anymore(grrr vista) i went looking for some other game to play
and i found DOMO. so right now it's still downloading(15 hoursOo) and because i'm bored i decided to make a blog
I've to go to my job in a few minutes so i can't write a lot here
I'm a huge gackto fan, you know japanese singer, or maybe you don''t
I wanted to go to miyavi's concert but the tickets are all sold out
I like thriller and horror books and movies too of course
and my mission for life is: trying to find out how to make dim sum MWUHAHA
okeej, so i lied, you'd be mad to have a life goal, waaaay too much stress chappies!
why does downloading take so long -_-
and now i' got to go
DOMO April 30th Update: Voodoo and permanent items are coming to Eversun!By: floatcloud posted at Apr 29, 2008 1:05 am
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DOMO April 30th Update: New items will be available in the shop to help you during your adventures and to change your look.
• Pills
Hurricane pill that increases movement speed for 10 minutes.
Giant pill that increases your size for 10 minutes.
Lilliput pill that decreases your size for 10 minutes.
Major Health Booster to increase maximum HP by 1000 for 10 minutes.
Major Magic Booster to increase maximum MP by 600 for 10 minutes.
• The mysterious Scapegoat Doll that brings you to the dark side of voodoo power. The doll will restore all your HP and die instead of you when your HP reach zero. Sorcery can be useful sometimes…
• Large Emperor Saber Fireworks that make the shape of the Emperor Saber in the sky when exploding. Useful to set up a rally point or just celebrate!
The cosmetic items are:
• New special Hair colors: black and white
• White Butterfly Ribbon and Beautiful Butterfly Ribbon
Last but not least two new goodie bags (one for male and one for females characters) have been designed for you! Among all the items that are in it and that you can get randomly now there is also permanent costumes! But remember the goodie bags will be on sale only for three weeks… thanks to these goodieContinue Reading
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Furthermore, anything negative I accidentally happen to imply about STEM* journal publishing should in no way be construed as reflecting on any publishing or editorial enterprise I've ever been a part of—humanities journals are, by and large, run pretty ethically by any reasonable standard. Humanities scholars have no idea what a "page fee" is, for instance, and tend not to believe you when you tell them what (and how much) they are—simply put, we don't pay 'em. They try to have you committed when you tell them how much science journals charge for subscriptions—even those that charge page fees and run ads. It drives our STEM cousins nuts when they hear about life on our side of the divide.
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Overwatch Revealed
In front of a live crowd of more than 25,000 BlizzCon attendees and an expected online audience numbering in the millions, Blizzard Entertainment today announced Overwatch, a pick-up-and-play first-person shooter featuring an amazing cast of heroes and set in an all-new Blizzard game universe.
The action of Overwatch takes place in a technologically advanced, highly stylized future earth. In a time of global crisis, an international task force of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities known as Overwatch had come together to restore peace to a war-torn world. After many years, the group's influence waned, and it was eventually disbanded. Overwatch might be gone now . . . but the world still needs heroes.
With an emphasis on accessibility and pure fun, Overwatch brings Blizzard's signature easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay to the FPS genre. Harnessing the power of their hero of choice, players will join forces in teams of six and battle each other across a range of futuristic global locations, from the hologram-lit streets of London to a bazaar in the shadows of a high-tech Egyptian pyramid. Every battlefield is iconic and built to highlight each character's unique abilities, and fights can shift from streets to rooftops to open skies within the span of a breath.
Check out the cinematic and gameplay trailer over at the Overwatch site and additional information such as classes, features, and more!
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