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A New Beginning
I am truly very excited to be able to write my thoughts, ideas and show you my latest images here on my newly re-designed site. Awesome!! I'm currently working on a new idea for a body of work that is a hybrid of my previous coloured city and metro motion series.
In my mind, I had visualized these streak photographs of blurred coloured lines flying across the frame from the lower corner and growing wider as they moved to the opposite edge.
I've been doing some preliminary shooting tests trying to figure out the best light conditions, process and equipment to use. So far it isn't going as well as I had hoped. Initially I thought it would be a simple matter (ha!) of shooting with a pinhole in daylight with the camera clamped to my bike while I ride around town looking for the appropriate subject material. Wellll…. so far, not quite.
The pinhole shots while beautiful in their own way, are too mushy for my taste. Not what I had envisioned. Although… now that I take a look at them with fresh eyes…. hmmm.
This morning I tried shooting with my 28-200mm lens set at 200mm and f22 with an ISO of 100 (the slowest my good buddy Paedric's Fuji S3 will go – I am going for a long exposure to maximize blur – ironically I don't yet own a digital SLR… even though I am a photographer I don't have a serious camera… okay not totally true, I do have two Nikon f90 film bodies which I haven't used in about 5 years, and my iPhone and a little Canon point and shoot – I digress).
Today's images are a little more promising. There's a little more definition in them which is better and the occasional ghostly outline of recognizable objects – not too bad. It seems as though a slightly overcast day is best – not so bright for longer exposures and not so contrasty. Perhaps I need to shoot at dusk or dawn in lower light. We'll see.
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Vegan Christmas Pie
The perfect vegan main dish for Christmas. Makes a great centerpiece for the table and tastes insanely good!
6 servings
- 1 cup green lentils
- 2½ cups vegetable broth
- 1 cup toasted pecans, roughly chopped
- 3 Tablespoons ground flax
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 Tablespoon coconut oil
- ½ leek, chopped
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- 1 large or 2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
- ½ teaspoon dried tarragon
- ¾ cup gluten-free rolled oats
- ½ cup gluten-free all-purpose flour
- 1 gluten-free pie shell, thawed for 10 minutes
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Add the lentils to a medium pot with the vegetable broth. Cover, and bring to a simmer and cook for 35 to 40 minutes until liquid is absorbed and lentils are soft, even mushy. Take a potato masher and mash the lentils until about two thirds of the lentils are mush. This lentil mush makes everything hold together nicely.
- In a small bowl mix together the flax with water and thicken. It will take about 10 minutes to thicken.
- In a large pan, heat the coconut oil in a pan over medium high heat. When hot, add the leeks, celery and carrots and saute until they soften and begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Add in the garlic, salt, thyme, rosemary and tarragon and saute about 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl, mix the lentils, toasted pecans, veggies, flax mixture, oats and flour together, and set aside.
- Transfer the lentil mixture into the pie shell, smooth it out and bake for 25-30 minutes, until crust is golden brown. Slice into 6 pieces, serve up with your Christmas dinner and enjoy!

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Friday, 18 November 2016
Twinkl printables for all ages
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Twinkle looks great. I've seen some reviews before and I think I need to check them out for myself. btw your house sounds like my house with the bickering and all needing help right now!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Kirsty! Please feel free to tag a look around Twinkl at http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/australian-resources Please let us know what you think, and if you need any any questions answered, please do not hesitate to contact firstname.lastname@example.com
I can only imagine how useful activities like this will be when the school holidays kick in! (Or have they already?)ReplyDelete
I know that when kids are on breaks they are always bored... haha when we would come up to my mom when we were kids and say that we "were bored" she would give us a chore to do. Stopped us from saying that really fast. I love this Twinkle idea though. The Marvel figures look a lot like the Pop Figures you see around. I know lots of kids that would love them :)ReplyDeleteReplies
You should definitely come and check out our resources Joscelin http://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/australian-resourcesDelete
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That looks very cool. I really need to start planning ahead for school holidays. Two more weeks to go!ReplyDelete
They look great for the school holidays I really like the look of the 3d paper figuresReplyDelete
Oh my god I've spent so many hours trawling Twinkl for activities. I have so many planned for Christmas.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yay! I'm so glad that you're still loving the resources. I don't have any children and I have my eye on a few things that I want to make :-) There is so much to choose from, it's addictive!Delete
Hi Cate!ReplyDelete
What a lovely review! We are so glad that you've absolutely enjoyed the resources that Twinkl have to offer, as well as of course your children. They look like they've had an absolute ball. We hope that our teaching materials and resources keep them busy these Christmas holidays :-)


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What should I wear to Dodger Stadium? What should I bring? Where should we eat beforehand?
Because I've got a date...A DATE WITH DESTINY!
Random rantings and ravings about the Los Angeles Dodgers, written by a small consortium of rabid Dodger fans. With occasional comments on baseball, entertainment, pop culture, and life in general.
What should I wear to Dodger Stadium? What should I bring? Where should we eat beforehand?
Because I've got a date...A DATE WITH DESTINY!
Oh, do tell girlfriend.
Are you shaving your legs?
What about, um, "gardening"?
Living in Boston, I have no chance of going to the game, however, some of the best games I have been to at the stadium, the Dodgers got destroyed...but the crowd was rowdy and into it. I am positive that the tightness of the Cub fans adversely affected their play. SO everyone going, be loud even if we fall behind and dont let these losers get any momentum!! GO BLUE!
Esquinazo, you never know. A girl might get lucky.
My date with Destiny costed $20 and lasted less than three minutes. I swear the DJ plays the shortest vesions of the songs he can find.
This girl actually has to go to a birthday party at some random hot spot. No date but she doesn't want one either. If someone can come with a valid excuse to miss such party, so she can stay at home with her customized Dodger jersey, will be more than welcome.
How about this excuse: Gotta watch the Dodgers win tonight!
I'll be there, too, Orel. But I'm in the bleachers. Front row, section 313. Look for me when Manny hits a homer!
Orel, that was the very first thing i said. Answer: can't you be normal and act like a girl for one night?. Me: this is not an ordinary game, it's way way important and i've been waiting for 20 years for this. Her: there are more important things than baseball. Me: REALLY?
ERin, i hope you can catch one of the couple of HRs of Manny tonight.
Priorities, Karina!
Bring your mitt, Erin!
Don't worry--I'll have my glove with me. If a ball is hit toward me or thrown at me, I'm not missing it.
I'm pumped.
What a girl (cough, cough, I mean mature woman)takes to a Dodger game: cash, credit card, license, lip gloss. No purse, small cooler with bottles of water because I refuse to pay $5 for water. I'd rather spend my money on beer. (tee hee) My cooler has a nice side pocket for the cash and all.
Oh yeah, and gum and sunflower seeds.
4/2 vs. AZ (L, 1-2): AC, Sax
4/17 vs. NYM (L, 6-8): Sax
5/1 vs. PHI (W, 13-4): Sax
5/13 vs. SD (W, 4-2): Sax
5/30 vs. WSH (W, 9-3): Sax
7/5 vs. PIT (W, 6-4): Sax
8/30 vs. AZ (W, 7-0): Sax
8/31 vs. ATL (L, 7-8): Sax
9.22 vs. SF (L, 1-5): Sax


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In Support of Our International Students, Scholars and Families
In Support of Our International Students, Scholars and Families
Message from the President
January 29, 2017
Dear LMU Community:
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States" on Friday, Jan. 27, restricting travel and immigration of persons from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. We continue to assess the impacts of the order as government officials clarify its provisions.
LMU is contacting affected students, faculty, and/or staff, and we will continue to coordinate and support our community members as we monitor this evolving situation. We recommend persons from the named countries suspend planned travel outside of the United States until further notice.
Members of our LMU family are persons for and with others; affiliating them with terrorists violates their dignity, along with what has made and continues to make America great. In my November 18 message, I reaffirmed that "our mission and our commitment to the dignity of all persons are pillars on which we rely." I join educators and citizens nationwide and oppose an order that limits our ability to fulfill LMU's educational mission in a global context and endangers the freedom of movement for the students, faculty, and scholars who vitally enrich our diverse and inclusive academic community, while also separating many of them from beloved, supporting family members. I applaud the statement from the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, among others, who condemn this executive action. Driven by our Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount values, we stand unequivocally in support of our students, regardless of nationality, religion, citizenship, and/or documentation status.
Student Affairs and Human Resources on both campuses will continue advising and assisting impacted individuals. They will provide updates as appropriate. Please keep those adversely impacted by this order in your thoughts and prayers.
With sincere appreciation and thanks,
Timothy Law Snyder, Ph.D.


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Update: Spartan HQ are editing these rules to make sure the intent is crystal clear – keep your hats on, folks!
The good folks at Spartan HQ updated their rule book today, and the collective OCR community promptly lost their shit …
The important bit, the bit that made people pull their hair out at the roots and go "NO WAY" is the T Shirt rule.
The history behind this is with Ryan Atkins and Lindsey Webster in 2015 – the Canadian elite power couple who have been dominating the North American OCR scene at Battlefrog, OCRWC, Spartan and more over the past couple of years. As Battlefrog sponsored athletes, they had a habit of wearing their sponsored gear on the podium, even if that podium happened to be at a Spartan Race. Fair enough, if you ask me – there was a company helping them meet their goals and dreams financially, so they were representing that company.
Unfortunately, someone at Spartan HQ took umbrage to this – and decided to adjust the shirts.
Photos courtesy of MudRunGuide – http://www.mudrunguide.com/2015/05/spartan-shirtstorm/
Spartan quickly backtracked on this rather ham fisted approach, and said that they would request that athletes wore Spartan shirts, to help promote the brand, and that too, is fair enough.
Fast forward to 2016. Ryan and Lindsey do pretty good in the Spartan points series and at their World Championships, and Battlefrog exit stage left – leaving the power couple sans-sponsor. So, like any self respecting elite with no sponsor and a solid sense of humor, Ryan took the podium in a Tough Mudder T Shirt.
Photo courtesy of Obstacle Racing Media – http://obstacleracingmedia.com/ocr-news/2016-spartan-world-championship-results/
So here we are, at the start of the 2017 season, and the rule books are updated. Rather than being casual about it, and simply asking people nicely – the rules are clearly mandated. To stand on that podium, you will wear that finisher (or similar) shirt. A policy that will only affect the elite of the elite, and people are upset.
Possibly, as I've seen some commentators, this comes not from Spartan, but from Reebok. Reebok famously mandate that UFC fighters wear Reebok gear. Crossfit athletes heading to the games are required to wear Reebok gear – so all the puzzle pieces fit.
My thoughts? PARTLY: So what. The rules are clear. 3 men and 3 women per prize pool will be affected, and Spartan has a pretty solid lock up of their Pro Team at most races anyway. What this is really saying is that the casual shenanigans of Ryan and Lindsey are over, and Spartan HQ are sick of not being able to use their own race podium promo photos for their marketing and business development. Welcome to the world of OCR in 2017.
The other part – the bigger part? Let these elites wear what they want. Let them get support where they can. Let them be sponsored, and represent those sponsors. Treat them with respect – and get it in return. Quit with the cheesy editing and the ham fisted rule changes – and let the athletes who support the sport of OCR do that how they can.
Clearly, no easy answer.
Whats clear, and it's been clear for a few years – Spartan have no interest in expanding the world of OCR. They are interested in expanding the brand of Spartan. Rightly or wrongly, if you care about OCR, you care about it regardless of brand. Spartan is not on that path.
Now, how about the requirement that we all must wear those stupid headbands, or face DQ? Can we have some uniting of the big headed runner who can't wear them? Can we protest on social media about that?


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Needle valves are used to accurately control flow rate. They are also suitable as reliable shut off valves. Common sizes are from 1/8" up to 2". Adjustments are gradual and smooth. A disadvantage of needle valves is the relatively large pressure drop.
Function of needle valves
Needle valves have a long-threaded plunger with a needle-shaped tapered pointed end. This tapered end can be positioned within a tapered valve seat. By rotating the threaded plunger, the tapered end can be precisely distanced from the tapered valve seat. Thereby the valve opening and consequently the flow rate can be accurately controlled between maximum and zero. In most cases, the inlet and outlet port are co-axial to each other. However, different valve configurations are available. They are generally operated manually or motorized allowing automation.
Selection Criteria
Pressure: The working pressure is an important factor in selecting the right needle valve. Robust ones can handle pressures of up to 4000-5000 psi (275-413 bar) at 100°F (38°C). When still higher pressures are required, high performance valves are available that can handle up to 10000 psi (689 bar) pressure at 100°F (38°C).
Size: Needle valves are available in a wide range of sizes and end connections. Male/female connections with inch/metric threads can be used. The most commonly available valves have size from 2 to 12 mm or 1/8" to 2". Using the right valve size facilitates efficient flow and system operation with less chances of wear and leakage.
Temperature: Needle valves can be operated at high or low temperatures. For extreme temperatures the packing/sealing used is particularly relevant. Two most commonly used packing materials are PTFE (Teflon) for a temperature range of -65°F to 450°F (-54° C to 232°C) and PEEK (Polyether Ether Ketone) for increased temperature resistance up to 600°F (315 °C).
Materials: A number of different materials are used in the valve's construction. The commonly used materials include brass, 304 or 316 stainless steel, carbon steel and Alloy 400 (Nickel based alloy).
Stainless steel is widely used for its corrosion resistance, chemical stability and high temperature resistance. Brass ones are used in hydraulic systems, high temperature applications and gas piping. Alloy 400 is used for its high strength, corrosion resistance and used mainly in marine and chemical processing applications.
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When we think of what we want for Christmas, many of us consider upgraded work-from-home peripherals as great gift options. New home office gear is a fantastic and practical choice for a holiday present, not just to give ourselves, but also to share with family, friends, and workmates. These tools are gifts that keep on giving, too, because they can help us achieve a more productive, stress-free work environment all year round.
'Tis the season to invest in high-quality, durable home office peripherals that allow us to stay always on, and boost our creativity and productivity at home or anywhere we choose to do work. Here are four of the best products from the Logitech Flagship Store in Lazada and Shopee that you can add to your Christmas wishlist today.
The powerful, precise, and silent M590 Multi-Device Silent Mouse was designed to perform, so that you can, too. With Flow enabled, you can enjoy a seamless multi-device workflow with this mouse, to effortlessly glide your cursor across two computers, and move text, images, and other files from screen to screen. Equipped with SilentTouch Technology, you are assured of less noise so you can focus more, as you do work using this mouse. Plus, its curved shape gives you great palm support for all-day comfort, while its soft rubber side-grip, and scroll wheel provide superior control.
Enjoy the sound of silence when you add the M331 Silent Plus Wireless Mouse to your work from home arsenal. Its rubber scroll wheel with tactile feel gives you a controlled line-by-line scrolling experience, so you can track and scroll with superior accuracy and precision. This mouse also provides advanced comfort for the right hand, thanks to its innovative asymmetric shape that is perfect for long hours of use. It features a long battery life, and broad compatibility, too.
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Logitech's MK295 Silent Wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo gives you the same clicking and typing feel you enjoy from the world's best-selling combo, but with 90% less keyboard and mouse noise. This perfect pair is both durable and easy to use, wirelessly connecting to your laptop or computer with virtually no drop-outs or lag. Its long-lasting battery life, plus on and off switches, let you work without interruption for up to 36 months on the keyboard, and 18 months on the mouse, before it's time to change batteries.
Be sure to check out the Logitech Flagship Store in Lazada and the Logitech Official Store in Shopee to start shopping for these awesome work from home accessories. Visit the Logitech website to learn more.


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From Million Hearts website:
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Topics include heart health risk factors, blood pressure tips, and a recipe for Vegetable and Tuna Pasta Salad.
Read more details on: https://www.goredforwomen.org/live-healthy/heart-healthy-exercises/top-fitness-tips-for-getting-heart-healthy/
1. Start with activities you love: Things like walking, dancing in your living room, bowling and even cleaning the house can count as exercise as long as you're getting a little out of breath when you're doing them.
2. Embrace the power of 10: Ten minutes of walking three times a day has been shown to lower blood pressure more effectively than a longer 30-minute bout of walking.
3. It's not just about cardio: Strength training (think lifting weights or doing bodyweight exercises like push-ups and lunges) can improve the health of your ticker, too. When you lift weights at a moderate intensity, you get your heart rate up. This means that you're working both your muscular system and your cardiovascular system.
4. Use exercise to de-stress: While most workouts will pump up your feel-good endorphins, workouts like yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi are especially good for de-stressing and improving the mind-body connection. Try 'em!
5. Support your efforts with a healthy diet: Eating a nutritious diet that's rich in fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean proteins and healthy fats is key to overall health, along with helping to give you the energy you need to power through those workouts and your everyday life.
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text: In 2009, King Engineering teamed up with Teton Structures, to design a traditional style horse barn that could be built in sections in the shop and field-assembled. Shop fabrication allows for precise construction techniques in a controlled, weather-proof environment, something rarely encountered on construction sites. The result is this versatile design that can be customized in sizes ranging from 24'x24' to 36'x72', and various architectural styles. Barns are designed in accordance with local codes, sealed with our professional engineer stamp, and can accommodate extreme loading conditions, such as 100psf snow load and 160mph ultimate wind speeds. Barns are custom designed to the customer's preferences, shop-fabricated, delivered to the site, and assembled on a site-appropriate permanent foundation, also engineered by us. To date barns have been placed throughout Wyoming and Colorado from flat prairie to mountainous properties.


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We create better spaces and homes for people all over the city!
Get in touch with us through our form or call us on 020 8050 1392!
Loft Renovations
One of the many additional loft conversion services we provide here at Merton Loft Conversion is loft renovations. Often, we renovate previously boarded, converted or extended lofts for a variety of reasons, such as wanting a change in the style or design in the room or even to correct the mistakes of previous loft converters. Sadly, we have seen in the past that a loft has been incorrectly serviced and it required a converter to correct before the loft was usable. Luckily, this is not as common as you may believe and it is relatively rare. For the most part, a renovation can include anything from the interior design of the room inside the loft, an extension or even changing the room to something differently completely.
Why renovate my loft in London?
One of the most popular reasons for us to renovate a loft is a change of mind in what the home owner wants their loft to be. Often when we convert a loft we create the room inside the loft to be a bedroom, and less commonly a home office. For whatever reason, eventually some owners decide that they no longer need an additional bedroom within their home. Instead, they decide that instead of renting out that extra bedroom for rent money they would rather turn it into a room that is more necessary like a second bathroom, a hobby room or some even decide to create a wet room instead of a bedroom. This is entirely up to the homeowner themselves and there should be very few restrictions apart from budget.
It is possible for us to renovate a previous bedroom into any type of room, and there are many examples. In the past, we have turned one customers additional bedroom into a sauna and steam room. We have also done the same for an old bathroom which was even easier because of the plumbing fixtures already being installed. We have also done the opposite by creating a bedroom from a second bathroom. To complete the renovation itself, the difficulty is to install the renovation fixtures such as electrics or plumbing. The renovation itself is relatively simple, and involves the deconstruction or removal of surplus fixtures and furniture within the old room, and installation of the new additions necessary.
Having a loft renovation is also handy if you need to change your loft rooms purpose so that you do not waste the original investment. Since the majority costs for a loft conversion comes within the boarding and insulation of the loft, you are effectively paying the majority for the ability to use it. Having made that investment without using it day to day will make that same investment unnecessary.
Investing a little bit extra to effectively utilize your loft conversion into a room that you would want to use is always worth it, especially depending on the type of renovation you decide to get. Certain loft rooms and renovations can increase your property value more than others depending on the area and home itself. If you have a loft within a 4-bedroom home, the additional bedroom may not add as much value as say a home theatre, hobby room, home office or even a wet room.
With a loft renovation, often we must complete one due to previous errors from the company or builder who originally converted the loft. We have renovated previous lofts in the past and have noticed a few things that have been incorrectly placed, installed or finished. In the past, we have seen a loft boarding placed incorrectly and without staggering, meaning that it was just a matter of time before the loft fell through.
We have also had customers complaining about their room being too hot or cold, because the previous converter has left insulation leaks throughout the walls and boarding. Sadly, we have even seen times where loft converters have installed electrical wiring or even plumbing incorrectly, leading to many health and safety and even hygiene issues. These are all easy to solve for us however, and are just one of the benefits of a loft renovation.
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text: On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:03:34PM +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > General comments. (I haven't yet read the patches line by line, but > there are some things that I noticed that we can get back to later.) > > I patched up my libvirt with all the patches (the remote patches turned > out to be necessary after all for reasons I now understand -- see below). > > Out of the box, I can do: > > # virsh pool-list > Name State Autostart > ----------------------------------------- > > Now I have to add my storage pools manually. Even after reading > previous mail on the XML formats, it was very unclear what the correct > format to use was: > > # cat /tmp/pool.xml > <pool type="fs"> > <name>xenimages</name> > <uuid>12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456781234</uuid> > <target dir="/var/lib/xen/images"/> > <permissions> > <mode>0700</mode> > <owner>0</owner> > <group>0</group> > xen_image_t > </permissions> > </pool> > > # src/virsh pool-create /tmp/pool.xml > Pool xenimages created from /tmp/pool.xml As we did with virsh attach-disk/attach-interface, vs attach-device I think it would be helpful to provide a 'virsh vol-create' variant which took a handful of explicit args as an alternative to the XML, eg virsh pool-create --type fs xenimages /var/lib/xen/images It wouldn't have the full capabilities to set every single XML attribute/element, but would be good enough so that admins didn't need to write the XML for the 95% common case. > > The first problem here is that we've got the "secret config files" > again. I know that Xen made this idiotic mistake of hiding the config > files from the world, and in libvirt we have to work around it for > domains, but there's no particular reason why we have to copy this bad, > non-Unix-like design decision into other parts of our API. The config file are not hidden/secret - they're in the usual libvirt daemon config location /etc/libvirt/storage/[pool name].xml As we do with the 'default' network, we can easily ship a canned config file for say, /var/lib/virt/images as a local directory based pool. Any other type of pool is going to be site-specific, but we can provide a selection of common example configs as needed. > I was envisaging a much more straightforward config file: > > /etc/libvirt.conf ------------------- > > disk_storage_pools: [ "/var/lib/xen/images" ] > lvm_volgroups: [ "/dev/MyXenImages" ] > ------------------------------------- That is not sufficient to describe all the metadata for the different types of storage pool. > With this, you don't need to put storage logic into libvirtd. It can > all be discovered on demand, just using the config file and the commands > already included in storage_backend_*.c The upshot is that we don't > need a daemon to manage storage pools, except in the remote case where > it's just there to do things remotely. To be honest even in the local case we need the daemon. The only reason we previously get away without having a daemon when running locally, is that the entire virt-manager app has run as root. Long term I think pretty much all libvirt clients will be going via the daemon, whether local or remote. > (To be fair, the proposed patch seems to have a config file in > /etc/libvirt/storage/storage.conf, but it's not implemented at the > moment and it is unclear what will go in here, and whether a suitable > default can be created to allow storage pools to default to something > sensible on Fedora). > > # src/virsh pool-list > Name State Autostart > ----------------------------------------- > libvir: Storage error : pool has no config file > xenimages active no autostart Opps, that error message is a bug. > There's no pool-info binding in virsh yet, but there is a corresponding > call at the libvirt level and thankfully the output is a struct. Yep, I was planning to add a pool-info API to list the capacity vs allocation of the pool & name, uuid, etc, as with dom-info. Likeiwise for the vol-info API > > Create a volume: > > # cat /tmp/vol.xml > <volume> > <name>tempvol</name> > <uuid>12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456781234</uuid> > <capacity>100000</capacity> > <allocation>100000</allocation> > <format> > <type>raw</type> > </format> > <permissions> > <mode>0700</mode> > <owner>0</owner> > <group>0</group> > xen_image_t > </permissions> > </volume> > > # src/virsh vol-create xenimages /tmp/vol.xml > (libvirtd dumped core at this point) The format type was not quite right <format type='raw'>. It obviously shouldn't dump core though! NB, <format> is actually optional - it defaults to raw. Permissions should be optional, but currently aren't. Allocation is optional too, without it, you will get a sparse file. > And I still don't think that passing XML descriptions is a good idea. > > But because you're envisaging being able to create complex volumes like > qcow, encrypted, etc., I will temper this by saying that we should have > a small core XML which all drivers MUST support. > > For example, every driver must support pools and volumes described like > this (verbatim, with no extra fields): > > <pool type="xxx"> > <name>xenimages</name> >  > <target>/var/lib/xen/images</target> >  > </pool> Yep, I intended permissions to be optional. Not all pools have a target, some only have a source. Basically name,and either target or source is the minimal set. Everything else should be optional. > and: > > <volume> > <name>tempvol</name> >  > <capacity unit="GiB">10</capacity> >  > </volume> Yes, adding units is a good idea. That looks good as a minimal dataset. 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How very pretty. I just love the biscuit bin. And I am so happy that you weren't arrested. But would it be so awful to have to spend some extra time in Wales?ReplyDeleteReplies
Trouble is, I don't speak the language!Delete
This is just the way that I picture Wales in my mind. It is nice to see such a lovely place.ReplyDeleteReplies
The museum is large, we saw only some of it. It includes a village school which is used as an educational source for present day children. They dress in Victorian costume. Hopefully the cane, hanging by the blackboard, doesn't get used!Delete
What beautiful photos, Everything does look very lush green. Your looking very happy to be arrested.ReplyDelete
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The Welsh hills did, indeed, look very lush and green and the weather today, a grey mist of falling rain, explains why! We have had some gloriously war, sunny days lately but we rarely go for long without a bit of rainfall.Delete
The '40's re-enactors were very pleasant and informative. As a child of the forties we had plenty to talk about!
That looked like a lot of fun.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes, it was, Donna. We did all the things that make a day out fun; listened to the umpa band, ate ice-cream cornets and had a good nose about.Delete
Thank you for taking us on this tour.ReplyDelete
It's fascinating, how rural life used to be alike, no matter if in Wales, Lower Austria or a remote peninsula in Japan. Basic needs are the same.
Did you ever sleep in a house with a thatched roof? Maybe something for my (nonexistent) bucket list.Replies
Yes, I've often slept under the roof of a thatched house, it was my aunt and uncle's home in rural Scotland, a decorative gatehouse at one of the entrances to a large country estate. It had a sad ending when a bird's nest caught fire in one of the chimney stacks and the whole house burnt down in the middle of the night. I visited the spot and blogged about it several years ago. A place full of wonderful memories!Delete


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Top Five Friday #26
Quick side note - I wrote a guest post over at my blogging buddy Emma's blog. If you haven't checked out her posts, you're missing out. I absolutely love her blog and it's quickly become a favorite of mine. I would love it if you stopped by and tell her hi, and let me know what you think about my post!
Asus Chromebook Flip
The Girl Next Door Podcast
Trader Joe's Antioxidant Facial Moisturizer
Lauren Conrad's NYFW Collection
12 Walks to Take in Pittsburgh
Happiness Project Update
Empire Soundtrack : Good Enough
To be completely honest, I was never really a fan of the show Empire. The songs, though, are a different story! This is definitely my favorite from the album, but I recommend checking them all out!


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Were you expecting to be on the battlefield? Get back in the rear, Sauron.
Fable Legends pits legendary heroes against less-than legendary villains, both of which can be controlled by players. But if you were expecting your villain to go toe-to-toe with the good guys, forget it; your true villain has other people do the dirty work, says Lionhead.
This Xbox One exclusive is set in the Age of Heroes, with four human, or AI, players attempting to complete a quest while the villain, again human or AI, puts a stop to their pesky interference. But the villain doesn't physically manifest on the battlefield. Instead, the villain gets to control the monsters, pitting the most powerful creatures at its disposal against the oh-so-dashing heroes. SmartGlass control is doable, but not essential, and it's even possible for a villain to play via SmartGlass in the same room as the hero player.
Still no launch date for Fable Legends.
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All the information you might need to prepare for your visit to the HideAway can be found below. If you have any questions or require further information, please don't hesitate to contact us.
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- How to get to the HideAway
- By Air
- By Ferry/Road
- Drive times/distances to Port Hardy
- By bus
- Diving
- Accommodation & Facilities
- What to Bring
- Required Dive Gear
- Recommended Additional Dive Gear
- Recommended gear list
How to get to the HideAway
Our location is a mystery shrouded in the haar, but when you've decided to visit, we'll let you in on the secret.
Our home port is Port Hardy, the largest town in the north of Vancouver Island. We'll meet you in Port Hardy at the dock at the Quarterdeck Inn's Restaurant & Pub located at 6555 Hardy Bay Road. We usually meet at 1:30pm on the trip start date, although other timing arrangements can be made. We'll load gear onto the boat and transport you to the HideAway, approximately two hours away by boat.
On your final day, we try to have you back in Port Hardy around 11am, after a hearty breakfast and early morning dive.
There are several options for travelling to Port Hardy.
By Air
Pacific Coastal Airlines flies three to four times daily between Vancouver (YVR) and Port Hardy (YZT). Flight time 1 hr, 5 mins.
By Ferry/Road
Regular BC Ferries service Vancouver Island. Ferries depart from either the Horseshoe Bay terminal (North Vancouver) or Tsawwassen terminal (south of Vancouver, close to US border), to Victoria or Nanaimo. All routes are approximately two hour journeys.
The drive north to Port Hardy is very scenic along excellent highways.
Drive times/distances to Port Hardy
- From Seattle – 3 hours/230kms to Vancouver.
- From Victoria – 6 hours/ 500kms
- From Nanaimo – 4 hourrs/390kms
- From Comox – 3.5 hrs/290kms
- From Campbell River – 2.5 hrs/240kms
By bus
Greyhound buses service Port Hardy, departing from Vancouver, Nanaimo or Victoria. There is one morning bus daily from Vancouver Island locations to Port Hardy
For afternoon arrivals, we'll usually set out for our first dive as soon as you're settled in and ready to go. For later arrivals, our first dive will be the following morning. We aim for three to four dives a day, and will discuss the next day's schedule and dive spots each evening. Dive and meal schedules will be determined by tides and conditions, and may vary each day.
Don't let the bright colours and abundance of life fool you, this is cold water. We strongly recommend diving in a drysuit although we do occasionally have wetsuit divers.
Before coming to The HideAway we ask that divers please check all of their equipment thoroughly. We do have a limited 'save a dive' kit and spare gear but we are a few hours away from town and a day trip away from any dive shops. If you require rental gear this can be arranged in advance, please ensure you complete the diver questionnaire carefully and include specific sizes.
Our dives are not typically guided. If you would like to be accompanied by a Divemaster or guide, please enquire as early as possible.
We provide lead weights and aluminum tanks free of charge. Steel 120s, 100s or 80s are also available for an extra fee. All air fills are included.
Accommodation & Facilities
Accommodations at the Hideaway are rustic and cozy. We have a range of double and triple room configurations, with single and double beds. All rooms are with ensuite, and linen and towels are provided. If you would prefer two single beds, or a double bed, please let us know. We will do our best to accommodate your wishes.
Electrical power is available by generator so your camera and lights will always be ready for your next dive. Rooms have in-room controlled heating.
Three home-cooked meals a day are included. Breakfast includes cooked items such as fluffy pancakes, french toast, eggs made to order, sausages and bacon, and you may also choose from a selection of cereals, porridge, fruit, toast and fresh muffins. Lunch typically consists of hearty soups served with bread, buns and crackers, as well as a variety of sandwich fixings and salads. We usually offer two meat dishes for supper/dinner, served with potato, pasta or rice, several cooked vegetables and salad, plus dessert of course.
We endeavour to provide good variety for everyone, and we are able to cater to some special dietary requirements. Please discuss any allergies or medical conditions requiring special food options with us as early as possible.
Beverages, snacks and baking are available throughout the day, from fruit, sandwiches, muffins, cookies or cakes, and coffee, tea, juice or hot chocolate.
We do not provide alcoholic beverages. You are welcome to bring your own supply of pop, candy or any alcohol for 'finished-diving-for-today' times. There is a small store at the Port Hardy dock if you need to get last-minute supplies.
What to Bring
Required Dive Gear
- Exposure suit
- Buoyancy Control Device (BCD)
- Regulator
- Mask. If you wear a prescription mask, please bring a spare
- Hoods/Gloves
- Fins
- Dive computer (with spare battery)
- Dive light (with spare batteries). Two dive lights are required on all dusk or night dives, so please bring your spare
Recommended Additional Dive Gear
- Whistle or 'DiveAlert'
- SMB or 'safety sausage'
- Spare mask
- Spare batteries for lights, camera & analyser
- Spare O-rings
- Suit glue and/or Aquaseal for holes
- Spare mask and fin straps
- Camera and dive-gear parts and spares
Recommended gear list
- Personal clothing, including warm, and waterproof layers
- Extra diving undergarments in case of diving dampness
- Personal medications and toiletries. Please bring spare medication for on the boat if necessary
- Bath towel and any cloths or towels for gear or cameras
- Hiking boots/water shoes for topside adventures
- Headlamp or torch/flashlight. Generators, and therefore lights, are off at times during the day and from 11pm to 6.30am
- Accessories and fun stuff. Guitars, games, music holders, makers and players are all welcome


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Asylum Cycles is crowdfunding the ultimate race-ready carbon 'cross bike in terms of terrain capabilities, weight, handling and value. With a Belgian river as its namesake, the Meuse brings all the best performance features together: a high-modulus carbon frame, stiff PF30 bottom bracket shell easily compatible with both geared and single-speed use, stiff tapered head tube, 135mm rear axle spacing, and molded-in chainstay disc brake mounts that actually strengthen the rear triangle. The geometry of the Meuse creates an incredibly fast racing bike that's also at home on long distance adventure rides. Fast, durable and light, the Meuse goes anywhere.
Our mission is to build bikes that people love to ride. That means treating our customers like design partners, bringing riders and racers into the design process and listening to each piece of feedback. That's our simple formula to create the best bikes for the best price. We've tested and refined our prototypes creating a great support-team for our customers in the process. Now we're seeking funding to place a production order and pay for the tooling needed to make additional frame sizes.
What if you could have just one bike? The kind of bike that's perfect for endless gravel roads, rolling hills in the countryside, commuting to work on crowded city-streets, suburban bike paths, misty mountain tops, picnics along a riverside path, muddy races in the fall, single-track trails in the woods, and quick enough to handle the Saturday morning world championship ride at your local bike shop.
The bike would need to be light and stiff, responsive and durable. It would need to be able to accommodate a variety of different tires: nobbies, slicks, fatties. It would need disc brakes for the best stopping power in all conditions. It would also need to be affordable.
Asylum Cycles is making this wünder-bike possible through the release of its Meuse on Crowd Supply.
The Meuse combines all the features you would expect to find on a top-flight road bicycle with the added capabilities of a cyclocross bike.
For the uninitiated, cyclocross bikes are very similar in appearance to traditional road bicycles. Cyclocross bikes add a level of versatility usually associated with that of a mountain bike. The term "cyclocross" refers to a discipline of bicycle racing whereby participants complete circuits on mixed-terrain for 45 minutes to an hour. The racing is very fast-paced and usually takes place on farms, fairgrounds, schoolyards, virtually anywhere that organizers can draw-up a mile and a half lap with a mix of pavement, dirt, sand, mud, gravel, etc. At designated areas on the course, participants must dismount and clear a series of barriers on foot, carrying—or shouldering—their bicycle in the process. As a result, in addition to being stout enough to take the beating of off-road riding, cyclocross bikes must be incredibly light, helping reduce the toll of continued portage throughout the course of a race.
The sport has given birth to a classification of bicycle that utilizes drop-bar handlebars, 700c wheels, and enough clearance to handle larger-width tires with nobs/tread (usually measuring 700x28-35mm).
The bike's geometry allows for more stable handling over rough-terrain and the bottom bracket sits slightly higher to prevent pedal strikes. Cyclocross bikes also make for great commuters as well. The frame's tire clearance allows for the easy addition of clip-on fenders on those incredibly wet days.
The Asylum Meuse is a new-take on the Cyclocross platform. The frame is incredibly durable, yet light and stiff. Our Powerflow design strengthens the down-tube and increases overall rear-end stiffness.
This design feature gives the Meuse an incredibly efficient power-transfer and means you get the most out of each pedal stroke. We've made the bike as fast as possible without compromising comfort. That's really the beauty of carbon fiber. You get the best of both worlds: extremely lightweight and stiff, yet incredibly comfortable and durable.
The Meuse makes great use of the best braking system possible: disc brakes.
Since the world-governing body of professional cycling—the UCI—allowed the introduction of disc brakes on cyclocross bikes, the industry has gone rabid with excitement. Nothing else comes close the sheer stopping-power, modulation ability, and overall performance of discs. This performance advantage is particularly noticeable in wet conditions and on loose surfaces.
The rear-hub spacing on the Meuse is 135mm, the standard measurement for most mountain bike hubs.
Because disc-brakes are a relatively new addition to road "styled" bikes, we opted for mountain spacing (135mm) in the rear to give you the most wheel build options possible.
Discs also mean that the Meuse is future-proofed. Since the introduction of disc brakes to the international cyclocross racing circuit, industry players have stepped up their designs. While most "road-style" disc brake bikes are limited to cable-pull set-ups, a number of component manufacturers are developing hydraulic systems for production release in the near future.
With the bicycle industry's adoption of disc brakes, traditional cable-pull disc brakes have gotten better as well. We're offering the Meuse with three different types of cable-pull disc brakes, each of which is a superior to the highest-grade caliper/cantilever brake you would find on traditional road/cyclocross bikes. From the Avid BB5s we've spec'ed on the SSCX to the Avid BB7SLs on the Rogue Team edition, you'll have enough stopping power for whatever riding you're looking to do.
The Meuse works perfectly as a geared bike or as a single-speed. Our oversized bottom bracket shell allows you to choose either way. Utilizing a Problem Solvers bottom bracket, you can set the Meuse up as the ultimate disc brake single-speed bike. Similarly, if you opt to buy the bike built up with gears, you can always switch to a single-speed geared setup down the road, or vice versa.
Our complete build options come equipped with a Stan's No Tubes ZTR Iron Cross wheelset. You will not find a better tubeless wheelset on the market. Tubeless wheels allow you to play with tire-pressure more, which improves overall grip and handling. Tubeless wheelsets are also considerably lighter and accelerate quickly with less rotational weight. You might be wondering, "what about flats?" A properly set-up tubless wheelset has a "self-healing" system whereby the sealant fills any and all punctures. Of course, it's always good to ride with an extra tube in case something unexpected happens. While we're shipping the bike with a set of tubes equipped, you can easily convert to tubeless. Remove the tubes and add some sealant.
Whether you're looking to get a new bike to ride on the weekends, commute to work on an incredibly light bike, or planning on racing in your local cyclocross series, the Meuse will prove a trusty companion.
Asylum Cycles is using Crowd Supply to provide a more collaborative approach to the introduction of new bikes, involving racers, cycling enthusiasts and other potential customers in the design process from the very beginning. Using input from those riders and racers, Asylum Cycles has refined and tested prototypes of the Meuse.
Now that the Meuse is ready for release to production, Asylum is seeking backers to aggregate a large order so it can deliver its first bikes at the lowest possible prices. Our mission is to welcome customers into the design process to help us create the best bikes at the best prices. Crowd Supply is the perfect partner to create long-term relationships with the people riding
Asylum is offering the Meuse in four configurations. Our Frame Only option is most attractive to experienced cyclists who already have a component group set for use on a new frame or want the freedom of customizing their own specification. The Single Speed edition is the perfect combination of simplicity and high performance and is ideal for the rider looking for a bike with minimal maintenance. The Geared edition with SRAM Force is race-ready for a season full of mud and cowbells. Finally, our Rogue Team Edition is the most premium offering of the Meuse: a complete SRAM Force component group with upgraded brakes and an upgraded cockpit.
Already have a gruppo set aside for a new 'Cross bike? Great. We're offering the Asylum Meuse as a frame only as one of the pledge levels. Receive an Asylum Meuse Cyclocross frame, fork and headset.
Utilizing the versatility of a PF30 bottom bracket shell, we've installed a Problem Solvers BB and set the bike up as a single speed. This is the ultimate bike for beginners and experts alike. With only one gear, single speed 'cross bikes require little maintenance and keep the bike's weight incredibly low. Whether you're looking for a stylish and quick do anything bike, or looking to get into a more budget-friendly, high-performance cyclocross racing bike, the Meuse SSCX is a fantastic option. By funding our project at this level, you will receive an Asylum Meuse Single speed equipped racing bike equipped with the following kit:
We've put-together a thoughtful build for our race ready, SRAM Force version of the Meuse. SRAM Force is an incredibly high-performance gruppo. Combined with our Meuse's low-weight and paired with a set of Stan's Iron Cross wheels, you'll have a bike that is excellent for sprinting up hills, shredding gravel roads for hours, and unbeatable on the race-circuit. This bike's build-kit was dreamed up by the 'Cross racers in our development team and it's the ultimate combination of value and performance. Whether you're going to spend the majority of your time on- or off-road, this bike will allow you to conquer whatever comes your way. At this pledge level, you will receive an Asylum Meuse that is race ready with the following kit:
Cyclocross and beer go virtually hand in hand. We knew that if we were going to do a brewery-themed bike, there was only one company for us to work with on this project: Rogue Ales of Newport, OR. Paying homage to a brewery as legendary as Rogue meant that we needed to step-up the build-kit on this edition of the Meuse. Complete with a custom Rogue team paint job, we set the bike up with a full-compliment of SRAM Force components, upgraded the cockpit and seat post and gave it the best disc-brakes available to date: the Avid BB7SLs. At this pledge level, you will receive an Asylum Meuse Rogue Team Edition equipped with the following kit:
We created a partnership with suppliers and manufacturers that have demonstrated the ability to consistently delivery high-quality product who were eager and open to helping us launch Asylum. Utilizing our own concept and list of features, we received our first prototypes. From these initial prototypes, we gathered input from our test-team to make needed adjustments to the frame's design. This was conducted both on- and off-road, in competitive/racing environments, and long-hours in the saddle. Through this process we finalized the Meuse's design and are now awaiting the delivery of our first production models. These frames are scheduled to arrive in October.
Shipping is free within the US. For international shipping options, e-mail us your location and the pledge level you are interested in.
From Australia to Finland, we have you covered.
How does it work?
Select the Asylum Meuse variant you want to fund and receive. Go through the required checkout process. Once that is completed, email us your shipping address. We'll confirm the shipping price with you and have you make a general pledge to the campaign in the amount that you owe for shipping.
It's that simple.
If you'd like to find out how much it would cost to ship your Meuse, send us an email through the "Ask a Question" button. We'll confirm the rate with you asap.
The challenges are distinguishing the product's quality to deliver something high-performance and unique. There already exists a crowded cyclocross market with established brands, but we have developed a list of features not easily found or combined among the current offerings. Asylum is focused and dedicated to using disc-brakes. We have put a priority on creating a bike that allows for options, both in terms of specification (single-speed or geared) and intended use (on- or off-road riding).
Q. Can I test-ride a Meuse?
A. Yes. You can test ride the Meuse during the crowdfunding campaign at Western Bikeworks at 1015 NW 17th Ave. in Portland (corner of Lovejoy and NW 17th).
Q. Will you sell Asylum Bikes to local bike shops?
A. Yes. Asylum will be available at the Western Bikeworks store in Portland, OR as well as online at Cyclocross.com. We are interested in adding other dealers , please contact us at email@example.com.
Q. Will the Meuse be available in any other build options?
A. During the crowdfunding campaign, if you select the pledge level for the frame and fork only, Western Bikeworks can build your Meuse to order once your frame is available.
Q. I live outside of the United Sates. Can you ship me a Meuse?
A. Yes. From Australia to Finland, we have you covered. Select the Asylum Meuse variant you want to fund and receive. Go through the required checkout process. Once that is completed, email us your shipping address. We'll confirm the shipping price with you and have you make a general pledge to the campaign in the amount that you owe for shipping. It's that simple. If you'd like to find out how much it would cost to ship your Meuse, send us an email through the "Ask a Question" button. We'll confirm the rate with you asap.
"Asylum Cycles is crowdfunding the ultimate race-ready carbon 'cross bike in terms of terrain capabilities, weight, handling and value."
"As fat as the down tube and chainstays are, the top tube slenders to an astonishing degree. I've never seen a waist like that outside of a corset factory."
"The Asylum Cycles Meuse is made with lightweight, high-modulus carbon, with reinforced dropouts (weighing in at 1120g for the 54cm) and an integrated headset, and has a molded-in chainstay disc brake mount"
"... it will feel as at-home on paved or unpaved adventure rides or on a quick spin to the local public house for a pint of tasty Rogue Juniper Pale Ale as it does between course-marking tape."
"Asylum are back- with founder Chris Currie at the helm...the first product out of the gate (and over the barriers) is the Meuse 'cross bike."
"The Asylum Meuse is a new carbon cross bike that fully integrates the power and reliability of disc brakes...a full-carbon, disc-only 'cross bike."
"If you have even the slightest interest in cross bikes, you've absolutely got to read this."
Produced by Asylum Cycles in Portland, OR.
Sold and shipped by Crowd Supply.
Portland, OR · asylumcycles.com
Asylum Cycles offers a unique customer experience, the result of over 14 years experience fitting, building and testing high-end bikes.


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CellScope is a health technologies start-up. With their first product, CellScope Oto, they created a diagnostic tool by converting a smart phone into a connected digital otoscope (you know, the thing the doctor uses to look in your ear). CellScope came to us in need of a strong visual identity to serve as a foundation for their marketing communications.
We developed a design and branding system for application to corporate identity materials, packaging, instructional booklets, and their trade show presence.
We worked closely with their internal marketing team to develop materials for a year-one, trade show and online-focused marketing effort–and set them up with the tools needed to support ongoing growth.
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Renewable Energy
If you're looking for a way to conserve electricity, renewable energy may be the answer. Renewable, or solar energy, uses the sun's light, along with wind and even certain molecules in plants and animals in order to power cars, turn on lights, and keep appliances working.
Heat is produced whenever the sun touches something, and solar energy can be used to power almost anything. Natural gas, oil, and coal are all byproducts of solar energy, since the plants and animals used to create these natural resources receive their energy from the sun. However, since coal, oil, and gas are resources that can be depleted from the earth, they should be conserved as much as possible, which is why scientists and environmentalists are conducing progressive research on ways to use renewable energy in every day life. This way, solar energy can be used more often.
Powering everything with solar energy isn't possible just yet, since a way to capture enough sunlight to power everything in a home or business hasn't been discovered. So, many people use solar panels, which can be placed on a side of a roof to attract sunlight during the day that can be used to heat rooms and water. Solar panels can be purchased at a number of retail stores now, as well as online. Panels do a great job of helping families and businesses to conserve energy. Hopefully, solar panels will become a part of daily life, in order to prevent the disappearance of natural resources and to maintain energy conservation.


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By Clio Flaherty and Max Maxfield
Clio Flaherty and Max Maxfield, University of Manchester MA placement students, join us for their final guest post on the Wood Street Mission
During this year we've been participating in a placement at the John Rylands Library as part of our studies at the University of Manchester. In this role we've integrated a series of historical materials into the library's existing Wood Street Mission Archive and had the opportunity to really get to grips with the history of this local charity. Thankfully, as lockdown restrictions were lifted, we were able to continue with our work in August and we conclude our enjoyable time in the placement with a look at one of the Wood Street Mission's oldest traditions, its festive activities.
From the earliest days of the Wood Street Mission a broad range of Christmas services have been delivered. In the 1870s the charity began its tradition of hosting Christmas day breakfasts, organising festive hymn services and offering shelter to homeless children. However, the charity's flagship programme in this period was the toy distribution project that saw hundreds of children line-up along Wood Street on Boxing Day to receive a gift. A member of the management team (usually dressed as Santa Claus) would offer the children a toy and an orange, both of which were considered by working-class families at the time to be luxury items.
These distribution events were frequently attended by city dignitaries and often caught the attention of local journalists and the Manchester public. Recognising the public interest in their Christmas activities, staff at the charity promptly made the toy scheme the main event of their seasonal promotional campaigns in the late nineteenth century. Subsequently, the festive programme (and the Boxing-Day toy event especially) became a key means through which the Wood Street Mission engaged with local media, raised awareness of the charity's general activities and expanded their circle of committed supporters.
The charity continued to utilise the Christmas programme as a promotional opportunity well into the first half of the twentieth century as the scale of the toy scheme expanded at an astonishing rate. From 1945 to 1955 the number of toys that were distributed at Christmas rose from 1800 to 4000. However, despite efforts to maintain media coverage of the event, several prominent local newspapers refused to continue their support. For instance, in a meeting with the charity's management committee in the late-1940s, representatives from The Manchester Guardian refused to expand their coverage of the event, whilst the paper effectively abandoned all of its coverage of the charity's toy distribution scheme by the mid-1950s. Further complications arose in this period as demand for toys dropped dramatically, possibly due to the success of the welfare state and rising working-class prosperity.
Despite these issues, the Wood Street Mission recognised that the toy distribution remained an important tradition and continued with the scheme during the 1960s, albeit in a new form. The appointment of Arnold Yates in 1962 sparked a reshuffle of Christmas activities as the new superintendent attempted to modernise the charity and reconnect it with the local community. For instance, the 'outdated' and 'impersonal' Boxing Day queueing system (as it was described by the committee) was ended in 1964 and replaced by a new scheme in which toys were given privately to parents a week before Christmas Day in the charity's main building. These reforms altered a tradition that had begun almost a hundred years earlier and gave parents the joy of giving a gift to their children themselves.
This format of the toy scheme has survived right up to the present day and demand for gifts has risen sharply in the last thirty years. Since the early 1990s, the number of toys distributed by the charity has trebled, with 11,500 Christmas presents being delivered in 2018/19. However, following the appointment of manager Des Lynch in 2017, the Christmas programme offered by the charity has changed somewhat. The staff no longer assemble gift-bags as parents now themselves pick out presents for their children from the Wood Street Mission's extensive collection of toys (most of which are now brand new rather than second-hand).
It is clear that the work of the Wood Street Mission during the festive period has been adapted through time to meet the needs of the local community. This year is no different as support for struggling families in Manchester and Salford during the pandemic is now more important than ever. Thankfully, the Great Northern Warehouse has stepped in to ensure that the charity has the resources and space required to enable the Christmas appeal to go ahead in the midst of the ongoing Covid crisis.
If you wish to support the Wood Street Mission this Christmas please follow the link below.


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"Dancing is more fun than screwiiinng!" This plaintive call emitted from a tall, scarecrow-thin woman with a short, blond, pixie cut who was dressed in a black velvet jumpsuit. She's been doing the whitest dance ever for the past hour: a combination of off-beat handclaps, awkward twirls, and hokey pokey-esque footwork while trying to pull her (only assuming here) husband off his barstool. He finally gives in and does the "shame dance" with her (arms up in the embarrassing "Gosh, you got me" stance, legs moving robotically). A few minutes later, the dancing machine digs her hot-pink, diamond-studded talons into my arm.
"Do you dance?" she asks. I just smile and raise my beer in a friendly please-don't-spill-this gesture. She gets an inch away from my face and shouts:
"Do you do drugs? This is like being on drugs!" I'm not quite sure what "this" means, but as she's trying to coerce me into shame-dance territory, a guy who looks eerily reminiscent of Nick Nolte in his mug shot shoots past her, hands in the air, like a kid running after an ice cream truck, and he's screaming something like:
"Thanks for coming here tonight for free instead of going to see that other guy for $200 tomorrow." The thick Scottish brogue blaring from the stage is that of George Orr, a.k.a. Hot Rod. Dressed in tight black jeans and a white tuxedo shirt -- with three buttons undone, natch -- sporting the trademark bleached blond spiky 'do, and swirling a glass of chardonnay, Orr is Fort Lauderdale's faux Rod Stewart. (Of course, as we all know, the real deal lives part-time in pricier Palm Beach.)
During the course of the night, Orr and keyboard player Larry Janca soar through karaoke versions of "Maggie May" twice, "Do You Think I'm Sexy?," "Young Turks," "Forever Young," "Downtown Train," "Have I Told You Lately," and "Hot Legs," as well as "I Shot the Sheriff," "Sweet Home Alabama," and Lionel Richie's "All Night Long."
No, Orr doesn't hate the real Rod; the remark was just a friendly jab at outrageous ticket prices for the next night's Rod Stewart concert at the Office Depot Center. But he is most definitely the reason the George and Dragon is overflowing with steamy 40-something debauchery every Thursday night, when you can witness a vast sea of hair plugs, Botoxed faces, and -- God no! -- high-waisted jeans. The men and women packed into the bar are going absolutely apeshit for this guy, staring at Hot Rod like extras from Village of the Damned during breaks between songs.
They want to dance, dance, DANCE. And it's the music that's making these folks get down. Literally. As Hot Rod breaks into the Top 40 tear jerker "Forever Young," a mustachioed man in a muscle T and gold chains leaps into the air to do a half-assed rock-star kick and hits his head on the disco ball. Who says irony is dead? I wonder how many of these folks had bad acid trips in the '60s.
Hot Rod plays for three hours straight, something Orr's become accustomed to at his weekly gigs. By the end of the marathon set, he is almost baking under the bright-red stage lights. But he is still clutching his chardonnay, and his hair still looks pretty good. "We play pretty much anything," he says as we stand outside the G&D after his set. "We played at a bar full of bikers one night, and they wanted to hear 'Sweet Home Alabama,' so we were like, 'Uh, OK!'"
The Rod gig sort of fell into Orr's lap. Actually, it sort of taunted him from the stage.
"I wasn't even singing in a band at the time, and I found myself in a bar one night," he says. "Obviously, people think I look like Rod, and the band that was playing started making fun of me from the stage, saying, 'Look, Rod's in the house!' I just laughed because I'm used to it. And then after the next song, they said 'Well, Rod, I guess you want to give us a song, don't ya?' So I stood up from the back of the room and said, 'Yes... I... do.' I got up on-stage and asked them if they knew how to play 'Maggie May,' and they looked aghast. They didn't think someone would actually take the piss outta 'em."
Just then, a petite brunet in a skintight, white miniskirt and matching white fringe boots prances up to Orr:
"Are you gonna see Rod tomorrow night?" she slurs. She is speaking to Orr but looking down at the ground because she is, well, tanked. Sensing imminent spewage, we both back up a bit.
"No," Orr laughs. "I already know what he looks like and what he sounds like!"
The resemblance is uncanny, although Orr is, according to him, a few years younger than the real Rod. He hits the same notes in that gruff Stewartian wail and shakes his hips with the same swagger. But don't think he's trying to bite Rod's style. "People ask me if I always looked like Rod, and I have to tell them no," he says, lifting his glass to yet another incoherent passerby. "I tell them I looked like Brad Pitt and had to take ugly pills. I don't pretend to be Rod. I don't want to be him -- except when I'm broke."
Zing! After steady accolades from Hot Rod's verbose fans, you have to ask...
"I wouldn't say I have groupies," he says, sensing the brewing curiosity. "Those were the people you shagged in the back of the van. My fans are couples, women from the Lauderdale Yacht Club, and I get up there, take the piss outta 'em. But of course, Rod's stuff is very female-oriented, so we get a lot of single women, and we do the love songs. I dance on the tables. I busted a $350 pair of leather pants and several teeth doing that one night! Another night, I got up on a table, and -- I always do the same gag -- I said, 'This is the part of the night where we all get naked.' Sure enough, people started jumping up on tables and taking their clothes off. [Larry and I] just believe in entertainment. We're the hosts of a party. And when people see me up there with this glass in my hand, they want to drink and have a good time."
A swarthy, bearded fellow in a flannel shirt and work boots stumbles over. "Hey, Rod, hey, hey... I don't wanna interrupt, but that was the best friggin' show I seen in a long time. I'm a Rodaholic! Keep up the hair up..."
And following that enigmatic statement, Orr walks away. But he'll be back next Thursday.


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- Code SPAN2601
- Unit Value 6 units
- Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
- ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
- Course subject Spanish
- Areas of interest European Languages
- Academic career UGRD
- Mode of delivery In Person
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This course offers a comprehensive review and practice of the pronunciation of Spanish. The basic concepts of phonetic and phonological theory are introduced to examine Spanish sounds in their production and classification (syllables, stress, intonation, phonemes and allophones, etc.). Special attention is devoted to practice with corrective exercises, including orthography and accent marks. When necessary, the course also explores the contrast between Spanish and English sounds in order to help students understand the differences between both languages and improve their Spanish pronunciation. The course includes transcription exercises and attention to differences in pronunciation across dialects of Spanish.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
By the end of this course, students should be able to
1.Demonstrate improvement in Spanish pronunciation
2.Demonstrate improvement of listening skills through continuous auditory practice
3.Demonstrate understanding of Spanish phonetics and phonology theory
4.Demonstrate understanding of Spanish orthography and accent marks
5.Demonstrate understanding of regional varieties of Spanish
Indicative Assessment
Exams (2) 25% (LO 1, 3, 4, 5)
Pronunciation recordings 40% (LO 1-5)
Prácticas de oído (listening recognition activities) 25% (LO 1, 2, 5)
Phonetics and Phonology exercises 10% (LO 3, 4, 5)
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This course has 3 weekly contact hours and additionally at least 7 hours of study per week outside of class
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Morgan, Terrell A. 2010. Sonidos en contexto. Una introducción a la fonética del español con especial referencia a la vida real. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. + accompanying CD.
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Founded in April 2018, Zeva Aero has a pioneering design for the Zeva Zero eVTOL. The Zero has a unique flat design, and aims to carry passengers completely door to door.
While not many photos have been released of the Zeva, it features a tilting flight system. It can transition from a hover mode to a horizontal flight mode like other VTOL designs. But in the Zero, the passenger tilts with the wing. The coin-like structure of the Zero improves vertical drag as it rises, and it's minimalistic approach reduces weight. However, the Zero only carries a single passenger.
The Zero comes with the self dubbed 'SkyDock' docking system. SkyDock allows the Zero to park itself on the side of buildings themselves. This would enable passengers to exit the Zero to walk directly into their office or home–almost like a door that can open to anywhere. It eliminates the need for last mile transportation, making the journey from A to B even more efficient.
The Zeva team is still in the design phase, but is looking for $1.5 million in funding. It will produce a prototype for the GoFly competition sponsored by Boeing in October 2019. The GoFly Competion specifically only allows near-VTOL aircraft that can fit an eight-and-a-half foot sphere.
Zeva is led by Steve Tibbitts, Managing Director of Incubator FabLab Tacoma. FabLab provides a workspace and prototyping tools for innovators, artists, and DIY enthusiasts. Previously, Tibbitts worked as a director at Integrated Device Technology Inc, and as a Design Manager at Fox Electronics. The rest of the Zeva team includes electrical and mechanical engineers as well as experts in 3D design, composites, and software.
Why it's important: As VTOLs become more prevalent many companies will begin to replicate past designs. Especially in a new industry, continual re-iteration is crucial to achieve the best design. Zeva's unique design and docking system rethinks the utility of existing VTOLS even while they are still in their testing stages.


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Jul 8, 2012
This is the third installment of the daily updates for the Tour de Fleece spinning event.
Be sure to check out the different threads posted on Ravelry to see my fibers and yarns as well as many others by all the great spinners.
Music is from Music Alley (which seems to be working again) and is Jillian LaDage Midsummer Night.


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Viroban Limited Liability Company was established in 2004 in the town of Dubna, Moscow Region. The enterprise has been engaged in the manufacture of disposable polymeric medical products. Products released by Viroban are applied in various medicine areas and
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If necessary, we shall assist you not only with manufacturing, but developing, testing and purchasing everything that may be necessary for the product manufacturing as well. Development experience exceeding ten years and direct deliveries of components from abroad will help us creating a truly competitive product.
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Holly fern (Cyrtomium falcatum), named for its serrated, sharp-tipped, holly-like leaves, is one of the few plants that will grow happily in the dark corners of your garden. When planted in a flower bed, the lush, deep green foliage provides beautiful contrast as a background for colorful annuals and perennials. Read on to learn about the care of holly ferns.
Holly Fern Facts
Also known as Japanese holly fern, this substantial plant reaches mature heights of 2 feet (0.5 m.) with a spread of about 3 feet (1 m.). Holly fern works well as a border plant or a ground cover. You can also plant holly fern in a container and grow it outdoors or as a houseplant.
Although it doesn't tolerate extreme cold, holly fern survives moderately harsh winters with no problem. Holly fern is suitable for growing in USDA plant hardiness zones 6 through 10. It is evergreen in mild climates.
How to Grow a Holly Fern
Growing holly ferns from a starter plant or divided plant is remarkably simple. The plant prefers well-drained, acidic soil with a pH between 4.0 and 7.0, and thrives in rich soil high in organic matter. Dig in two or three inches (5 to 7.5 cm.) of compost or other organic material, especially if your soil is clay-based.
Indoors, holly fern needs a well-drained, lightweight potting mixture and a pot with a drainage hole.
Although it grows in full shade, holly fern does just fine in partial, but not punishing sunlight. Indoors, place the plant in bright, indirect light.
Care of Holly Ferns
Holly fern likes moist, but not soggy, soil. During dry weather, give the plant about an inch (2.5 cm.) of water per week. Indoors, water the plant whenever the top of the soil feels slightly dry. Water deeply, then let the pot drain thoroughly. Avoid soggy soil, which may result in root rot.
Fertilize holly fern using a diluted solution of balanced, slow-release fertilizer after new growth emerges in spring. Alternatively, feed the plant occasionally with a water-soluble fertilizer or fish emulsion. Don't overfeed; ferns are light feeders that are damaged by too much fertilizer.
Outdoors, apply a 2-inch (5 cm.) layer of mulch, such as pine straw or shredded bark, in spring and autumn.
Holly fern care involves periodic grooming. Trim the plant whenever it looks shaggy or overgrown. Don't worry if holly fern drops its leaves during cold weather. As long as the plant doesn't freeze, it will grow back in the spring.


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Frijoles Canyon at Bandelier National Monument. Tyuonyi pubelo ruins are barely visible in the center of the photo (visible at Original size). Arpil 9, 2005
Tyuonyi Pueblo. First settled about 1100 AD. It is estimated 400-500 persons lived in this pueblo and the cliff dwellings above it for 400-500 years.
Cave rooms in the cliffs above the puebelo dug out of the walls. Walls were plastered with clay. Rooms were seldom used alone but as back rooms for houses built in front of cliffs.
A portal on the sky from a deep crevice at the cliff base.
Interesting patterns created by erosion are evident in this cliff face.
Example of a shear cliff face. Note the rows of horizontal holes in the face of the cliff. These were used to support lodge poles that extended over the roof of the houses built in front of the cliffs. Rooms were dug into the cliffs for storage.
Bat Cave. The vertical opening in the cliff in the left ceter of the picture is the home to 10,000 bats in the summer. The opening is the lower part of a large vertical cave buried high in the cliff carved from thousands of years of erosion by water entering at the top.
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The Department of Defense (DoD) has nominated Essye Miller as its new chief information security officer, filling a position that was vacated late last month.
"Ms. Essye Miller has been nominated as the Department of Defense Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and Chief Information Security Officer, pending internal coordination. In the interim, Ms. Marianne Bailey, Principal Director to the DCIO CS, is acting in this role," a DoD press representative told MeriTalk.
Richard Hale, who previously held the position, retired on Nov. 26.
Miller formerly served as the director of the Headquarters Air Force Information Management in the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force.
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FilmTrack, the leading end-to-end rights management solution that helps media and entertainment companies manage and monetize their intellectual property, has secured $5.5 million in Series C Funding from Insight Venture Partners. This additional investment will bring the total equity raised to over $40 million, allowing the company to further advance their comprehensive SaaS rights management solutions.
"This additional capital demonstrates Insight Venture Partners' commitment to our core business model and future growth," says Jason Kassin, CEO of FilmTrack. "We look forward to putting this capital into our platform in order to accelerate our positioning as the clear leader for rights management within the media and entertainment industry."
FilmTrack's business has more than tripled since Insight Venture Partners first partnered with the company in 2013. Insight's new round of funding will elevate FilmTrack's growth and innovation throughout 2017 and beyond.
This funding follows pivotal company milestones, including:
- The complete integration of acquired Jaguar functionality into their unified code base, allowing deeper financial capabilities pertaining to Royalties and Participations.
- Contracting enterprise clients including NBCU, CBS, Scripps, and DHX; each use the FilmTrack solution to power their back offices and connect with internal and external business units, enabling them to maximize their intellectual property and unlock hidden revenue.
- Full integration with EIDR, the Entertainment Identification Registry, and GoodData, the leading provider of business intelligence for data monetization.
FilmTrack's integrated, cloud-based SaaS platform has proven successful in helping clients enhance productivity, increase collaboration across business units, and exploit revenue opportunities. FilmTrack continues to solidify its position as the best rights management solution across the global media and entertainment industry. This latest round of funding is earmarked for major product enhancements – including an enhanced UI/UX, expanded reporting and analytics tools, and a deepening of the already robust finance and accounting capabilities.
"No other company in the media and entertainment industry comes close to delivering the robust capabilities that the FilmTrack solution provides," says Peter Sobiloff, Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners. "This additional round of financing represents another important step in building FilmTrack into one of the most sought-after end-to-end rights management solutions in the world."
About FilmTrack:
Founded in 1996, FilmTrack is the leading end-to-end rights management solution, providing a unified single platform for contracts, rights, royalties, and financials. FilmTrack's mission is to simplify the complexities of managing and licensing intellectual property. FilmTrack's SaaS platform provides the tools to manage mission-critical data, including contracts, rights, royalties, financials, and asset management, all in one solution. Visit http://www.filmtrack.com to learn more.
About Insight Venture Partners
Insight Venture Partners is a leading global venture capital and private equity firm investing in high-growth technology and software companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. Founded in 1995, Insight has raised more than $13 billion and invested in nearly 300 companies worldwide. Our mission is to find, fund and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on growth expertise to foster long-term success. For more information on Insight and all of its investments, visit http://www.insightpartners.com or follow us on Twitter: @insightpartners.


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|Outlook Tower, Castlehill, Edinburgh Scotland
|Our visit on September 11, 2006
The first camera obscura we ever visited in the summer of 1978 was on Castlehill in Edinburgh. We have been back to it many times and it holds a special place in our hearts. Our first itinerary for this trip did not include it but we were corresponding with the manager of the facility about use of one of our photographs and realized that Edinburgh was directly in our path when we traveled from Dundee to Dumfries. We always enjoy Edinburgh so decided to stop off there for a few days. What a wise decision!
The camera obscura is at the top of the Royal Mile, next to the castle. It was established in the 1850's by the optician Maria Theresa Short and was originally known as Short's Observatory. On our first visit it was called in the Outlook Tower but has now been named "Camera Obscura and World of Illusions". It now includes many amazing exhbitions of optical illusions.
Our initial visit to this beautifully operated camera obscura with its panoramic views of historic Edinburgh was . It was the first operating camera obscura we ever saw and we fell in love with the magic of the experience. Until that point the camera obscura room had been an interest from books on the history of photography. We have been back for four visits in the years since.
There is a ticket counter and gift shop at the entrance. Tickets are
sold for a specific time shown on a sign when you buy the ticket. The
camera obscura is located about six flights up in the tower. There is
no elevator but there are exhibitions of camera obscuras, pinhole photography,
and art on the floors you pass on your way up. These give nice stopping
points in the climb. At the top is an observation deck with telescopes.
At the appointed time the group files into the camera obscura and the
guide (on all of our visits they have been enthusiastic and well rehearsed
young people) gives a 15 minute demonstration of the camera obscura. In
the few minutes between presentations they have always been happy to turn
on the lights to let us photograph and videotape the interior.
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The Week of Feb. 12-18
February 12
1793—Congress passes the first Fugitive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had escaped to freedom. Blacks and their supporters were outraged because the 1793 law only required the "word" of a White man before a magistrate to declare any Black person a run away slave and have him or her arrested and placed in bondage. Under the law even Blacks who had earned their freedom or had never been slaves were placed in danger.
1900—Legendary poet James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) writes the lyrics to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" as part of a birthday tribute to Abraham Lincoln. In time, the song would become the Black National Anthem.