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Are we living alone in this universe?!
The answer definitely is no! It is mentioned in the Holy Quran that we are not alone. In the second versus of chapter one of the Holy Quran (Surat Alhamd) after starting by the Name of Allah most Gracious most Merciful the verses says; Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds! The worlds in Arabic Alalameen which means the world in which there are living been or life of intelligent creatures. The term world explained as the mankind, the Jins and the Angles, however, the wider meaning is more accurate than this. This means that there is another world that we unable to see at least now in which there are living and inelegant world.
The word Earth in English is taken from the Arabic word (Arth) ارض which means the planet which is suitable for life or the life is exist in it. The Earth or (Al Arth) was mentioned 425 times in the Holy Quran! The Holy Quran is the on-going miracle of Islam until the Day of Judgment. It contains so many scientific meaning and secrets some of them have not been discovered yet! It tells about the past before the existence, the present and the past beyond the Day of Judgment. It tells about the worlds, the positions of the stars, the creation of the Earth and how it became suitable for life and many other issues from the unseen to the part of atom up to the largest things in these worlds. There are many books written about the miracles of the Holy Quran including its scientific facts which only discovered recently such as the human embryology and formation. One of the most important miracles is the numbers of the words mentioned in the Holy Quran such as the Moon (Alqamar) mentioned 26 times, the Sun mentioned 30 times, the mountains 30 times, while the Earth mentioned 425 times! The question here is why Allah mentioned the word Earth 425 times?! This is not without meaning but we do not know exactly what? One possibility is that there are 425 Earth exist in this universe or universes! Whether or not all these earths got lives or some of them again the full knowledge is with Allah. On the other hand if we add the numbers of the 4+2+5 will give us total of 11. If we take of the outcome of subtracting 26 (the number the moon mentioned) from 30 (the number sun mentioned) which is 30 – 26 = 4; then we will have the number 7. Interestingly in another verse in the Holy Quran Allah mentioned that He created seven heavens and seven earths; (اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمِنَ الْأَرْضِ مِثْلَهُنَّ يَتَنَزَّلُ الْأَمْرُ بَيْنَهُنَّ لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عِلْمًا) (Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His Command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah comprehends, all things in (His) Knowledge.) Holy Quran 12:65
The question therefore is do we have another 6 earths similar exactly to our own one? The exact answer is only with Allah but His Majesty our Lord ordered us to seek knowledge and to think about the universes as part of our worship and respect to Allah. In fact everything exist witness on His greatness including what we produce. Our productions like the spacecraft, the cars, the IT, the airplanes, the buildings, the everything had physical and other properties produced by God (Allah) and we are only putting these together. Even our putting them is by the brain and hands that Allah gave us; the best computer and the best tool!
Furthermore, the Holy Quran telling us that there are living creatures walking like us somewhere in the Heaven. It is mentioned as (Dabah) in Arabic which means creatures that walk on planet; as in this versus 29:22 (And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has power to gather them together when He wills.)
Islam is your salvation in this life and in the hereafter so hurry to embrace Islam before you regret it when you have no second chance. Read the Holy Quran which is the words of Allah and the most positive book until The Day of Judgment.


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SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica ruling party candidate Johnny Araya is abandoning his campaign to become president of the coffee-producing Central American nation a month before the election goes to a run-off vote, a source close to his camp said on Wednesday.
The source said Araya, of the centrist National Liberation Party, would no longer campaign, although under the constitution his name would remain on the ballot.
The move appeared to guarantee victory for left-leaning former diplomat Luis Guillermo Solis, who emerged as the surprise front-runner in February after polls had shown him in fourth place.
"What is going to happen is that he is not going to campaign any more," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a planned announcement by Araya.
Araya, previously the favorite to win, has been beset by voter resentment over government corruption scandals under President Laura Chinchilla and rising inequality.
A former mayor of San Jose, Araya has faced criticism from equality-conscious voters for gaffes like underestimating the price of milk in an interview.
The national prosecutor's probe of allegations of abuse of authority and embezzlement have also dampened his appeal, after Chinchilla sparked outrage by accepting flights on a private jet despite laws barring public officials from accepting sizable gifts.
A University of Costa Rica survey published late on Tuesday showed Araya trailed center-left rival Solis 20.9 percent to 64.4 percent ahead of the April 6 run-off.
The lead marks a dramatic upswing for Solis, who won 30.64 percent of the ballot last month ahead of Araya, who garnered 29.71 percent.
Neither of the candidates reached the minimum 40 percent plus one vote threshold needed to avoid a second round run-off.
Tuesday's poll surveyed 1,200 Costa Rican adults with a 2.83 percentage point margin of error.
(Reporting by Alexandra Alper and Zach Dyer; Editing by Dan Grebler)

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Awhile ago Graham bought Abby a set of three paint by number pictures. She absolutely loved working on them and would beg me to get them out every day. I was amazed by her persistence and diligence! She started off by painting all the colors that didn't need mixed, and then I'd help with whatever needed mixing, but she did 99.9%of the paintings herself.
Working away!
She was more than a little excited to finally have them all finished!
It took a long time, but they turned out amazing. :)


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Hey everyone! This is "life update" post... pretty much. :)
I took this picture not too long ago. I think its daffodils coming up or something. :D Spring is on its way! Right now when I'm writing this (Saturday), its gorgeous outside. :) I'll have to go out later...
Soo... This has been a pretty good week. I cut my hair for one. My mom chopped it, and I'm going to try to sell it... We'll see if that works. :D It's kind of weird holding a braid... that isn't on anyone's head, just saying. Haha.
Then later, I think maybe Thursday, I went to the salon and got my hair professionally cut. :)
Ta-da! My new picture! :D
Yesterday I went to this youth event our home- school group put on. It was quite fun, and I won first place in the dessert contest they were having! :)
Here's my most prize-winning cake. :D It is a three-layer chocolate coffee cake. Two layers are raspberry pie filling and the other is the white frosting on top of the cake. After it was frosted up, I added cocoa to the white frosting and made these brown swirls and decorations. The pink "pearls" are the finishing touch. :)
By the way, you can be jealous of my fifteen dollar Chic-fil-A gift card. Haha. :)
Onto book matters, I'm currently reading Judge, by R. J. Larson. Its the sequel to Prophet, which I've finished of course. I'll probably post my review on here sometime.
Isn't this a wonderful cover though? <3
My camera froze up one day, so I got a new, one. It still worked, but you don't want to take chances.
Anyhow, that gave me an opportunity to do a sort of camera photo shoot. :D So here's my camera legacy. (does that make sense? :D)
On the far right is the sony camera that started my journey of photography, I believe. *sigh* I think that was probably spring 2013.
This might be a picture I took the day it all started. :D
That camera had problems. I think I started turning it on with the button that you push to look at the pictures... It seems like if you put your finger on the power button, it just turned off. :D Maybe you think I'm weird, but these cameras hold memories, you know. I want to keep the ones we have left, If my mom will give them to me. :D
Anyhow, I used an even older camera of my mom's when the sony stopped working.
This is a picture I took with that one. (can you see this life update post is turning into my camera history post? Ah, sorry. :D) It's actually a Nikon like my newest camera update. :) Except a lot older.
That sony camera started working again one day when I tried it, so I could use it again. :) It probably still works, but the charger is lost.
Anyhow, then my mom bought a new camera (in the middle of the picture up there) : the Kodak that has taken most of the pictures on this blog. :) The one that broke.
Thus, I got my dear Nikon, on the far left of that picture. That one is actually my newest of that particular model... but they look exactly the same, so... :)
If you missed my last photography post, click this link: Little Outdoors Cutie
There's my random sub-post of my camera history! :) Hope you didn't die of boredom... and my wacko-ness :D
Anyhow, expect to see a photography post of a river and woods and stuff sometime... I took those pictures the day of my last photo shoot. And expect some more recipes too. Sorry, I don't have any blog schedule. It can all be a little unpredictable, I guess. :)
Until then... :)


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This is quite remarkable. It is, in essence, the non-didactically politicized "real life" equivalent of Hooper's underwatched The Mangler. What we get here is the stupendous overleaping of quite real dangers in the work place (from actual hand mangling accidents to the long slow mental and physical deterioration resulting from numbing boredom and motions) to a fantasmatic Grand Guignol of how a lack of vigilance leads to... a cannister firing across the room like a warehouse bat out of hell?
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Hidden Immigrant
By "Senlando"
Today I woke up looked out the window and screamed 'oh sh*t!' My brother hearing me also proceeded to look out the window and screamed the same thing; this was a typical day in my new life for my first winter living in Canada. The first words out of my mouth, although crude, reflected my mixture of surprise and anger at realizing it had snowed the night before without warning (I never paid attention to the weather report on the news). This means that today, it would be too dangerous to ride to school on our bicycles since it's really hard to see black ice when it's covered by a few inches of snow, so we would probably have to walk to school and end up being 20 minutes late for class because we didn't anticipate having to wake up 20 earlier than usual to get there.
Luckily, our teacher was also a "Third Culture Kid" (a person who spent much of their childhood in a culture other than that of their parents) who grew up in British Hong Kong. She understood the transition my brother and I were going through, and gave us a lot of slake and support, while most other teachers would have just reprimanded us for not preparing for the unpredictable weather. When most Canadians observe me, they hear no accent and see no difference in physical appearance that could mark me as a recently arrived immigrant or as a member of a minority group; they just see me as a typical Canadian. They don't realize I'm from a country where the weather tends to be unchangeable from one day to the next, and therefore, I am not used to paying attention to the weather forecast.
After arriving I decide to find a seat in my classroom, for some reason it seems that gravity pulls me away from the table with all the Canada born students, and I end up sitting at the table along with the minorities and the students who only immigrated to Canada a few years ago from the Czech Republic.
At my new work place, I always find myself preferring to chat with the recent arrivals and taking my lunch break with other immigrants. Gradually I got tired of having to work on the sales floor and being exposed to so many mono-cultural customers and sales associates so I asked to be transferred to the truck unloading and receiving department, where almost all the workers had only lived in Canada for less than two years. We quickly overcame the languages barriers by coming up with a Creole mixed with English, Brazilian Portuguese, and some Kiswahili slang. We quickly got used to each others' different accents and I became the de facto lead un-loader since I was the only person who both the management and the un-loaders could understand.
After living in Canada for a year this is where I felt most comfortable and built my strongest friendships. I did make a few "Canadian friends" but our friendship were based mostly on comradeship from being suppressed by the evils in upper management, and therefore our friendships were formed more out of necessity than out of actually having anything in common or being able to relate to one another.
While eating spaghetti with chopsticks in the staffroom, a few Canadian born coworkers politely came up to me and marvelled at my chopstick dexterity. They were polite and asked me why I choose to use chopsticks while eating spaghetti (a clearly western dish). I stated that I often choose to use chopsticks especially when eating noodle based foods and that for me chopsticks were the most practical set of utensils for the majority of foods. A coworkers who recently emigrated from China sits down and greets me with "Ni hao (hello)!", and I greet her back with "Hen hao (I'm very good)! Ni chi bao le mei (Have you eaten yet?-the Chinese equivalent to How's the weather?)? At this the Canadians who I was just chatting with, are hit with a wave of shock and ask, "Where are you from?" To that my reply is "Taiwan". This really throws them off since I'm Caucasian and don't look at all like an Asian.
This is a really strange phenomenon for me. After spending my whole life as a foreigner in my home country, I now have to live as a native in a foreign country. I don't think I really understand this new culture I'm in and many times I wish I looked physically different than the majority and that I had a foreign accent, that way my ignorance would be excusable, and people would forgive my lack of knowledge instead of thinking I'm some strange loner.
Many of my new Canadian friends think I'm shy. What they don't realize is that in my home country I'm usually the life of the party, and that the only reason I'm shy in Canada is because I'm observing and studying the people around me, as to make sure I don't do or say anything stupid.
It has been about four years since I first arrived in Canada. I still feel like a foreigner, but I feel a little less naïve. I have learned much of the slang from my generation, although I'm still trying to catch up, and I've completely given up on trying to know how a Canadian is supposed to dress. I guess it just depends on how cool you are so that you can pull something off. I no longer work where I used to work, and most of my friends have moved back to their home countries (since they where migrant workers). So in many ways it seems like I have to start all over again. Perhaps I'm ready to make friends with the locals? Maybe I can hide my true identity long enough in order for people to get to know me as a person and not as some curious cultural mutt.
I really don't know what I am nor what I'm supposed to be, but in truth I don't really care anymore, I no longer feel the need to always have to identify or categorize myself. Whatever I am, I know what it feels like being a Hidden Immigrant.


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I wish the nice people who trimmed my rose bushes for me had not cut them so far down. Now, my once full, fragrant rose bushes are about 20 inches tall.
I wish my parents could be on their mission in Africa right now but still sleep here at night.
I wish Krispy Kreme's were sugar/fat/carb free.
I wish Miss Katie wasn't in a bad mood all the time.
I wish Baby Connor had not had 4 clusters of seizures today.
I wish my toenails were painted pretty.
I wish The Unc could get a lunch pass from the MTC so we could go get sushi.
I wish everyone had a job and could sell their house if they wanted to and for how much they needed to.
I wish it was easy for every couple to have a baby.
I wish Bdog hadn't left at 6 a.m. today.
I wish we had the freedom to travel with him so I wouldn't be frazzled and impatient every night wishing he were here to help and be funny with the kids.
This is going to be a long tour, I can feel it. Either someone overestimated my super powers, or I underestimated the toll touring can take on my sanity.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Posted by Emilie and Branden at 6:35 PM
4 comments:
- Kaerlig said...
Can I step in for Connor and get some sushi with you?
- June 24, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Sally DeFord said...
Come to grand junction and we can pamper you here. Granted, we live in a small house and it's not a spa, but there would be a lot of love, food and music.
- June 29, 2010 at 1:01 PM
- LTD in Las Vegas said...
Wish I could paint your toenails and make them bling...that is the only thing i could do with that list..ditto to many (;
- June 30, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- Jessica said...
I hate it when the hubs are gone. Hugs.
- July 6, 2010 at 5:56 AM
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We initially received a selection of images from photographer Rob Payne and we loved the Hong Kong St image so used that as inspiration to develop the design. We had no HDR for this image so had to look at the light in the image and figure out where it was coming from – there appeared to be strong sunlight on the far buildings but the actually street was in the shade so we had to build the street in 3D and do a few tests. We started by using the Perspective Match feature in 3ds Max 2014 to get the camera correct…
Then built some surrounding buildings to help the light bounce and create a more realistic light set-up
We did a few block tests to get the light as physically correct as possible
We then focused on the build of the actual signposts
Then merged that into our street scene
Here are a few shots of the overall scene from different angles -we built a lot more than could be seen from the camera to try and recreate the correct light and shadow.
Below is the final render before any Photoshop work
And the final finished artwork…


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Saturday, December 8, 2007
Of Talking Crimes and Morphing Mechanism
But last night was something else and indeed an extra-ordinary night. UIAM's main auditorium was packed to the brim, and the audience were there to follow a forum on usually considered dull subject like "Kita Semakin Kejam. Kenapa?". "Kita Semakin Kejam. Kenapa" is the name of the forum jointly organised by Mastika and NTV7.
The event was officiated by the Deputy IGP,Datuk Ismail Omar who was very amazed with the turn-out. He had even remarked that he hoped that the large turn-out would not be interpreted as the society's restlessness of a perceived dangerous surroundings.
In his opening speech, he acknowledged the fact that crime rates are on the increase. However, he emphasised that the increase is not confined only to Malaysia but rather it is a global phenomenon. He attributed the trend to the ever increasing population. He analogised that human beings are just like seeds, where there is bound to be a barren seed in every ten or so. Applied to humans, the criminal-minded persons minds are the barren seeds.
Malaysia, according the Deputy IGP is still relatively safer than most other countries, whether those around us or those located some distant away. There are countries where snatch theft happens once in every minute and a rape case happening at every couple of minutes.
Also and unlike some other countries, people in Malaysia can still safely roam about anywhere and anytime without having to have fears for their safety.
However, eventhough the country is relatively safer than others, in view of the increasing crime rate, the public would have to be a little bit more diligent in ensuring that they do not provide opportunities for crime to occur.
This according to him, would be made possible by having the public rendering more co-operation and adopting a "work together approach" with the Police.
While the Police Force will be beefed up both in numbers as well as facilities, the public participation as members to Voluntary Police Force is also on the chart which will be introduced very soon.
He also invited the mostly students of UIAM audience to join the police force upon their graduation. According to him, as the crimes are getting sophisticated by the days, the force would need to have sophisticated and multiple disciplined personnel as well.
On the forum itself, participating as panelists were Dato' Zaman Khan, the former CID Director; Asst. Prof. Dr. Noor Azlan Md Noor of UIAM and Jazimin Abdul Jalil, each of whom participating on distinct and different perspectives. Dato' Zaman Khan as a former law enforcer and was involved in crime investigations, Dr. Noor Azlan as an academician and Jazimin as a parent to a child who had fallen victim to a heinous crime.
While the audience were generally attentive to the whole event, there were pin drop silence whenever it was Jazimin's turn to respond to a question. I guess everyone in the Auditorium were really eager to hear direct from Jazimin himself on issues posed to him. And the issues posed to him were not easy to answer issues.
He was asked on his feelings over the tragedy, his satisfaction on the on-going police investigations, the "revenge-linked" insinuations, negligence of the parents, the public support and lastly his hopes.
Though Jazimin was no orator, he responded every questions rather coolly, carefully and thoughtfully. And for this, he received thunderous applause for each and every comments he made.
As for the professionals, i.e Dato' Zaman and Prof. Noor Azlan, as expected out of them, eloquently conveyed and shared their respective experience and insights with the audience. To reciprocate, the audience too posed a few questions which were exclusively and confidently taken by the professionals.
While I don't see any resolution of this forum, the forum had at least managed to grab the attention of the mostly undergraduates audience to participate in issues relating to safety.
Jazimin took that opportunity to promote Nurin Alert when he asked everyone in the auditorium to render their support to the initiative towards the hope that would be no other child enduring the tragic sufferings as Nurin has had.
On the sideline, the CFNA Exco Members who were there supporting the event took opportunity to approach the Deputy IGP briefing him on the progress of the Nurin Alert initiative and sought an open channel with the Police in moving forward.
Pledging his support on the initiative, he assured CFNA that the would welcome any ideas that would benefit the public at large. The Police support on the implementation of SJ Alert by the Subang Jaya community was cited as an example.
It is again another milestone for CFNA. While the idea on Nurin Alert Centre is slowly taking shape, a working contact with the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development established, the new contact with the Police would be key in ensuring Nurin Alert to go live soon.
Jasni AJ
For another version of the event, please visit Tembam's weblog here
5 comments:
- kenanga said...
Thank you Encik Jasni for the update on the forum.
And also thank you Tembam for your inspiring write up at your blog which I neer fail to visit, at least it make me feel Malaysian is still a caring society, caring peoples.....
And the police is still after Nurin Jazlin killer.....
Thank you.....
- December 9, 2007 at 11:01 AM
- Shimi Lara said...
Hi Kenanga, Tembam here. So good of you to say that. Terkejut juga tapi suka, sangat suka!!!!
We live in hope kan Kenanga? Without hope where would we be ya tak? InsyaAllah, seeing how Jasni, Kamal, Nuraina, Rocky and others are working hard for the Nurin Alert, the work will continue.
Kenanga, walau kemana pun pembunuh tu nak lari, dia tak boleh lari daripada hukum Allah. His or their conscience will never be at rest. They are already burning in a private hell here on earth. That is my comfort.
Take care.
- December 9, 2007 at 1:54 PM
- Tehsin Mukhtar said...
Tembam, Jasni et al... such great progress you guys...it's good to know that the deputy police chief was there...and that they know the peoples' concerns about the crime situation.
I'm sure the murderer is finding ways to strike again...he had three or four so far that we know of kan? A sick person like that has to satisfy his desire again...I hope he wil be caught before he gets someone else's kid...did the police talk about the progress on the investigations? About Presheena and the others, the Chinese girl found in Perak?
Wish I could have been there, i lupa Tembam, masa I sms you... I had my neighbour's tahlil that night...she died of stomach cancer a month ago...leaving a 5 year old girl they took 11 years to conceive...Allah's plans...we never know what's in store for us.
- December 10, 2007 at 7:53 AM
- Mat Rempit Hubris,Carthage said...
Dear Jasni,
I just wanted to inform you that the Nurin Alert was mention in a very lengthy article in the New Sunday Times (8 Dec) by Datuk Malek Munip.Since the article was more an explication on the nature of crime and its relationship with societal values,model of developments, divorce rates and the detoriation of family life, its referance to the Nurin alert was cursory rather than deep.
Nonetheless , since the upper echelons of the NST has a history with certain bloggers and blogs associated with the nurin alert, the fact that the NST didnt censor the part containing the Nurn alert just goes to show that u guys are making a differance.
Keep up the good work.
PS- to my mind the article was an eye opener on the general issue of crime.It would be nice if u could cut and paste it on the blog.
- December 10, 2007 at 8:34 AM
- Jasni AJ said...
Thanks Mat Rempit for the lead. I have posted the Article earlier today.
Jasni AJ
- December 10, 2007 at 11:53 PM


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Asian-style turkey rissoles Recipe
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/2 cup dried multigrain breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons canola oil
Stir-fried hokkien noodles and Asian greens, to serve
Canola oil cooking spray
500g turkey mince
2 green onions, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 medium zucchini, grated
1/4 cup oyster sauce
Asian-style turkey rissoles Recipe
Step 1
Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Spray a large baking tray with oil. Place mince, onion, garlic, zucchini, oyster sauce and peas in a bowl. Season with pepper. Using hands, mix to combine. Shape into 8 rissoles. Toss lightly in breadcrumbs to coat. Place on a plate.
Step 2
Heat oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook rissoles, in batches, for 3 to 4 minutes each side or until golden. Transfer to prepared tray. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, turning halfway during cooking, or until browned and cooked through.
Step 3
Serve rissoles with noodles and greens. For extra flavour, add 1 tablespoon finely grated ginger to mince mixture in step 1.
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Ideas cannot be copyrighted. The copyright law protects "unique expressions" of them, not the ideas themselves. The same thing is true about titles. For instance I went shopping for "The Gift: The 12 Greatest tools of personal growth—and how to put them into practice" by Shad Helmstetter, but when I asked the clerk if "The Gift" was in stock, she came up with "The Gift: A Novel" by Richard Paul Evans.
A title is like an idea and not the author's own unique expression. You would need to read the book to discover that. However, titles are very important and can help sell your book but that is another post.
Don't discard any ideas just because you read a book with a similar idea or watched a movie with the same thoughts as yours. Those ideas could be the topic of your block buster novel. "American Graffiti" could have been MY story. It was so typical of my generation and I used to think writing about car hops on roller skates would be dull but then no one has read about my experience.
Express your ideas in original ways and from your perspective. You and I can look at a painting and when asked to give a critique, what do you think would happen? If you really want to protect your idea, you can turn it into a finished manuscript. Then you can register it at the Copyright Office. According to Harold Underdown's FAQ's he says the "Poor man's copyright" -- mailing yourself a copy of your manuscript so that it gets a postmark--will, I understand, do you no good.
Harold Underdown of The Purple Crayon has a great article and some FAQ's on copyright law. Read the post here.
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The musical, based on Edna Ferber's novel, was the first to mesh a plot and fully integrated score and had already been filmed in 1929 with a couple of sound scenes and music from the show included in it's prologue.
Whale cast several actors who had appeared in stage versions of the show: Irene Dunne as Magnolia, Helen Morgan as Julie, Charles Winninger as Cap'n Andy, Sammy White as Frank Schultz and the mighty Paul Robeson as Joe.
Also cast were Allan Jones as Gaylord Ravenal, Hattie McDaniel as Queenie and Helen Westley as Parthy. They all give sparkling, memorable performances - a particular joy is to see Robeson and McDaniel effortlessly stealing the film with their larger-than-life personas.
Shelf or charity shop? My friend John went to such efforts to get me this Spanish dvd I have to keep it (I would anyways...)


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Churchill Band is having a Pappa's Pizza Night tonight. The band gets 50% of all purchases with a flyer. See Mr. Mudd for a flyer if you need one.
Sign up for the WISE Symposium is now open. Links to registration are located on the CHS website as well as our facebook page.
Help the school Interact Club by donating elementary school age books to Pyramid of Books to promote reading comprehension.
Lancer Pageant:
Seniors! Last day for voting for the Lancer Pageant is today! Vote during lunch by the planters.


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Last updated: 1st December, 2015
We were established under the United Grand Lodge of England in 1965 and, based in London, England.
We are a proud to be a Founder Lodge of the Metropolitan Grand Lodge.
Originally established for serving, associated, and ex-officers and soldiers of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and so traditionally enjoying a military outlook, we are now an open Freemason Lodge and applications for membership are welcomed from any man who applies and is recommended.
We meet four times a year in an hotel in Central London.
Please contact us for more precise details.
Our 2016 meetings all start at 3 PM prompt:-
11th February 2017 (Installation)
8th April 2017 - Initiation Ceremony
17th June 2017 - Raising (possibly a Double) Ceremony
7th October 2017 - Raising Ceremony
We welcome Masonic visitors.
Any Brother wishing to visit is requested to get in touch with our Brother Secretary via our Contact Us page.
Saturday 10th October 2015 saw us celebrating the Lodge's 50th Anniversary of our Consecration. This was an especially interesting and memorable day including the Initiation Ceremony of a Lewis by his Father, and we were pleased to greet many visitors from both MetGL as well as Provinces.
After a sparkling ceremony in Temple 10 of Freemason's Hall, sixty-three Brethren sat down in brotherly harmony to a first class dinner in the world famous Imperial Hotel, which has played host to so many Lodges over the years.


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The year 2014 has definitely been one to remember for many many reasons! However I have decided to choose a selection of 9 photos that sum up some of 2014!
From left to right:
1. A huge family celebration, for one super women!
2. The Regent ST Christmas light turn on show!
3. Myself and my Friend Guillaume at the Oxford. St Christmas light concert
4. All of my flat mates as a whole, I'm so thankful to have made such lovely friends to share my time in London with!
5. Best holiday yet in Turkey with the boyfriend
6. Myself, Event Manager for the Christmas Reception at work
6. Sandbanks Polo in the summer with my girl from home
7. Paris last NYE with the boyfriend
8. This picture sums up spending many weekends exploring Londons Christmas markets and ice skating with family and friends.
What have been the best moments of 2014 for you? I would love to hear them all!


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Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
A-Z of Rock' World Tour 2017
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Anthem after anthem, riff after riff, power chord after power chord – The Classic Rock Show takes you on a musical journey through two and a half hours of foot-stomping fun, culminating in a show-stopping guitar duel!
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Well some first life projects took over for about a month...but finally the semester is just about over. Yesterday I, or rather my meat avatar, met with the our IT people about refreshing our colleges's island to accommodate projects and make the island easier to use (yea!).
So to ease back into SL, I decided to revamp my JCCC office to make it cleaner in appearance, cut down on prim use turn it into more of a floating residence. This is because we are going to flatten the topography and I want my ground space free for my evolution critters.
Speaking of which now I can get back to that project. Yea!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Been Kind of Busy with First Life
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I popped into the local charity shop this morning on the way back from the newsagent and was lucky enough to spot a bag of micro machines including two M577 APC's. These are roughly 10mm in scale and are slightly bigger than the metal APC from Pendraken. They need a bit of tidying up and a paint job but are really nice models.
I have an army pack for Aliens by Pendraken that I bought at Warfare a couple of years ago, so was very pleased to find these two AFV's. I don't have any of the new USCM figures yet, having abandoned the old chunky figures that came with the army pack, so have ordered some of the new marines from Pendraken to use as bughunters.
I originally planned to use the army pack for Future War Commander but I've gone off the rules in a big way after having endured BKC for several months in the club WW2 Aegean campaign. The alternative will probably be FUBAR which has the advantage of being free and very simple, so right up my intellectual street.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Patchwork Roses Pillow on Etsy
Just wanted to show you a pillow that I just listed over on my Etsy shoppe. It's a patchwork pillow that I machined quilted, and it has lots of pretty squares of pinks and roses, and framed with some cute vintage pom-poms. You can go check it out by clicking on my "Esty Listings" link on my sidebar to see this and other cottage style pillows that are currently listed. I don't list too much over on Etsy, as most of my business comes from Ebay. Hope you are all having a wonderful "Tuesday" day!!
Posted by Brenda ~ Shabby Cats and Roses at 3:27 PM
4 comments:
- Vicki said...
Hi, Brenda,
Your pillow is picture perfect. I love the cute pom poms added to it! You have quite a talent. I have a hard time getting a button sewn on!!! I hope you are having a terrific week! Easter blessings to you! Vicki
- March 30, 2010 at 6:18 PM
- Paula said...
Dear Brenda,
I love your beautiful patchwork pillow! The fabrics are so lovely, and the pom-poms are so sweet!
- March 30, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Oh, I just love the patchwork! It reminds me of a quilt I had on my bed growing up!
hmm...this might look good on my daughter's bed!
ciao bella
creative carmelina
- March 31, 2010 at 12:55 PM
- stefanie said...
beautiful pillow...I love pom poms!!!
- April 1, 2010 at 1:17 PM
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What is the Mariucci Classic, you ask? It's an annual men's college ice hockey tournament hosted by the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The tournament is contested by the Minnesota Golden Gophers and three visiting teams. This year the teams include Colgate, Ferris State, Minnesota, and Rensselaer. We have tickets for Friday, January 3rd (games start at 7 pm) and tickets for Saturday, January 4th (games starting at TBD). The Mariucci Classic always brings out the best in teams and we can't wait for this years.
We found a great site for you for tickets, so check it out now and get your Mariucci Classic tickets today!


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The Ketel One Vodka Kitchen @ Harrods
- Masterclass
- 05/10/2016
- £15
- Address
- Harrods Tasting Room, The Wine Rooms, Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road, SW1X 7XL
- Date
- 05/10/2016
- Price
Join Ketel One Vodka for a masterclass unlike any other in the luxurious and world famous Harrods. Once there you'll be immersed in an hour session with the brilliant Ketel One Brand Ambassador, David Beatty, who teach you all about the delicious Dutch vodka.
This isn't just a lesson however, so be prepared to get your hands dirty and create your very own Harrods Ketel and soda cocktail.
There will be Ketel One tastings in store between 3pm and 7pm. You'll have the chance to explore the smooth taste of this incredible vodka.
Book your spot: Email [email protected] or call the wine shop at 020 7893 8777. Be quick as there is only 12 spaces available!
Over 18s only. Spaces are subject to availability. Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis upon payment of the ticket price. Cancellations must be made at least 72 hours in advance of an event and after this time cancellations will forfeit the ticket price. Tickets are non- transferable and cannot be exchanged or re-sold. Harrods reserves the right to alter these terms and conditions and/or the content or timing of events in unforeseen circumstances. By contacting Harrods to register your interest in an event, you consent to Harrods Limited using your personal details for the purposes of administering that event.


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So, back to the question of libldap's TLS support... The alternate code in HEAD allows multiple TLS implementations to be used at once. The idea here was that a single libldap binary would be able to coexist with multiple apps even if they explicitly used different TLS libraries themselves. In practice I'm not sure that's so important, since probably few apps are aware enough to even make that choice. The other downside of this approach is that the meaning of SSL and SSL_CTX handles in libldap changed (they had to be wrapped so we could insert a tag identifying which implementation went with which handle).
One possibility here is to preserve the old TLS options for OpenSSL only, and make them fail on the other implementations, and introduce new TLS options just for manipulating the generic handles.
Another choice here is to keep the modular layout but still only support one implementation at a time, chosen at compile time. Then we don't need the identifying tag in each session and context handle.
I favor the second option.
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ORION as expedition leader with 100 passengers on two voyages. We had
pleanty of excitement , found the Jap whaling fleet and were able to direct
Sea Shepherd to them , visited Mawson, Scott, Shackelton huts, saw pleanty
of ICE, Penguins, whales, birds, seals, chatted every week to Jessica as she
tackled Cape Horn and passed the Half way mark on her epic voyage, ate loads
of five star food and only hit the gym twice in the past seven weeks,had my
bed turned down every night with a chocolate on the pillow and really
enjoyed the marble bathroom. So now it is back to the real world! I get off
ORION on the third FEB. in Bluff New Zealand and spend all that day flying
home to Hobart. On the 4th I set off in the van driving to Sydney via the
Bass straight ferry and Melbourne with a van load of expedition stuff...
All the other crew are flying in to Sydney arriving on the 5th Feb. Mike
from the UK, Pete from America and Dave from Hong Kong...YES we have a full
International crew and we will put all the details up here in days. Stuart
Kershaw is also flying in from the UK to film 24/7 the three weeks of
training and sorting Talisker Bounty Boat also about to start in days.
This Expedition is about to go live and Blogs will come thick and fast
...you are about to get a blow by blow of all the dramas that Expeditioning
generates, so stay tuned and check in regularly ...from the 5th Feb we come
up every day...later we will have audio grabs during the voyage and soon
video clips.
If you are in Sydney and want to be part of what is going on, we have a spot
for a couple of volunteers for the training sessions in support boats or
assist with final preperations?...you need to know boats...we are based in
Narrabeen so it would be good to hear from you...we are also planning a
launch in Mid Feb which will be a chance for all to come along and meet the
crew and check out Talisker Bounty Boat...Details here latter.
For now...after four years of planning and preperations I am about to move
into the last minute panic stage!! Always happens!!
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The Supreme Court will soon hear an appeal in U.S. v Windsor, the 2nd Circuit case that struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act. The act is being defended by the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group because the Obama administration chose not to defend the law in court. In their latest brief, BLAG argues that gay people are too politically powerful to need protection:
In short, gays and lesbians are one of the most influential, best-connected, best-funded, and best organized interest groups in modern politics, and have attained more legislative victories, political power, and popular favor in less time than virtually any other group in American history. . . . Gays and lesbians not only have the attention of lawmakers, they are winning many legislative battles. And the importance of this factor in the analysis cannot be gainsaid. . . . [G]iven that the ultimate inquiry focuses on whether a group needs the special intervention of the courts or whether issues should be left for the democratic process, the political strength of gays and lesbians in the political process should be outcome determinative here.
This is all part of the argument over whether gay people should be declared a "suspect class" — i.e. one that historically has been discriminated against and lacks the political clout to prevent such discrimination — and therefore whether the court should apply a heightened standard of review when considering the constitutionality of DOMA. Ian Millhiser responds pithily:
One can only wonder what Paul Clement might have written if Virginia had hired him to defend their practice of racial marriage discrimination when it was before the justices in 1967. "Negro leaders meet often with the President and with Congressional leaders, and indeed, President Johnson himself signed two major laws pushed by the Negro lobby. Negro groups not only led a widely attended rally on the National Mall, but they routinely organize well-attended sit-ins, marches and other events that garner press attention and national sympathy. Recently, a Negro march at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama even sparked the President of the United States to give a speech endorsing the Negro lobby's agenda before a joint session of Congress."
Clement is an absolutely brilliant attorney, probably the finest appellate advocate of his generation. But what he is arguing for here is rather disturbing.


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#38 – Shaka Piontkowskie – Freestylin' Through Life
ON this episode we talk to our longtime friend, Shaka Piontkowskie. Shaka is currently studying agriculture and looks to find a career in helping urban areas grow more organic fruits and vegetables. His ARTform in life though, is creating music. He is a hip hop artist who makes music for the love of it and to spread his views on life to the world. He is all about the content in his lyrics and doesn't rap about the usual materialistic things. He is also into the art freestyle rapping and battle rapping.
We talk about the common misconceptions with hiphop music and freestyle rap. He goes in depth on much of an art form "freestylin" is and how much creativity is involved in it. It was an interesting conversation from an artist who is looking to master his craft! Look out for his album, Laughing Barrel EP on Soundcloud now!
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Here are the
Raku Pottery Chickadee Ornament Clay bird on branch ceramic Christmas Ornament
Raku Owl Clay Pottery Pendant Necklace
Raku Pottery Baby Emperor Penguin Clay Ornament
Raku Pottery Seal Pup Clay Crackle Glaze Ceramic Seal Ornament
Raku Pottery Clay Puffin Ornament Flying ceramic bird with crackle glaze
Raku Pottery Penguin Clay Ceramic Penguin Sculpture With Crackle Glaze Smoke Fired
Hello and thanks for visiting,
The shop is closed while I take some holiday time. Thanks for visiting!
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I committed changes which implement resizing of clips in the advanced timeline this morning. So there's a pitivi first. I'm tinkering with support for "edge" snapping, which is crucial for usability. Edward is still working on refactoring pitivi core so that we can handle still images. I also added some cosmetic changes, because I was tired of the way things were looking. Unfortunately, the only thing giving you any clue you're resizing something, is the cursor, and that didn't come through in the screenshot.
Here's my revised todo list:
- Fix graphic bug created when advanced timeline loads from file which places clips in the wrong order.
- Layout changes, implement a toolbar
- Delete clips in advanced UI
- Split clips in advanced UI
- make Text item something we can shrink so it doesn't protrude past edge of clip at high zoom
- make edge snapping work
- Drag multiple selected objects
- Undo/Redo
- Multi-layer editing
- Still Images
In the mean time, i'm thinking about how undo/redo support should work. It's kindof a tricky problem. One hackish way to implement it would be to serialize the timeline to the intermediate format after every major undoable event (via a signal emitted from PiTiVi core or in the UI). If the user wants to undo, then we can simply reload the undo tree, as if we were loading a file. That might be a way to implement single-action undo/redo for the next release. Multiple undo/redo will have to be a little smarter: a stack of operations needs to be mantained somehow, and each operation needs to have an inverse. Undoing in this case means poping the top of the stack, and applying the inverse operation to the timeline. The trick of course, is providing the infrastructure for both maintaining this history, and reversing the changes. Part of the problem is deciding which events are actually undoable. For example, during the course of a drag in the PiTiVi timeline, a source's position will be updated potentially thousands of times. We only care about its position before and after the drag operation, and only the UI can provide this perspective.
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I'm on my way to China again, so expect light posting for the next three weeks. With the amount of work I have ahead of me, I'll be lucky to put up one post per day. I'll do my best though. At least I snagged First Class for the San Francisco to Shanghai segment. I'm actually looking forward to the flight.
If anyone is visiting Suzhou, drop me an email and I'll buy you a beer.


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The Boa Boa[1] (ボアボア Boa Boa?), also known as the Boa-Boa[2] is an enemy that appears in Sonic Adventure. It is a mass-produced, caterpillar-based robot created by Dr. Eggman.
Based on caterpillars, Boa Boas are successors to the Caterkiller. They have purple and gray armor and a body consisting of nine segments, with the head on one end and a small tail on the other. Except for their head, all the Boa Boas' body segments have hatches on both lateral sides that spit out flames.
Game appearances
Sonic Adventure
In Sonic Adventure and Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut, the Boa Boas appear in the following Action Stages for each character:
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|Windy Valley, Icecap, Lost World
|Windy Valley
In gameplay, Boa Boas constantly glide gracefully through the air, spouting puffs of flame from their sides. In Sonic's chase, the player can attack a Boa Boa from above or below using the Homing Attack when it is not spitting flames (doing so will damage Sonic). Hitting any segment on a Boa Boa will blow the entire robot up. When playing as E-102 Gamma, the player can take advantage of the Boa Boas; for each body segment the player locks onto and hits, they are granted a Time Bonus.
Sonic Rivals
In Sonic Rivals, the Boa Boa appears as a collectible card.
- The Boa Boas' name may be allusion to boas, a family of non-venomous, constricting snakes.
- The appearance of the Boa-Boas seem to be mix of the Catakiller, Jr. and Fireworm.
See also
- ↑ Bryan Stratton (17 June 2003). "Sonic the Hedgehog's Action Stages". Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Prima Games. p. 20. ISBN 978-0761542865.
- ↑ Collectible card of Boa-Boa from Sonic Rivals.
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Estee Lauder Double Wear Maximum Cover Camouflage Makeup for Face and Body
I have been using this product as a foundation for the past few Months, and I really love it. I use it sparingly as I feel I don't need to use a lot, and it blends so easily into my skin and looks flawless. Its a great match for my skin tone and I'd definitely repurchase this again. Although it has a hefty price tag, it is perfect for when I have those 'bad skin days'.
Clinique Take The Day Off Makeup Remover For Lids, Lashes & Lips
This has to be one of the best products I have tried for removing eye make-up. It is incredibly gentle and in my opinion, removes around 95% of my eye make-up, even waterproof mascara. I use it just for removing eye make-up mainly, but it is also a generally good make-up remover.
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Nourishing Lip Balm*
I have been using this every evening for a good while now. I apply a layer of product to my lips before bed, and I believe it really does work. My lips feel soft, hydrated and moisturised on a Morning, and I rarely have chapped or sore lips.
Sanex Roll On Zero% Extra Effective
Only recently have I began using roll-on deodorants again, after discovering how much I prefer them to a spray anti-antiperspirant. This is a really good one, which leaves me feeling fresh and clean for a long time. I have irritated skin, so a deodorant without any chemicals like this one is a must for me. The scent is pleasant and I've found Sanex to be one of the best brands I have come across for roll-on deodorant.
Maxfactor Colour Elixir Lipstick in English Rose
This shade is a beautiful rose pink; a shade I find perfect to wear any time of the day, and anytime of the year. The lipstick is well pigmented and has a great colour pay-off, doesn't bleed and lasts a good few hours without need of reapplication. As-well as lasting on the lips, it feels very creamy and I have found it be one of those lipsticks that are just so easy to wear.
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I catch a flight tomorrow morning and won't be back for a week. I'm putting Posthuman Blues on "standby" (although if you require immediate attention, feel free to give Liona Tanaka a ring . . .)
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Avril Lavigne kicked off her wedding celebrations by hosting a party in Cannes, France.
The 'Here's To Never Growing Up' singer threw a pre-wedding bash with her fiance Chad Kroeger on Saturday (29.06.13) but the couple are "technically not married yet" and will officially tie the knot on Monday (01.07.13).
A source told UsMagazine.com that the couple planned an "intimate" three-day celebration with the help of celebrity wedding planner Mindy Weiss, who has posted several photos on Instagram from the region, including a romantic sunset.
The insider added: "It is extremely intimate, just close friends and family."
The Canadian singer sparked rumours she and the Nickleback frontman exchanged vows on Saturday after Mike Heller, CEO of Talent Resources, who works with Avril, tweeted that he was at her wedding.
He wrote: "I'm in south of France about to see my little Rok star #avril get married I am so happy to be part of this special celebration. (Sic)"
He later added: "No pictures will be sent since this is #avril wedding but I will tell you everyone is so excited."
A second source explained that Mike was referring to the three-day long bash rather than suggesting Avril was already married.
The 28-year-old singer previously revealed she was planning a lavish wedding, saying: "I just want to make sure I really enjoy this amazing time and I want all the guests who come to have this once in a lifetime experience. I want everyone to say, 'Wow!' and for it to be special for everyone, not just us."
The 'Girlfriend' singer, who was previously married to Sum 41 star Deryck Whibley, fell for Chad, 38, last summer when he was helping her record her fifth studio album.
She recently said: "I feel most beautiful when I'm around Chad."
Source: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/avril-lavigne-299070.html?utm_source=ff&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=siteFeed
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham
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COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! Sorry about the score but, COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!ReplyDelete
You certainly are fast out the traps on this one CBTG. Thank you for the kind word, although some credit should go to Martin Sharp.ReplyDelete
I had informed Uncle Chivers that I would respond to his re-emergence, on this particular post. I can't help but wonder if he'd have turned up with had beaten his beloved Hotspurs, still to the victor the spoils - his team certainly spoiled my Sunday ! It wasn't on my TV (don't have ESPN 3) and so I went with TalkSport radio commentary, and I must confess it sounded like we were never really in it. When they got their 3rd one, I feared a tonking, but fortunately AC finally opened his account and total humiliation on the pitch was avoided. However, a bonehead contingent of our mob disgraced us all by some over the top Anti-Semitic and in one case Pro Nazi behaviour. Naturally the media have pounced upon the story, as is their right and now we will have to see what the repercussions for the club are ?ReplyDelete
Filthy alerted me to the problem with the below comment on the tail end of the Stoke post:ReplyDelete
lots of talk about " Anti-semitic' chanting on Saturday. there's been so much in the press recently about racism, i reckon some even felt "up for it" in reaction. Oh dear! Some people haven't changed, and probably won't. But they have to be silenced!
Couldn't agree more Filthy, I believe that the club has already banned one Seig Heiler and are on the lookout for more. West Ham, home or away should be no haven for these disgusting specimens and everyone outside of West Ham should know that we don't want them. I'm sure every London club has their share, as probably does the rest of the country, but what needs to happen is for fans everywhere to turn them in until there are none left. Easier said than done of course, easier still for me 3,473 miles away, but necessary none the less. East London has a proud Jewish heritage and although most of it is physically gone I'd like to think that spirit of it remains. The famous slogan from the Battle of Cable Street was "None Shall Pass" well now it should be "None Shall Stay".
Lets hope that goal can get AC goingReplyDelete
Wotcha Don't Hurt 'Em ! May the goals flow for AC like rain from the skies (copyright Delroy Wilson) or the mighty River Thames that gave birth to our club. Goals by the bucket load - that's what we want, come on AC lets spoil Charlie Endell's Wednesday night and keep him pissed off at least until Saturday when someone else can have a go !ReplyDelete
Not our finest hour by any stretch. Nice to see AC get one though,ReplyDelete
may put a damper on my "Cunning Plan" but nice to see anyway.
As to the chanters, ditto with Mr P. I'd like to see it gone and hopefully something more than banning. There is, and should be, no time or place for this.
As far as AC goes Smitty, it's time for the "Xmas Plan" - he scores a ton of goals, Ann Summers has a record breaking shopping season and we cough up to Liverpool in the January Sales. Simple aint it ?ReplyDelete
Simples, works for me.ReplyDelete
I think there's no doubt we should do what we gotta do to keep him
What we "gotta do" Smitty is come up with Seventeen Million Nicker ! You wont get that from a whip round down Roman Road Market ! Its up to Sex Toys R Us...ReplyDelete
Roman road, Cally road, Green Street, Brown Street,ReplyDelete
Sex Toys R Us, Knickers R Yours, doesn't matter
from where.
I think without him we wouldn't be where we are, but now we've had him, if we lose him it would be a bigger blow that if we never did. I didn't like it down in the Champs.
looks like you got your old "Spirograph" out of the box Mr P. A tough game, but it's over, and a cause to celebrate at the end. I agree with Smitty The Carrol needs to be hung on to.ReplyDelete
I agree gents, AC should stay - lets hope he wants to ! As for the 2nd Division Smitty, I think we've all seen enough to last a lifetime. And a word to Filthy, it is not Saitch policy to discuss "artistes" materials, but I can inform you that thus far I have never owned a Spirograph , but you never know... Xmas is coming !ReplyDelete
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She lives in NY and mentioned on the phone that she was "browned off" buying paper towels etc so I suggested make some dish cloths for her and send them over.
I don't think wool would work here so I went to a yarn store (K1P1 in Mullingar) and bought 2 yarns - Tivoli Cruise Aran - 13 wii, 100 gm, 100% cotton in off-white color and 50 mms of Sirdar Simply Recycled cotton rich aran in green.
Ballband dish cloth pattern (Ravelry)
Grandmothers favorite pattern (Ravelry)
Kitchen Cotton dish cloth from the internet - Rows 1 and 2: Knit across all stitches.
Rows 3 and 4: K 2, *K 1, P 1, repeat from * across to last 2 stitches, K 2. This is my favorite.
I'v put these in the post today.


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In celebration of World IPv6 Launch, we've published the results of our IPv6 survey. Evidently, people have been busy deploying IPv6 over the last twelve months! In last year's survey only 5% of respondents had deployed IPv6 on all or a portion of their networks. This year, that metric leaped to 13%. And with a 50% larger sample size, this represents quite a jump. Another 20% are engaged in the process of IPv6 deployment now and an additional 24% plan to deploy within two years.
Download the survey results to get all the details!
IP Address Management (IPAM) topics related to IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, DNS, DNSSEC and related technologies with a perspective on effectively managing these critical networking functions.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
2012: It's the end of the (Internet) world as we know it
We've read about it on the web, seen it on TV, watched it in movie theaters: the Mayans predicted 2012 as the end of the world! Despite rumors about the predicted end of time resulting from lack of additional space on the rock on which the calendar was carved, I personally believe this was merely the "IPv4 Internet rock", which has reached its end as a homogeneous entity this year. The Mayans were very sophisticated in their foresight and technology, so we should not underestimate their ability to predict the end of the Internet as we know it!
All kidding aside, with World IPv6 Launch, the Internet has changed forever. Over 2,500 organizations including BT have enabled IPv6 websites permanently in celebration of the launch. This "supply" of web content will be welcomed by a burgeoning population of IPv6 users, arising from insatiable global demand for IP addresses, driven by explosive rates of mobile and wireless subscriber growth, particularly in the eastern hemisphere where IPv4 address space is already depleted. Evolving "smart" initiatives like smart cars, smart homes, etc., featuring vast distribution of IP-addressable probes and devices for remote monitoring and control, promise to be massive consumers of IP addresses as well.
At BT, we've been conducting periodic surveys over the last seven years to gauge IPv6 interest and deployment. We just concluded our most recent IPv6 survey in early May and it's clear that more people are looking into IPv6 this year than in prior years. Key among our findings from the survey was that 13 per cent of respondents indicated that they had already deployed IPv6 across all or a portion of their networks. This is up from only five per cent last year, a substantial jump. Another 44 per cent are in the process of deploying IPv6 or will begin deployment within two years.
The need for organizations to deploy IPv6 is primarily driven by the fact that IPv4 and IPv6 do not natively interoperate. As the proportion of IPv6 users increases with continuing IP address demand, the best approach to enable communications with these users is to deploy IPv6 while maintaining your IPv4 implementation. Survey respondents agreed that such a "dual stack" approach was favored over tunneling and translation approaches. This entails assigning both an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address to each device on the network, say your web servers for example.
When assigning two addresses to your web server, you'll need to make sure your domain name server, DNS, is configured properly to direct your website "www address" to both the assigned IPv4 address and the IPv6 address. The dual stack approach enables end users of either protocol, IPv4 or IPv6, to reach your Internet servers, and to allow your users to communicate with other Internet servers (in accordance with your security policies of course!).
Should you decide not to deploy IPv6, your Internet presence will continue serving IPv4 users, but as the density of IPv6 users on the Internet grows, these users will be unable to reach your Internet sites. And your users will be unable to reach theirs. We recommend you begin planning now or in the near future even if you don't have immediate deployment plans. The process of deployment may be relatively simple or very complex and time-consuming, depending on your deployment scope and current networking and computing environment. Planning for IPv6 deployment in advance can help identify steps to deployment and streamline the process in preparation for the time when deployment is deemed necessary.
If you need assistance with IPv6 deployment planning, BT can help with assessment, planning, implementation and IPv4-IPv6 network operations. Key among tools used throughout this process is our IP address management solutions from BT Diamond IP. These solutions enable assessment and planning of your IPv4 and IPv6 address plans, and are indispensable in the ongoing management of address space within an organization's IPv4-IPv6 network.
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Costa shines for Bayern in penalty-shootout defeat to Guangzhou
Recent signing Douglas Costa was the pick of the bunch for Bayern Munich in their defeat on penalties to Guangzhou Evergrande.
Luiz Felipe Scolari's Guangzhou Evergrande claimed a surprise win over Bayern Munich on penalties at the Tianhe Stadium on Thursday.
Completing their tour of China following back-to-back wins over Valencia and Inter, Bayern were unable to break down a stubborn Guangzhou side, which featured Robinho for the first time, and paid the price.
As the game went to penalties, Thomas Muller failed to convert the first spot-kick of the shootout before Feng Xiaoting delivered at the crucial point.
Bayern - who face Wolfsburg in the DFL SuperCup on August 1 - offered their biggest threat through recent signing Douglas Costa but will target improvement ahead of their clash with the DFB-Pokal winners.
Pierre Hojbjerg should have scored five minutes in when he glanced a dangerous cross Mario Gotze cross wide from point-blank range before Manuel Neuer was forced into a series of saves.
Debutant Robinho was among the chances, although the German champions regained control prior to the half-hour mark. Had Robert Lewandowski sorted his feet in time, he may have had Bayern's first shot on target after 26 minutes.
David Alaba - a late swap for Mehdi Benatia due to a calf problem - was required to block Ricardo Goulart's goalbound effort soon after as the sides went in goalless at the break.
Pep Guardiola introduced Costa and Thiago Alcantara at the break and the pair offered a second-half threat - the former squaring for Lewandowski only for Feng to clear in time.
Costa again went close before the hour - his shot squeezing through Zeng Cheng's legs - before the Guangzhou goalkeeper pulled off an impressive save to deny the former Shakhtar man.
Guangzhou forward Gao Lin then spurned a one-on-one with Ivan Lucic, prior to Lewandowski and Costa both going close late on.
Ultimately, Muller's missed penalty proved costly as Bayern were also punished for their lack of cutting edge against the Chinese champions.


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...I guess it must be "yellow" day. :0)
::btw~ the pp is new stampin' up!~ lovin the bright colors!::
...inspiration came from the March 09 Creating Keepsakes page 39 by Maggie Holmes...sorry didn't get a picture of it...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
{at the beach...
Posted by meganklauer at 7:24 PM
7 comments:
- Shelley Haganman said...
I am loving all the yellow!! It gives me hope that the sun will show up soon! I may have to "lift" that page idea! I love Maggie's style!
- March 5, 2009 at 4:54 AM
- A splash of Sherry said...
Yay for yellow. The color of the sun and summer. Love the page. The beach looks wonderful.
- March 5, 2009 at 5:57 AM
- Sarah Mullanix said...
Gorgeous colors and patterns!
I can't wait until the weather here matches this layout!! TFS
- March 5, 2009 at 6:00 AM
- Queen of Paper said...
You have so many cute things on this blog. What a delightful place to visit.
I'll be back ;)
- March 5, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- pardonmycaboose said...
You've done another great lo, no surprise. Love it.
- March 5, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- Christine said...
Love the yellow! you did a great job. Is that a Heidi Swapp butterfly? Love it!
- March 5, 2009 at 5:51 PM
- ckmom78 said...
Great inspiration for me not to put mine away, love the freshness, bring on the warm weather!!
- March 5, 2009 at 6:52 PM
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Dear Readers:
Slant Eye For The Round Eye is making the move to blogger.com where it will now be hosted. While WordPress has proved a great host and service up until now, moving over to blogger will allow some extra content features (different types of video feeds), easier mobile blogging, more customization, and some other new features.
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Some people bake cookies. Some people decorate. Some people shop like crazy. I knit. It would not be Christmas for me with out a mad rush to knit something for everyone on my gift list. Its not a long list (thank God) but enough to create a bit of storm before the calm.
Christmas 2009 was the season of the hat. The nieces and nephews got matching millinery. Each a different colorway -- they looked great sporting them Oma & Opa's chesterfield (that one's for you Els). I always wonder how these homemade gifts will be received, after all its not related to the DS, or Wii. You dont plug them in, charge them up or find any buttons for perpetually pushing. And yet every year, the knit goods are genuinely well received...this year to the point of not being able to get a couple of them to remove them for eating dessert!
Opa has discovered Marley, as in Bob...he is practicing the bass parts on all the songs in his free time. He is talking about the music he will hear on an upcoming cruise. Well, his Enkelin decided that he needed to sport a new look for his new music genre infatuation, so we collaborated on a project. I hear this headgear is being packed for said cruise!
Again, Crazy Auntie V has found pleasure in giving the simple gifts, with the children's genuine happiness in the receiving of practical presents...


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I'm not entirely sure when this was taken...
I found it on my camera chip.
It must have been a "Sister" day.
I love that she takes photos for me when they are being goofy.
By choice we have become a family, first in our hearts, and finally in breath and being. Great expectations are good; great experiences are better. ~Richard Fischer


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Check out the photograph of this fabulous look here.
Chicago Looks is thrilled to feature super talented Josh Crow's illustrations here in the blog. Check out Josh's own site Crow The Painter, and also Drawn and Coutured - which he runs along with über stylish and also contributor Alanna Zaritz. You can also get your own illustration, contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Here he illustrated Jenny Kendler, certainly one of the artists I admire most in town, not only for her delicate and environmentally-focused work, but also for her incredible sense of style. She'll be talking about it more in the post above - I'm thrilled to say she'll be collaborating with the blog by regularly sharing her conscious fashion tips. Stay tuned!


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Tom Friedman has a column today in which he suggests that what the Lebanese need to do in response to the recent bombing attack on their Prime Minister is to trade "Hama rules" for "Baghdad rules". By which he means elections. But considering how much more frequent bombing attacks have been in Baghdad lately than in Beirut, it seems to me that someone in Beirut has adopted Baghdad rules -- the rules of the real Baghdad, not Friedman's shining Baghdad of the mind. And that's the problem.
(He also says that it's Syria that's playing by Hama rules, but the Lebanese need to make the trade anyway. Why let coherent thought get in the way of a bad mixed metaphor?)
Meanwhile, while I've been distracted more than usual, the Poor Man has been absolutely brilliant. But you didn't need me to tell you that, now, did you?


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The Archangel Gabriel not only stands in the presence of God our Father, he has met some very interesting people. He has seen Zechariah have an amazing miracle and prayer answered, and yet instead of wisdom, saw a wise priest, Zechariah, instead question an Archangel of God and this is where Zechariah might have grabbed the horns of the altar to ask!
And Gabriel, The Archangel, was there to see a young Mary believe and wonder with innocence. This time Gabriel had the privilege to give the Highest of Compliments ~ God has Highly Favored you. This is tremendous Good News for several reasons and involves us today.
In Daniel 9, Gabriel is met for the first time and goes to Daniel with good news, again, saying when the 2nd Exodus will be over. Daniel apologizes for the sins of the community requiring the Just Judgement of God.
Father God must find people interesting.
A priest is told his prayers are answered by an angel, and he wants more details and may have even been harsh.
A teenager will lose her reputation and perhaps her betrothed and she is willing to do God's Plan.
Daniel is a slave in a lavish foreign culture seeing all types of behavior far from kosher and instead of being angry at his fate, apologizes for their sins. A slave apologizing to Father God for the reason he is a slave.
And all go away from God's messenger - enlightened.
How would you greet Gabriel? Far fetched... Well consider this - the absolute truth is not Daniel, not Zechariah, not Mary felt any day or any moment of their lives - The Archangel Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God Father Almighty - was ever just about to visit.
How would you greet Gabriel? Aren't we all headed Home???
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God; the only God who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
Psalm 121
From Father God, we receive Blessings and Promises, Father God knows our hearts.
Father God is not uninformed or unaware of the details of our lives. He keeps us for Himself. Our events are in His Hands.
Let us be Grateful.
Father God,
Please Forgive us our sins and our misunderstandings and deliberate selfishness.
Give Glory to Your name and help us to do the Good Works You have prepared for us to walk in. Help our attitudes, words and works bring more of Your Heaven to this life.
Guard us from Temptation and Evil.
Let us have peace knowing Your sufficiency. And gratitude for the Kindnesses given to us Today. Help us to be a blessing to others. In Jesus. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves †


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A few weeks ago, Hilary from Baking Bad invited food bloggers to take part in a virtual fall feast. I thought it was a great idea and I excitedly asked to join in the fun. I have been thinking about making homemade ravioli for a while now and I thought a fall-inspired acorn squash ravioli would go wonderfully with the meal.
I was pleasantly surprised at how simple it is to make pasta from scratch. I did some research online and found this great tutorial from Annie's Eats. I bought some local acorn squash from the farmer's market this past weekend and adapted a butternut squash ravioli into one that used these delicious fall vegetable.
Head on over to Hilary's blog for the full menu of the virtual fall feast. Everything looks and sounds delicious. Happy November!
Acorn Squash Ravioli with Browned Sage Butter Sauce
For the pasta
- 2 cups semolina flour
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 6 large eggs
For the acorn squash filling:
- 2 acorn squash
- 2 Tbsp butter, softened
- 1/2 cup diced shallots
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
For the sauce:
- 12 fresh sage leaves
- 8 Tbsp butter
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Cut the acorn squash in half lengthwise. Place the squash on a cake pan with the skin side down.
Rub the butter on the fleshy part of the squash. Sprinkle with salt and roast in the oven for 1 hour or until softened.
After it has cooled, scoop out the squash and beat it on medium high in the bowl of an electric mixer until smooth.
To make the rest of the filling, saute the diced shallots in a sauce pan on medium heat until golden brown. Add the squash and cook for about 3 minutes longer. Stir in the cream and salt and pepper. Cook for about 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and mix in the shredded parmesan cheese. Set aside.
To make the pasta, mix the semolina flour, all-purpose flour, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer. Create a little crater in the flour mixture and crack the eggs into the crater.
With a dough hook, mix on medium speed just until the dough starts coming together.
Turn the dough out onto a lightly-floured and clean surface. Gently knead the dough until it forms into a ball. You may have to add a little more olive oil to allow it come together.
Divide the dough into four equal pieces and place a damp towel over top. Let the dough rest for 20 minutes.
After the dough has rested, take one of the hunks out from under the towel and flatten slightly with a rolling pin.
Carefully feed the flattened dough through a pasta machine. Change the thickness dials until you find your desired thickness. For ravioli it's best to have a thinner pasta.
You will create a nice long sheet of pasta. Cut the pasta in half width-wise so you have two equal rectangular shapes.
With a ravioli stamp (or with a knife), gently press/trace a mark for the ravioli on one of the sheets.
Scoop about 1/2 tablespoon of the filling into the middle of each ravioli.
Carefully place the top sheet on top of the bottom and press around the filling to seal the two sheets together (I didn't get a picture of this step).
Carefully cut out ravioli with the stamp or a knife and place them on a baking sheet to dry slightly.
Place the ravioli in a pot of boiling water and boil for 4-5 minutes or until they are pale and rising to the top. Drain the pasta and place on a large plate or bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
To make the sauce, melt 8 tablespoons of butter (or less!) in a pan over medium heat. Add in the sage leaves and cook until the butter browns.
Carefully pour the sauce over the ravioli and serve immediately.
Source: Pasta dough recipe- All Recipes, Ravioli- adapted from Emeril Lagasse, Pasta tutorial- Annie's Eats


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Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Exciting. Hope inspring. Truly Energy COOL.
As with so many, burning logs in the fireplace and crashing waves on the shore have fascinated, been able to hold my rapt attention. Perhaps that is one reason why developments in ocean Power so enthrall me. Power from the sea looks to be on a rapid path toward meaningful contributions to moving toward a Prosperous, Climate Friendly Society.
Well, from EcoGeek comes news of yet another ocean power generation development, one that is rather innovative and could represent a world changing-like approach that could rapidly help people around the globe develop a renewable and sustainable electrical system.
Swell Fuel is a small company (inventor and ???) focused on exploiting near shore power. (Think those just beyond those hypnotic crashing waves.)
Swell Fuel is exciting, for many reasons. One, the demonstration of what one motivated/bright individual can achieve. From the inventor:
I'm the guy that made this contraption. What made me want to do this had a lot to do with me being a surfer. The night before Katrina hit my son and I were surfing at Surfside TX, and the waves at about 8:30 p.m. got about 12 feet. I felt so small and powerless in those huge waves. I started thinking how we could harness all this power.
Get it. Conceptually, this is barely two-years old. And, well, think of the inspiration path.
I started making drawings of ways to harness this energy, but I had no proof that they would work. I'm a dyslexic jack of all trades and master of none and I figured that I could make prototypes that could prove my ideas wrong or right. Wow, the ocean is hard to tame. I started making prototypes and studying waves. Each prototype worked at least a little and I tried many completely different approaches. I compressed air, I made electricity, I made heavy ones and light ones, each one taught me something. After making and testing 15 or 20 prototypes I started looking on the internet and realized I was not the first to try. I looked at hundreds of patents going as far back as the 1890's, and with my new knowledge of the harsh reality of the ocean conditions, I could tell you whether or not these old patents had any chance of making the energy and surviving the ocean condition. Man made things have a way of getting destroyed in the ocean.
Well, don't know about you, but Christopher is capturing me with his description. Humble … humorous … thoughtful … dedicated … resourceful … Hmmm. This is written to help sell himself and his idea? Well, this is one customer who is ready to start talking business.
We knew that New Orleans would flood and hold water in a big storm surge but we just hoped it would not happen. We know that one day the oil will stop flowing but just hope it won't happen in our lifetime. I know it sounds crazy but it might be wise to be prepared this time.
People talk about the CO2 in our atmosphere and talk about what we are going to do. Humanity is in a stampede and will not stop burning things till there is nothing to burn and hopefully the earth will recover someday. Not ever the mighty Christopher can stop the stampede.
Okay, well, maybe a little more humility … But, well, I hope that his vision of the future is not reached. If we burn it all (coal, oil, gas, peat, methane hydrates), it is hard to see how we have a meaningful future on the planet and how humanity is around when the earth recovers.
But, well, what Christopher is developing could help in turning us toward a better path.
The Ocean Energy Converter
In essence, the Ocean Energy Converter is a floating device that generates electricity from wave action tilting and moving it around. It is
a lever operated pivoting float anchored to the ocean floor, Swell Fuel's ocean energy converters are designed to withstand pounding waves. The wave motion triggers the movement of the lever, which in turn produces electricity.
The electricity is then sent to shore, potentially for direct usage or for storage for use.
Swell Fuel seems to be on a rapid trajectory upwards. Swell Fuel has deals with multiple Central American countries (with "the Lever Operated Pivoting Float … licensed in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Belize.") and a recently completed test effort reported went well.
The concept is to develop a single system that can provide about 350 megawatt hours of electricity / year. (350,000 kwh or, therefore, roughly 30,000 kwh / month. Average (wasteful) US home is 1000 kwh, thus one of the planned systems would roughly support 30 US homes. Think a more efficient lifestyle in the developing world and, well, perhaps we could multiple this by 5 or 10. One system might support, therefore, a small town's requirements.)
At this time, Christopher is running forward. He is now on prototype #36, has a concept (patent pending …) for a new float design, and is pursuing other nations around the globe.
Swell Fuel has been to central American and licensed the lever opperated pivoting float in five countries for developement. This year Swell Fuel will be traveling to West Africa and India. There is great need for energy in these countries and this will stimulate growth, stability and indipendance. "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime".
Christopher seeks to teach electricity fishing from the swells around the world. Here is someone that I hope makes a lot of green by helping the globe go Green.
Contemplating Swell Fuel
There are many fascinating elements to this approach and technology.
Let me raise just a few:
- Scalability. Small or larger system. One or a few to a few thousand. A home to (some portion of) a city.
- Affordability. Going back to the scalability. Start small and, incrementally, add more to an existing infrastructure.
- Managing Intermittency: The inventor's approach to dealing with the intermittency challenge is quite insightful: link the system to an air compressor and using the stored air to generate a consistent power supply. (And, well, stored air generation can respond quickly to changing demands for power.)
- Accessibility: This is something that can, rapidly, could be introduced in remote areas, into the developing world, or even off a wealthy beach resort. The technology for power storage is, well, extremely straightforward and commonly accessible; any mechanic would be able to set up and deal with an air compressor-based electricity back up system.
- Infrastructure creation: This is a fast path toward a renewable power system. Not quite as fast as putting up solar panels but not far behind. This also could be done, quickly, in remote areas. And, well, again, this can mesh into an existing power system or be an independent, off-grid power supply.
- Environmental impact: There is no such thing (that I am aware of) as zero impact energy. This, however, looks to be an option at the very low end. Beyond the construction impact and the wires bringing power ashore, About the only thing would be, it seems to me, would be restrictions on shipping and fishing. But, this actually could have an environmental benefit.
- Power of the individual: One individual. Inventive, insightful, dedicated, passionate has the power to change the world.
Let us be quick clear, Christopher has not saved the world. Swell Fuel is no Silver Bullet that will solve all our problems. But … but … this is the type of exciting, Energy COOL development that is part of a holistic path toward a Prosperous, Climate Friendly Society. We need to be working energy efficiency. We need to have conservation and changed usage patterns. And, well, we need to be pursuing renewable energy. Ocean Power is one exciting arena as to the last and Swell Fuel looks to be a nice addition to the portfolio of ocean energy options.
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