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Bandwidth-heavy trends like mobility, virtualization, bring-your-own device policies and pervasive video are straining corporate networks, as most admins can tell you. But are they prepared for nearly half of enterprise networks to become obsolete by 2016?
That's the warning coming from Dimension Data's Network Barometer 2012 report, which conducted 294 technology lifecycle management assessments. It found that 45% of networks will be obsolete within five years, a 38% increase from the results in 2010.
"What unfolded as we looked at the data are that trends like virtualization, video and bring your own device ... are rapidly consuming the resources of the network," says Larry Van Deusen, national practice manager for network integration at Dimension Data Americas. "It's a continuous trend that has significantly ramped up."
The report also found that companies are taking risks by pushing technology assets to their limits, since two-thirds of all devices assessed by Dimension Data in 2011 had at least one known security vulnerability, says Van Deusen. Four of the 10 most prevalent security vulnerabilities were new, according to the findings, while three earned a "high severity" rating and one a "critical" rating. Van Deusen says the findings underscore how important it is for organizations to ensure that their patch-management processes are comprehensive and that they screen for security vulnerabilities regularly.
"Maybe they have a policy in place, but they haven't actively gone back and evaluated whether they're running the right level of support" when a device is replaced or repaired, says Van Deusen.
The most significant finding was the trend toward mobility, he says. "Our prediction is that 802.11 penetration will be greater than 50% next year. As we continue this evolution and client consumerization is putting more pressure on moving from wired to wireless, we're seeing a more rapid move from 802.11b/g/a networks to new standard, 802.11n networks, which were existing Wi-Fi networks that didn't support video and high-bandwidth trends that is the requirement now,'' he says. "As IT organizations are consuming more [bandwidth] quickly, they need to support the continued trend toward 802.11n standard."
The 2012 Network Barometer report also found that from a lifecycle perspective, the total number of devices past end-of-sale jumped from 38% to 45%. According to Dimensions Data, this highlights the fact that organizations can't forget the network when deploying new communication services.
The report also indicates that while the percentage of devices with security vulnerabilities stayed roughly the same (73% last year vs. 75% this year), the vulnerability environment is rapidly evolving with four new entrants on the top 10 list--all of which carry relatively high risk ratings.
"There's a perception that if it's working and functional we don't need to do anything with it, so there's adversity of risk there," says Van Deusen. "Then there's the manufacturer who has to move through the lifecycle and say, 'We got to get our new and more efficient products out there that take advantage of new technologies.' Clients are at crossroads where they have to adapt or move to new products." He says that while organizations should know to expect this, since all products are subject to a lifecycle, "based on cost and market dynamics and doing more with less and reducing costs, clients are waiting until as long as they can. So this is a compelling event."


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Repairing the seal on the dishwasher door eliminates the vast majority of dishwasher leaks. If the problem is a hose connection, the warranty on the dishwasher may require a call to a professional.
The next time a load of dishes is running, a place to start troubleshooting is right under the door. If drops appear there, it is time to check the gasket, which is the rubber seal that runs all the way around the perimeter of the dishwasher door. Clear cracks or other damage on the gasket means that a replacement is in order. Cleaning the gasket thoroughly with all-purpose home cleaner and a sponge is appropriate if no clear damage appears.
Finding the float switch in the owner's manual is the next step. Cleaning this with all-purpose home cleaner keeps the switch from sticking in the lower position, which can make the tub fill too high.
If the dishwasher door jiggles when it is closed and latched, adjusting the latch plate at the top center of the frame tightens the door, making a better seal. Even if there was no damage on the gasket, if the leak persists after cleaning it and adjusting the door, replacing the gasket comes next before calling a professional.

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NEW DELHI (AlertNet) - Sri Lanka's 25-year war is over but aid groups on the Indian Ocean island say strict government controls are hampering their ability to help hundreds of thousands of survivors rebuild their lives.
According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, more than 70,000 people were killed and over 1 million forced to flee their homes during the civil war between the army and separatist Tamil Tigers rebels.
Asia's longest-running modern war - which saw the Tigers controlling almost a fifth of the entire country - ended in May 2009 with the government declaring victory. Hundreds of thousands of displaced people are now returning to their war-ravaged homes in the north of the country and shelter, food, clean water and sanitation remain pressing needs.
But strict government rules, including on visas for foreign staff, approvals for aid projects and access to the former war zone, mean the provision of such humanitarian relief is often delayed, say aid professionals.
"There is a definite trend to reduce aid agencies to service providers where the government says where, what, when and how. Therefore, it might be more difficult for NGOs to operate in the future according to humanitarian principles or their mandate," said one relief worker based in Colombo.
It takes up to five months to obtain a visa for a foreign aid worker, longer than before. If approved, visas are generally valid only for one month and have to be renewed.
Relief workers say they often have to wait for months to have a project in the highly militarised north to be approved by the state, adding that the guidelines change constantly.
Aid workers based in Colombo also need to seek clearance from the defence ministry to access the northern parts of the island, adding that they are not permitted to stay overnight and end up wasting time and donor money in the six-hour drive from Colombo to the north and back again.
"The government and army are doing a good job in terms of the big projects such as building roads and other infrastructure, but people still need the basics. We are here to fill that gap," said one aid worker. "The authorities need to give us more freedom by easing up our access."
But the Sri Lankan authorities says strict monitoring is necessary, adding that there is a history of mistrust of aid groups, some of which worked in rebel-controlled east and north areas for years.
Officials accuse some aid workers of failing to adhere to principles of neutrality and becoming "too sympathetic" to the Tigers who were fighting against the majority Sinhalese government for a separate state.
"By and large, the NGOs have been doing a good job but there have been instances when they were found to be doing things which were against Sri Lanka's sovereignty," Sugeeswara Senadhira, Minister Counsellor at the Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi, told AlertNet.
Senadhira said that during the war some drivers working for international aid agencies were found to be smuggling explosive devices for the rebels, carrying banned items such as batteries, wires and firearms or even transporting rebels - a charge denied by the aid organisations.
The government has also accused relief groups of doing work considered "beyond their mandate" such as human rights – a sensitive topic, with activists saying that both the rebels and the army are guilty of war crimes.
In September last year the government expelled James Elder, a spokesman for U.N. children's fund UNICEF, saying he was spreading propaganda in favour of the rebels.
In statements to the press, Elder had spoken of the poor conditions in the camps where around 280,000 ethnic Tamils displaced by the war were being held by the government, waiting to be resettled.
He had also spoken of the "unimaginable hell" that children went through in the final months of the conflict, when government troops surrounded the rebels together with hundreds of thousands of civilians on a tiny strip of land. The rebels were accused of using civilians as human shields.
While some observers attribute the tighter regulations on aid work to government paranoia and see it as an attempt to rid the country of any remnants of sympathy towards the rebels, others say it is also about pride, control and the desire to forget the war and move on.
Last month the authorities asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to close down its operations in the former war-zone towns of Jaffna and Vavuniya where it was providing artificial limbs to war victims and helping families visit relatives who were in detention.
Officials said the organisation's mandate in Sri Lanka had changed since the war ended, but some aid workers say the move was motivated by something else.
"The ICRC is an organisation associated with war and that's not helpful when the government is trying to promote an image to the world which is aimed at attracting foreign investment as well as to boosting its tourism industry which is a key economic sector," said one aid worker.
Aid workers fear the tighter controls will continue and predict more agencies will be asked to shut down operations in the coming year, something which most agree should happen eventually.
"I'm not against NGOs scaling down their operations in a country if the work is finished and as long as the needs of the population have been met," said one aid worker.
"The main question is whether the government will take on those responsibilities in the north and take care of the minority Tamil population, as much as it does with other Sinhalese populations in the south." ~ courtesy: trust.org (Reuters/Alertnet) ~


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Web Date: January 20, 2011
African Chemists Meet In Johannesburg
Keywords: SACI/FACS conference
Chemists from throughout Africa and the world are meeting in Johannesburg this week for a conference with the theme "Chemistry: The Key to Africa's Future." The joint meeting of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI)—the oldest and largest chemical society in Africa—and the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry (FASC) is the first in a series of events celebrating the International Year of Chemistry (IYC).
The joint conference marks both the 40th meeting of SACI and the third meeting of FASC, which was founded in 2006. The conference began on Jan. 16 and runs through Jan. 21.
At the opening ceremonies, Temechegn Engida, president of FASC and one of the originators of the idea to celebrate IYC, said that "2011 represents a new spirit of chemistry in Africa, celebrated not through holidays but through hard work in applying chemistry to sustainable development in Africa." Engida also used the occasion to announce that a number of individuals, including American Chemical Society President Nancy B. Jackson, had been made honorary members of FASC.
Jackson spoke during the opening ceremonies and presented a keynote lecture in the green chemistry track of the conference on "Solar Recycling of CO2 into Hydrocarbon Fuels: Sunshine to Petrol." She described an approach developed at Sandia National Laboratories for using concentrated solar energy to reduce CO2 to CO as the first step toward producing hydrocarbon fuels. The take-home message of her talk, Jackson said, was that "solar fuels encompass more than just biology."
Also at the opening ceremonies, Ivan R. Green, president of SACI, said: "We are proud to initiate IYC from the South African side of the African continent. The SACI/FASC conference has something for everyone." Green urged young chemists from Africa attending the conference to network with the many speakers from Western countries.
Another major theme of the SACI/FASC meeting was sustainability, including approaches to mitigate the effects of climate change. The first plenary lecture at the conference was presented by Sir David King, who holds positions at both the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. The successes of science and technology in improving human existence and extending human life spans in the 20th century have spawned many of the challenges, including climate change, facing us in the early decades of the 21st century, King said. The lecturer said he is optimistic that chemistry can provide solutions to many of those challenges.
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Weekly round-up – Monday 4th June 2012
Carrie Dunn // 4 June 2012
Here's our weekly round-up of interesting stories we didn't have time to blog about – as usual, feel free to debate in the comments and add your own links there.
The usual disclaimer applies – linking here doesn't necessarily imply endorsement and the stories could be triggering.
PS I found the image on Flickr from the National Archives UK photo stream and thought it was terrific and timely!
How Newsnight demonised a single mother (Liberal Conspiracy)
What BBC Newsnight did to Shanene Thorpe (Lenin's Tomb)
Asylum seekers: when the questions tell us so much more than the answers
It's 2012 already: why is opinion writing still mostly male? (CJR)
The hijab has liberated me from society's expectations of women (CiF)
Gender diversity audit of the New Statesman's home page (Sian and Crooked Rib)
Book Rant | The Girl's Book of Glamour
Free childcare trials to begin in September (Guardian)
Body Image report launched (BodyImage.org.uk)
Edit – 5th June – this link no longer seems to work – try this one instead!
This Is What Makes Us Girls (Tiger Beatdown)
How to pitch (stories) like a girl (Poynter)
The responses to RadFem2012 show our queer and feminist communities to be standing strong against transphobia (Lesbilicious)
The Rumpus Interview with Alison Bechdel
Oklahoma doctor refuses to provide emergency contraceptive to rape victim on basis of religious conscience
From 2010: Queen tried to use state poverty fund to heat Buckingham Palace
A Guide to Hipster Anti-Racism (Racialicious)
Ched Evans appeals against rape conviction (Sheffield Star)
Hey, feminists who try to reclaim the term "feminazi"? Don't. (Zero at the Bone)
Girl from AP's Vietnam napalm photo finds her peace with history (Guardian)
NYT: MEN invented the internet (Xeni Jardin)
Jason Alexander offers the greatest apology in history for 'gay cricket' joke (Out Sports)
Bare-breasted in New York (Paa.La)
Comments From You
IronFly // Posted 5 June 2012 at 9:21 pm
The body image report link isn't working for me.
Also, I wrote this about women and open source filmmaking:
The article wasn't specifically about women, but the two directors involved just so happened to be. Which is nice.
sian norris // Posted 8 June 2012 at 11:11 am
ooh, i only just noticed you'd linked to my diversity audit! many thanks xx
L.M // Posted 9 June 2012 at 8:24 pm
This article about the surrogacy industry in India is really disturbing and important: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jun/05/india-surrogates-impoverished-die
Also, this article from Pragna Patel of Southall Black Sisters about honour based violence is really good: http://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/pragna-patel/use-and-abuse-of-honour-based-violence-in-uk
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< Beautiful roses on a sunny, beautiful day >
Happy Monday, and Happy Halloween! This past weekend was filled with so much fun, laughter with good friends, celebrations at a beautiful wedding, and a short road trip with my husband. Really truly, I loved every second of this weekend! Completely thankful for all of the awesome friends in my life, I do not know what I would do without each and every one of you! This week will absolutely be full of happy notes as the celebrations from this weekend are always going to make me smile, and the upcoming celebration for next weekend is also something I cannot stop smiling about. I hope that all of you wonderful 3P readers have a week that is full of as many smiles and as much happiness, too!
Hope you all have a great time with all of the trick-or-treaters tonight!
< Decorations from an incredible Halloween party hosted by friends that always plan the most amazing parties >
< Candles lining the aisle inside the church that is my alma mater, for my beautiful friends' wedding >
< An incredibly gorgeous day, and a view that brings back such amazing memories >
< Elegant centerpieces at the wedding reception, and the sign from the table that was the most fun! >
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This post is a cool tutorial on how to create your own beautiful lighting fixtures, made easily and cheaply with grape vines and electric lights.
These would make gorgeous decorations for a wedding or party. The photos are beautiful and the instructions are clear and helpful.
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Lynne of lynneknowlton.com fame, gives some options on making these "glowing spheres" by using a beach ball or a wire ball to form the ball.
Check out the tutorial… it covers all steps, from finding the materials needed, to putting them together. Find it all here via lynneknowlton.com


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You'd be hard pressed describing spending the night playing Modern Warfare 3 as some kind of chore, at least to people who only ever really engage with video games casually. Sounds fun enough, they presume. It certainly beats laying bricks or pulling beers; it's not like it's work.
To closer friends of mine, however, my plan to play MW3 for the night was met with mostly mild bemusement – from regular Call of Duty players and staunch non-fans alike. The former were surprised I'd resisted for so long, assuming I had some kind of long-running beef with the series. The latter failed to grasp why I'd bother and were confused as to when and why I'd suddenly become extraordinarily partial to Call of Duty.
The truth is in neither, really. I don't feel especially strongly about Call of Duty either way. Not these days, anyhow. I finished the single-player campaign of Modern Warfare 3 at some point during the weeks following its release, shelved it and haven't touched it since. My favourite Call of Duty title remains Call of Duty 2 and I can't see that changing in the near future.
I didn't want to play Modern Warfare 3 because I love or hate the series. I wanted to play it because it's simultaneously one of the most loved and most hated games ever made.
Very little about the way a game like MW3 will be remembered will actually make sense to our children. According to Activision's reports more than 6.5 million copies of MW3 were sold on launch day (in just the US and UK alone). It grossed more money in five days than any other form of entertainment ever, nabbing $775 million in less than a week. Even today, it's still the most-played game on Xbox Live.
The teams at Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games know the figures. They know MW3 made roughly all of the money. They can see how many millions of fans are playing every day, every week. But every time they visit Metacritic they're met with a user score that places it amongst some of the most universally disliked games this generation. Every time they decide to wade through the comments of a Call of Duty article they're swamped with vitriolic comments from gamers who dislike the series (although can't help but click).
The strange thing isn't that there are gamers who don't like Call of Duty. The strange thing is they're so much more prominent than the gamers that do.
IGN reader Gabriela Victoria Vivas, 20 years old, from Sydney, Australia works in administration and she's quick to express just what she enjoys about MW3.
"I love playing because it's a way to interact with your friends and play together," she says. "It's mainly a social thing nowadays. My fiancé and I play probably three to four times a week when we get home from work."
"We end up talking while playing Search and Destroy and we just lose track of time having so much fun. We meet new friends from the game and mute the ones that annoy us."
The records say MW3 is the biggest thing since Jesus played fullback for Jerusalem.
There's so much ill-will around the web for the Call of Duty franchise as a whole it's almost odd to hear someone describe their fondness for it in such plain terms. The records say MW3 is the biggest thing since Jesus played fullback for Jerusalem but you rarely hear gamers speak positively about it. It seems harder for people to qualify why they like it, rather than why they don't.
Tyrone Lio is an 18-year-old chef based just south of Brisbane, Australia. The social aspect Gabriela touched on is equally important to him.
"You can spend time with friends without having to leave the house and, as a chef, I have the weirdest hours – so I lose most of my social life," he explains.
It's certainly easy to get started. The amount of time it takes to go from never having played a game of MW3 multiplayer in your life to waist-deep in your first deathmatch is laughably small. I've dealt with packets of Doritos trickier to fight your way into than MW3's multiplayer component. There's a certain simplicity here that I didn't expect (although, from the menus I shuffled through, I suspect it's also augmented by layers of statistics and tweaks I'll never understand).
It's roughly five seconds before I'm killed. The player who did so is one of the few in this match wearing a headset and mumbles that particularly taboo cuss word that begins with the letter c, although I can't tell if it was entirely derogatory because he's Australian too and we don't always use that word pejoratively.
This is like handing eight kids a Super Soaker each and setting them loose in your backyard.
I'm temporarily surprised at how smooth everything feels. I get the feeling that, if this wasn't a Call of Duty game, everyone would be losing their loads over just how robust proceedings feel. But it's not really war, this. This is like handing eight kids a Super Soaker each and setting them loose in your backyard. The winner is whoever wets everyone else the most. I mostly tried to slowly pick my way around, checking corners and such, and was hacked down every dozen seconds or so by someone jogging past behind me.
At the end of the match another player disparagingly mentions my kill/death ratio in a tone that suggests he thinks I know what that figure actually is at this moment. The one who (possibly) insulted me earlier has won; he doesn't gloat but it's not clear whether that's because he's just not the type or whether he never expected to lose.
"It's something you can play for 20 minutes, or endless hours in one sitting," says Nathan Schleemann, 20, also from Brisbane. "It doesn't take a genius to figure out how the multiplayer works; you shoot other people. Because of the ever-increasing technology at our fingertips, we're able to connect and talk to mates, whilst bonding over a mutual love/like for the game."
I play the game for a few hours. Enjoy would be the wrong word to substitute in there, but so would endure. I'm consuming it like you would the meal you order when a restaurant is out of your favourite dish; it's inoffensive but not what you like to eat most.
I play until I've had enough. I don't want to play any more of it but I can see why it works. Funnily enough, it seems the reasons MW3's multiplayer resonates so well among its faithful player base are more or less precisely the same reasons others hate it. Familiarity.
"So many people dislike it because it's just not innovative enough now," says Gabriela. "It feels like the same game with a new skin."
You could probably mount a pretty strong argument that Modern Warfare 3 has more in common with something like FIFA that it does its first-person shooter peers.
The first game people tend to compare MW3 to is Battlefield 3. You can hardly blame anyone for doing so, but I wonder if that's really all that relevant a comparison. You could probably mount a pretty strong argument that Modern Warfare 3 has more in common with something like FIFA than it does its first-person shooter peers. Like the latest FIFA, MW3 is very similar to the title that preceded it, albeit with a few more bells and whistles. Like the latest FIFA, it's a genre juggernaut.
FIFA is riding high. FIFA 12 is the best-selling sports game ever. EA is not going to jeopardise that. Not right now. It's going to refine the formula further for FIFA 13, not re-imagine the thing from the ground up. Call of Duty finds itself in the same space. They're really the same product. Call of Duty multiplayer is a sport, and Activision can't change the rules now any more than EA can reinvent football.
"Most people hate it because a new Call of Duty gets pumped out each year, generates millions, and the game is so much like the others," says Schleemann, before hitting the nail on the head. "But it works for them."
With more than six billion in the bank I certainly cannot say it doesn't.
Luke is Games Editor at IGN AU. You can chat to him about games, cars and cursing on IGN here or find him and the rest of the Australian team by joining the IGN Australia Facebook community.


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If you've tried to visit Club Nintendo today, you've no doubt noticed that the site is undergoing maintenance. But this is more than just switching up the menus. As reported by GoNintendo, this new update will allow Club members to trade coins for downloadable games. Apparently, members will also now be able to earn coins from third party titles via registration surveys.
Games to be offered in exchange for coins include Super Mario Kart (which will go for 100 coins), Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again (150 coins), 3D Classics: Xevious (100 coins) and Fluidity (150 coins). In other words, register two qualifying Wii games and get a download of Super Mario Kart on the house. Not too shabby.
Now avid Nintendo fans will have something other than souvenirs to trade their coins for. Coins are earned by registering Nintendo software and completing registration surveys. The amount you earn is generally equal to the cost of the purchase (you get 50 coins for a $50 Wii game, for instance, and 30 coins for a $30 DS game). Though you can't earn coins from registering downloadable titles, you can still get coins from defeating a survey for them.
A few new items are also being added to the reward catalog, for those who've already downloaded (or have no interest in) these titles. These include a gorgeous Zelda 25th anniversary three poster set (available for 400 coins), a Boo notebook (250 coins) and a Princess Peach notebook (250 coins).


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BMW Goes Slightly Mad, Announces 4 Series Gran Coupe
I think that someone, somewhere inside BMW's striking headquarters in Munich (which is in Germany, thank you) is about to be made "redundant". Either that, or the pervading sense of German pragmatism has been unceremoniously defenestrated from the offices of BMW's marketing, branding, and long-term planning executives. How else could they justify something like the newly announced 4 Series Gran Coupe? Let me provide a little background information:
BMW has recently nailed down a new branding strategy for the range of vehicles they make, specifically pertaining to coupes and sedans. All the even-numbered cars will have two doors, and the odd-numbered cars, four doors. So, there will be no more 1 Series or 3 Series coupes; these models will be sedan only. Similarly, the new 2 Series and 4 Series cars will have only two doors apiece, having been culled from the architecture of their four-door precursors. Follow me so far?
The 5 Series and 6 Series were already established in this manner, so no worries there, but many BMW enthusiasts are decrying the end of the 3 Series coupe. BMW, in turn, protests that it still exists, only that it's going to be called the 4 Series, and that there will be no need to specify that it's a coupe because the 4 Series will ever be only a two-door vehicle.
So with that in mind, BMW has now announced the 4 Series Gran Coupe, which, contrary to what the nomenclature might have you believe, is a sedan. So we now have the four-door version of the two-door car that was going to be the two-door version of the four-door car. Make sense? Yeah, me neither. Essentially what you'd be doing is buying a 3 Series with the 4 Series front end stuck on. Niche marketing is a strange, strange thing.
Trim levels will range from the 428i at the bottom end, packing a 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo developing 240hp, up to the top-end 435i, which touts a 3.0L turbo 6-cylinder making 300bhp, pretty much the same as the 3 Series. It's a little longer, a little lower, a little wider than the 3 Series, and, of course, sportier, but these things will pass straight over the heads of the average buyer. The only way I could really see justifying the extra expense for one is if you simply cannot live without the 4 Series' superior looks, or the knowledge that you spent just a little more than Bob down the street, because your bonus was bigger than his at the end of last quarter. Honestly.
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Tags: BMW, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, series, gran, coupe, 428i, 435i
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Two leading organizations in their respective fields are coming together for an agreement that will further both groups' missions. SeaWorld and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) are joining together in a partnership focused on the health of our oceans and the animals that call them home. The partnership helps each group extend its own mission and is based on their joint interest in preserving and protecting wild animals and the places they live.
For more than 50 years, SeaWorld has been one of the world's foremost zoological organizations,
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While the partnership with HSUS is not a financial one, SeaWorld has committed $50 million over the next five years to support other conservation and rescue groups with the goal of being the world's leading marine animal rescue organization.
HSUS commends SeaWorld for its decision to end orca breeding. Because SeaWorld has not collected orcas from the wild in nearly 40 years, this decision means that this is the last generation of orcas in SeaWorld's care. While the orcas live out their lives at SeaWorld, HSUS also commends the company for ending its theatrical performances of orcas in favor of orca encounters that highlight the whales' natural behaviors in more natural settings.
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First Nokia sued Apple. Then Apple sued Nokia. Last week, Nokia went to the International Trade Commission and requested a ban on the import of infringing Apple products. Today, Apple asked ITC to ban the import of infringing Nokia products.
This game of patent-infringement ping pong dates back to October, when Nokia first sued Apple for violating 10 patents, including holdings related to GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN. About a month and a half later, Apple counter sued, claiming that Nokia was attempting to steal their technology. Since then, both sides have filed further lawsuits claiming further patent violations of various sorts.
This week, the squabble's stage has moved to the International Trade Commission. A few days ago, Nokia requested that the ITC ban the importing of any and all Apple products, from MacBooks to iPhones, that make use of the patents in question. Today, Apple fired back, requesting the same ban on Nokia's mobile phone imports.


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These Creative Common People graphics boast rebellious character and quirky attributes. The look is somewhat bulbous, reminiscent of cartoons.
While the feel of these renderings is childlike, the technique and skill involved is striking and memorable. The use of defined lines and monotonous overlay allows the images to remain crisp, while still evoking a sense of nostalgia. While aesthetically appealing, the works also carry heavy levels of narrative, engaging the audience. Memorable pieces include the All Souls day skater skull dude, with a backwards fitted cap and badass attitude.
The Barcelona-based designer has been a successful freelancer for 12 years. His work covers a broad spectrum, exhibiting his highly creative vision and masterful execution of imaginative ideas. He works with branding, logos, advertising, editorials and prop art.
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References: creativecommonpeople.blogspot & english.mashkulture.net
References: creativecommonpeople.blogspot & english.mashkulture.net


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What a great exercise to look back at a year's worth of images, re-live the moments when I pushed the shutter, and reflect on the variety of experiences I had. Every year when Peter asks me (or rather forces me) to do this, I always think "I didn't really shoot much this year that would make my top 10". When I had gathered 25 images and was still adding I realized that I rarely left home with out a camera (or two) in hand. I think maybe I will post a top 10 iPhone photos of the year too! Continue reading
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Photographing White Sands, New Mexico
The White Sands National Monument is 300 square miles of a white gypsum dune field located in Southern New Mexico between Las Cruces and Alamogordo. It is the largest gypsum dune field in the world. Mary and I have photographed here a half dozen times as her parents live nearby. Here are a few photos and hints. Continue reading
Photographing sand dunes
Peter and I have been fortunate to visit many different types of sand dunes. Some of our favorites are the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley, the Great Sand Dunes in Southern Colorado near Alamosa, and White Sands in New Mexico near Las Cruces. We visited White Sands over the holiday weekend on a beautiful (and photographically challenging) sunny day. I decided to use a very long telephoto lens and see if I could capture light and shadow from the different shapes of the dunes. It was difficult. Continue reading
Photographing the Oceano Sand Dunes Near Pismo Beach
The Oceano sand dunes have been a destination for photographers for many years. Edward Weston and Ansel Adams were two of the first great photographers to recognize the beauty of this area. The dunes are part of a CA State Park that includes an area for hiking and walking and another one for driving off-road vehicles. Here is what you might see. Continue reading
Photographing the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico
The White Sands National Monument is a 300 square mile white gypsum dune field located in Southern New Mexico between Las Cruces and Alamogordo. It is the largest gypsum dune field in the world. It is the result of an ancient lake that dried up millions of years ago leaving the mineral deposits behind. There are three types of dunes here – dome, parabolic, and transverse-barchan. Each looks and feels different as you walk on them. Consult the park map for the different fields. Here are a few key shots to get while you are visiting. Continue reading
A Weekend in Death Valley National Park
We have been to Death Valley, CA the last two Decembers and plan to go again this year, weather and schedule permitting. The trips were very different, both for how the Valley looked, but also how we planned and approached the trip and how our photography skills changed from 2009 to 2010.
Death Valley is a place of extremes. It is the largest National Park in the contiguous United States. It includes Badwater Basin, at 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere. It is the hottest place in the USA with summer temperatures reaching 120 degrees. Many sites in Death Valley invoke evil or the devil: Dantes View, Devil's Golf Course, Badwater, Devil's Cornfield, and Furnace Creek to name a few. Continue reading
How to Photograph Sand
This is a boring title, but a very exciting subject. Mary and I have done several trips where we have had the opportunity to photograph different kinds of sand. In this blog, I want to outline a few of the major issues you will face as you try to make good sand photographs and some suggestions around composition. After a bit of experience, you will see that sand comes in many colors, for example, Death Valley sand is white-ish gray; White Sands, New Mexico is snow-white gypsum; and Monument Valley sand is a burnt orange. Here is how to capture the color and texture of sand. Continue reading


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I need to get rid of this 21 inch CRT becouse it makes noise when i record my guitar. My dad just got a 19inch LCD for 275 from costco. I saw a 19 for 245 on pricewatch.com as well.
Hmm Tell me incase my dad wont let me talk him into trading; what is the biggest bang for my buck ---- ?? what are 19+ LCD monitors goin for on E-bay when the bids close?
I wont go less than 19 inch-
Also what are my best options for using HDTV's now days as my computer monitor? I always use 1280X1024 tipically -- but if If I could go HDTV perhaps ID shell out more cash. Anyone ever try using those?
I'm not concerned as much about space its just I want something besides my CRT couse it makes noise.
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NEWS : THU, DEC 13, 2012 at 4:32 AM
New Mudhoney April 2nd!
It comes with a school boy level of giddiness to announce that on April 2nd, Sub Pop is releasing Mudhoney's 9th full-length, Vanishing Point. Mudhoney's Mark Arm sat down and talked to SPIN about the forthcoming record and you can check that out by clicking here.
If the prospect of waiting four long months for new Mudhoney is a little too daunting to you (it certainly is for us), than perhaps the new-on-DVD Mudhoney documentary, I'm Now, or their Live In Berlin show will do the trick of tiding you over until then.


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xf86-video-vermilion Released
Submitted by Ty on April 5, 2007 - 11:00am
Announcing a new video driver called xf86-video-vermilion which provides basic 2D functionality using blits & fills for the Intel Vermilion Range chipsets.
Intel funded Tungsten Graphics to do this work. There's also an FBDev driver being submitted to the linux-kernel.
It's now available via git, and an initial release.
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Mas Martinet : Martinet Bru 2010
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A Priorat red wine with complex aromas
The Priorat Martinet Bru by Mas Martinet is a red wine produced in the Priorat appellation. The vineyard benefits from stony but fresh soil. The ageing of the wine is carried out in oak barrels of 4000 L for 17 months on average. The 2010 vintage blends 60% Garnacha, 25% Syrah, 10% Merlot and 5% Cabernet.
At tasting, multiple flavours emerge from the Priorat Martinet Bru 2010 of Mas Martinet. One may note fragrances of licorice, licorice stick, blackberries and rosemary. The wine is structured but composed of elegant and very soft tannins.
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The 2010 Martinet Bru is sourced from a hillside vineyard facing Montsant, so it's cooler and windier and produces fresher wines despite its slate soil. This 2010, mainly Garnacha and Syrah, is fermented in 4,000-liter oak vats where it also ages. The influence of the Syrah is quite noticeable, with beautiful aromas of flowers, smoked bacon and damsons. The palate is medium-bodied, with round, velvety tannins, good freshness, much lighter and balanced than the Martinet Bru of the 1990s. In the future there will be more Carinena in Martinet Bru. Drink 2014-2019.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Carla Jennings Interview
Carla Jennings went to a bodybuilding show and realized she could do that. She could be on stage. Looking at her competition history and placings you will see that Carla was very right in that belief.
Q: First, Carla, I want to thank you for taking the time to do this.
Q: Can you start out by telling a little about yourself.
A: I grew up in a small town near West Point, NY called Highland Falls. Growing up in a small town has it's advantages and some disadvantages because there wasn't too much to do, so I would jog or ride my bike around town. I am the youngest of 6, I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters. We grew up very close and are very close today..
Q: Before the gym were you an especially athletic person? Play any sports or anything?
A: I played sports in high school, soccer was my main thing but then I started cheerleading which was fun because I was good at them both.
Q: What initially led you into the gym?
A: I didn't start going to a gym until after college. I went to school in Brooklyn, Long Island University, we had a small gymnasium but nothing serious so I would do a little bit there since I was a Blackbird cheerleader and had to get into that little cheerleading suit, so I made sure I kept myself looking good when I was cheering for the Blackbirds! I would jog over the Brooklyn bridge, and around LIU's soccer field.
Once I started working, I would go to the gym to take classes, mainly aerobics anything to get my heart rate up and sweat off the fat.
Q: Was training something you picked up fairly easy? How long before you started to see results?
A; Training was something that has always been a part of me, and once I started watching my diet, I began to see results
Q: What made you decide to compete for the first time?
A; I went to a local body building show and saw some of the girls from my gym in the show, and I looked at them and said "I can do this"
Q: Is competing something your family and friends supported?
A: I had my fan club rooting me on during my first couple of shows, but after a while they missed the old Carla and wanted me to be the old me. It took them some time to realize, the old Carla is not coming back, this is who I am.
Q: Was competing what you expected or did anything surprise you about it?
A; I love a challenge, so it was what I expected as it is challenging to be against someone else after putting in all the work and now it is between you and others for the WIN.
Q: Can you share your contest history.
*2007 - OCB Tri State Women's Body Building 2nd place
*2007 - OCB Womens Body Building 1st Place
*2008 - OCB Womens Body Building 1st Place - IFPA PRO
Q: As far as body parts, what do you feel is your best one?
Q: Do you have a part you most like to train?
Q: What is your normal training routine and diet like and how do you alter it for contest prep?
A: I train at Diamond Gym with Dwayne McDaniels who is an ARTIST when it comes to what you are lacking
Q: When someone sees your physique or hears you compete for the first time, what is the most common reaction? More positive or negative?
A: Always POSITIVE, I am told I have a nice physique, and I tell them "I GOT IT FROM MY MOMMA"
Q: Can you describe a typical day in the life of Carla Jennings.
A: Rise and Shine early to train before work which helps me focus and makes me sharp at work. When I reach home, I train a couple of people a few days during the week, then I get home eat, read through my emails and pick up my book to read a couple of pages before calling it a good night.
Q: Describe Carla Jennings in five words.
A: MOTIVATED and always willing to help others
Q: What is one thing people would be surprised to know about you?
Q: Any set plans for the near future as far as competing or anything else?
A: I plan to step on stage in July 2011
Q: Carla, again, I thank you for taking the time to do this.
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They had them on as they made their way to the airport for the return trip back to the United States on Sunday.
Dixon, Painter and Lowery missed nothing while the majority of their head coaching and assistant coaching colleagues back home were shadowing high school players in such locales as Cleveland, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and any place where an NCAA-sanctioned evaluation event occurred.
They were accomplishing much more.
Brendon O'Hagan/AFP/Getty ImagesThe United States team won a gold medal at the FIBA under-19 world basketball championships for the first time since 1991.
"We would have just been sitting on a bleacher somewhere watching ball," Lowery said by phone from Auckland on Sunday afternoon. "As the tournament went on, our guys saw how important this was, and that made them want to win it more."
Winning the FIBA under-19 world championship -- a first for the Americans since 1991 -- isn't equal to Olympic gold. Nothing compares to the Olympics at the international level. But in a global landscape in which the game is no longer owned by the United States, winning this title is even more impressive. And the U.S. team did so with a collection of players who weren't household names, playing for three coaches who consistently win by taking players not overly recognizable at matriculation but who are commonly known by the time they finish their eligibility.
Pitt's Dixon, who replaced Davidson's Bob McKillop to make his coaching debut for USA Basketball, confirmed that 22 players from around the country had declined invitations to play in New Zealand. That number included Connecticut's Kemba Walker, who was the MVP of the McKillop-led American team that won the silver medal at the qualifying event last summer in Argentina. In fact, not a single player from last summer's qualifying team in Argentina was in New Zealand this summer. Walker declined to play for the team again this year to attend summer school.
Wake Forest's Al-Farouq Aminu, a projected lottery pick in 2010, was invited but declined to play for personal reasons.
The Americans beat Greece, 88-80, in the final. Croatia, led by tournament MVP Mario Delas, had been preparing for this event for two years. Most countries outside of the U.S. build toward this event in their junior national program and bill it as the premier event to win.
"This was unbelievable," Lowery said. "People have no idea how big a deal this was."
"There were lottery picks out there on a number of teams," Dixon said by phone from Auckland. "I think when our players saw the contingent of fans from Croatia they got an understanding of what this meant. This was a major, major event. This was a great experience."
Lowery said the team got a sense that they had the opportunity to finish better than projected during the combined trials in Colorado Springs, Colo., last month with the U.S. World University Games team. That team, which took bronze in Serbia Saturday, had projected NBA players on the roster like Mississippi State's Jarvis Varnado, Iowa State's Craig Brackins and Clemson's Trevor Booker. The expectations changed for this collection of rising players when they beat the WUG squad in a scrimmage at the U.S. Olympic training center.
The Americans won all nine games in New Zealand. They outscored their opponents by an average of 22.2 points, holding teams to 66 points a game, 38.2 percent on shooting overall, 30.7 percent on 3-pointers. They also outrebounded their opponents by eight a game.
If this sounds familiar then it should. This is exactly how Dixon's, Painter's and Lowery's teams win at Pitt, Purdue and Southern Illinois, respectively.
"They've had two years together and we had one month," Painter said by phone about the difference in preparation. "They all accepted their roles."
So who were they?
Kansas' Tyshawn Taylor led the team in scoring with 10.8 points a game. Kansas is expected to be led by guard Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich next season and there's no reason to believe the top-ranked Jayhawks won't be dominated by those two players. But don't you think Taylor's confidence has risen after scoring 18 points in the gold-medal win?
New Georgia coach Mark Fox has an anchor in Howard Thompkins, who was second on the team with 10.6 points and five rebounds a game.
The consensus among the three coaches was that Butler will be extremely difficult to beat next season. That became apparent with the play of Gordon Hayward (10 ppg, 41.4 percent on 3s) and Shelvin Mack (5.9 ppg, 9 of 10 at the free-throw line), who remained consistent throughout the tournament.
Even though Duke transfer Seth Curry won't play in competitive games for a full year, the Liberty transfer now knows he can play with elite talent after his performance in New Zealand. Curry was a consistent player, making 19 3s in the nine games and averaging nine points a game. UTEP coach Tony Barbee was raving about Arnett Moultrie while watching him during the trials. Moultrie may have been last on the team with 4.4 ppg but he hauled in a team-high nine boards in the gold-medal win over Greece after grabbing 11 in a quarterfinal win over Canada. The Miners fully expect Moultrie to be one of the top players in Conference USA, especially if he's playing next to Derrick Caracter come January.
Northwestern, which fell a few games short of earning its first-ever NCAA tournament bid, has a gem in John Shurna. He only shot 6-of-18 from 3-point territory but all three coaches had high praise for his reliable effort.
Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy has a budding star in SEC Freshman of the Year Terrico White. His numbers were erratic (27.6 percent on 3s, four assists and 11 turnovers) but he did make 44.3 percent of his shots and was one of the more athletic players on the squad -- which came in handy during the tournament.
Washington State's Klay Thompson came into the tournament as one of the top players in the Pac-10 and didn't disappoint by shooting 51.6 percent on 3s, 47.2 percent overall and averaging 7.8 points a game. Teammate DeAngelo Casto tore the meniscus in his knee on the trip and played in only four of nine games but still managed to average 6.3 points before he was shut down for the final five games.
Kentucky's Darius Miller hasn't gotten much pub this spring with all the attention on the Wildcats' incoming class of John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Daniel Orton, Darnell Dodson and Eric Bledsoe, as well as Patrick Patterson's decision to return to the team. Miller gained invaluable game experience with this squad, playing 14.4 minutes a game and scoring 5 ppg. He also turned in a team-high 12 blocks and tied Taylor for a team-high 14 steals.
But no one may have gained more out of this trip than Pitt's Ashton Gibbs. He has to replace Levance Fields at the point for Dixon. In nine games, he had 20 assists and just six turnovers to go along with seven steals.
"It's a credit to Jamie that there was no ego with this team," said Lowery, who along with Painter (whom Lowery was an assistant under at SIU) handled the substitutions. "He kept telling them how good we could be."
Dixon said he stressed to the players how the Americans hadn't won this event since 1991. The pride in the achievement of claiming gold didn't take long for them to appreciate.
The U.S. team wasn't the favorite in New Zealand. At the World University Games in Serbia, it was a different story. That's an event that requires all participants to be students in some form. Many elite European players become professionals as teenagers and wouldn't qualify. That's why the American model favors U.S. teams in that event and why the Americans have dominated it with 13 gold medals and a 131-8 record.
But winning the U-19 tournament was never considered a given. Painter, Lowery and Dixon didn't hesitate when they said winning gold was one of the highlights of their careers, so far. It should be.
"This is a major commitment," Dixon said of the monthlong training, practice and game schedule from Colorado Springs to Auckland. "Every player got better over the course of this month. Everyone contributed. The [selection] committee did a great job of putting this team together."
What did Painter, Lowery and Dixon miss being away from the recruiting trail? Nothing, especially when you consider that some high school sophomores or juniors never would have noticed if they weren't sitting in a bleacher wearing their school logo splashed across their chest.
Sure, all three are heading to recruit upon returning stateside Monday. But none would have traded the experience. They won gold when they weren't expected to.
That will last a lifetime.


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When The Washington Post announced the Democratic Party's platform-committee appointments for this summer's convention, the uninitiated might have been forgiven for wondering why, in a primary contest dominated by domestic politics and policy, a foreign-policy issue got top billing. And yet there it was: "Sanders wins greater say in Democratic platform; names pro-Palestinian activist," blared the headline.
The lead of the article focused on the party's decision to allot six platform committee spots to the now-presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton, and a healthy five slots to her challenger, Senator Bernie Sanders. But by the fifth paragraph, there again was the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:
Sanders's slate includes James Zogby, a longtime activist for Palestinian rights as well as a DNC member and official. Zogby currently co-chairs the party's resolutions committee. His inclusion is a sign of Sanders's plans to push the party's policy on Israel toward what he has called a more even-handed approach to the Palestinian cause.
The reduction of longtime Democratic Party activist James Zogby's career—and, by extension, Sanders's campaign—to quarrels over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is something to behold. But it's not surprising. To paraphrase a more generalized saying about the news business: If it's about Israel, it leads. (It should be noted that this dynamic is one of the Israel lobby's own making, but that's for another column.)
That doesn't mean, however, that picking Zogby holds no significance, or that the looming platform battle over Israel isn't an important one. Party platforms may be mostly symbolic documents—they're not binding on candidates—but they are a high-profile venue for setting party agendas and airing ideological disputes. With recent history as our guide, this appears to be exactly what is about to happen in the lead-up to the convention in Philadelphia.
At the 2012 convention in Charlotte, one such fight erupted over Israel. During the drafting of the platform, a foreign-policy wonk and former Defense Department official decided to strike a reference made in the 2008 platform to Jerusalem being Israel's eternal and undivided capital—an old talking point for the Israeli right and the stateside advocates who so often parrot its positions. But the 2008 assertion was out of step with how the international community regards the holy city—not to mention longstanding US policy, adopted by Barack Obama, as well as a succession of Republican and Democratic presidents before him, of reserving determination of the city's final status for negotiations. So Jerusalem was initially left out of the 2012 platform.


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martes, 31 de marzo de 2009
Ike & Tina Turner: The Kent Years (1964-1967)
12 comentarios:
- Nosi dijo...
- 1 de abril de 2009, 0:04
- javistone dijo...
Wonderfull, thanks once again.
- 1 de abril de 2009, 0:56
- Liam dijo...
I've got to page 60 of your collection so far and have the following list as you requested (to be continued):
I know this is a soul sisters/diva's blog, but here are my (mixed) selections from your collection:
Arthur Alexander
Ernestine Anderson
More Ruby Andrews
Pattie Austin (Coral)
Big Maybelle
Bobby Bland
The Bobbettes
Maxine Brown
James Carr
Mitty Collier
Nella Dodds
Patti Drew
Jean Dushon **
Erma Franklin
Baby Washington **
Cissy Houston
Walter Jackson **
- 1 de abril de 2009, 1:24
- danibaba dijo...
wonderful blog! all my respect... we like similar music... I have some stuff in your wishlist... Ann Cole, Jean Plum & Veniece, Rozetta Johnson...
- 1 de abril de 2009, 1:26
- Nosi dijo...
Oh, pleaseeeeeeee, danibaba: any chance you could pass me a link for Ann Cole (I am absolutely desperate for that) and Jean Plum & Veniece? I would really appreciate it!!
Thanks a lot!
- 1 de abril de 2009, 3:45
- Festoonic dijo...
Terrific stuff. Thank you!
- 1 de abril de 2009, 5:18
- danibaba dijo...
I try to give you a link as soon as I can! If you want I have some other stuff that you may be interested in. My email is email@example.com
Thank you for sharing such great stuff...
- 1 de abril de 2009, 5:37
- NK666 dijo...
I love your blogs :)
Ike and Tina were great. I had the chance to see Ike few yeas ago and it was a fantastic show! He was the real thing. We all miss him.
Thanks for this one and the rest of stuff you share here.
- 1 de abril de 2009, 11:03
- BillyMac dijo...
I just discovered your site. Thank you for all your hard work. Helene Smith. Are you kidding me? I went to collge in Florida, and I heven't heard her in 35 years!
Here are some from your collection I'd love to hear:
Barbara and Browns
Exciters -Black Beauty
Clydie King- Imperial years
Little Eva
Mary Love
Jackie Ross
Be good.
- 1 de abril de 2009, 17:12
- bbowie dijo...
Thanks for the great music!
- 1 de abril de 2009, 17:23
- Nosi dijo...
Thanks everybody, for all your kind words.
BillyMac: I promise I will be good, but it will have to be little by little. There are so many things I want to post... ;-)
But,as for The Exciters' Black Beauty, I am afraid it is on my wishlist...
Thanks again.
- 2 de abril de 2009, 0:02
- Gerard dijo...
- 29 de noviembre de 2009, 1:34


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I was at a bit of a loose end again on Tuesday. I could have done some work in the garden but chose not to. Once more I had no electrical work scheduled either. Rain was forecast for later in the day and through the night so that prevented me from repairing the loose bricks on the raised flowerbed I wrote about in yesterday's post. I suppose I could have done the work anyway and simply covered the wall with polythene sheet to keep it from getting wet whilst the mortar set but I wanted to do some rendering on the buttress too and that would be difficult to protect from the rain. I put it off for another day. According to the forecast the rain would only be for the one day and then it would be dry for a few days. I went for a walk in the morning instead. I didn't feel like walking or doing anything for that matter at first but after ten minutes or so that changed and it became enjoyable as it usually is for me. My main interest when walking is looking at the fauna, gardens and scenery and I like looking at buildings and their architecture when in built-up areas. I never get bored when out walking. The day was cold though with a bit of a biting wind but I was wrapped up well enough to bear it. Most of the time I walked in sheltered places so the wind was less of an irritation. The weather must have gotten to me however as later I began to feel its effect. For the remainder of the day I did very little for a change except play my guitar and watch television. This is certainly not good for me, it just won't do but I suppose I have to rest from my labours sometimes! I found the time to write this anyway.
Shirley Anne


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- "Emo grass cuts itself!"
- — Captain Obvious
Emo Grass (Poaceae miserablus), much like normal grass, is a type of plant
often seldom used to cover lawns for purposes of dust control, padding, or just plain arrogance. Unlike most of its grassy counterparts, Emo Grass is dark gray to light black and cuts itself.
Emo grass was invented in Romania in 2012, by diahreaah-controlled scientists as an attempt to produce genetically depressed grass that would cut itself, thereby leaving more man-hours for combat and general fascism. Dr. Audric von Emostein (pronounced: AAHHHM-oh-STEEEN) was chosen as head of the experiment. He wished to create this lawn plant as a means of freeing jillions of children/teenagers from hours of underpaid drudgery. He did so in a manner that can best be described in a stream-of-consciousness </htmlnerd> format:
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Von Emostein sits in his lab, brainstorming in a pose of questionable legality. He sees a PETA protester holding a sign that states "Cows are people too." He thinks: Wait, wait! If cows are people, and humans eat cows, then, logically, grass is/are people, because cows eat grass. Since people can be emo, if grass is/are people, then grass can be emo. If emo people cut themselves, and grass is/are people, then emo grass should cut itself...
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Professor de' Buttholeian Mc.GeeSauce 'on' RottenCheesyBread Emostein realized that, despite the intense inherent stoopidity of the idea, that it just might work. Using various ineffable methods, he created a strain of grass that was, chemically speaking, identical to normal grass, with the important difference that the chlorophyll in Emo Grass is, instead of green like standard chlorophyll, black or very dark gray. Since being or wearing all black is a condition of being emo, and self-cutting is a side effect of being emo, Von Emostein found that this newly created black grass cut itself at a distance of 2 to 3 inches. Thrilled, Von Emostein immediately took out several high-interest loans and began to market Emo Grass under the (rather unimaginative) trade name "Emograss".
Emograss never managed to achieve the commercial success Von Emostein had hoped for, for two major reasons. First, while Emo Grass does cut itself, being many individual plants with no communications capabilities, it does not do so in an attractive, even fashion. Second, when Emo Grass is ingested, several unpleasant side effects occur in the ingestee. These are described below. Oddly, the blatant unattractiveness of a lawn of Emograss never seemed to be an issue to those few nooobs who bought it. Lastly, nobody much cared to look at the unsightly abomination of playing Botany-God, and it had a nasty and stoopid habit of curling up in sunlight.
Dangers of IngestionEdit
Whether Emo Grass is ingested or it is burnt and its fumes inhaled, the resulting effects are generally about the same. This is considered to be the Most Amazing Coincidence in the creation of Emo Grass. Some, though not all, of the effects of Emo Grass ingestion are listed below. A formal study of Emo Grass effects has never been done, however, so some information may be inaccurate, unreliable, or, indeed, completely made up.
Physical EffectsEdit
- Pronounced Lightening of the Skin
After repeated doses of Emo Grass, the skin of the ingester becomes noticeably lighter and/or paler. Preliminary studies made by Scientologists have shown that this may be caused by the migration of melanin to the soul.
- Pronounced Blackening of the Soul
- Parasitic Hair
Several doses of Emo Grass can cause a victim's hair to become parasitic and grow towards the eyes. Once it has reached and entirely covered an eye, it will begin to eat away at it, leaving a socket filled with hair. Once the first eye has been consumed, the hair may begin to advance on the other eye, leaving the ingester blind and/or unable to see.
Psychoemotional EffectsEdit
- Tendency towards black clothing
Ingesters of Emo Grass often shift their wardrobes to include clothes of an entirely black/dark, dark, dark gray nature. When questioned on this, they often become defensive and mutter something about "individuality". A sub-effect of this effect is the tendency for male victims to wear extremely tight pants, disregarding any effect this may have on future reproductive plans.
- Cutting
Victims of Emo Grass ingestion often show a compulsion to cut themselves, much like the grass they have ingested. This is usually manifested on the wrists, and is usually hidden by arm warmers.
- Tendency towards awful poetry
Repeated ingestion of Emo Grass can compel a victim to write poetry. This poetry can only be described as awful. Major themes include, but are not limited to: pain, suicide, death, and black. It is very dangerous to the reader and should be avoided at most, if not all, or not completely at all, costs.


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(Reuters) - Carsales.com Ltd (CAR.AX) said it had signed a memorandum of understanding with SK Holdings Co Ltd (034730.KS) to buy the remaining 50.1 percent stake in South Korean joint venture Encar.com for about A$244 million ($184.49 million), before adjusting for working capital.
The deal was expected to be signed next month and completed in January, it added.
Australia-based carsales.com had bought a 49.9 percent stake in Encar.com in April 2014.
The online auto classifieds company's existing stake in the joint venture would be revalued for accounting purposes, creating a one-off non-cash gain of about A$100 million.
"This acquisition is a significant milestone in carsales' long-term strategy to be the global leader in online auto classifieds," Chief Executive Cameron McIntyre said.
The company anticipated the deal to be neutral to adjusted earnings in fiscal 2018 and accretive in fiscal 2019 and beyond.
Shares of carsales.com fell as much as 1.8 percent in early trade, posting their biggest intra-day drop since September.
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It's been a while, but what's new? Avid blogger would not be one of my titles. I enjoy it, I just am not very good at sitting down to write. Since my last post was about starting homeschooling I thought I would give an update. (Hoping for a double post tonight.... we'll see).
Well homeschooling has been... ummmm... well... almost non-existent. The reading/writing curriculum I picked out are way to advanced for a first year preschool boy's mom. I got IEW's pal reading and writing. They are awesome, lots of simple games and it makes it fun for the little guy, but there is a lot in one lesson. I'm not sure my son would be able to pay attention that long, which is fine I can break it up, but I totally over whelmed me. So instead I made letter flash card so we can time test letter sounds. I separate what he know from what he doesn't and then we pick one of each for the week. Every so often I remember to ask him each letter sound or we name things that begin with either letter and by the end of the week he remembers the letter he didn't know.
Math happen, but only because my friend and I are doing it together. Tomorrow another friend may join us. For the most part homeschool is nothing like I thought I would be, I don't do it every morning or even most mornings. I'm disappointed I didn't meet my standard but I see where I tried to take on too much in math and reading and not enough in other areas. I'm sure it will progress through the year and hopefully be much better by next year.
If you are floundering, or outright drowning, in your first year I hope you can take comfort in knowing you are not alone.


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By Lee Patrick Sullivan, energyNow!
Increasing energy efficiency in the U.S. military has become as much about geopolitical strategy as it is about saving lives and money. That's the perspective of the Pentagon's top energy official, and it has major implications for the U.S. military's drive to use less oil-based fuel.
energyNOW! correspondent Lee Patrick Sullivan interviewed Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, about the military's fight against fossil fuel dependence.
By becoming more energy efficient and diversifying its sources of energy, says Burke, the U.S. military deprives hostile nations of petro-dollars. "No matter where you buy your fuel…it's priced on a global market," she said. "Every gallon you buy is a dollar in Iran's pocket, because it's a global market, and it affects our interests."
Supply lines have always been a target during war since people have been fighting, but what's different today is the length of the supply line needed to reach U.S. forces deployed in remote areas around the world.
The military burns through about 50 million gallons of fuel a month in Afghanistan, and 70 percent of the total logistics movement is fuel or water. That oil dependence creates a human cost – more than 60 percent of the 3,000 U.S. combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan have come from attacks on fuel convoys.
But the extended reach of U.S. forces isn't the only issue facing Burke. Electricity generators, which constitute the power backbone of forward bases and outposts, are a particular problem. "That's just throwing away fuel," says Burke.
Burke says the U.S. Army has put $100 million into improving energy generation and distribution and expects payback within a year. The Pentagon's optimism isn't surprising, considering the Department of Defense spends $15 billion a year on energy, more than any other single organization in the world.
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Just like humans, dogs too are social animals. Like us they too go through separation anxiety, the only difference being they show it through chewing, scratching, barking, peeing, defecating and whining which can be very conveniently mistaken as inadequate dog training. However, keep an eye for these symptoms and see if this behavior is generic or induced because of isolation. To understand separation anxiety better. Let's first understand what makes our furry friends anxious. The Breed of your dog plays an important role in this context. Breeds which are naturally social and people pleasing are more prone to separation anxiety ...Read More »
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The spirit of kindness that embodies everything we do at The College School lives on in our students well after they return to mainstream classrooms. Here is just one example:
Consider the generosity of Genevieve Spence, 13, who attended TCS from third through fifth grade.
Genevieve is one of two Delaware winners of the 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community Award, which recognizes outstanding volunteer work among middle and high school students nationwide. As a result of her efforts, Genevieve changed the lives of patients living with Alzheimer's disease in one Delaware assisted living community.
It all started when Genevieve, then 10 and a student at TCS, visited the facility with her Girl Scout chapter and later learned that increasing numbers of older adults like to play Wii video games to exercise both their bodies and their minds. She then decided to raise money to buy a Wii game system for the residents of that facility.
She made and sold friendship bracelets. She collected items from her home for a garage sale. She asked Best Buy to donate. Soon, Genevieve raised $420, purchased the Wii system, and showed the residents how to play. "The first time a resident played, all the residents cheered," she said in a Prudential news release. "When a retired Navy Seal got to parachute jump (on the Wii), he did not want to stop."
Genevieve's act of kindness was recognized at an awards gala in Washington, D.C., along with those of 100 students from around the U.S. Today, Genevieve is a successful seventh grader at Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington. Genevieve and her family live in Newark.


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Wednesday, February 22, 2006
6 Comments:
- Kary said...
These are wonderful!!! WOW!! I can't until you write up the pattern. Hugs!
- Claudia said...
Wow. I'm really impressed. I've knit tons of socks, but none that cool!
- Denise said...
Love those flame socks! I'm not sure who would like them more, my husband or one of the young nephews. :)
- Lori said...
Rockin' socks! You're progress is amazing!
- may said...
knitted socks can be so boring, but yours ROCKS!!! :D great job!
- Peacock said...
I love your flame socks! :)
I love them love them love them I tell you!
I, too, will eagerly await the pattern (should you decide to share it). :)
(I found my Mystery Shawl again recently. (It's whereabouts became a mystery for awhile there) I'm really happy to start knitting it again! :) One of those warm fuzzy feelings like coming home to the smell of baking cookies or putting on a favorite old t-shirt still warm from the dryer...)