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Pimm's Pops
Pimm's Cups are refreshing summertime cocktails that go down easy on hot days. Why not take a classic Pimm's Cup… and transform it into a popsicle? Pimm's No. 1, ginger ale, lemon juice and agave nectar are blended together to create the base of these popsicles. The mixture is then poured into popsicle molds! Add a slice of cucumber once the pops begin firming up, and voila! You've got the perfect boozy popsicles for summer AND #popsicleweek!
I don't want to be that person who says, "It's hot enough to fry an egg."
It's getting pretty darn steamy in Dallas, and I bet we actually could fry an egg on the sidewalk. You know, if we actually had sidewalks. (We don't.) And if we gave it a shot. (We won't.)
Whenever it gets this miserably hot, I find myself retreating indoors.
Gone are the days of leisurely morning walks with the baby and the dog.
Gone are the days of sleeping late if I want to get a run in before it's sweltering.
Gone are the days where I want to turn on the oven.
When I want something sweet when it's sweltering outside? I'm looking to the freezer.
Wit & Vinegar's annual Popsicle Week is THIS WEEK, and I am so thrilled to be participating in it again! (If you didn't catch my offering last year, I highly suggest checking out my Spiced Rum Horchata Popsicles. They are to-die-for and creamy and vegan!)
This year, I wanted to create another boozy pop.
I meaaaaaaaaan… boozy stuff is kind of my jam these days, and y'all seem to be enjoying the cocktails I make as much as we do, so why not transform a favorite drink into a popsicle?
The Pimm's Pops idea hit me one morning a few weeks ago as I was preparing our daughter's breakfast. I was so eager to get to work on them that I actually pulled out all the ingredients while she was eating at her high chair, explaining what I was about to do to her.
My husband walked into the kitchen at that point, surveyed the scene, and deduced, "Pimm's Cups for breakfast?"
I quickly informed him that we were turning the classic Pimm's Cup into a popsicle.
He wholeheartedly agreed it was a good idea.
And let me tell y'all: These pops are a good idea!
They've got the tanginess and the slight bite of a Pimm's Cup without being too tart or too sweet. (And I should know – I've had a ton of Pimm's Cups that have gone in either direction, and they've been sad.)
They feature a cucumber slice and are sprinkled with a delightful lemon zest sugar. And they're ultra refreshing… as in, I could consume a few of these pops in one sitting without even batting an eyelash.
I won't, but I totally could. And if you're into Pimm's Cups, I bet you could, too.
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Here's how I made 'em and how you can make them at home this summer:
Pimm's Pops
Pimm's Cups are refreshing summertime cocktails that go down easy on hot days. Why not take a classic Pimm's Cup... and transform it into a popsicle? Pimm's No. 1, ginger ale, lemon juice and agave nectar are blended together to create the base of these popsicles. The mixture is then poured into popsicle molds! Add a slice of cucumber once the pops begin firming up, and voila! You've got the perfect boozy popsicles for summer AND #popsicleweek!
- 16 oz. ginger ale, at room temperature
- 4 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice, at room temperature
- 3 oz. Pimm's No. 1
- 2 oz. agave nectar
- English cucumber, sliced
Lemon Zest Sugar Garnish
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- Zest of one lemon
- In the base of a blender, measure in the ginger ale, lemon juice, Pimm's No. 1 and agave nectar. Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature, or the agave nectar will not blend into them as easily.
- Blend the ingredients together until smooth.
- Pour into popsicle molds, and transfer to the freezer.
- After 1-2 hours, remove from the freezer and add the cucumber slices. You'll do this when the mixture is slushy, and the cucumbers can be pushed deeper into the popsicle. If this is done initially, the cucumbers will float and freeze near the top of the popsicle molds.
- Freeze for an additional hour, then push the popsicle sticks into the pops. At this point, the sticks should not float and should stay in place.
- Freeze overnight.
- When the popsicles are solid, remove from the popsicle mold.
- Combine the sugar and lemon zest, stirring until combined.
- Sprinkle the Lemon Zest Sugar Garnish over the popsicles, and enjoy immediately.
Please note that you will need to check on the popsicles twice throughout their freezing process. Once to add the cucumbers, then again to add the popsicle sticks. Every freezer is different, so please be aware and check your popsicles for the correct consistency to complete these steps.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:10 popsicles
Serving Size:1 popsicle
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 65Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 7mgCarbohydrates: 14gFiber: 0gSugar: 12gProtein: 0g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate.


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RoseMary Hedberg received her MLIS degree in 2012 from the School of Information at the University of South Florida, Tampa. While completing her degree, she worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the All Children's Hospital Medical Library and volunteered as an intern at the Moffitt Research Center Biomedical Library. She served as the Student Chapter President for the American Society for Information Science and Technology and was selected as the school's representative for the 2012 American Library Association Student to Staff program. Prior to completing her graduate studies, she worked at a sleep diagnostic and research center as a patient quality assurance coordinator. Ms. Hedberg received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of South Florida.
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Diana Almader-Douglas received her MA in Information Resources and Library Science from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 2011. Ms. Almader-Douglas was awarded a Knowledge River Scholarship, which focuses on educating information professionals on issues pertaining to Latino and Native American populations. While completing her degree, she was employed as a Graduate Assistant at the Arizona Health Sciences Library, where she provided document delivery and reference services. During her program, she also worked as a student affiliate at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System's medical library, where she provided reference services and assisted with collection development projects. Ms. Almader-Douglas earned a Master of Arts degree in Counseling from Webster University in 1998. As a licensed professional counselor, she assisted state-funded behavioral health recipients throughout her career. Ms. Almader-Douglas' undergraduate degree is from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, where she majored in psychology.
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University of North Texas, 2012
Karen Gutzman received her MS degree in Library Science in 2012 from the University of North Texas with an emphasis in Health Informatics. While completing her degree she worked as a research assistant with the National Children's Study, which is the largest study of children's health in the U.S. She was a recipient of the Medical Library Association scholarship and she completed an internship with the University of Houston's digital library. Her background includes teaching biology and English in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia and receiving a Masters of Arts degree in Educational Leadership from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Ms. Gutzman received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from South Dakota State University.
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University of British Columbia, 2012
Kevin Read received his MLIS and MAS from the University of British Columbia (UBC), in Vancouver, Canada. While completing his degrees, Mr. Read worked as a student librarian at the Biomedical Branch and Science and Engineering Branch Libraries performing reference and instructional services. Mr. Read's most recent work has been collaborating with the pediatric palliative network PedPalNET at the British Columbia Children's and Women's Health Centre building a strategy to provide health information to patients' families, and working with the British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Library as a consultant to improve their Finding Medical Evidence training workshops. He has also worked with the Canadian National Aboriginal Health Organization and the UBC Centre for Healthcare Management to help improve their understanding and use of social media tools to promote health information services. Mr. Read received his BA with honors in Islamic art and architecture from the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada.
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By Christine Polito
August 2017
In March of 2013 my life changed dramatically. My grown son was out on his own, and after 23 years of marriage, my husband and I decided to part ways having different goals and visions for the second half of our lives. My stepfather had just passed away, so I lived with my mother for 8 months to help her clear out, pack-up, and sell her home. After that was all settled, it was finally time for me to embark on my own solitary journey. I was called by the mountains and woods to go as far north as possible, and ended up renting a house in Bretton Woods. I was like an infant taking my first steps all on my own for the very first time without my ex-husband and son, or mother at my side. My identity was no longer of wife and mother. Who was I? I spent 6 months in solitude in that house on the mountainside overlooking the Presidential mountain range. I was surrounded by exquisite beauty yet there was a hole in my heart that was no longer filled by my family, prior career as a Reiki practitioner and organizer, and my dear old friends. I had a choice to remain a hermit, or go out and start a new life. With shaky legs and a fearful heart I finally came down from my mountainside hideaway.
I took a yoga class at Balance Bethlehem and saw a flyer advertising a drum circle at a place called Neskaya. Hmmm…, I thought. What could this place be? I ventured out one dark cold night and found my way through the wilderness to Neskaya. Upon entering this most unusual and breathtaking circular building, with lights strewn around creating a warm and cozy atmosphere, I was immediately greeted by an attractive woman with white curly hair named Kayla. She was genuinely interested in who I was and where I came from. She introduced me to the other folks (mostly old hippie types just like me!), and showed me around the building. I was treated as a very important guest. Kayla has since become a good friend.
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WASHINGTON (WJLA) – A viewer complaint to ABC7's Watchdog unit asked us to investigate illegal parking by WMATA employes at the Anacostia Metro Station's parking garage.
The viewer claimed while she was ticketed for her meter running out, Metro employees were being allowed to cheat the system.
The small parking lot adjacent to the Anacostia Metro parking lot garage is popular with Metro employees. It allows for up to 12 hours of metered parking, but many Metro employees aren't paying – the meters all read "expired."
ABC7 made multiple visits, seeing many of the same cars parked for free.
According to the "Metro Employee Parking Policy – Reminder" memo sent to all employees last January and obtained by ABC7 News, "Metro employes must pay the Board-approved parking fees to park personal vehicles at Metrorail stations and Metro parking facilities."
But what about the parking passes, vests and even a police patch seen on the dash boards of more than a dozen vehicles parked at expired meters?
Employees were told, in writing, those items "do not relieve an employee of the responsibility to pay parking fees and parking meter charges."
"I work for Metro and I don't think I should have to pay, period," says one Metro employee.
Some Metro customers disagree.
"They shouldn't be cheating the system," says John Joyce. "I have to pay just like anybody else. I'm a paying customer."
"I'm definitely paying to park," says Moses Muldrow. "They should pay to park."
In a statement to ABC7 News, WMATA spokesperson Dan Stessel says:
"This is an issue that comes up from time to time, and one that requires occasional reinforcement with employees… employees parking their personal vehicles must comply with all applicable parking fees and regulations. I have forwarded the complaint to MTPD who will step up patrols at Anacostia to resolve the issue."
The transit agency says it also received a complaint from a rider about the situation at the Anacostia parking garage and promised the Transit Police would step up patrols.
On ABC7's next visit, nearly every Metro employee's vehicle parked at an expired meter had a $25 citation on the windshield.


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Friday, February 1, 2013
Our wake-up calls continue to come early and 630 am hockey practice means a 515 alarm. Nolan needs money put in his lunch account and what time will Grandpa come to be with him today? I mumble an answer through squinting eyes, letting the pull of sleep keep me from moving.
Suddenly the radio blasts as my own alarm signals its time now for me to get up too. I head to Colton's room to wake him from his slumber as I stumble through the dark to the kitchen to start the coffee.
Colton heads up the stairs, fresh from his shower, as I pour the first steaming cup of joe. We hurry through his spelling list one last time then begin bundling up for the bus stop. He doesn't resist when I go to tie a scarf around his mouth, covering his nose til only a slit of his eyes are showing. Its minus 23 outside. Yes, that's right, 23 degrees below zero and cold doesn't really begin to describe it.
I send my little off across the street and watch to be sure he gets on the bus when it arrives shortly thereafter. I turn to refill my coffee cup and notice the sun rising. I grab my camera and stand just long enough with the front door open to rapidly fire off a few shots. The dog isn't even tempted by the open door to move from his spot by the heat register.
The sun rises brilliantly and then settles behind the same grey clouds its been keeping company with for some time. The clouds open up and snow begins to fall blanketing everything with a fresh layer of crisp white. But no matter... the sun was peeking out today and Colton didn't leave for the school bus in the dark. I hurry off to pack my bags for our big hockey weekend in the cities and smile at the way the light broke through the clouds, if only for a moment.
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I think these sunrises are the best part of the day.ReplyDelete
Gotta love the common sense of your sweet dog...ReplyDelete
It was -30 here this morning so school started two hours late. Have a great weekend.ReplyDelete
that's what i call a "snot freezer" temperature! you go outside, inhale, and your snot freezes--for real. can you say BRRRRRRR.....ReplyDelete
i know the rinks will feel balmy in comparison, but still take some extra socks! :-)
Isn't it amazing to think that we were both probably marveling at the beautiful sunrise many hours away from each other? Actually this morning as I drove to work, I thought...sure wish I had a camera. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!ReplyDelete
Vicky, I saw it too, and wanted to take a photo, but I couldn't really get it right. Thanks for doing that for me. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 3, 2013 at 12:44 AM
The light broke out through the clouds and you were there to catch it...beautiful Vicky ...If the temperature does not warm up soon, you'll be all transformed in ice cubes :-)ReplyDelete
Sending you love xo
beautiful capture, and expression with words. WOW, that's cold. I won't complain about our temps.ReplyDelete
I can't believe how cold it has been there right now--yikes! I hope you had a nice hockey weeeknd in Mpls. STAY WARM!!!ReplyDelete
-23 is crazy! They should close down schools when it's so cold! The sound of warm coffee on a cold morning makes me feel so good!!ReplyDelete
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Besides its massive total height, the thing that impressed me the most about Multnomah Falls, located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge other than its massive total height was the slightly defining roar it generates. Particularly when experienced from the bowl-like basin at the bottom of the falls.
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Genieve Figgis, Queen and her family (after Franz Xaver Winterhalter), 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 140 cm, 39 3/8 x 55 1/8 inches.
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is presenting a group exhibition, Painting Someone. The exhibition is on view from November 6 to December 26, 2020.
Painting Someone gathers together 16 artists Brian Calvin, Alejandro Cardenas, Genieve Figgis, Michael Hilsman, Jason Fox, Marcus Jahmal, Aaron Johnson, Allen Jones, Haley Josephs, Sam McKinniss, César Piette, Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, Vaughn Spann, Phyllis Stephens, Genesis Tramaine and Chloe Wise who blur the distinction between figuration and abstraction to come up with portraits fitting for the 21st century. Most of the works were made in 2020, presumably in isolation. Yet, even without models, friends or family to pose in the studio, these artists offer a panopticon of faces lifted above the dread of the current moment by an array of unique responses. This diverse group of artists hold one thing in common: they employ imagination rather than replication, elevating their subjective point of view above straight-forward attempts at realism.
With grids on Zoom and jpegs on Instagram and WeChat, our most common encounters now take place on screens. Yet many of the artists in this exhibition are able to recall real-time intimacy without specifying the identities of their subjects. In some instances, acquaintances seem emboldened by posing for a portrait, staring out at viewers with a gaze that telegraphs pride in their identity. Others convey the fluidity of identity, using abstraction to blur the edges of facial recognition. Their seemingly opposite approaches to the issue of identity are not necessarily in conflict, as critics and curators have begun to welcome both points of view as an interrogation of the role of portraiture in art history.
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The value of a painted portrait in the age of mass media may seem tarnished or devalued. Yet, several of these artists demonstrate that the face is an apt vehicle for a number of issues, both social and aesthetic. Albeit, the artist is an unreliable narrator, elevating their subjectivity above representation and allowing their personal gaze to dominate and control the viewers glimpse of what may-or-may-not be reality. It is a balancing act between confidence as an artist and a self-deprecating sense of play, challenging the stereotype of a portraitist as an all-knowing genius.
Celebrity culture cannot avoid impacting our current ideas about portraiture, as Chloe Wise and Sam McKinniss make clear. British artist Allen Jones, representing an earlier generation of Pop artists, contributes the painting, (From) The Gods, 2017 the only work in the show not created during quarantine which offers a glimpse into the sexual canoodling of a group of theater-goers. Even when the subject is relatively anonymous, they are often worthy of our attention. Vaughn Spann has created a stunning picture of a stylish Black man wearing a polka-dot shirt, green hat and sunglasses standing by the window with a view of an idealized landscape. It is a portrait of a man who is clearly successful, or at least very satisfied with himself, worthy of hanging near the kings and rulers of art history.
Self-taught artist Marcus Jahmal, the youngest in the show, says it best with his work, Quarantine, 2020, in which a Black man with a single dread dropping from his hat faces off with a nude woman beckoning from across the canvas, an ascension scene for contemporary times. They are separated by a single tree, perhaps the Tree of Life, perhaps a dying sycamore on his street in Bushwick. The painting conveys the mixture of loneliness and frustration that has befallen lovers during the time of Covid-19, but with a sense of both sorrow and humor. It is the composition part Matisse, part Romare Bearden that strikes us first before we analyze the faces of the couple on view.
Painting Someone demonstrates that the age-old rivalry between figuration and abstraction has been ameliorated by a school of artists who take the best from both and merge them into fascinating and challenging paintings. The roots of this endeavor might be said to go back as far as Picasso. Yet, this has been updated by artists who create vivid statements by questioning the value of a portrait in a world where billions of such images exist. Even those artists less concerned with mass media have waded into the field of figurative abstraction for a wide variety of reasons, such as interrogating the hierarchical nature of portraiture in art history. Many others are simply trying to make work that connects on a visual level, depicting a person it doesnt matter who in order to explore new aesthetic challenges. The great news is that as artists who once would have been criticized for blurring the boundaries between figuration and abstraction are now praised and celebrated. Artists have led the way.
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Among my many strange interests is a fascination with ancient Roman coins. In particular I like the silver and gold coinage of the Roman "imperatorial" period and early empire, starting in 49 BC and extending through the mid-second century. It's a fascinating time in history when epic figures like Julius Caesar, Pompey, Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Augustus, Livia, and Caligula duked it out with their rivals for control of the empire. To be clear, my interest isn't in hard-core academic issues like Roman monetary policy or the provincial economies. I focus on the lurid stuff like political intrigue, badass gladiators, illicit love affairs, and assassinations. Roman coins interest me because they record all this craziness in their designs—they're a visual bonanza for present-day gawkers like me.
One particularly amazing silver "denarius" features Marc Antony—who looks surprisingly like Tony Bennett—on one side and a tiara-wearing Cleopatra on the other. Who wouldn't be psyched to see the actual portraits of these near-mythical figures right in his hand? My favorite coin, known as the "EID MAR denarius," was minted by Brutus after he murdered Julius Caesar. The obverse features the killer himself looking grim and sanctimonious. The other side shows a pileus cap, a symbol of freedom, set between two assassin's daggers. Talk about an audacious bit of propaganda. Then there's a later bronze "sestertius" with a decidedly more somber tone. It shows a mule-drawn wagon bearing the remains of Agrippina the Elder, the mother of Caligula, who died in exile from starvation and was brought back to Rome by her grieving son.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature of some Roman coins, though, is how the portraits of emperors never seem to age. For example, the early coins of Octavian (who renamed himself Augustus when he took control of the empire) show a slender and intense young man with a scruffy beard. When he becomes emperor, the portraits stop looking so realistic and morph into a kind of state-sanctioned representation of the ideal Roman man: aquiline nose, muscular neck, serious but compassionate eyes, small mouth with lips set tight against each other. Over 40 years of Augustus's reign, his image remains suspended in this state of perpetual youth. The same thing happened in varying degrees with other emperors like Tiberius, Claudius, Domitian, Trajan, and Hadrian. It leaves you wondering at what point Augustus and the imperial portrait artists decided to freeze his image and, more enticingly, what the legendary emperor looked like in his 70s.
Freeze-Framing Our Lives
This kind of idealized portraiture isn't really a Roman thing. In fact, the Romans were more known for extreme realism—"warts and all"—in their portraits during the Republican period. When emperors began depicting themselves as godlike and ageless, they were borrowing from Hellenistic portrait traditions, Rome having conquered Greece in the second century BC and begun to register Greek influence in their own art and philosophy soon after.
When I look at portraits of Augustus, I can't help but think how his coinage manipulated the public narrative of his life. "I'm still powerful and potent," the images proclaim. "The passing of time has no effect on me." I think there's a 21st-century business opportunity here. After all, we're all obsessed with aging and mortality. I can imagine a technology that lets us present ourselves in a perpetual state of salubrity where every aspect of our lives is ideal, uplifting, optimistic. Just as Augustus and Domitian did, we could sanitize our personal narratives, eliminating from our stories antidepressant prescriptions, bald spots, chronic disease, and dark family secrets. The world would see us as gleaming paragons of a life well lived.
Never mind. Facebook has that covered.
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Joachim Zielinski discusses whether or not Liverpool should sign German left back, Jonas Hector. Many fullbacks have been linked but what makes him so special?
Jonas Hector is a German footballer who plays as a left back for FC Köln in the Bundesliga. He started his career at SV Auersmacher in 2009 and then in 2010 he was transferred to Köln's second team. It was only in the 2012/13 season when he got promoted to the first team.
He has experienced success, both individual and on a team level having won the Bundesliga as well as Köln's Player of the Season in the 2014/15 season. He was also named Köln's Winner of the Year by Express, who gave him the nickname "Mr. Reliable."
Since Köln's promotion in 2013 he has played 55 out of a possible 57 games. His stamina and lack of injury problems has caught Joachim Löw's interest and he was called up by Löw after just 11 top-flight games.
He's also very tall, standing at 185 cm makes him important for defending set-pieces. He's also good at one v one defending. He's good at combination play, which is needed to help him down the wing to whip over a cross. According to Squawka, Hector is a very good passer too, with an accuracy of 82% in the recent season. He only made two defensive errors in the last two seasons, meanwhile Moreno has made 6 defensive errors
"We have full-backs who are trained in their clubs but defensively. Jonas Hector makes good plays in Cologne but rather in a defensive, basic order, which is a bit geared towards the counterattack." – Germany's manager, Joachim Löw.
"Jonas Hector's position with us is left-back. I know he played in midfield for Cologne, but that is not going to happen with us" – Germany's manager, Joachim Löw.
"Because of his game intelligence Jonas is a player who has mastered all the positions on which it comes to organisation, playmaking and order" – Köln's boss, Peter Stoger.
Hector has a deal at the Rhein Energie Stadion that expires in 2018.
There is no buyout clause in his contract, but it's believed Köln would look for a fee of around £12 million.
Like Ricardo Rodriguez and Alberto Moreno, he may be guilty of getting caught playing a little too high sometimes, but he's a safer pair of hands defensively, his delivery is far less erratic and he'll fit well into Jürgen Klopp's way of playing. I still believe we should sign Ricardo Rodriguez as he's a better player overall, and he has something we have missed for years now – set-piece specialist.
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Ayob, Amran (2003) Stress analysis of piping elbows using FEM. The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM), 64 (3). pp. 13-19. ISSN 012-513X
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This study concerns the stress analysis of 908 smooth piping elbows with circular cross section and straight tangent pipes. The finite element method (FEM) is used for stress analysis of elbows having a wide range of bend and pipe factors. The main aim of the study is to review the stress behaviour when an elbow is subjected to loadings of in-plane bending, lorsion and in/ernal pressure The study includes the effect of end constraint, pipe faclor, bend radius and load coupling behaviour. The study shows that the stress level is influenced by end constraint, pipe factor and bend radius. with thinner elbows being affected to a larger extent.
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By the way, this was taken during our vacation this summer when we stopped for lunch at a rest area between Albuquerque and Cuba, NM.
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I don't see anything different.ReplyDelete
I had to refresh before it showed up correctly. I think the picture was probably called the same as the previous flower picture, and Firefox thought it was already cached.ReplyDelete
Very nice picture! I like it.
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I like the flowers, but I am a girl (just in case you didn't know that already)! The truck and trailer fit your life though.ReplyDelete
After all, this is about "The Lafferty's Life", not a bunch of flowers. What is more central to their lives now than the home they live and travel in?ReplyDelete
- RichardJanuary 19, 2006 at 8:29 AM
Daryl got the intent exactly! What is it with women and flowers? (Sorry Mom. I realize you are a woman. Maybe just not as mushy as most.)ReplyDelete
I like it much better than the flowers. That's why I changed my banner almost immediately. It certianly reflects your life a lot more.ReplyDelete


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By Shereena Honary
With rising interest in Chinese and South Korean studies, many universities across the U.S. fear waning enrollment in Japanese studies. The UI, however, has managed to buck the trend, with Japanese studies enrollment numbers on the rise the past 3 years.
In view of the program's success, several UI faculty and programs banded together to apply for the Japan Foundation's Institutional Project Support Grant. The grant is designed to support innovative and sustained growth of Japanese studies in the U.S., but it is not an award that is easily obtained.
"In recent years, the Japan Foundation has funded only 3-5 institutional requests per year in North America," said Kendall Heitzman, assistant professor of Japanese Literature and Culture in the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures (ASLL).
So, when word was received of the grant's approval in April 2015, the accomplishment was nothing short of impressive. Professor Morten Schlütter, director of the Center for Asian and Pacific Studies (CAPS), says it is "by far the biggest grant for program-building in Japanese studies available to U.S. universities."
"With the matching funds from various parts of the UI, it will be worth well over $650,000 going towards advancing Japanese studies on campus in many different ways," Professor Schlütter told the Daily Iowan in an interview.
The recent growth in the Japanese studies program did not develop overnight, nor without devoted faculty. In fact, the Department of Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures has been working to rebuild the Japanese program the past several years, hosting cultural events and symposia to increase the program's visibility.
Japanese language students at the University of Iowa (photo courtesy of DWLLC)
"Our faculty have done a tremendous job in stimulating interest and in developing innovative programming," says Russ Ganim, director of Division of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures. "Clearly, the Japan Foundation sees exciting things going on at the UI and has formally recognized our accomplishments and our potential with this grant."
The plans outlined in the proposal will begin with hiring a new tenure-track position in Japanese literature and visual culture, to begin in the fall of 2016. In addition to the tenure-track hire, the project is comprised of several other exciting elements approved for funding:
- Visiting Japanese Writers to the International Writing Program (IWP)
- Creation of an East Asian Reading Room, Offices, and Visual Literature Collection at the University of Iowa Main Library
- International Conferences
- Visiting Japanese Artists and Scholars Series
- Study Tours of Japan for Faculty and Graduate Students
- Travel and Research Support for Faculty and Graduate Students in Japanese Studies
- K-12 Teacher Training Workshops
- Belin-Blank Center Summer Program on Japanese Culture for High-School Students
The title of the proposal, "The Past in the Present, the Present in the Past: New Horizons for Japanese Literature and Culture in a Digital World," aims to bridge contemporary Japan with traditional, pre-modern Japanese literature and culture. This is because understanding Japan's past is crucial to studying its contemporary elements. The bright and vibrant culture and history of Japan is often overshadowed when Americans focus on Japan's pop culture favorites, such as anime or manga, or icons such as Hello Kitty, Totoro, or Power Rangers.
Although pop culture sparks initial curiosity for students going into Japanese studies, many are unaware of the very history from where their pop favorites originate. Not mere decades in time, but centuries of art and literature inspire the modern creations. Records of combined images and text found on scrolls and manuscripts, oral and written histories, folk tales and ghost stories, all contribute to an incredibly sophisticated literary past. Students will therefore benefit from a revamped Japanese studies curriculum seeking to fuse the past and present in an academically valuable way.


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Kingdom Hearts
Sephiroth is an optional boss in Kingdom Hearts. He is accessable only after unlocking the Hades Cup. He'll be right below the Hades Cup inside the ???? match when you first unlock it. After that, it will turn into the Platinum Match. Level requirements will depend on skill level, but once you see his pattern of movements, you can defeat him easily at lower and lower levels. Being level 100 won't give you that much more of an advantage, unless you severely lack defense and HPs. Equipment is a bigger concern.
The best equipment armors you can wear are Gaia Bangles. They will give you the largets HP boost as well as much needed defense. Make sure you can take 2-3 of his hits before you go critical. Anything that boosts HP + Def is recommended, but Gaia Bangles are the best, so try and synth 3 of them. Your keyblade is up to you, I used Oathbringer for the critical hits, my first time I went up against him, but some like Black Chocobo for the extra reach. It depends on how close you can get before you can hit him. If you aren't comfortable getting as close, use the Black Chocobo. You might even consider Lionheart or Oathbringer (for the critical blows), or any other weapon that boosts magic power for increases cure effect. This will depend on your HPs. If you have a lot, you'll want the extra magic power for your cure, so you can gain more per cast.
Equip as many Elixers as you can. Yes, they get used up during Collesium battles, but you saved your game before you faced him and died (and your Elixers were gone without killing him), right? If you don't have enough Elixers to fill your slots, use Mega Ethers. Refilling your MP is much better than refilling your life, but Elixers are really what you want to be using.
Equip MP Haste, MP Rage, Critical Plus, Dodge Roll,
Second Chance
Strike Raid
Other abilities won't really matter. However, I suggest NOT equipping Sonic Blade, Ars Arcanum, and Ragnarok. You'll want to always be able to use Strike Raid when you want it.
Sephiroth's Attacks
Basic Sword Slash:
Sephiroth does a basic standing sword slash. His sword has an incredibly long reach. If you're good, try parrying it. More often than not, I simply got hit by this, and cured after 2-3 of them.
Teleport Sword Slash:
Sephiroth does a teleport somewhere around you, generally behind you, and then follows with a sword slash. This can get annoying, because you lose your target lock on him. Damage is about the same as a Basic Sword Slash. He'll also do almost every time after you land a combo, sometimes interrupting your combo.
Flame Pillar:
Sephiroth summons a huge pillar of flame to surround him. He is not invincible while he does this, so take advantage of it. Unfortunately, you can't get close enough to him while he does it to hit him.. or can you? He normally does this attack after 2-3 sword slashes, and after interrupting Sin Harvest.
Sin Harvest:
Sephiroth teleports into a corner and summons some nasty voodoo against you. This move will hurt! Do not let it hit you! It will reduce your HPs to 1 (if you have Second Chance equipped), and your MPs to 0. It will kill you outright if you don't have Second Chance. After he does this, he will normally do a Teleport Sword Slash and try and kill you. If you interrupt this move (by hitting him), he'll immediately go into a Flame Pillar.
Sephiroth does a frenzy of standing and leaping blows, then leaps up and does a finisher. This will hurt very much, but I've noticed the hits don't stun, so you can dodge roll away and Cure in the middle of his tantrum if you want. Just be wary of the last blow, because it takes a chunk of life. After he's done, he's winded for a second, so get a few hits in.
Darkness Ball Attack:
Sephiroth summons 5-8 Darkness Balls that surround him, then he closes in on you, and does as Basic Sword Slash as the Darkness Balls draw in close to you. He will also do a Teleport Sword Slash here as well, if you dodged the Darkness Balls and his Basic Sword Slash. Doesn't really do a whole lot of damage, but it can keep you stunned if you get hit by a lot of them. I basically mashed Cure here, and waited for an opening to hit him.
Meteor Shower:
Sephiroth turns white and summons a bunch of meteors. They circle around him slowly, causing you damage if you get hit. Then the meteors get sucked into a black hole over his head, then a huge meteor from the black hole hits you. He's invincible (at least from my testing) while he's doing this, so just try and stay away, and cure as needed.
Sephiroth has a very long reach with his sword. Do not underestimate your own reach. Using the MP Rage abilities, you should gain MP every time you get hit, enough to cast Cure. Obviously, this makes things easier if you're not spending time using items to regain your precious MP. Hit him when he's open, and try to avoid getting hit. Wait for your opening, just don't swing blindly. You'll die if you keep doing that. The basic strategy here is to whittle him down slowly but surely (hence the emphasis on defense and HPs), while ensuring that you stay alive.
Phase 1:
Sephiroth uses Basic Sword Slash, Teleport Sword Slash (when you combo), and Flame Pillar. Dodge Roll his Basic Sword Slash if you can, or parry it if you're really good. He will run all over the place, and attack you at different angles. If you get hit, don't fret. You *NEED* to get hit in order to keep your MPs up. This is very important, as your MPs will cure you. Using Cura or Curaga if you have it, you should pretty much refill your HPs with 1 casting. You may also use whatever form of Aero you have, but at 2 MPs casting cost, I normally skip it. As discussed in the equipment section, you might want to even use a weapon that enhances your magic power and MPs. When he does his Flame Pillar, that's your chance! Dodge Roll away from him quickly, then use your Strike Raid to hit him through his flames. After a few of these, his life bar should begin to move. You may try and normal combo attack him here, but I don't recommend it, because more often than not, he'll use Teleport Sword Slash, and hit you from behind. When his life gets down to when the Yellow bar is visible, he'll teleport and say "come on".
Phase 2:
Sephiroth will start doing Teleport Slashes and become in my opinion, slightly faster. Maybe he just attacks you more often. But the big thing here is his Sin Harvest. He'll teleport away from you into a corner somewhere, then he'll say "Sin Harvest" and have a rainbow-like glow around him. Then you'll notice that same rainbow-like glow over your head. At this point, it's too late. You're gonna get hit by it, and your HPs will now become 1, and your MPs will be 0. Directly following this, he'll use a Teleport Slash, and impale you. Here's the strategy: Sin Harvest is your time to nail him. Do not get close to him and hit him, unless you just happen to be near him when he teleports and starts doing Sin Harvest. If you interrupt his Sin Harvest, he'll immediately go into a Flame Pillar. This isn't good if you're standing near him. Stand away, near the center of the arena, then when he teleports, quickly press R2 to lock onto to him. If you hear "Sin Harvest", quickly use your Strike Raid to nail him. It will interrupt his Sin Harvest, making you immune. If his Sin Harvest attack manages to go through, use an Elixer right before it actually affects you. If you time it correctly, you'll go through the item animation, Sin Harvest will hit, then your item will take effect. This is why you have Second Chance and those Elixers... just in case it hits. After that little exchange, dodge roll and/parry his Basic and Teleport Slashes, then wait for him to use Sin Harvest again, and repeat. He'll also use Omnislash for the first time. You can either get hit by this and cure like mad during it, or use Strike Raid to become invincible. I normally get hit a few times at the beginning of this to regain MP, then cancel into a Strike Raid to avoid the final hits of his attack. When he's done with his Omnislash, combo him, or continue to hit him with Strike Raid. Just get some hits in. After you knock his life down to where the Green is just barely visible.
Phase 3:
Sephiroth gets really angry here. A black and green vortex will surround him, and he'll have a white glow. Instead of relying on Sin Harvest, he'll be hurling other nasty voodoo at you, namely Darkness Balls and Meteors. While he's doing Darkness Balls, you can hit him. So make use of it. You'll need to cast Cure frequently here, so don't hesitate. When he does his Meteor attack, he's invincible (at least from my testing). Avoid the meteors as best you can, and quickly pop out the cures. Occassionally he will use Sin Harvest during this phase. Don't let it throw you off guard! He uses it infrequently here, and often at strange times, like right after his Meteor Shower. Sometimes he'll just do a Teleport Slash after it, and sometimes he'll teleport into Sin Harvest. My advice is to *NOT* cast Cure after the final meteor blast, and wait to see what he does. If you hear Sin Harvest, nail him with Strike Raid. If not, dodge roll, then Cure. He'll also use Omnislash here again as well, and it will be more powerful. Just repeat the strategy you used in Phase 2 for that, and you'll be okay. He'll infrequently use Flame Pillar, especially if you're close to him. Try and dodge roll away, then launch into a Strike Raid attack to hit him for some damage. Remember to cure! After this phase, he's dead.
Can't beat him?
Don't worry. You will die a lot until you get used to his incredible range and his timing. If you're dying in the first phase, either you aren't curing properly, or you don't have enough defense. Try levelling, or synthing items like Defense UP and Gaia Bangles. If it happens during the second phase, it's probably due to Sin Harvest. You must quickly press R2 to lock onto him, then nail him with Strike Raid. If you can't seem to do that, rely on Elixers. Get your Elixer ready when you see him doing Sin Harvest, then quaff it just before Sin Harvest hits. If you're dying during the third phase, it's either from Sin Harvest, or from his Meteors. I never died from his Omnislash, becuase you can cure in the middle of it. If you're having trouble against that move, raise your defense or use Strike Raid during it. Save your game before fighting: Unless you have 99 Elixers, you aren't going to want to waste them and not kill him. Load your item slots up with Elixers, get your abilities you want, equip the stuff you want, then save. If you die, just reset, so you still have your Elixers in tact.
What you win for killing Sephiroth:
After you defeat him, you'll gain a great deal of exp. 18,000 to be exact. Sephiroth will just stagger back, float up, and disentegrate into particles of energy. Whether or not you killed him, or he just teleported away is up for debate. Also, you'll gain his biographical information in Jiminy's Journal.
Here's the quote from the journal entry:
"Once known as the greatest of swordsmen, his wehereabouts have been unkown for some time. He challenged Sora to a on-on-one duel. No one knows why he has suddenly returned. Apparently, he and Cloud have crossed paths before."


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by Carol A. Westbrook
I have 23 first cousins. Me and my 23 cousins are not particularly interested in our genealogy or our genetics. We know our roots: Polish ancestry via our common grandparents, and Polish on both sides for me; pictured here are my paternal grandparents. We know that we will eventually succumb to cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke or high blood pressure), while no other serious diseases run in the family. And we all look alike, as you can see from this picture of a recent cousins-only reunion.
In truth, I don't have 23 first cousins, I have 30. I have nine cousins on my mother's side. I have twenty-one on my father's side, most of whom were at the reunion in the picture, and all of whom are descended from our common Polish grandparents, Eva and Marek Garstka, pictured at the top of this article. I use the phrase "23 cousins" figuratively, as it is a convenient segue to the topic of the DNA test service, 23andMe. Initially I was dismissive of this genealogy-based service because, like most of my cousins, I felt that there was nothing to learn from genetic testing. I know my medical heritage, I don't need to confirm that I was 100% Polish, and I, for one, was not interested in using this service to find any more relatives. I have too many already.
I had been resisting 23andMe for another reason: because I am a genome junky, and I am on the wagon. I love having my DNA tested. I feel a kinship with DNA testing because I did research in the US Human Genome Program for twenty years of my career. I had had my own genome sequenced by Illumina, about 2 years ago, at considerable expense. (See my post of April 23, 2014, My Genome Report Card). I realized then that I had to stop spending money on DNA tests and have sworn them off since then.
What changed my mind was my husband. The discussion went like this,
"You have no culture. You are truly Neanderthal," he said.
"No, you are more Neanderthal than I am, " I responded.
"Okay, prove it," he countered.
So we both ordered the 23andMe kits.
We sent in our money and got the kit in the overnight mail. We collected out spit in the tubes and mailed it in. A few weeks later we were each notified by email that our results were available, so we logged into the secure web site and went straight to the ancestry section on "Neanderthal DNA."
Yep. I was right. I he was more Neanderthal than I was, his 295 cave-man genes to my 279. A slight margin, but not enough, he pointed out, to secure the nomination.
But there was more to learn from 23andMe.
Not surprisingly, I did not carry genes for any of 36 recessive diseases tested by 23andMe, most of which are rare diseases of childhood. I already knew this from my Illumina sequence. Unlike Illumina, though, 23andMe does not test for serious dominant diseases that show up later in life, such as breast cancer, Lou Gehrig's Disease, or Huntington's Disease.
23andMe tests for traits, and accurately predicted that I have light skin with minimal freckling, blonde, straight hair, and blue eyes, and that I don't have a cleft chin, dimples, or a widow's peak. It also reported that I was likely to be a heavy consumer of caffeine and a runner, but not a deep sleeper. All true. I can taste bitter, I can smell asparagus, I prefer salty snacks to sweet, and don't flush with alcohol (though I flush for other reasons). I have the gene for lactose intolerance, though this was puzzling because I'm not bothered by dairy products, which I consume daily.
Many people have found long-lost relatives through 23AndMe, including orphans, people sired by sperm donors, and people whose real father is not the guy on their birth certificate. My 23andMe report showed that I was related to 1,611 of their customers who chose to share their information! However, no one was closer than 4th cousin, and all had less than 1% DNA shared with me, slightly less than eight degrees of separation. This is a relief. I do not need any more first or second cousins, thank you.
Moving on to ancestry, Rick found that he was 94.2% Eastern European or "Broadly" European, with a smattering of Northwestern European, as to be expected for someone who is 100% Lithuanian. No surprises there.
My ethnic ancestry reports confirmed that I was 99.7% European, but instead of 100% Eastern European or "Broadly" European, I was only 84.3! The remainder, of my DNA, 13.2%, was from Southern European, primarily from the Balkans area, with a bit of Sardinia and "General Southern European" thrown in. That means I was not 100% Polish, but I was about one-eighth "something else."
Wow, that's a surprise. One of my four grandparents was only half Polish! But which one? And from what side of the family? And what was his or her other half? Who was the unknown great grandparent, the mysterious stranger in the family?
I asked around in my family.
As it turns out, the identity of our great-grandparents is clouded in obscurity, due to immigration and loss of Eastern European church and civil records during the war. What I know, though, is that my father's father, Marek, is likely to be illegitimate, while the grandmother on my mother's side is the daughter of an illegitimate mother. At the turn of the last century, this was a good reason on its own for a young Catholic person to migrate and keep mum about his or her roots.
What little data we have is the baptismal birth certificate of my maternal grandmother, which indicated she was the daughter of an illegitimate woman and a Polish father whose parents may have been "Greek". Further confusing the issue was a family tradition on my father's family that my paternal grandfather, known to be illegitimate, had an unknown father who was "Greek."
I put "Greek" in quotation marks because it is hard to imagine that each of these families, both from central Poland, had any occasion to run into someone from Greece. People didn't travel far from their homes in those days, and my grandparents lived about as far from the sea as you could be in Europe. I toyed with the idea of a Jewish wanderer, but 23andMe showed that I did not carry and Ashkenazi Jewish genes. Because of the Balkan genetics, I suspect that the mysterious stranger was a visitor from nearby Romania or Hungary. Perhaps in those days, any swarthy, mysterious, Southern-appearing stranger would be called a "Greek" in Poland.
We will never know who was this mysterious stranger and where he came from. There is no one to ask, as the suspect grandparents, and all of their first generation offspring (my parents, uncles and aunts) are deceased.
But that's not the end of the story. We may yet have a chance at finding out what side of the family carries these non-Polish genes if we use genetics. That is, if a cousin on each side would go ahead and do the 23andMe test, we could see which of them carries this Southern European ancestry. Yet it gets complicated. We would have to eliminate cousins that have parents of other ethnicities, who are half Italian or half German, for example. We would have to limit the study to those who are 100% Polish, sharing one pair of grandparents with me, and the other pair all Polish. And who's to say they don't also have a mysterious "Greek" ancestor in their family also?
I will bring it up at the next family reunion. But until we have the genome sequences for most of the rest of the earth's population, we won't be able to locate any of our presumed long-lost relatives. That is a relief. Our family reunion could become unwieldy with 1,611 more cousins.


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