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After the delays, the regrouping and the finale, it came down to KC Deane. Deane, one of three team members on Team Americas, was literally the last man standing as he beat out Team Europe's Paddy Graham for the last and final point to break a tie and clinch the Swatch Skier's Cup.
"I am stoked," said Deane after his pressure packed-performance delivered the win for Team Americas. "I was really happy to clinch a point for my team in the first round, and to win the event in the last run was amazing. But it was a team effort."
Deane seized the opportunity after marginal snow conditions forced the event's organizers to reconsider the backcountry slopestyle event scheduled for Friday at Valle Nevado. With a thin, punchy snowback lurking just outside the resort's boundary, and a tiny window between soft enough and too soft conditions, Nicolas Hale-Woods showed why he's one of the premiere event organizers in the world of skiing. Hale-Woods, who heads up the Freeride World Tour, based out of Verbier, Switzerland, convened the athletes and made a gutsy and difficult call: the event would be modified, and the athletes would return to the big-mountain face high above the Yorba Loco valley in a three-versus-three format that would break the tie and decide the winner.
The decision was not a simple one. Hoards of media and spectators had descended upon the base of Valle Nevado. Time, money and manpower had been invested in shaping the slopestyle jumps and features and a move to Yorba Loco meant a rapid, swat team style attack on the face, including sending up guides to assess the avalanche danger, moving camera and video personnel and transporting the athletes.
In other words, it was a risky choice, but in Hale-Wood's mind, better than canceling the event and ending the competition in a tie. Team Americas seemed to agree. When the decision was announced, both teams huddled, with the captains (Cody Townsend and Sverre Liliequist, respectively) asking which athletes wanted to head back up to the face. The atmosphere in the Team Europe huddle was subdued, but in the Team Americas huddle, there were smiles, laughter and stoke. Perhaps this was due to the late charge that Team Americas enjoyed in the second heat on that very same face Saturday, when they fought back to end up tied in points with Team Europe at the end of the first leg of competition. Regardless, they seemed to have the upper hand mentally and the stage was set for the finals as the athletes relocated via helicopter from Valle to the Yorba Loco venue.
Captain Cody Townsend would lead the Team Americas charge, with Deane and local athlete Chopo Diaz as sidekicks. Team Europe's effort was spearheaded by French skier Mathieu Imber, Italy's Marcus Eder and UK skier Paddy Graham.
Townsend would take a point from Imbert, but Eder showed the composure and form that has won him accolades during this week's competition to steal a point back from Diaz, pulling a rodeo 540 and a rodeo 720 on his run and leaving the teams tied at nine points. From there it was all Deane, who took advantage of a miscue by Graham and performed flawlessly (his run was punctuated by a huge backflip) to wrap up the competition stage of event.
We can look back at this year's Swatch Skiers Cup and draw a few conclusions. First, that the team format of the event, inspired by golf's Ryder's Cup and other match-play style events is a stroke of genius. The camaraderie within each team, and between the teams themselves is unusual in sport like skiing and infused the entire week with the kind of stoke, energy and positive vibe that's rare in the highly competitive world of freeriding.
Secondly, Team Europe will be back. With athletes like Ender to draw upon, Team Europe captain and event co-founder Liliequist has ample talent to tap. There can be no doubt that Liliequist felt that his riders could have won this year, and that coming so close, he will be sure to return next year highly motivated.
Which brings us to next year. After two seasons in South America, with sideshows that included surfing Chile's Pichi break (where Jacob Wester, Townsend, Drew Tabke, and Rip Curl sponsored athlete and Skiers Cup judge Ben Murphy put on a big-wave show), it has been announced that the next edition of the Swatch Skiers Cup will be held in Zermatt, Switzerland this winter. The event is scheduled for February 9-16, 2013.
"Hopefully it can become a classic," said Hale-Woods of the Swatch Skiers Cup. If the 2012 edition in Chile is any indication, the event is well on its way to achieving that status, and with a new edition of the Swatch Skiers Cup slated for Europe this coming February, one of the most exciting events in skiing will make an even bigger impact on the sport.


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Originally Posted: 15 September 2009
Say NO to Cayuga Heights NY's Deer-killing Plan
From Cayuga Deer
Tell Cayuga Heights trustees to abandon their "draft" plan to sterilize 30-60 deer and kill the rest and adopt humane solutions to live with deer.
Sign an online petition
And/Or better yet, make direct contact:
Trustee Robert Andolina
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There are many people in and around Cayuga Heights who, through wise plant choices, and skillful use of fencing and deer repellents, enjoy beautiful gardens without causing harm to anyone. Mass killing and extreme control of the area's indigenous wildlife is neither necessary, nor ethical, nor safe. And if it is scientific at all, it represents science at its most twisted.
Everything about this plan is emblematic of the mindset that is destroying our planet. Because the trustees of Cayuga Heights have rejected proven and practical non-violent approaches to reducing deer-human conflict, because they refuse against all reason to allow residents to erect fences high enough to safeguard their plantings, because they have attempted to silence public comment on their controversial proposal -- should the rest of us just sit back and do nothing? Should we accept armed men firing deadly weapons in residential neighborhoods, to protect tulips? Or is it possible, with all the brilliant, creative and compassionate people living in Cayuga Heights and the surrounding Ithaca community, that a more sensible approach can be found?
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Karilyn Bales described her husband, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, 38, as "very brave, very courageous," adding that accusations he shot dead nine children during a killing spree in two villages were "unbelievable to me".
"I don't think anything will really change my mind in believing that he did not do this," she added. "This is not what it appears to be."
Ssgt Bales is also charged with murdering eight adults and attempting to kill another six civilians after leaving his base in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar and forcing his way into their homes.
The identity of the 17th victim is unclear, after Afghan officials denied reports that the charge referred to an unborn baby boy whose mother was among the dead or injured.
In an interview with NBC's Today show, Mrs Bales, 38, said that her husband had joined the army soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 because he wanted to "protect his family, friends and country. He wanted to do his part."
The mother-of-two, who has been moved to live on an army base in Washington state for her family's protection, said she found it hard to accept that children were among her husband's alleged victims.
"He loves children, he's like a big kid himself," she added. "I have no idea what happened, but ... he loves children, and he would not do that."
Despite completing three tours of Iraq before his deployment to Afghanistan, and being injured at least twice, Ssgt Bales showed no signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, his wife said.
He did not tell her that he had suffered a traumatic brain injury in Iraq until after he returned home, and did not have nightmares or any other indications of extreme stress.
"He shielded me from a lot of what he went through," she said. "He's a very tough guy."
Mrs Bales said she had set up a legal defence fund to pay for her husband's lawyers' bills.


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Frequently asked questions about Loft Conversions
What is a velux conversion?
A velux conversion is one that uses roof light windows installed into the pitch of the roof to give light. There is no visible extension of the loft beyond the existing roof line therefore planning permission is not required.
What is a dormer window?
A dormer window is the exterior part of the conversion that is built at the rear of the roof to provide floor and living space and is generally a square section construction to maximise the overall living area.
What is meant by hip to gable?
This is when we extend the ridge line of a hip-end roof to make it into a gable-end roof. This gives you a much larger loft area. A hip to gable extends the ridge line from the existing hips to overall the flank wall of the house. It will effectively add on the required space to enable the staircase and the shower-room to be built and also increase the standing space available in the loft.
Where will the staircase go?
The staircases in almost all conversions are positioned above the existing staircase of the house. They start at the side of the bedroom door and climb upwards along the flank wall of the house and land at the top level with the new loft floor. This means that no extra space is needed or taken away from the first floor living area to accommodate the stairs into the loft.
Will the loft require planning permission?
All houses have a permitted development (P.D) allowance allocated by the local authority. If the house has no extensions, typically on the ground floor (kitchen,lounge etc) then the loft conversion will not need planning permission as no P.D has been used. However if a property has been extended (even if the current owners purchased it that way) then the volume of the extension would have to be calculated and then subtracted from the P.D allowance to decide if there is enough P.D left to build the loft. If there is insufficient allowance left then planning permission would be required from the local authority.
Do we require a Party Wall Agreement?
The answer is always yes when converting the loft as there are R.S.Gs or steel beams inserted into the loft and they are positioned to rest on and inside the party wall. Even though the beams only rest on your half and not the neighbours, a Party Wall Agreement has to be entered into to avoid any disputes arising once the work has commenced.
How long will the conversion take to complete?
Typically, a rear dormer loft conversion on a terraced property will take four and a half weeks to complete and a Gable end and rear dormer on a semi-detached property will take five and a half weeks to complete. These timings are an accurate guideline as we have four full time tradesmen that convert the loft and they have been with us for more than 10 years. We do not use sub-contract labour and therefore do not get let down by outside trades not showing to complete their part of the conversion. This means, barring exceptional weather conditions, we are confident of our agreed timescale with the customer.
Are Loft Conversions built during the winter as well as the summer months?
Yes, we work twelve months of the year. It's a nice position to be in as our order books are always very good due to our high volume of customer recommendations. Especially in the winter months, Joseph James Loft Conversions build your loft to a system that makes sure that you the customer are never exposed to the weather at any time during the construction period. The summer months are no different.
Does Joseph James Loft Conversions obtain planning permission and building regulations or do we do this?
Yes, we can apply and gain all relevant planning and building regulations on behalf of their customers. We use our own architect to produce the plans and he submits them and the applications for planning and building permission to the local authority for their approval. This is all included in the fixed price contract that we present to you.
After they give permission for the loft conversion are the Local Authority involved? If so how?
The Local Authority is involved from the start to the finish of the conversion. They first receive the plans submitted by the architect and check all the structural calculations through the Borough Engineer's department. Once these have been confirmed along with all the relevant building regulations for loft conversions, an approved set of plans are returned and the work can then commence. During the various stages of the work, a building's inspector from the local authority arrives to make sure all the structural work and building regulations are being implemented in the construction of your loft conversion. After the completion of the work a final inspection is carried out. Once this has been confirmed as meeting all the requirements, a completion certificate is sent to the homeowner confirming that the loft conversion they have had built on their home complies with the building regulations covering England and Wales.
Can any loft be converted?
Nearly all lofts or attics can be converted as long as they are not breaching planning or conservation guidelines. However, it depends also on the height of the ridge. If you were to stand in the centre of the roof and measure from the top of the existing ceiling joists to the top of the ridge board at the apex of the roof and you have a minimum of 2.2 metres, then the loft can be converted. If the measurement is less than 2.2 metres even though the regulation on height has been relaxed in loft conversions, it is unlikely to have enough useable headroom clearance.
What insurances do you have and do you guarantee the work you do?
We have Employer's Liability Insurance of £10,000,000 and individual Public Liability Insurance of £1,000,000. Both are available on request. We also offer a 10 year structural guarantee against our loft conversions and a 1 year free maintenance guarantee.
|Fact 1
|NOT all loft conversions require planning.
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|All loft conversions DO require Building Control approval.
|Fact 3
|Loft conversions ADD to the value of the property.
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|You DON'T need to move out of your property whilst having your loft converted.


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The Training of a Secretary:
Mechanical Helps
Filing Room And Library
Overlapping With Other Officers
The Private Secretary
The Social Secretary
The Building And Loan Association Secretary
For Any Secretary
Famous Secretaries And Their Careers
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The Social Secretary
( Originally Published 1922 )
In " Bleak House ", Dickens describes inimitably a private and social secretary
who was also a secretary for foreign affairs.
Esther Summerson says, " But what principally struck us was a jaded, and unhealthy-looking, though by no means plain girl, at the writing-table, who sat biting the feather of her pen, and staring at us. I suppose nobody ever was in such a state of ink. And, from her tumbled hair to her pretty feet, which were disfigured with frayed and broken satin slippers trodden down at heel, she really seemed to have no article of dress upon her, from a pin upwards, that was in its proper condition or right place." This was Caddy Jellyby, secretary to Mrs. Jellyby, whose mission was "to educate the natives of Borrio-boola-Gha on the left bank of the Niger". It is a long cry from Caroline and Mrs. Jellyby to the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs. However, Mrs. Jellyby at least, took herself quite as seriously as the latter., Caddy is a good example of how not to do it.
It appears to me that if the private secretary who has to deal with one business or the business of one person, requires versatility of knowledge, there is no end to the subjects which a social secretary should be familiar with. In addition to the amenities of life which are, or ought to be a part of home education and to the accomplishments (what an old-fashioned word) which she has learned at school or ought to have learned, there should be included in her business qualifications the following:
It is important that papers and correspondence shall be kept in place, clean and filed in such a manner that they may be referred to instantly. In the schools the principles of filing are taught and there are methods of filing galore, indifferent, good and very good.
Pigeon holes and drawers in desks are an abomination. They are a constant temptation to secrete that which should be attended to at once. I will acknowledge that a secretary has a right to a drawer or two in which to place records of those matters that cannot be completed immediately, that require finishing. A good executive secretary, how-ever, is likely to have a fiat top desk with a single small drawer and almost nothing in it at the close of each day. It is his duty to build such an organization that every matter of business which .arrives is executed promptly either by a subordinate or by himself. Neatness of person, of the desk and of the office are important. They tend to clearness of thought and speed of action.
Good handwriting is now a rare accomplishment, It has become a common practice to write and answer many letters on social subjects with the typewriter. This can be done with grace by paying particular attention to the placing of the letter on the paper, by using paper of the proper quality and embossing or printing, and by the use of a dainty type, say elite. But the fact remains that many communications must' be written and answered in long-hand, such as letters of condolence, and invitations and replies to certain social functions. These the social secretary should be able to do as well as her grandmother did, so should her employer.
Even such a small matter as the folding of a letter has its proprieties. I have stood indignant in a mailing room at the end of a busy day and seen letters which were thoughtfully composed and well written, mangled beyond belief in the folding, by boys and girls, placed in envelopes which were dirtily sealed or not sealed at all, with nine stamps out of ten crooked or put on anywhere.
There is a way to fold a letter for every size and shape of paper in such a manner that the knife will not tear it in cutting the envelope and so that when withdrawn, the letter will naturally open head up and face up, just as a secretary should carry herself.
It is highly important, in fact I think necessary, for the social secretary to be proficient in stenography and typewriting, as the great bulk of correspondence is now carried on by the use of the machine, not only for clearness, but for speed and ease in making copies. General directions will be given by the employer for the answering of many letters, leaving the secretary to work out the diction herself but there are other matters which the employer must dictate in . order to express his exact meaning or because of his special knowledge of the subject in hand, such as an address or an artide for a magazine or technical journal.
So much will be said later with regard to the writing of a clear letter in English that it is not necessary here to do more than draw attention to this important mental equipment of the secretary. In the matter of detail she will know how to address The President, the ashman and all other members of society between these extremes, to answer invitations to balls, dinner dances, receptions and to handle other social functions, including lectures, musicales, the orchestra, the opera and the events which accompany them. It will be seen from this that a knowledge of music, painting and other of the fine arts may be useful and now, since the Nineteenth Amendment has been passed, politics.
There was an admirable little book published many years ago called " DON'T ", which I would like to see resurrected. brought up to date, and read. It contained, as I remember it, a number of useful hints on behavior and the niceties of social life and of speech, some quite obvious, others not so apparent, which I believe are quite important at the present moment. People need the proprieties, brought home to them in black on white. By inference, there were in " DON'T " as many " do's " as " don'ts ". Someone borrowed my copy, someone whose manners needed improvement, as he forgot to return it in spite of the fact that it contains a paragraph on the very subject of returning books.
Things have happened since " DON'T was first published. In those days it was not necessary to warn a person against asking his secretary to call an acquaintance on the telephone, then let him wait several minutes with the receiver at his ear until the caller was ready to talk. Yet this is constantly done. It is bad manners and inconsiderate.
It is the duty of a subordinate to respond instantly to a request from his superior for his presence, or for any officer of a company to so respond to his president. He is the commander whose lightest business wish is law : But among officers of equal rank or approximately equal rank, the amenities require that the person desiring face to face information from another call upon him. Don't send for him. The abuse of this propriety leads to irritation even among close friends.
It is possible that a chapter might be written on secretarial "Don'ts ". I prefer not to write it. On the one hand it might suggest habits which would not otherwise be thought of, and on the other, the impression might be created that there are persons with bad secretarial habits, which I am not prepared to admit. Such officers do not last long. There are inexorable standards in this profession as in all others.
The social secretary will open correspondence when received, and arrange it for her employer, take instructions as to answers, file letters and their replies, perhaps of the previous day, remind her when and to whom, to send gifts, post her as to engagements, pay bills, keep simple household accounts and attend to a score of other affairs depending on the necessities of the employer and her own ability to do them well. No excuse will be accepted for doing them ill.
It is desirable for her to know the names and something of the careers of men and women who have achieved prominence by virtue of intellectual power, skill in an art or science, social position or wealth, and of those who give brilliant entertainments, as well as of others who are notorious rather than illustrious; mainly gossip, no effort for most women, just natural. With this feline remark, I hasten to say from observation and experience, that there is 'nothing in a busy person's experience which gives him, or her, greater satisfaction and comfort than the help of an able, loyal, woman secretary, strong mentally, morally and physically; neat in person, quietly dressed and ready to attack any work at any time with a smile; and I have ventured to indite, in humility both as to subject and treatment, the following verses, to express at length what I mean, as nearly as I am able.
There's many a weary business man, renowned from sea to sea,
Whose burdens have been lightened by a faithful employee
Whose woman's instinct, highly trained, and quicker than his thought,
Foresees the thing that should be done, then does it as she ought.
As " Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do",
She's always seeking wisely, for an enter-prise that's new;
So glorying in her usefulness, she goes from power to power
" And like the busy little bee, improves each shining hour".
She rarely hurries, never lags, serenely goes her ways;
Appreciation is her mead, her worth beyond all praise,
And " steady as a clock " that runs, on time from sun to sun,
She " wears the laurel", well deserved, for " service simply done ".


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At Work: Job seeker has passion but not enough experience
by Lindsey Novak
Q: I want a job in emergency management at a fire department, at an organization or company, or with the government. I have one certificate in emergency management and one year of experience, but many of the job ads for such positions require much more experience and other certifications. Should I apply for these jobs despite the fact that I don't possess the requirements? I have a passion for helping people, and I absolutely want a career in this area.
A: If you apply for a position that demands a certain amount of experience and a certain number of certifications that you are missing, your résumé won't even be considered. If you think this field is your calling, make a list of all the qualifications these jobs are requiring. Then send a cover letter explaining your passion for the field and interest in applying for any job openings at any level. You may receive rejection letters, but you will have gotten your name in front of the hiring people and contact names to call for informational interviews. You never will impress everyone who receives your letter, but you only need one person who admires your goals enough to champion you in the field.
Informational interviews serve many purposes. They introduce potential job candidates to professionals in the field, which helps with future networking. They offer a wealth of inside information on the jobs in the field, and they give the job candidates interviewing experience. Just as you have a passion for helping people, the chances are good that you will connect with a professional who wants to help you advance in that field.
Job Applicant Likely More Qualified Than Group's Director
Q: I encountered a greater problem than not getting the job, when I applied for a job at a foundation that has after-school and weekend programs for inner-city youth. The ad said they wanted talented professionals to teach art to kids. I have a bachelor's in fine arts, a master's in special education, six years of teaching experience, one year of experience in finance, a Web page with my fine arts portfolio, and a history of doing public art projects on micro-budgets. The director of the organization e-mailed me saying that based on my résumé, I am not the kind of person they were looking for. I e-mailed her and asked what my résumé is lacking. Her reply was they wanted someone who can make "leaders" out of the kids so they become leaders in their community. I am familiar with this organization, and they have a history of hiring foulmouthed women and men who spew venom every time they talk. I used to work with an organization that had a staff person with a master's and a 26-year-old boss who had no degree or work experience but was "from the streets." I think these groups are severely misguided. What can I do about this?
A: The organization's director likely felt inferior when comparing her background with yours and certainly wasn't going to admit it to you. It would have been better for her not to respond than to e-mail you her poorly reasoned rejection. If you want to make a positive contribution to an inner-city organization you feel is misguided, contact its board of directors or head and explain your thoughts on the subject. Better yet, find investors and create your own community organization that hires passionate and qualified teachers and volunteers.
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #367
Welcome to the three hundredth and sixty-seventh in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn of the production of Julius Caesar with costumes designed by Jack Kirby, discover the Spider-Man "wardrobe malfunction" that got Marvel Comics in a bit of jam and find out just how much involvement Hasbro had in Larry Hama's writing style on G.I. Joe.
Click here for an archive of the previous three hundred and sixty-six (we now have enough legends for every day of the year!).
Let's begin!
COMIC LEGEND: Jack Kirby designed the costumes for a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
STATUS: True
My pal Stony recommended I feature this story here, so here goes!
In 1969, the University of Santa Cruz wrote to Marvel Comics asking if any Marvel artists would be interested/willing to design costumes for a college production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Jack Kirby and his family had just recently moved to California, so Stan Lee recommended that the University contact Jack.
They did and Kirby was pleased to help out the college, designing all of the costumes AND doing poster work all for free.
Here are some of Kirby's designs…
And here is one of the designs along with a picture of the costume in real life…
Amazing, no?
And here is the program for the production.
Rand Hoppe has an extensive feature on this story complete with ALL of Kirby's designs (plus another picture of an actor in the actual costume) plus lots of other neat stuff at the always amazing Kirby Museum here. Be sure to check it out.
Thanks to Rand and the Museum for the information, thanks to Stephen Drewes. and Steve Robertson for the scans and the photos. And thanks to Stony for suggesting it!
COMIC LEGEND: An issue of Spider-Man: Reign was recalled because of a drawing of what appears to be Spider-Man's genitals.
STATUS: True Enough
Reader Mike Blake asked about a comment another reader made about Spider-Man: Reign when I featured the series in I Love Ya But You're Strange.
Mike asked if it was true that the series was re-issued and re-drawn because of Spider-Man's "low hangers."
Yes, that's basically what happened, Mike.
The series is about Spider-Man in the future (essentially Batman: The Dark Knight Returns with Spider-Man)…
Peter is an old man dreaming of his dead wife, Mary Jane…
Here is sits in bed…
And yep, that sure does look like a drawing of his genitals….
Marvel apologized and sent notices to retailers saying that the issue should have been marked for a Parental Advisory instead of Teen Plus. They made the issue returnable and issued a second printing with the area now covered in shadows.
The issue was not RECALLED exactly, but otherwise, yeah, the story is true (and "made returnable" is close enough to "recalled" for the purposes of this bit).
Thanks to Mike and Xanadude for the idea of featuring this!
COMIC LEGEND: Hasbro had Larry Hama make a point of naming all of the characters each issue.
STATUS: False
Reader Josh B. had a question awhile back about how in Larry Hama's G.I. Joe series from Marvel (which we were just discussing last week! Check it out here) each of the characters were specifically named each issue.
He wondered "if Hasbro had some sort of deal with Marvel for Larry Hama to ensure he named the various characters to build brand identity with the action figures."
It really is kind of funny when you're specifically looking for it. I picked a random issue of G.I. Joe, #25, and check it out…
So I asked Larry Hama about it and he not only explained the reason for the names but he added some extra insight into his writing style…
There was never any directive from Hasbro on that. I did it of my own accord. When you have that many characters it pays to keep reminding the reader who they are. If I'm reading something and nobody calls anybody by name, and I start to lose track of who is who, then I give up on reading it. 90% of my writing style is based on correcting stuff that annoyed me when I was reading comics as a kid. That's why there are few captions and no thought balloons in my stories.
So there ya go, Josh! Thanks for the question! And thanks so much to Larry Hama for not only the answer but the extra information!
Okay, that's it for this week!
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Metropolitan Opera House
Broadway at 39th St., New York, NY
Built in 1883, the Metropolitan Opera stole the audience of the once-popular Academy of Music. In 1892, the Met burned down and was rebuilt (J.B. McElfatrick & Son, architects). It achieved great success as New York's first permanent opera company, benefitting from the theatre district that developed around it in the 1890s. It was torn down in 1966, when a new house was built for the company in Lincoln Center.
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I love videos like this for the scenery and roads, but at the same time, I feel like everyone is always saying the same thing in them. Just once I want the video's landscapes to do the talking. Nothing against this video in particular, of course.
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Walter E. Williams Quotes About TaxesQuotes about: Taxes
The message coming out of Washington, especially from our leftist politicians and the news media, is that we solve our budget problems by raising taxes on the rich. If Americans were more informed, such a message would be insulting to our intelligence. There are not enough rich people to satisfy Congress' appetite.
The only way Congress can get one dollar to spend is to take that one dollar from Americans, borrow that one dollar from Americans, or inflate that one dollar from Americans. So, it's very much like the visual image of a swimming pool. A person notes there is a shallow end, so he takes the water out of the deep end and pours it in the shallow end, hoping to raise the height of the water in the pool - and you would call that person stupid.
In general, presidents and congressmen have very limited power to do good for the economy and awesome power to do bad. The best good thing that politicians can do for the economy is to stop doing bad. In part, this can be achieved through reducing taxes and economic regulation, and staying out of our lives.
It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance the war, but it took until 1872 for it to be repealed. During the Grover Cleveland administration, Congress enacted the Income Tax Act of 1894. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in 1895. It took the Sixteenth Amendment (1913) to make permanent what the Framers feared -- today's income tax.
In explaining the Constitution, James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, wrote in Federalist Paper 45: 'The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peach, negotiation, and foreign commerce.' Has the Constitution been amended to permit Congress to tax, spend and regulate as it pleases or have Americans said, 'To hell with the Constitution'?
It is not wise for us to permit a few people on the Federal Reserve Board to have life and death power over our economy. My recommendation for reducing some of that power is to repeal legal tender laws and eliminate all taxes on gold, silver and platinum transactions. That way there would be money substitutes and the government money monopoly would be reduced and hence the ability to tax - some people would say steal from - us through inflation.
Walter E. Williams
- Born: June 30, 1936
- Occupation: Economist
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When visiting the Bagh-e Fin, on 15th June 2004, one of the curators noticed me in a painful position outside his office. I was taking a photograph. He asked why I was doing it. I said I was interested in garden history. He asked if I thought the Bagh-e Fin was of equal historical importance to the great gardens of Europe. I said 'Yes – probally more so, because it is the best surviving example of the world's oldest garden design tradition, originating in the Fertile Crescent'. But, I said, it could be looked after even better than was then the case. 'What should we do?', he asked. I said I would make a proposal and send it to him. As we drove north into the desert, I sketched in the back of the car. A friend translated my comment into Farsi and we posted it to him. A reply is still awaited. In case the Bagh-e Fin Conservation Plan has been mislaid, it is now published it on the Gardenvisit website.
8 thoughts on "Bagh-e Fin garden in Iran – restoration and conservation plan"
Edith Hope
Dear Tom, I was most interested in this posting, and the previous one, as, although seldom acknowledged, the long tradition of English gardening has its roots in the gardens of Ancient Persia. Strangely, this is a reference which I have made in my latest writing about 'The Laskett' which I shall publish on my blog on Friday.
You are absolutely right. They fully deserve restoration and to be cherished thereafter.↓
It would certainly be fascinating to know more about the ancient city of Persepolis.[ http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/ancient/enlarge/persepolis-iran.html ] It is astonishing that this site (which is undoubtedly world heritage) is under threat from an Iranian dam building project!↓
I am sorry about that, the public authorities in Iran has never managed very well, but i know the best professors in Iran that will be interested of your Benefits suggestion and i have master degree in architecture and i am investigating the persian gardens. Really I would appreciate if i can help you to follow your desire.
Teresia Millberg
I don't know if this is the forum, but i am in need of help with contacts. I am a Master student in Conservation at the University of Gothenburg, with a Bachelor in garden craft and garden design. I have recieved a scholarship to go to Iran this fall (sept-nov) to do surveys of some of the World Heritage, the Persian Gardens.
I am very interested in how the maintenance of such historic gardens are maintained and where the focus could lie, with what I am guessing is low budgets. From my experience I find that the expectations of the knowledgde of the gardener is lower now than what the historic gardens asked for. I assume that now, the gardens try to maintain the structure of the gardens as number one, it will be interesting to see. What are your experiences? If anyone could provide advise or thoughts of some sort I would be most greatful!↓


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Look, Maya Rudolph Is in Inherent Vice Too
Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice is the movie to be in come 2014 — Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Josh Brolin, Benicio del Toro, and maybe Sean Penn are already onboard — and paparazzi just spotted another familiar face on set: Maya Rudolph, Anderson's longtime partner. As The Playlist points out, the nurse costume would suggest that Rudolph is playing Petunia Leeway, which is a minor character, but still. Maya Rudolph! This is good news.


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This common seal has been causing quite a stir in Newhaven.
It has been spotted hanging out in the harbour and having a relax in the mud.
The animal has been a real talking point on social media.
Common seals are sometimes seen in the harbour and even make it up the river Ouse as far as Barcombe.


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I am so excited to join Melissa at 320 Sycamore for the 7th annual My Favorite Things! Think "Oprah," but on a much more realistic scale. These would be great gift ideas, or maybe something you would enjoy as well! Sound like fun? I think so too! Ok, here we go!
1."The Best Yes" by Lysa Terkeurst.
This book was a game-changer for me this year. Do you have trouble saying no to people? Me too. If you haven't already, READ THIS BOOK. It will free you up to give others around you your BEST YES! Find it here.
2. Nickel & Suede earrings.
Are these cute or what? Not only are they pretty to look at, they are ultra LIGHT (made of leather!)…and if your ears get tired like mine do, you'll fall in LOVE with these beauties! They come in tons of color options, but if this will be your first pair, these "gold leaf" earrings are a great neutral that go with everything! Find them here.
3. Porter Lane Home pillows.
Guys. These pillows. I am completely obsessed, and I put one in almost every design project I do…plus my own home is covered with them. 🙂 They are beautiful quality, and there are so many different styles. What a great way to personalize your space! You can find this pillow here, but take a look around Erin's entire shop…so much goodness! And hey, great gift idea!
4. Magnolia's new paint line, color: "Gatherings"
This color. It looks a little bit darker on this swatch, but oh my, is it heavenly! I would recommend the satin finish for anything from furniture to walls. So pretty. I mean, are we really surprised that we adore Joanna Gaines' line of paint? Find it here.
5. Stencils! Love the options from "CuteStencils" on Etsy.
Stencils are a great way to achieve interest on walls, curtains, furniture, pillows, dish towels, you name it! The best part about using them on walls is: uhhhh, where do I begin? It's less expensive than wallpaper (by a LOT!), its a much lower commitment than wallpaper (hate it? sick of it? paint over it!), and it's just a fun DIY project! Our upstairs hallway was always a little bland…so one Sunday afternoon, I decided to stencil it! It didn't take long at all, and I LOVE the result. You can find this darling "swiss cross" stencil here.
6. Anything from Anthropologie. (insert all the heart eyes here)
This is hands-down my FAVORITE place to buy clothing. Always the cutest details, feminine touches, great quality, and amazing shopping experience. Their window displays? Wow. I just want to stand there and admire them every time I visit. The home section always has me digging around for my phone so I can take pictures. Just inspiring. When I was a little girl, I remember my grandma referring to movie stars as "darling." Then one day she said IIIIIIII looked "darling." What? That was the best compliment ever (my grandma had the best style, and was always "fancy." Oh, how I wanted to be like her!) So ya, that's what I think of when I see something from Anthropologie. DARLING. You can find this cute top here.
7. This topiary (from Wayfair).
It's so realistic looking, and brings "life" to any space. It's light, it's airy, and whyyyyyy are you still reading this? Go order it! ha ha…It's a little on the spendy side at around $90.00, but so worth it, especially if you're a plant-killer like me. You can find it here.
8. Donuts. Because, donuts.
I really wanted to put some kind of health food in here to prevent the judging…but who are we kidding? Donuts really should have been my #1. 😉 I'm currently trying to make "better choices"…so ya, this donut is looking AMAZING. (And if this were Oprah, I'd say "BRING OUT THE DONUTS! Donuts for EVERYONE!")
9. A statement sign from Signs of Serendipity.
My sister, Julie, makes some amazing signs. And the best part? She does custom orders! We collaborated to create this "Gather around" sign for a recent project…and it's just so much fun to dream with her! Visit her Instagram here.
10. Time with my people.
Can't write a list of my favorite things without including my VERY favorite thing, and it doesn't cost a dime. Time with my family.
Thank you so much for stopping by, and checking out My Favorite Things! Be sure to continue on to the next stop on this blog hop…Four Generations One Roof!


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Umm….though I'm a scapegoat, but do find some of the characteristics from "Lost Child".
I was so QUIET and always lock myself in room for days, dive into reading and own stuffs in order to escape from the dysfunction / chaos at home.
When I step into adulthood, I feel anxious and shy in front of strangers, afraid of conflict because I already sick with drama.
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CNET First Look
Samsung Galaxy Tab S is a sleek slate with a spectacular screenThe Samsung Galaxy Tab S tablets are feature-filled, high-end slates tailored for movie-watching.
Samsung's extensive family of gadgets gets a little bigger with two new Galaxy Tab S Slates. And those looking for a great movie watching tablet with plenty of other virtues are going to find the pair a worthy high end investment. I'm Xiomara Blanco for CNet and this a First Look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab S. The super thin and light weight designs have a light goldish brown trim and come in white or gray. Both tables are currently the lightest and thinnest in their categories. And the sparsely dimpled plastic back is comfortable to hold. In landscape orientation, the 8.4 incher suffers from a button filled bottom bezel with capacitive buttons that are easy to accidentally trigger. And in order to avoid blocking the speakers, your thumb has to haphazardly hang out by the back button. The 10.4 inch model, slim side bezels don't provide a lot of thumb space either. And for these reasons, I found the cases to be an essential accessory to fully enjoy long movies. The native video app is the best way to watch videos. Since it gives you the full menu of options to optimize your viewing experience. Like the MLF cinema mode. When turned on, the saturated colors, sharpness, and deep black levels make HD content appear vibrant and lifelike. For some videos, I really enjoyed the extra punch but I wasn't always a fan of how it changed the colour balance. Sometimes it makes natural looking scenes or skin tones into over saturated ones that often look too green or red. The [UNKNOWN] LED cinema setting does a great job of enhancing videos. But it's up to personal preference if you like the more saturated and contrasted result. [CROSSTALK] Picture quality isn't incredibly impressive or loud but audio holds up at max volume with little distortion and there are a few useful audio optimization options when using the native video app. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S runs on Samsung's own Exynos five Octa CPU. Three gigabytes of RAM, 16 or 32 gigabytes of internal storage, and a micro SD card slot that's expandable up to 128 gigabytes. Other hardware on the Tab S includes a fingerprint scanner, which is easy to set up and works well consistently, and an eight megapixel rear and two megapixel front facing camera. The cameras offer the usual modes, but you can also download more if you'd like. And though there isn't a huge variety to choose from, it's a cool and rare perk to download more camera modes. For a tablet, the photo quality is pretty decent. Images look fine at full resolution, but they're still visible grain and noid. The image stabilization makes a difference when taking low light photos. But a steady hand goes a long way. The Galaxy Tab S are two of the best movie watching tablets available and though they're a high end purchase with a price to match, they packed a robust user interface and plenty of software features to justify it. I've only begun to scratch the surface of what the Galaxy Tab S has to offer. So, for a more in depth look, check out my forward view on CNET. Again, I'm Xiomara Bianco and this has been the First Look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab S. [MUSIC]


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History Hill at Hill End NSW - Open to the public daily, every weekend, all long weekends/school holidays from 10am to 4pm.
Please call ahead to check Museum Availiability
General Tours
History Hill is the largest privately owned gold rush collection on display in Australia. History Hill's collection focuses on the land, the time and the people of Australia's Gold Rush era.
We are open to the general public of all ages and look forward to seeing here.
We also have guided tours available for groups.
School Excursions – Education experiences
Our specialty is School Excursions offering an educational experience that will always be remembered.
In today's computer age it is difficult for children to comprehend the practical and basic world of the 1800s.
Getting close to the real thing and a hands on approach to learning makes it easier for the young mind to realise the importance of the Goldfields in Australia's history and how it has shaped who we are.
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Adult bus groups, Probus or other clubs.
History Hill Museum at Hill End, holds a comprehensive display highlighting our early Australian gold rush history.
We are open to the general public and we pride ourselves in serving bus groups. We have ample space for coaches to park and maneuver making it very accessible to all.
We also have guided tours available for groups.
Displays & Collections
- History of glass featuring uranium glass that glows in the dark!
- Art room additions include two new cabinets
- Chinese collection with one item dating back 1,000 years! And now over 500 Chinese goldfields artifacts
- Now over 100 sets of circa 1800s gold scales including a completely new cabinet to show a couple more off!
- Knife/firearms cabinet
- Expanded, pot lid (medical/cure-all chemists jars) collection
Australian Gold Rush History Displays
- Fire arms from the gold fields
- Gold fossicking & mining tools
- Contents from shops, houses, hotels, schools even hospitals
- Art & photo gallery
- Working models of Gold Rush life
- Heaps of gold scales, coins bullion boxes and bank safes
Experience the History
- Native vegetation area with water feature & exotic bird aviary
- Holtermann's personal documents and artifacts
- Stamper batteries, steam engines(operating)
- Blacksmith/tinsmith shop
- Hundreds of Chinese Gold Rush items
- An underground mine (175m)
- Life size replica of the Beyer and Holtermann Specimen and much more..


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Junior Architect looking for a job in Singapore
Hi everyone,
My name is Miguel and I recently arrived from Japan where I graduated with a Master 's Degree in Architecture at Kyushu University, Fukuoka. I arrived in Portugal fulfilled with confidence and energy to revolutionize life scenarios and contribute to a change, but given the current economic situation I realized that this is not the right time here for life habitats creators, so I would like to embrace a new challenge.
I have a strong desire to have a working experience in Singapore, because of its multicultural/international environment, architecture approach and sustainability orientation.
For all my education, personal experience and capabilities I am sure I could be an add value to a company, I just need an opportunity. Besides that, given my proficiency in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese I could be a helpful tool for future global projects.
I would like to know if someone may have or know an Architect/Urban Designer Position available. I can send you my CV and Portfolio to provide you with an overview of my experience. I will be in Singapore starting March 1st...
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NORTH TEXAS - North Texas Real Estate Information System (NTREIS) has released home sales data for November 2013.
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How Trashy Am I?
Lesson 3 of 15
Objective: SWBAT calculate their family's and their own personal trash consumption over a day, week, month, and year and create a children's book that describes the recycling process.
Day 1: Engage
A few days before the lesson begins, I have my students keep a log of all the items they throw away over a 48 hour period of time. When students return to class with their lists, I have them fold a piece of 8.5 x 11 paper in half, labeling one side, "Biodegradable", and the other, "Non-biodegradable". I instruct the students to sort their items according to the two categories, based on what they learned in the prior lesson, Where Does the Waste Go?
Next, I have students Think, Pair, Share as they discuss each of the questions below.
- What do you consume more of: biodegradable or non-biodegradable items?
- Based on the list you created over the last two days, estimate how many pounds of trash you produce in one day, one week, one month, and one year.
- Multiply that by the number of people in your family to estimate how many pound of trash your family produces in the same period of time.
- Look at the non-biodegradable items you consumed. How many of those items could you reuse? How many of those items do you actually reuse?
Day 1: Explore
I explain to the students that there is a very easy way to remember how we can throw away less trash and save room in our landfills. We refer to these as the "3 R's". I ask students if anyone has ever heard of the 3 R's before. A few will try to name them, but will come up with something else (reading, writing, arithmetic, or something completely off topic). Some will have no idea what I am talking about. Others may know the 3 R's but will have a hard time explaining them.
I pass out the The Three Rs handout and have students read through it. Together, we discuss the ways we can work together to help reduce the amount of trash that goes into our landfills each day. I like to play What Can I Recycle and How Trash Is Recycled during or after our discussion to help students understand exactly what it means to recycle and why it is important.
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Days 2-5: Explain
After watching the videos, I have the students refer back to the lists they created and respond to the following in writing:
- What percentage of the materials that you threw away in the last two days are you able to recycle?
- What percentage of the materials consumed did or will you recycle?
- Do you feel recycling is important? State why or why not.
Next, I explain that it is not only important for us to be more conscious of the impact we have on the environment, but it is also important to teach others to do the same. I tell the students that they will get the opportunity to show what they've learned about recycling by creating a children's book from the point of view of a recyclable item. In the book, they must explain the "adventure" an item goes through during the recycling process. They must make it interesting and entertaining for children, while still educating them about the recycling process. In addition, they must teach children about he importance of recycling in order to help sustain protect our planet and way of life.
Students use the Recycle Story Checklist to help guide them through the process and to self-assess their work as they progress through the steps of creating their book.
My students use the site Mixbook to create their books. Because they are accustomed to using technology in the classroom and have used this site before, I do not need to provide a great deal of support with the technology component of the project. However, if you or your students need more support with this project, my students have created a series of screencasts on how to use the tool. Here's Getting Started.
More videos on Mixbook - and a variety of other Web 2.0 tools, can be found here.
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Day 6: Elaborate
Now that the students have a good understanding of what happens to items once they are sent to the recycling plant, they are set to learn more about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle right here in school. I provide the students with a document created by the Minnesota Pollution Control Advisory. They read the document and highlight important information.
After reading, we have a class discussion on the material in the document. Next, I ask the students to create a class contract that will help us commit to creating less trash and turning our classroom into a more environmentally responsible place. Each of us signs the contract and we display it in a place in the classroom where anyone can easily see it and realize our commitment to helping the environment.
Students will be evaluated on their book based on the guidelines I set forth in class and the provided Rubistar rubric. I will also assess their understanding based on their participation and contributions to the class contract.


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Much like Dickens' Ghosts of Christmas, thoughts of our Past, Present and Future Economic Woes seem to descend upon us at the end of a calendar year. How you respond to these "ghosts" will tell you a great deal about yourself. Are you a "Scrooge" or a spendthrift? Are you worried about the future, completely cavalier about it, or just plain numb? It's hard to imagine that the Ghost of Markets Past could conspire so dreadfully with the Ghost of Markets Present to drop the DJIA by 36% from the year's start, but the warning signs were there to read, as several bloggers & pitch writers on CAPS have shown. While I acted somewhat prudently and protected most of my 401k, I wish I'd acted more prudently and with more confidence in protecting my taxable accounts better. Oh well, it gives me something to aspire to in 2009. [more]
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Wednesday, March 8, 2017
What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday #10
Joining in today with Julia at Stamping Ground for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday. What's on your workdesk this week?
16 comments:
- Shoshi said...
I love to see a busy, messy, industrious desk, Melissa! I don't know what the One Little Word class is but you've got lots of interesting stuff out and it all looks creative and fun, and very colourful! Thank you for your lovely comment and your encouragement and prayers - I'll get there in the end but it's sure taking its time and I have to remind myself to be patient! It was nice doing a bit of painting yesterday but today I'm too tired again... Ah well, tomorrow's another day, as Scarlett O'Hara would say!
Happy WOYWW,
Shoshi #41
- March 8, 2017 at 2:12 PM
- Carol Norby said...
Interesting items you play with! Lots of color! Thanks for the visit and I hope you have a great rest of the week!
Carol N #38
- March 8, 2017 at 2:19 PM
- BJ said...
Oh that looks fun, what was the prompt? I think your desk is like mine then. I tend to tidy after I have crafted so it is usually clear for WOYWW so I have to put something on it - LOL - BJ#23
- March 8, 2017 at 2:21 PM
- Karen said...
That's more like it!!! :-)
- March 8, 2017 at 5:07 PM
- Diane Baker-Williams said...
Nothing wrong with a tidy desk! Admittedly, mine rarely is. I am familiar with One Little Word. What is your word for this year? Mine is Align.
- March 8, 2017 at 5:59 PM
- Dorlene Durham said...
Your desk looks great tidy and busy! Dorlene #42
- March 8, 2017 at 8:10 PM
- Sarah Brennan said...
Your desk looks busy and industrious but still organised rather than messy. I like the sound of this one little word group. What is it? Sarah #29
- March 8, 2017 at 11:49 PM
- craftyani said...
Gosh you've been busy since last weeks empty desk. What is One little word? #2
- March 9, 2017 at 2:45 AM
- sandra de said...
I do love a very organised desk ..... it just looks like you have a vision and the plan to achieve your goal. Have a lovely week.
sandra de @19
- March 9, 2017 at 3:37 AM
- Lunch Lady Jan said...
I need to have a tidy desk too as I can't bear wasting time searching for something amidst piles of stash! Not that you've seen much of my sewing desk recently but I do like to keep everything where it should be :-D. Have a good week,
Hugs, LLJ 4 xxx
- March 9, 2017 at 4:10 AM
- Shaz Brooks said...
I admit I tend to be a bit of an 'organise by pushing it all to one side' sort of person, lol. Loving all the images on your desk, Don't know the project, but have fun. Have a lovely week, Hugs, Shaz Xx #11
- March 9, 2017 at 7:27 AM
- Lindart said...
Now, that's a busy creative desk! I wonder how all of this came together? Thanks for sharing, Lindart #43
- March 9, 2017 at 10:14 AM
- Sharon Koole said...
I love seeing messy, creative desks. Love all the photos spread around - looks like mine as I'm working on a page.
Happy WOYWW
Sharon K #36
- March 9, 2017 at 2:01 PM
- Sian said...
That's more what mine looks like all the time!
- March 10, 2017 at 7:13 AM
- Kelly said...
Hi Melissa. Thanks for your visit this week. Your desk looks quite interesting. I love cutting into my magazine stash. Creative Blessings on your week! Kelly #37
- March 12, 2017 at 7:26 PM
- alexa said...
How nice to see your vision board in progress. I've yet to start mine ... Creatively interesting (definitely not messy!) is how I see your space :).
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Topeak ChainBOT
Okay, admit it. You love the wind wooshing past your ears and the balance for body, mind and soul that whisking off to work on your bicycle gives you. But when it comes to those dreaded maintenance tasks... well who doesn't have something better to do? But Topeak's Red Dot Design Award winning chainBOT is so sympathetic, you'll be looking for excuses to pull it out and make a little tweak.
In storage mode, the chainBOT looks like a canine companion. But scratch behind his aluminum ears and the stainless steel body converts into a chain breaking tool, suitable for all makes of chain. Priced at €39.95 ($42.95 in the US), the ChainBOT is further proof that you have to pay for design. At 143 grams, the ChainBOT uses more than twice as much materials as the common allen key/chain tool--which like the Topeak bike tent may not represent the purest spirit of ecological design--but if it helps breaks through the psychological barriers to take bicycling to work out of the "so you lost your driver's license for what?" category and into the "I vote for the party with the city bike-trail planning platform" future, then it deserves a note here at Treehugger.


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Weekly Bulletin In addition to regular website updates, termly newsletter and frequent Twitter news, as from the beginning of this term we will produce a weekly School Bulletin to keep everyone updated on the events of the forthcoming week, reminders, school news and dates for the diary. The School Bulletin will be sent to parents via School Comms. The Bulletin will be published every Friday and, in addition to the School Comms message, it will also be uploaded on the school website.Read More
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Evolution Showcase Postponed to Wednesday 18th JulyRead More
Following a very successful trip to Andorra at Easter this year, we have provisionally booked another trip to Andorra with Rayburn Tours. It will again be to the Hotel Panorama in Andorra on 6th – 13th April 2019 and the cost will be the same at £775. It will be open to Year 7 & 8 students in the first instance and then depending on numbers we will open it up to other year groups.Read More


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We use the internet every day to communicate with people around the world, but it does have some drawbacks. Comment sections have become a breeding pool for bullies who hide behind fake names and hurl malicious filth at whoever they please. These trolls are often especially cruel to women.
One of the worst issues is the way women are criticized for their appearance. Women are expected to wear makeup as part of "taking some pride in their appearance," but those same critics will call women fake or vain for using "too much" makeup. One YouTuber from the U.K. was far too familiar with being judged by her appearance, so she decided to take off her makeup and address the haters once and for all.
Em Ford is a 26-year-old Brit. A former model, she spends her time crafting makeup tutorials for her YouTube channel, My Pale Skin.
Ford starts out each video makeup free before conducting her makeup tips. While she never had to deal with it much as a kid, Ford has struggled with acne since 2015.
Most of her tutorials are made in an effort to help those who also deal with acne on a regular basis. Despite acne being a common ailment, commenters have seen this as fair grounds to ridicule her.
"The problem with social media is that people forget that there is somebody else at the other end of the keyboard," Ford says.
With each video, Ford received an onslaught of cruel, personal attacks from strangers with nothing better to do than to tear someone down. The stream of hate seems endless.
Ford decided not to ignore this behavior. In a recent video entitled, "You Look Disgusting," she addresses her bullies.
"You have this platform and you can choose to make somebody happy, or you can choose to take somebody's happiness away in one comment," Ford says.
In the video, Ford doesn't utter a single word. Instead, she lets the comments speak for themselves as she wipes away her makeup.
"I can't even look at her," and "Her face is so ugly," float on the screen.
It's the last comment, however, that really matters.
At the end of the video, Ford closes with an important message to her fans and haters: "You are beautiful. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Not even yourself."
Over 20 million people have viewed Ford's powerful video. While acne has made her feel alone at times, Ford doesn't want anyone else to go through her experience. She doesn't want her followers thinking beauty has only one definition. Since the video's debut, the hashtag #YOULOOKDISGUSTING began trending as people shared their own struggles with their appearances.
Rather than rip people apart, she is using the tools of the internet to stand up for women everywhere. Just like Ford, her message is beautiful.
Don't forget to SHARE this empowering message with your friends and family.
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Mastering Metabolomics: An Interview with Andrew Patterson
Writer Sara LaJeunesse talks with Andrew Patterson, assistant professor of molecular toxicology and director of Penn State's Metabolomics Core Facility, about his research on metabolism. Andrew earned a bachelor's degree in microbiology from Penn State in 1999 and a Ph.D. in genetics from the joint graduate partnerships program with the National Institutes of Health and George Washington University in 2006. He conducted postdoctoral research in the Lab of Metabolism with Dr. Frank Gonzalez at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. In 2011, Andrew joined the faculty of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State.
Sara: What is metabolomics and how do you use it in your research?
Andrew: I'm interested in how our bodies metabolize things like drugs and foreign compounds, and also how chemicals in our diets or nutrients derived from our diets influence health and disease. Metabolomics is the process of identifying chemical fingerprints in biofluids, such as blood and urine, that are left behind after metabolic processes are carried out. Here at Penn State and thanks to generous support from the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, we use very sensitive mass spectrometry-based platforms to measure changes in these chemicals, both qualitatively and quantitatively. For example, we have been able to tell from the urinary metabolome whether certain drugs are working or not, if they are toxic, and how well these findings in animal models translate to humans. We've also spent considerable effort developing noninvasive urinary biomarkers for detecting exposure to ionizing radiation—think scenarios where we'd need to rapidly screen and triage thousands of people to determine their exposed dose. Right now we're working on cancer biomarkers and using this information to understand some of the mechanistic underpinnings behind cancer's pathogenesis and progression. The field of metabolomics is truly providing a new and interesting perspective from which to look at health and disease.
Sara: What are some possible applications of your work?
Andrew: The applications of metabolomics are endless. Since we can measure a lot of chemicals relatively noninvasively in easy-to-obtain biofluids, metabolomics has garnered a lot of excitement from the medical community. Currently, metabolomics is being used to identify very early indicators of diseases such as cancer. The hope is that eventually we can use metabolomics to predict disease formation or monitor its progression. While my lab spends a lot of time looking at metabolism in rodents and humans, there have been fascinating studies focusing on plants, and there's plenty of application to the agricultural community for things like monitoring milk production in cows or understanding what chemicals are responsible for giving wine grapes their characteristic flavor and texture. One of the most rewarding aspects of metabolomics is the potential to collaborate with scientists across many disciplines.
Sara: Finish this sentence: "I would be extremely excited if . . . "
Andrew: . . . we could use the urinary or blood metabolome to predict how a person would respond to a drug. We're exposed to countless chemicals; some estimates put it at one to three million discrete exposures in a lifetime. These chemicals come from food, drugs, cosmetics, pollutants, and pesticides, and our body does an incredible job of metabolizing and, in some cases, detoxifying them. It's conceivable that we could use metabolomic information based solely on the chemicals we're exposed to on a daily basis to give some clues about how we might respond to a drug we've never taken before. This all falls within the scope of personalized medicine, which once was a bit of a fairy tale but with metabolomics is now closer than ever to becoming reality.


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Who We Are, What We Do, and Why
Student Affairs professionals are proud to play an integral role in the student educational experience beginning prior to enrollment and extending beyond graduation. The EWU Student Affairs team is comprised of over 20 departments, with approximately 110 career level staff and over 150 part-time student staff.
Departments within Student Affairs include those delivering student development programs, support services, and enrollment services. Through a variety of interactions, staff members address the whole student experience from the mundane to the life-changing and ensure that the needs of students receive advocacy and visibility on campus. Functional areas include advocacy/mentoring, co-curricular activities, community engagement, crisis response/risk management, enrollment, and support services.
We believe that attention from caring staff can make a difference in a student's experience. The vision of Student Affairs is to engage students along their transformational journey to develop self-confidence, a sense of purpose, resiliency, critical thinking, and active citizenship. These characteristics enable students to be not only successful college learners, but successful people who are valuable assets in their communities.
We look forward to helping all our students develop as informed, responsible and empowered learners.
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1001 Video GamesThe GameCube version of Animal Crossing appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
K.K. Slider's nameAmong the ensemble of animals that populate Animal Crossing there is a dog who welcomes the player on their first play session and gives guitar concerts every Saturday night by the Train Station. The Dalmatian is called Totakeke (or K.K. Slider), an obvious pun to Kasumi Totaka, the game's sound director.
Loading timeWith its small size due to being a slight enhancement on the N64 original, Animal Crossing completely loads into memory soon after you start the system. Thus the only load time in the game is when using the memory card or linking with the Game Boy Advance. Once loaded, the game can even be fully played if you remove the disc from the system.
Promotional copyIn early August 2002 Nintendo ran a contest where teams of two told in 50 words or less why they should get free copies of the game. 125 teams of these so-called Animal Crossing Pioneers got copies a month earlier than the general release. This helped to create a big buzz about the game on the Internet, and is also where the "Promotional Copy" disc scan on this site came from.
Tom NookThe name of your first employer on Animal Crossing, a raccoon named Tom Nook, is a pun on the Japanese word for racoon, "tanuuki". Fans of Super Mario Bros. 3 might remember the Tanooki suit that resembled a raccoon. Tom Nook clearly owns all the supply lines in town. He owns the only general goods store, controls all real estate, and is the only one who gives out loans. This has led many gamers to dub him as somewhat of a slum lord and a loan shark.
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Robin McKinley Quotes About MagicQuotes about: Magic
Cats were often familiars to workers of magic because to anyone used to wrestling with self-willed, wayward, devious magic--which was what all magic was--it was rather soothing to have all the same qualities wrapped up in a small, furry, generally attractive bundle that...might, if it were in a good mood, sit on your knee and purr. Magic never sat on anybody's knee and purred.
What you describe is how it happens to everyone: magic does slide through you, and disappear, and come back later looking like something else. And I'm sorry to tell you this, but where your magic lives will always be a great dark space with scraps you fumble for. You must learn to sniff them out in the dark.
The magic in that country was so thick and tenacious that it settled over the land like chalk-dust and over floors and shelves like slightly sticky plaster-dust. (Housecleaners in that country earned unusually good wages.) If you lived in that country, you had to de-scale your kettle of its encrustation of magic at least once a week, because if you didn't, you might find yourself pouring hissing snakes or pond slime into your teapot instead of water.
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