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Disclosure: This is a sponsored collaboration with IKEA, however all ideas, opinions, and thoughts are my own.
I can't believe this is the last of my IKEA collaborative posts! Big sad face. It's been so fun, I don't even know where the last 4 months have gone.
For this last challenge we were tasked with doing something fab in the kitchen. Yeaaahh kitchen! I love cooking. Well, I used to anyway, before I had a fussy toddler who throws my lovingly homemade meals on the floor, preferring a peanut butter sandwich over 8-hour slow cooked lamb tagine. Phht.. whatevs, his loss.
Instead of cooking for this challenge though, I decided to attack a problem area in our kitchen – the pantry. Uhh, the pantry. In my head, the perfect pantry is a gorgeous walk-in number, with plenty of shelves to hold rows of jars with little labels and scoops… like these:
Left: Emerson's Pantry via Apartment Therapy Right: NEAT Method pantry via Arianna Belle
Ahhhhh, perfection.
Back in reality though, our pantry is just a large cupboard in our kitchen, with 4 very deep shelves. Don't get me wrong – I'm in no way complaining.. our last apartment didn't even have a 'pantry', just a few small cupboards we'd deemed good for food storage. So the one we have now is actually pretty amazing.
Exceeeppptt.. we had no order. It was madness! Just look at this embarrassment… try not to shudder.
Finding anything took a lot of time, and we would buy double-ups of things because we didn't realise we had them in the first place.
Uhh, look away! Needless to say this pantry needed a makeover like, yesterday.
So off to Ikea I went. And I bought about 50 (not kidding) of their 365+ food containers in all 3 sizes. And I got some very strange looks. And Arlo was super embarrassed by all my containers and got angry and loud. But I was excited because I was going to have an organised pantry!
I particularly liked the 365+ containers because they have a flip lid on one end, making it easy to pour the contents out without opening the whole lid. Win!
Then when I got home, I unpacked the pantry and repacked it into my wonderful new containers, labelled them all and stacked them back into the shelves in all their organised glory. I'm glossing over this part because it actually took a while and was a bit messy, especially with a toddler thrown into the mix. But we got there, and it was absolutely worth it!
Bask, in my pantry…
And side-by-side:
Perfection! And, no surprises – it's SO MUCH EASIER to find things now!
The bread-making box.
High-use foods.. rice, cous cous, quinoa…
And on the top shelf I even managed to get some baking ingredients in that were previously stored elsewhere!
It's still not like those spectacular Pinterest pantries I started the post with, but it's the greatest pantry I've ever had – and I love it. I've found that when I organise things around me, in our house, I feel a bit like I'm organising my brain.. I feel better, lighter, clearer. Less highly strung. And it was the same with the pantry, it's a happy place now :)
So a huge thank you to Ikea for making my life easier in the kitchen – and the rest of our house for that matter. We're big fans over here, and I feel so lucky to have been able to work with them on this series. Thank you!


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NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY (NCL Pune) Ph.D. Programme (JRF)-2009
NCL is a major knowledge based laboratory devoted to research in the following area:-
• Agricultural Biotechnology
• Bioorganic Chemistry
• Microbial and Mammalian Cell Culture
• Molecular Host-pathogene Interactions
• Molecular Marker Technology
• Plant Tissue Culture
• Structure-function and Crystallography of Biomolecules
• Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Science
Applications are invited from candidates who are holding MSc degree or equivalent in all branches of Science and have qualified in CSIR-NET under CSIR/UGC fellowship scheme or DBT/ICMR JRF examination scheme or BioInformatics National Certification (BINC) Examination for admission to the Ph.D. programme.
Selection for admission to the Ph.D. programme will be done on the basis of an interview to he held at NCL in broad disciplines of Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, Life Sciences, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Polymer Science and Chemical Engineering. The number of students to be selected in each of the above disciplines will depend on the vacancies that will exist for each of the disciplines. A candidate may choose to be considered in any three of the above disciplines. The candidates will be interviewed separately in each of the disciplines of his/her choice. Separate merit list will be prepared in each of the above disciplines.
Tenure The selected JRFs will be eligible for a stipend of Rs.12,000/- p.m. + House Rent Allowance (HRA) as admissible under rules and a Contingency grant of Rs.20,000/- per annum.
On completion of two years, JRFs could be upgraded to Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) on assessment which will enable them to get Rs.14,000/- p.m. The total tenure including the fellowship period shall not exceed 5 years.
-: The candidate should have qualified in NET examination held on December, 2008 under CSIR/UGC category or should have valid award letter under the above or should have qualified under DBT/ICMR JRF examination scheme or BioInformatics National Certification (BINC) Examination.
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Dates to remember-:
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The interviews will be held on 2nd and 3rd June, 2009 at NCL in the Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Main Building. Please report at 9.00 a.m. on 2nd June, 2009.
Please note that the candidates, who fulfill the above criteria of eligibility, may directly appear for the interview at NCL on Tuesday, 2nd June, 2009 and Wednesday, 3rd June, 2009.
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The corn crop is not yet in the bin. Dairy farmers and livestock producers need to be concerned about the growing season ahead.
Concern began to develop weeks ago as corn planting progress was drastically behind the five-year average and the slowest on record. This raised concerns over crop production and the potential for higher corn prices. Current corn prices are already high with cash prices generally above futures prices in most areas.
After a week showing record corn planting progress, most of those concerns have been put on the back burner. There are areas in which planting will remain behind, with some acres possibly switched to another crop or not planted at all. However, this does not seem to concern the market at this time as those areas are not the main focus of traders.
We may have been able to plant a lot in a week's time, but there is concern over the progression of the crop, with emergence now significantly behind. It will take exceptional weather for the crop to catch up to the historical average. The current focus is on planting, with little thought given to the rest of the summer at this point. That is understandable as rain coverage over the past few weeks has improved soil conditions in many areas, also eliminating much of the concern carried over from last year.
Dairy farmers and livestock producers still need to be concerned as there is a lot of growing season to move through. The crop is not yet in the bin. The corn price a year ago was virtually at the same level it currently is for the new-crop December contract. One only hopes we do not see a repeat of last year and that good crops are produced with ample carryover keeping feed and food prices manageable.
What happens to grain production will have a large impact on milk production. Milk prices will generally follow corn prices. A lower corn price will spur greater feed demand, thereby improving milk production. The opposite is also true. However, this may not be as closely correlated as it has been. This past year taught farmers new things when it came to maintaining milk production during a higher feed price year. Many alternative feed sources and products were tried in the effort to reduce cost while yet maintaining milk production. Rather than abandoning these alternative feeds and ration mixes, what was learned needs to become a part of the business plan of the operation. Even in a plentiful year of grain, the milk/feed ratio for any operation may be improved with the use of some alternative feeds.
Even in adversity, farmers can get the milk from the cows. Milk production in April moved higher than last year by 0.2%. There were just two months showing lower production than a year earlier. This is incredible, given the tight margins experienced in the past year.
One has to wonder what this year will bring. USDA already anticipates record milk production. If estimated production is reached, it would be the fourth consecutive year of record milk production. Production has exceeded the previous year 14 of the past 16 years. Over the past five years, milk production has increased 14.7 billion pounds, or 7.9%.
My recommendation is to purchase call options or call option spreads to protect expected feed needs for the coming year. If grain prices increase from weather problems such as they did last year, this will certainly improve profitability. Purchase at-the-money calls and sell calls 70 cents higher for a net cost of 22 cents. Purchase $5.50 calls for 30 cents by themselves to provide unlimited price protection.
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Alternative for Germany (AfD), Angela Merkel, anti-establishment, Anton Troianovski, asylum seekers, burqas, Christian Democratic Union Party, constitutional changes, European Union (EU), freedom of religion, full facial veils, German law, German reunification, globalization, international institutions, interpersonal communication, Islamic law, Italian voters, liberal values, Matteo Renzi, Muslim immigrants, Populism, refugees, rule of law, Shariah, Wall Street Journal, West
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Updated Dec. 6, 2016 11:16 a.m. ET
ESSEN, Germany—German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the prohibition in some situations of the full facial veil, toughening her rhetoric toward Muslim immigrants as she sought to shore up her party's conservative flank at its annual convention on Tuesday.
"We show our face in interpersonal communication," Ms. Merkel told delegates of her Christian Democratic Union party to some of the strongest applause of her more than hourlong speech. "Because of this, the full veil is unacceptable for us. It should be banned wherever legally possible."
Ms. Merkel also said that German law superseded Islamic law, or Shariah, in a nod to criticism that her policy of accepting refugees had undermined the rule of law in the country. Some 890,000 asylum seekers arrived in Germany last year, largely from Muslim countries, as Ms. Merkel refused to close the country's borders to refugees.
Ms. Merkel's tougher rhetoric doesn't necessarily herald a change in policy. In September, she said that a ban on burqas would be appropriate in certain situations such as in courtrooms or the civil service, but wearing the veil was generally protected by the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion.
The convention speech amounted to Ms. Merkel's road map to fighting populism as her center-right party enters an election year that she said would be the most difficult since German reunification.
'We show our face in interpersonal communication. Because of this, the full veil is unacceptable for us. It should be banned wherever legally possible.'
Ms. Merkel repeated her promise that last year's chaotic wave of migration to Germany wouldn't repeat. The detention of a 17-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker on suspicion of raping and murdering a university student in Freiburg, and the detention of a 31-year-old Iraqi asylum-seeker for two alleged sex crimes against students in Bochum, have inflamed the immigration debate in recent days.
In next September's general election, Ms. Merkel will run for a fourth term as chancellor and will face the strongest right-wing populist party, the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, in the country's postwar history.
The Christian Democrats still hold a wide lead in the polls, and the upstart, anti-immigrant AfD has virtually no chance of entering government next year. But the party's rise has made Christian Democrats nervous because it has attracted past supporters of Ms. Merkel who are upset by her refugee policy and could complicate her ability to form a new government next year.
The internal discord was reflected in Ms. Merkel's less-than-unanimous reelection as party chairwoman. About 89.5% of the party delegates voted for her on Tuesday, compared to 96.7% at the previous election, in 2014.
Ms. Merkel exhorted her colleagues to avoid divisive rhetoric and defended European integration.
"In this situation in which the world has come out of joint, we must first do everything to make sure that Europe doesn't come out of its crises even weaker than how it entered them," Ms. Merkel said. "We must do this deeply in our own interest, since Germany will do well in the long term only when Europe also does well."
The anti-establishment mood sweeping Europe has rattled Ms. Merkel, the European Union's most influential politician and a staunch defender of liberal values and international institutions. The latest blow came on Sunday, when Italian voters rejected Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's proposed constitutional changes.
Ms. Merkel said that managing the consequences of the digital revolution and globalization was one of the party's main challenges, casting the rise of populism in the West as a by-product of those economic changes. She said financial-market regulation needed to be improved and tax loopholes for global corporations removed.
While some people benefited from the modern economy, she said, others feared losing their jobs and that things were changing too fast.
"Some blame the liberal, constitutional state for all of this and fight against its values," Ms. Merkel said. To defend liberal society, she said, politicians had to show that "hard work will still pay off, today and in the future."
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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Israel approves bill to "legally" dispossess Palestinians
Sarah Bedson
- February 08, 2017
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Ramallah, occupied West Bank
- Late Monday evening, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed a controversial bill to retroactively legalise thousands of settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank.
The "
Legalisation Bill
", which passed on a vote of 60 to 52, came just days after President Trump's administration cautioned Israel that expanding settlements "may not be helpful in achieving" peace in the Middle East.
Bezalel Smotrich of the far-right Jewish Home party, one of the forces behind the legislation, thanked the American people for electing Donald Trump as president, "without whom the law would have probably not passed" and described it as a "historic day for the settlement movement and for Israel."
Its passage marks the first time that the Knesset has sought to impose Israeli law and sovereignty in Area C of the West Bank. Former Likud minister, Dan Meridor, affirmed that Palestinians living in the West Bank did not vote for the Knesset, meaning it has no authority to legislate for them.
"These are basic principles of democracy and Israeli law," he said.
The vote quickly drew widespread condemnation by Palestinian leaders and rights groups, with many calling the bill a direct infringement of international law.
Minutes after the vote, secretary general of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, denounced the law as a means to "legalise theft" of Palestinian land. Calling on the international community to "stop treating Israel as a state above the law", he stated "the Israeli settlement enterprise negates peace and the possibility of a two-state solution."
B'Tselem said the timing of the bill weeks after UN Security Resolution 2334 was "a slap in the face of the international community (…) While enshrining the dispossession in law is a new development, in practice it is another facet of the massive land grab carried out openly for decades by declaring 'state land,'" a statement from the organisation said.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary of the Palestine National Initiative told Palestine Monitor that the law signified severe cause for concern. "This is not just another law. This law will legalise land grabbing and theft of Palestinian land for the sake of Israeli settlers," he said. "It aims to annex most of the West Bank and it consolidates the system of apartheid, with 2 systems of law being practised – one for Israelis, one for Palestinians. The ultimate goal is to kill the prospects of a future Palestinian state and a two-state solution." For him, the supposed compensation plans are a smokescreen: "They know Palestinians won't accept money for their land."
Though passed, the bill could still be challenged.
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said last week: "The chance that it will be struck down by the Supreme Court is 100 percent."
Among others, the Israel NGO Peace Now vowed to appeal the law at the Supreme Court. "It became clear that Netanyahu is willing to compromise the future of both Israelis and Palestinians in order to satisfy a small group of extreme settlers for the sake of his own political survival," said a
from the settlement watchdog.
Ahead of the vote, chairman of the opposition, lawmaker Isaac Herzog took to the Knesset's podium, warning that, "This legislation is de facto annexation. Our opposition to the law stems from our opposition to annexation…it is not too late to stop the horror of a freight train", which he believes would be a one-way trip to the International Criminal Court.
Dr. Barghouti remains sceptical: "The public should be wary of Israel's actions to dampen international outcry by claiming the supreme court will overturn the law. We do not trust the Israeli system. In my opinion, the Palestinian Authority should issue a state referral to the ICC and every country supporting a two-state solution should immediately recognise the Palestinian state and impose sanctions on Israel. Nothing will stop the expansion of settlements but sanctions."
Palestinian NGO Al-Haq also called for sanctions as the only way to rein in Israel's flagrant disregard international law. "
Through the passage of this new legislation, Israel has once again shown that it considers itself above the law," a statement read. "The international community must show that this is not the case, and that international law applies to all states. Israel has responded to the words of Security Council Resolution 2334 with action. It is time for the international community to respond with action. It is time for sanctions."
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Buttermilk Biscuits
Sir Mix-a-Lot
*Now I'm your big mal dropper, mud duck stopper
Fila on the bottom and Adidas on the topper
Transform scratchin', big beat matchin'
I can tell you're getting jealous by the looks I'm catchin'
I hate dumb skeezers, MC beaters
Drop 5 grand on my bird white needer? (i have no idea, but i think it's watt
Smooth like ice, don't get nice
Just turn up the box for the Mix-A-Lot slice (huh huh)
Y'all ready to get busy? (huh huh!)
Now, buttermilk biscuits here we go
SIFT the flour roll the dough
Clap your hands and stomp your feet
Move your butt to the funky beat (huh huh)
Buttermilk biscuits (x 3)
(Lord have mercy Mix-A-Lot's our here rappin' about biscuits now)
We're from L.A. to the Carolinas
Dip them suckers in Aunt Jemima
Don't make a difference what food you make
Use buttermilk biscuits to clean your plate
You eat 'em in the morn', you eat 'em at night
Kentucky Fried Chicken makes the suckers just right
I am eat 'em with jelly it's my favorite deally
Wrapped and sealed by a freak named Shelley (huh huh)
Buttermilk biscuits (x 3)
One day I kissed my freak, hit the street
Looking for something to eat
In a 18-wheeler, lookin' real swass
All the girls smile 'cause I'm the big boss
Said I gotta eat now, can't eat later
Made a lot of noise to attract my waiter
The boy walked up, and what did he say?
"Say, buttermilk biscuits free today!"
So what you waitin' on boy, get up shake a leg
Gimme 10 of them suckers with grits and eggs
A glass of Koolaid and a whole stick of butter
Them biscuits make me a superfast cutter (huh huh)
Now grab that can and wrap it in your hand
Bang that sucker till THE DOUGH EXPANDS
PUT them suckers up in your oven
Grab your girlie and get a little lovin'
Add a BIT of honey if you want to get funny
Microwave the suckers if you want your honey runny
GONNA get naughty at the Mix-A-Lot party
And rub them suckers all over your body (huh huh)


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Developed in 1980, Centipede gained popularity throughout arcades all over the US. The coin-operated arcade community immediately fell in love with it, and it has been a staple in arcades for a long time. While other popular arcade titles like Pac-Man and Galaga have revamped and re-imagined their brand time and time again, Centipede has never had a chance to show its potential until now with Centipede: Infestation landing on the Nintendo 3DS.
Centipede: Infestation is a complete overhaul of the original for the Arcade and later, the Atari. Instead of a 2D shooter of old, Centipede: Infestation takes Centipede into the glorious world of 3D graphics with the 3D capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS. It is now a shoot 'em up type game without the limited movement the player has in the arcade version. Now, the player can move anywhere on screen instead of the left to right motion.
Along with the player, the enemies have also been re-imagined and can attack from any point on the screen. Spiders, wasps, scorpions, and of course, the centipede, have all been brought into modern day and look pretty intense.
Centipede: Infestation is a really straightforward game. You will play as Max the Bug Slayer, and yes, he prefers to be called that. He is a goofy, yet strong character that players will get to take control of. There is a main mode, story mode, which lets you fight for the minimal plant life that still exists in Max's world. By maintaining the plant life, you will have to conquer an extreme amount of bugs that have infested everything that was once Mother Earth.
Along with the story mode, the only other mode available is a co-op, in which two players can play through the campaign together. It isn't download play, but it is still a lot more fun shooting up immense amounts of colossal insects with an extra friend, and more importantly, an extra gun.
The story's presentation isn't anything special. The cut scenes are animated with mostly still pictures and voiceovers. It is interesting, and it's a good addition, but at the same time, the game really just does the bare minimum in telling the story. However, it is a surprisingly good story with some pretty significant, emotion-jerking points. In many games like this, it can stand alone without a story. So, even with the minimal story presentation, the story is a much needed and excellent addition.
The gameplay actually fits well with the story. Again, it is good, but it does nothing to set itself apart from the competition. It does the bare minimum of throwing some fun your way, but that is it. As Max, you will run around, shooting with the basic gun at enemies flying everywhere throughout the environment. In each stage, there are power ups for Max to receive if you defeat certain spiders that magically drop down from above. Shooting down wasps and tackling an enemy like the gigantic centipede is a thrill and is fun, but it's the potential that was lost in this title. It sometimes gets too repetitive and slow.
As many of the 3DS games to date, this game lacks a true grasp on the capitibilities of 3D through the 3DS. In all honesty, it didn't look very appealing at all. Recently released games such as Super Mario 3D Land and Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D have shown us how special a game can be in 3D, and Centipede: Infestation isn't anywhere near the 3D experience that games like that offer. It felt as if developers didn't find it very necessary to explore more into how great 3D could have been incorporated into this game. Instead, as mentioned before, this game provided the bare minimum, which isn't good enough in today's industry.
Looking back at the original on Arcade and now at Centipede: Infestation, the series is back on track, but it still lacks anything that could set it apart from its remastered arcade brethren. It does a lot of things good. The gameplay is fun, and the story is interesting enough. However, at this point of time, the competition is vast, and this game is missing things that have become default in a new title to be able to stay competitive. The lack of content is extremely disappointing.
Centipede: Infestation only has two modes, and nothing else. At the end of the day, you will play about 40 levels by yourself or with a friend, and that is it. Along with co-op, many games, especially shooters, have an almost limitless amount of other modes you can play outside of the story to immerse yourself even more into the game. This title lacks everything a modern game has, and with the potential there, it is heartbreaking to know this game could have really been something refreshing to Centipede enthusiasts.


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I don't give a damn about your personal life.
I have also seen についてとやかく言う translated as "quibble over". Could another translation of this sentence be:
I really don't want to bicker about your private life.
Is についてとやかく言う normally understood as metaphorical rather than literally "bicker" or "quibble over"? There was no other context for this quote, so I am also wondering if とやかく is that harsh of an interjection.


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A Life in Fashion
They do more than create apparel. They can see a bird and turn its colors into a fabric print. They can whip up costumes for an entire opera company. Meet the multitasking magicians we call fashion designers.
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If there was a job for a fashion designer in the polyglot city of Babel, Anne Namba would be a shoo-in. Her work speaks languages, from the rich brocades of Iran, where she lived briefly while growing up, to the obi details a stylish Honolulu bride wants incorporated into a wedding gown.
Namba got into sewing as a child on Oahu, after her grandmother passed away and left her a sewing machine. "It was the kind you pump with your feet. It was that old!" Namba decided to whip up an ensemble—shorts and a top. "It was blue kettle cloth with a yellow zigzag trim. I was so proud. And it didn't fit at all. My mother thought, 'Hmm, maybe [Anne] should take some sewing lessons.'"
While she loved art and sewing, Namba lacked the confidence to pursue fashion as a career. "I thought that was kind of like saying, 'I'm going to be a movie star!'" But once she had taken a few design classes at UH, she realized she had what it took. She later transferred to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City and worked in the costume department at Radio City Music Hall.
Her signature style is Asian, exotic silks, and she uses many vintage fabrics, though they can be tricky to work with. "There are condition issues, dry rot, limited yardage. You think you've got it and then it falls apart!" She also designs her own fabric prints, working with her nephew, artist Kamea Hadar.
The line has a reputation for being pricey, but actually, Namba says, "We work very hard to keep our prices down. Silk prices have gone up, rent and taxes keep going up. It's also much harder to find the vintage kimonos then it used to be. We try to keep the prices reasonable." Her line ranges from $70 for a camisole to $600 for a pants/top ensemble to $3,000 for a made-to-order wedding gown.
Compared with when she first opened her store, in 1989, Namba says Hawaii now has greater fashion sophistication. "If something was 'in,' we'd never know it for years. But that was before the Internet, and people travel more. We're less of an island than we used to be."
Her clients have changed in other ways. "I used to get an older demographic, but I'm now getting more young women," notes Namba, a shift she attributes to her bridal business. "And older women are fitter than they used to be. My mothers of the bride don't need to cover this, or wear something down to here," she gestures. "Some of them are really fit and can show off."
Namba continues to do costume design, such as for Hawaii Opera Theatre's Pirates of Penzance, and, more recently, for Madame Butterfly, presented at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland.
Unlike her regular clothing line, "Costumes aren't beautiful on the inside," she says. "They're lined to absorb sweat, they have big seams so that you can easily alter them [for different actors]. They have to be sturdy. With a regular gown, I'm not worried that my client is going to be murdered and fall on the ground, or roll around singing."
Namba is having a fashion show on April 18 to benefit Ballet Hawaii. It's part of her "Fashion in Motion" collection, which will also involve a May 6 benefit in New York City for Mikhail Baryshnikov's Arts Center. "For Latin dancing, [the clothing is] reds, golds, black—I'm even doing some leather. Short and sexy. Then softer prints, pastels, for more lyrical dance styles and evening gowns for waltzes."
In this era of reality shows like Project Runway, people might have a skewed view on what it takes to be an internationally known designer like Namba. But she knows better. "A lot of what you do is grunt work. If a trash can needs emptying, I empty trash cans!"
Where to Shop:
Anne Namba, 324 Kamani St., 589-1135, annenamba.com


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I have been revisiting the apple "Siri" dictation thing... it saves a little time. More important it just backs on the pains of typing dramatically. It is not automated, but it does cut down on the time None Siri: 5min of TSP = 1hrs of transcribingUsing Siri: 5min of TSP = 40min (10mins of siri, 30min of corrections)Other than Siri, I am just using the Chrome web browser and Transcribe Chrome app. Doing this by hand for TSP group, would be crazy and Apple makes it hard to automate the dictation feature (most likely so people like me don't abuse it). I have tried Apples simple "Automator" tool, but can't find a way to invoke the dictation...I am going to try using Selenium (free), but that is going to take time as I refresh my Java skills. This is not for Java beginners, so might take me a 6months (given this is a spare time project).If you got java skills or want to help out, let me know. If I could get someone to figure out the java code that needs to be written, that would help fast track this. (Would be more then willing to run that on my computer to benefit the group.)
So here is the flow:Using my Mac and Chrome (with Transcrib plugin)1: press Esc to start Mp32: press FN twice (this invokes dication to start)3: let it run for 20sec (watching mp3 time on Cromes Trscriber)4: after 20sec press Fn once to stop dictation 5: wait till dication is done processing6: at this point, need to validate dictation processing actually entered new text. Some times it gives up and doesn't do anything.7: if no new text, use F3 to rewind and try again (step 2)8: if new text, then instert time stamp of end of 20sec transcription.9: (remember mp3 has been playing since step 4) use F3 to rewind to new time stamp (step 10: repeat step 2
So you're using Siri to do the actual dictation, where it then writes it to the transcription box in Chrome Transcribe?
Siri is on your phone right?Edit: I guess it can't possibly be your phone...
If you got code you want me to try out, let me know. Work is kind of busy, so no time currently to learn a new syntax...
it would appear the system is working out at least half decent for you now!
unless Steven Harris does another Ep......
But now you have no Harris backlog... so you should be able to be way ahead of him this time.
Hi there.It seems like this board hasn't been active in a while. However, I think I may be interested in giving this a try. I have a few episodes in mind to start with, it looks like none of them have been transcribed yet.


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(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – March 4, 2013) California Lutheran University is launching a new center and academic program in collaboration with former Rep. Elton Gallegly.
The Elton and Janice Gallegly Center for Public Service and Civic Engagement at CLU will be dedicated to preparing a new generation of leaders. As part of the university's Master's in Public Policy and Administration program, the nonpartisan center will provide students with extensive experiential learning opportunities at the local, state and national levels. The focus will be on developing public servants of character and integrity.
MPPA Director David Powell and faculty members Haco Hoang and Herb Gooch are developing a combined undergraduate and graduate degree program to put students on a fast track to careers in public service. The students who are selected for the program will be Gallegly Center Fellows. They will be able to pursue internships in Washington, D.C., Sacramento and locally. As graduate students, the fellows will complete a research project and field practicum that will prepare them for public service careers. The first two fellows are seniors Nina Kuzniak, a political science and global studies major from Las Vegas, and Zachary Zabo, a political science and criminal justice major from Louisville, Ky.
Gallegly, who just left Congress after completing his 13th term, is loaning his legislative and personal papers to CLU so that students and faculty can use them for research. He is also donating his desk and other office furniture for display at the university. The Simi Valley resident is the longest serving congressional representative in Ventura County history. He began his public service when he was elected to the Simi Valley City Council in 1979.
Future plans for the center include providing student scholarships and public affairs research grants, bringing in visiting scholars and speakers, and hosting forums on public service highlighting leadership and civic engagement.
CLU and Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library officials are discussing a partnership that could provide additional opportunities. Possibilities include students interning at the library, scholars conducting research at the library while teaching at CLU under joint appointments, and the library's distinguished speakers working with students during their visits. Eventually, CLU may help the library develop graduate seminars in crisis decision-making.
With Gallegly's help, CLU will begin a $3 million fundraising campaign for the center.


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Ariane 5 completes seven launches in 2012
This evening, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecom satellites, Skynet-5D and Mexsat Bicentenario, into their planned transfer orbits.
Liftoff of flight VA211, the 67th Ariane 5 mission, came at 21:49 GMT (22:49 CET; 18:49 French Guiana). The target injection orbit had a perigee altitude of 249.7 km, an apogee altitude at injection of 35 977 km and an inclination of 2°.
Skynet-5D and Mexsat Bicentenario were accurately injected into their orbits at 24 and 36 minutes after launch, respectively.
Skynet-5D will be positioned in geostationary above the equator at 25°E. Built by Astrium satellites for the operator Astrium Services, it provides secure telecommunications services to the British Ministry of Defence, NATO and countries that already use the Skynet family of military communications satellites.
Mexsat Bicentenario is the fifth Mexican satellite to be launched by Ariane. It will provide telecommunications services for Mexico and neighbouring countries.
The payload mass for this launch was 8637 kg, including the mass of auxiliary payload adaptors.
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A refresher on candidate Bill de Blasio
Now that polls show Bill de Blasio leading or co-leading the New York City mayoral pack, he and his candidacy have gained a sudden surge of interest. Still, despite his nearly four years in citywide office as public advocate, some voters will inevitably ask: Which one is de Blasio again?
Parts of the 52-year-old Brooklyn resident's personal profile have been publicized for months -- his teen son Dante's afro as a visual symbol of interracial identity, his wife Chirlane's earlier orientation as a lesbian and the tragic descent into alcoholism of his late father, a traumatized World War II veteran, as described in a campaign commercial.
In pushing a tax on top earners to fund pre-K programs, de Blasio stresses the importance of early influences on people. In his own upbringing, the push for education and literacy seem to have played an important role.
De Blasio was raised in Cambridge, Mass., Bay State roots being one of the few things he shares with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. And de Blasio remains a Red Sox fan.
The 6-foot-5 Democrat quipped in a televised debate last week: "Although I did go to high school with Patrick Ewing, he made it to the NBA and I didn't." De Blasio attended Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, a public school, before leaving for New York University and graduate school at Columbia University.
Among the lesser-known, more impressive facts is that his mother, Maria de Blasio Wilhelm, who died in 2007, wrote a widely hailed book, published by W.W. Norton & Company in 1988: "The Other Italy: The Italian Resistance in World War II." De Blasio recalls joining her on one of her research trips to Italy.
A daughter of Italian immigrants, she grew up in Manhattan, graduated from Smith College in 1938 and worked as a researcher for Time magazine, de Blasio said through a spokesman. During the war, she worked in the Office of War Information, which broadcast U.S.-produced news programs into then-fascist Italy, and later, in public relations for the Polaroid Corp.
According to de Blasio's spokesman, his father, an Army veteran who lost a leg at the Battle of Okinawa, became an economist after the war. His parents divorced while he was a small child.
Bill de Blasio's official name change from Warren Wilhelm Jr. (he says he'd always been known as Bill) to his mother's maiden name was filed in court in 2002 after he became a councilman. "I was really brought up by my mother's side of the family," and the name he used as of 1983, de Blasio-Wilhelm, became "unwieldy," he told Newsday then.
Politically, de Blasio's indelible identity as a Democrat comes clear just from a glance at his resume: He was a union organizer and campaign coordinator in 1989 and later aide to the city's last Democratic mayor, David Dinkins. He worked in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under secretary Andrew M. Cuomo and managed the 2000 Senate campaign for then-first lady HillaryClinton.
His manner bears an odd resemblance to that of former Gov. George Pataki -- somewhere between ease and aw-shucks awkwardness. He bends the height a bit to converse.
He engages in one-on-one side conversations with rival candidates during mayoral forums. He banters gently -- saying, for example, at a rally in acknowledging one of his supporters, Karen Bacal, a teacher at PS 321: "Karen has that teacher voice."


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How Do I Start a Magazine?
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Q: I don't really want to start a business, but I want to start a magazine. Have any advice, like any books I should check out or Web sites?
A: The first thing I need to address is your statement "I don't really want to start a business, but I want to start a magazine." If you're serious about this and you want your magazine to be more than, say, a community newsletter that you hand out for free, a magazine is a business just like any other, with revenue to be made and customers to find and retain.
Magazines, whether online or offline, make their money from advertisers who pay to reach readers, not from the readers themselves, even with paid subscriptions. Soliciting advertising is no easy task, especially in today's tough ad market. Therefore, it's imperative that you (or an employee, if you can afford to have one) be a good salesperson capable of demonstrating to potential advertisers why they should care about the market you're targeting with your magazine. If, say, you're starting a beauty magazine, you would go after hair-care and cosmetics companies, fashion retailers and the like. Not only that, but you need to show these companies how your particular magazine is an effective means of communicating the advertisers' message--you need to show that you have a strong readership or the potential for a strong readership.
Your best bet is to start a niche magazine that will target a very specific market. You'll have a better chance of standing apart in a crowded marketplace and getting the advertising dollars you need. Try to think of something that no one else is doing, or think of how you can do things differently even if a magazine already exists in your subject area--it's not enough to have a personal interest in a particular subject. Assess the potential market--determine whether you will have enough readers. Ask yourself where your readers will come from and how you will reach them. This is the only way to get any advertiser to give you the time of day.
You also need to think about how you will generate content. Will you have paid employees? Paid or unpaid freelancers? Will you write any content yourself? Who will edit the content? If this will be a printed (not online) publication, who will do the printing for you, and how much will it cost--factoring in the rising costs of paper, printing and postage? Who will distribute your magazine to bookstores, supermarkets, etc.--and how much of a cut will they take off your cover price?
There is help available to new magazine publishers--Folio magazine is devoted entirely to the magazine industry and holds annual trade shows. And the Magazine Publishers of America, which offers seminars, books, newsletters and other information, is an invaluable resource.
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Read the full report: Hate On The World Wide Web: A Brief Guide To Cyberspace Bigotry (PDF)
In 1995, former Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader Don Black established Stormfront, the first white supremacist site on the World Wide Web. Since then, accessing the Internet and creating Web pages has become less expensive and technologically demanding. As a result, the number of sites on the Web and the number of people visiting them have grown. Mirroring this growth, the number of hateful Web sites has increased exponentially: hundreds upon hundreds of bigoted sites promoting a variety of philosophies, such as anti-Semitism and racism, have joined Stormfront on the Web.


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The effort will begin in Sub-Saharan Africa, where less than 1% of the region's population is covered by a cancer registry. With more than a billion people in the region, the new effort will improve cancer registration and, in time, treatment for patients in Africa while enriching knowledge about cancer for patients all over the world.
Cancer registries provide governments with incidence and mortality data so that effective policies for cancer control can be developed, implemented and evaluated. They also provide clinicians with information about patient outcomes to help identify tailored treatment options. Reliable and comprehensive data leads to the most effective interventions for saving lives.
The donation of Big Data and analytics technology was announced by Gary Cohen, Chairman, IBM Africa, at the World Cancer Leaders' Summit in Cape Town. "IBM's objective is to help find ways to level the field of access through innovation and knowledge, so that we can bridge the divide between the discovery of cancer and the delivery of treatment with positive outcomes - regardless of geography," he said.
The initiative will begin in two to three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, continue throughout the region and extend to Southeast Asia and Latin America. The IBM collaboration supports UICC's work with the Global Initiative for Cancer Registries in low- and middle-income Countries (GICR). According to the World Health Organization, about 70% of all cancer deaths occur in developing nations. Experts predict that the Sub-Saharan region alone will see more than an 85% increase in its cancer burden by 2030.
"With IBM's expertise in Big Data and analytics, I can imagine a world in which the very latest scientifically proven means of detecting and treating cancer is available in all countries, benefitting patients wherever they are in the world," said Cary Adams, CEO of UICC. "This information will provide unique and compelling insights on cancer, the likes of which we have not seen before."
According to the World Health Organization, more than 12 million people worldwide will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and approximately eight million will die. Yet, Adams continues, this number is drawn from a database that is increasingly weak as the cancer burden moves as predicted from developed to developing countries. "Much of the world is tracking a growing burden of cancer with very incomplete information," he said. "Improving the collection of data is critical to our ability to address cancer around the world."
Collecting data about the incidence of cancer in many countries in the region is achieved through a paper-based system, which can consume hours to gather information for a single patient. All of the US and Canada; 94% of Western Europe and 80% of Australia is covered by a cancer registry, according to leaders of the GICR initiative.
"IBM has always contributed its best assets and thinking to the world's biggest challenges, and there are few more serious than cancer," said Dan Pelino, General Manager, IBM Global Public Sector. "By helping UICC build cancer registries, we can shorten the time between discovery and treatment to save lives."
IBM joined UICC in 2012 to help the organization address the increasing data collection and analysis needs of the cancer community. IBM awarded an initial consulting grant that determined the business and technology plans required to build cancer registries. The next steps for IBM will be collaborating with the UICC and its GICR partners to plan and design the cancer registry in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the services, hardware, software, technical support and expertise to support the plan.
"Improved cancer registry data will reveal the population based trends that are so important in shaping and adapting a cancer strategy," said Dr. Isaac Adewohle, a gynecologist in Nigeria and president of the African Organisation for the Research & Training in Cancer. "This will inform my daily practice in ways that my hospital data alone cannot."
IBM has a deep history teaming with clinicians, researchers and public health organizations to help fight cancer through Big Data, cloud, analytics and other innovations. For example, IBM Watson cognitive computing technology is advancing evidence-based treatment and research with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. IBM Research recently developed a microfluidic probe with a Swiss hospital to enhance cancer diagnosis, and nanotechnology to improve treatment of breast cancer with the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. IBM's World Community Grid provides free computational power to speed up cancer research as part of the Help Conquer Cancer project. And in collaboration with the Kenyan government, IBM has developed a plan to promote cervical cancer screening.
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LYON (Reuters) - A small passenger jet crashed in a residential area in the French Alps shortly after takeoff on Monday, killing two people on board and severely injuring a young girl passenger, a local official said.
Firefighters found the girl in the wreckage, alive but suffering from multiple fractures. No one was reported injured on the ground.
The aircraft, a PRM1 twin-engined corporate jet, started having difficultly shortly after taking off from a small airport in the eastern town of Annemasse, about 5 km (3 miles) from Geneva, said officials.
"It hit the roof of a first house before it crashed in the yard of a neighboring house," state official Pierre Molager told Reuters.
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WASHINGTON -- The picture of how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will look early next year came into sharper focus this week after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a slew of rules on the law.
HHS Finalizes Essential Health Benefits
HHS outlined a key ACA provision Wednesday -- the core package of benefits health insurers must provide to customers.
The final rule outlines the minimum coverage -- called "essential health benefits" (EHBs) -- in 10 broad categories such as hospitalization, prescription drugs, and maternity and newborn care.
The standards will start to apply in 2014 to individual and small-group plans inside and outside the ACA's health insurance exchanges as well as in Medicaid. The requirements don't apply to self-insured plans -- the type usually implemented by large employers.
Feds to Run Health Exchanges in 27 States
With the expiration of a crucial deadline last Friday, it now appears that the federal government will have the sole responsibility for operating ACA-mandated health insurance exchanges in 27 states.
Feb. 15 was the last day that states could declare their intention to partner with the federal government to run their exchanges for the first year. Only seven states have chosen the partnership route. The other 16 states and the District of Columbia opted to run their own exchanges.
The exchanges, or online marketplaces, are a key cog in the ACA's operation, since they will be the mechanism through which more than 20 million individuals and employees of small businesses purchase health insurance.
Florida Announces It'll Expand Medicaid
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday his state would expand its Medicaid program to effectively cover individuals up to 138% of the federal poverty level as specified in the ACA.
That's an about-face from a statement the Republican made immediately after last summer's Supreme Court ruling giving states the option not to expand its programs.
The Medicaid expansion is expected to cover an additional 1.2 million Floridians.
Insurance Rate Increases Slowing, HHS Says
The number of private health insurers requesting double-digit rate increases fell from 75% in 2010 to 34% in 2012, "consistent with the increased scrutiny that such requests now receive," HHS said in a report Friday. Only 14% of requested rate increases for 2013 are more than 10%.
The report credits the ACA for the slowdown as insurers must submit for review and justify rate increases of 10% or more under the law.
"In addition, the average premium increase in 2012 was 30% below that in 2010," HHS said.
Medicaid Overpayments Go Uncollected
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has failed to collect nearly $225 million in Medicaid overpayments to states, the HHS Inspector General said Wednesday.
The auditing body identified 147 instances and more than $1.2 billion in overpayments, but said this week that 10 of those audits haven't been collected even though states agreed to repay.
Furthermore, CMS couldn't document that more than $7 million it reported as collected were actually back in hand, the HHS watchdog said, because the agency didn't keep adequate documentation.
CMS Issues Rules on Loss Ratios for Medical Plans
Rules that spell out what Medicare plans must spend on care rather than marketing and overhead will mirror those of commercial plans, the Obama administration said late Feb. 15.
Starting in 2014, Medicare Advantage plans and Part D prescription drug plans will have to spend 85% of revenue on clinical services, prescription drugs, quality improvements, and other direct patient benefits, CMS said in a proposed rule that details medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements established by the ACA.
"Aligning the commercial and Medicare regulations will make commercial and Medicare MLRs as comparable as possible for comparison and evaluation purposes, including by Medicare beneficiaries," the rule reads.
FDA OKs Genentech Breast Cancer Drug
A drug antibody conjugate called ado-trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla) received FDA approval Friday for HER2-positive, metastatic breast cancer.
The new therapy is intended for use in patients who have already undergone unsuccessful treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and a taxane. The trastuzumab portion of the conjugate -- called T-DM1 during clinical development -- targets HER2-positive cells, at which point the attached chemotherapeutic molecule -- DM1 -- attacks the cancer cells.
Ado-trastuzumab emtansine becomes that fourth approved therapy targeting the HER2 protein, following trastuzumab, lapatinib (Tykerb), and pertuzumab (Perjeta). Lapatinib is marketed by GlaxoSmithKline, and the other three therapies are marketed by Genentech.
Next Week
The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee will take its crack at reforming Medicare's fee-for-service system on Tuesday by holding a hearing on updating and improving the program's benefit structure.
On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee will examine innovative efforts to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in healthcare.
The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will meet on Wednesday to discuss the flu strains to be included in next year's vaccine. The agency's Science Board will meet on the same day.


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I am going to be in the market soon to buy a used GS bike. I don't plan to do much off road riding, but i do want to do some long range riding when nature calls. I am a taller dude, and have sat on the bikes enough to know my legs reach the ground. I plan to have the big boxes on, crash bars, skid plate ect....
But, i have heard whispers that the F800GS is a better purchase. For a dude that is 6'1" and 230lbs, would a F8GS be better? or the 1200?
If it helps, i probably will want a bike between 2005-09. Most of the time, it will be a daily around town bike. But when i want to go to the mountains to ride, i want something that will be comfortable.
Or, are they about the same as far as what i am asking? not so much power, but comfort and distance.
Thanks guys/gals!


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Trees and Shrubs, Bonsai
Germinates readily from acorns sown in fall; protect from rodents. May also soak acorns overnight, stratify 2-3 months, and sow in spring. Air layering in summer. Full sun, deep, fertile, well-draining soil and ample growing room required. Requirements for individual species can vary widely depending on your area: consult a local nursery to check which are best for you. Zones 2-10
Quercus robur, the English oak, more tolerant of exposed locations and of clay soil; zone 5-8. Bur oak, Quercus macrocarpa, is suitable for dry areas and acidic soils, and grows well in most areas, zone 2-9. Quercus michauxii, the swamp chestnut, does well in many soils, dry to wet, and in sun to shade; hardy zones 7-8
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Silk oak, silky oak (Grevillea robusta)
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Skyforce Remain Winless in 2014
In November and December of 2013, the Skyforce only lost three games. In the new year, Sioux Falls is 0-3 including a 116-109 loss to the Los Angeles D-Fenders at the NBA Development League Showcase in Reno, Nevada Monday night.
On Sunday night a Bakersfield blitzkrieg was the order of business. Against Los Angeles (10-9), the barrage waited until the third quarter to arrive. An 11-0 run turned a 4 point deficit into a 69-62 lead which the D-Fenders held for the balance. Overall in the 3rd frame, Los Angeles put up a 41-spot. For the second straight night, the bench provided the big numbers with Brandon Costner piling up 24 points and 7 rebounds and James Southerland chipped in 21 points and 6 caroms.
For Sioux Falls (11-6) Justin Hamilton shook off his shooting blues to put up a double-double of 20 points and 12 rebounds with Henry Walker and Anthony Mason, Jr. adding 17 counters apiece.
Ironically, Tulsa will be the next opponent for both Skyforce and the D-Fenders. Los Angeles will face the 66ers Tuesday night at the Showcase. Meanwhile Sioux Falls will play at Tulsa Friday and Saturday.


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1. Electronics and water generally don't mix. High levels of humidity are NOT good for most computers.
2. I'm not sure which is more impressive: the guy's initiative, or his victim's gullibility quotient.
3. If you are that desperate to see pictures of nude women, it's not like there aren't a lot of those pics available for free on the internet these days (uh, I mean, that's what I've heard).
4. Biola, in case you've never heard of it, is the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, which bills itself as an evangelical Christian school.
And these disparate threads come together in this article.


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There's a difference to being bisexual and taking what you can get.
was rejected pretty hard because of it. I can understand that; I'm still pretty hurt that I was called a liar repeatedly, though,
this forum is slowly decomposing into butts and kitties
When people try to speak a gut reaction, they end up talking out their ass.
I am a cowboy / on a steel horse I rideI am wanted / Dead or alive
You're actually cuter in that one.Linds, fuck you.Also, a photo of me should probably go here.
Quote from: Gareth on 27 Nov 2012, 12:07You're actually cuter in that one.Linds, fuck you.Also, a photo of me should probably go here. Looking good! Also I'm glad you posted a picture because I remember you when you used to post and I couldn't for the life of me remember what you looked like.
There's this really handy "other thing" I'm going to write as a footnote to my abstract that I can probably explore these issues in. I think I'll call it my "dissertation."


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We love our hands-free sensor pumps so much we got two for the kitchen. One for hand soap and the other for dish soap. Swiping a sponge or brush under the dispenser makes washing dishes super easy and our soap pumps stay clean.
In an effort to go with sensor pumps throughout the house and keep our soap dispensers germ free, we had an opportunity to check out the rechargeable sensor pump from simplehuman.
Just like the other battery operated sensor pumps the rechargeable model allows you to wash your hands without leaving germs or smudges on your soap pump. It's extremely fast and the silicone valve prevents drips and clogs. The killer feature is the rechargeable battery. To charge the unit just plug it into any computer or USB charging device. No more buying batteries! We've had our pump for a couple months now and use it multiple times each day and have yet to charge it.
$70 might seem high for a soap dispenser but you'll never find a better looking option for your bathroom or kitchen and you'll save that much in batteries over the life of the unit which has a 2 year warranty.
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