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The Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) is a worldwide network of ground stations that supports a variety of users from NASA to the National Recon naissance Office (NRO). The network performs tracking, telemetry, and commanding (TT&C) for these users. Users, located at Satellite Operations Centers (SOCs), must compete for time on the AFSCN (see Figure 1).
One value that determines the success of an uplink or downlink is the signal to noise ratio (SNR). SNR is the power of the transmitted signal over the noise power. Both uplink and downlink require minimum SNR to be considered successful. If the minimum SNR is not met, the data cannot be extracted from the signal.
Currently, the users do not know what the SNR performance will be over a given contact because there is currently no SNR prediction capability in the AFSCN. The spacecraft operators, or users, schedule time on the AFSCN with no regard to the estimated SNR. This presents an issue. With no way to estimate or predict the performance of an upcoming support, the users cannot accurately request time on the network because they do not have a quantitative representation of the estimated performance of the contact. If the users had an estimate of how the link would perform, they would be better prepared to schedule contacts more efficiently.
SNR is largely dependent on the signal power from the transmitter. With the ability to predict the SNR of a downlink, the users would be able to optimize the power level to the amount required to achieve the desired SNR. This is a huge advantage as power consumption is an important factor in spacecraft operations.
There are apparent advantages to predicting link performance. So why doesn't the AFSCN have this capability? During the design phase of spacecraft programs, a worst-case link budget is used. In other words, the spacecraft is designed to obtain the needed SNR in worst-case scenarios. Therefore, varying SNR is not normally considered an important issue because the needed performance can be obtained in most conditions. As a result, there is no SNR predictive capability within the AFSCN.
Having SNR prediction capability would allow the spacecraft operators to more accurately predict the amount of time needed for a support and potentially result in power savings for the spacecraft. Guiding the research are the following questions: How can link performance be predicted? Where in the current AFSCN architecture would performance prediction be applied? Lastly, how would the AFSCN and its users benefit from link prediction capability?


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I'm 59 years old and have worked in new home construction most of those years. I've worked as a superintendent for several construction firms and run my own framing and remodeling company, as well as working just as myself as a carpenter.
In 1986 the first "amnesty bill" promised border fences. I had worked in Houston and saw the light green vans and jeeps (immigration enforcement) pull into a subdivision and saw the silence as the workers ran to the rice fields or hid in the attics.
From that time, every job I applied for required a driver's license and Social Security number to be copied and kept on file.
When I came back to Savannah in 1996, I was surprised to see the disappearance of, frankly, black construction workers. They were replaced by illegal Mexican immigrants.
The blacks that had dominated the concrete and brick-laying trades were replaced. Within a few years, the illegals had taken over the predominantly white trades of carpentry.
My concerns here are not racial, but hard-working Americans showing up every day, working hard, and being replaced by illegals taking their jobs.
I'm an old man and whatever direction the country goes in, I won't be here long to worry about it. I am concerned about young people who used to find jobs in what the Mike Rowe TV show "Dirty Jobs" will do - good-paying, hard-working jobs.
I wonder about kids who were not the standouts in high school or didn't go to college. I had kids who were hard workers that I had to teach how to read a tape measure (after 10-12 years of public education). But as long as they worked hard, they had a job. And they learned everyday.
I want the black and white community to ask themselves this: If 11 million-plus become legal to work in the United States (living six-10 people in a trailer out on U.S. 17) where will the lower-level (less educated) Americans who are already being reduced to part-time workers because of Obamacare go to work?
Do you really think the newly legal will work "on the books" and pay taxes? Could the reason both our senators voted for cloture on this bill be paying back big-money donators like farmers, homebuilding and restaurant industries?
If you are in your 20s to 30s without a college education, do you want this influx of legal workers to complete with?
How about enforcing the border as was promised in 1986? Please call Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson and let Jack Kingston know how you feel about this. Time is short.
Crybabies wrong about keeping country safe
We have got such idiots out there crying about everything the government does to protect us.
I am glad they are doing whatever is necessary to keep our country safe from terrorists. Who cares that they are scanning your calls? If they weren't doing all this and we had another attack, then these same crybabies would be screaming that they are not doing enough to protect us.
Good job, law enforcement of all kinds. Keep up the good work. As far as I'm concerned, if you need to waterboard someone or use other forms of persuading someone to talk to protect our people and land, then go right ahead.
I will hand out tissues for the crybabies to wipe their tears with.
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Russians are coming, the Russians are coming
One need spend only a few days standing in front of the motor vehicle licensing office to see the transformation of numerous citizens, faces full of expectation, hands full of documents and bounce in their steps emerge later - shell-shocked, confused and shuffling in their gait as the reality of their situation sets in.
They have experienced the crucible of the DMV.
Their assurance of the needed documents, learned from press releases, close friends and the previous acceptance of them by other government agencies, has been shattered as new documents are needed or the older ones are good no longer.
Two years ago, my birth certificate was used as proof of me for passports and a government-paid-trip to Korea, where getting shot at was the goal and many other official actions, where I had to be identified.
I found at the DMV that this honored document was no longer valid.
It came from the hospital, which included my foot prints and numerous signatures of relevance and titled individuals in my birth experience. The problem is there was no governmental agency listed in the certificate - thus it was null and void.
Back to the house to get my passport, issued with the same, now useless birth certificate. Then I got my license renewed, a delay of six hours and frayed good will.
This week, my wife, a former participant in the revolution against the Russians in Budapest in 1956 and a person with little patience and no love for big government, was denied her new license because she did not have the registration for our vehicle.
I had never heard of that as a needed document. My wife had not heard this either. With visions of Russians in the woodwork, I could see the bile rise in her face.
Fortunately, we had the registration for the vehicle in the glove compartment and we left with license in hand. She could only shake her head and remark "just like the Russians and where is this country heading."
I suggest we all wait until our health care is controlled by these government agents and see what questions and documents are required to get a Q-tip.


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So anyone who has perused this blog at any juncture is well aware of the fact that I am clearly not a vegetarian or vegan or any facsimile thereof, I mean have you seen the pictures of the deer heads and suckling pig? But even though I work with animal bones on a daily basis and am not at all afraid of meat on any level, I also am not on the carnivorous end of the omnivore spectrum. I do not eat a great deal of meat, but I don't make an extra effort to cut it out of my diet either. I am equally happy to have chicken or tofu for dinner. For me, at least at this stage of the game, it is more about the experience of different flavors, textures, and cultural traditions, than it is about other aspects of food choices. (And believe me I am also well aware of the arguments for vegetarian and vegan dietary choices and I definitely support those people who decide that these lifestyles suit their personal goals and moral and political stances.) I, personally, am trying to move as far away from any sorts of restrictions or defined boundaries when it comes to foods as I can and so I choose to eat whatever might appear on my plate and to be more intrigued by the story behind the food.
With that information as a backdrop, I will admit that I definitely have an interest in vegetarian and vegan cuisine as such. I am very interested to experiment and experience the kinds of flavors and textures created with non-meat products. Following along this path, I and a few of my friends went to Horizons for dinner this evening. It was a special prix fixe menu that was a terrific deal and a wonderful opportunity to taste a few of the foods coming out of this well-known and well-loved Philly vegan hot-spot. Our menu included:
Jamaican bbq seitan with green jerk cabbage and scotch bonnet crema
Pan roasted tofu with exotic mushroom paella, english pea sauce, and tomato salad
Bittersweet chocolate cheesecake with balsamic strawberries
(ummm, yeah, so as is my wont, I got too excited when dessert came and I'd eaten the whole slice before I remembered that I was supposed to have taken a picture of it, but you know what cheesecake looks like, so just imagine it) ☺
The seitan appetizer, and this was the first time I'd ever had seitan, was a very unique texture. I described it as almost like a very fatty pork belly or some similar cut, but without the distinctly stringy texture of the meat and the overly disgusting feel of a big wad of fat in your mouth (I abhor chewing on large chunks of fat). The seitan was chewy in the way that pork belly is, but without all the associated guilt. The bbq sauce had a great punch, which was well balanced with the crispness of the cabbage and the crema sauce. The hot seitan also contrasted well with the cool cabbage and sauce.
Though the pan roasted tofu was a simple dish in and of itself, just add some seasoning on top and you've got your dish, the accoutrements were wonderful. The mushroom paella was more like a smooth creamy risotto and the pea sauce was fantastic! It added both a bright green color and an extremely fresh and bright flavor.
The chocolate cheesecake was also quite good, very light and fluffy. Not much to say there since I obviously liked it so much I forgot to take a photo. Chocolate in a dessert and I'm one happy woman.
Like so many others before me, I was quite impressed with the food at Horizons. The presentation was really nice, the colors were vibrant, and the flavors and textures were really well-balanced. The ambiance of the restaurant is also very pleasant and the staff were extremely congenial. At the very least I will have to make a return visit to try their mango crème brulée because it's on the list of the top 5 crème brulées in the city (according to Citypaper), which I'm trying to, but doing a very poor job of, working my way through. But I'd want to go back anyway, this is a place you can take your vegetarian and vegan friends for sure, but also people who just like to eat these sorts of foods, to see, taste, and experience what is out there in all the various arenas of the culinary world.


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I am reasearching two great great uncles and their families who came to Australia as assisted migrants.
The first is Jesse STOPPS and his family - Jane his wife and his son William and daughter Elizabeth aged 4 and 2, who came to Port Phillip aboard the ship Lord William Bentinck in August 1844.
The second is Laucelot STOPPS who came on the ship Canton in late 1848 and arrived in Sydney.
I have no leads to go on yet but will be continuing my research and writing to many of the Stopps in Australia. I do know there are many Stopps in Tasmania, others in Erskinville and Gundegai.
I do know that Launcelot died in 1910 and was buried at Granville, but that's the limit of my research to date.
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The theory of state capitalism has played a critical role in the International Socialist tradition's critique of regimes claiming to be socialist. In the first of the new Revolutionary Reflections articles, Mike Gonzalez presents an account of the latest developments in Venezuela which draw on that tradition to make sense of changes that are taking place. His article explores changes to the system, and the growth of a new ruling class around President Maduro following the death of Hugo Chavez.
A PDF of this article can be downloaded here
The Bolivarian revolution led by Hugo Chavez from 1999, opened a new chapter in the global struggle for social justice. For anti-capitalists across the world, his '21st century socialism' pointed ahead to a new kind of power, defined in the Bolivarian Constitution as "participativa y protagonista" – a participatory democracy in which the people were the active subjects.
It is hard to reconcile that hope with the realities of Venezuela today. The spokespersons of the new State continue to proclaim their revolutionary credentials. Yet they oversee a society in profound and worsening crisis, where hunger has reappeared in a country which just four years ago was congratulated by the U.N. for its virtual elimination of extreme poverty. The right wing media – nationally and internationally – have taken great delight in publishing photographs of food queues marshalled and overseen by armed National Guards. The supporters of Chavismo instinctively refuse to believe the images. But the social crisis they symbolize is real.
An economy in crisis
The levels of inflation in Venezuela have reached catastrophic proportions. The annual figure for 2015 was over 300% and in 2016, even official sources recognize that it is approaching 600% or more. Translated into real lives, it means that a basket of basic goods and services for a family is now calculated at 400,000 bolivars– set against average wages of around 60,000. The government responds by pointing to the fair prices it regularly announces. But in reality the basic products to which those fair prices are attached are rarely available, and it is even less likely that they will be sold at those prices. It is universally recognized that the various commissions and ministries set up to oversee price regulation have failed completely. In fact a number of people appointed to ensure them have been dismissed for involvement in fraud. The Local Committee of Supply and Production (known by its Spanish acronym CLAP) , is the assured baskets of basic goods to be delivered directly to consumers, and much heralded by the president, has been a failure too. They are administered by the government party, the PSUV, and distributed among its supporters – or to some of them at least. The CLAPs are not reaching their recipients, and when they do, are rarely complete. In many areas they are trafficked – as on the island of Margarita.
The enormous queues at practically every supermarket start to form at three or four in the morning. The minimum wait is four to five hours, but there is no guarantee of what will be available when you reach the shelves. The supplies of products at regulated prices are limited, and there are reports that the National Guard controlling the queues themselves take a proportion of the products for resale.
A glance at the contents of a plastic bag carried by a weary shopper finally emerging from the supermarket after a five or six-hour wait is telling. It will contain only basics – flour, oil, washing powder, perhaps rice or beans (the basis of the national diet), margarine (butter is a distant memory), perhaps milk or milk powder. Where there are vegetables and fruit available at farmers markets, their price is ten or twenty times what it was a year ago. Ten kilos of fruit and vegetables a week will cost at current prices around 30% of the monthly wage. Bread at the maximum allowed of two loaves per person, (assuming ten per week for a family) will amount to another 16% or so.
A number of external commentators in Europe and the U.S. have insisted that there is no hunger in Venezuela. There is. The calorific intake of most Venezuelans is falling. Electricity, transport, hospitals, schools are falling into physical disrepair and are increasingly unable to offer the services they promise. Water is rationed (to once a week), and electricity severely curtailed (public offices run three days a week, schools, four days). The situation of medicines and drugs is particularly distressing. Whole ranges of necessary medication are simply unavailable, and that includes aspirins and plasters, birth control pills and anti-convulsants. The growing number of incidents of looting, now a daily occurrence, are evidence enough of mounting frustration.
The crisis has been accelerating since late 2014. What is astonishing is there is no sign of any strategic response from the state or indeed the National Assembly. Instead, Nicolas Maduro, who is fond of long combative speeches, delivers daily denunciations of the "economic war", the conspiracy that he insists is responsible for the dire situation most Venezuelans are now living through. The reality is a great deal more complex. The groups that dominate the supplies of food and drink are almost certainly hoarding goods, as happened in Chile before the coup against Allende in 1973. Then as now, the purposes are both economic and political. Prices are raised arbitrarily, and each time goods reappear on supermarket shelves after a long absence, their price has risen. Black beans are part of the basic diet; the fair price for half a kilo is 60 bolivars – they are currently on sale at 4000. This is one example of many, but the proportions are roughly the same for most products.
At the same time, the absence of the most basic goods, and the total unpredictability of their supply, adds to an atmosphere of collective anxiety and insecurity. Because wages cannot buy what is necessary, the phenomenon of "bachaqueo" has spread through every level of the society; it refers to the reselling of goods, acquired by a range of means, through networks. Some of those goods are the ones bought at fair prices and then resold, in the poor barrios, at higher prices, but still less than those of the local shop. This applies to everything, from food through spare parts to cement or cars. And if there is an economic war waged against the population, those responsible come from both the business sector and the state. Many members of government, of the state, and of the armed forces, are deeply enmeshed in the circuits of contraband and resale. These extend across the frontiers to Colombia, where vast quantities of goods of every kind are resold at even higher prices with the complicity of the military, the National Guard and in many cases local politicians too. Medicines unavailable in Venezuela are freely available in Colombian pharmacies, some (including the one where I bought medication in Bogota) are in fact Venezuelan-owned.
The heart of the problem, however, is the trade in currency, the buying and selling of dollars. The reality is that there exist two economies here, a bolivar economy and an unacknowledged dollar economy. The exchange system established under Chavismo offered dollars at a preferential rate to importers – a dollar can be bought from the Central Bank for 6 or 12 bolivars. The unofficial dollar price in 2016 has hovered around 1000, and the prices charged for imported goods reflect their black market dollar value. The profits to be made by speculators are enormous. 1000 dollars bought at official prices (say 12000 bolivars) could bring in over 1,000,000 when translated into goods or invested abroad. It was too tempting a prize to resist for all concerned, from functionaries, bank directors, importers to politicians.
Furthermore, the state itself is a major importer of services, technology and increasingly of materials and consumer goods. Every multimillion dollar trade involved equally gargantuan 'commissions' (bribes), money laundering and capital flight. The actual figures are hard to come by, given the extreme scarcity of government data. But the ex-Minister of the Economy, Jorge Giordani, in a letter signed by several leading ex-members of Chavez's government, estimated that at least $460 billion had "disappeared" in this way. The real figure is likely to be far higher.
A second consequence of this combination of disinvestment and capital flight was the collapse of domestic production. Some capitalists, like the enormously powerful head of the Polar group, Lorenzo Mendoza, moved production outside the country (in his case to Colombia and later Miami). Others simply abandoned production altogether. In these cases the government bought the plants– it did not expropriate them, since it paid market rate compensation. But in every case production fell, as a result of mismanagement and corruption – even in the flagship EPS (social enterprise) sector. This is not a phenomenon exclusive to Venezuela – the 'Dutch disease' as it is called appears to afflict all oil-producing economies. There is, however, a fundamental difference here. The Bolivarian project assumed that oil revenues would be socialized and redistributed for the social good, and that a proportion (up to 60%) would be reinvested in new industries to diversify the economy and address the dependence on oil of which the Dutch disease was a manifestation.
If there in fact an 'economic war' under way then a radical government should surely respond by taking control of production, establishing control over foreign trade, aggressively preventing currency speculation and genuinely controlling prices. More importantly still, it would act resolutely against the corruption which has financed the emergence of a new ruling class which includes both the private capitalists and the new Chavista bourgeoisie who have collaborated to create a reorganized Venezuelan state capitalism. (The definitive proof of this reversal of the Chavista project is the Arco Minero programme, to which I return below.) Instead, the profiteers have continued to make their huge gains and the working population has faced increasing misery – while a 'socialist' government has looked on and done nothing.


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ALFÁFARA (Vicente Line)
Four Generations
There are two lines of the Alfafara family that still needs to be joined. This, the Vicente line, and the other, the Laurente line. The starting person in this tree here is Francisco Santiago, the father of Vicente. But since there are only these two lines of the Alfafara family, the probability is high that Vicente and Laurente were brothers, sons of Francisco Santiago. [As I decided in my family trees (see Notes to my family tree), individuals who were already deceased before the Claveria surnames should only be called by his pre-Claveria name, because he was never known by the new surname.]
Some records also say Laurente was born in Talisay (natural de Talisay). Anyway, finding a record saying Laurente was the son of Francisco Santiago and Alfonsa/Ildefonsa would clinch it for the whole Alfafara clan. Vicente died 1851 and Laurente may have died even earlier.
There is also this matter of the Alfafaras surname distinct from Alfafara.
[We have these two Carcar families, the Barcelos and the Alfafaras (also recorded as Alcaparas), and the first is also a different family from Barcelo. They most probably got the surnames in Carcar already. I say that because while records for both Barcelos and Alfafaras say they came from Bohol–Barcelos from Dimiao while one or two indirect records say the Alfafaras was from Loon–the two surnames belong to the Carcar alphabetical surname groups. ]
But the Alfafaras surname may have died out because I have only 4 Alfafaras children–all girls. Anyway they were Catalina (married to Leon Alcudia), Dorotea (married to Tomas Aleonar), Remigia (married to Marquez Alcover) and Cornelia (married to Agustin Aldeon). However, Catalina has been identified also as Alcesto (Alcerto?) and as Cavan.
BREAKING NEWS (26-Oct-2009): The line of Ynocenta Alfafara had not been linked yet and had been put on spare. Tonight, I found the Marriage (20-Apr-1847) of Marcelo Francisco with Vicenta Apolinaria (daughter of Francisco Vicente and Ana Cipriana). Ynocenta was also at times identified as Vicenta. I've arbitrarily placed her after Eulalia and before Eusebio. The record also stated Francisco Vicente as from (or resident of) Ylaod, so this identifies a place, and perhaps location of property, for this Alfafara line.
[23-May-2011: Although I wrote in the parallel Alfafara (Laurente) page that the latter's sons seemed to have been more "political" by the 1850's than Vicente's, but The Baptisms Book 1815-1827 revealed that Vicente had been a cabeza by 1821. Some of the families registered under his barangay during the period, including his own were Eusebio Francisco (Alcuiris), Bernardo Agustin (Manguiran) of Napo, Santiago Chrisanto (Volante) of Bacsiji and the future gobernadorcillo Apolonio Francisco (Cuison). ]
In the 2010 Voters list for Carcar, there are 94 voters surnamed Alfafara, the 119th most numerous surname in the list.
pDn= pre-Decree (Claveria) name
Francisco Santiago
=Alfonsa/Ildefonsa Ma.
–Vicente Alfáfara ( -1851), pDn: Francisco Vicente
=(1803) Cipriana Alejandrino ( -1854), pDn: Ana Cipriana
—Leonardo Alfáfara ( -1881), pDn: Leonardo Salvador
=Damacena/Nepomucena Baquilir ( -1877)
—-Eugenio Alfáfara (1828 -1904), pDn: Eugenio Alvarado (bapt)
=1(1854) Roberta Alegado Fernández ( -1859)
=2(1859) Felipa Campación Campugan (1830-1895), pDn: Ma Felipa (bapt)
—-Ruperto Alfáfara ( -1871)
=(1856) Leonora Alfáfaras Alcudia
—-Pelagio Alfáfara (1835-1860)
—-Juana Alfáfara ( -1861)
=(1853) Facundo Gonzales
—-Geronimo Salvador (1839–
—-Guillerma Alfáfara ( -1896)
=2(1879) Victor Sabas Llamas
—Alejo Alfáfara (calc. 1816-1885), pDn: Alejo Abillo/Javillo
=(1836) Ciriaca Alvarado Alegado (calc. 1818-1895) pDn: Ma. Ciriaca
—-Benito Javillo (1837– ) pDn: Benito Javillo
—-Juliana Alfáfara
=(1860) Juan Emnace Emnacén
—-Catalino Alfafara ( -1883)
=Salvadora Baquilta Poncardas ( -1901)
(see family in Poncardas family tree)
—-Juana Alfáfara (1846– ), pDn: Juana Francisca (bapt)
=(1878) Adriano Boncillo Villanueva
—-Basilio Licerio Alfáfara (1848– ), pDn: Basilio Xavillo (bapt)
=1(1877) Teodora Barcia Barcenilla (1851-1896)
(see Teodora Barcenilla in Barcenilla Family Tree page)
=2(1905) Regina Manigos Fantilgoni
—-Rosalio Marcelo Alfáfara (1850-1895)
=(1874) Tranquilina Alesna Ybáñez
—-Cirila Alfáfara
=(1881) Modesto Daso Tantano
—-Felipa Alfáfara (1858–
=(1879) Teodoro Cabícab Sagolili
—Facunda Alfáfara (1817- ) pDn: Francisca Facunda (bapt.)
–=Luis Barcelona ( -1881) pDn: Luis Mariano; remarried 1851 to Matea Alegado
—-Tomasa Barcelona ( -1895)
=Benigno Emnacen
—-Hilarion Rufino ( -1843) pDn: Hilarion Rufino (Burial)
—-Juana Barcelona (1846-1886), pDn: Juana Gonzales (bapt)
=Regino Pestañas Satot (1850-
—-Estefania Barcelona ( -1866)
—-Victorino Barcelona ( -1873?) child?
—Pablo de la Cruz (1819– ) pDn: Pablo de la Cruz (bapt.)
—Eulalia/Bartola Alfáfara (1821-1852), pDn: Alvarada Bartola (bapt.) Eulalia Francisca, Ma Bartola, Bartola Albarada
=(1842) Saturnino Aldaya Alegado (1819– ), pDn: Francisco Saturnino (bapt.), Saturnino Lucas
(See Saturnino Alegado Family Tree page)
–Ynocenta Alfafara (1824– ) pDn: Ma. Ynocenta (bapt.); Vicenta Apolinaria (Marriage)
=(1847) Marcelo Baquirquir ( ) pDn: Marcelo Francisco (Marriage); AKA Marcelo Gutierrez
—-Lazaro Baquirquir
=Manuela Salumbre Baritua
—-Alejandro Gutierrez
=(1876) Dionisia Alegarbes Aledo
—-Leona Baquirquir
=Severino Aleoguens Canarias (1853-
—Eusebio Alfáfara (1825-1872) pDn: Juan Balveno (bapt) with post-notation "Eusebio Alfafara" on record
=Maria Baritua ( -1889)
—-Carmelino Alejo Alfáfara
=Francisca Barola Barrito
—-Modesta Alfáfara (1851-1879)
=(1874) Lorenzo Dayagro Enanoria
—-Juliana Alfáfara (1853–
=(1882) Fabián Duangon Espejo
—-Genoveva Alfáfara (1856-1872)
—-Eugenia Alfáfara (1858–
=(1882) Guillermo Larumbe Unabia
—-Ysidoro Alfáfara (1861-1868)
—-Cipriano Alfáfara (1864–
=(1898) Tranquilina Aldave
—-Roman Alfáfara (1868–
=Engracia Urquesa Nacario
—Ma. Remigia ( -1848) single
—Ciriaca Alfáfara ( -1865), single
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US judges leave definition of obscenity to Amish, Kansas
United States judges are squaring up for an almighty battle over the proper standards to apply to internet published material.
The final verdict will determine whether the US eventually falls back into a new era of prohibition – this time for porn – or whether those living in more openly liberal states will be able to access material without being subject to the moral judgments of the most reactionary communities.
The stage was set with a ruling last week in the Tampa federal prosecution of Paul F Little, also known as Max Hardcore. According to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals the law "does not recognize a national community standard for Internet-based material".
What that means, in plain English, is that if you publish material on the internet anywhere in the US, you may be tried for obscenity in any other part of the States – and the standard that will be applied is the "local community standard". You might publish materials that are legal in the state where they are produced and almost everywhere else – but if they are deemed to violate the standards of one single community, they are illegal in that community, and a crime will have been committed.
In hearing the Appeal, the Tampa court rejected arguments by Little's attorneys that applying a local community standard and judging internet based material according to the standards of the strictest communities violated the First Amendment. It upheld the 2008 convictions of Little and his production company on 10 violations of federal obscenity laws.
However, it also ordered that Little be resentenced, on the grounds that the sentencing judge should not have taken into consideration the profits from sales of the obscene materials, whether or not they were sold in the Tampa court's jurisdiction.
The impending clash of the judges springs from the fact that this ruling applies only in Florida, Alabama and Georgia – and is in direct contradiction of a federal appeals court ruling in California just three months ago that a national community standard must be applied when regulating obscene materials over the Internet. The three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit wrote that they "decline to follow the reasoning" of the California court.
This opens up a gaping great hole in US laws on obscenity, as you may publish material on the internet in California, safe in the knowledge that Californian courts will hold you subject only to the community standards prevalent in California – which are likely to be a great deal more liberal than standards in the mid-West. However, that same material, if downloaded in Florida, will immediately become subject to local law that claims that the local Floridian standard on obscenity can be applied.
These conflicting rulings will satisfy no one – and as the law stands, it now places publishers of any material that might be deemed slightly "risqué" anywhere in the states in a position of extreme uncertainty. In the end, it seems likely that the US will come down on the side of California – since any other result will place enormous restrictions on the ability of artists (and pornographers) to express themselves.
In the meantime, the legal playing field now sports many more er, humps. ®


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Medicinal Action: A light adrenal stimulant and hormonal normalizer, geranium treats PMS, menopause, fluid retention, breast engorgement and sterility. Just sniffing it may help regulate blood pressure.
Cosmetic/Skin Use: A popular skin treatment, geranium reduces inflammation and infection of wounds, eczema, acne and burns, and it is used in the treatment of bleeding, scarring, stretch marks, fungus, lice, shingles and herpes. It balances all complexion types and is said to delay wrinkling.
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Epiphone Releases Limited-Edition 50th Anniversary 1961 Casino
Since its first release in 1961, the Epiphone Casino has been the instrument of choice for guitar greats, from Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Paul Weller and Dwight Yoakam, to today's hottest artists like Miranda Lambert and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum. Now, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first 1961 Casino, Epiphone is proud to announce the new, limited-edition 1961 Anniversary Casino, which has many features that were discontinued after the original Casino's first year of production. Celebrating 50 years of rockin' out, Epiphone has produced a total of only 1,961 Anniversary Casinos, each with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity - a quality that enhances the guitar's appeal and collectability. The exclusive Epiphone 1961 Anniversary Casino is available beginning in July 2011 at authorized Epiphone retailers worldwide for the U.S. MSRP of $1,332 (trapeze tailpiece) and $1,415 (Tremotone), while supplies last.
"Arguably our most famous model, the Epiphone Casino has embodied everything rock 'n' roll for 50 years," said Jim Rosenberg, President of Epiphone. "The release of the 1961 Anniversary Edition delivers the classic performance of the original, along with the details that made this groundbreaking axe the choice of some of music's guitar legends. We're proud to offer musicians the opportunity to once again experience what makes one of Epiphone's most versatile guitars so special."
Classic Vintage Styling and Unique Features
Introduced in 1961, the original Casino had a combination of unique features that ultimately were never offered beyond that first year. These include the triangle metal logo badge on the headstock, "Dot" fingerboard inlays, a blank two-ply "bullet" trussrod cover, a tortoise-colored pickguard with foil "E", and black dog-ear P-90 pickups. Epiphone has faithfully reproduced these features for a one-of-a-kind retro look not found on Casinos produced after 1961. Other features include the correct "burst" patterns on front and back, a neck joint at the 16th fret (instead of the 17th), Wilkinson vintage-style tuners with small plastic buttons, and the historically accurate rectangle "blue label" inside the sound hole.
Original Premium Electronics
No detail of the original 1961 Casino has been missed. Epiphone has recreated the original U.S.A. made black P90s, which offer a stellar combination of high output and biting treble response. They also feature vintage two-conductor, braided, shielded wiring and black plastic covers. Other electronics faithful to the original Casino include a Switchcraft 3-way toggle and 1/4" output jack.
Quality Construction, Hardware and Add-ons
The Casino is completely hollow, which contributes to its unique, signature sound made most famous by The Beatles. The body is made of five-layer Maple/Birch with a solid Mahogany SlimTaper neck, attached using the traditional mortise and tenon neck joint, hand-fitted and glued to the body. Hardware includes a tune-o-matic bridge and the choice of either a Trapeze tailpiece or Epiphone's new reissue of the original Tremotone vibrato. Each 1961 Casino also features an original-style hard case with gray exterior and blue plush interior.
The Story of the Casino
For the Epiphone Company of 1961, the Casino was an ideal guitar for stage and studio and can be heard on many landmark recordings of the 20th Century, including The Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" and The Beach Boy's "Pet Sounds." By 1964, the Beatles were stars and when Paul McCartney went shopping for a new guitar, he reached for a Casino. John Lennon and George Harrison soon bought their own and used their Casinos on stage and at Abbey Road throughout the band's career. Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys, Paul Weller of the Jam, and Noel Gallagher of Oasis are just a few of the players who made great records with Casinos. In 1961 the Casino sold for about $300. Today these original pieces can be valued up to $15,000.
About Epiphone
Epiphone fretted instruments, amplifiers, strings and accessories are known worldwide for offering the best combination of quality, performance and value. One of Gibson's most formidable competitors through the first half of the 20th century, Epiphone was acquired by Gibson Guitar in 1957. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, Epiphone is part of the Gibson family of brands. For more information on Epiphone, go to www.epiphone.com. Follow Epiphone on Twitter at www.twitter.com/epiphone or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/officialepiphone.


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Two more people have died from fungal meningitis linked to steroid injections, bringing the total to 14 deaths since the outbreak began last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said on Thursday.
A total of 170 people have been stricken with a rare fungal meningitis in 11 states since the outbreak began, according to the latest CDC tally, up from 137 listed on Wednesday.
Florida reported its second death in the outbreak and Indiana its first death in the outbreak. The CDC also confirmed the first case in Idaho, the 11th state to report a case. Fungal meningitis cannot be transmitted from person-to-person.
The widening outbreak has alarmed U.S. health officials and focused attention on regulations of pharmaceutical compounding companies such as the one that produced the drugs, the New England Compounding Center Inc in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The steroid is used as a painkiller, usually to alleviate back pain, and could have been injected in some 13,000 patients, authorities have said.
Meningitis is an infection of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Patients show a variety of symptoms including severe headaches and fever.


text: Docker plus Emscripten 07 July 2015 david Code I have started to experiment with Docker. I thought that I'd try it out, because I wanted to use Emscripten to compile some C programs to JavaScript (which uses the asm.js style). Since getting Emscripten set up can take some time, I thought that a pre-configured Docker container might be a useful shortcut. I also wanted to try out Docker on my MacBook at some stage, so that I can do Linuxy things without having to fire up a full Virtual Machine. But for now, I am doing this on Ubuntu Server 15.04. Setting up Docker was pretty painless, like this: sudo apt-get install docker.io ...after which I did a reboot to make sure the docker daemon started automatically at boot-time. I then verified everything was OK by doing this: sudo docker run hello-world To make it better, you can set up a docker group so that docker does not need to run with sudo. I did that like this: sudo usermod -aG docker [my_username_here] After logging out and back in, Docker does not need to be run with sudo. Cool... now to try Emscripten inside docker. I found a container called apiaryio/base-emscripten-dev which looked like it should do the hard work for me. I tried it out like this: docker run apiaryio/base-emscripten-dev emcc -v Which will test things out. The first time takes a while and downloads hundreds of megabytes as it pulls down the repository. But eventually a message comes back from the Emscripten compiler. I thought that it would be really cool to be able to call the Emscripten compiler, emcc inside Docker from the host machine. So I came up with this script: #!/bin/bash docker run -v ${PWD}:/src apiaryio/base-emscripten-dev \ /bin/sh -c "cd /src; emcc $*" ...which I copied into /usr/local/bin named as demcc and marked it executable (sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/demcc). This script does a few things: mounts the current directory on the host in the Docker container (as /src) in the docker container, changes to the correct directory passes any parameters on to emcc in the container So now I can just do this: demcc hello.c -o hello.html Which will compile the local C file into JavaScript, with all the hard work done inside a Docker container. So now Emscripten is working, and I didn't have to set it up. Happy days! I guess this same approach would work with other types of compilation, like cross-compiling for other platforms. I need to try that.


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It's official: Zombies always win in the end.
Last month's Zombie Pub Crawl has set a Guinness World Record for Largest Gathering of Zombies, with 8,027 costumed as the undead on hand for the official count at Midway Stadium in St. Paul. Guinness informed organizers of the achievement via e-mail this week.
Founded in 2005, the annual event has grown into a massive, dual-city zombie invasion, while inspiring similar gatherings around the country. The New Jersey Zombie Walk previously held the Guinness record with 4,093 zombies counted last year. Local organizers said they actually beat that number in 2011 at St. Paul's Mears Park, but didn't have the proper evidence to suit the Guinness officials.
More than 30,000 people participated in this year's local Zombie Pub Crawl on Oct. 13, which included several stages of live music on the West Bank in Minneapolis and a zombie carnival at Midway Stadium.
— Ross Raihala


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when my two grandsons who are 10 and 8 were up for christmas week, they wanted to make their mom a quilt. they pretty much did all the sewing of the strips together, and a lot of the rotary cutting and ironing. i think i put the top together for them, and had it quilted. mom got to take it home with her, when they left.
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Venance Konan, is a Windows, Linux and MAC technician, available to work in your customer service, without being present in your office and without the need for a contract.
Are you looking for a computer technician for your customer service?
Venance Konan, is a computer technician with extensive experience in customer services, and available to collaborate with you, without being in your office and without the need for a contract. Whether you are a web host, hardware vendor, software developer or distributor, IT service provider or any other activity requiring an agent with technical knowledge and easy communication, Venance Konan is the perfect profile for you.
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GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons videotaped himself killing an elephant and lots of people got upset about it.
Some are even talking about a boycott.
GoDaddy rival NameCheap.com wants to seize the opportunity.
A rep just emailed me:
I saw your GoDaddy article. I work for Namecheap.com, a competitor. We're running a transfer from GoDaddy to Namecheap.com: $4.99 transfers for com/net/org domains with 20% of proceeds going to savetheelephants.org.


text: The Judicial Branch has created, "Going to Court: Tips for Minnesotans who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing," a 20-minute video providing essential information to help ensure that people who are deaf or hard of hearing have equal access to participate in cases in Minnesota state courts. The video is presented in American Sign Language and is captioned. Courts of law can be confusing and intimidating for people unfamiliar with legal rules and practices. They can be especially so for people with particular communication needs. The video will help those who are deaf or hard of hearing prepare for a court appearance, including what to expect and how to request communication assistance. Other "Going to Court in Minnesota" Videos: English Hmong Somali Spanish


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John Palmer
Department/Office InformationEducation, Asian Studies
MA, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University; PhD, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, The University of Iowa
Yonsei University, College of Education, 2010-2011.
Yonsei University, Graduate School of International Education, 2010-2011.
Seoul National University of Education, Graduate School of Education, 2011.
Racial and ethnic identity development; social and cultural foundations of education; social justice education; anti-racist curriculum and pedagogy; Korean globalization; race and education; high needs schools; qualitative research methods
Ethnic/racial identity formation and development, Social justice education, Cross cultural competency and development, Immigrant educational experiences, Ethnographic/qualitative research methods, South Korea's higher education institutions internationalization policies, Multicultural education in South Korea, Anti-racist policy, theory, and pedagogy.
- The Dance of Identities: Korean adult adoptees reflect upon their identity journeys. Honolulu: The University of Hawai'i Press, 2010.
- Palmer, J.D.; Roberts, A.C.; Cho, Y.H.; and Ching, G. (Eds.). Internationalization of East Asian Higher Education: Globalization's Impact. New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.
- Palmer, J. D., & Cho, Y. H. Does internationalization really mean Americanization? A closer look at major South Korean universities' internationalization policies. In J. D. Palmer et al. (Eds.), Internationalization of East Asian Higher Education: Globalization's Impact. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Roberts, A., & Palmer, J. D. Ideologies of the globalization and internationalization of higher education. In J. D. Palmer et al. (Eds.), Internationalization of East Asian Higher Education: Globalization's Impact. New York: Palgrave MacMillan.
Refereed select journal articles:
- Cho, Y. H., & Palmer, J. D. (2012). Stakeholders' views upon South Korea's higher education internationalization policy. Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research.
- Palmer, J. D., & Cho, Y. H. (2012). South Korean higher education internationalization policies: Perceptions and experiences. Asia Pacific Education Review.
- Palmer, J. D. (2007). Who is the authentic Korean American? Korean-born Korean American high school students' negotiations of ascribed and achieved identities. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 6(4), 277-298.
- Palmer, J. D. (2006). Negotiating the indistinct: Reflections of a Korean adopted American working with Korean born, Korean Americans. Qualitative Research 6(4), 473-495.
- Palmer, J. D., & Jang, E. (2005). Korean born, Korean American high school students' entry into understanding race and racism through social interactions and conversations. Race Ethnicity and Education, 8(3), 297-317.
Refereed chapters in edited book:
- Artiles, A. J., Trent, S. C., & Palmer, J. D. (2004). Culturally diverse students in special education: Legacies and prospects. In J. A. Banks & C. A. McGee Banks (Eds.), Handbook of research on multicultural education(pp. 716-735). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Palmer, J. D. (2001). Korean adopted young women: Gender bias, racial issues, and educational implications. In C. C. Park, A. Lin Goodwin, & S. J. Lee (Eds.), Research on the education of Asian Pacific Americans (pp. 177-204). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.
Book reviews:
- Palmer, J. D., & Cho, Y.H. (2012). Review of the book The intimate university: Korean American students and the problems of segregation by Nancy Abelmann (Duke University Press, 2009). Educational Review.
- Palmer, J. D., & Hines, M. R. (2003). Review of the book Ethnicity, race, and nationality in education: A global perspective by Editors N. Ken Shimahara, Ivan Z. Holowinsky, and Saundra Tomlinson-Clarke. Teachers College Record, 105(1).
Invited articles/editorials:
- Pang, V. O., & Palmer, J.D. (2012) "Model minorities and the model minorities myth", in James A. Banks (editor) Encyclopedia of diversity in education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- (2011, February). 유럽의 대학생 이동과 한 * 중 * 일 대학생 교류 현황 (European student mobility: What can Korea, Japan, and China garner from the European model? In Byung Shik Rhee (Ed.).한중일 대학생 교류프로그램 시범사업 추진 및 협의전략 연구(Korean, China, Japan's college student exchange program pilot project: Propulsion and consultation strategic studies) (pp. 177-241). Seoul, South Korea: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
- (2010, October). Teaching anti-racism/anti-oppression in 21st Century multiracial society. In 고양 2010 문화나눔 한마당 (Goyang 2010 Culture Sharing Festival). Goyang City, South Korea: (재)문화나눔재단 (Cultural Sharing Foundation).
- (2004, August 5). 좋은 교사를 능가하는 대책은 없다 (No Child Left Behind: The problem with accountability and high stakes testing). 교육정책포럼: 한국교육개발원 (The Forum on Educational Policy: Korean Educational Development Institute), 84, 3-10.
- (2004, August 7). "우리 해외 입양인은 강합니다" (We Overseas Korean Adoptees are Strong). 중앙일보 오피니언 (Joongang Newspaper--Opinion Page), 12314(43), p. 22.
In the Midst of Two Cultures: 1.5 Generation Korean American High School Students' Acculturation and Ethnic Identity Development
- AERA, SIG-Research on the Education of Asian Pacific American, Chair/President, 2004-2006; Program Chair, 2003-2004; Secretary, 2002- 2003.
- The Journal of Educational Foundations, Editorial Board member, 2005-present.
- The Holmes Partnership, Membership Committee associate, 2002-2005.
- American Educational Research Association, member, 1997-present.
- The Holmes Partnership, Scholar, 1999-2002, Alumni, 2002-present.
- Association for Asian American Studies, member, 1999-present.
- Also Known As, an adult Korean and international adoptee group, member, 1999-present.
American Educational Research Association Spencer Foundation Pre-Dissertation Fellowship, 1999-2000; AERA, SIG, Research on the Education of Asian Pacific American, program chair and secretary; The Holmes Partnership, scholar


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Taking on the Stigma around Food Stamps
The federal government is spending a lot of money on supplemental nutritional programs. When you combine what is spent on the traditional food stamps program or SNAP, in addition to what is spent on WIC, which is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). SNAP provides food assistance for households that do not have the means to obtain necessary nutritious food, whiles the WIC program provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be at nutritional risk. The key question is why these programs are seeing increasing number of people. The WIC program for mother and infants alone caters to some 9.1 million women, infants and children through over 10,000 clinics nationwide. In 2013, the Maryland WIC program served over 143,000 women, infants and children each month. If you want to know more about the WIC program, watch the video below.
Since the great recession started in 2008, there has been an increase in the number of people needing food assistance under the Food stamps program, otherwise known as SNAP benefits program. The SNAP program is run by the United States Department of Agriculture to help eligible needy individual and families by nutritious food. As a result of the recession, and it's associated record number of people unemployed, under employed and long term unemployed, there has been a resultant dramatic increase in the number of food stamps recipients.
The numbers are shocking. One is every seven resident of the United States is on food stamps which means that about 15% of the American Society is receiving some form of help from the US government to help buy food for themselves and their families. Specifically, as of April 2013 47,548,694 people are on SNAP benefits, which is a 2.8% from 2012. This makes the program one of the federal government's biggest social welfare program. Among states, Mississippi has the largest share of people relying on food stamps with 22% of the state's residents getting food assistance while Washington, DC holds the record at 23%. The following states have 20% of their population on food stamps – Oregon, New Mexico, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia and Kentucky, while Wyoming had the smallest share of its population on food stamps at 7%.
As the economy has started to improve and the unemployment rate goes down, it is easy for our politicians to think it is time to scale some of these program back. However, when you dig deeper into the data, you will find that the recovery is not as broad as it should be. For example, one of the things we know is that more people are finding part time work, versus full time employment. That means that although they have started working and have joined the workforce, they are under-employed. This means that they may have not returned to the income they had before the recession and will still require some government assistance to meet their nutritional needs. As the Politifact link above explains, there is a lot to be learned about this recovery and policy makers need to dig deeper before they start to cut aid to people who may still need them.
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Identity mappings for SASL mechanisms try to match credentials of the SASL identity with a user entry in the directory. Authentication fails if the mapping cannot find a DN that corresponds to the SASL identity.
The SASL identity is a string called the Principal that represents a user in a format specific to each mechanism. In Kerberos using GSSAPI, the Principal is an identity with the format uid [/instance][@ realm]. The uid can contain an optional instance identifier followed by an optional realm that is often a domain name. For example, the following strings are all valid user Principals:
bjensen bjensen/Sales email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
Initially, no GSSAPI mappings are defined in the directory. Define a default mapping and any custom mappings that you need according to how your clients define the Principal that your clients use.
You cannot use DSCC to perform this task. Use the command line, as described in this procedure.
Create new mapping entries under cn=GSSAPI,cn=identity mapping, cn=config.
See Oracle Fusion Middleware Reference for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition for the definition of the attributes in an identity mapping entry. Examples of GSSAPI mappings are located in instance-path/ldif/identityMapping_Examples.ldif.
The default GSSAPI mapping in this file assumes that the Principal contains only a user ID. This mapping determines a user in a fixed branch of the directory:
dn: cn=default,cn=GSSAPI,cn=identity mapping,cn=config objectclass: dsIdentityMapping objectclass: nsContainer objectclass: top cn: default dsMappedDN: uid=\${Principal},ou=people,dc=example,dc=com
Another example in this file shows how to determine the user ID when the user ID is contained in a Principal that includes a known realm.
dn: cn=same_realm,cn=GSSAPI,cn=identity mapping,cn=config objectclass: dsIdentityMapping objectclass: dsPatternMatching objectclass: nsContainer objectclass: top cn: same_realm dsMatching-pattern: \${Principal} dsMatching-regexp: (.*)@EXAMPLE.COM dsMappedDN: uid=\$1,ou=people,dc=EXAMPLE,dc=COM
Restart Directory Server for your new mappings to take effect.


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Alas, no baby news. I am officially nine days overdue and I've tried reflexology, acupuncture, spicy foods, plenty of exercise and a decent amount of driving over large pot holes that just happen to get in my way on the road.
Yesterday afternoon we visited San Diego snow (yes, it sort of snows here – crazy but true) in the nearby mountain towns of Mt. Laguna and Julian, our favorite get-out-of-dodge locations for a quick distraction.
Wow it was beautiful! We took advantage of the clear skies and enjoyed an hour induction hike with Bodie, who just loves the snow.
Meanwhile, the nursery received a new addition. I've had my eyes out for a vintage alphabet poster since my first trimester and when I came across this one on a family trip to Sedona back in July, I scooped it up knowing it would be part of the inspiration for the space.
Fast forward six months later and an Ikea frame + the print (found the same one on Amazon) + a little spray paint (same red oxide primer we used for the changing table) = one new piece of very wallet-friendly art.
This particular Ikea frame has a plastic (instead of glass) insert, which makes it even more ideal for a nursery space.
I don't know where it will finally end up (waiting on baby photos and additional wall art before hammering any nails into the wall) but it turned out just as I had hoped.
If you're playing catch up, here's a quick Project Nursery run down of posts: painting the wall animals, finding a great Craigslist changing table, adding stripes to one accent wall, the initial inspiration board and the really crazy before pictures of the room.
Today's the last day to enter the Lowe's giveaway for a new air purifier! Check it out here.
And do share, all you mommies out there, what natural induction secrets do you know?


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The former Panel for Education Policy (PEP) board member, and current member of Community Board 5, gathered in front of Maspeth High School with dozens of supporters, starting the kickoff of his "grassroots" campaign.
"I made my decision based on the hundreds of people that I have spoken to over the last few months that have said we need change in this district," Fedkowskyj said in front of the school, located at 54-40 74th St. "I've gotten the support of hundreds of people just in the first few weeks of talking to people."
With an early focus on education, the Grover Cleveland High School graduate and SUNY Empire State College alum promised to fight for more funding for public schools in the district, which covers Astoria, Maspeth, Middle Village, Long Island City and Woodside.
"We need more seats to relieve overcrowding and we need to extend yellow bus service in our district," he said.
If elected, Fedkowskyj added that he plans to provide additional funding for green space initiatives, graffiti removal, and rail problems, as well as plans for encouraging job training and small business tax credits focusing on women-owned small businesses.
"They [constituents] don't feel as though their voices are being heard in Albany," he said. "Whether it has to do with small businesses, whether it has to do with public schools or whether it has to do with pedestrian safety, they don't feel that they are being represented, and when they asked me to be their leader I said I absolutely will."


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When Aston Martin's Rapide S blazes around Germany's Nurburgring next month, it will be the first competitor to do so powered with hydrogen. The hybrid hydrogen Rapide S also will be the first sports car in the British automaker's 100-year history to run on anything other than gas.
"There are two objectives for us here," said Matthew Clarke, brand communications manager for Aston Martin The Americas, in Irvine. "One (is) to complete the 24-hour race, and second (is) to set a decent race pace lap during the race while running purely on hydrogen."
The hybrid hydrogen prototype will do so with the same 190 mph, turbocharged 6-liter V12 engine as the original. It's equipped with a dual fuel system similar to those used in compressed natural gas-powered pickups that enable them to run on gaseous hydrogen, liquid gasoline or both as conditions warrant and at the driver's command. The powertrain is little changed, except for the fuel rail and tanks.
The hydrogen Rapide is housed in the same four-door body style of its almost-available 2013 update. Instead of a passenger seat, however, there are two carbon fiber tanks holding the highly pressurized gaseous hydrogen fuel. A second pair are tucked in the rear.
The system was developed in partnership with the Austrian tech firm, Alset Global, which pioneered the hydrogen biofuel-fuel system. Aston Martin is its first automotive application of the technology that is likely to replicate the 550 horsepower of the gas-powered Rapide S and allow drivers to switch to gasoline if a hydrogen fill-up is unavailable.
Over the 24 hours of the grueling Nurburgring race, the car will compete with 150 other vehicles along the 15.5-mile course. It will take its first spin through the track's 170 turns in pure hydrogen mode for what Aston Martin hopes will be the first sports car to complete a zero-emissions race pace lap. Already, the hybrid hydrogen Rapide S will be the first hydrogen car to compete in an international race. And the first to emit water from its tailpipe.
While Aston Martin has "no immediate plans for a production (hydrogen) car," Clarke said, "we think this technology has great potential and support activities to explore it further and prompt debate on the subject."
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Sunday, February 1, 2009
Saturday Night Fun: Sixth of sixth
Here is the sixth photo in my sixth folder (! - Moores-Genealogy) in iPhoto: my Uncle Pete and Aunt Johnny Moore. To Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings, thanks for the idea!
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So here is something that I hope will get a little 'crowd participation'. Here are a few little know or slightly strange facts about WW1, please feel free to add your own facts or sound bites to this little collection..overtime I may add to it so it becomes a little glossary of amazing little Great War soundbites..
PS – If you are interested in learning more about WW1 then why not check out my new app which is now out on Android. The Great War 100 app tells the story of the First World War using infographics. You can buy it from the Android app store here:
IOS version coming very soon…but now, back to the facts….
So, in no particular order:
On June 28th 1914 Gavrilo Princip shoots Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo. Their car's registration plate was "A 11 11 18" Do those numbers seem familiar? Answers on a postcard…
In October 1914, H Dennis Cutler performed the first aerial reconnaissance flight in German East Africa, in an attempt to lcoate the German ship HMS Konigsberg. The radiator of his aircraft failed, and he was forced to make an emergency landing. The radiator could not be repaired, as there were no spare parts, but someone remembered seeing a Model T Ford at Mombasa. HMS Fox was despatched on a 200 mile trip northwards to get the radiator from the Ford, which was then fitted to Cutler's plane, enabling him to fly over the Konigsberg, which was located in the Rufiji River.
In the spring of 1915 the Belgian Army adopted khaki, not because it was the colour of their choice, but because Britain could supply the enormous amount of cloth required to replace the existing coloured uniforms.
USA pilot Howard Clayton Knotts DFC, DSC achieved the unusual feat of destroying more German aircraft as a prisoner of war, than as an active pilot. After recording 6 victories, he was shot down on the 14th of October 1918, and taken prisoner. When he was aboard a train transferring him to a prison camp, Knotts discovered that 7 Fokker aircraft in a freight car were in the same train, on their way to an aerodrome. When the train stopped, Knotts was able to set fire to some refuse used to pack the freight car. When the train started, the draft caused the fire to destroy the freight car and all 7 Fokkers.
On average, 230 combatants died EVERY SINGLE HOUR for the entire duration of the war.
Most RFC pilots lasted only an average of about 3 weeks once they arrived at the Western Front. Those who weren't killed, wounded, or taken prisoner were often posted to the reserve due to "nerves". Flying was extremely stressful and dangerous. Those who lived through the first few weeks acquired skills that helped them live longer or even survive the war.
On Christmas Day, 1914, there was a spontaneous cessation of hostilities between British and German troops in the front lines. They met in No Man's Land (the area between the opposing front lines) where small gifts like chocolate or buttons were exchanged, and in some places they played football. It has become known as the "Christmas Truce".
Field Punishment # 1 was regularly given for minor offenses such as drunkenness. A soldier would be tied to a wheel or stake for a couple of hours a day for up to 21 days.
The UK started to use Daylight Savings Time from 30th April 1916 initially as an attempt to conserve coal.
For some more facts on WW1 see my other post: More Little Known Facts on WW1


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Phew! I made it. I do seem to be making a habit of such 11th hour completions, ain't I?! Ah well! All's well that ends well eh?!
Ok, ofcourse, I knew it was due for a month but, November, I tell you, is a very, very busy month for births. Many lovely people (me too.. heh heh) born this month and such occassions must be celebrated. So we had week long debaucheries extending into the wee hours of the night and into neighbouring states. We brought the roof down in restaurants and apartments. We even had the police coming by to check on our ruckus, thanks to an over-sensitive neighbour (remember that Friends episode?)!!
So, finally, the approaching deadlines and posts of Daring Bakers from far East, propelled me into fast action. Fortunately, this was an easy enough challenge to pull off in a few hours time.
The November 2009 Daring Bakers Challenge was chosen and hosted by Lisa Michele of Parsley, Sage, Desserts and Line Drives. She chose the Italian Pastry, Cannolo (Cannoli is plural), using the cookbooks Lidia's Italian-American Kitchen by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich and The Sopranos Family Cookbook by Allen Rucker; recipes by Michelle Scicolone, as ingredient/direction guides. She added her own modifications/changes, so the recipe is not 100% verbatim from either book.
Few words from our hostess about the Cannoli -
Cannoli are known as Italian-American pastries, although the origin of cannoli dates back to Sicily, specifically Palermo, where it was prepared during Carnevale season, and according to lore, as a symbol of fertility. The cannoli is a fried, tube-shaped pastry shell (usually containing wine) filled with a creamy amalgamation of sweetened ricotta cheese, chocolate, candied fruit or zest, and sometimes nuts.
Cannoli is the quintessential sweet item found in Italian bakeries here, made even more popular by Godfather and Sopranos. I have only had the sweet version filled with sweet cream but Lisa said we could make savory versions as well.
Goaded on by Mr. FSK, who constantly challenges me to "savorize" sweet recipes, I decided to go sweet and savory with this challenge. For the savory, I made Parmesan and Cracked Pepper Cannoli with Shrimp and Celery filling and for sweet, Chocolate Cannoli with Dulce de Leche Cream Cheese filling.
I came up with the filling ideas at the last minute with things already in my pantry and fridge (why? did you skip the previous paras?!). Despite the fact that it took me forever to fry the entire batch, given I had only one cannoli tube, I can definitely see myself making these delectable delights for parties and such. My mind is already swirling with ideas for more fillings. Next party, guys; watch out for some fried, fun goodness! :))
I really enjoyed the cannoli and the savory one was even better than I hoped it to be! So the hub was happy and I was thrilled about being able to post in time!
Parmesan and Cracked Pepper Cannoli with Shrimp and Celery
I substituted a few things in Lisa's recipe, because, I did not have the items at home. I used rum and water instead of Marsala wine; apple cider vinegar in place of in place of white wine vinegar.
1/3 cup all purpose flour
2-1/2 T fresh grated Parmeggiano Reggiano
1 tsp fresh coarse-cracked pepper
1/4 tsp salt
2 T dark rum
1-2 T water
1 T olive oil
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
For the filling:
1/4 cup cooked curried shrimps, diced
1 stalk of celery, diced as small as you can
2 oz cream cheese
1 T sour cream
3 drops of buffalo sauce
salt, pepper to taste
Mix all the filling ingredients. Process half of it into a coarse paste and fold in the rest to get a chunky filling.
Chocolate Cannoli with Dulce de Leche Cream Cheese
1/2 cup AP flour
1-1/2 T unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 T olive oil
2 T dark rum
1-2 T water
2 tsp apple cider vinegar
For the filling:
2 oz cream cheese, room temperature
2 T butter, room temperature
3 heaping T dulce de leche (recipe from Melanger)
3 T powdered sugar
To make the sweet filling, whip all the ingredients together to make a creamy mixture.
To make the shells: (instructions from Lisa)
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer or food processor, combine the dry ingredients. Stir in the oil, vinegar, and rum enough of the water to make a soft dough. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and well blended, about 2 minutes. Shape the dough into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and let rest in the fridge from 2 hours to overnight.
Cut the dough into two pieces. Keep the remaining dough covered while you work. Lightly flour a large cutting or pastry board and roll the dough until super thin, about 1/16 to 1/8" thick (An area of about 13 inches by 18 inches should give you that). Cut out 3 to 5-inch circles (3-inch – small/medium; 4-inch – medium/large; 5-inch;- large. Your choice). Roll the cut out circle into an oval, rolling it larger and thinner if it's shrunk a little.
Oil the outside of the cannoli tubes (You only have to do this once, as the oil from the deep fry will keep them well, uhh, oiled..lol). Roll a dough oval from the long side (If square, position like a diamond, and place tube/form on the corner closest to you, then roll) around each tube/form and dab a little egg white on the dough where the edges overlap. (Avoid getting egg white on the tube, or the pastry will stick to it.) Press well to seal. Set aside to let the egg white seal dry a little.
In a deep heavy saucepan, pour enough oil to reach a depth of 3 inches, or if using an electric deep-fryer, follow the manufacturer's directions. Heat the oil to 375°F (190 °C) on a deep fry thermometer, or until a small piece of the dough or bread cube placed in the oil sizzles and browns in 1 minute. Have ready a tray or sheet pan lined with paper towels or paper bags.
Carefully lower a few of the cannoli tubes into the hot oil. Do not crowd the pan. Fry the shells until golden, about 2 minutes, turning them so that they brown evenly.
Lift a cannoli tube with a wire skimmer or large slotted spoon, out of the oil. Using tongs, grasp the cannoli tube at one end. Very carefully remove the cannoli tube with the open sides straight up and down so that the oil flows back into the pan. Place the tube on paper towels or bags to drain. Repeat with the remaining tubes. While they are still hot, grasp the tubes with a potholder and pull the cannoli shells off the tubes with a pair of tongs, or with your hand protected by an oven mitt or towel. Let the shells cool completely on the paper towels. Place shells on cooling rack until ready to fill.
Repeat making and frying the shells with the remaining dough. If you are reusing the cannoli tubes, let them cool before wrapping them in the dough.
Assembling the Cannoli:
When ready to serve, fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain or star tip, or a ziplock bag, with the ricotta cream. If using a ziplock bag, cut about 1/2 inch off one corner. Insert the tip in the cannoli shell and squeeze gently until the shell is half filled. Turn the shell and fill the other side. You can also use a teaspoon to do this, although it's messier and will take longer.
Press or dip cannoli in chopped pistachios, grated chocolate/mini chocolate chips, candied fruit or zest into the cream at each end. Dust with confectioner's sugar and/or drizzles of melted chocolate if desired.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - In a crisis situation or evacuation for natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires, people with no criminal record would be allowed to carry a firearm without a permit, under a bill approved Friday by the Florida House of Representatives.
"The bells of liberty are surely ringing throughout Florida today," said Representative Heather Dawes Fitzenhagen, a Fort Myers Republican who sponsored the bill lifting permit requirements for concealed weapons in an emergency declared by the governor or local authorities.
"By passing this bill, you will ensure that no Floridian, in lawful possession of a firearm, must leave it behind."
The House voted 80-36 to send the bill (HB 209) to the state Senate, where a companion bill is ready for a floor vote that would put the measure on Governor Rick Scott's desk later this month.
The Republican-run legislature has been undeterred by nationwide controversy over Florida's gun laws. The House defeated an effort to repeal the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law in committee prior to the session, and last week sent the governor a bill that would allow citizens to brandish weapons or fire "warning shots" to fend off an attack.
Florida has some of the most lenient gun laws in the United States and state records show that about 8 percent of adults are licensed to carry a concealed weapon.
The Florida Sheriffs Association and some other law-enforcement lobbyists opposed the bill, which had the backing of the National Rifle Association.
"We don't want to kill the bill, we want to clarify it," said Duval County Sheriff John Rutherford, arguing that it does not spell out what constitutes an evacuation. "Does it mean when you're moving out, when you check into your hotel?"
Representative Victor Torres, an Orlando Democrat and retired New York City transit policeman, said guns in hurricane shelters could be dangerous for people already under stress.
"They will face a different reality. You are talking about introducing concealed firearms into an environment that is already teeming with tension," he said. "I hope that tragedy will not be a byproduct of our decision here today."
Fitzenhagen said her bill would not allow convicted felons, on anyone else legally forbidden to own a gun, to carry weapons during an evacuation. The bill also applies to non-lethal stun guns, pepper spray and other defensive implements.
Representative Neil Combee, a Republican, told of volunteering to help two days after Hurricane Andrew devastated south Florida in 1992. He said citizens in a chaotic situation should be allowed to keep weapons for self defense, properly secured in their vehicles or belongings.
"When the power lines are down, communication lines are down, your home has been damaged or destroyed, and you need to get out in a hurry, the last thing you need to worry about is being charged with a crime because you're taking maybe one of your most valuable possessions with you," said Combee.
Editing by David Adams and Gunna Dickson