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There are plenty of less-than-ideal women in Jane Austen's novels. Lucy Steele is a pert, pretty kiss-up in Sense and Sensibility. Innocent Catherine Moreland is completely taken in by the flirty, wily, money-hungry Isabella Thorpe in Northanger Abbey. The noisy/ nosy Musgrove sisters can't keep their hands off Persuasion's dashing Captain Wentworth. Sister Lydia runs off with the wicked Wickham in Pride and Prejudice and cousin Maria is ruined by that charming cad Henry Crawford in Mansfield Park. Not a one of them can hold a candle to Becky Sharp, our delightfully devious anti-heroine of the classic Vanity Fair. Becky, daughter of a starving artist with the barest pretensions to gentility, is a cunning young woman who is determined not to let something as trivial as social status stand in the way of greatness. Becky is the opposite of her fellow classmate Amelia Sedley, a wealthy girl who's everything a lady should be—delicate, kind, simpering, and simple. Becky, like any good heroine, seeks the security of a good match, but she's much keener on money and rank than love and companionship. Becky hitches her wagon to the Crawley family, who employs her as a governess and is a perfect target for her sugary charms and seductions. The Crawleys have a handsome son, and Becky can play the sweet young thing to a tee. Becky and Amelia meet again as wives of fellow soldiers and as their fates unfold against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, author William Makepeace Thackeray playfully satirizes both the upper-class society of his day and the novel-of-manners style of literature with this "novel without a hero." The unscrupulous Miss Sharp has remained a perennial favorite of classic literature due entirely to her wit, charm, considerable sex appeal, and dead refusal to play by the very strict rules of her era. For readers who wish Jane Austen had occasionally pushed the envelope just a bit more, the exploits of Becky Sharp are ideal indeed.
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Rebecca "Backy" Sharp
Scorned for her lack of money and breeding; manipulates her way through society; uses her wit, charm, and sex appeal to escape her destiny as governess; Rawdon's wife; married poor but wheedles money out of people; abandoned her child whom she dislikes; destroyed her husband; alienated her friends and family; gained posession of Joseph's money.
Amelia Sedley
Loyal to her self-centered husband, George.
Rawdon Crawley
Becky's husband; loves sports, gambling, and women.
George Osborne
Amelia's husband; neglects his wife and forgets her when her fortune has vanished and he is disinherited; does not appreciate his friendship with William; infatuated with Becky.
Joseph Sedley
Amelia's brother; loves fine clothes and worships nobility; falls in love with Becky.
William Dobbin
George's best friend; in love with Amelia.


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Randy "PaPa" Adcock, 55 , of Foreman, AR died July 25, 2012 in Ashdown, AR. Randy was born to Freida Adcock and the late E.J. Adcock on December 8, 1956 in Oak Grove, LA.
He is preceded in death by his father E.J. Adcock and one son, Joseph Adcock.
He is survived by his wife, Tammy Adcock of Foreman, AR; his mother, Freida Adcock of Foreman, AR; one son and daughter-inlaw, Bo and Bethany Adcock of Pocola, OK; two daughters and sons-in-law, Rachel and Dennis Bates of Foreman, AR, Shelby and Chris Patterson of Foreman, AR; four brothers, Wayne Adcock of Foreman, AR, Gene Adcock of Hope, AR, Roger Adcock of Houston, TX, and Mark Adcock of Texarkana, TX; two sisters, Adonna Brantley of Pioneer, LA and Sherri Alberts of GA; and eight grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday July 29, 2012 from 5 to 9 pm at Madden Fuenral Home in Foreman, AR.
Funeral Services will be Monday July 30, 2012 at 2:00 pm at First Baptist Church in Foreman, AR with Jimmie Woods and Hershall Lee officiating. Burial will follow in Marvin Cemetery, Wallace, AR.
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The Slow Family Living Movement
"My dream is that I have a home where my kids want to return and spend time, so that we don't, at the end of childhood, we don't have to have these disconnections that can so frequently happen," says Shore- one of the mothers interviewed for an article on this movement. Surely you've heard of it by now:
It's basically what it sounds like: slowing down and being mindful of what is or isn't working for your family. It's not so much saying you can't enroll your kids in any activities or classes, but just to be mindful as to whether or not it's actually nurturing the family connections that are important to you.
If you're curious, there's a lot more information in this article about the movement started in Austin by the co-founders Contey and Noll. You can also check out their website, Slow Family Living.com.
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I get nervous about 'movements'. Attachment parenting, Slow Family Living. I might start my own movement. I'm going to call it "Moderate Parenting" and the mantra will be, "holy f*ck, just be reasonable."
Movements like this are just begging to be broken, like a strict rule. Don't want a disconnect? The end result might be grown children who resented your choices, and who felt overly-sheltered and segregated from their own childhood. Can we please stop placing labels on ourselves, our children, our family activities, and our lives, and simply be Moderate?
i agree, sounds like something kids will eventually resent. ;)
Whenever you're making buttons, Luna, I'll wear my HF(!)JBR badge every day. I feel like common sense has upped and left us. It would be great if we could all just do good things, with good intentions and talk to our kids.
as far as I'm concerned, everyone needs some therapy. If I can raise my son so he only needs a LITTLE therapy, I'll give myself a pat on the back and a nice bowl of wine. Moderate Parenting: Shooting for Pretty Damn Good.
Luna, you are a genius! I am so ready to rock the pre-school scene with the Moderate Parenting Movement.
HF, count me in too!
Another mommy shooting for pretty damn good.
I'll admit I don't delve deeply into a lot of this stuff, but I thought the entire point to the "slow family" movement was to be moderate. A sort of kickback against the modern tendency to sign kids up for a million after school activities and tutors and trying to rev up for college in middle school. That sort of thing. At the same time I don't think any of those folks are calling for a very extreme opposite approach like never taking kids out of the house. So it seems to me that they're already aiming for a more moderate, less extreme form of living with kids.
After reading the whole article, it actually sounds pretty moderate. Seems like folks are simply reacting to the term
"movement" rather than what the article is about, which is living a mindful family life. As a teacher, I can tell you that kids today are way too programmed. My students feel like to have to excel at everything or else they aren't good enough. As a new parent, I look to the families at my school where the kid goes home and bakes cookies or plays cards and I'm impressed. I think this article is a useful reminder. Now, I don't think I need to go take a class... but if others have that kind of expendable cash... well, more power to them.
I'm wondering if some of you even read the article - or just didn't comprehend it.
"We don't think anything is categorically bad or good. Look at it mindfully."
Just be aware - not oblivious.
I am a bit tired of judging everything: except design. Is this a design-focused blog still?
I am for whatever floats anybody's boat, not my life.
I agree with amypurple.... is this a parenting blog, or a design blog?
Um, says, "home. design, children." right up there near the name. So this seems fair game.
forgive me, patrick, for I am most likely wrong - but my understanding is that Ohdeedoh is a blog that focuses on child-related design topics.... not general parenting?
I don't mind the occasional parenting post, but there seem to be more and more of them and less posts about design for children.
I think posts like these are what makes ohdeedoh (and AT) different from other design blogs. It explores not just design but life style which has a huge impact on how we live. This post is about exactly that, the how life style can impact children and to be aware of it.
I like occasional articles like this. It adds a level of depth and discussion that wouldn't normally be there in a design blog. Quit whining
Thanks for the link to the mission statement, hnhkt. I think it really illustrates why this article is just right for ohdeedo: part of the mission is making our homes healthy. Isn't our, and our children's, mental health a HUGE part of that? Let's not forget the GOAL (below mission) of reducing our reliance on stuff. Mm-hmm.
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I get nervous about 'movements'. Attachment parenting, Slow Family Living. I might start my own movement. I'm going to call it "Moderate Parenting" and the mantra will be, "holy f*ck, just be reasonable."
Nervous? Good grief, for someone so moderate and praising moderation in childrearing, you are not very moderate in your statements at all. Attachment parenting has been around since our species were hunter-gatherers. It's not a movement.
Some of you need to see Babies or read Our Babies, Ourselves and stop labeling cultural practices as aberrations.
I've never witnessed so much cynicism over a harmless article.
If you don't like it, move one!
Sometimes we need "movements" in order to get a wake up call. If you don't agree that "most" families today live in chaos, then your head is buried in sand. Most of us need to simplify our lives, and get back to basics. Look around and see what's happening in our world. Most people are in debt, overweight, and struggling to survive because they are living a life created by the media. Is this the kind of life you want your children to live?
And, no, Luna is not a genius. And, I doubt any of you who seem to be following her like sheep bothered to read the article!
"What we're really wanting families to do is to kind of check in with themselves and figure out what is important to them about family life."
Brilliant. Sounds more like "common sense" than a "movement" to me. As a teacher myself, I would sure appreciate more families taking this approach to their family lives. I see major benefits in the classroom with kids who come from these type of families. Sorry if some of you couldn't be bothered to read the article.
Who cares......about this crap.. I really think the HF JBR shit was hilarious! Besides that...the article really wasn't extreme...just seemed kinda hippy dippy to me. Whatever, I run around busy, my kid eats a happy meal once in a while and I make her go to ballet even if she doesn't want to that day because I payed too much money for the stupid class. As long as you make time to just "be" with your kid and let them know its not what you do but the time you spend together then its all good. Its ridiculous we need a "movement" to talk about something that seems so natural?! Movements are for self important people who feel the need to "contribute". FYI you are contributing just being with your children...not wasting your time teaching a class about it.
p.s. lunafaerie5...I like your cynicism....its hilarious and actually refreshing to read someone with a sense of humor not so afraid of offending someone...heaven forbid someone's parenting views are offended.
Lunafaerie's tips for parents are spot on: be reasonable, and get yourself some therapy. And in case you can't tell, I don't think the therapy comment is cynical at all. I think it's just the opposite.
Yes, attachment parenting has been around since the beginning of civilization, but there also *is* a movement of people who yell and scream that anyone who isn't as OMG-attachment-parenting as they are is traumatizing their child.
Oh, I can do this. Money is TIGHT since I've been made redundant. So kids are not overloaded with activities because they cost money and I'm there to pick them up every day as I have only found a little work as of yet. We're slowing it at the moment. I think kids tell you when they're getting overburdened with it all anyway.
I'm actually down with the "Slow Family" idea, but calling it a movement is pretentious and dumb. It's only so parents can feel they're making a conscious choice, with external validation, so they don't freak out about their kids thinking their family life is boring.
"I am NOT a boring mom, I am in touch with my children!"
Whatever. Personally I am proud to be a boring mom. My kids learn how to entertain themselves. When my coworkers and friends start to talk about how exhausted they are from all the ridiculous activities they take their kids to (Art exhibition for preschoolers? Really?) I don't preach to them about some movement. I look them straight in the eye and say "You're high." I laugh, they laugh. Nobody changes their parenting, because honestly, both ways are just fine.
i had to laugh that this is a "movement" that someone "invented." Righhhhht. Being mindful and slowing down your life/simplifying is something invented recently by a duo in Austin.
I will put two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen together and I will call it "liquid elixir" - I invented it. And you can drink it, you know? It will be the new movement. We can all drink it- and you can look back and say, "Wow, I read it on Ohdeedoh. I was there when this incredible person in Los Angeles invented it."


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I made this dress for my friends wedding ;>
Pale yellow and sweet pinks are overflowing in this dress full of ruffles.
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Its fresh in the summer and in the fall i can see it paired with leggings and boots.
Fabric is a silk chiffon i had found in L.A. quite some years back and they had sat in various boxes and drawers until i finally decided to give it a go at this dress.
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Jan 25, 2012, 07.04 PMby bhs
so lovely dress and color!
Aug 14, 2011, 03.42 AMby liliashp
Very pretty! Love the color combination, it looks great on you!
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Looks great! I've made up this pattern too, so easy, and it is cool and lovely to wear!
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You;ve done a great job. I have this pattern as well.
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OLALAAAH! I like it ;-)! And the shoessss, they match perfectly! You look gorgeous!!
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There are many useful and intriguing podcasts available in a different categories (music, education, tutorials, inspiration etc.,) offered for a wide range of purposes. Wouldn't it be great if you can export the iTunes podcasts feeds to an external music player which is equally rich in features like Rhythmbox.
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A man who fled to Korea 17 years ago while on trial for killing a northwest suburban woman in a DUI crash has been extradited and is being held without bond in the Cook County Jail.
Kyung Ho Song, 75, was extradited to the United States from South Korea and taken into custody by the Cook County Sheriff's Central Warrant Unit when he arrived at O'Hare Airport on Wednesday, according to a statement from Bartlett police.
On Oct. 11, 1996, Song charged with aggravated DUI and reckless homicide for causing an accident that killed one person and injured two others as they pushed a disabled vehicle along the side of a Bartlett street, police said.
Police said Song was impaired while driving a white 1993 Oldsmobile westbound on U.S. 20/Lake Street near Route 59 and rear-ended the disabled station wagon. Three of the car's passengers were pushing it at the time of the accident.
Sonia Naranjo, 43, died at the scene and two other passengers were hospitalized.
But during his trial, Song flew to Korea to escape prosecution, police said. He remained on the run until Dec. 11, 2013, when ICE Homeland Security agents and the Korean authorities arrested him on a U.S. provisional arrest warrant, police said. The Korean Ministry of Justice then authorized extradition to Illinois, where he will again stand trial.
At a hearing Wednesday in Rolling Meadows, Song was ordered held without bond, and his next court date was set for April 15.
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Almost 600 pages of world-famous transcriptions. Don't go to the gig without it.
Lyrics and verses included for every tune, when they exist.
The best tunes of George Gershwin, Rodgers & Hart, Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Horace Silver, Dietz & Schwartz, Burt Bacharach, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Michel Legrand and many more.


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85-year-old Connie Caltagirone is recovering after she was assaulted and robbed outside of her Mount Penn home on Monday.
Police say 23-year-old William Smith of Birdsboro followed Caltagirone off of a BARTA bus, knocked her down, and took her purse in the 1900 block of Perkiomen Avenue Monday afternoon.
Caltagirone's neighbor, Joyce Beekley, ran outside to help Caltagirone when she heard the commotion: "I think it was horrible [...] especially when a young man is chasing an elderly woman. It's really sad." Beekley said.
The attacker was gone by the time Beekley reached her neighbor.
Police say tips about Smith came pouring in after WFMZ showed a surveillance photo on the Berks Edition on Monday. He was apprehended hours later and arraigned on Tuesday. Smith's bond is set at $50,000.
Caltagirone will spend time in a rehabilitation facility until she is fully recovered. Both she and Joyce say they are not going to let what happened cause them to live in fear.
Police: Man busted for attack on elderly woman
85-year-old Connie Caltagirone is recovering after she was assaulted and robbed outside of her Mount Penn home on Monday.
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Please note that Prime Climb and Mountain Fun will be closed Monday September 1st for Labor Day. We will reopen at our regular time on Tuesday September 2nd
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FOR 20 YEARS, Prime Climb has been home to people who enjoy the fun and fitness benefits of rock climbing year-round. Experienced climbers get to hone their skills, while beginning climbers get an exciting introduction to the sport in a friendly and welcoming environment.
Our mission is for people of all ages to discover the fun and fitness benefits of climbing, provided in a comfortable, friendly indoor setting.
Let Prime Climb introduce you to the fastest growing sport in the 21st century, Indoor Rock Climbing. The sport of indoor climbing began in the late 60's in Europe and spread to the US in the late 1980's. When Prime Climb opened its doors in 1993 it was the first climbing gym to open in Connecticut, and at the time, only one of a handful of gyms operating in the US. In the beginning the sport was primarily enjoyed by climbers who used the gym for physical training and conditioning purposes. Today, indoor climbing on artificial walls, has grown to become a sport the can stand on its own or serve as a gateway to further adventures outdoors. Much like outdoor climbing, indoor rock climbing challenges the mind as well as the body.
This sport is perfect for active children, teens, and adults wishing to experience a workout that is challenging, exhilarating and fun. Climbing provides a unique combination of mental and physical challenges that will ensure continued interest in the sport and an all-around conditioning workout. Climbing also increases flexibility, strength, and endurance, while being immersed in single-minded concentration of the task at hand. What is gained is a sense of awareness, self-fulfillment, and confidence in yourself and others. With 20 years of experience in the industry, Prime Climb can help everyone acheive the climbing goals.


text: "And everyone I know is going somewhere / Everyone I know is moving up." It was inevitable. Living in Washington, D.C., transience is almost second nature. We move here to test our ambitions and once they've been conquered, the allure to move on is strong. No, I'm not moving, but news from several friends of new opportunities elsewhere have suddenly appeared in the last few weeks. I'd be lying if I didn't say this upset me, especially since the exodus (for most of them) is New York. It's a city I don't mind visiting (and often do), but have grown to resent for a number of reasons — its magnetic pull on my creative friends being one of them. I'm reminded not only of Fine China's "Moving Up" in this regard, but also the entirety of that oft-ignored pop band's third and final album, The Jaws of Life. I get the feeling that frontman Rob Withem wrote the lyrics at a similar point (and perhaps even age) in his life. It's about transition and the fear of stasis. Sure, he's sullen on The Smiths and The Cure, but Withem hit that rare instance where the words are accentuated by the melodies. He painstakingly thought about what it meant (and how it meant) to sing them. For a time, I thought I was becoming too settled into a D.C. schedule, but the last six months have proven challenging and often exhilarating. Five years have passed, but I feel like I'm just getting started here. I can't leave, yet, there is still so much to do. And for those that are leaving, may you find the community that I've found in us. Fine China moving on staying back D.C. New York City


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Szczur Advancing Along Nicely as Solar Sox Lead-off Hitter
The Mesa Solar Sox were drubbed by the Peoria Javelinas 9-2 yesterday in AFL action at HoHoKam Park in Mesa.
Only two Cubs played in the game, as Matt Szczur got the start in CF and batted lead-off, and Javier Baez hit 5th and played SS.
Szczur continued his hot hitting with a 3-4 day (he's now hitting 368/478/421), grounding a single through the 5.5 hole in his first AB, bouncing a chopper down the LF line (ball bounced just beyond the outstretched glove of the diving third-baseman) for an RBI double in the 5th, and collecting an infield single in the 8th (grounder hit to almost the exact same place as his 1st inning single, but this time the Peoria SS was able to back-hand the ball, with Szczur beating the throw to 1st). He also flied out to LF in the third inning.
The 23-year old Szczur appears to be developing into a decent lead-off hitter, and he's a good defensive CF, too. He's probably not ever going to be a slugger (his stroke is similar to Darwin Barney's), but he is starting to show a propensity for working counts and drawing walks, and if he can do that, he could be a legitimate lead-off hitter and CF (although whether that would be with the Cubs or some other MLB club is still TBD).
The ex-Cub Szczur reminds me of the most is Bob Dernier. If Szczur makes it, that's his comp... Bob Dernier.
Szczur hit 295/394/407 with 38 SB (12 CS) in 78 games at Daytona before a mid-season promotion to AA Tennessee, where he struggled, hitting just 210/285/351 in 35 games. But the AFL is approximately equivalent to AA, so if he can keep up his solid stick-work throughout the AFL season, that could bode well for Szczur having some success at AA next season.
Meanwhile, Baez went 0-4 in the game.
The 19-year old Cub batted in the bottom of the 1st with one out and the bases loaded, and popped-up a 2-0 pitch behind second-base. The Peoria RF dropped the ball while trying to make a running catch, but was still able to get a force-out at 2nd base as the runner at 3rd base scored. So no error was charged (because Peoria got an out at 2nd base), and Baez got an RBI (because the runner at 3rd scored).
Baez struck out (swinging) in the 4th on a 3-2 pitch, lined-out to third in the 7th, and grounded out to third in his final in the 9th.
(In 21 PA over five AFL games so far, Baez has no walks and seven strikeouts, although he also has two HR & eight RBI).
Baez handled all of his chances at shortstop today flawlessly, making a couple of accurate off-balance throws to 1st base, and making a nifty catch on a knuckling line-drive.
The big difference between Baez playing shortstop versus playing 3rd base is that when he plays shortstop, he is at the center of everything, and he really seems to take pride in the role of "field captain." He talks to all of the fielders (infielders and outfielders), directs guys around, reminds them of how many outs there are, etc. But when he played 3rd base last week, he just stood there like he was lost in his own little world, he didn't talk to anyone, and he appeared to be disengaged from the game (while making an error or a near-error on every ball hit his way).


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YouTube videos by Steve Boyko
CP 8874 at Carey 2014/09/21
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A southbound Canadian Pacific Railway freight train passes the Carey, Manitoba grain elevator.
CN Family Day Train in Winnipeg 2014/09/06 #4
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Another view of the CN Family Day Train in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
CN Family Day Train in Winnipeg 2014/09/06
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CN 102 led the train through St. Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2014/08/28 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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I did the ALS ice bucket challenge... please go to als.ca like I did and donate to help those suffering from ALS and to help find treatments.
CN 114 at Harte, Manitoba 2014/08/04
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CN 114 rolls through Harte, Manitoba. The train had CN 5621 and CN 5707 for power.
CN 403 Enters the Siding at Harte, Manitoba 2014/08/03
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CN train 403 passes the grain elevator at Harte, Manitoba as it takes the siding for CN 106. CN 403 had 2307, 8009, 5480 and 5548 for power.
CN 106 at Harte, Manitoba 2014/08/04
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CN 106 passes train 403, which had taken the siding. 106 had CN 8948 on the head end and CN 8944 as a mid-train engine.
CN 5652 on Train 532 Out of St Norbert 2014/07/25
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The daily train from Winnipeg to Emerson on the Letellier subdivision was heading out of St Norbert this evening... quite slowly.
CN 437 Leaving Lorette 2014/07/17
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Train 437 was "in the hole" at Lorette just outside Winnipeg. After train 438 passed them, they rolled on a few miles closer to Winnipeg, before stopping again at Navin. The life of a railroader.
The Canyon Central Steam Train
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The train heads out from Keystone toward its home base in Hill City, South Dakota.
Aboard The 1880s Train
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Riding the 1880s train between Hill City, SD and Keystone, SD behind their 2-6-6-2T Mallet steam engine.
Black Hills Central 110 in Keystone
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2-6-6-2T Mallet #110 pulls the passenger train out of Keystone, South Dakota en route to Hill City.
Riding a San Francisco Cable Car
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A little video from on board a cable car in San Francisco, riding up from Fisherman's Wharf.
Napa Valley Wine Train
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We caught the Napa Valley Wine Train heading home in the afternoon of March 23. Love to see those FPA4s working.
CP 6029 at Grande Pointe 2014/03/09
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CP 6029 and two CSX engines take the siding at Grande Pointe, Manitoba.
Oil Train at Meadows 2014/03/02
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CP 9757 leads an (empty) crude oil train westward past the former Paterson grain elevator in Meadows, Manitoba. CP 9353 was the mid train power.
CEMR 5396 in Winnipeg 2014/02/03
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The Central Manitoba Railway (CEMR) train crosses Wilkes Avenue to head south down their Carman subdivision. SD40 CEMR 5396 and GP9 CEMR 4002 were the power for a longish train.
Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Leaving Winnipeg
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The Canadian Pacific Railway Holiday Train travels across Canada, collecting food and raising money for local food banks. The train carries performers to put on a show to entertain the crowds. It's a great train for a great cause.
Canadian Pacific Holiday Train Arriving in Winnipeg
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The Canadian Pacific Railway Holiday Train travels across Canada, collecting food and raising money for local food banks. The train carries performers to put on a show to entertain the crowds. It's a great train for a great cause.
CP 8613 at Carstairs 2013/10/20
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CP 9610 and CP 8874 roll through the town of Carstairs, Alberta.
CN 5400 and 2640 leaving Winnipeg 2013/09/07
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After giving the VIA Canadian the rollby inspection, CN 5400 heads west. Check out the weird horn on 5400. This was shot at Diamond just outside Winnipeg.
Prairie Dog Central Train Returning From Grosse Isle
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Today's Prairie Dog Central tourist train with GP9 4138 on the point.
CP 9813 Morants Curve 20130721
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CP 9724 Morants Curve 20130721
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CP 9719 Webb Saskatchewan 20130726
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Interesting is all in the telling.
A brilliant series of minimalist typographic tributes to scientists and their discoveries by Kapil Ghagat (on Tumblr at bhagatkapil)
Best thing since these minimalist posters celebrating women in science.
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MYO - Wearable Gesture Control. This is wild.
"They have made all content, including music and newspapers, worthless..."
Tim Adams of The Observer sat down with Thom Yorke:
In the days before we meet, he has been watching a box set of Adam Curtis's BBC series, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace, about the implications of our digitised future, so the arguments are fresh in his head. "We were so into the net around the time of Kid A," he says. "Really thought it might be an amazing way of connecting and communicating. And then very quickly we started having meetings where people started talking about what we did as 'content'. They would show us letters from big media companies offering us millions in some mobile phone deal or whatever it was, and they would say all they need is some content. I was like, what is this 'content' which you describe? Just a filling of time and space with stuff, emotion, so you can sell it?"
Having thought they were subverting the corporate music industry with In Rainbows, he now fears they were inadvertently playing into the hands of Apple and Google and the rest. "They have to keep commodifying things to keep the share price up, but in doing so they have made all content, including music and newspapers, worthless, in order to make their billions. And this is what we want? I still think it will be undermined in some way. It doesn't make sense to me. Anyway, All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace. The commodification of human relationships through social networks. Amazing!"
It has been well over six years since In Rainbows altered the musical landscape on the internet. Fascinating the Yorke no longer thinks of that as a good thing.
[via The Verge]
Programming isn't just syntax and compilers, it's a whole logical thought process that shares the same process of building a home. You must have a great foundation of what computing is, how pieces work and how to really think abstractly.
Programming is great because there is never the "best" solution to a problem. Yeah, you can get that algorithm down to O(1) but you always strive to do it better, faster, larger scale then before even if before was the best.
Programming teaches you how to think differently. It teaches you to think abstractly and more of the how does this work, and the big why does it work this way. Your total thought process becomes a puzzle that you are constantly trying to solve.
Programming also teaches you patience. Programming is one of the most stressful and aggravating things you can ever do. Some people try it once and think what the fuck! I can't do this! then give up. Others will excel at the theories behind computer science but during implementation time, they become overwhelmed and let their code "run-away" from them. (Run-away means you lose the complete picture of what you are trying to create and solve)
Most unskilled programmers become frustrated. Start doubting yourself, then you just become flushed and become scouring google for more examples until you just try to copy and paste code into your program. This is your code getting away from you, you now have no clue what is what, where is this method? This is where most programmers give up, they can't figure it out.
A skilled and experienced programmer knows how to let their mind run free, they don't let problems and code run-away from them. They understand the complete picture and know the what and how of a FIFO Queue, Stack, Binary Tree, Linked List. How arrays work, what datatypes are best, what looping structures are better.
This is something that comes with experience, not one day of googling and understanding that.
Everyone can become a "programmer". Syntax and algorithms will come with time, but patience and your thirst for success must be something you stride for.
Zeroeh on what learning how to program entails (via Reddit).
Which is why I think sites like Codecademy.com won't last long unless they go through a radical transformation in terms of how they approach and structure the learning process.
These niched MOOC platforms contribute to solving the awareness problem of programming; they make it easy for the general public to jump the initial hump of learning how to write code.
However, these sites are largely focused on teaching the mastery of syntax rather than the adoption of a new logic. They still haven't figured out how to facilitate the creation of knowledge that adapts and carries over between programming languages - the type of knowledge that enables you to grasp the big picture and learn in a truly sustainable fashion.
I often think a planning career is a bit like that Jerry Seinfeld movie - Comedian. This is the tale of Jerry trying to construct a new act after vowing never to do any of his old material. He goes out night after night doing five minutes here and there, finding stuff that works, discarding stuff that doesn't, until he's got enough to constitute an act. It takes a long time. And that's what a planning career is like. Do it for long enough and you get an act. You get some examples, some anecdotes and some theories, which you regurgitate again and again, tailored to fit the situation you find yourself in.
Via Russel Davies.
This applies to the young strategist just as much as it applies to the young planner. Wise words to remember as you grapple with the frustration of not having developed your act fully, just yet.
A few years ago, he [Ken Anderson, Intel ethnographer] conducted an ethnographic study of "temporality," about the perception of the passage and scarcity of time—noting how Americans he studied had come to perceive busy-ness and lack of time as a marker of well-being. "We found that in social interaction, virtually everyone would claim to be 'busy,' and that everyone close to them would be 'busy' too," he told me. But in fact, coordinated studies of how these people used technology suggested that when they used their computers, they tended to do work only in short bursts of a few minutes at a time, with the rest of the time devoted to something other than what we might identify as work. "We were designing computers, and the spec at the time was to use the computer to the max for two hours," Anderson says. "We had to make chips that would perform at that level. You don't want them to overheat. But when we came back, we figured that we needed to rethink this, because people's time is not quite what we imagine." For a company that makes microchip processors, this discovery has had important consequences for how to engineer products—not only for users who constantly need high-powered computing for long durations, but for people who just think they do.
Graeme Wood, Anthropology Inc.
Fascinating account of corporate anthropologists, like those working at the ReD consultancy.
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"Agile doesn't have a brain. It's a delivery mechanism."
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