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I had a very odd encounter this morning. I went to an appointment I had and made small talk with a person who was there. She asked where I worked and I replied that I have three small boys and that we homeschool (said with a big grin on my face). She looked at me and told me point blank that I need to stop doing that immediately and need to get my sanity back. Usually these off the cuff rude comments about homeschooling don't bother me and this one did not either. She must have thought it was important though since she felt compelled to mention it again later {sigh}.
WOW...was I taken back! Not only did I not know this woman, but, nothing like being told point blank that something that is near and dear to your heart was totally wrong. She did not rub me as a warm fuzzy type that would be a good fit for homeschooling anyway. Not everyone is meant to homeschool and I will be the first person to admit that it is hard work. It is not all hearts and roses and running through fields of daisies plucking a few as we skip merrily through life.
It is work that is not meant for the weak of heart. Like any part of parenting, you get out of it what you put into it. You really do reap what you sow! If you put little effort into something and there is no diligence involved, then you will most likely see very little in the way of results. I know because there are weeks that I am not as prepared as I would like to be and sometimes it shows in the amount of work we get done. Fortunately those weeks are not often, and usually their is a little Divine Intervention that helps steer us in the right direction.
Here is my top ten list why I homeschool, not in any particular order:
1. Because I want my children to learn life lessons from their parents, not strangers and their peers.
2. Because there is more to life that can be missed out on if you are sitting behind a desk 6 hours a day. There is so much happening around us each and every day that kids can miss out on.
3. Because nobody knows my children better than I do. I know their strengths and weaknesses and can accommodate them accordingly. If we need to take extra time to work on something we can and it is wonderful to be able to do that and not have to rush off to the next subject!
4. Because we can take the time to enjoy life to its fullest. Since we are not tied down to a calendar someone else sets, we are able to fulfill the required hours of work and take time off when we want. We begin in early August and end in May just when the weather gets nice so we can enjoy!
5. Because I don't want to fear for my child's safety anymore than I need to.
6. Because I want to teach them virtues, values and good character traits. My children know that people are more important than things and to me this is lesson #1.
Big fan of The Golden Rule :D
7. Because each and every child is different and there is no cookie cutter mold that my kids fit in to. I want to give my sons every opportunity to shine and show off their own special talents.
8. Because I want them to know and serve the Lord and keep Him centered in their lives.
9. Because for my family it is the right thing to do. Homeschooling is not for everyone and I understand that, but, for me there is nothing in the world I would rather be doing. I feel I have been called to homeschool and that this is my state in life at this time.
10. Because social skill excellence by homeschoolers is much greater than most people believe. Most homeschooled children learn superior social skills (such as sharing, being kind, helping others, working together) at home with a parent supervising better than they would in a school setting where individual supervision is minimal. Socialization is always the first thing someone points to when you mention homeschooling. I have even had rude vendors at Walmart throw that one in my face. I always respond by saying if my boys were any more social, I would have to lock them up! When you homeschool, the sky is the limit. You can really do it all and there is so much out there. My boys are in various sports, choir, cubscouts, music lessons and church school. They are active in our church and now there is a place for them and feel welcomed wherever they go. They interact with people of all ages and have good manners and concern for others
So as I walked away from this odd encounter today I am reminded of the reasons that I made the decision to homeschool five years ago. Today the reasons are the same and I would not trade it for anything. As far as I am concerned we are living our life to the fullest and are abundantly and truly blessed!

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What becomes of the broken hearted?
Jimmy Ruffin sang these words in the 1960's! And many many people have asked the same question since. The beginning of relationships can make you feel great. But the end can leave you with emotional and mental wounds - a broken heart! Clearly your heart is not physically broken! It is just a saying. So, why do we use this expression?
Ancient Greek writers spoke of the heart as being the centre of emotion, thought and reason. This may have been because of the heart's position in the body. But for whatever the reason, the idea of the heart being the centre of emotion continued. However, the heart does not have this image in all cultures. In Burma, people connect emotions to the liver. The expression "broken liver" has the same meaning as 'broken heart.' One Burmese woman explains:"Emotions, especially love, are connected to the liver. It is very common to say, "I love you from my liver..." (And) the heart shape is called the liver shape in Burmese."
Whatever words you use, the way you feel is the same. A "broken liver", a "broken heart" - it is still "broken"! But how serious is it? Can a "broken heart" really affect the heart organ?
Johns Hopkins Medical Centre is in Baltimore in the United States. Researchers here are examining the effect of emotional pain on the heart. The technical name for a "broken heart" is "stress cardiomyopathy" or "broken heart syndrome." Hopkins scientists said that sudden emotional pain can result in a weakness in the heart. Emotional pain can release the wrong chemical hormones into the blood. These hormones can temporarily affect the heart. This causes the body to act as if it is having a heart attack. A person can experience chest pains and shortness of breath. But the person is not really having a heart attack. The real problem is something very different.
In a real heart attack, patients show damage to the heart. They get heart blockages. And people can take many months to recover from a heart attack. The patients with "broken heart syndrome" show no signs of heart blockages or damage. And their recovery time is very fast - around two weeks. So physical heart problems then are very different from emotional effects on the heart. But are there any cures?
Well, let us start with physical heart problems - such as heart disease, or heart attack. There are drugs and treatments. And, if these fail, there is the heart transplant. But modern improvements in science mean that physical heart damage may become easier to fix!! Imagine if doctors did not have to perform transplants. They did not have to give people a different heart. Imagine if they found a way to "fix" a patient's own heart!
Well, one group of specialist scientists are working on just that! The scientists are at Colombia University in New York. They are making pieces of living heart material to fix broken hearts. These are called 'cardiac patches.' And they work like a normal patch. They cover the broken part of the heart. These are different from the traditional man-made cardiac patches for holes in the heart. These new patches will be able to do much more than treat small areas of the heart. Scientists grow the heart material in their laboratory. It is real living tissue. It beats like a heart. And it only takes a few days to grow. The aim is to use it on damaged or diseased hearts.
Gordan Vunjak-Novakovic is one of the scientists at Colombia University. She said that scientists have created a special environment, copying the heart's natural environment. This is inside a container, or chamber. Here, the heart tissue grows. Everything has to be just right for the heart cells to grow. Heart cells need to grow at a very high density. They also need plenty of oxygen. And the cells need electrical input. Small electrical signals keep the hearts beating.
So far, the results have been successful. Scientists hope that one-day "heart patches" may be just a normal hospital process. Doctors may be able to grow the patches from the heart patient. Or, they may be able to give patches that were made earlier. However there is still a long way to go. Animal trials are only just starting. It will take ten years or more before human trials begin. But if the "heart patch" works, doctors could save millions of lives every year. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic said, "We joke that this is really a "patch for a broken heart."'
As we know, a "broken heart" means something very different. So is there any cure for a broken heart? Is there a cure for the emotional and mental pain? How about a box of sweet chocolates and a film? Or, playing your most-liked piece of happy music?
Well, you may laugh, but sometimes this can really help! Do you remember Gloria Gaynor's song "I will survive"? It is translated into over twenty languages! This includes Japanese and Hindi! And, it has been recorded over two hundred times! Gloria Gaynor said that people write to her - saying thank you! They thank her for singing words that can help heal their broken hearts! She said, "I think it is just great! When I recorded this song I was thinking of anyone who had a problem. "I will survive" - those three words are so powerful. They are so encouraging and empowering. Everyone takes these words and makes the song their own. And this is what keeps them going!"
I Will Survive... Did you think I would lay down and die?
Oh no, not I! I will survive!
And as long as I know how to love
I know I can stay alive ...
Gloria Gaynor can sing the words with meaning. She has come through some difficult times in life herself. But she has survived - and Gloria gives God the credit for this. Does she see the song as spiritual? She said, "I very much see it that way. Especially since I changed some of the song words." Originally it said, "It took all the strength I had not to fall apart." I looked at my life and how I survived. And I changed the words to, "Only the Lord could give me strength not to fall apart."
Some people liked this change in the words. And others did not. But Gloria does not seem to mind. She speaks openly and honestly about her Christian faith. Smiling, she says, "My personal relationship with Christ turned my whole life around."
Gloria hopes that other people will find strength in her words. For Gloria, surviving is part of life. Broken hearts and people can be healed. We finish with her famous song, "I will survive".
I Will Survive at first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.
But then I spent so many nights
Thinking how you did me wrong,
I grew strong and I learned how to carry on...
I Will Survive if I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me
Go on now go, walk out the door, just turn around now
Because you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye?
Did you think I'd crumble?
Did you think I'd lay down and die?
Oh no, not I! I will survive!
And as long as I know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
And I'll survive
I will survive
Hey hey!
I will survive
Only the Lord could give me strength not to fall apart ...


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I am absolutely not a fan of Senator John McCain for president and am equally against the person he chose to be his Vice President Candidate, Sarah Palin. Really, the only good thing that has come out of the McCain/Palin ticket is the political involvement of so many Americans and the feeling of empowerment Barack Obama has given the young voters of America.
I was clicking around CNN this evening and found this YouTube video of CNN discrediting Sarah Palin. They basically called her out in a lie. Sarah Palin is saying that she has foreign policy experience because she has seen Russia from parts of the state she is now governor of, Alaska. I don't really know how that gives a person foreign policy experience, but she said and now even that is being discredited. Here is the video I found:


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Kashmir is very much a part of India. Take it or leave it
This refers to Sabbah Haji's article Are we ready to let Kashmir be? (The Big Story, September 12). It is shocking that the Kashmiri youth burnt the tricolour and attacked security personnel on the auspicious occasion of Eid.india Updated: Sep 18, 2010 22:36 IST
Kashmir is very much a part of India. Take it or leave it
This refers to Sabbah Haji's article Are we ready to let Kashmir be? (The Big Story, September 12). It is shocking that the Kashmiri youth burnt the tricolour and attacked security personnel on the auspicious occasion of Eid. They proudly shouted anti-India slogans. These 'traitors' should be sent to their Pakistani masters who are using them to keep the Valley on the boil. Kashmir will always remain an integral part of India. Anybody who thinks otherwise is free to leave the country.
Biplab Sarkar, Jamshedpur
Pilibhit, a forgotten city
It was overwhelming to read about Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, in Praveen Donthi's article Maneater of Pilibhit (Variety, September 12). Pilibhit is my hometown and I am grateful to Donthi for highlighting one of the many problems that its people face. Nobody, including Varun Gandhi, whose constituency Pilibhit is, bothered to visit it after the recent floods that rendered hundreds of people homeless and jobless. The infrastructure is so bad that one spell of heavy rains forces schools to shut down. Pilibhit needs support from the media to make the nation aware of its various problems.
Gurjinder Singh, via email
Comparing apples and oranges
It was disappointing to read Khushwant Singh's views in The curious case of some unlikely scholars (With Malice Towards One and All, September 12). It's baffling that a senior journalist like Singh could make the mistake of comparing a freedom fighter Veer Savarkar to terrorists like Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and Osama bin Laden. Freedom of expression doesn't give Singh the right to hurt the sentiments of millions of Savarkar followers. There is a difference between those who sacrifice their lives for others' well being and those who kill people for pleasure.
Avineesh Matta, via email
Singh seems to have a fetish with playing with people's sentiments. He condemns the 2002 Gujarat communal riots but stays silent on the 1984 Sikh killings and the Bhopal gas tragedy that occurred in the same year. Such pretentious and biased opinions do more harm than good to society.
Ashish Rai, via email
Divided by religion
Vir Sanghvi in Spreading hate, one prejudice at a time (Counterpoint, September 12) rightly states that "no religion and no country has a monopoly on religious nutcases". Every now and then we learn about people getting killed in the name of religion. A 9/11-like terrorist attack leads to a counter-attack, which leads to retaliation. People are labelled as 'good' or 'bad' according to their religious beliefs. Let us hope that this vicious cycle ends soon, and people stop judging others on the basis of which god they pray to.
B.P. Nailwal, Dehradun
While America takes pride in being one of the most civilised nations, its constitution doesn't have a provision to punish those who hurt others' religious sentiments. President Barack Obama rightly observed that Pastor Terry Jones's burning of the Koran will create many problems, as, among others, it would give the Taliban a valid reason to attack America.
H. Khurshid, via email
Let's go by the books
Indrajit Hazra deftly uses wit to express his views on the serious issue of burning books in his article A burning issue (Red Herring, September 12). Only those who are unaware of the true value of books burn them. German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe went to the extent of comparing book-burning to execution. While it's true that some books can hurt a community's beliefs, one should remember that every problem can be resolved through a peaceful dialogue. Books are our lifelong companions and should be given the respect they deserve.
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The Delhi government should heed Karan Thapar's advice and form only those rules which it can successfully implement (Asking for trouble, Sunday Sentiments, September 12). By setting aside a dedicated lane for a few hundred Commonwealth Games delegates and players, it will make millions of daily commuters suffer for the duration of the Games. This will lead to long traffic jams. But the Delhi government does not seem to care.
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Excellent narrative weaving, obvious conclusion (4/5)
I've now read as many Brunner novels as there are in the English alphabet—for the less literate, that number is twenty-six—, nineteen of which are still on my shelves. That's a pretty good keep-rate: better than A.E. van Vogt (6 of 10), a lot better than Frederik Pohl (9 of 18) and a hell of a lot better than Jack McDevitt (2 of 10) and Robert Silverberg (1 of 5). I'm a sucker for Brunner but he's not infallible. This is my chief worry—that I may pick up a dud—whenever I chose to read a new Brunner novel; though the disappointment rate is low, it's like a sword through my chest each time. The cover and synopsis of The Avengers of Carrig felt like the tip of that sword was already piecing the skin, waiting to be plunged hilt-deep.
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"Once the city of Carrig stood supreme on this planet that had been settled by space refugees in the distant, forgotten past. From every corner of this primitive lost world caravans came to trade—and to view the great King-Hunt, the gruesome test by which the people of Carrig chose their rulers.
Then from space came new arrivals. And with them came their invincible death guns and their ruthless, all-powerful tyranny.
Now there would be no King-Hunt in Carrig, or hope for the planet-unless a fool-hardy high-born named Saikmar and a beautiful Earthling space-spy named Maddalena, could do the impossible…"
The inaptly named planet Fourteen is one of many populated by the displaced people of a once known system named Zarathustra. When that system's sun exploded eight hundred years ago, a diaspora on an epic scale flung its people across all of space in hopes that they could settle new planets and have fresh beginnings. Earth and its Corps Galactica have known about the planet's fate and have been safekeeping the population of each from marauding pirates bent on forcing them into slavery. The inhabits worlds from the Zarathustra diaspora tend to be backwater simple places with flourishing trade routes pulled by indigenous animals and a social hierarchy topped by kings and lords. When left untouched, each planet would have developed its own culture, its own technology, and its own destiny; when zealous marauders bring their superior technology to such a place, they tend to make themselves kings.
The yearly king-hunt in the planet's largest city, Carrig, is a festival where the winner becomes the "legal lord of Carrig" (40). The status of Lord is the highest attainable title available to the people of Carrig with the title of King reserved for the winged creature which resides in the steamy, pocked landscape of the volcanic mountain range near Carrig. In the king-hunt, manned gliders take to the sky riding the currents of warm air in order to battle with the parradile (a pterodactyl-like creature), the King of which is the largest. When someone eventually strikes it down, he becomes the new Lord.
For the last eighteen years, no one has been able to slay the King—an unheard of streak which raises the suspicion of many participants. The most hopeful participant in the nearly king-hunt is Saikmar son of Corrie, a cherubic-faced man most favored by bookies in the city. Rumor is that the current Lord has been spiking soporific drinks for the most favored hunter, so Saikmar vigilant in the lead-up to the hunt. The Lord has a touch of guilt for having let the King grow too large to kill and for allowing himself to reign for the last eighteen years, so he will allow the hunt to continue without his intervention, a move which will usher in a new Lord, supplanting him.
As the participants gather, Saikmar stands proud. However, one man who had recently come to the city in a caravan—coinciding with the murder of its head trader and the burning of his house—one man seems more arrogant than all the others. Claiming himself to be a southerner, none are convinced of the interlopers origin, but the rules allow outsiders to participate in the king-hunt. As the king-hunt commences, excitement grips the city of Carrig as the King swoops from its cave—the king-hunt has just begun… until a white glider-shaped vehicle shoots down the King with one strike of its fierce lightening weapon. The King has been slain and a new Lord must be crowned.
An Corps agent on Planet Fourteen—the same trader who was killed by the "southerners"—has been out of contact for a while, so Corps decide to send a replacement. Maddalena Santos may be one the smartest recruits of her base, but she also has one the most displeasing attitudes, making her an outcast even amid her colleagues. When Commandant Brzeska needs to choose one of his crew for the solitary mission, Maddalena's poor attitude and her knownledge of languages make her he perfect candidate. She and Patrol Major Langenschmidt jump across space to Planet Fourteen, but are instantly attacked by a trigger-happy pilot in orbit which sends the two of them and their craft crashing to the ground. Having ejected, Maddalena trudges through the snow in search of shelter or Langernschmidt… whichever comes first.
Meanwhile, Saikmar is depressed about this stolen chance to win the king-hunt for his clan. Thinking himself a refugee, he flees Carrig for a winter's stay at a northern sanctuary built into well-aged hull of the diaspora which had brought them to the planet they now call home. Before the sanctuary seals itself for the winter, Saikmar climbs in the frigid hills where he find a solitary parradile making itself a nest. Native to the tropical south and the steamy Smoking Hills of Carrig, the parradile is unaccustomed to a winter. Each day, he visits the beast; normally, the parradiles are feared for taking children and cattle, but this parradile is different—it exhibits intelligence. One day, Saikmar discovers the parradile had brought back a beautiful woman, who the parradile had saved from the lethal cold.
Flown back to the sanctuary by the parradile, the two settle in for the long winter. Maddaladen concocts a story about being from the south, but not everyone is sure of her origins. She is curious to find the ship's reactors still working, creating channels of steam for heating and cooking. When she finds a passageway leading to a reactor-warmed room, she sees an ancient device used for making nutritional food in bulk. Savvy with such technology, the machine starts after centuries of disrepair, much to the reverent amazement of the sanctuary's head priestess, Nyloo. When things begin to settle down, one event shocks them more than the rediscovery of food processing—the coming of the same mountain parradile.
Truth eventually reaches the Corps: The victor with amazing powers is actually a citizen of another system (Cyclops) who making slaves of Planet Fourteen in order to mine the heavy metals from the Smoking Hills, which he and his cohorts ship back to their planet. Combining their knowledge, Saikmar and Maddaladen unhatch a plan to bring down the nefarious Lord, but he might usurp himself from this throne with his poor understanding of the local people; they EXPECT a king-hunt every year and the new Lord is unwilling to fulfill their demands—anyway, he had already chased out all the parradiles because of their interfering with his mining. Either way, his end is near.
There are two aspects to this novel which, in many other instances, usually turn me off: (1) the medieval way of the life of the townsfolk, the importance of the titles such as Lord, and anything that resembles a dragon/pterodactyl; and (2) the far-reaching strength of a central organization tasked with secretly maintaining that statuses of entire planets. The former is often shared with many fantasy novels and the latter often found in early pulp SF; combine the two and the result should be unreadable—not so.
The weave of the two stories—Saikmar and Maddaladen—is a little too coincidental for the story's length. Their meeting felt forced, but the unfolding of the story from the halfway point on is quite good, a pace matched with Fourteen's history, more background about the Zarathustra diaspora, more depth to the culture of the Carrig, and an interesting turn of events regarding the parradiles. So, if the reader can ignore the coincidental affairs, the rest of the book is an excellent course of events… until the conclusion, which felt obvious every step of the way.
The Avengers of Carrig is the second book in a three-book series which explores the diaspora of Zarathustra through the eyes of three cultures of those affected. The first book in the series, Polymath (1974), highlights one ship's inability to cope with the settlement on their new planet, even with the polymath on aboard. The third novel, The Repairmen of Cyclops (1965), I haven't read it but it MAY crossover with some of the information about Cyclops found in The Avengers of Carrig: the planet has a very poor content of heavy metals and relies on imported metals from the asteroids and from other systems, yet without the metals they must make due… something along those lines.
I haven't had the pleasure of reading "Secret Agent of Terra" (1962) from which this book is expanded. At least the novel-length version of the story has a better title! This is yet another addition to my ever expanding Brunner library, one of which will eventually, fingers crossed, come across all of Brunner's greats and no more of his dreary flops… again, fingers crossed because, even as one of his biggest fans, I know Brunner isn't immune from producing drivel.


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Press Release
From: Sky and Telescope
Posted: Monday, November 7, 2011
Earth is about to be visited by the largest close-approaching asteroid on record. Known as 2005 YU55, it is about a quarter mile (400 meters) across, round, and quite dark. When it comes closest to us, at 6:28 p.m. EST (23:28 Universal Time) on November 8th, it will be 198,000 miles (319,000 km) from Earth's surface -- closer than the Moon's orbit. Professional astronomers around the world will closely follow the asteroid as it glides across the sky.
Weather permitting, backyard skywatchers also have a chance to spot this interloper. A few hours after passing closest to us, it will peak in brightness at magnitude 11.1, roughly 100 times fainter than the limit of human vision. "The good news," says Alan MacRobert of SKY & TELESCOPE magazine, "is that you should be able to spot the asteroid with your telescope if it has an aperture of at least 6 to 8 inches."
The asteroid's track past Earth is especially favorable for western Europe and North America. But you'll need to know exactly where and when to look: the object will traverse the 70 degrees of sky eastward across several constellations, from Aquila to Pegasus, in just 10 hours. At times it will zip among the background stars at 7 arcseconds per second, covering a Moon's width of sky in under 5 minutes. And light from a nearly full Moon will brighten the entire sky somewhat, making faint stars and the asteroid somewhat more difficult to spot.
Best seen from North America, the little asteroid 2005 YU55 will race far across the constellations in just 11 hours on the night of November 8-9, 2011. Click on the image for a more detailed chart. Sky & Telescope illustration
To determine where to look, SKY & TELESCOPE's editors have prepared two detailed finder charts. The first gives a general sense of where to look, and the second provides a detailed view to use while outside with your telescope. Once you've aimed at exactly the right spot, you shouldn't have much trouble telling which starlike point is 2005 YU55. It will be gliding fast enough to move along in real time as you watch using a moderately high-magnification eyepiece.
"As it passes Earth, the asteroid gets so close that its position among the stars will be significantly affected by your location," explains MacRobert. So the magazine's detailed finder chart takes this parallax effect into account, by including small upside-down maps of the United States that permit you to establish the correct path for your location.
Discovered nearly six years ago by Robert McMillan at Steward Observatory's Spacewatch Telescope in Arizona, 2005 YU55 has been this way before. In April 2010, it ventured close enough for detailed radar probing by the giant radio dish at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. It also approached even closer in 1976, though it went by undetected.
Professional astronomers have recruited advanced backyard amateurs to do precision brightness measurements of the asteroid during its flyby; more information: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/skytel/beyondthepage/131161943.html
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Sky Publishing (a New Track Media company) was founded in 1941 by Charles A. Federer Jr. and Helen Spence Federer, the original editors of SKY & TELESCOPE magazine. In addition to SKY & TELESCOPE and SkyandTelescope.com, the company publishes two annuals (Beautiful Universe and SkyWatch), as well as books, star atlases, posters, prints, globes, and other fine astronomy products.
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Breeze Bundle FOE (6 Yards Total)
This listing is for 2 yards of each color pictured for a total of 10 yards. The elastic measures 5/8" wide. This material is perfect for headbands, hair accessories, hair ties etc. The elastic is soft and matte on one side and shiny on the other. The Breeze Bundle contains: 2 Yards of Bluebell Fold Over Elastic 2 Yards of Nile Blue Fold Over Elastic 2 Yards of Light Navy Fold Over Elastic


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|Peppermint Macaroon [Green] among
other macaroons at Passionfood Cafe
My first encounter with macaroons was probably in the pages of Enid Blyton story books where I read about how the child characters had melt-in-your-mouth macaroons for tea or packed some delicious macaroons for a picnic. At that time, all I wanted to do was to rush to the end of the story to solve the mysteries and only had a passing interest in how the macaroons really tasted.
I may have eaten them before but my most memorable encounter with macaroons must have been at the St Regis Singapore, a hotel renowned for its unsurpassed luxury and elegance. I cannot forget the pleasure of being checked-in, not at the reception counter, but by my personal butler inside my suite of rooms. I was graciously invited to sit down and help myself to the refreshments prepared as he efficiently processed the paperwork. As I settled myself more comfortably on the sofa, my eyes were riveted to what was on the coffee-table.
|Warm welcome from St Regis Singapore
included macaroons!
Laid out nicely for me, were macaroons and a tray of fruit with a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream whiskey! I did not need much persuasion to indulge myself because in the short time my butler took to complete the paperwork for my signature, I had discreetly wolfed down one macaroon! [Notice the uneven number of macaroons from the photo!]
So what is a macaroon? A macaroon or macaron [French pronunciation] is a sweet meringue-based confectionary shaped like cookies made with egg whites, icing sugar and almond powder sandwiched with a variety of tasty fillings between the two cookies.
To enjoy its taste, I simply sank my teeth into its crisp crust to a softer interior and melt it in my mouth as I savour the filling flavour sandwiched in between.
|Poster menu for macaroons at Passionfood Cafe
I didn't have any further encounters with macaroons until that day when I accepted an invitation to Passionfood Café & Bakery. I know they have a reputation for macaroons, cupcakes and an exciting range of confectionery but my first time there was to taste their menu of French fusion food.
Finally in the Tea-for-Two set to share for dessert, there were only two macaroons among the array of cakes and snacks on the two-tier plates. As I was only sampling, I managed to savour a tiny wedge of the Peppermint Macaroon and I found that it tasted surprisingly like After Eight, the after-dinner mint chocolates!
|Wow! The Peppermint Macaroon is named after me?
Keeping this in mind, my next time in Passionfood Cafe was purely to satisfy my sweet-tooth. It was a leisurely evening where I had time to survey what was available and I selected a few items to try and decide if I liked them. I took my time to look closer at the colourful confection range on the shelves and decided to pick a few macaroons as well.
The helpful waitress directed my attention to the poster that introduced a variety of macaroons by flavour and as I scrutinized the brief description under the pictures, I was pleasantly surprised to read my name! I was rather taken aback as it was least expected and I'm not so conceited to think that the café deliberately named the Peppermint macaroon after me!
|More macaroons among other yummy cakes!
Then I discovered that the cafe has nine interesting flavours with each named with girl's names like Denise for the double-chocolate macaroon, Betty for the blueberry macaroon while Bonnie is the black sesame flavoured macaroon. I know Peggy is often used for animals like horses, chimpanzees and dogs but this was the first time I came across it being used for a macaroon!
I was at Passionfood again for lunch and wanted a few macaroons for dessert but I was disappointed that PEGGY – the Peppermint Macaroon was all sold out. I guess the café makes new batches by flavours in rotation but I couldn't help wondering if the PEGGY macaroons are so popular that they were quickly sold out… Well, now I have another reason to go there again for my PEGGY!


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He said the movie was a joyful experience to watch.
"T 2486 – Just saw 'Jagga Jasoos' could not resist telling Anurag what a delightful, innovative, well executed film it was ; a joy to watch," Bachchan tweeted.
Jagga Jasoos has earned Rs. 20 crores in the first two days since releasing on Friday.
Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted: "#JaggaJasoos Fri 8.57 cr, Sat 11.53 cr. Total: ₹ 20.10 cr. India biz."
The film is directed by Anurag Basu.
Ranbir and Katrina are seen together on the silverscreen after a long time.
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Megastar Chiranjeevi is busy with the shoot of his next film titled Syeraa which is based on the life story of freedom fighter Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy. Surendar Reddy is the director and Nayanthara is the…Read More
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Megastar Chiranjeevi's prestigious film Syeraa is currently under shoot. Surendar Reddy is the director and the film is the life story of freedom fighter Uyyalavada Narasimha Reddy. This periodic epic's shoot is taking place across…Read More
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Mega Powerstar Ram Charan who is riding high on the success of Rangasthalam is busy with the shoot of his next film that is directed by Boyapati Srinu. This mass entertainer started rolling from June…Read More
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Sensational director Puri Jagannadh has been left shattered with back to back debacles. None of his films post Temper impressed the audience and Puri Jagannadh has been struggling to make his comeback. His last movie…Read More
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This is not really day one – day one was the day that the doctor said I had a squamous cell carcinoma – Oct 19 – I was sad and then I got really angry – and then I got scared – you name it, I felt it. But I think of day one now as yesterday. Me and Farah Faucett – I think the people who are identified as "at risk" are girls who went to UT and had big frosted hair in the late 60s, and gay men. Oh well – being a southern young lady of quality – having "unmentionable cancer" is cancer that I prefer to think of as cancer of the "nether regions" – those private areas – my son , Will, pointed out that that type of cancer does not have its own ribbon – it is not an "acceptable" cancer, like breast cancer – I mean what color would the ribbon be? brown? No. So, cancer of the "nether areas" should use the colors of the flag of the Netherlands – so we have ordered lapel pins of the Netherland flag to wear – then people can ask, how are your "Netherlands" and I can answer appropriately or not, but it is not quite so awfully tacky – I have been told that the next step for me is chemo and radiation together everyday for 4 weeks but I will let you know when I know for sure – but I think head scarves and wigs are in my future. Thank you for your support – Love, Susan
Young Ladies of Quality….In Cancer of the "Netherlands" on November 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Hi Susan,
I don't know if you remember me from my brief visit to your home last June. I had a wonderful time talking with you, and when Emily mentioned your blog, I knew I'd be visiting it to keep up with you.
I love the idea of 'The Netherlands'. I thought I was the only person to refer to that area as 'nether regions'! Also…if I'd known you were going to be in need of a wig, I would have saved the foot and a half of hair I cut off a few months ago!
Keep your chin up. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts.


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Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team
Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team
ISBN: 978-1-118-27556-6 November 2011 Wiley-Blackwell 296 Pages
DescriptionClinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team is a concise, reliable resource for technical team members performing clinical diagnostic evaluation. Focusing on sample handling, machinery calibration, normal physiology and anatomy, clinical diagnostics, and disease processes, the book helps technical team members to consistently achieve high-quality results in small animal lab work. An essential bench-side reference for in-house laboratories, the book includes a DVD with interactive cases to build skills in reading and interpreting digital slides.
With chapters on blood counts, chemistry, urinalysis and electrolytes, advanced diagnostics, and cytology, Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team offers key technical information for consistently obtaining and evaluating samples. The book is a practical resource for anyone performing lab work, including veterinary technicians, technician and veterinary students, and veterinarians.
Foreword xi
1. Sample Handling and Laboratory Standardization—Developing Standard
Operating Procedures 1
2. Components of the Complete Blood Count 19
3. Hematology: The Erythrocytes, White Blood Cells, and Immune System 33
4. Abnormalities in the Red and White Blood Cell Populations 45
5. Renal Physiology and Anatomy, Clinical Diagnostics, and Disease 75
6. Liver Physiology and Anatomy, Clinical Diagnostics, and Disease 93
7. Pancreatic and Gastrointestinal Physiology and Anatomy, Clinical
Diagnostics, and Disease 105
8. Electrolyte Physiology, Function, and Derangement 119
9. Components of the Urinalysis 129
10. Evaluating the Urinalysis with Disease Conditions 139
11. Adrenal Function and Testing 151
12. Blood Gas 167
13. Coagulation 175
14. Emergency Diagnostics—A Discussion of Shock and Clinical Diagnostics 183
15. Obtaining Samples from Different Body Systems and Evaluating Cytology 193
Appendix A: Tables 207
Appendix B: Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team DVD Instructions 237
Appendix C: Case Worksheet for Clinical Pathology Cases 247
Additional Resources 257
Glossary 259
Index 271
Cases – See companion DVD
Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team will help experienced veterinary technicians set up various clinical laboratory diagnostic tests. It provides a good explanation of basic laboratory practices, the underlying concepts of many laboratory tests, and the physiology of common disease conditions. This book is well worth the price. (Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, December 2010)
This book provides a good overall summary of basic clinical pathology in small animals. Although it is fairly short and concise, it contains all the necessary relevant information and includes a CD that takes readers thorough six complicated cases, step by step. This is a useful book that would be a handy reference to have in a practice. It is easy to read, concise, and informative. Although it is aimed at small animal veterinary teams, it includes limited information about large animal species, which is important for a good, general understanding. (Doodys, December 2010)
Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team offers a fine recourse for technical team members involved in clinical diagnostic evaluation. Machinery calibration, normal anatomy, clinical diagnostics and more are revealed in chapters that provide key technical information for Obtaining and evaluating samples, surveying the disease process, the progress of identification and treatment, and including a DVD with interactive cases. Vet collections need this! (The Midwest Book Review, November 2010)
Rosenfeld, a veterinarian who is associated with an education corporation that specializes in seminar training for the hospital team, and Dial (veterinary science and microbiology, U. of Arizona) provide a resource for technical veterinary team members performing clinical diagnostic evaluation in small animal lab work. (Book News, September 2010)
It will also be essential reading for those preparing for professional qualifications such as FIBMS and FRCPath, possibly even MRCP, and will serve as an excellent resources for the more senior researcher, lecturer and academic. (The Bulletin of The Royal College of Pathologists, January 2013)


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Today, there are nine thematic residential colleges at Northwestern; in each, students live and learn with fellow scientists or film majors or artists—and they do so with inwardly focused/insular fervor.
Someday soon, though, there will be none—that is, if President Morton Schapiro has his way. Before he does, though, we need to fully understand what it would mean for the Northwestern community—symbolically and otherwise—if the residential colleges go away. And what it means may not be acceptable for many of us.
When Schapiro unveiled the strategic plan last fall, I realized there was no mention of residential life in the document. Schapiro said dorms were omitted deliberately, partly because the plans for improving residential life on campus are very much underway—tens of millions of dollars spent every summer renovating dorms, for example. It's more medium-term than long-term, and that's good.
He quickly added that he was still on the fence on whether thematic residential colleges—Communications, Jones, Slivka and others—fit into the residential roadmap for the next few years, as housing facilities campus-wide are renovated, rebuilt or even newly built. That's not so good—at the very least, not for the RC system and quite possibly for the foundation of Northwestern community as we know it.
What he said struck me as a rhetorical flourish very similar to President Obama's view on same-sex marriage: "it's evolving." I take this to mean that the President supports it, can't do so openly just yet, but will work towards it in the meantime anyway.
Likewise, many in the RC system have reason to believe Schapiro would like to phase out the residential colleges, won't say it aloud, and will instead make a series of incremental but significant changes around campus that point in that general direction.
For many outside the RC system, though, this doesn't seem like such a big deal; most of campus either lives in big residential halls with nothing beyond wing- or floor-level unity or in disconnected off-campus houses.
But the dismantling and replacement of the cohesive residential colleges will also bring a major shift in Northwestern identity-building efforts and in the Northwestern experience. Contained in Schapiro's I'm-on-the-fence-but-hey-here's-an-alternative strategy is a clear rejection of the kind of community Northwestern seems to thrive on already. We may not have the strongest campus identity, or anything close to a sense of university-wide cohesion, but we do have incredibly close-knit, intensely loyal sub-communities. Northwestern is a dazzlingly colorful quilt of diversity and passion—a patchwork of academic enclaves, special interest syndicates, ethno-cultural clusters and fraternal networks. Schapiro's plan might replace it with a brand new, this-size-fits-everyone blanket. I just hope it's home-made, not factory-produced.
But enough with the bedding wordplay. You get enough of that at parties for innuendo-happy literature majors.
For university officials looking to steer campus culture away from fragmented, creative chaos and towards unified, synergistic brilliance, residential colleges—and residential facilities in general—are low-hanging fruit. Entirely dependent on the university, the structures are counter-intuitively rather malleable and severely susceptible to subtle, gentle weakening by clever economists. It's easier to change a dorm from "thematic" to "non-thematic" than it is to coerce 400 student groups to engage in more collaborative programming and unconventional partnerships.
From this perspective, it makes sense to slowly eliminate these bright, self-contained spots of intense community in favor of a dimmer but broader network of residential communities.
The evidence pointing to a gradual phase-out of the RC system is clear. In the last two years, a new class of housing has risen on campus: the residential community, which rather suspiciously shares initials with the system it will eventually replace (the University wants to call them ResComs, but I haven't heard that catch on just yet).
Elder was the first to be converted into a large, non-thematic facility with a live-in faculty master; as promised, Allison was then renovated and repurposed into a residential community last year. According to official predictions at the time of Elder's transformation, there will be one new residential community every year for five years. In the same article, former Vice President of Student Affairs Bill Banis called the new class of housing "residential colleges on steroids."
For the uninitiated, housing 'roids apparently strip out the "thematic' element of a residential college (communications, science & tech, fine arts), enlarge the physical structure and add in a live-in Rather Old Person (and his/her family, quite possibly). It's the combination of the diversity of sprawling, relatively undistinguishable residence halls and the heavy faculty presence of the deeply insular, homogenous residential colleges. According to purely anecdotal reports from my sources in Allison, the faculty master hasn't quite been able to recreate the charm and small-college feel of the passionate, inward-focused residential colleges. But maybe we should give them time? And lots of money?
On top of the tens of millions of dollars every summer are spent in renovations (although Allison hardly needed them), and the president and his senior staff have repeatedly committed to adding a thousand beds on campus in the next few years (does that make us sound like a hospital, prison or both?).
The new vice president for student affairs, Patricia Telles-Irvin, toured residential life facilities days after arriving on campus, and has since declared that most are in order for serious updating and de-funking (not her exact words, as you might imagine). To that end, she's hired Julie Payne-Kirchmeier, a veteran student affairs official and expert in housing development as the new assistant vice president for Student Auxiliary Services, with direct control over residential life and services.
I don't have the answer to the residential life question, but I do believe we need to have a serious conversation about the kind of living and learning communities we want to create and sustain here at Northwestern before we move away from one of our campus's community success stories.
Change is coming to one of the key pillars of the community we do have, and it's time for us to decide how—and even if—we want to change residential life.


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Worry dolls (Spanish: Muñecas quitapenas, "Dolls [that] remove worries"),[1] or trouble dolls, are very small and colorful dolls traditionally made in Guatemala.[2] A person (usually a child) who cannot sleep due to worrying can express their worries to a doll and place it under their pillow before going to sleep. Some medical centers use them in conjunction with treatment for disease in children.[3][4] According to folklore, the doll is thought to worry in the person's place, thereby permitting the person to sleep peacefully. The person will wake up without their worries, which have been taken away by the dolls during the night. Parents may remove the doll during the night, reinforcing the child's belief that the worry is gone. Some parents involve the child in making the dolls to further increase the psychological benefits of releasing worries, and instructions may be found online.
This could be a nice PSHE/Seal activity.
Here are some instructions I have found to make them...


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There's this restaurant in San Francisco called Straw, and I love it. It's carnival themed, relatively inexpensive, fun, and, well, they have a hamburger with a donut bun. I guess you can't go wrong there. I like dinner at Straw, but brunch is better (and San Franciscans, well, we know how to brunch).
That was until I, my +1, and five friends went to Straw for dinner on New Year's Eve (yes — someone DID order the donut burger and it looked GLORIOUS). I ordered the macaroni and cheese, which was topped with bacon and apple. Bacon was a no-brainer, but apple? Really? Hmm.
Well, as you may have guessed from the title of this post, it was freaking delicious. I couldn't get it out of my head. On a good day, I have a love affair with cheese that makes Adam jealous, but cheese AND pork products AND winter fruit? Oh my. Sure, it sounds weird, but the apple (and in this case, a sweet, juicy Concorde pear) cuts through the fatty savoriness. It was dreamy. Instead of bacon, I used what was on hand — spicy, thinly sliced coppa, which gave it a spicy kick. (Check the Grocery Outlet — I got mine for less than $2/lb.) Bacon can easily be substituted, but I did love the peppery coppa with the juicy pear.
Since you can prepare the sauce and pasta ahead of time, this is an ideal high/low dinner party dish. Use whatever pasta will cup the sauce best — I chose campanelle.
Adapted from Epicurious and inspired by Straw
Makes 6-8 servings
For topping
- 1/4 stick unsalted butter
- 1 cup panko (coarse Japanese bread crumbs)
- 1 cup medium or sharp grated Cheddar
- 1/4 lb coppa or bacon, crisped and crumbled
- 1-2 Concorde or other very ripe, juicy pears
- 1 tbsp olive oil (only if using coppa)
- 1-2 tsp lemon juice (for tossing with pear)
For macaroni and sauce
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cups whole milk
- 1/2 pound coarsely grated extra-sharp Cheddar (3 cups)
- 1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- 1/4 – 1/2 tsp cayenne
- 3/4 pound elbow macaroni
- Salt and pepper to taste
Make breadcrumb topping:
Preheat oven to 400°F with rack in middle.
Melt butter, then stir together with panko and 1 cup shredded cheddar in a bowl until combined well. Set aside.
Make coppa and pear topping:
Heat 1 tbsp oil in skillet (if you are using coppa — if you are using bacon, skip the oil). Crisp the bacon or coppa in the pan — the time will vary depending on which meat you're using, but you're aiming for crispy, not burnt. Drain.
Thinly slice the pears, toss with a squeeze of lemon, and set aside.
Make sauce:
Melt butter in a heavy medium saucepan over medium-low heat and stir in flour. Cook roux, stirring, 3 minutes, then whisk in milk. Bring sauce to a boil, whisking constantly, then simmer, whisking occasionally, 3 minutes. Stir in cheeses until smooth. Season with 1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne (I found 1/4 tsp with a heavy hand on the pepper quite sufficient), and salt and pepper to taste.
Make Macaroni:
Cook macaroni in a pasta pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 1/2 cup cooking water and drain macaroni in a colander. Stir together macaroni, reserved cooking water, and sauce in a large bowl. Transfer to a buttered 9×13 inch baking dish.
Sprinkle BREADCRUMB topping evenly over macaroni and bake until golden and bubbling, 20 to 25 minutes.
Let the dish rest 20 minutes, then top with thin pear slices and coppa or bacon.


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With student loans rocketing through the roof and millennials everywhere seeking an escape from the drudgery of nine-till-five employment the big question hovers over everyone's heads – should you be saving for retirement (traditional or early) or should you be crushing your student loan debt?
Crushing debts
When it comes to knocking out student debts there are few stories more inspirational than Joe over at No More Harvard Debt. Joe took a look at his student loan payments one year and realised that he had paid $22,000 towards his student loans, but less than half of that amount had been taken off the principal, the rest was eaten up with interest. Joe worked out that over the life of the loans he would be paying over $42,000 in interest, on a $100,000 worth of loans – that's 42% interest over the life of the loan. While the average student leaves college with only $25,000 worth of loans, rates vary from 4.45% up to 7% and often take more than 10 years to repay.
By knocking down your loans early you can reduce the amount of interest that you will pay. You can also consider refinancing those loans with another lender for a lower rate to crush them faster.
Saving, investing and retiring
While saying goodbye to debts is a great feeling, there are many investments available that might return more than your loans are costing you. On average the stock market will return 7% per annum. Peer to peer lending can offer 5 – 9% depending on your risk tolerance. A savvy property investor can find real estate deals that will return 12% per annum.
With so many options for investing that offer better returns than the rates on your loans it can seem like a no-brainer to be investing rather than paying off loans. Many people choose to invest while having mortgages because their investments return more than their mortgage.
However this approach has the potential to be riskier. While you can guarantee that paying your debts means they will go down, you can't guarantee that investments will go up. While the share market has constantly climbed and is sitting almost 50% higher than pre-Global Financial Crisis peaks, there is always the risk of another market crash.
And the winner is..?
It turns out, it doesn't matter if you pay down debts or save first. If you're chasing early retirement with a laser focus then investing is technically better because interest rates are lower than stock market returns (if you chose to go that way). However if you're following a more traditional path, then both options are reasonably equal.
If you prefer stability, and hate seeing those loan payments each month, then knuckle down and destroy your debts. If you don't mind the ongoing loan payments and are confident your investments will grow faster than your loans, then your overall net worth is best served investing.
What really matters is that you get started sooner, rather than later while time and compound interest are on your side.


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Gratitude has popped up twice this year in a big way. After I read Oola by Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl, I started trying to write down one thing I was grateful for each day. I tried to be specific and it had to be different every day. At the Young Living convention Shawn Achor talked about happiness. I followed up by reading his book The Happiness Advantage. One of his strategies to improve happiness is to write 3 things you are grateful for each day. I started writing at least one grateful statement on March 17th. I'll admit that I have missed a few days but that's usually because I'm busy with family and friends. I've been doing it long enough now that I can tell when I miss. I think about it but writing it down makes a difference.
Some of the things I have written:
* I'm grateful that (friend's name) is in a happy place with her new home.
* Grateful for a great place for sewing. I don't have to clean up when I stop for the day.
* Grateful that I get to be in the bell choir at my church. It's fun.
* Grateful for my hairdresser. She gets me and I trust her.
* Grateful that people like to visit and hang out at my house.
Ok. That's enough. Well, one more- so grateful that I have spent the last 6 weeks surrounded by family. It included trips to Utah and Colorado, special time with both my children and their spouses and all of the grandkids have had special time (without parents) at our house. Life is good.
Here comes the challenge for you. Find something to be grateful for every day. It is not that easy to write something different every day. My examples may seem trivial but it's often the simple things that matter. I am often grateful for family but it needs to be different and specific.
Give it a try for two weeks and leave me a comment about how it went. Most people that I've talked to about this think they are pretty happy. But who doesn't want to be a little happier?


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Messaging is the only interface in which the machine communicates with you much the same as the way you communicate with it. If some of the trends outlined in this post pervade, it would mark a qualitative shift in how we interact with computers. Whereas computer interaction to date has largely been about discrete, deliberate events — typing in the command line, clicking on files, clicking on hyperlinks, tapping on icons — a shift to messaging- or conversational-based UI's and implicit hyperlinks would make computer interaction far more fluid and natural.
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As Berlin's burgeoning electronic music scene becomes ever-more a point of international focus, with numerous books and articles being written on its clubs, music, and parties every year, the politics of these structures often get neglected. Within the CTM 2015 festival theme "Un Tune," the dissonances as well as consonances of these stories are being explored: both inclusion and exclusion play out in systems of sonic affect such as the dancefloor. Building on his extensive work on race, music, technology, and critical theory, CTM discourse programme co-curator Annie Goh interviewed Professor Alexander G. Weheliye on the racial politics of Berlin techno, and how its story being narrated.
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Founded in 2009, Bring Back British Rail strives to popularise the commonsense idea of re-nationalising the ludicrously over-priced and over-complicated railway system, which the people of Britain have been left with as the result of privatisation in the '90s.Permalink]]>
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Lighten up your email with the Emotional Labor extension. Works on any email sent through Gmail.
First write an email. Then click the smiley face to brighten up the tone of the email before sending.
Like Greg Knauss's Romantimatic app, this reads to me as interactive near-future dystopian sci-fi, or a Chris Morris/Nigel Kneale-ish self-fulfilling satire of the emotion automation industry.1
More on the project from developer Joanne McNeil.
It seems safe to assume that some incubator-coddled startup numpty is already burning VC cash on his plan to 'change the world' by 'disrupting' love, &c. ↩
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"moDernisT" was created by salvaging the sounds lost to mp3 compression from the song "Tom's Diner", famously used as one of the main controls in the listening tests to develop the MP3 encoding algorithm.
Here we find the form of the song intact, but the details are just remnants of the original. Similarly, the video contains only material which was left behind during mp4 video compression.
More information on the process used to create the piece, with audio examples.
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In 1984, Prince starred in Purple Rain, a decadent, semi-autobiographical rock opera that became a cult classic and the definitive expression of the mid-eighties musical sub-genre known as the Minneapolis Sound. Now, 31 years after the Purple One's silver-screen debut, a remake of the film, set in the Saharan desert, may help do the same for a new sound emerging out of the region.
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A collection of paper cut-out models representing brutalist architecture of London from 1960s-1970s. The series features various buildings scattered around the districts of Camden, Southwark and Tower Hamlet.
As a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy, [Grace] Hopper worked on the first computer, the Harvard Mark 1. And she headed the team that created the first compiler, which led to the creation of COBOL, a programming language that by the year 2000 accounted for 70 percent of all actively used code. Passing away in 1992, she left behind an inimitable legacy as a brilliant programmer and pioneering woman in male-dominated fields.
Hopper's story is told in "The Queen of Code," directed by Gillian Jacobs (of "Community" fame).
Mojibake (文字化け) (IPA: [mod͡ʑibake]; lit. "character transformation"), from the Japanese 文字 (moji) "character" + 化け (bake) "transform", is the garbled text that is the result of text being decoded using an unintended character encoding.Permalink]]>
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Normal – Jeremy Keith
I try not to be a judgemental person. But if I see someone in public with a copy of The Sun, I'm going to judge them. And no, it's not a class thing: I just don't consider misogyny to be socially acceptable. And if you participate in Reddit or Hacker News …well, I'm afraid I'm going to judge you too. I don't consider it socially acceptable.
University of Cambridge on Soundcloud
Lots and lots of lectures to download.
On Reporting – Bobbie Johnson
Matter's profile piece on Shanley Kane of Model View Culture has gone tits up, apparently because Kane didn't understand the usual process of writing a profile piece.
All rather odd, though I can see how fact checking could feel exactly like harassment (in the US at least, where it's common practice to verify every claim in a piece with multiple sources).
YouTube to block indie labels who don't sign up to new music service
Remember when Google did loads of dead cool stuff and we all thought they were ace?
Sorry, David Cameron, but your British history is not mine – Owen Jones
There is a history of Britain that is about empire, aristocracy, monarchy, the established church, exploitative employers, and so on. The Tory view of history is founded on the myth of a benevolent elite granting carefully managed change out of goodwill and generosity. But there is another history, of struggle from below against those in power – often at great cost and sacrifice – by ordinary people who are airbrushed from history. These different histories inform a schism in values that lasts to this day.
The babyfaced socialist pinup is spot on here, I think.
Bulletproof blanket seeks to shield kids during school shootings
The bright orange bulletproof Bodyguard Blanket is geared at protecting kids from danger during school shootings or natural disasters.
We need a word for stuff like this. Hilaripressing? Delarious? Something like that.
PaperLater is a new service, brought to you by Newspaper Club, to help take stuff you don't want to read on screen and print it as a newspaper. It's quick and easy and only £4.99.
Lovely. So lovely I didn't even flinch at the idea of dropping a fiver on a newspaper.
UK intelligence forced to reveal secret policy for mass surveillance of residents' Facebook and Google use
Britain's top counter-terrorism official has been forced to reveal a secret Government policy justifying the mass surveillance of every Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Google user in the UK.
Bare Bones Navigation, by Kris Jenkins
Vim's available everywhere. But when you're on a strange box, with none of your favourite plugins installed, how do you find your way around? Let's look at Vim's built-in tools…
rm -rf remains
Just for fun, I decided to launch a new Linux server and run
rm -rf /as root to see what remains.
Not much, as you'd expect. But you can almost sort things out with creative use of shell builtins, or get up and running by using a second computer to create a shared object that can set the executable bit.
bttn - the simplest internet user interface in the world
A big red Wifi-enabled button that can talk to IFTTT, Zapier, REST APIs, &c. €69, which isn't too far off the cost of rigging up something similar with a Raspberry Pi.
Turing Test success marks milestone in computing history
No, A 'Supercomputer' Did NOT Pass The Turing Test For The First Time And Everyone Should Know Better
The Sketchbook of Susan Kare, the Artist Who Gave Computing a Human Face
Make strange, wonky GIFs. Like so:
Polysemy (/pəˈlɪsɨmi/ or /ˈpɒlɨsiːmi/; from Greek: πολυ-, poly-, "many" and σῆμα, sêma, "sign") is the capacity for a sign (e.g., a word, phrase, etc.) or signs to have multiple related meanings (sememes), i.e., a large semantic field. It is usually regarded as distinct from homonymy, in which the multiple meanings of a word may be unconnected or unrelated.
JavaScript for Automation Release Notes
This article describes JavaScript for Automation, a new feature in OS X 10.10.


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Japanese all-female pop rock band Scandal will be hitting Singapore this March and Best of album "Encore Show" just released. The band will be performing in two shows in Singapore in March. Check out the details for the two shows below. Are you ready Singapore:
16th March 2013, Saturday, Doors open at 6:00pm, Concert starts at 7:00pm
17th of March 2013, Sunday, Doors open at 2:00pm, Concert starts at 3:00pm
Venue: *SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link Singapore 237978 (Limited capacity venue, intimate "Livehouse" experience!)
Early Bird Discount available from 4th to 17th February 2013
Early Bird VIP — S$148 per day
Early Bird General Admission — S$108 per day
Exclusive VIP (S$168 / $148 Early Bird) Ticket Holders get:
1. Premium viewing location
2. High Touch With SCANDAL members
3. Exclusive SCANDAL Singapore Concert Poster, A2 Size
The band also gave a video message for the upcoming show. Take a look at the members with the video below. English subtitles are available.
Also, just yesterday February 6, they have released their second special collection album. "Encore Show" is now available in a regular CD edition and a CD+DVD limited edition. Check out the album CM below. Have you got your copy already?


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As the rest of the Premier League looks for answers as to how to stop Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp is confident his side won't be thwarted by other teams' defensive tactics.
Klopp's men have lost just once this season – incredibly, an early 2-0 defeat to Burnley – and have dispensed with both Arsenal and Chelsea away from home, while drawing with Manchester United and Tottenham.
Despite fears they could be exposed in defence – particularly at left-back, where James Milner has been filling in – Liverpool's attack have more than made up for their other weaknesses.
Admittedly, they initially found Sunderland difficult to break down, before second-half goals from Divock Origi and Milner shot down any hopes the Black Cats had harboured of escaping Anfield with a point.
David Moyes should be given credit for setting his players up so effectively, but Klopp insists his team will not be stopped by 'bus-parking'.
"I think there is no doubt this team is ready to play against parked buses. We have all the skills, but you need to be patient," Klopp said, via Goal.
"If you score the first goal early, then we get the second, the third, the fourth. It opens the game but it is all about the timing of when you get the first and the longer you don't, the most important thing is you don't get frustrated because we need to get used to situations like this.
"Last year the games were different with a few teams played defensively against us. This time, because we are better, we have forced them into situations like this."
Last weekend's opponents Southampton were much better at keeping Liverpool at bay, holding them to a 0-0 draw. Now that Klopp is aware that teams are going to sit deep, however, there's no reason why his own side can't adapt, with or without injury doubt Philippe Coutinho.
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Designers sought for Mayor of London's framework
The Mayor of London and Transport for London are seeking graphics and branding consultancies to join a new procurement panel.
Up to £30 million of work could be procured through the new Architecture, Design and Urbanism Panel over the next three-four years, according to the Greater London Authority.
The panel replaces the London Design Agency's architecture, landscape and urban design Panel and TfL's urban realm design framework, and largely deals with architecture and urban design.
It also features a graphic design and place-based marketing lot, which calls for consultancies to work on projects such as high-street and town-centre branding and public signage design, as well as design of print collateral, websites and exhibitions.
The GLA and TfL are seeking ten groups for this lot.
The deadline for expressions of interest is 11 June, and contracts will be awarded by October.
For more information and to apply, visit eprocurement.tfl.gov.uk
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Mangalore : The first international Tulu film 'Nirel', formally released at Cinepolis, City Center mall here on Friday, February 28..
Producer Shodhan Prasad's mother Sumathi inaugurated the ceremony.
The film 'Nirel' has produced by Shodhan Prasad and San poojary under banner of Sandhya Creations, and directed by Ranjt Bajpe.
The film is based on the triangle love story. The film was entirely shot in the UAE.
Speaking at Inaugural ceremony producer Shodhan Prasad said, the movie will be releasing in Mangalore Jyothi theatre and Cinepolis and other coastal areas on March 7.
He said that, at Golden Cinema in Dubai, already has a record to its credit of being full house at this theater.
Co-producer San Poojary, , requested everyone to watch the movie and support them.
Director Ranjith Bajpe, Actresses Deepthi Salian and Varuna Shetty, Actor Anoop Sagar expressed the thanks to people of the Tulunadu who supported the movie.
Abhishek SN music director, Rajneesh Amin, art director, Sachin Padil and others were present during the ceremony.
The film will be released in star cinemas at Muscat on March 14. The team also plans to release the movie in Canada , Australia and Kuwait.


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Thursday, May 23, 2013
54 comments:
Oh, we will miss you, but totally understand. Enjoy your break, and I look forward to when you return!ReplyDelete
I will miss you, but I completely get needing/wanting a break. Just as your cows are enjoying their freedom in the fields - I hope you enjoy the freedom from technology for a while. I'll be looking forward to your return. Take care!ReplyDelete
Mornin' B. Go for it. Later will be fine.....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2013 6:54 AM
Have a wonderful blog break, Miss B. I have a hard time turning technology off too.ReplyDelete
We are about ready to leave with the last group of pairs and go to summer grass. Yay!
Buttons, I hope you have a wonderful time!!ReplyDelete
Take Care :)
Have a nice relaxing break!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2013 7:46 AM
Oh my goodness....technology free...I can feel a headache starting just thinking about it. Enjoy your break.ReplyDelete
I will miss you greatly but will be looking so forward to your return and more of your wonderful stories! *HUGS*ReplyDelete
I can totally relate to how you are feeling. I have backed off from technology somewhat this week and have actually reunited with enjoying a few things without my camera or blogging about it. Enjoy.ReplyDelete
We all need to take a break now and then. You are going to miss your blog eventually and come back and tell us more great stories.ReplyDelete
I can relate. We just moved the computer to place in the house we frequent the least. That's helped!ReplyDelete
Have a nice BLogcation. Hope you come back rejuvenated and with lots of great stories.ReplyDelete
oh i'll miss you but a little disconnect time is good for us all! enjoy :)ReplyDelete
I'll miss you! I hope you find what you're looking for/needing in this break! When you come back, we'll be waiting! :) Love the picture of your happy cows headed to pasture. It never gets old, watching their excitement for the simple things! Hugs!ReplyDelete
Enjoy your break!ReplyDelete
Have a great blog-vacation, Buttons! Stay safe, and have a grand adventure too!ReplyDelete
I love the mini-stampede of the first image!!! They even managed to get a bit of dust into the air!!!ReplyDelete
Breathe it all in B xReplyDelete
I'll miss you, B, but I totally understand the need for a break. Enjoy yourself and have lots of adventures!ReplyDelete
I will miss you so much, but I know how you feel. I have similar feelings and am cutting back on blogging, just posting pictures most of the time. You have spent a lot of energy on your blog since you write stories here all the time. That plus all the rest of your life, I really don't see how you do it all. So enjoy your break and I'm looking forward to finding out what you have been up to.ReplyDelete
I'll miss you B! Enjoy your break and tend to your soul.ReplyDelete
enjoy and good luck!ReplyDelete
I hope you have a beautiful time in your almost technology free place. I completely understand the need. I love the image your words and photos painted of the cows going out to their pasture. Have fun! (Oh, and I hope you take your camera!)ReplyDelete
And now you know why I live where I live :)ReplyDelete
enjoy your great grand adventure, friend!
Awww I'm going to miss you, Buttons! But I totally understand about needing a break. I hope you will be off on some great adventures and I can't wait to hear about them.ReplyDelete
I love these photos! :)
I hope you have a wonderful break! I will be thinking of you and all the wonderful adventures you are sure to have :-)ReplyDelete
I will miss you beautiful stories.
Enjoy living life to it's fullest away from the electronics.
Hope to see you in the near future.
Enjoy your time off!ReplyDelete
Will miss you. Understand the need for a break. See you back soon my friend..Hugs M xxxReplyDelete
I need to disconnect...ReplyDelete
You will be missed, but have fun!ReplyDelete
Looks like you got a case of spring fever - the need to get out of the pen and get the pen out - kinda like the calves.ReplyDelete
Enjoy your break (I know THAT feeling !).
enjoy! See you when you are back rested and refreshedReplyDelete
Love that story of the cows and particularly the calves going into the fresh pasture.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful break and look forward to your return. You will be missed. xx
Enjoy your break! Sounds quite blissful really!ReplyDelete
I will miss you too-but you need to do this! Thanks so much for the get well hug (I feel so much better) and I look forward so much to you return, dear B! Hugs!!ReplyDelete
B we will miss you like crazy!! We look forward to your return :)ReplyDelete
Take you time, enjoy your adventure. I do understand what you mean. Even only having been back online a short time myself. I realize as much as this technology gives... it also takes a big chunk out of you as well. Be in the moments of your life my friend, as I know you very much will.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 25, 2013 1:41 PM
I have to do this myself every so often. It helps keep us balanced!! But, like you, I know I'll never be totally technology free. I just have to put it back in its place every once in awhile. Enjoy your break!!ReplyDelete
Maybe what you need is to RE-connect not disconnect! :) We will miss you!ReplyDelete
Have a good time Button! I'm looking forward to reading your first post when you're back!ReplyDelete
Take care and we'll see you around soon I hope! ;-)
Sincerest greetings from the Netherlands,
Well lady, from the looks of these comments, I'm not the only one that will miss your blog. Just come back after resting up. I understand. We all need a break. Thanks for loving us enough to leave your e-mail on.ReplyDelete
Enjoy life.
Cindy Bee
Very smart. Sometimes a blogging break is essential. It's very very nice indeed to leave technology behind at times, and renourish our souls.ReplyDelete
It has been great reading your stories, and inspiring to see new ones arrive so often and regularly. I think this is a gift you've been given and thank you for sharing so much of it with blogland.ReplyDelete
From someone who seems to take breaks more regularly than write, enjoy your time refueling :-) See you whenever you're ready.
Enjoy your break, Buttons! It's always good to get away to clear your mind. We will miss you - don't stay away too long! Hugs, xoxoReplyDelete
I hope your departure from blogging and your open hearted desire for change invigorates your sense of self and zest for life.ReplyDelete
I am in the process of slowing down my online activities too. I don't have any plans on making a complete break.
Be happy!
You are already missed. I'm looking forward to hearing the stories... later.ReplyDelete
Blessings, Debbie
Missing you buttons!! I hope you are relaxing and living it up at the same time, If you know what I mean!! You know what I mean ;))))))ReplyDelete
Enjoy your break Dear B. :D) xxReplyDelete
I love taking breaks! I hope whatever you do is totally relaxing and fulfilling and brings you to a higher place. Just keep writing. Take care. See ya when you get back. SandraReplyDelete
Thank You for taking care of yourSelf. Thank you for knowing YOU Are More . . . and for pulling away so you can BE.ReplyDelete
Happy Adventure!
love & love,
We will definitely miss your blog but I definitely understand the need for a break. Looking forward to your return :)ReplyDelete
wow! look at that dust fly!! :DReplyDelete
enjoy your break! sometimes we just need to focus on more important day to day things. honestly, i don't know how you blog as much as you do!
have a beautiful spring, buttons! *hugs*
Hi B!ReplyDelete
I've been absent from my blog and reading blogs on a regular basis so I thoroughly understand your need for a break. Sometimes I wonder if I have all ready used some title or told some story of our life's adventure and then I realize that is just part of life and that sometimes it signals a time when we need to step back and just "experience" said life. ENJOY you time away.
The mind grows by what it feeds on. J.G. Holland
Thank you so much for your comments, they mean more to me then I could ever express. Hug B
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