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Finally Feeling Better
After close to 2 weeks feeling like death, I'm finally feeling better. My studies are progressing (not as fast as I'd like them to, but who am I to complain).
A friend of mine from work recently went to Charleston SC (which is on my list for this year, along with Gettysburg, Antietam (both again), and Manassas). During his adventures he was nice enough to grab a model of the Hunley for me, as a Navy vet who served on a sub tender, I thought that was pretty damned cool of him.
And as my short term attention span goes...
The June 2000 issue of Civil War Times had an article on the best and worst monuments at Gettysburg, as one who was never afraid to give an opinion, I'll comment on their posts, and add a few suggestions of my own.
I threw in pictures where I have copies, the rest you have to look up on your own as I won't use somebody else's pictures here. A great reference for pictures of monuments, please go to...http://www.drawthesword.goellnitz.org/
I threw in pictures where I have copies, the rest you have to look up on your own as I won't use somebody else's pictures here. A great reference for pictures of monuments, please go to...http://www.drawthesword.goellnitz.org/
The 5 worst monuments (from 5 to 1) according to Civil War Times
21st Pa Cavalry
Yeah, a pretty funky looking monument, they suggested it looks like something from a Godfather movie, and I really can't disagree.
20th MA Infantry
Basically a large conglomerate type of rock on a pedestal. Not the prettiest thing in the world, but it was taken from a playground in Roxbury, Massachusetts, so it's a part of home for those who couldn't return. Among the complaints of the overall appearance, the writer also questions the validity of the story.
90th PA Infantry
A stone replica of a tree that was destroyed by artillery fire. There is a bird nest as well as accouterments of battle. Again a rather plain memorial, but the story behind the bird nest is it was allegedly dislodged during the battle and replaced by a member of the unit while under fire.
2nd NJ Infantry
Their complaint about this one is how it seems out of place, and seemingly representing an image of a nuclear warhead. But in my opinion the Minie ball represents a major step forward in military technology, and is quite fitting on this battlefield.
Lt. General James Longstreet Monument
One of the most recent monuments on the battlefield, the Longstreet Monument was dedicated in 1998. The two biggest complaints about this monument revolve around the size of the horse and the fact that the monument isn't on a pedestal. The original design for the monument (which can be found in the visitor center) was for it to be on a pedestal, similar to that of the Union corps commanders. While I agree with the argument regarding the size of the horse, the monument is at ground level which brings it down from the godlike proportions of the others out there.
Original Design of Longstreet Memorial
Finished Product Longstreet Memorial
The 5 best (from 5 to 1) according to Civil War Times
73rd NY Infantry
As a firefighter and a veteran, this is one of my favorite monuments on the battlefield. It's always on my must visit list. The story behind the monument is great also, the representations are of two twin brothers of the 73rd NY, both of whom were killed during the war.
Gouverneur K. Warren Monument
A nice enough monument of the Chief Engineer from the Army of the Potomac. But the location and views from it are what sets it apart from others.
State of Mississippi Monument
This was dedicated in 1973, again one of the more modern monuments. It has an action scene of a member of Barksdale's brigade attacking a fallen Union color bearer. For the most part, I'm not a fan of the modern monuments. The older ones were of design approved by the regiments they represented, so there is a direct connection between the men who fought the battle and the monument they chose to represent their deeds and fallen comrades. Not so with the modern monuments. The things I do like about them (the modern monuments) is the time is put into the sculpture representing the units they depict, and they commemorate units that had nothing to represent their actions (Confederate troops more often than not).
State of North Carolina Monument
This was dedicated in 1929 so there is still a sense of connection with the men who fought here. It shows multiple soldiers in an action pose, charging towards the enemy while being encouraged forward by a wounded comrade. The detail in this bronze piece also makes it one I return to frequently.
Irish Brigade Memorial
My take on the monuments of Gettysburg...
I have my favorites, and ones that I think are "better" than others. But that being said, remember what I said while discussing the Mississippi monument. The "older" monuments were of a design chosen an approved of by the members of the unit they represent. Many of them actually depict a member of the unit. There is a direct connect with the past and these monuments.
My List
42nd NY Tammany Regiment
They were from NYC, their monument shows a native american warrior...what is the significance? On my not favorite list.
56th Pennsylvania
This must be on my "favorites" list as I have taken several pictures of it. I think I like the balance of the rifles with the colors in the middle.
11th Pennsylvania
Sometimes the story makes the monument special to me. At the base of the monument is a pit bull named Sallie. She was given to an officer in the regiment. She was found after the battle protecting the bodies of her men. She was killed in battle at Petersburg.
74th Pennsylvania
The detail in the soldier's face showing his sadness and anguish is moving to me.
18th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Like the 21st PA Cavalry that was mentioned by the magazine article, this horse looks scared or perhaps in pain. As far as monuments go, I find this one disturbing.
2nd Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters
This is a neat monument, it's missing the rifle (vandalism), but seen from the valley below, it's as if a soldier is looking down on you trying to decide whether or not to shoot.
116th Pennsylvania (Irish Brigade)
I'm on the fence with this one. It's a beautifully done monument, depicting a soldier who was killed on Stony Hill. There are days I really like this monument, and days that it just brings such feelings of sorrow.
Other Monuments I Like
Like the magazine article I didn't include the Pennsylvania or Virginia monuments. But I am very fond of both.
The Virginia monument depicts Lee on Traveller, with representations of every type of soldier that was part of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The Pennsylvania monument is the largest on the battlefield. Among other items of interest are the bronze plaques on the outer perimeter of the monument that name every soldier from Pennsylvania who fought at Gettysburg.
The 40th New York monument. This is by Devil's Den and depicts a soldier in laying down behind rocks looking to take a shot.
On the above list, as earlier stated, I like the Irish Brigade monument, 73rd New York, and the North Carolina monument.
My lists of "best and worst" monuments aren't complete, there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 1300 monuments at Gettysburg, each has its positives and negatives. The important thing to remember is what they commemorate.
One thing that breaks my heart and angers me is when I read stories about the vandalism of these monuments. This is an ongoing issue. Some monuments have been splashed with paint, others have had parts broken off of them, others still have been dragged (yes dragged) to the point of near destruction. If you want to do something positive for the battlefield go to The Gettysburg Foundation and either donate your time or money.


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Top Twenty Best Funny Music Quotes
Musical Clangers
A lot of people like to have an opinion on music, whether they are a DJ or a record producer,or the musicians themselves.Now and again they are prone to the occasional slip, or maybe just a lack of judgement.
Here are a few of my favourite Musical Clangers from over the years from the world of music.
It's surprising- all the Beatles are still older than the Shadows after all this time. Nick Lowe
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to. Elvis Presley.
And a massive leap for Liquid Gold of one place to number four.. Tony Blackburn DJ.
If I didn't do this well, I just wouldn't have anything to do...I can't cook, and I'd be a terrible housewife. Freddie Mercury
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|Reviews for Hidden in the Closet
| Guest chapter 1 . 10/25/2017
Kyles mom is tge biggets bitch in tge whole world shes a kamamea biatch
| Guest chapter 1 . 8/1/2017
It was great but not long enough
| DOOVAGAMER2 chapter 1 . 10/29/2016
Plz plz plz make a story about the one shot
| Anonymous chapter 1 . 6/28/2015
i love what Stan says at the ending! i love this so much! its so cute yet pretty sad for Kyle. I LOVE IT!
| DarkNemi chapter 1 . 6/10/2015
I just love all of your stories, they are so beautiful! keep up the good work 3
| Guest chapter 1 . 8/19/2014
that was grat ! man i want to see them tell stans parents ... kyles family is men
| QYFGF chapter 1 . 5/19/2012
Waaaaah. Are you kidding me? This story is really good.
| notactive616 chapter 1 . 10/14/2011
Geez you really like being mean to Kyle don'tchya? Haha anyways poor Kyle! I never liked his mom. She's a bitch. But now he can live with Stan! :D
| Ace-of-black chapter 1 . 6/27/2011
i think it should be longer
but i stll loved it3
| FrigidSnow chapter 1 . 2/3/2009
As soon as they got to his house, Stan pushed Kyle into the shower, ordering him to take a hot bath and get himself warm. He brought him a change of clothes, and was surprised to see him dressed in his own clothes when he got out half an hour later. "You have your own clothes here?" Stan asked, receiving a nod from Kyle. "Why?" To that, Kyle did not answer. His head was still bowed.
Ehehe, at this point, I knew. ;;
| Saiyuri-Chan chapter 1 . 12/5/2008
Your not PLEASED with it? NOT PLEASED WITH IT! You continue this story NOW or you will hear from me again! Not continuing a great start to a story? FOR SHAME
| TheXYZ chapter 1 . 4/9/2008
AMAZING. As usual. I feel so bad for Kyle. Great writing! I can't believe English is not your first language.
| Witherwings7 chapter 1 . 11/18/2007
I loved this story. It was well written and realistic. No matter how many morals you have, you can get desperate enough to steal food. Poor Kyle *bundles him up*
| Natasha Hyatt chapter 1 . 11/9/2006
They already know. :] Stan is such a sweetheart.
| Lilchicky004 chapter 1 . 6/20/2006
Aww, that was such a sweet, cute ending! But the fic was still so sad. I loved the introduction about closets. That was very creative.
I love it.


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1. Where is your cell phone? desk
3. Your hair? black
4. Your mother? hate
5. Your father? non-existent
6. Your favorite item? computer
7. Your dream last night? ended
8. Your favorite drink? crystal light (I know it is supposed to be one word, but that's impossible to put in one word)
9. Your dream car? any
10. The room you are in? living
11. Your ex? Liar
12. Your fear? love
13. What do you want to be in 10 years? married
14. Who did you hang out with last night? myself
15. What you're not? complete
16. The last thing you did? type
17. What are you wearing? jeans
18. Your favorite book? Gianna
19. The last thing you ate? oreos
20. Your life? learning
21. Your mood? BLAH!!!
22. Your friends? busy
23. What are you thinking about right now? HIM
24. Your car? n/a
25. What are you doing at the moment? thinking
26. Your summer? vacation
27. Your relationship status? confused
28. What is on your TV? nothing
29. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
30. Last time you cried? yesterday
31. School? graduated


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'Math-A-Letics' scores with grade schoolers
Rice-backed project goes live to help HISD kids with mathematics
Rice News staff
When you talk with Coach Carolyn, be sure to ask her how things are adding up … and subtracting and dividing.
Carolyn White, associate director of elementary and intermediate programs at the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP), is co-host of "Math-A-Letics," an award-winning Houston Independent School District (HISD) production that has aired on the district's cable channel every weekday since 2007.
What's new is that "Math-A-Letics" this week became a live one-hour call-in show. During the show, which will air Tuesdays at 4 p.m., Coach Carolyn and her cohorts answer math questions from callers from the target K-5 audience or from anyone else who dials in with a calculation conundrum.
"We're really excited about the live show," said White, a longtime HISD educator and RUSMP master teacher who, a few years ago, joined RUSMP full time. RUSMP collaborates on the production. "We'll have three HISD numeracy specialists manning the phones and taking calls from students, and we'll solve their problems on air."
White's co-host is "Coach" Lance Menster, HISD's manager of elementary mathematics. Their co-stars are a pair of math-loving puppets, Arithmeticia and Zero the Hero, who add a kid-friendly element to the show. Arithmeticia enjoys think-aloud problem solving with the coaches, while Zero naturally loves problems that involve zeroes.
Each week before the calls begin flowing, the coaches will teach lessons on subjects that range from simple math to more complicated concepts, including fractions, place values, measurements and geometry. Some lessons focus on problem solving, family math and number sense.
It's all fun and games, even if the subject matter is serious — as is the show's intent.
"They use the puppets to make it seem less threatening," said Anne Papakonstantinou, RUSMP director. "But it's good mathematics — they develop important math concepts as well as procedures. It's a really good show."
School Mathematics Project
Learn more about Rice's initiative to help math teachers and school administrators in the classroom
Papakonstantinou is proud of RUSMP's nearly 25-year relationship with HISD, which has produced a number of initiatives in addition to "Math-A-Letics," including a televised Algebra I show that proved popular with high school students and their teachers.
In fact, White said, high schoolers have been known to tune in to "Math-A-Letics" now and then for a little refresher. "And we've had high school teachers ask for copies of the show, believe it or not," White said. "Young teachers look at the show for the pedagogy. Grandparents are a big audience too, because when they have their grandkids over, they know they can watch the show together."
"Math-A-Lectics" airs live on Comcast Cable's channel 18 and ATT's U-verse channel 99 every Tuesday at 4 p.m. Pre-taped shows air Mondays through Wednesdays and Fridays at 5 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. The show also streams live over the Internet at http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=b05e6f556befc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD.


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The court set aside the jury's finding of infringement and $625 million damages award because plaintiff failed to prove infringement of its asserted method claims by the sale of computers containing software capable of performing the steps of the patented method. "Mirror Worlds' reliance on Apple's sales of computers that contain the accused Mac OS X 10.4-6 software does not prove direct infringement. The law is clear that the sale or offer for sale is insufficient to prove direct infringement of a method claim. Mirror Worlds attempts to skirt this precedent by alleging that Apple specifically offered the accused methods for sale—citing Apple's marketing materials and user manuals, which highlight some of the steps required by the method claims. However marketed, Apple's computer sales containing the accused Mac OS X software do not constitute direct infringement of the method claims without the requisite evidence showing Apple actually performed the claimed steps."
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Portrait Study
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This is a wonderful portrait....Carol. I love the sepia version...just beautiful!!! I hope you do more of these... we all have the same idea for today..I started to clean my art room and realized that some of the paintings were never finished..so that's what I'm working on now.!!!ReplyDelete
This portrait has such a timeless quality—the color, but also that you captured your grandson mid-thought or idea. He seems intent on something and it really comes across. It's so interesting that you can go back to being a natural left-hander and see your paintings change as you change hands. Hard to fathom that people forced kids away from their natural dexterity. Thanks for mentioning the linen canvas pads—I will try them. And I'm so sorry you've lost your beloved Shawna. Your portraits of her really capture a special personality, are beautifully painted and full of soul.ReplyDelete


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Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching – like those who are strictly people-pleasers – but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people, [Col 3:22-23]
Teach me, my God and King,
In all things Thee to see,
And what I do in anything,
To do it as for Thee.
There is no action so slight nor so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby; nor is any purpose so great but that slight actions may help it, and may be so done as to help it much, most especially, that chief of all purposes—the pleasing of God. —J. RUSKIN.
Every duty, even the least duty, involves the whole principle of obedience. And little duties make the will dutiful, that is, supple and prompt to obey. Little obediences lead into great. The daily round of duty is full of probation and of discipline; it trains the will, heart, and conscience. We need not to be prophets or apostles. The commonest life may be full of perfection. The duties of home are a discipline for the ministries of heaven.


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Saturday, February 17, 2007
It had to happen, didn't it?
Bloglines introduces something called The Wall of Images, you click on it and are shown a collage of interesting and not-so-interesting thumbnail images, changing in real time, but wait, after a minute or so you see a preponderance of pictures of breasts, which are from a porn site called Goddess. Sigh.


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Durham picket hits austerity budget
Posted by raleighfist on August 19, 2011
By Andy Koch
On the same day that Congress passed the so-called "deficit reduction" austerity bill, North Carolina residents were in the streets calling out the legislation for what it is: an attack on working people.
Members of local trade unions, activist groups and community members picketed outside the Veterans Affairs medical center in downtown Durham. Workers from the medical center also joined in.
"The VA center was chosen since both veterans' benefits and public medical care in general are going to be cut under the new legislation," one protester told Workers World. Drawing the attention of motorists and hospital foot traffic, the group chanted slogans such as "Fund people's needs, not corporate greed" and "Congress, confess: You caused this mess!"
Speaking on behalf of the youth group Fight Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST), Eva Panjwani pointed out the injustice of the austerity bill. "They are cutting services that people like us depend on to survive. Why don't the congresspeople responsible explain to our children why they won't be getting that birthday present or explain to our elderly loved ones why they will now have to pay out of pocket for medication they need?"
Nearly one trillion dollars in cuts has been established immediately, while deciding on the additional $1.4 trillion in cuts has been delegated to an unelected committee of 12. Yolanda Carrington of the Bail Out the People Movement addressed the decision to put war spending over people's needs. "They are saying there's no money for health care or veterans' benefits," she said, "but we are fighting many wars around the globe, with the newest in Libya starting just a few months ago."
Members of North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, United Electrical Workers union Local 150 and of American Federation of Government Employees Local 1738 were part of the demonstration. Essie Hogue, president of the AFGE local, spoke on the duplicity of the elected officials. "They aren't doing the right thing. Congress is putting all the burden on poor folks and none of the burden on the richest folks."
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On Tuesday I went downtown and bought a birthday gift for my mum. When I came back I started playing Portal. It's my first time and I only played for a little over an hour. All the portals made my head spin xD But I'll finish it soon and then move on to Portal 2. I'll try to deal with my humongous backlog now that I don't have any big amazing games coming out soon. (Or maybe I do but I don't know about it yet). After dinner and X-Files I started up Skyrim instead. I have downloaded a new quest mod called Falskaar and as soon as I'm done with Dragonborn DLC I'll get started!
On Wednesday I mostly spent the day watching Toni play Uncharted.
On Thursday I met up with Anna in Stockholm. We went for coffee at Espresso House in Old Town and then walked across the road to spend some time in the Sci-Fi bookshop. Hadn't seen her in over a year I think so when we started talking (getting past the initial awkwardness) we talked about what we had been doing since last time and also a lot about TV shows that we both like (she got me into Once Upon a Time, I got her into Doctor Who - fair trade :P), and also about books and authors in general. She was the one who recommended me John Ajvide Lindqvist and I recommended her Neil Gaiman, also a fair trade. While there I bought two new books (Half a War by Joe Abercrombie (finally!), and Agnes Cecilia by Maria Gripe), the original Harry Potter colouring book, and a Garrus Pop Vinyl figurine (finally! that one has always been sold out when I've been there before). After a quick trip to Comics Heaven a short walk away and some time sitting out in the fading Spring sun we went back to the Central station and went our separate ways. It was a really nice day and I hope it won't be over a year until we meet again :)
When I got home I watched Toni play some more Uncharted and then we watched the new episodes of The Walking Dead and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
On Friday we got on the train to Malmö. Due to construction/reparation work on the tracks we had to wait for a transfer bus from Stockholm before the train could depart from Södertälje, and thus we were 20 minutes late. But by the time we arrived in Malmö we were only 7 minutes late so they made good time :) Arrived to my parents place and got delicious dinner and then spent most of the evening reading on the sofa :)
On Saturday the family arrived for Easter dinner. Easter still means Easter eggs for my sister and me from our grandparents, and they always include our SOs. So that meant 2 eggs each for all the "children" (of which the youngest is 22 and the oldest 31). When all the grandparents and sister + her bf had left we watched The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared on tv. I haven't read the book, but the movie was fun so it seems promising. Maybe a new Swedish author to discover this year? :)
On Sunday we got on the train back to Södertälje. Originally the trip takes about 4 hours, but due to the train being redirected because of construction/reparation work on the tracks also in the south the trip was now estimated to take almost 6 hours :/ On top of that we were 20 minutes late from Malmö. Awesome. But I had my books and the train managed to catch up to those 20 minutes and we arrived right on time in Södertälje. Toni's mum picked us up at the station. She was going to get Chinese food on her way back so we decided to get some too since we hadn't eaten on the train. So ride home + Chinese food = win :) When we got home I watched Toni play some more Uncharted and then I went to sleep.


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Here are three reviews of Mistress of the Wind. I'd love to have more. If you've read the novel, please consider posting a review either on Amazon or Goodreads.
Mistress of the Wind, author E. Rose Sabin's latest entry into the traditional fantasy genre, is a can't-put-down tale of goodness versus evil, finding true love, and discovering one's true heritage. Sabin's trademark lush vocabulary, intriguing characters, strong plot, and lyrical prose transport readers to a mysterious world which will compel them to guess what could possibly happen next.
"As the story begins, Kyla Cren, a windspeaker, is on a mission to help the people of her village. True to her calling, she communicates with the wind, by speech and song, and reports to the villagers the dangers that the wind foresees, such as natural calamities–and the presence of mindstealers, evil creatures who steal a victim's mind, leaving the victim helpless. A very motivated Kyla seeks vengeance against them because they murdered her parents, leaving her as a child to fend for herself. Without informing the villagers of a plot she overhears, that the mindstealers intend to ambush travelers, she relentlessly hunts down these cruel beings, killing one and maiming the other. This unleashes a series of challenges that threatens to overwhelm Kyla and break her spirit. Readers will cheer her every step of the way as she struggles to overcome evil in all its many guises."
Diane Sawyer, author of The Treasures of Montauk Cove and The Cinderella Murders.
Action, surprises, and memorable characters — Mistress of the Wind has everything that makes for an excellent read! Windspeaker Kyla is determined to fulfill her duties and to avenge her parents. Every righteous step she takes along the way exposes her to unimagined danger. Yet, she goes forward, driven by her stubborn need to serve others honorably. In this novel, Sabin has created another view of her fascinating world, Arucadi. The pace is marvelous. You won't want to miss this story. Read it if you're already a fan. Read it if you aren't, yet — I'm betting you'll become one.
J. Anne Levesque
And, from GoodReads:
I won a copy of this book in a First Reads Giveaway.
Mistress of the Wind follows Kyla, a windspeaker, as she embarks on an unintended journey for answers behind Claid, whom is thrusted upon her possession without her consent, and ultimately stopping the Mindstealers through a third person narrative.
The mystery of figuring out what Claid really is kept me hooked from page to page. Additionally I liked how Kyla is torn between who to believe – Claid or the Mage Alair.
And boy, the author sure knows how to push her characters. My heart utterly felt for Kyla through the Line's End segment of the book. I could really feel Kyla's emotions and I ended up being frustrated by her predicament. Which is a good thing as this means that the story was able to invoke such an emotion from me (I don't always end up emotionally invested in every book I read).
The ending is bittersweet but for me it sits just fine (I really couldn't imagine it ending any other way).


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Well, after a few thoughts going into my blog, i've decided to come out and explore the possibilities of not being a ghostwriter. I enjoy my job and passionate about the value i add, so i am starting to write today as myself =].
Have a futher read of my profile here - http://aheadhuntersprofile.blogspot.com/
Looking forward to hearing from everyone. Cheers.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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- silent said...
Good Luck dude!!!
- February 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- CL said...
Nice blog.
Do you use your Zenith HR email or the gmail account that's at the profile page? Would like to email you my CV, if you don't mind.
- February 12, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- The Headhunter said...
Hi CL,
You could email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks and i will be in touch.
- February 12, 2009 at 2:54 PM
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I do not precisely remember which topic would have led to a discussion that might have inspired this defacement of a desk in my classroom...
Friday, November 28, 2008
student work
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wow ... that is some kind of insult!ReplyDelete
Thanks for setting my Friday onto a GREAT note with that laugh.
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text: Hi, At first look seems to be ok, I'll need more time to test it properly, because I need to setup a Ministro repository to check if all existing apps on android market if still works, I'll keep you post with the progress. What I can ensure you is that this patch will be part of alpha4 release :) ! Many thanks for your effort ! Cheers, BogDan. >________________________________ > From: Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> >To: BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> >Cc: Necessitas <necessitas-devel at kde.org> >Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 1:16 AM >Subject: Re: Allowing Java-C++ interaction > > >Done! https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/104450/ > > >On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:41 AM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: > >Hi Tyler, >>No I didn't had time to change it, I've been busy with android style.plugin, it will be great if you can update it by the end of next week, I'll have enough time to review it before release. >>Thanks. >>Cheers, >>BogDan. >>Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android >> >> >> >>________________________________ >> From: Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com>; >>To: BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com>; >>Cc: Necessitas <necessitas-devel at kde.org>; >> >>Subject: Re: Allowing Java-C++ interaction >>Sent: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 11:56:53 PM >> >> >> >>Hi BogDan, >> >> >>Sorry for the really long delay, life has been crazy here, but I think I should have time to update my patch this weekend. In the meantime, did you do any work on this? I just don't want to be doing something you've already done. >> >> >>Thanks, >>Tyler >> >> >>On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:41 AM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>Hi, >>> >>> I'm sorry I think I don't really understand you ... :) Android qt plugin is already loaded (before you application is loaded) and it will contain a simple function which does what you already did it, so I still don't see where is the problem here ! >>> >>> The only problem I see, is that we have to enforce that the main function will be exported properly, otherwise the symbol will be stripped away and the plugin will not find main function anymore, I'm thinking to use the same technique as I'm doing now (create another function which just calls the main function). >>> >>>Also, if possible, I'd like to have backward compatibility with alpha3. >>> >>>So if you have time for this job, please update your patch and upload it to https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/dashboard/ . >>> >>>Cheers, >>>BogDan. >>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>>>Hi BogDan, >>>> >>>>Sounds good. If the plugin can do it that's great. The only problem I see is that you'll have to load it manually, then call main, after which Qt will load the plugin "again." (This should actually work, and Qt will just get a reference to the already-loaded .so from dlopen. That's exactly how my main() function gets a reference to the application's .so.) Let me know if I can be of any help. >>>> >>>> >>>>Cheers >>>>Tyler >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:10 PM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>Hi Tyler, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Ok, I'll review again your patch (I'd like to get rid of the new library, IMHO the plugin can do this job) then I'll push it to alpha4 branch ! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Thank you ! >>>>> >>>>>Cheers, >>>>>BogDan. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's what I got back: >>>>>>Subject: Re: Native libraries loaded by different class loaders >>>>>>>From: Elliott Hughes <e... at google.com> >>>>>>>To: android-ndk <android-ndk at googlegroups.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>if you're calling dlopen(3) and dlsym(3) yourself, it doesn't matter >>>>>>>what dlopen(3) or dlclose(3) calls the runtime's JNI implementation >>>>>>>has or hasn't made, and ClassLoaders are irrelevant. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>His point about dlopen and dlsym is true - if the JVM didn't load the library, it would be loaded anyway by the call to dlopen in android-main. "ClassLoaders are irrelevant" is the answer we were looking for, though. Since this guy's e-mail is @google.com I'd say we're in the clear! >>>>>> >>>>>>On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>Done! https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-ndk/Z8GDn8JuopI >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:42 AM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi Tyler, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Hi BogDan, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Good point. I assume you are referring to native libraries being able to access other native libraries loaded by different class loaders in Java? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Yes ! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If so, we should ask about it, but I really don't think it would break. It's pretty low-level stuff that allows dynamically-linked code to be found, used, and reused within a process. So breaking this would mean changing the OS/kernel itself in a non-standards-compliant way (unlikely.) Or the JVM somehow splitting our single application/activity into more than one process, which is also unlikely and would contradict some of the documentation for Activity (thus breaking other apps.) If there are other ways it could break, I don't see them. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I also have doubts they can do it, but doesn't hurt to ask :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>That said, it's always a good idea to ask. Let me know if we're thinking of the same thing or not. I'm willing to post to android-ndk, but you're welcome to do it instead. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Please post the question (and share with us the link :) ). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Have a great day! >>>>>>>>>Tyler >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>>>BogDan. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:48 AM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Hi Tyler, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The big question is if Google can change android in order to hide the symbols if they are loaded by different classloaders ? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>If they can't do it, I think your solution is ok, but if it is possible to do it, then we risk to break everyones applications ! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Before we make a decision I think we should ask google if they are planning to change current behavior or not. Do you want to open a topic to android-ndk[1] or should I do ? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>BogDan. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>[1] http://groups.google.com/group/android-ndk >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>> From: Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>To: necessitas-devel at kde.org >>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 7:40 AM >>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Allowing Java-C++ interaction >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>This accidentally didn't get sent to the list; forwarding. Sorry about that. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>>>>>>From: Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>Date: Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:19 AM >>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: Allowing Java-C++ interaction >>>>>>>>>>>To: BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Hi BogDan, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>That definitely could work. But it does add to the complexity, and possibly start-up time, of the app. An alternative solution would be: simply to load the bundled libs in the main classloader, UNLESS they are bundled Qt libs that are used by the .jar, in which case they are loaded in the child CL. This could be accomplished by separating these two kinds of libs into different categories, or even auto-detecting them by their names at runtime. What do you think? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>(One thing I've found: native libs loaded in different classloaders can always talk to each other, since they're part of the same process. In other words, you could load core Qt libs in the child CL and QtWebKit in the parent CL and it will all work. I don't know if this is useful but thought it might be.) >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>>Tyler >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:22 AM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Hi Tyler, >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks you for sharing this with us, it helped me to understand better what is the problem. >>>>>>>>>>>>I also check your patch [1] but it doesn't seem to fix all the problems, bundle libs will have the same problem, so I tried to find another solution which hopefully will handle all this situations. The solution is create a separate package with your own java files, and this package to be loaded by the same class loaded which loads the plugin .jar files. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>Please let me know if this approach is ok for you. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>BogDan. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>[1] http://sourceforge.net/p/necessitas/tickets/140/ >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> >>>>>>>>>>>>>To: BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 6:43 AM >>>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: Allowing Java-C++ interaction >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi BogDan, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>What currently happens is the native library is loaded in the child class loader (by the code in the .jar, in fact,) so application code (loaded by the parent class loader) can't see any native functions loaded by the native library. And no, I don't try to access anything in the .jar in my application. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>I did make a simple testcase that fails before the patch and works after. Since the patch involves changing QtActivity.java, it's difficult to send a complete project and see the before and after. Instead, do the following: >>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Create a new Qt Quick Application project in Qt Creator, with an Android target >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. (i) Replace main.cpp with the attached main.cpp, and (ii) add in the Java source to the tree (copy the android/src/org/kde/necessitas/example folder in attached archive to android/src/org/kde/necessitas in the project) >>>>>>>>>>>>> 3. Go to QtActivity.java and add (i) "import org.kde.necessitas.example.simpleapp.MyNative;" at the top, and (ii) the following at the END of loadApplication(): >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>//dostuffafter loading >>>>>>>>>>>>>MyNativenat=newMyNative(); >>>>>>>>>>>>>nat.doSomething(); >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>[Modifying QtActivity.java is currently the only way I know to run your own Java code as the application loads.] >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>After that, run the project and you should see "No implementation found for native Lorg/kde/necessitas/example/simpleapp/MyNative;.doSomething ()V" along with an UnsatisfiedLinkError in the log. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Then point Qt Creator to a build of Qt with the patch and do the process again with that version of Qt. (**Of course you'll need to deploy and use local Qt libs!**) You should see "This is a native function, doing something!!" in the logs, and no crash. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>I hope this is clear enough and that it sheds some light on what I'm trying to accomplish :). Let me know if anything is unclear. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks for all your hard work!! >>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:46 AM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi Tyler, >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I reviewed my code and seems to be ok, when I create m_classLoader (check QtActivity.java) I pass its parent correctly, so, even if your library is loaded by a class which was loaded by m_classLoader and there your package is not visible, m_classLoader should search also into its parent for that class. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I hope your package don't try to access classes from .jar file, because those classes are private, and they should be used *ONLY* by platform plugin. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Would you please create a simple example which fails, it will help me to understand the problem better ? >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Thank you ! >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>BogDan. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>+ CC: necessitas-devel >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi BogDan, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>No worries, I just didn't want it to be overlooked :) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>In a nutshell, any (user) Java code the application had couldn't see the user's native JNI code, because their native library was loaded in a class loader that was different from the (primary) class loader that their Java code ran in. This upset a few people that have custom Java and JNI code, like me :). The only way to make calls between different class loaders is to use reflection, so instead I made a way for the application native library to be loaded in the primary class loader. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>That was a mouthful, but I hope it helps. Let me know if you have further questions! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 1:49 PM, BogDan <bog_dan_ro at yahoo.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi Tyler, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Please accept my apologize for slow reply. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I need a few days to understand what is wrong with current design and to check your patch, then I'll come back with feedback ! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Thank you very much for your patience ! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BogDan. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BogDan, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Do you think this patch can be included in the next alpha? If not, what needs to be done? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Here is the patch (against alpha4 head 2469081) to make everything work. I've tested and it works. The basic approach is to compile qtmain_android.cpp into its own .so during Qt compilation, and load it in the application. It uses dynamic linker calls to find the main() function at runtime. So there is no awkward back-and-forth library loading needed after all. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Backward compatibility: I made sure my changes to the JAR allowed it to still work with existing built applications as-is, and light testing confirms that it is. This required a few extra lines that are marked as such in case you want to remove them. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I didn't touch Ministro, however, and I suspect that my addition to lib/rules.xml will cause new versions of Ministro to try to load libqtmain.so, which won't exist in old/current applications. I'll leave that issue for someone more familiar with Ministro to look at, if it's a concern. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Finally, I mentioned creating a new category of user-defined bundled libs in case the user wants to use JNI with those libs, but did not implement that. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I hope you like it and that it can be included in the next alpha. Let me know if you have any questions or comments :) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:28 PM, Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BogDan, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Merry Christmas again! When you have time: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Separating out qtmain_android.cpp into its own shared lib allows us to build it during the Qt build rather than with the application projects. (We have to remove the --no-undefined linker option, but it works.) My question is, where should that library go in the Qt install? It isn't technically a Qt plugin, so I don't know about putting it with plugins, and lib/ is all official Qt libs. It fits in best with jar/, but then the directory name doesn't make sense :). We could also make another directory, though it seems unnecessary. I'll probably stick it in jar/ unless I hear from you. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I've proved that this method works, and now I'm just working on integrating all the changes in code. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Cheers, >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>One thing I've encountered: If I'm not mistaken, people can/will use bundled libraries to bundle Qt libraries along with their application (to bypass Ministro.) Others will use bundled libs of their own for other purposes. We will want to load the Qt bundled libs inside the child class loader, so our JAR can talk to them, and the other bundled libs inside the main Java class loader, in case they want to interact with those native bundled libs via JNI. This will require us to make a new distinction on the type of bundled library. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Other thoughts: I've been looking and it looks like this isn't a difficult change to make. It's very minimal in the way it changes how things are done right now. It does require a change to the JAR files to accomodate for that back-and-forth lib loading that I described. Anyway, I plan to implement all this tomorrow and see how it goes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Tyler Mandry <tmandry at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hi all, and Merry Christmas. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>We were discussing the importance of allowing Java and C++ to interact for many people's apps in android-qt (thread: C++ and Java interaction in Alpha3.) With the new separation of the JAR files, and use of a different class loader for the app code, it has become very difficult to allow this. Traditional native interface classes can no longer see the native methods that are loaded by the separate class loader. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I did some playing around, and I think I found a simple solution that works. If we separate out the code in qtmain_android.cpp into its own (very small!) shared library, and allow the user's application code to be in one library all by itself, we can load them in separate class loaders. While you can't do Java-Java or Java-native interaction easily across the class loader barrier, native-native interaction works fine since it's all the same process. Simply load the Qt library in the /child/ class loader, followed by the application code library in the /main/ class loader, followed by the qtmain_android code in the /child/ class loader. Then the user's Java code can see the user's C++ code and vice versa, because they are all loaded under the same class loader. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I did a testcase of this (with libraries of my own, not Qt) and confirmed that it works in a simple case. If no one sees any problems with this let's implement it. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>>Necessitas-devel mailing list >>>>>>>>>>>Necessitas-devel at kde.org >>>>>>>>>>>https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/necessitas-devel >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>-- >>>>>>Tyler Mandry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>-- >>>>Tyler Mandry >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>Tyler Mandry >> > > > >-- >Tyler Mandry > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Helping You Get the Most Out of Your Misery
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Fun in the Sand and Snow
Ah, long weekends. So very, very pleasant. So rare. So round, so firm, so fully packed. (Wait... Okay, scratch that last one.)
My wife and I hardly ever have long weekends together. It's a little bit better now that she's working for the state and gets all those juicy public holidays like I do. We decided that we'd really celebrate Presidents' Day this year. In honor of George W. Bush, who has done so much for the gay community, we went to Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Going to a beach town in the middle of winter is actually kind of cool. You get to see it without the hordes of people swarming the street. You also get fantastic deals on accommodations. Two-thirds of the businesses are shut down, but are you really gonna miss fifteen extra T-shirt stores? Not so much. We were pretty pleased with our unique idea of off-season vacationing.
Except that we were very much not alone in this idea. Provincetown was, in fact, flooded with couples looking to get away from whatever city they reside in for a weekend. The result of this is that the handful of restaurants in town that weren't closed were jammed with people. Which meant long-ass waits even if you had yourself a reservation. My wife and I never had a reservation, because we're so disorganized that it's a struggle to get our teeth brushed before bedtime, let alone laying down long-term plans like where we're going to eat five hours into the future.
So we spent a good bit of time tromping forlornly from one crowded dining establishment to the next, looking for the place with the shortest wait time.
Our first night, we went to a place recommended by the manager of our inn, only to be told that we had about an hour to wait. We left our name and then wandered off to see if we couldn't get a better deal. The next place we stopped by had a much smaller menu, but we were told the wait would be about fifteen minutes. Forgetting that restaurant hosts often lie, we decided to stick around.
The place filled up even more after we got there. The one waiter on duty looked like he desperately wanted to leave and get a beer somewhere. We felt superior to other out-of-towners who got pissy/snippy with the staff and started whining about the wait. That was nice. It's good to be able to shake your head and whisper "What an asshole" to your spouse because you're marginally more amiable than someone. We were not as amiable as the two couples next to us who turned their wait-time into a meet-and-greet. They ended up changing their requests for two tables for two into one table for four and they sat together and enjoyed a meal while they got acquainted.
I guess I wish my wife and I were like that. It'd be nice to walk into a place for gazpacho and leave with friends for life. But we're not. We're the sort of people who were dreading the idea that we'd booked a room at a B&B, which might mean having to socialize with or--even worse--eat breakfast with, our host and/or fellow guests.
I wouldn't call myself an openly hostile person. I'm pretty friendly, once you get to know me, but I'm not the type of person who enjoys meeting new people every second of every day. And I hate situations where I'm forced to make small talk against my will with people who could very well turn out to be enormous asshats. My world, I'm sure, is the poorer for it.
Luckily, the place we stayed was more of an inn than a B&B, so the bagels and coffee just sort of miraculously appeared in the kitchen in the morning without someone there to grill us about our plans for the day and tell us that we really ought to go to their cousin's organic juice bar and try the carrot-pomegranate smoothie. The owner was out of town and the manager was a very nice lady who made us feel welcome and then vanished from sight the rest of the time we were there.
The one note of real frustration for me was a complication of our packing stupidity. My wife and I have a tendency to over-pack for trips. "Well, I'm bringing this ball gown. Who knows, we might be invited to fly to California to attend the Oscars." "Good idea. I'm taking twelve pairs of underwear for two days, just in case I'm suddenly incontinent."
This time, we made a conscious effort to bring less, which of course meant that I lacked warm clothing and shivered half the weekend. My wife, meanwhile, forgot to bring a sports bra and so ran in the bra she'd been wearing. But we figured we'd be able to pick one up in town. There were a number of clothing stores in town, several of which seemed geared to sports apparel.
So we spent some time on Saturday navigating through the frozen streets of Provincetown, tears of frustration freezing to our faces as we were told in store after store that they had no bras and we should try Bob's Sports Bra Barn a couple of blocks over. The clerk at Bob's Sports Bra Barn would then offer some other lame excuse and tell us to try Sports Bras R Us, which also be inexplicably out. Apparently, the women in Provincetown like to run bare-chested, in celebration of the spirit of the Amazons. We ended up duct-taping my wife's bosom during our exercise.
That duct tape really is good for just about everything.
That was hilarious about the underwear and ball gown. Sounds so typical of the way I pack. Of course, anything I would truely need is left behind.Post a Comment
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According to the Register Google is interested in keeping Apple happy for a number of reasons. This might only be half the truth for a number of reasons :
- First, regardless of the multitouch hype I am not really convinced about it's value. Yes, it sounds cool to have support for zooming in/out and also supporting a couple more of multitouch gestures but hey, I can live without that. I consider for example copy-paste support much more important (not to mention running many apps in the background). Integration with Google Apps and a smooth overall user experience (keep it simple) is certainly most valuable to just supporting multitouch.
- Secondly, both Android as an OS and the G1 device have hidden (not exposed to user) multitouch support according to this video. Google is certainly not afraid of Apple; they could expose the multitouch capability but they choose not to; they are too smart not to copy Apple's multitouch. They need to deferrentiate; they are not used to be the followers they are the pioneers. I am sure they will come up with a better and more valuable solution if this is one of their priorities right now (which I don't think so). There are a number of technologies waiting still for exploitation such as speech interfaces, eye/face tracking or 3D touchless gestures just to name a fiew. I am sure Google is carefully evaluating such technologies and it is just a matter of time to see them revolutionalize our mobile experience!


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but i have to be honest... when ever i browse other people's blogs for music, i feel really great when i find a sight that is just now posting tracks i heard about a year ago. I'd like to think i follow music like some people follow fashion, and well like i like to follow fashion, i like to be on the cutting edge of trends. I like to be the first to hear new things and know i was the one who influenced others to listen. Usually if some one is raving over something I heard about a year ago, I know they're not up to date. It crazy how some things slip past me though. But not much, no not much! I'm watching snow pile up outside! and no its not piling up my nose!
i want to be in london, where i can attend super super parties!
i mean check out there party pics! amazing! i want backdrops in my life.... BACKDROPS!!!!


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H1N1 is officially declared as a pandemic (an infectious disease that spreads around the world) by World Health Organization (WHO) and we all know it's not something to be taken lightly.
To date, there are already 244 reported cases in Malaysia!
Here are some tips on how to protect yourself from H1N1, as advised by WHO:
* avoid touching your mouth and nose
* clean hands thoroughly with soap and water, or cleanse them with an alcohol-based hand rub on a regular basis (especially if touching the mouth and nose, or surfaces that are potentially contaminated)
* avoid close contact with people who might be ill
* improve airflow in your living space by opening windows
* practice good health habits including adequate sleep, eating nutritious food, and keeping physically active
And most importantly...
Party in a club that doesn't compromise your safety and security, teehee! ;)
Our security guard checking my temperature before I enter the club.
Every single clubber is required to go by this health check before partying.
Heh, 36.1. I'm good to go! :)
Oh and in case you're wondering, Pink Martinee was awesome tonight! Psst, look out, next week's gonna be even more happening. Why, you ask? Hee, I think I'll leave you in suspense for now. Will fill you in soon so watch this space! ;)
Anyways, the point is: Take care of your health, people! :)
This public service message is brought to you by Mist Club!
Credit: WHO. Click here for more H1N1 information.
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Friday, January 23, 2015
This Is What Today Has Been Like .
Other times , " Meh ."
Case in point .
The annual Shareholders meeting is this weekend at a local Swankenda hotel. The gal who helps to ensure that the hootenanny goes smoothly was not in today as he had jury duty but she and I discussed what needed to be done to get items delivered to her home at some point today.
Fine .
I have it all lined out and then I find out that there is an additional laptop that has to go along for the ride.
Also fine.
It's locally 4:30 p.m. and I am still waiting on the laptop as a certain someone up the food chain decided to make revisions to the power point presentation .
You knew that this was coming up. You've had plenty of time to hammer it out.
I can't send what I aint got and I felt really bad telling gal pal that this situation was f'd up....in a completely professional way of course.
Not my monkeys....not my circus.
TGIF y'all.
Have a great weekend.
Aunty Pol
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The Land Before Time
A lot was changed in the movie as time went on. Littlefoot was originally going to be named Thunderfoot, though they had to change it when they found out a triceratops in a book was named that. I think Littlefoot has a better ring to it. Thunderfoot doesn't fit the character of Littlefoot, really. Maybe if Littlefoot wore cool sunglasses the whole movie. I'd pay to see that movie! Cera's character was originally going to be a male named Bambo (why so close to Bambi?), until Lucas decided that Bambo should instead be a girl and have a clever name instead of a stupid one. Also, I had no idea until a few years ago that Cera's name was spelled that way. I just assumed it was Sara, or some variation of how we spell it. My mind was blown. I mean, come on, triCERAtops?! Who does that? Spielberg and Lucas took one look at the finished project and realized that they had made one scary dinosaur movie. They had to tone it down a little or they would be stuck with a PG rating. This may be a common thing today, but back in the eighties it was pretty risky to let your animated film get a PG rating. The only two I can think of that did it around that time were Watership Down and Disney's The Black Cauldron. With Bluth complaining the whole way, Lucas and Spielberg cut about nine minutes of the film, mostly consisting of Sharptooth scenes, making the film only sixty nine minutes long. That's barely longer than Dumbo! Littlefoot's mother dying was deemed too emotionally scarring and the character of Rooter (the old clubtail dinosaur) was introduced to soften the blow. Doesn't matter, it's still probably the most tear jerking scenes in all of animation. Even the theatrical version seen in 1988 is different from the version you see on DVD. In the original, Littlefoot's mother is shown being bitten by Sharptooth on the neck and back, but apparently it was later deemed to intense. While the movie isn't the darkest of the Bluth films, it's easily the most depressing.
The cast of dinosaurs centers around an Apatosaurus (Littlefoot), a Triceratops (Cera), a Saurolophus (Ducky), a Pteranodon (Petrie), and a Stegosaurus (Spike). In the story, a tyrannosaurus named Sharptooth (I always thought it was Sharktooth as a child, I can't be the only one!) attacks a group of dinosaurs while a random earthquake happens. Littlefoot's mother fends off Sharptooth, who falls into a deep crevice, though it costs her her life. Due to the earthquake, both Littlefoot and Cera are seperated from what's left of their families and have to set out to find them. Their ulitmate destination is the Great Valley, a place that hasn't been ravaged by volcanoes and earthquakes; a place where food is plentiful and there are no sharpteeth. Along the way they are joined by Petrie, Ducky, and Spike. They run into trouble along the way involving other, more dangerous dinosaurs, though in the end they defeat Sharptooth and make it to the Great Valley. I know that was a short run-down, but there isn't much to this story in terms of plot. What I will go into however is the relationships between the dinosaurs.
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I loved this film as a child, watched it recently and can say I still enjoyed it... Used to find it hilarious because my little sister's called Sarah and at the time of viewing she was as stubborn as Cera... Lots of sibling teasing. I also thought sharptooth was called sharktooth! Shame about all those stupid sing-along sequels.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2015 at 4:01 PM
I'm glad that I'm not the only one who hates Cera, although I prefer Littlefoot to her. At least, he's more mature and disciplined than her. If I'm him, I'd give on that pathetic Triceratops forever. Besides, I can't stand her bad attitude and screams just as I hate her dad for his attitude problem and machismo.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2016 at 6:56 PM
Oops. I forgot to put "up" between "give" and "on." My bad.Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2015 at 4:03 PM
Like you, I used to love the first Land Before Time movie when I was in a kid. But now that I'm past childhood, I no longer love it. And the primary reason for that is Cera whiel topsy, who's her pop, is my secondary reason,ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJune 6, 2016 at 5:29 PM
Dang it! I spelled "while" as "whiel" just as I forgot to capitalize the T in Topsy. My apologies.Delete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2016 at 5:32 PM
Wait a minute! You hate Littlefoot?! For your information, he's not bad! Sure, I may not agree with everything about him. But he doesn't deserve to be hated! Cera does, especially because of what she said about his mom and when she defeated him battle.ReplyDelete
For crying out loud, Little foot's a Sauropod and Cera's a Certopsian. Since Sauropods were much larger than Ceratopsians, he should be able to crush her like the jerk she is.Replies
- AnonymousFebruary 14, 2017 at 5:59 PM
O dang, I forgot to put "in" between "him" and "battle." I apologize.Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 1, 2018 at 4:06 PM
I also meant to type capital O as the word "Oh." My bad.Delete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2016 at 5:35 PM
Ob brother. Another false assumption that Ducky's a Parasaurolophus. She isn't one! Instead, she's a Saurolophus because or her crest.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2016 at 1:44 PM
I meant "oh" instead "ob." My mistake.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 1, 2016 at 1:45 PM
And I also meant to put "of" between "instead" and "ob." My bad.Delete


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Passed by this cafe while having the dinner at Vivo City the other day. I was first drawn to the place by the wonderful smell of the delicious pastries. Upon closer investigation, I realized the cafe was actually a branch of the same cafe I visited when I was in Tokyo! I was ecstatic but I couldn't try it as I was too full from dinner.
Finally got time to come by this week and to my joy, I found that the Choco Cro that they are famous for tasted just as divine as the one in Tokyo! I requested for my Choco Cro to be heated up and let me tell you, the taste of the piping hot, slightly melted chocolate (sweet with just a tinge of bitterness) oozing out of the soft, buttery flaky croissant is just heavenly, I would eat this everyday if I could.
The Royal Milk Tea (S - $5, M - $6, L - $7) was also pretty good, I liked the well-balanced fusion of the tea leaves and rich, velvety steamed milk. Not the typical milk tea that is not much different from the ones served in bubble tea shops that some places have.
Since the lunch set (11am to 3pm) seemed pretty value for money, we decided to get the savory items as well. They were pretty ok, but I wouldn't be shelling out money just to buy it if it wasn't part of the set.
Highly recommend this place, I can't wait to go back!


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AllnSync 3.5.2
ALLnSync is a very fast and easy to use Directory / File synchronizer. It's main function is to synchronize critical files in a selected directory and it's sub-directories on two different drives which can be on the same computer, or different computers over a network. It is ideal for keeping files synchronized between a desktop & laptop or between multiple drives on you desktop. It can synchronize to / from a Network Drive, floppy, Zip Drive,...


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During the last few months, my colleague Henri Rimbaud and the digital team have been busy in federating IBM France employees who are active on the web. Most of them who were twitting or blogging didn't really have the chance to meet yet. The video here under is not just a good way to explain the benefits of Twitter to the corporate world but also acts as a change agent within our own organization. Such communication initiative suddenly brings more concrete elements on what it is and why people use it .
Some of the key benefits highlighted in the video: engagement with peers/customers/partners, rapid scan of market news, identification of new projects and contacts, learning about competition, etc.). Social Media/Networks adoption/success in the enterprise still much relies on change management investments such as the following one..


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Well, I came down with a head cold during week 3 of training and then had a busy week during week 4, so I haven't been able to completely stick to my plan. I managed to get in some key runs/workouts, but hope to get back on track in week 5 (fingers crossed!).
Week 3
Monday – Rest day
My parents were in town for the evening, so I met up with them for dinner. I took them to Revival for some southern food in MN. I tried the burger and it was fantastic!
Tuesday – 3 miles (9:36/mile)
A quick run after work. I kept it short because I could feel a cold coming on.
Wednesday – Rest day
The cold had definitely hit by Wednesday, so I took the day off. Luckily, I actually had two rest days on my plan for this week, so worked out fairly well.
Thursday – 4.03 miles (9:26/mile)
The cold was still lingering, but it was better, so I headed out after work. I wasn't sure how far I'd go, but felt good through 4 miles.
Friday – 40 minute elliptical
Made this my cross training day since I skipped it earlier in the week.
Saturday – 6.02 miles (9:34/mile)
This was my long run for the week. It felt good to be out for almost an hour. Something about that amount of time makes it feel like a true long run.
In the afternoon, I did some shopping and picked up some new shoes!
Sunday – 4.28 miles (9:37/mile)
This was supposed to make up for the 5 mile run I skipped during the week. My legs just weren't feeling the full 5 miles after several straight days of workouts.
Week 4
Monday – 40 minute walk
Kept the cross training light to let my legs recover a bit.
Tuesday – 3.5 miles (9:40/mile)
I had a meeting after work, so I got home a bit late. I ate a light dinner and then hopped on the treadmill to get in a run.
Wednesday – Rest day
Caught the MN Timberwolves game with the family! I typically don't watch NBA, but it was actually a lot of fun watching them play. Got to see some former Duke basketball players on the court.
Thursday – 3 miles (9:40/mile)
Got up early and hit the treadmill for this run. I had friends over to my place after work and then we headed to the Science Museum to check out their Sportsology exhibit. We had some fun "racing" pro athletes, testing our reaction time and balance, and goofing off. 🙂
Friday – 3.83 miles (9:26/mile)
It was cold out, but I bundled up (or at least tried to) for an evening run. I think I was a bit under-dressed. Got so used to the warmer temps!
Saturday – 7.01 miles (9:40/mile)
It was cold again! Especially in the morning. I kept warm with some hot coffee and a couple of Girl Scout cookies for breakfast. Ok, that's not the only thing I had for breakfast, but they were really good with coffee.
Luckily, I ended up being able to do my long run in the afternoon when it had warmed up a tad. I dressed better for this run, which helped.
Other parts of the day were filled in by watching conference basketball tournament games. My Gophers lost, but my Blue Devils won! So excited for March Madness to begin!
Sunday – 50 minute spin class
Daylight savings time made it pretty hard to get out of bed. But I had some motivation since I was meeting a friend for a spin class. I could feel some fatigue in my legs, but powered through the tough class.
Winter decided to make a comeback in the afternoon. So done with that white stuff.
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Game 1
Dartmouth Big Green (0-0-0) vs.
Vermont Catamounts (0-0-0)
Date: Friday, November 10, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Leede Arena
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Game 2
Dartmouth Big Green (0-0-0) vs.
Boston College (0-0-0)
Date: Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 2 p.m.
Location: Hanover, N.H. – Leede Arena
Live Stats
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The Dartmouth women's basketball team opens the 2017-18 season Friday taking on the Vermont Catamounts, and remains home to host the Boston College Eagles on Sunday afternoon in Hanover.
Vermont comes to Hanover after already playing one game against St. Michael's on November 4, where the Catamounts grabbed a 75-58 win. Freshman Hannah Crymble and senior Sydney Smith both scored 15 points apiece in the win over St. Michael's, the pair returns this season after leading Vermont in points last year. There are five juniors and four seniors, who are entering their last season, back this season bringing with them experience in all positions.
On Nov. 13, 2016, Dartmouth fell to the Catamounts on the road, 59-54. Former Big Green forward, Fanni Szabo was the leading scorer with 22 points, and junior Emily Dryden also scored in double-digits with 10 points. Vermont went on a couple of runs that created large gaps in the score. While Dartmouth climbed back to bridge the difference, there were a few incomplete plays that ended the opportunity to tie the game or take the lead, ending in the loss. The Catamounts hold the series lead 20-14.
Boston College is coming off a tough 2016-17 season where the Eagles went 9-21, and only six conference wins. Last season's leading scorer for Boston College, Mariella Fasoula, transferred to Vanderbilt for her junior season, leaving the Eagles with Georgia Pineau who scored the third most points last year, and Emma Guy who was fourth. When they come to Hanover on Sunday, Boston College will have played Bryant University at home on Friday night.
Last December the Big Green traveled to Boston to take on the Eagles and fell 65-53, while Kate Letkewicz led the offense with 20 points. Dartmouth tried to close the gap and came within two possessions of doing so, but was unable to complete the race to catch up. Boston College holds the series lead 10-0.
The Big Green has two freshman players who will make their collegiate debut this weekend. Forward Anna Luce and guard Elle Louie will join the rest of Dartmouth's squad on the court.
Last season's leading scorer, Kate Letkewicz, returns this season after posting 11.2 points per game last year. Junior Isalys Quiñones and senior Olivia Smith are also coming off of solid seasons, scoring 9.1 and 8.4 points per game respectively. Senior Emily Slagle was second in free throw percentage last season, behind Fanni Szabo who graduated, averaging .875 in 2016-17. Letkewicz and Smith will also be factors defensively for the Big Green.
Along with the addition of new faces to the roster, Dartmouth also added a new coach to the staff in May of 2017. Taja Edwards was named an assistant coach in the spring, and also is the director of recruiting and social media for the team. Head Coach Belle Koclanes will return for her fifth season as well as Assistant Coach Addie Micir, Assistant Coach Steve Harney is back for his second season and Michael Motta returns as the Director of Basketball Operations for the fifth year.
All Dartmouth home games will be broadcast on the radio on KOOL 106.7 and 96.3 FM in the Upper Valley and surrounding areas. Brett Franklin and Jill Glessner are back on the airwaves for a second season of Big Green women's basketball, all broadcasts can also be heard online at www.koolnh.com.
Can't make it to Leede? Friday and Sunday's games will both be streamed on the Ivy League Network for subscribers, as well as the game broadcast on KOOL FM. There will also be live stats provided by DartmouthSports.com and fans are encouraged to follow the team's official Twitter account, @DartmouthWBB for live, in-game updates.
Dartmouth will continue its home stand, hosting Rhode Island on Friday, November 24 at 4 p.m. in Leede Arena.


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Dutch manager Aad de Mos believes a transfer to Southampton for Anderlecht's Leander Dendoncker would be an ideal move for the youngster. The 21-year-old has been linked with a move to the Premier League in recent months following his performances for the Jupiler side.
Voetbal Nieuws have reported on comments De Mos made on Dendoncker, and the interest the player has been getting from other clubs. The former Anderlecht manager said the young Belgian has good qualities, and expects the player to go for big money. De Mos believes Dendoncker can go on to bigger things, and a move to a club like Southampton would be ideal.
"Dendoncker has so much: a good kicking technique, good attitude, recovery power. He is less elegant and spectacular than Tielemans, but I can see him depart for a large amount. At clubs like Dortmund, Sevilla, Valencia, Everton, Southampton he certainly can bring something," said the Dutchman.
In December we covered reports from Belgium that Southampton had sent scouts to watch Anderlecht's clash with Eupen. At the time the Belgian media reported Southampton were getting an overview of Dendoncker, along with his club teammate Youri Tielemans. Both players are being tipped for moves to England, and this could happen in the next transfer window.


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Topology Design for Routers Through the Lens of a Lab Exercise
Do you need two routers to practice routing commands for CCNA? Or do you really need 3 - or even 4? Likewise for CCNP, or one of the CCNA concentrations? And what topology do you need to use - which determines what interfaces to buy - so that you can test every function of every config option for that exam, and see the nuances that you might miss in a different topology? And what are those nuances in the first place? And what lab exercises should I use to learn all this? Well, you asked for it, and I liked the idea, so I'll blog it: some lab exercises that at the same time give us a backdrop to discuss lab topologies.
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Okay y'all, I just had to share about my latest fave thing! I was recently going through the Sonic drive thru when I saw one of their advertisement signs about their "coffee twist" options. They listed flavors like Vanilla, Caramel, Praline Pecan and Double Chocolate and I decided I really needed to try one.
I ordered the Double Chocolate and thought it would taste overly sweet. When I took my first sip however, I was completely in love. The coffee itself was amazing – perfect aftertaste. It was very creamy, but with a good coffee to cream balance and the chocolate drizzle was a delicious touch!
The drink in this photo is a size large and it costs about $3.20 – for a large. I'm not hating on other popular coffee chains here, but you just can't beat that price for such a huge size. I want to also point out that the ice is very small, so the majority of the cup is filled with coffee. Additionally, when I looked up what kind of coffee Sonic uses, I found out that it was Green Mountain Coffee. It was no surprise why I loved the taste, since Green Mountain makes my favorite K-cup flavor, Nantucket Blend.
Overall, I really enjoy Sonic's coffee! I highly recommend it to anyone who loves iced coffee and has a Sonic nearby! You really do get so much for the price and it's absolutely delicious! Let me know what you think if you decide to try it out! I haven't tasted the other flavors yet, but I am sure they will be just as great as the Double Chocolate flavor. Thanks for stopping by!


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Those of us who emphasize orthodoxy and neglect acting in love must be chastised to live out our faith. We must be exhorted to put deeds to our words. But those of us who emphasize good works and neglect teaching orthodoxy must be rebuked to return back to the preaching of the Gospel. We must never delude ourselves that these two transgressions are equal. They are not. Doctrine is primary. Morality is secondary. For the latter to be genuine, it must flow from the former. Theology is not just fundamental, it is foundational. It is what defines true reality. It is what shapes who we are as a church. In the beginning was the Word.
So, what does it mean to be real in this world? It means to understand the world as it really is; to understand God as He really is; and to relate to both in light of this understanding. It is not enough to touch hearts for Jesus. We must also be willing to let Jesus be the one who touches those hearts. We must preach Jesus crucified and remember that any other thing we "do" is flowing from this ultimate truth and pointing to this ultimate truth.
"Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent" (John 6:26-29).
-- Cornell Ngare (A writer who serves God at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya).
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Thursday, July 7, 2016
Can Dance Class Be Too "Fun"?
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It definitely can be hard when there are different levels in an adult class. That is what's going on with my class, but we make it work. We have only one adult class a week, but we are hoping to add another one. It's hard to practice at home; I have three young children and finding time and space to practice can be tough, but it's definitely do-able. Is it possible to mention how you feel to your teacher? I told my teacher about my dance goals this year, which is helping me feel like I can achieve them.ReplyDelete
Congratulations again on your new little one! :) It's fun to be an Irish Dancing Mama! ;)
Thanks :) I am hoping I will be able to practice more as the little boy gets older. I recently purchased some discounted Marley tiles, so that will be nice for practice (if I can find some space to put them). My teacher knows about most of my dance goals (except for my goal to eventually drop down- I'm keeping that one to myself 'til my dancing gets better), and she is doing her best to help me while still giving time and attention to the needs and goals of the non-competitive dancers.ReplyDelete
Oh, and good luck with your dance goals this year! That's awesome that you are still finding time to dance with 3 little ones!ReplyDelete