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Metallica have unveiled their contribution to the upcoming Ronnie James Dio tribute album 'This is Your Life' — and it's a stunning, nine-minute long medley featuring four songs from the singer's time in Rainbow.
Entitled 'Ronnie Rising Medley,' the track features three songs from Rainbow's 1976 album 'Rising' ('A Light in the Black,' 'Stargazer' and 'Tarot Woman') as well as 'Kill the King' from the same year's 'Long Live Rock 'n' Roll.' Metallica issued a similar four-song medley tribute to Mercyful Fate back in 1998 for their 'Garage, Inc.' album.
Drummer Lars Ulrich tells Rolling Stone it was easy for the group to put this track together because of how important Dio's music was to them. "It's something that we were all reared on. I don't recall sitting there in a band meeting or anything deciding what to play. Somebody starts playing 'Stargazer' – which is sort of just like something that's in our arsenal to jam – and then that whole period there, 'Tarot Woman,' 'Kill the King,' 'A Light in the Black ' – that's just really effortless to jump into."
'This Is Your Life,' which arrives on April 1, also features Dio, Black Sabbath and Rainbow-era Ronnie James Dio tracks performed by Motorhead, Anthrax, Judas Priest's Rob Halford and more.


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The Walker, Johnson & Vukmir win was my political Triple Crown!
It isn't often I have had a night like Tuesday night; all 3 of my major candidates won. It was rather like winning the Triple Crown!
In horse racing, the Triple Crown is considered to be a great accomplishment: it is one horse winning 3 important races.
My political Triple Crown was having all 3 of my candidate choices win their individual race for Wisconsin Governor, United States Senator, and State Senator!
In addition to my trio of winners, there were sure thing winners such as Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner and unopposed 14th Assembly Representative Dale Kooyenga. That means for the first time that I can remember, most of my representatives are true Conservatives!
The faithful were gathered at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee, watching election returns on the big screen, while we waited for Governor elect Scott Walker to show up. As they called each Republican gain from all those national races for Governor, U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, and our statewide races for State Senate and Assembly, the crowd grew more excited. It was wonderful, way too hot and crowded, but wonderful just the same.
We all cheered when Ron Johnson was projected to be the winner of the U.S. Senate race. Since Johnson and Walker's numbers were much the same all evening, there was little doubt of the outcome of the Governor's race.
Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch warmed up the crowd, and Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner spoke too. Finally, it was the moment we all had been waiting for.
The crowd went wild when soon to be Governor Scott Walker came out. After a Happy Birthday serenade and him quipping this would be a tough birthday to top, he got serious and said, "First of all, I want to thank God. Not for this victory but for His grace to all of us..." The crowd heartily agreed. He also introduced the new slogan that would mark the Walker administration: Wisconsin is Open For Business.
The crowd thinned out a bit after that but the 3rd race of my Triple Crown still was not decided. While Scott Walker and Ron Johnson were ahead all evening, Leah Vukmir's returns seemed to take forever to come in. The first ones were worrisome, showing Sullivan at 61% and Vukmir at 39%, though I couldn't imagine that ever happening! (Closer scrutiny revealed only 8% of the vote was in--it must have all been from Milwaukee County.)
There was also a problem with some ballots in one district in Brookfield--the Vukmir/Sullivan race wasn't included. The problem was resolved but not before 20 voters had already cast their ballots without the 5th District State Senate race on it. Thankfully, those votes were not needed, and by the end of the evening, Leah Vukmir had won with 54% of the vote to Jim Sullivan's 45%.
For comparative number crunching from the vote totals I was able to find*, Leah Vukmir received 36,852 votes to Sullivan's 33,702, for a total of 70,554 votes. Back in 2006, Sullivan received 36,148 to Tom Reynolds' 33,686 for a total 69,834 votes. So this election had a higher turnout of 726 voters. (Make that 746 if those Brookfield ballots had had the State Senate race on them?) Vukmir's margin was higher too with her earning 3,150 more votes than her opponent Sullivan. Compare that to Sullivan's 2006 margin of 2,462 votes over Reynolds. So Leah Vukmir's win was 688 votes stronger than Sullivan's 2006 victory where he captured 50.6% of the vote.
Our nation and state still have a long way to go to reversing our debt load, reducing the size of government, and restoring our liberty, but at least the first step of that journey has been taken.
Just be aware, we cannot go back to business as usual, ignoring what goes on in Madison and Washington D.C. As I often say, a Constitutional Republic does not run on autopilot! Going to a Tea Party, calling your Congressman, or going to a Town Hall is not a one time thing. It is up to us to keep those we elect accountable to us. But for now, I am breathing a sigh of relief and as JT Harris said on Monday, I'm thanking God for this one more chance to turn this around.
*Some sources quote the percentages as being 52% - 48%, which works out with the vote totals presented here. Other sources state the percentages as 54% to 45 or 46% with no vote totals. Regardless, Vukmir won!
Links: Practically Speaking, Betterbrookfield, RandyMelchert, Jay Weber, Vicki McKenna, The Right View Wisconsin, CNS News, Mark Levin, Breitbart BigGovernment, The Heritage Foundation
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September 28th, 2011, 23:27
While the news of late has focused on Apple's upcoming iPhone 5 launch, Microsoft has some news of their own on the mobile OS front. Windows Phone 7.5 is the first major overhaul of the system (http://hothardware.com/News/Microsoft-Begins-Windows-Phone-75-Mango-Update-Rollout/) since the smaller, incremental NoDo updates began to roll out a few months ago. Starting this week, WP7 users should begin to see the v7.5 update roll their way. Microsoft claims that this release has a 'people-first' attitude, with a focus on multitasking, more integrated apps, better mobile Web browsing, along with personalized tools, like integrated social networking and conversation threads for connecting with the people


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'Gangnam Style' most watched YouTube video ever
South Korean rapper PSY surpasses Bieber as video king.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean rapper PSY's Gangnam Style has become YouTube's most viewed video of all time.
YouTube says in a posting on its Trends blog that Gangnam Style had been viewed 805 million times as of Saturday afternoon, surpassing Justin Bieber's Baby, which has had 803 million views.
The blog says the "velocity of popularity for PSY's outlandish video is unprecedented."
PSY's video featuring his horse-riding dance was posted on YouTube in July, while Baby was uploaded in February 2010.
PSY's video has become a global sensation, with many people around the world mimicking his Gangnam Style dance. In their October meeting, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a South Korean, joked that he had to relinquish his title as "the most famous Korean," and tried a few of PSY's dance moves.
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Why drive a TDI?
- You'll enjoy the savings. Economical fuel consumption over the entire speed range, long service and maintenance intervals, plus low emissions, all combine to keep costs low.
- You'll love the drive. Our turbodiesel engines offer exceptional torque even at low revs. This results in tremendous fun at the wheel, thanks to their effortless acceleration and sparkling performance.
- You'll feel the power. High levels of pulling power over a wide rev range offer real driving pleasure.
What do we mean by TDI?
TDI identifies all our advanced diesel engines using direct fuel injection and a turbocharger. TDI engines are economical and smooth with high levels of torque (pulling power) and good energy efficiency.
How does it work?
Fuel needs oxygen to burn and the engine has to be supplied with huge quantities of air to get enough. You can solve this problem with a bigger engine - or you can solve it with a turbocharger - as in the TDI. Driven by the exhaust gases, it squeezes air more tightly into the cylinders.
After being drawn through the turbocharger the air is then cooled by passing it through an intercooler (cool air takes up less space than hot air), before entering the combustion chamber where diesel is injected directly into the cylinders at very high pressure through a nozzle. It's this intensive mixing of highly atomised fuel with the cooled compressed air that leads to better, more efficient combustion.
Your driving experience is quiet and refined because effective sound insulation keeps noise to a minimum, while hydraulic engine mounts ensure smooth, low-vibration running.
The Technology
The turbocharger
To boost power output and torque, we fit our TDI engines with exhaust turbochargers featuring variable turbine geometry. They compress the air required for fuel burning, letting the engine draw in more air while its displacement and revs stay the same.
A turbocharger is powered by the energy in the exhaust gas. It has two turbines. The turbine wheel in the exhaust stream drives a second in the intake stream that compresses the intake air. Before it is fed into the combustion chamber it is cooled by a charge air cooler (intercooler). Because cool air is denser than hot air, more oxygen can be fed into the cylinder to burn the fuel, enhancing power and efficiency.
Overcoming turbo lag
The main disadvantage of a turbocharger is that it needs a certain gas pressure to work, only available when engine revs are high enough. To avoid 'turbo lag' a delay in available power - and be very efficient at lower engine revs, the turbocharger needs to be able to control the exhaust pressure.
A variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbocharger does this with a system of mechanical guide vanes. It alters the cross-section of the exhaust flow inlet on the powertrain side. If the gas pressure falls at slower engine revs, the control system adjusts the guide vanes to narrow the cross-section. This speeds up the exhaust flow and increases the pressure. And as the exhaust gas pressure rises with the engine revs, the control system makes the inlet cross-section larger by altering the position of the guide vanes.
How injection works
The pressure at which the diesel is injected into the cylinder is the key factor in diesel direct injection. The fuel has to mix swiftly with the compressed air in the cylinder. The higher the pressure, the more finely the diesel is atomised for an intensive mixing of the fuel and air particles. This, in turn, leads to better and more efficient fuel burning. The energy from the fuel is used more effectively and emissions are reduced.
We use various injection stages within one power stroke - referred to as multiple injection. Depending on the engine design, revs and load, modern diesel engines use a pilot or double pilot injection, a main injection and a post injection. Pilot injection achieves smooth combustion, ensuring that the extremely high pressures necessary for combustion to take place are reached more gradually. This significantly reduces combustion noise and cuts emissions. Post injection helps the combustion process further, achieving even lower exhaust emissions.
Common rail - third-generation diesel direct injection.
The common rail system stores the injection pressure in a high-pressure fuel reservoir referred to as the 'common rail' as it supplies all the injectors. In this system the generation of pressure and the fuel injection processes are separate.
Lines connect all the cylinder injectors to the common rail in parallel, ensuring they all have an uninterrupted supply of constant pressure.
The advantage of common rail is that fuel can be delivered at higher pressure, giving better mixing with air for a more efficient and cleaner combustion. This gives higher performance combined with improved fuel consumption.
The ever-higher injection pressures that make diesel engines cleaner and more efficient than before place big demands on the common rail system. Our latest generation of diesel engines reach injection pressures as high as 1,800 bar. For this reason we make the rail ourselves, and we are the first car maker to do so.
The diesel particulate filter
Our advanced diesel engines are much cleaner than older engines. One important factor is their diesel particulate filters (DPF), which are very effective in cutting emissions, trapping even the finest soot particles that are produced as the engine burns diesel fuel.
The latest generation of filters operate without additives. This makes them maintenance-free for an exceptionally long time: an initial inspection is usually carried out only after 150,000 km. The filter's lifespan is dependent on factors such as fuel quality, driving style, use and oil consumption.
Please refer to your Volkswagen Owner's manual for official guidance on use and operation of all our technology.
Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF)
Our advanced diesel engines with diesel particulate filters are very effective in cutting emissions, resulting in a cleaner environment.


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Vixens 49
Pulse 41
The Central Pulse failed to play their part in New Zealand's quest for an unprecedented one-two finish in the transtasman league, capitulating to the Melbourne Vixens in Porirua last night.
A Pulse win would have placed the Northern Mystics in the box seat to secure the minor premiership heading in to the final round, while also advancing the Magic's hopes of finishing second.
But instead the Vixens snatched the initiative, leapfrogging the two New Zealand sides into the top spot.
With a final round showdown against the lowly Southern Steel in Invercargill, it is unlikely the Melbourne side will relinquish their position from here.
While the star-studded Vixens side were always going to be a tough prospect for the Pulse, the Wellington-based side were disappointing in the final home game of the season. Their execution on attack was woeful, with their feeding in to the shooting circle especially poor.
Pulse captain Katrina Grant was disappointed with the ball they wasted on attack having put the Vixens under pressure at stages in the second half.
"I think we should have got a bit closer than [eight goals], but unfortunately we didn't make the most of our opportunities," said Grant.
Any hopes New Zealand fans had of a Pulse upset disappeared soon after the opening whistle, when the home side failed to match the Vixens' intensity.
After eight minutes, the Pulse had managed just three goals as they struggled to get good service in to their shooters, who were well-contained by England star Geva Mentor and Bianca Chatfield.
Katarina Cooper was the worst offender, the converted defender showing her inexperience at wing attack by turning over the ball on three consecutive possessions.
But things were to get worse for Cooper just before quarter time, with the 26-year-old carried from the court with what looked to be a serious knee injury - quite literally an agonising end to her rookie ANZ season.
Down 18-8 at the first break, the Pulse showed strong resolve after the break, tightening up their through-court defence to secure some good turnover ball and cut their deficit back to six at halftime.


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Brian Sullivan, a retired Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) official and a harsh critic of the proliferation of wrongheaded FAA/TSA/DHS security policies since 9/11, had this to say about the recently instituted body scans and pat-down procedures:
This business about us spending billions on procedures and equipment targeted against the last attack instead of the next one, while it costs them [the terrorists] about $4,500, will help bankrupt our economy and have an adverse impact on aviation. They must be laughing in their caves as they watch us spin around in reaction to their inexpensive provocations.
How far will Americans go in accepting government intrusion and abuse in the name of security? What's coming next, body cavity searches for airline passengers
Surely, that would be too far. But would it seem so after an (alleged) al-Qaeda terrorist employed a body cavity bomb? Would body cavity searches not logically follow, with the "lessons of 9/11" being invoked to attempt to silence all critics of the new invasive "security" procedures?
However, before even considering that abhorrent prospect, before even acquiescing to further groping of grandmas, frisking of four-year-olds, and electronically strip-searching of the entire traveling public, should we not perhaps demand that the FAA/TSA/DHS first target the obvious terrorists and security risks? We're not talking about profiling of passengers to spot potential terrorists and security risks; we're talking about people who are already identified as terrorists and dangerous criminals in the FAA's own data banks.
FAA Pilot Licenses for Terrorists
A private data processing company, Safe Banking Systems, of Long Island, New York, last year uncovered a major security flaw which showed that the FAA had failed to revoke the FAA-approved licenses and certificates for more than a dozen notorious criminals, including convicted terrorists, major drug traffickers, and even a producer of a biological Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). In June 2009, Safe Banking Systems (SBS) distributed copies of its 23-page report detailing six of the most shocking cases of FAA/TSA failure in this regard to several dozen federal officials, including DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, FAA Administrator J. Randolph Babbit, and Senators Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).
The six FAA-licensed individuals profiled in the SBS report included:
• Convicted Lockerbie bombers — Libyan intelligence officers Abdelbaset Ali Elmegrahi and Lamen Khlifa Fhima were convicted of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in December 1988, killing 270 people. In June 2009 the FAA Certified Airmen Registry still listed both men as holding valid certificates as "aircraft dispatchers." (Elmegrahi was released from prison in August 2009 on compassionate grounds because he reportedly had only three months to live. He returned to Libya to national celebrations and acclaim — and an apparently miraculous recovery. His supposedly terminal cancer went into remission and he was released from the hospital to live at his new state-provided villa.)
• A Hezbollah arms provider — Fawzi Mustapha Assi was convicted of providing military and aviation equipment to Hezbollah, which has been designated a terrorist organization by the Secretary of State. As of June 2009 he was still listed by the FAA as possessing a valid certificate as a private pilot.
• Colombian drug traffickers — Gabriel Eduardo Afanador-Solano and his son, Gabriel Eduardo Afanador-Marin are convicted narco-traffickers for the Colombian drug cartel and are both currently serving sentences in federal prison in the United States. However, as of June 2009 the FAA Certified Airmen Registry still listed the son as having a valid commercial pilot certificate.
It was not until after the FAA was questioned about the SBS report by members of the media in June 2009 that the agency revoked the licenses of the six men exposed by Safe Banking Systems. But, as SBS has since pointed out, the FAA has still failed to apply the basic security measures that would reveal the dangerous individuals who continue to hold FAA licenses. Since its initial report of June 2009, SBS has found many additional terrorist and security threats in the FAA's Certified Airmen Registry, including some listed as "Most Wanted" by the FBI.
Thailand's recent extradition of Viktor Bout to the United States means that the notorious Russian arms trafficker will likely go to trial next year for conspiring to supply FARC, a South American terrorist organization, with surface-to-air missiles and other weapons. But almost completely lost in the reporting on the Viktor Bout case is the astounding fact that this "Merchant of Death" and seven of his associates in his global air transport network hold valid FAA licenses.
The New American has reported on Viktor Bout's activities a number of times, noting in an October 2008 story that:
Most news reports on "Viktor B," as he is known in arms-trafficking and intelligence circles, describe Bout as a "former KGB agent" who is now a freelance businessman. However, he is one of the old Soviet hands who have enabled the "new" Russia of Putin & Company to carry on the old Kremlin program of spreading global revolution, terror, and chaos under a shallow veneer of deniability. But his cover is so thin that only the completely naïve or willfully blind could believe his "I'm just a capitalist doing business" line. Bout, who has been on "wanted" lists worldwide for years, runs his many front companies and global air transport operations out of Moscow and uses multiple Russian passports under a variety of aliases. This protective sanctuary under the aegis of Putin's KGB-FSB regime, together with Bout's apparent ties to Russia's military intelligence (the old Soviet GRU), through which he obtains the arms for his customers, provides a few "clues" to the sensible that "Viktor B" is still an intelligence operative working for his old Kremlin masters.
It is perfectly understandable that the Russian government would cover for Viktor Bout and his associates, but what excuses can our government give for failing to exercise due diligence in this matter? Not only common sense, but also federal law (14 CFR Parts 61, 63, and 65) dictate that FAA certificates be revoked for persons who pose a security threat. Yet, Viktor Bout, who was for years one of the "most wanted" criminal fugitives on the planet, even now, apparently, retains his FAA-approved pilot's license. In addition, Viktor Bout's business associate and personal physician, a Belgian doctor by the name of Johann Piret, was an FAA Designated Medical Examiner for nearly three decades, until 2007.
Then there is notorious drug kingpin Fernando Zevallos Gonzalez, called the "Al Capone of Peru" by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. He also holds an FAA-approved license, according to SBS. There is also the case of Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, who was indicted along with 10 others in 2006 for acts of terrorism associated with the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front. He is believed by the FBI to have fled to Syria, a major state sponsor of terrorist organizations. As of June 2009, Dibee still had his FAA-approved pilot's license, as do a dozen or so members of Osama bin Laden's family.
"Nothing has changed"
It goes on and on. The FAA/TSA/DHS demand vast new invasive powers, huge budgets, and expensive high-tech equipment to keep us "secure," but can't (or won't) police their own houses and correct their own blatant derelictions of duty that constitute a genuine threat to America.
The Obama adminstration's proposed DHS budget for 2011 came in at $56.3 billion. The TSA, which is part of the DHS, has an annual budget of over $8 billion dollars and more than 56,000 employees. The FAA boasts an annual budget of nearly $16 billion and employs more than 45,000. Yet these behemoths, with their massive resources, technology, and personnel, are apparently incapable of identifying well-known terrorists and international criminals and removing them from "approved" status in their own data banks.
But Safe Banking Systems, a small, family-owned security consulting business in Mineola, New York, was able to zero in on the bureaucracy's glaring security gaps with relative ease. "Because SBS does not have access to confidential government watchlists, we make use of 'open source intelligence' that is publicly available on the internet," said David Schiffer, the President of Safe Banking Systems, in his foreword to the aforementioned SBS June 2009 FAA Airmen Registry Report. "Our tests ran for approximately two hours and yielded several alarming potential matches. After four days of further investigation, by just one member of our staff, a dozen matches were confirmed beyond any doubt," he noted.
That was nearly a year and a half ago. Unfortunately, the FAA and TSA still have not cleaned up their act. In September 2010, Schiffer told The Enterprise Report that "despite the assurances of the TSA and FAA, nothing has changed since we first began exposing this issue last year." He went on to say that "despite the fact they we have identified over two-dozen suspect pilots with backgrounds who seem to clearly present a threat to aviation and national security, nothing seems to have changed."
In a November 30 interview with The New American, Schiffer said that it remains "astonishing" to him that the agencies involved have remained so resistant to change and continue to fail to plug the security gaps that SBS has exposed. "TSA says they scrub 4 million names a day with their system," he noted, but they still haven't revoked the licenses of dozens of individuals whom SBS has exposed.
Related articles:
Report: Homeland Security Compiling TSA Enemies List
Janet Napolitano Considers Advanced Screenings for Mass Transit
TSA "Freedom Grope" May Lead to Highway Fatalities
One Rule for Politically Powerful, Another for Us at Airports
"Merchant of Death" Trial Still Looms
Lords of Chaos: The Kremlin's Arms Merchants
Photo: rotator graphic and above: A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer pats down an elderly traveler as he works his way through security at San Francisco International Airport, Nov. 24, 2010: AP Images


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Wavertree/Smithdown Rd boasts the largest student population in Liverpool. The streets are characterised by Victorian terrace properties providing a range of properties in shared houses. The area also has the infrastructure and services perfect for the student population with a range of shops, supermarkets, pubs, food outlets and independent retailers. Buses to the city run every 5 minutes 24/7!
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From the Lot: Nuances de Bleu
March 15, 2012
O La La- those lovely shades of blue.
How pleased we are that all these blues bloomed in our very own Lila B. {parking} Lot Garden. Now…we wait with trepidation on what's to bloom blue next in our little urban oasis…
Photos thanks to our Lot Garden's gardener & photographer: Sophie de Lignerolles


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Earlier in the month, Microsoft hosted an Xbox Live sale of sorts where select games were reduced to half the price. While the strange promotion was unexpected, it certainly was nice to have the chance to visit titles that may have been glossed over the first time around at a discount.
The sale event will be returning this week on Wednesday, and the three following games will be available at a reduced price.
- Bankshot Billiards 2 – 900 Microsoft Points (normally 1200 Microsoft Points) A simple and clean pool game with nine different game styles: classic 8-Ball, 9-Ball, Cutthroat, Euro 8-Ball, 14.1 Continuous, 3-Ball, Trick Shots, Time Trial, and Golf.
- Frogger – 300 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points) With enhanced artwork building on the original title's style, modernized sound and music, and all new play modes, Frogger is a great update to an old classic.
- Hardwood Spades – 300 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points) The game where a trick IS a treat, "Hardwood Spades" is multiplayer card game that offers customizable backgrounds, card faces, card backs and tables.
Of the three, I only own Bankshot Billiards 2; it was admittedly overpriced at 1,200 points ($15), but it might be worth considering now. Frogger is pretty good, too, so that may be worth picking up. Better hurry up and grab the ones you want though, as the sale will be ending 11: 59 p.m. GMT (4:59 p.m. PDT) on Tuesday of next week.


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We all know Charlotte Olympia's tongue-in-cheek aesthetic; just think back to the eery Hands On Sandal. For Spring 2015, it looks as if the brand is turning its kitschy gaze on Western style.
In the past, designers inspired by the American West generally relegate the region's rich colors and textures to fall collections. It's interesting to see Dellal capture this theme in the spring by incorporating belt buckles, calf hair and suede into airy sandals and pumps. This change-up I believe correlates to a small shift for the brand; while Dellal still has some quirky moments in this Spring 2015 collection, like a cowboy on the back of a chunky-heeled sandal, overall, her collection is more rounded. This is likely due to Dellal's desire to grow her brand by attracting a larger customer base; her other efforts to do the same have included a very laid-back Party Shoe Collection.
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The Search for Anne Perry by Joanne Drayton
HarperCollins $44.99
It was Peter Jackson's fault really. If he hadn't made Heavenly Creatures in 1994, Anne Perry might have safely lived out her life in the hamlet of Portmahomack in northern Scotland, known only as a reclusive but prolific and successful crime writer. By unearthing a crime from 40 years before, he shone the light on enough information that a journalist followed the trail to Perry's London publishers and announced, to an initially incredulous literary agent, that Anne Perry was, in fact, Juliet Hulme.
Hulme, as most New Zealanders know, with her friend Pauline Parker, bludgeoned Parker's mother to death with a brick in Christchurch's Victoria Park. Once that particular genie was out of the bottle, there was no squashing it back in.
Drayton approaches this life through talking to an extensive list of those closest to Perry, a thorough analysis of Perry's prodigious output and, although Drayton only reveals this at the very end, via interviewing Perry directly. She sculpts this woman's remarkable story in a way that communicates a distance from biographer and subject, casting Drayton as reporter rather than direct interpreter.
Despite this, she makes it clear throughout the telling that she is firmly in the "forgive and forget" camp. Drayton quotes inches of press adulation of Perry's work and delivers conversations from agents and publishers who find her warm, intelligent, likeable, slightly homely. Is Drayton trying to make us forget that Perry, as Hulme, had swung the brick and delivered some of the fearsome blows?
Perry deserves her literary success. She has toiled assiduously. Writing, if not a direct salvation, was the path to that place (as was her Mormon faith, with its tenets of redemption through repentance). As Robert McCrum, granted a rare interview, said: "She continues to write, obsessively, perhaps in the hope that she can somehow bury her terrible past in a mountain of fiction."
It is a mountain of work and, if nothing else, this is a wonderful lesson in the pitfalls inherent in trying to get published, albeit from a pre-internet era. The world of agents and publishers, the graft, the letters of rejection, the endless editing, the threats to artistic independence and credibility, all are thoroughly documented. The problem though, is, if Anne Perry hadn't once been Juliet Hulme, would her work make her worthy of such a detailed biography?
Certainly some of the comparisons drawn between Perry's life and subsequent moral struggle and the similar paths of her characters, are astutely relayed. That said, with such an output to consider, some of the book synopses seem rushed, disjointed, as if by committing to outlining a huge chunk of Perry's output, Drayton has created a rod for her own back, a task she must obstinately see through.
Perhaps not every single book is reflective of Perry's feelings about the murder and creating a new life, of moral choices, and good and bad, and forgiveness and redemption.
Maybe some of them are exactly what they appear to be: cleverly crafted,
intelligent Victorian whodunnits.
Ultimately, this important book is revelatory, insightful, wonderfully researched and powerfully written. But it feels incomplete, at times - interesting insights show up and Drayton fails or refuses to develop them further. Not only is this frustrating (in a life of 70 years we get a single paragraph about her relationships with men), it is dangerous ground for a biography. I want reportage, not censored viewing.
A dozen pages from the end, Drayton reproduces an email she sent Perry's agent in 2010, confirming her contract to write the biography and hoping for Perry's co-operation. It is very telling; in fact it directly states the approach she has taken to the project:
"It's time to move out of the 1950s, the details of which have been frozen in time and ground over long enough. In today's context this is punitive and embarrassing. Anne Perry's life story needs to grow, to leave behind the terrible mistake of a young teenager ... "
You may ask, as I did, is that decision, to "leave behind the terrible mistake", one for Drayton to take? It also shows her bias - she sympathises with Perry, and clearly believes that she should be allowed to live her life celebrating her success as a novelist and not forever live in the shadow of an act she committed half a century ago, no matter how gruesome that act may be.
The irony is, of course, that the release of this book will only help to further compromise the freedom she so desperately wants for Perry. Because, no matter how much she or anyone else champions Perry's literary output, she is forever condemned to be judged by that act. No biography, no matter how hagiographical, will change that fact.
Is this fair? Probably not. At least, though, Drayton can be satisfied her extensive research and detailed uncovering of this, until now, reclusive life, offers the public the opportunity to reframe their prejudices and so, at the very least, delivers Perry some hope of shifting the focus, away from the long-distant past and one severe lapse of judgment, to what her life has really been about: a prodigious output of critically and commercially successful work that the literary crime scene is the richer for having.
Michael Larsen is an Auckland writer.


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Life at AdobeIn April 2006, I joined the Adobe Flash Authoring team as a software engineer, specializing in ActionScript and JSFL. I've always enjoyed creating tools for the Flash community. Now I have the privilege of expanding the Flash tool itself, together with a team of extremely talented people.
When your colleagues can add C++ and JSFL features for you on demand, and they say, "here, enjoy your new build of Flash"--now you're playing with power! At one point last year I said to my manager, "You know, I could really use some XML parsing in JSFL." Jethro says, "Sure, I'll look into that." Next thing I know, he's dropping in E4X himself. "Thanks, boss."
Areas of Interest
- In Flash CS3, Copy and Paste Motion and Copy Motion as ActionScript 3.0 were my main responsibilities. These features are fairly simple to use in their core use cases. But there are lot of subtleties once you dig a little deeper, which I'd like to explore.
- I've been working a lot with JSFL, XML, E4X and, of course, AS3.
- Tweening, easing and the Timeline are never boring.
- I majored in philosophy, so the occasional "analog moment" may sneak in. =)


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Currently I'm working on a basic 3D model viewer in MATLAB, which can import .OBJ files (modeled in e.g. Blender). The purpose of this viewer is to test different subdivision schemes (like Catmull-Clark, or Doo-Sabin). A subdivision scheme is basically a method to convert a mesh to a smoother (refined) mesh.
In order to do this properly, I would like to implement some functionality to select Vertices and Edges in my viewer.
Vertex selection isn't very hard -- the way this works is that when I click somewhere in the viewer, MATLAB provides me with two points, the begin- and end points of the line perpendicular to the screen (by clicking on a 2D screen that depicts a 3D scene, you actually click on a line, not a single point). Using this method it is relatively simple to find the closest Vertex.
However, I'm not quite sure how to do the same for an Edge. Imagine that the imported geometry is a simple cube, so 8 Vertices and 12 Edges. If I know click on an arbitrary point in the viewer (i.e. on some line perpendicular to the screen), how can I then determine which of the 12 Edges is the closest one?
[First Edit] Just to be clear, I'm not really looking for a piece of (MATLAB) code, but rather for some theoretical explanation (or just a reference to an article/book/website). Thanks!
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I was looking for a shoe that was close to the comfortable, snug fit that the 2018 free runs had. I used my 2018 free runs for runs under 5 miles, lifting, and dance. It used to be the ideal all-arounder shoe. I was hoping these would be somewhat similar to the free run I'm used to-- they were not. The material on top was tough and too loose in places while too tight in others. The weird lace placement makes this impossible to adjust. The sole is much tougher and rubbery, which is fine for walking or running very short distances, but pretty uncomfortable for dance or wearing for more than a couple hours. Sadly, they seem to have split the free run 2018 into two different shoes-- the free run and the free tr. I've tried both-- free tr is super comfortable and cushioned, but it's quite loose and lacks support, so you can't really run in it. It's as though they expect that people only do one type of exercise, or will purchase a different sneaker for each of their different workouts. Nike, please bring back a good all-around shoe that can be used for training and running!
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These pressures, challenges and trials are causing the breakup of countless marriages and families.
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Exchange students with China
Last May, when I was in Beijing negotiating with my Chinese counterparts ahead of the annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, Chinese and American government officials interrupted our discussions to introduce a group of students from both countries who had been involved in an educational exchange.
"This is very inspirational," one of my Chinese counterparts told me. "It reminds me of what is possible."
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I couldn't agree more. Amid all of the challenges the U.S. and China face and the complex nature of our relationship, the 100,000 Strong Initiative brings a smile to the face of the most hardened interlocutor. The Initiative, launched by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2010, has a very important goal: to enhance the U.S.-China strategic relationship through study abroad. The U.S. and China have many tense areas of negotiation, but both sides agree that people-to-people exchanges are a win-win.
American and Chinese youth are the gateway to stronger relations. And yet we must do more to encourage Americans to learn Mandarin and study in China. Our future, quite literally, depends on it.
When we invest in the U.S. relationship with China, we prepare more Americans to do business with the world's second-largest economy, thereby expanding exports, building businesses and generating jobs. With more Americans understanding China, we will also strengthen our bilateral relations.
I believe strongly in these goals and so does the secretary, who last week hosted an event to celebrate the creation of the 100,000 Strong Foundation, a new nonprofit, nonpartisan organization borne out of the 100,000 Strong Initiative she launched to generate greater demand, promote diversity and encourage support for programs to study in China and learn Mandarin here at home.
This challenge is essential to the next generation of Americans. The relationships created through U.S.-China study abroad will forever change our relationship. Of course, we will have our differences and — as with any partnership — we will face our challenges. But we must be able to talk to one another, understand each other and work together.


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Last month I was in Virginia visiting my parents and celebrating my mom's birthday and since they only live a few hours from Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) I went up to visit for a day. Also I was dying to see some whooping crane chicks, this being the first spring in a long time that I haven't been helping hatch and raise them. To help beat the heat their staff starts at 7 and in order to beat the DC traffic I started even earlier. Just my luck on that day VA and MD were in the middle of a heat wave and it was actually cooler back here in LA than it was there. (It hadn't been that way before and it hasn't been that way since.) I arrived about 7:30 and was greeted by Jane, Barb, and Sharon who were working in the chick building where the youngest chicks were still living. The rest of the crew was out feeding all the adult cranes. Jane asked if I'd like to help walk some chicks so we decided I would go with Barb and take a group of 4 chicks on a walk. We got costumes and boots, MP3 players, and mealworms for treats and walked down to get the chicks. This group of 4 were in the middle of the age range and were living together in an outside pen. They were bigger than I was expecting but just as cute as I expected!! We opened the gate and all 4 came out and eagerly followed us as we made several laps around the series of pens. They were great followers and we walked, stopping occasionally to forage or rather encourage the chicks to forage and find the mealworms we had discreetly dropped on the ground. These chicks were at that perfect age where they were still very attentive to the costume but not clingy. After we finished walking those guys we went down to the pond pen where the oldest 7 chicks were living. These guys were big and beautiful – all feathers and no fuzz. We hung out for a short while making sure they were all okay then headed back to the crane chick building so I could see the little guys, the downy, fuzzy chicks who actually still look like chicks instead of juvenile cranes. They were indeed fuzzy and adorable and I could have spent all day just watching them but there was more work to be done.
With the morning feeding and chick exercise done the crane crew moved on to other tasks. Jane, Robert, and I went back to the big pond pen to put some new larger bands on several of the oldest chicks. This helps them get used to having a larger band on their leg since they will later have multiple bands and transmitters on their legs, and it makes it easier for the staff to distinguish the birds when they monitor them on video. I stayed and watched the birds on video for a while then returned to the office area to help with whatever was next. With 11 chicks living in the outdoor pens one of the crane chick buildings was now empty so the adult role model birds were ready to be moved out and back to their normal pens. Some of the crew worked on moving those birds and Charlie, Sharon, and I went up to the vet hospital to get a female whooping crane that had been injured and was now recovered enough to go back to her pen. After that it was time for lunch and then the crane staff meeting which I sat in on so I could give an update on the released LA birds and hear all about the current LA chicks that are being raised. Before I knew it, it was time to head out so I wouldn't get stuck in the afternoon DC traffic. It was way too short of a visit but it was great to see the chicks and especially great to see my friends at PWRC.
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CAIRO (AP) — In an escalation of the tug-of-war between Egypt's president and the powerful judiciary, judges in the country's top courts went on strike Wednesday to protest Mohammed Morsi's seizure of near absolute powers, while Islamists rushed to complete a new constitution, the issue at the heart of the dispute.
The moves came a day after at least 200,000 protesters filled Cairo's central Tahrir Square to denounce the decrees Morsi issued last week, which place him above oversight of any kind, including by the courts.
Threatening to turn the dispute into violent street clashes, Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and the more radical Islamist Salafi Al-Nour party, called for a counter-demonstration this weekend in Tahrir Square, where Morsi's opponents have been holding a sit-in for over a week.
Morsi says the decrees are necessary to protect the "revolution" that helped drive Hosni Mubarak from office last year as well as the nation's transition to democratic rule. The constitutional declaration also provides the 100-member panel drafting a new constitution with immunity from the courts.
In a sign the dispute may take a sharp turn, the Supreme Constitutional Court said in a statement that it will go ahead with plans to rule Sunday on whether to dissolve the assembly writing the new constitution, which is dominated by the Brotherhood and its Islamist allies.
"The court is determined to rise above its pain and continue its sacred mission until the end, wherever that takes us," Maher Sami, the high court's deputy chairman, said in a televised speech.
The expected decision on Sunday, regardless of which way it goes, would constitute a direct challenge to Morsi, who took office in June as Egypt's first freely elected president but has enraged pro-democracy activists who claim he is acting too much like the authoritarian leader he replaced.
Complicating matters, the constitutional panel was rushing to wrap up its work and some members said a final draft could be completed as early as Thursday. This would allow the president to call for a nationwide referendum on the document even before the court convenes Sunday, circumventing its decision.
In an unprecedented move, meanwhile, Egypt's highest appeal courts went on strike to protest the presidential decree. Judges with the high and lower courts of appeal said they would not return to work until Morsi rescinds his decrees, according to state TV. Many of the country's courts already had stopped functioning due to individual strikes.
The high court of appeal is led by Mohammed Mumtaz Metwali, who also chairs the Supreme Judiciary Council, which oversees the nation's court system. Members of the council met Morsi on Monday to discuss his decrees.
In a statement, judges of the high appeals court, known as the Court of Cassation, denounced Morsi's decrees as an "unprecedented" assault on the judiciary and its principles. It said the decision to halt work at all its circuits was justified by the "magnitude" of the crisis.
"This is the highest form of protest," said Nasser Amin, the head of the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession.
Morsi and his allies in the Muslim Brotherhood have accused the judiciary of being dominated by Mubarak-era appointees who are trying to undermine the new leader, allegations the judges have rejected.
The constitutional court ruled in June to dissolve parliament's lower chamber, which is dominated by Islamists, on grounds that the law governing the elections didn't provide equal opportunities for candidates. There were warnings before the vote that such legal pitfalls might be forthcoming but the elections went ahead anyway.
The court denounced Morsi's claim that it was part of a "conspiracy" against him.
"The allegation that the (June) ruling was reached in complicity with others to bring down elected state institutions and consequently the state's collapse ... is incorrect and untrue," said Sami, the high court's deputy chairman.
In response to Tuesday's massive anti-Morsi protests, the Brotherhood and other Islamist parties announced plans to hold a rival rally on Saturday in Tahrir Square, dubbed "In support of legitimacy and Shariah (Islamic law)."
Previous rallies where Islamists and secular forces met in the square have turned violent.
The liberal opposition has said it will not enter a dialogue with the president about the country's latest political crisis until Morsi rescinds his decrees. Activists planned another massive rally on Friday.


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Just under a year after the last OpenGL version bump, the Khronos Group today announced version 4.4 of the 3D graphics API, ushering in a list of minor changes to the venerable specification. The group also announced a provisional specification for OpenCL version 2.0, the API designed to give developers easy access to the CPU, GPU, and other computing resources depending on which processor will execute their code more efficiently.
The announcement post details the full range of improvements that OpenGL 4.4 and its associated extension bring, but we'll call out two things in particular. First, several functions have been added to ease the porting of Direct3D games into OpenGL, which will be very important to Windows developers seeking to release an OS X or Linux port of their game. Second, the Khronos group has created some OpenGL conformance tests "for the first time since OpenGL 2.0" and is now offering official driver certification. Drivers using OpenGL versions 3.3 and up are eligible for certification; OpenGL versions 4.4 and up will require it. According to the announcement, "this will help reduce differences between multiple vendors' OpenGL drivers, resulting in enhanced portability for developers."
As for OpenCL 2.0, many of the improvements outlined in the provisional specification are focused on sharing resources between the CPU and GPU—for example, the different processors will be able to take advantage of the same shared virtual memory pool. The Khronos Group would like to finalize OpenCL 2.0 within the next six months.
Both Nvidia and AMD issued statements implying support for the new OpenGL version. Intel's drivers and GPUs typically lag behind by a few versions in OpenGL support, and the recently released Haswell only supports version 4.0 of the spec. The links at the top of the article will point you to all the technical information released about both the new OpenGL and OpenCL specs.


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Celebrity Apprentice: The Final Four Preview
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Enough of Gary Busey and his ridiculousness. It's time for the Celebrity Apprentice competition to really begin. Only four contestants remain on Sunday's penultimate episode (9/8c on NBC), whittled down from the original 16. The final four — Pe… Read more


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If you're a doctor in a British hospital, don't even think about wearing a necktie, long sleeves and jewelry to work. You can't even wear your traditional white coat. I've talked about docs wearing ties and lab coats in the past.
According to this AP article, the Department of Health in England issued a hospital dress code on Monday banning the above clothing. They say that it will decrease the spread of infection.
"Ties are rarely laundered but worn daily," the Department of Health said in a statement. "They perform no beneficial function in patient care and have been shown to be colonized by pathogens."I guess docs will have to dress like Dr. McDreamy above. (You knew I just had to bring back that picture at some point. Remember this post?) Getting back to this article, US physicians will not have to worry about silly dress codes like this...
The new regulations taking effect next year mean an end to doctors' traditional long-sleeved white coats, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said. Fake nails, jewelry and watches, which the department warned could harbor germs, are also out.
Infection control societies in the U.S. don't recommend similar dress restrictions because there is no strong evidence that health care workers who don't wear ties or jewelry reduce the risk of infection, said Dr. James Steinberg, an Emory University infectious disease specialist.Now, let me get this straight. I can keep my tie and lab coat. But, I have to get rid of my artificial nails? What's up with that?
Steinberg said that doctors and nurses who don't adequately wash their hands pose a far bigger risk to patients and that hand-washing should be the focus of infection control efforts in hospitals.
The [CDC] does have guidelines advising doctors and nurses against wearing artificial nails in operating rooms and around high-risk patients. It says there is evidence that health care workers who wear fake nails have more germs on their fingertips both before and after hand-washing than those with natural nails.


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i set off tracing each piece suuuuuupeeeerrrrr carefully. the pattern has 3/8" SA, so there isn't much room for error. overall the directions are very good and i didn't need many changes. she wanted a skinny pant so i narrowed the legs in for a custom fit. hey, every kid needs custom fit pants, amiright? i started out by cutting a straight leg so i could taper as needed. i ended up taking in the seams by about 3/8" below the hip, and 5/8" from the knee down.
other changes were pretty minor. i added one of those little change pocket things, which i stitched onto the facing before assembling the front pockets. i made up a separate fly facing instead of the folded in variety, and cut a separate inner and outer waistband. i feel both of these are sturdier when cut separate instead of just folded. the pattern has a seam at the CB of the waistband, i'm not sure if this is just to save fabric or what. the waistband is a straight rectangle, so if/when i make her another pair i'll eliminate the back seam.
i topstitched throughout to mimic RTW and even added a regular jeans hammer it in shank button. i don't have pics of the shank button because initially i had sewn on a regular button because she was so eager to wear them and i hadn't bought a jeans button yet. the shank button makes all the difference in the world for that real look. plus you get to hammer stuff. which is fun. next time i think i'll try rivets too.
she wanted a lightning bolt design for the back pocket because she is a huge fan of the "percy jackson and the olympians" series (one is entitled: "the lightning thief"), not to mention harry potter.
i thought i would give you a comparison between these and a RTW pair. she usually wears an 8 slim, so i decided to make a size 7. in retrospect, i should have cut the waistband and length in size 8, then slimmed down to a 7. they're long enough for her, but an extra inch wouldn't have hurt!
so here they are next to a 7 slim skinny jean from old navy. it looks like the sizing would be very consistent with RTW, though the waist may be a tad snug by comparison.
the only thing that really bugs me is the giant back pocket. see how much larger it is than the ON jean? HUGE! i didn't even think about this before stitching it on. i will definitely make a smaller pocket next time.
after this i feel pretty confident to make some jean-like pants of my own. i'll want to alter some of the SA's for a proper flat fell in places, but overall this is a really nice pattern. call me crazy, but i've been oogling over all the floral/patterned skinny jeans for spring. it's hard to track down floral stretch twill in a pant weight, but i finally found some online at mood... if i feel daring enough, i'm tempted to make my own!
—lisa g.


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Sunday Sweets: Cutey-Patootey Dragon Babes
I think the designers of today's baby dragon cakes need to get into stuffed-animal design. And then send me free samples. [nodding earnestly]
Amber D. found these two from The Cake Fairy:
Check out the floppy ears on this guy:
Here's one from The London Cake Company, found by Brian & Melissa W.:
This was for little Joseph's SECOND birthday?!? Dang, I really missed out during my childhood. (And adulthood, come to think of it...)
And lastly, Kate J. found some of the most adorable figure sculpting I've seen:
I love the simple-yet-ingenious "bushes", and the knight and princess are just spot-on perfect. Great stuff.
Found on Manray3's Flickr stream. I've been told this may be from The Cake Shop in the Covered Market of Oxford, England.


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Rirkrit Tiravanija: Time Travelers Chronicle (Doubt): 2014 – 802,701 A.D at Singapore Tyler Print Institute
"There is no difference between Time and any of the three dimensions of Space except that our consciousness moves along it."—H.G. Wells, The Time Machine (1895) In 1992, Rirkrit Tiravanija converted the spaces of 303 Gallery in New York into a kitchen where he served rice and Thai curry to a crowd that became unwitting participants in a hybrid installation titled Untitled (Free). Seven years[…..]


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The week in review
Least neighborly: Crozet residents pack the September 14 meeting of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors to beseech the board to reject Old Trail Village, a mixed use development packed with 2,000 residences and retail. The supes, however, approve the project, the poster child for the "neighborhood model," 5-0.
Most neighborly (in a way): Former Tyco finance chief Mark Swartz (along with CEO Dennis Kozlowski) is sentenced to 8.33 to 25 years for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company. Swartz once held the record for paying the most for a piece of Albemarle, but his $17 million purchase of Enniscorthy was eclipsed this year by the $24 million paid for Castle Hill.
Latest growth watchdogs: A new group, Charlottesville Tomorrow, launches on September 15. Headed by Albemarle School Board member Brian Wheeler, its board includes Renee Grisham, real estate company owner Steve McLean, and Southern Environmental Law director Rick Middleton.
Least susceptible to Charlottesville Tomorrow's "sensible growth" agenda: Republican Board of Supervisor's candidate Christian Schoenewald, who declines to provide a biography for the group's website, saying he will provide one only for traditional media outlets and groups that either have endorsed him or that he endorses.
Best contribution to the fight against McMansionvilles: An anonymous donor gives $10,000 to Albemarle's Acquisition of Conservation Easements (ACE) fund, a program that buys rural parcels to save them from development.
Least amusing mailing: Albemarle General District Court is evacuated September 14 when a clerk opens a letter containing a powdery white substance. Six employees have to go through quarantine and decontamination showers in front of the courthouse, Kate Andrews reports in the Daily Progress.
Latest alleged Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail sex crime: An officer, John Wayne Carter, 35, of Nellysford, is charged with carnal knowledge of an inmate, a class 6 felony, in an alleged August 20 incident.
Most troubling disappearance: VCU freshman Taylor Behl, 17, has been missing since she left her dorm room at 10:30pm Labor Day.
Biggest disappointment for snowbirds: Delta tables its plans for direct flights from Charlottesville to Orlando the day the carrier– and Northwest– file for bankruptcy protection, according to David Hendrick in the Progress.
Best chance to catch Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 's author: Judith Viorst is scheduled to speak at the typically sold-out Virginia Festival of the Book luncheon March 23.
Faster than Rolling Stones tickets: Book Fest luncheon tickets, which went on sale September 21, usually sell out in an instant.
Best "How do you like them apples?": Covesville, now on the National Register of Historic Places, gets approval for a historic marker commemorating its contribution to the late 19th-century apple industry. And Hook art editor Laura Parsons pens a story in the new issue of Virginia Living on the Albemarle Pippin.
Best news for local animal rights activists: Convicted dogfighter Davey Mundie is sentenced to 18-months in jail and forced to pay $7,500 in restitution to the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA, Liesel Nowak reports in the Progress.
Worst dump: Up to 47 million gallons of liquid may have filled below-ground pockets at the Ivy Landfill and could cost millions to remediate, according to the DP's John Yellig.
Worst day for tragic accidents: Monday, September 19, when 28-year-old Ginger Lynn McCain is killed at the intersection of Route 29 and Austin Road. That same afternoon, 60-year-old James Ronald Christian of Buckingham County dies when his car is struck by a tractor-trailer at the intersection of Routes 15 and 672, according to police reports.


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Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical point and click adventure games, both in traditional 2D and 2.5D (3D characters on 2D backgrounds). The kit includes the runtime interpreter and GUI editors for managing and creating the game content as well as the documentation, demonstration data and prefabricated templates.
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Cowboss needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Another opportunity to challenge your creative ability. "Any Cross-Species plant or animal" an example of which is "A Fish /Tomato Plant" OR a "play" on ("CROSS") X OR "a Really Messed Up" DNA Double helix (simplified) ******Second Place(s) will receive $100.00 :)
I envision something which is a combination of a fish and a tomato with red and maybe few green tomatoes (the fruit) showing.
I would like the design to be such that the words "Transgenic Food and/or "SayNoToGMOs" can wrap around it or be incorporated into it.
This is needed to symbolize the "Nature of Genetic Engineering" or "Transgenics" occurring in the food and crop industry.
The design is to be used as an educational tool, as well as, possibly on T- shirts etc.
Would like you to be free to explore any creative and/or artistic interpretations of Genetically Engineered food.
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Nautica dresses
How to sew nautica dresses. 5 basic rules.
RULE 1: FINISHED PATTERN FOR nautica dresses
First find the ready-made dress for the nautica dresses. The complexity of the pattern is directly related to experience, and experience – with the result. In the journals, the degree of complexity is necessarily indicated by conventional icons. Do not ignore them!
Before copying the pattern, remove the measurements and compare with those proposed in the pattern. Do not be guided by the size in which you buy yourself dresses in the store. After taking the measurements, you may be surprised to find that your size will be a couple of orders of magnitude more or less.
RULE 3: CHOOSE THE "CORRECT" FABRIC FOR nautica dresses
When buying fabric, take into account the fact that with a large pattern you will have to combine it on the seams. Something will have to redo it. Consider the different widths of the material and the nature of the fabric itself.
RULE 4: PUNKTUALLY FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING nautica dresses
Before you start copying patterns, cutting fabric and sewing, be sure to carefully read the instructions. It is useful to learn how to sew on models for which step-by-step instructions are provided with a multitude of illustrations.
To insert a sleeve with a classic bell shaped bell is not a simple operation, from the first time it is perfectly possible to perform it. Sewing bat sleeves is simple.
Thanks to high-quality patterns and detailed sewing instructions, we can easily sew any PLPTEE on our figure, without complicated calculations, mind-blowing tattoos and fittings, and, most likely, nautica dresses will be made no worse than in a professional studio. Of course, provided that during the sewing process you will take into account a lot of little secrets and tricks.


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2nd Saturday and 4th Friday 6:00 – 7:30 pm.
Jen Miriam Altman, Alon Altman.
Our incredibly popular, child-loved and parent-approved Tot Shabbat is offered twice a month.
Sing, dance, and bless with Jen Miriam Altman, Alon Altman, Raizel the Camel, and her other fabulous puppet friends! The half-hour service includes candle-lighting; singalongs with guitar, drums, and other instruments; puppets; and dancing with scarves.The service ends with Kiddush and Hamotzi, followed by potluck dinner. Bring a dish to share.
The Celebratory Kabbalat Shabbat begins at 7:30 pm and is adult-focused, but all ages are welcome. New in 2018! Childwatch provided while parents are in the service.
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We can only hope so.
After having a nice late spring nap while Jose Contreras rolled through six innings, the Jays were shaken to life by the most exciting play of the week (our apologies to Aaron Hill): Sal Fasano's bunt single.
And just as we were about to tear Mickey Brantley a new one once again, the Jays offense came to life. And not by swinging for the fences, mind you, but by showing patience at the plate and making the White Sox pen come to them.
Our Pal Sal, with a run scored and one driven in on his 2 for 3 day, was the sparkplug today. After his work with Halladay on Thursday - not to mention today's job with McGowan - we're voting for Sal to stay over the wholly mediocre Jason Phillips.
(Although we're not so deluded as to assume that we actually have any say in the decision...we're just offering our insight.)


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It is the only remaining church designed and built by the renowned Charles Bulfinch, the first native-born American architect (who also completed the creation of the U.S. capitol building).
But Charles Bulfinch and Paul Revere have nothing to do with the special anniversary celebrated this week by St. Stephen's Church, though the well-renowned neoclassical architectural treasure is a frequent stop for tourists in Boston's North End partly because of the fame of these two men.
This Sunday St. Stephen's will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its acquisition by the Catholic Church and its origin as a place of worship for Irish Catholics in Boston's North End.
My great-great-grandparents Patrick Tierney and Catherine Kennedy were among those Irish Catholics served by St. Stephen's in the first decades after its conversion to a Catholic parish. They were married at St. Stephen's by the Rev. John W. McMahon on August 16, 1874.
|Patrick Tierney and Catherine Kennedy were 32 and 26
at the time of their marriage at St. Stephen's in 1874.
One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on September 23, 1862, the church made the transition from Unitarian to Catholic. A place of worship was first built on the site as early as 1714: the Middle Street or New North Meeting House, church home to Paul Revere and his father. The year 1804 saw the completion of the current building designed and built by Charles Bulfinch. It was first named the New North Congregational Church and later the Second Church, Unitarian.
|This plaque is one of several mounted on the church
building that tells the history of St. Stephen's
By 1862, the North End had become home to thousands of Irish immigrants and the church building began its new identity as St. Stephen's, in honor of the first Christian martyr. Among those Irish who attended the church over the years were Boston's first American-born Irish Mayor John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald and his daughter Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F. Kennedy.
St. Stephen's is located at 401 Hanover Street, across Paul Revere Mall from the Old North Church, another frequent stop on the tourist trail. My great-great-grandparents and their family lived only a two-minute walk from the church, like many other Irish immigrants who populated the North End during the second half of the 19th century. The map below shows their home in 1877 at Rear 448 Hanover Street, just up the road from the church.
|Patrick & Catherine Tierney and their family lived a
2-minute walk from St. Stephen's (Click to enlarge)
|St. Stephen's Church prior to
its 1965 restoration
~The 150th celebration of the parish's founding will be at the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 23 at St. Stephen's. All are welcome.
"The North End's changing ethnic and religious groups have always had a good friend in St. Stephen's Church..." - from a St. Stephen's Church plaque
The Catholic Gene to learn how you can share photos and stories of your family's "Doors of Faith" in honor of the upcoming Year of Faith 2012-2013.


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As your ship passes Harbour Heads, you are presented with the shimmering skyline of Sydney - hailed by many seafarers as "the most beautiful harbor in the world." Two prominent landmarks, Harbour Bridge and the sail-like curves of the Sydney Opera House, grace the backdrop of this picturesque harbor. There is a wealth of adventure waiting in Sydney - from its cosmopolitan city center to miles of beautiful beaches and the Blue Mountains.Australia's oldest and largest city was born in 1788 with the arrival of the "First Fleet" transporting 760 British convicts. Today, Sydney is the largest port in the South Pacific and is often voted the most popular destination in the South Pacific.
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Sydney Opera House
This masterpiece of late modern architecture is a symbol of both Sydney and Australia. It has earned a reputation as a world-class performing arts center and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Spanning Sydney Harbour from the central business district to the North Shore, this icon, nicknamed the "coat hanger" by locals, is the world's widest long-span bridge and tallest steel-arch bridge.
The Blue Mountains
The sandstone cliffs of this region were once believed impassable. Today this major gateway to Western New South Wales boasts ancient ravines, lush forests and stunning waterfalls.
Featherdale Wildlife Park
Enjoy face-to-face encounters with one of the country's largest private collections of native Australian animals in a natural bush setting, easily accessible and within metropolitan Sydney.
Bondi Beach
This beach is one of Australia's most popular for residents and tourists. At a little over a half-mile long, this stretch of sand plays host to numerous festivals and events each year.
MacQuairies Chair
Also known as Lady Macquarie's Chair, this famous attraction was carved from a rock ledge for Governor Macquarie's wife, Elizabeth and offers excellent views of Sydney Harbour.
The Rocks
Sandstone cliffs give the area its name. Site of the first penal settlement, the district is rich in colonial history and is home to 5 star hotels, restaurants, pubs, shops, galleries and museums.
Echo Point
Discover the "Grand Canyon" of giant rock formations, geological history, deep, tree-studded valleys and cascading waterfalls. View the world famous rock formation, The Three Sisters, and panoramic views of the Jamieson Valley, Mount Solitary and the Ruined Castle.
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text: TonyB 1,473 Posted December 14, 2017 Affinity Publisher sneak peek! Just to prove we're not making the whole thing up, check out this early build of our DTP app. Still lots of perfecting to do; expect the beta next summer. Enjoy. Update: I think we have answered all the questions we can about Publisher before the beta starts. Hopefully the public beta will answer any remaining questions when it starts at the end of August. This thread is now locked. 48 1 rvanheukelum, Max Basok, 4dimage and 46 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Orioles acquire RHP Preston Guilmet from Indians
NEW YORK — The Baltimore Orioles have acquired right-hander Preston Guilmet from the Cleveland Indians for outfielder Torsten Boss in an exchange of minor leaguers.
The Orioles announced the deal Monday during their game against the New York Yankees. Gimlet was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk.
Nolan Reimold was transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Guilmet on the 40-man roster. Reimold is recovering from cervical spine fusion surgery.
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The 26-year-old Guilmet has a 2.57 ERA and 90 saves in 196 minor league games. He had a 1.68 ERA and 20 saves for Triple-A Columbus last year.


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