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|2011-12-28, 08:36
|Link #1922
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Half Australia, Half Tokyo, Bits and pieces in US
We even have mist machines in Disney Land and in front of shopping facilities like LOFT Shibuya.
The mist is fine enough to prevent people from being drenched, but it keeps the air cooler and feels cool of your skin.
|2011-12-31, 02:45
|Link #1923
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 62
Has AKB48 always been the size of a platoon? Talk about de-emphasizing the importance of an individual Anyway they won the 2011 Japan Record Award of their "Flying Get-to" song.
(news article includes video)
|2011-12-31, 03:03
|Link #1924
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tesla Leicht Institute
Age: 29
As for the song its catchy and dance seem well choreographed.
|2011-12-31, 03:07
|Link #1925
#1 Akashiya Moka Fan
Heck, from what I understand AKB48 has multiple squads... I figure at some point I'll watch a video of theirs, but I'm generally not impressed by most idols (then again, my view about most idols is very negative- all glitz and glamor while on stage, but then drama, drama, and more drama, along with probably a horrid personality when off the stage... either that, or I've been paying too much attention to all the American divas )
|2012-01-01, 03:35
|Link #1926
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
And yes.
AKB 48 are a idol group of 48 girls split into three teams of A, K and B.
Apparently last new year's, it was the first time to gather them all together and perform at once on their special TV variety show, but it's insane.
The things the girls go through is nothing more than a dog eat dog world at the mercy of the fans and the public.
Most are in high school with very little social skills or life experience. The deal with this project is that only the most popular based on fan ratings would get more exposure for TV adverts, singing parts, tv spots and so on, thus their salary would increase, while the majority would fall into the shadows.
They're a member of AKB 48, but early nothing more than a part time job, probably for 2times the amount of work.
There's a movie about them coming out later this month with the catch line
'With emotional wounds, they (still) look towards their dreams."
The movie is meant to show the 'bad' side to what they do as well as show that being an idol is not all roses.
I suspect it's to give the otaku freaks some clue as to the hard work they actually do and that they're as 'regular' as most people.
But yeah, that's the world they're in. They are nothing more than goods to be used at the marketing whim of their managers. Only the popular few will be able to get other forms of entertainment work from it and make something lucrative, it's kinda sad in a way.
|2012-01-01, 03:41
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
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Its peculiar
On this New Years Day, Im sure peeps all over the world are wiping their mental slate clean with refreshed resolves and goals for the year.
So when Tokyo gets another level 4 quake (about M5.2 or so), with the epicentre being in the sea throwing a M7, you cant help but wonder what the hells going on.
Rather the timing is truly cruel, 20mins before the time of 11th March quake itself.
But thats not what left an eerie feeling with me. Naturally when a quake happens, twitter and facebook go mad with posts for about 10 mins, with everyone checking if others are fine and writing their own thoughts.
I did the same, simply for truly being freaked out to feel a level that strong where things right before my eyes are shaking left to right, Im trying to keep my balance and I could hear the earth roar (thats what freaks me out the most and from that I know its a level 4 or higher).
So I wrote my piece on twitter and facebook, this time putting the courtesy is everyone else okay?
(At time of panic, its not the Western way of everyone freaking out together, shouting their opinions and stuff, but the Japanese way of no one saying a damn thing about themselves or their emotions, but enquiring after everyones health.)
The strangest thing begins here:
First, the TV was waaaay too slow with the quake alert Twitter already had 2 trends devoted to this quake before the TV broadcasting companies tossed it on the screen.
Second, hardly any Japanese person posted a comment on facebook about it. Compared with other quakes (even smaller ones) or the mass typhoon we had last September (when we knew it was coming for days), the online actively was close to zero.
NHK had a mini news piece and nothing was mentioned about the quake. The top story was about the terrorist leader of the gas attacks in Tokyo 17 years ago finally turning himself in to the police (true, its big news) but the quake was a M7. That is definitely not a cause for ignorance.
But thats what it seems to have happened.
Everyones ignored it as if, it didnt happen.
As if, to mention it would make others upset on the most happiest and important day of the Japanese calendar, so everyones ignoring it..
It truly is freaking me out.
When I ran out to the corridor and opened my front door, the neighbour opposite me did so and he was a westerner (married to a Japanese wife)
We looked at each other, holding onto the doors while everything was shaking and said at the same time Happy New Year!
And I laughed.
Not ha ha laugh, but a I cant believe this shit, is this really happening on today of all days. I had truly made peace and left last years event in the past yesterday and now were getting this crap!!?
All rolled into a few seconds of serious laughter from me.
I know if a Japanese person had opened that door and looked at me, I couldnt have said akemashite omoedtou gozaimasu (same meaning)
The meaning wouldnt have gotten through at all, or it would have seemed really bad taste form me to them.
Sarcasm is lost in this land, tis sad
But yeah, along with the way they reacted with the typhoon, how people are acting now truly is a culture lesson but one even if I mentally figure it out, I cannot emotionally accept nor feel comfy with it.
I wonder if there is some superstition about ignoring bad things on New Years Day so it doesnt affect the rest of the year, hmm
|2012-01-01, 03:59
|Link #1929
Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 39
Apparently, she seems to be better at doing the nasty instead of singing in front of the camera as she quited only after 12 titles. And apprently the income also enticed her younger sister to join in the bandwagon as well.
In any case, AKB 48 only enjoyed success in Japan, unlike the other girl group on the other side of the sea :-
It's quite a while since we last saw Europeans going gaga over Asian Idols.
|2012-01-01, 04:10
|Link #1930
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
On the other hand, you don't see the same level of success with former members of Japanese girl groups after they leave the group. My feeling has always been that Japanese mega groups tend to mask the relatively low talent on the individual level.
|2012-01-01, 04:35
|Link #1931
Honyaku no Hime
Join Date: May 2008
Location: In the eastern capital of the islands of the rising suns...
There is one particluar song which is catch as hell otherwise not too bothered about them but korean groups seem to be doing pretty well.
It's always a mess for the mind to see the lyrics of their songs with a mish mash of korean hangul, japanese characters and randoma ass bits of english too, lol.
|2012-01-01, 04:58
|Link #1932
Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 39
So, for the likes of Shinee and SNSD, it will be a given for the members to succeed in their solo careers after what they have gone through.
|2012-01-01, 05:22
|Link #1933
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Land of the rising sun
Happy New Year everyone, I hope everyone is enjoy the "Rocking" festivities.
What is now called K-Pop is only how the Koreans emulated what Japan had been doing for a long time. (to be accurate the Koreans emulated the Okinawa Pop star method)
Girl Idol groups such as Speed, Triangle and other groups that I really can't recall had been in the scene for ages.(What was the group Amuro Namie had been singing before she went solo?)
AKB is also the same with Onyanko Club being the original followed by Morning Musume.
Male groups you have Hikaru Genji, Shibugaki-tai, Shonen-tai, and whatever else Janizu had been able muster out.
In essence they are following Japan 20 years behind.
As for the earthquake I believe most were too drunk to notice it or the ones who were not drunk it was too small to consider it a threat, like myself.
|2012-01-01, 05:50
|Link #1934
Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 39
In that case, I'll like to remind you that it's the natural turn of things in the greater scheme. Trend comes and goes all the time, J-Pop and all it's associated culture was all the rage during the 90s and K-Pop was just picking up where it left off.
Who knows if things can maintain the way it is now after another decade or so, but the answer is most likely no. Another trend will definately replace the K-Pop fever in the future.
|2012-01-01, 06:20
|Link #1935
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
But really, when you look at things deeply, there's just too wide a gap between the average talent level between Japanese and Korean groups. J-Pop has always felt very superficial with only the occasional great ones, while with K-Pop (and I only started following it for like 3 years ago) has that genuine touch. Even if the method is the same (which I can't really agree with), the underlying foundation of K-Pop is far more sturdy than the usual J-Pop.
|2012-01-01, 06:41
|Link #1936
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
I was reading the last few pages, and considering the personal information Sumeragi provided. Is it possible to track down her real identity (giving that she spoke the truth of course)?
In another word, how big and extend the Imperial Japan family is (and how much of that is within public's knowledge)? I was under the impression till now that the Imperial family is just like ordinary East Asian family, where there's only around 20 adults or kids getting together during birthday or party occasions.
|2012-01-01, 07:01
|Link #1937
temporary safeguard
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Germany
Stalking is bad, hmkay.
But the math is interesting.
If "8th cousin" means 8th degree, where as first degree would be direct cousin and 2nd would be the child of a cousin and so on, then 8th degree is a crazy large circle of people.
It's basicly exponential growth with each step and considering you start with lets say 5 siblings you end up with something like 500k people (of which not all are still alive, but the base is biggest, so yeah...).
Even if you assume that some people died without having children, or had less children, married inside the group ect, it is still nothing I would still call a family.
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|2012-01-01, 07:09
|Link #1938
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dai Korai Teikoku
Of course, no family in Japan has as good records as the Koreans, who tend to maintain centuries-old genealogy books. In the case of my second cousin, there are a registered membership of over 120,000 in the clan. Here's what the books look like:
And final note: I changed to Korean citizenship.
|2012-01-01, 07:51
|Link #1939
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Australia
Another thing. I heard that the Imperial family does not have last name, and have only started to adopt last name when they stepped away from Imperial family. So does it mean if someone don't have last name, it's likely that they are a member of the Sumeragi? Furthermore, Do branch family members have last name? If they do, then wouldn't it be kinda....amusing if the whole family just sit down one day, and decide what they would be known from now on in public?
|2012-01-01, 08:08
|Link #1940
temporary safeguard
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Germany
Usually names are what other people call you, not what you decided for yourself.
In Europe for example, last names were not widely used during the middle ages, but became important when everyone moved towards the cities.
At that point they just used what was their most prominent feature at the time. My own lastname is of a certain geographical location, that I managed to track down. For most people it's simply the profession of the family head of the time.
For nobles it was almost entirely the land or city they were attached to in the feudal system (firstname of/von/de someplace). I guess it would be the same in this case.
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I also want to persist some additional user information (not held on Facebook) to the database on my server by making an ajax call:
{ userFavouriteColour: "Red" }
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Option 1: Add uid to the ajax request:
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This is obviously no good. It would be trivial for anyone to make an ajax request to my web service using someone else's Facebook Id and change their favourite colour.
Option 2: On the server, extract the uid from a cookie: Is this even possible? I have read that Facebook sets a cookie containing the uid and access token but do I have access to this cookie on my domain? More importantly, can I securely extract the uid form the cookie or is this open to spoofing just like option 1.
Option 3: User server-side authentication on the server: I could use the server-side authentication to validate the user identity on my server. But will this work if I am already using client-side authentication on the browser? Will I end up with two different access tokens? I would like to make FB.api requests from the browser so I need the access token on the client (not just on the server).
This must be a very common scenario so I think I'm missing something fundamental. I have read a lot of the Facebook documentation (various authentication flows, access tokens, signed_request, etc.) and many posts on SO, but I still don't understand how client-side authentication and server-side authentication play nicely together.
In short, I want to know the user's identity on the server but still make requests to the Facebook api from the client browser?
(I am using ASP.NET and the Facebook C# SDK on the server)
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As a fit-for-television hoarder of ol' trucks, yours truly is already deep into a pair of personal pickup projects, and surrounded by others (some already scattered) waiting their turn for attention. With numerous skeletons in the ol' closet, I do feel guilty. Even so, there's nothing quite like tearing into yet another truck.
When beginning a new project, the "fun" begins with the initial teardown. Whether it takes place in a well-lit, comfortable, well-outfitted garage, or in the ol' backyard with frayed extension cords and dangerous incandescent droplights, the quick 'n' dirty disassembly phase can be quite the hoot. This is where our inner junkyard dog gets to come out and play. However, once this tired '55 Chevy (second series) ½-ton shorty is sufficiently scattered, we're committed. As the project turns serious, a photo inventory will be conducted as pallet racks are stocked with the salvageable road-tested parts. Later when it's time, a well-worn wish book from Brothers Truck Parts will indeed come into play—again.
Ordinarily my right hand, Mrs. Rotten, and I prefer to tackle each build in phases, in sequence. On this job the chassis, engine, and drivetrain should be tended to first, but when hidden collision damage necessitated an extended stay for the chassis at the frame shop, we'd decided to skip ahead and pay some attention to the cab. The truck's original Forest Green lacquer topcoat and primer substrate below will eventually be abrasive-blasted away, but before that can happen, there's undercoating to be removed, and we wouldn't dream of taking it in greasy. That would contaminate the blaster's abrasive, which would almost certainly compromise the job, as well as the next job up—possibly yours.
Since there are various alternative methods for stripping away old finishes, the options were thoughtfully weighed out before any one approach was decided upon, so know that abrasive blasting is not our automatic first choice. For the cab of this particular truck, however, it is indeed appropriate. From here we'll guide you through the dirty job, step by step in an attempt to illustrate what happens at the blaster's place, as well as what must happen at ours, or yours, before our blaster of choice can begin.
About the Blasted Media
Why do they call it "media?" After years of wonderment, the answer to my question was only a rotary dial phone call to Escondido, California. According to Hot Rods & Custom Stuff proprietor, Randy Clark, the term "media blasting" was indeed coined about 25 years ago. Before that time, only sand was used, and because of the high air pressure required to push it through the gun, sandblasting could and often did ruin precious metal very easily. Since that time, professional abrasive blasters have a variety of alternatives available, ranging from shot peening, baking soda, ground walnut shells, corn cobs, plastic, and so on. With the expanded variety a "blanket word" became necessary to describe the numerous new forms of abrasives as a whole. We're not sure who chose it, but "media" became the word.
Since our project pickup's cab does have some rust peekin' out through its original lacquer finish, a decision to use garnet was made by Clark and crew. Garnet media blasting takes about three times as long as the same job would with sand, but a high volume of garnet can be shot at much lower pressure, therefore it's much more user-friendly and much less likely to cause damage when used by an experienced professional. Hot Rods & Custom Stuff knows how to treat precious metal. We've used them a number of times over the years with great success, so we're very comfortable leaving this cab in their care and custody.
1. First things first. Before this cab can be hauled to our local abrasive blaster, we'll need to remove all the greasy goo as well as some half-century-old undercoating from the floor's underside.
2. Knowing full well that this'll get ugly, we're now past the "fun" phase on this job. Sometimes a little oven cleaner or a little heat applied to the scraping utensil of choice can make the job go easier. Either way, strap on a decent respirator to ease the effects of toxic smoke and/or nasty household cleaning product vapors.
3. Heating the scraper helps. You could also aim the flame directly to the undercoating, but we prefer to heat the tool only, which creates much less smoke to inhale. Still, even with the heat advantage, it didn't take long for ol' repetitive motion injuries to begin screamin' at yours truly.
4. At times like these, it's good to have a Central Pneumatic gasket scraper in the bottom drawer. I'd actually forgotten I had this little jewel. Mine is an early to mid '90s model, but I'm pretty sure Harbor Freight still carries them today.
5. In some areas this worked very well—just the break that my aching wrist and elbow were in need of. However, other areas were just plain tough and in need of more serious chemical persuasion.
6. I had hoped it wouldn't come to this. For sarcastically special occasions, I do keep aircraft paint stripper on hand.
7. Taking this in small steps, in roughly 2×2-foot sections, this nasty chemical concoction will all but liquefy the rock-hard undercoating, which is about to be escorted toward the floor with a bondo spreader. In this case softening occurred quickly, so a properly placed drip pan seemed like good mess insurance.
8. As we near the finish line, our pneumatic gasket scraper comes in handy once again. This tool has proven to be invaluable for ribbed and/or channeled areas like the bottoms of these rocker panels. Here eye protection is a must to avoid injuries associated with airborne undercoating projectiles.
9. The incriminating stains on the garage floor may cost us our cleaning deposit, but the underside of the cab's floor is now fairly clean. From here I'll open the garage doors, extinguish all flames, fire up the fans, take a deep breath, hold it, spray on some starting fluid and run. This "flash-evaporation" helps to dry things up a bit more.
10. With the cab back on the cart, the final preparations for abrasive blasting get underway. Blowin' out the crooks 'n' nannies will help us enter the next phase with a clear conscience. This is all about keepin' the blaster's "media" free of foreign contaminants.
11. The word "media" as applied to abrasive blasting has puzzled yours truly since it first became fashionable around the mid to late '80s or so. Today we hear the word used often and it's generally accepted without question, but I've looked it up in my Funk & Wagnall. There is no connection to blasting mentioned within these pages.
12 After eight hours in the booth, Zack Jackson has come through for us again with another job well done. Inside, outside, top 'n' bottom, we now have a clean start. Have you hugged your media blaster today?
13. For the journey homeward an enclosed trailer would be nice, but we don't have one of those. We might be able to dodge birds and sprinklers, but what about smog and diesel exhaust? Theoretically steam could form between the surgically clean tarp and bare metal on this warm summer day, but even so, the tarp is the lesser evil.
14. If you've ever had a cab blasted, you already know you can blow and blow until you think you've got all the abrasive/media out. Then later when you hit a bump while rolling the cab cart across the shop floor, out falls more. This magnetic electric vibrator (arrow) was sourced from the scrap dumpster in a dark alley that I frequent—and it works!
15. As we anticipate the call from the frame shop, the bare metal cab is set for clean, dry, temporary storage while we step back into sequence and resume work on the ol' truck's chassis. Then there will be patch panels grafted and bodywork, and all that's necessary to achieve better-than-new panel alignment—you know—the "fun" part.


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Facing elimination for the fourth time in eight days, the Rays overcame a blown Fernando Rodney save to extend their season and beat the Red Sox thanks to a ninth-inning Jose Lobaton homer that ended up in the center field fish tank.
It's only the third homer to find the ray tank since it was installed in 2006, and the first-ever by a Rays player. Note carefully the fan who misses the ball is wearing a Dan Johnson jersey; that otherwise-forgettable player serves a pretty big role in Rays playoff lore.


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|A fall back to the good ole days, Angels and Devils on Horseback are simply bacon wrapped, bite sized yum yums, one based on dates, the other, oysters.
Angels and Devils on HorsebackHere's another great party appetizer to add to the growing list of party foods. I mean seriously... can't you just wrap a piece of bacon around just about anything and make it taste good or better? I love dried plums (yes, those are prunes) and dates anyway, but stuff them with some smoky Gruyere, wrap them with bacon and have a spicy pepper jelly or mango sauce to dip them in and yum, yum, yum. And the "angels," made with oysters, are by far my favorite.
The bacon you'll need and how you cut it, is going to be dependent on the size of the dried plums or dates and/or oysters, so you may need to cut it into two or three pieces. I didn't have any oysters when I decided to make these tonight, so I'll have to come back with the pics for those later. I might even have some regular rumaki (made with chicken livers) and mock rumaki (made with water chestnuts and pineapple) coming up too. Seems I'm on a throw-back mode here lately. Here's how to make them.
Recipe: Devils on Horseback©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 20 min | Yield: Depends on number/size
- 1 package of pitted dried plums (prunes) or dates
- Semi-hard cheese, such as Gruyere, Asiago, Fontina, Manchego, or Jarlsberg, cut into small cubes
- Bacon, cut into halves or thirds, depending on the size of the dried plums
- Spicy mango chutney or pepper jelly, for dipping
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil.
Cut a pocket into the dried plums and stuff each with a cube of cheese. Wrap each date with a piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes; turn and bake 5 to 10 minutes longer, or until desired consistency is reached. Remove and drain on a paper towel.
Serve plated with a swirl of spicy mango chutney or pepper jelly on the plate for passing the appetizer through, or add a side dish with a spoon for guests to scoop some up dipping.
Can be assembled ahead of time and refrigerated until ready too cook. Can also be broiled instead of baked.
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More Stuff Wrapped in Bacon
Angels on Horseback: Like their counterpart, Devils on Horseback, except instead of dates wrapped in bacon, use oysters.
Rumaki: Chicken livers wrapped in bacon, grill or bake.
Mock Rumaki: Wrap water chestnuts, and a small chunk of pineapple or pickle if you like, in bacon; grill or bake, then drizzle with a reduction of balsamic vinegar cooked down with brown sugar.
Lit'l Smokies stuffed in jalapenos with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon, grill or bake.
Boneless chicken breasts, flattened, spread with cream cheese, sprinkled with jalapeno, sliced into bite sized pieces, wrapped in bacon and grilled or baked.
Mushrooms - Fill mushrooms with cream cheese; wrap with bacon and bake.
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Terror suspect: 5 legal questions
With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken alive, the focus now turns to how the Obama administration is going to seek to bring the Boston Marathon bombing suspect to justice.
Lawyers have already made one potentially critical decision: He hasn't been read his Miranda rights, at least for now. This means that FBI investigators may have a shot at trying to question him about other potential plots he may be aware of and whether anyone other than his deceased brother was involved in last Monday's bombing or Thursday night's crime spree.
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But if Tsarnaev's injuries leave him incapacitated for a protracted period of time, the Miranda issue may be of less significance.
( PHOTOS: Boston celebrates capture)
As soon as he's coherent, he's likely to go before a judge or magistrate, even in the hospital. The judicial officer will formally advise Tsarnaev of the preliminary charges used to detain him and tell of his right to an attorney, even if investigators haven't done that by then.
On Sunday, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said Tsarnaev was still in stable but serious condition and has not been questioned yet. "He's in no condition to be interrogated at this point in time," Davis said on "Fox News Sunday." "He's progressing, though, and we're monitoring the situation carefully."
( Also on POLITICO: Pols celebrate, reflect on capture)
One tricky issue now is how prosecutors and the FBI will balance the duty to get Tsarnaev before a judge promptly with their desire to do the initial public-safety interview.
Meanwhile, a host of other questions are already bubbling up, from whether he'll be tried in civilian or military court to whether he'll face the death penalty for crimes that include killing three people in the explosions and a police officer on the MIT campus.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama praises arrest in Boston blasts)
Here's POLITICO's guide to the five key questions — and what's known about the answers — that are ahead.
1. Why does the Miranda issue matter?
After the Justice Department decided not to immediately read Tsarnaev his Miranda rights, a debate broke out among lawmakers, lawyers and political activists over whether the suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, should be prosecuted in a civilian criminal court or subjected to military interrogation — and over when and whether Tsarnaev should be told about his right to an attorney.
"No Miranda warning to be given" now, a Justice official told POLITICO Friday. "The government will be invoking the public safety exception."
That may increase the possibility that Tsarnaev will quickly offer up information about whether he and his brother, who was killed in a shootout Thursday, acted alone in the bombings or whether they were directed, supported or trained by forces abroad.
Beginning several hours before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's capture, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) wrote on Twitter that the suspect ought to be placed in military custody.
"If captured, I hope Administration will at least consider holding the Boston suspect as enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes," Graham wrote Friday afternoon. "The last thing we may want to do is read Boston suspect Miranda Rights telling him to 'remain silent.'"
"The Law of War allows us to hold individual in this scenario as potential enemy combatant w/o Miranda warnings or appointment of counsel," the senator added later in the evening. "I hope the Obama Administration will seriously consider this option … The goal is to gather intelligence and protect our nation which is under threat from radical Islam."
"NBC reporting Obama admin will treat terrorist as a 'criminal' and not enemy combatant," former State Department official Liz Cheney wrote on Twitter Friday night. "Will Obama allow him to lawyer up?"


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April 3, 2016, 8:37 am
Donald Sloan (illness) is listed as out while Bojan Bogdanovic (rest) is doubtful to play on Sunday against the Pelicans.
Thaddeus Young and Brook Lopez have also been shut down for the remainder of the season. Shane Larkin and Wayne Ellington should get all the minutes they can handle, while Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Sean Kilpatrick and Markel Brown should also see a boost in minutes.
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August 17, 2019, 8:35 pmDennis SchroderPG, Oklahoma City Thunder
Dennis Schroder scored 19 points to lead Germany to a 83-62 win vs. Hungary as the teams prepare for the Wold Cup.
Schroder filled the box score tonight by adding three rebounds, seven assists, one steal, one block and four treys. He will come off the bench again next season behind Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Anyone who drafts the often-injured Chris Paul may want to handcuff him with Schroder. Fellow countryman Daniel Theis scored 11 points with six rebounds, two assists and one steal.
Source: FIBA
August 17, 2019, 2:10 pmTyler DorseySG, International
Tyler Dorsey has signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. of Israel.
Dorsey played 21 games for the Grizzlies last year after being acquired midseason from the Hawks via trade. He played well over that span with 9.8 points in 21.3 minutes but will take his talents overseas where, "He'll have a chance to showcase what great things he can do," according to his new head coach. Maccabi has signed several former NBA players this offseason as Dorsey will be joining Omri Casspi, Nate Wolters, Quincy Acy and Tarik Black.
Source: Macabi Tel Aviv on Twitter
August 17, 2019, 12:57 pmRayjon TuckerPG, Milwaukee Bucks
Rayjon Tucker will be signing with the Bucks on a partially guaranteed deal.
Tucker is a little older than most rookies and will be 22 before the start of the season but he played well enough at Little Rock last year to deserve a look, scoring 20.3 points per game and knocking down 2.4 triples per game at a 41.1 percent clip. He rounds out the Bucks 20-man training camp roster but since they already have 15 guaranteed contracts and both two-way spots occupied, he is very unlikely to make the team and could very well end up in the G-League.
Source: Darren Wolfson on Twitter
August 17, 2019, 12:45 pmDe'Aaron FoxPG, Sacramento Kings
Per Chris Hayes of Yahoo, De'Aaron Fox will be withdrawing from the FIBA World Cup in order to focus on the upcoming season.
Fox follows the trend set by many other players that have withdrawn for the same reason. Maybe this is related to him only playing six minutes in the exhibition against Spain on Friday but either way, he should be in line to improve last year's huge leap in production and could even be in the All-Star conversation. Derrick White is much more likely to make the final roster now with Fox out.
Source: Chris Haynes on Twitter
August 17, 2019, 11:39 amKemba WalkerPG, Boston Celtics
Kemba Walker leads US in 90-81 victory over Spain on Friday.
Walker impressed in the exhibition with 11 points, six rebounds, eight assists, and two steals in 22 minutes with Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum and Khris Middleton also playing well as his co-stars. Four Celtics are expected to be on the final roster which will serve as a great opportunity for Walker to develop a good rapport with his new teammates ahead of training camp. Marc Gasol was the top scorer for Spain with 19 points, four rebounds, three assists, a steal and two blocks while Ricky Rubio finished with 16 points, seven assists and five steals.
Source: USAB.com
August 17, 2019, 9:05 amKhem BirchC, Orlando Magic
Khem Birch led all scorers with 18 points as Canada lost to Australia in the second game of their mini-series exhibition.
Birch also chipped in four rebounds, two steals and a block in 23 minutes. He recently signed a two-year extension with the Magic but he currently sits as their third string center so he is off the fantasy map for now. For Australia, captain Joe Ingles put up eight points on 2-of-10 shooting with six assists and three steals in 31 minutes while Jonah Bolden chipped in 12 points, five rebounds, a steal and two triples in 18 minutes off the bench.
Source: FIBA
August 17, 2019, 8:24 amJuancho HernangomezPF, Denver Nuggets
Juan Hernangomez was back in action on Friday after undergoing core surgery in May.
Hernangomez did not do much in his 20 minutes of action in Spain's exhibition against the US on Friday but at least he has recovered from his surgery. He is entering a contract year but it will be difficult for him to get much playing time with the Nuggets at full health. He played only 8.4 minutes per game over the last two months of last season.
Source: Nick Kosmider on Twitter
August 17, 2019, 8:03 amJayson TatumSF, Boston Celtics
Jayson Tatum's intent is to increase his scoring this season according to Keith Smith.
Tatum has been working on being stronger with the ball, drawing fouls and finishing through contact which should result in an increase in free throws, points and efficiency. He was already a top-60 player in only his second year in the league by providing a little bit of everything from a fantasy perspective and should only continue to grow going into his third season.
Source: Keith Smith on Twitter
August 17, 2019, 7:36 amDaulton HommesSF, San Antonio Spurs
The Spurs have signed rookie Daulton Hommes.
This is likely a camp deal for Hommes as the Spurs already have 15 guaranteed contracts on their roster. The NABC Division II Player of the Year averaged 8.4 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.4 triples and 1.0 threes in in 17.7 minutes for the Bucks in summer league action. He is unlikely to play in the NBA this season.
Source: Jeff Garcia on Twitter
August 17, 2019, 12:01 amMarcus SmartPG, Boston Celtics
In the NBATV broadcast on Friday night, Marcus Smart said he is "100% confident" that his health won't be an issue to start the World Cup.
With the news of PJ Tucker having to drop out due to an ankle injury, it's good to see Smart won't have to do the same. His presence will be a key factor on defense for Team USA.
Source: Jay King on Twitter


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1. Re: Error building current source repositoryJonathan Fuerth Mar 31, 2012 10:59 AM (in response to John DeStefano)
Hi John,
Thanks for pointing out the version mismatch in maven-surefire-plugin. That's definitely a mistake and we'll get that fixed.
Even so, this is the first report we've seen of a compile failure due to this problem. Which version of Maven are you building with? Here's my Maven version info for reference:
$ mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.0.3 (r1075438; 2011-02-28 12:31:09-0500)
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 1.6.0_29, vendor: Apple Inc.
Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_29-b11-402.jdk/Contents/Home
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: MacRoman
OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.6.8", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac"
2. Re: Error building current source repositoryJonathan Fuerth Apr 2, 2012 8:16 PM (in response to John DeStefano)
This issue is now resolved on the master branch. The fix will apply to the Beta4 release, and should also get merged into the 2.1 branch within the week.
See https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ERRAI-255 for details.


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Quirk Classics recently held a contest in honor of Tolstoy's Centenial. The winners were announced yesterday and Mario Brothers Karamazov topped the list. My favorite was A Superhero of our Time (after Lermontov's A Hero of our Time).
If you haven't, you may wish to read my review of QC's Android Karenina.
Labels: Fiction, Quirk Books, Tolstoy
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Posted by R. Berg on January 26, 2001
In Reply to: "Some people talk in their sleep..."----need author posted by Bruce Kahl on January 26, 2001
: : I need an author for, "Some people talk in their sleep.
: : Lecturers talk while other people sleep"
: : can anyone tell me who wrote it?
: : if you get this one, try helping me with my other two. thanks, joy
: Hello Joy,
: I helped you with the other 2.
: I will help you with this one also if you need me to help you but here are directions to try it yourself. It is very simple:
: First, go to: www.google.com
: Secondly, enter just a portion of your phrase in quotation marks into the search box:
: "Lecturers talk while other people sleep"
: Thirdly, hit your "enter" key! :)
: There is a quote out there along the lines of showing someone how to fish instead of always finding the fish for you or something like that!
: If you still cant find it I will post it for you if you let me know.
It goes about like this, or maybe exactly like this: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and you feed him for the rest of his life."


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ActiveMQ via C# Part 2 In my part 1 of this series, I discussed the basics of JMS and messaging schematics: publish/subscribe and sender/receiver. I introduced Apache.NMS and the ActiveMQ client for NMS, Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ. I created client classes for publishing messages to ActiveMQ via topics and subscribing to a topic to receive messages. Finally, I tested the classes by writing a unit test that contained a publisher that sent messages to a topic and a subscriber that wrote the output to the console. In this example, I will expand on C# client by writing a simple, reusable configuration based API for sending and receiving messages using ActiveMQ and Apache.NMS.ScenarioIn situations where you have multiple projects in need of a common messaging infrastructure, relatively low messaging domain knowledge across teams and an integration requirement between .NET and other Java based systems, a simple wrapper over a more complex JMS/NMS API can quicken client development. Additionally, the JMS/NMS programming model lends itself to a configuration based API that utilizes factory methods to create configured objects for sending and receiving objects. The benefit of going with this model is that users of the API can get up and running quickly and need very little understanding of the nuances of JMS/NMS. Also, APIs like this make it easier to manage deployments amongst the different software environments in most organizations: dev, staging, prod, etc.More Messaging SchematicsJMS provides two major schemes for sending and receiving messages: point-to-point (PTP) and publish/subscribe (Pub/Sub). PTP messaging is always queue based, while the Pub/Sub model uses topics. In JMS speak topics and queues are simple message destinations or channels that producers send messages to and consumers listen to via notification semantics that messages are available. For topics, each consumer that subscribes to a topic will receive a copy of a message if the consumer is an active subscriber at the time the broker receives the message. If a producer sends a message to a destination and there are ten consumers actively subscribing to the destination, all ten consumers will receive a copy of the message. Pub/Sub is useful in which you want every consumer or client to receive a message sent to a destination by a producer:
On the other hand, queues are like load balancers: if a producer sends a message to the destination, then the message will be kept by the broker until a consumer is available and then the message will be delivered. Note that if there is one producer and ten consumers of the queue, exactly one consumer will receive a copy of the message. The messages are load-balanced in that if another message is sent, the next consumer will receive a copy of the message and then the next, and so on and so forth as messages are sent to the destination. A scenario where this is useful is where you have say a pool of processes and you want each message sent to the pool to be received by a single process and each subsequent message to be processed by exactly one other, different process within the pool.
In part 1 I created a consumer and producer of messages using pub/Sub schematics, in this example I will augment this API with classes for sending message using PTP messaging schematics. These classes will allow clients to send and receive messages to queues with consumers of these messages receiving at most one copy of the message that was sent from a producer. Additionally, I'll provide a simplified API for using ActiveMQ across multiple projects.Utilizing Queues – PTP MessagingAs I stated previously, queue based messaging is always PTP; a producer sends a message to a queue and exactly one consumer will receive a copy of the message. For our API we will define a producer and a consumer of messages. First the producer:
This is simple class takes a session and a string identifying the destination or queue that we will be sending messages to as constructor arguments. Usage is even simpler, just call the SendMessage method and pass in a string to send. Note that this could be augmented to send more complex message types, but for simplicity I have omitted anything other than string messages.The consumer class is likewise rather simple and has a constructor that takes the same two arguments, a session and a string identifier of the queue that messages will be received from:
The QueueReceiver requires that you register with a delegate that is fired when a message is received by the consumer. The client starts listening to the by calling the Start method and passing in a string that uniquely identifies the client. Like subscribers (and all other message consumers), the QueueReceiver should be a long-lived object, with a lifetime of the entire application.The entire API, looks like the following:
Usage is very simple, provide a long-lived consumer object with a queue as its destination and then create shorter lived producer objects that send messages to the broker. The following unit test shows an example of the round-robin way that messages are received by the registered consumers of a queue:
Tags: Apche.NMS, ActiveMQ, JMS, C#, dotnet
ActiveMQ via C# using Apache.NMS Part 1Java Message Service (JMS) is the de facto standard for asynchronous messaging between loosely coupled, distributed applications. Per the specification, it provides a common way for Java application to create, send, receive and read messages. This is great for enterprises or organizations whose architecture depends upon a single platform (Java), but the reality is that most organizations have hi-bred architectures consisting of Java and .NET (and others). Oftentimes these systems need to communicate using common messaging schematics: ActiveMQ and Apache.NMS satisfy this integration requirement.JMS PrimerThe JMS specification outlines the requirements for system communication between Java Messaging Middleware and the clients that use them. Products that implement the JMS specification do so by developing a provider that supports the set of JMS interfaces and messaging semantics. Examples of JMS providers include open source offerings such as ActiveMQ, HornetQ and GlassFish and proprietary offerings such as SonicMQ and WebSphere MQ. The specification simply makes it easier for third parties to develop providers.All messaging in JMS is peer-2-peer; clients are either JMS or non JMS applications that send and receive messages via a provider. JMS applications are pure Java based applications whereas non JMS use JMS styled APIs such as ActiveMQ.NMS which uses OpenWire, a cross language wire protocol that allows native access to the ActiveMQ provider.JMS messaging schematics are defined into two separate domains: queue based and topic based applications. Queue based or more formally, point-to-point (PTP) clients rely on "senders" sending messages to specific queues and "receivers" registering as listeners to the queue. In scenarios where more a queue has more than one listener, the messages are delivered in a round-robin fashion between each listener; only one copy of the message is delivered. Think of this as something like a phone call between you and another person.Topic based application follow the publish/subscribe metaphor in which (in most cases) a single publisher client publishes a message to a topic and all subscribers to that topic receive a copy. This type of messaging metaphor is often referred to as broadcast messaging because a single client sends messages to all client subscribers. This is some analogous to a TV station broadcasting a television show to you and any other people who wish to "subscribe" to a specific channel.JMS API BasicsThe JMS Standard defines a series of interfaces that client applications and providers use to send messages and receive messages. From a client perspective, this makes learning the various JMS implementations relatively easy, since once you learn one you can apply what you learned to another implementation relatively easily and NMS is no exception. The core components of JMS are as follows: ConnectionFactory, Connection, Destination, Session, MessageProducer, and MessageConsumer. The following diagram illustrates communication and creational aspects of each object:
NMS supplies similar interfaces to the .NET world which allows for clients to send messages to and from the ActiveMQ JMS via OpenWire. A quick rundown of the NMS interfaces are as follows:
Note that the Apache.NMS namespace contains several more interfaces and classes, but these are the essential interfaces that map to the JMS specification. The following diagram illustrates the signature that each interface provides:
The interfaces above are all part of the Apache.NMS 1.30 API available for download here. In order to use NMS in your .NET code you also need to down load the Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ client as well and to test your code, you will need to download and install the ActiveMQ broker, which is written in Java so it requires the JRE to be installed as well. The following table provides links to each download:
For my examples I will be using the latest release of Apache.NMS and Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ as of this writing time. You should simple pick the latest version that is stable. The same applies for ActiveMQ and the JDK/JRE…note that you only need the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to host install ActiveMQ. Install the JDK if you want to take advantage of some the tools that it offers for working with JMS providers.To start ActiveMQ, install the JRE (if you do not already have it installed – most people do already) and unzip the ActiveMQ release into a directory…in directory will do. Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder with the ActiveMQ release and locate the "bin" folder, then type 'activemq". You should see something like the following:
Download and install the Apache.NMS and Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ libraries from the links defined in the table above. Unzip them into a directory on your hard drive, so that you can reference them from Visual Studio.Open Visual Studio 2008/2010 and create a new Windows project of type "Class Library":
And once the project is created, using the "Add Reference" dialog, browse to the directory where you unzipped the Apache.NMS files defined above and a reference to the Apache.NMS.dll. Do the same for the Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ download. Note that each download contains builds for several different .NET versions; I chose the "net-3.5" version of each dll since I am using VS 2008 and targeting the 3.5 version of .NET.
For my examples you will also need to install the latest and greatest version NUnit from www.nunit.org. After you have installed NUnit, add a reference to the nunit.framework.dll. Note that any unit testing framework should work.Add three classes to the project:
Your solution explorer should look something like the following:
The test harness will be used to demonstrate the use of the two other classes. The TopicPublisher class represents a container for a message producer and the TopicSubcriber represents a container for a message consumer. The PublisherThe publisher, TopicPublisher is a simple container/wrapper class that allows a client to easily send messages to a topic. Remember from my previous discussion about topics that topics allow for broadcast messaging scenarios: a single publisher sends a message to one or more subscribers and that all subscribers will receive a copy of the message.
Message producers typically have a lifetime equal to the amount of time it takes to send a message, however for performance reasons you can extend the life out to the length of the application's lifetime.The SubscriberLike the TopicPublisher above, the TopicSubscriber class is container/wrapper class that allows clients to "listen in" or "subscribe" to a topic.
The TopicSubscriber class is typically has a lifetime that is the equal to the lifetime of the application. The reason is pretty obvious: a publisher always knows when it will publish, but a subscriber never knows when the publisher will send the message. What the subscriber does is create a permanent "listener" to the topic, when a publisher sends a message to the topic, the subscriber will receive and process the message.Usage ExampleThe following unit test shows the classes above used in conjunction with the Apache.NMS and Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ API's to send and receive messages to ActiveMQ which is Java based, from the .NET world!
Here is quick rundown of the ApachNMSActiveMQTests class:
After you run the unit test you should see something like the following message:
Note that ActiveMQ must be up and running for the example to work.References
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It's hard because we already have a house full of toys, he has tons of clothes, and there really isn't much room in his bedroom for anything else - although this bookcase really is tempting.
Kik and Bid picked out a giant stuffed moose for him, which is super cute but we have nowhere to put it, I'm thinking about getting one of those Boon Animal Bags for him.
I've always wanted one, and they are only $42 on Wayfair.com (formerly CSN stores).
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I don't have any experience with Boon Animals Bags but my little guy is three months old as well. His father and I discussed what to do for him for Christmas. We decided to get him a Bright Stars toy mat that he lays on and there are toys above him. My niece has one and he just loves it. And the great thing about this toy is that it grows with him. The toys can be taken off and it turns into a play mat and he can have the toys on the ground with him or they can connect to his car seat. We are also going to get a few clothes because who can resist cute little boy clothes?ReplyDelete
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We have a green Boon animal bag and really love it! It's a great way to store all there stuffed toys and gives them a soft "bean bag" type chair to sit on or play on. They are made very well also!ReplyDelete
I love this idea! These look nice and what a great chair to boot!ReplyDelete
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You're right, it is difficult to find gifts for a baby so young. They're not really aware of what's going on. I suggest getting what you need for the baby, and for a gift, take some white tissue paper, crumple it into a loose ball and give that. Babies LOVE that! It's so crinkly and rattley and they can scrunch or shred it! You just have to keep an eye on them to make sure they don't ingest it - a big enough wad could choke a baby.ReplyDelete
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I'd never heard of the boon bags before. Now I think I may have to get one. It would come in handy around here.ReplyDelete
it is hard. since you mentioned he has enough clothes, and I assume even for the next sizes & toys... how about a special set of baby oils & washes, maybe in a scent or made for a skin condition (sensitive or eczema, ect) the baby may have. I did that with my 2nd grandson since he had lots of hand me downs & new stuff. ~Faythe @ GMTReplyDelete
the spaceship book case is really cute!!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of the animal bag. Our son will be seven months by Christmas and we've been pretty good at not buying tons of toys since he's just as happy with a piece of paper. :) I'm nervous to see what our house will look like after Christmas with the grandparents!ReplyDelete


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8 ounces unsalted butter (16 tablespoons or 2 sticks), softened
1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup dark molasses (not black-strap)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
6 1/4 cups cake flour
4 teaspoons ground ginger
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
Gingerbread House Templates, recipe follows
Royal Icing:
3 cups confectioners' sugar, plus more as needed
2 egg whites*
Assemble and Decorate the House:
Heavy cardboard base for the house
Pastry bag with a medium plain tip and a small plain tip
Frosted shredded mini-wheat for the roof, as needed
Mini tootsie rolls for a fence, as needed
White Hershey Kisses for roof top spikes, as needed
Small candy canes for a lamp post outside the door, as needed
Granulated sugar for snow drifts, as needed
Necko Wafers for a cobblestone path, as needed
3 large marshmallows, for snow man
Pretzel sticks, for snowman arms, as needed
2 whole cloves, for snowman eyes
Graham crackers to build a shed, as needed
Assorted candy such as gum drops, peppermint drops, M & M's, white chocolate chips, red hots, non-pareils or snow caps, silver dragees, green mint jelly leaves, Life Savers, and Animal Crackers
In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar and mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time until incorporated. Add the molasses and vanilla and mix.
Sift together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, cloves, and salt. Working in batches, and mixing after each addition just until combined, add the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture. Shape the dough into a thick disk, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease 2 cookie sheets.
On a lightly floured surface, divide the dough in half and roll each piece out into a large 1/4-inch thick sheet. Transfer the dough sheets to the sheet pans; then cut out the required shapes with your templates (see Gingerbread House Templates below).
Bake until stiff and toast-y, about 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely.
Make the Royal Icing: In a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the confectioners' sugar and egg whites together. Add more sugar, if necessary, to reach a spreadable consistency.
Assemble and Decorate the House: Glue the house walls together by setting them up on the cardboard base, and piping the royal icing at the joints with a medium plain tip from the inside. Prop the sides up with wine or soda bottles and let set for 30 minutes. Attach the roof pieces, using the icing in the same way
Using a spatula to apply the icing, glue the frosted mini-wheats on the roof to look like thatching. Attach the front door, with hinges made from icing (leave it open to be more inviting).
Decorate as you like, following the suggestions in the ingredient list, using the icing as glue, if needed. Use a small plain tip for any filigree style decorative line work, you may want.
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You'll need to make 7 templates, by drawing the dimensions out on brown paper and cutting them out. Use the templates as a stencil to cut the dough into the required pieces. Here are the templates you'll need:
Two front and rear walls: 5 inches high by 8 inches long. Cut out 2 windows from each wall, and 2 1/2 by 1 1/2-inch door in one.
Two side walls shaped like a house (triangle on a square): 5 inches high by 6 inches long, with a triangle 7 inches high on top (cut all in 1 piece). Cut 1 window out of each side.
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Pinkstinks is an organization of women taking a stand against makeup marketed to kids. They want parents to boycott all those cute play makeup kits we buy for our daughters when they are little because the founders of the organization believe these products are contributing to the poor self-esteem of young girls.
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We don't all agree with Pinkstinks. If they do not like these products, they should not buy them. My most treasured pictures are from a trip to Disney World; my daughter dressed up like Cinderella with makeup on and glitter in her pigtails. She played with baby dolls as a toddler and now with Barbies as a nine year old. My son's trucks never interested her the way my makeup case did. Now at nine years old, she is the toughest girl in her karate class, surfs with the boys, but is still the girliest girl you ever want to meet. When she wants to wear a little lip gloss, I have never made a fuss about it. When she goes into my closet and tries on my bra, puts on high heels and whatever sparkly dress she can find, I take pictures and love those moments. If Pinkstinks gets rid of all the little girl makeup. maybe they can also put a padlock on my closet so my daughter can not play dress up.
Self-doubt and body hatred comes from our children not being parented properly. In my book, Bonding Over Beauty, I encourage parents to use beauty and personal hygiene as a way to connect with their children. By teaching our girls how to care for their physical appearance, we give them self-confidence. I also tell parents to excercise with their children, grocery shop with them, and help them to look and feel their best. Poor self-esteem stems from parents expecting their children to be the 2.0 version of themselves and putting their own negative body issues on their children. You can ban all the makeup and princesses you want. Girls will find a way to be girlie. And it's OK. Not everything has to be gender neutral. Our gender differences are wonderful and should be embraced.
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