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No I.D. Challenged Kanye West to Make "Otis" on the Spot
Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne may be in contention for Best Rap Album at the Grammys, but Dion "No I.D." Wilson—who produced one of the disc's bonus cuts, "Primetime"—initially wasn't too impressed with the blockbuster collaborative LP.
"I kinda didn't agree with the direction that Watch the Throne was going because I felt like, 'Y'all were two of the best that did it as far advancing, pushing the bar, the envelope of what hip-hop can do and is,'" Wilson told XXLMag.com. "And I felt like some of the songs were copping out a little to me."
Months after his first listen, Wilson was fortunate enough to hear the final WTT version while in New York for Big Sean's Finally Famous listening session. Again, Jay and 'Ye's frequent collaborator wasn't thrilled. Something was missing. Yeezy had been working closely with RZA, Q-Tip, The Neptunes and Hit Boy, just to name a few, but he hadn't produced a record on his own as he did on his previous records.
"I get the co-productions, but how you gon do an album and you don't go to the machine and do one beat by yourself?" No I.D. explained. "We have always sparked this challenge in each other and it bled into the world, so I just wanted to hit him in the stomach real quick. This is what you got? He was like, 'No, that's cool. I'm bout to do something.'"
No I.D.'s challenge resulted in Yeezy chopping up Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" for The Throne's smash hit, "Otis." The song was added to WTT at the 11th hour and became the LP's second single. It's now nominated for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance at the Grammys.
"I remember even at the time at the label they was like, 'What the hell? No I.D. just came in and messed up our release schedule,'" he recalled. "We all amongst ourselves really are battling each other each and every minute of life, but it's all in the spirit of advancement and the pursuit of dopeness is what I call it."
Tune in to see if Watch the Throne and "Otis" win when the 54th Annual Grammy Awards air on CBS at 8/7 c.—Carl Chery (@cchery)


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from Ayurveda Today, Volume 24, Number 2, Fall 2011
Whisk together in one bowl (wet)
3/4 cup water, hot 1 cup maple syrup 3 Tbs. tahini (or almond/peanut butter) 1/2 tsp. salt 2/3 cup ghee 1 tsp. freshly squeezed lemon, lime, or orange juice
Sift together in another bowl (dry)2 cups flour (spelt, whole wheat, brown rice and barley, or similar) 3 or 4 Tbs. arrowroot powder plus any dry spices used (see Optional ingredients below)
Stir into flour mixture½ cup or more nuts, roughly ground in blender (walnuts, sunflower seeds, pecans, almonds, etc.)
Optional, select one1/2 tsp. ground coriander 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 tsp. lemon or lime rind, grated 1-2 Tbs. candied ginger, chopped
PreparationGently whisk the dry ingredients into the wet. Add the chopped ginger, if using. Pour into a round cake pan lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes. Cool for 10-20 minutes, then remove from pan onto cooling rack. Melt 1-2 oz. of a natural chocolate bar in a small pan on top of the stove, with a little ghee. You can also add a handful of coconut. Spread the warm chocolate mix on top of the cake and run under a hot broiler for ½ to 1 minute. If you want a burnt chocolate effect, broil it a little longer. Decorate with soaked almonds, pear slices, edible flowers, dried fruit, nuts, coconut, or whatever inspires you.
Note: Natural sugars, fresh ground nuts, whole grain flour, healthy oils, and a flavor spike from classic ingredients like ginger and coriander make this a cake you can serve anyone with pleasure. Of course, sugar, chocolate, flour, and nuts tend to increase kapha, so one slice should be enough for them. The ghee and nuts will be grounding for vata and the right spices such as vanilla extract or coriander would be helpful to pitta types. For the chocolate, use a bar that has at least 60% cacao. Dark chocolate has more anti-oxidants than milk as well as less sugar. A little goes a long way though and pitta types should be careful as should kaphas.

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Meaning of Atorvastatin calcium:
A drug used to lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood and to prevent stroke, heart attack, and angina (chest pain). It is also being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions. Atorvastatin calcium blocks an enzyme that helps make cholesterol in the body. It also causes an increase in the breakdown of cholesterol. It is a type of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a type of statin. Also called Lipitor.


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Yosemite National Park
I have a long and rich family history in Yosemite National Park. My Great-Grandparents honeymooned at the Mountainhouse Lodge and my parents courted in the park and honeymooned at the Glacier Point a Lodge (same hotel, different name, long since burned down). My dad worked in the park in the 50's building roads in the Mariposa Grove, building campgrounds in the Wawona area and fighting fires in the Hetch Hetchy area. I was a toddler but witnessed one of the last Fire Fallsa and have many many awesome memories of going to Yosemite as a child. My love of the park has only grown as an adult.Read More


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News | April 12, 2018
Astrophysics CubeSat demonstrates big potential in a small package
The ASTERIA satellite, which was deployed into low-Earth orbit in November, is only slightly larger than a box of cereal, but it could be used to help astrophysicists study planets orbiting other stars.
Mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, recently announced that ASTERIA has accomplished all of its primary mission objectives, demonstrating that the miniaturized technologies on board can operate in space as expected. This marks the success of one of the world's first astrophysics CubeSat missions, and shows that small, low-cost satellites could be used to assist in future studies of the universe beyond the solar system.
"ASTERIA is small but mighty," said Mission Manager Matthew W. Smith of JPL. "Packing the capabilities of a much larger spacecraft into a small footprint was a challenge, but in the end we demonstrated cutting-edge performance for a system this size."
Seeing Stars
ASTERIA, or the Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics, weighs only 22 pounds (10 kilograms). It carries a payload for measuring the brightness of stars, which allows researchers to monitor nearby stars for orbiting exoplanets that cause a brief drop in brightness as they block the starlight.
This approach to finding and studying exoplanets is called the transit method. NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has detected more than 2,300 confirmed planets using this method, more than any other planet-hunting observatory. The agency's next large-scale, space-based planet-hunting observatory, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is anticipated to discover thousands of exoplanets and scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on April 16.
In the future, small satellites like ASTERIA could serve as a low-cost method to identify transiting exoplanets orbiting bright, Sun-like stars. These small satellites could be used to look for planetary transits when larger observatories are not available, and planets of interest could then be studied in more detail by other telescopes. Small satellites like ASTERIA could also be used to study certain star systems that are not within the field of view of larger observatories, and most significantly, focus on star systems that have planets with long orbits that require long observation campaigns.
The ASTERIA team has now demonstrated that the satellite's payload can point directly and steadily at a bright source for an extended period of time, a key requirement for performing the precision photometry necessary to study exoplanets via the transit method.
Holding steady on a faraway star is difficult because there are many things that subtly push and pull on the satellite, such as Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field. ASTERIA's payload achieved a pointing stability of 0.5 arcseconds RMS, which refers to the degree to which the payload wobbles away from its intended target over a 20-minute observation period. The pointing stability was repeated over multiple orbits, with the stars positioned on the same pixels on each orbit.
"That's like being able to hit a quarter with a laser pointer from about a mile away," said Christopher Pong, the attitude and pointing control engineer for ASTERIA at JPL. "The laser beam has to stay inside the edge of the quarter, and then the satellite has to be able to hit that exact same quarter – or star – over multiple orbits around the Earth. So what we've accomplished is both stability and repeatability."
The payload also employed a control system to reduce "noise" in the data created by temperature fluctuations in the satellite, another major hurdle for an instrument attempting to carefully monitor stellar brightness. During observations, the temperature of the controlled section of the detector fluctuates by less than 0.02 Fahrenheit (0.01 Kelvin, or 0.01 degree Celsius).
Small satellites
ASTERIA is a CubeSat, a type of small satellite consisting of "units" that are 10 centimeters cubed, or about 4 inches on each side. ASTERIA is the size of six CubeSat units, making it roughly 10 centimeters by 20 centimeters by 30 centimeters. With its two solar panels unfolded, the satellite is about as long as a skateboard.
The ASTERIA mission utilized commercially available CubeSat hardware where possible, and is contributing to a general knowledge of how those components operate in space.
"We're continuing to characterize CubeSat components that other missions are using or want to use," said Amanda Donner, mission assurance manager for ASTERIA at JPL.
ASTERIA launched to the International Space Station in August 2017. Having been in space for more than 140 days, the satellite is operating on an extended mission through May.
ASTERIA was developed under the Phaeton Program at JPL. Phaeton provides early-career hires, under the guidance of experienced mentors, with the challenges of a flight project. ASTERIA is a collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge; where Sara Seager is the principal investigator.


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'Secrets Bancaires'.
Although Dominique Hé studied astronomy, he chose a profession as a comic artist. He learned the finer points of the profession from Jean Giraud, who also wrote the scenarios for Hé's first comics, published in Pilote from 1973. In 1976 Hé started working for Métal Hurlant magazine, where he started out making short stories, of which several have been published in two albums ('Voyages'). For the same magazine, he created the 'Marc Mathieu' series, about a young archaeologist who encounters all sorts of supernatural phenomenons.
'Marc Mathieu'.
In 1988 he took on the 'Alex Lechat' series in Le Journal de Mickey, as well as some short stories for Vécu. For Vécu, he illustrated 'Mémoires d'un Aventurier', written by François Dimberton. This series, about a young dandy from Paris in Indo-China (nowadays Vietnam), was published in albums by Glénat in 1989.
For that same publisher, Hé teamed up with Patrick Cothias to start the series 'Tanatha' in 1992. In 1995, he moved over to Dargaud publishers, illustrating 'Les Jeux du Crocodile' under the pseudonym Modem. In 2000, he took over the artwork of the 'Sophaletta' series from Érik Arnoux. Together with Rodolphe, he created 'Moonfleet' for publisher Robert Laffont in 2007. This series was continued at Delcourt under the title 'Le Secret du Mohune'. In 2007 he took over the artwork of 'Sécrets Bancaires' from Pierre Wachs (scripts by Philippe Richelle).


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are two of several he made in 2006-2008 for the Ameriprise
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – A'dia Mathies has helped turn Kentucky into a contender during her career. The senior just couldn't get the Wildcats over the hump to their first Final Four.
She scored 14 points in Kentucky's 83-53 loss to Connecticut on Monday night in the Bridgeport regional final. It was the second straight season that the Wildcats lost to the Huskies with a national semifinal berth on the line.
"It's been a great turnaround," Mathies said. "I'm glad I can leave here and look back and know that Kentucky is a national powerhouse now."
The Wildcats have made the NCAA tournament in each of the past four seasons and reached the regional finals in three of those years falling short each time.
Mathies, along with fellow senior Brittany Henderson, finished as the winningest class in school history with 111 victories.
"It looks a lot different when she's walking out the door than when she was walking in the door," Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell said. "I hate how we performed the way we did and sent her out this way. I hope the contribution she made and impact she made doesn't get lost in a real tough 40 minutes for us."
Kentucky led 23-22 with 9 minutes left in the first half before UConn turned up its defense and turned away the Wildcats, who missed 13 of 14 shots during UConn's 26-3 game-changing run.
While UConn was playing lockdown defense, Breanna Stewart was dominating on the offensive end. The 6-foot-4 star, who was the national high school player of the year last season, scored nine points and had a vicious two-handed block during that closing burst.
After Jelleah Sidney's 3-pointer, Stewart calmly converted a three-point play on the other end. UConn led 48-26 at the half.
Kentucky couldn't get within 20 in the second half.
"We're either right on point, we do everything right or we get a little bit off kilter and lose our composure a little bit," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "Once we got into our rhythm and our tempo, we just played good basketball."
The loudest cheer of the night from the sellout crowd of nearly 8,600 came when the video board showed highlights of Louisville's upset victory over Baylor on Sunday night.
UConn's only losses this season came to Baylor and three times to Notre Dame.
Stewart didn't play well in most of those losses, but really has stepped her game up over the past few weeks. After struggling through the middle part of the season, the heralded first-year player has averaged 16.4 points since the start of the Big East tournament.
It's been an unusual season for UConn, which for the first time in 19 years didn't win either the Big East regular season or tournament title. Now the Huskies are two wins away from an eighth national championship.
This was the 19th time in the past 23 seasons that UConn had reached the regional final. They have made the Final Four 14 times overall, including the last six.
"I don't know more things in sports that are more impressive," said Mitchell of UConn's streak. "They have talented players who are extremely well coached and work extremely hard."
None of the regional final games during this current run have been close with only Rutgers coming within 10 in 2008. UConn's lead ballooned to 36 points in the second half of this game. When the final buzzer sounded Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis jumped into the arms of Stewart to celebrate.
Auriemma got a gritty effort out of junior center Stefanie Dolson, who has a stress fracture in her right ankle and an injured left foot as well. She wore a brace on her left leg and a compression sock on her right one. While she only scored two points, she had 11 rebounds and four assists.
"She might have been leading rebounder in whole tournament," Auriemma said. "She's grownup and changed her mindset. What I most admired about her this tournament was every time she was on the bench she kept looking at me why am I out. That for somebody who is hurting that much who didn't practice yesterday and walked through shootaround that epitomizes the spirit we have right now on this team."
The Huskies have won 43 of their past 44 NCAA games in the state of Connecticut, including going 9-1 in Bridgeport. The lone blemish came against Duke in 2006 in the regional final.
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At [mkanoap's] office, they have a software package that monitors their various servers' health, but they wanted a separate indicator to display the status of their most critical systems. They put together a simple list of criteria for their display, including the ability to view the status without a computer, and that it share the same red/yellow/green indicators that their monitoring software utilizes. With those needs in mind (and a few hundred dollars to spare), [mkanoap] and crew rushed out to buy a stoplight, then got to building.
Their status system is self-contained, utilizing an Arduino and Ethernet shield to control the stoplight. The Arduino was programmed to act as a web server, and responds to GET requests by toggling any of the three mains-powered lamps using relays. [mkanoap] then created a handful of scripts that check the status of the critical servers every 5 minutes, updating the stoplight accordingly. The whole setup was tucked neatly inside the light's housing, before being mounted on the wall in their office.
[mkanoap] says that the reaction to the stoplight as been great, though they had to install dimmer bulbs so those people sitting near it were not blinded. His writeup is incredibly detailed should anyone want to construct one of their own, and who wouldn't?


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Free concerts are coming back to Southend's Priory Park later this month.
The Southend Band will be performing a series of concerts from Sunday, April 20.
The brass band will be playing a selection of rousing tunes at the bandstand in the park from 3pm-5pm.
After Easter, the free concert season continues every weekend from early May until September with a wide variety of bands appearing at weekends.
They will include a wide range of local and regionally based performers and groups, including jazz bands, big bands, choirs, ensembles, brass bands and others.
Southend Council's cabinet member for culture and tourism, councillor Derek Jarvis said: "Our Music in the Park series is a great attraction for residents and visitors who flock to a great variety of free musical treats in the unique outdoor ambience of Priory Park.
"We hope as many people as possible come along on Sunday 20th April to celebrate the Easter break with the help of The Southend Band, and then continue supporting these terrific concerts throughout the rest of the season."
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text: We depend on our computers to get work done, and so we try to safeguard them appropriately. But our trusty laptops, desktops, and tablets rely on their own internal network of sophisticated computer chips to function. These tiny chips--called microcontrollers--regulate everything from the battery in your laptop to the headlights on your car--and they aren\u2019t always so secure.Microcontrollers have their own CPU and enough discrete memory to run simple programs, and although they\u2019re usually designed for a single task, they can be reprogrammed via updates to the device firmware. Typically the hardware manufacturer delivers such downloadable updates to improve the performance of your device, but there\u2019s nothing stopping a hacker from mimicking those updates and injecting your device with malicious code.Thankfully, hackers such as Charlie Miller are happy to demonstrate the potential pitfalls of purchasing hardware from manufacturers that don\u2019t secure seemingly "dumb" devices like batteries. Miller is a security researcher for Accuvant Labs, and after demonstrating how a hacker could take over your iPhone with a text message at the Black Hat security conference in 2009, he went looking for a more exciting hack."I\u2019d just wrapped a presentation on iPhone hacking and wanted to work on something more flashy," said Miller during an interview with PCWorld. "I wanted to know, could a remote hacker do something to cause physical damage to a computer? Like, could I set my sister\u2019s laptop on fire?"As it turns out, he probably could. Miller experimented with the seven or eight MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air models he had won in Pwn2Own hacking competitions over the past three years, and he found that most modern laptop batteries are part of a Smart Battery System that relays information between the battery and the laptop\u2019s operating system to ensure that power is safely stored and discharged. If you\u2019ve ever wondered how your laptop knows exactly how much time you have left before the battery dies, it\u2019s because of this system.Every laptop battery needs a microcontroller to relay information back and forth, and that microcontroller needs to run firmware independently of the laptop. That firmware is accessible through the laptop, but is not affected if you wipe your laptop\u2019s memory or reinstall the operating system.This arrangement is a privacy breach waiting to happen: Malicious hackers with access to your laptop could load small spyware programs onto your battery chip, where they would run--undetected by any antivirus software."You could inject malware [from the battery] into a laptop, you just need to find a vulnerability in the OS that would allow battery firmware to exchange code,\u201d Miller speculates. \u201cIt\u2019s even possible to execute a kind of denial-of-service attack on your laptop by hammering the operating system with bluff code."Even wiping or replacing the hard drive wouldn\u2019t catch this type of malware, and since these chips regulate critical system functions such as battery levels or charging speed, there is a potential for serious damage."I was able to make the battery lie to the computer about things like how charged it was or how hot it was,\u201d Miller says. \u201cIf you changed those variables, something really bad could happen."Thankfully, the Texas Instruments microcontrollers that Miller pulled off of his Apple batteries are password-protected. Anyone who tries to modify the firmware needs to enter two different passwords, which are set by default when the chips leave the factory. The problem is that Apple has not been changing those default passwords, which means it was child\u2019s play for Miller to reprogram his MacBook Air\u2019s battery using default passwords obtained from Texas Instruments\u2019 website."Texas Instruments didn\u2019t do anything wrong," Miller says. \u201cIt\u2019s all Apple\u2019s fault for not scrambling the passwords. Other PC manufacturers could use these chips and secure them correctly.\u201dIn fact, many battery manufacturers are doing just that; when Miller bought a replacement battery with the same Texas Instruments chip for his 13-inch MacBook from a third-party manufacturer on eBay, he was unable to access the firmware because the manufacturer had changed the passwords.\u201cIt\u2019s so easy to change these passwords. Apple should definitely do it, but they can\u2019t safely update existing models," Miller notes. Although Apple and other laptop manufacturers could immediately scramble the passwords with a firmware update, malicious hackers could just reverse-engineer that update to figure out the new password. "They need to start scrambling the passwords before these laptops leave the factory."To date we\u2019ve heard no reports of privacy breaches or malware attacks via device firmware, but since batteries and other "dumb" devices are ignored by traditional security software, it\u2019s impossible to know whether their failure is natural or engineered."There's definitely a risk that malware could brick your battery so it never works again," Miller warns. "I don\u2019t know why someone would do that, except just to be mean."We contacted Apple for comment on this article, but received no response. Miller has already notified both Apple and Texas Instruments of his findings, and will be presenting his research at the 2011 Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas this weekend. There he will also release CaulkGun, a program he wrote that you can use to scramble the passwords on your laptop battery."The good news is that malware won\u2019t be able to brick your battery," Miller claims. "The bad news is that Apple won\u2019t be able to update your battery firmware."


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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
a little bit of vintage
A 1976 Japanese Casio calculator. Guess we all had one of these. Still got yours?
We decided to collect simply the covers we really like( this one is so cute)
Mr. Kay goes Hopper.
my idea for 2010
is to get out more( museums, theater and concerts), it's just to tempting to stay at home with a big box of chocolates
Thanks for nominating me at the homies 2009, that made me happy.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
blog header
I got a early christmas gift from my friend Luc ,
a cool new blog header...it's me hunting for vintage, my cat and my love for coffee.
Luc you are the best!
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Friday, December 25, 2009
first time for a long time that we have christmas at home ...
it's diffrent but it"s fun and easygoing
hope you having a nice time?
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
fairytale of Amsterdam
so pretty in the snow
my fav christmas song Fairytale of New York
images by Ingeborg Stahl
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
happy holidays
wherever you are
what ever you do, I hope you have a wonderful time
- our fav christmas cd this year ..Bob Dylan
-loving Christmas with the Kranks
- elf slippers are on my wishlist
- would be cool to have lot's of Marzipan under my tree
take care and I see you very soon
Monday, December 21, 2009
turn on the ...
... christmas radio
I wanted to buy this little white house across the street.
Would be a great garden & guesthouse for friends and family.
Unfortunately the owner doesn't want to sell it.
Are you getting into to the festive spirit?
Our home is very cozy.. lot"s of candles, fine coffee and good food
enjoy winter time
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The Snowflake Man
Sunday 4 of Advent
love the books from
the Snowflake Man
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
it's very cold here today, the perfect day to stay home
Mister Kay likes Roy Lichtenstein
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Friday, December 18, 2009
oh happy day
the best christmas card this year is from Katja
little christmas swap with Ingrid , my fav dutch blogger
weekend - we got 2 weeks holidays...no plans yet,lol
only have to do my food shopping and watch lot's of christmas movies
-my fav website of 2009 , flickr
-blog of the week petits bonheurs
-our movie last night The Hangover( nice one)
have a great weekend...
Thursday, December 17, 2009
white moments
our first snow this year
so pretty
got up early this morning to go jogging
any snow in your place???
-the winner from my giveawy are INALUXE
and CABRIZETTE
I love James Wong
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
corner view 'books'
I love books
a dream of mine would be to work in a bookstore ..
at home - I`m still looking for some vintage book shelfs,
which I hope to find one day.
I read a lot but I only keep my fav books.
In my small libary,you can find
biograhies,interior books, cookbooks,crime - ala Stieg Larsson-
and books from blogfriends
feel like talking books, have a look here
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Monday, December 14, 2009
the girl friends
every year my mum has coffee with her girl friends
in the Advent time ,I really like the idea...
so couple of years ago I did start to have christmas coffee
with my girls friends...
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
my fav paper stars are from Herrnhuter
-Mi-rachel has a wonderful blog
- christmas party time, I will have my first one this week
have a good week
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
the tree & a giveaway
feel like a dutch christmas?
We got our tree today. In the garden center they where selling
dutch christmas ornaments...so if your tree needs a dutch touch..
just leave a comment , the winner will be chosen at the 16.12
have a good weekend
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
it is no secret
that I''m dreaming of a white christmas
Elvis is helping me with the christmas decorations,lol
Sony Angels are so cute, little gift from Kenty
my little shop has been very busy.
did start with my christmas cards...
-Do you send christmas cards?
guess I'm old fashion ,I do send them via snail mail
-our second christmas movie Joulutarina, really good one
-blog of the week at swim-two- birds
lot"s to do... see you very soon
that I''m dreaming of a white christmas
Elvis is helping me with the christmas decorations,lol
Sony Angels are so cute, little gift from Kenty
my little shop has been very busy.
did start with my christmas cards...
-Do you send christmas cards?
guess I'm old fashion ,I do send them via snail mail
-our second christmas movie Joulutarina, really good one
-blog of the week at swim-two- birds
lot"s to do... see you very soon
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
coner view ''evening'
corner view this week "evening"
it"s about 21:30
we just had a late dinner
now we having coffee and watching a movie Flash of Genius
guess I will go to bed after midnight
want to know when the rest of the corner view goes to bed,lol
Sunday, December 6, 2009
we still live in a treeless house, I did try to find a vintage white tree, but no luck... so on tuesday we will go out to get a real tree and next year I will try again to find a white one
A gift from my brother. These vintage candlesticks are made in de 70s by german company Hammonia Motard. They are called Vogelflug.
lot's of wonderful giveaways in the moment in blogland.
I was lucky I did win a little christmas cookie parcel, thank you Frau Haselmayer
-Jen Corace has a new print at the tinyshowcase
-our first christmas movie this morning at 7, Miracel on 34thStreet
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Friday, December 4, 2009
hay,sugar and carrots
in the Netherlands Christmas starts at the 5th of december, which is called Sinterklaas Avond. There is a festiv dinner and children receive presents in their shoes
Sinterklaas also has a helper Black Pete, who slides down chimneys to fill the
shoes that children leave by the fireplace with small gifts.Children in the NL
leave their shoes filled with hay, sugar and carrots for the Sinterklaas horse
Happy Sinterklaas
the WINNER of my vintage giveaway is ... Jane from London
Thursday, December 3, 2009
december moments
getting the christmas box down from the attic
having coffee with Luc
we love christmas movies...
red is a good color for the christmas tree?? I was dreaming of a white Graceland christmas tree but I am sure Mister Kay will not like my fake white christmas tree
April is looking for christmas movies...we love them and there is a small collection in the our house
our top5 of christmas movies
- elf
-the Holiday
-christmas with the cranks
-eight crazy nights
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
corner view 'home''
my dream house - a mid modern bungalow on the coast of Maine , guess I only have to tell my husband the news
want to see more corner view "Homes"have a look here
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
das Kaninchen
just had a wonderful parcel from my friend Shannah,
also my fav plush maker,
she has a cool etsy shop "das Kaninchen"
some other plush maker I like
(my fav are her woodland creatures)
(my fav are her rabbits )
blog of the week Haust from Norway
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Rie Elise Larsen
my fav christmas book
Julefryd by Rie Elise Larsen
I seen her work last summer in Kopenhagen
so thanks Mette, I"m sure we will have a colorful Christmas this year
I"m dreaming of pepermintbark icecream, sounds so yummy
have a good week
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An international team of climate and social scientists say a new approach to climate preparedness is essential to help people adjust to coming changes
News Release
November 07, 2013
Some parts of the natural and manmade world will bounce back better than others from climate change, but scientists don't yet know who or what.
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. —
Changes are already happening to Earth's climate due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and large-scale agriculture. As changes get more pronounced, people everywhere will have to adjust. In this week's issue of the journal Science, an international group of researchers urge the development of science needed to manage climate risks and capitalize on unexpected opportunities.
"Adapting to an evolving climate is going to be required in every sector of society, in every region of the globe. We need to get going, to provide integrated science if we are going to meet the challenge," said senior scientist Richard Moss of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "In this article, we describe the foundations for this research and suggest measures to establish it."
Climate preparedness research needs to integrate social and climate science, engineering, and other disciplines. It prepares for impacts by determining who and what are most vulnerable to changes and by considering ways to adapt.
"Science for adaptation starts with understanding decision-making processes and information needs, determining where the vulnerabilities are, and then moves to climate modeling. A final step tracks whether adaptation is effective," said Moss, who is based at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration between PNNL in Richland, Wash. and the University of Maryland.
The article grew out of a workshop held in August 2012 at the Aspen Global Change Institute in Aspen, Colo., on how to improve support for decision-making in the face of a changing climate. The authors arrived at this approach to guide preparedness research based on the need to reduce the risks that climate change presents.
"The need to adapt and adjust is going to be global," said Moss. "We need a flexible, integrated approach that merges theoretical and problem-oriented sciences around four general challenges."
The four challenges are:
As an example of how practical and basic research can work together, Moss described work in the U.S. involving water utilities, university scientists, and private firms to pilot use of climate models and water utility modeling to design resilient water systems.
"This research is motivated by a practical challenge, ensuring reliable water supplies. Among the scientific advances that will be required is better integration of weather and climate models to improve decadal climate information to help people plan," Moss said.
Bringing together diverse disciplines at the Aspen workshop allowed the international team to explore all facets of adaptation, including less examined ones such as how scientific information is (and isn't) used in making decisions.
"Traditionally we think that what society needs is better predictions. But at this workshop, all of us - climate and social scientists alike - recognized the need to consider how decisions get implemented and that climate is only one of many factors that will determine how people will adapt," he said.
The focus on problem-solving could open up new sources of funding as well, sources such as non-governmental organizations, industry — any group with specific problems that adaptation science could solve.
"We will make a virtue of necessity," said Moss.
Funding for the Aspen workshop was provided by NASA.
Reference: R.H. Moss, G.A. Meehl, M.C. Lemos, J.B. Smith, J.R. Arnold, J.C. Arnott, D. Behar, G.P. Brasseur, S.B. Broomell, A.J. Busalacchi, S. Dessai, K.L. Ebi, J.A. Edmonds, J. Furlow, L. Goddard, H.C. Hartmann, J.W. Hurrell, J.W. Katzenberger, D.M. Liverman, P.W. Mote, S.C. Moser, A. Kumar, R.S. Pulwarty, E.A. Seyller, B.L. Turner II, W.M. Washington, T.J. Wilbanks. Hell and High Water: Practice-Relevant Adaptation Science, Science November 8, 2013, DOI:10.1126/science.1239569.
The Joint Global Change Research Institute is a unique partnership formed in 2001 between the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. The PNNL staff associated with the center is world renowned for expertise in energy conservation and understanding of the interactions between climate, energy production and use, economic activity and the environment.
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Best Cricut Cartridges of 2011
The categories will be:
1) Elegant
2) Project
3) Baby
4) Seasonal
5) Animals
Check in tomorrow morning to see my pick for the Elegant category!
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This is going to be fun, I will check bamouthneck:)ReplyDelete
I'm looking forward to your comments. Sometimes it's hard to choose . . . Almost too many options.ReplyDelete
I'm looking forward to your comments. Sometimes it's hard to choose . . . Almost too many options.ReplyDelete
I'm a new 'cricuteer' and I have no idea where to start! I think your list may just help :). ThanksReplyDelete
I too am a new cricut crafter. I haven't used any of the elegant cartridges in the Elegant Category. I don't have anyone to craft with so I love going to your website for new ideas. There are still a lot of things that I don't understand but I keep on trying. I have been experimenting for 6 months, and last night I made my very first card that I acutualy gave to someone. LOL The card itself took me over 2 hours to make. LOL I was so stressed out over trying to make it I lost the fact I was suppose to be having fun.ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for doing the reviews, I've been waiting. I loved last years as well.ReplyDelete
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I really love your pages, they help me to get inspired. Whenever I start scrapping again it takes me awhile to get going again, this email@example.com
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2012 at 5:48 PM
I can't wait to see what you pick for each category! Im fairly new to the cricut machine also, my question is when i download my cartridges to the craft room (my computer) do i loose the information on the cartridges? Huggable59ReplyDelete
Your "Best of..." notes are very helpful. It helps me remember what to look for in the cartridges. Thanks.ReplyDelete
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This is the very first time I have left a comment of this kind. I would love to win a new cartridge so maybe I have a beginners luck chance at the Lovely Floral! I love Happy Happy Joy! So inspiring!ReplyDelete
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O's to honor Weaver before spring opener
SARASOTA, Fla.-- The Orioles will hold a moment of silence and air a video tribute for former manager Earl Weaver, who passed away in January, prior to the start of Saturday's Spring Training opener against the Twins at 1:05 p.m. ET. Zach Britton will start for the O's, with Kevin Correia going for Minnesota. Gates open two hours prior to the start.
Britton will be followed by Jake Arrieta, Tommy Hunter, Steve Johnson, Dylan Bundy, T.J. McFarland, Todd Redmond, Zach Clark and Adam Russell. Most of the team's regulars are expected to start, with second baseman Brian Roberts getting one or two at-bats and then going to a wedding he's in for his best friend that night.
Asked if the regulars included Nolan Reimold, manager Buck Showalter said he hadn't made a final decision on that.
"I don't see limitations on playing him right now," Showalter said of Reimold, who is a full-go in camp but still regaining strength in his left arm following neck surgery last season.
Adam Jones, who will play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, probably won't bat any higher than he would normally, with Showalter satisfied with the amount of at-bats Jones -- who leaves March 3 -- will be able to get. The Orioles have played intrasquad games the past two days, and Showalter said he will leave the approach of his hitters up to each individual player.
"There's a lot of trust," he said. "They know what they've got to do to get ready, we did a lot of pitch tracking in the cages, we've played some games, everybody's gotten two or three at-bats, so I think it's kind of personal preference. Everybody is a little different. Does that mean nobody is supposed to swing at the first pitch? I'm going to leave it alone. It's also a little bit of an evaluator to see how guys handle themselves and stuff.
"It's a competitive place. Starting [Saturday], people are competing not only for jobs here, but jobs in [Triple-A] Norfolk, because we are a lot deeper in those areas then we were. I was looking over our Major League camp rosters the last couple years. [I'm] very proud of where we've gotten to with the depth."


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New Orleans, LA – Tony Parker drained a 3-pointer late and Tim Duncan netted a pair of free throws to secure the victory, as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the New Orleans Hornets, 99-95, in the season opener for both teams.
Parker, who finished with 23 points and six assists, buried a three with 49.6 seconds remaining to give San Antonio a 97-95 lead. Duncan powered the Spurs late in the fourth, scoring nine of San Antonio's final 12 points, including two from the line after Greivis Vasquez missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer.
Duncan netted a game-high 24 points and also pulled down 11 rebounds and blocked three shots for the Spurs, who were eliminated by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals last season.
Anthony Davis, the top overall draft pick in 2012, did not disappoint for the Hornets in his regular season debut. He led New Orleans with 21 points on 6- of-12 shooting and pulled down nine rebounds. However, fellow rookie teammate Austin Rivers struggled most of the night, shooting just 1-of-9, scoring seven points.
"I thought we played hard. I thought our desire was there, we stuck together," said Hornets coach Monty Williams. "We got down a little bit, but young guys do that. I thought we were pretty good; we just played against a better team tonight."
Al-Farouq Aminu contributed 17 points while Ryan Anderson, last year's Most Improved Player, added 11 points off the bench in the setback.
Davis got going early, scoring nine in the first to help give the Hornets the early advantage.
Vasquez was the motor behind the Hornets' offense throughout, helping the hosts to a 10-point lead with his 10th assist of the half on a dish to Davis, who nailed a jump shot to give the Hornets a 50-40 lead. The Spurs were able to cut the deficit to seven before half following Matt Bonner's 3-pointer with less than a second remaining.
The Spurs got a solid contribution from Kawhi Leonard in the third. Coming off a promising rookie campaign, Leonard poured in 11 of his 19 points while also coming away with four steals in the period. He finished with five steals for the game.
The Spurs grabbed the lead and led by as many as nine in the third, but the Hornets finished the quarter on a 7-2 run to tie the game back up at 71-71.
With 3:18 to play, the Hornets took an 89-87 advantage after Parker's shot was blocked by Aminu, who was rewarded at the other end with a fast break dunk.
However, Duncan carried the Spurs the rest of the way. After a pair of Davis free throws put New Orleans up by four, Duncan scored the Spurs' next seven to give them the lead back.
"We put in some plays for him but it was just his determination down the stretch that got us the win," said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich of Duncan's play late. "If Timmy doesn't do what he does that's a lost for us."
Davis hit a pair of free throws with 1:08 remaining to give the Hornets a 95-94 lead, but they never led again following Parker's three.
Game Notes
The 2012-2013 campaign marks the Spurs' 40th season in San Antonio ... Manu Ginobili did not travel with the team after missing the last four preseason games due to back spasms ... Eric Gordon did not play for the Hornets as he continues to be bothered by a knee injury ... Vazquez finished with a game- high 13 assists ... San Antonio will start a three-game homestand on Thursday against Oklahoma City.


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The Standard Schnauzer is a dog breed that originated in Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. The literal translation is "snouter" from the German word for "snout" and means colloquially "moustache", because of the dog's distinctively bearded snout. Although the schnauzer is considered a terrier-type dog, they do not have the typical terrier temperament.
Generally classified as a working or utility dog, this versatile breed is a robust, squarely built, medium-sized dog with aristocratic bearing. It has been claimed that it was a popular subject of painters Sir Joshua Reynolds, Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt, but actual proof remains elusive.
Standard Schnauzers are either salt-and-pepper or black in color, and are known for exhibiting many of the "ideal" traits of any breed. These include high intelligence, agility, alertness, reliability, strength and endurance. This breed of dog has been very popular in Europe, specifically Germany, where it originated. The breed was first exhibited at a show in Hanover in 1879, and since then has taken top honors in many shows, including the prestigious "Best in Show at Westminster Kennel Club" in the United States in 1997.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Standard Schnauzer", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.


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Special Containment Procedures
SCP-448 is to be kept in a 3m x 3m x 3m room, decorated with colorful wallpaper, warm lighting, and several small children's toys scattered about. When not under observation, object is to kept on its pedestal at all times. Room must be kept clean and in good condition. All personnel entering the room (clearance level 2 and above and only one at a time) for any reason are reminded to smile and keep a cheerful disposition while in the presence of SCP-448.
Object appears to be a child's Jack-in-the-box toy. The box portion is 13cm along each side and is constructed of tin, with a colorful decal depicting a smiling clown on each facet of the box except for the bottom and right side, which holds the turn crank. When cranked, the toy plays "Pop Goes the Weasel", causing the "Jack" to leap out the top before the final five notes, as most toys of its kind normally do.
The "Jack", however, transforms to reflect the mood of any person within 3m of the object. The strength of one's mood also affects its appearance, and every form it has taken has been unique. While the hand crank is functional, Object SCP-448 has been shown to randomly activate itself. Once out of the box, the "Jack" will stay out of the box until the lid is closed or the influencing person leaves the room.
When approached by more than one person, object will stay shut and instead shake vigorously, becoming more and more violent until one or both persons leave its area of influence. In this state SCP-448 cannot be opened nor can it be activated, and can be dangerous the longer it stays in this state. Attempting to fake emotions, such as smiling when one is really depressed, delays the self-activation of the artifact but does not completely fool it. X-rays cannot penetrate the box's surface.
The following moods have been observed:
Happy: Smiling clown. While the clown's face, outfit and color scheme are different every time, its mood is consistent.
In this state during special events, such as holidays and birthdays, object SCP-448 has been found to sing an appropriate song to the influencing person. "Happy Birthday", "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", "Here Comes the Bride", "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", and "American Pie" have been recorded. SCP-448's voice has been described as high-pitched and irritating.
Sad: Frowning clown. Tears have been often recorded to flow from clown's eyes. Chemical analysis has found them to be of the same composition as human tears.
When approached by persons with suicidal thoughts, Object takes the form of [DATA EXPUNGED]
Angry: [DATA EXPUNGED]
Scared: Unknown. In this state, lid will only open slightly before quickly shutting. Sounds of whimpering, screaming and crying can be heard from within.
Dog/Animals: Anthropomorphic dog wearing clown outfit. When approached by any animal other than human, Object will take the form of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal in clown garb.
Emotionless: Blank white cloth doll. This occurs when object is approached by an entity incapable of feeling emotion, such as [DATA EXPUNGED]
It is unknown if SCP-448's environment also affects whatever form it takes. Until further testing is performed, its current containment procedures will not be altered.
Addendum: All attempts at physically penetrating or otherwise destroying SCP-448 have been unsuccessful. This is not because it is indestructible- rather, when approached with the intent of dismantling, object will retaliate by opening up (without any cranking or music) and relentlessly attacking the approaching person with what appears to be a red boxing glove on the end of a long, rigid metal spring. The glove itself has been recorded to be able to reach speeds up to 235 kph. Attempts to damage it from outside its area of influence with long-ranged weaponry results in [DATA EXPUNGED]


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Research Recruitment Agencies
Research posts are frequently advertised by recruitment agencies specialising in finding staff to work in the not-for-profit employment sector.
Such organisations are often funded by public money, including charitable donations. In these cases the organisations are heavily obliged to ensure no funds are wasted.
This means they need researchers who constantly keep up to date with the best way of spending all monies received. For example, a charity raising money to help combat an illness or disease needs to employ researchers who can establish how its public funding should be spent to ensure real value for money when it comes to the search for a cure.
Other researchers working for a charity of this nature will deal with demographic trends. For example, they will look for regions where the illness is most prevalent and attempt to determine whether any particular socio-economic group is more widely affected than another.
The salaries paid to researchers within not-for-profit organisations are not as high as those paid within the private sector. However, the work is often very rewarding in other ways as it contributes towards a positive end goal such as ensuring already stretched public services are targeted at those who need them most.
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The Boeing 777-200 is a long range, twin aisle, twin-engine jet manufactured by Boeing, the American aerospace company. We operate these aircraft on longhaul routes to North and South America, the Caribbean, Africa, Australasia, the Far East, Middle East and Gulf destinations.
Often referred to as the 'Triple Seven', it was the world's first commercial aircraft entirely designed by computer. Its visible features include super large engines, low hanging landing gear and a blade shaped tail cone with a relatively narrow tailfin.
British Airways took part in the design of the aircraft with Boeing. The Boeing 777 emerged as a best seller for longhaul commercial aircraft thanks to its excellent fuel efficiency and cabin comfort.
Passenger benefits include:
|Number in fleet
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|up to 336 (3 or 4 class)
|63.7m (209 feet 1 inches)
|60.9m (199 feet 11 inches)
|18.5m (60 feet 9 inches)
|2× Rolls Royce Trent 800 or 2× General Electric 90
|Maximum speed
|950km/h (590mph, Mach 0.89)
|6,857km (4,261 miles)
If you're flying from London Gatwick, you can now look forward to a fully refreshed Boeing 777 fleet and new generation economy (World Traveller) and premium economy (World Traveller Plus) seats. The refreshed cabins are now available on the whole Boeing 777 fleet at London Gatwick.
The economy and premium economy cabins have been fitted with elegant new seats with 50% larger entertainment screens and each seat will have a USB socket.


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Quick Facts: Call for Participation
Submission deadline: 27th May, 2016 (5:00pm PT)
Student game competition notifications: 24th June, 2016
Submission format: 6 pages in ACM SIGCHI (Extended Abstract) format, excluding references, interactive demonstration at the conference
The CHI PLAY Student Game Competition will provide a unique opportunity for students to showcase their interactive play systems and designs. Students will need to submit a video of their game as well as proof of student status (full-time or part-time, all levels up to Ph.D.). A jury panel will nominate the best submissions for an interactive presentation at the conference, where a panel of experts choose the winners.
Eligibility criteria
- Game has to be new
- Games from previous contests that have already received considerable media attention may not be submitted the Game Design Competition
- Team work is allowed
- The maximum development time of the game should not be higher than 72 person-months. Students might be asked to present a time sheet of the development.
- Multidisciplinary and multi-national teams are particularly welcome.
- There is no limit to the number of teams that may compete from any given university.
- Open to a variety of student profiles
- All students at various stages of their university careers, full-time or part-time, from undergraduate to postgraduate level (including master's and doctoral students) can submit their work to the CHI PLAY Student Game Design Competition.
- Game must be functional
- This implies that reviewers, jury members and conference attendees are able to play the game or at least a part of the game in order to have a meaningful play experience.
- A fully finished game is not required; a playable demo or demo level is sufficient.
- Paper prototypes or non-digital games are not acceptable.
- Flexibility in terms of game specs
- Students are allowed to rely on their preferred game engines (Unreal, XNA, Unity 3D,…), devkits and libraries.
- Games can run on any platform (PC, Mac, console, tablet, PDA, etc.). Students are responsible for bringing the necessary hardware to run their game to the conference.
- Permission is necessary
- Before submitting a game, students must have obtained the permission of all persons or entities having any rights in the game. Please ensure that submissions do not contain proprietary or confidential material.
Submission guidelines
Submissions should be anonymized.
Submissions must be made using the Precision Conference System (PCS), including the following parts: 1) extended abstract (mandatory), 2) a game play video (mandatory), 3) executable game (optional) and technical requirements description (mandatory), and 4) a proof of student status (mandatory).
The maximum size of all four parts of the submission combined is 110 MB. If your game submission is large and requires more space, instead of submitting the game itself, submit a text document containing a URL that can be used to download the game, e.g., using a file sharing service such as Dropbox or OneDrive.
- Extended Abstract (mandatory):
- Content: The submission should contain information about the game's concept, innovations, target audience, technological and game play innovations. For games that are part of a research project, the submission should also include research questions methodology, implementation and results as well as explain what background research informed their design decisions, The Extended Abstract must also provide a link to the game play video.
- Style: PDF file following the SIGCHI Extended Abstract Proceedings Format, with a maximum of 6 pages (including figures and references), adhering to the ACM template, guidelines and styles.
- Publication: The camera-ready version should acknowledge any assistance drawn from outside (advisors, faculty, domain experts, existing solutions, users, etc.). Affiliations need to be clear. Supervisor can be added as author but the first author must be a student. Accepted submissions will be archived in the ACM Digital Library.
- Game play video (mandatory):
- The game play video includes game play footage. It unambiguously illustrates the game play and demonstrates the player's experience. Keep in mind, though, that at the conference, the game must be playable by attendees; only showing a game play video is not acceptable.
- Expected length: about 2-3 minutes.
- Executable game (optional, strongly recommended) and document with technical requirements and installation description (mandatory, max. 2 pages)
- Executable game: If the uploaded game executable is large and cannot be accommodated within the PCS maximum upload of 110 MB for all four parts of the submission, please upload a text document containing a URL that can be used to download the game, e.g., using a file sharing service such as Dropbox or OneDrive. Please keep download time in mind and realize that if a game cannot properly be downloaded, it will be excluded from the review process. If you have built the game in Unity 3D, please provide the game as the web player version. If submitting an executable is not possible (e.g., because of dedicated hardware/software infrastructure or specialized game play settings), then this part can be omitted, however, obviously, the video play footage will have to demonstrate the game play.
- Technical requirements and installation document: The document should clarify any special requirements around the presentation of the game at the conference, and should clearly list what resources will be required at the conference, such as tables, chairs, network access, lighting constraints, etc. Additionally, this document can briefly describe any special hardware/peripherals/operating system requirements.
- Proof of student status (mandatory):
- Participants must prove enrollment at a high school or university during the time of creation of the student game. It is acceptable but not required for the game to have been created as part of a school or university course.
- Students must provide either a) a signed letter from their academic supervisor confirming that they were student at the time of the creation of the game. Being student implies that at least 50% of their working week was spent following an academic course or study, and that they were not employed within game-related industries when working on the submission, or b) proof of enrollment in an academic program related to the game project.
- Each team must provide one proof package – a single file containing scanned proof documents for each team member.
The Competition Procedure
The competition will follow a two-step process.
- Nomination among submissions
- A panel of experts will review submissions and select nominees among the submissions to be presented at the conference.
- These nominated teams have to send at least one student member who will attend the conference. This team member is expected to present the game during the Student Game Competition Event and take part in the award ceremony.Supervisors are NOT accepted to present the game nor to accept the award. Registration and full attendance of at least one student from the team at the CHI PLAY 2016 conference is mandatory.
- Evaluation and awards
- During the conference, both an expert jury panel and the conference attendees will be able to play and evaluate the nominated games
- During the conference, two winning teams will be announced:
- Jury award (top game awarded by the expert jury)
- Public award (top game awarded by the conference visitors)
Reviewing Criteria
Each submitted game project will be reviewed by academic and/or professional experts in game design and development. Nominees and award winners will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Originality
- Quality
- Positioning and articulation of the game's contribution (determined through Extended Abstract, short game play video, and if available, playable game)
Practical information for the nominees
- Equipment and infrastructure: nominees should bring along a playable version of the game and foresee the necessary hardware. At the minimum, power will be provided. If necessary, specific infrastructure and equipment requests can be discussed with the Game Design Competition Chairs.
- Pitch: nominees should prepare for a brief (5-minute) pitch to present the game to jury and conference visitors. Additionally, we suggest keeping copies of the Extended Abstract paper at the booth to inform visitors.
Committee members:
Please direct any questions to the Student Game Design Competition Chairs:
Charlene Jennett, University College London, UK
Joshua Tannenbaum, University of California, Irvine, USA


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19 October 2011: Two of Russia's most reputable scientists from the Federal Center of Forensic Medical Expertise (FCFME) at the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation completed their two-day visit to the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP). Dr. Pavel Ivanov, Deputy Director and Director of Forensic DNA Unit of the Federal Center of Forensic Medical Expertise (FCFME) at the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and M.D. Elena Zemskova, Head of Casework DNA Typing Lab, toured ICMP's Sarajevo HQ and the DNA forensic facilities where they were informed about ICMP's DNA identification efforts and its scientific work methods.
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"We are thankful to our host for this extremely informational visit. ICMP's experience is unique in the world and we feel privileged to have seen its activities first hand. Although our laboratories work on thousands of cases each year, for us this is a new concept and one that we will try to replicate in our future work, especially when it comes to our ambitious plans in the North Caucasus and the planned creation of Russia's central DNA database. To witness ICMP's impressive protocols of DNA extraction from old bones, the powerful and effective system that ensures an unbiased approach in politically sensitive regions, the methods of data collection from family members of missing persons in addition to a robust DNA laboratory system – proved very useful in our short visit and we look forward to continued cooperation with ICMP", said Dr. Pavel Ivanov, Deputy Director and Director of Forensic DNA Unit of the Federal Center of Forensic Medical Expertise (FCFME) at the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation, following the visit to ICMP facilities.
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The Open Index consists of different, independent indexes. They all implement a simple query protocol that integrates the results into one final result list. The topic of this blog is to outline how the selection of relevant indexes, within an Open Index, for a specific query works. Or could work, for this is just one way of doing it.
Meta Index
One of the key elements of the Open Index is the Meta Index (one or more). It does not index documents, it indexes indexes. It records, among other things, which index indexes which vocabularies. Also, it indexes the vocabularies itself. Let me explain that.
Vocabulary indexing
When an index joins an Open Index it registers itself with the Meta Index by telling the Meta Index its own location. Also, it tells the Meta Index which vocabularies it uses to index its documents. Many indexes use the Dublin Core vocabulary for indexing, but more specialized indexes use more specialized vocabularies such as FOAF (for social relationships), Geo (longitude and latitude info), MusicBrainz (to describe music, performances, concerts). So now the Meta Index knows exactly which indexes specialize on certain vocabularies.
For every vocabulary reference the Meta Index receives, it retrieves the descriptions of the vocabularies itself (does this make it a meta-meta index then?). That means that it now also knows which fields each vocabulary contains. For example, the MusicBrainz vocabulary contains fields like Album, Artist, Track and so on. For some vocabularies, it might even know about possible values too. The GTAA (an extensive vocabulary for TV etc.) for example contains approximately 97.000 Persons, 27.000 Names, 14.000 Locations and 18.000 (TV) Makers. The Meta Index knows all these names, and it knows if a name representes a person or a location.
Querying for Vocabularies
For any given query, the Meta Index can tell which indexes that are part of the Open Index will give meaningful results. How this is done? In two ways. Suppose someone enters the query "artist=lennon". If you send this query to the Meta Index, it will lookup which vocabularies have a field named 'artist' (ignoring a few problems that arise during matching here), then it will look up the indexes registered for these vocabularies and it will send you this list of indexes. The next step is to send the same query to these indexes and integrate the results.
Now suppose you would enter a simpler query such as "yvon jaspers". The Meta Index could lookup the word "yvon jaspers" and find it to be in a list of names for television Makers in the GTAA. So it gives you the list of GTAA indexes, and you could take this as a suggestion to include these in your query.
Automating versus User controlled
The examples above assume you being in control of querying the Meta Index and deciding what to do with the hits it gives you. In practise however, the interaction with the Meta Index will be invisible to users. A search portal might show the suggestions from the Meta Index and let the user free to direct his query to one or more of the suggested indexes. For example by saying "did you mean to search for TV maker 'yvon jaspers'?". Another search portal might simply take the hints from the Meta Index directly, carry out the users search query on all of them and just show the results.
Freedom of Design Choices
It all comes down to decoupling design choices: creating flexibility because we can not see into the future. With current technology (big integrated indexes), the choice for a particular search engine often implies many other choices you will often only become aware of later. One such decision is the way the search engine deals with multiple indexes. The Open Index allows such decisions to be made separately. The way of working as outlined above is only our first take on how we will do it. It could be any other algorithm in the future.
In a next installment of this blog I'll cover efficiency and scalability of the Open Index.


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