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Probability theory captures a number of essential characteristics of human cognition, including aspects of perception, reasoning, belief revision, and learning. Expressions of degree of belief were used in language long before people began codifying the laws of probability theory. This course explores the history and debates over codifying the laws of probability, how probability theory applies to specific cognitive processes, how it relates to the human understanding of causality, and how new computational approaches to causal modeling provide a framework for understanding human probabilistic reasoning.
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I'd like to add a new aspect to this blog, to cover another of my hobbies: reading!
I used to read a lot when I was a child, a little less when I became a teenager, and since I started studying, textbooks covered most of my reading schedule. But I noticed how much I missed reading, especially fiction (although I also enjoy non-fiction!).
Even if I didn't take the time to actually read a lot, my wishlist on amazon grew (and still grows) quite a bit. So when I got some money and bookshop gift cards for Christmas, I
|It's not "too many books", it's "not enough bookshelves"!
Along with some more books that are on my to-be-read-pile, these should keep me busy for some time (^.^)
It's also a good thing that this book challenge keeps floating around (I found it on tumblr, but I think it's also on other social media platforms), which I want to join:
In order to keep track of it, I decided to post at the end of every month which books I've read and hence what I can cross off the list. I interpreted it insofar that one book can cover more than one request (to quote a friend who also participates: "my challenge, my rules!").
So, what did I read in january?
I'll write a little something about every book, I hope you don't mind (^.^).
So let's have a look!
Walter Moers - Die Stadt der Täumenden Bücher (German, 455p.) & Das Labyrinth der Träumenden Bücher (German, 427p.)
- A book with nonhuman characters
- A book from an author you love that you haven't read yet
So far, I've only read Die 13½ Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär by Moers, but I've loved it. The author has this brilliant use of language and an extensive vocabulary, which always makes me feel very smart when I read his books.
These two books are the first two of a series (the third volume is released this year), so the content is linked together. It's about a young writer who visits what sounds like the best place on earth; The City of the Dreaming Books. It's a city full of bookstores, libraries and cafés, where everyone reads, writes or sells books. Sounds amazing, right? However, beneath the town lies The Labyrinth of the Dreaming Books, a vast cave system that holds many dangerous adventures for our hero!
Susan Cain - Quiet. The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (English, 280p.)
- A book by a female author
- A nonfiction book
- A book by an author you've never read before
I first learned about this book in connection with this amazingly beautiful comic "Introversion" by Luchie (please look also at the rest of here blog!).
I consider myself an introvert, and it's more often than not a difficult trait of my personality, so naturally, I was intrigued. And I can highly recommend this book, whether you are an introvert or extrovert.
It's very well researched and based on numerous scientific studies, but also personal experiences of the author. The definition of introversion, why our society is based on an extroverted ideal (and why that might be a bad idea), how introverts can benefit from their personality without being forced to pretend to be someone they aren't; Cain explains all this in a very entertaining language, accompanied by many examples and stories of her own life. Despite being cramped with information, it's agreeable to read. Many things dawned on me while reading it, and I think I understand myself a bit better now.
Rachel Hawkins - Rebel Belle (English, 345p.)
- A book set in a different country
- A book based entirely on its cover
- A book with a love triangle
- A book set in high school
- A book with magic
They say you shouldn't judge a book based of its cover, but I must admit, the cover was what got me interested in this book in the first place (shame on me). The content is pretty much obvious from the points it crosses off the challenge which I listed above. Although this might not look like something I'd enjoy reading on first glance, I did not hate the book. It's well written, witty, and the main character is very charismatic. Also there's magic and wiches and some historical facts included, so I'm contemplating to read the second book of the series, Miss Mayhem, which will be published in april...
Kouyu Shurei - Alichino (Manga, 3 volumes, German)
- A book a friend recommended
- A book you can finish in a day
- A graphic novel
- A book that was originally written in a different language
Yes, I'm shamelessly going to count mangas as books too! A friend borrowed them to me, since she wants to cosplay a character and I didn't know the series before. It was published in 2005 and put on hiatus after three volumes. Which is a shame, especially the elaborate costumes are really pretty! They might even get me into cosplaying after all...
So, looks like my book challenge started not too badly:
I really hope I can finish it by the end of the year! (*_*)


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13 August 2009
LAMAG open call 2009
from the looks of the turn out when submissions were dropped off last month, this should be a pretty eclectic show. if you don't see something you like here, you probably are a philistine. as an added bonus, the barnsdall art park has one hell of a view of LA & frank lloyd wright's hollyhock house. oh yeah.. and i have a piece in the show... here's the way there... show runs 13aug - 27 sept 2009
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Saturday, 19 January 2013
Cavern Club: August 22, 1962 (unt oder sheisse).
This only has 200 or so views on YouTube, so far. Why God, why? It's all great, but the highlight has to be a complete run through on one camera of Some Other Guy, with no stupid cutaways to them doing Kansas Shitty (or whatever it was).
Regulah readahs will know my fondness for pretentious bullshit. Enuff already! This, to quote Shakin' Speare 'imself, is the shit, the bomb, the flim flam flum: in short, feckin' GENIUS.
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Quite a clip! Something to do with this Beatles Live project praps? Interesting there's a compere announcing band and song, I wonder if Cavern compere or Granada TV compere.ReplyDelete
Cavern compere Bob Wooler.ReplyDelete
That. Is. Amazing. Just when you think you've seen it all! Love this blog, by the way. Always thrilled to see a new update.ReplyDelete
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1) At the end, John bends the neck o' his Rickie, causing an unusual (but great) whammy-esque conclusion...and immediately whips his hands off as he recognises (or pretends) that he has "done" something "wrong"...hence his final comment, "We'll probably have to do it again".
2) Macca, in particular, seems wired. Watch his face closely throughout.
3) Watch the interaction between John and Ringo (who was very newly in the band).
4) John keeps a close eye on the camera, and on a couple of occasions is saying something or other directly towards it.
5)Some other bullshit.
6) Macca's count in over Bob Wooler's intro; perfectly timed, and a good example of their new trouser-related professionalism.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 January 2013 at 01:32
I love this old clip. John, of course, is so beautiful.ReplyDelete
That gave me chills.ReplyDelete
I've been scrutinizing this clip. I agree it's more fascinating, today, to watch an unadulterated clip of the band doing a whole song. But the cutaways (on the familiar) do make it more 'interesting' (at least as far as 1962 teatime telly goes). The focus gets lost a bit as the camera zooms in, which is where the first cutaways begin. Also on the familiar clip, many of the crowd seem to be mouthing the lyrics, and someone seems to shout "Where's Pete?"at the very end, whereas in this clip Lennon talks about doing a retake. This makes me think they either had multiple cameras to get the audience reactions, and the tapping boot etc, or (glory be) there's somewhere a 2nd full take of 'Some Other Guy', albeit from another angle. Or, more likely, it's just another highly-edited TV job, with the original footage long swept up by a cleaning lady called Ethel. But what do I know? A mere layman. Probably common knowledge to the hardcore.ReplyDelete
By the way, I do like that odd German dialect you've been developing. Your English is coming along well too.
There is definitely at least one more complete run through of Some Other Guy. See here for a detailed analysis:
I don't mind the out of focus bits; it all adds to the pungent vérité...
There's also, o' course, the film of John watching it at the Apple office in 1969, and his subsequent comment that it wasn't really the Beatles (sell-outs/suits/etc.).
Aw, once a layman always a layman. When will we know everything? And will it be available in German? It makes me think how wonky the whole of 'History' must be, when it's so hard to piece together even recent history like this, where many of the main players are still alive, and that's with the benefit of sound and picture technology. Zut alors!ReplyDelete


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First of all, hi everyone! I'm back from vacation and ready to get reading and reviewing again! Things may take a while to get frequent as recovery takes a while, but I am excited to get going again!
Okay, on to the news.
So it seems like I was just browsing my local bookstore with some friends commenting, "Will the Eragon series EVER be finished?" Well today, the answer is YES!
It comes out November 8, 2011.
Now I wasn't super thrilled with the last book, but I enjoyed it well enough. I am excited to finally have an end! I don't like waiting for sequels as it is, and this one took a LONG time. Brisingr (the third book) came out in 2008.
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It's time to say farewell to 11 Spring Street, which has been a gathering point for graffiti by New York, national and international graffiti artists over the past twenty years. Now, 11 Spring has been sold and will be turned into condos. The new buyers are cognizant of the important part this building has played in New York graffiti life, and want to honor it through a final hurrah.
Over the past two months, graffiti artists have covered the entire inside of the building, five stories in all, with their work. The building will be open to the public Friday through Sunday, 11 to 5. Monday morning, they'll start sealing the art up behind drywall as they transform the building into condos: a full-building time capsule.
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text: Everybody tells me I'm a stick in the mud. I get it from every direction. "Get with the times," my son says. Even my own mother, who's 80, thinks I should buy a Powerball ticket once in a while. "Get out and live a little. Have fun," she says. My wife says you're as old as you think you are. She feels she's in her 30s. Everybody agrees I act older than I am. "You've been old since you were 20," she says. I'm just not comfortable at parties. One year, we went to the Luau at the Yelduz Shrine. We were home by 8:30. On Mondays, my friend Carla facetiously asks if I had a wild weekend. She knows there's no chance of that. My people Carla says I get along with old people because I'm one of them. I told Carla I have no interest in going to Mexico. I'd rather stay here. "That's a sign of age," she says. My wife is much more fun than I am. But she's accepted the fact that she's married to a bump on a log. Like their mother, our kids are social animals. When he goes out, my 22-year-old son says he'll go where the night takes him. They're as comfortable in a bar as teenage girls are at a mall. My kids are way better at hanging out than I am. I don't even know how to hang out. Some people like to be where it's happening. I don't. Quiet night at home I'd rather stay home and pay the bills, study the periodic table or review my changing insurance needs. When I retire, I'm thinking of moving to Boring, Ore. People invite me to do things on the weekend. The only thing that sounds remotely exciting is a pancake feed. I don't have any plans for this weekend. I never do. The only thing I know for sure is it will conclude with Lawrence Welk. Jeff Bahr is the American News Dakota Living editor. He writes a blog three times a week at www.aberdeennews.com. His e-mail address is email@example.com. His phone number is (605) 622-2320. Jeff Bahr


text: The full Hilliard MacBeth interview JP: Are there any specific markets or cities that will be hit the hardest? HM: It seems very likely that Calgary will be the first market to correct. The affordability multiple was about 4.5 times in Calgary, since incomes there were much higher than Toronto and Vancouver. But now incomes will drop, perhaps substantially and therefore to get that ratio back to affordability might require a very large correction. Edmonton is similar to Calgary, although slightly less exaggerated. The surplus of condos in Toronto that is developing is dangerous too, as an oversupply of units could mean that condos, which are difficult to sell except when brand new, will be dumped on to the market by "investors" who have borrowed most of the money. Or by lenders who have foreclosed on the properties. JP: What will be the impact on homebuyers and investors? HM: The most vulnerable groups are Generation Xers, people between 31 and 55. They have substantial real estate assets and large debts with little else in savings. The second most vulnerable group might be some baby boomers, over 55 years old, who didn't save enough for retirement and were counting on equity in the home to fund their post-working years. Also, many baby boomers have helped their millennial offspring, younger than 31, to buy homes with gifts of down payments. There will be a lot of pain in some of these families as those younger people get into trouble with their mortgages. The big winners are those young people who haven't bought a home yet and will find that homes become affordable again, although they should wait a year or two before jumping in. JP: Can you share any advice for homebuyers or investors? HM: If you are in those most vulnerable groups mentioned it's OK to sell the property, rent for a while and enjoy being out of debt. You won't regret it. It might mean having to sell at a loss. Don't make the mistake of keeping a home you cannot afford just because the price has dropped, it's better to sell even if it means taking a loss. And, of course, buy the book and read it. There's lots of new information that I uncovered in my research and I'm told it's easy to read. And if you are lucky enough to have investments outside of real estate be careful to diversify outside of Canada and away from real estate as many listed equities in the financial and real estate sectors will be hit by the crisis in residential real estate.read more > 1 2 Leave a comment SHARE


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For how long would Nigeria continue to depend on foreign countries and international donors to fund HIV and AIDS treatment?
This is the question on the lips on People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA).
The trend of waiting for a donor before something meaningful can be done, they said, was dangerous as donors can withdraw their funds and Nigeria will be worse for it.
They enjoined the Federal Government to have a national response to address the problem of HIV and AIDS in the country.
Reacting to the development, Health Minister, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, said the country is not lacking in national response to the disease.
He said the country has never depended on donors to tackle the issue of HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment as it has programmes funded by the country to prevent the disease.
"Nigeria is not a donor dependent country. Less than 10 per cent of health care funding is from donor agencies," he added.
He said the country by virtue of its membership of the United Nations should be getting donations from the body's agencies, stressing that it has never failed in its obligation as a member country to pay its dues, which is a prerequisite to getting donations.
Chukwu said HIV and AIDS is an emotional problem but not the biggest killer of people, stressing that there are other problems that needed more attention.
They wanted the country to take ownership of HIV and AIDS funding so that when donor groups and foreign countries pull out from supporting the country, it would be able to manage its problem without having to go cap in hand begging for support.
Executive Director, Positive Action for Treatment Access (PATA), Mrs Rolake Odetoyinbo, said Nigeria needs to have more local ownership by investing in the management and treatment of the disease.
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Mrs Odetoyinbo said: "There is a need for the Federal Government to make commitment to the course financially. If the donors withdraw their funding we will be in trouble.


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After revising some information on the Internet about public transportation from Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi) to the city center, I found out that most of them are out – dated. I hope the information in this post will be helpful for any tourist in choosing a cheap and reliable airport transfer.
In May 2016, the city of Hanoi launched a new express bus line no 86 runs from Noi Bai Airport (Terminal 1 & 2) to the city center. This bus line is designated for airport transfer with lots of luggage space, information available in English and Vietnamese, etc. However, the detail about this bus line is available only in Vietnamese.
- 3 new bus stops
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- New update for bus stop in the city center (only applicable to certain time due to the new launch of walking streets around the Hoan Kiem Lake)
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I recently received a good question.
How can Jesus say, "don't worry about what you will eat or wear" (Matt. 6:25-34), when people starve every day?
First, we must understand that Jesus powerfully understood poverty and suffering as an ongoing reality (Matt. 26:11). In fact, earlier in chapter 6 of Matthew he presumes people will continuously give to the needy (Matt. 6:1-2). This assumes that the needy will remain. The ancient world was littered with suffering and poverty, so it helps to realize that Jesus spoke considering these present realities. Jesus entered people's suffering: He raised the dead; He fed the hungry. But He didn't raise everyone, and neither did He feed everyone. He could have, but He didn't.
It's best to understand the Sermon on the Mount as a message that speaks in generalities to make points. Not only is this good public speaking, but 1st century rabbis spoke like this to aid memory in an oral culture.[1] What Jesus means is that we shouldn't worry about things we can't change - our height, our natural hair color, etc. (Matt. 6:27) - but we should be active in what we can change: in providing for the suffering and working to usher in the kingdom of God that Jesus promised and showed a glimpse of in His life.
The Sermon on the Mount focuses on what ultimately matters in life as we trust in God to provide for the things that don't. And generally, God does. Every day, God feeds the poor and takes care of the oppressed, and He puts it in the hearts of people to have compassion for the sick and the starving. But the Sermon on the Mount is ultimately about God and eternity, not about the world and the current state. Jesus commands us to invest in God's kingdom for the very reason that this world is full of things that fade, die, are stolen and perish (Matt. 6:19-21). Therefore, we should consider the birds of the air and the lilies of the fields as signs of God's power and goodness and yet not lose sight of the fact that the world is fallen. And because it is fallen, we should see these things as merciful realities that remind us to use our fleeting lives to focus on issues of eternal significance.
Of course, the larger question remains: "Why doesn't God provide for everyone in everything?" This is not a question anyone knows the answer to. I generally use the policy that I trust God because of what I do understand rather than reject Him for what I don't understand. But, still, there are lots of possible reasons God could have for allowing starvation even though He is all-powerful and good. Aside from the obvious (the world is cursed), the focus on the purpose of life helps to answer this question for me.
The purpose of life - if Christianity is true – is for us to know God and for God to be glorified by the spreading of His kingdom and the doing of His will (Matt. 6:9,10). These take clear precedence in the Lord's prayer over our daily provision. Therefore, it's fair to assume God might allow people to undergo suffering if it were to help the spreading of His kingdom and the doing of His will. And very often, it does. In fact, the very places where starvation and death are rampant are the places Christianity has exploded in the last century. In Africa, there were about 10 million Christian around 1900. Now there are about 350 million. In China, there were about 5 million in 1950; now there are close to 100 million.[2] These explosions of Christian faith have come through the very evils that cause us to question God in the Western world.
The reasons for this include the reality that the West lives under a veil of modernity, which can become a curse of affluence (at least, when it comes to spiritual things). Sometimes God's blessings don't come with fully stocked fridges and paved roads; sometimes His curses do. And sometimes God's curses don't come in pains and tragedies; sometimes His blessings do. No one knew that better than Jesus, since God didn't answer Him in His greatest despair, and yet it was that moment of unanswered despair that led to His ultimate victory over death, sin, and pain.
But it comes down to this for me. A sermon isn't a science treatise or a philosophical lecture. Technically, the mustard seed isn't the smallest seed (Matt. 13:31), salt can't technically lose its saltiness (Matt. 5:13), and God doesn't technically provide for the physical needs of all His people (Matt. 6:25-34). But the point is that the Kingdom of God emerged from humble beginnings, the dilution of doctrine and practice weakens testimony, and - generally speaking - we should trust in God for the things we can't change and get busy changing the things we can.
This doesn't mean Jesus didn't speak truth. He did, if we understand Him properly. If every sermon included every qualification, we'd get very bored very quickly. And we aren't changed by treatises or science lectures; we're changed by imperatives with illustrations that drive the point home. This is what Jesus did. And He did it better than anyone.
[1] John Dickson, The Christ Files (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2005), 69.
[2] Philip Jenkins. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (Oxford University Press: New York, 2002), p. 2, 32.


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Protestants are so lucky! There is so much traditional protestant homeschooling material available. Much of it free to download. Browse Project Gutenberg and you will find a wealth of children's bible stories and moral tales from a nineteenth century Church of England perspective. There is Ambleside Online providing a whole Charlotte Mason inspired curriculum for… Continue reading Children's Catholic history on the cheap
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Learning Latin is becoming something of a lifelong saga here. I missed Latin at school and somehow ended up mothering 4 preschoolers miles from the nearest adult classes so online resources seem the most promising way. Latin Appreciation Workshop looks great. Lots of familiar things here for one who has been frequenting the Maternal Heart… Continue reading Learn Latin


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Construction is under way on the 136-mile, 16-inch Parkway Pipeline. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners is building the pipeline to transport gasoline, jet fuel and diesel from refineries in Norco, LA to an existing petroleum transportation hub in Collins, MS, owned by Plantation Pipe Line Company. (Kinder Morgan owns 51% of Plantation Pipe Line Company and operates the system.) From this hub the refined petroleum products will be transported by pipeline systems, including Plantation, that serve major markets in the southeastern United States.
Kinder Morgan is partnering with Valero Energy Corp. in this joint venture that will own Parkway Pipeline LLC. The pipeline will have an initial capacity of 110,000 bpd with the ability to expand to over 200,000 bpd. The project is supported by a long-term throughput agreement. Pending receipt of environmental and regulatory approvals, the approximately $220 million pipeline project is expected to be in service by mid-year 2013.
Construction of the pipeline will follow existing utility rights-of-way wherever possible to minimize environmental impacts.
In other news, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and Phillips 66 have entered into an agreement for Kinder Morgan to transport Eagle Ford crude and condensate to Phillips 66's Sweeny Refinery in Brazoria County, TX.
Under the agreement, Kinder Morgan Partners plans to build an approximately 43-km, 12 inch diameter lateral pipeline to extend its Kinder Morgan Crude Condensate (KMCC) pipeline. Kinder Morgan will provide Phillips 66 with a significant portion of the lateral pipeline's initial 30,000 bpd of capacity, which is expandable to 100,000 bpd.
KMP will invest approximately $US90 million in the project, which also involves adding associated receipt facilities by constructing a five-bay truck offloading facility and three new storage tanks with approximately 360,000 bbls of crude/condensate capacity at Kinder Morgan's DeWitt Station in DeWitt County, TX and Wharton Pump Station in Wharton County, TX. Pending receipt of environmental and regulatory approvals, construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2012.


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Saturday, July 14, 2012
Hairy Family panel, Tule River Reservation, California. From:
Strain, Kathy Moskowitz, 2012, Mayak Datat: The Hairy
Man Pictographs, published in The Relict Hominoid Inquiry,
1:1-12, Idaho State University, edited by Jeff Meldrum.
I continue now with a look at the meanings of the Hairy Man pictograph panel presented by Kathy Moskowitz Strain. Previously I discussed the interpretation by Garrick Mallery who described this panel as a "mourning" ceremony based upon his theory of gestural analysis.
Strain, on the other hand, took the eminently reasonable step of looking at ethnographic material on what the members of the Tule River Indian Tribe on the Tule River Reservation believe about the panel. In her presentation she stated that the pictographs are believed by the Tule River people to "depict how various animals, including Hairy Man, created People. Other stories tell why Hairy Man lives in the mountains, steals food, and still occupies parts of the reservation. Since the Tule River Indians equate Hairy Man to Bigfoot, the pictograph and stories are valuable to our understanding of the modern idea of a hair-covered giant."
The first three stories were gathered by the Strain in the summer of 1992 from tribal elders and members. The main story tellers were Isadore Garfield, Leona Danby, and J.R. Manuel with help from others in attendance. As stories were told, information was either added or clarified until a written copy was produced and read back to the group. "How People Were Made" details how the pictographs at Painted Rock came to be and identifies the large figure on the main wall as Hairy Man. "When the People Took Over" explains why birds and animals live where they do today while "Food Stealing" is a simple story about Hairy Man and his fondness for an easy meal.
"How People Were Made" is a variation of the ubiquitous creation story in which all the animals discuss the qualities that humans should share with them, walk on two legs; talk; hand dexterity; etc. and then hold a race to determine which ones would be granted to the humans. Then the animals created the people. Hairy Man liked the result but when the new humans saw him they became frightened and ran away. This made Hairy Man sad and that is why the pictograph of him is crying. Perhaps it also explains why he is elusive today; he is trying to avoid frightening people.
"When People Took Over" explains how humanity multiplied and began to fill the land and take all the food. The animals got together again and divided up their roles and resources. Hummingbird would henceforth fly and feed on flowers, Trout would live in the water, and Eagle would fly and eat squirrels and deer, etc.
"Food Stealing" describes the belief that "in the old days, women learned never to leave their acorn meal unattended. They would spend all day pounding on the big rocks near the river, making the acorn meal, and then take it down to the river to leach it. They would then leave it in the sun to dry, but they would come back and it would be gone. They would find big footprints in the sand where they left the meal and they would know that Hairy Man took it. He likes Indian food and knows to wait until the acorn is leeched of its bitterness before taking it. We always wondered if he liked the sound of women pounding acorn and knew when to come and get food."
Hairy Woman and Child, Tule River Reservation, California. From:
Strain, Kathy Moskowitz, 2012, Mayak Datat: The Hairy
Man Pictographs, published in The Relict Hominoid Inquiry,
1:1-12, Idaho State University, edited by Jeff Meldrum.
Hairy Woman and Child, Tule River Reservation, California. From:
Strain, Kathy Moskowitz, 2012, Mayak Datat: The Hairy
Man Pictographs, published in The Relict Hominoid Inquiry,
1:1-12, Idaho State University, edited by Jeff Meldrum.
"The last story, "Big Foot, the Hairy Man," was collected by E. B. Johnstone in 1975 from tribal elders Ruby Bays and Jennie Franco. In 1973, at the request of the tribe, Johnstone (1975) began gathering some of the traditional stories told by members of the reservation. The daughter of a tribal elder, who had been the caretaker of the pictograph site in the early 1900s, identified Hairy Man as being the same as Bigfoot (Johnstone 1975, p. 5). Johnstone (1975, p. 19) further noted that Hairy Man was described by the Tule River Indians as "a creature that was like a great big giant with long, shaggy hair" and since Bigfoot also meets that description, the two were the same."
"Big Foot, the Hairy Man
Big Foot was a creature that was like a great big giant with long, shaggy hair. He was good in a way, because he ate the animals that might harm people. He kept the Grizzly Bear, Mountain Lion, Wolf, and other larger animals away.
During hot summer nights all the animals would come out together down from the hills to drink out of the Tule River. Big Foot liked to catch animals down by the river. He would eat them up bones and all.
It was pleasant and cool down by the river on hot summer nights. That is when grown-ups liked to take a swim. Even though people feared that Big Foot, the hairy man, might come to the river, people still liked to take a swim at night. Parents always warned their children "Don't go near the river at night. You may run into Big Foot."
Now Big Foot usually eats animals, but parents said, "If he can't find any animals and he is very hungry, he will eat you. We won't know where you have gone or what has happened to you."
Some people say Big Foot, the hairy man, still roams around the hills near Tule River. - Children are cautioned not to make fun of his picture on the painted rock or play around that place because he would hear you and come after you.
Parents warned their children, "You are going to meet him on the road if you stay out too late at night." The children have learned always to come home early."
So to the Tule River people have explained the Hairy Man pictographs as a record of their creation story, a reminder of how the animals and people who inhabit this world were assigned their life ways and habits, and as a place of spiritual power to Hairy Man. This has also not addressed the presence of figures identified as the Hairy Woman and the Hairy Child, other than the assumption that they, along with Hairy Man, constitute a Hairy Family (which, of course, could be the case). Let us hope that some researcher will revisit the question and try to record stories explaining the Hairy Woman and Child. Still and all, Strain, in her paper has done a great service to us all by recording, explaining, and preserving this information. Thank you Kathy and well done.
Garrick Mallery
1989 Picture-Writing of the American Indian, 10th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1888-'89, by J. W. Powell, Director, and subsequently republished by Dover Publications in 1972.
Johnstone, E. B.
1975 Big Foot and Other Stories. Tulare: Tulare Board of Education.
Strain, Kathy Moskowitz
2012 Mayak Datat: The Hairy Man Pictographs, published in The Relict Hominoid Inquiry,
1:1-12 (2012), Idaho State University, edited by Jeff Meldrum.
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Labels: Bigfoot, California, Hairy Man, Mayak Datat, Tule River Reservation
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Rule a kingdom and command an army in Kingdoms & Lords
Ruling a kingdom isn't just about nurturing a prosperous land and making a better life for your citizens—actually, it's nothing to do with that. No, ruling a kingdom is really all about who has the biggest army. Kingdoms & Lords, a battle/sim game for iOS and Android by Gameloft, challenges you to throw together an army and fight a war while still managing to keep your subjects happy. Can you do it?
You start off Kingdoms & Lords as a young Lord (or Lady) in charge of a small rural village. When barbarians invade and start doing barbaric stuff to the good land, you must respond by fortifying your village and building up your militia. Unfortunately, a wretched individual known as the Dark King has also chosen this inopportune moment to invade kingdoms, and you're next on the menu.
In Kingdoms & Lords, you must manage your animals, crops, and resources to gain money and food. You also need to keep your troops in tip-top shape so that you can defend your village and attack your neighbors (come on, you knew it was simply a matter of time). You can form alliances with your friends, or you can stick swords in each other's eyes to determine once and for all who has the better army.
Josh Wittenkeller, our man on the scene at E3, had a chance to visit with Gameloft and check out Kingdoms & Lords first hand. "They have kind of an intuitive, Final Fantasy-style combat system. It's actually a lot deeper than I thought," said Wittenkeller. "They say it's even deeper than Men in Black 3, which just came out, and a lot of people like that."
Kingdoms & Lords is coming to iOS and Android on June 7. Come play, my Lord.


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We left our very Peaceful Mooring hoping upon hope that the Canal Club boat we'd encountered yesterday had made a very early start, and was moving at least 50% faster than she was yesterday. This was not very charitable of us, I accept, but we do have a schedule to keep. We do need to be on the Wyrley and Essington (aka the Curly Wyrley) by Friday week. And I really do want the poor lady skippering that boat to be doing it better than she was yesterday. For her own sake, and that of her family.
It was a warm day, and building up to be very hot. Swallows darted around the boat. Three of them were seeing off a buzzard, flying at him from all angles as if to confuse him, until he got the message and winged it.
The Shroppie is clearly a superior canal; superior to the Leeds & Liverpool and the Bridgewater. It has Armco for mooring. Miles of it, on banks that aren't overgrown with undergrowth, so that, once again, we can moor pretty much where we want to.
Except that there's the Shroppie Ledge, a mysterious protrusion from the side of the canal, below water level, which gets in the way sometimes when you try to moor, and results in the boat standing out from the back a foot or so. We haven't actually experienced the problem yet, but we have seen lots of boats moored with that gap between them and the bank.
And then there are the wasps. Entirely seasonal, of course, but still a problem. It wasn't so bad today, but yesterday they were buzzing around us in large numbers almost immediately we turned onto the canal. They stayed with us until bridge 27, when they simply disappeared en masse. Even the ones which had been avidly feeding in bowls which had held cake and cream just left. It was strange, as if some natural law forbade their passing beyond that point.
We stopped counting the boats we met, yesterday. This canal is far busier than any that we've been on this yea, and we're probably meeting more in one day now than we were seeing in a week previously.
We spent some time travelling with NB Serenity, getting to chat with them when both of us stopped for a lock. They were on their way to Venetian Marina, where they'd be hanging up their windlasses after six years of living aboard. They were finding life on the canals was getting too much for them as they were getting older, and were stopping while the going wasn't too tough. Wise, but sad.
We've been using less diesel that we'd expect, which is a good thing, of course. But, with about half a tankful still, we decided to fill it to the top again, thinking that this will probably last us now until the end of this cruise. We pulled over at Venetian Marina and filled up. NB Serenity was moored sadly nearby, her owners no doubt psyching themselves up now for moving off her and back onto land.
It was good to meet NB Dabbling this afternoon, albeit for the ten seconds it takes for two boats to pass each other. We were greeted first of all by the lady at the tiller, then by her husband who appeared from below, calling out that he's a reader of this blog. I got a Tweet from Gerard this evening.
@NBKantara great to sail past a #boatsthattweet, enjoy reading your blog. I was working in L'pool last week and did spot you on the mooringsIt's always good to meet folk who read the blog, or have read my book, or whom I follow on Twitter. It makes them far more real somehow!
At Barbridge Junction, we turned left,
passed the start of the Llangollen Canal,
and went on to Nantwich.
A long line of moored craft had left a space for us!
The sunset over Nantwich was phenomenal!
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
Red Wheelbarrow Birthday Card
Well, another weekend bit the dust. Where do these days go! At least it's getting closer to Spring. And, I'm making it happen sooner with this wheelbarrow full of flowers. I chose to go with brighter colors rather then the Spring pastels. Mainly because I wanted to use this Red pre-colored Wheelbarrow from Fred She Said. They come in 8 different colors and since Red is one of my favorite colors, I just had to use it.
I don't know where my head is this weekend. I LOVE to play along with challenges and especially Sketch challenges. So, I started printing my images and planning my cards so I can sit and hand stitch them while I watch TV in the evening. Well, yesterday waqs my Granddaughter's 4th Birthday Party so that day was shot. AS I was making this card today, I just realized that I have three cards planned out and all three are from sketch challenges from Tuesday. So, that means that I have to finish and post all three cards in two days. Oh My!!!
This card was inspired by a sketch challenge from Anita Be Stampin.
The papers are from the Sweetheart Paper Pack from Close to my Heart. The color black was added to make the image POP.
I did the Hand Stitching with White Embroidery Floss to frame the whole card nicely.
The Happy Birthday is a Clear Stamp from the Birthday Card Chatter Set also from CTMH.
Other Challenge Blogs for this card:
Card Makin Mamas - Birthday
Fun at Fairy Knoll - Birthday or Thank You
If the Shoe Fits - Happy Birthday
Stamp Bazar - Spots and Stripes
Wags n' Whiskers - Punches
Charisma Cardz - Spring Has Sprung
Stamp & Doodle - Ribbon, Embossing, & Bling
Dital Tuesday - Use a Die Cut
The Crafty Pad - Red, Pink & Black
I Did It! - Anything Goes
17 comments:
- Merry said...
Very pretty...always love your stitching. Really like the shape of your tage with the greeting.
- February 20, 2011 at 6:03 PM
- Danni said...
Very pretty! So many intricate details that make it really wonderful!
- February 20, 2011 at 10:27 PM
- Priyanka said...
what a coloring skill you have,and the stitching is out of this word.very talented u r.Thanks for joining with us at Stamp-n-Doodle.
- February 21, 2011 at 12:48 AM
- Pink Sunshine said...
Beautiful spring card, thanks for joining us at Charisma.
Sally. x
- February 21, 2011 at 11:23 AM
- Georgia Ehrmann said...
What a beautiful Spring card! I long for it to hurry up and come! Thanks for the sneak peek! Thanks for playing at IDIC this week! Hope to see you back again soon!
- February 21, 2011 at 5:22 PM
- Anne-Marije said...
What a nice card!
Thanks for your participation in the Digital Tuesday Challenge...
xxx Anne-Marije
- February 21, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Rachel Hope said...
Wonderful card! Thanks for playing along with the Anita Be Stampin Challenge!
- February 21, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- Anita said...
Absolutely beautiful! I love the pearls, and your hand stitching is just fabulous. Thank you so much for joining us at the Anita Be Stampin Challenge! :)
- February 21, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Brenda said...
Wow, that hand stitching is fabulous, great card. Thanks for joining us at Anita Be Stampin!
- February 21, 2011 at 10:49 PM
- Gemma said...
a fab creation! Thanks for joining in our Anything Goes challenge this week at I Did it Creations! Gemma :)
- February 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...
WOW! Your card is beautiful! Love the coloring!
Thank you for participating in the Stamp-n-Doodle Challenge!
- February 22, 2011 at 10:40 PM
- Barbara said...
What a beautiful card. The pre colored digi image is just perfect on this card. I love all the techniques you have incorporated especially the lovely stitching. My daughter is a CTMH rep also. I just love all their crafting supplies. I am so thrilled that you demonstrated the new pen...thanks. Also, thanks for joining us at The Crafty Pad for our red, pink, black challenge this week. XX
- February 23, 2011 at 3:05 PM
- ~♥~The Navy Wife~♥~ said...
Wow! This is beautiful and really feels like Spring is on its way! Thank you for playing along with us at The Crafty Pad in our red, pink & black challenge. I wish you good luck in the prize draw and hope you can play along with us again next Sunday :) The Navy Wife
- February 24, 2011 at 6:10 AM
- lizzie said...
lovely card! thnx for playing with us at cmm!!
- February 24, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- lesleyworth said...
beautiful card! great use of the image! thanks for playing along with us at the Shoe!
- February 24, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- dj1952 said...
Congratulations on being one of the top 3 at Crafty Pad. I'm one of the other 3. I love your card. Fred She Said has always had some of my favorite digis. Hugs, dj1952
- February 27, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- This N That said...
This is precious! So wonderful! Thank you So much for sharing with us at card makin mamas!
- March 1, 2011 at 9:05 AM


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Yes, this week I finished a long-term project. So of course, I should move on to the next unfinished project and get some more knocked off the list........... that's what I SHOULD do, but this time Instagram won out. I spotted the cutest little pattern, went on the hunt, found the sellers page and couldn't resist adding to my cart. And sure, what's the point of an instantaneous pdf download if you don't start working on it instantaneously???
Anyway, let me rewind to my finished project first...
I started this quilt way back here. The pattern is by Thimbleblossom and is called Swoon. I added a paper pieced border of 3" flying geese to make it a little bigger and to add more colour. I got the top done fairly quickly, it has enormous 24" blocks so it's satisfyingly swift. When that much was done, I folded it up and put it aside!
Months later, well, nearly a year later, the ladies in my sewing class helped me baste it at our class (I've no floor big enough to baste a kingsize quilt at home) and when that was done......... I folded it up, put it aside and moved on to something new!! Yes, sinful I know!
Eventually, I pulled it out again couple of months ago to decide finally whether it would be machine or handquilted and I decided to go with handquilting. I know it's slow but I enjoy it and it's less likely to go wrong on me than using the machine. I need to practice my machine quilting more!
Ooooh, it's amazing how excited you can get about a quilt that has been hanging around the house for nearly 18months! Adding the binding seems to have transformed it! It pulls out the navy from one of the blocks and from the flying geese on the border! I love how binding just frames the quilt and finishes it completely! I'm delighted that I managed to get this quilt finished just before we hit 2015 too otherwise it would have been on the go for 2 years!!!
Hmm, it's actually difficult to see the binding against the dark green of the grass but take my word for it, it frames it nicely! And now, I can finally put this project to bed! Well, on my bed anyway!
Now as for the new project........ it's too darn cute to sit for long (and it's small so won't take much time) so watch this space!


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'Lauren' Season 2 First Look: Jennifer Beals Relives Traumatic Experience (Exclusive Video)
The web series starring Troian Bellisario and Bradley Whitford returns Friday.
Pretty Little Liars star Troian Bellisario, Jennifer Beals and Bradley Whitford are back in business with a new season of WIGS web series Lauren.
WIGS, a scripted drama YouTube channel that launched in May 2012, features original series, short films and documentaries, all with female leads.
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Hi, I wish you are doing well and having fun in your life. I am Vivek Kumar Poddar owner and lead contributor at WPVKP.
As far as my personal life is concerned, it's pretty straight forward. My life started when I was placed in this "so-beautiful" world by the Almighty GOD. Then my mom gave me a name, Vicky and my dad gave me a professional name Vivek. Even today my dad call me Vivek and my mom call me Vicky, but that's completely fine with me. Since I know that both of them love me even more than GOD.
Then when I was three years old, I got admission in TinyTot and when I was 16 I was in Sri Chaitanya IIT Academy. Now I am in my second year pursuing my B-Tech in computer science department.
So How My Blogging Started?
Well, when I was in ninth standard I got my first internet connection, though it was in my home since I was too young, my parents didn't allow me to use it. But one day when they saw that I was studying reproductive systems in humans, they might have thought that it's high time to give their son —- that's me —- internet connection.
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I moved to that site and then my blogging career started from theirs.
What's My Future Intention?
I am currently enjoying my B-Tech, and I am planning to complete my M-Tech from Delhi University. In the first semester, I got 8.5 SGPA and in the second semester, I got 8 SGPA. In my third semester [ I will update it once I give my examination ].
For my future, I want to be a web developer with all sorts of technical knowledge, and that's why I want to appear for red hat corporation's certification examination and even for Cisco's. I don't want to work for any company, but if I get the chance to work in Google USA branch, then I won't miss it.
So, that was all about me. I know I am a little bit of boring type, but it's me.
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Seeger's Sloop; A Passion For Motors And Cruising Authors
Edited By Ann Dermody
Pete Seeger — A River Runs Through This Folk-Music Icon
For two-thirds of his 91 years, the treasured American folk-music star Pete Seeger has led a turbulent public life at the confluence of music and politics. Last year, when a sold-out crowd of 20,000 fans gathered to celebrate his 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Seeger sent the proceeds to the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. The river and the sloop constitute the one labor of love to which Seeger has dedicated most of the second half of his life. Last summer we spoke with Pete Seeger about his devotion to the river that flows past his home.
How did you get interested in boating?
I had a job in Cape Cod about 1959. And a teenager took me out at midnight and showed me what fun it was to sail. It's not how fast you go; it's the fact that you move at all! And if you're clever enough with your game with the wind and the waves, you can use the very power of the wind against you to sail against the wind. That's good politics, too. Martin Luther King used the forces against him to zigzag ahead.
What led you to build the Clearwater?
After I got back from Cape Cod, I persuaded my wife to let me buy a little plastic bathtub of a boat. However, when I was learning to sail on the Hudson, I went out by myself and found myself sailing through lumps of this and that along with the toilet paper. I had enough money to buy a boat, but I was sailing through toilet waste.
How did you get from a plastic sailboat to building a 100-foot Hudson River sloop?
A friend of mine loaned me a book written in 1907, right in my hometown, called Sloops of the Hudson, and I read it over and over. It wasn't great literature, but it was full of love. And I wrote a letter to Vic Schwarz, the man who loaned me the book, and said, "Why don't we get a gang of people together and see if we can raise some money to build a life-size replica?" It was a very impractical scheme.
But you got it built?
I'd forgotten about my letter. A few months later, Vic met me on the railroad platform and said, "When are we going to get started on that boat?" And I said, "What boat?" He said, "I've passed your letter up and down the commuter train, and I've got a couple dozen people who want to get started." And I scratched my head and said, "Well, if there's enough crazy people, we might do it." We didn't know how to start, exactly, until this businessman, Alexander Saunders, wanted me to give a fund-raising concert for the "Scenic Hudson" organization. But down in New York, they said, "Mr. Saunders, don't even think of that. Don't touch Seeger with a 10-foot pole. If we have anything to do with him, we'll be tarred with the same brush." It was only six years after I was condemned to jail for not cooperating with the Un-American Activities Committee. Well, Saunders came back and said, "Vic, they've turned me down, but I'd like to hear some music. Maybe you can raise money for something else." And Vic says, "Well, Pete and I have been talking about raising money to build a Hudson River sloop." And two months later I'm singing for 150 people on Alexander Saunders's lawn. And during the intermission, 15 or 20 met in his living room. And Saunders's widow, Risi Saunders, is proud that it was in her living room that the Clearwater was born. Those 15 people voted to start a nonprofit organization called the "Hudson River Sloop Restoration Incorporated."
Did you have accurate plans or models to work from?
I sent a letter to the New York Historical Society and to the Smithsonian and the library in Mystic, Connecticut, asking where we could find out about these old boats. I got a very nice letter from a young man working at the library in Mystic, saying: "We've got pictures of the old ones, and blueprints of how they were made, and I think we could help find you an architect who could transfer them to modern times." And they did. Cyrus Hamlin in Kennebunk, Maine, did a job most people would have charged $50,000 for. He charged us $6,000. He found a painting by James E. Buttersworth of a sloop in a high wind, and every single block and tackle was clearly shown.
Cy found a builder. Down in New York, they wanted $300,000 to build it. But old Harvey Gamage said he'd build it for $120,000. And so the keel was laid in October '68. My wife christened it. And we poured a little Hudson water on the keel. And eight months later it was launched, May 17, 1969.
Did the Clearwater project do what you'd hoped it would on the Hudson?
Well, I'd say it's been slower than we hoped. But nevertheless, the reason we can now swim in the river is because it started off the cleaning up of the river. However, we weren't the only ones; Scenic Hudson and a group called the River Keeper were very important.
How do you think boating has informed your music?
For a while, while I was sailing with the Clearwater, I was writing one sailing song after another. And a lot of other people were, too. So there are dozens of songs in the Clearwater.
Do you feel as though these advocacy projects you've been part of on the local level are models for these larger global issues that you're talking about now?
I'm a longtime believer in the power of beauty. And the compound curves of a sailboat are supremely beautiful. I think the powers-that-be have got so much money that they can co-opt any big thing they want. But what are they going to do about the millions of small things? We can control those, and inspire people, and then, who knows what can happen?
For more on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater program, including their annual music festival, visit www.clearwater.org
Vintage Man, Bob Grubb
Bob Grubb grew up around motors. He went to work for Grubb Marine right after high school, fixing Mercury outboards for customers, and eventually took over the business from his father before retiring in 2008. A shop tends to accumulate extra stuff, and when he went to his first meeting of the Antique Outboard Motor Club in New Jersey, it was with an eye toward unloading some of the spare parts that were cluttering the place. Grubb Marine has closed its doors, but that trip to the swap meet started a hobby, and when he wasn't working on customers' motors, he found himself working on his own.
"There's a simplicity and a charm, I think, to the older motors, once you get familiar with them, that the newer stuff kind of loses," he says. "I developed an appreciation for the old engineering, and some of the neat ideas that they tried. Some were successful, some weren't."
Grubb's collection of antique outboards has grown to the point where he's building a separate structure to contain it — almost 300 strong, starting with a 1907 Waterman Porto. He has pictures of his collection on his web page and wants the general public to be able to see them (arrange a visit by contacting him at the website), but the best way to display a boat motor is, well, on a boat. "They were meant to be run," he says, "and as long as someone exercises reasonable caution to lubricate them and look over them mechanically, I don't have any worries about running the only known example of a particular motor."
Grubb had a fairly complete collection of Mercury motors — as a former dealer, he says it's expected of him. But his real passion is for the rarities, the evolutionary dead ends of the outboard world. "I'm particularly attracted to the really early outboard motors, going to the extremes of the unusual," he says. A 1920 Amphion motor, for example: "It's just an unusual brand, produced in very small quantities back in the early days of outboard motors. It's not the only one, there are others, but I think it's safe to say it's the only one that's regularly in service. I try to walk the walk," he continues. "I encourage people that there's more to the hobby than stockpiling old engines and saying 'there they are.' Or worse yet, saying 'I've got them and you can't look at them.' I don't understand that mentality."
Mark and Diana Doyle — A Marriage Made On Water
Boating and the water have flowed through Diana and Mark Doyle's lives. After meeting a decade ago at a marina in Portsmouth, New Hampshire — where Diana was temporarily keeping her sailboat, and Mark was outfitting his C&C to go cruising — Cupid's arrow struck. A year later, the pair had sold their boats and bought a PDQ 36 catamaran to set off on a two-year cruise with Diana's young son, Morgan, in tow. The trio took in Canada, the Great Lakes, Maine, the Bahamas, the Dry Tortugas, and everywhere else in between. While using several cruising guides, they noted a few omissions. "Many had been written more like prose and that didn't work," says Diana. "We started to think about what information people really needed right at the helm. And maybe it was having a child onboard, but we also wanted to know things like how a place had gotten its unusual name." Those thoughts eventually became their first book, Managing the Waterway: Hampton Roads, VA to Biscayne Bay, FL (ICW), published in 2005.
The Doyles were certainly qualified to launch the new guides. Mark had recently retired from high tech, specializing in color digital imaging, and also had a 100-ton USCG Master's License. Diana, a former university professor with a Ph.D. from Yale, holds a 50-ton USCG Master's License. Their guides and electronic charting series have led them all over the country. They've just finished their fourth publication, An Illustrated Cruising Guide to the Great Loop Inland Waterway: Chicago to Mobile (Volume 1: Chicago, IL to Paducah, KY).
They recently sold the catamaran and invested in a trailerable 22-foot C-Dory Pilothouse workboat that's become their home away from home. Unlike other cruising writers, the Doyles' smaller boat means they can go into every anchorage, which they do, without fear of running aground. "We're writing for larger boats but we can gunkhole everywhere," Diana says. www.onthewaterchartguides.org
— Published: February 2011
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The San Diego Comic-Con, a comic book and popular arts convention, saw the release of the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro TRANSFORMERS Special Edition model. But despite the buzz, the real-life Bumblebee is a huge letdown as the Transformers edition is virtually nothing more than a simple logo package. Forget about the Z28 bumper and hood treatment or the unique alloy wheels used on Bumblebee in the Transformers movie.
What supposedly makes this Camaro special are the Transformer and Autobot logos on the side panels, the wheel center caps, the sill plates, the center console and on the black rally stripes.
Not surprisingly, the New GM claims that the Transformers edition is as special as the movie car. "When the first TRANSFORMERS movie was setting box office records, we had countless customers asking to purchase the 'BUMBLEBEE' Camaro," said Karen Rafferty, product marketing director, Chevrolet. "Now, they can buy one with the new Camaro TRANSFORMERS Special Edition. Streets all over North America will be buzzing in no time."
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Things To Do in Sochi
Sochi is home to so many things to do that no matter your area of interest you will never be at a loss. You can seek out relaxation and leisure at Sochi's beaches, in its museums, or on a scenic boat tour. If you're looking for activity and excitement you can visit one of Sochi's two aquariums, its zoo, its monkey nursery or, if you're looking for a show, The Adler Dolphinarium. Maybe you prefer you nature in a more natural setting; Sochi has that too. Head to Sochi National Park and you'll be able to see Sochi in a whole new way from atop Mount Akhun. Still looking for more things to do in Sochi? If you're a history buff you can tour some local Byzantine ruins or even check out Stalin's old summer home. Legend has it that his ghost still wanders its halls at night. And all of this is just the tip of the iceberg. No matter what your interest, you'll find many, many things to do in Sochi.


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The biggest national celebration in Holland is Queen's Day and it is right around the corner. This year is an extra special celebration.
Queen Beatrix is to abdicate the throne and thus her son, Prince Willem-Alexander will become King. But, there is one hitch...
The people have spoken and they are happy to have a King, on one condition... He has to have a beard. There's been a campaign going on strong for a couple of months now proclaiming, 'Zonder Baard, Geen Koning' or 'No Beard, No King'. I think they are right. Prins-Willem has a bit of a baby face. If he came out on the 30th of April sporting a fetching beard he'd definitely be EVER RULING!
Prince Willem-Alexander KING WILLEM-ALEXANDER
If you agree, you can support this people's movement by 'Like'-ing the 'Zonder Baard, Geen Koning' Facebook Page.


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Edwardian Cushion Cut Diamond Engagement Ring
This beautiful Edwardian engagement ring displays a stunning 1.45 ct cushion cut diamond, set in platinum. This exceptional antique ring comes with a GIA report and is hand engraved inside with "CFP to MN JULY 12, 1917."
The setting has very pretty filigree on the profile with 4 full diamond cuts.


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6:03am PT by Erin Carlson
Kanye West Raps About Real-Life Run-in With Former CIA Director George Tenet
When George Tenet, former head of the CIA, met Kanye West during a random encounter, did he ever expect to provide lyrical inspiration for the rapper?
Probably not. But Tenet, who resigned from the agency in 2004 and later accused the Bush administration of leaking stories that he believed finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq would be a "slam dunk," has resurfaced in the lyrics to West's "Clique," a track off his new album Kanye West Presents G.O.O.D. Music: Cruel Summer.
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West raps: "Yeah, I'm talking business, we talking CIA/ I'm talking George Tenet, I seen him the other day/ He asked me about my Maybach, think he had the same/ Except mine tinted and his might have been rented."
(Another lyric references West's girlfriend, Kim Kardashian, with: "My girl a superstar all from a home movie.")
According to Wired, West and Tenet actually did run into one another several months ago when Tenet was leaving a business meeting in New York City and "bumped into" West, Tenet's representative, Bill Harlow, told the magazine's website.
"They chatted briefly, he said. "The next thing you know, it's recorded history."
West, however, took creative liberty in rhyming about the exchange: the two never discussed Maybachs (nor does Tenet drive one). Rap, meanwhile, is "not (Tenet's) genre," Harlow added. "He's more of a Bruce Springsteen guy."
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I used three Magnolia stamps to put together my little scene; two of them being inked for the first time; I just enjoyed coloring them up and assembling this card. I love bright cheerful colors and this rainbow themed card was the perfect opportunity for me to add as much color as I liked. Maybe I went a bit overboard but well, when don't I...hehe?
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Among our favorites are digital homeschool resources. Why? Well, many reasons. Digital is more affordable. Digital passes down easily to siblings. It is easy to open, click and print. Digital resources do not take up much space! It is very quick to look up an assignment and recheck just what that history fact was. Digital homeschool resources are also often perfect for multiple ages. Especially in the high school years, digital is great for independent learners. I'm sharing with you our favorites.
Amanda Bennett's Digital Unit Studies – We are beginning our homeschool year yet again with a study of the Olympic Games. What fun to have an Olympic start to the new year! Then we will move on to her unit study of Elections. Because this is the year!
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Digital Homeschool Curriculum We Love – Here I am again. It's summer and we are enjoying learning history on a Saturday night! True statement.
See, Dave Raymond's Modernity is now available. And since we enjoyed American History so very much (as an elective even!) last year, we find ourselves soaking up another volume of this fantastic curriculum. Yes we do. AND Compass Class room is having a BIG back to school sale and Modernity is 50% off!
Tapestry of Grace – Updated – (we use the digital edition of Tapestry of Grace, mapping out our learning on the laptop or iPad). More than five years ago I shared with you that Tapestry of Grace was the homeschooling fit for our family. When we started with Tapestry of Grace, my eldest child was in fourth grade. She has now graduated from our homeschool. I now have the perspective of the years of rich education Tapestry has afforded us.
Homeschool Video Courses for Multiple Ages – I've shared before how our homeschooling method is a hodgepodge. We have a true love of certain curricula (like Tapestry of Grace, Rod and Staff and Saxon) and have used them for all of our years of homeschooling. But that doesn't mean we can't add in some extras. Especially in the high school years, we have invited master teachers into our homeschool. We've done that with homeschool video courses for multiple ages.
High School Homeschool Video Courses – I want to tell you about some resources that have blessed us big time as we've moved into the high school homeschool years. I had never really considered adding video courses for high school until Compass Classroom Visual Latin came along. We've shared a love of Visual Latin for years. Then…
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A few years into derby, my league was doing pretty well, and I felt like I had really come in to my own as a skater and a jammer. I had some struggles, and wasn't a top performer, but I enjoyed skating fast and juking blockers. It was games like our hard loss to the Mid Iowa Rollers in 2010, and an eye-opening fight against Minnesota the next year, that I realized how far I really had to go to stay on top in this sport.
As a jammer, not getting out first and achieving lead jammer status can be an instant mental road block. Falling down, getting ran back by a tricky blocker, or fighting an impenetrable wall can begin to feel like drowning. Not only are you likely to not score points, but the other jammer has control of the jam and how long it will last. Now that the mental blinders are on, vision does really become tunneled, which adds to the difficulty of getting out of the pack. The pressure builds, emotions start to take over, and your mental "I can't" becomes reality.
I don't really know what specifically changed over time, probably just getting more experience on the track and playing a wider range of teams added to it, but bout day became a little less scary. When we came against MIR again in 2012, their game had grown immensely, and I knew it was going to be hard. Going into it I decided to let go of any negative thoughts as they happened, and to not get anxious when things didn't go my way. That choice helped me turn my game around from a 0 point half, to score 39 points in the second. After that, a few humbling years of playing higher ranked teams and losing a lot may have hurt my derby soul a bit, but ultimately I came out of it all a bit tougher. Our most recent game against Omaha was a little rough, but I felt like it was one of my most focused games ever.
In the star, you have to start against one other person on the jam line, with eight people ahead of you which you have to fight through once before you can even start scoring. How to attack the pack is intimidating, but I had multiple plans that I had visualized many times in my mind. I knew that Ima Firestarter likes to attack on the line, and I know my teammates well enough to help me get started. I was prepared which took away part of the nerves.
Besides blockers, penalties are another enemy of the jammer. Penalties can be pretty inevitable in Roller Derby, but getting them as a jammer means being responsible for your team not scoring for 30 whole seconds. It sucks, and you really feel like you let your team down when it happens. The thing to remember though, is that your one or two bad jams or penalties are not the whole game. There are 13 other people on that roster, and about thirty-some other jams that make up 60 minutes. So as a jammer you have to make tough decisions. Do I need to slow down when I enter the pack so I don't chance back blocking, or use my speed to get through? Am I sure that blocker went out so I can hop back on the track, or should I just go back in behind everyone? They are split second choices that can have a big impact on the game.
In Omaha, I was knocked out of bounds but certain that I was safe to return back in bounds, but instead received a track cut. On average, I am a fairly clean jammer, but in this bout I had three penalties. I usually keep it safe, but as skill and knowledge of the game increases, you must make choices that may end up being risky. Instead of crying all the way to the box and pouting for 30 seconds, I try to force myself to watch what's happening and think about my next plan of attack. I can't worry about what has already happen, but must focus on what's next.
We didn't win,but I felt like I learned a lot during this game. 60 minutes boils down to lots of quick decisions. Deciding how to get through the pack, deciding to throw away anger at a referee call, deciding if it's time to call off the jam, deciding not to bitch about a nasty clockwise hit. Making those decisions and then OWNING them. You cut the track? Fine, what's next? Every game is a learning experience and dwelling on past mistakes is not going to move you forward. Acknowledge them, and decide what to do next time.
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Q&A with Dallas Fossum, NDSCS Executive Director of Facilities Management
The project will begin in April 2016 and run through the summer of 2017.
The total project budget is $13,298,000.
The funding is from state appropriations, 2015-17 capital assets funding.
There will be no cost to the students for this project.
Yes, this will be communicated in several different methods. There will be a dedicated website that will show weekly construction updates and schedules. It will also show maps of construction zones, closed parking lots and available parking and traffic detours as needed. We will also be providing routine updates within the e-Transmitter and all campus emails.
The parking permit process will not change during this construction period. Not all the parking lots will be affected at the same time. There will be alternative parking available for use during the project although it may not be as close or convenient as it will be when the project is completed.
This will be communicated in as many ways as possible and as quickly as possible. The student text service will be utilized as a quick message to the students. There will also be all campus emails to staff and students as well as phone calls to key stakeholders in the affected area. College Relations & Marketing will assist us with quick social media notifications as needed.
There will be minor work that will be needed at city streets were utility connections will be made. There will be signage and barricades to help direct both pedestrian and vehicle traffic around work sites both on campus and associated city streets.
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