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STEM Releng
STEM Release Engineering
This page details how to operate the STEM builder to create binary, platform-specific builds of STEM. This information is for advanced users and committers only.
The STEM build process is built on several foundational pieces of the Eclipse Platform. These pieces include:
- Eclipse Products
- Eclipse Features
- PDE Build Process
- P2 Provisioning
These fundamental aspects of the Eclipse Platform are orchestrated to build platform-specific binaries of STEM.
Adding New Code to the Builder
This section describes how to add new plug-ins, features, and third-party dependencies to the STEM Build process.
Important Note About Feature Cross-Dependencies
Plug-in dependencies across features are not as simple as they appear. For a feature (Feature A) containing plug-ins built from source (e.g. not binary), then any feature(s) (Feature B) it depends on must either be built completely first or the plug-ins in Feature B that Feature A depends on must also be included directly in Feature A.
- STEM has Features org.eclipse.stem.core.feature and org.eclipse.stem.models.epidemiology.feature
- Plug-in org.eclipse.stem.ui is in the core feature but depends on the org.eclipse.stem.diseasemodels plug-in, which is (logically) in the epidemiology feature
- Plug-in org.eclipse.stem.diseasemodels depends on the org.eclipse.stem.core plug-in, which is in the core feature
- The epidemiology feature cannot be built completely first because it depends on plug-ins in the core feature
- The core feature cannot be built completely first because it depends on plug-ins in the epidemiology feature
- Therefore, to solve this cross-dependency, the org.eclipse.stem.diseasemodels plug-in must be in both core and epidemiology features
Adding a new plug-in to an existing feature
STEM is built from Eclipse features and plug-ins. This section describes how to add one or more new plug-ins to the STEM build process to an existing feature. If you want to create a new feature, see the next section.
- Determine which Feature(s) the plug-in(s) should be added to
- See note above about feature cross-dependencies to help determine which features you should add the plug-in to
- In Eclipse, expand the feature project the plug-in(s) should be added to and double-click feature.xml
- In the Feature Editor, select the Plug-ins tab
- On the Plug-ins and Fragments page, click the Add... button
- In the Plug-in Selection dialog, type the name of the plug-in you wish to add. When it shows up in the list, select it and click OK
- Repeat this step for all plug-ins you wish to add to this feature
- Save feature.xml (File-Save or Control-S)
- Commit feature.xml (Right-click Team-Commit)
- Add the plug-in to Git
- In Eclipse, select the plug-in project you wish to add.
- Right click on the project, highlight Team and select Share Project
- Follow the steps to add it to the repository.
- Note: The STEM Source Repository has a specific layout. Please make sure to place your new plug-in in an appropriate location. Plug-ins are grouped in folders with other plug-ins of similar functionality (such as disease models ). Remember this location, as it's needed for the build.map step below.
- Add the plug-in to the build map
- In Eclipse, expand the org.eclipse.stem.releng project
- Expand the maps folder and open stem.map in the text editor
- Add the plug-in to the build map. The syntax is as follows:
- Where:
- [PLUGIN_NAME] should be replaced with the plug-in name (Example: org.eclipse.stem.core)
- [REPOSITORY_PATH] should be replaced with the path in SVN where the plug-in was added, relative to trunk (Example: plug-ins added to /trunk/core would use core for the [REPOSITORY_PATH])
- Important Note: Plug-ins are grouped in the build map for project set generation. To ensure that a plug-in gets checked out, make sure it's grouped appropriately with similar plug-ins
- Save and commit build.map
Adding a new feature
If the new functionality you're adding is substantially different from existing functionality in STEM (such as a new type of modeling, like climate modeling ), then it may be appropriate to add it as a new feature. These steps will help you add a new Eclipse Feature to STEM's runtime and build process.
Important Note: These steps add a feature to the default build process (which, in turn, adds the feature to the main STEM distribution). If you do not wish for the feature to be part of the STEM distribution, only follow the first step below (Creating the Feature Project).
- Create the Feature Project
- In Eclipse, select the File menu and click New
- In the New wizard, expand the Plug-in Development category and select Feature Project . Click Next
- On the New Feature page, populate the fields
- Project Name should be fully qualified and end with .feature (Example: org.eclipse.stem.new.feature)
- Feature ID should be the same as Project Name
- Feature Name should be a short description of what functionality the feature provides
- Feature Provider should be your organization's name (Example: Eclipse Foundation)
- Click Next
- On the Referenced Plug-ins and Fragments page, select the plug-ins to be part of this feature.
- Note: If the plug-ins aren't created yet, use the steps from the previous section to add them to the feature later
- Click Finish
- Add the new feature project to SVN
- Note: In the STEM Source repository, feature projects are placed in the /trunk/features folder.
- Add the Feature to the STEM Product Feature (optional)
- In Eclipse, expand the org.eclipse.stem.product.feature project. Open feature.xml
- In the Feature Editor , select the Included Features tab
- On the Included Features page, click Add
- In the Feature Selection dialog, type in your Feature Project's name. When found, select it and click OK
- Save and commit feature.xml
- Add the Feature to the build map
- In Eclipse, expand the org.eclipse.stem.releng project
- Expand the maps folder and open stem.map in the text editor
- Add the feature to the build map at the end of the rest of the features. The syntax is as follows:
- Where:
- [FEATURE_NAME] should be replaced with the feature project name (Example: org.eclipse.stem.core.feature)
- Save and commit build.map
Add a new dependency
Adding a dependency from another Eclipse project
See next section
Adding a third-party dependency from a P2 Repository (including Orbit bundles)
The easiest way to include a third-party (non-Eclipse) dependency is to select one from the Eclipse Orbit project. Orbit is a formal process by which non-Eclipse, third-party libraries are vetted by Eclipse Legal and approved for general use and redistribution by Eclipse projects. This significantly reduces the amount of work required for both committers and Eclipse Legal to get libraries approved for redistribution.
- Select the library that you wish to include from the latest Orbit release (See here for releases)
- Note: Keep note of the IPZilla CQ number from the release table
- Committers Only In the Eclipse Committer Portal, fill out the use a third-party library from Orbit form to request approval to use the library
- Add the library to the Target Platform
- In Eclipse, expand the org.eclipse.stem.releng.targetplatforms project
- Open the STEM2.target target platform
- If the existing Orbit release repository is in the target platform , select the repository, click Edit , and choose the library from the list to include, and click Finish
- If the existing Orbit release repository is NOT in the target platform , click Add , select Software Site , enter the Orbit Release Repository URL, select the library you wish to use, and click Finish
- Note: The Orbit repository URL is http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops/[ReleaseVersionNumber]/repository/
- Save the Target Platform
- Add the Library to the Build Script Mirror List
- In Eclipse, expand the org.eclipse.stem.releng project
- Open build.xml
- Search for the <p2.mirror> Ant task
- Add the P2 repository URL to the <repository> list (see examples in file)
- Add the plug-in's P2 Installable Unit (IU) entry to the <iu> list
- The feature/plug-in id and version come from the P2 repository metadata.
- For Orbit bundles, the id is the plug-in and the version is the full version as listed on the Orbit page
- Save and commit build.xml
Adding a non-Eclipse, third-party dependency not available in Orbit
Running the STEM Builder
The section describes how to setup and run the Eclipse PDE Builder to create a STEM binary.
Setting up your environment
- Environment with a compatible shell (bash)
- Windows users are recommended to run the builder from cygwin or a similar interpreter
- Subversion command-line client (svn)
- Java J2SE Development Kit (JDK) 6.0 (Oracle or IBM)
- Eclipse Classic SDK with the following features installed:
Checking out the source from Git
The STEM Builder looks for projects based on the Git Repository layout, not in the flat structure of an Eclipse workspace. Therefore, you should clone and use the repository AS IS using the Git command line client.
This git clone
command clones the STEM source repository to your local machine with the proper directory structure.
To checkout from a different branch, use the git checkout -b command after clone. Example that checks out the STEM_1_4_1 branch:
cd org.eclipse.stem
- List all branches:
git branch -a
- Checkout branch:
git checkout -b STEM_1_4_1
Running the STEM Builder
The STEM builder is built on top of the Eclipse PDE build process. For STEM, it's three steps that are controlled by build properties:
- Build the STEM Features
- Create and Package the STEM Product
- Run JUnit Tests
Each step can be enabled or disabled using appropriate property switches
Build Properties
The following are the build properties that should be defined before invoking the STEM build script.
Important Note: The org.eclipse.stem.releng/build.properties file defines these properties. They can also be passed in as -D parameters to the ant script.
Variable Name | Required | Example | Description |
buildFeature | yes | true | Build the STEM Features. In most cases, this should be true |
buildProduct | yes | true | Create and package the STEM Product. In most cases, this should be true |
runTests | yes | true | Run the JUnit tests after the features and product are created. |
skipData | yes | true | Skip building the denominator data. True for most cases. (default true) |
eclipse.home | yes | /usr/local/eclipse | Path to the root folder of your Eclipse SDK installation. The eclipse plugins folder should be located at /plugins relative to this path |
eclipse.deltapack.home | no | /usr/local/eclipse-dp | Path to the Eclipse RCP Delta Pack. |
majorVersion | yes | 1.2.1 | The release train this build is member of. Should be in X.Y.Z form. Should not include other information, such as a qualifier. |
buildTypeFull | yes | nightly | The type of release. One of three options:
buildQualifier | no | RC1 | Version qualifier for stable builds only. Examples are M1, M2, RC1, RC2, etc. |
publishBuild | no | false | Whether a build should be prepared for publishing to Eclipse. Only valid for STEM project release engineering. |
publishDir | no | /opt/stem/builds | Path that builds should be published to. Only valid for STEM project release engineering. |
cleanupFirst | no | true | Removes all files from build type's publishDir before copying new build. Only valid for STEM project release engineering. |
Launching the Builder from Command Line
The builder scripts are located in the releng/org.eclipse.stem.releng folder.
The STEM Builder uses Apache Ant to run.
- Download and install Apache Ant. STEM Release Engineering uses Ant 1.8.x
- Clone the STEM Git Repository to a local path
- From a command line or terminal, change into the org.eclipse.stem.releng directory
cd [STEM_CHECKOUT_PATH]/releng/org.eclipse.stem.releng
- Edit the build.properties file to configure the builder for your environment (see above for help)
- Invoke ant
- Wait while STEM builder compiles and packages the binaries
- Depending on your system speed and options specified, this step could take from 30 minutes to 1 hour to finish
- After it's finished, the zip files containing the binaries are located in the build folder:
cd build/I.WeeklyBuild
Launching the Builder from Hudson/Jenkins
If you wish to setup STEM builds using Hudson or Jenkins, you can easily do so. In Hudson/Jenkins, you can configure a job to define the build properties listed above and then configure a job to Invoke Ant with the Build Script path of releng/org.eclipse.stem.releng/build.xml. This will invoke the ant builder. See section on Continuous Integration below for more information.
Running the JUnit Tests
JUnit tests are run as part of the standard build process. Whether or not they are run is controlled by the RUNTESTS environment variable. To run JUnits as part of the build process, simply set runTests=true in build.properties before invoking ant.
Test results are aggregated and collected in the releng/org.eclipse.stem.releng/tests/ folder.
Important Note: Running JUnit tests requires a windowing environment to be available to the terminal invoking the build script (e.g. $DISPLAY must be defined). There are several options available for all-text environments, such as running Xvnc. Most users won't be affected by this.


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Grow Lights: Great for Growing Indoors!
You might have heard people talking about grow lights lately -- including us, with our recent grow light bookshelf tutorial -- but do you know what they are? How do they work? Do you need one? What kind should you get? We've assembled a grow light guide for you so you can make the best choices for your indoor seedlings, winter herbs, and more, and allow your Boston garden will thrive.
Why plants need light
In order to explain grow lights, we're going to remind you that plants grow, and stay healthy, through photosynthesis, a pretty amazing chemical process. As long as they've got chlorophyll (that stuff that makes them green) and a light source, along with water and nutrition, they're sitting pretty. Here's the problem: indoors, there's not necessarily a lot of light, especially in the winter or in dark areas of your home.
Uses for grow lights
That's why some people choose to supplement with a grow light, a lamp that mimics daylight so plants get more time in the sun, so to speak. Grow lights can be used for timing and forcing seedlings, commercial hydroponic crop production, growing plants in the winter in dark locales, and a whole lot more.
Do you need a grow light?
Do you need one? Well, that depends on what you're growing and when you'd like to grow it, as well as your house. If your house is dim or you want to grow plants in spots like the bathroom and the basement, you must have a grow light to provide the light they'll require to thrive. If you want to grow in the winter months, you need a light to make up for the lost daylight hours. If you'd like to try your hand at forcing plants to grow out of season or raising plants which are native to regions with longer days, a grow light can be a good idea.
Types of lights you can use
You can use basically any light as a grow light, but incandescents (mostly phased out, so good luck finding one) usually run too hot to be safe, as do many halogen bulbs. CFLs and LED bulbs, on the other hand, run cool, provide a broad spectrum of light, and, critically, offer a lot of light with low energy use. Since your goal is very bright light, this is a big bonus!
Full spectrum light bulbs
You do need to pay attention to the spectrum of light emitted by the bulb. Plants like lots of light on blue and red wavelengths. They don't want a red party bulb, but they'd appreciate a full spectrum light bulb to help them grow, and develop even, bushy forms rather than more leggy ones. Full spectrum bulbs can be a little more expensive, but they're worth it!
The great thing about using these basic commercial bulbs is that they fit into ordinary light fixtures. You can go CIA interrogation-style on your plants with a gooseneck lamp and a single LED bulb angled to bathe them in lots of light -- except that unlike an interrogation subject, your plants will love the attention. This is a fantastically cheap, minimally disruptive way to use a grow light around the house.
High-end grow lights
High-end grow lights specifically designed for this purpose are available, including both bulbs and fixtures. They tend to be bulky, because they are designed for people and nurseries growing large numbers of plants. They're very bright, but they're also very expensive, and they tend to be huge energy suckers. In fact, you usually need a specialized electrical system with an enhanced load drop and dedicated breaker box to supply their energy needs. Unless you're planning on filling the guest room with tomatoes (and if you are, can some for me, will you?), you probably don't need one of these.
In both cases, your grow lights should be off for at least eight hours a night unless a plant has special needs. You can turn them off on your own, but most people use a timer. Timers are extremely inexpensive and easy to program, and they'll provide you with total control (and relief: no "honey, did you leave the grow light on?" at the opera!).
Make sure to experiment with distancing, because if the lamp is too close, it can be too intense for your plants. Keep it away from flammable furnishings in case there's an accident, and remember: that intense light can be unpleasant when you're watching movies, going to bed, or entertaining guests, so consider the placement of your grow light carefully.
Katie Marks writes for Networx.com.
Updated May 3, 2018.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Beset by divisions at home and abroad, President Barack Obama candidly acknowledged deep challenges Friday in pursuing support for a military strike against Syria from international allies and the U.S. Congress. He refused to say whether he might act on his own, a step that could have major implications for the U.S. as well as for the remainder of his presidency.
The White House laid out an intense week of lobbying, with Obama addressing the nation from the White House Tuesday night.
"I did not put this before Congress just as a political ploy or as symbolism," Obama said, adding that it would be a mistake to talk about any backup strategy before lawmakers vote on a use-of-force resolution.
The president spoke to reporters at the end of a two-day international summit, where he sought backing for a strike against Syria in retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack against civilians. But Obama appeared to leave the summit with no more backing than he had when he arrived.
In fact, Russian President Vladimir Putin, a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, said he was the one with support from the majority of countries attending the Group of 20 meeting. Putin insisted anew that Obama seek approval from the United Nations before taking military action, despite the fact that Russia has blocked previous Security Council efforts to punish Assad throughout Syria's bloody 2½-year civil war.
The White House tried to counter Putin's assessment by releasing a joint statement from the U.S. and 10 other countries announcing support for "efforts undertaken by the United States" to enforce an international prohibition on chemical weapons use. The statement did not specify military action against Syria, but administration officials said the intent was to show international support for that type of response.
The countries signing the statement with the U.S. were Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Putin said the U.S. push for military action has been supported only by Turkey, Canada, Saudi Arabia and France.
"The use of force against a sovereign nation is only possible as self-defense — and Syria hasn't attacked the United States — and on approval of the U.N. Security Council," Putin said. "Those who do otherwise place themselves outside the law."
Indeed, Obama's coalition appeared anything but strong. Britain's Parliament has already voted against military action. Even French President Francois Hollande, who has expressed willingness to form a military coalition with the U.S. against Syria, displayed sudden caution, saying he would wait until a United Nations investigation into the Aug. 21 sarin gas attack was released before deciding whether to intervene militarily. The U.N. report is not expected to be released until mid-to late-September.
Obama and Hollande discussed strategy during a meeting on the sidelines of the summit Friday. The U.S. president also held a surprise meeting with Putin, one that Putin initiated with some small talk during a break in Friday morning's summit session. A senior administration official said the two leaders, who have a strained relationship, eventually moved to a corner, pulled together their chairs and talked for about 20 to 30 minutes as other summit participants looked on. The official was not authorized to describe the meeting publicly and spoke only the condition of anonymity.
Both Obama and Putin later said their conversations were candid, but yielded no new agreement on Syria.
The burden of undertaking military action appeared to be weighing on Obama throughout his 50-minute post-summit question-and-answer session. He made several references to the immense responsibility the world places on the United States in responding to humanitarian crises, saying that the first question often asked is, "Why isn't the United States doing something about this?"
The president departed Russia Friday night, bound for Washington where he also faces tough going in rallying support for military action, including from fellow Democrats. Force-authorization resolutions face an uncertain future in Congress, and a significant segment of the American public opposes a strike.
In addition to Obama's Tuesday night speech, administration officials scheduled new classified briefings for lawmakers and White House chief of staff Denis McDonough was making the rounds on all five Sunday talk shows.
The president admitted his campaign may not succeed.
"It's conceivable at the end of the day I don't persuade a majority of the American people that it's the right thing to do," he said. "And then each member of Congress is going to have to decide."
The options facing the U.S. and the international community are neither convenient nor appetizing, Obama said. But he appealed for action on moral grounds, citing U.S. estimates that the chemical weapons attack killed more than 1,400 people, including 426 children. Other estimates are somewhat lower.
"There are times where we have to make hard choices if we're going to stand up for the things that we care about," he said. "And I believe that this is one of those times."
Two recent polls show Americans oppose airstrikes, with a Pew Research Center survey showing 48 percent opposed to 29 percent in favor and a Washington Post-ABC News poll showing 59 percent opposed and 36 in support. Both surveys were taken over the recent Labor Day holiday weekend as the U.S. released its assessment of whether the Syrian government used chemical weapons and Obama announced he would seek congressional approval.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the public sentiment might be different if Americans could see the evidence from the chemical weapons attack, including the convulsions and other side effects of the nerve gases.
"They don't know what I know. They haven't heard what I've heard," she said.
An Associated Press survey found 34 senators in support or leaning in favor of authorizing military action, 32 against or leaning that way and 34 undecided ahead of votes next week. Tallies in the House show a significant number of Republicans and Democrats are also opposed to military action or leaning against it.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday formally introduced the resolution, which would authorize the "limited and specified use" of the U.S. armed forces against Syria for 90 days while prohibiting American ground troops from combat. Lawmakers return from their five-week recess on Monday and will begin to debate, with a Senate vote to move ahead on the resolution expected Wednesday.
"I think we're going to get 60 votes. It's a work in progress," Reid said.
Obama's unexpected decision last week to seek congressional approval halted what had seemed to be a march toward quick military action in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack the U.S. says was perpetrated by Assad's government. Obama has repeatedly said the deployment of the deadly gases would cross a "red line" and change his calculus regarding a bloody civil war in which he has been reluctant to intervene.
If Congress votes down a resolution authorizing force, the president could risk further damage to his credibility if he doesn't follow through on his warnings to Assad. But moving forward against the will of Congress could worsen his already difficult relationship with Republicans and jeopardize the rest of his legislative agenda.
Earlier Friday, White House deputy national security adviser Tony Blinken said of the president that it is "neither his desire nor his intention to use that authority absent Congress backing him." Obama deflected a question about the remark during his news conference, again refusing to give a yes-or-no answer about what he would do if Congress turns him down.
On the ground in Syria Friday, a monitoring group said the government sent reinforcements, including tanks and armored personnel carriers, to a predominantly Christian village north of Damascus where rebels have battled government troops this week. Opposition fighters led by an al-Qaida-linked rebel faction had attacked the ancient mountainside sanctuary of Maaloula and briefly entered the village. The assault has spotlighted fears among Syria's religious minorities about the prominent role of Islamic extremists in the rebel ranks fighting to overthrow Assad.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin said Russia was boosting its naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea, moving warships into the area. That was stoking fears about a larger international conflict if the United States orders airstrikes.
The U.S. already has five Navy destroyers armed with Tomahawk missiles on standby in the Mediterranean.
Associated Press writers Nataliya Vasilyeva, Angela Charlton and Josh Lederman in St. Petersburg, and Donna Cassata and Nedra Pickler in Washington contributed to this report.
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160 comments:
- Jessica Samantha said...
Your hair. is. so. gorgeous. Oh my GOD. "60's cult leader."
Too bad California's an idiot, and it was sunny all through winter, and it's been storming ever since Spring started. Yay. - March 19, 2012 9:58 PM
- Joy said...
- March 19, 2012 10:04 PM
- GrayLavender said...
I love your blonde hair <3 YOU'RE TOO AWESOME!
- March 19, 2012 10:05 PM
- LuckySweetChild said...
u looks very pretty! good pictures...like ur flowers in the head...
- March 19, 2012 10:05 PM
- dessire said...
your hair is gorgeous. Tutorial? :)
- March 19, 2012 10:24 PM
- lizz said...
your hairrr oh my god.
- March 19, 2012 10:28 PM
- Spoonful Of Diamonds said...
i love your platinum blonde hair! it is so beautiful. You truly did a good job on the interview! I found myself nodding my head, agreeing quite often.
http://spoonfulofdiamonds.blogspot.com/ - March 19, 2012 10:45 PM
- Leah said...
dooooood !!
- March 19, 2012 11:07 PM
- Unknown said...
such proper taste! particularly your Bass saddle oxfords. I recently did a DIY dye job on a suede pair. See my blog.
www.athriftlife.com - March 19, 2012 11:11 PM
- Mana said...
HAAAAAA! I got your joke. :) By the way, in my dashboard it says you wrote a post about you wanting to dress like laura palmer or something....where did that go? I was excited!!!
- March 19, 2012 11:13 PM
- Ludo said...
Cute hair! You look like Barbie, especially with the pink head band.
- March 19, 2012 11:21 PM
- SWK said...
You look great!! So pretty! I love that blonde on you...also loving your interview. When are we going to get a full tour of "the room?" *wink*
- March 19, 2012 11:21 PM
- Victor said...
Tavi, what I like most about you is how inspiring you are. You project such an interesting aura, and you just seem to relax the soul with your words. I admire you for that, because even after a chaotic day I can sit back and enjoy your posts. I thank you so much for that!
- March 19, 2012 11:22 PM
- mothership said...
I am double your age , and yet relate to so much that you speak of. Wish I had your courage when I was younger and today. Keep it up, women need advocates of expression like yourself.
- March 19, 2012 11:59 PM
- Mau V. said...
Tavi, c'mon, when are you turning 18? Because I have a huge crush on you and I feel so dirty about it hahaha.
- March 20, 2012 12:02 AM
- Edward Wong said...
I wish the video of the interview was longer--way, way longer.
- March 20, 2012 12:04 AM
- Anna Dirkx said...
the rose background, your hair color/style, and overall preciousness remind me so much of pattie boyd!
- March 20, 2012 12:23 AM
- thwany said...
go, you.
- March 20, 2012 12:36 AM
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- March 20, 2012 12:36 AM
- Daily Sass said...
I really do believe we are cut from similar clothes, Tavi you are rad and If you are ever in the Hawaii area we simply MUST play dress up
- March 20, 2012 12:52 AM
- moonwkd said...
oh my god, i love the song. and your room is amazing btw.
- March 20, 2012 1:11 AM
- Anna Saarinen said...
Yor blond hair is gorgeous!
I LOVE the video, all your clothes and accessories and your ROOM are so great! And it was so ice to hear what you think about everything! I really love your personal style, you're so one of my lovely idols and style-icons!
Best wishes form snowy Finland!
www.littlesisfashion.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 1:35 AM
- Lies said...
You very cease to amaze me really and I know a lot of people have this feeling. I love your aesthetic and sense of nostalgia, sometimes I'm like, hey, another Ghost World/Freaks and Geeks/Virgin Suicides reference but your references never come across as unauthentic or un personal and that's something you should get credit for. Nothing is worse than false nostalgia.
And, the hair looks very good! - March 20, 2012 1:44 AM
- arleendee said...
you look so different from when I started reading your blog! you look amazing as always! xo
-supikuku.wordpress.com - March 20, 2012 1:57 AM
- Unknown said...
You make me want to cut my fringe back in (bangs, obvs) wish I'd had a friend like you when I was a teenager, I just dressed mental on my own hah xxx
- March 20, 2012 2:09 AM
- 3 MAIGLÖCKCHEN said...
i like the way you are now and then...as an "elder" woman i can give you one advice: DO WHAT YOU WISH!
- March 20, 2012 2:22 AM
- Alzbeta Hajkova said...
tavi I love you more and more, you look georgeous!
- March 20, 2012 2:32 AM
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- March 20, 2012 2:48 AM
- ae. said...
You look so beatiful in new hairstyle!!!!!!! Cute despite your rebelious face :D
I love it! - March 20, 2012 2:54 AM
- coline said...
So pretty :)
munchmecat.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 3:18 AM
- Izumi said...
Thank goodness there is someone in the fashion industry who thinks that it's sort of pretentious to believe that a fashion show is all glamorous when it's dumb.
- March 20, 2012 3:37 AM
- Ola Rybacka said...
you are a beautiful woman... when did that happen? Post more!
- March 20, 2012 4:15 AM
- speakjamie said...
I love the frankness of it all, I guess. Sure who doesn't want to be pretty? But not all are brave enough to DRESS AB FAB like you! I think it's really one-of-a-kind thing you're doing here, and am always anticipating more.
- March 20, 2012 4:15 AM
- Elly said...
Like Lana del Rey, love it !
strangeobsessions.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 4:21 AM
- B. said...
Your hair looks great and I really love the video :)
- March 20, 2012 4:39 AM
I've been reading your blog for a long time now and you have inspired me to start m own blog! I just adore how you efforletlessy personify style! THANK YOU
www.navyandteal.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 5:00 AM
- Jenny said...
you are inspirational.
- March 20, 2012 5:22 AM
- Jessica Allen-Summers said...
the blonde really suits you, its really lovely!
also, can't waitttt for summer. winer is sooo last season.
xoxo - March 20, 2012 5:33 AM
You look good in blonde! I'm waiting for summer too ^^
- March 20, 2012 5:57 AM
- CUP OF COUPLE said...
love the video!
G - March 20, 2012 6:00 AM
- Sarah said...
Pshaw, it's been spring for months in Florida. Wait... what is spring in Florida anyways? WHAT ARE SEASONS?
(PS: your blonde makes my blonde want to cry)
China Lily - March 20, 2012 6:01 AM
- Anna Käyhkö said...
I love your blog ! : )
lauantaimurhetytto.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 6:04 AM
- Anna said...
love the pic
but the video! ah tavi you are the best. fashion week IS kinda pathetic and seriously high school. jeeeez <3
Anna - March 20, 2012 6:16 AM
- softi said...
- March 20, 2012 6:20 AM
- zoomslow said...
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- March 20, 2012 6:34 AM
- Daiana Aguirre said...
I'm wondering why every hair color fits perfect in you! Maybe 'cause you have a great style! you're unique Tavi... XOXO
- March 20, 2012 7:35 AM
- Maren said...
I love your hair, Tavi! It looks so cute on you! Your style is so amazing and different! (and awesome.....)
;) - March 20, 2012 7:45 AM
- katerin said...
Your new hair i great!!!
- March 20, 2012 8:10 AM
- EunjuB said...
I love your hair<3 you look a bit like Jessie J.
www.style-yourself-now.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 8:37 AM
- Cristina R said...
I loved the interview, sounds really honest
Happy spring!! :) - March 20, 2012 8:38 AM
- Daniel said...
The video was just so perfect to sit in silence and watch it. yOU're amazing,your room is awesome,I wanna be friends with you,+ loVE your Jacket !
- March 20, 2012 8:58 AM
- chino said...
oh my god amazing!!! you look gorgeous!
sewniice.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 9:11 AM
- Unknown said...
I was inspired by you to start a blog of things i like. You inspire me so much.
Ah, life and most people still act like as if they are in high school. Even though I don't dress for men either, sometimes it just feels good to feel pretty. I feel generally happier and good in my shoes :)
You look great :) Every hairstyle fits you so perfect.
www.fashioncancer.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 9:23 AM
- Rosalinda Tjioe said...
I love your hair! =) X
http://rosalindatj.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 9:28 AM
- Kaiami said...
Looking good! Red looks so natural on you that sometimes I forget it's not your natural color. But that shade of blond is real nice.
- March 20, 2012 9:43 AM
- JJXX1 said...
Tip to the filmer - get a fucking tripod, you're so shakey.
And young lady, you have a lot to say but how could you be talking about nostalgia as a teenager when you sure seem to be a teenager yourself? - March 20, 2012 10:15 AM
- Julia said...
Such a brilliant interview. You are ace.
http://missjulia.blogspot.com/ - March 20, 2012 10:26 AM
- Rohayatun Fatonah said...
You look so beautiful Tavi! I love your blonde hair! :* :)
- March 20, 2012 11:07 AM
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- March 20, 2012 11:09 AM
- Karolina Kowalska said...
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- March 20, 2012 11:11 AM
- Karolina Kowalska said...
As everyone on this site said: you look sooo gorgeous! Love your hair!
XX - March 20, 2012 11:14 AM
- jessielovesthis said...
Brilliant interview-without it sounding weird,I could listen to you talk in your room for hours! :3
- March 20, 2012 11:46 AM
- Rosalie said...
Your new hair is sooo cool! and I love the interview!
www.rockslita.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 11:46 AM
- Unknown said...
Your hair.
Is fabulous.
End of paragraph.
Drea @ Drea's Junkyard - March 20, 2012 12:20 PM
- Suzy said...
The most important thing I learned about wanting to be pretty I figured out when I looked back at photos over the years.
I was already pretty but didn't think so. Then I looked back and thought, "Gee, I was really pretty then."
Ze self-ezteem, she is a beetch! - March 20, 2012 12:26 PM
- maya.autumn said...
woah there! i love this:) so inspiring... i got really excited when i saw this new post because its been like a month?!-YAYAY!<3
http://cottonmixblog.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 12:27 PM
- Martina said...
You have Keira Knightley's voice.
- March 20, 2012 12:40 PM
- fashion BOOM said...
you are so sweetie
- March 20, 2012 12:42 PM
- Lucy Kennedy said...
Your hair is gorgeous!
xx - March 20, 2012 12:51 PM
- Eryn said...
Even when you aren't trying to look 'pretty', you do because of your bravery and strong sense of self-you don't let anyone negatively influence you and that's what makes you beautiful! (Though the gorgeous hair & face don't hurt ;)
Thanks for just being here and giving so many people confidence. - March 20, 2012 1:47 PM
- Alix said...
I loved colored russet of your hair
but your blonde look really great. This cup is perfect with this fringe and these beautiful fine hair slightly curled... Depressing.
Ps : love love love the album of Cults and your voice - March 20, 2012 1:49 PM
- Ella Harper said...
I swear I've seen a video about the same girl named tavi, but she looks so different and her dad is an actor? But i love "go outside."
- March 20, 2012 2:15 PM
- Sarah said...
I'm head over heels in love with your sense of style! Everything about it is impeccable! Both your blog and Rookie are the epitomes of perfection; I could spend hours reading them. I check Rookie every single day to see what new articles you have- it's awesome! I don't want to sound really cheesy but you're such an inspiration to me. You're the same age of me and your success is remarkable and extremely admirable. You totally deserve it! Oh, and I absolutely love your bedroom! I wish mine looked like that. Maybe it's about time I redecorated haha.
Your new hair colour is gorgeous. It looks great on you. Gah, I'm so envious of everything in your wardrobe and how awesome you always look. I hope I didn't sound like a creepy stalker haha. Have a lovely day xxx - March 20, 2012 2:36 PM
- ruby said...
the colour suits you really well. i have to say, rookie is my obsession.
- March 20, 2012 2:54 PM
- Sweet Indigo Road said...
aahhhhhh!!! your hair is awesome :)
http://www.sweetindigoroad.blogspot.com/ - March 20, 2012 3:07 PM
I love your hair,I think evryone now should embrace the 60's .You just inspire me so so much,you inspired me to start my blog three years ago I'm still at it and I love it.just thankyou oh and I like your voice xxx
- March 20, 2012 3:31 PM
- Lydia Armstrong said...
I'm at work right now and can't watch this video yet, but I will be as soon as I get home!! Style Rookie + stylelikeu, two of my favorite things. I do a stylelikeu video on my blog every Sunday, and I think I just found this week's post. And PS, the blonde looks amazing.
- March 20, 2012 3:47 PM
you like Virgin Suicide! Love your hair and the video was very good!
- March 20, 2012 4:30 PM
- Rich Hippie said...
THE HAIR!!! very cute and i love ur vid for style likeu, kept getting so jealous that I'm not half as cool as you
- March 20, 2012 4:36 PM
- Rich Hippie said...
also i don't know how many times I've seen a peoples temple documentary, I'm obsessed with cults and how people find themselves (born)in one.
- March 20, 2012 4:40 PM
- The Ginge said...
love this video. I really get a sense of who you are. I've followed your blog for a few years now and you're really growing into such a fashion inspiration. I love how you dress for what makes you happy and makes other people think. Not necessarily what's "pretty". So inspiring.
http://thelittletexan.blogspot.com/ - March 20, 2012 5:12 PM
- Mr kane said...
you look fab in Blond!
Have a Nice week!
Jk || http://mrkanerule.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 5:17 PM
- Alice said...
This is awesome :) You're so inspirational xx
http://alicesstylenotes.blogspot.co.uk/ - March 20, 2012 5:21 PM
- Julia A said...
Hey Tavi,
Absolutely loved that interview. I was intrigued by what you said about nostalgia-- I study it pretty intensively (I'm in grad school for literature, while kindofsortofmaybe trying to be a fashion blogger on the side). There's a book I think you might love, called "The Future of Nostalgia" by Svetlana Boym (my adviser at Harvard). You seem like an incredibly intelligent girl, and I think you will definitely find the book interesting. And you might get lots of pats on the back from your high school teachers! ;)
Also, what you said about prettiness was completely apt. Although I love Leandra's blog, I don't think the only way to be a feminist in the fashion blog is to be a "man-repeller," you know? As long as women "prettify" for themselves, and use fashion as a form of transformation and play rather than a kind of weird mask, then being "pretty" can be as feminist as being "man-repelling." Great interview!
2-or-3-things.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 6:04 PM
- Gabriela said...
I am actually in love with your hair. Loved the video!
xx gabi
sequinsandspikes.blogspot.com - March 20, 2012 6:47 PM
- kate said...
Your video interview was great. So nice to hear you talk (so eloquently) about your creativity and your beliefs. Keep it up, girl!
- March 20, 2012 11:28 PM
- Constance said...
This viDeo of you is amazing!!! Your sense of style is just amazing!!!
http://www.afrenchinlosangeles.com/ - March 21, 2012 12:29 AM
- Diva said...
and you're awesome
... - March 21, 2012 12:38 AM
- Sandra Joyce said...
You look lovely Tavi! :)
- March 21, 2012 12:55 AM
Loved your photo!! Looks very much like the Ghost World girl.
Greetings from Santiago, Chile.
@cristianpavezd on Twitter. - March 21, 2012 1:20 AM
- Unknown said...
SOO cute!!!
Love from South Africa
www.arumlilea.blogspot.com - March 21, 2012 2:00 AM
- carla said...
That coat looks like it should have magical powers:) you make me feel happy tavi and what an ownage room you have!
redpunzel-Carla.blogspot.com - March 21, 2012 4:19 AM
- Pull Your Socks Up! said...
I loved your interview Tavi, yeah I'll bet it was a fabulous day talking to Elisa and Lily about what inspires you. Oh and I do love your new do - especially with the Alice band! :))
- March 21, 2012 5:45 AM
your things're great!
it's your amazing style, which excites us - March 21, 2012 6:53 AM
- Nicci St. Bruce said...
Your hair looks perfect Tavi!
- March 21, 2012 9:49 AM
- eyejong said...
Hey I think I understand it I feel same with my room too! It's like own space that we can do anything ;researching , singing , blogging blablabla
feel warming lol
ps. I wish I'd dress like u ... - March 21, 2012 11:38 AM
- Zoé said...
Hey Tavi!
I get your joke - No, really... it actually quite amused me (not the joke itself, but the way it was presented so fantastically)
Blonde hair suots you so very much... you look admirably alluringly angelic with appealing, beauty and bewitching eyes (Are they naturally green? You lucky thing! When I was small, I always wanted to have green eyes) I love that sort of blonde bombshell 60s cult leader look. Reminds me of the stereotypical cheerleader, but in a good way. I also love the contrast with the beautifully floral background - it is of such a splendid, vibrant colour. Really sets off the look and your hair (which sort of also reminds me of Sandy in Grease. Just thought of that as an afternote)
I can't believe how charming and classy you look. Oh, and the pink in your ginger hair is so cute. It dazzles me with its delicate and delightful mixture of the divine (in a pre-raphaelite grecian sort of way) and the elegant and deliciously enticing.
Absolutely excellent that you are so exquisitely talented. Fair. It is fascinating to see how you progressed and, may I say, you're doing fine!
A gorgeous, graceful girl with handsome features and lovely ideas on fashion. Very inspirational!
(By the way, you're gorgeous collection of clothing is magnificent - I wish I had that much) Bloomin' marvelous.
So nice and pleasing to see someone dressed prettily with an eye to her own style and personality rather than fitting in with the crowd at your own expense.
Pulchritudinous! Words can almost not describe how radiant and ravishing you look. So refined and resplendent for someone of your age. Statuesque and Sublime.
Keep up the fantastic work for I am sure that a wonderful person like yourself can only go far.
Oh... and I like the video. You have a quite cool blog. I can only agree about your ideas about the feminist side of things.
Love from the O.T.T. Poet! - March 21, 2012 12:01 PM
- Anna L. Roeder said...
You make a lovely blonde.
- March 21, 2012 1:22 PM
i'm amazed that you came into such a sophisticated aesthetic so early. when i was your age I was wearing Abercrombie and Fitch and Lacoste. You are a precocious fashionista, no doubt!!!
Really love your style!
Peter @ http://low--couture.blogspot.com - March 21, 2012 1:26 PM
This has to be one of my favourite Stylelikeu videos, honestly, hearing what you were saying and how you talked about all your possesions was amazing, it was something more than fashion.
- March 21, 2012 1:28 PM
- grey. said...
oh, i love the first photo! ♥
- March 21, 2012 1:30 PM
- Missy H. said...
*Flail* Okay, so, you're totally amazing and inspiring and not to mention very pretty. Just thought I'd put that out there.
And I totally relate to the wearing-something-even-weirder-the-next-day-to-piss-someone-off. I do that all the time. I love dressing all vintage-and-bizarre-y because I feel that it sort of compensates for my peers lack of fashion inspiration. - March 21, 2012 8:01 PM
- the 90s will never die said...
I really really really love your new hair! you look really elegant and a little Stepford-y (in a totally good way)
- March 22, 2012 2:11 AM
Such gorgeous hair! It suits you.
- March 22, 2012 5:35 AM
- MCRN said...
Im MACARON in Japan.
Your blog is very cute and interesting!
Your eyeline is nice!I like it!! - March 22, 2012 9:15 AM
- mashkuzmenka said...
your hair is great!
- March 22, 2012 10:08 AM
- Toni said...
I LOVE your hair!
- March 22, 2012 10:44 AM
Hello Tavi. Where did you get your saddle shoes ?
- March 22, 2012 10:59 AM
- bruises and bellcurves said...
You inspire me to be inspired again!
Your hair is amazing.
http://bruisesandbellcurves.blogspot.com.au/ - March 22, 2012 11:18 AM
- CoryB said...
i love that video of you, one of my favoruites on stylelikeu so far (along with pamela love). also, can i just say how much i admire your outspokenness when it comes to feminism. and no, it does not contradict an interest in fashion, i don't think. cause there are other ways of being interested in fashion than just being that skinny clothes hanger who follows whatever is in style right now - and girls like you are living proof.
http://corydeathoffashion.blogspot.com/ - March 22, 2012 2:33 PM
- Sam said...
where were you when i was in high school???
you are amazing and inspiring.
gorgeous from day 1. your honesty and wisdom speaks to so many. every time i read your blog i feel refreshed hopeful.
fashionbater - March 22, 2012 2:52 PM
- Sophie said...
Nothing beats going lighter for the summer! Great interview!
http://girlonbroughtonstreet.blogspot.co.uk/ - March 22, 2012 3:00 PM
- Shortcake said...
one of these days, you have to take us through a walk of your hypnotically beautiful closet...
BTW I was listening to "Go Outside" by Cults non-stop for the past few days and when I saw it here I totally flipped! That is so radonk! - March 22, 2012 5:02 PM
- Guilherme Maggessi said...
To begin with, I love your blog. I mean, how much more original could ya be?
Secondly, I would like to say that you are really inspiring, I started recently a blog on streetstyle fashion and as I got to know your blog it gave me so much power on mantaining it....to see that people can do what they like, and say what they think about fashion it is truly a blessing. Thnx for making me see that it is possible. I'm from Brazil, and therefore my blog is in portuguese, however if you want to check it out, here goes the link: www.cabinerua.blogspot.com
Bye! - March 22, 2012 6:20 PM
We love:
- Cults, ("You know what i mean" is also very cool)
- Your new hair color, this look is amazing on you
- Your video, it's nice to hear you speak!
Please, come and visit our blog!
http://pcigarette.blogspot.fr/ - March 23, 2012 2:45 PM
- Emma said...
Your attitude towards style is really inspiring! I wish I had been so ambitious as to be an Olympic reader....
- March 23, 2012 7:59 PM
- RA said...
love it Tavi <3
- March 24, 2012 5:30 AM
- PAUL JATAYNA said...
I've been reading your blog for more than three years now and this is the first time I'm leaving a comment :) I'm kinda excited!
Anyway I just want to say that you've been a huge inspiration to me. I think one of the reasons why I dress more of a collection of the things I love from childhood to now is because of you.
Your video's great! It's great to hear you talk.
I guess that's it. I don't know what to say anymore.
Thanks Tavi! - March 24, 2012 9:33 PM
- Unknown said...
I seriously love that video and everything you said. And those gold shoes you wore, so perfect.
http://fashionablyawkwardr.blogspot.com/ - March 24, 2012 9:51 PM
- Lo said...
Dear Tavi,
Are you Wiccan or do you just really like witches? Just Curious - March 25, 2012 12:30 AM
- Vanessa - PureGlam.tv said...
You look gorgeous with your blonde hair... - keep you own style...!
Tanja - PureGlam.tv or via Bloglovin - March 25, 2012 3:21 AM
- Michal (Skeletons Out of Closet) said...
oh! where did you get the Bazooka box? (*I don't know if you can read what is on the box, it's in Hebrew... but it's blue and red and shows in 03:35)
- March 25, 2012 8:08 AM
- ms fashion street said...
love you style and you hair is amazing!such a great interview!http://msfashionstreet.blogspot.com/
- March 25, 2012 8:48 AM
- Allison George said...
you're incredibly inspirational, I admire your attitude toward dressing yourself and how it can represent who you are.
I can't seem to find the 'prettiness' post, but it sounds a lot like everything I've been thinking about as of late! is there any way I can find it? - March 25, 2012 10:20 AM
- Christina Storey said...
Check out my fashion blog...christinastoreyfashion.blogspot.com
- March 25, 2012 10:30 AM
- ofir12345 said...
You are absolutely incredible and inspirational and this video just sorta showcases that and makes me go all fangirl ish over just how amazing you are. Okay i sound like a twilight lover but still, instead of going along with the fashion week pretentiousness (NOT THAT I WOULD KNOW) you recognize that it has issues and that whole beauty post also and just you are, i repeat, amazing.
Oh and also rookiemag changed my life. - March 25, 2012 5:07 PM
- Liz Osban said...
Stepping into your room is like stepping into nostalgia filled with Sofia Coppola style, Teen Witch, Twin Peaks and Sassy Magazine references and all things alike.
I could care less about other bloggers.
You're aesthetic is magical and grungy and I wish we were good friends.
Next time I'm in Chicago, it would be a dream of mine to photograph you, your room - Sassy style. - March 25, 2012 5:14 PM
- Unknown said...
Travi you are amazing !!
- March 25, 2012 5:51 PM
- Katerina Oliferovska said...
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- March 26, 2012 12:51 AM
- Katerina Oliferovska said...
I really enjoy your video. I am kind of fashion bloger too. But I am not so brave in fashion. I will be so glad to hear your opinion about my blog. katerina-fashion.blogspot.com
- March 26, 2012 12:52 AM
Cults, Covens, Prophets, Fanatics, Grand Masters, Exorcists, and Demons .... That's how Spring looks over here at The Eye of Faith! Love your looks (as always)! You always provide for lots of fun and folly! Love that you're always doing it your way, as well.
Much love!
- The Eye x (http://theeyeoffaith.com) - March 26, 2012 3:13 PM
- FameAndWealth said...
please just out my latest post on www.fameandwealth.blogspot.com thankss!!!
- March 26, 2012 8:54 PM
- Ariel L. said...
U r my idol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ily - March 26, 2012 9:08 PM
- Shelly said...
Absolutely love this post! Simple as that. Happy Spring, Tavi! Shelly
- March 27, 2012 1:32 PM
- Lovers, Saints & Sailors said...
I loved this. I did. I loved it.
- March 28, 2012 7:56 PM
- Valentin T. Scherfig said...
Hello Tavi!
I don't know if this comment will be totally meaningless to you, because I guess you've heard it all before. But somehow I really want to tell you. This is the first time I've checked out your blog - my friend has been following you for years, so we've talked about you and your development from time to time. And now I thought I'd check you out for myself, and it's so nice seeing you in the video. You seem so true and not spoiled by attention in any way. I had the thought while watching it that maybe you would have been exactly the same without all the attention, and that's really positive for me. You see, I've always had problems where I thought people were right about something if they just reeked enough of arrogance and coolness (which my brain, sadly, equates). If people thought they were better than someone else (and better than me), I thought they were right because of their attitude. So it is so inspirational for me that you don't seem to feel worth more than other people just because famous people like you. And what you said about big fashion shows being pathetic and high school like. It's inspirational for me that you are not lured in by their attitudes to think that they really ARE better than everyone else, like I would think.
Also, I love the hair band with the pastel things (LEGO?).
Puk - March 31, 2012 9:45 AM
Love your Hair!
You remind me of Abbey Lee Kershaw and her hair
I have a feeling blond is back!
http://the-lynn-line.blogspot.com/ - March 31, 2012 6:32 PM
- lotte said...
i really like your hair and voice.....
you are great! - April 01, 2012 5:50 AM
- Oh, Hi said...
You are an endless source of inspiration for me. Thank you for doing what you do!
- April 03, 2012 11:07 PM
- hannah, heart city said...
the. best.
- April 05, 2012 11:55 AM
- Trashy Student said...
I love this interview :) it answered questions people always seem to ask, but kept it new and fresh. and that vintage jacket is AMAZING xx
- April 05, 2012 12:31 PM
- Trashy Student said...
I love this interview :) it answered questions people always seem to ask, but kept it new and fresh. and that vintage jacket is AMAZING xx
- April 05, 2012 12:31 PM
- Mads Jensen said...
you are inspiring. how is it that you have gone so far and are so young? i am a meager 16 years old, and i feel as if i am drowning, trying to grow up while still trying to preserve my innocence. in the meantime i am expected to get rockin' grades!
wandringvagabond.blogspot.com - April 08, 2012 6:54 PM
- Jeanie Chang said...
Everyone probably expects you to have a career in fashion. But it looks to me that you might be good at designing for film. Either as a set designer or a costume designer like Colleen Atwood. The film and the gaming industry is a place that still lets you dream. (It's hard work though!) It's the way you take notes and how you talk about film that makes me think so.
- April 13, 2012 1:13 PM
- Sóley said...
I like your new hair, it's shiny. I also like seeing you talk and hearing you move and I have to dig up that pretty post sometime. That is today's mission....
- Sóley
we are purple - April 24, 2012 12:27 PM
you are one of the most genuine people in the world. And you're hair is amazing!! - April 24, 2012 8:54 PM
- Jamshaid Ayaz said...
I went to Doll House to by a Sherri Hill dress 1403 for the best price quoted $450 for my daughter. I was told that Doll House has a registry and that I would be the only one wearing this style dress at my formal. When I arrived at my formal, there were two 2 other girls wearing exactly the same style dress and they also got it from dollhouse – I can't begin to tell you how angry and sick that made me feels. I will not be taking my daughter there for her year 12 formal.
- April 26, 2012 3:33 AM
- Daniel Knight said...
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- Daniel Knight said...
You should read this:
Conscience Disorders
Those people are a danger to you. - May 03, 2012 4:43 PM
- isabelscavetta said...
Your new hair suits you so much! <3 You're my inspiration, I adore your blog *hug*
- June 23, 2012 4:28 PM
- Anisacrament said...
your voice is so shaky ! thought you almost cry.. lol fabulous as always<3
www.anisacrament.blogspot.com - August 02, 2012 1:25 AM
- VioletDaffodils said...
you look cute :D xx
- January 04, 2013 8:54 AM
- Unknown said...
Oh my god i love your room and your hair and your blog is so insperational! Please check out my blog! x
- February 22, 2013 12:45 PM
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I'm a girl from hk that in a same age with you. You are amazing Tavi! I love your dressing and style very much, and also appreciated your attitude towards your dreams and just doing what you wanna do. 'Keep dream something '
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Light and breathable Helikon-Tex Balaclava will be useful in many tactical activities, where covering the face is necessary. One universal size of the product in combination with an elastic cotton fabric with 4% Lycra® admixture allows for a perfect fit in all conditions. The product is sewn flat seams, referred to as the seamless sewing technology. This ensures a smooth form of a balaclava as well as wearing comfort and good fit of the material. A simple cotton balaclava from Helikon provides basic face and neck protection. The adapted anatomical shape of the eye opening and flexible cut allow you to cover or expose both the nose and mouth. The thin balaclava weighs only 50 g and is available in four basic colors: coyote, olive green, shadow gray and black.
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Many people hanker after a soldier dressed in uniform. That is why this type of clothing has come into fashion. It is very popular among the youths but also adults. In the same way, this style is in vogue among hunters; firstly because in such a way they put a camouflage on, and secondly, it is a part of their identification mark. In addition, the military store is characterized by wide range of military clothing. A person who pays a visit to this store can dress from head to toe. Such an online store is available at: https://hwesta.eu/en/1_helikon-tex. It is frequently chosen by buyers, since it has high-quality clothes as well as shopping itself is very convenient – you can do it, for instance,
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The sports world is brimming with talk about Lopez Lomong, the American runner who set a 2012 world best in the men's 5,000-meter race in California Sunday. It was Lomong's first race at that distance (just over 3 miles), which he covered in 13 minutes and 11.63 seconds. But the race took a very unusual turn in its final laps.
The race, called "incredible" by the Recover Your Stride blog and others, is archived by the Flo Track site, so you can see for yourself what all the fuss is about (skip to the 11:30 mark, if you want to save time). In it, you can hear how the announcers' comments go from "Look at him go!" to "Uh-oh!"
(Spoiler alert: We'll now be talking about the race itself.)
Update at 2:30 p.m. EDT: We've updated the text of this post to make it more clear that Lomong didn't set the all-time world record, but the best time of this year. The word "record" has been replaced by the word "best." Our original post continues:
The video shows how Lomong launches himself from second place, setting up a strong sprint to the finish line. Crossing the line, Lomong takes up a slowdown trot with his hands raised, as many runners do. But most of them wait until the end of the race to do that — and there was still one more lap remaining in Lomong's event.
The crowd and race officials point and wave, urging him to keep running. After a brief delay, Lomong speeds up to a jog to get back on the pace. And all the while, the pack of runners he had left behind was trying to catch him.
Lomong maintained a gap on the other runners as he won the race. But his stride wasn't as free and easy as it had been, and he later said the lactic acid that had built up in his muscles took away some of his kick.
"I kinda miscalculated," a visibly winded Lomong told Flotrack moments later. "I kinda paid a little price out there."
Lopez said that when it dawned on him that he had another lap to go, he thought, "Oh my goodness, I thought, 'No way, it's not going to happen.' When somebody said, 'You got one more lap to go,' I was like, 'Oh, okay!'"
For the record, on standard 400-meter tracks, runners must race 12.5 laps to rack up 5000 meters.
"I guess I slept the whole way and didn't know what was going on," Lopez told The Mercury News. "It's a lot of laps, you know."
The race, part of the Stanford Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, was a continuation of Lomong's effort to compete in longer distances. He is widely regarded as the top U.S. threat in the 1,500-meter distance for this summer's Olympics.
Lopez's time Sunday was the best in the 5000-meter distance this year. The current all-time world record for the event is 12:37:35, a time set by Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia in 2004.
At just 27, Lopez Lomong has already overcome many setbacks in his life. In fact, as NPR has previously reported, Lomong "started out running for his life" in his native southern Sudan. He was kidnapped by rebel fighters when he was six, but he escaped after several weeks. His website describes how:
"After weeks of watching other boys slowly die in the rebel camp, Lopez was able to escape through a hole in the fence with the help of three other boys. Lopez and these boys ran for three days through the African plains until they reached Kenya and were placed in a refugee camp."
After 10 years in the camp, Lomong became one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," emigrating to the United States. He went on to star in track at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.
And as Tom Goldman reported back in 2008, Lomong was chosen to carry the American flag during the Beijing Summer Olympics' opening ceremonies.
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.


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food grade glass conversion
Amount: 1 pound (lb) of mass
Equals: 10.98 cubic inches (cu in - in3) in volume
Converting pound to cubic inches value in the food grade glass units scale.
TOGGLE : from cubic inches into pounds in the other way around.
CONVERT : between other food grade glass measuring units - complete list.
Conversion calculator for webmasters.
Glass grade for food
There is a 0.01 gram difference in mass density sense between glass which is used for food jars and window glass. Density of food grade glass is 2.52g/cm3
This glass type is being generally used for making glass bottles, drinking glasses, glass jars and bowls or containers for storing solid foods and beverages.
Where can the glass units converter be applied?
A glass mass versus volume units calculator can be used in specific situations. For example such as: certain weight of bottles plus various food grade glass fragments, all in one bulk amount, can be converted into an exact solid glass volume (in real meaning on paper without melting it in a gas or electric glass kiln or furnace first) and vise verse. Although with some efforts, the glass volume could be measured also without knowing its actual mass; by dipping it into a liquid and then measuring the created liquid excess above the initial level.
Convert food grade glass measuring units between pound (lb) and cubic inches (cu in - in3) but in the other reverse direction from cubic inches into pounds.
conversion result for food grade glass: | |||||
From | Symbol | Equals | Result | To | Symbol |
1 pound | lb | = | 10.98 | cubic inches | cu in - in3 |
Converter type: food grade glass measurements
This online food grade glass from lb into cu in - in3 converter is a handy tool not just for certified or experienced professionals.
First unit: pound (lb) is used for measuring mass.
Second: cubic inch (cu in - in3) is unit of volume.
food grade glass per 10.98 cu in - in3 is equivalent to 1 what?
The cubic inches amount 10.98 cu in - in3 converts into 1 lb, one pound. It is the EQUAL food grade glass mass value of 1 pound but in the cubic inches volume unit alternative.
How to convert 2 pounds (lb) of food grade glass into cubic inches (cu in - in3)? Is there a calculation formula?
First divide the two units variables. Then multiply the result by 2 - for example:
10.984089170716 * 2 (or divide it by / 0.5)
1 lb of food grade glass = ? cu in - in3
1 lb = 10.98 cu in - in3 of food grade glass
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3. working with mass density - how heavy is a volume of food grade glass - values and properties.
International unit symbols for these two food grade glass measurements are:
Abbreviation or prefix ( abbr. short brevis ), unit symbol, for pound is:
Abbreviation or prefix ( abbr. ) brevis - short unit symbol for cubic inch is:
cu in - in3
One pound of food grade glass converted to cubic inch equals to 10.98 cu in - in3
How many cubic inches of food grade glass are in 1 pound? The answer is: The change of 1 lb ( pound ) mass unit of food grade glass measure equals = to volume 10.98 cu in - in3 ( cubic inch ) as the equivalent measure within the same food grade glass substance type.
In principle with any measuring task, switched on professional people always ensure, and their success depends on, they get the most precise conversion results everywhere and every-time. Not only whenever possible, it's always so. Often having only a good idea ( or more ideas ) might not be perfect nor good enough solution. If there is an exact known measure in lb - pounds for food grade glass amount, the rule is that the pound number gets converted into cu in - in3 - cubic inches or any other food grade glass unit absolutely exactly.
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Acute Spinal Cord Injury in Children
What is an acute spinal cord injury?
The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that carries messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
Acute spinal cord injury (SCI) is due to a traumatic injury that either results in a bruise (also called a contusion), a partial tear, or a complete tear (called a transection) in the spinal cord. SCI is a common cause of permanent disability and death in children.
About 12,000 people a year sustain a spinal cord injury. About 259,000 people in the U.S. are living with a spinal cord injury. More than half of all SCIs occur among young people between the ages of 16 and 30 years. The majority of SCI victims (80.9 percent) are male.
What causes an acute spinal cord injury?
There are many causes of SCI in children. The more common injuries occur when the area of the spine or neck is bent or compressed as in the following:
Birth injuries, which typically affect the spinal cord in the neck area
Motor vehicle accidents (automobiles, motorcycles, and being struck as a pedestrian)
Sports injuries
Diving accidents
Trampoline accidents
Violence (gunshot or stab wounds)
Infections that form an abscess on the spinal cord
What are the symptoms of an acute spinal cord injury?
After a traumatic event, a person may have varying degrees of symptoms associated with the severity and location of the SCI. The location of the injury on the spinal cord will determine how severe the injury will be. For example, an injury that damages the cervical spine (in the neck area) can cause loss of muscle function or strength in all four extremities (arms and legs). This is referred to as tetraplegia (formerly called quadriplegia). An injury of this type often requires mechanical breathing assistance, as with a ventilator, as the chest muscles may also be weakened. An injury to a lower part of the spinal cord that causes paralysis and loss of function in the legs and lower body is called paraplegia.
The extent of the damage to the spinal cord determines whether the injury is complete or incomplete. A complete injury means that there is no movement or feeling below the level of the injury. An incomplete injury means that there is still some degree of feeling or movement below the level of the injury.
Initially after a spinal cord injury, the patient may experience spinal shock, which causes loss or decrease in feeling, muscle movement, and reflexes. As swelling subsides, other symptoms may appear depending on the location of the injury. Generally, the higher up the level of the injury is to the spinal cord, the more severe the symptoms. For example, an injury to the neck, at C1 or C2 (the first and second vertebrae in the spinal column), and especially in the mid-cervical vertebrae of C3, C4, and C5, affects the respiratory muscles and the ability to breathe. A lower injury, in the lumbar vertebrae, may affect nerve and muscle control to the bladder, bowel, and legs.
The symptoms of SCI may include:
Muscle weakness
Loss of voluntary muscle movement in the chest, arms, or legs
Breathing problems
Loss of feeling in the chest, arms, or legs
Loss of bowel and bladder function
The symptoms of SCI may resemble other medical conditions. Always consult your child's doctor for a diagnosis.
How are acute spinal cord injuries diagnosed?
The full extent of the SCI may not be completely understood immediately after the injury, but may be revealed with a comprehensive medical evaluation and diagnostic testing. Acute SCI is a medical emergency. Anytime there is a suspicion of injury to the spinal cord, emergent medical attention is absolutely necessary. The diagnosis of SCI is made with a physical examination and diagnostic tests. During the examination, the doctor obtains a complete medical history of the child and family and inquires as to how the injury occurred. Trauma to the spinal cord can cause neurological problems and requires further medical follow-up. Occasionally, surgery is necessary to stabilize the spinal cord after acute SCI.
Diagnostic tests may include:
Blood tests
X-ray. A diagnostic test that uses invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs onto film.
Computed tomography scan (also called a CT or CAT scan). A diagnostic imaging procedure that uses a combination of X-rays and computer technology to produce horizontal, or axial, images (often called slices) of the body. A CT scan shows detailed images of any part of the body, including the bones, muscles, fat, and organs. CT scans are more detailed than general X-rays.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A diagnostic procedure that uses a combination of large magnets, radiofrequencies, and a computer to produce detailed images of organs and structures within the body.
Treatment of an acute spinal cord injury
Specific treatment for an acute spinal cord injury will be determined by your child's doctor based on:
Your child's age, overall health, and medical history
The extent of the SCI
The type of SCI
Your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies
Expectations for the course of the SCI
Your opinion or preference
SCI requires emergency medical attention on the scene of the accident or injury. This is accomplished by immobilizing the head and neck areas to prevent the child from moving. This may be very difficult since the child, parents, or bystanders may be very frightened after the traumatic incident.
There is no cure to repair a damaged or bruised spinal cord. The severity of the SCI and the location determines if the SCI is mild, severe, or fatal.
Surgery is sometimes necessary to evaluate the injured cord, stabilize fractured back bones, decompress (or release) the pressure from the injured area, and to manage any other injuries that may have been a result of the accident. Treatment is individualized depending on the extent of the condition and the presence of other injuries in the child.
Treatment may include:
Observation and medical management in the intensive care unit
Medications, such as corticosteroids (to help decrease the swelling in the spinal cord)
Mechanical ventilator. A breathing machine used to help the child breathe.
Bladder catheter. A tube that is placed into the bladder that helps to drain the urine into a collection bag.
Feeding tube. This is placed through the nostril to the stomach or directly through the abdomen into the stomach to provide extra nutrition and calories for the child.
Recovery from a SCI requires long-term hospitalization and rehabilitation. An interdisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, therapists (physical, occupations, or speech), and other specialists work to medically manage your child for pain control, monitor the heart function, blood pressure, body temperature, nutritional status, bladder and bowel function, and attempt to control involuntary muscle shaking (spasticity). Rehabilitation focuses on preventing muscle wasting, and contractures, and works to retrain your child to use other muscles, to aid in mobility and movement. Some of the important chronic complications of SCI include pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, and pneumonia.
Lifelong considerations for a child with a SCI
A traumatic event that results in a SCI is devastating to the child and the family. The healthcare team educates the family after hospitalization and rehabilitation on how to best care for their child at home and outlines specific clinical problems that require immediate medical attention by the child's doctor.
The disabled child requires a focus on maximizing his or her capabilities at home and in the community. Positive reinforcement will encourage him or her to strengthen his or her self-esteem and promote independence.
A child with a SCI requires frequent medical evaluations and diagnostic testing following hospitalization and rehabilitation to monitor his or her progress.


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Former Seahawks wide receiver Nate Burleson (2006-2009) said NFL rules changes designed to protect players are "getting close" to diminishing the game in which he and his football-playing family grew up and thrived.
Burleson, 31, was in his third season with the Detroit Lions went he broke his leg against Chicago in week 6. Back home in Seattle for rehab, he attended the Sports Star of the Year event Jan. 26 at Benaroya Hall and stopped by the red carpet booth for a video chat with SPNW's Art Thiel.
Burleson, who caught 418 passes in his 10-year NFL career with three teams, said he "likes getting hit" and has told defensive backs who have been penalized for overzealous tackles when he disagrees with the call.
Speaking of Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, Burleson, who has never been accused of bashfulness on the field, said he was amazed at Wilson's play: "I like it when players develop a character that is bigger than the game."


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Serge Haroche of France and American David Wineland, who graduated from UC Berkeley, opened the door to new experiments in quantum physics by showing how to observe individual quantum particles while preserving their quantum properties.
A quantum particle is one that is isolated from everything else. In this situation, an atom or electron or photon takes on strange properties. It can be in two places at once, for example. It behaves in some ways like a wave. But these properties are instantly changed when it interacts with something else, such as when somebody observes it.
Working separately, the two scientists, both 68, developed "ingenious laboratory methods" that allowed them to manage and measure and control fragile quantum states, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.
"Their ground-breaking methods have enabled this field of research to take the very first steps towards building a new type of superfast computer based on quantum physics," the academy said. "The research has also led to the construction of extremely precise clocks that could become the future basis for a new standard of time."
Haroche is a professor at the College de France and Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. Wineland is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
The two researchers use opposite approaches to examine, control and count quantum particles, the academy said.
Wineland traps ions - electrically charged atoms - and measures them with light, while Haroche controls and measures photons, or light particles.
Haroche said he was out walking with his wife when he got the call from the Nobel judges.
"I was in the street and passing a bench so I was able to sit down," Haroche told a news conference in Stockholm by telephone. "It's very overwhelming."
He said his work in the realm of quantum physics could ultimately lead to unimaginably fast computers.
"You can do things which are prohibited by the laws of classical physics," he told The Associated Press.
Haroche also said quantum research could help make GPS navigating systems more accurate.
NIST spokesman Jim Burrus said Wineland was asleep at home in Boulder when the call came in early Tuesday notifying him that he won; his wife answered the phone.
Burrus said Wineland described the news as overwhelming and wonderful.
He described Wineland as a humble person who never expected to win prizes. He also doesn't take himself very seriously: Wineland once played first base on a NIST softball team called "Field of Dweebs."
Christopher Monroe, who does similar work at the Joint Quantum Institute at the University of Maryland, said the awarding of the prize to the two men "is not a big surprise to me -- It was sort of obvious that they were a package."
Monroe said that thanks to the bizarre properties of the quantum world, when he and Wineland worked together in the 1990s, they were able to put a single atom in two places simultaneously.
At that time, it wasn't clear that trapping single atoms could help pave the way to superfast quantum computers, he said. That whole field "just fell into our laps,'" Monroe said.
In an ordinary computer, information is represented in bits, each of which is either a zero or a one. But in a quantum computer, an individual particle can essentially represent a zero and a one at the same time. If scientists can make such particles work together, certain kinds of calculations could be done with blazing speed.
One example is the factoring, the process of discovering what numbers can be multiplied together to produce a given number. That has implications for breaking codes, Monroe said.
Quantum computers could radically change people's lives in the way that classical computers did last century, but a full-scale quantum computer is still decades away, the Nobel judges said.
"The calculations would be incredibly much faster and exact and you would be able to use it for areas like metrology and for measuring the climate of the earth," said Lars Bergstrom, the secretary of the prize committee.
The physics prize was the second of the 2012 Nobel Prizes to be announced, with the medicine award going Monday to stem cell pioneers John Gurdon of Britain and Japan's Shinya Yamanaka. Each award is worth 8 million kronor, or about $1.2 million.
Only two women have won the physics prize since it was first awarded in 1901: Marie Curie in 1903 and Maria Goeppert-Mayer in 1963.
The prizes are always handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel's death in 1896.


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C 42 U | Prodrive Technologies | Electrical engineering and electromechanics
"Ready to use products" or contract manufacture as part solutions or complete solutions from a single source – the middle-sized Dutch company Prodrive Technologies has made a name for itself within a short space of time and works on contract for high-tech companies from diverse areas of industry as a partner in development and subassembly/device manufacture. The young company, around 20 years old, obviously ticks differently from most of the classical on-demand manufacturers and sees itself as a "vertical integrator". Just about all relevant disciplines of technology necessary for autonomous manufacture are represented among the 750 employees of the Prodrive Group. In this way, Prodrive Technologies distinguishes itself strongly from specialised service providers who concentrate on only one or few technology types. The live and practical philosophy "Ready-to-use Products" places high demands on those working in the mechanical manufacturing departments: to be able to react quickly and flexibly, with technical know-how and highest quality, to meet customer wishes and the needs of in-house production. The general essence is: "We are completely autonomous in the areas of electronics and mechanics with regard to development and manufacture. Of course the same is also true for software, so that we are a single source supplier for our customers, with optimum coordination from development to JIT delivery logistics. This means high demands on technology, processes and capacity, and of course all process steps must run economically. For this reason, whenever possible and sensible, we integrate high levels of process integration and automation in order to utilise the available technological systems to their fullest maximum in single-shift operation and in automated nightshift operation."
Going for Gold with five axes or moving straight in at the highest level
There is no need to worry about moving straight into investment in high technology at the highest level – although that means procurement of machines and tools as well as, in particular, recruiting and training of professional personnel – as the following example shows: the highly automated manufacture of mechanical components on 5 axis machining centres. Although the initial manufacturing-technical focus of Prodrive Technologies, in electronics and electromechanics, was based in the quickly growing works in Eindhoven and Son, it became clear in time that the delivery of mechanical components from external suppliers disturbed the in-house product-technical workflow and had a detrimental effect on deliveries to the final customer. Consequently, the strategic decision was made to move the mechanical manufacture in-house. On the lookout for powerful equipment, Prodrive Technologies came into contact with Geert Cox of Hermle Nederland B.V. and presented a list of requirements on the basis of the possible component sizes needed. Among other products, favoured were 5 axis complete/simultaneous machining; a manned single shift unit, as well as nightshift manufacturing of individual components and small batches with workpieces of diverse running/machining times; and finally, step-by-step implementation with the option of post hoc automation. After a detailed analysis and consultancy, the decision was made at Prodrive Technologies to "Go for Gold". Subsequently a 5 axis high-power machining centre of Type C 42 U with additional tool magazine ZM 160 was procured from Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG, D-78559 Gosheim. The first 5 axis machining centre was the foundation stone for the successive founding and extension of the Department for manufacture of flat and cubic mechanical parts, for example complex cooling elements for electronic subassemblies as well as highly filigree components for functionally integrated mechatronic subassemblies.
The Hermle machining centres, of construction size C 42 U, cover the spectrum of the workpieces
In order to be able to ensure the desired flexibility, in addition to the necessary capacity, Prodrive Technologies invested, in quick succession, in four further 5 axis high-power machining centres of type C 42 U, so that, now today, there are five of these "productivity, quality and flexibility pushers" in operation. Currently the new milling department at Prodrive Technologies consists of three machining centres C 42 U, connected per robot system RS 2, and two C 42 U machining centres as stand-alone systems. The machining centre C 42 U, which was procured first of all, was followed by a second and by the robot system RS 2. A third machining centre C 42 U was then integrated in this system. Furthermore, Prodrive Technologies procured both of the aforementioned stand-alone C 42 U machines, which are used predominantly for manned, highly flexible, quickly needed "priority manufacturing" of individual parts and for smaller series. The C 42 U machining centres which are connected per robot system and workpiece magazine are used preferably for JIT oriented small and middle batch manufacturing "around the clock" as well as for communal manufacturing of entire component families with high fitting-accuracy requirements and component compatibility. All machining centres C 42 Us are equipped with main spindles with a maximum speed of 18000 min-1, an NC swivelling rotary table with torque drive and a diameter of 440 mm, the workpiece holder HSK-A 63, ICS high-pressure, 80 bar, coolant feeding as well as a zero-point workpiece clamping system. In addition, each of the two C 42 U machining centres, which are set up as stand-alone systems, have an additional magazine ZM 160 with a further 160 tools. This means that a total of more than 200 tools are available, including the basis tool magazines which have 42 receptacles per stand-alone machine, all of which guarantees interruption free complete machining of the most complex precision components or entire workpiece families.
An equal partnership from the beginning
Furthermore, our responsible partners at Prodrive Technologies are very happy with the partnership with Hermle and with the support provided in all phases during the introduction and the further development of the 5 axis technology on the premises of Prodrive Technologies: "After examining the possible component sizes, we chose the C 42 U, which proved to be the right choice, because we can now manufacture base plates for cooling subassemblies just as precisely as we can produce small parts with edge dimensions of just a few millimetres. Usually, the number of pieces required is between 10 and 500, but we often also need to manufacture prototypes and individual parts which, naturally, are required very quickly. We therefore find the open concept of the system very accommodating: designed for highly flexible use as a manufacturing system, consisting of the connected triple system with three machining centres and two stand-alone systems. It is particularly useful because we have between 20 and 50 new workpieces to machine each week. By setting up our own mechanical manufacturing unit on the basis of the 5 axis technology from Hermle, we are now in a position to offer our customers optimum solutions and to implement these quickly. Additionally, we were able to use mechanical precision-component manufacturing as a way of closing the final gap, so that we are now autonomous in all relevant areas of production and are independently able to produce Ready-to-use products.


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A severe thunderstorm that passed through Alexandria at roughly 4p.m. yesterday left dozens of trees down across the city, taking out powerlines and blocking parts of many city streets.
Downedtrees blocked portions of the George Washington Memorial Parkway in bothdirections for a time, but radio reports said the northbound section hadreopened by 6:30 p.m.
Thecity government opened its emergency operations center by early evening tomanage the response to the severe weather, according to city spokesman TonyCastrilli.
Theresbeen extensive tree damage throughout the city, Castrilli said.
Atthis time were asking people to stay off the roads and only drive if necessaryto allow emergency vehicles access to the roads and begin to clear downedtrees, he added.
Atabout 6 p.m. there were 23,000 locations in Alexandrian without power, Castrillisaid. The outages left many Old Town businesses in the dark and also knockedout traffic signals in the eastern reaches of the city.
Asof about 6:30 p.m., Virginia Dominion Powers website reported more than 66,000customers without power in Northern Virginia. A map showed the highestconcentration in Alexandria and the immediate vicinity.
Customerswithout power can call Virginia Dominion at 1-866-366-4357 to report an outage.
Residentstravelling city thoroughfares blocked by trees can call the Alexandria PoliceDepartment at 703-836-4444.


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(Wait. There's also the furniture sales.)
Ok, two things and two things only.
Furniture sales, and this:
Yep, all over the country people are celebrating our military heroes by consuming good old-fashioned American hamburgers...
Of course, bakeries know there's more to this holiday than food that looks like the other food you'll be eating today. That's why they also offer more "patriotic" designs; to stress the importance of remembering and honoring the sacrifices of our military.
Well, however you choose to celebrate it, may you have a wonderful Memorial Day. And remember: always show pride in your country by letting your freak flag fly.
Unless you'd rather eat it, of course.
Whichever you choose, just get rid of it. [shudder]