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Lauren Maruskin and Bell—September 16, 2011
From: Judge Carol Dean-Porter
This mare is very refined for a Hanoverian. She is a lovely hunter type. Her expression is beautiful. She has a lovely crest, which will look fancy when braided up.
Double check your standing martingale adjustment and be sure to pull the upper part snug so that you don't have a loop hanging down between the girth and the neck strap.
She has pushed off slightly unevenly from behind. Her knees are up by the bit, but you can see her lower legs unfolded and her fetlocks well in front of the knees.
Green horses like the "longish" distance because it gives them more time to lift the front legs. It is up to you to teach her how to go to the base of the fence to jump "up and around" it instead of the long and "reachy" technique.
Your leg position is excellent, providing you a secure base of support. Your stirrups may be a hole too long and your foot is very slightly too far in the iron. You have broken over a couple degrees too close to the neck for equitation purposes, but I can see you are making sure to stay right over her center of balance.
Your release is nice with a slightly loopy rein. This is loose enough to permit her to stretch her neck without interference and short enough to have contact/connection when she lands. This is especially important with green horses who do not yet know how to land and keep going in a straight line.
Take a close look at your elbow angle. When the elbow is this closed, it stiffens the arm. Be sure to keep an elastic and soft arm, which is used as a shock absorber.
I think some placing rails will help her learn where to place her feet in order to take off from the "correct" distance. This will teach her how to hold her form in the air. For a small jump of this size, lay rails out before and after the fence about 8 or 9 feet away. The rail will set her up for the jump and you won't have to worry about trying to "package" her.
You can do a lot with just poles on the ground and graduate to little grids.
Remember how important flat work is for hunters and jumpers. Jumping a course is 150 steps of flat and 8 steps of jumps! Give her a solid foundation of basics: straight, bending, lengthening and shortening.
From: Judge Rob Gage
You look fabulous!! Your equitation looks like you just stepped out of the MACLAY Finals! Your leg & heel are great, your release is just the right place & length, and your back is flat while you hold your head up beautifully. I wouldn't change a thing!
Your young horse is really reaching forward with her front hooves. That is a common error when a horse is faced with a long distance. To prevent those "reachy" front legs from becoming her permanent technique, try some short grids. The short distances force the horse to lift their legs more upwards and under their chest, rather than lifting them out in front of their bodies. Another very good, but simple exercise, is to trot over a single vertical, with a pole on the ground, .about 8′ away on both sides.
You look great….work on HER!


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Environmental Design Considerations for ICT & CE Products
4th edition (December 2010)
This Standard applies to all audio/video, information and communication technology equipment marketed as final products, hereafter referred to as products.
Although this Standard does not explicitly apply to individual components and subassemblies to be incorporated into final products, component manufacturers also need to consider this Standard, to enable manufacturers using such components to meet the requirements herein.
Only the intended use of products as defined by the manufacturer is within the scope of this Standard.
This Standard specifies requirements and recommendations for the design of environmentally sound products regarding
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Frans Floris, attributed to
Flemish (born in Belgium), c. 1519–1570
Caritas (Allegory of Charity), c. 1550
oil on panel
133.5 x 105 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Acquired with funds from The Winnipeg Foundation
Inspired by the muscular and twisting nudes of Michelangelo and other Italian maniera painters, Frans Floris was one of the chief representatives of the Antwerp Mannerist school. This group of Flemish artists produced numerous paintings for the Spanish nobility and wealthy patrons living in Antwerp. In a lavish display of elegantly posed figures and billowing drapery that anticipates the Baroque splendour of Peter Paul Rubens, the WAG painting depicts a familiar Catholic theme. Featured here is the allegorical figure of Charity or Caritas accompanied by four playful putti. As the personification of profane and divine love, Charity (together with the other Christian virtues) became a popular emblem of the Catholic church during the Counter-Reformation.
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Not sure what to do with left over fabric scraps? How about making some cute raggedy heart coasters! Even though I made these for Valentine's day, you could make these coasters in any color or seasonal fabrics. They are quick and easy to make in only 6 steps!
1. First, Pin and cut out four hearts measuring about 4".
2. Next, cut out eight 6 1/2" squares of fabric for the coasters, and four 4 1/2" squares of quilt batting for the inside of the coasters.
3. Place one quilt batting in-between two 6 1/2" squares, just like a "sandwich", with the pretty sides of the fabric facing out. Pin one heart on the top, in the center of the "sandwich" and stitch around the heart using a 1/2" seam allowance.
4. Stitch around the outer edge of your "sandwich" using a 1" seam allowance. Do this to all four "sandwiches."
5. In order for your coaster to "rag" well, cut slits around your heart and the outer edge of the coaster making sure you do not cut into your stitching. The smaller the slits and closer together, the better the coasters will "rag."
6. Wash your coasters in the washer under the setting of "Cold/Cold." Dry your coaster in the dryer under the "Low" setting.
And that's it! Wrap a bow around all four coasters, and they make a great house warming or hostess gift!


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INSANITY AND SOCIAL SCULPTURE -by Gerry Fialka
A Conversation With William Pope.L
The following is the complete interview. An edited version was published in ARTILLERY, Jan 2008 issue.
William Pope.L has crawled down Wall Street wearing a Superman outfit. He's chained himself to a bank and handed out five-dollar bills as reversed panhandling. He sat on a stack of newspapers in a Boston financial district while eating pages from the Wall Street Journal with a milk back. I was able to meet with Pope.L at the Santa Monica Museum of Art where his show "Art After White People: Time, Trees & Celluloid..." was up recently. During the interview, I was most impressed with his attentiveness to my questions and the fact that he actually did not mind thinking about them. That meant sitting in silence sometimes.
G- What is your earliest memory?
W- ...Sitting in my crib and looking at a piece of frosted plastic flapping in the draft over a window.
G- Is memory a blessing or a curse?
W- Memory is fiction.
G- What is your favorite form of information?
W- Hmmmm. Myth, stories...lies.
G- Why do humans collect information?
W- To organize the welter of uncertainty we are prey to.
G- Why do we have to organize it?
W - Because we are prey to it.
G- We don't have a choice?
W- No, no humans must pattern in order to survive...The drive to pattern moves beyond bodily survival and encompasses less material concerns such as psychology or spirituality.
G- McLuhan said, "You can't prove you are sane, unless you have discharge papers from a mental hospital." You've had a little therapy. Was it a positive experience?
W- Yes, but like any product, any service you purchase--let the buyer beware! Therapy is not a dvd; that is, you don't just turn it on and it goes by itself. But then maybe therapy should be like a dvd...with a playlist and extended versions of neuroses...
G- Is this tendency to collect info in our DNA or is it learned?
W- Has to be both. But "collect" sounds too clinical, too detached. It doesn't sound necessary and connected to the fray. So if you mean collect as in to collect firewood - yes! If you mean collect as in to collect stamps--yea, sure why not? But if you mean collect as in to gather--no! People make choices, judgements, interpretations--ants gather, people process.
G- The Bic pen is your main writing tool. What human sensorium do you extend with the pen?
W- My mind, the rhythm of my blood, my absence. The pen permits the world to get into me---through this itty bitty hole...
G- Has any film, song, experimental theater piece or performance art piece ever changed a law like Upton Sinclair's novel 'The Jungle' or Lewis Hines photographs did? Being the actual tipping point?
W-Social change is overrated. It's a logo. But it's necessary, partly 'cause it cannot be otherwise and partly 'cause I believe no one thing has ever produced significant social change on its lonesome, why expect it of art? I mean, has astrophysics ever changed a law?
G- When you first read Joseph Beuys's term "social sculpture," did you say to yourself: That's what I'm doing or that's what I'll do?
W- His large, clumsy and various body of work was not completely known to me at the time. I was 19. It was also very difficult to know where the term 'social sculpture' was harking to or from. And how was it articulated by what he actually made or did? and anyhoo, when did Beuys know he was doing social sculpture? Did he suddenly say one day, maybe he was in the shower or at the weiner bar, and he turns to Johann, the weiner-tender, and he says: "Hey, Johann! Hey! Hey! Hey, Johann! Guess what? I'm making social sculpture!" I like it that he might have said something like this but the guy was a kidder and a circus guy. He liked to mix it up with people and animals. That's pretty social. He also liked to make things with his hands--that's sculpture. There you go.
G- What does social sculpture enhance or intensify?
W- Its own ideology
G - What does it render obsolete?
W- Itself
G- What does it bring back that was previously obsolesced?
W- Itself.
G- When pressed to an extreme what does social sculpture flip into?
W- Popular culture.
G-What is more important, conviction or compromise?
W- Conviction.
G- Did you get this from your parents?
W- Yes, because they were convicted.
G- Literally?
W- Well, literalness is the new figurative.
G- Is ambition based more on fear or joy?
W- When you are younger - joy. When you are older, it's fear.
G- Duchamp said there is no art without an audience. What role does the audience play in your creative process?
W- Puts the fear in me.
G- One of your books lists Frank Zappa's 'Burnt Weenie Sandwich' on a timeline. He talked about creating for himself, and if others like it - great. Was that just romantic?
W- Just romantic? No. It was also good business to keep the audience in its place. It was also defensive. Zappa, like Miles Davis, was a transitional hybridist kind of over-compensating, super-prolific egotistical kind of figure. Both, over the course of their careers, worked with incredible supporting casts, with whom they had to negotiate in order to ensure their practice--the notion of claiming to only do some thing for oneself in a setting such as theirs is either ignorant or cynical or smart in some spoiled childlike way-- Legend has it that Zappa was miserable during his production of Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica.' So--did he make himself miserable only for the sake of himself?...I don't know...
G- Some say Frank worked and Don (Captain Beefheart) played. One of your books also listed the Beckett quote: "Nothing is more funny than unhappiness." Steve Allen said, "Behind every joke is a grievance."
W- I think behind every joke is a calculus. How does this entity "the funny thing" work? Formally, the joke, 'The Aristocrats' is just a joke, but it has this infinitely extendable middle that unhinges it as a joke. The joke itself is a shell--the thing that's interesting is the joke's disregard for well-behaved form. If the well-made joke depends on conciseness and timing, 'The Artistocrats' depends on infinite duration and the unthinkable. I'd like to stage a performance of the telling of 'The Aristocrats'; one telling lasting 24 hours or one week, using multiple tellers all extending, elaborating on one single telling. Grrrrrr!
G- McLuhan explained 'Finnegans Wake' by James Joyce. We all use our creative powers while sleeping and dreaming. The artist dreams awake. Agree?
W- The modernist in me says yes. The postmodernist in me wants to say what the modernist says but can't
bring himself...hmmmm...I would simply say dreams are commercials. Power packets of condensed wafers of vivid moving images that are palpable yet impenetrable yet that do work. There can be no innovation without the gangplank of dreaming...
G- Humans often imitate the hidden effects of what we invent. Can you tell me any hidden effects of storytelling?
W- Hidden? I'm not sure, about hidden. But folks usually don't tend to think about the teleological aspects of stories, so in that way perhaps it is hidden. Teleology is, loosely, a projecting into the future. Stories, in essence, are just extension; always moving toward the next word, and the word after that--if there is always an 'after' then there can be no death...film, as a child of the story, performs perhaps even more palpably as extension. Bad films do this better than good films. Usually 'cause bad films tend to feel long; duration becomes palpable in bad film. Experimental film, as a genre, is good film that imitates the duration of bad film.
G- Can satire be destructive?
W- Sure.
G- I noticed you included in one of your books, the Lenny Bruce quote, "Satire is tragedy plus time." Is anger a productive emotion?
W- Sure.
G- Moshe Feldenchrist spoke of how one can actually incorporate a weakness with a strength, rather than try and overcome a weakness. Can you name a weakness that you've incorporated to form a strength?
W- My eyesight. I've developed a theory of the near-sighted. I like to think of works by Robert Ryman and another can depend on what happens at 2 inches and what happens at 10 feet. The space in between these two distances is a trip, a journey, a zoom, a tracking shot--its an analytical and illusory at 10 feet and its intimate and infantile at 2 inches.
G- How do you find peace of mind?
W- I ride my bike.
G- Me, too. Tell me something good you never had, and never want.
W- The Parthenon.
G- Wyndham Lewis wrote: "Artists are engaged in writing a detailed history of the future because they are the only people who live in the present." Well put, but it sounds elitist. What did he mean?
W- He's a modernist trying to write a job description.
G- Your performances are in the present. Kinda Zen, Be Here Now.
W- If there is a particular time for artists, it would be the past not the present. We are too afraid of the future and the present bores us. But the past is over, it's already a commodity.


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National Institute of Speech & Hearing
Accredited as Excellent Institution by RCI | ISO 9001:2015 Certified | Accredited by NAAC with A Grade
In NISH, Physiotherapy unit started in the year 2013 and is managed by a highly qualified, skilled and experienced physiotherapist.
Physiotherapy is a healthcare profession that is primarily concerned with the promotion of mobility, functional ability, quality of life and movement potential through examination, evaluation, diagnosis and physical intervention.
Conditions that benefit from Physiotherapy include
Physiotherapy Intervention focuses on the following areas:
Occupational Therapy
At NISH, Occupational Therapy service was started in 2015.
Occupational Therapy services are delivered as a part of the rehabilitation programme which caters services for individuals from infancy to elder population.
Conditions that benefit from occupational therapy include
Occupational Therapy Intervention focuses on the following areas:
Occupational therapy/ Physiotherapy Service include:
A fully equipped structured environment, particularly for children with special needs, which helps child development in their gross and fine motor skills. It also provide a wonderful opportunity for children to improve their muscle strength, balance and co-ordination.
Sensory integration Room
A well designed multi-sensory room enable the children to explore a variety of sensory experiences, providing new ways of encouraging learning, motor development, cognitive development, language and social interaction skills. It can open up a whole new world for children with sensory processing difficulties, cognitive and physical impairments
Virtual Reality
The person interacts with a multidimensional, multisensory computer generated virtual environment, which can be explored in real time. The technology enable the person to work on therapeutic exercises to improve function .It also offers the capacity to individualize treatment needs while providing increased standardization of assessment and training protocols.
Intervention Programmes
Intervention includes Interprofessional collaboration between physiotherapist and occupational Therapist
The following groups were formed based on severity, age and the need.


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Father's Day: Last Minute Printables
Now I know all of us are well prepared for Father's Day, right? Presents are wrapped, cards are sent, handmade goodies with the kids finished and hidden away in secret. Ha, that's the theory anyway!
But yes, sometimes procrastination hits. Or life gets in the way. Whatever the very valid and worthwhile excuse might be, if you're looking for some last minute Father's Day ideas, I've got just the thing.
These printables are all ready to download and use however you see fit. They're the perfect way to appear super thoughtful and creative, without even a whiff of that last-minute smell!
- Dad Rocks DIY Gift, Mr. Printables
- POP Father's Day Printable, A Pumpkin and A Princess
- Superhero Coupons, Kiki and Company
- Father's Day Cards and Labels, Hello Lucky
- Printable Dad-Lib, Bright Nest
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This section describes setting up and running Selenium Perl tests on the command line. There are 3 steps to making this work:
Each of these components may or may not run on the same computer depending on how you want to set it up. The only tricky part is configuring the right servers and ports so all 3 components talk to each other. This is done either with the options you pass to Test::WWW::Selenium::More->new() (see WWW::Selenium) or with the environment variables described in Test::WWW::Selenium::More.
These examples assume the web application you want to test is running on localhost, port 5000.
Basic setup
# Start the Selenium server
java -jar selenium-server.jar -port 4444 -trustAllSSLCertificates -browserSessionReuse
# Run your tests against your web app running on localhost, port 80
prove -lrv t/test.t
Headless server setup
# Start Xvfb so you can run a web browser without X Windows
Xvfb :99
# Start the Selenium server
DISPLAY=:99 java -jar selenium-server.jar -port 4444 -trustAllSSLCertificates -browserSessionReuse
# Run your tests
prove -lrv t/test.t
Run Selenium tests against a remote website
SELENIUM_BROWSER_URL=http://example.com prove -lrv t/test.t
Run tests against a remote Selenium server
# Start the Selenium server on the remote host (lets say 184.108.40.206).
# Then run your tests locally like this:
SELENIUM_HOST=126.96.36.199 prove -lrv t/test.t
Running tests slowly
# Tests fly by too fast sometimes when you are watching them in the
# browser. This slows things down. It basically calls sleep after every
# call to the Selenium server
SELENIUM_SLEEP=1 prove -lrv t/test.t
The ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES section of l<Test::WWW::Selenium::More> documentation.
The command line options for the Selenium server
java -jar selenium-server.jar -h
Eric Johnson <kablamo at iijo dot nospamthanks dot org>
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Eric Johnson.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.


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Installation 64-bit 5.3 hangs on Acer Aspire 5745G [Solved]
Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 14:00
I'm trying to install the 64-bit version on an Acer 5745G i7-core machine. With either the Sabayon_Linux_5.3_amd64_G.iso or Sabayon_Linux_5.3_amd64_\K.iso images, the system boots, runs the installer for a while, and then hangs the system (totally stalled with a black screen although the power is still on). It runs the scripts a little past the section where it configures the graphics, and that's that.
This is the right ISO to use for the i7 processor, yes?
This is the right ISO to use for the i7 processor, yes?


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How to Use the Images
Drawing 1: The Henry House, as it appeared soon after the first battle of Manassas.
The Civil War was the first major event in American history to be extensively recorded by photographers. While newspapers of the day did not have the technology to print photographs, they would often have artists copy the photographs and print the artists' sketches in the newspaper. This gave civilians at home an opportunity to see firsthand the destruction and devastation that war could cause.
Questions for Drawing 1 & Photo 1
1. Drawing 1 and Photo 1 each depict the Henry House at different times shortly following the first battle of Manassas. How might you explain the fact that the house survived the battle but was in ruins by the time Photo 1 was taken?
2. Many times the biggest threat to the civilian population was not the battles themselves, but rather the aftermath, when armies occupied the areas. Why might this have been the case? Why might this house have been destroyed?
3. What impact do you think drawings and photographs from the war had on civilians at the time?
* The images on the screen have a resolution of 72 dots per inch (dpi), and therefore will print poorly. You can obtain a high quality version of the Drawing 1, and the Photo 1, but be aware that each file can take as much as 35 seconds to load with a 28.8K modem.


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Ideally, we get the new power rankings posted on Tuesday morning.
This is one of the unusual weeks in which we meet that goal. Because we know that the best time to get your attention is during that two-hour period when you're easing in to the work day.
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The flick is being helmed by Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the first Twilight film before parting ways with the franchise.
Costars also pictured in costume: Virginia Madsen (Red's mom), Gary Oldman, Cole Heppell, Jen Halley, Billy Burke and Lukas Haas, who stars as The Architect who gets replaced by Ellen Page in Inception.
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Through recent technological evolutions, the latest standards of cables, xDSL and xPON can now provide 10 to 100 Mbps of bandwidth. Rapidly growing Internet bandwidth provides a good means for service providers to offer Triple Play, a service that unites video, voice and data on a single subscriber line. Triple Play allows service providers to differentiate themselves, increase opportunity costs for customers who may want to choose between service providers, and permit cross-selling for services beyond legacy offerings. Triple Play also benefits businesses and consumers, allowing them to enjoy multiple services with a lower cost of ownership.
As Triple Play is becoming popular, the offered services are no longer limited to IPTV, VoIP and Internet surfing. More and more value-added applications, for example, on-line gaming, music downloading, and Video on Demand, are included in the offerings to form a total solution for home entertainment.
Quality of Service (QoS) is one of the key success factors for Triple Play. When multiple services are offered, prioritization is needed to guarantee the services.
D-Link provides a variety of Integrated Access Devices (IADs) that suit the deployment of Triple Play service. An IAD provides all the functions that your home needs to establish a fast Internet connection, and to make and receive Internet calls. Compliant with Home Gateway Initiative Smart QoS, the IAD automatically detects the type of connected devices and assign pre-defined priority for each device. This QoS support allows users to enjoy high transmission for applications such as IPTV, VoIP and online gaming.
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|show and hide fragments of code
|Part of Emacs
Outline-[minor-]mode is a way to hide and show text in an emacs buffer, i.e. to do code folding. For example, we can do the same thing than with org-mode but with source code.
It is included in Emacs.
Once you load it :
M-x outline-minor-mode
you can learn the commands thanks to the menu (menu-bar-mode).
outline-magic implements extensions for outline(-minor)-mode. Its main features are :
- VISIBILITY CYCLING: A single command to replace the many outline commands for showing and hiding parts of a document.
- STRUCTURE EDITING: Promotion, demotion and transposition of subtrees.
Download outline-magic.el, put it on the load path and copy the following into .emacs (adapting keybindings to your own preferences)
(add-hook 'outline-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(require 'outline-cycle)))
(add-hook 'outline-minor-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(require 'outline-magic)
(define-key outline-minor-mode-map (kbd "<C-tab>") 'outline-cycle)))
If you want to add this feature by default to your programming language mode, say python :
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook
(lambda ()
Visibility cycling
The command `outline-cycle' changes the visibility of text and headings in the buffer. Instead of using many different commands to show and hide buffer parts, `outline-cycle' cycles through the most important states of an outline buffer. In the major `outline-mode', it will be bound to the TAB key. In `outline-minor-mode', the user can choose a different keybinding. The action of the command depends on the current cursor location:
1. When point is at the beginning of the buffer, `outline-cycle' cycles the entire buffer through 3 different states:
- OVERVIEW: Only top-level headlines are shown.
- CONTENTS: All headlines are shown, but no body text.
- SHOW ALL: Everything is shown.
2. When point in a headline, `outline-cycle' cycles the subtree started by this line through the following states:
- FOLDED: Only the headline is shown.
- CHILDREN: The headline and its direct children are shown. From
this state, you can move to one of the children and zoom in further.
- SUBTREE: The entire subtree under the heading is shown.
3. At other positions, `outline-cycle' jumps back to the current heading. It can also be configured to emulate TAB at those positions, see the option `outline-cycle-emulate-tab'.
Structure editing
Four commands are provided for structure editing. The commands work on the current subtree (the current headline plus all inferior ones). In addition to menu access, the commands are assigned to the four arrow keys pressed with a modifier (META by default) in the following way:
move up ^ promote <- | -> demote v move down
Thus, M-left will promote a subtree, M-up will move it up vertically throught the structure. Configure the variable `outline-structedit-modifiers' to use different modifier keys.
Read more
Read the documentation included in outline-magic.el.
See also
Narrowing and hiding text in Emacs : http://wikemacs.org/index.php/Emacs_Terminology#Narrow_and_widen


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This chapter presents Geometrical Optics and also Fourier Optics, two important topics that precede Microscopy. Some of the covered concepts are: Fermat's Principle, Snell's Law, Thick and Thin Lens, System of Lens,Fraunhofer Approximation and Huygens-Fresnel principle.
Notes developed by Professor Gabriel Popescu from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:


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Ava Thursday: Sparkly Shoes
Another fun drawing by Ava, my 4 1/2 year-old daughter, drawn last June. This is her with "sparkly shoes." Now, who doesn't enjoy a moment with some nice, red, sparkly shoes?
It's interesting to see how much she's progressed artistically since then. In fact, it's even more interesting to see her development from June to October of last year (see last week's drawing). Going from stick arms to arms with volume was probably a big transition.
I'm thinking about doing an Ava Thursday where we see her progression from her earliest drawings on up to very recent. That'll be pretty interesting, don't you think?
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That's a great idea. I see also that she is starting to find the correct proportions for a figure. That's sort of a big deal. I only hope that she doesn't get all the artistic ability and creativity sucked out of her before she is in high school!ReplyDelete
A budding animator in the works. Nice color sense, tooReplyDelete
Show the progression! Ava Thursday isn't just for looking at cool kid artwork, it's going to be interesting to see the complexity and style in her work change from week to week.ReplyDelete
I would very much like to see the progression of her artwork. In all honesty, I visit the blog because of Ava Thursdays.ReplyDelete
OH! Please do! I am enthralled with Ava's drawings.ReplyDelete
I love Ava Thursday's! And I love sparkly red shoes! What a great combination!ReplyDelete
Ward, I feel all warm and safe reading this Disney loveliness and checking out the pretty pictures. Will you be my mom? Or just give me some advice on how to live a normal life?ReplyDelete
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Ava's a Wizard of Oz fan isn't she?, because they reminded me of Dorothy's ruby slippers, I want a pair now hehe.ReplyDelete
hi Ward Jenkins,ReplyDelete
It was nice visiting your blogs pot.
The most intersting thing which caught my attention was
your daughter ava thursday spakly shoes.
its been the first time that i have visited such a site and
i was entralled by your feeling how you reinvent kids drawing from a totally diff point of view.
otherwise what happens is that usually we do not get into such nittygritys and just
give the kid a paper and a pen and at the most if it is a good one we just show to only the family members.
it seems you are quiet attached to your kid do snip a photograph of your kid it will be nice too
I remember sparkly shoes!! Who could forget???ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2006 6:57 AM
I came across this site quite accidentally, I was looking for some sparkly shoes for my Christmas party, I just wanted to say I think Ava's drawings are lovely, it made me smile!ReplyDelete


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My point is, I should be exploiting this price difference to my advantage and eating my weight in fancy field greens! Yet, I often think of a salad as a pale side to a rich dinner.
Not today though! I've been working my way through Appetite for Reduction (insert obligatory gushing about Isa Chandra Moskowitz here) and she has a whole range of interesting salad dressings to try from. And her garlicky Green Goddess Dressing is truly a thing of beauty. With peppery parsley, creamy tahini and tons of garlic, its enough to even drive my salad-hating hubby to steal from my bowl.
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"Wind's from the North," my friend Phil admonished, as we got in the boat to go fishing Saturday. "Don't expect much. Fish don't like that North wind."
I was expecting nothing — based on years of failed attempts as a kid — but I thought: Who cares? Day like this on the water? Heaven with or without fish for dinner.
Now Phil is a pretty accomplished fisherman, and in certain circles he is downright notorious. Others stalk him with binoculars and generally scratch their heads about how he manages to catch mo' bigger better than anyone else. He seems to know where the fish live. Call it a hunch, a sixth sense or just the Gladwell-ian 10,000 hours, but it's fair to say fish should tremble when "Betty's Boys" heads out past the drawbridge.
First stop was the currents of Woods Hole itself and there were others there already. Phil looked at one group with disdain, casting along shore near Mink Point: "Won't get anything in there today," he chuckled as he dropped his lure and started trolling. Now he swore me to secrecy so I can not tell you the direction we trolled, what that incredible lure looked like, or which patch of rocks we skirted but in the first FIVE MINUTES, I had a striped bass on the line which, with guidance, I reeled into the boat. A keeper!
Within a half hour, my son Charlie had hauled in an even bigger one, north of 20 lbs. Then Phil threw his hands up — "We're outta here" — and whisked us west on Vineyard Sound to another one of his secret spots, "between the grey tote and the stairs to nowhere." Along the way we passed about 30 other boats casting for false albacore (it's derby time on Martha's Vineyard as well); one of them spotted us and followed.
Coming in close to land, Phil cut the engine, his friend Lisa tossed an anchor. Then he broke out the live eels. Yes, I said eels, squirming and wiggling all over the place. Phil deftly hooked several through the head and and started casting. Genius. My son Sam landed another bass within a half hour, too small to keep but the fight was worth it and we got a nice picture.
Back in Woods Hole, we hauled our catch across town to weigh in for the Calcutta Fishing Derby sponsored by the Woods Hole Business Association. We will surely attend the October 14th award ceremony (at the Landfall) to see if we won and claim our free appetizer for entering. But it's safe to say we are already winners with our fridge full and our deepening friendship with Phil.
Now this might sound like a great fish tale, but here are a few photos to prove it really happened. Thanks to Phil Stanton.


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- Changes to children's privacy act target the collection of personal data by apps
- Rules are intended to give parents more control over their children's information
- Only 20% of apps explain what data are collected before download, FTC says
Recognizing that the "Internet of 2012 is vastly different from a decade ago," the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday announced changes to strengthen privacy for children online "in this ever-changing technological landscape."
The revisions to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, also known as the COPPA Rule, which was originally passed in 1998, will make it more difficult for children's personal data to be collected by mobile phone apps, smartphones and tablets. Parents will have greater control over the information that websites and online services can collect from children under 13.
Apps, or applications, are software programs that mobile phone users can purchase and install on their devices.
"The new COPPA rule captures the new online reality... and puts companies on notice that they must comply with the law," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.
Rockefeller, D-West Virginia, told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference that he's been "stewing inside" about this issue for a while, and he warned that third parties will be held liable for personal information they collect from children. He said third parties also will be held liable "if they know they are collecting information on websites or apps directed toward children."
The FTC says one of the proposals will "close a loophole that allowed kid-directed apps and websites to permit third parties to collect personal information from children through plug-ins (software) without parental notice and consent."
"Parents should be the gatekeepers to decide whether others can collect information," said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.
A recent report by the FTC found that only 20 percent of the apps linked to general disclosure information or a privacy policy before the app was downloaded. Many of the apps shared certain information with third parties, such as device ID, geolocation or phone number without disclosing that fact to parents, the FTC said. Companies could potentially develop detailed profiles about children without a parent's knowledge or consent.
The commission will require website operators and online service providers "take reasonable steps to release children's personal information only to companies that are capable of keeping it secure and confidential."
Another amendment would "modify the list of 'personal information' that cannot be collected without parental notice and consent."
"FTC stands for something," said Rep. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, a proponent for updated protection rules. "Today FTC stands for 'For The Children' across the country."
Common Sense Media, an organization that provides families with information about kids, media and technology, applauded the new regulations.
"These COPPA updates will provide a stern reminder to companies and developers that they need to do more to build a trustworthy online space for kids and families and ensure that kids can benefit from tech innovation without exploitation," said James Steyer, Common Sense Media CEO.
The amendments will go into effect on July 1, 2013.


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7.16.07: Solving our babies' sleep problems?
"By the way, I'm Ferberizing Charlie," I announced to Will, as I shoved a piece of pizza in my mouth and ran around the house looking for my car keys. "He cried for over an hour last night. It was horrible. Can you do it tonight? OK?" I gave Will a peck on the lips and ran out the door not really sure he'd even heard me.
It's the kind of interaction that never would have happened when Julia was a baby. For one thing, Will and I would have discussed something like this ad nauseum, weighing the pros and cons, strategizing, reading books, and talking about our feelings on the matter.
Now...not so much.
Lately we've been doing some major tag-team parenting, practically high-fiving each other as we hand off the kids and take turns taking care of business. With both of them to feed, bathe, and get to bed, and only one pair of hands on deck, we've had to get a little more strict about our bedtime routine.
For anyone not familiar with the "Ferber Method," it's a school of thought where you train the baby to soothe himself to sleep by letting him cry for gradually longer periods of time, while you intermittently check on him, patting and comforting him without picking him up. The theory is that you're giving your child healthy sleep habits for life, since you're teaching him to fall asleep independently.
That's the theory, anyway.
Trying It Out
I've been trying it with Charlie for the past few nights. And it's been awful. Each night, Charlie has cried for over an hour, and I've practically broken down in tears myself. Every time I go into his room to soothe him, he looks up at me so plaintively, so painfully, begging me to pick him up with his frantic eyes. And I don't. Again and again and again. It makes me feel like the absolute worst mother in the world. And, I can't help but feel like Charlie is losing some sort of trust in me.
I've been trying to muscle through it, focusing my mind elsewhere while Charlie cries. I can usually spend the first half hour folding a basket of laundry or doing the dishes, but by the second half hour, I'm curled up in the fetal position on my own bed, trying to talk myself out of running into Charlie's room to pick him up. It's usually just as I'm reaching my breaking point that Charlie does fall asleep, albeit in a sad, whimpering, choked up kind of way that breaks my heart, as I'm pretty sure he's only falling asleep out of sheer exhaustion.
So why am I doing it?
In a word: Julia. At three years old, she is still not a good sleeper, and I am determined to do better with Charlie.
Most nights will find Julia in our bed by the middle of the night. We haven't cracked down on it because, truthfully, we kind of love hearing the pitter patter of her little feet in the night, as she runs into our room clutching her stuffed animals and begging to climb into bed with us. And when I stop to ask myself what we'll care more about in twenty years'—having had our bed to ourselves, or snuggling up with our kids'—I'm pretty sure that we'll both look back on our full bed a bit nostalgically.
But now that Charlie's here, I feel like I've got these two little birdies sitting on my shoulders, whispering conflicting messages in my ears. The little birdy on my left shoulder is telling me that we need to try harder to teach Charlie to sleep on his own, by whatever means will work. The bird on my right shoulder is whispering about how nice it feels to just let go and let our entire family pile into bed like a litter of puppies.
But then, there are my aching shoulders, telling me that sleeping on one-inch of mattress and getting kicked in the kidneys all night is not the best kind of rest for any of us.
A Bit of History
We had tried the Ferber method when Julia was a baby, and it just didn't work for us. For me, I should say. It went against my every instinct to let Julia lie in her crib and cry. I simply couldn't do it. I would end up running into her room and picking her up, then rocking or nursing her until she was almost sleep.
I had read a handful of sleep books, all with different theories on how to put your baby to sleep. But the one that really hit home for me was the Dr. Sears Baby Book, which advocated attachment-style parenting and co-sleeping with the baby. The Dr. Sears book said that said if letting your baby cry it out feels wrong, it probably is. I couldn't help but agree. But, not wholeheartedly. After all, I wanted Julia to be able to fall asleep on her own.
For a while, we decided that Will would fly solo on the Ferber method, since I simply could not do it. Will agreed to be the tough, responsible parent, while I agreed to sit outside on the front steps and hide, leaving Will inside to do the dirty work. And, it did work, after just a couple weeks, as promised. For a while, we were singing Dr. Ferber's praises as Julia went down without a fuss, and Will and I got some much-needed grown-up time in the evenings. But then, a visit with grandparents, or an illness, or a business trip would disrupt our schedules, and we'd find ourselves starting back at square one. Eventually, neither one of us had the heart to do it anymore. The last straw was when Julia vomited once from crying so much. That did it for me. I was done with the Ferber method for good.
Or, so I thought...
Driving Miss Lazy
If I'm being totally honest, I should probably just admit that maybe we've simply been a bit lazy when it comes to our bedtime routines. After a long, busy day, sometimes it's simply easier to climb into bed together, or to nurse a baby to sleep. Sometimes Will and I opt for the path of least resistance out of sheer exhaustion, just so we can get a little break ourselves. Like when we load everyone into the car and go for a "scenic drive" around our neighborhood, which usually puts both of our kids to sleep in a matter of minutes.
Our friends Marc and Margaret happen to live along our scenic route, and I'm constantly craning my neck toward their already-dark house, complaining to Will: "Why are they asleep?! They have a four-month-old!" Will just shrugs and turns the car toward our fourth loop around the neighborhood, as I slump back in my seat, feeling pretty ridiculous.
I decided to ask Margaret for some advice. She told me that she Ferberized her baby, Henry. "I'd just tell myself that I wouldn't let Henry play with matches, and this is no different. I need to teach him how to go to sleep." It took two weeks, and Henry now goes to bed without so much as a whimper.
I listened to Margaret tell me about her experience with a mix of wistful longing and overwhelming relief—because Margaret is a warm, intelligent, responsible parent, whose advice I trust, who had just given me new hope that a good night's sleep could be in our near future. I decided to give the Ferber method another try.
Trying It Out...Again
This time, I haven't been hiding outside on the porch. I've been doing the brunt of the work, mostly out of necessity. The night I left Will at home to go it alone, I thought: "Poor Will. He probably doesn't even remember what he's in for." I expected to arrive home later that night to find him curled up in the fetal position. Instead, he greeted me at the door with a sheepish look on his face.
"What? What's wrong? Who's awake? Is Julia awake? Is Charlie awake?" I asked, as Will just stood there, not really saying anything.
The house was silent. Almost too silent.
Will broke into a huge grin and announced: "They've both been asleep for hours. Charlie fell asleep in ten minutes. I Ferberized him!"
Then, he ducked under my arm as I attempted to take a swing at him, and ran into the other room, laughing, fully aware that he'd gotten off easy that night.
The Long and Winding Road
I married a man with a good appreciation for irony. It's been a long road in the sleep department with Julia. And, I don't expect it to be easy with Charlie, either. I know from experience that we'll have stops and starts—we'll take one step forward and two steps back. We'll be diligent most of the time, but there will be nights when we'll take the easy way out, out of sheer exhaustion.
For now, we are trying our best to stick with it. For the past few nights, Charlie has slept eleven hours straight, waking up in his crib in the morning, smiling and happy. And it's then when I think: maybe I can do this (and is it too late to Ferberize Julia?!).
Maybe we'll end up with one independent sleeper. Maybe we'll end up in some sort of middle ground that works for our family.
Or, maybe we'll just end up buying a bigger bed.
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The Glowing Eye of Planetary Nebula NGC 6751
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have obtained images of the strikingly unusual planetary nebula, NGC 6751. Glowing in the constellation Aquila like a giant eye, the nebula is a cloud of gas ejected several thousand years ago from the hot star visible in its center.
"Planetary nebulae" are named after their round shapes as seen visually in small telescopes, and have nothing else to do with planets. They are shells of gas thrown off by stars of masses similar to that of our own Sun, when the stars are nearing the ends of their lives. The loss of the outer layers of the star into space exposes the hot stellar core, whose strong ultraviolet radiation then causes the ejected gas to fluoresce as the planetary nebula. Our own Sun is predicted to eject its planetary nebula some 6 billion years from now.
The Hubble observations were obtained in 1998 with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) by a team of astronomers led by Arsen Hajian of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, DC. The Hubble Heritage team, working at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, has prepared this color rendition by combining the Hajian team's WFPC2 images taken through three different color filters that isolate nebular gases of different temperatures.
The nebula shows several remarkable and poorly understood features. Blue regions mark the hottest glowing gas, which forms a roughly circular ring around the central stellar remnant. Orange and red show the locations of cooler gas. The cool gas tends to lie in long streamers pointing away from the central star, and in a surrounding, tattered-looking ring at the outer edge of the nebula. The origin of these cooler clouds within the nebula is still uncertain, but the streamers are clear evidence that their shapes are affected by radiation and stellar winds from the hot star at the center. The star's surface temperature is estimated at a scorching 140,000 degrees Celsius (250,000 degrees Fahrenheit).
Hajian and his team are scheduled to reobserve NGC 6751 with Hubble's WFPC2 in 2001. Due to the expansion of the nebula, at a speed of about 40 kilometers per second (25 miles per second), the high resolution of Hubble's camera will reveal the slight increase in the size of the nebula since 1998. This measurement will allow the astronomers to calculate an accurate distance to NGC 6751. In the meantime, current estimates are that NGC 6751 is roughly 6,500 light-years from Earth. The nebula's diameter is 0.8 light-years, some 600 times the diameter of our own solar system.
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'David's Day' Benefit Walk This Weekend to Help One of Our Own
This Saturday, Dec. 1 from 9 a.m. to noon, a special benefit walk for a beloved East Texas family will be held at Wildcat Stadium in Whitehouse. The event, "David's Day," will help the beloved East Texas family -- the Baskins. David Baskin is suffering from Lou Gehrig's Disease, of which he was diagnosed with May of 2010. The strong and athletic Baskin began to experience strange muscle twitching. The twitching soon became worse. A specialist in Houston diagnosed the problem
Keri, David's wife, is a school teacher in Whitehouse and their two children, McKenzie who is in eighth grade, and Parker, who is in 10th grade. They are an amazing family led by their faith.
Don't miss out on helping one of our own East Texans. Come out and enjoy all the family activities. The kids will love the bounce house, inflatable slide, children's obstacle course, face painting, spirit tattoos and, of course, the walk in honor of the Baskins. The event hopes to show love and support for this family, and to help one of our own.
Food donations are now being accepted that will be sold at concession area to help raise money as well.
If you plan to attend the walk, registration is $15, which includes a t-shirt and of course, all the proceeds from sales and registrations will go to the Baskin family.
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South Asian cuisine restaurant located on the Marine Drive corridor.
Saw all the positive reviews below, but was never going to bother trying it as I just don't dig a la carte Indian dining much. However, I came across an ad that says they have a lunch buffet every day ($12) and thought, awesome, have to try this place.
So we show up, and ... there was no lunch buffet. We just picked a bad week as they didn't run it over the holidays. The place was also dead, we were the only customers there at 1:00 PM. So it didn't start off well.
However, we tried it anyway, and it was a pleasant surprise. Service was friendly, attentive, and the waitress even made alternate recommendations for what we wanted to order, which is fine with me because I don't know what their best dishes are. Had a couple of curries and a bread basket, all very tasty. We were also stuffed silly.
Only strange thing was being the only customers at a peak time, which makes for uncomfortable ambience. Eventually the owner of Chez Michel down the street walked in to try the food out. Not sure if he was checking out the competition or is just sick to death of his own french food =).
Anyway, we will be back to sample the buffet as that is our thing.
Overall this is the best Indian experience I've had to date. If the buffet is good this will replace Saffron as my favourite as the overall experience here is better than Saffron which can really lack in service at times.
I do wish them success and hope things aren't as always as quiet as they were when we visited. Do give them a try if you like Indian.
I took a client out to this place yesterday... She loves spicy food and we always go to the same place, so I suggested we check out this place instead.. The reviews have been pretty good. We weren't disappointed. We could have gone for the buffet, but instead chose a la carte. The server was extremely nice. She asked us our preference on the "spiciness scale". My client had a wine spritzer... the waitress didn't know the proportions and asked... Nice to see wait staff ask when they don't know something instead of butchering an order. We had the prawns vindaloo and the lamb methi as well as the garlic naan. The food was very flavourful as well as having the right amount of heat. Ambiance is a little bit of the weak spot, but the decorations are quite nice.
Party of five at 6:30 on a Saturday night. We had 5 different dishes, rice and naan, plus a couple of cocktails and a lassi. Every dish was excellent, amone the best I've had in the Lower Mainland! The korma and the butter chicken were creamy and smooth, with subtle flavours, the aloo gobi and channa masala were nicely spiced.
All together, the bill was about $100. The portions were fine, but not huge. Service was attentive and pleasant. The ambiance is nothing special, but not at all shabby. But the food was just awesome, and easily makes this a place worth a visit I definitely wish that I lived closer to it!
I have been going to All Indian Restaurant a few times now and every time is just perfect!! I usually go there for lunch buffet, for the price of $11.95, you can savour over 4 types of curry, tandoori chicken, samosas, and salad! My favourite are the butter chicken and samosas, they are absolutely tasty. There are also lamb curry, and I think some veggie curries as well. My partner doesn't really eat lamb but she found the lamb curry to be very good!! She said it doesn't have that distinctive lamb smell, which is excellent! I didn't try every single item in the buffet, but just having the butter chicken and samosa will make you happy already!
The service there is also excellent!! They didn't have any servers but someone that looked like the "owner" served us. He was very friendly and greeted us promptly at the door. He was fast to bring us water and invite us to enjoy the buffet. Although he was working by himself, he was very efficient! He even took the time to ask us if the food was okay.
Value is excellent for lunch. I have never had dinner there before, but lunch is absolutely outstanding. I mean, ordering indian food at a food court is around $8-$9, this is in a restaurant, all you can eat for $11.95, I would say the value is outstanding!!
Ambiance is also quite nice. I think there is probably an ocean view part on the other side of the restaurant. We have only seated at the front part of the restaurant and the ambiance is pretty and clean! Seating is comfortable.
Overall, I give this restaurant full mark! I'll go back again and again!!
It's so nice to finally have really good Indian food in West Vancouver. I've dined in a few times, and found the service to be adequate. I really appreciated having the curries served with a tea light to keep it warm. I've ordered take-out many more times and still really enjoy the food. I've been pleasantly surpised by the level of service a couple of times. For example, I wanted to order an extra side of butter sauce... an item not on the menu. I was prepared to pay, but was given a fairly large container of sauce free of charge. Talk about going above and beyond! Dine here and keep the restaurant alive. I think they're worth it!
I am a resident of West Vancouver ...I was just passing by Marine Drive and I noticed East Indian restaurant and we decided to try some Indian food as soon we entered the restaurant we were greeted by friendly staff and we were offered where would like to sit ...I was surprised to know that they had an outdoor patio as well as an Indoor Patio room ... We had Rack of lamb as a starter and it was amazing .There server was really educated with wines and he suggested us for a bottle of Malbec and it was fabulous .We had Lamb Methi with Onion Kulcha and Prawn Coconut with Spinach Nan . It was the best surpise for us and we really enjoyed it .
Saw the great reviews on this site, love good indian food so went along with high expectations. We ordered a couple of martinis and some mineral water and some wine. After 40 minutes and two reminders we got our mouthwash flavoured martinis but never saw the water. Mixed grill to start was OK (although we never saw the promised raita) but by now we're over an hour in the restaurant. The waiter forgot which wine we'd ordered and, even after reminding him, took two more prompts and 25 minutes to deliver. We shared a chicken jalfrezi for the main and asked for it medium hot. We received a chicken dish which tasted like a canned sauce and had no indian spices in it whatsoever. We asked them to order a taxi (which they forgot to do) and received an unordered, inedible rice pudding while we waited. This restaurant is just down the road from Handi but a million miles away in every other respect. If our experience sounds OK to you, go quick - it won't be there long!
To preface this review I eat a lot of indian food. I mean I eat indian food 5 times a week and have visited 30+ resturants in the lower mainland. All India in West Van holds their own. When we went it was quiet (weekday evening) so I hope they are able to stay in business. The important part, the food, was great. The service was well intentioned but a little over the top (suggesting things etc.) I suppose if you had never eaten indian before it could be considered a good thing but the impression I got was a bit of a pushy oversell. It should be noted everything was good food wise from the starters to the mains. They use tea lights to keep the curries warm which is a major plus (anyone who eats indian knows how quickly curries get cold in those metal dishes). Also, they provide warmed plates. These little things really improve the experience and flavours. Did I mention the food is great? If you are in west van, this is the place to go. The only exception being Handi's if you have out of town indian lovers because even though the food at handis is much worse than all india, Handis has an amazing patio on the 3rd floor with a view of the water. But aside from the view, all india clearly beats handis in every other respect. In summary, great food, and I hope that is why you are going to any resturant. Nice ambiance for indian in particular (not known for ambiance IMHO). Portions are well sized. Pricing is affordable for a higher end place. If you live on the north shore it is a no brainer, GO HERE. If you live elsewhere, it is actually worth the trip, combine it with a walk on the sea wall.
Went to this place twice, once dinner and once for the lunch buffet. I much preferred the a la carte dinner menu. As there were 3 of us we got to try quite a few dishes anyway. The pakoras were flavourful and not too oily, and we all liked our main dishes. North Indian vegetarian food can be quite oily, and this wasn't -- a pleasant surprise. Prices seemed reasonable for the location and quality of food. The waitress suggested we try the chai, adding that she had made it herself. It was wonderful! A great way to warm up on a rainy winter day.
The lunch buffet was less satisfying. Many places charge $1 less for vegetarian buffet but they don't here. Nice salad selection, but most people don't go to an indian buffet for the salad. Somehow I just didn't like the dishes so much. The chick peas had an unusual flavour of fennel or anise, which my husband liked but I didn't care for. Will return for dinner instead.
The atmosphere is nice and cozy, not sparse as in some places, and not cramped. Service was always adequate to friendly, no complaints there. It's nice not to have to drive over the bridge to get good Indian food now.
My husband and I went here for my birthday dinner. We used a voucher we had purchased. I used to come to the restaurant years ago when I worked in West Van. The food was amazing and our waitress was super attentive and sweet. We thoroughlly enjoyed our three courses. The flavors were wonderful. Lots of fresh herbs. Everything was fresh and flavorful. The best Indian food we've had in a long time. The restaurant wasn't busy when we were there, which I think will change given the quality of food here. Highly recommend trying them.
4 of us found the lunch buffet excellent for quality and variety in a pleasant atmosphere with an attentive waiter. The lamb was pure meat and butter chicken had generous pieces of chicken. Loved the paleek panir. 2 weeks later, we also ordered dishes for takeout and were similarly impressed with the quality and generous portions. We had lamb cashew, prawn coconut curry and the paleek panir.
I ordered food for my elderly parents for delivery - All India West Vancouver went out of their way to entertain this delivery. I placed an order via mail all the way from Ottawa. My parents loved the food. The restaurant folks packaged the food well. Recommend this restaurant for one of the best Indian foods ever. I had the opportunity to have their great Sunday buffet when I visited Vancouver last year.
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MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Gabrielle regenerated and bore down on Bermuda today while Tropical Storm Humberto strengthened to the verge of becoming the season's first Atlantic hurricane, forecasters said.
The burst of activity came right on schedule as the Atlantic-Caribbean storm season hit its traditional peak.
Gabrielle was about 30 miles (45 km) south-southwest of Bermuda and forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was expected to pass over the mid-Atlantic island later Tuesday.
Its top winds had jumped to 60 mph (95 kph), up from 40 mph (65 kph) earlier, and a slight further increase in strength seemed likely, the forecasters said.
They said Bermuda was already being lashed by rough seas, heavy wind gusts and rain and several flights to the island had been canceled in anticipation of the storm.
The affluent British territory has strict building codes and tends to withstand tropical storms without major damage.
Gabrielle first formed last week in the northeastern Caribbean, soaking Puerto Rico as it crossed into the Atlantic. It fizzled quickly, but regrouped during the weekend and became a tropical storm again today.
On its current track, after dusting Bermuda, Gabrielle should curve north toward Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, the hurricane center said. It was expected to remain a tropical storm until it approached Newfoundland on Saturday.
Tropical Storm Humberto formed on Monday in the eastern Atlantic near the African coast and brushed by the southern Cape Verde Islands. It was about 245 miles (400 km) west of Cape Verde on Tuesday afternoon, headed northwest over open waters and posing no threat to land.
Humberto had top winds of 70 mph (110 kph) and was expected to cross the 74 mph (119 kph) threshold to become a hurricane later Tuesday or early Wednesday.
It is the eighth tropical storm of the Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 and historically peaks on Sept. 10. But it would be the first this year to reach hurricane strength.
The first hurricane of the season usually forms by Aug. 10.
Since the dawn of the satellite era in the mid-1960s, the latest date for the first hurricane to arrive was set in 2002 when Hurricane Gustav made its debut on Sept. 11.
If Humberto reaches hurricane status after 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) on Wednesday, it will replace Gustav as the modern-day record holder, the forecasters in Miami said.


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Commencement 2001
SOCORRO, N.M., May 12, 2001 - New Mexico Tech presented 287 degrees, including bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D.s, at graduation ceremonies on May 12, 2001, on their campus in Socorro. Awards to faculty and top students were also presented.
Top awards went to Roseanna Neupauer, a Ph.D. graduate now living in Virginia; Rebecca Brown, a graduate in electrical engineering from Grants; and Timothy Wangler, a chemical engineering graduate from Clovis.
Roseanna Neupauer, who received a Ph.D. in hydrology, was presented with the Founder's Award, Tech's top award to a graduate student. It was the second time Neupauer had received the award, the first time being in 1999, when she graduated with a master's degree in mathematics. She was also presented with the Graduate Student Association's Appreciation Award.
Neupauer is a native of Northampton, Pa., where she graduated from Northampton High School in 1985. She is the daughter of George and Mary Neupauer of Northampton. She is a 1989 graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a 1991 graduate of MIT with a master's degree in civil engineering.
Neupauer had served for several years as president of the campus's Graduate Student Association (GSA). In this role, she advanced several causes of interest to students, including a health care center. She helped get better student representation at all levels of the administration and made sure that graduate student concerns were not only heard but also acted upon. After stepping down from her office, Neupauer continued to serve the GSA, by advising its officers. After leaving Tech, she continued to provide feedback to GSA officers and helped graduate students by providing a Ph.D. dissertation template.
Neupauer completed her Ph.D. during the fall of 2000 and is currently an assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. For her dissertation research, she developed a mathematical modeling approach that can be used to identify sources of groundwater contamination, and she successfully tested the approach at a contaminated site on Cape Cod, Mass
Rebecca Brown a native of Grants, received two of New Mexico Tech's the top awards: the C. T. Brown Award (to the graduating senior who ranks highest in scholarship, leadership, and conduct) and the Cramer Award for the female engineering graduate with the highest grade point average. Last month, she was named "Engineering Student of the Year Runner-up." Brown, a graduate of Grants High School, is the daughter of Kenneth and Judy Brown of Grants.
Brown graduated with two bachelor of science degrees, one in electrical engineering and one in mathematics, with highest honors. Since the summer of 1999, she has worked as a research intern in the Mobile Robotics Group at Sandia National Laboratories.During the past year, she has been president of the student chapter of Tau Beta Phi, the national engineering honor society. She is also active in the student chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Timothy Wangler received New Mexico Tech's top award for a male engineering student. Recently, the campus named him "Engineering Student of the Year." During the past two summers, Wangler has worked as a process engineering intern at Intel Corporation's microchip fabrication plant in Rio Rancho. The results of his work have led to process improvements, which in turn led Intel to present him with a service recognition award and a job offer. Wangler says he plans on working at Intel after graduation. Wangler, a graduate of Clovis High School, is the son of John and Nora Wangler of Clovis.
New Mexico Tech's annual Distinguished Research Award was presented to Dr. John McCoy, professor of materials engineering. In his 10 years at Tech, McCoy has established a national reputation in polymer research, attracting research projects and outstanding graduate students. Before coming to Tech, McCoy had done post-docs at Sandia National Labs and the University of California at Berkeley. He had also received New Mexico Tech's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1993.
(See related story: Dr. John McCoy, Distinguished Teaching Award 2001 )
The Distinguished Teaching Award for 2001 went to Dr. Donald Weinkauf, chair of the Chemical Engineering Department. Weinkauf was key in getting this new department started during the past five years. Students commented on his enthusiasm as an instructor and his willingness to give assistance outside of classes, as well as the time he spent advising the student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
New Mexico Tech presented its Langmuir Award for an outstanding research paper by a graduate student to Geoffrey Rawling, a graduate student in Earth sciences.
Rawling was the lead author on a paper entitled, "Internal architecture, permeability structure, and hydrologic significance of contrasting fault-zone types," published in the professional journal Geology earlier this year. Rawling is a resident of Socorro.
The Langmuir Award was presented for the paper "Internal architecture, permeability structure, and hydrologic significance of contrasting fault-zone types", which Rawling authored with two of his professors, Drs. Laurel Goodwin, and John Wilson. The paper was published in Geology, one of the most prestigious journals in the geosciences, in January of this year. It represents the most significant synthesis to date of fault-zone deformation processes in different earth materials, as well as an unusual synergy of geologic and hydrologic data and approaches to problem-solving. His research is of practical as well as academic interest, as it provides workers in the desert southwest with guidelines for evaluation of faulted aquifers.
Rawling is a 1990 graduate of Newark (Del.) High School. He is the son of Dr. Frank L. and Phyllis C. Rawling of Newark. He received his bachelor's degree in geoscience at Pennsylvania State University in 1994 and his master's degree in geoscience from the State University of New York at Sony Brook in 1997.
Geoff is currently a Ph.D. student at New Mexico Tech. He recently received a grant from the Geological Society of America to present the results of his research at an international conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1998, he won the Wellnitz Scholarship from the New Mexico Geological Society for field-based geologic research in New Mexico.
The New Mexico Tech Alumni Association presented two awards to distinguished alumni. Eugene O'Connor, a resident of Socorro, received the Distinguished Service Award for his active support of New Mexico Tech, both as a scholarship donor and a participant in open meetings concerning Tech. O'Connor was a 1953 graduate in metallurgical engineering.
(See related story: Eugene O'Connor, Distinguished Service Award 2001)
Dr. Roger Richman of Mountain View, Calif., received the Alumni Association's Distinguished Achievement Award. Richman has had a long and distinguished career as a metallurgist, after graduation from Tech with a degree in metallurgical engineering in 1950. During his many years of association with the Electric Power Research Institute, a research consortium of utility companies in Palo Alto, Calif., he has aided or been responsible for many of the research contracts New Mexico Tech has gotten from that organization.
(See related story: Roger Richman, Distinguished Achievement Award 2001 )
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Authorities in California are offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Christopher Dorner, the former LA police officer suspected in three killings who is the subject of a manhunt.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced the $1 million reward at a news conference at LAPD headquarters on Sunday.
The reward, raised from private donations, police unions, businesses and city and county governments, marks the largest sum ever offered in Southern California in a criminal investigation.
Some 80 miles to the east, SWAT teams continued to scour snow-covered mountains near where the 33-year-old fugitive's charred pickup truck was discovered Thursday.
Dorner is accused of shooting dead a couple in a car park on February 3. The woman was the daughter of a retired police captain who represented him at a tribunal when he was sacked from the LAPD.
In a series of ambush shootings near Los Angeles on Thursday he is accused of killing one police officer and injuring two others.
Authorities say Dorner has vowed revenge against several former LAPD colleagues whom he blames for ending his career.
Actor Charlie Sheen has recorded a personal video message to Dorner, urging him to call the star so they can "figure out" an end to his manhunt.


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"Fresnel's Revolving Light. —In this form of revolving light the central burner is surrounded by annular lenses L, and a compound arrangement of inclined trapezoidal lenses L' and plane silvered mirrors M. The inclined lenses fit closely to each other and form a pyramidal dome, and the light, intercepted by them, is sent upwards in inclined beams until, falling upon the plane mirrors M, it is sent outwards in horizontal parallelized beams. All these optical agents are made to revolve round the central lamp, and the sailor receives a full flash when the axis of one of the emerging beams passes his eye, and as soon as it passes him he is in darkness until the next beam comes round." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910


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The average wholesale heating oil price was not available on February 16, 2009 (see the table at the end of this report). The graph below shows the spread in Nebraska prices from month to month and from this year compared to previous years.
The four states surveyed in the Midwest Region had prices ranging from $1.30 to $1.42 per gallon resulting in a regional average of $1.31. States near in proximity to Nebraska, such as Missouri and Minnesota, had prices of $1.42 and $1.31, respectively.
For the week ending February 13, the Midwest distillate inventory level was above the normal range for this time of year at 2.8 million barrels.
Notes: The annual report for the 2007-2008 winter season is available. An archive houses annual reports from previous years.
Heating Season
The Oil Price Information Service collects wholesale heating oil prices each week for Nebraska and four (4) other states in the Midwest Region during the heating season (October to March). The Energy Information Administration, the independent statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, uses the prices collected by the Oil Price Information Service to calculate a state average price, a regional average price, and a national average price which can be seen in the report Wholesale Heating Oil Prices by Region and State.
Off Season
Prices are not collected during the off season (April through September).
Midwest Region
For statistical purposes, the Energy Information Administration defines the Midwest region to include the states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.


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It's been a few years since "Mystery Science Theater 3000" went off the air, but on April Fools' Day, the "MST3K" trio of Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett will be back on TV. But instead of mocking cheesy old genre films, they'll be tackling National Geographic Channel's own programming.
"Total Riff Off" is NatGeo's April 1 special event featuring three hours of clips from their shows, including "Honey Badgers," "Unlikely Animal Friends," "Man v. Monster," "Swamp Men" and "Alpha Dogs" among others. Nelson, Murphy and Corbett will provide the wisecracks.
The event has been broken up into three hour-long episodes, titled "Killer Shrimp N' Friends," "Demon Bat" and "Guy and a Goose."
PHOTOS: TV shows and their spinoffs
"Mystery Science Theater 3000" ended in 1999, but in 2006, Nelson began RiffTrax, an online source of commentaries on a wide variety of films, not necessarily low budget sci-fi flicks. Murphy and Corbett soon joined him and they have recorded commentaries for such big budget films as "The Avengers" and "The Hunger Games." Unlike the old "MST3K" episodes, these tracks are sold independent of films themselves.
While the cast of "MST3K's" later years has been doing RiffTrax, the show's creator, Joel Hodgson, has been doing something similar called "Cinematic Titanic" with other former contributors to "MST3K" including Trace Beaulieu and Frank Coniff.
Killing off major character could prove fatal to 'The Good Wife'
'Mad Men' cast starts the goodbyes and other PaleyFest highlights
New Huell Howser exhibit at Chapman University to hold open house
PHOTOS: TV shows and their spinoffs
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The Chicago Fire have welcomed a new player to Toyota Park with the signing announcement of Dutch striker Sherjill MacDonald as a designated player Tuesday morning.
"I'm very excited," MacDonald told Chicago-Fire.com Tuesday. "It's good. The facilities are very nice, I don't know all the players yet but the first training session was great today. I saw the game on Saturday [vs. Aston Villa] – if you see the stadium, the pitch it's not difficult to get excited about playing here."
Sherjill MacDonald Signs
A product of the famed Ajax youth system, MacDonald's career has taken him through Holland, Germany, England and Belgium where he most recently played with Jupiler League side Germinal Beerschot the past three seasons.
The 27-year-old striker comes off one of the best seasons of his career, finishing second on the Antwerp-based club's goal scoring list with seven tallies to his name.
"Obviously I've seen the team play and been with them already. With my type of playing style I hope to create more chances, score a few goals and give assists. Looking at the last few games, I think the team has done well defensively, if we can score more goals we'll be in good shape."
Asked about what he expects MacDonald to bring to the team, Fire head coach Frank Klopas said, "He has pace, can hold the ball up top, can shoot with either foot. He's very smart with his movement in the box. In the game as far as creating space for himself or others he does well.
"He comes from a very good school in Ajax where he spent 14 years. The Dutch have very good quality and are very technically sound. "
Rumblings about MacDonald's signing came through his own Twitter account (@Mackie84) as he responded to a Belgian journalist's article that made it seem as though he wasn't enthused about coming to the U.S.
"I said that I was happy to come here but sad to leave my old team. He put it in a different context and I was a little bit angry about that because it looked like I wasn't excited to come here. That's not the case. That's why I put the tweet out there, to say I was excited to come here, now everyone knows."
As for his availability, there are two small hurdles the Fire will need to navigate: the opening of an international roster spot (expected to happen sometime Tuesday) and the evaluation of the striker's fitness.
UPDATE: As of 3:00pm CT, the club has loaned Federico Puppo to Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting, clearing the international spot.
"I already signed here [weeks ago] but my visa wasn't ready yet so [I was] without a team to train with. I did the first week of my team preparation [with Beerschot] but the first week is always easy.
The Dutch striker participated in full training Tuesday and showed well in his first official session as a member of the Fire.
"I'll have to see where my fitness is at and discuss with the coaching staff. I hope to be fit for the first home game but if I can play a little bit Saturday I'll be happy too."


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There's no advance paperwork to fill out - all you have to do to get these free tests is show up. You'll be able to find "Wellness Tour" buses at community centers, Walgreens stores and other locations in more than 3,000 cities across the country, including Puerto Rico.
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After your tests, you'll get your results instantly. Certified health screeners will walk you through each test and explain your results, so you can make sure you walk away informed. You can share your results with your doctor, so you can work together to decide what other tests, medications or lifestyle changes you may need to stay healthy.
Talk With Someone from Medicare
On select dates of the Wellness Tour, you'll be able to talk with someone from Medicare who can personally answer your questions. If you have Medicare, remember that you can now get even more preventive services at little or no cost to you, including the "Welcome to Medicare" preventive visit.
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Poll: 60% think federal gov't should recognize same-sex marriages
As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two high-profile cases this week - California's Proposition 8 and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act - 60 percent of Americans think the federal government should legally recognize existing same-sex marriages and provide them the same federal benefits the government provides to heterosexual married couples. Just 35 percent do not think the government should do this.
The legality of same-sex marriage varies by state. When it comes to who should decide this issue, most Americans- 62 percent - think the decision should be left up to each individual state government, while just 26 percent think it should be up to the federal government.
Meanwhile, a slight majority of Americans (53 percent) thinks it should be legal for same-sex couples to marry.
- Poll: 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage
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Although public opinion on this topic has been consistent for the last few months, it has changed markedly from as recently as a year ago. In May 2012, just after President Barack Obama announced his support for same sex marriage, 51 percent of Americans said it should not be legal for same-sex couples to marry.
The poll further suggests the extent to which people's views have changed. 33 percent of Americans who now think same-sex couples should be allowed to legally marry say they once held the opposite view.
Same-Sex Relations: Right or Wrong?
General views on being gay or lesbian have evolved over the years as well. Now, just 36 percent of Americans think same-sex relations between consenting adults is wrong, and most - 57 percent - think it is not. When Gallup asked a similar question in 1978 - whether homosexual relations between consenting adults were wrong - six in 10 Americans said they were.
As with same-sex marriage, there are differences by age: Americans over 65 tend to think same-sex relations are wrong, while people under 65 do not. Sixty-nine percent of those who have a work colleague, close friend, or relative who is gay or lesbian do not believe homosexual relations between consenting adults are wrong, while 56 percent of those who do not have a close relationship with anyone who is gay or lesbian think such relations are wrong.
Is Being Gay or Lesbian a Choice?
Similarly, just a third of Americans now think being gay or lesbian is something people choose to be; instead, 53 percent think it is something people cannot change. Twenty years ago, Americans were divided when they were asked whether being homosexual was a choice or not.
Most Americans who think same-sex relations are wrong believe being gay or lesbian is a choice. Those who do not think same-sex relations are wrong think being gay or lesbian is something people cannot change.
Gay Membership in the Boy Scouts
Although it may reconsider its policy this coming May, currently the Boy Scouts of America does not allow openly gay members in its ranks. Fifty-one percent of Americans, however, think the Boy Scouts should allow openly gay members; just 36 percent think they should not.
Sixty-four percent of 18 to 29 year-olds think the Boy Scouts should allow openly gay members. That figure drops with age, to 45 percent of people age 45 or over. Women (56 percent) are more apt than men (46 percent) to favor allowing this as well. Fifty-four percent of parents with children under 18 say the Boy Scouts should allow openly gay members.
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will be making decisions on two important cases involving same-sex marriage. In general, 44 percent of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing, while 38 percent disapprove.
In deciding important constitutional cases, Americans are divided as to whether or not the Supreme Court should only consider the legal issues involved (46 percent), or whether it should also consider what the majority of the public thinks on the subject (45 percent).
This poll was conducted by telephone from March 20-24, 2013 among 1,181 adults nationwide. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.