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Knitting, in fact all the textile crafts, are ancient arts, they go back so far in our history that I doubt you could fix the date – and unlike pottery and metal work, wool, linen and flax, the first fibres to be used to make cloth – ie clothes – are bio-degradable, so there are not that many artefacts to be found in archaeological digs.
Oddly enough, having just done a search for 'the history of knitting', the trawl is very sparse – this is from Wikipedia – the never failing first place to go!
"The oldest artifact with a knitted appearance is a type of sock. It is believed that socks and stockings were the first pieces produced using techniques similar to knitting. These socks were worked in Nålebinding, a technique of making fabric by creating multiple knots or loops with a single needle and thread. Many of these existing clothing items employed nålebinding techniques; some of them look very similar to true knitting, for example, 3rd-5th century CE Romano-Egyptian toe-socks. Several pieces, done in now obscure techniques, have been mistaken for knitting or crocheting.
Most histories of knitting place its origin somewhere in the Middle East, from there it spread to Europe by Mediterranean trade routes, and then to the Americas with European colonization.[2] The earliest known examples of knitting have been found in Egypt and cover a range of items, including complex colorful wool fragments and indigo blue and white cotton stockings, which have been dated between the 11th and 14th centuries CE.[3]"
There is a tantalising listing for an audio book 'A History of Hand Knitting' on Amazon, that says "this product is not available in your region", and several reviews that refer to a well illustrated hardback book published in 2003, which seems to be utterly unobtainable.
I listened to the audio sample given, and heard enough to know that the author Richard Rutt, has delved into the subject with true academic rigour, and if it was available, I'd buy it like a shot! I can't image why it is out of print! Are you listening out there?!
I did find some interesting information in a post published in February 2014, on Sheep & Stitch,. The unnamed author has found some great photos in various museum collections, which I have shamelessly copied here – smile.
This is the one of the the sample of Egyptian knitting, mentioned above. It is very reminiscent of FairIsle knitting – see my i/sheet on this – and seems amazingly advanced!
There is also what appears to be a stone carving, that was taken by a tourist in London, probably in one of the museums, but it doesn't say which one.
I highly recommend you have a look at both parts 1 & 2 of the Sheep & Stitch posts, if you are at all interested in knitting or history! Part 2 has some lovely medieval images of knitting, and then onwards, to the present day.
It's difficult not to take the feminist stance about the lack of documentation on the History of Knitting – and I normally avoid any involvement in feminist politics!
It feels like " knitting was always considered to be 'woman's work' it wasn't taken very seriously". It has always been a very practical craft, and before machine knitting came in, was the only way to provide the family with warm clothing – something that was a necessity in cold climates – so why wasn't it valued?
And before you men shout out loud at me, yes, many men knit and have done so far back into history – there is a proud tradition of seamen knitting to pass the time on long voyages!
However, the majority of modern knitters are women, so why haven't we valued it enough to give it a place in history?
With the introduction of mass production machine knitting, hand knitting seemed redundant, and gradually fell out of fashion after the 2nd World War. This also led to a huge fall in the price of wool, and a lack of choice for those who continued to knit.
However, there has been a heartening resurgence in the popularity of creative hand knitting in the last few years, and its great to see so many people on sites like Ravelry! There is now a serious market for all kinds of yarn, and thankfully, hand spun yarn is particularly valued, and it is now worthwhile for home spinners to sell their yarn and even make a living out of spinning.
I was taught to knit by my grandmother, when I was a child, and have knitted on and off ever since. At one time, when mohair jumpers were all the rage, I actually gathered a few knitters around me and paid them to knit some of my own designs, which sold quite well – until fashion moved on to something else – smile.
This is one of my favourite designs, which I knitted up for myself. I still have it in the wardrobe, but sadly, it no longer fits!
Its really quite easy to adapt a standard pattern to add your own design, so all you knitters out there – be adventurous, and try making something that is truly individual!
Happy Knitting!


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This past month my computer crashed. Twice!!
The first time it went down (and too many of us know the feeling) my stomach fell to my feet and for a moment that felt like an eternity, I dared not move for fear of tripping over my small intestine. But the moment passed and I lighted my puja candle, said a few prayers and, after a handful of attempts, got the machine to re-boot.
What followed was a frantic half day of burning every file I could find on the hard-drive to DVDs. "Frantic??", you ask. . .
Well, you see, I may be one of the best artistic end-users ever to mount a MAC but when it comes to file management. . .
I hadn't backed anything up in nearly six months but in that frantic half day I got it all off. . . photographs, illustrations, videos, client files, i-tunes, fonts and applications.
The old iMAC (only 3 years, for the love of Mary) stayed alive for another week after that but when she went down for the second time, candles and prayers not withstanding, there was no bringing her back.
Now, I know what you're thinking and you're right, I should have seen it coming. I've been working with different incarnations of MACs for a really long time and I knew the symptoms. . . super slowed file processing, applications quitting unexpectedly and enough video re-buffering to drive a crazy man to sanity. But did I put 2 + 2 together? Of course not, I've owned three of these things and sure, they get quirky at times but none of them ever went belly up on me. . . (denial ain't just a river in Egypt)
Anyway, the computer was down for the count and I was knee-deep in my deadline for all the ads and art I produce every week to help publish Key West the Newspaper. It was time to design and manage a "plan A" solution and broad stroke a "plan B".
. . ."plan A" was to get the injured iMAC over to IT-guru, Craig Buzzarté for a little I-TLC, overnight a replacement drive, re-install it and the software, then pull an all nighter to get the newpaper production work done.
Well, sometimes it's true. . . "If you want to hear God laugh, make plans." For whatever reasons, "plan A" wasn't gonna get it done so "plan B" came together on the fly (improvise and overcome) and by good karma, teamwork and a little extra effort the April 17th edition of KWTN hit the street and no one, other than my frazzled nerves, knew the difference.
At that point, with the publishing pressure off my plate, it was time to face the reality that the old iMAC was most assuredly dead and, for all to be once again well with the world, I'd have to make arrangements to replace it which, one way or the other, I was able to do.
"The iMAC is dead, long live the iMAC".
Sunday, April 26, 2009
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This past month my computer crashed. Twice!!


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Good evening Fabulous readers!! Yup… sad but true – this is one of my favourite things to do in Second Life… Find a patch of flowers, and dance in them! Call me crazy, but it makes me happy! You know what else makes me happy? Awesome gifts!! Tonight I am wearing a very special Goodbye Gift from e! Eclectic Apparel. Eclectic has placed out the Aria Dress as a free gift for everyone in this sweet springy lavender shade. It does also come with a HUD that allows for bow and belt texture change.
The Intrepid Rose Halos can be found at The Luck of The Irish Gacha Fair for just 35L per play. These are a very pretty spring accessory. Now of course they are supposed to be flowers in your hair *sings like the Lumineers* (this is the song I am talking about), but I loved them so much that I'm just wearing them everywhere 😉
Love is wearing…
Skin – PXL Creations Jade
Eyes – IKON Ardent Eyes Pewter
Hair – TRUTH Hair Genesis
Hands & Feet by Slink
Dress – e! Eclectic Apparel Goodbye Gift Aria Dress (free / 0L)
Hair Accessories – Intrepid Rose Halos (35L per play @ The Luck of The Irish Gacha Fair)
Pose by Atooly
Sim – Small Town Green


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super bowl sweets
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waste not... coconut buttermilk pound cake
I will admit, however, to an ongoing desire not to waste. One item, my nemesis, which always gets only partially used, is that darn quart of buttermilk. I use one cup and then manage to forget about it in the deep recesses of the fridge. The inevitable dump down the drain occurs after it's waaay past due and is stinkysourclumpy
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Hey Friends,
Tomorrow is our big SWEAT STOCKING STUFFER!! More about that in a sec…
Sweat Record's holiday hours are as follows:
-CLOSED Dec. 25
-CLOSED Dec. 31
Every other day we're open 6pm to midnight, even the 24th!!
Now on to the stuffer!!
THE SWEAT STOCKING STUFFER: This Friday night at Churchill's!! Doors are at 9.30pm, music starts at 10pm, and the cover is only $5. Here's the lowdown…
Inside Churchill's: Electrifying live performances by The Mutiny, Baby Calendar, Cleaveland Jones and The Down Home Southernaires!! Spinning in between sets will be Matt Reininger of Inner City Bonfire and miamimusicguide.com!!
Inside Sweat: $1 off EVERY NEW CD + LP!! All used records not already $1 will be $1 off!! Plus discounts on toys and other merchandise and a big ol' clearance box!! We also have gift certificates for the clueless!!
On the patio: DJs Hottpants (Roll Out) and Carmine P. Filthy (NYC) mix it up while local businesses Rag Trade, Lucha Workshop, Pink Ghost, Emerging Thoughts and more will have tables selling a variety of unique, handmade and local merch!! And, The Waterford Landing perform live under the stars on Churchill's newly renovated outdoor stage and The Fabulous Shuttle Lounge will rock the Sweatbox!!
It's going to be AMAZING!! But don't take our word for it, the event's already been mentioned in the Herald, Flavorpill, New Times, DailyCandy, etc… We hope to see you there!!
Lolo + the Sweat crew
P.S. Scroll all the way down for some BIG new concert announcements!!
Our current Sweat Books Book Club selection is "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" by Patrick Suskind. This international best-seller about a monstrous man gifted with an extraordinary sense of smell is "laced with suspense, black humor, and metaphysical mystery." It's also been made into a film that comes out December 27th so at the meeting we'll be able to discuss the book AND the film!! Also, we definitely recommend getting your copy at Books & Books, Miami's best independent bookstore!! The meeting will be on Wednesday, January 17th at Sweat. Be there and be square.
(If your event is not in here send one email to email@example.com with all the info.)
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21st @ POORHOUSE: It's JONES VI featuring live performances by Late Night Curly and Lonesome Joseph with WDF spinning in between sets. FREE!! 10pm, 110 SW 3rd Ave. Downtown Ft. Lauderdale.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21st @ PAWN SHOP: THE MOOD perform live at Black Lipstick!! 1222 NE 2nd Ave. www.thepawnshoplounge.com
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21st @ RESPECTABLE STREET: TheSilverLove.com launch party with live performances by Shuttle Lounge, Jason Choi, Howl On, and Brendan Sullivan, plus DJs Charles Parker and Johnnylove!! 9pm, 18+, $5. 518 Clematis St. West Palm Beach.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd @ CHURCHILL'S PUB: Sweat Records presents the annual holiday SWEAT STOCKING STUFFER!! This is a huge showcase of local talent, AND a big-ass last-minute shopping sale!! Featuring live performances by The Mutiny, Cleaveland Jones, Baby Calendar, The Waterford Landing, The Down Home Southernaires, and of course The Fabulous Shuttle Lounge!! Plus, DJs Hottpants (Roll Out), Carmine P. Filthy (NYC), Matt (Miami Music Guide) and shopping booths by other local vendors including Rag Trade, Pink Ghost, Emerging Thoughts, Lucha Workshop and more!! Doors at 9.30pm, $5 cover. 5501 NE 2nd Ave. www.sweatrecordsmiami.com
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd @ PS14: Off The Radar, the "experimental night for cutting edge new music" is now Fridays at PS14. Resident DJs Ray Milian, Danny Ashe, Dakota Brody and Matt Cash spin all kinds of stuff. Doors at 10pm, $5 cover, free before midnight, 18+ welcome. 28 NE 14th St.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd @ RESPECTABLE STREET: A live reunion from The Secret French Kissing Society, plus Tongues of the Heartworm and Dorian Greyskull. 18+, 8pm, 518 Clematis St. West Palm Beach. www.respectablestreet.com
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23rd + SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24th @ ARTCENTER/SOUTH FLORIDA: Xmas sale at the Gallery Store!! Get your last-minute xmas fix with art books, toys, prints and more. Noon to 11pm Saturday, 11am to 5pm Sunday. 800 Lincoln Rd. www.artcentersf.org
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23rd @ BILLABONG PUB: Witness the triumphant return of TORCHE!! Along with special guests Sayonara Tokyo, Southern Flaw and Hit The Mirror. Doors at 10pm. 3000 Country Club Ln. Pembroke Park.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23rd @ PS14: "State of the Art" featuring live performances by ArtOfficial, Buddha Gonzalez, Inner City Bonfire and PFM, with DJs Stravinsky & Salami Fingaz, Stella*r and Par, plus art displays and more. Guys $7, ladies $5, ladies free before midnight, 18+. 28 NE 14th St.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23rd @ CULTURE ROOM: It's a rock 'n' roll xmas party with live performances by The Livid Kittens, The Freakin' Hott, Kill Miss Pretty and the Dyslexic Postcards. Doors at 9pm, $5-7 at the door.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23rd @ ROXANNE'S: It's the REVENGE XMAS PARTY!! Featuring all the hits back to back courtesy of Richard V. and Mikey R. (CD Collector FTL)!! 10pm,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26th @ GOLD COAST ROLLER RINK: DJ Hottpants and Lolo present ROLL OUT at Rainbow Sk8!! Get your skate on or just chill to your favorite indie, 80s, disco, electro and all-around fun tracks. This week's guest DJs are IVEE and CHAPPY DEE (Schematic)!! Plus: snack bar, booze bar, old-skool arcade games, neon decor, kitschy visuals, smoke machines, laser rays and good times. 8pm to midnight, $3 cover. 2604 S. Federal Hwy. Ft. Lauderdale. myspace.com/rainbowsk8tuesdays
FRDIAY, DECEMBER 29th @ CHURCHILL'S: It's COUP D'ETAT VIII featuring live performances by Modernage, Animals of the Arctic, Dino Felipe, The Mutiny, Nimencia, Shuttle Lounge, Ferro, Sopa, Buddga Gonzalez, Baby Calendar and Tucker Tota, along with DJs Par (Switch) and Hottpants (Roll Out). 5501 NE 2nd Ave. www.thegimmicks.com
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30th @ THE DISTRICT: PopLife presents a special DJ set by URSULA 1000 (ESL Music)!! 35 NE 40th St. www.epoplife.com
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31st @ STUDIO A: Spend New Years' with the SPAM ALL-STARS!! Cover is only $10 before midnight, $15 after. 60 NE 11th St. www.studioamiami.com
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6th @ PS14: It's the SWITCH One-Year Anniversary with Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols, plus DJs Gregg Foreman, Adam, Hottpants, Par, Doormouse, Saul, and Jenny. 28 NE 14th St. Downtown Miami.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17th @ SWEAT: The Sweat Books Book Club meets to discuss "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind, and/or the movie based on it that comes out December 27th. The meeting is 8pm at Sweat. Be there AND be square. 5501 NE 2nd Ave. www.sweatrecordsmiami.com
THROUGH JANUARY 21st @ ARTCENTER/SOUTH FLORIDA: The ArtCenter/South Florida, Jonathan LeVine Gallery (NYC), Merry Karnowsky Gallery (LA) and The Shooting Gallery (San Francisco) present WE'LL MAKE A LOVER OF YOU, curated by Miami's own Francesco LoCastro!! WMALOY is an unprecedented display of the groundbreaking work by some of the finest talent in today's avant garde Pop Surrealist/Urban Contemporary movement. Plus, LoCastro and R.Grimes of Faction have done a painted/silk-screened backdrop so you can admire the individual pieces and/or enjoy it as a huge installation – so cool!! Sweat will be helping out with the merch, too!! Full info, artist line-up, and pics from past events at www.francescolocastro.com
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24th @ STUDIO A: Studio A presents a live performance by THE DEARS (Arts & Crafts) with special guests The Annuals. Doors at 8pm, $15 tickets. 60 NE 11th St. www.thedears.org
FRIDAY, JANUARY 26th @ CULTURE ROOM: MASTODON live with guests CONVERGE!! Doors at 7.30pm, tickets $16 via Ticketmaster. 3045 N Federal Hwy. www.cultureroom.net
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28th @ STUDIO A: Studio A presents a live performance by CAGE (Def Jux) + C-Chan!! Doors at 8pm, $12 tickets. 60 NE 11th St. www.studioamiami.com
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31st @ STUDIO A: Studio A presents a rare South Florida performance by YO LA TENGO (Matador) + guests perform live!! Tickets $15, doors at 8pm. 60 NE 11th St. www.studioamiami.com
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1st @ CULTURE ROOM: Check out a special live performance by THE LEMONHEADS!! Doors at 7.30pm, $14.99 advance tickets through Ticketmaster, $18 at the door. 3045 N Federal Hwy. www.cultureroom.net
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25th, 2007 @ THE CARNIVAL CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: SIGUR ROS perform "Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do" live with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company!! www.miamipac.org
TUESDAY, APRIL 10th @ CULTURE ROOM: TV ON THE RADIO live!! Doors at 8pm, $16 tickets via ticketmaster or $18 at the door. On sale soon… 3045 N Federal Hwy. www.cultureroom.net
Sweat Records
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This windhorse amulet has the meanings of winning over your competitors and achieve great victory. One side of the talisman has one victory wind horse carrying precious jewel. On the reverse side, it is the Jupiter Yantra grid to bring you the luck of the number.
The talisman is ideal for who engage in highly competitive activities. The victory wind horse mantra on both sides around the pendant can prevent you from harm from your competitive activities.
The victory in gambling talisman pendant is made of brass and gold plated. The dimension of it is approx. 1 3/8" in diameter.
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Short observations about the practice of enterprise architecture
"101 Lessons From Enterprise Architecture" – a succinct collection of useful tips and guidelines for Enterprise Architects – is now available.
This is a book for enterprise architects and anyone interested in the design of our digital future. It explains 101 clear and simple lessons that the author learned from the practical use of enterprise architecture techniques.
These are the common-sense things that you learn from long-years of experience. But they are also the sort of things that can easily get overlooked or forgotten. The 101 topics provide insights and lessons into the way that enterprise architects actually think about architectures, and how they help enterprise change and transformation.
It covers many of the fundamental techniques – from ways of working, to how value depends more on dynamic elements than static ones, to open-ended design, and the nature of logic. Each insight uses a two-page format – with a brief explanation and an illustration highlighting the key points in a whimsical or diagrammatic way. There are quotes, such as the one from Einstein about computers being fast and stupid, while humans are slow and brilliant. There are guidelines and recommendations, such as playing with elements in diagram to organize them in a way that makes them less complex and easier to understand. And there are plenty of examples, anecdotes and stories to explain things that are too often omitted from the standard enterprise architecture training programs.
Written by an enterprise architect, mentor, and trainer, who regularly helps and guides individuals, teams and companies to apply enterprise architecture techniques in practical and effective ways. "101 Lessons From Enterprise Architecture" is a concise summary of some of the most important techniques in day-to-day enterprise architecture practice. It summarizes valuable knowledge and experience that will benefit anyone starting out in enterprise architecture through to experienced practitioners. It will also provide inspiration and guidance to those in many other disciplines – from IT development and planning, to business strategy and planning, or anyone involved in design for the information age.
"101 Lessons From Enterprise Architecture" by Roger Evernden: on Amazon.com
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Q. Do I need a reservation?
A. We restrict the number of fisherman to 65 to ensure everyone has enough room to fish and be comfortable. Although reservations are not required, we strongly recommend you make a reservation to secure your spot, as the boat fills quickly.
Q. How far does the boat go out?
A. The boat goes out approximately 5 to 14 miles into the Atlantic Ocean.
Q. How long does it take to get to the fishing spot?
A. The Ocean Princess is located just 5 minutes from the inlet and ocean, therefore it only takes approximately 30 to 45 minutes to reach prime fishing ground.
Q. How deep is the water?
A. The average depth of the water we fish is 45 to 75 feet. The Captain and crew will let you know exactly how deep the water is before you begin fishing.
Q. What kind of fish will we catch?
A. Our principal catch is Sea Bass, but we also catch Taug, Flounder, Rockfish, Bluefish, Triggerfish, and Croakers.
Q. How big are the fish?
A. Sea Bass must be be 12 ½ inches to keep and generally weigh 2 to 4 pounds, with larger fish tipping the scales over 6 pounds. By comparison, Bluefish and Rockfish can weigh well over 15 pounds.
Q. Do I have to keep the fish I catch?
A. No. You are more than welcome to throw them back or give them to another angler. If you decide to keep your fish, the mate will glady clean your fish while the boat is returning to Ocean City for a nominal fee.
Q. Does the Ocean Princess fish in the fall and winter?
A. Yes! The Ocean Princess fishes through most of the year. Feel free to check our schedule and rates page.
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Waste collection update
If your bin (rubbish, recycling or garden waste) has not been collected you only need to report it as a missed bin if you notice that your neighbour's bin has been collected, but yours hasn't.
Please leave your bin out and crews will return to complete these collections on the following day.
Havant Borough Council operates an alternate weekly kerbside recycling and waste collection service from wheeled bins. This means that rubbish is collected one week and recycling the next.
You can find your bin collection day by checking your online calendar. Please enter your postcode and your calendar will be displayed under 'waste and recycling'.
We also operate a fortnightly garden waste collection service.
Download your rubbish and recycling calendar for 2022
- Rubbish and recycling collections 2022 (pdf 256 kb)
Bin wasn't collected?
If your bin has been missed, please report this to us by completing our contact us form.
Missed bins must be reported by 4pm on the next working day after your scheduled collection.
If you do not report a missed collection to us within this timeframe, you will have to wait until your next scheduled collection.
Please note, if your bin has been tagged for reasons such as being too heavy or contaminated we will not return. Also, if your bin is not placed on the boundary of your property, it will not be collected and we will not return.
What to do with your bin?
On your collection day, you should place your wheeled bin at the boundary of your property adjacent to the road.
Place your bin out at the edge of your property by 6am on your collection day.
Please ensure your bin lid is closed flat, for your collection.
Excess rubbish
Any excess rubbish left alongside the bin or on top will not be collected and will have to wait until the next scheduled rubbish collection.
If you have a larger family living permanently at the property, then you may be eligible for an additional bin.
Excess recycling
We will collect excess recycling which can be left in clear plastic sacks or a cardboard box next to your bin. Please ensure excess recycling is clean and dry.
Assisted collections
For those of you who are unable to take the bin to the edge of your property you can request an assisted collection.
This is where the rubbish and recycling crews will collect wheeled bins from an agreed location.
To organise assisted collections, please use our contact us form.
Who collects your bins?
Our environmental services (waste, recycling, street cleaning, public conveniences and grounds maintenance) are delivered by Norse South East.
Where does my waste go?
Most of the non-recyclable waste collected from homes in Hampshire is taken to one of three Energy Recovery Facilities located in Marchwood, Chineham and Portsmouth. Find out more about where your waste goes on the Hampshire County Council website.


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President Barack Obama arrives in Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on February 15, 2013 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The White House press corps. is expressing 'extreme frustration' at not having seen him since. (Photo: Getty Images)
The White House press corps has been almost entirely shut out of President Obama's weekend in Florida, and the journalists who make a living recording the president's every move aren't happy about it.
The Washington Post relates (all subsequent emphasis added):
[Obama] disappeared late Friday evening behind the gates of the Floridian, a lush golf and residential compound off limits to the public. Neither the public outside those gates, nor the media, has seen him since.
A photo of Obama on the course with someone as famous as Woods is commonly a moment the "traveling pool" of about a dozen journalists is allowed to witness. White House officials declined to allow that Sunday.
For the long weekend, the pool has been permitted just inside the Floridian gates, where reporters have used as their "filing center" a mirror-ceilinged party bus, the kind used for shouldn't-be-driving evenings of bacchanalia like bachelor parties.
Because the president's motorcade has not left the compound, White House officials have explained, there is no reason for the pool to track the president's activities or to know who he is spending time with on a personal vacation.
White House Correspondents Association's president Ed Henry released a statement condemning the lack of transparency Sunday:
"Speaking on behalf of the White House Correspondents Association, I can say a broad cross section of our members from print, radio, online and TV have today expressed extreme frustration to me about having absolutely no access to the President of the United States this entire weekend. There is a very simple but important principle we will continue to fight for today and in the days ahead: transparency."
But White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest maintains:
"The press access granted by the White House today is entirely consistent with the press access offered for previous presidential golf outings. It's also consistent with the press access promised to the White House Press Corps prior to arrival in Florida on Friday evening."


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An experiment by the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in late September has confirmed they have gotten past the first step in harnessing the sun's power here on earth. The obstacle they have overcome is getting more energy out of a fuel burn than what goes into it. Though they did not achieve the NIF's standard of "ignition," they did achieve a release of energy greater than that which was put into the fuel capsule. Only about 10-20% of the energy actually makes it to the capsule, resulting in losses elsewhere.
The process of nuclear fusion has been highly researched and highly prized in the scientific community. The reason being that it is a very clean burning technology, and there are no radioactive wastes we must take care of like in nuclear fission. Efforts to develop this technology however have been largely unsuccessful. The theories surrounding nuclear fusion have not translated well in reality.
The experiments done by the NIF have helped to get past at least the first hurdle. They used a bubble of hydrogen that is heated and compressed by 192 high-power lasers until a miniature star comes to life. The facility then takes a pulse with 1 billionth of a Joule of energy. They then multiply that energy millions of times by running the beams through amplifiers.
The result is an efficient, clean-burning, and relatively cost effective form of energy. 192 beams carry 1000 times more energy than the generating capacity of all power plants in the U.S. Because each blast requires a mere millionth of a second to achieve full amplification, the cost for a consumer to have this form of electricity is less than a meal at a restaurant. The cost for research and equipment is funded largely by the US Department of Energy.


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Robotic Hand Wired Into Man's Brain To Restore His Senses
Losing a limb can be tragic, but it doesn't have to give a story an unhappy ending. Prosthetics have been an option for ages, and thanks to advances in medical science, they're only getting better and better. Now there's been another big advance — one that comes close to being just like the real thing.
A joint effort between DARPA and Johns Hopkins University has led to the creation of a new type of robotic hand. Its key feature is that it can near-perfectly reproduce the sense of tough in normal hands; once it hooks up to a person's sensory and motor cortices, that person can not only feel sensations, but also move the hand freely. That movement isn't quite a one-to-one comparison just yet, since precise motions need a lot of feedback from the brain; still, it's a step in the right direction.
It's worth noting that the robotic arm was tested on a man who not only needed one, but had spent the past decade paralyzed thanks to a spinal injury. Despite that, the hand worked exactly as hoped, and he was able to feel sensations for the first time in ages. It may take some time before the technology is perfected, but there's at least one person out there who's satisfied.


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Currently on view at Carbon 12 gallery in Dubai is "Blue Skie'd and Clear," a group exhibition portraying notions of the everyday through various photographic images. Photographs by Birgit Graschopf, Yuko Ichikawa, Maria Maeser, Jamie Baldridge, Maximilian Pramatarov, and Hazem Mahdy are featured in the exhibition. The works by these artists manipulate and play with time and space, seemingly ordinary situations, and simple landscapes. The resulting images conjure up haunting poetical allegories and mesmerizing reinterpretations of the everyday.
Yuko Ichikawa reflects upon metaphysical ideas turning them into beautiful and contemplative visual exercises as seen in Present of Heaven-Fire (2009) and Present of Heaven- Earth (2009) (above).
The work of Maximilian Pramatarov plays with seemingly ordinary landscapes injecting them at once with both melancholy and playfulness such as in Dive (2009) (above).
Similar to the other works in the exhibition, Jamie Baldridge distorts and rearranges found reality to create mesmerizing and surreal juxtapositions as seen in The Socrates Safe Co. (2009).
The works in "Blue Skie'd and Clear" are haunting and enchanting. They simultaneously intrigue and enrapture the viewer to enter into their space of recreated reality. The show offers the visitor a meditation on the other side of everyday things and a journey into the wonderful world of the unknown.
Blue Skie'd and Clear is showing at Carbon 12 through September 25th, 2010
All images are courtesy of the artist and Carbon 12 Gallery.


text: The term "Intelligent Building" (IB) has become a very popular description covering almost all new commercial and residential buildings in major cities worldwide. In the general sense, IB relates to buildings that contain high-speed local area networks, protocols, fiber optics, multimedia environments and even satellite conferencing. It is generally believed that all modern IBs in the world possess advanced information technologies (ITs). The trend is for most building service systems to be integrated into an IT environment, which is an essential tool for an IB. IBs utilize advanced information, control and mechatronic technologies as well as employ smart structure and modern management theories. But IBs should encompass more than that; AIIB will promote a true and comprehensive picture of IBs.


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This study of Fremantle during the first decade of British settlement at Swan River investigates the trauma and triumph of its female colonists. In this outpost of empire, British women hoped for a better life, with greater economic and social freedoms, and a promising future for their families. They faced many challenges to achieve these aspirations.
On their journey to Swan River they experienced the cramped conditions on board the emigrant ships that bred disease and discontent amongst passengers. Some suffered from violence, and loss was a part of everyday life. Loss of belongings and livestock in rough seas hampered their prosperity in the new settlement. Loss of children, husbands or guardians, while emotionally devastating, could have ended women's colonial experiment before even reaching Fremantle.
Upon arrival at Swan River, female colonists were met with a sandy, barren, disappointment of their expectations. Fremantle in 1829 to 1832 was not the Arcadian paradise many emigrants had hoped. Living in hot, sandy, pest-ridden tents on the beaches of Fremantle, female colonists had to uphold the propriety of daily life. They cared for children, assisted their husbands, and worked in the domestic sphere. Their fear of the local Nyungah Aboriginal people was ever-present, as was the constant threat of illness, accident and loss of life. A number of colonists left Fremantle during these harsh early years.
From 1833, conditions at Fremantle improved. Economic stability ushered in greater freedoms for female colonists. Land ownership and business opportunities became available. Domestic servants could demand higher wages and better working conditions in these sturdier conditions. With the progress of the colonial economy, Fremantle developed as a town. An increase in institutions such as schools encouraged a burgeoning sense of colonial identity and sense of community at Fremantle. Although the period was marked with increased frontier conflict with the Nyungah people, most major clashes occurred outside of Fremantle.
The development of Fremantle, and the resulting achievements of female colonists in 1839 lay in stark contrast to the conditions of earlier settlement. Emigrant women's initial aspirations and goals for settlement were mostly fulfilled by the end of the first decade of colonisation at Swan River. The colony was prosperous: land ownership and business opportunities were realised, colonial identity and social advancement were possible and Fremantle held realistic potential as a strong future for female colonist's families.
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Church, T. (2011). Sand and Skirts: A Study of British Women in Early Colonial Fremantle, 1829-39 (Honours). University of Notre Dame Australia. https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theses/68


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Canadian architects operate in an increasingly competitive market. While their primary objective remains the achievement of great design, they need to manage time and resources to stay profitable. It's not an easy task, as customers become more demanding and deliverables more complex. They don't understand how their peers can operate on lower fees. A lot of smaller firms carry a misconception that they cannot compete with larger ones that supposedly have more resources on their hands.
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Your Photos of the Lunar Eclipse
When my alarm went off at 3 AM this morning, I had a moment of disorientation. What day is it? Why is my phone making noises in the middle of the night? Where am I?
Oh, yes, I remembered. I was on the Planet Earth, and our globe was passing in front of the sun, shadowing our moon to create a lunar eclipse. Right.
So, my girlfriend and I got up, pulled on the warmest clothes we could find in the dark and stumbled out onto the front steps. Looking up and to the west, we saw the moon hanging up there, ruddy as we'd been led to believe it would be. It didn't really look like the moon. Instead, as my girlfriend put it, it was like we were staring up at a different planet.
At a time when the discovery of increasingly earth-like planets around other stars lets us imagine what it might be like to orbit some other star, but our rockets aren't powerful enough to catapult there, that rare copper coin of a moon might be the best simulation of standing on another planet that any of us are going to get.
And that was the best part of seeing the lunar eclipse. For a minute, you were reminded that there was a solar system -- and that system conspires to make the moon look exactly like it does on every other day of the year. But change the conditions a bit and suddenly the moon looks radically different and the experience of looking up into the sky is transformed.
Several of you sent in photos of your experience. The top picture comes from Thomas Loupe, who has been doing astrophotography for a couple of years now. He used a Canon Rebel XSi DSLR with a Celestron Nexstar 8SE computerized telescope.
If you didn't have all that stuff, and you just went outside with your Canon G11, say, this is what you could do:
That's my photo and I actually think it reasonably approximates what it was like to look with the naked eye in a big city.
Finally, here's a good in-between shot by MIT Media Lab student Phil Salesses. I'm not sure what gear he used, but the photo looks great.


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It seems odd at first to realize that the best word to describe Mona Lisa Saloy's Second Line Home is "thanksgiving." Saloy's work is, after all, poems written in the wake of (and about) Hurricane Katrina's devastation of her beloved New Orleans. Nevertheless, in the Crescent City's survival and resurgence in the aftermath of the storm, Saloy finds plenty to give thanks for.
The book's title comes from the New Orleans tradition of "two lines" at funerals: the first line, where the mourners carry the body in a grieving, dirge-singing procession to the cemetery, and the second line, where the mourners return from the graveyard singing loudly, celebrating a life well lived, and the ascent of the deceased. It is easy to see the connection to Saloy's beautiful book of poems, whose sections loosely follow this tradition, first mourning the devastated post-Katrina New Orleans, and then moving to the survival of the people and their attempts to rebuild.
Saloy's style prizes music; her lines often lack traditional punctuation, but neither the poem nor the reader care. Instead, the eye (and ear) are drawn to the cadence and beauty. It is a unique style, and helps capture the vitality and uniqueness of New Orleans. I know of no other book of poems quite like it. Saloy's emotion and passion are fluid on the page, and contagious. After even a few poems, you begin to think of New Orleans as your city too.
In the introduction to Paul Auster's New York Trilogy, Luc Sante writes, "Auster has the key to the city … like the key to dreams or the key to the highway. It … allows him to see through walls and around corners, that permits him entry to corridors and substrata and sealed houses nobody else notices. …" The same could easily be said about Saloy and New Orleans, and the Black Creole culture she inhabits. Her manner is always familiar, always inviting, always warm as she shows readers the city she knows and loves, a city with "more churches than bars." Especially for an outsider to both New Orleans and Black Creole culture, Saloy's open manner is comforting, and makes for a beautiful and friendly introduction. I won't say I was able to stand in Saloy's shoes, but I was certainly able to look right over her shoulder. You couldn't ask for a better tour guide.
By showing her readers the city through her eyes, Saloy shows without ever directly telling the damage and trauma the survivors of Hurricane Katrina went through. "New Orleans," she writes, "is everybody's business," and her joy at finally returning home shines through every poem in the collection, even those dealing with grief and mourning. I very quickly lost track of how many poems in the book ended with some variation of either giving thanks or praise, because Second Line is replete with those phrases. The poems sing their joy straight off the page.
For Saloy, it is clear, New Orleans is heaven. For those who think New Orleans drowned in August 2005, Second Line Home shows it is rising again, and still singing, still dancing. Second Line Home is not your average book about disaster. It's a work about death in which resurrection takes center stage. It's a book about loss and grief in which more time is spent on joy. In Saloy's eyes, the Crescent City is not Atlantis. It is New Orleans—a city easy to recognize, hard to define, and impossible not to love.


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In his Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6 no. 7 (1739) Handel's second movement (at 1:06 in the example below) is the traditional fugal canzona with a twist. It's joke-like subject (a systematic diminution of a single note) is so striking, lucid, and memorable that it allows him, as Taruskin points out, to play with the listener's expectations. The entrances of the subject are irregular, creating a game of "hide-and-seek"—where will it pop up next?
The example is one of several Taruskin gives to indicate a shift in compositional technique and listener experience: instead of music evoking an emotion, the composition requires an intellectual consideration. It sets up a listener's expectation, then fulfills or delays the expectation. In Taruskin's estimation, this was "a virtual revolution in listening, in which the listener's conscious mind was much more actively engaged than previously in these processes of forecast and delayed fulfillment, and in which the form may even be said to arise out of the play of these cognitive processes." (II, 208)


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Aston Martin is a privately held company owned by Investindustrial, Investment Dar, Adeem Investment, David Richards, Ford Motor Company and Daimler AG as of 2014. It is headquartered in the village of Gaydon in Warwickshire, England.
The British car manufacturer produces luxury performance vehicles. The company was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford in London. The first car to be called an Aston Martin was made by Lionel Martin and consisted of a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine paired with the chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini. As of 2014, the models made by Aston Martin include the Vantage, the DB9, the Vanquish and the Rapide S.


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What is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is a comprehensive medical system that is 5,000 years old. It is the system of medicine from which Chinese as well as classical western medicine has arisen. Ayurveda means the 'science of life' and it is considered the oldest surviving treatment system in the world.
How effective is Ayurveda?
Ayurveda is a very effective system of health that is being more and more recognized in the West. It is one of the primary systems of health care in India, and has been used for thousands of years for all sorts of ailments and disorders. Thousands of people around the globe have turned to Ayurveda and today Ayurveda is popular all over the world. Hospitals and clinics offer it, the media reports on it, researchers examine it, and people love it. Ayurveda has stood the test of time; people continue to practice it privately and openly, from little clinics in India to large spas all over the world. The word is out today– 'Try Ayurveda, it works.'
Its full effectiveness will depend on various considerations, including the age and state of health of the individual, how much effort they are willing to put into making the necessary changes toward better health, and how compliant they are with taking their formulas and following the recommended guidelines. Since an Ayurvedic regimen is very individualized, its results will depend on individual factors as well, and on follow-up treatments, since adjustments and close supervision are absolutely necessary to obtain optimal results.
Can Ayurveda help me lose weight?
Yes, and very successfully. Obesity is caused mainly due to an imbalance in the Kapha dosha. You will learn about how you can balance your increasing Kapha, about Kapha balancing foods, specialized Kapha reducing exercises, essential oils, self massage, gentle detoxification, and herbs. When the recommendations are followed, one can expect to lose weight.
Can Ayurveda really cure cancer?
It must be remembered that Ayurveda does not claim to 'cure' disease, but to restore balance to the body, and mind. Cancer is an involved tridosha imbalance at the cellular level. Ayurveda recommends herbal, diet and lifestyle therapy to help support you so that you are as healthy as possible whilst managing your cancer. It is recommended that cancer patients check with their physician or primary health care provider.
Can Ayurveda help chronic pain?
Yes. Personalized herbs, specific diet modifications and also specialized oils and massages prove very effective in pain management without side effects or drug dependency. Various forms of arthritis, and other conditions such as Fibromyalgia; or pain due to falls, traumas or repetitive stress –respond very well to Ayurvedic therapies.
Can Ayurveda help with depression and other mental conditions?
Yes. While antidepressants and other drugs are both critical and often life saving; a person suffering from depression often has trouble living optimally with daily health and vitality. Certain Ayurveda herbs, specialized massages and mind/body therapies are time-tested, gentle mind-balancing tools with no side effects. You can continue taking antidepressants (and remain in touch with your MD regarding the drugs, dosage etc) but at the same time, simultaneously working on balancing the metabolic imbalance. Ayurvedic therapy enhances and expedites recovery and people often feel the 'joy of being alive' again after working with Ayurveda.
Can Ayurveda help me prevent acute and chronic diseases?
Please remember that Ayurveda does not claim to treat, prevent or cure diseases, but only to restore balance to the physiology. When balance is restored, many diseases and disorders are often prevented and health is restored. This is the beauty of Ayurvedic lifestyle and food choices.
Do I have to follow a certain religion to incorporate Ayurvedic principles into my life?
No. Ayurvedic principles are universal, and anybody can incorporate them into his or her daily life. There is no need to become religious in order to adopt the principles of Ayurveda. Ayurveda does not advocate a particular religion or a deity.
Do I have to be a vegetarian to follow an Ayurvedic lifestyle?
No not at all. Ayurveda recommends foods that are ideal for your body and mind and not as per any 'ism'. While Ayurveda supports a healthy seasonal vegetarian diet; it similarly prescribes animal protein. Ayurveda works on the basis that what you eat will depend on which food serves your health and energy needs best? And, what you can digest? Your Ayurvedic practitioner will guide you with details in this area.
Can Ayurvedic herbal supplements help improve my health?
Ayurvedic herbal supplements may help to improve one's overall health, however, it is extremely important that they be taken in their compatible and complementary combinations, and that one also follows the necessary dietary and daily and seasonal recommendations for his or her particular constitution and health concerns. In order to get results using Ayurvedic herbal supplements, it is best to consult a professional first.
Can I take medicines, including prescription drugs, and Ayurvedic herbal supplements at the same time?
Before altering the schedule of prescription medications you follow, or additionally taking Ayurvedic herbal supplements, always check with your physician or primary health care provider. Ayurveda can be used in conjunction with Western medicine. Drugs save lives, but because of their toxicity, sometimes they can also weaken or damage the body. Ayurveda can help protect and make the body stronger after or along with drugs or surgery.
Can I continue taking vitamin & mineral supplements along with Ayurvedic herbal supplements?
Unless otherwise directed by your physician or primary health care provider, it is not necessary to take additional vitamin and mineral supplements. Ayurveda recommends getting vitamins and minerals directly from the intake of nutritious foods and herbs.


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Join us for a combination bison buggy ride, bird observation, and prairie hike at Belwin Conservancy.
Location: Belwin Conservancy at Division St. parking area off of Stagecoach Tr. just south of Hudson Rd.
Belwin will drive the Bison Buggy, which can fit 8-10 quite comfortably out to the bison. It should be a memorable experience for all!
While you are waiting, walk the prairie across the road or climb the observation tower and look for Dickcissels and other grassland birds.
What to bring
- Wear comfortable clothing
- Drinking water
Donations to Belwin are welcome!
RSVP is required.
June 17, 2019 at 6:00pm - 7pm
Belwin Conservancy
Division St
Afton, MN 55001
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Simone Biles' latest social share is scoring 10's across the board.
The Olympic gymnast, 23, posted cozy photos with her new boyfriend, Houston Texans safety J onathan Owens, 25.
"It's just us," Biles captioned the Instagram shots.
Owens, who signed with the Texans last September, replied to Biles' post with a collection of red heart emojis.
First linked over the summer, Biles gave Owens a birthday shoutout in July, according to a screenshot captured by The Shade Room.
"Happy 25th Birthday," Biles wrote on Instagram. "Hope this year brings you everything you want & more."
Biles' budding romance with Owens comes on the heels of her breakup with Stacey Ervin Jr. after three years of dating.
"It's hard being young and having that long of a relationship and then ending it," the 4-foot-8 gymnast previously told Vogue of their March split. "But it was for the best."
Biles and Ervin Jr., a fellow gymnast, started dating in 2017. Nellie Biles — the Olympian's adopted mother and biological grandmother — previously hired Ervin to be a coach at her gym, according to People.


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EU102 Eucryptite rough rock, cut and polished on one side with a natural back.
Dimensions at widest points approximately 180 mm x 140 mm x 40 mm thick.
Weighs 1,756 grams.
Eucryptite is a lithium aluminium silicate that occurs in LCT pegmatites.
Under UV light it fluoresces a deep red colour.
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Set of 3 high quality, aftermarket, medium lift (standard) blades for all Frontier GM1048E 48 rear mounted, finish mowers. These are brand new, uninstalled blades are approximately 16.5" long, 2" wide, 1/4 inch thick and have a 3/4 center hole. Thanks for looking and please check out my feedback and other auctions. We attempt to provide great products at the most reasonable price possible. Sorry, there is no negotiation room.
The item "3 replacement blades Frontier GM1048 48 finishing grooming mowers 5BP0006795X" is in sale since Monday, November 10, 2014. This item is in the category "Business & Industrial\Heavy Equipment Attachments\Mower Decks". The seller is "mid-mo" and is located in Dutzow, Missouri. This item can be shipped to United States.


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The Mets' top catching prospect according to Baseball Prospectus – and the centerpiece of last winter's big trade with Toronto that sent R.A. Dickey packing – Travis d'Arnaud will probably never win the lottery or cash in at the race track.
He has terrible luck, which has once again put him on the shelf.
Last year, while playing at Triple-A Las Vegas – then of the Blue Jays organization – d'Arnaud went down with a ligament tear in his left knee in the midst of one of the strongest seasons in all of minor league baseball. How did it happen? He slid into second base on a routine play.
On Wednesday, the youngster sustained a non-displaced fracture of the first metatarsal bone in his left foot, after being hit by a foul ball, again playing for Las Vegas, who are now the Triple-A team of the Mets.
He is scheduled to fly to New York for a re-examination on Friday, which will determine if he needs surgery. He's currently getting around in a walking boot.
Maybe his bad luck has something to do with Las Vegas, or maybe it's just a coincidence that he keeps getting injured playing for the 51s, but one thing that is certain is this absolutely stinks for the Mets if he requires surgery.
The number six prospect in baseball as per MLB.com's 2013 Prospect Watch was definitely going to be playing in the Majors by mid-summer and this injury could potentially push back the start date.
Although John Buck is off to a tremendous start, Mets fans everywhere were finally excited about the promotion of a big league prospect that has the potential to share the face of the franchise moniker with David Wright and perhaps Matt Harvey – if he continues to dominate hitters like he currently is – down the road.
The not too distant future was beginning to look bright, but now Mets fans are going to have to be patient and take some deep breaths.
There hasn't been a catching prospect with this much hype since Buster Posey and baseball fans everywhere know exactly what good ole' Buster has done for the Giants and what happened to that team when he broke his leg.
If d'Arnaud requires surgery and Buck cools off to what fans should expect of him, the progress of the organization will be stunted and the Mets may have to keep Buck around all season long rather then get as much as they can out of him via trade at the summer deadline.
The Mets certainly won't trust Anthony Recker with the starting job if a nice deal arises for Buck and no one else is waiting in the wings with any kind of hype or experience except for Landon Powell and Juan Centeno and combining one of those guys with Recker just doesn't sound like it would do the trick behind the plate for the Mets.
The timing of this injury is terrible and what are the Mets to do if something happens to Buck?
It's time to kneel down beside your beds with that Mets duvet cover and pray that d'Arnaud's injury isn't as serious as it sounds or hope that Buck stays healthy and continues to do what he's doing out on that field, otherwise the catching scenario behind the plate for the organization could get ugly real quick.


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Polarr, a company which develops AI for photographic editing, has picked up $11.5 million in a Series A funding led by Threshold Ventures. Other participants included Cota Capital and Pear Ventures.
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Founded by Stanford alumni Borui Wang, Derek Yan, and Enhao Gong in 2014, San Jose-based Polarr has developed an application and software that allows users to edit their content with the help of AI.
CEO and Cofounder Wang told Crunchbase News that he initially became interested in photography after receiving a camera as a gift. However, the lower quality of his camera meant that Wang was spending a lot of time using editing tools to adjust and enhance his photographs.
After meeting at Stanford, the group decided to start a company that would allow people to more easily take photographs and enhance their content using smart technology.
"Derek, at the time, thought that in three or four years mobile phones would have really good GPUs and CPUs that would be able to run all the algorithms that I wanted [for photo editing] and that's when we really got excited about the company," Wang told Crunchbase News.
Polarr's app, which is used for editing image photo and video content, can analyze the way that professional photographers enhance and crop images and videos, according to Wang. It has also been applied to content curation, with individuals using the technology to analyze and curate collections of photos.
Current mobile technology is not powerful enough to support personal reinforcement training, so Polarr's technology is rolled out at a mass scale. However, Wang says that this is an area that the company is actively working on, and he expects phones to have the processing power needed to support unique algorithmic training on individual devices within the next 24 months.
Beyond individual subscriptions, the company also licenses its technology to hardware developers. Samsung, for example, has incorporated Polarr's machine-guided shot suggestion into its new Galaxy S10 models. The interactive technology actively guides users while they are taking photographs.
"The problem that people are experiencing right now is fragmentation. Apple has its own hardware; Samsung has its own hardware; Oppo and Xiaomi have their own kind of configuration on their hardware," Wang said. He said that the company is working on that challenge by partnering with multiple hardware developers and that one of its main engineering challenges is understanding the differences in sensor tech, thermal capacity, and battery efficiencies to create an AI that is operable on multiple different devices.
Wang said that Polarr has 4 million monthly active users on its app. About 30 percent of its customers are located in the U.S., 30 percent in China, and 40 percent in other areas of the world. The company plans to use its funding to tackle its engineering challenges, and to build out a robust infrastructure that works on multiple devices beyond iOS.
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Oil paint on canvas 5″x5″ (plein air miniature)
A painting done on location early in 1968 – Oak Creek Canyon, Arizona. My wife and I were newlyweds and going to college in Flagstaff, Arizona. Oak Creek was only 14 miles from the campus, but you dropped from 6000 feet to less than 600 above sea level in that short distance.
This was a favorite place to go for college students – you can see why. From snow to sunbathing in 30 minutes!


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Sometimes it seems like our gadgets are getting a bit over-designed; electronic gadgets especially suffer from the plague of way-too-many buttons and complex displays. It's refreshing to see a concept like the Kompis, which is soothingly simple and frankly functional without being confusing or frustrating in the slightest.
The Kompis is an understated GPS that helps guide you to your destination with little more than colored lights. Before you leave on a trip, simply connect the Kompis to your computer via USB and plug in your destination. On your way, the red and blue lights will let you know which direction you should head in as well as how far you are from where you want to be.
The built-in GPS functionality also lets you find your way back to your hotel or car when you're in an unfamiliar place. Just press the "remember" button before you leave, and the Kompis will guide you back to your starting point with its subdued lights. And if the battery runs low while you're traveling, you can simply turn the device's dial to charge it up.
The Kompis is handy whether you're traveling on foot or in a car, with the added benefit of being a silent companion. Travelers are guided simply by lights and not by intrusive, annoying voices. It's the result of a happy marriage between a traditional compass and a high-tech GPS, with the best characteristics of both.


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The healthy smoothie deception…. 🥤
You'd probably consider grabbing a bottle of some fruit based smoothie as a healthy option. It may be something you'd grab to go with your sandwich at lunch etc. It seems perfectly reasonable and it's marketed as 2 of your 5 portions of fruit and veg a day.
On the other hand if I suggested you grab a punnet of strawberries, one and a half apples, a quarter of an orange, a handful of black currants, a bunch of grapes and two bananas to go with your sandwich you'd probably think I'd gone mad! However that's exactly what you're doing when you grab a bottle of fruit smoothie.
It would actually be pretty hard to eat that quantity of fruit alongside your lunch without feeling very full, yet we can easily guzzle down 390 cals of smoothie? The fruit itself is virtually the same amount of calories – so what's the difference?
The difference is bulk, mainly from fibre. The fibre you get in whole fruit is what makes it almost impossible to eat the same quantity of fruit as is in the smoothie. The smoothie strips almost all that fibre out so all you're getting is sugar and the micronutrients.
There's nothing wrong with having the smoothie if you want it, and have the calories for it in your day, but I think it is worth stopping and considering the quantity of fruit it compares to. And perhaps if you want something healthy to go with your lunch grabbing a punnet of strawberries instead? 🤗xx


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Coordinates59°5'17.9"N 18°15'43.4"ELand area1750 haRangerRobert Lundh
At the Gålö sea bathing facility, leisure activities are in focus. This is the largest tourist facility in Mälardalen (in terms of area), with fine beaches, hostel, camp-site, and around 100 caravan stands. The island can boast 30,000 guest nights, and a million visitors each year.
Just about everything you can ask for is here, no matter what your age. From an archipelago pub, bar and sauna to crazy golf, pony riding and our own little train. The sandy beach is the longest in the archipelago; the fine bathing rocks are easy to get to; and the seven rambling trails pass through the agricultural and cultural landscape of the archipelago, along beaches to the highest point of the mountain.
And Gålö has also an exciting history. Stegsholm Farm, which is still in use, has its roots in the medieval period. Destitute children from Stockholm were fostered at Gålö where they learned practical farming, while in a well-camouflaged bay the Swedish navy attempted to train seals to find torpedoes and mines during the war. There was also a base for motor torpedo boats here.


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WNBA Finals Game 2
Lynx vs. Fever, 7 p.m. Wednesday, ESPN
Minnesota Lynx players Seimone Augustus, Lindsay Whalen, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Rebekkah Brunson and Maya Moore spent part of Monday, Oct. 15, conducting a clinic for more than 100 Twin Cities kids at Target Center, teaching them basketball fundamentals and lessons on making healthy life choices.
The Lynx themselves are emphasizing the basics after their surprising loss to Indiana in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Sunday night. Indiana beat the Lynx 76-70 in the opening game of the best-of-five championship series. Game 2 is Wednesday at Target Center.
"The loss is unsettling and difficult to deal with, but you have to let it go and move on," Augustus said.
The Fever jumped on the Lynx from the start and never allowed the WNBA's top offense to find its rhythm. The Lynx, who looked like they were going to break away a few times in the third quarter, slogged through a 2-for-17 shooting performance in the fourth quarter, at one point missing 12 consecutive shots.
Minnesota's low-post defense also was porous and gave up many easy baskets to the Fever.
"We have to learn from Game 1," Whalen said. "You want to leave it alone, but you also have to learn what you can do better. You don't have to rip things up and change what we've done this season. It was a hard loss, and, of course, you think about plays that you could have back, but you've got to move on, too."
Later Monday, the Lynx watched video of Game 1 in preparation for Game 2.
"Everything that we suspected was confirmed to the nth degree," Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said. "Execution on each side of the ball was really lacking. We weren't really ourselves, and that isn't to take anything away from Indiana, because Indiana played great.
Reeve was asked if Monday was a day to regroup.
"I don't necessarily like that word," she said. "Closure and move on. I'd like to play tonight and get this taste out of our mouths. We can't stew about it."
Augustus said she and her teammates expect a long, physical series with the Fever.
"You're upset about a loss, but it's a 200-minute series," she said. "Yes, we lost Game 1, but it's a five-game series. We know what we did wrong and know what we can do to correct things so we can win Game 2. I've said this repeatedly: I don't understand why people think we're just going to cruise and sweep through the playoffs like we did last year. Indiana is playing great basketball. We knew it was going to be a grind. We never expected it to be a three-game series."
Reeve said she is thankful that her team is mentally prepared for a long series.
"They're committed to that," she said. "That's the only way to think. I've appreciated the confidence in our team, but people don't understand the difficulty in beating teams."
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Muni, Red Zones, and Faith in Humanity
Heather and I live in a small apartment building in a lovely little San Francisco neighborhood called Cole Valley. And right outside our front door is the convenient N-Judah Muni line. We can take it just about anywhere in the city at a moment's notice. That's the upside.
The downside is that we hear it. All the time. If we put the glasses too close together in the kitchen cabinet, they rattle with every approaching train. The trains come out of the Sunset Tunnel and turn down Carl Street with a metal on metal screeching like giant angry robots. But that's not the worst part.
Because of the turn in the tracks, Muni trains swing their butts out toward our building on every pass. And because of that, there's a big red zone smack dab in front of our home.
You know what red means when it's painted on a curb, right? It means Don't Park Here. I know this. And you know this. But the collective intelligence of San Francisco drivers seems to go out the window in front of our apartment, because every day, several times a day, some idiot parks there. And when they do, the trains can't pass without inflicting bodily harm.
On a good day, they just smash the car and Heather and I lean out the window and cheer. On a bad day, they stop and belt out a nuclear powered horn blast so loud, it could shake the crowns off your molars. That, my friends, is the worst part. And after six years of hearing those blasts, I've developed an extreme hatred of anyone who parks in that spot.
There's a silver lining to this tale of human stupidity. Every once in a while, after a few minutes of Extreme Horn Blowing, the Muni driver gives up and opens all the train doors. The street is filled with San Franciscans of all shapes and sizes, ages and colors, rich and poor, all joined together in hating whoever parked there and having someplace else they'd rather be. Most of the time this crowd just gathers, bitching and sighing, until the tow truck arrives. But sometimes something magic happens.
All it takes is one rabble-rouser. One troublemaker to throw up his hands and yell, "My friends! We can do this!" And suddenly there are a dozen people gathered around the car, lifting.
You know, cars aren't nearly as heavy as they look. At least not when you've got a dozen people united in their desire to get back on the train and on with their life.
The troublemaker yells, "one … two … three!" and the car moves as if on water. It drifts over to the curb and stops, the crowd cheering. The driver eyeballs it and nods. Everyone gets back on the train and goes back to being strangers, just on their way to the rest of their day.
But three stories up, Heather and I sit watching, a tiny portion of our faith in humanity regained.
Reposted with permission from This is Powazek. Photo by Heather Powazek Champ.
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ah, i was hoping you would share that. so awesome.
BMon November 9th, 2005 @ 12:24 am
Ugh. I'm not a fan of anarchy or any of that stuff. But if you do this crap you should expect that someone will put a boot through your front window.
Dude, I saw that Mentos commercial!!!! Rock the fuck on!
nice mentos allusion, thief! ;)
Mentos allusion?


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Think of what you can do with that there is"
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Happy thanksgiving!
"If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share."
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We have all learned to live with voice mail as a necessary part of modern life. But you may have wondered, "What if God decided to install voice mail?" Imagine praying and hearing this…
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What if God used the familiar excuse, "All the angels are helping other customers right now. Please stay on the line. You call will be answered in the order it was received.
Can you imagine getting these kinds of response as you call on God in prayer?
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As always, we limited ourselves to selecting the 10 people (or groups of people) who were most influential on LGBT lives during the past year, and the resulting list represents some of the most inspirational figures of 2017. This was been another difficult year, with many fighting just to keep hold of recent advances for equality and to awaken the country to systemic inequities for LGBTs, people of color, religious minorities, and women — all of whom have come under attack with the ascendancy of the Trump administration. This year's list gives us reason to rely on our strength and persistence.
Transgender Americans have borne the brunt of the Trump administration's hostility toward vulnerable populations. Barely a month after Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office, his Justice and Education departments rescinded guidelines issued under President Barack Obama advising school districts on how to accommodate transgender students. The action led the Supreme Court in March to cancel its plans to hear trans teen Gavin Grimm's case, which hinged partly on the guidance. (In a bit of irony, Grimm was honored by the Justice Department during Pride Month.) Trump's announcement of the egregious ban on military service by transgender Americans followed in July. The Justice Department also announced that it would no longer consider Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans sex discrimination in employment, to apply to gender identity (or sexual orientation). The administration banned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even using the word "transgender" in official documents for the 2018 budget. Transgender people stand to suffer along with lesbians, gays, and bisexuals due to the administration's "religious freedom" guidance, its undermining of an antidiscrimination order for federal contractors, and its anti-LGBT appointees. At the state level, there have been more attempts to pass anti-trans "bathroom bills." And trans Americans continue to suffer horrific rates of violence, with 26 known homicides so far this year, one short of 2017's record of 27.
But trans Americans have shown they are nothing if not resilient. Lawsuits by transgender service members have resulted in federal judges blocking the military ban at least temporarily, so trans troops can serve openly for now, and the armed forces will take new trans enlistees beginning January 1. Activists have pointed out that even with the withdrawal of the education guidance, schools can and should establish trans-inclusive policies, and should be pressed to do so, in court if necessary. "It does not change the legal and moral duty of schools to support all students," Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said when the guidance was rescinded in February. A "bathroom bill" went down the drain in Texas. Many major corporations have announced support for trans rights. Transgender visibility continues to rise, on television, in movies, and in politics, with November bringing groundbreaking trans victories from coast to coast. (Read more about these political wins in the following pages.)
Danica Roem won a historic victory November 7 in the Virginia House of Delegates District 13 race. An out transgender woman, she decisively defeated the most anti-LGBT member of the legislature, 17-year veteran Bob Marshall. A Democrat and former journalist, Roem won by knocking on doors throughout the northern Virginia district and emphasizing the economy, jobs, and transportation, issues Marshall had neglected in favor of pushing bathroom restrictions and fighting marriage equality, and during the campaign he even refused to recognize Roem as a woman. By contrast, "I campaigned on a platform of building up our infrastructure and not tearing down each other. … A message of inclusion and equality resonated here," she told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Election Night. She will become the first openly transgender person seated in any state legislature in the U.S. (a trans woman elected in New Hampshire in 2012 was never sworn in, and at least one other was elected while not acknowledging her transgender status).
There were other victories for trans candidates in November. Not one but two trans people were elected to the City Council in progressive Minneapolis — Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham. Jenkins replaced the departing council member she had worked for, and Cunningham beat a 20-year incumbent. Tyler Titus became the first openly transgender elected official in Pennsylvania with his election to the Erie School Board. Lisa Middleton was elected to the Palm Springs City Council, making her the first out trans person to win a nonjudicial office in California — and her win, along with that of bisexual woman Christy Holstege, made the desert oasis's council entirely LGBT.


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After not latching on to an NBA team, former Florida forward Canyon Barry will continue his pro basketball career overseas.
Barry announced on his Instagram account that he's signed to play for the Vilpas Vikings in based in Salo, Finland. The team is one of 11 in the top-level pro league in Finland (called the Korisliiga) and is part of the FIBA Europe Confederation.
As a grad transfer from College of Charleston, Barry helped the lead the Gators to their fifth Elite Eight appearance in the last seven seasons, earning SEC sixth man of the year honors and finishing second on the Gators in scoring at 11.4 points. Barry shot 88.3 percent from the free-throw line shooting underhanded like his father, Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry.
Barry was on the New York Knicks summer league roster but opted to sign overseas rather than try to earn an invite with an NBA team in training camp.
In Finland, Barry will face former Gator forward Alex Murphy, who signed with Joenssuun Kataja of the Finnish Korisliiga pro league over the summer. Murphy transferred from Florida to Northeastern, where he averaged 14 ppg and 5.8 rpg.


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After living in Tennessee for over thirty years, I finally made a visit to Memphis this weekend! I was in good company with a ton of great artists for this year's Memphis Comic Expo. The headlining guest and artist was the legendary George Perez, who I had the privilege of meeting at the show. He's a class act and we all really enjoyed watching him give each attendee a genuine fan experience! He was the first and last person working both days setting an example for every young artist in his presence! Another new and growing convention, the weekend was a bit slow as far as foot-traffic making for a rough few weeks on the road lately but I'm not deterred. Next weekend I'll be back in Knoxville for the Halloween Fanboy Expo! More to come but for now here are some of the pictures from the fun-filled convention in Memphis...
|Cartoonist Dale Martin was a fun neighbor who gave some great conversation over the course of the convention! You can Click HERE to visit his site and check out his Web Comic which you can also purchase in print!
|This young cosplayer won 2nd Place in the Costume Contest! Very cool!
|Mandatory Eleven from Stranger Things post... love this character!
|A young Mad Hatter and Quicksilver
|It's always great seeing Memphis native Michelle Duckworth! We've been in a few gallery shows together over the years and I adore her artwork! Click HERE to visit her site and see Much MORE!
|Batman / Joker mashup live drawing!
|Thor and Wolfman Captain America
|Weston Notestine's comic Verdugo will make your fucking eyes bleed! Check him out HERE!
|Party on Wayne - Party on Garth
|Captain Morgan and Storm
|Kai Arron is a trippy young illustrator! This was her first convention and I swapped a drawing with her. Go show her some love HERE!
|Awesome Walking Dead cosplay! The paper mache head is spot on and looks just like Darryl!
|Turns out Darryl is a Stephen King fan! Now he's a DREGstudios fan!
|Memphis Batmobiles! The '89 belongs to St Jude Children's Hospital and the '66 belongs to Memphis's own Jerry "The King' Lawler!


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The Hobbit
based on The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
You have no idea how excited I am for The Hobbit. I get to spend more time in Jackson's vision of Middle-Earth with a dream cast headed by Martin Freeman as Bilbo, which is perhaps one of the best pieces of casting I think I've ever encountered. It's 2001 all over again, except this time it's better; I'm actually participating in fandom this time around. (Also: all aboard the good ship Tauriel/Lindir.) But this doesn't actually relate to why I picked up the 1977 television movie adaptation of The Hobbit; I just really like bad fantasy movies. Between the animation (Why does everyone under five feet lack eyebrows?) and the fact that the back of the box called The Lord of the Rings a trilogy, this looked like a promising candidate. (To be fair, you could consider The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarrilion a trilogy, but I seriously doubt that's what they meant.)
The Hobbit, as you may know, is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a middle-aged hobbit who enjoys eating and other domestic and sedentary joys. One day, however, the wizard Gandalf stops by Bilbo's home and, with thirteen dwarves, drafts Bilbo into a quest to recover dwarven treasure from a truly horrific dragon, Smaug, clear across the Misty Mountains and far, far away from anywhere Bilbo has ever been before. Despite his misgivings, Bilbo joins them, and learns that the world is much, much bigger than he ever considered.
This adaptation was made for television in the late '70s, hence its minuscule running time—seventy-seven minutes. There are definitely parts in the movie where you see exactly where the commercial breaks fit in for dramatic effect. In order to slim it down, the movie gallops through the plot at a remarkable pace, cutting out the Arkenstone and Beorn along the way. Structurally, it's sound, but it's so quick. There's little build-up, establishment, or even much character development: Bilbo and Thorin get some, obviously, but otherwise, there are plot points we've got to hit, so either jump on or get out of the way! Still, it does manage to get in everything but Beorn and the Arkenstone in little more than an hour, which is certainly something to applaud, and it doesn't change anything else. Storywise.
I have a hard time enjoying the loosely related trio of animated Tolkien films from the 1970s and 1980s (this, Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, and Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King), mostly because of how they portray hobbits and also because rotoscoping freaks me out. The art direction here is sunny and cheerful, with Maurice Sendank-esque goblins, pinched, colorful dwarves, and a hobbit that looks like a fat chipmunk with no eyebrows. It's all very cartoonish, which makes sense—it's aimed at children, although that doesn't excuse some of the sillier elements. I did, however, enjoy this design of Gandalf (which the film persists in calling "Gandolf"); tall, pointed, and gnarled, with a practical voice that can be intimidating. Gollum also has an interesting, frog-like design, with a low, threatening voice and, while it goes downhill once he takes flight and you realize he's shaped like a fridge, Smaug's catlike design is an interesting mix of Western and Eastern ideas of dragons. I also loved his voice; deep and threatening, yes, but also extremely weary.
The voice work here is well-done, and some of the designs are good. But mostly, they're either simply alright or downright strange. While Elrond is more or less man-shaped, albeit with enormous ears and glowing lights around his head, the wood Elves—who managed to produce Legolas, widely considered a generally attractive young man—are squat, green beasts with long, blond hair and German accents. While I like the goblins, seeing them ride Wargs smaller than they are is kind of hilarious. And there are some odd choices taken here; the climactic battle is occasionally seen from space, enemies who are killed sort of… spin out of existence, the men of Lake Town are pioneers in mini-skirted tunic technology, and, while the film goes out of its way to say that it's based on the original version of The Hobbit, it ends with Gandalf making a cheerful statement about how the Ring will affect Bilbo's family. (All I could imagine was him saying, in that same cheerful, cryptic tone, "It's gonna break your nephew!")
The best thing about this adaptation is the music—some of the music. I actually find the vague title song, "The Greatest Adventure", grating, which wasn't fun, since it cropped up all over the place to remind the viewer that this particular moment is important. Yeesh. And while the goblin songs are fun, it's kind of hilarious to actually watch action pieces set to them. But the dwarves' song, which is only included on the soundtrack in its reprise, "Misty Mountains Cold", is beautiful. It's mournful and magical, and makes fantastic use of Tolkien's lyrics. It hints at the dark depths of Tolkien's world and dwarvenkind in general, and makes you think of dark, beautiful things hidden under stone. If you can rent this from your local library, it's worth watching for this song—but skip everything else.
Bottom line: A seriously strange and cartoonish adaptation of The Hobbit, with odd choices in everything from character design to song to camera angles. Still, the character designs for Gandalf, Gollum, and Smaug are interesting, and the dwarves' song based on "Over the Misty Mountains Cold" is absolutely beautiful and perfect for Tolkien's world… but little else about this adaptation is.
I rented this DVD from the public library.