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Hot Stuff! NASA mulls 'urgent' space walk as ISS cooler conks out
NASA has ordered a partial shutdown of the International Space Station after one of the two cooling systems stopping the astronauts broiling stopped working unexpectedly. The ISS has two ammonia-based cooling loops placed outside the orbiting station that suck out the heat generated by equipment and personnel. On Wednesday one …
Have they cleared the space suits to work, after nearly drowning that Italian guy? Or will it only be Russians allowed to go for walkies?
It's either that, or look in the Yellow Dwarf Pages for a plumber... But I hear the call-out fees are horrific.
NASA still doesn't know the cause of the malf. So Russians only.
There's in-depth info at http://www.spaceflight101.com/space-station-encounters-thermal-control-system-failure.html
@iss101 is a NASA account tweeting updates, and you can view the current telemetry at http://spacestationlive.jsc.nasa.gov/displays/spartanDisplay2.html
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Have they tried turning it off and on again?
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They're halfway there.
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Proper protocol demands whacking with a hammer or other suitable heavy object first....
whacking with a hammer
You mean 'percussive maintenance'
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This is NASA, so its not that simple. First they have to make the hammer using the 3D printer, and then whack the cooling system with it, being aware of course of Newtons 3rd law of motion, otherwise you will have Gravity 2 : the sequel.
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Opening a few windows cools down my caravan in the sun.
Desperate for attention
Don't the Chinese have a robotic armada on the way to the moon at the moment? You don't hear much about it though.
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Their spacecraft is in Lunar orbit right now. They had said that they would be attempting a landing today.
DIY in space
Well who else is going to do it? It's a bit of a long trek to get a repair man in.
Do the pipes go....
'nurieek', 'rotut', 'hernunger'?
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And in the right order!
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Well, they *were*, and that was fine. "squeelookle" was what raised their concern.
I'd check for unexpected Sandra Bullocks in the airlock area ...
Re: Sandra Bullock - to be fair, the ISS would fit perfectly in the "Speed" series - "WE HAVE TO KEEP DRIVING IN CIRCLES! They told us if we got below seven kilometers per second, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEE!"
Instead of Ammonia, why don't they just pump in some James Brown?
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Or some Boney M.
So ... the ISS does not have any sort of parasol for passive cooling? Like a shirtload of solar panels? Or a mylar sheet?
No doubt there's a really clever reason why that isn't part of the design.
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Is that what you've got on yours Stevie? I bet you've got "Go Faster" stripes and a "Turbo" on yours as well haven't you?
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A parasol worked for Skylab.... except that it didn't.
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Well, yes, but it did, sorta. SKYLABs problems stemmed from a failure of half its solar array to deploy properly. AS I recall the parasol was not deployed as envisaged and even so did have a measurable effect on keeping the wretched tin can inhabitable.
Aren't NASA claiming that blocking the sun with mylar could reduce global warming? It just seems to me that you need a *lot* less mylar to stop ISS warming, or at least slow it down. I mean, that's why they sent people to the moon in lunar twilight. If you block the sun a major heating problem simply goes away - that's why they "barbecued" Apollo spacecraft.
It also seems to me that if you are putting kit into orbit where tools, raw materials and manpower are at a premium, passive solutions to problems are inherently better than active ones, especially active measures with moving parts.
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The ISS - and other spacecraft - have several thermal regulation challenges. First, the ISS gets loads of direct sunlight for part of its orbit. Second, the other part of its orbit is spent in darkness but, in the universe's biggest Thermos bottle, passive cooling through even un-insulated space station walls would not be rapid. Third, regardless of the exterior heat input, the ISS has tens of kilowatts of equipment and human metabolisms dumping heat into the interior.
The standard practice for spacecraft (and space suit) designers is to take charge of exterior heat loads by loading up on insulation, slowing down the intrusion of exterior heat. Then, usually, you only need to worry about cooling rather than both heating and cooling. (This doesn't work perfectly; space suits have recently added hand and feet warmers for extended operation in shadow. But insulation is still a useful first step toward gaining control of spacecraft temperatures.) The reflective aluminum and white insulation on the hull of the ISS also helps resist exterior heat input. The layering of a reflective hull and insulation is a parasol of sorts.
You can add a further parasol to shade the hull, like the emergency measure used on Skylab, but ISS makes that difficult by stringing out its modules into a complicated jumble that also changes its angle with respect to the sun throughout orbit. (ISS can be stabilized with respect to the sun if need be.) You'd thus need a lot of parasols, unless you wanted one big one that would probably at least partly shade the solar panels. It's easier to add more insulation, though. Multi-layer vacuum insulation is fantastically effective stuff.
Once you're done with the parasols, though, you have the issue of internal heating. The ISS uses an average of (if I recall correctly) about 35kW at any time, with its solar arrays making up to 125kW available. NASA addressed that heat load by telling the astronauts to shut down a lot of electrical equipment (e.g., experiments), leaving the minimum on.
It couldn't really do much about the ~1kW per occupant, though, not without getting lawyers and astronauts rights activists involved.
Anyway, when you're buried under all that insulation and have seized control of heat loads, you still need a way to get the heat out. That's where the radiators and circulating ammonia come in, at least until a valve sticks. Most manned spacecraft have used a similar approach of insulation and radiators: the shuttle's bay doors were lined with radiators while the shuttle was wrapped in insulation. Capsules tended to use heat pipes and insulation, and heat control measures like the Apollo "barbecue roll."
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Well, yes, except that I was envisioning a parasol only a few feet from the hull proper as an auxiliary measure, not the *only* one. No doubt there's a clever reason why having one attached to each module isn't a good idea since "if you can't block all the sun you shouldn't block any of it" seems a bit ... stupid to be honest.
I'm well aware that the electronics dump heat into the interior and that the humans dump heat (and water and CO2) into the air too. None of that is made any easier to deal with by the lack of any passive cooling measures like putting something between the skin of the various modules and the incident sunlight.
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Selective dining experiences are nothing new to Los Angeles. Since men with money have inhabited Southern California (a long, long time), supper clubs, password bars and country club luncheons have dotted the landscape. Some, like Koreatown's R Bar, aren't strict about the rules for entry, or paradoxically use the concept of exclusion to draw in customers. Others, like The Varnish downtown, simply don't tell you anything one way or the other. There's only an unmarked door along the back wall of one of the city's old sandwich vanguards, Cole's. Places like these rely on the passive expansion of in-the-know details to bring customers through the unassuming doorway.
Then there is the L.A. pop-up restaurant, the wildly popular cooking experience that gives potential diners few details and long waitlists, with the promise of expertly plated courses prepared by some of the hottest chefs in the city. Ludo Lefebvre, that tattooed Frenchman with a knack for foie gras, has made an incredible living, and a less-incredible television show, out of popping up for short stints in various kitchens across town. Elsewhere, downtown dinner parties like Craig Thornton's Wolvesmouth aren't so much about managing the secret eating experience as managing the waitlist, a cumbersome document that is packed with the names of patient diners who may not snag a seat until sometime later this decade.
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The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors awarded a $2.6 contract to Tyler Technologies for the purchase and implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) to replace its current financial, payroll and human resource systems.
In April 2012 the Board of Supervisors authorized the issuance of a Request for Proposal for the replacement of critical information technology systems. The county's current financial system known as FAMIS is nearly twenty years old and is reaching the end of its useful life. Only a small number of public agencies still use the FAMIS system. In addition the financial, human resource, payroll, budgeting and contracting vendors file systems are not fully integrated. Maintenance of the outdated technology and the numerous manual processes required to integrate various systems is increasingly costly.
Tyler Technologies of Yarmouth, Maine was one of 11 respondents to the Request for Proposal. The county selection committee and a team of staff from all levels of the organization reviewed the proposals and the ability of the each vendor to meet the functional requirements of the county. After approximately 18 months of research including individual reviews of departments with complex accounting requirements, and live "sandbox" demonstrations from the most qualified vendors, Tyler Technologies emerged as the consensus selection.
In addition, the Board of Supervisors also authorized $3 million to hire additional staff to assist with project implementation, consultants experienced in financial conversions, and limited term extra help on an as needed basis.
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Pantone Announces 2013 Color of the Year: Pantone® 17-5641 Emerald
An exciting announcement for graphic designers, fashionistas and color trend watchers, just in time for the holidays, color authority Pantone announced its color of the year—Pantone® 17-5641 Emerald. If the 2012 Color of the Year, PANTONE 17-1463 Tangerine Tango was perceived as reinvigorating and hopeful then Pantone® 17-5641 Emerald can be seen as a transition to a more introspective, balanced energy. Far from the avocado green popular in the 1970's, Pantone® 17-5641 Emerald is a deeper color, at once... CONTINUE READING
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Adobe has released Source Sans Pro, its first open source font family. The font is also being added to Typekit and Google Web Fonts to be freely available for use by web developers. Paul D. Hunt, the font's designer, announced the arrival of Source Sans Pro on Adobe Typblography and attributes his inspiration partly to the Gothic fonts of Morris Fueller Benton, a prolific American type designer responsible for typefaces such as Goudy Old Style, Franklin Gothic and Bodoni.... CONTINUE READING
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Pantone have created a Jubilee themed Pantone swatch in honor of the Queen's Jubilee year 2012. The project is in collaboration with Leo Burnett, and is a limited edition color guide to "mark the Queen's fashion-forward color statements". It is intended to be a "full spectrum of perfectly color coordinated ensembles" and city dates and occasions worn for a range of dresses. Leo Burnett is a global agency with offices in Bangkok, Bogota, Bucharest, Caracas, Dublin, Istanbul, Lisbon, MENA,... CONTINUE READING
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Renaultsport's top-of-the-line model holds the record for the quickest lap time of any front-driver around the Nürburgring. But while the hardcore R26.R that preceded it was a little rough-and-tumble, the new 265 Trophy is a properly sorted an everyday driver as it is a blistering performer. That's what the crew over at Fifth Gear found when they took the bruiser out for a spin. Follow the jump to watch their review.


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So look up! Because when we do, even for a moment, our view increases from here to infinity.
Yves Rossy: A Modern-Day Daedalus
Ovid's legendary tale of Daedalus and Icarus and their wings of feather and wax shows how flying has intrigued humans for as long as we have existed. Now, Swiss pilot Yves Rossy has achieved the first human winged flight. With a long career as a pilot behind him, Rossy is practiced in aerobatics, hang gliding, paragliding, skydiving—but his dream was to fly without being enclosed in an aircraft. After years of dedicated development and with the help of sponsors, he succeeded in building prototype wings, but they're not made of wax. They are constructed from light, strong carbon fibre and fitted with four kerosene-fuelled jet engines, but they won't allow him to take off from the ground. Rather, Rossy is flown up several kilometres, then drops out of the plane with the wings strapped to his back—and after a short freefall, the rigid 2.5 metre wings unfold and the flying begins. The jet turbines allow Rossy to accelerate to speeds of over 300 km/h, and uses his body to change position and control his flight—performing stunts such as dives, figure-eights, and 360-degree barrel rolls. In 2006 he became the first man in the history of aviation to fly with jet-propelled wings, and his subsequent flights took him over the Swiss Alps and the English Channel. But considering that his sponsors poured over $200,000 into his prototype, it's safe to say his design won't be commercially available any time soon.
How NASA might build its very first warp drive
A few months ago, physicist Harold White stunned the aeronautics world when he announced that he and his team at NASA had begun work on the development of a faster-than-light warp drive. His proposed design, an ingenious re-imagining of an Alcubierre Drive, may eventually result in an engine that can transport a spacecraft to the nearest star in a matter of weeks — and all without violating Einstein's law of relativity.
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Technological mandalas made from soldered computer components, by Leonardo Ulian, via the always excellent Colossal.
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As a former microbiologist recently turned visual artist, I seek to create work that is less of an intersection of art and science and more of a genuine fusion of the two. During my graduate research I invented a new medium that combines photographic process with microbiological practices. The process is very similar to darkroom photography only the enlarger has been replaced by a radiation source and instead of photographic paper this process uses a petri dish coated with a living bacterial emulsion. I believe that great beauty and poetry reside within the theories woven by scientists. And that it is through the unification of art and science that these treasures can be fully explored and made accessible to the world at large.
"I believe that great beauty and poetry reside within the theories woven by scientists."
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In extraordinarily high resolution with projection lights so bright they can be seen from the moon and astonishingly precise sound – IMAX is so breathtaking you'll want to reach out and touch.
Huge screens maximise your field of vision and state-of-the-art sound is tailored for each auditorium and finely tuned for each film. Immerse yourself in IMAX today.More about IMAX
Our licensed bar, Ambar, is the perfect place to relax, meet friends and have a drink. Serving coffee and soft drinks, wines, beers, spirits and cocktails you can find Ambar under the Dome to the right of the Box Office as you approach the cinema.
Since 1971, Costa has been serving coffee in true Italian style and is now at available at ODEON cinemas.
Creating great coffee is an art that takes time and skill to perfect. Costa use the finest beans, equipment and techniques to make sure that every cup makes the grade.
Enjoy a great coffee today.More about Costa
Treat yourself to a wide selection of snacks from one of our retail counters, from traditional favourites such as popcorn, nachos and pop to a varied selection of sweets and ice cream!
General Manager: Rachel Brown
ODEON Trafford Centre is situated in The Trafford Centre. The cinema has 20 screens (IMAX, Premier Seats, Ambar, Costa) 10 ATMs (6 on the upper level, 4 on the lower level). Parking is available at the Trafford Centre.
ODEON Trafford has a range of additional High Quality Retail Offerings.
Is a Premier Bar and lounge in which guests can enjoy a wide selection of beers, wines, cocktails, and soft drinks. AMBAR also serves Costa Coffee, and has a light bites food menu which offers a range of hot and cold paninis, baguettes, wedges etc.
Situated adjacent to the main foyer Costa Coffee provides guests with a high quality standard of hot drinks and snacks. These can either be eaten in the Costa lounge area or taken into the auditoriums.
Location Of Cinema
ODEON Trafford Centre is situated on the top floor of the Trafford Centre.
Multiple bus services operate from the local bus station situated next to Debenhams, just off Trafford Boulevard; the main routes are served by the Number 250, 100 and 22 buses. The bus station is located outside the Trafford Centre on the ground floor, where lifts and escalators service the entrance into the shopping centre. The Metrolink Tram service also runs from all around Manchester to Stretford, where the Metrolink bus can be caught for the remainder of the journey to the Trafford Centre. This bus stops directly outside the main Orient entrance, which is approximately 300 yards from the main entrance. A local taxi rank, operational from 10am - 00:00am daily, is located to the right of the main Orient entrance.
Car parks surround the Trafford Centre, and all have access to mother and baby and Blue Badge parking spaces at the closest points of entrance to the malls.
Taxi and car drop off points are available directly outside the Trafford Centre entrances within the car parks.
Access To The Cinema
The entrance to the cinema is open and can be accessed via lift or escalator within the Trafford Centre. The main entrance to the cinema is all level access. The box office, refreshments stand, ticket machines and Costa Coffee all have level access. Please be aware that there is slight incline on entrance to the AMBAR Lounge situated opposite the box office.
The box office, refreshments stand, ticket machines and Costa Coffee and Ben and Jerry?s counter have lowered points available for Wheelchair users. If you require any assistance, please ask a member of the team.
The foyers have no general seating areas, although Costa Coffee has guest seating available located on the left of the main foyer.
Male and female washrooms are located outside the entrances to Screens 1 to 6, Screen 7 and Screen 10, with fully accessible washrooms adjacent.
Access Within Screens
All the Screens at ODEON Trafford Centre are fully accessible with no need to use a lift or stairs. The auditoriums have stadium style seating with stepped aisles towards the back of the Screen; please be aware that due to the nature of the Screens, the Wheelchair bays are only available towards the front of the Screen.
Screens 1 to 6 are located at the top of the main escalators on the left hand side. They consist of two blocks of stadium seating with one aisle dividing the seats into two sections. Each Screen has four Wheelchair bays with one adjacent seat for companions.
Screens 7 to 13 are located in the rear of the main entrance on the left hand side.
Screens 14 to 20 are located in the rear of the main entrance on the right hand side.
Screens 11 to 16 have a gradual incline from the main corridor leading to the Screen entrances.
Screens 7 to 20 all have a gradual incline from the Screen entrances into the main part of the auditorium.
Screens 7, 13, 14 and 20 have three main sections seating which are serviced by two stepped parallel aisles. There are also three sections of front floor seating which gradually slope towards the Screen. Each auditorium has six Wheelchair bays located at the rear of the front floor section of seating. There is companion seating for each Wheelchair bay.
Screens 8 and 10 have three main sections of stadium seating which are serviced by two stepped parallel aisles. There are six Wheelchair bays with adjacent companion seating either side of two of the spaces.
Screen 9 has three main sections of stadium seating which are serviced by two stepped parallel aisles. The Screen has five Wheelchair bays, with four of the bays supported by companion seating.
Screens 11 and 16 have two main sections of stadium seating which are serviced by two stepped aisles. This screen has two Wheelchair bays with companion seating for both.
Screens 12 and 15 consist of two main sections of stadium seating which are serviced by two stepped aisles. There is a main section of front floor seating which gradually slopes towards the Screen. This front floor section of seats can be accessed from either side of the seats. There are four Wheelchair bays with adjacent companion seating. These bays are located at the back of the floor section of seating
Screens 17 and 18 have three main sections of stadium seating which are serviced by two aisles. These screens have four wheelchair spaces with companion seating. These spaces are located at the front of the screen.
Screen 19 has three main sections of stadium seating which are serviced by two stepped aisles. There are two Wheelchair bays with companion seating.
Location of Washroom Facilities
Male and female washrooms are located outside the entrances to Screens 1 to 6, Screen 7 and Screen 10, with fully accessible washrooms adjacent.
CEA Card: As part of a general cinema industry initiative, all our cinemas accept the CEA Card which entitles the holder to one free ticket for their carer. For further information please visit www.ceacard.co.uk (opens in a new window).
Text phone users can dial 18001 0808 1560 609 9am - 7pm Friday, Saturday and Wednesday, 9am - 6pm Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and 10am - 5pm on a Sunday for bookings and information.
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ODEON @ Trafford Centre offers 20 screens.
Holding your conference or event in a cinema gives you an interesting and unique environment that will stimulate the delegates and get your meeting off to an exciting start.
Whatever your event requirements, be it a small regional meeting for up to 50 delegates or national conference for up to 1679, ODEON has the facilities and flexibility to accommodate you.
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Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee released the following statement regarding the President's inclusion of chained CPI in his 2014 budget proposal. The chained CPI is a cost index which helps to calculate the cost of living adjustments for benefit levels.
Washington, D.C.— Today, on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, Congresswoman Barbara Lee delivered the following statement on the House floor:
Washington, D.C.— During a day-long mark up of the Ryan bill, as a member of the Budget Committee, Congresswoman Lee offered an amendment to eliminate the Overseas and Contingency Operations (OCO) account in order to provide transparency and accountability to war spending and to bring it back into the base Pentagon budget.
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) is leading a small group of House Democrats in calling on President Barack Obama to release information regarding the Administration's use of drone strikes.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Lee released the following statement regarding the FY2013 Continuing Resolution, Defense and Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bills:
"As a member of both the Appropriations and Budget Committee, I rise in strong opposition to this Continuing Resolution.
This week, all eyes are on Congress. Sequester is looming, and these indiscriminate cuts would not only hurt the poor first, but hurt them the most. Nearly 50 million of our neighbors — almost 16 million of them children — live in poverty; in the richest nation in the world, this is deplorable, unconscionable, but above all, solvable.
Washington, D.C.— In reaction to the passage of a bi-partisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, Congresswoman Barbara Lee issued the following statement:
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer to launch the new Democratic Whip's Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity.
Washington, D.C.— Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) highlighted a new report by the House Committee on Appropriations detailing the impact of the sequester, the broad, across the board cuts that would go into effect on March 1st if Congress does not act.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduced H.R. 808, the "Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013" to create a cabinet-level Secretary and Department of Peacebuilding. The term "peacebuilding" refers both to activities that target the root causes of violence as well as the broad measures used to prevent violent conflict and create sustainable peace.
Once again, Koch brothers cash will face off against a people-powered campaign in Wisconsin this November. The race is for a House seat in the first Congressional District, a seat now held by Paul Ryan. His challenger – the first serious challenge he's faced in 14 years in Congress – is Rob Zerban, a restaurateur and County Commissioner.
Everywhere I go during my campaign — parades, farmers markets, even the local deli — I keep hearing the same thing from Wisconsin voters. "We need real representation," they tell me, "representation that's focused on the people and what we need."
"The message is clear: Paul Ryan must be held accountable for his 14 years of failed decisions"
"He had a minor in economics," Rob Zerban says of his opponent. "What experience does he have to say that he's the great budget oracle?" "The people of the First District can see where that budget impacts their lives. Their bridges start to crumble. We've got 16 bridges on federal highways alone in the district that have been declared structurally deficientm and that doesn't include county and local municipal bridges.
Typically during an election cycle, it often comes down to voting for the lesser of two evils. You choose the one who supports the issues most meaningful to you – or at least doesn't outright defy them. It can be difficult to encounter a candidate who personifies the conviction and integrity you would imagine only in a perfect political world.
Today, Rob Zerban, Democratic Congressional challenger to Congressman Paul Ryan, released the following statement in response to the introduction of Paul Ryan's FY2013 "Path to Poverty" budget.
"In yet another misguided handout to Wall Street at the expense of Main Street, Congressman Paul Ryan today introduced his latest budget plan, designed to place the blame for his 14 years of poor decisions squarely on the backs of our hardworking families.
When I began this campaign, I made a commitment to serve as a voice of the people- not of corporations.
I have been putting that into action. In the last few weeks, I have been working overtime to kickoff my campaign with rallies across the district.
The American Civil Liberties Union, Free Press and the Save the Internet campaign have made it clear that the Stop Online Piracy Act poses a genuine threat to human rights advocacy and whistleblowing on the Web.
On Friday, September 12th more than 150 activists will go to DC and Demand that their Senators and Representatives support removing the ratification deadline from the ERA (SJ Res 15 and HJ Res 113)


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When Little River Band formed in 1975, Australia immediately took notice. The key band members were already well-known to Australians. Lead singer Glenn Shorrock had made his name in mid-'60s group the Twilights, a Beatles-sounding pop group who scored a national number one record with their version of the Velvelettes' "Needle in a Haystack." When that group broke up in 1969 Shorrock became lead singer of Axiom, whose "A Little Ray of Sunshine" is still an Australian classic rock staple. LRB's Beeb Birtles had been the bass player for a popular Twilights-era pop group called Zoot (Rick Springfield was a latter member). When that group broke up, in search of musical credibility, Birtles auditioned as the bass player, but was instantly elevated to a front-line position alongside Graham Goble. Even LRB's manager was well-known. Glenn Wheatley had been the bassist with another of Australia's bands, and possibly its most legendary, the Masters Apprentices. Given all that background, when Shorrock and Birtles revealed they were forming a group with Goble, managed by Wheatley, it was major event in Australian music.
They had all had a shot at international stardom via England, without success. Little River Band was formed to conquer the world from Australia via America. With that in mind they almost immediately went into the studio, even before the rest of the band had been consolidated. They were retaining Mississippi drummer Derek Pellici and were on the lookout for a guitarist and a bass player. A very early version of the group recorded the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved" as a single, a recording that was shelved when Linda Ronstadt also happened to choose that song as a single. The blueprint for Little River Band was country-rock exponents like the Eagles.
Their self-titled first album was released in November 1975. The following May they released a second album, After Hours, and in September of that year set off on their first trip overseas to support Queen at Hyde Park and the Average White Band in the U.S. to promote the release of the first album. Its eight-and-a-half minute epic "It's a Long Way There" had been edited down for release as a single and was starting to make quite an impact. Graham Goble had written the song about the long trip taking his laundry back to his mother in Adelaide from Melbourne. To an America in shock after the Nixon presidency the song took on a whole other dimension. LRB had made a big breakthrough.
Their American record company decided that the second album After Hours was too dark, and put the band straight into the studio to record the next album, resolving to use some of the After Hours tracks and the best of what was being recorded for the band's third Australian album. In both forms the result was called Diamantina Cocktail, produced by John Boylan (Linda Ronstadt).
To date LRB's success in Australia had been modestly in keeping with the band's place in Australian music history; respected but not totally embraced. The single from the new album, Glenn Shorrock's "Help Is on Its Way," changed that. Another important hit in America, in Australia it went all the way to number one. The album sold gold in America, the first time an Australian act had achieved such a feat. It was followed by Sleeper Catcher, again produced by Boylan, the first album recorded in Australia to sell over a million copies in the U.S. This time LRB's greater success was in America, with the single "Reminiscing" becoming a number three hit. This was the song John Lennon confessed he made love to during his "long weekend" separation from Yoko Ono.
For the next four years LRB kept straddling the two continents, renowned for their impeccable live performances. Internally, relationships were not as happy. From the first album on, frontliners Shorrock, Birtles, and Goble recorded separately. On the road they traveled separately. Only on stage were they "together." Regular changes in the back line only contributed to the tensions. During one break between American tours, Graham Goble started writing and producing an album for Australian pop legend John Farnham. He then agitated the band to replace Glenn Shorrock with Farnham. Australia pricked up its ears, but America was in shock. This still-successful band was replacing the singer of all their big hits with an unknown! Farnham walked straight into the recording studio to record The Net. More lineup changes followed, including the departure of Beeb Birtles.
In all, John Farnham recorded three albums with LRB over four years. The experiment never worked. Whatever Farnham's talents, America longed for Glenn Shorrock. At the end of 1985, while LRB was seriously contemplating its future, Farnham took the initiative of leaving to start work on another solo album, Whispering Jack, an album which completely rehabilitated Farnham as the biggest-selling artist in Australia. LRB regrouped in 1988 with new management and a new record label. Glenn Shorrock and Derek Pellicci rejoined Goble, with "new boys" Wayne Nelson and John Housden to record the Monsoon album and its single "Love Is a Bridge." In 1990, Goble left Little River Band as a touring member, and the band as we'd known it finally called it a day in 1991.
And yet the story continues. For a while drummer Derek Pellicci mounted Little River Band tours with a lineup including Glenn Shorrock. When Glenn didn't want to meet one particular schedule due to other commitments, he was sacked, resulting in unpleasant legal action. Then Pellicci also gave it away, and today there's an LRB lineup living and working in America, still featuring those latecomers Wayne Nelson and Steve Housden. By Ed Nimmervoll of AllMusic.com
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okay song
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A great song with a love story as simple as a moment and as big as a life time. Really wonderful. Love it.
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Hmm I really like this song. It's quite catchy and I love to sing along to the chorus. You can listen to this kind of song in the rain.
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Always loved this song. Reminds me of some great times...


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Pronunciation: /ˌbɔːsəˈliːnəʊ /
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It isn't just our hospital. The entire family of VCA Animal Hospitals works with shelters and humane societies across the United States to promote successful pet adoptions.
Part of that work is helping you prepare for adopting a pet, because we believe that an informed owner is more likely to adopt the right pet and less likely to return the animal to the shelter. Please feel free to call or visit us for educational information and medical resources that will help you understand the ups and downs of pet adoption.
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Founded in 1967 as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Galveston County, Bay Area Pet Adoptions/SPCA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that relies on donations and adoption fees to house, feed and provide medical care to the companion animals in our adoption program.
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"Freedom to read can never be taken for granted. Even in Canada, a free country by world standards, books and magazines are banned at the border. Books are removed from the shelves in Canadian libraries, schools and bookstores every day. Free speech on the Internet is under attack. Few of these stories make headlines, but they affect the right of Canadians to decide for themselves what they choose to read." (FTR site)
On the Vision, Mission and Values page of the Calgary Public Library, you'll see that the first item listed is intellectual freedom. The Canadian Library Association does an annual survey that lists books (and DVDs) that have been challenged in public libraries. I encourage you to go read the 2012 list on their CLA Annual Survey of Challenges to Canadian Library Resources and Policies site. I'm certain you'll be surprised by at least some of the items challenged.
Many people mistakenly assume that the books being banned or challenged are not books they would ever read. The Freedom to Read site contains lists of books challenged in both English and French. The books below are just a few:
You're gonna read ninety-five booksYou're gonna read ninety-five booksYou're gonna read, read, read, read nowYou're gonna read, read, read, read#95books *
Have you joined a reading challenge for 2014?
While you may be one of those who bristles at the idea of making reading into a competition or numbers game (if so, you're not alone), reading challenges can be a fun way of encouraging yourself to make more time for reading or to expand your reading by choosing books you may not normally read.
If you're one of the million members of Goodreads, joining the Goodreads 2014 Reading Challenge is as simple as choosing how many books you hope to read. Your profile will include a helpful image showing how you are faring in your challenge. (As you can see, I'm already three books behind in my modest challenge.)
There are many other reading challenges, including several through Pinterest, the WrestleMania Reading Challenge (seriously! It's for youth and an initiative of WWE and the Young Adult Library Services Association), these ones listed at BookRiot, and the Random House Reading Bingo Challenge 2014. You can make your own book challenge and make your own rules. Audiobooks? Graphic novels? Non-fiction? Books in translation? Poetry books?
"An author should be more well-read than George W. Bush, Jr." ~Jonathan Ball Read 95 Books This Year
I've decided to up my Goodreads goal of 50 books and plan on reading at least 95 books in 2014. Why 95? Writer Jonathan Ball started the 95-book-challenge with his friend Ryan Fitzpatrick in 2009 in response to a Wall Street Journal article from 2008 on the reading habits George W. Bush, Jr. I would suggest that even non-writers may wish to meet the challenge of reading more than an American president. Ball's loose rules for the 95-book-challenge are excellent. (I especially like his consideration of book length, i.e., a book is a book so long as it is 48 pages long, which ties in with my recent obsession with short books.) If you decide to join the 95-book-challenge, you can tweet your progress along with the #95books hashtag.
The best part about book challenges is that it doesn't really matter if you meet your goal. There are no marks, no prize, no one holding you accountable—it's all about trying to read more. I encourage you all to join or create your own 2014 reading challenge.
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Upstairs, the almost desperate Bennet family seeks husbands for five charming daughters. Downstairs, the servants scurry through endless labour and winter mud. In Longbourn, Jo Baker successfully recreates life on the other side of the kitchen door, a life secreted from the readers of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Young Sarah is the senior housemaid; in reality, this means she has the assistance of the dreamy eleven-year-old Polly as they hasten to fulfill the orders of the housekeeper, Mrs. Hill. Sarah's hands are raw, both from prying mud from Miss Elizabeth's petticoats and shoes and from using lye to restore the whiteness of the undergarments. (Lizzie does love to wander the fields whatever the weather.) And, the housemaid has the duty of carrying the full chamber pots down the stairs and across the muddy, rutted yard to deposit the contents in the "necessary". She rises earlier than everyone else to light the fires so others will be warm, and sometimes she stays up late to help the gentry with their coats after a night out with friends. Sarah has no friends, no nights out, nothing.
Three men come into Sarah's constrained world. Ptolemy Bingley, assigned his employer's name, of course, is a footman with a roving eye and plans for a smoke shop in London. His kiss has the expected effect on a completely innocent but desiring girl. James Smith (a suspect surname), new footman in the Bennet household, persuades Sarah that her efforts to decamp to London seeking Ptolemy's dream may be misplaced. And, the charming but despicable Mr. Wickham, an upstairs man who too often invades the downstairs sphere, disturbs Sarah's stultifying but safe world, just as he disturbs the family life of the Bennets.
Jo Baker has written a novel not in the tradition of Jane Austen sequels but in an engaging parallel universe. The doings of the Bennets are seen from the perspective of how much work will be created for the servants and how events will affect their lives. The pressures that affect servants are much different than for the gentry: the militia, the miserable weather, the importunities of guests, and the gaining or losing of a penny. As ever with near-poverty, the servants can afford neither pride nor prejudice.
- Judith Umbach
Sometimes we pick up a book and have a totally different reading experience than we expected. I checked out 47 Sorrows: a Thaddeus Lewis Mystery because it was a Canadian historical mystery written by a Canadian author. What more could one ask for? Janet Kellough certainly delivers on those expectations, but there is a whole different element to this book.
Her story starts with a body being discovered on the beach. It is set in southern Ontario in the mid-1800s. Young Luke Lewis is travelling from his brother's homestead near Lake Huron to Montreal to train as a doctor. This is where the book becomes much more than I expected. Luke stops in Kingston to assist the doctors, nuns and volunteer workers who are dealing with the influx of Irish immigrants. Thousands have fled the potato famine, many of them suffering from typhus. Luke and his father Thaddeus do solve the mystery of the body on the beach, but this becomes secondary to the plight of the immigrants.
I have often heard of the potato famine and the Irish immigration of that time, but this book raised my awareness of the plight of the immigrants as their lives and families are torn apart by the epidemic. I might have guessed that this would not be a happy read by the title – 47 Sorrows – but I am glad that I read it. This look at history brings a greater understanding of the dislocation suffered by the immigrants of that time and by the experience of many in modern times.
- Pat
The holidays are a great time to visit with friends and family. But it can also be an extremely busy season.
Now that all of the holiday rush is winding down, why not take some time for yourself, and stay in? There is so much fantastic content available to you with your library card that you don't even have to leave to house to access!
Borrow an eBook from Overdrive with your library card. With more and more nonfiction available, there is truly something for everyone. And have you heard? Penguin has just recently made over fifteen thousand of their US titles available to Canadian libraries! This includes many big-name authors such as Ken Follett, Khaled Hosseini, Tom Clancy, Nora Roberts, and Charlaine Harris.
Or if you're travelling, why not borrow a travel guide in eBook format? It's so handy, and there are lots to choose from. You can even bring a phrasebook eBook to help you with the local lingo.
If eBooks are new to you, join a library program for a demo or some hands-on troubleshooting. You can also browse the Getting Started with Overdrive page for videos and step-by-step instructions.
Maybe browsing a magazine is more your speed at the moment. Don't miss out on the fantastic database Zinio. There are over 350 titles you can borrow & download. Once you have them, you can always browse them later!
These types of databases are increasingly popular (and expensive, through an individual subscription!), so take a look and don't miss out.
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Who's just been appointed to the Order of Canada? Two fantastic Canadian authors! And both have new titles on offer for your reading pleasure.
The author of the much-loved Inspector Gamache series set in Three Pines, Quebec, has lots to celebrate! Her latest in this series, How the Light Gets In, somehow manages to surpass the already high expectations of her fans. (Well, this one, at least.)
Join the hold list if you haven't already had the pleasure of Inspector Gamache's company in this latest installment.
This inimitable author's latest novel, Worst. Person. Ever., promises to be as funny as any of his titles. Click on the title or book cover to read the summary.
Perhaps three decades ago, I heard Ray Kurzweil speak at a conference and never forgot him and his messages. He was an outstanding speaker. The Singularity is Near employs the same clarity to explain rather easily the complex science of biology-based computing.
The book was published in 2005, which is fortunate for me because many concepts are more recognizable now they have moved into the mainstream. The exponential miniaturization of the last eight years helps the reader comprehend how computing power will be woven into clothing and other everyday items. The invention and improvement of cochlear implants points the way to ubiquitous support of human functionality by computers.
For decades computing power has been doubling every 18 months, known as Moore's law. This could be continued indefinitely by using or mimicking biological processes for accomplishing work. Kurzweil emphasizes that we won't need to replicate biological processes. Reverse engineering allows scientists to replace biological functions in ways that innovatively use available or invented materials. A basic example can be recognized by comparing Icarus unsuccessfully beating artificial feathered wings and our flying fixed-wing aircraft made of strong metals and polymers.
Already we can see the use of information technologies to drastically reduce power consumption. This is why the tablet computers of today vastly outperform the desktop computers of only a decade ago. And, why today's cars consume less fossil fuel while providing more "information content", such as GPS and engine monitoring.
The "singularity" is the point at which technological change is so rapid that humans will not be able to comprehend its entirety. In effect, the human mind will be able to take advantage of computing power and memory without distinction between human and machine. According to Kurzweil, this will occur about the middle of this century. When I heard him speak a long time ago, the timeframe was 2020. Both now and then, rather than absolute predictions, I consider his ideas stimuli for my own thinking; nevertheless, he has an excellent track-record for predicting the future.
One of the great pleasures of working in a library is finding great, little known books and recommending them to friends and customers. About eight years ago I stumbled upon a reprint of a novel originally published in the mid-sixties called Stoner by John Williams. I fell in love with this story of a poor farm boy who discovers a love of literature and devotes himself to teaching English at a small university. The book was written in such a way that, before I knew it, I found myself caring more for the protagonist than I ever cared for a fictional character.
Stoner is in many ways a sad novel, but I found inspiration in it as well. I have been recommending it to readers ever since and almost always people come back to tell me it is one of the best novels they have ever read. I have often wondered why this book is not widely known about, but have come to accept that not all great books get the attention they deserve.
However, in the past few years something amazing has happened – Stoner has become a bestselling book right across Europe. In 2011, almost fifty years after its original publication and over fifteen years since the death of its author, Stoner became a phenomenon in France, Holland and Italy, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. This year it has become the book to read in England – being named Book of the Year by Waterstones booksellers, and last week the novelist Julian Barnes wrote an article in the Guardian outlining why Stoner was the must-read novel of 2013.
Stoner mania has yet to catch on in North America in quite the same way, however the Globe and Mail recently did an article on the book, which has certainly stirred up a good deal of interest. I have noticed that suddenly there is a waiting list for the copies available from the Calgary Public Library, and my bookselling friends tell me they have sold numerous copies in the last couple weeks. So why not put your name down on the waiting list to read it now? I can almost guarantee that you'll be glad you did.
- Tyler at Louise Riley Library
December is shopping season, and chances are good that you (or someone you're shopping for) is into books. There's still time! But which books should you buy? Here are a few suggestions:
Alice Munro has had a year of iconic achievements, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature and announcing her retirement from writing. Pick up an old favourite or her latest collection, Dear Life for someone you love.
Continuing on the theme of prize-winning Canadians (who write short stories), why not try 2013 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Lynn Coady's Hellgoing? She's an Albertan, and her writing gets to the nitty-gritty of real life with all its dark and surprising moments.
Another one for your literary friends and family: Eleanor Catton (also Canadian-born, by the way) won the Man Booker Prize for The Luminaries. She also happens to be the youngest-ever winner of that prize!
And for everyone else on your list, I'll share a few great lists I've come across:
Still can't decide? Good news! You can grab one of these titles, FREE from your local library, pick up a gift card to ______ (insert your favourite book store) and just relax with a good book. Personalize your gift-card-giving with some sure-fire suggestions, once you've finished reading them, of course!


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5 Frighteningly Good Halloween Recipes
22 October, 2013
We love celebrating Halloween at Blendtec, and not just because of all of the costumes. We love creating recipes for Halloween parties and sharing them with you. Here are some of our favorites.
Recipes to Blend up for Your Halloween Party [Tasty Links]
17 October, 2012
As an adult, the Halloween treats get even better. Instead of small packaged chocolates and candies, friends make wonderful fall flavored treats. Wow your guests and be the best Halloween Party host with the following recipes.


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on 27 March 2013 - 12:01 AM
- Healing Flame
- several Spears of Flame stabbing up from the ground around the caster.
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on 26 March 2013 - 11:52 PM
Apart from what you already, and the one that you can whatever with what ever action points you have, the alternative is this.....
Each turn, a Unit gets 3 different Action Points.
1 Action Point for Movement
1 Action Point for Action (Offensive or Defensive)
1 Action Point for any of the two.
This way, each turn, a unit can ...
Attack Attack Move
Move Attack Move
Move Attack Attack
Attack Move Attack
and such.
This will somewhat encourage players to utilize terrains and covers and flanking and positioning their soldiers, and not just keep attacking until one is dead.
Posted by PyrZern
on 06 January 2013 - 07:52 PM
Also Metal Fatigue. In that game, you make big giant robot mechs, each made up of Torso, Head, Arms, and Legs. When a robot is destroyed, those pieces scatter on the battlefield. Another mech could come and grab the arms and utilize them right away (Laser Sword arm, homing missiles launcher arm, etc.). Other pieces need to be brought back to base, researched, reverse-engineered, then you can use enemy's technology against them. AWESOME game. TRY IT.
Posted by PyrZern
on 31 December 2012 - 12:51 AM
If you have played Ragnarok Online (I'm talking about the 1st one. RO2 is coming out soon.)
That game in its Vanilla age, didn't have 'Quest' as we know. The whole game is about exploring and finding out how to best level and find those rares you need. There's no quest that says 'Go out and kill 10 Giant Frogs (appropriate monsters to player' level). Players learn very fast what monsters are good for what level range.
On the other hand, there actually were some form of Quests in RO. They were to unlock access to new map, or new skills, or new class advancement. ie.'You're interested in becoming in a Swordsman ? Prove your self to me, go kill these and these and these and these, then report back to me. If you pass, I will let you join the rank of Knighthood.'
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on 29 December 2012 - 09:00 PM
You will want to think ahead, let's say you hold a Closed Beta, and loads of ppl see it. What will grab their attention to give it a short ?
An MORPG. Alright, what next. There will be combat. Good. What kind of combat ? Stupid mindless mobs running around, waiting to be killed ? Are there dungeons ? What 's in the dungeons ? More monsters ? Are they just all over the place ? Are they guarding rooms or treasure chests ? Are they stronger than mobs outside of dungeons ? Or are they just coming at ya in larger number. Are there bosses ? How to actually beat these bosses ? How hard are they ? Can a player solo them ? Can 2 people beat it ? Or do you need 4 ppl + to beat it ? Will there be incentive for players to group up ? Will there be storyline and quests ? What kind of story is it ? Is it the kind that most players will just skip the whole thing and read quest objectives instead ? Will there be exploration ? What do players gain from doing it ? What else are there for 'player interactions'. They group up. Ok, what else. Do they trade ? What kind of stuff do they trade ? What's the point of it ? Do you want some form of economy in the game ? Ok. What about crafting and resource gathering ? How many professions are there in total ? How many professions can a player obtain ? Will players chop down woods, saw it, put together a Hunting Spear ? No ? Think up more details.
After all those questions and more, you will want to ask yourself; now, what's endgame content ? What will keep players logging in days after days after days ? What will keep them from quitting ? What do they gain or what do they do at the end ?
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Settlers of Catan ?
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Resetting the CUDA, PMU or SMU for power related issues is such a basic step that I find it hard to believe that ACHDS, ACDT and ACPT certified techs (which is what Geniuses are) would not have tried that.
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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Eagles fans looking to score tickets to Saturday's game are in luck.
A limited number of tickets for Saturday evening's game at Lincoln Financial Field versus the Saints will go up for sale at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 31st.
The tickets are available through Ticketmaster online or by phone at 800-745-3000.
The pre-season sale for season ticket holders begins at 10 a.m.
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"We need them; they can make a big difference in this football game," Roseman says.
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Bethesda Blues & Jazz Supper Club
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ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!! The atmosphere- the acoustics - the band and the food. The blackened grouper was a bit salty. We had a magnificent time!!! We will visit again!!!


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One of the most anticipated weddings of the year finally happened — actress Gabrielle Union and basketball all-star Dwyane Wade got hitched on Saturday, August 30. The dynamic duo wed in their home city of Miami at the Chateau Artisan castle in a black-and-white themed affair. The bride's BFF Essence Atkins served as the couple's officiant. The newlyweds were adamant about not having a traditional wedding party, however, celeb buddies such as Carmelo and LaLa Anthony, Chris and Jada Paul and Kevin Hart were in attendance. [Read more...]
Marriage Matters Monday – The Family Crews Exclusive Interview
We all remember BET's hit reality show The Family Crews. Terry and Rebecca Crews welcomed us in their L.A. home, making us all feel like family. But what happened when the cameras stopped rolling? Triple B chatted with Mrs. Rebecca Crews about getting and staying married. Rebecca, who is refreshingly down to Earth, is clear that her husband did not become the man that he is overnight but in practicing commitment, compassion, and communication they held on. Terry and Rebecca are the proud parents of five children and celebrated 25 years of marriage on July 29, 2014. This is their story… [Read more...]
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade's Save the Date Video is Adorbs (Seriously.)
Don't believe the headline? Just watch for yourself below. Oh and word on the street is that the couple, who has had their relationship under quite a bit of scrutiny since getting engaged, also mailed out traditional paper save-the-dates with a heart motif back in May. Smart to have both just in case some folks — i.e. Nana and 'em — aren't feeling the digital correspondence for such an important day. [Read more...]
Congrats to Eve for Tying the Knot!
Last weekend hip-hop star and actress Eve officially tied the knot! The former pitbull in a skirt wed her beau Maximillion Cooper, a British designer and Gumball 3000 race founder, in Ibiza, Spain on Saturday, June 14. Reports say the couple exchanged vows during sunset beach nuptials in front of guests who were asked to dress in elegant beach attire. A series of bonding events were carefully planned for guests to enjoy the days leading up to the ceremony including a pool party and champagne toast rehearsal dinner. [Read more...]
Love and Legacy: Remembering Ruby Dee + Ossie Davis
Like most of you, I was saddened to learn Ruby Dee passed away yesterday (June 11, 2014). Her work as an actress, philanthropist and civil rights activist made her a bona fide cultural icon. But her marriage to fellow actor Ossie Davis was equally as memorable as her acting career. In fact, the names Ossie and Ruby just roll off of our tongues like peanut butter and jelly. More Harlem than Hollywood, they were one of those couples in the public eye who genuinely seemed to like each other — it was refreshing and welcoming. Mr. TK (my hubby rocks!) reminded me, because I honestly had forgotten I even penned the post, about this of this blog piece I wrote in 2008 about Mrs. Ruby Dee. I smiled while reading it and I think you might, too. Here's a snippet: [Read more...]
Tie the Knot Tuesday (Celeb Edition): Kelly Rowland is Married!
Well folks, Kelly Rowland, who we first learned was engaged to her manager Tim Witherspoon late last year, tied the knot last week in Costa Rica! [Read more...]
Get the Look: LaLa Anthony's 2014 Met Gala Hair
One of the topics you guys said you wanted more of on Triple B is bridal hairstyles so I'm on the case. BlackBridalBliss.com got the scoop on mom/wife/actress/entrepreneur LaLa Anthony's chic 'do for this year's MET Gala in NYC. I know how challenging it can be for brides with short cuts to find wedding day ready styles but veteran hairstylist Cesar Ramirez – who has worked with a laundry list of glam celebs including Beyonce, Brandy, Ciara, Kelly Rowland and Monica — is on the case. Here's the 411 on how he created LaLa's sleek red carpet look: [Read more...]
Oscars 2014- Bridal Inspiration
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Your favorite celebrity bride-to-be Gabrielle Union (sarcasm intended) recently told talk show host Arsenio Hall that she and fiance Dwyane Wade will not have a wedding party. And she's unapologetic about it. Check out what the engaged actress confessed about nixing the tradition: [Read more...]


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The Seven Qualities of the Arab Intellectual
As the Conscience of the Nation, even though it is never clear which Nation, the Arab Intellectual bears the weight of the world on his shoulders. Here, transforming his Seven States as photographed in 2005, are Seven of the Qualities that help him survive in a world that remains forever beneath him:
I Shall Call Myself Alice
@theavni in California
"How can you stick at a game when the rules keep on changing? I shall call myself Alice and play croquet with the flamingos. In Wonderland everyone cheats and love is Wonderful, isn't it?"
The Environmental Selfie by Mahmoud El Maniarawi (@mahmodpal)
Cairo in Indigo: the Photo Poem (without the Photos)
Hipstamatic makes no sense.
In the idle grip of suspended motion—
endless traffic in stasis,
prosthetic limbs scratching against car doors—
what's the use of predefined filters pretending to be the aesthetic technology of not much earlier times?
You want to play with the beasts.
Soul splashed on the asphalt, to dream your own dreams,
imagination feeding like ruminants.
The Camel Files
RT @sultans_seal: Tweets through a glass pane
If not being allowed to have strong opinions is not
#censorship I'm not sure what is
Western outrage at
#Egypt's treatment of #MB continues to shock and awe me. Where do you get off, people?
People who see the west as an end in itself are the mirror image of people who see it as the source of all evil
#Arab #Muslim #Egypt
#Aswan, 2006 (#vscofilm)
#Sisi Rayyisi: Photo Essay
Mariam Ferjani: "Where did we meet before?"
Selfportraits by Mariam Ferjani
Selfportraits by Mariam Ferjani
Sisi's Cairo: A Photo Story
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Cairo-Alexandria/Berlin, 2006: Goethe Institute Exhibition
Gaza/Sweden: A Mini Exhibition by Mahmoud El Maniarawi (@mahmodpal)
Shebin and its People: Mini Exhibition by Shereen Muhamed (@cheiroche)
"I said to Cartier-Bresson I'm really not interested and I'm not going to read The Decisive Moment": Interview with Joseph Koudelka
Legendary photographer Josef Koudelka packed the house at the Paramount Theater in downtown Charlottesville during the Look3 Festival of the Photograph over the weekend, and the audience greeted him with a standing ovation after master of ceremonies, photographer Vince Musi, announced that Koudelka had been reluctant to participate. Koudelka, who has a reputation as a lone wolf among a group of peers known for their independence, has rarely granted interviews during a career that spans more than 40 years.
"Of course I don't feel very comfortable to be here. I am not a good speaker," said Koudelka, who was nevertheless gracious to Anne Wilkes Tucker, curator at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, who was also on stage to interview him. "I don't know what she's going to ask me, [but] I gave her assurance I would answer everything…I will try to be as honest as possible."
Koudelka also told the audience at the outset that he "never listened much to what [other] photographers say," and recounted how Henri Cartier-Bresson had asked him to read and comment on the text of The Decisive Moment before that book was published. "I said to Bresson I'm really not interested and I'm not going to read it." Koudelka added, "I think the best portrait of a photographer are his photographs, so please judge me on my photographs."
The audience cheered, and the program got under way with a projection of a sampling of Koudelka's earliest work–a documentary of stage actors during performances, followed by a series of abstract images that stemmed from his work as a theater photographer. The program alternated between silent projections of Koudelka's major bodies of work, presented chronologically, followed by several minutes of Q&A conversation between Tucker and Koudelka about that work.
Here's an edited version of the conversation. The headings indicate the subjects of the major bodies of Koudelka's work, and when it appeared during the program.
Three Girls on Mother's Day ❀ ثلاث بنات في عيد الأم
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"نملية" مطبخها عامرة بالمسلّمات. لكن هناك دُرجاً أعمق من إحساسها بالصواب، مخصصاً لبذرة الرجل الذي ترى في وجهي كيف خيّب رجاءها قبل أن يموت (لولا ضرورة الخروج من بيت أهلها، لماذا كانت ستحمل بذرة هذا الرجل بالذات؟ ولولا أنه يرى الإنجاب جريمة، هل كانت ستكتفي بطفل واحد؟) في شعلة سخان الغاز-مصانع القوات المسلحة، نفس غيظها من "دش" مؤجل منذ أدركتْ أن هذا الرجل، فتى أحلامها الوحيد الممكن، يراوده الانتحار. وبماذا كانت تحس وأنا أستنشق النهد العبقري لحبيبة تكرهها في الغرفة المجاورة؟ حين تكتشف كم من النقود أنفقتُ في ليلة واحدة، وأكون لازلت نائماً في الرابعة مساءً، تغضب على رَجُلِها قبل أن "تلوشني". ويظل تشنّج نبرتها حتى يذوب القرف على وجهها في حزن يكبرني بثلاثين عاماً. أتذكر أنها فعلاً أحبته، ولا شيء بعده في البيت أكبر منها سناً. فأسترجع التنهيدة التي ترسلها كل ليلة وهي تُخرج الزبالة، متفننة في حماية الأكياس البلاستك من القطط الجائعة حتى لا يتسخ مدخل الشقة التي لم تكن أبداً برجوازية بما يواكب تطلعاتها. وأسأل نفسي بحيرة: هل يقرّبنا أم يبعدنا الميت الواقف وراء الباب؟
Her damask cheek: two visions of Syria
Today is the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Syrian revolution on 15 March, 2011
Damask Rose by Vangelis (Blade Runner soundtrack)
Early one morning in the summer of 2011, a good few months after the ouster of Hosny Mubarak, I received an international phone call. It was an unknown number that began with 00963. I could tell this was the country code of some Arab state, though I didn't know which. After some hesitation I picked up, and I was greeted by a thin voice speaking with inflections that sounded vaguely Iraqi. "Remember Abu Dhabi," the voice said eventually, with a warm chuckle. "This is Thaer."
The View from Work: A #Hipstamatic Showcase
Nine Poems in English, Illustrated
Out of the blue, which is occasionally a beautiful blue, a reader of Kitab at Tughra gave me an unexpected and very dear gift: nine of my poems in English, beautifully translated. By way of gratitude and to celebrate, I spent the evening making black and white, square format pictures with the poems at the back of my mind – with the intention of producing one picture for each poem. I think of Sargon Boulus as, truly moved, I post these texts with thanks and acknowledgements to qisasukhra
The Angel of Death gives counsel to a bereaved parent
Barely a minute and you tread with dimmed eyes:
Is your patience exhausted in a minute?
There is nothing in all the universe that will show you mercy
Nothing that will halt the saw's stroke through your bones.
Sit a while
And do not tax me,
Don't make your misfortune a plea to me
When you know
That I am under orders:
I bear on my shoulders Earth's lamentations
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Eddie Vedder is crazy.
Box of Broken Shells- Coral and Oak
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The Devil Came on Horseback.
Watched one of the most depressing and shocking documentaries I've ever seen.
KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
It took people this long to realize this shit was going on in the world? Invisible Children has been fighting this was since 2003, and now it's finally getting some serious coverage.
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Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths.
"You're the bee's knees.
But so am I."
(This Is) The Dream of Evan And Chan | Ben Gibbard
"Your eyelashes tickled my neck
With every nervous blink
And it was perfect
Until the telephone started ringing, ringing, ringing
Ringing, ringing off …"
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Let's Play Guitar In A Five Guitar Band | Minus The Bear
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i want to live in a small apartment in boston
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Crohn's Disease Health Center
Crohn's Disease and Pregnancy
Delivery and Breastfeeding
Discuss your labor and delivery plans with your doctor well before your due date.
- If you have fistulas, abnormal passageways between organs, or other areas around your vagina or rectum that have been affected by Crohn's, your doctor may recommend you have a C-section.
If you plan to breastfeed, talk to your doctor about your medications and if they're safe for your new baby. Breastfeeding shouldn't make your Crohn's worse, and it offers many health benefits to you and your baby.
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