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Bats have frightened, awed, and inspired for millennia. Leonardo da Vinci used the bat's amazing wing structure as inspiration for his version of the ornithopter — a machine which flies using flapping bird-like wings. No one knows for sure if he ever built or tested his invention, but Cardanus, a contemporary of Leonardo wrote that he had tried, "in vain", to get the orinthopter aloft.
Here is a version of Leonardo's creation that you can try your hand at constructing and flying. Our version is technically a glider, but looks much the same as Leonardo's ornithopter design.
- Cardstock copy of orinthopter template
- Large plain craft stick
- Paper clips – large and regular size
- Craft glue
- Scissors
- Scotch Tape ™
- Markers
- Thin hemp-type string
- 18th inch hole-puncher
- Bat specimen or pictures of bats
- Picture of Leonardo's orrnithopter
Building the Ornithopter:
- Display the picture of Leonardo's ornithopter and discuss how he came up with the design idea after spending a great deal of time observing birds.
- Study the bat specimen and/or bat pictures. Compare and contrast the bat wings with the ornithopter wings: Are the wings more bird-like or bat-like?
- Color a large craft stick using a brown marker.
- Color the wings and tail on the orinthopter template and carefully cut out the pieces.
- Give the wings shape by closing the small V-shaped notch on each wing so that both pieces touch and then securing on the underside with transparent tape.
- Using craft glue, attach the wing and tail pieces to the craft stick as illustrated by the picture below. Allow time for the glue to dry.
- Next, bend the wings up along the large V in the wing pattern and carefully crease.
- Use a 1/8th inch hole-puncher to make small holes just to the inside where the wings were taped to give them shape.
- Use a piece of thin string to create a loop through the holes with a loose knot to secure it in place. This serves to keep the wings from spreading too far and to adjust the wings up when tightened.
- It's time to test the ornithopter! Make different sized paper clips available. Use these to properly distribute the weight of the ornithopter for better flight.
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Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., will hold a a committee vote Thursday on a comprehensive report on U.S. torture ("enhanced interrogation techniques") since 9/11, but anti-torture advocates said its findings could be swamped by a hot new movie that glorifies torture.
Zero Dark Thirty, set for release Dec. 19 in New York and Los Angeles and nationally Jan. 11, is getting rave reviews, as well as criticism for suggesting that torture is okay and works. The Intelligence Committee report is expected to rebut that view but the public will not get to see its findings.
Sen. Feinstein said last year that none of the information that led to the killing of arch terrorist Osama bin Laden came from torture or harsh detention policies practiced under the George W. Bush administration. She and Senate Armed Services chair Carl Levin, D-Mich. released a statement last April rebutting recent claims by a former CIA official that torture was effective in locating Bin Laden. They said the claims were "inconsistent with CIA records."
The committee report was three years in the making, runs nearly 6,000 pages and reviews six million pages of documents from the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency — virtually everything the agencies had on the subject. Committee Republicans boycotted the investigation, and a party-line vote is expected in closed-door session.
Feinstein said the report "is comprehensive, it is strictly factual, and it is the most definitive review of this CIA program to be conducted. Any decision on declassification and release of any portion of the report will be decided by committee members at a later time."
In a conference call sponsored by Human Rights First, retired Brigadeer General David Irvine said he and two other retired generals, Ed Soyster, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Bill Nash, commander of troops in Bosnia met with Feinstein last summer to encourage her to release the report with as few redactions as possible.
"I don't think I have seen her looking quite so burdened as she appeared last June when we had that meeting," Irvine said. "She was very supportive of the request we made, I believe. I think she appreciated it's important for people to understand what happened….The rest of world knows what we did; it's the American people who are who are in the dark."
Irvine belongs to a group of about 60 retired generals and admirals who have publicly condemned what he listed as "waterboardings, stress positions, forced nudity, sexual humiliation, beatings, drenching with cold water in cold temperatures, sleep deprivation for days at a time, sensory deprivation." Irvine, who taught interrogation in the Army and served four terms as a Republican in the Utah House of Representatives, said the Senate report "won't be made into a Hollywood movie, but the next generation "needs to understand at the very highest level that democracy and torture cannot exist in the same body politic."
"We are confident the findings will show that all of the waterboarding and all of the brutality and everything else that trashed the Geneva Conventions produced nothing but a national tragedy" and no valuable intelligence.
Others, including former President Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney, have claimed that torture did provide good information. The CIA inspector general also released a 2009 report critical of the techniques.
Melina Milazzo, a fellow at Human Rights First, said the Senate report is important because it will be "the official government narrative of what happened." Curt Goering, executive director of the Center for Victims of Torture, a St. Paul, MN-based torture survivor rehabilitation center, said he is "very afraid that the power of the movie and the broad swathes of society that will see it will come away with..an absolutely false impression" that torture works.

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Battle: Los Angeles Walkthrough and Guide
Welcome to the Battle: Los Angeles Walkthrough where our team of contributors will help you work through the game via a step-by-step tutorial. A Gamewise walkthrough aims to take you all the way through the game to 100% completion including unlockable quests and items.
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The PPI measures prices at the producer level before they are passed along to consumers. Since the producer price index measures prices of consumer goods and capital equipment, a portion of the inflation at the producer level gets passed through to the consumer price index (CPI). By tracking price pressures in the pipeline, investors can anticipate inflationary consequences in coming months. A producer's price is the amount received by a producer from the purchaser of a unit of goods or services produced as output less any value added tax (VAT) or similar deductible tax, invoiced to the purchaser. It excludes any transportation charges invoiced separately by the producer.
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The 21st Century Cold War is heating up. After introducing technologically-advanced weaponry, drones, and advanced robotics, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II redeploys with Revolution, a new downloadable content pack boasting 4 brand-new Multiplayer Maps that send players to a hydroelectric plant in Pakistan where players will dodge flooding waters at the base of a dam; a resort in the Gobi Desert, where a range of long distance and close-quarters combat will mix up the action for all play-styles; a Venice Beach, California skate park, set in the concrete birthplace of skateboarding; and high into the French Alps, where players will fight it out at a ski resort, complete with climbing points and moving gondolas. This first DLC pack also includes a healthy dose of the undead. Treyarch introduces a brand new Zombies Co-Op Map, with a terrifying new twist that will turn your undead world upside down. And for the first time ever, players will enter these firefights with a bonus weapon - the Peacekeeper hybrid SMG-Assault Rifle - yours to load up and use on all Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer maps.


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A Texas State University student and bikini model Victoria Brink seems to have caught the eye of 63-year-old Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., this Valentine's Day.
The Houston native is "the daughter of a longtime friend," according to Cohen's office, but their online dialogue is anything but paternal in nature.
During Tuesday's State of the Union, Brink tweeted to Cohen, "just saw you on tv!"
To which Cohen allegedly replied, "pleased u r washing. Ilu". For those not up to date on the latest social media lingo, "ilu" is often used as short-hand for "I love you."
The next morning, Cohen tweeted,
The tweets coming from Cohen's end were deleted soon after being posted, but were captured by the nonprofit for government transparency, Sunlight Foundation.
According to New York Magazine, the twitter flirtations might have began as early as last April, when Brink retweeted Cohen wishing him a good day.
In August, things heated up again.
Cohen's press secretary told ITK that the tweets were deleted because Cohen meant to send them privately. Spokesman Michael Pagan denied that anything inappropriate was going on, saying they are pretty much like family.
Tweets provided by New York Magazine's Joe Coscarelli.
Update: Brink's tweets on January 8 and 9 suggest she may have paid a visit to Cohen this January, when she went to Memphis, Tennessee and stayed at the Peabody Hotel.


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A Standoff Over Storage Space Inspired Basic Outfitters, and WeWork Helped It Grow
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The founders of the rapidly growing clothing company say that working among so many other business owners "fosters incredible networking".
Not long after New Yorkers Laura and Michael Dweck returned from their honeymoon, they had a standoff over storage space. Michael was monopolizing five of the six drawers, mostly with clothes he wasn't wearing. "His underwear drawer wouldn't close," Laura says. "It was filled with underwear, some he hadn't put on since college. I told him that anything he hadn't worn in the past three months had to go." And with that, 90 percent of the drawer went into the recycle bin.
"I love to look good, but really hate shopping," says Michael. "I told Laura, 'I wish there was one place where I could pick some socks, pick some underwear, and click a button.'" Their "Create-a-Drawer" idea was enough to get them crunching the numbers. They didn't want to leave their jobs — she as a swimwear designer, he a hospital administrator — until they were sure Basic Outfitters was viable. After working lots of nights and weekends, they decided it was time to devote themselves to the idea fulltime. "Oh my god, that was a scary moment," says Laura. "It was sink or swim."
Orders came in so fast for Create-a-Drawer — a convenient and affordable way to refresh all your basics, including T-shirts, socks, underwear, and joggers at once — that the WeWork 5th Ave members could hardly keep up. Then came an email from a Forbes editor announcing they had been selected for the magazine's 30 Under 30 series. "Even though we were exhausted after a full day of packing orders in the warehouse," says Laura. "When the email came from Forbes, we started skipping down the aisles."
"The most personal thing you can wear, the thing you put directly on your body, is the thing people least like to shop for. Our aha moment was that we could make the process so much better, so much easier."
But they needed somewhere to base their company, and they decided on WeWork 5th Ave. The location near New York's Garment District proved to be perfect for a clothing company. And the couple says being among other entrepreneurs "fosters incredible networking."
"WeWork has been a huge part of our growth, offering the flexibility to grow our office space as we grow our company," says Laura. "And having the support of the WeWork staff has been invaluable."
"One of our most successful marketing campaigns derived from a WeWork member partnership," Michael adds.
Then came a call from a producer at Shark Tank. Would they consider pitching their company on the show? They jumped at the chance, and their appearance brought their company international exposure. And perhaps best of all, customers began asking them to expand their product line. "All couples have same complaint about a significant other's drawer," says Laura. "We started the company to help out men, but now the demand for a women's drawer is off the charts."


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Viper SmartStart to the rescue!
We swear we had no part in influencing the instituting of this ordinance.
The police in Madison say it's a violation to leave unattended cars running — and the purpose of the ordinance is to prevent car thefts!
Maybe not all the folks there know about remote start systems, but clearly they should go to the appropriate store and get one for their vehicles, given that the cold weather will likely persist for at least another month.
That way you can warm your car, the cabin and avoid the hefty fine if you start your ride with the key in the ignition while you wait indoors.
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(HONG KONG) Forty-two excited new Dragonair recruits graduated from their seven week training course on 22 February as the airline looks to expand its cabin crew workforce.
The carrier is looking to recruit around 300 high-calibre candidates this year.
The 42 new crew were selected during a walk-in interview session held in October last year and underwent training from December to January.
During the graduation ceremony which was hosted by Dragonair CEO James Tong and attended by the graduate's families and friends, the new recruits shared their experiences during the seven-week programme and thanked the instructors for their patience and understanding. Many expressed that they had hard times during the induction course as they were required to get a full understanding to the configuration of aircrafts, service and safety procedures and other inflight security matters within a short period of time. However, with the patience and guidance of the instructors, they learnt to become more independent, able to deal with the odds and eventually overcome all difficulties and successfully become members of cabin crew community. Their sincerest sharing touched all guests and parents that were present at this meaningful occasion.
Dragonair General Manager Inflight Services Cecilia Leung said: "Dragonair's cabin crew is known for providing world-class and heart-warming service to passengers and the training programme is the first step is teaching new recruits about all the different aspects of the airline. The unique experience and invaluable exposure from this job are something one may not be able to get in other industry."
"I would like to congratulate the new graduates as they start their careers as cabin crew. I'm sure they will do Dragonair proud!"
Dragonair is continuing to recruit new candidates to join the airline's cabin crew workforce. Interested candidates can submit their applications with full resume via email. Potential applicants will attend a series of screening exercises including two rounds of interviews and a written test, with successful applicants undergoing a comprehensive two-month training programme.
Dragonair offers good career development and advancement opportunities to its cabin crew. On the basis of seniority and working performance, a junior can be promoted to senior positions such as Flight Purser, Senior Purser and Chief Purser. They are also given the opportunities and advancement to perform various ground functions such as training, administration and even management positions.
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Beverly Ann (Benson) Goering, daughter of Schuyler and Marie (Jones) Benson, was born in Hutchinson, Kan., on May 31, 1937. She went home to be with the Lord at The Cedars of McPherson, Kan., on Monday, March 10, 2014, at the age of 76 years.
A devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother, Beverly shared her Christian faith in many ways. Through her church activities and ministry to children and those experiencing troubled times, she was a steadfast source of encouragement and comfort.
She graduated from Haven High School in Haven, Kan., with the class of 1955 and attended Hutchinson Junior College.
She married John J. Goering on Aug. 17, 1957, in Hutchinson. To this union two sons and two daughters were born.
Survivors include her husband of the home; sons, John III (Jay) and wife, Shawn, of Keller, Texas, and Schuyler and wife, Melody, of Miltonvale, Kan.; two daughters, Anneliese and husband, John Homan, of Sedalia, Mo., and Kyla and husband, David Gossett, of Greenville, S.C.; four grandchildren, Matthew Homan and fiancé, Emily Kohls, of Overland Park, Kan., Ashleigh and husband, Tim Noland, of Sedalia, Mark Schmidt of Wichita, Kan., and John IV (Jayce) Goering of Keller; two great-grandchildren, Benson and Hudson Noland of Sedalia; brothers-in-law, Glen Goering and Vern Goering and wife, Holly; sister-in-law, Geneva Morgan, all of Hutchinson.
Her parents and one sister, Glenna Helzer, have preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Newton East Side United Methodist Church and the Order of Saint Luke International.
A private committal service will be held on March 12, 2014, at the Lone Star Cemetery of Pretty Prairie, Kan. A celebration of life service will be held at the Eastmoor United Methodist Church of Marion, Kan., at 2 p.m. on March 29, 2014.
Memorials may be made to the Newton East Side United Methodist Church or the Marion Eastmoor United Methodist Church in care of the Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm St., Marion, KS 66861.


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Jeans with moisturising and slimming properties are the latest offering from the fashion world.
Wrangler has unveiled their Denim Spa range, which are infused with hydrating ingredients that moisturise your legs while you wear them, Vogue has reported.
One version of the jeans, Smooth Legs, also promises to reduce the appearance of cellulite and provide a slimming effect.
Lizzie Jagger, the face of the new range, has touted the benefits of the jeans - but some have pointed out she is an unlikely candidate for cellulite treatment.
The Institut Adriant, which tested the jean company's claims, reported that 69 per cent of respondents were left with smoother pins.
However, participants were required to wear the jeans eight hours a day, five days a week for six weeks - and some have questioned the appeal of wearing the same pair of jeans for this long.
The effects of the jeans also last for just 15 days, although a reload spray can stretch their use out for nearly 100 wears.
This isn't the first jean line that has claimed to rid the wearer of cellulite. Mohicano Jeans, which is based in Chile, launched a similar Denim Therapy range last year.
The Wrangler range will be available on asos.com, which offers free shipping to New Zealand, from January 28.
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Sean is here, and he's being house husband for a whole month. It's a weird reversal: "How was your day honey?" "Ooooh, today I did ALL the laundry!" "So why is the laundry basket full of smelly sports kit and wet towels?" "Aaaaagh! Where did that come from?!"
I said that it's okay to give up on the housework and go have fun because it ain't going anywhere, but he is determined to get on top of things. Good luck, Seanos!
Inasmuch as I have no idea what is in our pockets this week, and so far everything hasn't been horribly destroyed with green crayola/chewing gum/packet of vibrantly-coloured sweeties, all of you mums who don't have a house husband are going to have to pick up the slack for me: What wonderful, disgusting, strange-smelling or unspeakable items have you found in pockets lately? I'm dying to know!
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
I have NO IDEA what's in pockets this week!
3 comments:
- Wacky Mommy said...
who's dat little friend of yours? I've found: dum-dum wrappers, money (not enough) and sharp, pointy things -- paperclips and gadgets.
- 07/03/2012, 20:05
- Green Girl in Wisconsin said...
A packet of sugar. Discovered AFTER I'd washed and dried the clothes. Granules of sugar jammed against the dryer vent and I Had to rewash the whole load.
Yay for Sean taking up the load at your place! I can imagine your laughter...
- 08/03/2012, 03:39
- Nan Sheppard said...
Oh no, Green Girl! Rewashing is the pits. Wacky Mommy, that is a baby chick who adopted Chas. Mum used to babysit for him, which was fine. I bet not many people have found a chicken in their pockets!
- 10/03/2012, 16:08
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Differential Lens
"Differential Lens.—Horizontal divergence may be obtained to any required amount by varying the radius of curvature of the inner face of an annular lens. The outer face is the same as that of an ordinary annular lens, which the other face, though straight in the vertical, is ground to the required curve in the horizontal plane. The rays f'fc falling upon the lens x converge to the vertical focal plane ff and afterwards diverge through the smaller horizontal angle x'f'x', and so for any other case." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910
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The cast of A&E's 'Storage Wars' has ensured that more people than ever will soon start attending storage locker auctions, hoping to strike gold. Literally.
According to Storage Auction Guru, cast members Dan and Laura Dotson came across the show's most astonishing–and most lucrative–find while rummaging through a storage locker in Contra Costa County, on the east side of San Francisco Bay. They discovered an actual, real-life, authentic pirates' chest estimated to be at least 200 years old right in the middle of the Bay Area. That's not all; the chest was filled with approximately $500,000 worth of gold doubloons!
The buyer, a San Jose man named "John," purchased the remnants of the unit–complete with the Spanish gold–for just over $1,000. After the purchase, an appraisal expert valued the collection at around $500,000.
The chest was reportedly so heavy that it took three people to move it. But John doesn't have to worry about moving that chest himself anymore; he can just hire people for that now.


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When you do a paint job, a bare canvas is the best foundation to start off with. The less materials that you use the better your chances are of not having a chemical reaction. one of the important things to remember is to try to use the same product all the way through, as most of these materials are designed so they do not react when they're used together.
When you have old material build-up or the original paint that has been abused throughout the years, you're best off starting over. We stopped off at Primo Restorations in Rancho Cucamonga, California, where they were going to start working on a Chevy Caprice roof so we stuck around. The shopped opted to take the car down to metal and use seM's ML011 Metalock, a true direct-tometal epoxy primer designed for metal, aluminum, sMC and fiberglass.
The ML011 utilizes the latest technology to provide superior adhesion, outstanding corrosion protection and exceptional sanding properties, creating a solid and dependable foundation for any project. After taking the roof down to metal, the body was gone through and the work was done to the roof, leaving it ready to be sealed. When they sprayed the roof, saTa 3000 was used and set up to shoot at 25 lbs of air. The results were thick, even coats with minimal overspray, not like some of the generic primers out on the market today.
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New Bern Civic Theatre will salute its brightest stars � on and off the stage � at its annual Theatre and Volunteer Awards program Saturday night.
New Bern Civic Theatre will salute its brightest stars � on and off the stage � at its annual Theatre and Volunteer Awards program Saturday night.
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The event honors the actors, directors and other technical support members as well as the many theater volunteers.
The list of awards include: Junior Stage Craft Award; Pat Burton Award; Tom Landen Award for Technical Excellence; Presidents Award; The Artistic Achievement Award; Executive Directors Award; Volunteer of the year award; Outstanding Musical Achievement Award; and Outstanding Performer of the Year Award.
�These individuals work on and off stage in various capacities, from the headline star to working backstage, to selling tickets,� said a Civic release. �The tributes bestowed on them in a special ceremony give them a distinctive moment in the spotlight.�
The gala will feature entertainment from the highlights of the 2013 season.
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In March 2008, I walked away from a great job into a writing career path that, at the time, paid me about 50% of what I was making at my previous job.
To a lot of people in my life, this seemed like an amazingly difficult step. That move reduced our monthly household income (at the time) by about 30% and seemingly did away with a great deal of job security. Why would I possibly make this move?
Why I Downgraded My Job
1. I wanted to spend more time with my family
Over the last few years of my previous job, I felt like I was constantly traveling and away from my family. I also felt that, even when I was around, I was having my family time constantly interrupted by work needs. I did not want to be that kind of absent parent and, for me, talking about wanting to be a great parent was more than just talk. I was going to walk the walk, too.
2. This was probably the only window of opportunity life would hand me to become a writer
Writing is something I'd always dreamed of doing for a living, but it always felt like something that would never realistically happen. When I first went to college, part of me wanted to major in English lit, but I chose not to do that solely because I felt like there was no income-generating career path other than being an English teacher.
3. My career path was one where I would never be able to significantly increase my pay based on hard work
I had no chance of ever building a large income stream from my job, no matter what I did.
4. Our spending was under control
We were not only spending less than our combined salaries, we were spending less than our combined salaries after I switched career paths.
5. I did not feel as though my previous job was actually helping anyone improve their life
I spent most of my time exploring abstract problems and answering abstract questions. While it was intellectually stimulating, it was quite often spiritually depressing.
6. I wanted more time flexibility
I often felt very productive early in the morning and completely useless in the mid afternoon, with another productivity bounce in the evening. The nature of my job meant that I couldn't work when I was productive and find other things to do during my unproductive periods. I had to work for a set period each day, and at least some of that set period overlapped with my unproductive times during the day.
These reasons together made for a compelling case to switch careers when the right opportunity came along.
But what made that opportunity? How did I find a situation where I could make that kind of radical change in my life without losing the things I valued?
For us, it broke down to six key elements. I believe that if you cultivate these six elements in your own life, you'll open the doors to the kind of career and life change that you've always wanted.
Six Elements To Creating the Opportunity for Career Change
1. Live well below your means
This is first and foremost. If your standard of living makes your current salary a requirement, then your ability to make a major career change is almost nil. In short, you're choosing the expensive things in your life over career freedom. For some people, that's a healthy choice, but if you're reading this article, chances are that you are yearning for some career freedom. Getting your spending under control is absolutely necessary.
Many people view such spending changes as deprivation. Instead, I suggest viewing it as an exploration. What's the most enjoyment you can have without spending a dime? If you use that as a constraint right off the bat, you'll often find yourself exploring new things while also channeling your life towards financial stability.
2. Maximize your monthly cash flow
This goes hand in hand with reducing your spending. A person maximizes their monthly cash flow by minimizing every single one of their bills. Pay off all of your debts. Focus on efforts to reduce your monthly bills – electricity, telephone, food, shelter, and so on. Live in a smaller place than you might otherwise afford.
The purpose of these steps is to maximize the difference between your income and your actual required spending each month so that, if you choose to take a lower paying job, you're well prepared for any lifestyle changes that might be needed. Plus, you can save that extra income as an emergency fund or a startup fund for any ventures you might want to take on.
3. Fill your spare time by doing what you love
Rather than spending your spare time idling, spend every spare moment you can doing what you love to do. Don't be afraid to be an unpaid volunteer if need be. Don't be afraid to burn countless evenings practicing your skills. In fact, that's the type of thing you should be doing if you want to make that kind of leap.
The more you practice something, the better you get at it, particularly if you try to change up what you're doing and don't just repeat the same routine over and over again.
4. Cultivate luck by collecting opportunities
Hand in hand with doing what you love is building connections within that field that you're so passionate about. Spend time contacting anyone and everyone in that field. Get to know them as best you can. Don't be afraid to do small favors for them as well in order to cultivate a good reputation.
At the same time, don't hesitate to share the fruits from the time you're spending doing what you love. The internet just begs for this, in the form of blogs, YouTube videos, Flickr pictures, and countless other avenues.
5. Reboot your social circle
If you find that your normal social circle is not absolutely supportive of the time you're spending on new directions in your life, don't be afraid to reboot that circle. Stick with the friends in your life that are supportive of your changes and find new people to spend time with to replace the people who doubt you or taunt your changes.
Quite often, you'll find these new friends in the process of cultivating opportunities. As you begin to meet people with similar passions as your own, it's easy to build new relationships with them. The key is to surround yourself with people that provide some degree of positive reinforcement to your new life directions rather than negative reinforcement.
6. Be a free agent
A final key step is to start looking at your current job in a new light. Your job is not your life. It's a method of earning income, one where you exchange some of your energy and effort for some of the employer's money. Your employer is obviously looking for the best exchange there, so you should do the same. Don't dump all of your emotions and energy into your job – do your tasks and move on to the real place to utilize your emotions and energy, which is your new area of focus.
Similarly, never fall into the trap of thinking of your boss or your employer as your friend. Yes, quite often they are nice to you because being nice to you is a highly effective way of getting you to go the extra mile. That's not friendship, however, and if you find yourself going way above and beyond in order to help out a boss or an employer out of a sense of "friendship," you're doing yourself a disservice.
Remember, your goal is to get yourself into the right place so you can do what you love with your life. Keep that front and center and you'll find that things will begin falling into place for you.


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Serial Murderers and Their Victims
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This text provides an in-depth, scholarly, and broad-based examination of serial murderers and their victims. The coverage is supported by extensive data and research, and it profiles some of the most prominent murderers of our time. Author Eric Hickey examines the lives of over 400 serial murderers, analyzing the cultural, historical, and religious factors that influence our myths and stereotypes of these individuals. He then describes the biological, psychological, and sociological reasons for serial murder, offering his own Trauma-Control model for explaining serial murder behavior.
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As part of her ongoing work to assess how human activity affects freshwater resources, aquatic ecologist Emma Rosi-Marshall spent this past summer studying nutrient cycling in large western rivers.
New England's heralded autumn leaf show is now on display, and a walk on the Cary Institute campus is a great opening act.
On September 8, 2012, the Cary Institute participated in Millbrook Community Day
This summer Stuart Findlay held a press conference with partners to launch a high-tech environmental monitoring station based at Marist College.
This year's West Nile virus outbreak is marching toward the record books, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting some 3,100 cases and more than 130 deaths in the United States.
Our second annual Fall Luncheon, held on September 16, was a resounding success.
From October 4 -18, painter Maria Coryell-Martin will join the Cary Institute's research community as our fall artist-in-residence.
Traditional academic calendars give teachers and students the summer off to unwind, but you wouldn't know that from the learning that took place on our campus.
Conservation Magazine reports on a study by Dr. Kathie Weathers and colleagues on how polluted streams contribute to airborne bacteria.
Time-Warner cable reports on a Cary hosted conference exploring the effects of Tropical Storms Irene and Lee on the Hudson River.
Over the last 10 weeks, the Dutchess County Environmental Management Council has summarized its State of the Environment Report for Dutchess County.
Water is the No. 1 environmental concern among Dutchess County residents. Concerns range from drought and flood prevention to pollution in drinking water, streams, lakes and other water bodies.
Dutchess County and four other mid-Hudson Valley counties have the nation's highest rates of Lyme disease, an illness transmitted by the bite of a tiny — and insidious — tick.
Business, especially the pesticide industry, will face challenges in developing sustainable practices that will reduce insecticide use. Yet their active participation is necessary to bring about change.
Continued research is necessary to develop control measures to reduce the incidence of the disease.
Our region's changing climate will continue to have widespread effects on our natural resources, agriculture, infrastructure, and human health.
There are three major air pollutants in Dutchess County: ozone, particulate matter, and acid precipitation.
A new high-tech environmental monitoring station was unveiled on the banks of the Hudson River.
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The Ichiro's Malt brand has releases so many individual bottlings that it is sometimes difficult for Nonjatta to keep up. Below are a couple that I bumped into along the way and have not tasted. This page is really just an aide-memoire for myself.
Ichiro's Malts not yet reviewed on Nonjatta
Ichiro's Malt Three of Spades. New wood finish. Distilled 2000. Bottled 2007. 354 bottles. 57 per cent.
Ichiro's Malt, Aged 23 years. Bottled 2008. 58.8 per cent.This one won the best Japanese whisky in the over 21 age category at the World Whisky Awards this year. This was rather overshadowed by the headline grabbing success of the Hibikis and Yoichis in the overall grand prizes.
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List of Ichiro's Malts
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I just tasted this one yesterday evening in a small upscale bar in Ginza (Enji bar, ginza 7-5-19, 1F). Quite good, ~1400Y for one glass.
I chatted with the barmen who seems to be into whiskies, and i ended up trying a glenlivet 12y old, in a version bottled something like 20-30 years ago. Fantastic, but this time quite expensive (4500y a glass). He had at least 3 bottles of this one, which he said was his favorite whisky of all, and quite different from the more recent versions...
- January 6, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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A career she loves
August 12, 2010
By Diane Hageman
CSB grad's job combines interests in community development and the environment
CSB alumna Amy Fredregill, '97, sees her share of grain silos in the countryside. As vice president of the Cooperative Network, a two-state 1,000-member business trade organization that represents cooperatives (co-ops), she works with businesses and people in industries ranging from agriculture, energy and food-co-ops to housing, credit unions and health care. She manages the Minnesota division. Her activities include governmental affairs, lobbying, business development and setting the strategic direction of the organization.
Among these diverse businesses, personalities and political persuasions, Amy occasionally runs into another type of "silo" - where people tend to view things from their own perspectives. "Life isn't in a little box or silo. In my role, I work with our business members as well as decision-makers to break down the barriers to issues and help them find common ground," Amy said.
Her anti-silo mentality has served her well throughout her career, which includes work in Washington, D.C. on political fundraising and an appointment with the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee. While working in the nation's capital, she added a master's degree in public policy from George Washington University to her resume.
More recently, she has been named a policy fellow at the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
Her talents and professionalism have not gone unnoticed. Last May she was one of 25 women honored by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as a "Woman to Watch."
Amy credits her time at CSB with shaping her career path. During her sophomore year in an economics class with Professor Ernie Diedrich, she discovered a course of study that would become her major. He encouraged her to join his student group traveling to Costa Rica over winter break. She also volunteered on Alternative Spring Break trips and studied for a semester in Galway, Ireland - a memory that ranks as her favorite during her CSB years. All of those experiences convinced her she could combine her two academic pursuits - economics and environmental studies. "They are not mutually exclusive," she said.
"In my time at CSB, I felt I was exposed to many different ideas, people and places. That kind of liberal arts education helps you to develop skills that will prepare you for future jobs as well as diverse life challenges."
For her senior economics thesis, Amy's research on renewable energy included attending public hearings at the Public Utilities Commission in the Twin Cities. Through that experience she gained an internship with the commission and met her future boss. Upon graduation, she worked for the Izaak Walton League of America , a national nonprofit organization.
"My Saint Ben's links to my career path have been so direct, and continue to be quite close. Those one-on-one connections have been so helpful. It's important to set yourself up on the right track, and CSB and SJU can help students do that."


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KELO TV: Augie's Dalton - Small Size, Big Impact
Augustana point guard Jordan Dalton had to wait his turn to crack the starting lineup. Playing behind guys like Corey McIntosh and Marques Blank will do that to you. But he paid his dues, and now, Dalton is making a big impact - despite his small stature.
Alumnus Assists in Treatment of Haiti Earthquake Casualties
Dr. Dale Peterson, class of 1960, is assisting in the medical treatment of those injured in the Haiti earthquake. He is a volunteer physician at Hôpital Sacré Coeur in Milot, located about 75 miles from Port-au-Prince.
Augustana Releases 2008-2009 Annual Report
The Annual Report is now available online to view fundraising, endowment and economic performance, as well as quality and cost comparisons with other institutions. Augustana's fiscal year runs from August 1, 2008, through July 31, 2009.
Augustana Alumni Safe Following Haiti Earthquake
Two Augustana alumni were among the many American missionaries serving in Haiti at the time of Tuesday's massive earthquake. Both Jonathan Larson, class of 2006, and Sarah Thomson, class of 2007, survived the disaster.
Dr. Robert Wright Talks Health Care Reform in The Daily Caller
Dr. Robert Wright, Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana, discusses health care reform in his recent editorial published by The Daily Caller. The DC is a 24/7 news site on current policy issues run by editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson.
Eighty-Seven Students Pursuing Studies Abroad
The 2010 January Interim at Augustana (January 4 thru 27) finds 87 students studying on seven continents - Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, and Europe. In addition, 13 Augustana faculty members are teaching courses abroad.
Alumnus Leads Release of New Industry Standard
Owen Ambur, who graduated from Augustana in 1972, was recently recognized for his efforts in the release of the newest innovation StratML from AIIM (www.aiim.org). Ambur served as chair of the committee responsible for the new standard.
Former Augustana President Authors Book on Norwegian Lutheran Immigrants
Lloyd Svendsbye, former president of Augustana College, reveals the struggles of the early immigrants as he chronicles his ancestors' saga from Norway to Western North Dakota in his new book, I Paid All My Debts, published by Lutheran University Press.
Call for Proposals: Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains
A call for proposals has been issued for the 42nd annual Dakota Conference, Western Highways: Journeys through Space & Time, to be held April 23-24 at the Center for Western Studies on the campus of Augustana College.
Augustana Junior Receives Scholarship to Study in Austria
Augustana College junior Ryan Lee from Cannon Falls, Minnesota, is the recipient of a Gilman Study Abroad Scholarship. Through the American Institute for Foreign Study, he will spend the spring semester in Salzburg, Austria.


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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I just encountered this on an Amazon music chatlist:
"I tend to agree more with the following snipit of a review…"
This usage ("snipit" for "snippet") has been mentioned only once, in passing, in the Eggcorn Forum, without any determination of its eggcornicity. It seems pretty eggcorny, but the meanings of the words may be too close for it to qualify as an eggcorn: "snipit" obviously combines "snip" and "it", while the etymological dictionary says "snippet" is a diminutive of "snip". Thus, in both cases, "snip" is the root word, so I suppose that shared root word disqualifies it. Interesting variation, though; I'd never seen it before.
Works for me. I don't think only "root words" (harder to define than you might think) count, or that sharing one disqualifies a candidate pair. Those cases do tend to be less spectacular or entertaining, but I don't see that as reason to deny their eggcornicity.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
David Tuggy wrote:
Those cases do tend to be less spectacular or entertaining, but I don't see that as reason to deny their eggcornicity.
Even ignoring the problem of misspellings here (words like bucket, ticket, market, pocket, puppet, etc. are commonly misspelled with an i for the e in the last syllable), I don't see this as an eggcorn. The reanalysis of the noun snip as the verb snip is both interesting and entertaining, but snip and snip are just too close for this to be an eggcorn. It's not even a borderline case in my book.
What about the reanalysis of – et as it ? That was what was uppermost in my mind.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
Yes, I understand that, but there's no major change of imagery here—even though there's a major grammatical shift. The reanalysis is a linguistically interesting one that can make sense in context—which pushes it in the general direction of eggcorns—but it fails a crucial test for eggcornicity.
Yes, if the definition stresses the word major I would tend to agree. For me a grammatical shift is pretty much always (and a shift of grammatical category is, by definition, always) a kind of imagery shift. But I do agree that if, as in this case, (a) little but the grammatical category changes and (b) the overall result comes out to be practically the same, it is much less major (striking, etc.) than are cases where a whole different set of associations are called up (i.e. a different area of semantic structure is activated).
So if the definition includes the word "major", it comes down to the question —obviously a matter of degree— of how major major needs to be to count.
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2010-01-18 22:56:53)
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
Well, gosh, that's weird—we seem to be agreeing. For me, the thing that really makes an eggcorn is that sudden flash where I think, "Wow! They think acorns are named after eggs!"—that realization that someone else has come up with a way of explaining a word's meaning that seems like a wholly different semantic pathway compared to the standard. Though I'll admit that I'd probably call some things "weak" eggcorns that didn't create meaning in a way "wholly different" from their acorns.
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A Quintessential Kiwi Holiday in Rotorua
Rotorua is full of unforgettable experiences and home to many bucket list 'must dos'.
There's nothing better than a New Zealand summer spent travelling around the country chasing the sun. Whether you travel with a tent, prefer to rent a lakeside bach, or stay in hotels or luxury lodges, Rotorua is full of unforgettable experiences and home to many bucket list 'must dos'.
Just 2.5 hours from Auckland, escape the crowds on the beach and relax lakeside.
Ride the Southern Hemisphere's best MTB trails
Want to get away from the hustle and bustle? Blow off some steam? Bring your own bike or hire one and head to the mountain bike trails in the Whakarewarewa Forest. Rated by Red Bull as the best trails in the Southern Hemisphere, there are rides to cater for everyone from newbies to pros.
Explore a native forest
Whiz above unspoilt native forest on a zipline with Rotorua Canopy Tours – the top rated North Island attraction on Trip Advisor. Explore this untouched reserve from above via a network of platforms, ziplines, and swing bridges while your guide tells you about the local native inhabitants and what's being done to keep them happy.
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Spend a day in the sun cruising across Lake Tarawera. Is there a more relaxing way to catch a Rainbow trout? Once you've got your fish, head to Te Rata Bay, more commonly called Hot Water Beach, where you can cook your fish in the geothermal waters while you sit back and relax in your own private hot pool.
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Agroventures Adventure Park is the spot for you. Strap yourself into a body harness and plummet down to earth at up to 130kph with the Swoop, try your hand at flying (and feel like a super hero) with the Freefall Xtreme, race around the human-powered Shweeb monorail and bungy jump and jet boat – sure to get the adrenaline pumping.
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Have you ever been face-to-face with our national icon? If not, get up close and personal with kiwi during a Rainbow Springs Kiwi Encounter tour. See the behind the scenes work that takes place in a working kiwi nursery and hatchery, including every phase a kiwi chick goes through before being released into the wild.
Watch the world-famous Pohutu Geyser erupt
One of Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Sights, see the world-famous Pohutu Geyser erupt. Take a tour of the Whakarewarewa Valley at Te Puia where you can see the geyser erupt up to 30m high, 20 times a day, depending on her mood. NZ residents now receive a discount with proof of ID.
Race down Mt Ngongotaha on a Luge
The Skyline Luge is famous for a reason - duck, weave and wind your way down the beginner, intermediate and expert tracks as you race your mates down Mt Ngongotaha. Afterwards calm your nerves at Volcanic Hills Tasting Room – also at the top of the mountain.
Tackle that 7m waterfall
This is a big one to tick off – raft down the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world… Tutea Falls! Choose from a number of companies who can take you on this jaw dropping adventure of a lifetime.
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A practical guide to information architecture (my new book)
My new book: A practical guide to information architecture is out.
As the title suggests, this is a very practical book. It covers all sorts of IA issues you'll come across in projects – including setting project goals, analysing content, planning for content, understanding people (user research), designing IA, designing navigation, usability testing and documenting your work. Plus it covers IA principles such as categories, classification, labelling and common IA patterns.
While mainly focused around examples of websites and intranets, it's also relevant to application design (web and non-web) and other situations where you need to organise, group and label content.
Folks have asked me how it differs from other information architecture books (IA for the world wide web, Blueprints for the web). Personally I think it is more approachable than the first and more comprehensive than the second (I love both books and have recommended them for years, but that's where I think mine sits in comparison).
It's available in PDF and epub and you can pre-order a paperback.
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