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Some labels can be a pain to remove. I've tried soaking bottles in water with a little bit of dish soap but it doesn't really do much to break down the adhesive. What methods do you have for easily removing labels?
OxiClean. The stuff works wonders. Fill a bucket with a scoop of OxiClean and hot water and let the bottles soak for about an hour. Most labels will simply slide right off; some will even float right off the bottles to the surface. The ones that don't will be easy to remove with a rag or sponge.
You also generally never want to use dish soap or detergent on anything that will come in contact with your beer. Detergents often leave behind a residue or coating that can kill head retention.
For removing your own labels that you apply to your bottles, use a label with a hot-soak water soluable adhesive. When you're ready to reuse your bottles, a soak in hot soapy water is all that's needed to slide the labels off.
Removing labels from store-bought beverage bottles can be hit or miss because each bottler can use different label materials and different adhesives. By random sampling I've found some labels slide off in hot water, some will peel off after applying solvent, and others just never let go of the glass.
I do have a cure-all that removes every label from every bottle: 500 degrees F in a ceramic kiln for about a hour will incinerate every organic compound in the label and adhesive. Some adhesives will etch the surface of the glass so a shadow may remain, but there's no label! Don't go much higher than 500F though or the bottle may start to soften and deform.
I've tried a couple of solutions, but the one that works best for me is an overnight soak in a big tub of water with a half-gallon of ammonia. The labels just slide right off.
I've used a big tub of water with some baking soda in it. I just tossed rinsed bottles in there as I accumulated them. Not sure how long it really took, since I didn't try and remove the labels for a while, but they came off really easily. As far as the amount of baking soda, maybe a teaspoon per 2 or 3 gallons? Not that much.
Getting the Labels Off
I'm only adding a little bit here. I only use OxyClean, like many others, but what I do is put the bottles standing up in a cooler, then fill them with hot tap water. Dump a bit of oxyclean in the cooler, and fill it with hot water.
It holds the temp for quite a long while, after a couple of hours the labels are floating off, or they come off with just a slight pull.
Sometimes there's a bit of label residue that hangs around on some bottles, that comes off with a quick scrub sponge.
Putting Labels on
When I did label my bottles, I used standard printer paper, cut it up with scissors, and then used some milk on a paint brush, just on the edges of the label, to get it to stick. You have to hold it there for about 3 seconds and then set it to the side to dry. Those labels come off extremely easy.
What I do now
These days I've become lazy, I just use the little Avery round labels and place them on the bottle caps after bottling. Much easier.
Soak with bleach for 1+ hours in initially hot water. Then scrap them off with a butter-knife like whittling a log- works great.
get a pair of these gloves boil water in your brewpot and put in as many bottles as you can fit and boil them for a few minutes, put the gloves on and squeeze the bottles in one hand and spin them, the labels will come right off. You can get through 48 in no time.
Commercial breweries use two main types of labels: Glue labels, and Sticker-type labels.
Glue labels are easy to remove by soaking in percarbonate based cleansers (OxyClean, Easy Clean, B-Brite, One Step, PBW, and others). You can also use water plus Ammonia, or just plain hot water. Some scraping may be required for complete removal. Glue labels are most often used by larger breweries because they can be applied at high speed, and the labels themselves are inexpensive.
Smaller Breweries tend to use Sticker-type lables because the labeling equipment is less expensive to purchase and maintain. Unfortunately for homebrewers, these labels are nearly impossible to get off without petroleum-based solvents (like WD-40, mineral spirits, etc) or citrus degreasers.
Try soaking the bottles, and if the label comes off, great. You're done. If there's a gummy residue left behind, try using a citrus-based degreaser.
I usually find soaking them in my sterilising solution does an excellent job.
Just soak in hot water most come off easily. Recycle the ones that dont.
If you can afford it, its really nice to buy new glass. If not, you can get some labels off easier than others. You might have to experiment to see which ones are the easiest to remove.
For stubborn labels, try an organic solvent like acetone. It should remove most any common label and won't leave any residue. Rubbing alcohol may also work.
I like De-Solv-It. You can usually find it at Ace Hardware.
Just spray to saturate label or residue, wait 10-20 min, and it should rub right off. It's made of citrus oils and other organic ingredients so it should be safe. It smells like oranges and has a slightly greasy feel but that washes off easily with soap and water.
For an instant result without waiting, soak the label with white spirit on a cloth.
You can use it on just about any surface except some transparent plastics (e.g. CD cases) which would turn dull. In that event, use dry cleaning petroleum which only requires a bit more rubbing.
Both white spirit and dry cleaning petroleum will mostly evaporate at room temperature with some smell. Anyhow, I recommend removing any residual solvent with ordinary washing up liquid before using the container for food or drink storage.
Both solvents are sold much cheaper than those specifically marketed as label removing liquids.
My process involves soaking the bottles in a bucket of Napisan or similar for a day or so, then using a butter knife, whittle off the soggy labels.
For any remaining glue, grab a Magic Eraser and give them a scrub. The micro abrasion of the Magic Eraser works a treat.
This method allows me to de-label up to 100 bottles in under an hour.
After trying everything I found on the internet and having terrible results, I found the thing that works the best, by far, is the scrape it off while dry with a sharp knife. Scrape until just about everything is gone. Then wet it a little and use one of those green scrub pads (or anything that wont scratch glass) to get the last little bit.
Warning, sharp knives are ... sharp, and therefore dangerous
One thing I did learn is that some chemical solvants can actually embed in the glass and cause your wine to go bad forever more. For example, an old trick used to be to put a coke in a can of gasoline overnight. The next day it would look fine, it would still have carbination, but it tasted terrible! And yes, this is a glass coke bottle, so why wouldn't it affect your wine/beer. Not to mention, when soaking, those chemicals are usually going into the inside of the bottle. Not good.
cotton wool and benzene. just remember that benzene is highly flammable, so be careful. I have a bottle of benzene in the house, in the caravan and at work. even clean whiteboard!
I didn't tried this on a beer bottle (i might tonight), but generally when i want to peel a sticker off, i just heat the sticker with a hair dryer. Then it just peels off.
EDIT: I tried this a few days ago, it did not work.
With a really sticky label I scraped off as much as I could and tried both ammonia and nail polish remover, not at the same time! My vote goes to the nail polish remover. it seemed to work more effectively. Dab it on and let it sit for a minute to dissolve the adhesive. It's a elbow grease project in any case.
Have you ever tried a heat gun? The heat softens the glue and it does get hotter than a blow dryer. They use them to remove labels in some factories. Just be careful not to singe and use something besides your hands to peel it off (maybe a putty knife)
Mineral Terpentine ("terps") is magic for those labels with really tough adhesive. Peel / scrape the label off as best you can. Then just a small amount on a rag works wonders. Rub on gently, then after a couple of seconds as the solvent action kicks in rub a bit harder. Then wash off well in soapy water.
I had several Epic empties. Some of their labels use insanely powerful adhesive. Soaking in hot water, stainless steel scourer, boiling in a pot, knife blade... all I was doing was pushing the adhesive around.
My girlfriend, seeing my mounting exasperation, calmly suggested I try using the terps from her oil paint set. Took about a minute per bottle:
Note that "Terpentinersatz" is German for "Terpentine Substitute" which is another name for mineral turpentine. You can get it from any hardware or art supply store.


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These days, buyers who want to live like Eloise can find condos in luxury hotels at dramatically reduced prices
Grammy-nominated pop singer Cristian Castro likes the fresh sheets, room service and spa at the W Hollywood hotel in Southern California. But he doesn't just stay there. He lives there.
The 37-year-old singer from Mexico paid $925,000 in cash last month for a two-bedroom condominium at the W. The selling price was a big discount from the unit's $1.25 million listing price last year, before the W's owner cut prices on the project's 143 condos by up to 35%.
"Honestly, I think I did well with my investment," said Mr. Castro, who intends to make his W condo the primary of his four residences. "I just couldn't believe the prices in this building."
Across the U.S., developers of condominiums attached to luxury hotels—most of which completed construction as the recession took hold—are lowering prices to jump-start sluggish sales. As a result, buyers aspiring to live the life of Eloise, the children's-book character who called New York's Plaza Hotel home, now can do so for up to 50% to 60% off boom-time prices. For that, they get the cachet of a brand such as Four Seasons or Ritz-Carlton, free access to the hotel's facilities and discounts on services such as house cleaning, room service and valet.
One of the W Hollywood's owners, Marty Collins, chief executive of Gatehouse Capital Corp., was pragmatic about lowering the W's prices last year to an average of $625 per square foot from more than $800. "At some point, if you've had a big market correction, you have to meet the market" on price, he said. The project so far has sold 53 of its 143 condos, with 10 more under contract.
At the W Atlanta Downtown Residences, now owned by a private-equity firm that bought the project's loan from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in 2010, prices were cut early this year an average 53% per square foot to $343. The W had sold only one of its 74 condos before repricing the units. Since then, it has sold 10, with another three under contract.
Owners of the Four Seasons Hotel Denver, after restructuring the project's debts early this year, reduced prices by up to 60% on the downtown tower's 102 condos. A three-bedroom unit previously listed for $3 million now can now be had for $1.8 million. Since the change, the Four Seasons has sold 71 condos with another 11 under contract.
In Texas, Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, which owns the Tower Residences at the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas, has avoided price cuts on 95 units in the project's second tower—for the most part. Earlier this year, 10% price reductions were offered on a dozen of its condos for a limited time. All 12 were sold in the promotion.
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However, the recession obliterated the ranks of luxury-condo buyers—both domestic and international—leaving behind loads of unsold inventory and construction loans that couldn't be repaid. Many lenders now say they won't finance such projects unless condo sales are only a minimal part of their plan.
Developers and sales executives say widespread discounts have brought in a new wave of buyers. Like Mr. Castro, they have the money to buy their second or third home outright, and the reduced prices are drawing them in. "Mortgages still [require] 20% to 30% down," Mr. Gosztonyi, of Ritz-Carlton, said. "The mortgages are there, but the terms aren't agreeable to buyers. Cash buyers are up as a percentage."
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MUG104: Music 7 (2013-2014)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Music
COURSE TITLE: Music 7
COURSE LENGTH: 36 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: The music 7 course is designed to introduce students in three major overlapping kinds of musical involvement: listening, reading, performing, and creating. The content is based on the DoDEA Music Standards and includes, but is not limited to, the following concepts of folk music: American and international folk music; the fundamentals of music reading; the singing and playing of music; a survey of musical styles; composers and their times; the science of sound; acoustics and electronics; current musical events; the elements of music (rhythm, harmony, tone, color]; music of the theater opera, movies, and dance; and creative composition and performance.
Major Instructional Activities: : Instructional activities will be provided in the general classroom setting or in the band/chorus room, when available. Student activities and experiences in general music will include, but will not be limited to, scoping to active versus passive listening processes; using the library/media center; singing simple two-part descants with musical accompaniment; taking musical field trips; using computer graphics notation; presenting music ideas and interpretation through composition and performance; moving to music; and providing students insights into cultural heritages through listening and critical analysis of music.
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SEOUL—North Korea on Sunday called for high-level talks with the U.S. but offered no indication it would move to wind down its nuclear-weapons program to initiate dialogue.
Less than a week after North Korea pulled out of talks with South Korea, the North's top policy-making body said it wanted dialogue with the U.S. to "defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula and ensure peace and security in the region."
A spokesman for the National Defense Commission said the talks could include mutual denuclearization but also repeated the North's commitment to building up its own nuclear arsenal.
"The legitimate status of the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state will go on and on without vacillation whether others recognize it or not," the spokesman said, according to state media. DPRK is the abbreviation for North Korea's official name, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
The U.S. State Department had no immediate response to the North Korean offer, which came late Saturday in the U.S.
On Friday, the U.S. envoy on North Korea, Glyn Davies, said that a breakthrough in diplomacy with Pyongyang hinges on the North following through on previous pledges to roll back its nuclear-weapons program. In a forum known as the six-party talks that ran through 2008, North Korea committed to end its nuclear-weapons pursuit.
During heightened rhetoric on the Korean peninsula earlier this year, North Korea's parliament wrote into law the development of nuclear weapons as a top policy goal. Since then the North has stepped up work to restart its nuclear reactor to produce plutonium for bombs and is also thought to be making progress in enriching uranium for weapons.
North Korea says it needs to increase its nuclear arsenal to provide an effective deterrent for possible attack from the U.S. Analysts say the North also sees its nuclear stockpile as a lever in trying to win security guarantees for its regime, as well as other benefits such as aid.
In March, North Korea threatened the U.S. with nuclear attack, although most experts say it hasn't yet developed the ability to follow through on such a threat. The North is thought to have a few small nuclear bombs, but it is unclear whether it would be able to mount a nuclear device on a missile.
China has been leading calls for a resumption of multilateral talks about reining in North Korea's nuclear ambitions. After a meeting last week between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese officials emphasized getting North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks.
U.S. officials say that they won't recognize North Korea's demand to be viewed as a nuclear state and won't return to talks without steps by the North to begin dismantling its nuclear program.
The last high-level talks between the U.S. and North Korea produced an agreement in February 2012 to provide the North with aid in return for a freeze on missile tests and uranium enrichment. That deal soon collapsed after the North launched a long-range missile in April.
Tensions escalated further from the end of last year after another missile launch, followed by a nuclear test in February. As well as threatening the U.S., North Korea said it wouldn't be bound by the armistice that ended the Korean War and closed a joint industrial park with the South.
Talks over resuming operations at the park and other inter-Korean projects were scheduled for last week in Seoul but collapsed after the North refused to send a delegation in a dispute over the rank of the most senior official on each side.
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Home > Food > Recipes > Salmon Fish Cakes
Salmon Fish Cakes
Categories: Entertaining, Low-fat, Quick to fix, Snacks
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Salmon fish cakes make a great appetizer or main dish.
Prep Time: 15M
Cooking Time: 30M
Serves: Serves 4
- 2lb (900g) baking potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2lb (900g) skinless boneless salmon
- handful of curly parsley, finely chopped
- flour for dusting
- vegetable oil for frying
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
To serve
- tartar sauce
- lemon wedges
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- First, cook the mashed potatoes. Boil the potatoes in a saucepan of salted water for about 15 minutes or until soft, then drain well and mash. Add the butter, and mash again until smooth. Set aside and keep warm.
- Put the salmon in a large frying pan and cover with water. Simmer for 5-8 minutes until the fish turns opaque. Remove and cool on a plate for 2-3 minutes. Using your fingers, flake the fish into pieces.
- Gently mix the fish with the mashed potatoes. Stir in the parsley, and season well with salt and pepper. Form the mixture into 8 equal balls, then flatten them lightly into patties. Dust the fish cakes with a little flour.
- Over medium heat, warm just enough oil to cover the bottom of a nonstick frying pan. Working in batches, cook the fish cakes for about 10 minutes, turning once, until golden. Serve hot with tartar sauce and lemon wedges.
- You can always substitute white fish for the salmon.
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I wanted to know how does FB sharer work. I wanted to share different things with FB when the user is logged into my website and not into my website. So i had 2 description tags i.e different for logged and not logged in users. But FB sharer is not recognizing it. It just displays only 1 description tag while sharing. I have used the FB lint also. Same problem i have there.
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Sorry all my questions are about heroica, but this needs to be easy so that I can build in a few mins. I will make gladiator micro figures as well, if someone can make a Lion too!
Let's assume that the Heroica figures are exactly half the scale of the normal LEGO minifigure. That would be roughly 1:100. At that scale, 1 meter would be roughly 0.75 studs long or the height of a standard LEGO brick.
Now let's convert the Coliseum dimensions:
To calculate the real dimensions of this LEGO construction, let's remember that a brick is 9.6mm high and the distance for 1 stud is 8mm (= 1 stud radius + the distance between two studs).
Using these values we get:
@Those two distances are calculated by multiplying 6.4mm with the number of studs, and then adding 1.6mm for the last little bit of beam left after the last stud.
You're going to need a lot of pieces. And I don't know if you are talking about making it for your game boards or for your minifigures. I, the LEGO know-it-all, will help you out. I have made a ton of things, including a LEGO to-scale tennis court. That was fairly easy and I made it in about 3–4 hours.
So, if you want to make an arena, you first have to make a square- or circle-sized, box-like base with walls. Make four walls and put them all together as if you were making a house.
Then, make some stands. These will be supported by poles or stacked bricks ot have the height over the wall. This will take a lot of pieces, but very basic ones. What you want to do is use long skinny 2×12 or 2×10, or any longer plank, and 2×4 bricks, and you will want to build some seats or bleachers with those. I will upload a pic of those soon.
Then, you want to kind of make a roof over those bleachers. And of course you also want some entrances and maybe a gate or tunnel. Then you can use the bear from LEGO forest police, make some chariots, and have fun.


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Does FileVault 2 in Lion have any other differences compared to the old version, FileVault in previous releases of the system? Are there any additional benefits to using the new version?
Apart from being able to encypt an entire volume, what are the other differences of FileVault 2 over FileVault?
Borrowing heavily from John Siracusa's Lion review...
FileVault 2 is a Whole Disk Encryption system, as opposed to just a 'store your home folder in an encrypted disk image' solution. It's implemented as a filesystem layer below the actual volume that you unlock at system boot time. If you're familiar with LVM, it's much the same way. Whenever you get past the password lock, everything looks the same to the rest of the system.
As Steve mentioned, the encryption work can be aided by specialized processor instructions, and runs entirely in the background. What's nice is that you can turn disk encryption on a full drive, and everything will be done at leisure (you can shut it down, bring it back up, etc. and everything will continue).
Password less 'Guest' accounts can no longer be created since the whole disk is encrypted than just the User's home directory. It's sad that I could not find any information on the kb article in Apple about this.
The new Filevault seems to put far fewer constraints on you than the old version. You don't have to log out for time machine to work, for example, and all the sharing daemons appear to work fine (some of them were disabled when filefault was enabled if I recall correctly. I think web sharing was among them, which made my laptop a bit useless as a development platform for web applications :) ).
One problem with Filevault 2 is you can't ssh into a machine until you've entered a password locally, as the startup process can't commence until the encrypted drive has been unlocked.
I'm sure there are a few other. This Apple support article should answer the rest of your questions.
FileVault 2 LVG failures may be irreparable
From the manual page for
Issues with FileVault 1
fsck_hfs (used by Disk Utility) has been developed for more than ten years and is capable of repairing most issues with JHFS+ as used by FileVault 1.
Should you encounter an issue that
Core Storage issues with FileVault 2
In the absence of alternatives to fsck_cs
If LVG failure occurs and
One drawback I can see is that before you could encrypt individual user accounts, whereas now you can only encrypt the whole disk. If you encrypt the whole disk, you also have to decrypt the whole disk every time you use the computer. This means that once the computer is booted, the whole disk is accessible to malware, whereas before you could log in (and soon again out of) to security-critical accounts separately.
I suppose you can still use encrypted disk images on top of FileVault for really important data.
Another problem could be Time Machine. Whereas before the FileVault users' directories were also stored encrypted on the backup volume, that does not seem to be the case anymore.
Does anyone know if Time Machine now support whole-disk encryption as well (from the reports so far it seems to be not enabled for external drives, at least not via the GUI)?
Update: Apparently, Time Machine does not support whole-disk encryption: Can Time Machine volumes be easily encrypted with FileVault 2?
For multiple administrators: FileVault 2 alone is less secure than FileVault 1
Similar to the answer offered by Thilo. This logic applies to any computer with two or more administrators.
FileVault 1 in Snow Leopard and in Lion
There is a good level of security to prevent a person without the master password from accessing any other person's data.
FileVault 2 alone
Any administrator can view, copy, edit all other users' data.
Two business partners share a computer, both administrators. One of the two partners might like to keep something private. The partner who holds the master password, who wishes to keep something private, does not give that password to the other partner.
With FileVault 2 alone in such scenarios, security and privacy are easily ignored — sudo comes immediately to mind.
ZFS encryption in Oracle Solaris, which can apply to users' home directories.
If a user of FileVault 2 in the situation above requires the extra security, that person can:
Alternatively, that person might use just a part of an existing disk … but partition management in and around coreStorage world is difficult, so for long-term simplicity: I would recommend investment in an additional/separate disk.
Expect some user data to be written to a subdirectory of
Partition management in and around coreStorage world is difficult
For a disk that uses FileVault 2 — or any other application of Core Storage — it may be impossible to add or resize partitions using Disk Utility.
In Super User:
Expect Apple's diskutil(8) Mac OS X Manual Page to be updated for 10.7 in due course. In the meantime, if you already installed Lion, read the man page in Terminal.
FileVault 1 can be disabled for individuals
For any user who uses FileVault 1:
Enabled users of FileVault 2 can not be disabled
In Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A511) you can allow a user to unlock the startup volume, but once enabled:
Lion: Disable FileVault Disk decryption by a particular user
Lion Recovery Disk Assistant lacks support for FileVault 2
Version 1.0 of the assistant used with FileVault 2 in Mac OS X 10.7 (Build 11A511) does produce a Recovery OS on a USB flash drive. However:
I found this problem with two different computers.
FileVault 1 impact on performance
In my experience, the impact is usually acceptable. I'd like to see relevant benchmarks.
Performance comparisons
In Ask Different: Speed of old Filevault vs. new Lion full disk encryption
FileVault 2 impact on performance
Apple suggests:
AnandTech — Back to the Mac: OS X 10.7 Lion review: FileVault performance observes:
I'd like the AnandTech reviewers to weigh things again more broadly, to include at least:
More observations on CPU, kernel_task et cetera in Re: [Fed-Talk] Lion FileVault (2011-07-22) (highlights).
FileVault 2 prevents remote restart
Do not expect remote access to the EFI loginwindow.
Disabling FileVault 1 may worsen performance
Two reasonably-sized volumes (one a home directory), with a good set of B-trees, are probably easier for the system to manage — and almost certainly perform better — than a single colossal volume with attributes and catalog B-trees that are oversized and fragmented.
FileVault 1 uses bands of a size that is optimised.
Depending on the content of a home directory, abandoning those bands in favour of a greater number of smaller files may significantly increase the sizes and fragmentation of the following critical areas of the startup volume:
Enlarged B-trees can be unexpectedly problematic
What follows is debatably beyond the scope of the opening question, and relatively technical, but for any user of a computer with (a) limited memory and (b) a considerable number of files within and outside their home directory, it's worth thinking about before abandoning FileVault 1.
If the sum of the sizes of the B-trees is too great, and if repair is required, third party utilities on your computer may be unable to repair the damage.
If a volume is irreparable by fsck_hfs — most obviously using Disk Utility, less obviously whenever the system encounters a file system that is dirty — a user may turn to a respected third party utility.
I encountered a situation where the sum of the sizes of the B-trees — in relation to the physical memory — was too great for a third party utility to work as required for a Core Storage encrypted backup volume that was irreparable by
I might have taken the volume, with or without the computer, to a service provider for attention in an environment with more memory. However for security, I should not provide to any third party — however well trusted — the passphrase or key for some types of volume.
Eventually and unexpectedly the
Some installations can not use FileVault 2
Not all installations of Lion gain the hidden
If this happens — and if you abandoned FileVault 1 before the upgrade to Lion — your Mac with Lion will be less secure.
The advice published by Macworld before the release of Lion continues to advise users to disable FileVault 1 before installing Lion. It's most unusual for Macworld to give advice that is contentious but in this case, I disagree strongly.
Lion makes FileVault 1 homes less easy to create
Easiest to create the FileVault 1 home in Snow Leopard before upgrading to Lion.
If without Snow Leopard: you can use Lion to create the home, but there are a few steps to the routine.
After disabling Filevault 1, is it possible to enable it again in Lion?
By combining FileVault 2 with FileVault 1, you can have double layer security. Note that this is will cause troubles with TimeMachine and sharing. Therefore, this double layer security is only advisable for an account where TimeMachine is turned off!
On my computer, I have an everyday work account, a FileVault 1 account (excluded from TimeMachine) and an administrator account. When I activated FileVault 2 from my everyday work account (using the administrator account's password), I expected FileVault 1 to disappear because Apple says at OS X Lion: About FileVault 2: «If you turn off Legacy FileVault, the Legacy FileVault tab will disappear and you can then choose to enable OS X Lion's FileVault 2».
When FileVault 2 was all set up, I was very surprised that my FileVault 1 continued having FileVault 1 encryption. So I had a double layer security: A legacy FileVault 1 account within a FileVault 2 computer. All I needed was a non-FileVault 1 account from where to turn on FileVault 2.
Eventually, I turned off FileVault 2 again. I like being able to access the OS X filesystem from the Bootcamp Windows system. With FileVault 2, that was no longer possible. I still keep the FileVault 1 account and it continues working fine, even in 10.8.1.


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Incoming freshman Freida Lim won two gold medals at the Singapore National Diving Championships held at the OCBC Aquatic Center in Singapore on July 2.
Four members of the Clemson diving team, senior Megan Helwagen, junior Sarah Braun and freshmen Sarah Blank and Caylin Hirapara, have been named CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-Americans for the 2015-16 season.
During the month of May, rising senior diver Sarah Braun went on the study abroad trip of a lifetime.
For the eighth consecutive semester, Head Coach Leslie Hasselbach Adams' diving team was named a CSCAA Scholar All-America Team as announced by the College Swimming Coaches of America on Wednesday, June 15.
Head Coach Leslie Hasselbach Adams Recognizes Team and Individual Performances
Earns Honor For Second Consecutive Year
Sarah Braun finished in 14th place in the platform event at the NCAA Zone B Championships at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga. on Wednesday afternoon.
Hirapara Claims Best Finish at 20th; Blank Earns 22nd
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3 Oct 2012 3:52 AM #1
Android 2.x css3 support
Hey guys,
great work on the latest Sencha Animator!
Love the option to choose if the project will support 2.x Android
I notice that when this option is checked, some of the transforms aren't available(for obvious reasons
Is it possible to have some of the options enabled, such as rotation and scaling?
I know the support isn't consistent across devices but having the ability to output some of these transforms, regardless if they may not work, would be a great asset to our workflow!
We currently have designers creating animations with our UI team tweaking some of the code to add rotation/scaling as needed.
If we can get these available for 2.x Android option that'd be great!
3 Oct 2012 11:23 AM #2
Hi Supabok,
First, thank you for the compliments!
To answer your question:
Android 2.x browser is based on webkit, just like safari and chrome, so in theory it should render everything the same as those 2 browsers, but in practice, there are some differences. One of the differences is that Android supports smaller set of CSS3 properties. Transformations in particular are troublesome in Android, as they are not fully supported Checking the 'Android 2.x' option when you create a new project in Animator will therefore limit the available properties to ones that are supported properly by Android - it is a way of making sure that anything you make will render correctly on Android.
However, since Android browser uses the same CSS3 '-webkit' prefix as Chrome and Safari, any project that has been exported without 'Android 2.x' option enabled, should also render and animate when viewed on Android. So, if you have a way to tweak the code to create a workaround for Android after you include rotate/scale/translate, you can just create a regular Animator project and work from that.
Do note though, that normally regular projects, when exported, if they include transformations, will probably not render correctly when viewed on Android.
I hope this answers your question. Good luck with your project!
3 Oct 2012 5:08 PM #3
Hi Miro,
Thank you for your reply!
Yes we are aware of the issues with Android, in particular rotate/scale transforms.
I bring up the issue only because our designers created some complex animations and of course failed to render properly in Android 2.x
With regards to those issues, we've decided to create animations using the 2.x in Sencha Animator and then tweak them by hand because we find this faster than creating a regular project and then going back to retweak the transformations we're interested in.
Anyways, thanks for the heads up and we wish you guys continued success


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I'd like to rewire Windows' default behavior so that clicking on an email address anywhere (browser, document, etc.) opens in Gmail instead of Outlook. Is that possible? (Windows 7)
Control Panel > Internet Options > Programs
Change "E-mail:" to "Google Mail".
Then whenever you click on a
A full-featured alternative would be to install Affixa (the free version is fine) - it enables all context menu functionality (Send as attachment, Send to Email Recipient), as well as setting Gmail to your default client. I've used it successfully in XP and W7.
This solution also works with Google Apps and Yahoo! Mail.
There's now installable Google Apps software for Windows - it's really just a wrapper for the web app in Chrome but that registers with Windows as an email client that you can then set as your default just like you would with Outlook or Thunderbird. Works like a charm.
http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html (uncheck the stuff you don't need).
Another option is to use a browser plugin or userscript to convert Mailto: links to the format required by Gmail.
I wrote an article (http://www.lauramartin.co.nz/how-to-set-your-automatic-mailto-to-use-gmail-instead-of-outlook-in-google-chrome/) along this line that I think might help you.
Basically Chrome offers an easy way to do this by changing your default email protocol.
How to set Gmail as your default client in Google Chrome


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14 Feb 2013 2:59 AM #1
the application doesn't appear in the browser.
See the attachment.
I try to build my application but in the browser I see nothig.
These arte the commands that I use in the shell:
sencha create jsb -a http://localhost/minificazione/app.html -p newapp.jsb3 sencha build -p newapp.jsb3 -d ./
17 Feb 2013 8:08 AM #2
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Caregivers face challenges, find rewards taking care of loved ones
|Amy Pierce, second from left, 87, is lifted up by her caregivers Candace Byrd, far left, and Aurelia Birch as Pierce's daughter Karen Williams, right, helps at their home in Stone Mountain, Georgia, November 8, 2012. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)
She lives it every day.
Williams, a sales manager for IBM, sometimes feels like a circus juggler trying to balance her family, a high-stress job, conference calls and caring for her 87-year-old mother, who suffers from diabetes, multiple sclerosis and other health problems.
"I'm learning a lot about the health of the elderly, and I'm learning new things every day," said Williams, who is thankful she can often work from her Stone Mountain, Ga., home, which she and her husband expanded to make room when her mother came to live with them a few years ago. "Every day is a challenge."
Williams is far from alone.
The nation is experiencing a caregiver crisis that is going to get worse, said Leisa Easom, executive director of the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus.
The crisis will be further fueled by an older population that is growing and living longer with chronic illnesses, combined with shortages in some areas of health care.
Williams' mother requires constant care. Williams says she's lucky because her mother had long-term care insurance, which pays part of the tab for assistance. But some of the care benefits are ending soon, which will force more responsibility on Williams, her family and a sister who lives in another state. Taking care of her mother requires a tremendous amount of organization.
"I'm trying to cover all of my mother's requirements, but no matter how well I try to anticipate and cover them, things pop up," she said. For example, Williams said she has been out of town for work and had to suddenly return home when an issue arose.
The National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP estimated in a 2009 report that there were more than 65 million unpaid family caregivers to an adult or child.
And much of the responsibility falls on women. The average caregiver is female, in her mid- to late-40s, married and working outside the home, experts say. Female caregivers may spend as much as 50 percent more time providing care than male caregivers.
Caring for an elderly parent or sick relative is perhaps one of the most difficult and stressful times for an individual, said Clarice W. Dowdle, the chief operating officer of Atlanta-based Senior Caregiving Today and author of "Time for the Talk: The Ten Step Plan for Effective Senior Caregiving Today."
When many people are placed in the role of caregiver, they have no idea about the emotional and financial commitment it involves.
Easom said the caregiver is the one often most overlooked. She said caregivers have a 63 percent higher mortality rate than noncaregivers and twice the rate of chronic illnesses.
The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, in partnership with Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, operates a caregiver support center.
One caller said she made sure her relative went to the doctor all the time but realized she had not made an appointment with her own doctor in three years.
Caregivers sometimes suffer from depression and other health issues.
"In their desperation, sometimes the caregiver becomes the casualty because they have cared for their loved one at the cost of themselves," Easom said. "That's not an option. Care giving can be very rewarding, but it can also be exhausting, and we need to prevent that exhaustion though evidence-based support programs."
Jazma Wise, 26, a mother of two young children, voluntarily took on the main role of helping care for her paternal grandmother, "Big Mama," who resides in a skilled nursing facility.
Her grandmother, who raised her, has cancer and has opted not to have further treatment after chemotherapy made her sick.
"You don't think anybody can take care of them the way you do," said Wise, who said she has been written up at work for being late.
She said she gets help from her children's father and other relatives, but she said the bulk of handling her grandmother's business affairs and making sure she's all right falls on her.
At the same time she deals with the stress of watching a loved one's health deteriorate.
"I don't sleep a lot. I guess it hasn't hit me yet," Wise said. "I just do it because she's my last grandparent and she's my favorite."
Caregiving is not for everybody, said Williams of Stone Mountain, Ga.
It requires patience, understanding, a willingness to do what's needed and "a thick skin at times," she said.
But every caregiver interviewed said while it was stressful and hard work, there was also the reward of being able to help their parents and spend more time with them.
Ellen Weaver Hartman, a public relations executive, said she found a silver lining in being able to care for her mother, who moved to Atlanta when she got older.
Her mom died in 2010 at age 89.
"You get incredibly close to the person that you are taking care of," she said. "While it is stressful, I also treasured every day with my mom and knew that if she had not had gotten sick, I would not have strengthened my bonds with her. She was my best friend and she knew it."
-Have "the talk" early. Don't wait until your parents or spouse are older or ill to know their wishes about care.
-If a qualified, reliable friend or relatives offer to help in some way, don't be too proud to accept. Sometimes an hour break can be a great stress reliever.
-Know where all important financial and personal documents are kept and make sure they're current.
-Divide responsibility among siblings.
-Understand it's emotionally taxing. Therefore, try to make logical decisions. Reach out to your company's human resources department, friends and others to help you navigate insurance, Medicare, veterans benefits and leave policies.
-Be compassionate and patient.
-Keep good records. It is a huge task juggling doctors, insurance, medications and agency help.
-Do not sign contracts with a home care agency without numerous discussions about what you're signing and your financial obligations. Check with consumer agencies, friends and family, and always ask for references.
-Review the medical care and medications your family member receives so you can make the best possible medical decisions on his or her behalf.
-Create an ongoing maintenance plan, including hygiene, exercise, socialization and nutrition.
Source: Caregivers and sources interviewed for this article, "Time for the Talk: The Ten Step Plan for Effective Senior Caregiving Today", staff
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Questions about Membership
Do I have to be a member to use the space?
83c is open to anyone to drop by and take a look around. Non-members are welcome to come by. If you use the space extensively, you are kindly asked to become a member.
How does one become a member? What is the cost of membership?
Please check out Noisebridge Membership for instructions on how to become a member. Membership dues are $80 per month; if $80 is a hardship, we have a special $40/month "starving hacker" rate. We're funded entirely by dues and donations, so we encourage everyone to be a regular member if they can afford it. Of course you can always donate additional funds if you're so inclined!
What resources do members have access to?
- Participation in consensus decision making about issues and matters dealing with the space during our weekly meetings.
- Storage in space for personal projects and tools.
- The gratitude of everyone who walks through the door for helping make such a cool place happen.
Do I have to be a member to attend classes or workshops?
No, classes and workshops are open to anyone who receives an invite or announce about it. Check out the Mailinglist page for information on how to join our announce list.
How can I pay my membership dues?
You can pay your monthly membership dues in any number of ways, including PayPal (which allows paying from a bank account or credit card), writing a check to "Noisebridge", or giving cash.
Click here for more details.
Are membership dues tax deductible?
No, but donations (in excess of dues) will be!
Click here for more details.
Questions about 83c
When is Noisebridge open?
Our space (83c Wiese) is open 24/7. Those who wish to visit the space and need access are advised to contact a member if there's any doubt as to whether or not anyone will be at the space.
Can I keep active projects in the space?
Yes! Good standing members can keep projects and personal items on their shelves. If you have something that won't fit on your shelf, it's best to get the approval of the membership to bring it to the space. We are very tight for space right now and reluctant to take on larger items.
What happens if I bring my tools into the space?
Members can keep personal tools and items on their shelves, which are kept separate from donated tools and items. Tools given to the space (not kept on shelves) are considered to be a donation to the 501c3 nonprofit, accessible to any member at any time. Donations are not returnable or refundable.
How do (junk) donations work?
Junk donations are a problem in the space right now. If you want to bring something by the space, please check with members to get a general feel for whether or not it will be a good thing to hack. There are better resources for getting rid of your junk.
How can I donate to Noisebridge?
You can donate to Noisebridge in any number of ways, including PayPal (which allows paying from a bank account or credit card), writing a check to "Noisebridge", or giving cash.
Click here for more details.
Are donations to Noisebridge tax deductible?
Noisebridge is an educational non-profit CA corporation for the public good, and we have applied for our 501(c)(3) tax exempt status. Once we are approved for our tax exempt status, which should be within another month or two, all donations to Noisebridge are retroactively tax deductible. (However, dues are not deductible due to IRS rules.)


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I downloaded the package and went through the installation process. I was first prompted with the license. There was an unclickable button which, as the tutorial said, I had to click. So I closed the terminal, relogged and tried writing the same apt-get command, the result was:
sam@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
[sudo] password for sam:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
How do I continue the process and, well this is embarrassing, how do I "approve" the license?


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5 Innocent Things That Science Says Make People Hate You
It seems like everyone these days is just waiting for an excuse to hate you. There's the obvious stuff: your stupid clothes, your ugly hair, that dumb thing you do when you laugh (God, what is up with that? It sounds like somebody kicked a walrus in the neck). But your many glaring personality flaws aside, sometimes the deck is just plain stacked against you for reasons you would never expect, much less think to avoid ...
#5. Your Profile Picture Is Too Close Up
Every online service practically demands that you have a close-up photo of your own face on your profile, if only to assure people that you're a real human being and not a penis-extender-hawking robot. The unfortunate truth is that not only do those close-ups show your blemishes in all of their hideous glory, but they also make you look less trustworthy and less attractive.
Researchers at Caltech performed several experiments measuring the relationship between proximity and likability. In one, they had volunteers judge photographs of people who were either 2 feet or 7 feet from the camera -- the same people, the same expression, the same clothes, and the same general aura of "This better not turn out to be a porn audition ... again." They found that the participants disliked the subjects more the closer they got to the camera. And it wasn't skewed by subtle differences in the photos. In another experiment, they merely warped a person's picture so that it seemed like he was closer to the camera:
Via Caltech.edu
If you look rapidly back and forth between the two photos, it will make you puke.
It's the exact same photo, slightly tweaked to make the man on the left seem closer to the viewer, and even then, people still believed that the man in the altered photo was less trustworthy, less attractive, and less competent, and probably smelled like diapers, too. It's a lot of dislike just from a straight-up profile shot, is what we're saying.
Researchers believe this has something to do with how our brain handles personal space. Even if it's just a picture, your subconscious doesn't like it when someone's standing too close to you, getting their mouth-air all up in your me-bubble. On some deep, stupid, primal level, our brain treats people in close-up photos like close-talkers, and shuns them accordingly -- or hey, maybe we just like people we perceive as farther away because it's less likely they'll hit us up for money or talk to us about politics.
Shit, that's her "We have to talk" face. Run!
#4. You Don't Open Your Eyes Wide Enough
Quick: Imagine somebody giving you "bedroom eyes." What do they look like? Kind of a half-open, come-hither stare, right? All right, now -- no, stop. Don't imagine them undressing and worshiping at the temple of your own genitals. The exercise is over! Jesus, you're pretty hard up, aren't you? Has it been a while?
Unfortunately, your "sexy" half-open gaze might be the reason for your dry spell. The truth is that the smaller others perceive your eyes to be, the less they like you. Researchers conducted a study on several hundred men and women and gave them two pictures to look at. Both photos were of the same man, but one had the man's eyes fully open, the other slightly closed. There was no subtle difference in expression: They Photoshopped the pictures to ensure that every single element, down to the individual hairs, were identical.
Via Livescience.com
"Hi, I'm Chad. Would you like to get some coffee?"
Via Livescience.com
"Who I am is of no concern. EAT COFFEE!"
Then they asked volunteers a series of questions about the person in the photograph: Does he look like he'd want a long-term or short-term relationship? Would he make a good neighbor? Does he seem like a good business partner? Does he seem safe to travel with? Do you think he'd flush after using the bathroom at a bar?
Women agreed that the squinting man was more likely interested in a short-term fling, but in every single category, the man with the wider eyes was rated higher: more trustworthy, more likeable, more stable, even more attractive. So why do we even have such a thing as "bedroom eyes"? Well, the scientists believe that wider eyes are more closely associated with youth, so a narrowed gaze might indicate sexual maturity. It's just that, according to lead researcher Daniel Kruger, your come-hither stare isn't worth it and "can come back to bite you."
"Wait, are you trying to seduce me or blame me for something?"
So there you go, Science said it: Next time you want to woo a member of the opposite sex, just open your eyes as wide as you can and stare at him or her, unblinking. That's pure trustworthy sexiness, right there.
#3. You're Slightly Androgynous
The decreasing divide between genders is definitely a good thing, and one of the first stepping stones toward a truly equal world. In theory. In practice, researchers have found that being too gender neutral and ambiguous can actually make you seem less likable and less trustworthy -- and not just to bigots. No matter how progressive you are, it turns out that, deep down, nobody likes your androgynous haircut. Everybody really just wants to know what sex gear you're packing as soon as possible, even if they have absolutely no personal interest in learning how to use it.
Think this doesn't affect you? Maybe your personal life is based solely around your own aggressive gender bias -- all Tapout shirts or pink skorts with frills about the ankles? Well, how about your Internet avatars? Are they all straight-up pictures of your prominently displayed junk, or are some of them maybe an obscured photo, a movie still, a band you like, or a funny drawing? Yeah, that's going to come right around and bite you in your completely sexless ass.
In one study, researchers had participants evaluate the likability, credibility, and trustworthiness of people they were chatting with in an online setting. Each person had a different avatar: One was an antiquated female stereotype, another was slightly more androgynous, and the last was a ketchup bottle with a face, because Science got bored that day.
Via Newscientist.com
Three's Company meets Naked Lunch.
In all cases, the participants were more likely to evaluate the clearly female avatar as the most positive, likable, and trustworthy, regardless of the nature of their interactions. Second was the pixie cut, then the ketchup bottle. But in all fairness, that ketchup bottle does look mad sketchy:
Via Newscientist.com
Don't move. It can sense your fear.
Oh, but we don't mean to imply that this is solely an Internet issue: In another study, researchers prepared three different offices -- one owned by a chauvinistic manly man with posters of naked women and giant trucks and such, another owned by a progressively minded man with posters for breast cancer awareness and probably some flowers or something, and a third with no posters at all. They had female participants take tests in one of the three rooms after telling them that they'd be working in a man's office.
Researchers found that the women who had previously rated themselves as sensitive to sexism were more likely to get lower scores in the progressive and neutral offices than in the sexist office with the soft-core-porn posters. They were more unnerved to be working in the office of a man they couldn't immediately categorize via outdated, exaggerated stereotypes than that of a "progressive" man, or even just one who hasn't had time to decorate.
Just realize the message you're sending with this type of decor, guys.
Seriously, who puts up posters in their office?


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10 Secrets From a Thrifting Goddess (errr… that would be me.)
The #1 question that I get asked most is "How do you find all your awesome junk?!?!" Well my friends, since today is a special day I am going to share with you how to shop at a thrift store. These are the 10 best ways to find the really GOOD STUFF that you are always jealous about.
If you follow me on Twitter you will know that I have had pretty much the best luck ever thrift shopping this past week or two.
I can feel your death stares through the computer.
So I will have you know that I am breaking my own rules, since today is Tuesday. So you better listen and listen good. I am showing you how things look when I buy them so that you can kind of get an idea of what I look for. Keep checking back to see what hidden awesomeness comes out of it.
So on with the SECRETS!!!
1. Know where the good stuff is in YOUR store.
When I go into my store there is a big room on the back that has furniture, lamps, large mirrors, bed frames, crappy toys, bikes, sporting goods, and a strange smell. This room is where I usually find the best junk, so naturally I go there first. There is a place where they put large mirrors and that is always my first stop. (You can see my collection in my daughters room, and on my Wall O' Mirrors) Large ornate mirrors are rare BUT they do show up. Like this one I just scored for $10.00
2. Go in with an open mind.
I believe that the harder you search for something the less likely you are to find it. Awesome junk picks you and you need to be ready for it. For example I just bought this awesome coffee table for $5.00. Do I need a coffee table? No. But my Mother In Law is still trying to find the perfect one for her living room and until she finds it I am forever buying her coffee tables.
3. Don't be scared to hoard.
Ok maybe hoard is too harsh of a word. Lets try this again. Don't be scared to save things for later. If you see something awesome and don't buy it cause you might not need it right.this.second you will be kicking yourself for the next 5 years.
Now, I am not saying buy everything that you *might* be able to use, I am talking about the kind of pieces that make you say "whoa" out loud and then you immediately have mother bear syndrome and look around to see if anyone is scoping out your treasure.
Like this awesome chandelier that I just found for $15.00. I literally said "Oh my gravy", and ran to it. Goodness knows the LAST thing in the world that this girl needs is another chandelier (I have 5 that I am saving for later) but this one was THE ONE. Its huge. It almost goes up to my waist and I am 5'9. And I can not wait to show you what I have done with it….after the hubs gets it hung.
4. Look for things that can be refinished.
I rarely find something that I will keep "as is" . Only really cool old junk with freakin awesome patinas stay as is in my house. I never buy plastic furniture. Real wood only people. There are primers that you can get for plastic or laminate if you find something crazy cool but I haven't used them before. Are you so jealous of this chair? I know. I DIED when I saw it. Cost? Free.
My Mother In Law brought it home from their storage unit 3 days ago. I had a dream about it last night. The hubs came home from work and these were his exact words… "what the crap is that chair doing in this house" See, that chair is from his childhood basement and weighs no joke, 35+ LBS. He is having post traumatic stress disorder due to the fact that he had his toes ran over with it more than once. Sorry dear, the chair is staying.
5. Don't be afraid of a little hard work!
Refer to question #4 for the reason why. This is how you save money people. By doing thing yourself. If you want to pay someone to do it, give me a call but I will charge you. Don't be scared, its just paint. What's the worst that can happen?
Certain types of pieces are perfect for certain types of finishes. Like this cute pedestal table. With those types of details it MUST be glazed. (You can see my full glazing technique here.)
6. If you see something you love, don't be afraid to throw some elbows.
Ha ha just kidding. But seriously, if you see something don't be afraid to act a fool to get it. Or you just might be like my friend Lara who lost out on a ginorm oval ornate out the wazoo mirror for $15.00 because another lady snatched it up first.
If it is something that is too big for your cart have an employee tag it announcing to the world that it is YOURS. Cause guaranteed if you don't someone else will. And even if you are on the fence have them tag it while you ponder its potential. Just make sure that if you decide against it you take the tag off so that other grabbers can have a chance at it.
7. Look where other people aren't willing.
Ok story time. While my MIL and I were shopping on Friday we went to a consignment store that we had never been to. Their furniture was way overpriced for my blood but as we were getting ready to leave the guy that works there told us that everything in this cramped side room was 50% off. At first glance there was NOTHING awesome. But I went in and started to dig. In the back corner in a bookcase that was totally obstructed from view and took 7 minutes to get out was this:
for $2.50 I found the coolest tool box ever because I was willing to hunt for something. This my friends I am leaving just how it is.
8. Don't be afraid to let your style evolve.
When I first started thrifting I hated brass. I thought it was NASTY and every time I saw something I liked that was brass out came the spray paint. But guess what. I am now in love with it. Especially if it has a really old patina, my heart sort of wants to flutter away. I found these candle sticks for $1.00 each.
9. Don't let un-awesome people stop your vision.
True story here. All of my friends want to go shopping with me cause I am like the best thifter ever, right? So I am a good friend and take them…with one stipulation they have to have an open mind. Of course they agree. But in truth they have no idea what they are in for. They look at me like I have 3 heads when I get excited about some nasty thing. Does that stop me from putting it in my cart? Psssh, ya right. I know what it can become. Would it stop someone who is unsure of themselves? Probably. If something speaks to you LISTEN. (The most random statues and vases usually turn out the coolest with a coat of white spray paint.)
Now when my friends come over to my house they see the junk that I bought when I was with them and compare stories about its previous nastiness. And are jealous.
10. Don't be scared!
Yes, the store probably stinks.
Yes, there are less than hygienic people there. (Sometimes I am one of them…)
Yes, there is a lot of gross stuff.
But there are also treasures and if you don't hunt them down then guess what? I will.
And if I run into you whilst thrifting and you have found something awesome….don't show me, cause I am totally the jealous type.
So there you go friends, hope this motivates you to go and look for something awesome.
And if you are new here and like what you see I would love it if you became a subscriber (top left corner) that way you can be sure to not miss anything awesome.
Especially all of the afters from this post, cause they are going to be epic.


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Beyond the Choir: Strategies for engaging and mentoring men in preventing men's violence
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM PDT
This webinar will take up the question of how we can inspire larger circles of men to become involved in taking a stance against violence. The presenters will integrate recent research findings with theory and practical experience implementing men's anti-violence programs to engage participants in dialog about strategies for reaching and engaging a broad spectrum of men.
Participants will:
• Gain familiarity with research findings regarding the factors that precipitate men's anti-violence involvement
• Learn about a framework for thinking about men's involvement on a continuum of readiness and awareness
• Gain familiarity with strategies for engaging men at different points on the readiness continuum
Erin Casey is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Washington, Tacoma. She has over 10 years of practice experience in the fields of domestic and sexual violence in roles including advocacy, counseling and prevention education. Erin currently teaches courses on Social Work practice, intimate violence intervention and prevention, crime victims' advocacy, and social work research. Her research addresses risk factors for violence perpetration, relationships between violence and sexual risk, and ecological approaches to violence prevention – including engaging men in primary prevention. Erin is a research collaborator with the Mobilizing Men for Violence Prevention Project – a collaboration between the Universities of Michigan, Minnesota and Washington.
Jonathan Grove is the Men Against Violence Program Coordinator at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma Washington. Involved in survivor support and engaging men in these efforts for nearly 9 years, he currently works to broaden involvement and bring ever more innovative programs to PLU's campus. One of a limited number of men with experience working with male groups on related topics, Jonathan is invested in sharing his own knowledge and experience to increase the number and success of such groups and the larger movement.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.


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The school year is in full swing, and shopping for pens, pencils and notebooks is already a memory. In addition to these traditional supplies, many of today's students have another tool - often underutilized - to help them succeed the in classroom: their smartphones and tablets.
"Today's mobile devices can help students by providing everything from a quick dictionary definition to an in-depth math tutorial," says Dillon Rasmussen, dean of education at Everest College - Melrose Park. "There are dozens of apps to help students get organized for the school year, and hundreds more that cover everything from chemistry and calculus to vocabulary and geography."
Rasmussen recommends the following organizational and educational apps to stay ahead of the curve this school year:
"The key to academic success is organization," Rasmussen says, "but keeping track of homework assignments, exam schedules and group meetings is a challenge for many students." Fortunately, a number of apps can help students juggle their busy schedules. Rasmussen recommends apps like iHomework, which helps keep students up-to-date on school work and allows users to insert due dates and set study reminders.
File storage apps are another great way to stay organized, Rasmussen says. Apps like Dropbox allow students to save and store files and documents in one accessible place - which they can access online from any computer or smartphone device - making it perfect for students on-the-go.
"Now that you're organized, it's time to hit the books," Rasmussen says. "However, it's not always convenient to lug your textbooks all over town." Educational apps covering a wide array of academic subjects can help students take advantage of time spent commuting on the bus, waiting in lines, and other periods of downtime.
For instance, the free Khan Academy app has hundreds of video tutorials covering everything from basic science, math and anatomy to art history and economics. In addition, there are several free dictionary and thesaurus apps available, such as Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com mobile - negating the need to carry heavy reference books.
Rasmussen also recommends the Wikipedia Mobile app. Because Wikipedia is an open source, it's not appropriate to use its content for research papers, but in general, it can provide helpful background material for students who may want additional information on subjects covered in class.
For classes that involve vocabulary or memorization, Rasmussen recommends flashcard apps, such as Flashcard Touch. During downtime, students can create and then work their way through a virtual stack of digital cards - helping reinforce subject material and hopefully cut down on study time.
"A smartphone is so much more than just an entertainment device," Rasmussen says. "When used wisely, it can be a major boost to academic success, improving students' time management skills and reinforcing classroom material."


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I have heard claimed that Jews first believed in Sheol which was considered as a place below the ground and it meant to be a place of eternal rest, free of any reward and punishment. However in later periods and mostly during the exile new beliefs about the afterlife and hereafter were introduced into Judaism. Meaning that Jews first believed in no hereafter or after life that could have any meaning of punishment or reward, they simply believed in a place called Sheol which meant a place located below the ground, and all people whether righteous or unrighteous went there forever and they believed there was no punishment or reward. During the exile the belief in hereafter and afterlife (like punishment and reward) found their way into Judaism.
Is such a claim true and right or valid? If so would you please introduce some references about that to me?


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Is doing research with a student considered to be good for a dossier? Is it okay to have few research publications but a lot of student projects? I am finishing up a grad program and am looking at tenure track jobs at both big and small schools.
Doing research with undergraduate is currently very valued: at small schools, as JSE points out, because it helps improve the educational experience of your students. At larger schools, bringing in outside undergraduate students in the summer is a great way to advertise [recruit for] a graduate program. Including a solid undergraduate project always improves a grant application.
At the same time, undergraduate research cannot take the place of your actual research. I think that most people who are serious about UG research would agree that UG research in math should be primarily about the student's experience and growth, which means that more often than not the actual science will have to take a back seat to making the student a better mathematician.
It sounds like you're afraid your CV has too much of that. You can rightfully boast about this, but (in an interview) I would make it clear that you don't intend it to be your whole research program.
Addendum: This is only marginally connected to the original question, but I thought I would mention a few useful resources for those who want to look into the what and how of undergraduate research.
This is in no way meant to be exhaustive of course!
A former student of mine in a tenure-track job at a liberal-arts college tells me that publishing research papers with undergraduates is highly valued there.
One should also be aware (or beware!) that what a college's webpage or promotional materials advertise may be different than what a promotion and tenure committee values which may in turn be different from what an individual department values. Within a department faculty members may also have widely differing views on the value of undergraduate research (as UG research -- most people want good papers no matter who the authors are.) At some schools, like my own LA college, the research of a tenure candidate is evaluated mainly through letters written by people in related research areas. These people are likely to evaluate you solely on the basis of the (perceived) quality of your publications. Thus, if one has to make the decision between fewer or weaker publications with undergrads and more or stronger publications without undergrads, you really need to take institutional structure and personalities into account. It may be impossible to do this without reading the faculty handbook and without knowing the individuals in the department. I suspect most people find themselves constrained and guided by circumstances and don't actually choose one or the other.