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I'm doing an essay for this show.
Ooi Botos Gallery is pleased to announce Reading Through Seeing, an exhibition by contemporary artist José Parlá, on view 14 May through 11 July 2009. This will be the artists first solo exhibition in Hong Kong and will showcase new paintings, works on paper, photographs and ceramic works. The exhibition will take place during Art HK 09 and will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue with essays by scholars Alexandra Chang of New York University Asia Pacific Center and critical theorist and art historian Michael Betancourt.
José Parlás new works are inspired by his recent travels in France, Japan and the United Kingdom. Parlás unique and playful inscriptions and diary-like gestures with his trademark handwriting recall his personal observations of how the idiosyncratic behavior of anonymous individuals on those distant streets distinctly impact each geographical environment.
The complexity of José Parlás mixed media paintings is based on the layering of images and paraphernalia collected from his daily encounters at home and his adventures abroad, interpreted through his dynamic gestural process. Interleaved through each work is Parlás calligraphic script, which infuses each piece with vibrancy, energy and meaning.
Memories, thoughts, ideas, quotes, phrases, conversations and observations scrawled in Parlás instantly recognizable, flowing script reflect his characteristic fusion of writing and painting, word and image. His brushwork depicts walls in the city, or in rural areas outside of urban centers, while his mélange of imagery and words hint at stories within stories, an evocation of the places that have deeply affected him.
The story-telling nature of José Parlás work is mesmerizing. At first glance, his paintings are reminiscent of an abandoned street alley, but as ones eyes linger, one realizes the density and complexity of overflowing imagery. Parlás innate gift of capturing both the chaos and the tranquility of the city has moved countless viewers.
About José Parlá
José Parlá is a New-York based artist whose paintings reflect the way in which cities function as palimpsests. Born in Miami, Parlá traveled in the Caribbean, South America, Asia and Europe in the 1990s before settling permanently in New York. His work has been collected and exhibited by Agnes B. Galerie Du Jour in Paris and Takashi Murakamis Kai Kai Ki Ki gallery in Tokyo. Major recent exhibitions include, The New Grand Tour showing in Hong Kong and Beijing (2007-08), Adaptation / Translation at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London (2008), and Layered Days with Cristina Grajales Soho gallery in New York City (2008).
About Ooi Botos Gallery
Ooi Botos is Hong Kongs leading avant-garde gallery specializing in photography, digital media, video and installation. In fact, the José Parlá exhibition marks a departure from Ooi Botos customary program, with Parlá being the only painter represented by the gallery. Ooi Botos is dedicated to exposing the public to art forms rarely seen in Hong Kong to raise the level of discourse about art in Asia.
Ooi Botos is located at 5 Gresson Street, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Friday 11.30 A.M. 3 P.M. and 6 P.M. 8 P.M., Saturday 11 A.M. 6 P.M. Tel. +852 2527 9733
Image: José Parlá, WESTCHESTER PLAZA, New York, 2009, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic and Plaster on Canvas, 4 x 7 ft. © PARLA STUDIOS, LLC. All Rights Reserved - Member of the Artists Rights Society New York
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Is the Nymph 12 suitable for a 5' 11" 200lb male or am I pushing the design limits?
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Hi Milkman
Curious if you ever got an answer to you post of Feb 5. I'm considering a Nympy and it appears we have a similar build. Did you build the boat and if so how did it go?
RE: Nymph 12
Have not built one myself yet, but the CLC website shows the total capacity for the 12' Nymph to be 240lbs. I presently paddle an 11' glued lapstrake canoe that has a capacity of 175lbs and have had no problems. I weigh 160lbs, I wouldf think you should be OK.
RE: Nymph 12
The Nymph 12 would be very happy with a 200-pounder. I've seen people much larger than that in the Nymph 12 and in the similar Sassafras 12. North of 250 pounds, you start to wonder about powerboat wakes and how fast you can bail, but at 200 the boat would be safe and comfortable. We have a Nymph 12 here in the showroom.

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Monday, December 31, 2007
December 31, 2007
68 and sunny and everyone is bundled up. Either everyone in Hollywood is an actor, or they all have a hyperactive thyroid.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
December 30, 2007
Black t-shirt was fine on its own. Good thing I was wearing one. White t-shirt would have needed a light jacket. I don't have time for that shit.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
December 29, 2007
Not a cloud in the sky, not a car on the 101, not a writer in the studios. Once it begins snowing and gas drops below $3.60 a gallon, Los Angeles will officially become America's version of Ottawa.
Friday, December 28, 2007
December 28, 2007
The early morning daylight tried desperately to fall through the clouds like an old man vomiting Sunny Delight through tufts of soot-flavored cotton candy. By midday, the sun had claimed victory and Angelenos benefited from its warmth, though it seems to have negatively affected their ability to write a compelling simile.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
December 27, 2007
"Everything is sunny above the clouds, but I hear L.A. was nice too." Sorry, I just got back.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
December 25, 2007
Sweet Amanda Street Reports:
After Santa finished passing out presents across he globe, he stopped at his final destination- Los Angeles, CA where he traded in his fury suit for cropped pants, a t-shirt (yes, it was red) and a snow white cardigan- perfect for the southern California Christmas weather. Had baby Jesus been born here today- he would have been baptised in the great blue sea- perhaps a bit chilly for us but after all, he is God or enlightened at least. He would have dipped in and then after a cry of delight- soaked in the warmth of our dedicated sun. Recommended dress for today's weather- One pair of cropped pants (preferably red),one red t-shirt and one snow white cardigan.
Monday, December 24, 2007
December 24, 2007
Today was gentle in Echo Park. The sun kissed my face and I kissed it back. It was a soft kiss- familiar and welcome. It spread to my arms and knees and at moments it made me pause with love. In Burbank however- the sun pulled out it's mini daggers and threatened to pierce my skin. I looked for a loving spot but when I could not find one, I left quickly as I prefer kisses to daggers.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
December 22 & 23
Friday, December 21, 2007
December 21, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
December 19, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
December 18, 2007
Getting inches of rain at a time in Los Angeles is as rare as ketchup in a proper steakhouse. We all need something once in a while to louse up an already well-done traffic situation.
Monday, December 17, 2007
December 17, 2007
Maybe I was so overwhelmed by the beauty of two days in a row of succulent white zinfandel sunshine that my heart and the blog skipped a beat.
December 16, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
December 15, 2005
Friday, December 14, 2007
December 14, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
December 13, 2007
Nah, I just wanted to be dramatic. It was another beautiful crisp day. It got so cold after sundown that I could see my breath. Break out the space heater.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
December 12, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
December 11, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007
December 10, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Saturday, December 8, 2007
December 8, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
December 7, 2007
Thursday, December 6, 2007
December 6, 2007
and announced the clouds in the sky.
Oh me oh my she said
If I lived here I would die.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
December 5, 2007
Weatherman Terms From My 1984 Book on Climate and Weather:
Synoptic weather guides give a synopsis or summary of the weather at any given time.
Prognostic maps show forecasts of the weather (the FUTURE).
Low air systems are called depressions.
High air systems are called anticyclones.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
December 4, 2007
The light is all right.
High seventies outside the shade today. The kind of weather that makes people move here. I wouldn't recommend it now, it being so close to the holidays and all. Now that it is December, the rest of the country will succumb to snowfall and the time known as 80 and Sunny's Comparison Period will begin.
Monday, December 3, 2007
December 3, 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007
December 2, 2007
This morning the sunshine was a glass of lemonade, and by the afternoon it was a bucket of tapioca pudding.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
December 1, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
November 29, 2007
And that is how 80 and Sunny likes to spread a little sunshine.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
November 27, 2007
Why is it always the airport temperature that gets special attention? No one is really hanging outside there. I know, I know, it's just because there's lots of measuring equipment there. Well there is only one thing you need to measure temperature in LA, besides this site of course, and that is your heart.
I told an old professor of mine about 80 and Sunny and describing sunshine and he said it sounded a lot like Philip Glass, subtle differences. Of course I am just like Philip Glass. But the only difference I can see in the sunshine today compared to yesterday is because of the time I looked at it. It was sunnier about two hours more today than yesterday. This is the effect of comparative suniture.
Monday, November 26, 2007
November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
November 25, 2007
1) Bright
2) Imposing
3) Authoratative
4) Gentle
5) Encompasing
6) Encouraging
7) Punishing
Note: Today was actually mostly grey but the morning was sunny enough to inspire the post.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
November 24, 2007
Adjusting to Los Angeles weather is like adjusting to a swedish massage. It's not hard.
Friday, November 23, 2007
November 23, 2007
Q: Yo! How is LA? Im heading back tonight. What did i miss besides DDL?*
A: Nothing. It's cold and grey. Dewey defeated Truman.
*Daniel Day Lewis
Thursday, November 22, 2007
November 22, 2007
Happy Birthday to Kelly K!
80 and Sunny will be back with regular updates on Saturday.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
November 18, 2007
Friday, november 16, 2007
today the city was like a giant wound wrapped in too much gauze--everything becoming part of one big ugly bandage. trees and buildings disappeared in the pus of pollution.
saturday, november 17, 2007
brrrrr. for LA, today was cold. even the manly men couldn't help but shiver in their t-shirts.
sunday, november 18, 2007
los angeles weather is on a diet, it just keeps dropping those degrees like unwanted pounds on the adkins diet. lots of steak wrapped in bacon, and laying off the watermelon.
Friday, November 16, 2007
November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
November 14, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
November 13, 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
November 12, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
November 11, 2007
We have names (excuses) for grayish weather in LA. You may have heard of May Gray and June Gloom but what's the deal with this place the past couple days in November? Did the coasts flip-flop? Is Seattle sneaking in? London? Where are we? In the middle of the November Nasties?
Happy Veterans Day.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Friday, November 9, 2007
November 9, 2007
63 and Hazy, who said LA was a one trick pony? As much as I usually hate gossip, rumor has it rain its on its way this weekend. I wonder if that will be on entertainment tonight?
Thursday, November 8, 2007
November 8, 2007
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
November 7, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
November 6, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
November 5, 2007
It was so dark today even before the night came that I thought I might have missed three nights in a row of posts. Someone must have brought some
Sunday, November 4, 2007
November 4, 2007
I'm not glad that daylight savings is in full effect. Like today, it was a reasonable 70 degrees with a soft cloudy umbrella making it an inviting day for a nap. And if you did take a nap and you woke up at around five fifteen you might have just thought it was nine pm. Because that is how DST works.
October 28 - November 3, 2007
Whats better than a kept promise? Sunny weather, maybe.
Thanks Bethany and JG for your accurate and astute account of what I missed:
October 28, 2007
October 29, 2007
Mr. Monet painted the sky today, while Walt Disney was at his side saying, "Yes, like that!" or "A little more blue over there and make that cloud a bit brighter and a tad fluffier." Throughout the day they both took pause to admire their masterful work, and Walt would turn to Claude and say, "Perfect, simply perfect." And Claude would smile with his eyes in agreement. I got a kink in my neck looking up in wonder all day. Beautiful.
October 30, 2007
T-shirt, jeans, a smile. Randy Newman must have penned "I Love LA" on a day just like today.
October 31, 2007
I found myself wanting to hear the sound of crunching leaves at my feet today. I breathed a bit heavier hoping for even the slightest trail of breath to curl out of my mouth. But alas, Halloween provided the appropriate conditions for the inappropriate parade of half naked girls and their sexy costumes. BOObies!
November 1, 2007
That time of year is upon us where the brisk and cloudy mornings tease us into sweaters only to find ours sweaty selves cursing at the sun by midday. No deodorant can remedy overheating in mohair.
November 2, 2007
"What was the weather like today?" –
November 3, 2007
Today every child in the greater
Saturday, October 27, 2007
October 27, 2007
80 and Sunny won't have daily posts this week but I have special reporters documenting the LA weather and we'll have something spectacular like a whole week of daily weather posts all at once next Sunday.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Ocotber 26, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
October 25, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
October 24, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
October 23, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
October 22, 2007
The Santa Anas were coming in tricky today too. The kind of winds where only the lower bushes move around where the tall trees stand on still guard. This is indeed, the weather of trouble.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
October 21, 2007
For us here it's a tricky thing, this hot sun in the fall. Looking for shade and halloween costumes is a confusing daily pastime.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
October 19, 2007
Saran wrap your pumpkins. A heat wave is coming.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
October 17, 2007
We try to convince ourselves that there are trees with leaves changing color around here. There are some good examples of fall color change. Most of 'em are just some leaves turning brownish. But what does that matter, we've got a city-block-sized pumpkin patch with a white and orange striped awning.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
October 16, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
October 15, 2007
Sunday, October 14, 2007
October 13 and 14, 2007
Hot soup weather is welcomed by about 35 percent of Angelinos. Most of them transplants. The rest of them just see no need to have a grey sky or a mild chill in the air even for a day. Heck, even for an afternoon.
(Sunday) Another thing about living in southern California is that come mid-October you can drive to any kind of weather you'd like.
Friday, October 12, 2007
October 12, 2007
Sometimes, even in Los Angeles, if you wait until night time to write it will rain. And when it rains you will be so happy because you might be able to find parking in Los Feliz or maybe you can turn your heater on or your TV off so you can listen to that unfamiliar sound of water gushing off unprepared roofsides and pooling up on the streetside.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
October 11, 2007
When asked what was it that makes her stay she replied, "I cannot answer that in words." And then she looked around for a pacific ocean or palm tree to point to and noticed her car was in a white zone. The glare of the noontime sun had blinded her parking judgement.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
October 10, 2007
High seventies and sunny. Yep.
Excerpts from a notepad:
The sun shined on us like a blessing.
Her eyes crinkled up in the
sunlight the same way they did when she was smiling.
Brightness is characterized by happiness. 80 and Sunny ultimately wants to know, what does nearly daily sunshine mean to happiness? Sunshine doesn't go away if we take it for granted but happiness may be a different story.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
October 9, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
October 8, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007
October 7, 2007
It's hell on wide open concrete shifting through old brige card sets and wicker placemats.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
October 6, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
October 5, 2007
Mediterranean climates (Csa, Csb):[6] These climates usually occur on the western sides of continents between the latitudes of 30° and 45°, though on the west coast of North America, they occur in small patches as far north as 48°. These climates are in the polar front region in winter, and thus have moderate temperatures and changeable, rainy weather. Summers are hot and dry, due to the domination of the subtropical high pressure systems, except in the immediate coastal areas, where summers are milder due to the nearby presence of cold ocean currents that may bring fog but prevent rain.
Today was a solemn goldeny fall day. Classically romantic and Mediterranean.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
October 4, 2007
Twice today I heard people say "I just love boot season."
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
October 3, 2007
Could you ever in your wildest dreams imagine that there are forces within us that make the temperature rise? The sun beam? The wind blow? Can you believe that today was hotter than yesterday? Temperature is not linear like everything else in this crazy ol' life. We are not on an ascending or decending path to the hottest or coldest day.
I guess what I am trying to say is that what you feel one day may be drastically different than the next. And you may not be the best critic of this anyway because sometimes you can't even remember how it feels when its 108 degrees because it's been too long.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
October 2, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
October 1, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
September 30, 2007
It's still hot here in the afternoon sun. 80 degrees to be exact. Shuffling up a shadeless mile long hill is only advisable under the strong conviction and love of a team.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
September 29, 2007
Warm, but not unpleasant. Breezy. Spent the day in the mall eating onion rings and beer.
Friday, September 28, 2007
September 28, 2007
all the colors of LA, meshed today into gray and the sun took a break from all its usual shining while a gentle breeze managed to coax some eager leaves off their swaying branches. the change affected everything from the length of sleeves to how one takes their tea. the dwellers of this city are ready to retire their tank tops and ice cubes.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
September 26, 2006
Gentle day overall.
Stay sunny.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
September 25, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
September 24, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
September 23, 2007
Equinox means equal night.
At the autumnal equinox (Sept. 23, 2007, 5:51 A.M. EDT), the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, from north to south; this marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.
Autumn equals awesome sun light.
September 22, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
September 21, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
September 20, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
September 19, 2007
And who knows? Maybe the same miracle that brought our city the gray chill today, will bring us the winds of post season play!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
September 18, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
September 17, 2007
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Friday, September 14, 2007
September 14, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
September 12, 2007
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
September 11, 2007
the doldrums:
|a belt of calms and light baffling winds north of the equator between the northern and southern trade winds in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
|the weather prevailing in this area.
Monday, September 10, 2007
September 10, 2007
Saturday, September 8, 2007
September 8 and 9, 2007
There are days when the weather is best measured, and explained, by one's air conditioner. More specifically, by examining to what extent one is relying on one's air conditioner (and in the case of our recent heat storm, to what extent one wishes to throw one's air conditioner out the window because it is effectively useless). Anyway, while the AC in my overheated, uninsulated apartment has been operating on Hi Cool for the past few weeks, today and yesterday Low Cool was sufficient to keep me from running, screaming out of my apartment in sweaty, violent frustration. Hallelujah, because the energy bill from these plug-in, window units is deadlier than the heat
Friday, September 7, 2007
September 7, 2007
Hot-headed LA has relented and we are no longer in the midst of our heated argument. My friend Julie is wearing a scarf.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
September 6, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
September 5, 2007
RIP Summer.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
September 4, 2007
"Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines."
Weather today from Kelly K:
"101. Just like the freeway"
Thanks to my lovely pals that helped keep 80 and Sunny updated whilst I was away.
Monday, September 3, 2007
September 3, 2007
Mother of god, why have you foresaken us? Hot hell lord almighty. The kind of extreme weather that turns people religious if for no reason other than the fact that the churches are air conditioned. The Weather Channel says salvation is on its way, 80 and sunny on Wednesday. Amen.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
September 2, 2007
Today was hot. Hotter than a gravedigger's ass in Texas, as they say in Mississippi. There was no need to look up in the sky because you knew exactly what was there. The god awful sun, punishing you for its own amusement before it makes its slow, autumn retreat and allows you once again to walk, think and breathe without sweating like a wild, disgusting animal.
10 pm. The sun has long gone down, and it's still so hot that people in the street are screaming. They aren't yelling words, just screaming, in what can only be explained as a primordial response to the cruel, hot, enveloping thickness of the air.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Septemeber 1, 2007
Kelly K is the only one that got back to me today:
Another weather report: two words: hot nights.
Ha! One more weather report- the title of this blog will have to change if this keeps up. 98 and sweltering.
Friday, August 31, 2007
August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
August 28, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
August 27, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
August 26, 2007
In what almost shook the entire foundation of what 80 and Sunny is based on, the
Saturday, August 25, 2007
August 25, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
August 23, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
August 22, 2007
Guest writer in regards to the LA light:
"I arrived in LA at night so it wasn't until the next morning, when I stepped out of a small apartment on San Vicente Boulevard, that I saw this light. And it thrilled my soul. I feel lucky to live with that light...
...And the light is inspiring and energizing. Even with smog, there's something about that light that's not harsh, but bright and smooth. It fills me with the feeling that all possibilities are available. I don't know why. It's different from the light in other places..."
Master David Lynch, Catching the Big Fish
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
August 21, 2007
You ever notice when you're out in the
People just don't get defensive about beauty. They get defensive about suffering and experiencing challenging weather. And this is the kind of human insight I am uncovering through my careful analysis of Los Angeles sunbeams.
Monday, August 20, 2007
August 20, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
August 19, 2007
August 18, 2007
Friday, August 17, 2007
August 17, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
August 16,2007
Outside with your back to the sun your shoulder blades feel like they are the first point of contact of a bomb blast. On the front of your body, any part of skin that is touching something else covered with skin, pools up with sweat. Your eyes squint even when they look in the opposite direction of the big orange ball. Everything is refracting and reflecting and dispersing and expounding the omnipotent rays. And they are hot. The rays give off a meaningful traveling heat. A dry broiler heat and westerly wind that encourages movement from one piece of shade to another until we wind up in the ocean.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
August 15, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
August 14, 2007
It hasn't rained for months. Griffith Park is on fire again. We could use some some respit in the form of water droplets - either rain or low-lying clouds. It's so hot and bright it's hard not to be convinced that our brains are shrinking at least 2% due to dehydration and sun cookery.
Monday, August 13, 2007
August 13, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
August 12, 2007
The brightness of the sun is reminiscent of student film lighting. Or maybe television news anchor lighting. No matter where people are - should I say no matter where they are staged or blocked or directed - a vicious keylight blasts out the tops of their shoulders and casts undereye shadows. It's artificially dramatic and unflattering to reality.
The Los Angeles sun sets no stage for complex emotions. You can't cry here in this lighting, on this day, with this sunshine, feeling this breeze, in front of these people and those palm trees at the Long Beach airport.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
August 11, 2007
Not far enough away to have someone cover for me so I have decided to give a projected forcast. It was 98 degrees and seriously sunny in the Kings Canyon canyon bottom so I can only imagine that Los Angeles weather was similar, sunny, and minus 15 degrees. Lucky.
August 10, 2007
Sometimes you are bathed in light. Othertimes you are in a covered veilof gentle glowing light. Somedays like august 10th, you are lambasted in heaty and moggy light.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
August 9, 2007
Today: mugginess and fogginess combined to create one totalized feeling.
In a different town muggy is already tied to foggy but in LA muggy is not always tied to foggy so you need a conjunctive term like moggy.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
August 8, 2007
The hills today were lightly visible through cheesecloth like smog. They looked like a needlepoint stitch-by-numbers craft project just waiting for the right crafter to bring the color to the forefront.
Sometimes you just have to see the possibilities. Some days you have to use less imagination. Today wasn't one of those days.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
August 7, 2007
A sunny day can trick you into thinking everything is going your way. Los Angeles has a stop-gap system for making you think this for too long and it involves traffic. Sometimes its really congested and sometimes people just drive the wrong way down a street.
Similar to this psychological stop-gap, Los Angeles is known for what we in the weather world call inversions. An inversion is a layer of warm air in the atmosphere that prevents the rise of cooling air and traps pollutants beneath it. So all this glorified warm weather is actually just trapped pollutants. If I weren't writing a weather blog I would get crackin' on an in depth celebrity metaphor and publish it right here scientology.
God bless.
Monday, August 6, 2007
August 6, 2007
Today 80 and Sunny takes some science quotes from David Carle's book, "Introduction to Air in
"Blue is scattered twice as effectively as green light and about four times more than red light. Violet is actually scattered the most, but our eyes are not very sensitive to that range; we perceive blue better."
How could anyone prove that you don't see a purple sky? You could say you are more sensitive to violets and you were just born that way.
"…Without atmospheric gases and their abilities to scatter sunlight, our sky would be as black as outer space[he cannot be talking about
Which is why when we talk about the blue skies of
Sunday, August 5, 2007
August 5, 2007
Take the center of the flash on a flash bulb and throw it at a white wall. Blow out the contrast on your user-friendly-iphoto. Watch a movie in the mid-day and then step outside. Pull the curtains back on a hungover Sunday morning. Get smacked upside the head. Times that all by a hundred, add 80 degrees and about nine and a half hours and you have the
Saturday, August 4, 2007
August 4, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
August 3, 2007
Today's weather confirmed that August means get up and getcher fitness walking in before five am. It means don't expect your Asiatic lilies to open up by dinner time. It was the kind of dry curling-up-brown-edged heat with the blazingly blazing sun that melts glaciers, certain plastics, and pancake make-up. Grab your sunshields, it's only the third of the month.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
August 2, 2007
Isn't everything already toasted? Take your time carving that avocado dear sandwich artist, there is a back-up on the 210.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
August 1, 2007
Sometimes the sun through a car window is so hot you feel like your skin is bruising.
Byproducts of the sun on a 80-plus-degree day:
Road Vapors: The illusion of steam coming up from paved road areas. Visible after 11am and often mistaken for spirits of the undead after 4:30pm.
Solar Flare: Mostly seen on rear windows of BMW X5s where the window meets the wiper. The uninterrupted reflection of the sun on the metal part of the wiper apparatus creates a blinding perma-flash flare that is visible from up to fourty car-lengths behind. The flare should be avoided because it causes permanent sight damage.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
July 31
Monday, July 30, 2007
July 30
Guest writer Bethany T:
Dare I say, it's lovely? LA is out in her Sunday's best on a Monday. Lovely puffs of white clouds adorn her cerulean gown. Hollywood has turned its wind machines on low and the palm trees are flirting with the sky. Hurry home, LA clearly misses you.
July 30
Guest writer Bethany T:
Dare I say, it's lovely? LA is out in her Sunday's best on a Monday. Lovely puffs of white clouds adorn her cerulean gown. Hollywood has turned its wind machines on low and the palm trees are flirting with the sky. Hurry home, LA clearly misses you.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
July 29
Dear 80 and Sunny,
Hungarian pigeons are hot tubbing in warm grocery store gutters.
Behind cafe window panes, frantic flies try desperately to Houdini
themselves free, their unsuccessful brethren writhing below. Bermuda
grass burns. Fallen oranges rot. It is a beautiful 83 degrees in Los
Angeles today, sunny, with a nice Northern breeze.
Tomorrow, your welcome home will most likely be the same.
And Kelly K writes:
Sweat beads on the back of my neck like the condensation on my beer glass. weather like this is an excuse to get drunk under the sun.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
July 28
80 and sunny. The palm trees are swaying in the breeze. Its what people back east imagine when they think of hollywood.
And Jamie Masters:
Hot. But perfect Saturday weather. Breeze is just cool enough to enjoy sticking your arm out the window while driving.
Friday, July 27, 2007
July 27
Today: hot oven. No clouds. No moisture. Even palm trees look dead.
Oh and a million tons of car exhaust with no place to go
today l.a. fucked with my emotions. for one reason or another, it teased me like a hot latin lover whispering promises of cool breezes and soft cloud covers. but no, like the days before and surely the days after, it started with a slow swaying of the hips and ended with the blasting of shiny brass trumpets. I'm feeling hot! hot! hot!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
July 26
Sassy. Brazen. Daring me to lose my shit while driving around town with no A/C. Actually, the weather is downright bitchy today- the Jr Highschool variety (harmless but fucking obnoxious). So, for Thursday O7-26-O7. the weather in LA is like spending the day with a hot bitchy 8th grader.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
July 25
It was one hundred thousand degrees today. And that, the above hot-dogged description, is what it feels like.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
July 24
...she would jump into a burning furnace until she could no longer handle it, or into the river in the coldest weather and stay for weeks. Once she was even said to have gotten into a mill-race and been carried under the wheel. She would pray while balancing on a hurdle or curled up in a ball on the ground. In a church at a placed called Wellen, she climbed into the large font and sat in the water. Of course, many thought that she was insane.
*it was very, very hot today.
Monday, July 23, 2007
July 23
It happened while most of us were sleeping. Rain. I saw a bit of the temporary staining on my sidewalk early this morning but it was gone before I could look twice. Unbelievable. Who did the rain dance?
So by the afternoon everything went back to the prehistoric hotness of a proper
Sunday, July 22, 2007
July 22
A surprise rainbow falling on dusk tonight. It was visible on the 110 near downtown. We haven't seen rain since January so who knows where it came from. I counted forty tiny rain drops on my windshield. Lots of funky fast moving cloud patterns all day. Like the past two days, visibility was low. But today was special because of the moving clouds. By the time the rainbow showed up the sky was bubblicious and everything looked hypercolor. For a brief moment I even thought the
July 21
Friday, July 20, 2007
July 20
Thursday, July 19, 2007
July 19
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
July 18
That's right. 80 and sunny today. The sun was so bright that it didn't even go away when we closed our eyes. It was so clear and cutting that a mere human eyelid was nothing more than a meager gathering of atmospheric molecules to the sun. And we all know how much the sun respects the Ozone. This is the kind of sun we will call eyeballtanable.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
July 17
The Goodyear blimp was spotted over
Monday, July 16, 2007
July 16
It started off dull grey today but there was no rest for air conditioners. By the afternoon the sun came back to remind us all where we really are, under her thumb. Baking in her 79 degree rays. Framed (or trapped) by palm trees and dirty buildings. Giving over our precious energy life force to UVA/UVB light.
The straightaway roads like
Sunday, July 15, 2007
July 15
90s again. Gleaming robust Sunday church-going sunshine. The kind that makes rooftop antennas look like runway lights and the road in front of you look like water. I counted seven people on seven different street corners shielding their eyes from the sun even though they had sunglasses on. They'd rather walk in the sunshine than live in the shade. Amen.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
July 14
"You ever stick your head in a toaster oven to check if your pizza is done? That's what it's like outside." "We are all cherry pop-tarts in a giant toaster."
Friday, July 13, 2007
July 13
Thursday, July 12, 2007
July 12
Almost 85 degrees today. I had the pleasure of driving around a guest from
I propose using a modified version of the 4 C's for diamonds: Color, Crispy-ness, Clairty, and Cloud weight.
Today's reading:
Color: Tweener of Cerulean and Dodger Blue.
Crispy-ness: High, polarized lenses necessary.
Clarity: #1SPV (sharp with Some Puffy clouds Visible).
Cloud weight: (judged in terms of cotton products with q-tips being very heavy, quilting filler/batting somewhere in the middle, and cotton balls being very light) today was about .25 cotton ball.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
July 11
79 degrees and clear skies today. Bluer than billy's ocean. From the window near a corner cubicle at the Glendale Public Library I developed the following technique:
The best way to judge how blue the sky really is, is to look for a nice leafy tree and find the edges of a top shelf leaf cluster (greener the better) and keep that point in mind. Don't look at it too hard just yet, just know the spot to look at. Rub your hands together like Mister Miyagi in the karate kid until they get warm. Then cup your hands over your eyes and leave them there for fifteen or twenty seconds. Then take your hands away and look at the point you picked. Whoa. Clarity that will cut through your retina. Believe that.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
July 10
Monday, July 9, 2007
The Beginning
People in Los Angeles are not all of the bad things the world thinks but they are indeed, weather dumb. Imagine what your life would be like if you didn't have to scrape ice off your windshield or wait for your car to warm up or suffer alone sitting parked under a highway overpass to wait out a deadly hail storm or crouched in a basement to avoid getting torn away from your newborn baby or German Shepard by a tornado? Weather isn't a concern here and I feel my descriptive abilities are suffering because of it.
So the purpose of 80 and Sunny is to give a daily description of the weather in the land of little rain. Hopefully it will inspire people to appreciate the god given sunshine. Hopefully it will give the public the tools and techniques needed to differentiate the hundred kinds of sun we experience. Hopefully I will become a better writer.
The project will last one year starting tomorrow on my birthday. I'm just one of those people that enjoys giving more than receiving (lie).
Forecast for Los Angeles tomorrow? Go figure, 76 and mostly cloudy.


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Good Morning One and All,
The ST Team and I hope that this finds you all well and not succumbing to the inevitable aches and pains of winter – or should that be we hope Papa Nurgle hasn't put his festive hat on and come visiting you all, as he seems to have visited most of us recently!
We have a couple of Season 1 announcements for you.
Firstly, continuing from our previous XP boost to new characters we are increasing this yet again and increasing the amount of starting 'equipment' along side this. We feel that with the end of the Season fast approaching the gap between brand new characters and those who are more longstanding can be redressed slightly more, so that our last few Season 1 games can be even more inclusive and involved for everyone, without taking away from those who have survived this long.
To that end:
- All new characters start with a minimum of 30 XP, and any characters currently with less than 30 XP increase themselves to 30 XP
- Any players who were at 'Humans Are Such Easy Prey' will still gain the 6 XP from that game, so should be on an effective minimum of 36 XP
All new characters brought into play at or since 'Humans Are Such Easy Prey' have the option for additional CP at character generation as follows:
- You have 600 CP with no restrictions (as normal)
- You have 1200 CP but cannot spend any of that CP on Ships, Ship Components, or anything to do with Ships
- Players can purchase 'non-starting items' (i.e. those in italics on the equipment list) with CP in either case, but in all cases please run your CP spends past the ST team first so we can sense check these.
Secondly, the post-HASEP Downtime cycle dates. We're looking at taking advantage of the gap between games this time in trying out a slightly longer DT cycle so the dates will be as follows:
- DT Cycle opens 21st November 2016
- DT Cycle closes 13th January 2017
- DT Responses will be out around the End of March
- This gives us a window to respond to queries about responses and engage in a dialogue with any of you that need it in the month or so before the first event of 2017
Please be aware that this cycle is extended to take into account the festivities over the Yule and New Year period, and please don't expect responses to any queries between the 23rd of December and the 4th of January, because despite the name of our game, we're not quite 'that' wicked.
Thirdly, we are putting a minor change into how the call REVITALISE works.
The current wording of the call is as follows:
- Revitalize X. This call restores X vitality hits to the target. In addition, when used on a character below zero body hits it also heals X body hits (restoring them to a maximum of zero) and stops any bleeding.
We are changing it to the following:
- Revitalize X. This call restores X vitality hits to the target. In addition, when used on a character below zero body hits it also restores them to zero body and stops any bleeding.
We realise it's near the end of the season but considering the minor nature of the change we're happy that this shouldn't have too much of an impact, as the couple of consumables that use this call come with drawbacks, and there are only a few talents that make use of this.
We hope any of you that are going enjoy the upcoming player social event 'Gilded with Gold' on the 20th of November hosted and organised by Hazel King and Fraser Ramsey.
As ever drop us an email if you have any questions.
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SEPANG – Repsol Honda Team rider, Dani Pedrosa topped the time sheets on the opening day of the 2014 Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Sepang Circuit, here today.
The 29-year-old Spaniard set the fastest time of two minutes 1.379 seconds during the first free practice session, which was done on a dry track.
Heavy rain saw the second practice session slightly delayed, forcing riders to change into their wet tyres and slowing down their timings.
In the wet afternoon outing second practice session, Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider, Jorge Lorenzo set the fastest time with 2:14.503s.
Lorenzo led the way from the 2014 MotoGP World Champion, Marc Marquez, with Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) and Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) also in the second free practice top five.
Marquez, who is seeking for the 12th victory of this season, the second fastest in the afternoon session with 2:14.745s, was fourth in the early session with 2:01.670s.
But, the first free practice session times set in the dry were what counted on the combined timesheets which contributed to the provisional qualifying two automatic participation spots.
Meanwhile, championship leader in Moto2, Esteve Rabat of Marc VDS Racing Team set the fastest time of 2:07.729s to lead the way with AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing Johann Zarco, second overall courtesy of his best time in the first free practice session.
Zarco set 2:08.048s in the first session, but was eighth after he recorded 2:08.752s in the afternoon session, which was held on a wet drying track.
Maverick Vinales of Paginas Amarillas HP 40) was third in combined times.
The 18-year-old Italian rider, Niccolo Antonelli of Junior Team GO & FUN set the fastest time in the Moto3 category with 2:13.583s in the afternoon session. – BERNAMA


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Apple Co-Founder and Philanthropist Steve Wozniak Confirmed to Speak at AFP TechKnow!
AFP TechKnow is proud to announce that Apple co-founder and philanthropist Steve Wozniak is confirmed to speak at our inaugural event! The Silicon Valley icon will discuss his "vision of tomorrow" for philanthropy and nonprofits. And to mark the announcement of Steve Wozniak speaking at AFP TechKnow, anyone who registers now thru Friday, March 30, will be entered for a chance to win the new iPad (3rd generation) just like the one Woz recently stood in line to buy! Click here for more details! Ready to join us in Orlando? Register now! Go to www.afptechknow.org.
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Managing Young Fundraisers
By Penelope Burk
Sigh...another critical expose of Generation Y in the workplace.
In a recent radio interview, an HR consultant was speaking dismissively about young workers' supposed sense of entitlement, their reluctance to work overtime, and their need for constant praise. My frustration mounted as I listened to him pile on one criticism after another, but this complaint was particularly irritating: "In job interviews, Gen Ys seem to be more interested in asking about the position they will be promoted into rather than the one they are actually applying for."
Wait a minute! Aren't young people who explore future opportunities sending two very positive messages – that they want to be successful well beyond the requirements of the job in question and that they are interested in staying in the company or organization as they build their careers?
Rapid turnover of young workers is a troubling fact and it is just as pervasive in the fundraising industry as it is in any other occupation. In research studies conducted by my firm with 1,500 professional fundraisers, respondents under the age of 30 stayed a mere sixteen months in their most recent position. By their own admission, these same young development staff felt they needed ten to twelve months of orientation, training and close supervision before feeling confident enough to manage their responsibilities independently. This means that not-for-profit employers are getting only four to six months of fully productive time from young fundraisers before they leave – not very attractive by any investment/return measure.
But why they are leaving is the more important issue. 41 percent of fundraisers under the age of 30 whom we surveyed left their last job for a position with more senior responsibilities; and 38 percent left to work for a not-for-profit with more opportunities for career advancement. It is interesting to note as well that fundraisers under thirty years of age were considerably less likely to leave a job for higher pay elsewhere than were their older counterparts.
Young people enter the workforce today having earned one or two university degrees, being technologically advanced, and completely at ease in a world that moves incredibly fast. Young workers master the limited requirements of their entry-level positions quickly and soon approach their bosses for more variety in their work and greater responsibility. But, their enthusiasm is sometimes dampened by managers who, ironically, have too much to do and too little time in which to do it themselves. Instead of focusing on the benefits of retaining an eager, motivated and now experienced young staff member, they think about the additional orientation, training and supervision time required to promote this individual and hire his or her replacement.
Exacerbating the problem is the criteria managers often use to make decisions about whether and when their employees are ready for more senior positions. "That's not how things worked when I started in development" threads its way through our research with management-level fundraisers. But no manager can alter the beliefs and behaviors of employees by insisting that they think and act "like I used to when I was your age". This serves only to distance managers from reports, leading to substandard performance and premature resignation. Managers enjoy exalted titles, better pay and superior benefits not because they have hung around the workforce for longer than other employees, but because they hold down the most difficult job. They are charged with the responsibility of maximizing the productivity of their staff, and that includes young workers who think differently and bring a different work ethic to the office.
In fact, there are two practical reasons why seasoned managers actually need their young workers to move up the seniority ladder at an accelerated pace. First, donors are changing the ways in which they give and fundraising is adapting to keep pace with those changes. In the last five years, participation in typical direct marketing programs by donors has declined 21.5 percent[1] as more donors choose to support fewer causes with higher level gifts. While this means a decline in the number of entry-level jobs at the bottom of the fundraising pyramid over time, opportunities are expanding inside Major and Planned Gifts programs. As a result, young workers need to gain the skills and experience required for relationship fundraising much earlier in their careers.
The second reason pertains to management-level fundraisers themselves. Only 43 percent of all development professionals we surveyed said they plan to stay in fundraising for the balance of their careers. Among them, one in two will retire within the next five to ten years. In order to resource our industry with enough qualified and experienced professionals to meet the demand, senior practitioners need to applaud, not discourage, their young fundraisers' desire to climb the ladder quickly.
Managers are right, however, to wonder whether their young fundraisers are as ready for the future as they think they are. No, they don't know anywhere near what their bosses know; and, yes, it's so easy for young workers to be confident about their ability when they've never been tested in a crisis. Still, managers cannot criticize young workers for having been brought up in an overly protective environment, and then keep them in an equally protected environment on the job. The fundraising industry needs to throw its young professionals into the fray so that they can fall down early, pick themselves back up, and become the next generation of development leaders as soon as possible.
Penelope Burk is president of Cygnus Applied Research, Inc. Research data in this article is from her forthcoming book, "Donor-Centered Leadership." Burk will be featured as a distinguished speaker at the AFP TechKnow Conference happening June 4-5, 2012 in Orlando, Fla., where she will discuss how to better use performance metrics in donor-centered fundraising. Burk will also present a session at Planet Philanthropy, hosted by AFP chapters in Florida and co-located with TechKnow.
[1] Target Analytics, Blackbaud, Index of National Fundraising Performance, 2011
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FREE AFP Webinar—"Not All Conversations Happen on Facebook: Introducing AFP2P" - March 29 – 1 p.m. EST
We all know that constituents are looking for ways to connect within smaller social networks of like-minded people. But there's more to social networking than just Facebook and other well-known sites. Some organizations are developing their own "house social networks" to connect volunteers, advocates, fundraisers, and others to build strong online communities. This free webinar will discuss these kinds of networks and introduce members to AFP2P, AFP's new members-only community that is a great way for fundraisers to connect and share ideas and documents. Register below for this important and insightful presentation!
Presenters: Mark Davis, Director of Enterprise Internet Solutions, Blackbaud; Sarah Gwaltney, Solutions Manager, Blackbaud Social. Go to www.afpnet.org to register.
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Power to the Peeps! Follow the AFPeeps During Conference!
The AFPeeps are our member-driven social media vanguard, leading the way in showing how social media can enhance your conference experience and advance your fundraising The AFPeeps are now tweeting away about what to expect in Vancouver, and will be providing non-stop e-reporting on Twitter and other social media sites throughout the event. And be sure to stop by the AFP Hub in the Exhibit Hall, where the AFPeeps will be presenting a series of mini-tutorial "Sneak Peeps" on how to rev up your own social media efforts and experience. Don't have Peep Envy! Follow the AFPeeps and enliven your Vancouver experience - afpmeet.org/social.cfm
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afpmeet.org - AFP's Mobile Site for the AFP 2012 Vancouver Conference!
afpmeet.org is the exclusive mobile site that will allow attendees to access everything they need to optimize their AFP 2012 Conference experience—right on their smartphone! The conference mobile site can be viewed across all smartphone browsers (iPhones, Blackberries, Droids, etc.), no matter the device. The mobile site will allow you to search the conference schedules and create a personalized daily schedule, search speakers and exhibitors, access the AFP Marketplace floor plan, follow the conference on Twitter, and more!
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May/June Issue of Advancing Philanthropy Will Be Digital Only
Focusing on innovation, the May/June issue of Advancing Philanthropy will be digital only. Read articles on inspiring innovation in your team, thinking more creatively and creating a culture of "futuring." Eureka! In addition, there will be videos, a podcast and even a comic book.
What does the digital magazine offer? Briefly, you can email articles, search an entire magazine (archived issues go back to October 2007) by author or key word, and save and download your digital copy.
To access the digital magazine, go to the AFP website, www.afpnet.org, and select "Publications" and "Advancing Philanthropy." Also, scan the QR code or MS Tag and have Advancing Philanthropy on your mobile device. If you have questions please email email@example.com.
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AFP Gives Back, Sponsored by Sage—Dress for Success in Vancouver!
AFP is offering a unique way for Vancouver conference participants to give back! AFP is partnering with Sage and Dress for Success, a charity that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing them with professional attire, networking support and career development tools. Conference attendees are asked to bring new or gently used professional women's (or unisex) accessories, such as belts and scarves, and especially handbags and computer cases or brief cases/bags, to donate to Dress for Success onsite at the conference. Start looking through your closets for appropriate items! Go to http://conference.afpnet.org for more information.
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Upcoming AFP Webinars
Spinning Like a Top: 8 Secrets to Well-Oiled Fundraising Operations (Apr. 12, 1-2:30 p.m. ET)
This session centers on sharpening your message to focus more on why the available fundraising dollars should come to you. It is ideal for anyone involved in developing the right message, those responsible for developing the needed data and those involved in raising dollars in the fundraising field. Presented by Mark Grimm.
Analytics for Successful Fundraising (Apr. 24, 1-2:30 p.m. ET)
Author of AFP Fund Development Series book, Fundraising Analytics: Using Data to Guide Strategy, Joshua Birkholz will show you how to turn your nonprofit's organizational data, with an appropriate focus on donors, into actionable knowledge.
To register, go to www.afpnet.org and click on Professional Development.


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Mac OS X Strike Force
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Revision as of 14:25, 7 September 2010
The following is a wiki page to centralize discussion of how to improve Haskell on Mac OS X. The name "strike force" comes from dons' post on reddit and the comments therein.
1 Goals
1.1 Taking care of the Haskell Platform installer
If anyone has some time to invest in Haskell infrastructure and the willingness or knowhow to hack around OSX installer issues, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. I'm looking for someone to assume maintainership of the project.
1.2 Make GHC 64 bit
1.3 Reduce the number of OS X Trac tickets
Operating System == Mac OS X tickets on Trac
2 Information
2.1 Wiki
2.2 Installing Haskell
2.2.1 How Haskell is on OS X today
The simplest methods are currently:
- Binary GHC framework (/Library/Framework)
- Binary Haskell platform framework (/Library/Framework)
- MacPorts (/opt/local)
- Fink (/sw)
- Homebrew (symlinked into /usr/local ?)
2.2.2 Manually compiled
ChrisKuklewicz 11:53, 6 September 2010 (UTC) I use MacPorts for the infrastructure and compile ghc against /opt/local but with --prefix=/opt/ghc-6.12.3 to keep it separate.
2.2.3 Dynamic Linking
working in GHC HEAD, not in any released version.
2.2.4 Difficult libraries on OS X
Libraries needed for ghc
- iconv (older version in /usr is incompatible with new version from MacPorts)
- readline (faked in /usr, provided by framework or MacPorts)
- gmp (framework or MacPorts)
Libraries needed for other packages? gtk?
2.3 OS X code integration
Write Haskell in XCode?
Write ObjectiveC against GHC.Framework?
FFI for Objective C from Haskell?
2.4 Improvements?
A cabal2pkg that maintains proper dependency tracking?
Discussion forum for all this?


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In 1984 I set William Soutar's love poem The Tryst to music in the style of an old Scottish ballad. This I sang in folk clubs and bars around Scotland with my old folk group Broadstone. The composition and performances of this song made a lasting impression on me as it felt as if I had tapped into a deep reservoir of shared tradition as my setting was quite faithful to the old ballad style.
Four years later I started developing this music into something else. In After The Tryst I elongated and ornamented the original melody into a virtuosic and highly expressive miniature for violin with piano accompaniment. The original harmonic outline is still adhered to and emphasized by the most simple series of arpeggiated chords on the piano. This work was the initial sketch for Búsqueda and Tryst.
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Bruno Fagali's Success in his Career
Bruno Fagali was born in Brazil and is a renowned advocate. He is the founder of FAGALI advocacy. His law firm mainly deals with public law, compliance, elections and anti-corruption matters. He is a man of his principles, ethics, and professionalism. He is famous for his integrity in legal issues. He specializes in public and anti-corruption law handling contracts from various administrations, civil liability processes, civil law, regulatory law, federal civil actions among others. Right now, he serves as the corporate Integrity Manager in NovaSB.
Education Background
Bruno Fagali attended the Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in law. He proceeded with his studies, later graduating with masters in the law of state, administrative and anti-corruption at the University of Sao Paulo. He has earned many certificates from institutions like Brazilian Society of Public Law and The Institution of Administrative Law Paulista. Additionally, Bruno has learnt up to four languages which are English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Fagali began working as an intern in several law firms at Sao Paulo. He served at Radi, Calil, and Associates as a lawyer, later founding his law firm. Today, he is the manager at Corporate Integrity (Nova SB) an advertising company in Brazil. Nova SB is an agency that has done several advertisement and campaigns for international organizations, multinationals, and the Brazilian government. Bruno helps the company run the integrity committee. Though his leadership, Nova BS Company sees and treats all employees and members equally.
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How I keep the lights on at work. The lights are motion sensor and the sensor can't see me when I'm at my desk.
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How I keep the lights on at work. The lights are motion sensor and the sensor can't see me when I'm at my desk.
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One of the only legitimate cases where you can fill out an expense report for a drinking bird toy.
Protip: You can also use a similar device to automatically vent dangerous nuclear gas.
Met Miles Sullivan back in the 90's, still have the demo bird he gave me somewhere. Dude was super cool and answered a ton of ridiculous middle schooler questions like a champ.
I had this exact bird on my desk at work and it set the motion sensor arm off after works few times, police showed up, it was a whole fiasco. I don't work there any more.
I waited 10 seconds for the bird to dip…
[IT'S DRINKING THE WATER](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM5q1Pzod1I)
This is the most useful thing I've seen on this sub in quite a while.
or or try programing it yourself.
some sensors are programmable so you can manually turn it off or have it turn off 30 minutes after it senses motion, of course their is other options in programming your device, but for what you need, I gave you the possibility of asking your maintenance guy or electrician. All you have to do is ask, you tard.
I use an electric fan that rotates
Oh man, if they'd only thought about that at Veridian dynamics!
Or, you know, stand up
Best Simpsons episode ever.
Isn't the light sensor PIR, meaning that it needs to sense more heat in order to activate? I call BS.
I need this in the men's room at work. I don't make enough movements when I'm making a movement and the lights go off.
Simpsons did it!
Man, this is actually pretty helpful. When I'm coding after hours, I always have to stand up and wave my hands a few times every half hour or so.
Sort of related, my work pc locks after 10 minutes of inactivity and requires a long ass password to get back in. So I wrote a program that moves my mouse cursor 1 pixel ever 9 minutes and 59 seconds. It isn't noticeable even if you are using the mouse when it goes off.
[Are you black?]
I got two of those for Christmas! Now I have a legitimate use for them
At my workplace the lights automatically turn off in the bathroom. The sensor is on the other side of the stall so I have to pick up the plunger and wave it like a wand. One of the new staff from Uganda came in when I was waving the plunger last week. He knew it was me. Haven't made eye contact since.
That sounds infuriating
One of my workplaces had motion sensor lights in the toilets. If you spent too long in a stall you'd soon know about it since the lights would go out, leaving you in complete darkness with your pants at your ankles and the only way to get the lights back on was to hope someone came in or, failing that, risk stepping out the stall and wave at the sensor.
Can I see a picture of the sensor? Just want you're it's not one of mine. I sell lighting control systems for commercial buildings.
stursty bird is sooo stursty!
Does it get all spooky in there when the lights go off?
Like that one episode of Better Off Ted? (Are you black?)
Remember this thing from movies, they used it as a delayed timer thing so they got out of the building before it started the fire (when the tip hit the ignition). The explosion lead to a scarred hero researching artifical skin, but the one he created melted after just an hour.
I had this exact same one at my old job. I gave it to my is when I left cuz she was super hot.
It didn't work out.
Can anyone explain what's going in here please
I'm too drunk and thought this was r/shittyreactiongifs and waited for it to do something. Fuck I'm good
The office is totally green this way. And by green I mean money
Go home to your family!
Same struggle here. Just bought this drinking bird
You're a ghost, Harry
my friend in the lab needs light levels to stay the same when hes away, but has a similar problem so he got a rotating arm and put a lab coat on it so a giant coat is swinging around.
As an electrician, if it was me in that situation i would just adjust the sensitivity on the motion sensor, or the time delay
This is a great idea – we have these lights too.
I remember my second week into the job, I walked by our accounting manager's office and noticed her flailing her arms like the secret signal from Team America. I didn't understand what was going on at the time but found it hilarious. Later on I learned that her motion sensor wasn't in top working condition so she had to perform this maneuver many times daily.
Wasn't there an episode of Better Off Ted that had a similar problem with sensor lights?
Dark Man
That's brilliant
You should be able to adjust the sensitivity and delay time of the sensor so you don't have to do this. A lot of times they are installed without adjusting the factory settings, which may not be ideal for the particular application.
Is Dwight your boss?
I tried googling how those things work and I still have no idea. Im just gonna write it off as magic.
> How I keep the lights on at work. The lights are motion sensor and the sensor can't see me when I'm at my desk (masturbating)
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The French population woke up on Monday feeling a little shocked that they voted in the globalist Emmanuel Macron.
One day after electing Macron, he has already made an outlandish claim that has left many French voters questioning their decision to vote for him.
In a new rant, Macron said that French culture doesn't exist.
"There is no such thing as French culture. There is culture in France, and it is diverse," he said.
"In the coming decades we will have migrations from geopolitical conflicts that will continue to play, and we will have climate migrations because the planet is in a state of deep imbalance," he said.
He even went as far as to blame the migrant problem on climate change.
"France will not be able to stem it, and Europe will be affected immediately. We will see a migratory phenomenon far greater than what we have seen [with migrants from] Syria."
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Blekko, Search Engine With A Human Touch LaunchedBy Dexter Panganiban on Nov 1, 2010 in Internet •
According to different tech sites, a Silicon Valley company with some big names on their back launches the Blekko Search Engine, with a reported $24 Million Capital.
With the beta officially opens today, November 1,2010, Bleckko aims to bring large-scale human touch to web search. They said they will try to have an improved search experience that focuses on delivering results from different high quality sites, which Blekko has been developing over the past three years.
Among their investors includes Marc Andreessen, the creator of the first Web browser, and Ron Conway, who has investment in tech companies including Twitter, Foursquare and even Google.
Blekko is launching with a special directory of websites that provides a spam-free results in different search categories such as health, recipes, song lyrics, hotels, automobiles, colleges and personal finance.
Blekko technology is a tool called a slashtag, where sets of web sites are being organized around a particular topic.
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Exclusive Interview with Gagan Sharma
SimplyBhangra.com's Kulwinder caught up with one of the most exciting exports from Canada; Gagan Sharma, who has just released his debut album 'Ambitions'!
Describe Gagan Sharma in 5 words.
Ambitious, outgoing, hard working, fun,loud
You released your debut single Pyar Hogeya in 2011, but only in Canada. This was a success are you planning to re-release it worldwide?
The song was re-released on the album with a newer sound.
What was it like being a backing vocal singer for Malkit Singh and Sardara Gill during their live shows in Vancouver?
I have looked up to them since I was young. I've sang their songs and danced to their music. It was one of the best experiences as they showed they are still working hard and that's why they are legends. Not only are they great singers but they are great human beings. Very down to earth.
Bobby Kumar is your cousin and has influenced you. Who else do you look up to in the music scene?
Nick Chowlia (En Karma) was the one who gave me the opportunity to do music, I am thankful to him forever.
So you have had vocal training from Manmohan Singh Ji, Sarbjit Malpuri and most recently Angelina VanDyke. How important was this for you?
You have to learn your craft before taking it on as a profession. Learning from different teachers gave the ability to provide different sound each time. It made me more versatile.
Tell us something we don't know about you?
I love roti. I eat it almost everyday haha.
Who's music stands out for you?
Yo Yo Honey Singh is doing great at the moment. Love his sound.
You are signed up with MovieBox, how has the support been so far in your careeer?
They have been supportive from the beginning since they signed me on. Kamraan is very down to earth.
How did the song 'Ferrari' come about?
I wanted to give a song that people, especially the newer generation.. Can sing along to easily. So I came up with the hook 'like a Ferrari teri look hai kamaal ni' it's catchy and simple. I've gotten a great response to the song.
You are popular amongst females and the younger generation, are they your target audiences?
My target audience definitely is the younger crowd as my music has a commercial sound so they relate to it, that's what's in right now.
As you've recently done both, Do you find releasing singles are better than albums?
I am not sure if it's better but albums definitely take a lot longer to make. I needed to do an album just to show everyone that I can do different styles of music. Next focus for the time being will be singles.
How was it working on your album 'Ambitions' – and how long did it take from start to finish?
It was an awesome experience. Got to learn a lot from everyone that was involved, different artists bring different elements to the table so with each song I grew as well. The start of the project was in January 2011 and it finished in August 2013.
Where do we see Gagan next year?
I am already working on new music, mainly singles as well as being on the road doing gigs. Mainly in North America at the moment.
What are your latest projects?
Currently working on singles which I cannot announce at the moment but they will definitely catch the audience's ears when released so stay tuned.
Any message for the readers of SimplyBhangra.com?
Thankful to everyone That's supported, complimented, criticized, everything has been a great learning experience. Appreciate everyone listening to the album and sharing the videos.
Where can your fans find more about you?
Hit me up at www.facebook.com/gaganmusic
Instagram / Twitter/Soundcloud - @GaganMusic
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Seta is a national non-governmental advocacy organisation for LGBTI rights aiming for a society of equality and individual welfare that includes everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Seta Rovaniemi was founded in 1991 and is a member of the national organisation.
A great way to find out more about our organisation is to read this essay by Karolis Banys, an exchange student from Lithuania, who stayed in Rovaniemi in 2011.
Our office is located at Rovaniemen Neuvokas, Kansankatu 8, 3. krs., 96100 Rovaniemi.
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Trans group meetings: to be announced.
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You can save money on your Bordeaux fly-drive holiday when you combine a flight + car.
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You can save money on your Bordeaux fly-drive holiday when you combine a flight + car.
British Airways car hire, in partnership with Avis, includes all of the mandatory charges that you'll need to drive away your car in Bordeaux.
Bordeaux fly-drives give you the opportunity to explore the wonderful surrounding areas – add on a weekend in the French Riviera, a stay in the wine region or day trip to medieval St Emilion.
Explore at your own pace with our car hire, in partnership with Avis. Hire a car and get more from your break, Whatever your duration. On your doorstep, you'll discover UNESCO world heritage sites, thousand year old vineyards and sandy beaches. Great rates and fantastic benefits make it easy and rewarding. Join Avis Preferred at no extra charge and beat the queues – you're guaranteed to get your keys within three minutes.
Journey through France's major places such as Toulouse, Montpellier, Nimes and Marseille on your way to Nice. Tour glitzy Cannes, Juan les Pins, home to the largest jazz festival in France each year and Monaco with its harbour, yachts and Royal Palace, even driving part of the famous Monaco Grand Prix circuit. For convenience, you can even pick up your Avis car in Bordeaux and drop it off in Nice.
Reserve o seu aluguer de veículo na British Airways - em parceria com a Avis - e usufrua de todas estas vantagens: