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Bug #722
Unit tests do not build with CMake and out of source build
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|28 Aug 2010
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|Robin Mills
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[ 66%] Building CXX object samples/CMakeFiles/addmoddel.dir/addmoddel.cpp.o cd /home/languitar/workspace/build/exiv2/samples && /usr/bin/c++ -DEXV_HAVE_DLL -DEXV_LOCALEDIR=/home/languitar/vol/digikam/share/locale -DEXV_HAVE_STDINT_H -g -I/home/languitar/workspace/build/exiv2 -I/home/languitar/workspace/exiv2/xmpsdk/include -Wall -Wcast-align -Wpointer-arith -Wformat-security -Wmissing-format-attribute -Woverloaded-virtual -W -o CMakeFiles/addmoddel.dir/addmoddel.cpp.o -c /home/languitar/workspace/exiv2/samples/addmoddel.cpp /home/languitar/workspace/exiv2/samples/addmoddel.cpp:5:27: fatal error: exiv2/exiv2.hpp: No such file or directory compilation terminated.
The unit tests should make use of the headers from the source folder instead of an installed version (which is currently not installed on my computer, hence it fails). Or is there any good reason why this is not the case? Other wise I could easily generate a patch for this.
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#1 Updated by Andreas Huggel over 8 years ago
It's important that the samples are built against the installed exiv2. That's part of the test. That way it tests pkgconfig and some other obscure issues. Last time I looked, I didn't quite see how to best do this with cmake, so if you can, yes, a patch would be most welcome.
Regards from the Coding Sprint @ Aix-en-Provence :)
#2 Updated by Johannes Wienke over 8 years ago
Hm, I don't really agree to build unit tests against an installed version. Normally you want to use unit tests to check if installing a version is safe. I would propose to build the unit tests in the first instance against the code from the build folder and add a custom target like "postinstallcheck" that builds them against the installed version if desired. To support this a good pattern is to have the same folder structure for include files in the project as the headers are installed later on. Hence something like exiv2project/src/exiv2/xyz.cpp would make building tests easier.
#3 Updated by Andreas Huggel almost 7 years ago
- Assignee set to Robin Mills
#4 Updated by Robin Mills almost 7 years ago
- Status changed from New to Assigned
#5 Updated by Robin Mills over 6 years ago
- Category set to build
- Target version set to 0.24
- % Done changed from 0 to 50
I've submitted changes to build exiv2 with MSVC: SVN:2746 (see Bug #536). I've modified the default configuration of CMakeLists.txt to build the sample applications. The build can be tested for Linux (and Mac) with:
cd exiv2
mkdir build ; cd build
cmake ..
cp -R ../test test
cd test ; make test
This runs the suite against the build you have just created. The script test/testMSVC.sh can be used to run the suite on MSVC builds from CygWin or MinGW.
I have not yet investigated "out of source" builds.
#6 Updated by Robin Mills over 6 years ago
- Status changed from Assigned to Resolved
- % Done changed from 50 to 100
I've submitted a fix for this. SVN:2890 http://dev.exiv2.org/projects/exiv2/repository/revisions/2889
I put a symlink into the build-directory (and his children samples and po) exiv2 -> <exivdir>/src.
#7 Updated by Robin Mills over 5 years ago
- Status changed from Resolved to Closed
Fixed in 0.24.


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Hot Out of The Kiln
It's been awhile but life got in the way and I didn't have time to play.
I decided to cast jewelry for next season so here are the first experiments, not cleaned up or fire polished yet but they look good if I do say so myself.
Notice there are 2 belt buckles that came out particularly nice. I'll take some individual photos later.
Also out of that firing several pieces of Our Town and Company Houses and the head of the pit.
Here is a picture of a typical Company House
Here's a picture of the pit head from many years ago. The rail line carried men to and from the Deeps and hauled the coal out. Some of our mines were 7 miles out under the Atlantic Ocean.
In my grandparents time and before they used horses under ground.
Both men and horses didn't manage to grow tall and strong. The men usually went under as boys and worked until they retired. While searching for these pictures I was once again reminded of the tough life a miner's life was and how true the song "Owe my Soul to the Company Store" was.
This piece comes from the Miner's Museum in Glace Bay, NS
"In March of 1925, Cape Breton coal miners were receiving $3.65 in daily wages and had been working part-time for more than three years. They burned company coal to heat company houses illuminated by company electricity. Their families drank company water, were indebted to the company store and were financially destitute. Local clergy spoke of children clothed in flour sacks and dying of starvation from the infamous "four cent meal"….
In the early days of 1925, "The Company"added insult to injury by eliminating credit for miners at the company store and further reducing days of work at the collieries…
The next two months were filled with grief and hardship; Besco cut off the sale of coal to miners houses and mounted a vigorous public relations campaign to blame the miners for their own predicament. The UMWA lobbied for intervention from the Liberal Provincial and Federal governments to no avail; this prompted the union's most difficult decision to date. On June 3, 1925, the UMWA withdrew the last maintenance men from Besco's power plant at Waterford Lake. (Doing this would have resulted in the mines filling with water) In retaliation, the company cut off electricity and water to the Town of New Waterford, which included the hospital filled with extremely sick children…
On June 11, 1925, drunken company police charged down Plummer Avenue on horseback, beating all who stood in their path. They rode through the schoolyards, knocking down innocent children while joking that the miners were at home hiding under their beds. It was the last straw…
Riots resulted with one miner William Davis being shot and killed
The miners' reaction was swift and decisive. They swarmed the power plant, overpowered the company police and marched them off to the town jail. For several nights afterward, the coal towns were under a state of siege by the miners. They raided the company stores to feed their starving families and then burned the stores to the ground to eliminate the last symbol of corporate greed and servitude in the Cape Breton coalfields. The company stores never re-opened after the coal wars of 1925.
The history of mine workers is filled with memories of class struggle and of brotherhood. It is summed up in the words of former District 26 President Stephen J. Drake – "There is no finer person on this planet than the working man who carries his lunch can deep into the bowels of the earth. Far beneath the ocean he works the black seam an endless ribbon of steel his only link to fresh air and blue skies. The steel rails symbolize a miners' life, half buried underground, half reaching toward his final reward…"
Long story maybe for a blog but sometimes needs to be said again.
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Ms. Indu Shahani, Sheriff of Mumbai, graced the workshop. She shared stories of her experience in reaching out to women and youth in need of help. She emphasised the role of youth in solving social problems as well as stressed the importance of readily accessible information about NGOs working for different causes.
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Launch of International Museum Day 2013
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ICOM General Director, Julien Anfruns adds: "Reconciling their traditional mission of preservation with cultivation of the creativity necessary for renewal and visitor growth is the evolution that museums are striving for, with the firm conviction that their presence and their actions can change society in a constructive manner."


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The first-ever EU fisheries agreement with Liberia and its associated implementation protocol were signed and entered into provisional application in December 2015. Their conclusion is now subject to approval by the European Parliament in a plenary vote. Atlantic tropical tunas are highly migratory species and, consequently, fishing vessels targeting them endeavour to follow their migration across the waters of different coastal countries and on the high seas. Liberia's waters are located on the migration path of three key tropical tuna species: yellowfin, bigeye and skipjack. Access to these waters is therefore of particular interest to the EU tuna fleet, and would allow it to follow the regional migration, increasing its operational efficiency. The ex-ante evaluation carried out in connection with the preparation of the agreement shows that fishing in Liberian waters has been a significant part of EU tuna-fleet strategy for decades (though outside the framework of EU agreements), slotting in a regional network of fishing opportunities.
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After years of major players making big bets on beauty and personal-care acquisitions and product launches, they're more recently getting better growth from the far-less-glamorous home-care business. In the first quarter, beauty players or beauty units posted often-disappointing results, while home-care players prospered.
L'Oréal posted its worst top line in three years, with organic sales growth of only 5.1%. Procter & Gamble Co. also posted 5% organic sales growth, but figuring into that was beauty, posting its worst showing since early in the decade, up only 3%.
Unilever did better than either of its big rivals, with organic sales growth of 7.2%. But its personal-care business, in a turnabout from years past, was the laggard, with sales up only 5.8% compared with 7.8% for its once-lagging home-care business and 7.7% for its once-struggling food business.
Other players both at the top and bottom of the beauty industry's socioeconomic pecking order also turned in top-line growth much softer than in quarters and years past, including Alberto-Culver Co. and Estée Lauder.
Dark horse
The star of the global industry turned out to be Reckitt Benckiser, which has added such businesses as Clearasil, Veet and Mucinex in recent years but remains primarily a marketer of cleaning products. Its organic sales rose 11% last quarter, the latest of several in which it's led all industry players in organic sales growth. Clorox Co., primarily a marketer of U.S. household-cleaning products, also beat analyst expectations on the top line with organic growth of 5%.
One problem is that the beauty and personal-care business, long prized because it had faster growth, higher margins and less capital intensity than other segments such as home care and food, may have become too attractive. Analysts note that more big players have placed bigger bets on it, and as a result they're fighting harder for share, driving down prices and operating margins as marketing costs rise.
"Many of these companies saw beauty as the main opportunity for margin expansion. ... Other manufacturers picked up on that," said Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Ali Dibadj.
P&G Chairman-CEO A.G. Lafley seemed to support that thesis last month when, as the leader of the largest marketing spender in the world, he sounded like some of his smaller rivals several years ago in complaining about how merciless the beauty business has become.
"When we have competitors out there basically giving away buy-one-and-get-one-free for months, that obviously reduces the value of the consumption that's going on in the market," he said. "And then when we feel we have to selectively match, that sort of compounds issue. ... There is a country in the world right now where there is a major launch by our competitor going on, and they're spending five times what we're spending in that market."
Growing competitiveness
Mr. Dibadj said factors beyond competition may be at play too. Household products (and food) are getting a boost now because they have a much larger commodity component in their cost structure, so their prices are going up faster than those of beauty products in many cases. Retailers, too, are mixing into the competition as some, such as CVS, get more active in private-label beauty products, he said.
Deutsche Bank, in a detailed report on the beauty industry last month, also highlighted the growing competitiveness of the business and made a rather grim forecast for North America, where it projected beauty sales will actually shrink by a compound annual rate of 0.2% through 2012. Overall, Deutsche Bank projected beauty will grow 3% a year, though that's still down from prior projections by analysts of 4%-plus growth.
Slowing growth in North American beauty would be particularly tough on P&G, since its beauty and personal-care brands are disproportionately strong here, and Mr. Lafley has spent more than $70 billion since 2001 mainly to acquire such brands as Clairol, Wella and Gillette.
"While recent performance of the beauty business has been below our expectations, the category continues to grow, and we are confident that we will win in these faster, higher-margin categories over the long term," a P&G spokesman said in a statement.
But clearly, in an industry that's supposed to be largely recession-proof, not all segments appear equally resistant. Andraea Dawson-Shepherd, global director-corporate communications for Reckitt Benckiser, had a theory about that in a recent interview.
"I suppose it comes down to what is discretionary expenditure," she said. "If you get a bonus, you might go get your girlfriend or boyfriend a lovely scent or particularly nice beauty product. ... You wouldn't buy an extra household-cleaning product."


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I'm crazy busy working on two book projects at the moment, but I've been trying to squeeze in as much freelance writing as I can, too, because HUSTLE. Here's some fun stuff I've written lately:
– "My Dark, Twisted Online Relationship" (COSMOPOLITAN mag — print only — Jan. 2015 issue! Go buy it right this second!)
– The Year in Reproductive Rights (check out all the crazy anti-choicers' crazy comments! Good fun.)
– Feminist Vampire Movies R Us
– James Deen on Why Porn Stars Shouldn't Have to Wear Condoms
– Your Very Own Holiday Tipping Primer, Because None of Us Really Know WTF We're Doing When It Comes to Tipping, Right?
– I'm a Survivor of Domestic Abuse, and I'm a Dude
– Men Check Out My Dog More Than Me (Sadface)


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Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education and Evaluation (JCIPE)
Volume 5, Issue 2 (2014)
Letter from the Editor
From the Editors
Elizabeth Speakman, EdD, RN, ANEF, FNAP; Christine Arenson, MD; Lauren Collins, MD; and Shoshana Sicks, EdM
Successful Implementation of the ABCDEF Bundle in the MICU through Interprofessional Collaboration and Teamwork
Julie Rogan, RN, MSN, ACCNS-AG, AOCNS, CCRN; Steven W. Gudowski, RRT; and Cara McDaniel, PharmD, BCPS
IPE Grand Rounds: A Student-Led Initiative
Claire Sokas and Chelsea Gorman
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Susanne P. Boyle, BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA; Matthew Ramirez; and Lynn Sheridan
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Residents of Kansas City who prefer to use their iPad over a Nexus 7 are in luck, as Apple has just approved an official Google Fiber TV app for the device.
The app, which has been available on Android devices for almost a month, acts as a remote for those already subscribed to a Google Fiber TV plan. Subscribers will be able to search for programming and manage which shows they save to their DVR. The iPad app also allows subscribers to browse, buy, and watch on-demand movies and TV shows. (Of course, the only people who will really get any use out of this update are those in the greater Kansas City area. However, Google is planning to bring the Google Fiber service to Provo, Utah in 2013 and Austin, Texas in 2014.)
Google Fiber TV customers already get a Nexus 7 when they sign up for the service, but if you don't like Android devices, then this is definitely a big benefit. I'd imagine it'll also be useful for homes that have multiple people watching TV at different times. Since not everyone can have access to that "free" Nexus 7 at the same time, the added benefit of being able to use your iPad or iPad Mini will be nice.
Currently, there isn't an iPhone/iPod Touch version of the Google Fiber TV app available, but the company did say its working on one that will be available in the near future.


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Merry Christmas to me!!! Haha! no not really, just for a week...but hey, I'll take it!!
Meet my new friend, the Mitsubishi Outlander GT 2015
My favorite features:
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We had so much fun driving around in the Outlander! Drives so smooth and quiet.
As you know we have 4 small kids, which means HUGE carseats.
Although we could fit all 4, for a daily car it would be hard. Since the younger two are in the big carseats we had to put them in the front row which made accessing the back row difficult.
BUT I know most people do not have four kids. If you had 1-2 kids or no kids this is an awesome mid sized car. When you flip the back row down the trunk space is huge. I do like that there is the option for the third row if in case you did need to carry more passengers. We have a Toyota Highlander as our second car right now (although I think his days are numbered...) and I often wished we could have the option of fitting more people, even if it is seldom used.
We were sad to say goodbye to our new friend for the week, if you have any questions please feel free to ask! I know going to the dealership can be a daunting and intimidating task... so I am glad that I can share my experiences and show you guys what is out there!!
Click the video below to watch our week in the Outlander!
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Playing with Play-by-Post Mechanics
The negatives of PbP gaming are fairly obvious, and largely revolve around time: it's incredibly slow, and you often end up waiting on people to respond (sometimes people who won't ever respond again, curse them). So, if you were crafting mechanics optimized for PbP, you'd want something that took this into account and minimized it as much as possible. This leads us to an intriguing conundrum.
To play a game is to make choices. And yet, it's the points of decision, where you have to wait for someone's response, that create all the delays and unpleasantness. Obviously you don't want to remove all choice; do that and you don't have a game anymore. And even removing some choice can be considered a bad thing.
After talking all around Robin Hood's barn last night, Oddysey summed things up very succinctly: not all choice is created equal. What we really want is meaningful choice.
Lots of choices in gaming are less than meaningful, or are so basic that they're not really any choice at all. So, obviously, any time we need to stop to ask what the players want to do, we want to make sure they're making a meaningful choice.
Oddysey then suggested that a stakes mechanic (something akin, I assume she was thinking, to Dogs in the Vineyard) might be a good way to achieve that. I'm thinking a handful of parallel stakes mechanics. Think M:tG, where you have a handful of resource pools (maybe blue mana and black mana) and then you have to decide which you want to deplete based on a whole range of potential outcomes. And give each pool a few different ways it can be used.
The thing I like about this most is that it can be used to optimize one of PbP's strong points: complicated mechanics. Since you literally have hours (if not days) between moves, there's no need to keep the mechanics simple and quick. Want a combat system that modifies damage based on the attacker's weapon and stance, and the defender's armour, astrological sign, and what they had for breakfast? PbP can do it!
Granted, you need to keep it at least somewhat reasonable, to the point where the players can make logical and reasonably accurate guesstimates about success when they're setting their stakes. But the possibilities are still quite broad there.
I'm curious if anyone's seen any good PbP theory posts or commentary out there. Please point the way!
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2 comments:
- Billy Billerson said...
I ran a PBP game for over a year, and played in a few other people's games a few years back.
My impression was that the DM sets the pace. If your players get used to checking the game and seeing new content, then they will check more often. If they get used to checking and seeing that the DM still hasn't responded, they will check less and less often.
Also, you want to make posting to the game as easy as possible. The forum we used, required you to login each time. Maybe making a PBP infrastructure on facebook would be good--you could give notifications that there's a new post on the game, you wouldn't have to log in again, since you're already in facebook...
- trollsmyth said...
Billy Billerson: Thanks. Yeah, or maybe something via G+? Interesting to think about.


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billgates: ^ Seems like a waste to buy the blu-ray player because the TV they have purchased cannot even do 720P!
Not at all! We have a HD ready plasma (purchased when full HD TVs were a lot more expensive). Watching BluRay movies on it is a far superior viewing experience to DVDs.


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In an act of extreme patriotism, a Chinese farmer has created a massive map of China in his backyard out of different varieties of rice plants.
Chinese farmer Chen Jinxiang worked as a technician at an agrotechnical station and is now retired. For over 30 years of his agricultural career, Jinxiang worked with rice plants, giving him the horticultural skills to one day plant this sprouted map of his home country. The Chinese farmer made his map out of 30 different varieties of rice plant. He also makes smaller-scale maps of China out of rice grains. Jinxiang dries the rice artisanally by hanging it on drying racks, still on the chaff.
Many artists create either patriotic or subversive art out of national symbols, but this massive agricultural map uses a very unique and fitting medium to display national pride.
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Mother's Day is coming up here in the UK on the 10th of March. It is also called Mothering Sunday. What will you be doing? When you think of your mother, do you bring up feelings of anger or feelings of pure love and admiration? Whatever those feeling might be, i'm sure you can think of one person or maybe two women who have been significant in your life and have stepped up to embrace you just as a mother would. This might or might not be your biological mother.
As I have grown older, I have come to love and respect so many women that I love to call my "adopted mum". even though not in the literal sense, I was the one doing the adopting and not the other way round as is traditionally done. I grew up having several mums and so I find it easier to spread the motherly love to any woman who has been significant in my growing up years and positively impacted my life. What is your take on mothers and motherhood in general? Will you be buying that special mother, adopted or step mother a special gift to acknowledge their love and support for you this year?
Not everyone has had a wonderful relationship with their biological mothers but perhaps it would be a good time to reflect on the gift of life this woman gave to you, I mean think about it… she could have terminated her pregnancy if she wanted to (depending on the era, but these days it's so easy to do), Instead she welcomed you into her life, you gulped, ate and pooed in her womb for nine solid months, making her turn fat and resemble more of a whale than that fancy chick that your biological dad couldn't resist. Then you came out, she clothed and fed you every time you cried, changed your dirty diapers, and did her best to give you a comfortable life. The list goes on and on. My heart goes out to all mother's this coming mothering Sunday, they all deserve a "Thank you" and a little acknowledgment for all they have done. Nobody is perfect though, she might have made a few disappointing mistakes somewhere down the line, but she does deserve your love. The one she gave to you. It's time to give it back.
I was in the kitchen creating these beautiful white chocolate plaques with motherly quotes on them, it's even got quotes from Gloria Estefan and Robert Browning. I hope you like them? They will be available to purchase on my website now, here is the link http://www.lasignorina.co.uk Please sign up for my newsletters if you do visit. I would be happy to make these special chocolates for that special woman/women in your life. These chocolates have been made using fairtrade chocolate just incase you were wondering. Happy Mother's Day!
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As Im sure you remember, Chris and I have been on the hunt for some patio furniture for a while... and by a while, I mean since before the deck was built. Sooooo I guess thats going on 4 MONTHS now. I seriously have been scouring garage sales, craigslist, and even dropping the not-so-subtle hints to my parents when they came out to visit from AZ (ie. "I wish we could afford furniture for this super nice deck we built by hand. But alas, we are too poor. Instead we shall sit upon our blistered hands and lay on the floor like peasants." .... My mom bought me gardening gloves and said to call it even....)
So when hitting up my last garage sale of the day this past Saturday (isn't it always the case where its the LAST one you actually find something?) I found what maybe could be a diamond in the rough...
|oh ye of little faith... the cushions matter not
However, when he got there, we had a little trouble fitting it into the back of my SUV.
So we made it to here and said "We were only going a few blocks. It should be fine, right?"
Once we backed down the driveway and loaded it into its little nook, it was perfect... and damn if my family doesn't look good sitting on it...
1. Just having the bottom cushions with no back ones... which was completely fine and comfortable, but didn't look that cute.
2. See if I could find some new large back cushions to add to it...
3. Just adding a whole bunch of smaller pillows that people can move around.
Wanting to make it look a little more "complete" I figured I would start with Option 2 and run from there. Since the woman we bought it from said she got it at Costco 2 years ago, I figured it would be a good starting point.
Using some TOTAL guess work (I forgot to measure how large the couch was), I bought 3 "Outdoor Floor Pillows" and a 2-pack of accent pillows and brought them home.
Each of the large pillows were $19.99 and the little 2 pack of accent pillows were $9.99
The whole garage sale Saturday really restored my faith in timing and delayed gratification. Chris and I were seriously contemplating spending $1,500 for a new set at Costco just last month! Hmmm $1,500 or $130 for a garage sale find and some new pillows???
I would love to hear from you!
P.S - I can't wait to show you guys what's going on in my new "office"!! More details to come Wednesday!!


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South Africa Sunset Pictures
Stunning Sunsets over Cape Town
Sunset Pictures always evoke nice memories, we have seen sunsets on many nice places around the world, like Sydney, San Francisco and Rome.
these, also South African sunsets are something really special, stunningly beautiful. And the colors in South Africa sunsets are even warmer and more golden.
So if you want to know what I mean, check out my sunset photos. And if you like watching sunsets, then my South Africa sunsets should be a real treat for you and create the right mood to want to see them here for yourself.;)
The South African sunsets are special as the warm colour palette of the South African landscape offers great atmosphere.
For sunsets these warm golden colours of the African landscape act as a great background and the intense light in these pictures is extraordinary.
This is a sunset photo I took when on holiday in December 2008 in Southern Namibia, roughly 850km north of Cape Town:
Isn't this a stunning African sunset picture?
Now you will ask where are the best places to view awesome sunsets in Cape Town, so here are my tips for stunning pictures of Cape Town.
Best places for watching sunsets in Cape Town:
• Sunset over Cape Town: That maybe is the most photographed view of Cape Town with Table Mountain silhouette.
Head to Blouberg Beachfront from where you will have the most picturesque Table Mountain views in sunset.
• If this view is to your taste, then how about taking sunset pictures of Cape Town in Sunset Beach a bit south of Blouberg, where the this brilliant sunset photo was taken.
From Sunset Beach you will also have a great view towards the city and you will get some awesome sunset photos of Table Mountain from here too.
• Sunset over the Atlantic Ocean: Another great place to watch the amazing Cape Town sunset is on a balmy summers evening in Camps Bay.
If you want to celebrate in style have a sundowner at the famous Twelve Apostles Hotel.
This one of my Africa sunset pictures was taken in Camps Bay.
More great places for taking sunset photos of Cape Town:
• Sunset from Lions Head: Take in the great view of Cape Town and Table Bay and have a picknick on the lawns at Lions Head.
• Sunset over the Cape Winelands: A bit further out of Cape Town, but worth the 40 minute drive. Drive to Stellenbosch and enjoy a yummy African evening at the great Mojo in Spier Estate from where you can enjoy also the South Africa sunsets.
• Sunset over Table Mountain: Well, Table Mountain dominates most of the views in the Mother City and if you like sunsets, then having the most fabulous warm sunset colours painting the sky over the mountain is worth many a camera picture;). So wherever you are, the Cape Town sunsets are magic.
Now I couldn't stop myself from showing you this gorgeous picture from one of our holidays, not really in South Africa, but Southern Africa.
Should you want to see another great African sunset like the one on my following African sunset picture then, you have to go on holiday in Mauritius, which is a five hours flight from Cape Town and a popular getaway with Capetonians and Cape Town's expats.
View my South African photo gallery here.


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It's always surprising to see attractive women succeed in certain kinds of sports, especially soccer. So with that in mind, it'll be quite shocking to see the skills Fiorella Castillo has … More
Players seem to be getting more and more creative these days. This free kick trick, the "falling head" as we've named it here, is probably the most original I've seen in quite some time. More
Burgos' Jorge Troiteiro with some rare skills and a wonderful goal you don't get to see every day. More
Lionel Messi showing Royston Drenthe some dribbling skills. More
Matias Fernandez and his sublime goal against Everton in Sporting's 3-0 win in the Europa League. More


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Reading back through some old posts, I comment on how I could usually complete the SJ Mercury daily crossword in 10-15 minutes. I must be getting better, because now it's typically 7 to 9 minutes. This year, I have twice broken the 5 minute barrier, getting them done in 4 minutes and some large number of seconds. Very exciting. But those were the Monday or Tuesday ones, which I think tend to be easier.
Although, interestingly, Saturday's are often easier for me than some other days'. They look hard because they have lots of long words and phrases, but in face those long ones are crossed by much shorter, usually fairly easy, words, and the long ones themselves are not too challenging.
For many years, I just did crosswords without realizing that there was a pattern, until somewhere I read or heard that the New York Times puzzle starts out easiest on Monday and then gets harder through the week until the Sunday brain smasher. I started paying attention to the Merc's puzzle, and indeed in general they're easier earlier on and take longer to complete as the week goes on; Saturday's typically has the long words/phrases; and Sunday's--well, they resort to socking us with the NY Times Sunday puzzle.
And now...back to dogs. Or work. Or both.
Update October 4, 2007: Being the obsessive data-gathering sort that I am, for the last 5 months I've tracked how long it took me to do the puzzles. Apparently my subjective impressions are completely unreliable. (Wait--don't quote me on that--) Each day of the week averages about 9 minutes for me; Saturday averages about 11 minutes. I hit 4:33 this last week on one puzzle--woo hoo. And I attempted the Sunday New York times puzzler, also, and did it in what must be (for me) a new record time of an hour, looking up only six words. But these successes don't pay quite as well as understanding (and writing about) the difference between blitting and alpha blending. ...sigh...


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Development Company AB Capstone has filed an application to build a three-story building on Union Turnpike in Fresh Meadows, according to Department of Buildings records. The application was filed on Jan. 26 and is currently awaiting zoning approval.
The property, located at 179-24 Union Tpke., is currently a one-story commercial building that previously held a variety of businesses, including the Carol School Supply Store, which closed down in 2015. The filed plans call for a three-story building, with the top two floors devoted to "day-care services for children between 2 years and 6 years old." The first floor proposes a mix between retail and day care for younger children between 6 months and 2 years. The plan includes a total of 16,799 square feet for the day care and 4,841 square feet of commercial space.
The plans were first reported by New York YIMBY.
Renderings of the project can be found on AB Capstone's website. They feature a glass building façade with the logo for Children of America, a child-care company with educational centers all over the country, including Jackson Heights.
However, Children of America did not respond to an email or phone call requesting a comment.
In an interview with the Queens Tribune, Meir Babaev, president of AB Capstone, described the project as a "retail and commercial building with a community facility component that's already leased to a day care," and he confirmed that the day care was leased by Children of America. He said the building would contain retail, office and day-care components, and anticipates that it will open by spring 2019.
"This is going to significantly improve the walkability of Union Turnpike and try to bring back some of the luster that Union Turnpike has lost over the years," he said.
Architect Dinah Klamert, of Koh Architecture PLLC, is listed as the applicant of record, but Koh Architecture declined to comment.
The zoning in the area is R2A, limited to single-family detached houses, but there is a C1-2 retail district overlay, which typically sees commercial buildings at one or two floors.
Jim Gallagher, president of the Fresh Meadows Homeowners Association and a member of Community Board 8, said that since the building would hold a community facility, it may not need a variance, as community facilities are permitted to use extra floor area space under certain circumstances.
He added that the community would have some concerns about the facility that would need to be addressed.
"The neighborhood is changing, that's for sure," he said. "The only problem is parking. Where are they going to find parking to go with these facilities? I know we just got approved for two-hour parking along Union Turnpike, but we need more parking in the back or wherever they could make that. That's my only concern right now. I'd have to take a closer look at the photo; look at the zoning a little more."
Babaev said the project is looking at six parking spaces and seven drop-off points for the day care.
AB Capstone has several properties in Queens. In June, The Real Deal reported that it also purchased a strip of commercial buildings, including a Rite Aid at 187-16 Union Tpke., just up the street from the Carol School Supply location, at the intersection with 188th Street. No plans have been filed on the Department of Buildings' website, and Babaev said they are planning to keep it as is for now.
Reach out to James Farrell at (718) 357-7400 x 127, firstname.lastname@example.com or @farrellj329.


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Seats at High Quality Cleveland Preschools Expand By More Than 1200
It's been one year since Cuyahoga County, Cleveland public schools, and several area foundations teamed up in an effort to enroll all of Cleveland's preschool-aged kids in high quality programs. Ideastream's Annie Wu reports on PRE4CLE's first annual report.
About 67 percent of three and four year old Cleveland kids are not in high quality preschools. Some of them aren't in any preschool program at all. According to a new report released this week from the public-private partnership PRE4CLE, the Jefferson, Clark-Fulton and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods have some of the lowest enrollment figures in the city. PRE4CLE Executive Director Katie Kelly says part of her group's challenge is helping to expand preschool options that prepare children for kindergarten and meet the needs of parents in those neighborhoods.
"Schools end at 3 o'clock where many childcare providers can stay open until 6 o'clock providing a more flexible option for working families for example. So as we talk about making sure that high quality exists in every neighborhood, we know the type of care that families need."
At the end of the 2014-2015 preschool year, seats in high quality Cleveland pre-schools increased by more than 1200, according to the report. PRE4CLE provided grants that helped open four preschool classrooms in the Glenville, Union-Miles, and Buckeye-Shaker Square neighborhoods where high quality programs were lacking. The goal is to create 2000 preschool seats by the end of 2016 that are rated between 3 to 5 stars by the state's Step Up to Quality rating system. The report points out that only 33% of the city's 12,400 preschool-aged kids are enrolled in a high quality program. Executive Director Katie Kelly says her group's goal is to remove the barriers that are keeping parents from putting their children in these programs.
"We have our eyes squarely on those 67% of families and making sure things like financial barriers, transportation barriers, lack of understanding of where to find those schools are removed so that children can participate in those high quality programs."
Kelly says testing of kids in high quality Cleveland preschools found 80% of them were on track to be prepared for kindergarten. It's unclear the percentage of kids attending lower quality preschools who are kindergarten-ready, since PRE4CLE didn't test those children.


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The country is in the midst of a critical political and policy debate that could reshape healthcare in America for generations to come. Some people are focused on who will pay for healthcare and whether or not we can afford it. However, fewer are focused on why healthcare costs so much in the first place and what we can do about it.
West Health is convening an innovation summit in the nation's capital focused on solving America's healthcare cost crisis. The Summit features leaders from many sectors of healthcare including policymakers, healthcare providers, health systems, researchers, economists, insurers, government, industry and advocacy groups and patients. The goal is to fuel the best ideas, innovations and practical policy solutions to change the trajectory of the cost of healthcare in America.


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Matt Bourgery grew up in the suburbs of New England.
His mother was an LPN at the VA hospital in Bristol, Rhode Island, working nights so she could be at home for her children during the day. His father, a Marine officer and reservist, became a National Service Officer in the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), first in Providence, RI, but then at the VA Hospital in White River Junction, Vermont for close to 20 years. Matt graduated from high school there, and the Green Mountain State still has a firm hold on his heart. It was while in high school that Matt first began to volunteer at DAV, an experience in the value of service that has stayed with him ever since.
After high school, Matt became a part-time student at the University of Rhode Island. He used his spare time to explore Providence and Boston, when he wasn't supporting himself and earning his tuition by delivering pizza. It was then that he met – and quickly fell in love with – Sandra Scubla, a waitress in the same pizza parlor.
Sandra came from a very different background.
Her grandparents on both sides immigrated from Italy when her parents were teens and settled in the Bronx. The Italian population was growing in the Bronx back then, and it was the right place to start a family. After her parents met and married, they continued to live in the Bronx until Sandra was about eight years old. The Bronx was changing by then, with more and more Italians moving up and out. Wanting a better life for his children, her father worked day and night to save enough money to move the family to Long Island. He was a vice president in the international banking industry, working closely with the Federal government to regulate those banks in the U.S. Sandra's mother worked for Chase Manhattan Bank in customer service for a while, but when her sister decided to open her own women's boutique, she decided to change careers and help her out. By the time Sandra met Matt in the pizza parlor, her family were settled in Long Island, her mother was working with her aunt at the women's boutique, and Sandra was a Hotel Management major at Johnson & Wales University in Providence.
Sandra was drawn to Matt as strongly as he was to her.
"It was easy to tell I was in love," Matt remembers. "I didn't know what I didn't know until I met Sandra. We had fun working together, then started dating."
But finances intervened. Matt needed to find a better way to pay for his tuition and board. Taking a clue from his father's experience, he joined the Air National Guard and flew off south to boot camp, technical school, and a year of active duty. The separation only strengthened their bond:
Sandra: When Matt left for boot camp, I felt as though someone had died. We had become such a part of one another lives.
Matt: I was very lonely, too, and didn't want to date other girls.
Sandra: We wrote daily and spoke weekly – our phone bills were tremendous back then but we worked it out. Those calls were more important than food! I even visited a few times while he was in Mississippi.
Matt: My bachelor days were readily abandoned. I never looked back.
When Matt returned, he and Sandra took up dating again.
They spent their weekends and vacations together, visiting different places in New Hampshire and Vermont, enjoying the mountains and the lakes. They even tried camping in a tent once.
Sandra laughs at the memory. "I worked in hotels, and as much fun as the tent was, a bed with a bathroom was so much better!"
It was on one of those trips, during a hike up Mount Ascutney near Windsor, Vermont, that Matt led Sandra out on a narrow ledge and proposed marriage. To which Sandra readily agreed.
The actual event took place a couple of years later, after Sandra had graduated and Matt was entering his senior year. In keeping with her new degree, Sandra planned the entire event: a big, Italian, Catholic church wedding, followed by a bigger reception:
Matt: It was a traditional Italian reception: lots of family, everyone dancing, lots of food.
Sandra: It was the event of a lifetime! I don't think any of the guests outside my family had ever been to an Italian wedding. The amount of food was amazing, the topic of conversation for months. Ha! We Italians don't know any other way! I planned everything down to the tee, and it was an absolutely amazing day. Our parents couldn't have been happier.
After a brief honeymoon…
Matt went back to classes (majoring in Chemical Engineering) and Sandra went to work in the accounting department of hotels in Providence and Warwick, Rhode Island. When Matt graduated, he immediately landed a job in Corporate America, with Siemans USA in Danvers, Massachussets, part of a process engineering team for lighting systems. Picked up by the Siemens Top Talent program, he became a Product Line Manager and then Engineering Manager. Sandra stayed in hotel accounting, finding a new job in Boston and then in Bedford, New Hampshire when Matt was transferred to Hillsboro. They seemed to have found their niche.
But it's amazing how children and corporate plans can change the course of your life.
In 1999, Sandra gave birth to their first child, Ben. Six months beforehand, she and Matt carefully weighed the options for bringing up children while still maintaining a career. Sandra had been a young entrepreneur as a child, making, selling, and delivering candy pops along with babysitting. She also had the role model of her mother and aunt and their boutique. And she was comfortable with the bookkeeping for a small business. It made perfect sense to start up her own business at home. After some careful research and an investment in software tools and training, she founded a medical billing business, working mostly with independent psychologists and therapists who needed help filing their claims to insurance companies.
The business was a success…
And she kept it up for seven years, during which time she bore their second child, Bella. Meanwhile, Matt continued his career with Siemens, focusing on operations management and moving up the ladder. The next transfer, however, was quite a surprise: They transferred him to Berlin – not Berlin, New Hampshire, or Berlin, Vermont, but Berlin, Germany. Suddenly, life became very exciting and "interesting." Matt remained in operations, as the technical lead on an international team developing the production facilities for a new product line planned for Manchester, New Hampshire. Sandra shut down her billing business, and the whole family moved to Germany.
Then the global recession hit…
And just four months from completion of the project, Siemens pulled the plug. Matt and Sandra returned to the States and discovered that Corporate America had changed, perhaps permanently. After 15 years, Matt was no longer interested in following that path. Together he and Sandra went looking for a new opportunity where the combined skills, experience, and values of their upbringing and schooling could be used in running their own business in the region they had come to love during their courting years in college: New Hampshire and Vermont.
They found just the thing in Home Partners, based in Matt's old stomping grounds around White River Junction. It was a family-run business, going strong since 1998, with long term employees and a list of satisfied, loyal clients. The owners were ready to retire and looking to sell the business intact. And it was, essentially, a service-oriented business, with unexpected similarities to Sandra's billing business and Matt's years as an operations manager. Instead of psychologists and therapists, or engineers and production line employees, their clients would be homeowners, painters, and carpenters. After another careful weighing of options, Matt and Sandra decided to go for it.
That was in 2012. Today, with most of the same experienced employees on the crew and a still growing list of happy clients…
Matt and Sandra are looking ahead to a second era in their life with Home Partners, an era that will grow the business while strengthening their commitment to service and satisfaction, both for their clients and their employees.
Matt: It's not just about doing a great job with the painting and all of the repairs and new carpentry that fit around the painting. The story we see for Home Partners includes the financial stability and business values that will allow us to keep all of our workers fully employed right through the winter season.
Sandra: We want our people to feel that work is good, wages are decent, and it's a privilege to be there on each and every job. We want to encourage teamwork and collaboration, with our employees and with our clients.
Matt: For Sandra and me, ownership means accountability. We want to be known for integrity, as the people who show up when they say will – and that means being honest, doing the right thing and doing it well, and if the client finds something wrong in the work, doing what's needed to make it right.
That's what we learned from our parents, my stint in the Guard, our first careers, and from raising our own family. It's what we're going to carry forward with us at the heart of Home Partners.
Michelle T., Norwich, VT


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Wyoming Cowgirls Run Past Fresno State, 87-76
Kaitlyn Mileto scored 21 points and Kayla Woodward added another 20, as the Wyoming Cowgirls downed the Fresno State Bulldogs 87-76 Wednesday night at the Arena-Auditorium. The Cowgirls soldified their perfect record in Mountain West play at home.
Wyoming (13-5, 4-3) went on an 18-3 run over six minutes of the first half. That broke the game open for UW and they never led by less than 10 points the rest of the way. The spurt gave the Cowgirls a 31-16 lead at the 9:09 mark. Fresno State managed a small run of their own and pulled within 33-23 with 6:21 left in the first half. Wyoming held strong and led 44-30 at half.
The second half saw the Cowgirls stretch their advantage to 20 points with 7:29 left on a Jordan Sibrel lay-up. Fresno never seriously threatened, and UW moved to 4-0 at home in conference action. Woodward poured in 13 points in the second half.
The victory was also the 600th in program history.
Wyoming also got 14 points from Fallon Lewis. They shot 49.2 percent (31-63) from the field, were 9-20 (45%) from 3-point range and finished 16-22 (72.7%) at the line. The Cowgirls also got 16 points off their bench.
Fresno State (12-8, 6-3) was led by Taylor Thompson with 17 points, while Jacinta Vandenberg added 15 points. The Bulldogs shot 29-70 (41.4%) from the floor, 5-13 from deep (38.5%) and 13-17 (76.5%) at the stripe. They out-rebounded UW 39-38.
The Cowgirls will seek their first road win in Mountain West Conference play Saturday at Utah State. The game is set for a 7 p.m. start.


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ILikeTurtles wrote:He is pointing the wrong way
No comment that he spelled Jovan's name wrong?
Moderators: Three Stars, dagny, pfim, netwolf
ILikeTurtles wrote:He is pointing the wrong way
Harrison, like a lot of people, doesn't think it's that simple. "Somebody goes out and kills somebody with a knife, you going to blame the knife?" he asked. "Somebody goes out and kills somebody by pushing somebody in front of a train, you going to start cutting off the guy's arms? You going to start blaming people's arms now? It's the person who did it who is responsible."
Harrison says he owns approximately 20 guns and was photographed brandishing two handguns for a story in the August 2011 issue of Men's Journal titled "Confessions of an NFL Hitman."
Corbett asked Harrison if Belcher's murder-suicide made him reconsider his right to bear arms.
"No, no,'' he said. "I have my guns. I'm going to keep my guns. I'm going to use my guns responsibly and go from there. It's not as far as athletes needing guns [for protection]. It's the right to bear firearms."
And Harrison refuted the perception that athletes are inordinately predisposed to owning guns.
"It's not an athlete thing, it's a human thing,'' he said. "If you go and say, 'All right, now we're going to take guns away from everybody, and the only person who is going to have guns are the police ... if that was a good thing and that's actually how it would go, then that would work. But the two people who are going to have the guns then are the police and the criminals. ... That's not going to solve things. It's only going to cause more problems."
count2infinity wrote:Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:Bob Costa's stance regarding gun control can be easily discussed in the political thread.
or here...it's a discussion board. it was brought up during the cheifs game, so i don't see why it's not fair game here. does anyone agree with him here? i'd be surprised to see anyone that does because it's an odd stance to take during the game and just in general.
Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:Guns don't kill people. James Harrison kills people.
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Whenever I told people what I did (acting, and the long commute back and forth) I always got the same question as a kid: "Well, what do you do for your education?" I told them that I was home schooled – and I was. Being in school full time – even a private school – simply didn't work out. I was pulled out of too many classes, and even when I could make up the work, there were major issues. I had a nasty teacher one year who kept accepting my homework, hiding it, and then insisting I never turned it in. She had a big axe to grind with what I did – she was Mennonite, and I think she thought it was sinful. She made comments about how it was "terrible what my mother was doing to me". She wasn't talking about the home situation (about which she knew nothing), she was talking about my career. This made me furious. Eventually, Grandma realized I was doing homework from weeks ago that I had already done. The teacher was reprimanded, I think, and the problem was solved by me being home schooled.
Typically, when you're home schooled, the parent is responsible for teaching you. They usually give you answer keys (which the adults are supposed to keep) and the textbooks go to the kids. Mom took one look at the stuff that came in – Math, Science, History, and English – and dumped the whole box in my lap.
Mom: I can't teach this stuff to you. Just do it yourself. You're smart enough.
So I taught myself. I read all the books – I had a hell of a time with math, even as a kid. The numbers all jumbled together and got confusing. I couldn't keep track of them and usually ended up getting things wrong. The other subjects were a snap – they involved reading and memorization.
Unfortunately, I wasn't terribly self motivated when it came to school and Mom wasn't terribly good at keeping me on schedule. I hummed along, reading my own books and writing my music, until a deadline loomed and we had to send in the tests. Mom wouldn't be grading it herself, she would just be administering the tests – they would be graded at a facility somewhere down South. They needed to be received by a certain date, and I inevitably sent them in at the last possible moment. I still remember Mom busting into my room one night.
Mom: You need to get your tests in tomorrow.
Me: Tomorrow?
Mom: Yes, tomorrow. Do the work. Just take all the tests now.
Me: That's a lot of tests…
Mom: Then I will stop taking you to New York and send you to live with your father! And I will go to jail! Do you want that?
Me: No!
Mom: Then take your tests. Here's the answer key. Get a couple wrong just to make it look good.
And so I sat on the floor and took the tests. Most of the time, I didn't need the answer key – I knew the answers. With math and science I was a little more liberal – they weren't my field of expertise, and although I read the books I wasn't very confident and had to check my answers. When things got too down to the wire and I hadn't studied, I just cut to the chase and copied the answers. I reasoned with myself that I knew most of this anyway (which I did), and Mom assured me that if I didn't pass my tests she would got to jail and I'd go into foster care (or worse…live with my Dad). How's that for test pressure?
I still remember a science test question, asking me to explain fossils. I knew all about fossils, and dinosaurs, and gave what I felt was a pretty thorough response. It was a very fundamentalist Christian school, however, and they felt that fossils were basically put there by the Devil to fool people, or God testing people's faith. There were quasi-scientific explanations to back this up, but even I didn't buy them. This was one of the few things at the time that really, truly annoyed me with my education. I could recite full names of dinosaur species, and I knew for a fact it wasn't fake. But was I supposed to toe the party line in order to get a good grade? I asked Mom, and the answer, evidently, was yes. I changed my answer to be more suitable.
I got tutors, eventually – mostly for math (a subject that even proves difficult for me today). One might think this would take the pressure off, but it actually made it worse. Mom became paranoid that they would find out I wasn't being taught appropriately and call the authorities. If the tutors seemed put out by an answer I gave, or perplexed that I didn't know something, Mom would freak out at me after the session.
Mom: I am going to go to jail! Do you know that? They're going to have me arrested and put me in jail!
Me: I'm sorry…
Mom: All because YOU didn't know the answers. I thought you were supposed to be smart!
Me: I am, I am!
Mom: Well, then…what are these?
She waved her fingers inches from my nose.
Me: Um…fingers?
Mom: NO! THEY ARE PHALANGES! DIDN'T YOU READ THAT IN YOUR SCIENCE BOOK!?
Me: It's actually not in there…
Mom: Well, pack your things, Danny. They'll be taking you away any day now.
As I got older, these threats became more hollow – nobody took me away, I was never forced to live with my Father, and I still did pretty much as I pleased from an education standpoint. I got by because I read so much and picked up material quickly – not by Mom sitting down and teaching me every day. I'd say pretty often that an entire school semester could have been condensed into 1-2 weeks for me. These inevitably had Mom screaming threats and fears over my shoulder as I worked out a test. Suffice it to say school was not a priority until it had to be. I actually don't have a problem with this, because she was right – I was smart. I read the books fast, and I had a high GPA. But the threats, the fear, the paranoia? She was wrong to put all that on me, to vent it at me. Even if it was true. If she was concerned, she should have done things differently instead of dumping everything in my lap and then screaming in panic when things didn't get done. But then, she's not a normal person, and I can't hold her to those standards. When it came time for standardized testing (mandatory in my school district, regardless of whether I was home schooled) Mom fought them tooth and nail – and actually won. She was convinced, for whatever reason, that I wouldn't know any of the answers on the test – that the authorities would be called, my situation would be assessed, and she'd be sent to jail.
I'm a stickler for knowing answers now. If I don't know something, it bothers me until I research it fully. I know lots of things. So when people asked me what I did for schooling, I told them I was home schooled. It was simpler than telling them anything else.


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Ok, so this isn't the most foodie post. But I'm a big fan of the psychological component of food. How food makes us feel, gets us through hard times, triggers memories and generally plays into our lives in a variety of hooky ways. Food Psychology, would be something I'd like to study.
But I digress. A few months ago we went to Kings Palace for some vegan dishes and on the way out I scored a fortune cookie. Which I then placed into my jacket pocket and promptly forgot about, was occasionally prodded by etc. But it sat there.. waiting.
Today, many many months later, this battered and broken shell of a cookie brushed my hand again. I removed it from my pocket to examine it. Broken, shattered, mostly powder with the little paper fortune half poking out. I tilted the plastic back and forth trying to maneuver the cookie pieces away from the blue printed words. Despite its terribly mistreatment and state, these few pieces held their ground.
I slide open the crinkly plastic and slowly turn the contents upside allowing the powdered cookie and pieces to fall into the grass and gingerly remove the paper slip. Returning the now empty plastic packet to my pocket, I unfold the fortune and it reads.
"You tend to be practical and analytical"
..... In Bed or not.
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Finally, if neither of those sounds just right, why not just get them a cool highway map of their home state? These are modern and stylish and they'll appreciate how worldly and well-travelled it makes them appear. Perk: it's much cheaper than most art prints, but just as sophisticated (depending on the art print).
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Roald Dahl Day. Cardiff? Theme Park
Theme parks have been around longer than most of us think. Unfortunately when we think "Theme Park" we think Disney land or its Florida cousin Disney world, or worse Universe Studios, and fair enough that is what they are. They take us out of our dull reality into a new world filled with wonderment and colour.
As I said Theme Parks are not new, and the best example closer to home (Cardiff) would be Cardiff Castle
This Victorian folly built by William Burgess for the Marquess of Bute in the 19th Century along with Castell Coch.
These are 2 great examples of 19th Century "theme parks", with their splendid gardens and architecture, with a typical medieval theme which was a manifestation of the Romantic Movement that was popular in the 19th Century. However they were private and built for the entertainment of the "idle rich".
Since I have been living in the US, wife and I have visited what would be called "Living Museums". I would think of then as a type of "theme park" Usually they tend to be frontier forts like Fort Laramie
A important part of American Western history. In the summer they usually have programs, and you feel like you are there. Its both entertaining and most importantly it is educational.
This to me is how a theme park should be.
I have always wondered why Cardiff has never celebrated her famous sons. For example the great writer, Roald Dahl grew up in Llandaff/Fairwater. Yet I have not even seen any indication that he was ever there. Also that he attended the Cathedral School, and that some of his experiences appear in his books.
What I think would be a good idea and quite possible. Is to build a theme park with Roald Dahl and his works as the subject matter. It would be great addition to what already exists. I would envision it as being based on one of his work "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". It would have to be large enough.
I thought a possible location would be where the Bosch plant is near Miskin
It would be great for business, the location would help create jobs in the Valleys, Cardiff and the Vale.
The first thing you should do is consult Roald Dahl's estate to get there approval and support. Then set up company to chase up investment to get this project of the ground.
I believe his could happen with the right sort of people with the vision to carry it through.
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its a good idea Mike and since Doctor Who and other programme are made in or near Cardiff the powers that be might be open to it.after all simply naming streets or roads after famous people from a certain area doesn't really give visitors or locals any insight into the local men and women who have done well.
Comment by A Change of Personnel | September 13, 2010 |
Thank you for that, unfortunately I see it going nowhere. Good ideas just dont happen in south Wales. I had been asked to write on this for Waleshome.org after I had suggested it to Duncan Higgitt, he was interested and told me he wanted it for Roald Dahl Day, I wrote it and sent it. However they did not get back to me, so I decided to post it.
Comment by Mike | September 15, 2010 |
your right about things not happening in South Wales, After a successful Garden Festival in Ebbw Vale way back in 1992 there were plans to turn the site into a SuperTed theme park, it was fully costed, had the go ahead from the guy who created SuperTed and was originally from the area, but it was stopped in its tracks and houses and shops were put there instead – no vision and imagination at all.
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This was my second year celebrating Hanukkah with my boyfriend's family. The occasion involved abundant food including Laura's lovely latkes, a plethora of driedels and menorahs, and a mountain of blue and gold wrapping paper.
Other highlights from this year: a flashing yoyo that plays the 'Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel' song, uncle Mark's reindeer antlers hung with stars of David, and singing the Adam Sandler Hanukkah song with the whole family. As a fitting end to our Hanukkah weekend, we saw a car on the highway with a huge menorah attached to the roof. As you can see, Hanukkah is big in New York!
My modest contribution to this year's festivities was shortbread cookies that I made in Oxford and brought over in my hand luggage. Unfortunately, a number of them broke (the stars points snapped off) but I was able to bury them in the cookie platter and I don't think anyone noticed.
Shortbread is one of my favorite treats. As a child, I ate a lot of Walkers Shortbread during the Christmas holidays (and all year long). My cookies are not quite as decadent, but are especially delicious with frosting. Thanks to Sarah for sharing the blue colored sugar that I used on some of the cookies.
Makes 60 cookies
2 cups unsalted butter, softened
1 cup granulated or caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract (optional)
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
pinch salt
1 cup confectioner's sugar
2 drops blue food color
2 teaspoons of water
silver dragées, for garnish (optional)
colored sugar (optional)
1. Add salt to flour. Set aside.
2. Using a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and mix well.
3. Add half the flour and incorporate using the mixer. With a wooden spoon, incorporate the remaining flour until the dough forms a soft ball.
4. Divide the dough into four parts and wrap each separately in saran wrap. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until the dough is cool and firm.
5. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
6. Remove one portion of dough, and on a floured surface roll to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. With a cookie cutter make star shapes and place directly onto an ungreased baking sheet. If using colored sugar, sprinkle it on the cookies before baking.
7. Bake for 8-12 minutes, until the edges just begin to brown. Cool to room temperature.
8. To make frosting, mix confectioner's sugar and 1 teaspoon of water. Slowly add more water until you reach the consistency of honey. Add floor color, one drop at a time.
9. Use a knife to spread frosting on cookies. If using dragées, place them immediately and allow the frosting to set.
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This time last year I was part way through my project called 'Linear Mapping'. The project involved recording or mapping a series of short walks in the local countryside and also some in my native Chilterns. I was reflecting on this yesterday while I was out walking. Since then my walking habits have changed a bit, with a dog to take with me on my journeys. We don't always want to stop and 'sniff around' in the same spots but are learning some give and take. Being out walking at different times has given me some wonderful encounters with nature. Yesterday while I was taking photos of bluebells we were both startled by a pair of deer thundering past us just a few feet away.
Linear Mapping is on my mind a lot at the moment as I will be showing the work during Saltaire Arts Trail in a few weeks. To accompany this I am currently in the process of putting together an artist's edition, that documents the project. I am enjoying the process of bringing all the different strands together and finishing the process of documentation. With any luck these editions should be ready in time for the trail... not long now!


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The Bottom Line: This is the third book in a series; each book pays homage to a literary classic. This dark installment plays off Bram Stoker's Dracula. Although I have not read the previous books, Shepherd includes plenty of back story so the reader does not feel lost.
This book got off to a slow, smoldering start as I adjusted to the writing style. The story jumps back and forth between different points of view and times. However, the book is full of mystery and intrigue. Shepherd has braided together the elements of superstition, science, and classic literature to create a gripping suspense that I couldn't put down. With the paranormal twist and Gothic mood, this book will appeal to fans of historical fiction. A word of caution though...this tale is not for squeamish readers.
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Well well well... Another great thing comes straight from Paris. Again.
Suki Waterhouse wears some of the biggest names of fashion industry and represents this fall's beautiful trends for L'Officiel Paris October issue.
I still cannot decide if I like more faux fur or blanket trend, but.... Who cares? In my mind I'm already wearing them both. It's not a long story, but it's definitely worth seeing.
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Red Baron returns
Former Texas Rangers great Rusty Greer, who is visiting Surprise as part of the team's rotation of legacy advisers, didn't spend many spring trainings in Arizona. During his nine-year career, the Rangers spent spring training in Port Charlotte, Fla.
"Back then, Port Charlotte was probably ahead of its time as far as the clubhouse and the fields," Greer said. "I thought the facility and everywhere we had to train was really nice."
Greer enjoys visiting as a guest instructor, which gives him a chance to see longtime friends such as Rangers assistant hitting coach Bobby Jones, who coached him in the minors.
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"It's a good time for me. I enjoy coming out and seeing these guys and hanging out with some people I don't get to see a lot," he said. "I love seeing those guys and really participate in what's going on."
Here's his rundown of how the two locations compare:
• "Weather is a little different. Both places are sunny and warm, but Florida has a little humidity to it. We got more rain than these guys see here [in Surprise]. I enjoyed the Florida sun, but I knew no different."
• "I bet if you asked these guys here it's probably better weather here because it's in the mid-70s pretty much every day and no wind and it's dry."
• "The travel. The closest trip [in Port Charlotte] was 52 minutes. The longest trip here is probably an hour."
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LHP Rafael Perez (hamstring): Throwing live batting practice Sunday.
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In addition to community-based groups, the City has partnerships with other government agencies, including a group of jurisdictions included in the state storm water permit requirements for our region. These other "co-permittees" have worked closely with the City's Transportation and Storm Water Department to adopt and implement a regional version of the Think Blue campaign. Follow the links below for more information about Think Blue program partners.