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Things got messy last night.
And hot.
And sticky.
And this little Cinderella didn't tumble into bed until 1.30am …
I went to something called Hot Dub Time Machine.
It was awesome.
You might even say it was bulk fun.
OK, you'd definitely say it was bulk fun between 10pm and 11.30pm.
That was one brilliant, sweaty 90 minutes.
You're probably thinking WHAT is she talking about?
Sorry, I'm a bit seedy this morning. Too many unidentified drinks in little plastic cups and not enough sleep.
I wrestled myself into unconsciousness around 2am and managed to stay there until 7am. But that's just not enough at my (middle) age.
(Speaking of age, there was much speculation on the cab ride home as to whether we were the oldest people at Hot Dub … and since I was the oldest person in the cab that means I might have been the oldest person at Hot Dub. Yay.)
Hot Dub Time Machine is "the world's first travelling dance party." As the website explains: "Songs are played in "strict" chronological order from 1954 to 2015 with enormous mashed visuals all scratched live from vinyl turntables. "
It started at 8pm so we decided to be ultra-cool and not get there until 9.15pm. So not ultra-cool.
We wandered into the dark, crowded room and started grooving while wondering why everyone else was just standing around. Possibly because the floor was so sticky they couldn't move their feet?
At 9.40pm, the DJ shouted out that it was 20 minutes until Hot Dub started. The crowd went wild. Ah, so that's why no one was dancing. Outre to boogie to the support act.
A countdown flashed up on the screen on stage and things got a bit berserk from then on. Suddenly we were dancing to a mash-up of songs from the 50s … then the 60s … then the 70s … then the 80s … then the 90s …
There was Elvis, there were The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the Jackson 5, George Michael, Joan Jett …
It was glorious. Especially when the DJ played 99 Luft Ballons and a net attached to the ceiling released 99 red balloons.
I sang and shouted until I was hoarse.
I barely noticed the eight drinks that were progressively spilled down my back by thirsty revellers as they edged through the crowd.
As the 00s hit, popular music and I parted ways. I didn't recognise a single song for about 10 years and started sliding into a oh-gawd-I'm-so-tired standing coma.
I yearned for my bed and a shower. Especially after someone threw a bottle of bubble mixture all over us.
I'm just not cut out for late-night grooving. And I can't even blame my age. I've been the same since it was legal for me to go to nightclubs. And even when it wasn't and we sweet-talked our way past the bouncers and up the back stairs of the Gunfighter's Rest.
My nickname really WAS Cinderella way back then.
But I have very fond memories of 10-11.30pm last night.
So if you wanna put on your boogie shoes and you don't mind being a hot, sticky mess, get your bootie to Hot Dub.
You'll have a bulk fun time.
Song of the day: Elvis Presley "A little less conversation"

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'I Love You' said Armaan leaving Riddhima in a shock!!
Hearing those three magical words so unexpectedly, riddhima loosened her grip on armaan.. Seeing this, Armaan too left her and they part off their hug. The silence was filled. Armaan was struggling to observe her expressions, her reaction but was shocked so see her expressionless face.
Ar: riddhima kya hua?
Riddhima realized that it's not a dream; this is the reality, which had a lot of importance in it. He found her really confused, with which he too got confused 'yeh kya ho raha hai? Maine toh socha tha riddhima bhi mujhse pyar karti hai? Agar haan toh yeh aise kyun behave kar rahi hai?? Abhi tak toh isse bhi mujhe hug karke I love you kehna chahiye tha.. magar yeh toh.. god please help..'
Riddhima still being silent stands up to go from there, leaving armaan yet confused. Armaan panicked with the thought, why is she leaving now? Have I done something incredibly wrong? Doesn't she love me? Am I a bad guy? Why is she not reacting at all? What's wrong?? He too swiftly stood up to stop her from going.
Ar: riddhima..ruko.. kahan ja rahi ho?
Riddhima didn't stop and walk off the fire escape
Armaan jumped, and followed her, he dreadfully wanted his answer..
Ar: riddhima ruko..batao baat kya hai?
Riddhima walked even faster and went out of sanjeevani.
It was raining heavily, but she didn't care about it'there was much more in her life to be cared about. She just got proposed by a guy, about whom she doesn't even know much. Its been just a month they have met and this guy has already started loving her? The main problem was that her whole depended on her one answer, If she says 'yes' then she is accepting the fact that her parents will actually make her marry him. She will not be given a second chance to think about their relationship. Her entire life will change on her this answer.
She kept on going, not even realizing where she was going, didn't even knew that armaan was following her. She was completely lost. Armaan knew something is definitely wrong with her that is why she is behaving so awkwardly. He kept on shouting 'riddhima..riddhima' but she didn't listen to it. He ran behind her to stop her and manages to hold her hand from back. Riddhima shocked seeing someone was holding her hand, so she immediately turned back to see who has this much of power to stop her, to hold her hand. As she turned her hair came all over her face, but she managed to see it was Armaan.
Armaan took few steps to go close to her, seeing him getting close she too started moving back. Since armaan wasn't stopping, she shouted 'armaaaaan'. Everyone around looked at them, armaan get embarrassed and pulls her to the basket ball court. Riddhima struggles to take her hand off, but was unable to do so because of armaan's tight grip.
When they reach the court, armaan pulled her with a lot of energy and leave her hand..Riddhima rolls over and find herself in front of him. She shouted 'armaan what do you think you are doing?'. Armaan didn't answer but was staring in her eyes. Riddhima too looked into his deep eyes. Everything went silent. All they could hear was the music played by rain drops and their heart beats pounding heavily.
Without interrupting the major eye contact, armaan went closer to her. The rain was singing at its loudest. Their hearts were beating even faster. Excitement was now rolling over their nerves. Both breathing heavily, the world seem faded away; it was now just him and her, burning in the obsession. Armaan gets even closer to her, riddhima blink her eyes.. their pulse rate was at its maximum. Both breathing profoundly. They now can smell each other's sweet breath.. armaan hold her both the hands and kiss them, feeling his lips on her hands she shivered.
He put his hand on her waist to bring her closer to him. Her brain, her senses stopped working; all she could see was his love filled eyes, and feel his warm breath, and the crazy perfume he was wearing; his heart beat was synchronizing with her heart beat. Armaan from the other hand pulls her hair strand away from her face. His touch made her crazy, she shivered to the spine and closed her eyes.
Armaan had never seen anyone as beautiful as her, there was something in her'the rain drops on her face appeared like pearls. She was looking like an angel, who has come on earth just for him. He looks at her face from top to bottom; her eyes were closed as if they are waiting for something, and her red lips were presenting the delicious want in them.
He sees a rain drop on her forehead, and he kisses it. Her brow relaxed but now her other parts were waiting. The raindrop travelled through to her eyes, he kissed her eyes. His touch shudder her; she held his back tightly from one hand. The touch of her made him even passionate.. Riddhima could feel he is following the rain drop. She shivered even more, when that raindrop stepped to her cheek, she knew where is it coming next. She slightly moved her cheek closer to his lips so that he kisses it quickly. Armaan now knew that she is also enjoying it and he kisses her cheek.
Now she was hoping for rain drop to go to her lips, so that she can take out all her passion through that kiss, but unfortunately that drop went to her chin. Armaan smiled seeing riddhima's upset face but then also he kissed her chin only and suck the drop. Feeling his lips so close to hers, she became restless; she eagerly wanted a kiss on her lips. She put her other hand on his neck and moved her lips closer to his, and seeing her being so desperate he moved his lips real close to hers'now there was only ' inch distance between them. Riddhima, who was very anxiously waiting for him to kiss, when realized that it's been too long waiting for her kiss..she opened her eyes to check what he was up to, but suddenly he brushed his lips with hers and she again closed her eyes. Their small kiss was now turning into the most passionate one. her one hand was on his back and other on his face because of which he was getting wilder. Armaan tightened his grip on her waist; she was playing with him, by nudging her hand sometimes on his face and sometimes on his hair which was making armaan totally nuts. Frustrated armaan pulls her hand and places it on her back.
Nothing can stop them now; they both were burning with the passion. After 5 mins, they both seemed breathless and depart from each other. Breathing heavily both looked down on the floor and hugged each other very tightly.
The camera is now swirling around them'
Background Music (Male):
asmaani rang hooo'..pyaar ki boond ho..roshni ho dhoop ho..chahaton ki goonj ho'aanchal mein hai nag chandni.. haathon mein woh chand hai..gayron se bhi hai wasta apno mein pehchan hai..
Tara ra ra ra ta ri ra' Tara ra ra ra ta ri ra' Tara ra ra ra ta ri ra'tu zindani
Mera izhar hai..pyar hi pyar hai..yaaron ki yaar hai.. tu zindagi
Tara ra ra ra ta ri ra.. Tara ra ra ra ta ri ra' Tara ra ra ra ta ri ra'tu zindagi
Tujhse mein kya kahu'tu hi mera sukuun' sang tere rahu..tu zindagi
They depart from the hug. Armaan hold her face with both his hands and they both looks into each other's eyes. A smile approached in Armaan's face but a tear approached riddhima's eyes
R: (in a moist voice) I Love you armaan
Listening to this armaan's eyes also get filled up with water and they again hugged each other..
Background Music (female):
Asmaani rang hu, pyaar ki boond hu, roshni ka odh hu..meri teri dhoop hu
Tujhse hi hai meri bandagi..tujhse hi chand hai
Saaya tera mera aasmaan' tu mera Armaan hai
La la la la la la laaa.. La la la la la la laaa.. La la la la la la laaa..tu zindagi
Mera izhaar tu
Mera iqraar tu
Pyaa hi pyaar tu
Tu zindagi'
Ar: I Love You riddhima


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Graduate Summer opportunity to advance research (G-SOAR)
The summer application is now available. To be considered for the G-SOAR program, you must select "G-SOAR" in item 9 of the online application and follow the guidelines on the Graduate Summer Opportunity to Advance Research Program webpage when preparing your cover letter.
Is the G-SOAR Program the same as the NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP)?
No. Students participating in the G-SOAR Program will be appointed as NIH interns and considered a part of the NIH SIP. Although they will participate in some SIP activities, the G-SOAR Program has different eligibility requirements, a different admission and placement process, and a unique summer curriculum.
How can I learn more about SIP?
The NIH Summer Internship Program (SIP) is described on the SIP webpage.
I was in the NIH SIP last year, am I eligible for the G-SOAR Program this year?
Yes. Past NIH SIP students are welcome to apply to the G-SOAR program.
Should I follow all of the advice on the video discussing the NIH SIP application process? Specifically, should I be e-mailing NIH investigators to search for open internship positions?
Applicants to the G-SOAR Program should NOT reach out to NIH investigators regarding potential laboratory placements. Paricipants will work with program staff to find appropriate placement; applicants who arrange their own placements, or who are admitted through other NIH intramural internship programs, will not be able to participate in the G-SOAR Program. All other advice contained in the SIP application video DOES apply to the G-SOAR Program.
I want to work on an NIH campus outside of the Bethesda, MD area. Can I still apply to the G-SOAR Program?
Yes. G-SOAR students are required to attend orientation June 3-7, 2019 and weekly program meetings on the main Bethesda campus. However, OITE staff will consider requests for students to work with research groups on other NIH campuses.
Is the application deadline for G-SOAR Program the same as the deadline for the NIH SIP?
No. The deadline for the G-SOAR Programs is 11:59 pm (EST) on January 15, 2019. Your full application including your recommendations must be submitted by January 15, 2019. If you select the G-SOAR program but fail to complete your applications by the December 22nd deadline, your application will be added to the general pool of applications for the NIH SIP, which has a later application deadline.
I am an international student. Can I apply?
No. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents attending colleges and universities in the United States, Puerto Rico, or other U.S. territories may participate in the program.
What is the minimum GPA to be considered for the program?
There is no GPA requirement for the program.
I am a masters student entering a PhD program in the Fall. Am I eligible for the G-SOAR Program?
Yes. You are eligible to apply with the permission of your PhD program.
Are letters of recommendation required?
Yes. Two letters of recommendation must be submitted through the online application system. Please provide the email addresses for two recommenders in your application. Once you submit the application, an email will automatically be sent to each person providing further instruction. We only accept letters in electronic format. IMPORTANT NOTE: Both letters must be received by the application deadline.
Who should I ask to write my letters of recommendation?
We suggest you ask research mentors and/or college professors, especially those with whom you've worked in a science course or lab for your letters of recommendation.
Is an official transcript required?
An official transcript is not required to apply. However, if you are admitted you will be asked to provide an official transcript before final appointment to the program.
What type of research will I be conducting?
Your summer project highly depends upon the research group in which you are placed. The NIH Intramural Research Program includes a broad array of basic, translational, and clinical researchers working in all areas of human health. We welcome applicants in all science disciplines and will work with you to create a meaningful summer research experience.
My university runs on the quarter system, and my finals do not end until after the G-SOAR Program begins on June 4. Am I still eligible to participate in the G-SOAR Program?
Unfortunately, our program starts with a week-long orientation and leadership course; we cannot accommodate students unable to arrive by June 3, 2019. We strongly encourage students who attend schools on the quarter system to apply to the broader NIH Summer Internship Program, which has flexible start dates.
Will housing be provided during my stay at the NIH?
The NIH is unable to provide housing for summer interns. We can offer some information that may help you in finding a place to live. However, any information we provide is just that; it does not constitute advice, nor are we endorsing or approving any companies or services.
- The Moving Guide prepared by the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education provides housing suggestions along with informatio on virtually everything you will need to know about moving to Bethesda, Baltimore, or Frederick, MD.
- Rocky Mountain Laboratories has created A Guide to Help You Move to Hamilton, MT.
- Club-PCR Yahoo group is for young scientists in the Bethesda area; to join send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com. You can use this listserv to find housing, sell items, arrange carpooling, or gather information. This Listserv is not associated with the NIH, and you should use an email address other than your NIH email address to subscribe. Please state your name and reason for joining the group when you request membership. Join Club-PCR
It might help you to known as well, that the NIH is on the Red Line of the D.C. Metro at the Medical Center stop . Getting around via Metro is a very convenient form of transportation.
Will I be paid for my summer efforts?
Yes. Interns participating in the G-SOAR Program will be paid at the same stipend rates as other SIP participants.
How many students are accepted into the G-SOAR Program?
Up to 20 students will be accepted into the program.
Can I take a summer course or work at a part-time job during the program?
No. You may not take courses or work part-time during the program. Furthermore, we are not likely to approve any evening courses or volunteer experiences that are likely to detract from program and research activities.
When will I find out if I have been accepted into the program?
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Strong applications may be notified shortly after a completed applications is submitted. Offers will be extended on a rolling basis on or before January 8, 2019.
If I am admitted to the program, what happens next?
We will verify your eligibility and to begin the placement process. All students must show proof of U.S. citizenship or permanent residency status and submit an official transcript prior to the start of the program. You will be guided through the process of contacting investigators and selecting mentors. We will make every effort to place you with a research mentor whose work interests and excites you. However, the quality of the experience is impacted by research environment, so we encourage you to be flexible and accept our guidance during the placement process.
What about if I am not admitted?
We will release your application into the broader NIH SIP applicant pool and we will assist you with reaching out to NIH investigators to look for positions. If you are not interested in the NIH SIP, you may withdraw your application from the SIP database.


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10 Famous Families With Huge Secrets
Just because you're from a family that has fame and fortune, doesn't necessarily mean everything is rosy. In fact, in many cases, it's just the opposite. Families who are in the spotlight often have huge secrets that don't surface for years. It may shock and surprise you to hear that some of the most glamorous families and individuals don't have the nicest pasts or presents. Whether it was a sexual molestation scandal, a sibling rivalry that ended in the worst way, or a teenager who watched her mother shoot her father, these are the biggest secrets of Hollywood's most famous families.
Charlize Theron doesn't often talk about her traumatic childhood, but when she was just 15 years old, she witnessed something that not many kids have to. One day, when her abusive, alcoholic father was threatening her and her mom, her mother shot him fatally in self defense. The always-smiling blond beauty shows no signs of trauma to the public eye, but that kind of thing has to stay with you forever.
The Duggar family, made famous by their show "19 Kids and Counting" was hiding dark secrets while they looked all happy and God-praising on TV. In 2015, it was revealed that one of the son's, Josh Duggar, had sexually molested five young girls, two of which included his sisters. He was also caught on the adultery site, "Ashley Madison". Even after all this, his wife, Anna, has stayed by his side. Jep Robertson of "Duck's Dynasty" had his own traumatizing experience with sexual molestation, when he was abused by a girl on the school bus when he was just six-years-old. He outed the abuse in his tell-all book, co-written by his wife Jessica.
Julia Roberts may be known as one of America's favorite sweethearts, but her family was doused
in scandal when her half-sister, Nancy Motes committed suicide and put blame on her siblings for sending her into a deep depression. She colored Julia as a villain and her fans were surprised to say the least. And you'll never guess what Jack Nicholson found out about his family. Let's just say his sister wasn't who he thought she was, and she passed away before he could ever get the whole story.
In a time of such advanced technology and social media platforms that make everyone think they have to share every aspect of their lives, it's no surprise these secrets came to light. Today were looking at 10 famous families with huge secrets. Let's go!


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Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere
Anne Hilde Neset
Bent Sørensen
Claudia Molitor, Anna Koch & Pascal Jardry
Dreamers Circus
Elle-Mie Ejdrup Hansen & Marie Højlund
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Hafdís Bjarnadóttir
Hugo Morales Murguia
Jette Hye Jin Mortensen
Johannes Kreidler
Kaj Aune
Kundi Bombo
Lars Petter Hagen
Lina Laplyte
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Marina Rosenfeld
Niels Rønsholdt
Okkyung Lee
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How would you characterize the artistic potential?
I believe in the old notion that everything can be a work of art, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". What art does is consciously (or sometimes unconsciously) re-organising, arranging or simply pinpointing stuff that is already out there. In that sense art can be as powerful or as insignificant as the spectator decides it to be. It has the power to create revolutions or simply go unnoticed; I tend to think that the difference is a matter of chance, luck and good timing.
What opportunities, qualities or restrictions do you experience in the sound as material?
An important subject in my work is the generation of complex sound structures ("noise") with conventional/ traditional instruments, from my perspective a fascinating subject involving its own problems, paradigms and multiple solutions. Subjects which I try to explore in each of my works and in different ways.
What do you think characterizes a successful work?
Personally a successful work to me is when I managed to finish on time, 95% of what I wrote is possible and 5% sounds better than I imagined. I do not recall meeting these three characteristics at the same time in any of my works yet, and that is maybe why I keep on trying.
On the works of colleagues and other disciplines I normally enjoy when there is a clear dialogue between the material, the tools and the idea. I find these pieces the most resonant in my own work.
What does folk culture represent for you?
I think that artists are inevitably influenced by their surroundings, and all those day-by-day experiences and interactions with a particular environment accumulate and filter out in many different ways to the creative process. In that sense folk culture, and in particular folk music, is the origin of all music. Nonetheless, the way an artist decides to force its nationality into its own work as a distinctive musical element is of course a personal choice, I prefer to believe in the universality of art and the constant flow of conscious and unconscious decisions and influences persistently in secret dialogue determining an art work.


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Fig. 36.
Hold the pack, with the ace of clubs on the top, in the left hand, between the first finger and thumb. The other fingers should be so disposed under the pack as to leave a space between the first and middle fingers. This space, is for the reception of the card to be exchanged, in this instance the ace of diamonds, which is held between the first and middle finger of the right hand. To effect the change, bring the hands momentarily together, and place the ace of diamonds between the first and middle fingers of the left hand; the thumb and first finger of the right hand taking, at the same time, the ace of clubs from off the top of the pack. Just before executing the change, the thumb of the left hand should push the ace of clubs slightly off the pack, so that it may be in a favourable position for the finger and thumb of the right hand to seize. The action must, of course, be instantaneous and unaccompanied by the slightest hesitation or bungling. There must also be an auxiliary movement of the body from right to left, without which it is exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to execute the change unperceived. The left hand must also be taken away from the other, at the same moment, the feat being practised until it can be accomplished in one movement, the hands not dwelling together for the most infinitesimal period of time. The learner should first practise by saying to himself, "Now here I have the ace of diamonds, and, by simply rubbing it on this table" (here give the body a half turn from right to left, and execute change), "I will transform it into the ace of clubs." This form of address should be used when exhibiting the change in this its most simple form before spectators. The chief principle to be engrafted on the mind is, that the first half of the change is performed with the right hand and the second half with the left—the two movements being interwoven, as it were, with the body swing. On no account must the hands be brought suddenly together and then parted as if something had been snatched away. This method is the one in general use, and, for ordinary purposes, I can scarcely recommend any other. By its means, it is as easy to exchange two, three, or more cards for others as a single card. The cut (Fig. 36) illustrating this change shows the two hands in actual contact. It will be seen that the actions of leaving the one card and taking the other are simultaneous.
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What it boiled down to is having to move up to a CCD format that would utilize the DV recording system to its capacity. This led me to try out several cameras. I ended up looking at Sony VX2000 and TRV900. I could not distinguish any important differences between the pictures these two DV cams produced, and being size was important (I travel back and forth between Asia a lot), as was being able to discreetly use the camera in candid situations. The TRV900 excels in this area, providing the professional quality picture, while still being small enough to carry in places you would never take a full size camcorder.
I think most users will be pleased with the manual override features of the TRV900. I found the manual focus ring on the lens barrel to be a familiar and comforting design feature. You can manually control shutter speeds, aperture and gain, white balance, audio levels, to name the important ones.
Low light performance is awsome. I was able to even get a distinguishable picture in moonlight, albeit using the max gain and slowing the shutter speed way down, but the camera could see as well as I could. Under a street lamp, the TRV900 delivers a picture like that of a news camera live shot. It looks rich, detailed and noise-free.
I find where the TRV900 excels is when shooting colored lights, such as Christmas trees ablaze with lights. The TRV900 keeps the chroma and lumanence aligned for a rich, crisp reproduction of the colors. Point source lights are the "Kryptonite" of super cameras, and generally look terrible, especially on NTSC composite cameras. Not so with the TRV900. Sony made some good decisions with the way the camera handles too much point source light, too, creating a slight 6-point star flare effect when really bright point sources are viewed. I photographed some crystal figurines in a local mall and was marveling at how nicely the camera augmented the specular highlites. It looks like a QVC commercial.
In general, I find the picture to be nicely balanced, have the right amount of contrast, saturation and hue tones. Under the various lighting found in a mall, the camera doesn't try to overcompensate for changing light--it maintains the mood of the lighting of each store we shot footage of. It truely captures the warmth vs. the coldness of different stores' lighting.
Well there's my thoughts on the TRV900.
Now here are the comparisons between the Canon ZR10, my old RCA CC437 VHS camcorder and the Sony TRV900. Same subject, slightly different times, but same lighting and similar angles. All three images captured with Dazzle DVC-II MPEG card. I make note here that all of the ZR10 shots are in the ZR10's best mode, ie., image stabilizer OFF, while I left the steady shot feature of the TRV900 ON. Many seem to think stabilizers degrade low light performance.
|CANON ZR10 - Here we can see how badly the resolution degrades in
"low light" -- in this case, a few hundred watts of floodlighting. Live output,
directly off the image sensor.
|RCA VHS camcorder - Here is live output. It looks MUCH better than the
|Sony TRV900 - Tape output, which puts the TRV900 at a slight disadvantage, but it's so much better than the other two that the slight loss from tape is insignificant.
More Comparisons...
|CANON ZR10 - Under strong fluorscent lighting. Whites are somewhat dingy and a dark fringe appears near the top white areas that border the background. Dazzle DVC-II capture.
|Sony TRV900 - Truer whites and more detail, despite my taking in a larger view of the scene. Dazzle DVC-II capture.
|CANON ZR10 - Moderate lighting. Noise is quite visible, and resolution seems fuzzy even though the camera is focused. Dazzle DVC-II capture.
|Sony TRV900 - Even though this is a slightly wider angle shot, more detail is clearly visible with no discernable noise. Note the superior dynamic range here. Dazzle DVC-II capture.
|CANON ZR10 - Fairly bright fluorescent lighting. Noise is quite visible here in the darker parts of the model, but resolution seems better. Colors don't really pop out. Dazzle DVC-II capture.
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With a great degree of attentiveness, Dalia Adel (43) polishes her red scooter, parked in the historic Hussein district of Old Cairo.
She pauses momentarily to say: "This scooter is my only practical means for transportation in the streets of Cairo, saving me countless hours that could have been spent in traffic, and money that would be spent on gas or taxis."
Adel studied English literature at the Faculty of Al-Alsun (Languages) at Ain Shams University, and subsequently taught English for a few years at a prominent English-language center. A resident of the relatively upscale district of Heliopolis at the time, a trip to work meant trekking 15 long, congested kilometers to the Agouza district on the other side of town.
Choosing to avoid Cairo's perpetually overcrowded public transportation system, she bought a motorbike to drive to work every day.
However, soon afterwards, she decided to switch to a scooter, which she affectionately nicknamed Marika, purchasing a matching red helmet with it.
With her red scooter and helmet, Adel glides through the streets of Cairo, and over the past few years, many young women have begun to follow her lead.
The sight of a woman driving a scooter or motorbike in Egypt, even in large metropolitan areas such as the capital, is still relatively taboo, often exposing these women to harassment. However, in recent years, many young women have flocked to the relatively versatile vehicle, amid Cairo's ballooning congestion problem, which costs the country an estimated $6.5 billion per year.
Taking Initiative
For Basma El-Gabry, a recent graduate from the Faculty of Commerce, it did not suffice to simply drive a scooter in the streets. She decided to go one step further, launching an initiative to teach other young women to ride scooters under the hashtag #girlsgowheels.
She tells Raseef22 that she had always wanted to learn how to ride a scooter, which to her constituted a means of evading the constant harassment most women are exposed to on a daily basis in the streets and on public transportation. In a city with a population of over 22 million, set to grow by another half a million within the year, overcrowding is inevitable and sexual harassment is rampant.
According to El-Gabry, driving a scooter is easy enough, but the real challenge lies in navigating Cairo's potholed streets, as well as the frequent harassment. Moreover, scooter drivers are exposed to breakdowns and accidents.
"It took me a while to become experienced enough to deal with these challenges, and so I decided to launch my initiative to share this earned experience," she says.
El-Gabry launched the Girls Go Wheels initiative about three years ago, with the aim of making it a reference point for young women across the capital.
Without a headquarter, she led this mobile campaign to teach young women to drive scooters for small fees. She further provides them with advice on where to obtain licenses, where to go for maintenance, and how to avoid road risks. Under the initiative, about 150 young women were taught how to drive scooters.
El-Gabry notes that the initiative has the wider benefit of saving gas, making it more environmentally than other forms of transportation.
Combatting Harassment
Many of these young women have turned to scooters as an escape from the various forms of sexual harassment they face on a day-to-day basis. According to a UN report, approximately 99.3% of Egyptian women have been exposed to some form of sexual harassment in their lives.
As far as Dalia Adel is concerned, riding a scooter gives her a great sense of freedom, in spite of the restrictions imposed by society.
"I learned how to ride a scooter in one class. When you've been driving a motorbike for years, you learn how to maintain your balance, which is predominantly what is required to drive a scooter," she says.
As for El-Gabry, she views the scooter as her weapon to combat harassment, as well as what she perceives as regressive local traditions that shackle young women in different ways.
From Capital to Coast
About two hours northwest of Cairo, in the coastal city of Alexandria, Shaimaa Ali stands by her scooter on the corniche.
The law graduate learned how to ride her scooter four years ago, at a time when young women on scooters was still an extreme rarity. Nonetheless, she ventured forth into the new experience.
Sparking the curiosity of other young women like her, she soon found herself bombarded with questions from young women who seemed eager to follow in her footsteps.
Thus, she decided to launch her own initiative in Alexandria, a scooter school named Let's Scoot.
"Four years ago, there were only four of us [women] riding scooters in Alexandria, including me and my sister," Ali tells Raseef22.
Ali is not satisfied to simply teach young women to ride scooters and repair them; she also gives them strategies on how to deal with parents' objections, and how to confront harassment or incidents while driving.
"Within the first month of the school's inception, I had taught only 30 women. The numbers increased exponentially thereafter, and today, thousands of young women can drive their scooters with confidence in Alexandria," Ali says.
Similarly, Shams Al-Gaarany cannot imagine her life without her scooter. The 20-year-old began driving two years ago in Alexandria, to travel to college. She also wanted to prove to herself that she could learn something new.
But first, she had to convince her parents. In an overwhelmingly conservative society, where most young people live in their parents' home until marriage, the majority of Egyptian families would likely resist the idea of a young woman on a scooter. However, contrary to her expectations, Al-Gaarany's parents agreed straight away.
She nonetheless faced various challenges when she first began driving. For many young women in Egypt, navigating the streets is a challenge under any circumstances. Al-Gaarany recalls a time when a man tugged at her hair while she was on her scooter.
In another incident, a man followed her until he knocked her off her scooter. But with every incident, she recalls that she was able to emerge stronger and more experienced.
Echoing Past Battles
In Al-Gaarany's opinion, the struggle young women are facing today resembles the past battles that Egyptian women had to fight to drive cars.
"In two years, the number of women riding scooters will rise to record highs. It's simply the best way to travel here," she says.
The history of feminist struggles in Egypt has witnessed various stages, and saw Abassia Ahmed Farghaly become the first Egyptian woman to obtain a driving license in 1920, though the license was issued in France. Nonetheless, she paved the way for the millions of women that would follow her.
For her part, Al-Gaarany began uploading video clips on her personal account, encouraging young women to ride scooters, while speaking honestly about the challenges they would face.
"If you decide to buy a scooter, know that you will be treated like an alien by other Egyptians. People will look at you with shock, but fear not," Al-Gaarany says in one of these clips as she smiles.


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Friday, November 21, 2003
Before the invasion of Iraq, the Flash epic "wargame" here was being linked to by lots of people in their emails. I looked at it again today; on the whole it holds up well (better than say the Pentagon's predictions of what would happen, in some ways) but it's fascinating in the ways that it assumes things, as we all pretty much did, that turned out to be wrong. In fact it hinges on the notion that Saddam has all sorts of WMD, including nuclear. It also runs the "Arab street will rise up" line which as ever turns out to be overstated, although of course the absence of mass riots in various capitals does not imply that the invasion has not helped recruitment for al qaeda and other nasty groups. It also has Saddam being killed.
The past's future of course is always naive. But it's surprising to me how naive so recent a past's future is. If you see what I mean.
Thursday, November 20, 2003
The Danger of Travelling Via The US
I have blogged about the Maher Arar case before and it's getting a new round of blogosphere-attention. Bits of the story that seemed less certain before are now being pretty much confirmed, and it's even clear which Justice Department official deserves to rot in hell for giving the specific order that this should happen.
Slightly less horrific, but nevertheless disturbing, a Canadian citizen of Indian (specifically Goan) extraction was deported earlier this year while in transit back to Canada from India. For, umm, having a Hispanic-sounding surname, which the Chicago INS officials were unable to cope with from someone of her ethnicity. This remarkable display of fuckwittedness was resolved only when the Kuwait Airlines crew on whose plane she was deported helped her out by contacting Canadian diplomats; the INS had not allowed her to get in touch with her own country's consular officials, as in the Arar case.
I am especially concerned about this because a philosophy colleague of mine (of South Asian ethnicity) is going to spend a few months in Chicago next year and it starts to look disturbingly possible that we will have to rally round and get him freed from INS limbo if it turns out the INS don't approve of metaphysics in the Oxford tradition.
(Actual philosphers will realise from that last sentence that I don't actually understand what work it is that my colleague does. Ho hum.)
This is too horrible to write about.
Somebody take me back to the late 90s, please.
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
TPM reveals that... TechCentralStation is nothing but astroturf. How embarrassing for them!
Shorter Nicholas Kristof: The Democrats have failed to suggest coherent alternatives to the current Iraq strategy (he does not note various immediate and practical suggestions that have been made by Democrats: that the Iraqi Army might be restored, unilateral privatization should be avoided, and Ahmed Chalabi shunned). Instead, they should suggest that the Iraqi Army might be restored, unilateral privatization should be avoided, and Ahmed Chalabi shunned.
He is, alas, clever Oxonian that he is, channelling the spirit of Friedman here a bit, and playing a bit fast-and-loose as well. He quotes Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, as saying "I actually think that Bush is the greatest threat to life on this planet that we've most probably ever seen" in evidence of his argument that the UK and Italy are keen to withdraw from Iraq. He must know that there has been no serious suggestion by British politicians that this should or will happen. He should know that the Livingstone line, from yesterday's press conference, was made specifically with reference to Bush's pathetic-excuse-for-an-environmental-policy, not his pathetic-excuse-for-a-foreign-policy.
It's very far away, but it's going day by day
At some point I will have to write a post explaining how I came to believe, wrongly, that the near-unilateral invasion of Iraq was the least bad of all the plausible alternatives; mea maxima culpa.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
OK, my traffic logs show the world *is* going crazy over nasi lemak - the food, not so much the website/allegedly-incisive political commentary etc - for the second day in a row. It's the Eastern hemisphere's fastest-growing food sensation!
Oh god. Collective punishment. And all for the folks watching on TV back home, I guess, because this is the worst god-awful thing they could do in local terms, leaving aside the moral question. (If anyone can show me collective punishment actually working as a counter-insurgency measure, I will retreat to the formulation that this is a rational outrage. Currently, however, it seems like an irrational one, aimed more at releasing emotional tensions than achieving anything.)
I think this, if it really is part of a general strategy rather than an isolated war crime, is enough to swing me to the argument that things might actually be better if the coalition forces just exited, rather than staying to do this sort of thing. Cobble together some sort of UN intervention force...
In other news, the Guardian's poll shows everything rosy in the garden of New Labour, with a majority in favour of Bush's visit to the UK - including a majority of young people. I think, though, that this is far enough out of line with previous polling on the subject to make one suspicious that this is an outlier, and their random sampling happens to have picked up way too many New Labourites. This thought is pretty much confirmed by the fact that every other question they ask produces big swings from the previous month in a pro-Blair direction. Unless other polls start producing the same results, this just doesn't look very convincing.
Monday, November 17, 2003
Chris Bertram at Crooked Timber links to some fascinating material from Columbia symposia on Constitutions, Democracy and the Rule of Law. Although CB mentions Gerry Cohen's argument that, roughly speaking, if you are an oppressor state, you have no moral standing to criticise what the oppressed do in direct consequence of their being oppressed, he also does not create a comments link for this story - it's as if he thought that the Cohen paper would be grounds for a fiery and unhelpful comment debate, or something. I can't imagine why that would be...
There is other interesting material in the symposia - things said by Przeworski and Gambetta especially. I would comment further on these if this post were not procrastination for the paper I have to give in twenty three hours and fifty two minutes time. The Cohen paper is eloquent, thought-provoking, and, in essence reminds me why I didn't take political theory any more than I had to as a graduate student. There is something basically wrong in the Cohen argument and I can't quite finger out what it is or the point at which it occurs. I think it's something to do with the difference between, on the one hand, moral standing, and on the other hand the empirical likelihood of your insincerity. If (one of Cohen's examples) the person who has kidnapped your child chides you for your lack of parental concern when you refuse to pay the ransom, it's not so much that the kidnapper lacks moral standing as that you have to believe, as a matter of your practical understanding of human psychology, that the kidnapper is either insincere or mad. Whereas, empirically speaking, I'm not sure if the same is true of an oppressor who says "If only the oppressed fought our soldiers rather than attacking our civilians" - it seems quite plausible to me that this person would be sincere. In that case doesn't moral standing derive from sincerity rather than location?
As I said, not a thing I would want to do professionally. In fact I have the highest approval for my decision to avoid political theory: for my Masters degree I was taught political theory by the great Professor David Miller. After the end-of-course exams, at a drinks party or something, he asked me how it went, and I said, in full self-deprecating say-something-nice-to-me mode, "Well, you know, I'm no political theorist". There was a short pause, then he said, "Hmm", and started nodding his head. "Yes."
(He was right, too - my theory paper was about a class and a half worse than all my other papers, though I blame the weather or something for that).
This site has now been running, and hence I have been dorking around on the LoserNet, for a bit over a month, and it gets two kinds of traffic. The first comes from blogs, and is usually about 90%, and the remaining 10% is from people searching for (recipes for?) nasi lemak on Google and Yahoo. Nasi lemak is a rather wonderful dish (described above), which is why I chose it as my nom de cuisine and I have been happy to provide a few links to online recipes to help those searching. I can't vouch for the quality of the recipes, though - I've only ever had nasi lemak made for me. When we go to Singapore my mother-in-law has it delivered every morning for breakfast, and rather wonderful it is too - roughly equivalent, I suppose, to kedgeree, but much hotter (the sambal belachan - chillies, vinegar, sugar, dried prawns) and much creamier (the rice), and with fresh little fish (ikan bilis) or slightly bigger yellow fish (ikan kuning). There is a little Malaysian cafe in Chinatown in London, which I think is called Kopi Tiam, which does a decent nasi lemak, too, and I think the Malaysian restaurant opposite the Odeon cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue also does it, though I usually have their excellent lamb sambal & would advise against their disappointing sayur lodeh. Makan lah!
Well, today, about 90% of my traffic so far has come from people searching for the food, which is a huge increase on the usual amount. Which is, you know, fine, but a bit puzzling - why is the world so much more interested in this dish today than on any day for the past six weeks? Probably writing about this topic will make it even worse...
I have a paper to finish by tomorrow. This dorking around on the LoserNet is excellent procrastination.


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It's a mix of things, the circle is almost the same as my wedding band, and of course I cant go past the dragon, being that I have a large tattoo collection of dragons. I'm not sure about the dragon, may have to change it for a less detailed one so when its stamped in on photos its more recognizable.
Here's a couple of test photos with the logo on, still a work in progress I think.
So after a 1am callout this morning, (ugh .. I'm getting to old for that) I decided to spoil myself and get a new bottle of scotch.
Signatory Bruichladdich 21 year old … oh yeah
According to http://www.whiskygalore.co.nz/
"Classic Bruichladdich on the nose with fresh ripe fruits (notably melon) and apricot, it builds to a creamy, buttery flavour and a striking salty twang on the edges of the palate with becomes quite dry. A classy old dram that shows you don't need peat and smoke to be a great Islay whisky."
I'm not sure about the apricot, my noise and tastes aren't that subtle, but its definitely got the buttery creamy thing going on. Its smooth and silky, no hard edges at all on the after taste. It's going to match up well with the slow cook pork belly I've got in the oven for dinner tonight.


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21 Sep Kids Chores
The topic of chores does not often strike a good chord with anyone in the family. Mom feels she's a nag and Dad doesn't want to be the bad guy always jumping down kids' throats to get them moving. It often feels so much easier to just let it slide, do it yourself and have peace and quiet. Right? Easy yes, but not the way to go. Kids need to understand that being part of a family is a great privilege and honor. We love each other and we want to help each other. We've received a lot and we want to contribute back. Kids don't think this way, but you must see it in this light. Chores can develop a greater capacity for loving and self-giving.
As soon as your children have either interest or ability in helping out, enlist them. Don't wait for them to volunteer. The kids who are natural tidy-uppers will, but most won't. You are the one to put them in gear – nicely, firmly and regularly. Whether you have only one child or a dozen, be aware that chores provide fertile training ground for much good. Like what? Let's see:
- Chores build character (for example personal toughness, responsibility, generosity, patience, perseverance, obedience, and order)
- Chores teach life skills – how to take care of yourself (cooking, cleaning, laundry etc.)
- Learned early in life, these life skills will free up time and energy for more important responsibilities (school, work, family) once they leave home, since the skills are already second-nature.
- Chores build confidence, healthy self-esteem, and independence.
- Chores build a sense of community in the family. Everyone pitches in and everyone benefits by having more family time together with mom and dad.
- Children learn the value of work well done and the importance of dependability.
- By allotting chores, things get done faster. Everyone has more time for fun. There is a greater sense of teamwork, and less sense of resentment, particularly by the mother.
- Children need to feel they are needed and their contribution in the family makes a difference. This gives them a greater sense of belonging and security. Chores provide that opportunity.
- Children have a greater capacity to help out when guests are coming, time is at a premium and parents are stuck due to illness, hospitalization, absence, the birth of a baby and so forth. What an invaluable help this presents!! What self-esteem this can build in a child! All this being said, we still will have attacks of procrastination, whine-aramas, and bums glued to couches. Don't despair. We all face it. But don't give in.Start young. Teen years are too late. The lazy hormone kicks in big time by ages 12 and 13. If you haven't laid good work habits prior to that time, you probably won't get the cooperation later. You have more important battles in the teen years, so start young and be consistent. The important thing is to understand the child's abilities, demand what is reasonable in quality and quantity, and most importantly praise, praise, praise. Kids want to see that their efforts, big and small, count and are worthwhile.Here are some tips:
- Preschoolers (2-3 years old) have short attention spans and little ability. However regularly get them to help pick up toys, tidy a room, make their bed etc. They work best when you do it with them. Motivate through great music, singing songs together and little perks. Small kids don't understand time. Sometimes we work for the span of 5 renditions of the ABC song or Twinkle, Twinkle. Another good method is when/then. For example, when we finish ….(putting the puzzle away, cleaning up the dinky cars ) then we will …. (watch a show, have lunch, play hide and seek etc. ) So strategically think of regular fun moments in the day and precede them by small tasks. Stay calm, smile a lot and don't give way. These little guys need to know you are in charge, gently but firmly.
- As they approach school age, demand a little more. At one point my twins (4 years old at the time) enjoyed getting a job chart in the morning. It would list 3 or 4 duties for each of them, either drawn or written, and a reward listed at the bottom. The jobs were short, manageable and very helpful to me. It would vary each day. For example – put all the cushions on the couch, put all toys in the living room in a basket, put all shoes in a row. They loved it, enjoyed getting stickers or check marks and were rewarded with something that made them happy, like their daily short movie, a yummy snack or a fun game with mom. Kids also love to work with music. Others might enjoy a race against the clock. Keep the tone positive, because these are good work habits you are forming and kids don't need a drill sergeant or major hag on their back.
- Once school age, they should be regularly helping out. Realize no chore at any age can be delegated unless you take the time to train them. Some ideas:
- Have them first watch you do it. (For big chores like bathroom or room cleanup, I write out each step on a cue card so they can remember the sequence and approach. The cue card is stored in a drawer in the room for future reference.)
- Next time walk them through it, offering lots of encouragement and a bit of a hand.
- Then supervise them doing the whole thing, offering lots of praise.
- Once competent, it's theirs. That ensures the job is done and to your liking.
- Eventually, you can fine tune the job to include other details or higher standards.
- Stick to a predictable routine. Decide upon it as a family: who does what, when and how often. Post your chore chart in the kitchen. This alone will save a zillion battles.Make sure there is enough time to get the job done too. They don't operate at adult speed, be patient.
CHORE Jan/May/Sept Feb/June/Oct March/July/Nov April/Aug/Dec Tidy, vacuum, dust main floor Tidy, vacuum,
dust second floor
Clean bathrooms Tidy toy room
sort toys, vacuum
Wash something, either
floors, walls or windows
- As much as possible stick to your routines. In my house, for example, Saturdays are always house chore days. We all know 1-2 hours are needed to accomplish the mission and it has priority before any fun stuff. Because we are consistent in enforcing it, there are few problems. Kids in my house know no chores, no computers. They bite the bullet and pull their weight.
- Expect what you are willing to inspect. Kids get easily distracted and are quick to pack it in. If you expect them to do the job, you must take the time to inspect the work to see if and how it was done. When your kids know you will be checking, they are more apt to make the effort. I often give kids time frames, ie. I want the work done and inspected before supper. Don't hesitate either to get them to re-do sloppy work. You can teach a lot of good work habits and attitudes in this way.
- A word of caution: Don't over or under use your children! Kids who are self-propelled, conscientious workers have a tendency to be overused by you. Be very careful in this! You can drive kids to great resentment if they realize they are being excessively used. I have heard so many women say they don't want children because their childhood was burdened by excessive work and little play. Be careful! In the same way, some kids seem born slackers. You must put their butts into gear and get them to pull their weight. Don't hesitate to hold back privileges (TV, computers, desserts etc.) if they don't follow through. Here the question is one of obedience and generosity. Be nice but be very firm and stand your ground. Understand each child's strengths and weaknesses; demand appropriately to help them achieve balanced character and harmonious development.
- When your kids start complaining "It's always the same old thing", take note. Maybe they need change and variety. Offer to rotate the chores, either on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule. In my house, the kitchen chore list rotates on a daily basis because that's what the kids liked best. However, they voted that the house chore list rotates monthly. Complaints may also mean it's time to move on to a newer and more challenging chore. Your kids are growing up. Think of something more grown up to introduce them to.
Regardless stick to your guns in getting your children to do chores. Kids mature not when they can take care of themselves, but when they can take care of others. Chores are a beginning in that direction.
- Beds made, bedrooms tidy on a daily basis (or school children lose 5 min off computer time for each day not accomplished).
- Weekly house chores as shown in chore chart below (no Saturday computer games for anyone until everyone is done).
- Kids take turns making breakfast for the family with dad.
- Starting in Grade 1, they make their own lunches. We provide possible contents on the counter and they "throw" it together on their own. Must have a drink, sandwich, fruit and/or snack. None are pre-packaged.
- Chore schedules are posted in the kitchen after a family meeting where everyone decides who does what for that year.
- By high school: The kids do their own laundry, ironing, and mending. They also assist mom in grocery shopping, menu planning, and cooking meals. Our kids start off small in each item and work their way to total competence. Some are slower than others and level of enjoyment varies with temperaments. Our kids are not paid for these chores. They know it's their way of showing thanks for all they are given in the family. This does not mean they never slack off or test the limits. We stand firm on co-operation. It's all about teamwork and together we make it happen.
- Age Appropriate Responsibilities by Catherine and Joseph Garcia-Prats (used with permission)
Good reads on this topics include:
mrsclenjean's Housekeeping with Kids by Tara Aronson
Confessions of an Organized Family by Deniece Schofield
Secrets of Discipline by Ron Moorish


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The Hongkong's person swims one of Thailand heat, be located in Bangkok downtown human relations wrap around the Buddhist nun the mulberry 崙 by the park flea market (Suan Lum Night Bazaar) faces approach change. Bangkok leet already promulgated south make shut the place, next meeting approach make authorities 3000 business door include shop, dining-room, small feed reach change of theater of famous and traditional puppet show to go out, so that shopping market of a market mixes build the hotel large spending at a suit place.
Thailand authorities Zhou Er publishs advertisement to make a statement in newspapers of local much portion, announce the court adjudicated development business P on January 30. The mulberry 崙 flea market lease that Con Development and authorities sign already was in ○ 4 years of at the expiration of one's term of office, need capture to pay the fine of about 24 million HK dollar; The small tenement inside all night fair needs to go out in the change inside 30 days, the person that violate will face confiscatory belongings imprisonment.
Hu Hui is strong: Have native land distinguishing feature
According to the report, authorities had signed a long-term lease with Central Pattana group last year, and Central Pattana is intended in mulberry 崙 the shopping market with the complete top Thailand of former address build of flea market and hotel are built group. P. Con Development expresses to already put forward to appeal, when needing as a result of proceeding, imply mulberry 崙 flea market at least still but add manages a year.
Hu Hui of Thailand travel expert is strong express, to mulberry 崙 flea market is about to shut feel regrettablly. He calls subway of this market vicinity stands, traffic is very convenient, add many cate, handicraft tastes seasonable outfit sale, have native land distinguishing feature extremely; Around every night also berth travels completely cling to, flourishing of free of stream of people.
As to whether to have other tourist attraction replaceable, hu Hui develops proposal journey group to be able to choose the Saphan Phut of adjacent Thailand palace, it is very pure night fair likewise. Except delicate handicraft is tasted, also have secondhand wave shoe and jeans sale, many abroad and secondhand inn also enters goods here. In addition, also can choose a surname of another night fair to spend a surname (Jatuja) , but be confined to reachs weekday to just do business Saturday.


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This package consists of 12 buttons in total, spread out on two different button sets. PSD included.
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We all see it. Many live chat vendors offer proactive chat, but cSupport do not. Why?
In this post we will try outline our ideas of why proactive chat is an aggressive and unnecessary feature. We simply cannot understand how anyone would wish to force a chat on to their visitors thus annoy or hunt them away.
Our idea of Proactive Chat Invitations
Of course Proactive Chat Invitation can be of good use in some specific cases. Sometimes people do not notice the chat or sometimes they just need a "push" (in the right circumstances!). Some situations it is perfectly fine to ask your visitors how you can help them. But this is not the case with the majority of websites. In most cases it is a very bad idea to take away peoples own choice. Usually, the people who actually want to chat with you will find the chat, as it is usually on every single page floating somewhere. Why then would you want to push it down peoples throat?
Proactive Chat Invitations = Annoying Marketing Pop Up
A marketer thinks it is an excellent way to channel people into their chat/advertisement/lolcat image by using inline "proactive chat invitation" popup. But in reality who likes popups if they don't request it themselves? In our view, it is a bad 90′s idea. Of course if you want to use old Internet Gimmicks like count down, popup and so on, by all means go for it. But if you run a serious business, please consider these thoughts. Read more
We have been thinking about this and decided to offer FREE live chat for your website. Now the free version is pretty limited but hopefully get you an idea of how the system works, and should be useful enough for single user usage. With time we will add much more features to all of our products, including this free version.
As always we are extremely happy to get your feedback. It will help us develop one of the best live chats on the market!
We're proud to finally announce cSupport live chat system for the public! This is going to be one of the best alternatives in the big market of live chat systems. It has been a long and bumpy road, but now we have finally arrived, and would therefor like to thank all our beta testers for the great feedback they have given us. You will be receiving a little present to show our gratitude (check your emails). Without you it would have taken so much longer.
cSupport is our first exciting venture project with the Dream Conception team. The goal of cSupport is to take the fight up with all the big players on the market. We believe live chat solutions should be affordable for everyone, that being from the small business to the innovative entrepreneur. Read more


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Overall Deadpool 2 was very good and I enjoyed the majority of the movie. If you liked the original Dealpool (2016), you will definitely enjoy this one. It continues on in the same vane as the original, with a rated R comedy that breaks the forth wall; uses juvenile-adult humor, and hyped up moments which get pulled together with a bit of a plot.
Deadpool 2 follows the events of Deadpool (2016) with Ryan Reynolds playing Wade Wilson a.k.a Deadpool, a.k.a the Merc with the Mouth. He has been continuing to work as a mercenary and killing people he is hired to do. He gets pulled into a scenario where he get connected with a mutant kid Russell a.k.a Firefist, played by Julian Dennison, and has to get together a team of others to protect him from Cabel, played by Josh Brolin, a man who has come back in time from the future to kill Firefist. Returning from the first movie are Wade's girl Vanessa, played by Morena Baccarin; his friend Weasel, played by T.J. Miller; fellow Mutants, Colossus, voiced by Stefan Kapicic; and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, played by Brianna Hildebrand; and taxi driver Dopinder, played by Karin Soni. Also introduced is Domino, played by Zazie Beetz, a mutant who signs on to help Wade.
I enjoyed Deadpool 2 and it definitely met my expectations and wants, which for a sequel of an enjoyable, wildcard movie is a very good and not so easy thing. Although it is not as good as the original Deadpool (2016) it brings back the same energy and overall mood of the original. It is not as natural in some of the delivery, seems a bit more lazy with the story and "twists," at times seems a bit forced (they thought it was funny/clever and continued to go with it, instead of looking at how it could be better or tweaking different moments). Although it was not as good as the first, it is still very good and fun and will satisfy those who have been anticipating this sequel.
The big complaint I have with the movie is that there is no real development of any of the side characters or build up of their motivation. Cable's motivation is told to us as the audience but there isn't a chance to feel or connect to it. They use Colossus and Negasonic but these two seem more just there to be there and to go "hey, I remember them from the first movie." I didn't really care for this rendition of Colossus in either Deadpool movie and Negasonic was overshadowed by Yukio, played by Shiolo Kusuna. Domino was brought in and she was fantastic, I really liked this character and thought she was fantastically cast. I just wanted more of her. Basically the supporting cast could have been used much better. I do not know anything from the comics or background of these characters so cannot already bring in knowledge or connection about these characters. They are a clean slate for me and I only know what the movie shows me.
Although some of the characters are more flat than I liked. They all were well casts and overall played well together and off of each other. The few things I didn't like were script/ direction/ production choices and in no way stop me from wanting to see more of all of them playing off each other. I saw all the potential and the little glimmers and wanted more.
The plot of the movie is enough to keep the story going but there were some issues with putting things in that were thought of as being needed for one reason or another but just gummed up the works or were very predictable. There was only one thing that I didn't see coming but it was one of those unnecessarily added items. Unfortunately for the flow of this movie, I liked the middle part the best. The beginning was a bit much for me with trying to force its meta angle and being a bit feeling like the production thought they were being clever with what they were doing but that smugness came across in the movie. This is excluding the opening credit sequences as this was done really well. And the ending was just predictable and seemed a bit like a cop out. When the middle of the movie outshines the beginning and end it ruins the flow. Also I would have liked more jumping around with the order of events like in the first Deadpool.
I knew going into Deadpool 2 that there was going to be the gross and rated R type juvenile-adult humor, but I could have done without the butt stuff. It was too much for me and seemed more lazy than anything else. It could have still had the gross out and "really, they did that" feel without it being that. This of course is my personal opinion and is how I tend to feel about any type of joke like this in any movie (see any of my reviews about modern OTT gag comedies).
While watching Deadpool 2 I could see that the they were having fun with it and that the production team, and actors, specifically Ryan Reynolds were continuing to have fun with these character and glad to be making a second film. There was high production value and I could see the care and effort that was put into everything in the movie. At times this resulted in the unnaturalness/forcedness of some moments but overall resulted in a well make and put together movie.
I will continue to complain about up close and too tight in action sequences and this movie upped the anti with just regular closed up shots as well. This movie didn't need it and could have used with wider shots and seeing more of what was occurring then just the focused focus. The CGI was alright but still obviously CGI. I don't like fully CGI characters and this along with thinking it unnecessary added to the noticeable CGI at the end oft he movie.
I would really like to see where Deadpool fit in with Marvel overall but as it is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe I don't see this happening. After the movie I realized that something about all the other Marvel movies was missing (comment below what you think that is)
Overall, I enjoyed this movie and will most likely see it again but it is not the gem which the original was, but I would definitely recommend this to anyone who liked or even just enjoyed the first movie. Don't expect it to be what the first one was, as emotionally we cannot experience without comparing it to the original.
My Rating = 3
P.S. There are extra scenes so make sure to watch these. I don't really like them but can anything compare to the extra scene from Deadpool (2016)?


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Lauryn Hill Performs at Portuguese Music Festival
Reclusive R&B legend Lauryn Hill performed for a crowd of over 40,000 at a music festival in Lisbon, Portugal this past weekend.
Hill headlined the Festival Dos Oceanos 2010 in Lisbon, Portugal on Saturday, July 31. The free concert was formed as a commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Portuguese Republic, which also featured UK singer Estelle.
The former Fugee member performed a selection of hits from her extensive catalog, from 'Doo Wop (That Thing)' and 'Turn Your Lights Down Low' to Fugees classics like 'Ready or Not' and 'Killing Me Softly.'
Lauryn Hill's next scheduled performance is the Rock the Bells tour, which begins on August 21 in Los Angeles, California.
Check for footage of Lauryn's performance in Lisbon after the jump. Looks like she killed it.


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Ewha Selected the Best University for Hosting Foreign Students
Ewha has been selected the best university for its capacity to host and maintain foreign students by the evaluation carried by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
The evaluation was initiated to strengthen the quality of hosting foreign students. The number of the foreign students studying in Korea has increased and reached the total of 90 thousand a year. 347 universities were evaluated through quantity evaluation and some excellent cases have been evaluated through field evaluations. Ewha is known to have achieved high scores in every categories of the evaluation.
Ewha has been ranked the upper 5% of the Korea universities in the ratio of students participating in outbound programs and exchange programs. Ewha was recognized for providing complete system to invite excellent students through well informed curriculum and actual syllabus to the potential visiting foreign students. Ewha also newly established the Global Service Center for the foreign faculty and students providing information of corporate internship programs and presentations for entering the graduate schools.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology intends to set up a good standard in hosting and maintaining foreign students through this evaluation, thus enhancing the quality of the maintenance of the foreign students and motivating other universities to benchmark model cases.


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Holy Week
A time to gather and celebrate new life.
Holy Week
A time to gather and celebrate new life.
So much leads up to Easter Sunday, it's hard to pick only one moment or a single service to emphasize. For some people, choosing an option or two is just how it works into the schedule... The best thing is to start where you are. You don't have to believe it all or understand it all. There's a place for you in this community wherever you are in your spiritual journey.
For me, I love all the services — each for a different reason. The bold, brassy sounds of Palm Sunday and Easter. The sense of togetherness on Thursday, the mysterious darkness on a Friday that sometimes is hard to call "good." Saturday's Vigil, though — it takes my breath away every time. The flames leaping from the fire, the stories shared; water, word, oil of gladness.
All of it brings joy at another year's reminder that nothing can stop God's love for us. Not life or death. Not depression or anxiety. Nada. Nichts. Nothing.
Of course, each of the services is getting at that from a slightly different angle. In word, silence, song, and action — all of them breathe life into us so that our own lives get something of a new start. A burst of life and joy. A spark of hope. Everyone is welcome. Really.
I hope to meet you at Gethsemane soon.
- Pastor Joanne Engquist
Scroll through the Holy Week Schedule below.
Service begins with a procession and offerings of outerwear to share with people in need.
Evening Service shares communion in the context of a light, Mediterranean-style meal.
A contemplative service of songs, readings, prayer, and silence around the cross.
A service taking us from darkness to light and from death to life.
Service is preceded by a light breakfast available from 8:30 am-9:30 am.


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These tear drop dangle earrings will have people green with envy. These earrings feature pear cut upper stones, one on each connected to two larger pear shaped emeralds on the bottom. This style resembles falling tear drops. The top and bottom are connected by a swinging connection. Each stone is set in 3 prong settings and the settings are high quality 18K polished white gold. The total carat weight of these earrings is 1,01 carats. The clarity grade is a VS1, meaning there are some very small inclusions that may or may not be seen with the naked eye.
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Nowadays, Thailand has become one of the popular tourist attractions in the world, and every year more and more tourists choose to travel t this country. Why? Why so many people throng to Thailand? Following are some reasons to explain this phenomenon.
It is budget. Yes, this is the most important reason for travelling to Thailand. It is quite cheaper than other countries. Although it is very budget, you can also have a pleasant holiday.
Thailand is well-known for its relaxing massages and spas, which are comfortable enough to make you get rid of exhaustion easily.
People here are very hospital and sincere, and you will feel just like at home. Through the whole process of travelling in Thailand, you will always be welcomed with smiling faces, which surely make you feel delighted.
Another reason is the delicious Thai food, which attracts tourists from all around the world to come here. It is quite unique and you may never find in other places. What is more, Thai food is also budget. So don't worry about your wallet, just enjoy its delicacy freely.
In addition to its delicious food, there are also many tourist attractions in Thailand, some with natural beauty, and some other with profound cultural backgrounds. Thailand is an ancient country and has many fantastic temples.
Of course, Thai beaches are another important reason for people choose to have a trip to Thailand. You can take a dip in the crystal blue water or just enjoy a sunbath on the beautiful beaches. At night, beaches are even more beautiful in the moonlight.
There are a lot of activities you can do in Thailand. Thailand is a country of elephant, so you can try to ride on an elephant and roam around. In addition, there are many dense forests suitable for trekking.
It is also very convenient to book a hotel reservation in Thailand. You can book in advance online, so when you arrive in Thailand, you have no need to worry about accommodation.


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People always complain about variants being released as PBandai. I know a bunch of store owners, and they all say the same thing. PBandai is the best choice as sometimes the kits just don't sell. Last year, we got a bunch of the GM variants and frankly they're not all popular. No one wants to have stock just sitting on their shelves. Just because YOU like the kit doesn't mean that everyone does. At least with PBandai, stores can do an inventory beforehand to avoid this.
As for the price, stop buying them from American sellers. They charge the cost of shipping, plus money to actually make money. Pay attention to new kit releases and order from Taobao, Gentei kits, etc. You'll pay the cost of shipping plus like 10 bucks for the stores profit.
Or better yet, make a friend overseas. If i ever really want a kit, i have my friend pick it up for me.