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|Oh, well they're far too good looking. Though they do seem dickish enough.
You hear them before you see them. Be they shouting, chanting, clapping or belching they make their presence known. Loudly. The locals wince when they pass. The continent is not well-versed in their virile ways. They're crude, obnoxious and at times slightly racist. They are the stag parties on tour in Krakow.
On Friday morning they are first spotted. They seem a bit lost, a tad confused by their new surroundings.They're a long way from the cobbled streets of Manchester or the high-rise flats of Peckham. You would almost mistake them for ordinary tourists; if it weren't for the ghastly, novelty stag-themed t-shirts they seem to insist on wearing. Then, you can see their pupils dilate and their knees buckle as they spot the first watering hole. "8 zloty fur a pint? That's 1 pound fookin' 50 that. We'll fookin' have that", they exclaim as they inspect the menu. And they finally look like they're home.
They are the bane of my fucking Erasmus life. I live in Krakow. Krakow is a beautiful, cultured city for 4 days of the week. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday it is overridden by herds of macho-dickheads on Stag Parties, mainly from Britain. No, scratch that, entirely from Britain. Krakow has become very popular among revelers on stag nights due to low cost Ryanair flights, cheap alcohol and an abundance of strip clubs. And as I watch them march down alleys and streets, shouting and screaming, I can't help but feel the locals crave for the days of Nazism and Communism. At least back then they didn't have to suffer these drunk, buff dickheads.
I bear no ill-will towards social drinking or English people or partying. It just seems a prerequisite that to attend a stag do you must be A) A complete obnoxious knobhead B) Have an extensive knowledge of imperialistic British chants (Rule Britannia simply will not do, something more vitriolic is required) C) Have a complete disregard for any sense of human decency. Sounds harsh but I have concrete (anecdotal) evidence to back it up.
Irrefutable Evidence 1: An Irish bar. Ireland vs England in the Six Nations. The first few notes of the Irish national anthem bellow out. Irish people in the bar sing along tentatively. Two English men. One (The groom) dressed in a hilarious horse costume. The other, short fat and bald with a complexion and face that only someone of Anglo-Saxon/Hiberno heritage possesses. They both start chanting "UP THE UVF, UP THE UVF" and "TAIGS OUT, TAIGS OUT". The thoroughly decent English chap (Who's not on a stag) next to me with whom I am watching the match shakes his head ruefully and expresses his disdain for the ignorance of his fellow countrymen and apologises on their behalf. No need sir. It's the Stag dickheads that are to blame.
Irrefutable Evidence 2: Another Irish bar. Manchester United vs Liverpool in the Premier League. The bar is silent except for a large group of English men enjoying a stag do and wearing hilarious novelty t-shirts who are chanting, shouting and exclaiming "Aw, she's well fit" and "Ooh, she'd get it" every time the (admittedly attractive) barmaid passes by. Their insolence and latent misogyny is not what annoys me most however. For the whole game one member of their group punctuates the chanting with very, very loud belches. Literally every 2 minutes a burp is audible from that side of the room. After the first 3 burps I crane my neck towards him and leer disdainfully in his direction. He is laughing though. And after every burp he laughs again. He laughs as if he's just told the funniest joke in the world. The game doesn't cheer me up either.
I've mentioned the novelty t-shirts which almost every Stag Party group insist on wearing and, in a trivial way, they are the most fucking infuriating thing about them. Christ, when you've seen one you've really seen them all. "Dave's Stag Do - Insert nickname related to sexual innuendo here" is standard. It's basically The Inbetweeners just 10 years older and much fatter. In many, though not all, Stag Parties the groom is obliged to wear a novelty outfit as I have mentioned in Irrefutable Evidence 1. That sap chose to dress as a horse though he was an exception. Most commonly it is a dress which the groom dons and, as you'd expect, the lads find it fookin' hilarious.
Ah, I realise I sound like a right dour eejit. You're probably thinking, "Well, I bet he's great craic at parties." But you must understand. Once you've spent 8 weekends surrounded by these noisy, nauseating pillocks you would understand. Because Krakow, especially the centre, is such a peaceful, cultured place during the week that it's like watching the cast of Geordie Shore stomp around Ancient Rome. But at least in that scenario there's a chance they might be enslaved and killed by lions. Such a fate has not befallen any Stag Party in Krakow yet unfortunately. We can but dream.


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On Wednesday, April 20 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., District Department of Transportation (DDOT) Interim Director Terry Bellamy and Scott Kubly, Director of DDOT's Progressive Transportation Services Administration (which is managing streetcar implementation), will appear at a public meeting to update the community on progress toward completion of the first operational segment of the H Street-Benning Road streetcar line and other streetcar activities. There will be an opportunity for community members to ask questions.
The meeting is being hosted by Advisory Neighborhood Commissions 5B, 6A and 6C. It will be held at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, which is located at 1333 H Street NE. This location is accessible by Metrobus routes X2 and X9 and Capital Bikeshare (stations at 13th and H Streets NE and at Bladensburg and Benning Roads NE).
We encourage you to attend this meeting to help continue to demonstrate strong citizen support for D.C.'s streetcar system.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Streetcars meeting @Atlas Peforming Arts Center w/ DDOT on Wed., April 20, at 6:30 pm
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Everyone helped out and we got the entire main floor and upstairs hallway painted!
Me cleaning the laundry room and the spanking clean microwave! It was pretty sick before.
Dan cleaning out the garage! We LOVE our garage!
After another long night getting the house ready.
Painting is my nemesis! I suck at getting edges and I'm so impatient! I have started going around all my edges and corners where different colors touch with a really tiny brush to try to make them look good! It's a never ending battle!
Here are the mouse pictures I promised....brace yourself haha. We found out we have a mouse problem but I think we've figured it out! We caught about 8 or so mice in just a few days! The first one dan killed while we were cleaning the house and the rest have been caught in the good old fashioned traps. Dan sealed up a bunch of holes outside the house and under cabinets and behind the stove. We think that's where they were coming from and we haven't had any for the past few days so cross your fingers!
Yucka. I just had to take a pic and post it! :) On a totally different note, I made my first official craft. I've become completely obsessed with all these great thrifty and crafty blogs! There are so many cool ideas and I can't wait to start working on things! Before we moved, I started small and I just made this! I think it's really cute and I have a few other ideas for something similar for Christmas. It's just a fleur de lis cut out (really carefully) on scrapbook paper, modge podged to a painted canvas and hung with a ribbon! Cuties!
Dan finally cut his hair! It was really out of control and even though I absolutely loved his curls, he was way overdue for a trim! So his mom chopped it all up and cleaned him up beautifully. He now looks like the man I married, what a hunk. See the pic of Dan and the mouse above for the after shots.


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Installing the satellite dish in a home is the hardest part of the satellite system process; the connection or wiring is the easy part. Wiring for a two-LNB (low noise block converter) dish is not any more difficult than a one-LNB dish. The LNB is the portion of the dish which actually receives and decodes your satellite signal, eventually sending the signal down your coaxial cable to your television, and having two allows you to connect more than one television to your system.
Remove the LNB from the satellite dish. The LNB is held in place by a screw, which is generally located underneath the satellite arm.
Connect two RG-6 coaxial cables to the coaxial outputs on the LNB. These ports will be the only ones on the LNB, and will be cylindrical, metal ports with pin-sized holes. Insert the pins from the coaxial cables into these ports, then screw on the cables to hold them in place.
Thread the RG-6 coaxial cables through the arm of the satellite dish and out the other side. Push the LNB back onto the satellite dish, and resecure it in place with the screw.
Connect the two RG-6 coaxial cables to the two input ports on your satellite splitter. These ports will be labelled input, and will be on the same side of the splitter (the other side will have the outputs, which will number four or more).
Connect one RG-6 coaxial cable onto an output of your splitter for each television you wish to connect to your satellite system. For example, if connecting three televisions, then connect three RG-6 coaxial cables to your splitter, one per output. Run these cables to your satellite receivers.
Connect each of your satellite receivers to your satellite splitter using the RG-6 coaxial cables you just ran. Locate the satellite in port on the back of the satellite receiver; this will be identical to all the other coaxial ports used. Screw the cables onto the threaded ports.
It is STRONGLY recommended to purchase a satellite splitter directly from your satellite company. A generic one will, at best, not function well, lead to poor reception and picture and, at worst, not work at all.


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The pilot of the Nirvash typeZERO, Eureka treats the Nirvash as if it were a living being with consciousness and feelings. However, she appears to be distant and awkward to other people as she has trouble communicating with humans and understanding their feelings. She is the adoptive mother of Maurice, Maeter, and Linck, but is often unsure of her role as a mother.
How cute is this cosplay? Let me count the ways; but it seems so weird that the character is a motherly figure. Thanks to Ishida for sending this in!


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What are Peer Affinity Groups?
Confidential groups of 6-10 family business members, in similar corporate family roles, meeting monthly to discuss matters of business, family and personal interest. The Center for Family Business's affinity groups are peer groups that meet regularly, allowing members to share experiences and learn from each other.
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Owners/CEO's: This group consists of business owners contemplating issues such as retirement and succession planning. Members are usually preparing to leave the day to day operation of their businesses to the next generation. Often, a major concern is communicating their plans and desires to their successors while contemplating financial and lifestyle changes that will take place in retirement. Members address issues surrounding preparing the next generation for leadership roles and protecting their interests in the company business.
Young Leaders: This group is preparing to assume leadership roles in their family businesses. They are committed to preparing themselves to take over from the senior generation. They face obstacles such as gaining the respect of company employees loyal to the senior generation, negotiating with siblings or cousins on ownership issues, and preparing themselves to be competent leaders. In addition, many are struggling with convincing the senior generation that they are capable of leading.
Women's Peer Affinity Group: This group consists of women in key management roles in their family businesses. Many handle demanding positions within their companies, while meeting the changing needs of their families. Group members share issues confronted by the growing number of women holding key positions in industries more traditionally dominated by men. They also struggle to balance their more traditional roles within the family with their leadership responsibilities in their businesses.


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Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/25/2017 -- Transparency Market Research presents this most up-to-date research on "Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) Analyzers Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2016 - 2024"
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) can be defined as the rate at which red blood cells or erythrocytes sediment in a period of one hour. ESR is usually measured in millimeter per hour (mm/hr) and a value above 100 mm/hr indicates a disease condition, such as a disease that causes inflammation, active infection, cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, blood disease, diabetes, and collagen vascular disease. However, ESR is a non-specific test for inflammation and is used in conjunction with other tests such as C-reactive protein. Normal ESR result does not rule out the possibility of inflammation. Similarly, an elevated ESR without any symptoms of the disease does not aid in making any medical decision. ESR analyzers are devices employed to measure the sedimentation rate of erythrocytes for an accurate reading. Automated ESR analyzers need to comply with the 2011-published Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines for measuring ESR. The analyzer works on the basic principle of Westergren's method followed to determine ESR.
The ESR analyzers market can be segmented based on modality, end-user, and region. In terms of modality, the market can be segmented into automatic analyzers, semi-automatic analyzers, and manual analyzers. Based on end-user, the ESR analyzers market can be segmented into hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, and academic institutions. In terms of region, the ESR analyzers market can be segmented into North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa.
ESR is one of the basic hematology tests performed to identify various disease conditions, which would contribute to the growth of the ESR analyzers market. Technological upgrades leading to the development of automated ESR analyzers from manual ESR analyzers would also contribute to the growth of the market. In addition, the increasing number of infections leading to various health hazards would contribute to the rising number of ESR tests, which in turn would drive the ESR analyzers market in the near future. However, the non-specificity of the tests and the necessity for other tests to be performed to confirm the diseased condition could have a negative impact on the ESR analyzers market, as demand for specific tests increases. Furthermore, false negative results of ESR due to the effect of drugs such as oral contraceptives, dextran, methyldopa, penicillamine procainamide, theophylline, vitamin A, aspirin, cortisone, and quinine also make ESR less desirable, thereby impacting the growth of the ESR analyzers market.
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Automatic analyzers are expected to dominate the ESR analyzers market during the forecast period, owing to their abilities to enhance the workflow and turnaround time. Diagnostic laboratories and hospitals are expected to be the leading segments of the ESR analyzers market. Geographically, North America is expected to be the major market for ESR analyzers. Growth of the market in the region can be attributed to the well-developed health care infrastructure in the region. Asia Pacific is expected to witness the highest growth rate during the forecast period, owing to increasing infections, evolution of new diseases, and poor sanitation conditions which lead to increased infections among the population. In addition, government focus on enhancing the health care infrastructure and providing better health care facilities to the population contribute to the growth of the ESR analyzers market in Asia Pacific.
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All I can say is ... WOW!
I have been singing the praises of R.E.B.E.L.S. since its beginnings but I felt the title might be in a bit of a rut lately. It seemed like each month showed another planet falling to Starro while Dox and his band kept half a step ahead. While each issue was great, there was a repeating pattern. I was hoping that writer Tony Bedard would shake things up a bit.
Well, R.E.B.E.L.S. #10 did that! What an absolutely great issue, turning this whole series on its head. And since this was the issue tied into theBlackest Night and was the issue linked to the Indigo Corps ring giveaway, my guess is sales are going to be through the roof. Given the quality of the issue, I hope all the Indigo ring-slingers will be drawn in and will stick around.
The issue starts with a nice and neat recap of prior L.E.G.I.O.N. issues specifically the origin of Stealth, Dox's ex-wife and mother to his son. With the memories downloaded, Black Lantern Stealth arises from the swamps of Voorl. It was here that the Starro-controlled L.E.G.I.O.N. robots killed her.
As a reader who didn't collect much of the prior incarnations of L.E.G.I.O.N. or R.E.B.E.L.S., the recap was appreciated. It was just long enough to give me the information I needed of the character but short enough not to detract from the overall story.
Last issue, we saw the R.E.B.E.L.S. team ranks swell with the addition of Adam Strange, Captain Comet, and Kanjar Ro.
Strange and Comet bring Dox up to date on the events outside this area of the galaxy. Blackest Night and the various Corps are all described to Dox in detail including the dead Black Lanterns and how one can defeat them.
Dox is at his most condescending throughout the conversation. He says he always knew the Guardians were setting themselves up for failure with the design of their corps. I also love how he dismisses the threat of the Black Lanterns. "Zombies with power rings, now that I'd like to see." I wonder if that was Dan Didio's response to Geoff Johns original pitch for Blackest Night.
While the Ring War is ripping apart the universe, Dox doesn't lose sight of the more immediate threat, Starro and his armada.
And here is more of Dox's confidence and arrogance.
When asked about the overwhelming threat of Starro, he calmly responds that he has managed things so far. Only Dox would dismiss the Starro situation as being handled well.
But that is the allure of Dox as a character. He is a cocky bastard but he produces.
Last issue, we saw that Starro's vanguard, his most powerful and independent warriors, had landed on Voorl to find Lyrl Dox, Brainiac's son.
When they do catch up with him, Lyrl agrees to join their group. That is how much he hates his father, the man who lobotimized him.
Vril Dox is the character which really makes this title work. What a delicious new adversary for him to match wits with ... his own son.
When Dox is informed that Lyrl has left with Starro's troop, he becomes unhinged.
Dox always plays things close to the vest. This is the guy who pages earlier calmly talked about how he would neutralize an army of over a trillion troops. Suddenly the cool, calm, 'uniform perfectly pressed' Dox explodes! When he loses his cool, people should be worried.
But it is this change in characterization that gives Dox such depth. He can't always be in control. He knows that once Starro reactivates Lyrl's intelligence that the Lyrl will break down the force field wall trapping the Starro wave. And when that wall goes down, the galaxy will soon follow.
And that is exactly what happens. Starro welcomes Lyrl to his vanguard, the special starfish attached to the Coluan's back.
And just like that Lyrl's intelligence returns. He isn't Lyrl the jungle boy anymore. He is Brainiac 3!
I think Brainiac 3 will obviously be a huge threat against Brainiac 2's plans. But I also wonder just how much of a threat he will be internally to Starro. If Lyrl is anything like Vril, he isn't going to be happy serving anyone for very long. He is going to think he should be in charge. And since he has free will, I wonder if he will lash out at some point against his 'master'.
Knowing that his force field wall will soon be down, knowing that all his plans are basically ruined, Vril decides it is time for the R.E.B.E.L.S. to cut and run. As they take off, the remaining Vanguard troops start to chase them.
As usual, Dox is ruthless. There is no point in attempting to rescue Lyrl. In fact, he thinks the best thing they could do is kill his son the next time they see him. Again, that icy exterior when talking about killing his progeny is what makes Dox the character he is. That doesn't make him explode like he did in the prior scene.
But the Vanguard aren't the only people hunting down Dox. So is Black Lantern Stealth!
One thing we learn quickly ... it doesn't matter how strong the Vanguard are, Stealth appears stronger. Without breaking a sweat she rips the heart out of Limina. Remember, these are considered the strongest of Starro's troops. We have seen individual members raze whole planets. And yet Stealth easily kills one.
Unbelievable. Scary.
With Stealth as a sudden wild card, Dox knows it truly is the time to run.
Incredibly, some of the R.E.B.E.L.S. think that Stealth was helping the team, saving them from Starro's forces. Ummm ... didn't they see her decaying flesh?
Dox knows what the Black Lanterns are about and knows that running is the only option. And as he anticipated, Lyrl was able to deactivate the force field wall. The time has come to warp to Earth and rally the troops.
Dox almost looks proud when he hears the wall has fallen, 3 hours earlier than he anticipated. But just like that the entire premise of the first year of this book is dissapated. This isn't about the R.E.B.E.L.S. fighting Starro in a fishbowl. This is about the whole universe!
The R.E.B.E.L.S. ship warps into the middle of a battle between members of the Sinestro Corps and Black Lanterns.
One of those Black Lanterns is Harbinger from Crisis on Infinite Earths. I don't know why her addition to the Black Lantern ranks made me cringe a bit more than any of the other heroes who have been resurrected. I guess I always thought she got kind of a raw deal.
Harbinger is completely focused on killing the Yellow Lanterns. Stealth is drawn to Dox.
In the ensuing battle, the R.E.B.E.L.S. ship is ripped in half and any number of Yellow Lanterns are slaughtered. One of theYellow Lanterns who is killed hails from Sector 1287. When he dies, his ring finds a suitable new host, a person capable of instilling great fear ...
Vril Dox!!
Perfect! I think Dox instills fear in friends and foes alike. And while wielding the yellow ring, he is probably a match for Stealth.
What a great issue!
Unlike many 'crossover' event issues, this one makes perfect sense. Blackest Night is effecting all of the universe, including the galaxy Starro is currently controlling. It would seem artificial if the events of Blackest Night didn't effect the R.E.B.E.L.S. team.
This crossover with the Ring War didn't seem forced in any way. In fact, it actually moved the main title's plot forward!
And between Blackest Night and the Lyrl betrayal, the overall Starro arch suddenly has a new dynamic feel to it. Tony Bedrard suddenly isn't painted into the corner of that one galaxy. Suddenly the universe is open to him.
As always, this comic is at its best when Vril Dox is the straw stirring the drink. After a couple of issues where Dox was in the background, he is clearly showcased here. And we get a great sense of who he is ... calm when he thinks he has things handled, irate when teammates make stupid mistakes, oddly proud of his son's abilities, thrilled to be handed a Yellow Lantern ring. Dox is simply one of the most interesting characters in comics now. I don't know if I would like him if I met him. But I bet I would want to be on his team.
Andy Clarke was back on art with this issue and I have to say the book just has a whole different feel when he is on board. The book just takes on a distinct and polished feel. I wish he could be here every issue. I think his stuff is slick.
But I am going to reiterate my opening statement.
All I can say is ... WOW!
Overall grade: A+


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Students simulate the process of remote sensing by using common materials to represent Earth's different ground coverings and a light meter to represent satellite instruments. The concept of albedo and its importance in Earth's radiation budget... (View More) are introduced. The lesson uses the 5E instructional model and is part of the book, "Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum." (View Less)
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A collection of nine atmospheric science and geography activities that guide students in developing the skills used to analyze GLOBE environmental data. GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) is a worldwide, hands-on,... (View More) K-12 school-based science education program. (View Less)
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NGC 2174: Pillars in the Monkey Head Nebula lithograph and In Search of ... Star Formation classroom activity
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NuSTAR has a 10-meter rigid mast that separates the optics from the detector. Inspired by this, students will design, test, and build a lightweight mast 1 meter tall that can fully support the weight of a typical hardcover textbook (~2 kg). The... (View More) footprint of the mast must be no larger than 11" x 14". This activity is from the NuSTAR Educators Guide: X-Rays on Earth and from Space, which focuses on the science and engineering design of NASA's NuSTAR mission. The guide includes a standards matrix, assessment rubrics, instructor background materials, and student handouts. (View Less)
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Students participate in a series of activities to discover how astronomers use computers to create images and understand data. No programming experience is required; students will use pencilcode.net to complete such activities as creating a color,... (View More) exploring filters and color-shifting, and creating individual images of star-forming regions. These activities demonstrate a real world application of science, technology and art. (View Less)
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Students use a dipole magnet and compass to model and map Earth's magnetic field. They then induce a magnetic field to represent a Ring Current in order to observe the response to a fluctuating electric current caused by a solar storm. The lesson... (View More) includes background information, procedures, worksheets, answer keys and graphics. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are listed. (View Less)
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This is an online lesson associated with activities during Solar Week, a twice-yearly event in March and October during which classrooms are able to interact with scientists studying the Sun. Outside of Solar Week, information, activities, and... (View More) resources are archived and available online at any time. This is an activity about measurements of solar activity. Learners will observe an image of the Sun and sketch major features, plot data to begin to recognize patterns of solar activity, look for long-term patterns in graphed data, compare X-ray and visible light images of the Sun to find solar features common to both sets of images, and make a prediction of what the Sun will look like in a visible light image after observing an X-ray image taken on the same day. This activity is scheduled to occur during Monday of Solar Week. (View Less)
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I have been riding on Vespa since I was in university, 20 years ago. I do not know why I feel so intact with this sexy type of motorcycle and, up to the time being, I always ride on vespa and not other motorcycle. The older the running age of it with the line of time, the more exclusive I feel on the road. I do feel riding in 'a difference' among the Japanese cycles crowding in every inch of roads.
You may afford to buy expensive and modern motorcycle in any motor dealer now, but it might not always be with vespa. How much money you may have, you cannot always find a classic vespa in any motor dealers. It is now no longer on sale in any motor shop.
I have two vespas, both of them were manufactured in 60's. The older was built in 1964 and the younger was born in 1967. Both of them have been accompanying me to work everyday alternately. But do not think that they are dirty and worn out motors, you will see how charming they are on the roads. They are so classics, smooth and unique good-looking scooter of 60's, ones of few that now are rarely roaming on the road.
It is such a proud of course to ride on old vespa. That is why some riders are still loyal on vespas. Those scooter manias are not only old-aged riders, but also young motorists who do not feel old-fashioned with their old vespa. On the other hand, we, the community of old vespa lovers, have classified these scooters are more than just a means of transportation but vespas are manifestation of arts.
Not only a unique motor, vespa had been a symbol of the coming up of Europe after the Word War II. For Italian, vespa had been the lifestyle at that time and they had been taken role in many films. In Indonesia vespas have been the most popular motor for many decades, despite the fact that now people are less interested in this Italian vehicles.
It was around 100 years ago when Rinaldo Piaggio commencing his business in the aircraft industry. It started with his factory in Genoa in 1884 before it was then extended to other factory in Pisa (1927) and in Pontedera (1924). This business was growing up rapidly when his son, Enrico Piaggio, was in charge of the business.
Surprisingly, when this aircraft industry was growing up fantastically, Enrico Piaggio decided to resign from this industry. Based on his strong intuition, he took another business of common and affordable means of transportation: vespa.
It was D'Ascanio who was then entitled to be responsible to design vespa. His background as the chief of research in the helicopter industry might have influenced the design of vespa. More than just a type of simple, powerful and economic motor, the rear of vespa looks likes a helicopter's cabin.
In April 1946, 15 units of vespa were on trial. At the end of 1949, a number of 35,000 units were launched and, until 10 years later, Italia had been producing a million of vespas. In 50's, Piaggio had extended his new factory in Europe, like: Germany, England, French, Belgium and Spain. The great demands of vespas in the world had also encouraged expanding business in Asia, especially in India and Indonesia.
Although now vespas have fewer users in Indonesia, but for us who have been the fanatic lovers, vespas will always accompany us wherever we go. It seems that population of old vespa has been coming fewer and fewer. It has been a suspect that many old vespas were exported abroad due to its high prices. We, the vespas lovers, will absolutely condemn any effort to send old vespas to collectors outside Indonesia.
We do not want the vespas are getting extinct from the country. We will commit to make Vespa, which means as a bee in Italian, always roam the road in the country.
Viva vespa!
Ride On Vespa
I have been riding on Vespa since I was in university, 20 years ago. I do not know why I feel so intact with this sexy type of motorcycle and, up to the time being, I always ride on vespa and not other motorcycle. The older the running age of it with the line of time, the more exclusive I feel on the road. I do feel riding in 'a difference' among the Japanese cycles crowding in every inch of roads.
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i just Like vespa when i aLso on the road..
when you are on the road, no one distrubing you, because so many bycle and many more type of the bycle sounds.
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In other news, I've been messing around with Haskell, but I need a real programming project to really do something. I was thinking about this again.
I realized yesterday that it's not just hard but actually logically impossible to represent a mechanical object physically as a strict tree. Consider even just a triangle of beams. Two of them attach, making them children of the same parent (the joint). The third attaches to both, which is illegal.
A commenter suggested the netlist approach that electronic simulators take. The problem is that the netlist is a genome of the device. I have to be able to take a subset of the genome and swap it out for another piece that also has to drop in place. How does that work without leaving dangling "wires"? I could just leave them there for Nature to work out, but is that going to make success too infrequent for me to have patience for?
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Charity shop finds (9 balls of cotton/linen mix wool for £4 - glass spaghetti jar £1)
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Freshly baked bread.
The Disney Store and getting a Toy Story cuddly Jesse dolly (which he earnt from his first ever sticker chart)
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so, apparently angelic trumpeters did not appear during the australia v indonesia game and play "ave maria" while the crowd cheered the amazing football displayed.
jump on forum sites and many were outraged. shocked even. calling for the euroroos to be played. more fool me for wasting my time scanning forum sites. yeah.
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Beautiful. I love camellias, they always look too exotic to be out at this time of year. One of my favourite spring flowers. I have a tiny white one in the front garden that's doing surprisingly well. Wonderful glossy foliage too, that's part of the charm I think.ReplyDeleteReplies
We have a pale pink one, CJ, that Martyn pruned severely a couple of years ago that looks as though it will flower this year.Delete
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Your Camellia is looking good Sue, other than the cushion scale problem I have at the moment mine are generally good, a large white one I have, unaffected by scale, which was covered in flower last year has not one solitary bud on it. I have often read that they need plenty of moisture at the end of summer for the flower buds to develop which I am putting it down to as the best part of the summer season was the dry spell we had from very late August onward.ReplyDeleteReplies
I read the same thing, Rick but we never water ours. This particular plant was cut back really hard a few years ago and is now back to full flowering strength.Delete
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I am envious as there is no way we would be able to grow these. Yours look very lush.ReplyDeleteReplies
It is Alain. It is about 8 feet high and 6 feet across and covered in flowers this year.Delete
Lovely! I have almost no flowers on one as I did a Martyn on it last year. The other one, due for a 'Martyn' this year seems to either be very late or has no bloom.ReplyDelete
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It's that time of year. When the veil between worlds opens up and for a season, wild magic can run rampant in the world with no repercussion. At least, that's how I talk about the holiday with my spawn. They understand this explanation well, and share their knowledge of scary things with other children. It makes them look cool. It's my favorite holiday. Win! And win!
It's not "news" that all over the place, Halloween parties at school are being replaced by Fall harvest parties, as more people are not celebrating the holiday. I used to battle against this all the time when I was teaching, cue the memory of a student calling me a devil worshipper because of my tattoos and piercings and me yelling back at her that the Devil goes to church too. Scared the pants off her and myself, honestly. The holy water don't burn when I go to church, honey. I digress.... I feel a bit disappointed that this is going on now even more. It's taking the fun out of being a kid, in my humble opinion.
Here's where it gets interesting. I was helping out at Pixy's school, which is a Catholic school, and the CHILDREN were discussing this topic. Not because it was being banned from their school, they even have a parade there, but because some of the children have siblings who attend public schools and have to follow different schools. Honestly, I shouldn't be surprised that children can hold sophisticated conversations of their own like this, but to hear them voice my own frustrations in the most innocently accurate of ways...was awesome.
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Truth is, that children are more in tune with the goings on of the universe than we are sometimes. They overhear things. Trust me, they know more than you do on a good day. So, the fact that they know that other scarier things than neighborhood kids being in costume exist and happen daily, shouldn't be surprising...but somehow it is. Why do we fixate on protecting children from things that for the most part, won't really cause any harm in the long run? Is dressing up as the grim reaper, or a zombie, or a ghost so repulsively horrifying that it will mess up their psyche? Truth is, probably not. We seem to be doing ok and we were exposed to all kinds of parenting that, by today's standards, were irresponsible. I guess, I'm just not sure that's where real evil lies. In costumes, candy, and mischief. Isn't the real evil in the daily things we hear in the news? On the radio? Around us at any time? Will we have to start putting our kids in bubbles to protect them from the next thing that will offend or upset someone?
I think that's where we are headed. Every time someone gets upset about something, they will just take it away, until all we have are robots instead of children. Someone will always be upset about something. It is the way humans work but to target something that is supposed to bring joy to children and adults, make everyone the same age for one night of the year seems...I dunno. Kinda Scroogey.
Perhaps, I'm just upset because it's my favorite holiday. Maybe, it has more to do with school turning into a testing machine instead of teaching anything. For sure, it has to do with the fact that we are protecting a loss of innocence that occurred way sooner than we originally thought and we are scrambling like mad to fix now. Because, let's face it folks, a witch costume did not cause this loss of innocence. Oh no. The loss of innocence I'm talking about is a lot scarier than that. It begins much sooner as the ways of the world seep into our everyday lives, and drives Kindergartners to have passionate classroom conversations about things that walk in daylight that are much scarier. And they're not the walking dead.
As I sit and plan a whole new different costume for Banshee's fall harvest party and separate it from their Halloween night costumes, I shiver a little bit. Yes, me. The woman who really isn't scared of anything and thinks werewolves are cuddly. With that one statement, my daughter just brought a whole new kind of Big Bad through our front door. And there is nothing I can do to keep it away. For now, I will keep on doing my thing: putting up Jack Skellington decorations, carving Jack o' lanterns, and teaching neighborhood skills about the advantages of having a gargoyle on your roof. It will be All Hallows' Eve. We got some candy to score. I guess the rest can wait for another day. Right?
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Our house wasn't occupied when we bought it. While the inside was kept neat and clean in the absence of the owner, the landscaping was completely hopeless. Weeds filled the stone flowerbeds in the front yard and the small flower bed in back. English ivy was quickly overtaking what was left of the back yard and threatening the front steps and a crab apple tree in the front yard. While the Hubs probably would have been happy to just keep the grass cut and disregard the rest, I didn't waste much time before I started exercising my green thumb.
I hoed the weeds out of the stone flowerbeds in front, and found a sweet note the previous owners had left in the concrete: their initials and the date. I planted tulip and daffodil bulbs, and was delighted when they came up the following spring.
Not long after, we tore down the lattice around the patio that was collapsing under the weight of the English ivy, and cut the ivy off of a huge poplar tree it was choking. For things like this I am grateful that the Hubs makes his living as a forester and knows his way around with a chainsaw like it's second nature. Had the ivy continued to grow up that tree, it would have killed the tree, requiring it to be cut down by professionals at a cost of around $2,000, lest it fall on our house.
Summer before last, that English ivy did bring a tree down. A tree that was on our neighbor's property fell across our fence and into our yard. We spent a day cleaning the mess up cut it up for firewood. The trunk of the tree is still laying across our fence, actually, because it is too big for the Hubs to get himself. It's something we need to finish soon, and get that fence repaired.
Again, I am lucky Jeremy is a certified faller.
The following summer after we bought the house, I cleaned out an unkempt flowerbed out back and planted a few tomato and pepper plants. And the "Delicious Potager" was born. The original bed is still a garden plot, only now it's twice as big, and has four raised beds around it.
|garden plot and raised beds, June 2011
Last fall, we dug out a flower bed along the front of the house and planted grass. Because of the eaves of the house, it didn't get enough rain, and I could never get anything to grow in it. Even hostas sucumbed to the conditions. We hauled the rocks edging that flower bed around back, and I expanded the little flower bed I had just off the patio. The small flower bed had three hostas, which were there when we bought the house. In the years since we tore out the English ivy and lattice, I had added sweet williams and buttercups from my mom's flower bed, three varieties of mint from a coworker's herb garden and echinacea and bee balm from another coworker's yard.
When we added the new edging rocks and expanded the bed, I moved several iris rhizomes and grape hyacinth bulbs from the front unsuccessful bed into the back bed. I had several tulip bulbs languishing unplanted in my garage that went in, as well as red hot poker plants from a coworker's flower garden. Beginning about Mid-March, this bed has put on one stunning display after another. I have more bulbs in the garage from daffodils growing wild that I dug up from the bottom part of the yard, as well as snow drops and more tulips. And another coworker recently gave me a canna lily rhizome, which I am super-excited to see blooming next summer.
The thing that I love most about the flowerbed in back is that it's full of things given to me. I haven't bought any of the plants in it. It's nice because the flowers are sorta left to chance. You take a chance planting something like that and in some cases, I wasn't even really sure what the flowers would look like. The bee balm and irises were a surprise when they bloomed the first time.
Along the white vinyl fence I have a narrow herb garden with four varieties of mint, rosemary and another bee balm plant.
Last year for my birthday, my dad gave me the WVU windchimes and the wooden sign that reads "Jennelle's Garden." The blue plaque in the center of it says "Grow, Damnit!" The echinacea in the left of the picture is twice the size it was last summer and ready to bloom any day.
Last Sunday, was a perfect day with cloudless blue skies and temps around 72 degrees. I took advantage of the weather and spent some time cleaning up the patio. When it gets miserably sticky, we tend to neglect it, instead staying holed up inside with the AC cranked. But after I finished sweeping it off and arranging the patio furniture, a took a few minutes to rest and enjoy the backyard, and I realized, that while my mom's flower garden is more established and spectacular, I did finally get what I wished for a few years ago--that same feeling from my very own back yard.


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Source: NY Times
Posted on 11 Mar 2010
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is joining the American International Group in a loss-sharing agreement that is part of the insurer's sale of its American Life Insurance Company unit to MetLife, Bloomberg News reports.
DealBook has highlighted a five-year loss-sharing agreement that MetLife has reached with AIG over potential losses tied to Alico's Japanese real estate holdings. Bloomberg adds that the New York Fed and AIG will use some of the MetLife stock they have gained from the sale to help cover losses as well, citing two unidentified persons.
AIG's Japan mortgage holdings were deemed a "more troubled asset" by MetLife, which is also indemnified from losses on one of the U.K. businesses it will acquire in the purchase of American Life Insurance Co. AIG said March 8 it is divesting Alico, which operates in more than 50 countries including Japan, to pay down bailout debts on a $60 billion Fed credit line.
"You have to ask yourself, 'does the American taxpayer have any hope of getting their money back any other way besides selling this business?'" said William Cohan, a former JPMorgan Chase & Co. banker and author of "House of Cards," about the financial crisis. An agreement for one side to retain some risk is typical in deals "when the buyer and seller have a difference of opinion about an asset," he said.
The New York Fed agreed to the five-year, loss-sharing deal because it expects to be repaid on its $9 billion investment in the Alico vehicle, said one of the people familiar with the regulator's discussions who declined to be identified because some transaction details are private.
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Being an educator, I am fortunate to have the opportunity to spend these treasured days at home with my children and also feel that giddy excitement at the announcement of a 'snow day'. However, as we are in our third day of confinement, I find myself wondering how many days I can actually maintain the sanity of our household!
We have now exhausted every outdoor snow activity that we could dream up and frankly my toes can't handle another frigid moment outdoors. So we're ready to try this fun recipe and bring the 'Snow Day' fun into the warmth of our own house. I'll let you know how it goes!
1. Collect 5 cups of FRESH snow Don't pack it, you want it light and fluffy.
2. Combine the first three ingredients until the sugar dissolves.
3. Slowly add the snow into your mixture while stirring.
4. Continue to add snow until the mixture is thick and creamy.
5. Eat right away!
*Good vocabulary to use with your child.


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The bottom line is that a national obsession with high-stakes testing has poisoned every public school still standing. It is an intellectual cancer that consumes every conversation about schools, learning, and metrics. To understand how this was allowed to get this far, one only needs to tune in to the debates about public and private schools. And what we might look for first is critical thinking on either side. You will soon realize critical thinking is almost wholly absent.
A new study reported in the Seattle Times, Study: Students slog through college, but don't gain much critical thinking by Sara Rimer of the Hechinger Report goes a long way in explaining the phenomenon. She reports:
Arum, whose book "Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses" (University of Chicago Press) comes out this month, followed 2,322 traditional-age students from the fall of 2005 to the spring of 2009 and examined testing data and student surveys at a broad range of 24 U.S. colleges and universities, from the highly selective to the less selective.
Forty-five percent of students made no significant improvement in their critical thinking, reasoning or writing skills during the first two years of college, according to the study. After four years, 36 percent showed no significant gains in these so-called "higher order" thinking skills.
Combining the hours spent studying and in class, students devoted less than a fifth of their time each week to academic pursuits. By contrast, students spent 51 percent of their time — or 85 hours a week — socializing or in extracurricular activities.
The study also showed that students who studied alone made more significant gains in learning than those who studied in groups.
Some educators note that a weakened economy and a need to work while in school may be partly responsible for the reduced focus on academics, while others caution against using the study to blame students for not applying themselves.
Students who majored in the traditional liberal arts — including the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and mathematics — showed significantly greater gains over time than other students in critical thinking, complex reasoning and writing skills.
Students majoring in business, education, social work and communications showed the least gains in learning. However, the authors note that their findings don't preclude the possibility that such students "are developing subject-specific or occupationally relevant skills."
Greater gains in liberal arts subjects are at least partly the result of faculty requiring higher levels of reading and writing, as well as students spending more time studying, the study's authors found. Students who took courses heavy on both reading (more than 40 pages a week) and writing (more than 20 pages in a semester) showed higher rates of learning.
I bolded the paragraph of interest because it is so shocking. Let's look at it again;
Students majoring in business, education, social work and communications showed the least gains in learning. However, the authors note that their findings don't preclude the possibility that such students "are developing subject-specific or occupationally relevant skills."I can't think of a more important "occupationally relevant skill" than critical thinking. And the authors of the study can speculate all they like about making alibis as to why students in these areas are the poorest learners, the empirical evidence strongly suggests a serious disconnect here.
After all, how can professional educators become professional educators if they themselves are incapable of self-sustained learning? This is not a throw-away talking point. At a time when education policy insists on teachers becoming subject matter experts, this study indicates that liberal arts education produces the superior desired result, well-rounded educators who are capable of critical thinking AND learning. After all, that's what education should be about.
Let's circle back to the question of how education has gotten so far off track. For a long time I thought the hubris of systematic corruption that exists between education lawyers, legislators, school administrators, and the teacher unions was largely responsible for the disconnect between public education policy and the rhetoric of teachers and teaching.
In other words, the platitudes sugar-coat the closed, self-serving education system that thinly-veils public education. Parents respond most religiously to the platitudes while tax-payers rage at the insatiable appetite of the system to swallow tax dollars without so much as a hint of change or improvement.
But what about educators themselves? Is there a sincerity in their platitudes? Do they ever critically examine the politics of their positions to advocate in meaningful ways for children? I simply have not seen much evidence that there is a critical mass of educators who have the imagination, courage to question or propose substantial change to the status quo.
In a nutshell, this study goes a long way in explaining why public education is failing. It's failing because or educators are our poorest learners and thinkers. And, in my blog, that's a crisis.


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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
What's On Your Wall Wednesday - Framing
My husband's uncle sends us pieces of art every now-n-then. My husband frames the art and we hang it on the wall. It's beautiful.
How 'bout you, what's on your wall Wednesday?
7 comments:
- David Batista said...
Our walls are all bare. We simply never have the time to buy and hang artwork. I suppose we should, but it's one of those things me and my wife simply don't care enough about to do.
Now, if we had a generous uncle . . .
- January 26, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- Green Girl in Wisconsin said...
I frame my kids' best work. Yay for IKEA frames!
- January 26, 2011 at 8:13 AM
- Kim Kasch said...
David: What can I say? I married well ;)
GG: I have the wall of Jake, Luke and Kara - seriously all over the house.
- January 26, 2011 at 12:53 PM
- Danielle a.k.a Yellie said...
I'm your newest blog follower! I hope you'll stop by my blog and follow me too!
- January 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM
- Misty said...
I'm a new follower from Mid Week Mingle! I would love a follow back:) It would be awesome if you could also follow me on Networked Blogs & Facebook too! You could also stumble my blog if you like :-)
Thanks, Misty
- January 26, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Christina Farley said...
He is good! I wish he'd come over to my place and frame all fo my pictures.
- January 27, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- Rena said...
I'm seeing this blog on Thursday and ironically I just posted about two paintings on my IL's wall -- Pinkie and Blue Boy.
- January 27, 2011 at 7:43 PM


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The Crown with Jewels is an item in Resident Evil 4.
As a treasure item, this item only exists for monetary value. Combining it with the Royal Insignia will create the Salazar Family Crown. This item is worth 25,000₧, but it is worth it to collect all pieces because the Salazar Family Crown is worth more.
"Crown with Jewels" is not found in the game. Instead it is made after combing the Crown and Crown Jewel.
- Hamamura, Koichi, ed (2006) (in Japanese). biohazard4 kaitaishinsho revised edition. Famitsu. ISBN 4-7577-2638-4.


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There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it. A look into the life of Miriam.
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MyNetFone, Fastest Growing Australian VoIP Provider.
MyNetFone as number one VoIP provider, BRW Top 100 List. http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/
"We are delighted to be featured in the BRW Fast 100 list for our significant and consistent growth, MyNetFone has performed very well with strong organic growth and strategic acquisitions. To see the business go from strength to strength and be recognized by this leading business accolade is fantastic" said Rene Sugo, CEO of MyNetFone.
Press Release - PRNewswire
MyNetFone (ASX: MNF), Australia's leading provider of hosted voice and data communications services, is now also Australia's fastest growing ASX-listed Telco, according to the results of Business Review Weekly's (BRW) Fast 100 list for 2014.
In the recently announced BRW Fast 100 list, MyNetFone was ranked above its ASX-listed peers in the Telco industry and was positioned 43rd of all nominated fast growing companies in Australia, based on turnover.
The company achieved a record profit result for the full year ending 30 June 2014. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to $9.0 million, with net profit after tax (NPAT) rising to $5.8 million, representing increases of 48% and 40% respectively when compared with the company's performance during the previous financial year.
"We are delighted to be featured in the BRW Fast 100 list for our significant and consistent growth," said Rene Sugo, CEO of MyNetFone. "MyNetFone has performed very well with strong organic growth and strategic acquisitions. To see the business go from strength to strength and be recognised by this leading business accolade is fantastic".
MyNetFone celebrated the significant milestone of 10 years in business earlier in 2014. One of the early VoIP pioneers, it now owns and operates Australia's largest VoIP network, providing hosted voice and data communications services for residential, business and government. In recent years, MyNetFone has focused on a strategy of organic growth supplemented by profitable acquisitions. Its 2014 performance includes full-year contributions from its acquisitions including GoTalk Wholesale, Connexus and CallStream, purchases that were completed at the end of December 2012.
"MyNetFone had previously been recognised for its strong performance as a start-up by BRW, being named as a Fast Starter for three consecutive years from 2008, so it is very fitting that we have now graduated to BRW's Fast 100 list," Sugo continued.
The BRW Fast 100 list is ranked according to the average growth rate for revenue over four years, for Australia's fastest growing companies of up to 200 employees. MyNetFone also gained international recognition this year for its consistently good performance by attaining a place in Forbes Asia's Best Under A Billion list.
About MyNetFone Limited
MyNetFone Limited, (ASX:MNF) is Australia's leading provider of hosted voice and data communications services for residential, business and enterprise users. MyNetFone was first founded in 2004, was listed on the ASX in mid 2006, has operated profitably since 2009 and has paid dividends to its shareholders every six months since September 2010.
The company has a reputation for quality, value and innovation, having won numerous awards including the Forbes Asia's 200 Best Under a Billion (2014), Deloitte Technology Fast 50 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013), PC User Product of the Year (2005), Money Magazine Product of the Year (2007) and many others.
MyNetFone's wholly owned subsidiary, Symbio, owns and operates Australia's largest VoIP network, providing wholesale carrier services to the Australian industry, including number porting, cloud-based hosted PBX services, call termination, call origination and many other infrastructure enabled services. The Symbio network carries 3.2 Billion minutes of voice per annum.


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Using the 'Delicious' social bookmarking website
Web browsers (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox) allow you to bookmark and add to a list of favourite websites so you can find them again easily. As you increase your number of saved bookmarks they can be put into folders to help keep them organised. However, these bookmarks are only available on the computer where you created them. If you do not have access to that computer, your bookmarks are not available to you.
A new way to bookmark is to use a social bookmarking website and not your browser. One of the most widely used is called Delicious. Social bookmarking sites allow people to access their bookmarks from anywhere, regardless of where they work or study. Organisation of bookmarks is achieved by the use of tags which are descriptive words you add when you bookmark a website. These are used to categorise the bookmarks and help find them later.
Delicious bookmarks are usually public. This means your colleagues can see your bookmarks and use your tags just like you. That's why this is called social bookmarking as your bookmarks can benefit other people. There are also options to save bookmarks privately or share only with specified people or groups.
Bookmarks are primarily organised based on the tags / keywords given to them but can also be viewed chronologically or searched. Long lists of bookmarks are easily filtered using the specific tags which they have been given.


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While the President's men were courting a bit of controversy at San Francisco's Harding Park, a different kind of tournament was underway in the capitol of Spain.
The Madrid Masters is underway, and today yielded an unexpected leader. Manuel Quiros (not to be confused with Alvaro) is not someone most of us have heard of... not here in the US anyway. He's an unassuming 30-year-old, rated 1076th in the world. However today at Centro Nacional de Golf he killed it, carding 10 birdies for a round winning 62.
Meanwhile Sergio Garcia, (remember Sergio? I do.) was pretty awesome as well. His round of 64 included a 15 foot eagle putt. The tempestuous Spaniard has had a less than stellar season and is certainly hoping to salvage something by winning a time or two before year's end.
A couple of days ago, at the blustery and wind-swept Madrid Masters ProAm, Sergio was overheard laughing and joking with an impressive playing partner; Esperanza Aguirre. She's the blonde, Prada-wearing Mayor (President) of Madrid. She's passionate about golf too, having spearheaded the effort to create more courses in Madrid... and grow the golf across the country. Sergio complimented the first lady on her game, and she spoke of his friendliness and how enjoyable it was to play with Spain's top golfer.
Ms. Aguirre, who was the first woman to have been President of the Senate, was also Minister of Education and Sport, and recently presented her country's bid to host the 2016 Olympics, Unfortunately like Chicago and Tokyo... Madrid lost out to Brazil. A huge disappointment to be sure, But then there's the 2018 Ryder Cup. Madrid is bidding for it, and I'm quite sure Esperanza Aguirre will be lobbying hard to get it.


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We can expect a chilly, and sometimes damp, week throughout areas of northern Worcester County and the Merrimack Valley with a slight chance of frozen precipitation on Thanksgiving, according to the National Weather Service.
High temperatures will remain in the low to mid-40s through next Sunday, with low temperatures ranging through the 30s and lows could dip into the 20s on Tuesday and Thursday, said NWS meteorologist Alan Dunham on Monday.
He also said westerly winds and low pressure north of Vermont and New Hampshire could yield some flurries Monday night, but any accumulation would be unlikely in Massachusetts east of the Berkshires.
Tuesday and Wednesday, said Dunham, will remain mostly sunny, without much chance of precipitation, making Wednesday the best of the possible travel days for motorists.
However, Dunham added that it's better to get moving earlier rather than later.
"It looks like rain or snow moving in with a chance of freezing rain and sleet in northern Worcester County," Dunham said for Thursday.
Parts of the Merrimack Valley could expect some chance of flurries as well on Thanksgiving.
Precipitation will continue into Black Friday, with rising temperatures in the 40s meaning most areas will only be seeing rain.
Dunham said Saturday should remain gray outside, with the sun finally peeking out from behind the week-long cloudy conditions on Sunday.
For motorists, Dunham said Sunday would be the better of the two weekend travel days, though Saturday could be just as easy to navigate.
"The roads would be wet (on Saturday), but that's about it," Dunham said.
This year's forecast marks a considerably cooler Thanksgiving than last year, when high temperatures close to 60 degrees were reported through northern Worcester County and the Merrimack Valley.


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INVESTIGATION AND ACTION - It is the responsibility of the Commanding Officer of the alleged offender to conduct a thorough investigation and take appropriate action. It is the responsibility of the command in which the complaint was recieved to ensure a Discrimination and Sexual Harassment (DASH) report it initiated.
COMPLAINT TIME LINES - The following established timelines will be adhered to when conducting investigations into formal allegations of discrimination or sexual harassment in accordance with MCO P5354.1D w/ch1:
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The rise of mobile to drive bookings of in-destination services
Mobile devices are now outperforming PCs in terms of both product sales and broadband subscriptions.
As a result, mobile is going to play an increasingly central role in the travel industry in the next few years, in terms of both customer service and bookings.
The mobile channel has transformed travel consumer behaviour in the sense that consumers are today connected to the internet throughout their journeys, and as a result they expect assistance, service and the opportunity to make additional purchases during their trips and through their mobile devices.
To answer this change in consumer behaviour, companies need to focus on the time after the booking and throughout the travel experience in terms of both service and sales.