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Quick rant: I cringe everytime I hear the news, entertainment shows, etc name Michael Jackson's kids, Prince, Paris & Blanket. I know he did not give his children the best of names, but for the kid's sake can't they just say: Prince, Paris and Michael II (or Jr.) or whatever. Poor kid, he keeps getting called blanket! I just think the kid deserves to be called something other than "blanket"
Well, Jackson did nickname the kid Blanket. But yes, calling him by his given name would be more appropriate under the circumstances.
Of course, that may not be the only thing that's making people cringe by the end of tomorrow's marathon media coverage of the anniversary of his death.
Yes she is only 24 and made the announcement via twitter, but I say give the girl some credit: she has the guts to walk away which so many starlets don't. What would people have preferred to see her get extreme plastic surgery? Go on celebrity rehab? Shave her head? Have a quickie Vegas marriage? Get an eating disorder?
If she's genuinely walking away because she has other interests or has genuinely decided that acting just isn't for her, then I absolutely give her credit. People may be a bit snarky about this because -- as I noted in a post earlier this week -- stars have a tendency to imply they are retiring without really meaning it, especially if they might be seeking publicity. And in fact, Bynes's own publicist later said Bynes had never said anything about retirement prior to that Twitter announcement, which seems odd if it was something she had seriously considered.
The caliber of the Tweets that came immediately before her retirement announcement -- "I like black men I'm very attracted to them just fyi" -- also don't suggest that she's been taking time to really, um, think things through before she says them. But if it's what she really wants then, hey, that's cool.
But we never had our cupcake party! Unless you guys did it without ME.
Of course we wouldn't do it without you!
Yeah, things got too busy. Celebrities keep doing silly things, big summer movies keep coming out -- it's hard to make the time for a frosted treat. Sad, really.
I misread a Post photo caption yesterday and momentarily thought that McChrystal was in trouble for calling January Jones (instead of James Jones) a clown. And I thought, why on Earth is he in trouble for that? Good luck to Liz and her baby!
If people got in trouble for calling celebrities names, clearly Liz and I would have been called out by the President long ago. Thank God occasional snarkiness is part of our job description.
I'll pass on your good luck wishes to Liz, if she doesn't see them herself when she reads the chat transcript.
So his family thinks his story is fishy (see: People), and presumes he is back on drugs, his child is being raised by the wife's parents, and today a report came in about him sleeping in is car after a domestic disturbance (see: Radar). Normally this would be enough to make me think think the kidnapping story is a ruse, yet the Palm Springs Police did arrest someone and seem to be standing by London. What do you guys think?
Honestly, I don't know what to think. It's a curious case indeed. It's always possible that both sides are right. London's family may be right to be concerned about his addiction issues, but he also may be telling the truth about the kidnapping.
In any case, I hope he gets things straightened out. I always liked those London boys.
I read that she tweeted her retirement at 3AM - which sounds like she had some other things influencing her sudden decision to leave the acting world. I don't know about you but I have said and thought some pretty dumb things while partying.
The chain of tweets on the subject began at 2:58 a.m. Saturday, culminating with the official announcement at 3:50 a.m. So again, not exactly the timing one would choose to make a major announcement about a career change.
Liz isn't going to name Liz Jr. "Blanket," is she??
Finally, one of you figured it out!
Hmmm. This reminds me of white friend of mine who ran around telling everyone that she was extremely sexually attracted to black men. When that didn't get the desired reaction, she was suddenly a lesbian. She was disappointed when everyone took it in stride. I mean who cares. If you like black guys, great, go for it. If you're a lesbian, great, date women. It was like she sat down one day and thought "what can I do to shock my friends and family?" and made a list of stuff to try out on us.
Did she also suddenly decide to retire at a very young age? And was her name Amanda?
Because if so, that is one freaky coincidence.
Hi Jen. Charice is going to join the Glee cast. Apparently she's famous? Really?
Famous is all relative these days, I guess. Some people know who she is because she became a mini-YouTube sensation for her performance of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," and wound up on Ellen and (I think) Oprah because of it.
She's viral-video famous, not People magazine cover famous.
My money's on Desmond. Can we do a poll?
Sure, you guys can throw out ideas in the chat. Whoever winds up being right wins ... uh ... the satisfaction of knowing he/she was right?
Also, to another question that was raised: yes, I can help the person who wanted to coordinate a little something for the baby. Just e-mail me offline.
Your post the other day about wee Tom didn't draw nearly the volume of Scientolocrazy we're used to. Have the hordes of cultists assigned to trolling hte web to refute Tom stories been reassigned do you think?
I don't know. We got some good feedback but I expected more.
In the poll, currently the prosecution (Liz) is easily winning with 50 percent of the vote. Defense (me) has 30 percent, and the rest fell in the hung jury or declare a mistrial camps.
My money is on Jack.
Let me guess: another one of you is going to say his name will be Sawyer.
Why didn't anyone tell me how wonderful "How to Train Your Dragon" is! I laughed, I cried, I ate popcorn in my "second-run" theater. Next on my list: Date Night. What other movies should I look for in this sequel- and remake-driven summer movie season? What other non-remake did I miss this year that I'll have to catch on DVD?
I still haven't seen "Dragon" but I've heard great things. So I'll be catching up with that one myself.
As for others, I know I've said this multiple times, but do see "Kick-Ass," which comes out on DVD later this summer. Unless you're very sensitive to excessive comic book violence. In which case, don't see it.
Poor fella! He has always been a class act. Let's hope he gets a gold medal in recovery.
Absolutely. He's had the tumor for a while, and he battled testicular cancer, as the article says. Seems like he's had his share of cancer scares at this point and deserves a smooth recovery.
Weird, random aside: Scott Hamilton was the first celebrity I ever interviewed when I started in the newspaper business years ago. I am 99.7 percent certain I sounded very nervous and asked him more than a couple of stupid question, but he was very nice. Definitely a class act.
How exactly does one email offline?
I meant offline from the chat, not offline from the Internet! You all take me so literally.
(Actually, that is kind of funny.)
Liz is unpredictable. She'll name him Hurley. Or Kate!
You think Liz would name a baby, even if it was a girl, Kate? Don't you know her at all?
My vote is on Wapo -- little Wapo Chaney -- nice ring to it
I can say, without hesitation, that that is incorrect.
I started following Ian Somerhalder's tweets after seeing the CNN telethon. I give the guy credit: he seems to be devoted to spending all his time trying to whip up interest in the aftermath of the BP spill. I can't hep but wonder though, were are the A listers? (The CNN thing was C-B list celebs at best.) Do Clooney, Pitt, Roberts & Jolie think the Gulf just isn't worthy of their time? http://twitter.com/iansomerhalder
Well, we know Pitt and Jolie have plenty of love for New Orleans given their involvement post-Katrina. I don't know why they aren't more involved. It's a much dicier political issue in some ways because this wasn't a natural disaster, this was a massive screw-up by a corporation.
Of course, one could easily argue that Katrina was a government screw-up given the issue with the levees, but at least on the surface, it fell in the disaster category.
In any case, the fact that it's, arguably, a dicier political issue shouldn't matter. Maybe -- as Liz and I posited before -- they are waiting to see how things play out with BP containing the problem before they get involved.
So when the baby throws up, you can say "Dude, you got some Arzt on you."
Oh, I plan to say that to Liz regardless!
What's Drew Barrymore up to these days?
Well, let's see ... she's got that rom-com she did with Justin Long, "Going the Distance," coming out in August. She's also reportedly involved in one of the many "Wizard of Oz"-related projects ("Surrender Dorothy") swirling around in Hollywood these days.
Don't you worry about Drew, I am sure she's got plenty of things to occupy her time.
Hi ladies. Liz, I am going to miss you but have fun with your new baby. Jen, having read in your defense of Tom Cruise that you were a big fan of Andrew McCarthy back in the day I remembered this old celebrity sighting of him from years ago. I loved him too even though he is more my age than yours and saw St. Elmo's Fire like five times because of him. Fast forward a few years (1995) and I was on vacation in Nantucket and went to a toy store there to buy a birthday present for my older kid who was turning 6 while we were there. I had my 2 year old daughter with me and asked the store to wrap the present because I thought it would be easier. Well, the store was taking forever to wrap it and the two year old was getting restless as any toddler would be in a toy store. Then, in walks Andrew McCarthy. I didn't recognize him right away because he was older and little heavier but when he spoke it became obvious who he was. I tried to play it cool and at one point told my toddler to put something down that she had picked up and he said to me, "You are a serious mom-I even listened to you and put down what I was holding." I just laughed and it was about at that point that my toddler seriously messed her pants and it smelled just awful in that tiny store so I took her out on the porch to wait. He then came out on the porch too because he had a cellphone call and I remember being really impressed because his cellphone had call waiting, which was unheard of way back then. He was so cute and down to earth and now my toddler is 17 and a big fan of "Pretty in Pink" and she is mortified that she had a pants-load in front of Andrew McCarthy, whom she now loves. Well, long story but I wanted to share how nice Andrew McCarthy was to us, even though we (well my daughter anyways) smelled real bad. See what you have to look forward to, Liz?
Wow, that story was epic. Thanks for sharing.
If Andrew McCarthy walked into a store where I was shopping, I would not be able to resist telling him that whatever he was planning to purchase was "Hot. White hot."
BTW, I am sure your daughter will love the fact that we're all enjoying this story in a live discussion.
If it is a girl, and maybe even if it isn't, I am sure Liz will pick a super terrific name like Jen.
Har har.
Loved Wall-E. Is this installment of Pixar's Toy Story franchise worth seeing? Michael Keaton supposedly nails the difficult character of Ken the Doll.
Ken was very amusing, but I thought the whole movie was great. "Wall-E" may have had more artistic merit, but I think "Toy Story 3" is a more accessible movie for a mass audience. I laughed out loud numerous times. Those Pixar people are so unceasingly clever.
Could HM look any more uncomfortable?? I bet she washed her hands right afterward--I know I would.
Oh my gosh, I know. That photo is horrifying. I wonder if it's now the saved wallpaper on Bai Ling's cell.
I forget -- who hates the pleated pants? The reason I bring it up is that your own WaPo Magazine on Sunday actually highlighted pleated khaki shorts for men as the way to go for a great summer look. Thought of you immediately...
Liz is anti-pleats, but I am not a fan either. So count us both in. I used to wear them regularly in the '80s and early '90s until I realized they made me look like I was in a pool and a whole bunch of chlorinated water had inflated my crotch area.
That said, if you can pull them off, far be it from me to judge. I'm hardly a fashionista. I'm not even a Maxxinista.
I am relieved and think I can make it through the summer without Liz. The Celebritology columns and chats provide an important release in this often wonky dull town. thanks!
I'll do my best to make the summer and early fall tolerable in Liz's absence. As you all know, my interests tend to learn more toward pop culture than the ultra-gossipy stuff. But as God is my witness, if Lindsay Lohan does something publicly distressing, I will cover it to the best of my ability.
So, will Landon Donovan have to survive another massive dogpile on Saturday? And will you be watching?
As a red-blooded American, I am not a huge soccer fan. But I happened to catch that huge goal yesterday and was actually excited, excited enough to even watch on Saturday.
That said, if forced to make a choice, I'd go Wimbledon over World Cup, especially if Nadal is playing.


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Five facts about Barek and Logan's partnership.
1. Mike actually likes that the snacks she invariably brings on stake-outs are healthy. Not because he's a big fan of fresh vegetables and whole-wheat crackers, even though he will admit that it's nice to have lost 15 pounds because of them. He just finds it charming and neat that his partner is bringing food that she's grown herself, even if he never stops giving her shit about it.
2. Carolyn only really starts liking Logan after the Ansel case. This isn't to say that she disliked him before, exactly. He was a competent detective and funny when he wanted to be, but it was only after that case that she really felt he wasn't putting on some kind of show. Where he let himself relax enough to make jokes and comments that he wanted to make, rather than ones he felt he was expected to.
3. It takes Mike a while to stop noticing how pretty his partner is. This isn't to say that he doesn't know she's a beautiful woman; that knowledge never really goes away, even after the transfer goes through. No, what is startling is how often in the early days of their partnership how completely startled he'd be when he'd turn around to get her input or finish an interview and see just how lovely she was.
4. Mike is much, much more efficient at report-writing than Carolyn will ever be. He blames this entirely on the fact that Lennie and Greevey were raised with typewriters and steno-machines and usually dumped all the longer stuff on the junior detective (him) whenever they could get away with it. Carolyn just smiles and shrugs before admitting that the research angle has always been her favorite, and she'll do the screeners as long as he fills in the forms.
5. He misses her after she leaves. It's a strange situation and transfer that's all bound up in the fallout of Deakins' retirement and several lawsuits pending through the affirmative action laws down in legal, but the result is her transfer out of Major Case. It isn't until a few cases in with Wheeler that it really hits him how much he wishes Barek was still around. It's a strange, sad thing to realize that you've moved on from 'junior detective' and 'equal partner' to mentor. He's not ready to be the old half of the partnership.

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Home > Articles > How To > Advanced > Rebuilding NiCd Rechargable Battery Packs
Rebuilding NiCd Rechargable Battery Packs
The second most important tool in your telescope building toolbox is your cordless drill (the most important is your router). The problem with cordless drills is that the batteries only last a few years, and they cost more to replace than the entire drill kit you bought in the first place. The specs on my packs state that you should get 250 charging cycles out of them.
I dare say that most people can rebuild their pack totally free.
Like all of my articles, I must include the usual disclaimer that everything you do in this hobby is dangerous. Soldering irons are hot and batteries can leak chemicals that your eyes will not appreciate. Batteries can even explode if you charge them with their polarity reversed. I can not be responsible if you hurt yourself or others following these instructions. In fact, for your own safety, I recommend you just buy new battery packs for $89.99 each.
Besides saving money, why would I want to rebuild a battery pack?
Reason number one is that usually only one or two cells in the whole pack are bad. So when you throw them out (please recycle your batteries!) you are throwing out twelve or more batteries that are still good!
Reason number two is that you can put higher capacity batteries in the packs and create packs with up to four times the runtime of the originals.
When you only get a few minutes of runtime out of your pack, you get that sinking feeling that you are out another $90 bucks. But you can do some checking long before it gets this bad with a Volt Meter.
When you first take a pack off the charger it should read higher than the voltage printed on the pack. NiCd batteries loose about 25% of their charge in a month of sitting on a shelf. This is called "self discharge". So, you really need to check your pack with a fresh charge.
A good condition battery that is 18V might read 21V fresh from the charger. A 14.4V might give you 16V. As long as it is higher than the rating, you are in good shape.
Your battery that only gives a few minutes of runtime might read only 10V when it is rated for 14.4V, this is a problem.
There are some screws along the pack that allow it to be opened. Sometimes they are Star or Security head screw. If you can't find a way to get a grip on them, get a Security bit set at Harbor Freight. Rub your fingers over the label to see if some of the screws are hidden underneath it.
On some cheaper import packs, they are glued together and have to be carefully cut apart. Don't even think of trying this without a vise to securely hold the pack. Run a brand new razor blade along the seam until you can rock the pack apart. This will take some time. But it will give you time to think about buying American tools too.
Inside you will find a number of "Sub C" battery cells. Each cell reads about 1.2V. So an 18V pack will have 15 cells in it. The cells are taped or shrink-wrapped together, to keep vibration from loosening the contacts. You will need to cut off this tape. You will rewrap it when you are done with the repair.
Again, we are going to use the Volt Meter. Place one lead at the bottom and top of each cell. Cells that read 1.3V (remember this is with a fresh charge) are good. You do not have to separate any of the cells to test them. Cells that read 1.1V are going and any cell under 1V is bad. Some cells may be totally dead and not read anything. With a Sharpie, mark good cells with a "G" and put an "X" on bad cells.
You may think why bother replacing cells that are almost good, like the 1.1V ones. If you taking the time to do a quality repair, why would you want to repeat the same process in a few months when the cell finally goes? Do the job once, and do it right.
As you have probably noticed, the cells are spot welded together. I have never seen a pack where actual solder was used. Take a small, sharp wood chisel and push between the tab and the top of the battery. You may have to lift a little. Take your time on the first one; the rest will go like butter once you have the feel for it. Leave the tabs behind on the good batteries.
Put a piece of tape on the chisel to remind yourself to sharpen it before it goes back to the woodworking it was made for.
Using electrical tape, wrap the cells tightly so they will stay in place while you solder. This will be the cells "final resting place", so get the formation right, they have to fit back in the plastic housing. Remember these cells get warm in use, so use real UL listed tape, not masking tape or crap you got at the dollar store. Make sure you get the polarity right. All of the cells go together head to tail, positive to negative.
Use solder with a low wattage iron. Heat the tab AND the battery top so you get a good joint.
When you are done, check the contacts at the top of the pack to make sure you get the correct voltage. If you get some odd reading, you have soldered one of the batteries in backwards! Fix this right away. If your spouse or kids put the pack in the charger, it could explode or cause a fire.
Now all you have to do is reassemble the pack. Make sure all the cells are wrapped together tight with electrical tape. They should not move or shift around. Screw everything back in place and test the contacts one more time for proper voltage.
If you had a pack that had to be cut apart to open it, use PVC cement to glue it back together.
Place the pack in the charger and charge it up. It may well be a good idea to keep an eye on it the first time; you can never be too safe.
Remember earlier when I told you that most dead packs only have a few bad cells? All of your friends have dead packs sitting around their houses. Just ask them to give their dead packs to you. It does not matter if they have 9.6V, 18V or 24V; you are just going to take them apart for the 1.2V cells. Most people will never get around to taking those packs to the recycler, so you are doing them (and the Earth) a favor.
These packs have often been sitting for quite a while, so have your friend charge them up before you open them. Your own charger may or may not fit your friends pack. This way you can see which cells hold a charge.
If you have burned every bridge between you and your so called friends, you may need to actually buy some cells. Or maybe you want to build a "super pack" with higher capacity cells that will outlast the manufacture's original pack. The problem is that you can't just call DeWalt and order cells; they want you to buy a $90 battery pack.
On the net, I found lots of places that sell "Sub C" NiCd cells.
www.hosfelt.com They had the lowest price of any of the web dealers.
www.ebay.com There were many high amp hour choices here.
www.onlybatteries.com Many choices here also.
Many of these cells cost $2.50 each. Even if you had to buy 15 new ones, you would have spent less than $38 total. I have never seen a pack with more than three bad cells in it, so the average repair might be under $10, a handsome savings over the price of a new pack.
The higher the milliamp hour of the battery, the longer runtime it will provide. A 4500mAh battery will run three times longer than a 1300mAh battery. Many OEM packs are filled with 1200mAh batteries from the factory. Ones marked "Extra run time" often have 2400mAh batteries in them (like the DeWalt XRP packs). They usually don't state the mAh anywhere on the packaging; you have to call customer service and get transferred around a few times.
1. Keep batteries out of extreme heat or cold. High temperatures age the chemicals inside batteries prematurely.
2. Never run a battery all the way down. The moment you notice a change or slowdown, it is time to swap packs. Modern NiCd batteries do NOT have "memory effect". Never put a rubber band around the trigger to completely drain a battery on the advice of a crazy old-timer.
3. Top off batteries before storage. When done with the day's work, recharge your packs before putting them away. Many modern chargers have a "deep-charge" mode that conditions batteries when left in the charger overnight. Consult your manual to see if your charger has this feature.
4. Charge up side down. Your charger creates a lot of heat when it is charging, especially if the pack is really low. Flip the charger so the battery is on the bottom and the charger is on top. This lets the heat from the charger rise and dissipate without further heating the battery.
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Deus Ex Tops Sales For August
September 8, 2011 - Plus three dance games, three Disney games, and a 14 year old title.
Cars 2 The Game Review
June 22, 2011 - Don't let the kiddie license fool you. Cars 2 is a great game in the vein of Mario Kart.
E3 2011: Movie Video Games You'll Want to Play
June 9, 2011 - The video game industry has been creating movie tie-in titles for as long as the medium has been around. From Atari's E.T. to Thor: God of Thunder, movie tie-ins have been a rocky business, giving us games from Worst Ever to Pretty Good. But recently, movie video games have seen increasing budgets, and developers who genuinely care to bring the best product possible to fans of their favorite movies. The concept of tie-in video games isn't going away any time soon, so it's great to see that the games have gotten better.
E3 2011: The Big Games List
May 2, 2011 - As we near E3, we get a better sense of what games we'll see. The Big E3 List compiles all of the games confirmed by publishers or developers. There are plenty more games we know or expect. This list isn't for those. These are the things that have been promised publicly. Check the list. Come back to it often.
Full List of Wii and 3DS Release Dates
April 12, 2011 - Nintendo has released its second quarter lineup, with a heavy load of third-party titles and a few select picks from the company itself.
Disney Pixar's Cars 2: The Video Game Revving Up for Release Summer 2011
February 14, 2011 - Disney Interactive Studios today announced that Disney•Pixar's Cars 2: The Video Game is coming to major platforms this summer. Unveiled at the American International Toy Fair in New York City, Cars 2: The Video Game will allow players to jump into the Cars universe with a brand new international spy theme. The game will feature an array of beloved Cars characters competing in action-packed spy adventures, as well as world-class racing. Inspired by the upcoming Disney•Pixar animated film, Cars 2: The Video Game is slated for release this summer.


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Drillbit Taylor
Many people know what it's like to be on the receiving end of a bully, and perhaps that's what's behind the success of films that deal with kids being bullied in school. Combining that with the great comedic writing behind films such as Superbad, the product is the very funny Drillbit Taylor.
Along with the funny lines in Drillbit Taylor, we also have the perfect actors to pull them off in Owen Wilson, Troy Gentile, and Leslie Mann. Wilson we know from films like Wedding Crashers and Shanghai Noon, and Mann we know from George of the Jungle and Knocked Up, but Gentile doesn't sound familiar, until you realize he's the chubby, funny kid you see in nearly everything these days, such as Good Luck Chuck and Bad News Bears. He has some great lines here that he delivers to perfection, such as telling his mom the reason he's now sleeping naked is because he's in high school now and doesn't like elastic squeezing on his ass.
Gentile plays a boy entering his freshman year of high school, and both he and his friends are horribly picked on at school, as the bullies attack them while they're peeing to make them pee on themselves and lock them in the trophy case at the school. The boys try to lose their nerdy personas, to the point of exchanging their real names for nicknames such as T-Dog, but it doesn't seem to help. The principal of the school is unhelpful at best, and they turn to hiring a bodyguard to protect them with money they saved from a Bar Mitzvah and selling Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.
The boys' interviews of potential bodyguards is amusing, but the funniest part is a bit of déjà vu as Adam Baldwin shows up to interview, and tells them it's stupid for kids to hire a bodyguard to protect them from school bullies, an obvious homage to Baldwin playing "the" bodyguard in My Bodyguard back in 1980. It's one of those things where it takes you half a second to make the connection, and after, it has you pointing at the screen, yelling, "It's … y'know, the bodyguard from My Bodyguard!"
Nearly all the bodyguards interviewed here want way too much money, save for one, Drillbit Taylor (Wilson), down on his luck and homeless, looking to make just enough cash to run away to Canada. Being that his asking price is the closest to what they can afford, the boys hire him, yet he has no intention of following any of if through. He's only in it to get whatever he can out of these boys before he crosses the border, figuring this will earn him much more cash that his usual panhandling.
Eventually, Drillbit starts to acquire real feelings for the boys, and in an attempt to protect them as much as he can while they're at school, he infiltrates himself into the high school, pretending to be a substitute, with the thought that as long as you're holding a coffee cup, no one asks questions in the teachers' lounge. It's hear he meets up with Mann, starring as an English teacher. She's so happy to meet his acquired persona of "Dr. Illbit," as she's tired of meeting the losers she seems to always end up with.
The movie ends predictably, but watching it happen throughout, we don't mind a bit, as we know we'll be met with plenty of laughs along the way. Sometimes when we see funny commercials advertising a film, sitting down to actually watch the movie we find that all the funny bits were those that were included in the commercial. Yet, with Drillbit Taylor, the funny bits we see included in the commercial are just a hint of what we'll see during the duration of the film.


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Posts Tagged 'felt'
GiveawayWednesday, January 16th, 2013
Folk Magazine is having 15 days of giveaways and one of the prizes is one of my felt owl face brooches. Visit their Facebook page and then find and share my image on FB to be entered.
Get Felt Up!Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Sorry, just couldn't resist that title
Continuing my work with felt here's a couple of holiday ornament I've made. They are all felt that have been blanket stitched around the edges with embroidery floss.
This first is a Snowman ornament, he's stuffed with poly fill, I made him a broom using a wooden dowel and felt. I especially love the nose, I rolled orange felt into a cone shape and glued it on.
This next one is a felt mitten, it's the perfect size to hold a gift card or tiny gift, use as a tag on a present or just hang on the tree.
I've made several different colors of mittens and snowmen in different color hats and scarves, they'll all be available in my Etsy shop.
Stitch Me InFriday, October 30th, 2009
Here's another paper and felt collage, this time I wanted to try something new with my sewing machine so I adhered a bird onto vintage music paper and then lightly sketched a bird cage on the paper and then sewed over my pencils lines with my sewing machine, I think it turned out pretty cool and I'll be trying this technique more often. It was a little nerve wracking knowing if I totally messed up I couldn't fix it but I think with some more practice I can do lots more "free hand" stitching.
Something a Little DifferentMonday, October 26th, 2009
I recently got a new book at the library called "Pretty Little Felts", the author, Julie Collings had made some amazing things using felt, including some great paper and felt ornaments. I was really inspired by them and decided to put my own twist on them and give some a try myself.
I made some tiny collages, very similar to what I've done in the past for other projects using vintage papers as backgrounds and adding other collage images and words on top, I then sealed the paper using gel medium, I stitched a loop of ribbon to my felt shapes and then adhered the paper collages on top. I then added embellishments like crocheted flowers and vintage buttons. I'm really happy with how they turned out
This one is a favorite theme of mine, a bird:
This one is a pretty little girl I tunred into a Queen, reminds me of the White Queen from Alice in Wonderland:
these are both on sale here in my Etsy shop right now, look for more of these coming soon:)
My Collagey ValentineWednesday, January 14th, 2009
Made a couple of collage art Valentine cards today.
The first one is an image of a vintage couple, I mounted them on scallop edged black paper to look more like the old photos that have that type of edge, added some vintage lace and a pink paper heart with the word "love" cut from an old book. The background is vintage music paper that's been stitched onto cardstock on my sewing machine and then mounted onto a pink card. There is also an old looking key tied with pink rick rack ribbon. The inside of the cards says "You hold the key to my HEART"
The next one is another of my felt owls (I've done other cards and ATC's with him) sitting on a stamped branch, he's also on vintage music paper surrounded by falling pink stamped hearts that's stitched onto cardstock and mounted on a pink card. The outside says "Whooo Loves You" and the inside says "I do!".
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Humpback whale visiting Puget Sound
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, May 29, 2008
OLYMPIA -- A humpback whale that has been sighted the past two weeks in Puget Sound around Vashon Island appears to be a young adult in good condition.
Observers with Cascadia Research of Olympia have been monitoring and photographing the whale to identify it.
Cascadia's founder, John Calambokidis, says a humpback is sighted in Puget Sound about once a year. He says 300 to 500 humpback whales congregate this time of year to feed off the northern Washington coast.
Researchers believe there are more than 18,000 humpbacks in the North Pacific, compared with 1,500 when whale hunting was banned in 1966.


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Sullivan: A legend in education passes
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Norman L. Sullivan was a legend in education circles – hence the reason Bonsall Union School District's middle school carries his name. Sullivan, who passed away Nov. 26 at the age of 86, had the distinction of being the longest serving school superintendent (32 years) in San Diego County history. But in the Bonsall and Fallbrook community, he was more than that. He was a man who was greatly admired for many reasons.
At the memorial service held in Sullivan's honor on Nov. 30, retired Bonsall teacher Neil Gudgeon provided keen insight into why Sullivan had earned the respect of many.
"Ronald Reagan had a plaque on his desk that read, 'There's no limit to what an individual can accomplish if he doesn't care who gets the credit,'" explained Gudgeon. "That was one of two main principles that [Sullivan] ran the Bonsall school district by. Mr. Sullivan always gave the credit to teachers, parents, and community members. I can never remember him taking credit for anything; he always gave credit to other people. That was why he was so well liked."
"The teachers, parents, and students all loved him," added Gudgeon. The second principle that Sullivan held as a priority, he explained, was "the kids always come first."
"That always impressed me," said Gudgeon. "When you look at what is best for the kids, it always takes the politics out of it. Mr. Sullivan felt as long as you put the kids first, you couldn't make a bad decision."
Gudgeon, who taught for 37 years in the Bonsall Union School District, was a close personal friend of Sullivan and described his relationship with the man, who was also his mentor.
"I met Mr. Sullivan in 1961 when I was 13 years old," said Gudgeon. "I was playing golf with my Dad when Mr. Sullivan and a friend of his, who were ahead of us on the course, invited us to join them."
Gudgeon said he went on to play golf with Sullivan for 10 years and was hired by him as a teacher in 1971.
"I taught under him from 1971 to 1988," said Gudgeon. "I lost my Dad when I was young. Mr. Sullivan was not only a mentor to me; he was like a second father. I will miss him greatly."
Norman L. Sullivan was born Jan. 7, 1926 in Benton, Wisconsin. He served in the Navy in World War II and was called back into active service during the Korean conflict.
"There are very few veterans who served in two different wars," noted Gudgeon.
Sullivan obtained his college degree at the University of Iowa.
"In 1951, after his service in Korea, Mr. Sullivan came to California," said Gudgeon.
In 1954, Sullivan was hired by the Vallecitos (Rainbow) School and worked there three years.
"The amazing thing was that Vallecitos was a K-8 school with only two teachers at the time," explained Gudgeon. "One teacher taught the K-4 students and Mr. Sullivan taught grades 5 through 8. He was also the principal." After teaching at Vallecitos, he went to the Bonsall School District in 1956.
"He accepted the position in Bonsall as both teacher and administrator for a salary of $5,208 per year," said Gudgeon. "In my opinion, that was the best $5,208 ever invested!"
Gudgeon said Sullivan continued to teach at least one class per day until 1971.
"He liked that; he felt it kept him in touch," he reflected.
Another trait that Sullivan had was to make a point of knowing every student's name – in the entire K-8 school district.
"It was amazing," said Gudgeon.
Sullivan had three biological children (Dave, Anita, and Steve) with his first wife, Loretta Mabel Bernal Sullivan. The couple divorced in 1963. Later on, Sullivan married Virginia Sullivan, who had seven children.
"So, between the two of them, they had 10 children," said Gudgeon, adding that Sullivan always lived in the community he worked in.
"My Dad was always there for us," said Steve Sullivan. "As I grew up, my Dad inspired me and helped me get involved in things, like baseball." "He always took the time to come to my games; I'd see him in his suit, standing by a tree or eating a hot dog at the stand, watching me," Steve reflected.
Steve Sullivan also served in Navy, like his father.
"I was stationed out of San Diego and deployed a lot," he said. "It was funny because my Dad always seemed to have business to take care of in San Diego on the day my ship was due back in port. He was always there when I came in."
When Sullivan Middle School opened in 1994, Bonsall's governing board of trustees went through the detailed process of having it carry Norman L. Sullivan's name.
"He was very uncomfortable with the school being named after him, but he was very proud of it," said Gudgeon. "He told me when he saw his name on it, he thought it was ridiculous. He said 'I don't think I'm worthy of having a school named after me!'"
Janet Whiddon, who has served as the principal of Sullivan Middle School since 2008, said although she had never met Sullivan in person, she had spoken with him over the phone on a few occasions.
"When I attended the memorial service and learned more about him, it gave me a whole new respect for our school and the man that he was," said Whiddon. "We are pleased to have information on him and a picture in our school office lobby. He was a pillar in the community."
After enjoying a career in education that spanned 35 years, Sullivan retired in 1988 and enjoyed his Bonsall home until 2010 when he moved in to an assisted living facility in Vista. His wife, Virgina, preceded him in death in 1985.
The contributions that Norman L. Sullivan made to the growing Bonsall Union School District over his tenure are many, leaving a legacy that is distinct and honorable. And for many, his personality will never be forgotten.
"He had an infectious laugh and great sense of humor," said Gudgeon. "He was a very funny guy. You always felt better for having been around him."


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An Illinois National Guard soldier in Afghanistan has been charged by the U.S. Army with possessing child pornography over pictures of a young relative his mother says she sent him.
Terri Miller of Galesburg says she sent her son, Specialist Billy Miller, pictures of the little girl to help him get over his homesickness.
The pictures show the child in a swimsuit playing a wading pool and sitting on a truck. In one, the girl is wearing a swim suit and part of her buttocks are exposed.
The Army says Miller will stay in Afghanistan until his court martial. His unit came home last August. Miller faces jail time, if convicted.
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WQAD TV reports that the child is a relative whom the family says Billy treated as his own child when the girl was diagnosed with cancer as her father went through boot camp. Her father, the station reports, can't believe the charges, especially since they're on other family computers and on Facebook pages and no one else has been investigated.
Well, apparently the rest of the family is lucky some scum-sucking lawyer in uniform didn't happen across them and decide to demonstrate his 'Care For The Children' by reporting them to CPS; probably so he can trumpet it down the road when he plans to run for office somewhere.
Hey, Army: is there truly so little to do that you let these parasites screw soldiers over this way? And if there's so little for them to do that they have time to play bullshit games like this, GET RID OF THE BASTARDS.
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AS part of the Gathering 2013 the Tipperary Excel Arts & Cultural Centre in Tipperary Town would like to invite you to the Excel Heritage & Genealogy weekend on March 15th-17th.
With lots of events and activities to participate in, including the St Patrick's Day parade the Excel will warmly welcome the generations of Tipperary Diaspora back to County Tipperary. As the only place to research your family heritage from the records of the Catholic Church for the diocese of Cashel & Emly, why not use your visit to trace your roots, get to know the people and the places of your heritage.
The Excel will run genealogy workshops giving an overview of where to start your research and the process involved as well as a guided tour around heritage sites in Tipperary Town.
The Genealogy Unit will be open for anyone that would like to get started during the weekend! The theatre event 'The Great Hunger' by Patrick Kavanagh, the reason of course for mass emigration from Ireland in the 19th Century will be an opportunity to immerse yourself in Irish literature.
An after dinner speaker on history of Tipperary on Saturday evening along with some traditional music and dance to keep you entertained.
To finish the weekend, the Excel will arrange for you to take part in the St Patrick's Day parade on Sunday in Tipperary Town. You can participate in all or some of the activities arranged over the weekend and all the Excel staff hope you will decide to join them for part of what promises to be a most memorable year in Ireland.
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RG3 Twitter Rant: Lay Off Brittney Griner!by Free Britney at . Comments
Robert Griffin III (or RG3 for short) is normally Mr. Cool, a guy who plays it close to the vest ... but don't get him started on fellow Baylor star Brittney Griner.
The Washington Redskins QB couldn't help himself when he saw the beating taken by Griner, his friend and former schoolmate, in the NCAA Tournament.
The 6'8" Brittney Griner is one of the best female players ever, and took a pounding in the Lady Bears' loss to Louisville in the regional semifinals.
Irate at what he believed to be mistreatment of Griner by opponents, refs and fans, Griffin rapidly fired off 12 tweets defending Griner, such as:
- Whew... ok I took my time to calm down and not go off on twitter about the Baylor Girls Basketball game.... BUT I CAN'T DO IT!!!!!
- People poke and make fun of B. Griner all the time but C'MON MAN.... Them girls were LITERALLY throwing elbows, slaps, weave....
- Not to mention the lil lady who was mean-mugging B. Griner's BELLY BUTTON after she made the nice layup... BACK UP CHILDS PLAY!!!
- Yes people Louisville hit the 3 ball all night. But for every 3 they made, they threw 6 elbows, 5 straight lefts, 4 right hooks...
- Despite all the man jokes BG is not SHAQ! She is a 6'8 WOMAN! & the REFS! OH MY... NCAA may find a way to fine me if I bring them up.
Gotta give Griffin props for defending his friend, sticking up for his school, and putting a spotlight on the women's game. He also makes some valid points.
Punching a player in the gut (if that happened) would be a major deal in the men's game, and jokes about the star's size and stature are uncalled for.
However, making the distinction that Griner is a "WOMAN" seems unnecessary, and saying she is "not Shaq" is sort of untrue. She is the female Shaq.
In the most complimentary sense, of course. Her size and skills force opponents to desperate measures, treating her like they would no other foe.
That is, in a sense, a testament to Brittney Griner's greatness - even if it means getting mugged out there. So you can't have it both ways there, RG3.
His shot at the NCAA was subtly classic, however.


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After the funeral of my grandmother, I remember my mom and dad, aunts and uncles saying, "We're the next generation to go." They remembered the good old days and told stories that bored me when I was a teenager.
Now, I'm the next generation. I'm the one telling boring stories about the good old days. It's funny how time does that.
I remember going skinny dipping with my cousins in the swimming hole on Possom Creek near Hog Mountain Road on my grandfather's plantation in Jackson County.
I remember going into the former slave cabins where the "hands" lived and telling my black friends that the city boy was here for a summer visit. They loved it when I came because we'd play marbles, and they'd win my entire bag. One of them turned out to be a preacher too and helped me preach my step-grandmother's funeral.
I remember the black children walking up to the big house in the evenings and using the outside water "spicket" to fill up their buckets and take back to their cabins.
I remember trying to keep up in my grandfather's footsteps as he plowed cotton with a mule, drawing water from Aunt Eula's well near Pendergrass, and running out of her outhouse when a snake slithered under the door.
I remember building tunnels with my cousin in cotton piled high and saving his life after a tunnel caved in on him.
I remember going shirtless and shoeless throughout the summer and having feet tough enough to walk on gravel by the middle of June.
I remember the awe and wonder of the Gainesville Midland's steam locomotive belching smoke as it chugged along in front of me.
I remember playing the trombone in band and striking up "Dixie" to celebrate when my high school football team scored a rare touchdown.
I remember saying yes sir and no sir; yes ma'am and no ma'am to adults and watching Captain Kangaroo on our black and white TV reminding us to always say please and thank you.
I remember protracted revival meetings and people crying as they came to the front of the sanctuary to get saved.
I remember getting dunked at eight years old and momma crying.
I remember the Gideons giving every 5th grader a New Testament, Bible reading and prayer to begin each school day, and Evangelist George B. Eager from Waycross preaching at a high school assembly.
I remember Dad filling up the car on Saturday because nothing was open Sunday.
I remember driving around the courthouse taking four right turns. The State Trooper said I could drive and gave me my driver's license on the day I turned 16.
I remember working at Jackson's Gulf Station cleaning the windshield, checking the oil, and vacuuming the car of every customer.
I remember evacuating school in Civil Defense drills because of the Cuban Missile Crisis that brought us to the brink of a nuclear war.
I remember getting in a fight with Tommy Ogletree in the locker room. Coach McInturff brought us to the circle on the gym floor. "OK boys, have at it!" Suddenly, we forgot why we were fighting and couldn't raise a fist. The big coach paddled us hard anyway. It was my first and last fight in high school.
I remember how the Lord has been there to pick me up when I stumble, to forgive me when I sin, and to make something good out of my failures.
The yesterdays seem but a moment now. The Scripture says, "Life is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away." So in the sunset, "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."
I know they are all there telling the old stories and waiting for me at the finish line, cheering me on, and with the good Lord walking beside me I'll finish the course that I began long ago in the faith that has been passed down to me for generations.
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Isn't God wonderful to give us a brain that records those precious memories to playback for others!?! I bet it would be fun to sit on your porch with a bunch of folks hearing more of your memories.
We're a storytelling family, too, and I've always got such a kick out of the wise youngsters in the family who've hung around to hear the oldsters reminisce. They may have missed out on a ballgame or two, but they got insights for their own life by hearing the experiences of others.
Thank you for sharing those memories to encourage us, Pastor D!
We're a storytelling family, too, and I've always got such a kick out of the wise youngsters in the family who've hung around to hear the oldsters reminisce. They may have missed out on a ballgame or two, but they got insights for their own life by hearing the experiences of others.
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The Case for SDN
The real value of SDN is not a specific killer feature: it's a platform that removes many of the critical limitations of the traditional networking model.
Software Defined Networking is on a roll: it's a real game changer. The game it's changing is the closed, proprietary world of networking with its vertically integrated hardware, slow innovation and artificially high margins. A world that hasn't changed much for decades.
There is nothing new about the concept of a software-defined network. It goes back to the early '90s when Cabletron prototyped a secure VPN solution, and more recently when HP was proposing an Adaptive Edge Architecture. The difference this time comes from the enabling OpenFlow/OpenStack protocols, which are de facto standards, and from the Open Networking Foundation (see "How Software Defined Networking Will Change Communications").
Let's start with a widely accepted definition of an SDN. It's one in which "the control and data planes are decoupled, network intelligence and state are logically centralized, and the underlying network infrastructure is abstracted from the applications" (source opennetworking.org).
Sounds good, but what does it mean? What does it bring to the enterprise table? Well, if you change "abstracted" to "virtualized," maybe you can spot the beginning of the business case.
Quoting from a Dell white paper:
"The introduction of server virtualization led to a revolution among enterprises that has consumed the focus around IT infrastructure for the past decade. Virtualization changed the entire operational model around server infrastructure in such a profound way that it laid the foundation for a complete re-imagining of enterprise IT. Prior to virtualization, IT services were encumbered by the realities of the physical world, but when empowered by virtualization, the deployment of a new server could become as simple as the touch of a button."
The ability to virtualize computing and storage resources is something we take for granted. But somehow the ability to add, drop and change network resources and profiles in the same way sounds like black magic: something that sounds too good to be true, possibly because networking has been stuck in a proprietary rut for 40 years.
OpenStack enables orchestration. This is an open source cloud operating system. It controls large pools of computing, storage, and networking resources. Schematic courtesy HP.
As illustrated, a key business benefit is the ability to orchestrate network resources via a portal. The network devices are powerful OpenFlow-compliant switches having relatively limited intelligence--limited because most of the network smarts reside in the OpenFlow controller, which manages a distributed set of network devices as a single virtual switch. Most OpenFlow controllers expose an API to the applications.
OpenStack enables orchestration. This is an open source cloud operating system. It controls large pools of computing, storage, and networking resources. Schematic courtesy HP.
SDN's 3-layer architecture provides open, standards-based access to the infrastructure. The control layer separates the control and data planes, which enables multiple devices to be abstracted down to one. And the application layer delivers open, programmable interfaces to automate the orchestration of network services. SDN has the potential to shape traffic flow in order to meet specific business or security needs, e.g., the need to abide by OECD guidelines on the protection of privacy and trans-border flow of personal data.
This structure facilitates the ability to quickly create and deploy new applications and services. For example, the CERN logo (at top right of the schematic above) indicates the joint development of a distributed load balancing application that delivers advanced traffic characterization and orchestration. The objective was to optimize traffic distribution, with synchronization across load balancers. This SDN capability is particularly useful to CERN because its Large Hadron Collider experiments generate an enormous amount of data that needs to be transported to various universities and institutions around the world--hence the need for this advanced network application. It runs on an HP Virtual Applications Networks SDN controller.
OpenFlow and OpenStack
OpenFlow is a Layer 2 communications protocol that gives access to the forwarding plane of a network switch or router over the network. It allows the path of network packets through the network of switches to be determined by software running on multiple routers. This separation of the control from the forwarding allows for more sophisticated traffic management.
OpenStack is an open source cloud operating system designed to deliver high-performance virtualized network infrastructure that transitions customers to the cloud.
An Automated Model
Using the command line interface (CLI) to program the individual switches is something that Cisco and Cisco-trained IT staff had to do in order to meet customer requests for policy changes. However, this is an expensive, time-consuming task and SDN can provide a model that automates networking provisioning. Therefore, IT departments won't need to jump through such high-tech hoops in future: instead untrained staff can employ the model to develop self-service clouds. SDN also removes router/switch lock-in: switches and routers are now abstracted, which allows enterprises to swap between vendors.
This need is obvious, but how is this task realized? HP's model is built on top of the company's Virtual Application Network SDN controller. The APIs used to communicate between the layers of the SDN stack are grouped based on their function in the architecture: Northbound OpenStack APIs communicate between controllers and applications, and southbound OpenFlow APIs communicate between controller and infrastructure. Automation of the network configuration process is based on the policy-driven decisions built into the network applications.
The Big Picture
As the cloud era takes shape, technology continues to play an increasing role in all aspects of business, and its role is shifting from operational support to becoming core to product & service delivery and customer interaction. Data Centers in private or secure third party clouds are becoming the manufacturing floor of the information era. SDN allows IT to take a more proactive role in delivering cloud services and applications, which in turn will drive next-generation user experiences.
That is the real value of SDN. It is not a specific killer feature: instead it's a platform that removes many of the critical limitations of the traditional networking model: one that is set to create entirely new networking possibilities.
The big picture: the shape of the emerging cloud era. Virtual computing and storage resources employed over a virtual network and topped off with next-generation business applications and services. Schematic courtesy Dell.


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London - Chelsea eased the pressure on boss Rafael Benitez with a 4-1 win over Wigan, while England star Jack Wilshere suffered a worrying thigh injury in 10-man Arsenal's 1-0 victory at Sunderland on Saturday.
Benitez admitted this week that he hasn't spoken to notoriously demanding Blues owner Roman Abramovich for three weeks, sparking suggestions the Spaniard could be in danger of losing his job after Chelsea's recent poor run.
But the third placed Blues were too strong for struggling Wigan at Stamford Bridge and cruised to their first win in five matches in all competitions.
Chelsea produced a sweeping move to open the scoring as Fernando Torres played a fine first-time pass towards Ramires and the Brazil midfielder fired home in the 23rd minute.
Belgian playmaker Eden Hazard doubled Chelsea's lead with a cool finish from Cesar Azpilicueta's cross in the 56th minute.
Wigan replied through Shaun Maloney two minutes later, but in-form England midfielder Frank Lampard and Marko Marin notched late goals to seal the hosts' victory.
There was less good news for Wilshere, who starred in England's midweek win over Brazil, as the Arsenal midfielder sustained an injury that forced him off early in the second half at the Stadium of Light.
Arsene Wenger's team went ahead in the 35th minute when Theo Walcott set up Santi Cazorla and the Spanish midfielder fired home.
Wilshere hobbled off following a strong challenge from Alfred N'Diaye and Arsenal were reduced to 10 men when right-back Carl Jenkinson was dismissed for a second booking after fouling Stephane Sessegnon in the 62nd minute.
Wenger was furious with Sunderland's physical approach, but despite those setbacks Arsenal held on for their third win in four league matches and climbed above Everton into fifth place.
Gareth Bale maintained his sublime form with a brilliant brace to inspire Tottenham's 2-1 victory over Newcastle at White Hart Lane.
Bale added to the growing belief that he is currently the best player in the Premier League with a superb free-kick to open the scoring early in the first half.
The Wales winger then bagged the late winner after Yoan Gouffran had equalised with his first Premier League goal for Newcastle.
Bale now has nine goals in his last 12 league appearances and his heroics extended fourth placed Tottenham's unbeaten run to 10 league games.
Reading's hopes of avoiding relegation suffered a setback with a 2-1 defeat at Stoke.
Brian McDermott's team, two points above third bottom Aston Villa, fell behind when German defender Robert Huth headed in from Glenn Whelan's 67th minute corner.
Cameron Jerome got the hosts' second in the 81st minute and Adrian Mariappa's 83rd minute reply wasn't enough to spark a Reading revival.
Michu scored twice to leave QPR rooted to the bottom of the table after a 4-1 defeat at Swansea.
The Spanish forward slotted in his 14th league goal of the season after Julio Cesar fumbled Nathan Dyer's cross in the eighth minute.
Swansea doubled their lead 10 minutes later when Angel Rangel converted at the second attempt.
Bobby Zamora gave QPR hope three minutes after half-time, but Pablo Hernandez struck two minutes later and Michu then netted his second to leave Harry Redknapp's side six points from safety.
In the day's other early fixture, Norwich shared a dour 0-0 draw with Fulham at Carrow Road.
With leaders Manchester United not in action until Sunday's clash with Everton, second placed Manchester City have a chance to close the gap on their title rivals to six points with a win at Southampton later on Saturday.


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I need a wee help with this proof:
E[e^-x^2] = 1/sqrt((2*sigma^2)+1)
I need to use Monte Carlo for the proof...
thanks !
What we can do is by a bit of manipulation show that:
when , for some (a very specific given by the integral remaining after the jiggery-pokerry required to get all the dependence outside the integral).
Then show that by Monte-Carlo methods.
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RonLCode:This is EULER, Version 2.3 RL-06. Type help(Return) for help. Enter command: (20971520 Bytes free.) Processing configuration file. Done. > >sigma=2; ..set a nominal sigma of 2 > >x=normal(1,10000)*sigma;..genrt sample of X~N(0,sigma^2) >ii=exp(-x^2); ..calculate exp(-x^2) for the sample of X > >..now estimate the expectation as the average: >..============================================ > >{expectation,sdexp}=mean(ii) 0.335965 > >..estimate k as the expectation times sqrt(2*sigma^2+1) >..===================================================== > >kk=expectation*sqrt(2*sigma^2+1) 1.0079 > >..estimate the standard error of expectation: >..------------------------------------------- > >SEexp=sdexp/sqrt(length(ii)) 0.00335965 > >..estimate the se of the estimate of kk: >..-------------------------------------- > >SEkk=SEexp*sqrt(2*sigma^2+1) 0.010079 >


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Israel may expect soon "large-scale" immigration from Latin America, Menahem Beigin, leader of the Herut Party, declared here today upon his return from a seven-week tour of South American countries.
"It will be most important for Israel to absorb the first newcomers of this potential mass immigration and to grant special facilities to these immigrants," he said. "South American Jews will not come here penniless," he added.


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A reader e-mailed us the other day to request that we check into claims the three Democratic candidates for the Assembly District 18 seat have made on campaign mailers hitting mailboxes over these last several weeks. So just in time for Tuesday's election, we deconstruct some claims made by candidates Rob Bonta, Abel Guillen and Joel Young. Here are the claims we examined:
Alameda Vice Mayor Rob Bonta says he "worked with the Obama Administration to acquire the Alameda Point property" and "helped deliver to the East Bay an economic development project that will create up to 9,000 good jobs." He also "helped secure $84 million in local education funding."
Peralta Community College District Trustee Abel Guillen "eliminated perks for elected officials and reduced the influence of special interests on public decision-making," "created financial reforms and accountability measures to protect education funding at colleges," and "secured $20 million for new job and career training programs."
AC Transit Director at Large Joel Young says he "stopped them from building buses in Belgium. He brought those jobs back to Alameda County."


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I prepared this last year and discussed it with many VARs. Recently I was asked about it again. So today, I am reissuing the five VoIP/SIP Trunking Assessment Criteria.
Cost: The current economic environment creates an opportunity for SMBs to address cash flow and profit margins. SIP Trunking allows an SMB to implement converged services (voice, data, video), immediately eliminating the need for separate dedicated lines. Moreover, when SMBs deploy SIP Trunking with an IP PBX the resulting savings can easily increase their profit margin. Unlimited local and long distance calling over a converged connection (DSL, T1 or DS3) can drop monthly telecom costs from $2800 to $840, a 70% savings, because entry SIP Trunks average $11-13 per month per call session while POTs lines are usually twice that amount or more. In addition to the cost of the service, the second major item of savings is the actual IP PBX. It can represent significant cost savings over a TDM platform. IP PBXs range from very simple PC servers running open source software to proprietary implementations, all at a much lower cost than their predecessors.
Quality of Service (QoS): A business needs its phones and they must work reliably with good voice quality. Historically, POTs lines have led the way and many SMBs were disappointed with the public Internet VoIP voice quality and service. Today, private IP networks are available, offering QoS and reliability equal to that delivered over a TDM network. SIP Trunking deployed on a private network, such as the robust nationwide network built and engineered by Broadvox, is proven to satisfy the most discriminating customers. Quality of service also requires a strong customer service capability, availability and trouble ticketing process. The correct network supplier will have all of these elements in place.
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Repeatedly penalized Seattle immigration attorney Antonio Salazar has been disbarred, and the state bar association is offering help to his clients.
As Seattle Weekly reported in a series of stories on Salazar, the attorney had long been accused of failing to deliver services promised to his clients. His disbarment, ordered by the state Supreme Court, went into effect Wednesday.
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Conflict and war have existed from the moment humanoids took their first breaths. While some have been blessed with claws and teeth that rend and tear, most humanoids have had to design weapons to defend themselves and claim their place in the world. No weapon is older or more primal than the body, no weapon subject to more refinement.
Humanoids have always learned from what they see and experience in their environment. It is no surprise that the lethal grace of animals common to their cultures influenced the development of many unarmed fighting styles. The speed and power of the tiger, the ferocity of the boar, and even the majesty and over- whelming force of the dragon are themes incorporated into the martial arts of cultures spread widely across race and geographic region.
In a world saturated with fantasy, where great sorceries shake the land and extraplanar creatures are but a summons away, it should come as no surprise that the dragon is not the only supernatural beast to inspire the martial imaginations of the world's inhabitants. Collected here is but a sample of the rare fighting techniques developed throughout the civilized (and not-so- civilized) world. More martial mysteries certainly exist, but this compilation highlights six unique and deadly fighting styles - Cockatrice, Couatl, Doppelganger, Manticore, Peryton, and Phoenix.
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I don't like baseball. It's too monotonous for me to watch and not enough going on to play. I'm the girl doing cartwheels on the field because I can't stand still.
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I've spent a lot of time in Italy. While I'm there, I have spaghetti and wine for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Homemade spaghetti pomodoro is my favorite food. Homemade spaghetti pomodoro and wine in Italy 3 times a day is my favorite meal.
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Ashley's Strawberry Oreo. I often wish I would stumble across a pomodoro flavored gelato.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Why Ed Miliband must be like Harold Wilson
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Great article, Mr. Clark. I think people are ready for a left-wing message on economics nowadays, as neoliberal capitalism is still stuck in a ditch, there just needs to be more prominent proponents of an alternative.
The leader of a major political party, such as Ed Miliband, has a very big bullhorn to get the message out and change the way issues are framed. He would have to compete with a generally right-wing media, but so what? It seems to me that many people already think that the media is failing to reflect their own interests and beliefs, so there is definitely a gap to fill, namely providing a voice for those millions upon millions of people who are not happy with the neoliberal consensus.
- Gregor said...
Interesting article.Perhaps the crux of the matter is here:
'the media is far more right-wing than it was in Wilson's heyday. And despite the ludicrous 'Red Ed' jibes, Miliband is, on several key policy areas, far more to the right than Wilson was, as I highlighted in The First Post last week'
I've noticed that The Guardian is already attacking Hague from the right. In fact I think that our so-called 'left wing' media is going to be completely irrelevant by the next election: they seem to be writing for right wingers who also enjoy articles on why men are stupid and worthless and why 'the religious' are responsible for attacking British democracy. Don't know who would say they 'like' this bizarre blend of right wing economics and foreign policy sadism with extreme social liberalism, but the editorial team feel they're on to a winner.
It is also possible that the Liberal Democrats will be completely irrelevant.
So, this leads to a certain ambiguity. On one hand it means that Miliband will probably not get any support from the traditional media which could damage his recognition. On the other, it means that grassroots movements will be more important.
In a strange sense I think this will be positive. Miliband may well lose the next general election, but if it means that at least one party has its roots outside a small circle of East Anglian public school boys, then that is good for democracy at least.
- neil craig said...
The way for labour to win would be to repeat Wilson's "white heat of technology" message. Say that they will enthusiatically support the immediate building of as many nuclear reactors as the market has use for, able to provide electricity at 1/4 the present price. Say that catastrophic global warming is a lie & they will not give hundreds of billions to eco-fascists. Promote X-Prizes & technological progress. Aim to get the UK economy growing at better than the world average of 5%.
At one time this was what socialism stood for & it genuinely was seen as progressive. It would open some real sane differences with the Conservatives in a progressive direction.
Of course this would turn Labour policy on its head & would take some probving they meant it. I don't think Ed has what it takes to do this but if he is certainly the best placed to do it.
- olching said...
Largely agree with Gregor.
The media has indeed shifted incredibly far to the right. I was really surprised to see Ed Miliband's reference to the Iraq War being wrong causing so much hostility in the press. Everyone knows it was wrong, why was it controversial to say so? Oddly, David Miliband is being treated as the wronged victim in this one, with his brother being portrayed as a conniving, dishonest player.
Tellingly, perhaps, what matters to the right-wing media is the meaning of Iraq as an abstract discourse - a piece of rhetoric with which David has been 'hurt' (of course there is no mention of substance, namely that millions of people have been 'hurt' through the war and that Ed M.'s statement regarding Iraq is obviously correct).
The same goes for the alleged influence of the unions. Any kind of liaising with the unions (even so much as talking to them) is seen as Stalinist or as somehow against the will of ordinary Brits (where ramming one's tongue down 'business' is seen as entirely appropriate; the deeper the more appropriate).
So far is he doing the Blair thing, helping the richest while shitting on the poorest.
we will fight for child benefit, but we will back the Tories on welfare reforms, what was labour brought into being for the rich or the poor, I know the answer with new labour and Newer labour, the middle England swing voter rules.


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Edward G. Winner, who retired in 1991 as the director of the D.C. office of financial services, died Aug. 14 a hospice in West Chester, Pa. He was 77.
He had complications from Parkinson's disease, said his son Paul Winner.
Mr. Winner, a District native, began his government career as a teacher in D.C. public schools during the 1960s. He later served as an executive assistant for D.C. schools. He was budget director from 1972 to 1975 and served as a deputy superintendent responsible for management services from 1975 to 1980. He was director of the D.C. office of financial information services from 1981 to 1991, where he oversaw the District's fiscal data processing facilities.
Edward Gilbert Winner was a 1952 graduate of Gonzaga College High School. He was a 1956 graduate of Catholic University, where he also received a master's degree in English literature in 1959. He served in the Air Force from 1960 to 1963.
He was director of the Urban Teacher Corps in Washington and taught classes in D.C. schools before joining the Peace Corps in 1968. He served in Nigeria for three years before joining the D.C. government. He moved to Pennsylvania in 2007.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Mary Kathryn Mullins Winner of Lincoln University, Pa.; six children, Paul Winner of Columbia, Kristin Cassan of Toulouse, France, Susan Bartley of Lincoln University, Barbara Defix of Siaugues-Saint-Romain, France, James Winner of Rockville and Diane Winner of Raleigh, N.C.; a sister; a brother; and nine grandchildren. A son, David Winner, died as an infant in 1964.


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