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|55 m²
|Tipo de propiedad
|Mín. Estancia
|2 noches
Elegante apartamento planta segunda, en inmediaciones de la plaza del Concertgebouw, Museo y del Vondelpark.
Este apartamento está situado en el primer piso de una casa unifamiliar de 1900 en un barrio residencial conocido como el Museumkwartier (el Museumquarter).
El hall y la escalera son típicos de una casa de este período, con una escalera que conduce a la puerta principal de la vivienda, que tiene su propia abertura de entrada a la sala principal y cocina.
El apartamento está decorado con antigüedades, arte y tiene una encantadora sensación retra a ella debido a los acentos decorativos de los 70-dades.
Hay una cama de matrimonio que duerme dos muy cómoda y un sofá cama con una maravillosa topmatras látex y lana para mayor comodidad, en la sala de estar que tiene capacidad para dos.
El dormitorio y el salón pueden ser separados por una puerta corredera de la vida privada.
Hay un cuarto de baño con bañera, una ducha y un aseo.
Un segundo baño se encuentra en el pasillo y puede ser utilizado por los que duermen en el sofá cama.
Después de una buena noche de sueño puede hacer yourselfs un café Nespresso encantadora y dirigirse a explorar la ciudad.
Todo lo que hace Ámsterdam merece una visita es a las afueras de la puerta: el mundialmente famoso Rijksmuseum, el Van Gogh y Stedelijk Museum, el extremo alto calle comercial PC Hooftstraat, Vondelpark y Leidseplein. Los canales son también muy cerca y la zona artesanal de Pijp y De Jordaan no son demasiado lejos.
Nuestro anfitrión Barbara dará la bienvenida y asegurarse de que todo está en orden para una estancia maravillosa. Ella se reunirá de nuevo por la salida.
Nos encantaría darle la bienvenida. Póngase en contacto con nosotros en cualquier momento para obtener más información.
Looking for a beautiful, spotless, well appointed apartment with every amenity in an upscale neighborhood near the museums? You found the place. This apartment looks exactly as it does in the photos. Great location, within walking distance to all the key sights. My husband and I had a wonderful time. Barbara was friendly, helpful and a great resource. She always responded to my emails quickly. Everything worked out seamlessly. No issues, no snags. The delicious bakery across the street has breakfast pasteries, sandwiches and wonderful breads and treats. Coming from NY we did not expect it would be closed on Sundays. We loved our stay and if we return this lovely apartment would be our first choice. Thanks Barbara hope to see you again.
Evelyn and Peter
This is a lovely, spacious apartment perfectly situated in the museum district of Amsterdam. Barbara promptly met us at the apartment and we were grateful for the wine, fruit and other goodies that she left for us. She provided us with guidebooks, maps and a good orientation to the city. Her restaurant recommendations were perfect. The only negative of the apartment is that the bathroom sink and shower drains were sluggish. We would expect that the attentive owners will remedy this for the next guest.
My wife and I rented this apartment for a week while visiting Amsterdam. The location is perfect. Major museums are within 10 min walking. There is a large park within 2 minutes. And a bakery just around the corner. The only downside from my prospective (not a shopper) is that it is also very close to some high-end shopping. :-)
The apartment is light and airy with high ceilings and large windows. The kitchen is well equipped. And street noise is not an issue when sleeping with windows open.
Barbara met us at the door when we arrived and provided a thorough overview of things and answered any questions we had.
Exploring Amsterdam we found we rarely needed to use public transportation or taxis. Everything was in easy walking distance. With sunny weather Amsterdam is a city made for walking tours.
We would definitely go back to this one!
My boyfriend and I stayed here just last weekend for a short trip to Amsterdam - the photos don't do it justice! The apartment is lovely; spacious, clean and bright with everything a traveler could need. It's exactly the kind of apartment I would choose to live in as well. The owner's family lives on the other floors, which meant it was safe and quiet though we never saw them. Great location close to the Vondelpark and museums - you almost don't need to venture out of the neighborhood! Cute little balcony to people-watch and enjoy the great weather we had during our stay. The washing machine was a big help too after a week of traveling, but the drying function isn't great so we air-dried our clothes on racks. I'd recommend leaving yourself at least 36 hours to dry heavier/thicker clothes like jeans, if you choose to do laundry. The bathroom is stocked with extra toiletries as well if you forget something.
Barbara was a terrific host - so friendly and welcoming! She offered recommendations on local restaurants (which we followed, thanks Barbara!) and directions to nearby points of interest and the grocery store, along with maps and travel books. And it was very thoughtful of her to leave us some wine, fresh fruit and snacks as a welcome gift. By far and away my best experience renting thus far.
We would absolutely recommend this apartment to anyone traveling to Amsterdam and will definitely look to stay here again if/when we return ourselves!
Jordan F.
New York, NY
The apartment was everything we had hoped it to be. Beautiful interior, outfitted with everything one could need, as well as lots of nice extras like wine and fruit which were very thoughtful and most enjoyed after a long flight. Barbara, our host welcomed us and helped orient us to the apartment and surrounding area. We'd definitely stay again if we have the opportunity!
Lived up to our expectations. Barbara,was extremely helpful,very friendly and informative,an asset to the property. Providing wine,fruit and other food stuffs is a definite plus. Lots of space in all rooms,and location ideal. Would certainlyrecommend the apartment to friends. Can't think of any complaints,have stayed in a number of homeaway apartments in different countries,this was the best.
|Precio mínimo
|Noches adicionales
|Noche fin de semana
|Fecha especial
Tarifa estándar
2 noche estancia mínima
425 €
para 2 noches
desde175 €
desde180 €
|Información adicional: La tarifa está basada en 2 huésped/es; añadir 25 € por noche por huésped adicional
|Depósito de seguridad reembolsable
|350 €
|End cleaning fee
|75 €
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Mat Kaplan • May 07, 2013
Planetary Radio for the week of May 6 visits the Planetary Defense Conference one last time to join a "tabletop" simulation of a killer asteroid threat.
Emily Lakdawalla • May 01, 2013
In this week's Hangout, Emily Lakdawalla hosted Mike Puzio and Dante Lauretta in a discussion about the naming of OSIRIS-REx' asteroid target.
Emily Lakdawalla • May 01, 2013
We received more than 8000 entries from all over the world in the Name That Asteroid contest, and we can finally announce the winner. The asteroid formerly known as 1999 RQ36 is now formally named (101955) Bennu, for a heron associated with the Egyptian god Osiris.
Emily Lakdawalla • November 30, 2012
Good news, everyone! The OSIRIS-REx team wants to give as many kids as possible a chance to Name That Asteroid! The contest entry deadline has been extended to December 31.
Bill Nye • September 04, 2012
OSIRIS-REx is will return a piece of the ancient asteroid 1999 RQ36, and it's up to you to come up with a name.
Become a member of The Planetary Society and together we will create the future of space exploration.
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Rhythms and Orbits
There is a deep satisfaction in organization, in knowing the shape of the day ahead. I know that my children feel it; they are tied to clocks in ways I am not and keep me on schedule so that things happen when they are supposed to. I like routine, but I like it at my own pace and my preference is for a flow of activities and foods, none of it happening at any particular time, so long as it happens in the day. We get up hours ahead of any need to be somewhere because we don't like to feel rushed, and if I have hours to get ready, then I don't feel beholden to a clock.
Our days revolve around routines, each of us our own satellites orbiting our own particular obsessions, interweaving ourselves around each other as those obsessions intersect.
The girlies and the bright boy are heavy into Pokemon and Yugioh and other anime things I'm not the least bit interested is so long as I don't have to hear about it. They lose themselves in it, all three immersed in these worlds where they understand and relate to each other beautifully.
The girlies and their daddy are into Sims, all three versions (with every single add-on), with the girlies preferring each version for different reasons and switching which version they play depending on the reason. They talk just as intensely, the three of them, about the games and watch each other play. Because I occasionally dip my toes into the Sims world and used to be a dedicated gamer, I revolve around these conversations but am not central to them.
Science, philosophy, comparative religion, ancient history, and teaching the kids odd Gaelic and Latin phrases: these are the orbits my children and I share that usually leaves their father outside and, I am sure, at times, the bright boy wishing he were, too. The kids and I soak up documentaries and term this our neeking it up (geek/nerdifying), and throughout the summer, we watch several a week. Reading is another activity that has us in orbit together, as we share books and I find tremendous joy in sharing worlds with my children the way my grandmother and parents once shared (well, my parents still do) with me.
Science fiction and geekifying we all love, and for this our orbits intersect. The girlies and their dad and I share a deep and apparently abiding obsession with The Big Bang Theory (the boy is good for one viewing, but the girlies and Rick and I have been through seasons 1 and 2 at least four times in the last three months with the girlies--some bits we have to forward through or skip). I long for the day that all my favorite scifi shows will become age appropriate for the girlies, but we enjoy sharing with them what is appropriate now. Our favorite catalog, all of us, is ThinkGeek.
We have our own singular obsessions, too, that leave everyone else outside our orbit; bits and pieces that are just for ourselves, that distinguish us from each other. Whatever those singular obsessions, each feels welcome to explore it, to share it, and to revel in it.
The older I get, the more I appreciate that each day blends into the next, that the ebb and flow of activities have a familiar rhythm to it, that there is constancy at the same time there is change, and that I share these revolving orbits of obsessions and obligations with four of the most wonderful people I have the great fortune to share a home with (and that next door are two just-as-wonderful people, my parents, who love me and are willing to go along for the ride and listen to me babble about my latest focus of intense interest).
The summer will flow by, carried by the currents of our rituals, our schedules, our intense interests, and when it is over, we will slide easily into the new rhythms of school and work, each of us buoyed by the support of family members who share enough common obsessions to keep us anchored together, not because of blood ties and obligation, but out of a deep and abiding joy in being with each other.
(crossposted at Detritus)
5 comments:
- 于呈均名 said...
As a man sows, so he shall reap. .........................................
- June 9, 2010 at 3:43 AM
- Lyn said...
Awesome post. What kind of flowers are those?
I like Sims 2 and haven't ventured into Sims 3 yet. I am struggling to raise several moths and now I have about 24 crayfish, most of which are babies that I am not sure what to do with or where to put.
- June 9, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- kathleen said...
I often feel as though my kids are the orbit that I bounce around in..I seek chaos and change and unpredictability..and live in a house that thrives on the opposite..opposing magnetic forces that somehow work together..lovely post. :)
Buddha in a tractor-just as it should be..
- June 9, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- KWombles said...
Thank you. Those are hollyhocks in the foreground. Sims 3 allows the people to wander around town, pretty cool, actually.
hee, I like your image. Families are great, majestic symphonies. :-)
But of course. Everyone should have a Buddha in a tractor. :-)
- June 9, 2010 at 3:02 PM
- Life as the mother of 4 said...
It sounds nice ... but I'm sorry you don't get to sleep in. I'm looking forward to Will's spring vacation of one week off.
- June 9, 2010 at 10:26 PM


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1958 Edsel Ranger 2dr Hardtop Ford other
Price: US $3,900.00 Item location: Wallingford, Connecticut, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Edsel
- Trim: std
- Year: 1958
- Mileage: 89,191
- Engine size: E400
- Drive type: auto Want to buy? Contact seller!
1958 EdselA great car to restore. 1958 Edsel Ranger two door hardtop with the E400 V8 and push button automatic transmission. Has not run in many years. It rolls and steers. I can help arrange a transporter and will assist in loading. There is some floor rust and some in the rockers and bottom corners of the fenders. Please study the pictures and call me with any questions 203-265-2530
The engine turns !!!! I have had questions about the body tag info so here it is: VIN# W8UG722782, Body 63A, Color JJJ, Date25K, Trans 4, Axle A Trim K


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Visit church and cemetery at night,
Learn to drive without headlights.
Pass in curves and stab the brakes,
Be the first, first alive at the club.
Stevo sitting in with the house band,
Rifts more meaningful than Apostles.
Good smoke mixed with bad smoke,
Guitars screaming like seizure tires.
John leaves to wash his ride, alone.
First place his only bona fide friend,
It serves him well but very briefly,
Not company beyond the journey.
Wailing reverbs the back corners,
Light twists away, shy to illuminate.
Only two can know this moment,
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So easy and very delicious.
It's the usual digestive and melted butter base and the top is made by melting white choc (really nice Green and Black white choccy with vanilla seeds in) and a little mascarpone until smooth, whisking in the rest of the mascarpone and then stirring in some double cream.
I used ring moulds to make individual cheesecakes - press in the base, chill, add the top and chill again to set. So easy and so yummy.
To go with it, I am making a mixture of strawberries, raspberries and grapes to pile on the top and I've also made a sauce (?coulis?) of strawberries, raspberries, lemon juice and icing sugar, zizzed together and pushed through a sieve to get rid of the hard bits. I might get some raspberry liqueur to add as well - Morrisons sell it in little bottles.
No photo yet as it's still in the making but I think it's going to be another to add to my collection of Really Good Recipes.


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We were hoping our jaundice scare would be over after the weekend on the billi-blanket, but instead it all got a lot worse. Maddie's levels went up again Monday morning. Our pediatrician sent us to the Pediatric ER at Johns Hopins, but she called ahead and made sure they had a bed for us and would get us in quickly and away from all of the sick kids.
Once there, they tried to attach an IV and couldn't get it to work in her little veins. I felt like they were piercing my heart with each shriek of my baby. They told us the IV line was just a precaution and that she probably wouldn't need it, so it wasn't a big deal that they couldn't get it in. Basically, they told us she'd be under lights, and if that didn't work they'd add IV fluids, and if that wasn't working she might need a blood transfusion, but they made it pretty clear that those other options were pretty far down the line.
They rechecked her levels and they'd risen from that morning. Suddenly that unneccesary IV line was being put in by an IV specialist, and my baby was again screaming her little lungs out.
The doctors began talking more seriously about admitting us to the pediatric ICU and starting a blood transfusion. D and I were so frightened for our little girl, and I couldn't stop crying. They rechecked her levels again to see if there was a lab error that made them look high, but again, they came back about the same. They decided to give her a little more time under the lights and check her one more time before deciding if we would be admitted to the pediatrics floor or to the pediatric ICU. Time never seemed to go so slowly.
Finally, we got rechecked and the levels had started to go down. We were so relieved! We were admitted to the pediatrics floor at about 10pm (we'd been there since 2:30).
We were in a shared room and there was a chair that sort of unfolded into a tiny bed for one parent to stay the night. Dakota went home and I stayed with her so I could feed her. I'd been pumping all day because they wouldn't let me take her out from under the lights to eat. I had this strong desire to pump constantly, only because I felt like it was the only thing I could do to help her. It was a long night.
They rechecked her levels at 4am, and when they came back there was a lot of improvement. We moved her off the lights at 9:30 in the morning and after the levels remained low in the afternoon, we were released to go home about 4pm.
We're now home, tired, and glad that we no longer have an orange kid.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Code Orange
Posted by The Baileys at 6:01 PM
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We are so relieved that the Baileys are back home! Can't express just how worried we were for our little niece. Maddie is such a blessing!ReplyDelete
Love you guys!
-Katrina & Ken
- BellemayApril 1, 2009 at 7:22 AM
Yay!! She's home!! Don't be alarmed if she just looks tan for a few weeks, it took Reagan 6 weeks to get her right "color" on her skin. In the mean time, everyone will tell you she has beautiful skin color. I am so happy that she is home and I hope that the feedings are continuing to be successful.ReplyDelete
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Like Tuesday Terror #31 (angels) October 14, 2010Posted by Devin in 4e, D&D', RPG.
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I am sorry that this is going up late but I am pressed for time right now so I will keep this post to a minimal. I hop you can use this guy in your epic level game!
The Angel of doom is used to weaken their targets enough for the other angels to come in for the kill. They latch onto a target and don't let go until they die.
Tuesday Terror #29 September 26, 2010Posted by Devin in 4e, D&D', RPG.
Tags: 4e, angel, D&D', monster, RPG
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So I am feeling a bit better and here with the next monster. So The MM2 already has a archangel but its a template and I don't like it very much. So without any further adoo(I dont know how to spell that:).
" On golden wings the angel fly's with lightning speed and grace. His sword flies to deflect the blow aimed at your head. With a spin of his blade the angel cuts the beast in half and points his finger at the beast charging at him making a glowing symbol appear on is chest…"
Religion check DC 19: Archangels are the commanders of the angel force. They inspire power in nearby angels and represent the intentions of their god. Archangels are mostly promoted angels. From doing great deeds to simply being the oldest of them Archangles are very experienced.


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Do you have a kitchen or cooking secret that saves time, calories or clean up?
use pan spray instead of oil..works great and saves LOTS of calories!!
In my efforts to cook in a healthier fashion I have become hooked on Pam cooking spray. I use it for stir-fry, eggs and even for coating on bread when I make grilled cheese sandwiches. It helps to reduce fat in cooking and also makes cleaning the pans a lot easier!
Chia seeds can replace butter in many baked goods. 1 of the qualities of the Chia seed is its hydrophilic properties, with the ability to absorb more than 12x its weight in water.
The shelf life is less than w/ butter, but the fat and calorie difference is huge!
When I'm waiting for food to cook, I start chopping vegetables or whatever prep work I can do for dinner the next night. That way, when I get home the next night I can throw it all together quickly.
I cook up my meals for the week on sunday and freeze them in individual packages. Then mark with the day I planed it for. You don't need a seal a meal if your only doing a week at a time. Seal up a freezer bag, leaving an opening big enough for a straw to fit in and suck out the air, works great
Easy Access to healthy food in the frige
Putting all LIKE foods together in open boxes for easy prep. Salad Stuff, Yogurt and berries, sandwich fixings.... Just grab the box and it is all there- no hunting or thinking..presliced and ready to go in one container on the counter- right there and all healthy- no looking @ the unhealthy stuff
I've come to realize that when I cook for the family I tend to eat more food than what I should be..
Whenever I'm cooking and the recipes calls to saute vegetables in oil or butter, I use broth instead. It saves so many calories and tastes the same
Grating ginger for stir fries.
I prefer Ginger root for stir fries. I store my ginger root in a zipper bag in my freezer. When I want the ginger I just remove the end skin and grate the frozen root over the pot.
It goes through the fine grater and sprinkles over the surface. No clumping. I return ginger in bag to the freezer...
You put a lot of calories on when your cooking by tasting your food so see if it seasoned right. If you brush your teeth and tongue first the food will taste funny and with a nice fresh breath you don't want to put something in your mouth to spoil that freshness.


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A car is the most symbolically rich thing we ever buy. No other artefact requires such investment of energy, money and passion to manufacture. No other artefact sucks such cupidity and yearning from its consumers. Cars are overwhelmingly potent, and there are reasonable and rational forces trying to curtail our use of them, but once - as Henry Ford realised long ago - you've let the genie of consumer freedom out of the box, there's no putting it back.
And as John Steinbeck noted, the popularity of the Model T means 'two generations of Americans know more about the Ford coil than the clitoris, about the planetary system of gears than the solar system'. Earlier artists also caught the erotic sense of speed machines. At the beginning of the 20th century, futurist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti said: 'I became inflamed with the fever and desire of the steely breaths from your full nostrils!
I finally unleash your metallic bride...' Was he addressing his car or his mistress? Or both? It is a positional dilemma still known today. But the great age of car design could not outlive the destructive success of the machine which, as if a classical myth, has systematically destroyed its own support system. Between the Forties and Seventies, cars of astonishing commercial beauty were manufactured.
The relationship between cars and sex is deep. Like all matters of aesthetics, the answer to the question 'What makes a car sexy?' has direct and associational aspects. A car's shape has a direct effect on us: sensuous surfaces, voluptuous radii, masculine girth and aggressive projections all have an erotic character. The associations are more subtle, but perhaps more significant. Words readily associated with cars - speed, performance, pleasure, danger - are an occult vocabulary of sex. Factor in notions of comfort, security and texture, and you have the pre-eminent mechanical aphrodisiac.But with the first oil shock of 1973, a book ever so quietly closed. Ever since, cars with a sexual character have been pornographic rather than erotic: parodic and preposterous, not essential and sublime. A moment has passed with a whiff of leather and hot oil.
The 10 sexiest cars ever
1949 Porche 356
1961 Jaguar E Type
1951 Lancia Aurelia H20 GT
1948 Jaguar XK120
1968 Ferrari Daytona
1952 Bentley R Type
1953 AC Ace
1953 Chevrolet Corvette
1955 Citreon DS
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Dads, we want to celebrate YOU and all you do! Join your child for breakfast on May 25 at 8:15am in the cafeteria!
If you plan to attend, please RSVP by using the form that went home in April 18 Tuesday folders. If you lost the form, please email Marie Dexter at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please note: We know that our Swift Creek families are diverse. You do not the child's biological father. Dad figures, such as grandfathers or uncles, are welcome.


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I drafted this Your Name kid in my keeper League, he's gonna be an All-Star one day
This particular GDB will likely be a little brief because I have something else on my mind today, but I will do my best.
Zach Parise and the Minnesota Wild are in town tonight to take on the Edmonton Oilers. These two clubs strip mined the Free Agent Market last summer in moves that have clearly paid off everywhere but the Standings. The Wild (11th) stole the show by signing Parise and Suter to megadeals that have since been outlawed and the Oilers (13th) took rookie sensation Justin Schultz.
I think its safe to say that Parise and Suter are doing exactly what the club envisioned. Parise is leading the team in scoring (7,5,12) and Suter is 4th while logging 27+ minutes a night. Meanwhile Justin Schultz is leading all Rookies in TOI and has been the offensively minded player we all hoped he could be.
The Oilers have been battling inconsistency all season. Whether it's the natural regression of Eberle's shooting statistics or Nuge's shit luck the Oilers can seem to generate offense night to night. The club is supremely talented and fast but still so young that it is likely unreasonable to expect an even effort every night. This is a team whose longest winning streak is 2 games this season. You cant even call 2 games a streak!
Oilers Keys to the Game
1) Wake Up
They put up a bit of a stinker against the Kings in terms of effort, though despite that they were in the game right up until the dying minutes of the 3rd. They have to have some more jump in their step. The young leadership of the group called it immediately. Gagner (Ahem, Oilers scoring leader) called out the lack of effort almost as soon as the game was over Tuesday night. Taylor Hall has also been open about the disappointment regarding the last game. I fully expect a young team with something to prove showing up at Rexall this evening.
2) Dubnyk's Bounce-back
I thought it should have been Tuesday against the Kings but Dubnyk should resume his play in Net tonight. It's now been long enough for the Media to forget all about his last period of Hockey so I imagine he wont be facing so many questions about it before the game. If he plays like he's capable of then then Oilers will have a chance to win no matter what effort they give. Hopefully the 1st year starter didnt take sitting last game the wrong way.
3) Support
Where is the secondary scoring support? Eberle, Nuge, and the 3rd line need to score goals. Hall isnt potting many either but he still has 16 points and is driving the play. Thank goodness for Sam Gagner because without his consistent offense the Oilers would be dead in the water any time Hall wasnt on the ice. A little luck and a lot of hard work needs to start going the Oilers' way.
Puck Drops at 7:38 PM Mountain Time on Sportsnet. Game On!


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Earlier this month I went apple picking with friends. The orchard that we went to was great and I was able to pick and purchase apples which were used to bake my first ever apple pie. This orchard had many pumpkins as well, but I waited with those because I was planning a trip later to another orchard and would get pumpkins there.
This follow-up trip happened last week and wasn't as much fun as the first. The apple "picking" experience at this orchard was much different. While it was a lot of fun to watch the conveyer belt in their store move the freshly picked apples along the line where workers packaged them neatly into boxes and plastic bags, that wasn't enough to enhance the experience.
In addition to picking our own apples, the first orchard we had visited allowed us to bag our own additional apples in the store. After choosing the size of paper bag we wanted – peck or half-peck - we could then select our apples from the bins in the store. The orchard last week had the apples pre-bagged in plastic bags sitting in small apple baskets. The experience was rather cold and impersonal, sort of like going to the local supermarket and grabbing a bag of apples off the shelf. The first orchard engaged us more in the process and was simply a much better experience, but as I said, I wasn't searching for apples this time. My quest was for pumpkins, one to bake into a pie and one to carve (ever since I was a child I've had a Jack-O-Lantern for Halloween). This is where I was most disappointed.
Their pumpkin patch was very sparse. It may have been that the pumpkins were picked over by the time we went, or maybe they simply didn't have many, but they had very few pumpkins and many were broken and scattered throughout the patches. We walked through three patches before I finally found a pumpkin that would be good for carving into my Jack-O-Lantern.
I never did find a pie pumpkin because when they harvested them this year, they mixed them in with all of the others and even the workers at the patch couldn't find them. I ended up having to buy a pie pumpkin at my local Farmer's Market.
The pumpkin I found at the patch to carve and the pie pumpkin
I bought at the local Farmer's Market.
On the upside the décor of the store had some wonderful displays and there was an amazing quilt show being held on the weekend we were there, but even those things weren't enough to make this an enjoyable outing.
In the Charlie Brown Halloween Special, Linus was searching for the most sincere pumpkin patch, so that the Great Pumpkin would visit him there. The pumpkin patch I visited last week was definitely NOT sincere. Next year we will simply choose a different orchard or maybe we'll make two trips to the first one we visited to this year.


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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Happy Anniversary, Bob and Me!
Well, today I have been married to the man of my dreams for fourteen years. Poor guy. Just kidding with the poor guy comment. We are both very happy. I wish I could share some secret formula as to how we have managed to be happy and in love for fourteen years. We really do love each other, and if I had a formula to share how we do it, we could make billions, though we'd most likely give the secrets away. But in truth, I have often been selfish and Bob has often been clueless. The fact that our hearts still soar when he greets me when he comes home from work, or I see him when he comes to pick me up from somewhere is a blessing from God. I am so grateful to Him that we have had fourteen happy years, and pray that we continue to love each other for a long time to come.
For a list of ways Bob is wonderful, click here. The only thing that has changed from this post is that my mom has passed on.
7 comments:
- Glynn said...
Happy anniversary, Helen, to you and Bob.
By the way, all men are clueless. It's not a problem to solve; it's a condition to endure.
- July 20, 2010 at 6:02 AM
- Candy said...
Happy Anniversary, Helen and Bob! I love how you love each other.
- July 20, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Wendy said...
Happy Anniversary! Hoping you have many, many more. Big love to you both!
- July 20, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- Marni said...
Happy, happy anniversary Bob and Helen. I hope God blesses you more and more as the years go by. Big hugs to you both!!!
- July 20, 2010 at 10:51 AM
- jasonS said...
Happy Anniversary, Helen and Bob! My wife and I have been married for 11 years now and we too are more in love now than we thought possible when we got married. It's a daily choice for sure. Love and blessings to you both. :)
- July 20, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- katdish said...
A very Happy Anniversary Bob and Not Bob!
You are an inspiration!
- July 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- Billy Coffey said...
Happy Anniversary Bob and Helen!
- July 21, 2010 at 7:17 AM
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It's so beautiful. If you're a fan of the novel I dare say you will be a fan of this film. The actors are really well cast, costumes, set design, cinematography, all seamless if you ask me.
p.s. if you're not patient with slow(ish) films you will not like it.


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Well some good news from some friends who have bought a copy of the CD… 'exactly what I was looking for" was one comment and 'my son slept well after listening to the evening relaxation'. Someone else with high blood pressure uses the relaxations when feeling unwell and finds it helps.
I am so pleased that it is proving a worthwhile resource and will be adding to the collection very soon:-)
If you would like to try it out for yourself just let me know.


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As we have aged.... we do indeed make a more deliberate choice (FAMILY LOVE) to be friends, to be kind and sharing. This is Charlene and Bruce/wife
in 2011 with my Brother Orville and his daughter!
Our mother's are sisters.....
Helen Sipuel Huggins and Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher
FIRST Cousins by blood, friends by choice!
The Fisher Factory Family
A real cousin is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walk out.


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حداقل استانداردها، مقررات بیمه و کژ گزینی: شواهدی از بازار مدیاگپ
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Journal of Public Economics, Volume 88, Issue 12, December 2004, Pages 2515–2547
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper examines the implications of minimum standards for insurance markets. I study the imposition of binding minimum standards on the market for voluntary private health insurance for the elderly. The central estimates suggest that the introduction of the standards was associated with an 8 percentage point (25%) decrease in the proportion of the population with coverage in the affected market, with no evidence of substitution toward other, unregulated sources of insurance coverage. To explore possible factors contributing to the impact of the minimum standards, I develop comparative static predictions of the impact of imposing minimum standards in an insurance market with adverse selection. The observed changes in market equilibrium associated with the minimum standards are broadly consistent with these predictions, providing evidence of the existence of adverse selection in this insurance market. More importantly, they suggest that the presence of adverse selection—which in principle may provide an economic rationale for minimum standards—in practice may have exacerbated the declines in insurance coverage associated with the minimum standards.


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However, I miss a function. How do I mark in PhotoScore 8 in a PDF-File the area which should be recognised by PhotoScore? PhotoScore recognises always whole pages. Example: I want to process only on first page the last line and on second page the first line. Photo Score always recognise all lines. Later I must search and delete the unnecessary bars in Sibelius.
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Federal Fellows Program and Global Fellows in Washington, DC
1st Priority Deadline: 7 April 2017
The Federal and Global Fellows programs at UMD prepare talented, diverse undergraduate students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and experience necessary to excel in professional internships and pursue careers of influence and impact, in the public sector and in our increasingly globalized society. Both are yearlong programs that combine a fall academic seminar taught by industry experts and a spring internship. All students have access to one-on-one coaching, workshops, special events, guest speakers and DC trips regardless of program/concentration.
ENSP students have found these internships to be extremely helpful both as career development and networking opportunities. These programs are also excellent for students who cannot afford to intern for free during the summer.
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Tonight I had lofty ambitions to:
- Get done with school work
- Finish some birthday cards
- Start some drafts for a couple publications for church
- Update an online calendar
- Grocery shop
What I've done:
- Gone to AT&T and Peach Mac to have my phone looked at, to be told that some g-mail accounts are just experiencing trouble right now (yay my phone's not broken!)
- Finished some birthday cards (*all belated)
- Grocery shopped
All the home-work things? Bah ha ha.
Today at work we had our long-range planning meeting, where dates start to be set for January-August 2013. I'm thinking about that tonight, especially in light of how fast this evening has slipped away from me. How do I expect my life to be different in January 2013? Not employment status or anything, but what new things do I hope to be walking in? How will my dear relationships that I have now have gone deeper? What skills (aka photoshop) will I pick up? Will I be hitting consistent mileage on runs? There is a song in Tangled (if you haven't seen this movie yet, call me. We'll fix that real fast.) that goes "waiting on my real life to begin." The Lord speaks to me SO much through this movie, and this is a part that really hit home. I'm not waiting, my "real life" has begun. I'm living it now.
Intentionality is something that is really important to me, and I'm wondering how intentional I'm being right now? Those things I listed above, and others; I don't want those to slip away. And I want to push myself to dream more! Hmm...
but now, I'm off to be intentional with finishing my list above.


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Enter the patriarch and matriarch, who arrive in separate cars, emblematic of the state of their 39-year marriage. Eleanor is a housewife who seems to float on the edge of reality. Gavin is a reserved if not depressed insurance agent and Vietnam vet. While waiting for dinner, Gavin discovers a journal article Ginny wrote on the "Emasculation of the American Warrior" and pinches the journal for later reading.
While they wait for the dinner to cook, Kijo and Spider, African American teenagers, are in a van headed for Doug and Denise's McMansion. Armed with duffels full of spray paint, they aim to have a bit of vengeance--Doug forced Kijo and his grandmother out of their family home to make way for an office tower. When it turns out that Ginny's stove isn't working and the family loads all the food into cars to head for her brother's home, it's obvious confrontation lies ahead.
Author Vanderbes loads us up with additional backstory as we wait for the confrontation--the ill-fated opportunity Eleanor had to write an article about her life choices for Good Housekeeping, Gavin's teenage lover in Vietnam, the start of Doug's financial problems when the tech bubble of the 1990s burst, Denise's near affair with a Middle Eastern teacher who disappeared around the time of 9/11, the heroism of Kijo's grandmother as she fought to save her home. When the confrontation does occur, the chaos that ensues is shocking without being surprising.
Vanderbes makes her points--the damage done to economically struggling people by unthinking, greedy developers and white America's sense of entitlement, the scars that spiritual and emotional isolation leave on people no matter what their status--and she does it competently (although the prologue that lets us know something bad will happen really isn't necessary). But the book left me unmoved, perhaps because the characters, particularly Kijo and Spider, are more the author's tools than true inhabitants of their own stories.
Favorite passage:
Long ago he'd made a choice not to pity himself; a man owned his choices, his mistakes. And over time, a mistake of such magnitude hardened like a growth; misshapen flesh on his body that, in the depths of night, roused from sleep, Gavin probed with his fingertips: that is me. Over thirty-six years, his anger had amassed, like thickened issue, around the moment he stepped onto the army-transport plane for Vietnam. That wrong turn--it was him. His life was defined by that choice, how could he say he would have chosen differently? We were our mistakes; we breathed them daily. In summer, they seeped from our skin.


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A regular update on legislation moving in Congress that affects hunger and poverty.
Whom have we carried to a place of healing? Who has carried us?
We are louder when we organize.
Like Moses and the people, we are thirsting for the water of life in a parched place and time.
Every incarcerated person is a human being who is loved by someone.
Cada persona encarcelada es un ser humano que es amado por alguien.
One in four children in the world today has sustained such lifelong damage, known as stunting.
In our times of doubt, exhaustion, and fear, God replies, "Your are mine and I shall be with you."
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional recientemente emitió varias órdenes que aumentan el número de redadas de inmigración.
The damage caused by raids pose is, of course, mostly borne by the individuals and families targeted.
Choose life. Again and again. Choose life.
Often we are called to be courageous in our everyday lives, trusting that God will care for us.
Hunger is a health issue, it leads to poor health, and poor health exacerbates the effects of hunger.
Deforestation destroys the world's safest and most natural form of carbon capture.
The practice of holding things lightly – in the struggle and conflict of our day.
We have worked too hard, for too long, to have our progress come to a standstill.
Without a viable, healthy planet, humanity cannot survive.
Must we know suffering in order to know blessing?
Qué la gracia, Misericordia y amor de Dios sean contigo.
As you pray, fast, and reflect on how to deepen your relationship with God during this season of Lent.


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First Order of Business: No Name, No Slogan Exchange
- We are finalizing the last details and will soon have the portfolios to you! Yay!
Second Order of Business: New Club Portfolio Exchange
- Sargent of Arms and Enforcer will be coming up with the next theme.
- Club voted that the size will be 9"x12", the number of runs will be open, there will be NO digital prints accepted,a nd the due date will be around May 20th, 2011.
Third Order of Business: New Club Officers
- Tom is now a Nomad as he will be in his final semester.
- Dan was voted to be the new Vice President.
- James was voted to be the new Enforcer.
- All other officers remain the same.
Our next meeting will be during the Printmaking Workshop class next semester. Hope you all have a great break!
Monday, December 13, 2010
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river transportation
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- solution - substances that can dissolve are carried along in the winter e.g. limestone is dissolved into river water that's slightly acidic
- suspension - very fine material, like silt and clay particles, is whipped up by turbulence (erratic swirling of water) and carried along in the water. most eroded material is transported this way
- saltation - larger particles, like pebbles or gravel are too havy to be carried in suspension. instead, the force of the water causes them to bounce along the river bed
- traction - very large particles e.g. boulders are pushed along the river bed by force of the water
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Education as America's Main Value Proposition – The Selfish (and Correct) Thing to Do
We Owe a Lot of Money: The United States is mired in the worst national debt hole, particularly relative to the GDP, in its recorded history. We are creeping up on $10 trillion! The litany of horribles associated with that debt is seemingly endless: foreign countries (like Saudi Arabia, China, Japan, etc.) have supplied the cash and hence have economic power over us, we generated that debt by holding taxes low (with over 60% of the tax benefits going to the top 2% of taxpayers) and borrowing 100% of the cost of the Iraq War, our annual federal budget is consumed with debt payments reducing funding for need projects, we are most certainly not living within our means, our currency is falling because of this massive debt load, etc., etc., etc.
That said, so what? If I owe a lot of money but I have great earning power, I and the lender that gets the interest have a good thang goin' on. Even if I don't pay back the loan, if my collateral – my net worth – is growing quickly, then my debt becomes decreasingly significant as time passes. Countries are not particularly different from individuals on that level, although the ability to print money is exclusive to governments (think piles of worthless paper).
Since we have the debt, it's fairly obvious we need to manage our economy accordingly. Some say we are in a crisis and the debt is clearly necessary at this time of horrid external threats. If this is indeed the case – that's not the subject of this message – then Americans should be willing to pay for this "defense" themselves, by "buying bonds" (also national debt) and paying higher taxes (shouldering a vastly larger share of the cost). But since we didn't do that when the debt was incurred, we need to address the same questions that people do when they have debt: how do we grow our value (i.e., the true value of our economy) or increase our earning power (really the same thing) without leveraging or selling off our basic assets?
What "Grows" a Country? A country generates economic growth in two basic ways: selling natural resources that are harvested (renewable) or mined (not renewable) and value added services. You can sell real estate and build on property, but except for selling our land to foreigners, that really is a zero sum gain for the country. Since we consume most of our own natural resources (yes, we do export agricultural products), the main method that Americans have used in recent years to generate money is that "value added" category.
"Value added" generally is the impact of labor – through a manufacturing process (that may deploy capital equipment) or the application of skilled labor. In fact, since capital equipment is also the product of turning natural materials into machines through human skill and effort, "value added" basically comes down to the quality of the aggregation of your national skills. Nations with low skill levels generate less income than nations with high skill levels; the reasons are obvious. "It's the productivity stupid."
Sure, you can generate financial power and invest your money in the growth of industries overseas, but while that might create some powerful minorities in the U.S. financial community, which in and of itself has some benefits, it doesn't build or grow the businesses in this country, which provides the local jobs and consumers.
How are We Doing to Prepare for the Future? In a world where emerging nations are rapidly upgrading their schools, where many advanced nations are emphasizing increasingly sophisticated higher education, what happens to a country whose educational standards are dropping like a stone? How well are we doing? Well, here is an excerpt from my book, Handbook for an Informed American (Amazon Kindle, 2008, page 159): "On December 6, 2004 (reported the next day in the New York Times), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group based in Paris representing 30 nations (England was not part of the group), issued a report on academic standing looking at test scores of 15 year olds. According to the Times, the report indicated that: "The United States was … cited as having the poorest outcomes per dollar spent on education. It ranked 28th of 40 countries in math and 18th in reading." But the American educated elite fared vastly better, suggesting the educational polarization that is occurring in this country as we continue to fail to prioritize public education: "In the United States, 10 percent of the students were in one of the top two groups, less than half as many as in Canada and a third the total of the leader, Hong Kong, which had 30.7 percent of its students in the top two categories." As we continue to struggle to make our children competitive, other nations are investing even greater recourses in their educational systems, often creating a greater relative disparity with Americans. While our productivity index has risen, numbers furnished in September of 2006 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that this has come at the expense of wages and average earning power, which have not kept up with the increase in the cost of living."
So as educational standards in the United States fall, and those same skills can be accessed overseas for lower cost, the underlying overall value of the country as a whole is also falling. Our growth is slow, our currency under attack, and we must service this humongous debt load by the future value of our citizens' skill sets, which skill sets are falling behind the rest of the world because of a decrepit and unresponsive public school system.
Government Expenditures as Investments or Consumables: Here's a little aside: there are two kinds of government disbursements – those that are investments capable of paying back the investment (infrastructure, education, scientific research, etc.) and those that provide consumable but often necessary services to the populace (national defense, police force, welfare support, etc.). Some expenditures fall somewhere in between (environmental controls, healthcare, etc.). People should not fear spending government money on investments that will produce a better and more productive future, and survival may well dictate which consumables we need to preserve.
Which brings us back to what investments we can make now, what can we do to increase our ability to pay back debt or grow so much that it no longer matters, and how do we pay for them?
The Necessity of Education to Generate Growth: If we can't find a massive reserve of new unexploited natural resources, we really have to focus on generating an educational edge – to have the skills necessary to create the new ideas, the new products and services and to create increasing economic value for Americans for generations to come. Not only will this manage our current debt load, it also provides a very real defensive shield against the massive educational efforts that are currently pushing so many other countries to accelerating economic growth, often at the expense of our own consumer-driven economy. Simply, we need better schools. My premise is that we need to create a new prioritized national educational policy, starting in the public school systems (primary and secondary schools), not because it's a noble cause – BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY THE UNITED STATES CAN SURVIVE EVEN REMOTELY AT ITS CURRENT OR BETTER LEVEL!
As our earlier educational years produce better students, the colleges and universities, a discussion for a separate occasion, will also produce better-educated and creative graduates. Without this effort, we can sit and watch as one Asian, one more eastern European, etc. nation overtakes us on test scores, educational achievements, and productivity. We can claim that we are still "the idea originators" and that China and these other nations are simply "servicing economies." That was true; it is changing and most certainly will not be true in the next very few years. China, for example, has set out a new national policy of creating and originating the values, the patents, the designs… And if you saw the recent 2008 Olympic show, you know what China can do.
They're taking even the high-end jobs away from us with equal or better skill-sets than we currently teach to majority of our youth. Back to my book (page 154): "The November 24, 2005 New York Times provided an accurate if painful summary: "For example, deficits have led to cuts in federal financing for basic scientific research, even as the United States' share of global patents granted continues to decline. Such cuts threaten the very basis of our long-term economic prosperity." As Senator Pete Domenici, Republican from New Mexico, said: " 'We thought we'd keep the high-end jobs, and others would take the low-end jobs. We're now on track to a second-rate economy and a second-rate country.'" This is hardly a partisan political issue. It represents our quality of life in a huge way. Our government's spending habits are eroding our future at an alarming rate."
What We Need to Do to Fix Public Education:
We need to make teachers special, stop saying "those who can do, those who can't teach." That's just wrong. The Japanese add a much revered title of "sensei" to a teacher's name; we need to do the same. They need protection in the classroom, corporate discounts and even the right to pay lower taxes (since their pay scales are absurdly lower than people with vastly lesser skills). I would recommend a relief from federal (state too) income tax for any monies paid for teaching primary or secondary schools (private, religious or public) of up to $40,000 a year (inflation indexed) starting now. It's a drop in the bucket for our tax base, but it might just make teaching the hot new job and keep teachers in place instead of leaving disillusioned to find work elsewhere.
Corporate America, which draws its future employees and consumers from our educational system, needs to get vastly more proactive in "adopting schools," particularly in the inner city of major cities where high school dropout rates average 50%. They need to repair broken structures, shoddy classrooms, and disgusting bathrooms. We need new computers, more books, additional technology, additional special teachers, and support for after school arts and athletics and mentors.
We need to increase the approximately $9,000 we spend per public student a year (prisoners cost four to five times as much to house!) to more like $13,000. For a country the represents 5% of the earth's population that houses 25% of the planet's incarcerated inmates, we seem to prioritize prisons over schools, a message that clearly resonates in the inner city. That money needs to be an investment in our future by the federal government.
Class size has to come down to a manageable 25 students per classroom within five years and down to 22 within five years thereafter. Modern programmed learning technology should allow teachers to move the bright students forward at their pace while focusing on those students that need special attention to keep them from falling hopelessly behind. For students in isolated communities, fully interactive video conferencing technology should put an end to the one room school house that still exists in this country.
And this last one – I know a lot of high school athletes who are going to hate this one – well… we need more classroom instruction a day, phased in with an extra half hour as soon as possible in the primary grades and a full hour starting with the secondary years. More emphasis on science and math, perhaps with alternatives in hard-skill alternatives in high school (ranging from blueprint drafting to machine shop skills).
Conclusion: In the end, we are only as good as our future, and our future is only as good as our schools. We can ignore the problem, engage in "deferred maintenance" of our intellectual capital and overall productivity, but the world will pass us by, our standard of living will plummet, and by the time we notice the change, we will not have the money or the ability to fix the problem – our nation will be polarized between an elite, well-educated class and the vast majority of Americans who will struggle to survive. And even then we will still be making massive interest payments from a dwindling economic base. That's not the America I know, and that's most certainly not the America I want for my son and my grandchildren.
I'm Peter Dekom, and I approve this message.
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Here are 30 adventure games for you to play. There are certainly many outstanding games on this particular page from which to choose. Perhaps one of the most underrated games on this page is Ring Pass Not II. Do give Ring Pass Not II a try, if you have not done so already. In my opinion, it is simply brilliant! Also I cannot say enough good things about Around the World in 80 Days. It is extradorinary. If you like driving games, try Action Driving Game. Or maybe you like battleship games? There are three good ones on this page: Battleships General Quarters, Intergalactic Battleships, and Navy Battles. Some other games that certainly deserve a mention are: Castle Wars 2, Engage and Destroy, and one of my all-time personal favorites: Fishy.
|Play an exciting match 3 game based on the classic Jules Verne novel.
|Drive the BMW to the Eiffel Tower while dodging obstacles.
|Destroy all of the pirate ships before they destroy your fort!
|Catch the evil Dr. Cheetah before he gets away!
|You are a goldfish. Eat, or be eaten!
|Ride the bike over the mountain trails. Perform stunts!
|This game requires a steady hand. How many balloons can you collect before you crash?
|Turn all spaces to gold before time runs out in this exciting match 3 game!
|Solve the puzzles and build your dream aquarium!
|Collect enough treasure quick enough to reach the next level.
|Play the classic game of Frogger!
|Play Frogger in 3D. Get frogs in all 5 caves to beat each level.
|Battle the enemy pirate ship through a dense fog!
|Select a horse and guide it to the winners circle!
|You are a hungry piranha. Eat smaller fish. Watch out for shark attacks!
|Make matches of 3 or more. Use your gold to build the ancient city of Rome!
|Drive the remote controlled car around the 3D toy room!
|Play the classic game of battleships against the computer!
|A shark has taken your Fisher Boy. Can you rescue him?
|Play the game of battleships, but set in outer space!
|Can you protect the smiley faced fruit from the rain?
|The band members have been kidnapped. Can you rescue them?
|Battle enemy pirate ships in an exciting match 3 game!
|You are a fish. Eat smaller fish and worms. Avoid fish bigger than you!
|Help Indiana Jones find the lost treasure of Pharaoh, but watch out for booby traps!
|Lead your fellow team of warriors of the Omega Squadron and defeat the enemy.
|Match 8 tiles by either color or symbol to complete a magic circle.
|Destroy your enemy's castle, or be the first to build a 100 storey castle. Crush, or be crushed!
|Play an exciting match 3 game against a human opponent in real-time!
|Take turns against the computer, and find all of the enemy ships before they find yours.


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RAID0 And IDE, IDE, IDE
Ok, knocking another two off the list 😉
Well, like I mentioned earlier, I added another 10Gb drive to Karmic. I took this from a Philips computer thats been sitting in my hall for a long time, just gathering dust. It had Windows 98SE on it, and I used Clonezilla to clone the drives just in case I ever want Windows 98 back/if I ever go mad. 😉
Anyway, it had two drives a 10Gb Seagate U4, similar to the 8gb Seagate U3 that was already in Karmic, and another 6Gb Quantum Fireball, bringing my total of those drives to three lol 🙂 I first tried to put the harddrives from Karmic into the Philips, its a nice case, and I could change the clock of its 700Mhz Celeron, and also use Wake on Lan. The added weight of the case too meant less noise, but alas, it doesn't let you manually enter the details of the harddrives, which, seeing as I have two harddrives attached to the second IDE channel, normally used for CD drives, its fairly critical 🙂 So, after a quick shuffle, everything went back into Karmic. The mobo from Philips is being put for parts, two more sticks of PC-100 RAM with it 😉
So, after adding that 10Gb drive to the 8Gb and two 6Gb drives in Karmic, and rebuilding the RAID, I now have a 24Gb RAID0. Read speed is about 18Mb/s according to hdparm, which isn't bad. The network will only go up to ~ 5Mb/s anyway 🙂
Also, I had two 2Gb flash drives in there. There access speed is terrible ~1Mb/s, and I had them mounted in two seperate dirs. For now, there back in RAID0, but last time, that just didn't want to play fun, kept giving back access errors 😦 So, I'm probably just gonna put them back where they belong, my keys. Carry around an Ubuntu live USB with me 🙂
So, thats covered my experiments with RAID and those great things called IDE cables, so difficult to get neat in a case and not block airflow 😦 Well, beggars can't be choosers, all this stuff has been donated 🙂
Right, I'm wrecked, thats enough for tonight. I'll post more tomorrow 🙂
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As companies move more aggressively into new global markets, there is a natural progression to think about alternative payment types to help improve conversion rates and customer satisfaction. I'm not talking about PayPal, but rather bank-based payment options that are often considered the "preferred" payment method in countries from Germany to India to Brazil. This includes direct debit, wires (electronic funds transfer) or real-time bank transfers.
Many of these markets have traditionally been cash-based societies, and as more commerce has moved online, the primary mode of payment has not shifted all the way to credit. When we say that certain payment types are "preferred", I think it gives the improper connotation that individuals in these countries would rather not use credit cards because of a "cultural choice". While the US is undoubtedly a credit driven society, it is important to note that the use of alternative bank payment options in these other markets is primarily driven by a less evolved credit and risk ecosystem rather than an aversion to credit.
Low credit limits – A credit card is really just a short term loan. Since the data points required to gauge someone's credit worthiness are often limited in these markets, it is a lot harder to do a quick and dirty risk and underwriting using something like a social security number and an associated credit history with a FICO score. That typically means that credit limits for most consumers can be very low. In Brazil, credit card limits can often range between 100 USD and 500 USD. In India, many bank issued credit cards require fixed deposits (starting at about 300 USD) with a credit limit that is 70 to 80% of the fixed deposit. If you're trying to buy an airplane ticket or an iPad over the internet, it's going to be pretty hard to do with that low of a limit on your card.
High APR – In addition to low credit limits, most cards in these markets come with significantly higher annual rates than in the US. Rather that offering a very specific APR to an individual with a certain risk profile based on a number of data points, banks are typically offering a few tiers of APRs based on limited information. As a result, rates remain high so that the portfolio of individuals in a specific tier can offset each other regardless of their true credit worthiness. In India, we are talking about 30 to 45% APRs, and in Brazil, which has one of the worst rates globally, APRs start around 120% and go up from there. So even if you manage to secure a credit limit that is high enough to pay for a high ticket item, you're going to have to find a way to pay for it during that billing cycle to avoid some hefty fees.
Reasons like these are what force consumers in these markets to "prefer" alternative payment options. This is also why many of these markets have evolved installment plans for the payment of expensive products and services. Yes, there is some aspect of this type of buying habit that is cultural. But let's face it, if these consumers had access to the credit system that we enjoy in the US, they would probably buy everything on credit as well. Changing the issuance of credit is a systemic change that will take time, and in the meanwhile, it is important for companies moving into these markets to understand the specific payment types that make sense for their business and the underlying reasons why.


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Well the 14th went by so fast I didn't get to post my Valentine flowers and card
from my DH (I know he bought the card) it was a very special card. I know he
isn't ready to stamp one. Cute little wood figure is hugs with a bear and the pink
in the ears over powers the image, unable to fix that.
Hope everyone had a fabulous day


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I made this collage by cutting up photos I had already taken which hadn't turned out how I wanted so I was able to do this, I was trying to capture escapism in skateboarding. As you can see I have photos of skaters and I then have added thought bubbles to represent what they're thinking about or what they would rather be doing, I did this just to experiment with unused photos I had.
I then moved on to a photographer named 'Marco Hernandez', he shoots in a style I really like as he captures all the 'madness' that the skaters are doing when they are not skating, for example at a gig or something like that. The photos that I focused on I think represented escapism quite well and I also felt like you could tell that the person was a skater just by how they looked and what they wore, for example if they had tattoos and piercings and they looked messy and dirty with worn out shoes with holes in then they were most likely a skater. I also like the style he shot in as it looked almost as if there had been a crazy night out and he had captured the photos and each photo told a story, like the photo below. I think that the photo below shows how the skater is sitting down at a gig/party smoking thinking about his restrictions and almost asking 'is it worth it?' with a beer in his hand, this also shows the recklessness behind it as well.
I responded to this photo by trying to capture the same sort style as Hernandez's work, I did this by shooting just after I had been to the skatepark with my friend and I then took a photo of him holding his hand up in the shape of an 'L' I also had skateboards in the photo and the location of the photo is under a bridge, you can also see on the wall he is smoking I think this is a good representation of escapism as he is normally at boarding school so on the weekends he is able to go out and escape.
photo shown below.
I then did another shoot after we had all been to the skatepark, I took a disposable camera to a party that I was going to and I shot photos of people when the night was coming to an end to get that same feel as Hernandez's work, I wanted to capture peoples facial expressions which I feel tell a pretty good story of how the night went to is going for them. For example as you can see from the photo below he looks rather agitated and annoyed and waiting for the night to end so he can get to bed.
I plan to start week 4 by going to a gallery which I feel is relevant to my project, I will be doing research over the weekend to find what I think is the most interesting gallery.


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PT DIPA Group (www.dipa.co.id) is an importer, exclusive distributor, and marketer. Due the organization growth and expansion, we are looking for potential candidates with high motivation, innovative, team-work oriented, high integrity, and energetic to fulfill the challenging position at our group follow :
Administration Coordinator
(Jakarta Raya)
- Female, max 30 years old
- Diploma Degree in Secretary / Economic / Social Science from a reputable university, with min GPA: 2.80
- Min. 2 year experience as Administrator or Secretary
- Experienced on preparing business correspondence and report
- Having good analytical thinking and numerical skills
- Communicative, detail oriented, mature
- Able to work in team and under pressure condition
- Computer literate (office application)
- Fluent in English, both of oral & written
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Put the code of the position applied at the email subject


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(CNN) – A five member task force – including a doctor, lawyer, historian, retired judge and retired journalist – has recommended today that a one-time payment of $50,000 be given to each of the living victims of North Carolina's forced sterilization program. Gov. Bev Perdue created the compensation task force to examine reparations last year. The task force met for 10 months and faced a February 1 deadline to send its recommendations to the governor.
North Carolina's eugenics program sterilized an estimated 7,600 people between 1929 and 1974, many of them against their will and knowledge. The state apologized for the sterilizations in 2002. North Carolina is the first state to consider paying victims.
For full article see North Carolina task force recommends $50,000 for sterilization victims By Debra Goldschmidt, CNN.
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While some districts use "F" as a failing grade, the city uses an "E."
"The 'E' is to be recorded no lower than a 50 percent, regardless of the actual percent earned. For example, if the student earns a 20 percent on a class assignment, the grade is recorded as a 50 percent," said the memo from Jerri Lippert, the district's executive director of curriculum, instruction and professional development, and Mary VanHorn, a PFT vice president.
And she said one teacher she knows already worries about how awkward it will look when a student correctly answers three of 10 questions on a math quiz -- and gets a 50 percent. [emphasis added]
Article here. So in Pittsburgh, three out of ten equals fifty! The New Math, alive and well in Pittsburgh schools.
For some reason, I'm reminded of this classic scene from This is Spinal Tap:
Of course, in Pittsburgh, the dials would start at fifty!


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In sharing last week's article on the Hidden Stories of the Average American Classroom, several teachers began discussing the need to "Maslow" before you "Bloom." But what exactly does that mean?
Past Writings on "Maslow Before You Bloom"
Tomaz Lasic actually wrote about this topic with an article of his own in 2009, where he noted the importance of trust in his classroom helped unearth "a brief private chat with one of his students" that led him to question the importance of Bloom's Taxonomy in comparison to the needs of his students. The focus of the pyramid is to have students create and evaluate rather than simple rehearsal and regurgitation. Bloom's Taxonomy isn't so much a buzz word as it was 7 years ago, but it's child – Common Core Standards – most certainly are.
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