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|Gary Lewis
To open the Malt Shop Memories Cruise with a bang, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon—who's been making music since 1959—was the first artist on the main stage in the show lounge. He took us on a musical tour, starting with a song he wrote with his mother—Tallahassee Lassie—and continued with another southern favorite Way Down Yonder in New Orleans. Then we traveled in time and up north to Palisades Park.
In an unusual move, and in order to better interact with (and see) the audience, Cannon kept the house lights on. We were dancing in the aisles to Shake Rattle and Roll as Eurodam rocked and rolled in some rough seas. Freddy also paid tribute to other great artists like Joe Turner and Chuck Berry and received a standing ovation as he concluded his set with Roll Over Beethoven.
Next up Gary U.S. Bonds, whose lovely back-up singers are his wife and daughter. He also took us on a musical journey Down the Mississippi Down to New Orleans and relived the good old days with a '60s medley—Twist, Twist Senora, School is Out—and urged us to get up out of our chairs with the Dear Lady Twist. A special treat was his song Caught in a '50s Kind of Mood, which he wrote after visiting a club he hadn't been to for twenty-five years. He never recorded that song, but he should have. Something I didn't know is that Gary performed with Bruce Springsteen in the early '80s and Springsteen wrote This Little Girl Of Mine for him. After he urged us to Dance 'Till Quarter of Three, he received the second standing ovation of the night and came back on stage for an encore—Chuck Berry's Johnny Be Good and Hound Dog.
The Malt Shop Memories Cruise was off to a great start, but the evening was still young so we headed to the Queen's Lounge for a set featuring Gary Lewis and the Playboys. You may know that Gary's father is an icon of comedy, Jerry Lewis. A few songs into his set, Gary shared with us that he wrote a "novelty" song for his father—Everybody Loves A Clown. Naturally he performed it, in addition to some of his biggest hits—Count Me In, This Diamond Ring, I'm Sure Gonna Miss Her, and She's Just My Style. That last one was written for him by Leon Russell. After appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show to sing This Diamond Ring, he got great pleasure in hitting number one on the charts—as well as bumping a Beatles hit from that spot. Multi-talented, Gary also plays the drums and took the sticks for Wooly Bully and another standing ovation.
Unlike a lot of today's music, you can understand the words to the tunes we grew up with and most of us remember them. In fact, most of us were singing along and looking forward to more as the week progresses.
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Oh, and the track? It's this one:
[Editor's note: I adore you guys to bits, but in all seriousness, please refrain from typing the name of the university/town or the full name of the lovely Sir RB who made this track famous. I do not want to encourage more local traffic to my blog than I already get. Many thanks.]
It was an unusually sunny morning but colder than a penguin's balls. Not surprisingly I was the only one at the track. I did a half mile warm-up and then ran the first 800 m repeat. As usual, I went out like a bat out of hell and felt like ten kinds of ass the entire time. I completed it in 4:17.38, well below the 4:30 mark I was shooting for.
And to top it off, I wasn't even going half as fast as Sir RB. That's balls.
Just as I completed the repeat, my friend showed up. We had half-heartedly planned to meet at the track should the weather not be complete crap. He's not a morning person so I didn't really hold out hope he would show up, but he did. And I thanked him for that because I was about ready to scrap the other two repeats because the first one left me feeling like a giant pile of poo.
My friend went about his own run and I continued on with my final two repeats. I took them both at a much better pace—pushing myself but not to the brink of death like the first time. I completed them in 4:33.78 and 4:34.34.
Obviously I should consider these last two FAILs, but I don't. What I failed at was setting my 800 m pace. My ultimate marathon goal is to break 4:30. However, I know I'm nowhere near that right now. I need to shed a few more pounds and have more consistent training for that. Instead, I'm actually training for a still optimistic 4:45. So, according to Yasso, my repeat times should be 4:45.
But that seems a wee bit high considering my repeat times, no? Maybe I should change my pace goal to 4:40 or 4:35. What do you all think?
Food, chocolate and bunnies, oh my!
As happens every few years, Catholic and Orthodox Easter have fallen on the same date. Boo! It's a crime against humanity to deny me two different Sundays to gorge myself on yummy food in the name of religions I don't or no longer practice. The cruelty!
Regardless of your religious affiliation or lack thereof, I hope you all get to enjoy an extended holiday weekend of indulgence and sloth. It is the American (and possibly
Have a fabulous weekend, everyone.
Later gators.

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Multi-level Marketing mayhem
Alex Bainbridge has done a sterling job of trying to unravel the rather thorny issue of multi-level marketing in travel.
His post is bascially an analysis of a large MLM company in the US, YTBTravel.com - the business model, how "agents" can earn money, etc.
The practice is highly controversial, being likened by some to pyramid selling and the Ponzi Scheme.
From a travel perspective, YTBTravel claim the programme creates "millionaires" out of hundreds of thousands of workers.
YTBTravel chief executive Kim Sorensen was even moved recently to suggest that "we have a firm belief that as our sales increase, the YTB concept will be legitimized".
Does that mean it isn't now?
Bainbridge (probably sensibly) sits on the fence. Those posting comments do not. Bainbridge even outs an anonymous commenter as being from YTB. [Yes, we're thinking of doing the same with some of the anonymous commenters here]
It's a long post but well worth a read...
Kevin May, editor, Travolution
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Dark Alpha's Demand
by Donna Grant
There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you...
Categories ~ Paranormal Romance
There is no escaping a Reaper. I am an elite assassin, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says your time is up, I am coming for you...
My secret is an ancient one. I exist to exact vengeance on the Fae for their wrongs per Death's orders. When I'm sent as a spy to one of the most treacherous, deceitful places in any realm – the court of the Light Queen – things go awry. Neve captured my soul with just a look from her seductive gaze. She is who I want, who I crave…who I hunger for. But someone has set out to kill her – and expose me. I'll destroy any man – human or Fae – who brings harm to her, for she is the light my soul can't risk losing…
Author Donna Grant hits a home Run.....on book 3 of A Reaper Novel series with vivid details of life at court and dramatic action between the Reapers and their arch enemy.
Talin, a light Fae, is the featured Reaper in this book seeking information at the court of Queen Usaeil. He started to really amuse me in Dark Alpha's Embrace in his interaction with Kyran so I was curious to see how his story would play out. This character is intriguing because he doesn't fit into the normal behavior of the light Fae. His charming standoff personality draws the women to him like moths to a light bulb as he keeps staying just out of their reach. Except for one...
The story of how Talin became a Reaper crushed me. It was so painful and wrong that I wanted to scream and cry at the same time.
Every book needs a heroine and this one is Neve, well all I can say is...I REALLY, REALLY like her. She is smart, beautiful, self possessed, fearless and not afraid to die to protect loved ones. The way that she looks at her life and those around her is refreshing. I love how she knowingly makes a decision when she knows it most likely means death.
I give this 4 STARS.... You will not be disappointed in this book. Will you buy it?
Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.
Her childhood dream was to become a professional ballet dancer and study under the amazing Mikhail Baryshnikov. Though she never got to meet Baryshnikov, she did make it to New York City and performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Later, Donna's love of the romance genre and the constant stories running through her head prompted her to sit down and write her first book. Once that book was completed, there was no turning back.
Donna sold her first book in November 2005 while displaced from Hurricane Rita, a storm that destroyed portions of the Texas Gulf Coast. Since then, Donna has sold novels and novellas to both electronic and print publishers. Her books include several complete series such as Druids Glen, The Shields, Royal Chronicles, Sisters of Magic, Dark Sword, Dark Warriors, and her new series, Dark Kings.
Despite the deadlines and her voracious reading, Donna still manages to keep up with her two young children, four cats, three fish, and one long haired Chihuahua. She's blessed with a proud, supportive husband who loves to read and travel as much as she does.


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I recorded some personal comments on the survey answers to the question: 'Why do you participate in open culture? Why do you think it's important?'.
Music: Death March to Sun Fun City by Ruin Roads licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0
It was my first time trying my hand at audio mixing so feedback on both the content and the recording are definitely welcome…
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Here's the result of a brainstorming session on the same topic:


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New Delhi: Delhi Police on Thursday announced a
reward of Rs 50,000 for those who help investigators in
arresting a 30-year-old man who allegedly murdered his woman
companion and left her body in a bag near New Delhi railway
station here last month.
City Police Commissioner B K Gupta announced the
reward for those who provide information regarding Raju
Gehlot, who is accused in the murder of a law graduate Neetu
Solanki on February 10 and dumped her body.
"The reward is for Rs 50,000. It hold good for a
period of one year with immediate effect for any one who may
give any information about the accused," a senior police
official said.
The accused has a medium built with a height 5`7" and
wheatish complexion.
Gehlot`s alleged involvement in the crime came to
light after the arrest of his relative Naveen Shokeen, who
allegedly helped him to go into hiding after the murder.
Shokeen had told police that his relative Gehlot, who
holds a masters degree in tourism management and an "absentee"
employee of Indian Airlines, allegedly murdered Solanki who
was living with the latter.
The body of Neetu was found outside the railway
station on February 11 inside an airbag and had remained
unidentified till February 23 when her father approached
police to claim the body. The body bore injury marks. She also
had a tattoo on her body and ring on navel.
The investigations into the murder got a headway after
the girl`s father Kartar Singh approached police and
identified her. According to her father, Neetu, who had worked
in BPOs of IBM and Convergys, had left her home in May 2010
claiming that she was going to Singapore.
"The father told us that she was staying with Gehlot,
a resident of Navada village in west Delhi. However, he was
not aware where she was staying. He also told us that she had
other male friends also," the official said.
"We received an information that Gehlot was in touch
with his various relatives and getting logistic support from
them. We zeroed in on Shokeen who is residing in Nangloi,"
he said.
Shokeen told police that Gehlot had called him on
February 11 early morning and asked for a vehicle. "Shokeen
said that Gehlot told him that he had killed Neetu and wanted
a vehicle to dispose off the body," he said.
"Shokeen did not provide him any vehicle so Gehlot
tried a radio taxi service. This also he could not arrange.
However, in another vehicle he carried the body to the railway
station and dumped it there," he said.


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#suzycube #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity
This week, I concentrated on background tasks. Ha! I've been working on backgrounds... funny! I also spent all of yesterday doing something really stupid that felt so good to finally do!
I've been on the fence since starting work on Suzy Cube about whether or not I should actually include background of any kind beyond a few decorative objects outside the playable areas. But after some experimentation, I found a method for creating skybox textures allowing me to populate the outside of levels quite efficiently.
What is a skybox? It's a term used to describe very simple geometry (not necessarily a box) which is usually textured to look like a sky and landscape which appears to surround a 3D scene. The skybox is rendered such that it always looks infinitely far away from the camera. This allows artists to fill in everything beyond a level's actual 3D geometry with what appears to lie beyond. The great advantage of using a skybox is that all the detail comes from an image, so no matter how detailed your background looks it's no more expensive to render.
Think Inside the Box
In order to easily create the necessary skybox textures for Suzy Cube, I've been re-purposing Unity's Reflection Probes system. If you are curious, you can check out the Unity documentation on Reflection Probes. What's more important here, is the fact that a reflection probe essentially renders everything around it into a texture that is, almost, exactly the right format for use as a skybox!
Using a Wrench as a Hammer
In order to leverage this system, I've simply been building custom background rendering scenes.
|Background scene used for Level 1-1
Here, you can see what the background rendering scene looks like for Level 1-1. I build some floating islands out of the same blocks I use to design the levels, populated the surroundings with boxy clouds and put a big blocky sun up in the sky. In order to fill in the sky colour, I also created a custom skybox shader using ShaderForge which allows me to define things like the top, bottom and horizon colours as well as the height and diffusion of the horizon.
|Reflection Probe at the centre of the scene
In order to render the background to a texture, I simply placed a refection probe dab smack in the centre of the scene. The reflection probe essentially acts like a mirrored ball rendering everything that's visible from its location. This generates a perfect skybox of the whole scene.
Levels with different lighting and settings need different skyboxes, of course. Here are some of the other ones I've created so far.
|Forest themed skybox
The forested background of Level 1-2 really gives a sense of running around amongst the trees.
|Desert themed skybox
Notice how the distant features further exaggerate the sense of height and distance on Level 1-3.
And players are treated to a surprise as the camera swings around to reveal a sphinx in the background during the level's ending sequence.
Stupid? Worth It!
And now for the stupid thing. I rewired how inputs are handled in the game in order to play nice with InControl's default install location.
Why was this a dumb thing to do? It was stupid to do because GDC is less than a month away and I'm still not done gussying up World 1 and really shouldn't be spending my time on stuff which has no noticeable effect on the game.
Why did it feel so good? In order to be able to integrate InControl, which is written in C#, into my project, which is written in JavaScript, I had to move InControl files from their default locations in the project to special folders. Without getting into it, the major problem this caused was to make it incredibly tedious and error prone to try to keep InControl up to date as I couldn't simply update it from within Unity. In the end, I had simply stopped updating it. The changes I made yesterday now allow InControl to rest peacefully in it's default installation location while still being able to relay pertinent data to the rest of my game.
The Long VersionIf you are not interested in the details of how I did this, feel free to skip this bit.
So, the major issue I've been having with using InControl is the fact that, in Unity, in order for scripts of different languages to be able to reference each other's objects, one of them must be placed in a special folder, the Plugins folder. Any script in the Plugins folder can be accessed by any other script in the project regardless of language. The problem with InControl is that it doesn't install to the Plugins folder. The necessary scripts can be moved to the Plugins folder to make everything work, but this is exactly what makes keeping InControl up to date after the fact such a problem.
Enter SendMessage! The SendMessage family of Unity engine methods allow a script to call a function or method in another script indirectly. You can read more about SendMessage in the Unity documentation. Now, sending a function call this way is less efficient than calling the function directly, but it has the advantage of being able to transcend the language barrier between scripts in Unity since SendMessage is an engine function which takes care of finding appropriately named methods or functions on the target object and calling them itself.
So, in order to get what I need out of InControl, I ended up creating a system which uses two intermediary scripts, one Input Handler, written in JavaScript, and one InControl Relay, written in C#. All inputs in the game go through the Input Handler. When a game script wants to know the state of any particular input, the script will call the appropriate function on the Input Handler e.g. IsJumpButtonDown(). The Input Hander, in turn, sends a message to the InControl Relay which gets the information from InControl then sends a message back to the Input Handler with the current state of the jump button. With this info in hand, the Input Handler can now return the state of the jump button to the game script which requested it.
I'm sure this is not the most efficient way to solve my little InControl problem, so if smarter folks than me can think of a better way, please share it!
And on that note, it's back to more decoration and making a few last minute fixes to the World 1 levels before DGC in a few weeks. See you all next time!


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I have a "ghost story" I tell my three year old about a hapless soul who never made it out of the old Plainfield Meijer before they tore it down (I know it's kind of weird, but for some reason, my daughter became fixated with the tearing down of the old Meijer and the building of a 'new' Meijer next door. The story grew out of the constant questions coming from the backseat about what happened to Meijers? The food? The yogurt? The people? Combine those dynamics with her not finding her favorite yogurt in the new store, and you have the genesis of this ghost tale)
The story goes that this women was looking for a particular brand of drinkable yogurt but couldn't get anyone at the store to help her out. She kept searching, searching, searching. Day after day…until the building came down. Now, on quiet nights, you can still hear the cries of "where is the drinkable yogurt? Can anyone help me?"
Truth or Fiction?
I can't say for sure. I do know that getting someone to help you locate something at Meijer's can seem like a herculean task. It's not just Meijer's either. The Ghost of Good Customer Service haunts many businesses. I was thinking about this reflecting back on my Martha's Vineyard experience. What a difference a little positive vibe makes.
I guess it is harder than it seems….right? A little service with a smile. Being a "proactive" with customers. Maybe the Meijer greeters need to be throughout the store, instead of when you walk in. I can find the shopping carts…it's that other stuff!


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This bonhomie,
this good will,
this nostalgia,
where will this lead?
To a beautiful garden full of roses,
or to a deserted landscape?
The euphoria of nothing
the excitation of everything
how long will it last?
What is that in the other end of the tunnel,
is it a star or a firefly?
What is there in store for tomorrow?
Is it eternal happiness
or an endless sequence of grievances?
This pleasant haze of confusion
will it eventually clear?
What will be seen then?
That this was a blunder, a guised one
that it was a castle in the sky.
The sweet words glued in the ear
will they pierce the heart tomorrow,
like the thorns, the guised ones?
The crude expressions that drive the world to oblivion,
the chats on nothing lasting for hours,
the arguments with no purpose
the tussles with no conclusion,
what will all of these matter tomorrow?
Will the memories be sweet altogether
Or will the bitterness overcome the sweetness?
How long will be the distance that is now zero?
Will that grow to infinity?
In which corner of mind will the image reside
that now occupies the whole of it?
What of the long silences,
that now speak more than any volume of words?
What of the gestures
that now mean more than any length of conversation?
Yes, this bonhomie,
will it be remembered like this forever?
Will this carry the same pleasantness for ever?
The inexpressible sense of content,
the inarguable sense of perfection
the ingratiating fervor of satisfaction.
Will this remain the same for ever?
I wish so,
Even though doubting it from the outset.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
This Bonhomie
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What an amazing time I had in L.A. with my dad. I had no idea that living my passion would be this fun! I was born to do this and I am so Grateful to The Creator for choosing me to do this work!
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This is an annotated list of the published papers and reports that have included REEF data. The list is in chronological order. Papers that are available for viewing in .pdf format are noted.
Also see the Projects page for links to additional reports.
Despite being the world's largest rays and providing significant revenue through dive tourism, little is known about the population status, exploitation, and trade volume of the Mobulidae (mobulids; Manta and Mobula spp.). There is anecdotal evidence, however, that mobulid populations are declining, largely due to the recent emergence of a widespread trade for their gill rakers. Researchers from Dalhousie University and eShark.org used expert divers' observations from two citizen science programs, REEF's Volunteer Fish Survey Project and eShark.org, to describe global manta and devil ray abundance trends and human use patterns. The study highlights the relative rarity of aggregation sites on a global scale and reveals that many populations appear to be declining. The authors warn that newly emerging fisheries for the rays gill-‐rakers likely exceed their ability to recover. The study also demonstrates the deficiency of official catch reports, as only four countries have ever reported landing manta or devil rays– Indonesia, Liberia, Spain and Ecuador. However, numerous diver reports compiled in the paper illustrate that many other countries are regularly landing and selling these rays without reporting.
The authors describe the behavioral interactions of piscivorous mid-water and demersal fishes at subtropical live-bottom reefs off the coast of Georgia and off the west coast of Florida in the northeast Gulf of Mexico. The observations are used to construct a topological behavior web of the interactions of mid-water and demersal piscivores, their prey, and those associated species that modify predator-prey interactions. Results show that inter-specific behavioral interactions are common attributes of piscivores in these reef fish communities. The authors propose a framework for assessing the demographic consequences of such interactions. Data for this study were collected using a modified Roving Diver Technique, the method employed by REEF surveyors. One of the co-authors, Dave Grenda, is a member of REEF's Advanced Assessment Team.
There is an increasing need to examine regional patterns of diversity in coral-reef systems because their biodiversity is declining globally. The authors used REEF data from 80 sites from 6 eco-regions throughout the Caribbean to evaluate patterns of biodiversity. Specifically, they used "additive partitioning", which quantifies the contribution of different types of diversity (alpha and beta; comparing diversity between sites within a region and between regions) to total diversity across different spatial scales. The primary objective was to identify patterns of reef-fish diversity across multiple spatial scales under different scenarios, examining factors such as fisheries and demographic connectivity. Total diversity at the Caribbean scale was attributed to β-diversity (nearly 62% of the species), with the highest β-diversity at the site scale. α⎯⎯-diversity was higher than expected by chance in all scenarios and at all studied scales.
This suggests that fish assemblages are more homogenous than expected, particularly at the ecoregion scale. Within each ecoregion, diversity was mainly attributed to alpha, except for the Southern ecoregion where there was a greater difference in species among sites. β-components were lower than expected in all ecoregions, indicating that fishes within each ecoregion are a subsample of the same species pool. The scenario involving the effects of fisheries showed a shift in dominance for β-diversity from regions to subregions, with no major changes to the diversity patterns. In contrast, demographic connectivity partially explained the diversity pattern. β-components were low within connectivity regions and higher than expected by chance when comparing between them. The author's results highlight the importance of ecoregions as a spatial scale to conserve local and regional coral reef-fish diversity.
In response to conservation concerns for inshore rockfish, Fisheries and Oceans Canada implemented a system of 164 rockfish conservation areas (RCAs) in British Columbia as part of the Rockfish Conservation Strategy. RCAs were established between 2004 and 2007. RCAs are not marine protected areas (MPAs) because they were not designated though any MPA legislative tool such as Canada's Ocean Act, but rather through a fishery closure using the Fisheries Act. They can, however, be considered harvest refugia. Evaluations of the performance of RCAs have recently been undertaken by government agencies, academics, non- governmental organizations (NGOs) and First Nations. This report describes the most recent scientific research on RCAs. Research has been done using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), scuba surveys, hook-and-line fishing surveys, genetic analysis and compliance monitoring. Although some empirical research shows some RCAs are demonstrating an effect, most have not shown statistical differences in rockfish density among RCAs and non-RCA sites. One reason for this might be that RCAs are still considered to be "new" or "young" and it is thought that rockfish will take numerous years to respond to protection. REEF survey data for inshore rockfish and greenling species from Whytecliff Park between 1998 and 2013 were included in this report. Whytecliff Park is in West Vancouver, and was made the West Vancouver RCA in 2006.
Over the past decade, Indo-Pacific lionfishes have invaded and spread throughout much of the tropical and subtropical northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. These species are generalist predators of fishes and invertebrates with the potential to disrupt the ecology of the invaded range. Lionfishes have been present in low numbers along the east coast of Florida since the 1980s, but were not reported in the Florida Keys until 2009. This paper uses data from the 20,000+ REEF surveys conducted in Florida since the early 1990s, along with other long-term data sources, to document the appearance and rapid spread of lionfishes in the Florida Keys. The results are the first to quantify the invasion of lionfishes in a new area using multiple independent, ongoing monitoring data sets, two of which have explicit estimates of sampling effort. Between 2009 and 2011, lionfish frequency of occurrence, abundance, and biomass increased rapidly, increasing three- to six-fold between 2010 and 2011 alone. In addition, individuals were detected on a variety of reef and non-reef habitats throughout the Florida Keys. Because lionfish occurrence, abundance, and impacts are expected to continue to increase throughout the region, monitoring programs like REEF's Volunteer Survey Project will be essential to document ecosystem changes that may result from this invasion.
Members of REEF's Grouper Moon Project team, including researchers from Oregon State University, have been conducting annual monitoring of the size and color phase of individual Nassau grouper found at the spawning aggregation on Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands. During non-spawning periods Nassau grouper display a reddish-brown-and-white barred coloration. However, while aggregating they exhibit three additional color phases: "bicolor", "dark", and "white belly". Each year, Grouper Moon Project researchers and volunteers use a video camera with lasers mounted on the camera housing. The divers focus the laser caliper equipped video camera on individual fish at the aggregation, capturing several seconds of footage for each fish. We later analyze the video to determine the length of the fish and record the color phase. This paper summarizes five years of video data. Our observations show that the relative proportion of fish in the bicolor color phase increases significantly on the day leading up to the primary night of spawning. The increase in the proportion of the bicolor color phase from 0.05 early in the aggregation to 0.40 on the day of spawning suggests that this color phase conveys that a fish is behaviorally and physiologically prepared to spawn. Additionally, 82.7% of fish exhibiting dark or white belly coloration early in the aggregation period suggests that these color phases are not only shown by female fish as was previously assumed in the scientific literature. This is just one aspect of the important marine conservation research being conducted as part of the Grouper Moon Project. To find out more, visit the Grouper Moon Project webpage.
The authors of this study observed grouper and and their associated reef fish assemblage using scuba and underwater stationary videography during a 7-mo period. Fifty-seven sites around Cape Fear, NC, were visited with stationary video and diver point counts of groupers were taken at each site. Data collected as part of the REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project, as well as several other datasets, were used to compare with the study results. Similar to other comparative studies previously published, the authors found that different survey methodologies have varying success at detecting even common species.
There is growing concern that lionfish will affect the structure and function of invaded marine ecosystems. Lead author, Stephanie Green, from Simon Fraser University (SFU), along with REEF Director of Special Projects, Lad Akins and other co-authors Aleks Maljković (SFU), and Isabelle Côté (SFU), documented a dramatic 65% decline in 42 species of reef fish eaten by lionfish over a two year period. The study, conducted off New Providence Island in the Bahamas, used data collected during REEF's volunteer lionfish projects to track the explosion of the lionfish population over time, and revealed that lionfish biomass increased from 23% to nearly 40% of the predator biomass on the study sites between 2008 and 2010. This study represents the first documented direct impact of lionfish predation on native reef fishes and highlights the importance of control programs to minimize impacts.
This paper presents a key technique that scientists from REEF and our Grouper Moon collaborators have used to monitor fish on the Little Cayman spawning aggregation that does not require the capture and handling of fish. We show that length-distribution data can be collected by divers using a video-based system with parallel lasers calibrated to a specific distance apart, and subsequently use those data to monitor changes in the size distribution over time.
This paper features research findings from powerful genetic techniques and the REEF survey data that reveal two new species of hamlet in the Caribbean. As REEF Caribbean surveyors know, hamlets are a group of colorful small sea basses that can sometimes cause ID confusion because of their myriad of colors and patterns. The varied color patterns in these small predators are thought to be a result of mimicry of other colorful herbivore species. There has been ongoing debate in the scientific world about which are actual species and which are simply just color variants or morphotypes. The research featured in the paper revealed significant genetic differences among what seemed to simply be variations of the well-known Barred Hamlet. The two new species are the Florida Barred Hamlet, Hypoplectrus floridae, and the Contoy Hamlet, H. ecosur. The typical Barred Hamlet (H. puella) that is found throughout the Caribbean will be updated to be called the Caribbean Barred Hamlet. Florida Barred Hamlet have been found in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and South Florida, and it overlaps in range with the Barred Hamlet in those area. At the time of publication, the Contoy Hamlet had only been documented on Isla Contoy near the northern tip of the Yucatan peninsula and possibly Isla Mujeres. Florida Barred Hamlet are distinguished by a pair of symmetrical dark spots at the base of the caudal fin along with a break in the mid-body narrow bar. The Contoy Hamlet is distinguished by the same paid of dark spots at the base of the tail as well as a series of additional dark spots along the upper caudal peduncle and below the dorsal fin.


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Yes the recent storms in the Mid-Atlantic were bad. 100 mile an hour winds and heavy rain. Here in the Baltmore DC area there are still many people without power. But Amazon suffered a failure that took out some major services.
David Linthicum puts it really well.
I agree. Somebody at Amazon has been failing. May be the services are "over sold" or "over committed" and losing part of the capability leaves some customers with insufficient resources. However, if major players like NetFlix and Pinterest can't get the resources they need then there must have been something seriously wrong. These data centers should be designed to withstand severe weather. It is not an unusual occurrence.
Amazon must have been making some serious trade-offs (aka gambles) in managing costs and profitability and they have obviously come back to bite them.
Taking things in to our own hands
This latest incident has underlined that cloud providers are not bulletproof. As such it is incumbent on cloud users to consider redundancy in their designs - right from the outset. As always the challenge is often cost.
If you want to use Amazon services you can configure to operate across multiple regions. The challenge with this is that moving data between regions has a bandwidth cost that you don't see if you operate within a single region. Replication between regions can be technically challenging, depending on your technical configuration but it can also get expensive.
Using multiple Cloud providers is not simple and straightforward either. Rackspace is promoting OpenStack and Microsoft has indicated some intention to work with OpenStack.
While it is feasible to configure your platform on different cloud platforms the challenge is managing demand across the different platforms, particularly if you want the ability to load balance or have instant failover.
In these days where there is a strong urge to shorten the time to market it can still pay dividends in ongoing operational costs to think about scalability, resilience and fail over as part of the initial design of your product. Failure to do so can lead to embarrassing outages that are not of your own choosing.


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We had a great time discussing everything and she got to spend the day with Brandon so next morning's drive home with him was not so unknown to Brandon. Jane did the crying for me as she left with him!
I was able to get 2 good pictures of Brandon hanging out in Jane's hotel room. He has a great new home and this is their second dog adopted from CP.
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WBW #43-Comfort Wines
WBW was created well over three years ago now, by Lenn of Lenndevours. The idea is that once a month, bloggers and often non bloggers will come together around a wine theme and all drink a bottle that matches the theme criteria and post about it. Every month is hosted by a different blog, whose owner picks the theme and will do a round up of the posts after the event is over.
This month, Joel set us to an interesting and thought provoking theme for me. He asked us to pick a wine that is a comfort wine for us. Something that we love to drink, that lets us relax, and perhaps invokes something in us that makes the wine and experience special.
The theme required a bit of thought on my part. I love wine. All of it, even the bottles that aren't particularly memorable, or are even bad. I love the ritual of wine, of slicing off the foil, pulling the cork, sniffing the bottle, and pouring the first glass. Having a glass of wine with my dinner is part of of my life, and I often think my meal is not complete without that glass of wine to complement it, and more importantly, to take that glass and finish it as I settle in for the evening before heading to bed. See, we don't spend much time at home in the evening. Our day begins well before we leave the house at 5 til 7 and we don't often return until 7pm or later. By the time I get dinner on the table and we sit down, it's often 8pm or later.
Wine is an almost daily part of our lives, so picking just one that is a comfort wine, that lets us relax, is hard to do. It could literally be any wine in my cellar.
I finally thought, well, what wine evokes good memories for me, puts a smile on my face, and almost always puts me in a good mood? And when I asked myself that, it wasn't a single wine, but a kind of wine.
Zinfandel. Zinfandel was the first red wine I fell head over heels for. It never fails to entice me with its berries and cream, spice, vanilla, jam, or juice. And it holds a special place in my heart, as the first time I ever had Zinfandel was on our honeymoon in Sonoma. The first Zinfandel I ever had was was from David Coffaro, a winery I hope to return to this spring. That one is long gone, so I thought about another winery from our honeymoon, and from a more recent trip, that also brings an instant smile to my mind.
And that wine comes from Nelson Family Vineyards and is their 2005 Estate Zinfandel. Nelson Vineyards is a great little family run winery where you are more than likely to run into a family member pouring wines in the tasting room. On our honeymoon, we were driving back from Mendocino and Matt said I could pick one winery to stop at that day (it was supposed to be a non-wine day, which it was until that point!). I don't know what drew me to Nelson, but I quickly put on my blinker and turned down the road leading up to the tasting room. We walked up to the tasting room to find a very enthusiastic winery dog, and the winemaker, Chris Nelson, pouring the wine. I instantly loved the Orange Muscat, and signed us up for the wine club. We have subsequently returned to Nelson Family Vineyards to participate in their Barn Blending Party, where we had an excellent time playing winemaker for the day!
So the wine cost us $18.40 in a club shipment, had a real cork closure, and clocked in at 15.7% alcohol by volume. I don't so much think the point of this WBW is the tasting notes on the wine, but more the way the wine makes you feel, and why it helps you unwind. But I won't pass up the opportunity to give you tasting notes! The nose showed fresh berries, spice, and vanilla. It was really juicy. In the mouth dark juicy berries dominated, with more notes of vanilla and allspice. The wine is very approachable now, smooth, juicy, and drinking wonderfully.
And there goes my last bottle of Zinfandel from Nelson Family Vineyards. We are getting a new club shipment in April, so I will look forward to more wines from one of my favorite small family producers. I only wish the barn party this year coincided with Easter again!
Many thanks to Joel for hosting, and I look forward to what everyone decided to open for the WBW. As always, I will post a link to the round up when it's posted!
Labels: California, Lenndevours, Nelson Family Vineyards, Red, WBW, Wine Life Today, Zinfandel
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Wow, I thought I'd be all alone out in Zin land but our posts are spitting images of each other. Anxious to see who else picked Zinfandel as the day progresses! I'll have to try the Nelson.
We must be on the same page, I find all wine comforting, even the really awful stuff fascinates me - and I agree, opening a bottle always brings a smile of anticipation.
Orion Slayer
Alright, another person whose "comfort wine" is Zinfandel. This is a great theme for WBW, it lets you get to know your favorite bloggers a little more.
I feel the same way. Wine, and moreso, the ritual of having a nightly glass of wine, is comforting. I enjoy all wine, and like you, half of the fun, is that time every night of deciding which bottle to open, pouring the first glass, swirling, smelling, etc. It gets my head out of work mode, and into 'relax, time at home' mode.
Thanks for another great post!
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I kind of suspected I'd see a lot of Zinfandel. Hell, I almost went with it; it is a pleasing wine that requires little "deep thought" the way Barolo does, so it sure can be comforting after a pinched day at the office.
But I went with Rioja instead, for some deeply personal reasons. But then again, that's what this month was all about. no?
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Working as a flagger is not all sunshine and light, and we get some really pissy people who are absolutely convinced that we get a call that they're coming, and rush to put together this whole elaborate scam, just to inconvenience their day. Of course we did. Millions of dollars spent by the government just to screw up YOUR schedule. Yes, you, in the massively expensive four wheel drive vehicle, thats never seen dirt in its life.
Mostly, though, its pretty fun. I get to be outside, albeit pretty much tethered to one spot, and I get to meet a lot of interesting people, both on the crews that we work with, and people going through.
The job I'm working now, is on US highway 287. Its a fairly busy truck route, being one of more straightforward routes between I-40 in Texas, and I-25 and I-70 in Denver. (Not even the truckers want to drive in Colorado Springs!) We get a lot of traffic, and since the paving operations involve laying down a twelve inch thick slab of concrete, we have to run traffic control twenty four hours a day. We also run a Pilot Car, since, you know, theres a twelve inch slab of concrete with pieces of re-bar sticking out of the side of it for eight miles in the north bound lane, and we're running traffic up on it, or down off of it, around some culvert replacements and bridge replacements. Pain in the patoot.
On weekends, I drive the Pilot Car. Thanks to an engine blowing in the ratty old pickup that they had been using for a pilot car last summer, the owner of the company went out and bought a 2006 diesel fueled VW Bug, in mint green. She got it cheap, when she needed it, and that little sucker will run for twenty one hours before we have to fuel it. Plus, bonus for those of us who drive in circles for twelve hours at a time, its pretty cushy inside, too. Heated leather seats, Monsoon CD stereo system, sunroof, the works. Deciding she liked the concept, she also went out and bought a used Bug, silver, with purplish go-fast type decals down the sides, tinted windows, but no CD player, which makes me sad. Now I have to load my audio books on my MP3 player and buy batteries for the wireless FM transmitter, until the green one gets out of the shop. I'm so deprived! (insert dramatic wrist to forehead fainting motion here.)
So, when you roll up on our construction, if you're first in line, you get a thirty or so minute wait, a chance to chat with the flagger, and a front row seat when the little Bug with the flashy light rolls up on your end, with a big 'ol bullrack behind it. Its an amusing sight, and I see it every day.
One of the days that I was working, as I neared the middle of the site, checking my mirrors to make sure all of my little sheepies were in a row behind me, and not deciding that they knew where to go better than I did, I hear some broken-up chatter on the company radio. Now, our radios aren't the best in the world. The big units in the vehicles do all right, but the hand helds just don't reach out and touch someone every time you need them to. So I didn't think much of it, until I heard the supervisor say something about pulling them up to the front of the line.
My first thought, medical emergency. We get a few of those: someone is having a heart attack and doesn't want to go to Podunk Hospital, so they get someone to drive them to Slightly Larger Podunk Hospital, forty five minutes away. I can't really blame them, PH isn't set up for a lot of things, doing anything more than stabilizing a heart attack patient being one of them. So, I'm preparing to speed my traffic up as much as I dare, to get them through faster so I can get the heart attack/stroke/hypochondriac victim out of our site and on their way.
I get on the radio, ask the supervisor if there's anything she wants to let me know about, and she responds that all is kosher on the south end. Not a medical emergency then. I breathe a little easier and continue on my merry way, being careful to show the people immediately behind me how to dodge the pot holes caused by bog-only-knows how many individual vehicles driving over the same lane all the freakin time. And trust me, some of those potholes could swallow the Pilot Car whole. I think we actually lost a Mini Cooper in one, but by the time I got back there to check they'd patched it again.....
As I roll up on the south end, I see a plethora of motorcycles, and I perk up a bit. Nothing like a big rumbly machine that goes between your legs to get a girl's attention. Even better, they're Harleys!
I do my little song and dance of diving out of the way of traffic and only hitting the brakes once they're not gonna smack into me, which places me in the north bound lane, facing all of the traffic that has been stopped while I've been gone, and tends to make the jumpier drivers twitch, if they happen to be in the front of the line. Only then do I notice the cameras.
It seems that the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Harley Owners' Club were coming home from a rally in Texas, and because of the kind treatment of my supervisor, pulling them out of the exhaust fumes in the middle of the line and putting them up front where they wouldn't get as many rocks spit at them, and offering them all water, they'd been chatting with her. I maintain that her reasons for being nice to motorcycle riders stem less from a humanitarian urge and more from her desire to ogle the pretty bikes, as long as they're real road bikes. I've never seen her pull a crotch rocket up front.
So they decided they wanted pictures of the bug, and had their cameras ready. They got a couple snapped as I pulled in and came to a stop, and then my twisted sense of humor kicked in.
See, it gets HOT in southeastern Colorado in the summer... so I had stripped down to my sports bra underneath my regulation blind-me green vest. I slip the car into park, rummage in the back seat for my regulation orange hard hat, plonk it on my head over my S&W 1911 ball cap and climb out. I saunter to the front of the car, rip open my vest (yay snaps for dramatic effect!) and pose against the hood of the car, saying "If you're going to take a picture, take a REAL picture!"
They loved it.
I'm pretty sure I'm on a clubhouse wall somewhere, now.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Bikers Love Bugs
Posted by FarmGirl at 8:21 PM
5 comments:
- phlegmfatale said...
You so totally kick ass.
- June 22, 2007 at 8:39 PM
- HollyB said...
Ditto what LaPhlegm said. You Rock, Girl!
- June 22, 2007 at 10:29 PM
- Josh said...
Hehe... you know, because of this post, you must pose for me when I make my weary way westward.. that such a photo might grace Ohio walls as well ;)
- June 24, 2007 at 10:29 PM
- farmgirl said...
Don't count on it, Josh.
Silly silly man, you don't demand posing, you bribe it out of me.
- June 25, 2007 at 7:00 PM
- Dan O. said...
That photo's probably been "photoshopped" already, Josh and available on gnuttela networks everywhere. ;)
Just kiddin' farmgirl!
- June 26, 2007 at 5:03 AM
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I have so much to share with all of you! The first 6 months of 2015 brings 5 NEW TITLES in both nonfiction and fiction. Yep, that's right…
Check it out:
- Indie and Proud (Late Jan/Early Feb) – Coaching for writer's to help you stay creative in the midst of the ever-changing publishing landscape
- Outbreak, Solomon Experiments #2 (Late Feb) – The anticipated sequel to my Xmen-meets-Bourne Idenity thriller
- Raising the Shy Child (March) – Coaching for parents and educators on the ins and outs of Social Anxiety Disorder in children and teens
- Voca Me, a Requiem Novel (April)– You thought Nesy and Aydan's fate was revealed in Dominus? Think again. This story brings more…MUCH MUCH MORE!
- I'm More Than Gifted (May) – Affective curriculum for small group and classroom use designed to foster EQ in gifted children
In addition to these, I have a couple of NEW storylines in the works. What an awesome year, yes?
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Preface to the American Edition
by Abraham Guillén
I am delighted to take this opportunity to say a few words to my North American readers. My good friend Professor Don Hodges has remarked that my books, though virtually to the North American public, are familiar to the Pentagon, which have tried to suppress their diffusion to throughout Latin America. The Theory of Violence (1965), Strategy of the Urban Guerrilla (1966) and Challenge Pentagon (1969) have been repeatedly discovered aves" or hideouts of the urban guerrillas in Montevideo; but the police have tried to withhold this information ress in order not to give publicity to my writings egy of the urban guerrilla. Without a trace of vanity. I can say that these books are prohibited in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and other countries, a prohibition that amounts to an intellectual blockade designed to keep my nen these books have will get through - are officially burned to keep them from catching fire. There is no way to reclaim them from the new Inquisistion and its autos de fe. Consequently, I am grateful to Hodges for editing these selections from my major works and for presenting the fundamentals of my thought to interested North Amerocans. Perhaps even I could not have made an anthology as complete and balanced as his; for he has known how to capture my philosophy as well as its economic, political and strategical applications. With these selections and Rodges' Introduction, North American readers now have in condensed form the essentials of "Guillenismo." I have great confidence in the youth, students, laborers, technicians, intellectuals, women, blacks, chicanos and Puerto Ricans in the United States. These popular strata constitute . the internal proletariat of the informal economic and political empire of the United States, which directly or indirectIy dominates virtually all of Latin America. They are the natural allies of the vast majority of Latin Americans constituting the external proletariat of the North American corporations. When these two revolutionary fronts converge in their thougbt and action, then the imperialism of the dollar will suffer the same fate as the Roman Empire, whose legions were broken by the combined pressure of the colonial peoples in revolt (Germans, Scythians, etc. ) and the internally colonized masses (slaves, Christians, etc.). In this planetary epoch the North American proletariat will not liberate itself from the capitalism of Wall Street until it is assisted in its revolutionary struggle by the Latin American proletariat. For the weakest link in the chain of yanqui capitalism is not inside the conventional territorial borders of the US. but on its vast external front, where the superprofits are extracted and the generals of the Pentagon have to "intervene." Capital is exported to the underdeveloped countries because the rate of return there is comparatively higher. The risks are also greater in the form of social unrest, popular revolution, government intervention and expropiation. Here is where the Pentagon helps to protect US. "interests" and to secure the much vaunted domestic prosperity which has come to depend increasingly on foreign earnings. Paradoxically, prosperity under conditions of low profitability inside the US. is being achieved through economic stagnation and high profits elsewhere. Thus the external proletariat of the North American empire suffers the heaviest burden of exploitation and has the greatest stake in overcoming imperialism. The weakest link in the chain of US. imperialism is in the Third World and above all in its Latin American backyard. It is difficult for either Latin or North American revolutionaries to win alone. Just as N orth American labor and the inner-city ghettos depend on a Latin American revolution to undermine the imperialism of the dollar abroad, so the superexploited subproletariat south of the Rio Grande depends on thv blacks, chicanos, Puerto Rican and white workers inside the U.S. to immobilize the imperialism of the dollar at home. These internal and external proletariats are virtual brothers in distress and share a common lot and destiny. Only by working together for their common liberation can they overcome the prospect of a Latin American Vietnam. The Latin American masses are struggling not for a symbolic sovereignty as in Africa but for economic independence from the United States and for a belated resolution against native oligarchs who have sold their countries to foreign interests. Such a struggle, as in Cuba and Santo Domingo, portends U.S. military intervention and ultimately a continental struggle for liberation. The objective conditions are present for a Second Latin American War of Independence: this time the struggle will be launched by the oppressed and not by the native bourgeoisie and oligarchies. Such a struggle will have for its principal target not only yanqui imperialism, but also dependent Latin American capitalism. And its successful outcome promises to galvanize the North American people into waging a parallel struggle against the Juggernaut that will be sending the cream of its youth to be killed in Latin America as an earlier generation was sacrificed in Vietnam. The U.S. government is now less transparent and far more cautions that it was during the "incident" in Santo Domingo in 1965. Today it tolerates the socialist govemment of Salvador Allende; it has responded with moderation to the claims of Peru and Ecuador to coastal waters extending 200 miles offshore: it has remained cool in the presence of continued harassment by Panamanian nationalists for the return of the Canal Zone; it no longer supports military invasions against popular governments such as the CIA planned against the Arbenz regime in Guatemala and against Castro in the Bay of Pigs. Instead, the State Department, Pentagon and CIA now rely on the Brazilian generals to do their work for them, to suppress nationalliberation movements in Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina and other South American countries. But the Brazilian generals are hated by their own people and by the peoples in neighboring states. In the event that they intervene to repress popular insurrections, the outcome is more likely to be defeat than victory. There will be no more Santo Domingos-at least not with subimperialist forces under the direction of Brazilian pretorians. Should Brazil fail in her appointed task, the Pentagon would have to intervene directIy. And at that moment a continental war between the two Americas would be a likely outcome: the culminating point in a class struggle between the North American plutoc¬racy and allied Latin American oligarchies on one side andO the combined internal and external proletariats of America on the other. The genial Goethe said of the battle of Valmy, where the French Revolutionary armies defeated the Prussians, that it was not a simple defeat but the triumph of a new society. The North American plutocrats will eventually encounter their Valmy in some part of Latin America. If the undernourished, underdeveloped, pauperized, exploited, oppressed and Balkanized Latin American nation is not revolutionary, then it will never achieve either liberation or unification. It has to discover through revolutionary praxis, through the unity of revolutionary thought and action, where the secret of its emancipation lies: in the combined actions of the North and Latin American proletariats toward the overcoming of feudalism, militarism, capitalism and imperialism in the final decades of the twentieth century.Montevideo, July 20, 1972


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Urban Outfitters does it again - they are just mad genius at creating style at bargain prices. I love these new cotton area 3' x 5' rugs - the Tyrolean, Temple Garden and Floral Ink Blot (that one's my favorite). And they're all only $28 bucks. Sweet and Stylin'.


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Beverly, MA (PRWEB) February 19, 2013
Kaminski Auctions will host an auction on February 24th devoted to coins, stamps, instruments, and ephemera that comprise from many fine New England collections. With over two hundred lots, many discerning collectors will surely encounter exciting new items of interest.
High quality coins will form the backbone of the upcoming Auction of Fine Collections. The top lot of the sale is predicted to be an 1858 Australian gold sovereign, ISY AU55, with an estimate of $5,000.00 to $8,000.00.
An extremely rare 18K yellow gold commemorative coin of the Pope John XXIII carries a similarly high estimate of $5,000.00 to $7,000.00. The gold coin, or medal, was designed by R. Signorini and shows the Pope's profile on the obverse and a profile portrait of F. Fitzgerald on the reverse. The original Vatican box still encases this valuable coin.
American coins will join these fine foreign examples to complete the coin selection. Of much interest is an American twenty-dollar gold piece by the premiere American sculptor of the time, Augustus Saint Gaudens. The 1924 coin is of high grade and is estimated at $1,400.00 to $2,000.00.
Also predicted to fetch a high price is a 14K gold and enamel medal of the Society of Cincinnati. Officers of the American Revolution founded this hereditary patriotic organization, and today their descendants continue to support the organization as an educational and historical society. Inscribed with the name and date of foundation: "Societas: Cincinnatorium: Intituta: AD 1783," this particular medal was passed down through the family of Emmett J. Flavig.
A collection of fine instruments will also come to the podium on auction day. Two lots of these instruments, a Hurdy Gurdy and a Viola D'amour, are among the highest estimated lots. The Japot made Hurdy Gurdy features a spruce top, with an ebony board mellow back. Made in France between 1800 and 1880, this instrument is very finely decorated throughout, and will be sold with an estimate of $1,000.00 to $3,000.00. The birdseye maple viola d'amour carries the same estimate. The viola is labeled "Tuscany Spinelli Anoldo."
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I recently RE-blocked my Koigu Lace Shawl. The first time I did it, I did not use the wires. And I did not pin out the points on my crochet edging as much as I could have. It was my first shawl - and not really being a shawl wearer, I did not want a HUGE shawl. I blocked conservatively and I was very pleased with the results.
A few weeks ago one of our customers was about to block her Koigu Lace Shawl. We were talking about how she should do it, and about how the edging could be blocked differently than mine was. We decided that she would pin out each point on the crocheted edging. And her results were amazing. (Aren't her colors wonderful too?)
As soon as I saw her shawl, I decided to reblock both the Koigu Lace Shawl, and the Charlotte's Web Shawl. As you can see, my results were dramatic as well.
(NOTE: this technique can be followed for a number of fibers, but not all fibers. Always check your yarn label or ask someone at your local yarn shop for blocking recommendations.)
1 knitted item to be blocked (ITBB) (shawl, sweater, scarf, etc.)
1 sink or basin filled with cool to lukewarm water
a pinch of Eucalan or Kookaburra Woolwash
3 large clean towels
1 blocking surface (a rug works well!)
a lot of pins
1 set of blocking wires (optional, but recommended!)
1 measuring tape or yard stick
1) Fill basin with water. Add a pinch of Eucalan or Kookaburra. Gently agitate the water with your hands to distribute the soap.
2) Insert your ITBB. Some ITBBs have a tendency to float up on the surface (lace shawls).
3) Make sure your ITBB is completely immersed in the water. Leave for a couple of minutes, until all of the fiber has absorbed water.
4) Drain the basin and with your hands, gently press the water out of the ITBB. Caution: DO NOT WRING OR TWIST! If the soap you used requires rinsing, proceed to step 5. If not, proceed to step 6.
5) Fill basin again with clean water. Then drain basin and press water out of ITBB. Repeat this step until you feel soap is completely gone.
6) Gently lift ITBB and place on dry, clean towel. Roll up the towel. This will absorb any excess water.
7) Spread 2 clean, dry towels on your blocking surface. Thread the blocking wires through the edges of your ITBB, and using the tape measure, pin into the correct shape and size.
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|01 Dec 2011
Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit
Low volume when using headphones
Greetings, I recently purchased a pair of Phillips SHP2500 headphones. I do not have a headphone jack available on the speakers, so I plugged them directly into the sound card. Problem is, the volume is relatively low even when everything's maxed out. This might occur because of the fact that I have an onboard sound card (biostar a880g), I'm not sure. I'm using Realtek HD drivers and W7 32 bit. Hope you can help me :)
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|07 Dec 2011
I've been having headphone issues with my new Dell, and discovered there are ton of places that sound controls hide.
If you left-click volume in the system tray and get the volume meter, did you click on Mixer to be sure that nothing is muted in there?
If you right-click the same icon and choose Sound, you can get to all of the sound tabs. I would think you need a "headphones" item in Playback. If you don't have one (I didn't) you can add it by following instructions that I got here:
The Well-Tempered Computer
Scroll down to Drivers and he tells you how to replace your sound drivers.
I also found that the Properties for each device contains a Levels tab which was low and in some cases muted by default on my system.
Hope that helps
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|08 Dec 2011
The output jack on the soundcard delivers a "line level" signal which is meant to be fed into an amplifier. It's really not sufficient for powering headphones by itself.
You might try to pick up a headphone amplifier, a cheap home stereo type of amp or a set of active desktop speakers (active meaning they have a built-in amp) that have their own headphone jack.
|My System Specs
|08 Dec 2011
The output jack on the soundcard delivers a "line level" signal which is meant to be fed into an amplifier. It's really not sufficient for powering headphones by itself.OK. So, Corazon, I take that to mean that the headphone jack in the front of some machines is a completely different jack? Wired differently or something so that the system is not expecting an amplifier?
|My System Specs
|08 Dec 2011
It depends - actually, I should've asked you first if your computer was a laptop or a desktop. I find that laptops have "proper" headphone jacks, whereas desktops just route the line signal to the front jacks but those aren't necessarily meant for headphones.
This has been my own observation anyway - I don't claim to know for absolutely sure...
|My System Specs
|08 Dec 2011
I'm dealing with a desktop unit for this issue.
Actually, I've never seen a laptop with two audio out lines, one for speakers and one for headphones; therefore, I figured anyone looking at the question would understand it was a desktop machine. Sorry.
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Tuesday, 4 October 2011
John Frieda Frizz Ease 3-Days Straight
For some reason I had expected this to be a single use product so I was pleasantly surprised to realise it is a spray that will provide many applications. The directions are to apply to freshly washed damp or wet hair (7-15 spritzes), comb through, blow dry hair straight and then finish using hair straighteners. It seems to take very little effort to get a nice smooth blow dry when I use this just using a paddle brush. I also find that it seems to give my hair extra body which is great as my hair can look a limp. This extra body lasts even when I use the straighteners.
The first time I used this I attempted to leave my hair three days before washing. It looked great on the second day and was still straight on the third but by then it really needed washing. On the packaging it does say three days or until you would next wash your hair. So, in my case this gives two good days.
My hair feels nice and soft when I use this with no sign of product residue. It costs £6.99 which I think is good value considering the multiple uses. I'm very pleased with my frizz-less barnet and I intend to get my curly haired friends to give it a try too.
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- Anonymous4 October 2011 at 10:13
I really like the sound of this. My hair has a natural curl but is also very fine, I had seen this in boots and worried it would go two ways - either make my hair lank and greasy or crisp.ReplyDelete
I'm going to go back and give it a go, thanks for this review! xx
Ooh I would love to know how this fares on curly or wavy hair!ReplyDelete
I really like this product too, I haven't stopped using it since I bought it!ReplyDelete
Sarah xx
Been very curious about this product for a while now and now even more so after this post! I think I need to hunt it down at some point soon! ;)ReplyDelete
Great review! xx
I've also been curious about this but the reviews have been 50/50 but now you've said it helped with blow drying I may have to try some! I do love the frizz ease serum after all. No one mentioned blow drying, I don't use straightners all the time as my hairs getting longer and can't cope with frequent use goes too dry and breaks. But if I can get it fairly straight and keep it straight with blow drying I'll be happy!ReplyDelete
Thanks for all of your comments.ReplyDelete
@Georgia: I'd definitely recommend giving it a go. I worry about straightening products making my hair lanky but I really like the body I get with this.
@MLBB: I must get on and pounce on one of my curl haired friends!
@Sarah: I'm pleased to hear you like it too. I really like the blowdry I get when I use it. Definite thumbs up.
@Tina: Thanks Tina. I would definitely recommend giving it a try.
@EJ: It's interesting that the reviews have been mixed. I suppose it might depend on how curly ones hair is. Mine isn't curl, just unruly so it just helps it look more groomed I suppose. I am very pleased with the effect!
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I know the idea comes out of Eastern practices, especially Eastern meditation, but is there any use for them in Christian practice?
Like most things, a mantra is nothing in itself. What that mantra states, however can have a powerful impact on a person's life.
The things we repeat to ourselves everyday, are our mantras. In meditation we choose a mantra. For Christians it should be something biblical, something that builds us up spiritually. Outside of meditation, however, we often repeat unhealthy mantras to ourselves without even thinking about them.
"I hate my job." "I'm so tired." "I feel like ----"
These may be some of the mantras that repeat themselves in your head. These negative mantras have power too. They become our constant chant. Here is where the devil gets a foothold. He may be able to convince us to make a bad decision in order to escape what we feel is a bad situation. He may be able to plant sickness into our body too.
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This week let's make it a practice to repeat something encouraging, something from Scripture to counter the negative thoughts each time one of them pops in our head.
"I hate my job." "Thank you Father for providing a job for me in this down economic time."
"I'm so tired." "The Lord is my strength when I am weary."
"I feel like (fill in the blank)" "But as for me, I will hope continually, I will praise You yet more and more." (Psalm 71:14).
What are some of the mantras that have helped you?
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I'll try to sum up our small-town adventures into three major areas:
1. Markets
I sewed pillow covers as hostess gifts. In order to save space in my suitcase, my sister suggested getting the insert pillows made in-country. We went to local the marketplace to this little shop where they make linens and had three pillows made.
|measuring the fabric
|stuffing the pillow
|stuffing the pillow cover with the newly made pillow
The woman even added velcro to my envelope closure, because it wasn't staying properly. When I got home to the states, I bought velcro to use when those cases come up again. Thanks, Chinese seamstress!
I had a potty adventure in this same marketplace the next day. I really, really, really want to share details, because it was one of those "full immersion" experiences, but I won't, because the details are gross. I'll just share this: it involved a trough in lieu of a toilet.
I actually had more than one potty adventure in China. Maybe it's because of the vast difference in potty culture over there compared to here.
At the grocery store (pictured above), I suddenly needed to use the restroom. My sister asked an employee where the toilets were, and he pointed up. I had to find the exit to the grocery store, which was a crazy maze of Chinese product-filled aisles. Then I had to figure out which floor of the building the restroom was on. The first employee on the second floor pointed up when I tried to say the word for "toilet" and pointed at my tummy. I found the public restroom on the third floor in the back corner of a high-end department store, but when I got into the stall, I realized I forgot my tissue pack. Everyone carries around packs of tissues because toilet paper isn't provided (unless it's a really nice restroom).
Luckily, it wasn't too late. I went back downstairs to get my tissues, but my sister had already left with said tissues to come find me. We crossed paths a couple times before we finally found each other. All the while several Chinese employees watched me walk back and forth and even tried to help me by telling me in Chinese and miming that my sister had already passed by.
I just had to laugh about how something as seemingly simple as going to the public restroom becomes an adventure when you're in a foreign country, and in my case, with no cell phone.
2. Walk the Wall
My sister works for International China Concern in a welfare center. You can find more about the organization here, but it basically goes into existing welfare centers and helps organize services like medical services, physical therapy, counseling, adoption, etc. ICC holds an annual event around the world called Walk the Wall to raise awareness and funds for their projects. We just happened to be visiting during this event and got to participate!
The event took place at a beautiful park on the Yellow River. It involved a walk around the park, speeches from the different leaders of the welfare center, and performances from some of the kids.
|Standing in front of a field of sunflowers and the Yellow River
We had a great time participating and getting lots of photos taken of us, but then again, being photo subjects was part of our entire China experience.
3. Massage
One of the things I was most excited about when planning our China trip was massage. I had heard about 90 minute massages for $10, and I couldn't wait to indulge myself.
My first experience was the head massage. We were out one morning and kind of spontaneously decided to get our hair washed. Zane really wanted to get his hair cut in China, so we went to my sister's favorite salon. Angela and I got the full treatment, and Zane got a regular wash and cut.
Angela and my treatment was a luxury hair wash that included a head massage. It also included shoulder, neck, arms, and hands massage. Then we turned onto our tummies, and they gave us a back massage! It was amazing.
After the wash and massage, we both got our hair dried to perfection. I mean PERFECTION. The guy drying my hair in this picture was a huge perfectionist, and this was obviously his specialty. The guy drying Angela's hair was only her "pre-dryer." After my guy finished with my hair, he went over and finished up Angela's.
He's obviously very good at his job. Angela's waves were all done with his fingers. He curled the hair over his fingers and blow dried it instead of using a round brush. We were both pleased with our hair-do's.
A couple nights later we went on a double date to get foot massages. One of Angela's coworkers watched Daisy (as in, hung out at Angela's apartment after Daisy went to sleep). Angela and her boyfriend, Zane and I went to dinner then foot massage.
We went to this massage place that is apparently a chain and got all dolled-up in these nice robe things. I ended up changing back into my clothes because the waist band was constricting my tummy. Chinese people are smaller than me.
|My expression is because the water is super hot.
It's a nice set-up with four chairs in the same room. We watched some Chinese animal planet show about cheetahs on TV. We had snacks and drinks. My favorite snack was the roasted peas or something like that. They also had something called glutenous rice balls, but they looked like eyeballs, so I didn't have any.
It probably looks very luxurious by these photos, but we were in pain. Foot massage in China isn't about relaxation. It's about kneading your muscles into playdoh. They start at your feet, move up your legs, massage your stomach (!), then you flip over, and they massage your back.
Zane had the worst time of it (contrary to his smiling face in this photo), and when Angela told his massage therapist that it hurt, the guy said, "It's supposed to hurt."
It was still light-hearted, though painful. We laughed through most of it, and Zane and I declared we would never do that again. Imagine knuckles in your spine. Not exactly the massage I was imagining when I was planning our trip. It was a great cultural experience though. Many people have asked if my feet felt great afterwards, but all I can say is that a couple days later they hurt to the touch, as if they were bruised on the arch. So, no.
Travel Tips and Take-Aways
1. Always make sure you have tissues when you use the restroom.
2. Be prepared for people to take pictures of you, especially if you're traveling with kids. If it gets to be too much, just walk away. Most Chinese people were okay with use saying, "Okay, bye!" and just leaving the area.
3. Chinese head massage and hair washing is delightful. I totally recommend it. Very cheap for a great experience. It took about 90 minutes and cost $2.50.
4. Chinese foot massage is "enter at your own risk." Some westerners love it. Zane and I hated it. It's about 90 minutes and cost something like $10.00.


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It's only been about a week and I've already had feelings of nostalgia for my trip. I miss my friends, I miss the potential for discoveries around every corner and I miss the food. I especially miss the weather, I've had several daydreams about it.
I didn't expect to like Los Angeles as much as I did, much less miss it when I went away. But I do! I love the expansiveness of it and how the air tells you to settle down, relax, don't worry. I love the brimming ideas, the sunshine and all of the pretty things. I've heard that the superficiality is the biggest downfall of this city, and I believe it, but I also only met truly delightful people, and all of the pretty things served to inspire me, not foster any discontentment or resentment.
I could eat this every day!! I ate all of mine and then finished Janie's. Should I stuff in one more, I wondered?
We headed back over to Abbot Kinney, a street with great shops and restaurants, where first order of business was ice cream at Salt & Straw. You know what, I should have eaten more ice cream on this trip!
Abbot Kinney has some amazing shops, as well as street art and food. I loved my afternoon here so hard. I found everything inspiring and it got my creative juices pumping. I didn't take photos of every shop we were in - although I wish I had!
Urbanic was probably one of my favorite places - I love paper products and this store had so many beautiful things.
I have it in my mind that I'm going to somehow work a giant yellow triangle into somewhere in my house..
The reason a street like this is exciting for me is because I love seeing the interiors of these various places - not just the products they sell but how they set things up.
Not included in these photos are: visiting Hilary's place, visiting Soonie's place, driving by Venice Canals, driving around in L.A., the music I listened to while driving around, the delicious Chinese food we had for dinner for my last meal, and the Persian dinner for my first meal there - all things that helped make my trip there so wonderful. It was a short trip, but it pretty much guaranteed that I wanted to come back someday.
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In the early days of the Internet, phenomena were primarily spread via email or Usenet discussion communities. Today, many of these phenomena are also spread via popular, user-based or social networking web sites, including (but not limited to) 4chan, Newgrounds, Reddit, Facebook, Fark, Flickr, Myspace, Slashdot, Something Awful, YouTube, or YTMND. Search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, or Bing may also amplify the propagation of these phenomena.
Kesimpulannya, dalam Bahasa Malaysia, 'Meme' satu fenomena yang popular di Internet yang hangat diperkatakan di kalangan semua pengguna. Dan selalunya fenomena popular itu akan menjadi satu trend atau ikutan ramai.
Taken from Internet for Beginners, these are examples of Modern Internet Memes.
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The agency was alerted to the possible problem by Rebecca Jasiczak who says that while driving along a stretch of the A12 near Witham in Essex, she "narrowly avoided a seizure" prompted by the solar-powered cat's eyes. The offending devices flash at 100 times a second, which created "a strobe-like effect which nearly triggered an epileptic fit", according to Jasiczak.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Ask Your Children: What Is Good Friday?
I talked casually with a group of ten year old girls yesterday at church, and I asked them: What is Good Friday? The first thing I heard was "Earth Day!" Seriously, whose idea was it to set Earth Day this year on the same day as Good Friday!?!
It took a few prodding questions to finally get one of the girls to say "Oh, I know! It's the day Jesus died!" Well, yeah, but it's so much more than that. I asked her "Did He die? Or was He killed?" At that point, it became blatantly obvious to them that it was the day that Jesus was crucified. Once they realized that, they knew the rest of the story.
But, this was at church. What about kids who don't go to church? I'm not judging you for whether you do or do not go to church. We are each free to worship how, where, and what we want. But, do our kids know why we have Good Friday off school? Do they know what happened that day, and why it's significant?
Do me a favor; ask them? And tell me what they say! What's your opinion? -Julie L. Spencer
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- Lilly Corbett said...
It's funny, Kenny asked me the other day. So, I countered (as I often do when he asks me questions) "what do YOU think it is?" and he thought for a minute... and said "Is it when Jesus died?" I then explained the crucifixion, and that he suffered for our sins. He asked why he had to rise again, and that led to a deeper discussion of the atonement. I think sometimes we take for granted that they know what it is and what it all means. Sometimes I think "he knows.." with out fully discussing things on his level. Gotta step back and slow down!
- April 18, 2011 at 12:36 PM
- Lo said...
Impressed that you are stepping away from your "everything about Twilight" postings. I think the atonement is something even adults grapple with and have trouble defining. One person from my past (cannot remember who) said to take the word apart. At One Ment. So, the meaning of the word; i.e., "ment" is that "one" person took on the whole world of sins or the current "at" for all of us, but also that belongs just to me. He died for all of us and rose from the dead, but he did it just for me and that, to me, is what is so amazing about my relationship with Jesus. Aunt Lois
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Donald T. Nicolaisen, former SEC Chief Accountant, co-chair of the U.S. Treasury Advisory Commitee on the Auditing Profession, and member of the FASB-IASB Financial Crisis Advisory Group, and Dennis D. Dammerman, former vice chairman of the board and executive officer of General Electric Company, were named today as the 2009 inducteess to the FEI Hall of Fame. Read the FEI press release.
Now in its fourth year, the FEI Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who epitomize the performance, leadership and integrity of the most exemplary financial executives throughout their careers. See the list of past inductees.
Dammerman and Nicolaisen will be formally honored during an induction ceremony at the FEI Hall of Fame black tie Gala Dinner on November 16 at the New York Palace in New York City. The event will be hosted by CNBC correspondent Bob Pisani. Proceeds from the Gala benefit the work of the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research affiliate of FEI. Microsoft is the premier sponsor of the Hall of Fame Gala. Learn more about the FEI Hall of Fame, and register for the Gala event at http://www.feihall.org/
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- Pollie said...
This will not succeed in reality, that is what I think.
- August 27, 2012 at 12:23 AM
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