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Lisa's Mum has been at it again. Fresh from supervising the CWA scone tent at the Royal Adelaide Show, Mum headed straight for the Chrono des Nations, where she caught up with David Millar's legs enjoying a well-earned rest after setting a new course record for the TT. Please excuse any errors & omissions in the interview transcript, those legs sure do have a strong Scottish accent.
Lisa's Mum: Mr Millar… um… Mr Legs… um, David. Sorry, what should I call you?
David Millar's Legs: Well wee lassie, David has lots of names for us. Sometimes, we're his Mortar & Pestle. Other times we're his Bread & Butter. Lately he's taken to calling us the Scottish Thighlands. But you can just call us DML, which incidentally is our rapping name, for when we pursue a career after cycling.
Lisa's Mum: OK, DML it is. Now tell me, you've had a massive month. Gold at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, 2nd at world champs, and now a new course record for Chrono des Nations. And a tidy 10th at the Vuelta time trial to boot. How are you feeling?
DML: Well, obviously, we're happy. I mean, mostly happy. We've been able to deliver for David when he really needed us, so that's good. But we're a bit disappointed too. We rode our guts out for him and do you think we get any recognition? No! It's all "preparation" and "discipline" and missing rear breaks and stumpy helmets. Where's the "Well, I am happy to accept this win but it was my legs who really delivered today"?? How do you think 2 legs are going to share one gold medal? The problem with this sport is that there's too much emphasis on the individual. No one cares about the team around him who brought him to the finish line first. We're just cannon fodder to him.
Lisa's Mum: Really? Do you think David doesn't care about you? What about all those rubs?
DML: Oh yeah, we do get looked after. I mean, we are high performance animals after all. We get shaved regularly and once a month we get a little exfoliation. And sunscreen. Boy, do we get a lot of that. But all we're asking for is that one day in cyclingnews.com they put up a picture of us, and not his face. What did his face ever do? It's not even aero!
Lisa's Mum: There must be other parts of David that contribute to the win. What about his heart? And his head?
DML: Lady, his head was the idiot who got him into all his doping trouble. Granted, it got him out of it too, but it's got a lot of brownie points to make up yet. As for his heart, well, I guess it does do some work but it also gets to carry the medal at the end of the day, right? You put a picture in the news and there it is, front page centre. Such a media hussy.
Lisa's Mum: So where to from here then? Do you have a nice end of season break lined up?
DML: Oh, do we ever! First we're going to hit the beaches in Thailand. Then we're heading to Scandinavia for some ice fishing. We want to do some volunteer work too, you know, to give back to the community. Maybe volunteer teaching in Africa.
Lisa's Mum: Wow. Does David know about these plans?
DML: As if! David goes where we take him. And he owes us too, so he'd better be booking us business class seats.
Lisa's Mum: DML, this has indeed been an illuminating interview. Thanks for your time.


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Me too I started out liking him and then wanted to beat him down! I still want to see him walk out the door soon but on a positive note he didnt talk nasty in hoh LD today LOL!
I know what you mean lovemykiddies, my heart totally melted too. Hell, I even shed a tear. But, I forgot all about that when I heard him going off to Ollie and Michelle about Keesha. The things he said, ugh, sickening!
at ML3....lets just rack up Jerry as a lost cause goodbye dont let the door hit you in the ...well you know how that goes Artzy, Italian, ummmmm could I borrow that word puzzo? Is the u pronounced long or short, I want to say it right! I know a lot of people that word would fit and they would have no idea what the hell I am saying ...as I smile so sweetly
Quote from: MommyLove3 on August 28, 2008, 01:44:16 PMI know what you mean lovemykiddies, my heart totally melted too. Hell, I even shed a tear. But, I forgot all about that when I heard him going off to Ollie and Michelle about Keesha. The things he said, ugh, sickening!My hubby, who only watches the shows thinks Jerry is an a**...But when he saw the call, he said "Wow - this is hard for me to watch" because of how sad it was...On a side note, my hubby, who is a diehard Lions fan (please stop laughing and don't judge - lol) is MAJORLY peeved that BB10 is delayed bacause of the game teehee...Looks like we have a convert on our hands!
Hey Guys - I just wandered over to Joker, and I saw something about Ollie + a possible penalty nomination, or something equally intense, possibly on tonight's show. Apparently someone asked a BB producer why Ollie didn't get a penalty nom, or in any kind of trouble at all after he destroyed BB property and behaved the way he did the other day after Dan put up Michelle. The BB producer allegedly said to watch tonight's show to see what happens to Ollie? I don't know if it's true, but it seemed plausible enough to pass along just in case.
In Italian, we have several words to describe him: disgraziato; schivozzo; puzzo; and my particular favorite: strunzo.
Just BB8 Jen when she ate while on slop. She was already on the block so BB said that if she somehow did not get voted out that she would definitely be put on the block automatically for the very next week. If she hadn't been on the block they said they would have the HOH remove one nom and then she would go up in place of that person. That is my very limited knowledge on the subject.
Alison, I LOVE your dream world- now if it would only come true!! I hate that they didn't do anything immediately. I know they are trying for good tv, but c'mon! And while I am on a tirade, I wish they would show more of Jerry as we see him, instead of what they are trying to portray him as. Okay, I will get off my soapbox now. -Suzanne
I don't see them penalizing Ollie, you can't honestly tell me that in Dick's frequent rages not one BB item was broken. BB has to know that if Ollie leaves BB gets boring. There wouldn't be any tension in the house, it wouldn't be any fun for the viewers. As much as most of you dislike M/O/J, there are plenty that dislike K/M/D. Doesn't it irritate anyone but me that Memphis and Dan are already talking about how they're going to spend the money? I hate arrogance! I would like nothing more than to see them knocked from their high horses and Renny's just the one to do it!
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text: Implementing Function Calls 18 September 2012 david Code I've been busy lately adding the concept of function calls to my H2D2 programming language. It hasn't been as hard as I thought, but there has been a reasonable amount of code to write. I have added the notion of scope as well, so that when a function returns, any local variables go out of scope and the H2D2 virtual machine can free the memory allocated to them. Currently, functions can return a value (although it's possible in H2D2 to return nothing from a function too) ... but I can't yet pass parameters to functions, that's on my TODO list, I'll work on that next. So here is the current test program that I'm using to see if it all works: test() loop(s=48) print 10 print 13 print s print 32 x=test() repeat (s=s+1 if s<58) print x return function test() loop (s=65) print s repeat (s=s+1 if s<91) return 42 This program simply outputs some ASCII characters, the result comes out like this: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 2 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 3 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 4 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 5 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 6 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 7 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 8 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 9 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ* Simple stuff, but it demonstrates calling the "test()" function like a statement (ignoring the return value) and also assigns its return value to a variable too. I have also done some work allowing this type of code to be written out as labelled bracket notation. Essentially I'm treating each function like a seperate program, starting with its own root node, and then each call to that function simply points to the correct root node. This is how the above program looks if I render the labelled bracket notation generated from the bytecode: Currently, when I parse the source code, I simply scan for function definitions and emit the code for them and then go back to a 'bootstrap' node which is the programs entry point. The starting point of the source code is pointed to from the 'bootstrap' node. It seems to work fine, and it means that programs always execute from node zero (which I'm making sure is always the bootstrap node). In other news, I compiled H2D2 as a Windows dll, and used Interoperability to call it from C#, this worked a treat and was extremely fast. With the dll version, any output that the H2D2 program creates is returned as a pointer to a string, so after the program has been run the C# code needs to make an additional call the dll and tell it to free the string containing the output. But, my mandelbrot test program runs in about 200ms this way, since it doesn't have to muck about with writing to the screen. Once the C# program has all the output it can write it in one go rather than a character at a time, which is much quicker. Now that I have installed Visual Studio 2012 I might be able to hide H2D2 behind a websocket interface. This should allow for a 'chatty' interface to H2D2 where you can ask it to run programs and get the results returned. This is also on my TODO list :-)


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Danish zoo kills giraffe to prevent inbreeding
Ignoring pleas from animal rights activists, the Copenhagen zoo kills a young giraffe and feeds its carcass to lions, citing space and inbreeding rules. Gavino Garay reports. Video provided by Reuters Newslook
Outcries on social media and an online petition that drew more than 27,000 signatures failed to save a healthy young giraffe killed Sunday in accordance with the Copenhagen Zoo's inbreeding policy.
The zoo said it killed the 18-month-old male giraffe named Marius and fed him to lions and other zoo animals to keep the giraffe population "genetically sound." Bengt Holst, scientific director at the Danish zoo, told the BBC that giraffes had to be selected to make sure the best genes were passed down, ensuring long-term survival.
He said it was a zoo's responsibility to manage animal populations to ensure they remained healthy, adding that 20 to 30 animals are put down at Copenhagen Zoo in a typical year.
"Giraffes today breed very well, and when they do you have to choose and make sure the ones you keep are the ones with the best genes," Holst told the BBC.
Marius was killed by a bolt gun instead of a lethal injection, which would have contaminated the meat, The Copenhagen Post reported. Most of the corpse was fed to zoo animals. Part of his carcass was designated for scientific research. Visitors to the zoo on Sunday were even invited to attend the autopsy.
Maria Evans, who created the online petition, told the Post that the zoo produced Marius, so it was the zoo's responsibility to find him a home. "They must not be allowed to take the easy option," Evans said.
Stine Jensen, from Denmark's Organization Against the Suffering of Animals, told the BBC the group's offer of help, along with many others from across Europe, was turned down.
Animal rights campaigners have described the move as barbaric and have accused the zoo of being unethical. The director of a wildlife park in the Netherlands, Robert Krijuff, whose last-minute offer of a place was also rejected, said: "I can't believe it. We offered to save his life. Zoos need to change the way they do business."
England's Yorkshire Wildlife Park said it also made an unsuccessful bid to save Marius, adding that it was "saddened to hear reports from Copenhagen that 18-month-old giraffe Marius has been euthanized."
But Holst told the BBC that all zoos had been considered and there was no place for Marius. He said any space at Yorkshire should be reserved for a genetically more important giraffe. The campaign to save Marius, he said, had gone "much too far."
The killing drew plenty of international outrage on Twitter.
Wrote John Phillips, @jpvegan, from Manhattan: "I seriously hate zoos. Copenhagen Zoo kills 2 year old giraffe, uses corpse 4 food & research"
Miladysa, @miladysa, from the United Kingdom: "BLOODY DISGUSTING!"
Leanne Woodfull, @LeanneWoodful,l from Dublin, Ireland: "Literally 0 logic behind this atrocity."


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After enjoying a three game win streak in Allen Arena, the Bisons could not continue the streak on the road losing Thursday night to North Florida 73-64.
"(North Florida) played very hard and they wanted to win more than we did, that was obvious," Head Coach Scott Sanderson said. "I thought they played very, very good. They got some timely stops and they made some timely baskets. They deserved to win."
By defeating the Bisons, North Florida gained their first Atlantic Sun Conference win of the season. North Florida snapped a 15-game losing streak, a 32-game losing streak to Division I opponents, and a 22-game losing streak, the longest in the country, in Atlantic Sun play.
After jumping out to a 2-0 lead with 18:25, the Bisons would trail the Ospreys the rest of the game.
Playing a 2-3 zone defense for most of the night, the Bisons relied on three-pointers in the first half to provide offense, but the problem was the three-pointers were not falling. The Ospreys took advantage of the Bisons poor shooting in the early going, and used an 11-0 run to help spark them as they headed into the locker-room.
"You have got to make shots," Sanderson said. "We put so much pressure on our defense. Even in the first half when we start the game, we have absolutely great looks, we just didn't make them. It is hard because you are eventually going to break, and tonight we broke."
The Bisons shot just 1-for-14 from behind the arc in the first half and trailed at halftime 32-27.
In the second half, Trey Williams scored his only three points of the night in the first thirty seconds on a three-pointer to bring the Bisons to within two points at 32-30. However, North Florida was not to be denied, as they answered in the second half every time the Bisons got close.
North Florida scored five unanswered points after the Bisons cut the lead to two points. At the 12:08 mark, the Bisons cut the lead to 43-40, but then saw North Florida go on an 8-2 run to lead by nine points with 8:01 to play.
The Bisons made one last charge in the final eight minutes of play, and it looked as if North Florida might fall apart. With five minutes to play, the Bisons cut the lead back down to two points at 53-51.
The Bisons could not get over the hump, and North Florida started to smell the victory when they responded with an 8-0 run that put them up 61-51 with two minutes to play.
For the game, the Bisons had three players in double figures. Eddie Ard finished the night with 15 points, 12 of the points coming in the first half. Michael Teller scored 12 points, and Brian Fisk finished the night with a game high 21 points.
North Florida placed four players in double figures. Chris Timberlake led the way with 16 points, while Germaine Sparkes added 14 points. James Grimball finished with a double-double, scoring 13 points and 10 rebounds. Arnold Henry also had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
The Bisons finished the night 23-of-66 from the field for 34.8 percent, 10-of-40 from behind the arc for 25 percent, and 8-of-13 from the free throw line for 61.5 percent.
"Again my problem with it was for the first 35 minutes we shot too many three-pointers during that time," Sanderson said. "We have got to get more shots to the basket. They shot 35 free throws to our 13, and that is a direct result of us shooting 40 threes, not getting to the paint, getting into the lane and getting better shots."
North Florida shot 23-of-51 from the field for 45.1 percent, 3-of-13 from behind the arc for 23.1 percent, and 24-of-35 from the free throw line for 68.6 percent.
"Ever since (the Belmont game), we have gone in two different directions," Sanderson said. "(Belmont) has played three very good games and we have played three very poor games, and we have been fortunate to win two of those games. We just didn't play very good tonight. We have gone in opposite directions the last three games."
The Bisons will travel across town to take on Jacksonville in the final game of the regular season on Saturday. In all likelihood, the winner of that game will finish in third place in the league, while the loser will fall to fourth in the standings. Gametime is set for 5:00 PM CST.
"It will be important," Sanderson said. "We have to re-group and come out and do the best we can do, and that is all we can do."


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If you are new to video editing but need to use advanced editing features, Corel's VideoStudio Pro X2 is the best program available. Designed to provide smooth playback and stacked with features inside the most intuitive interface in this review, VideoStudio Pro X2 is nearly perfect. It easily achieved a Reviewer's Choice designation.
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(CNN) -- This season matches across Europe have been punctuated by repeated outbursts of racism and on Thursday AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng took matters into his own hands after leading his side off the field of play after being subjected to racist abuse.
Ahead of the resumption of the Serie A season at the weekend, the German, who plays for Ghana's national team, was targeted by fans of fourth division side Pro Patria in a friendly during the match along with a number of other black Milan players.
Milan's website reported M'Baye Niang, Urby Emanuelson and Sulley Muntari were the targets of racist abuse.
The game was suspended midway through the first half when Boateng, who was visibly upset by the chanting, picked up the ball and kicked it into the crowd.
After the incident, Boateng tweeted: "Shame that these things still happen... #StopRacismforever."
The 25-year-old ripped off his shirt in disgust before being joined by his teammates and opposition players in walking off the field.
"We are disappointed and saddened by what has happened," Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri told reporters.
"Milan play for the right to respect all players. We need to stop these uncivilized gestures.
"We are sorry for all the other fans who came here for a beautiful day of sport.
"We promise to return, and we are sorry for the club and players of Pro Patria, but we could not make any other decision.
"I hope it can be an important signal."
Italian Football Association president Giancarlo Abete also hit out at the unsavoury scenes and announced an investigation into the incident.
Abete said in a statement on the Italian FA website, www.figc.it: "No sanction or measure can erase the disdain for an unspeakable and intolerable episode.
"We must react with force and without silence to isolate the few criminals that transformed a friendly match into an uproar that offends all of Italian football."
Boateng is not the first footballer to take a stand over racist abuse.
Former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o threatened to leave the field back in February 2006 after being subjected to racist abuse and pelted with bottles during a game against Real Zaragoza.
The Cameroon forward, who now plays for Anzhi Makhachkala, tried to walk off only to be persuaded to remain by then manager Frank Rijkaard.
And in 2011, Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos walked off the field after a banana was thrown at him during a Russian league game.
Carlos, who was 38 at the time, was playing for Anzhi in the city of Samara in the Caucasus region. The Brazilian is now Anzhi's team director.
After picking up the banana, Carlos walked off the field visibly up set before sitting on the bench.
Ahead of the European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine, UEFA president Michel Platini had urged players to allow the referee to deal with the problem of racist abuse, and stressed that officials could stop games if necessary.
"It is a referee's job to stop the match and he is to do so if there are any problems of this kind," said Platini
However UEFA has come under criticism for the punishments it has handed out rearding racist abuse.
In December UEFA appealed the decision of its own disciplinary committee after the Serbian Football Association was fined $105,000 for improper conduct by Europe's governing bogy following allegations of racist abuse during the under-21 game with England.
That fine was far less than that handed out to Denmark's Nicklas Bendtner, who was forced to pay $125,800 for exposing boxer shorts with the logo of an online betting company during the European Championship Finals.
Last year, Manchester City officials were infuriated after the club was fined $40,000 by UEFA for taking to the pitch late for a Europa League game -- $13,000 more than Porto's sanction for fans' racist abuse during a game against the English team.
Milan's squad captain Massimo Ambrosini gave his backing to Boateng's actions, insisting a "message had to be sent against uncivilized people."
"I am sorry for all those who were at the stadium but a strong message had to be sent," said Ambrosini.
"AC Milan will make an effort to go back to Busto Arsizio especially for the children and for those who have nothing to do with racism but a message had to be sent against such uncivilized people."
AC Milan director Umberto Gandini added on Twitter: "Very proud of the Milan players who decided to walk off the pitch today for racist abuse from few idiots! No racism, no stupidity!"
Milan returns to league action on Sunday against Siena.
Meanwhile, World Club Cup winners Corinthians has announced it has agreed a $19.6 million deal with Milan for Brazil striker Alexandre Pato.
The 23-year-old, who joined Milan in 2007 from Internacional, scored 63 goals for the Italian giant during his five-year stint with the club.
But his career has been hampered by injuries in recent years, with the forward managing just 11 appearances last season and seven so far this campaign.
"In the coming days, Pato, who will wear the number seven shirt, will undergo a medical and then sign a four-year contract," said a club statement.
Milan confirmed the deal on its official website: "AC Milan can announce that Alexandre Pato has been sold outright to Sporting Club Corinthians Paulista."
In an open letter on the club's website, Pato said: "I wish to salute and especially thank everyone. From the president to the many people I worked with in these unforgettable years at Milan.
"I am going to Brazil, to Corinthians, so I'll have the opportunity to play consistently. It will not, however, be easy to forget Milan.
"I will always be tied to this jersey, the club colours and all the Rossoneri fans. Above all at this moment my thoughts and my biggest thanks go to them."
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WEDNESDAY, March 5, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Many elite college athletes are inactive later in life and it's often due to the lingering effects of injuries they suffered during their brief college sports career, a new study contends.
The Indiana University researchers looked at 232 men and women who were former Division I athletes and 225 men and women who didn't play high-level sports in college. The participants were between 40 and 65 years old at the time of the study.
Former Division I athletes were more than twice as likely to have physical problems that limited their daily activities and exercise. Sixty-seven percent of these former athletes said they had suffered a major injury and 50 percent said they had chronic injuries during college, compared with 28 percent and 26 percent, respectively, among non-athletes.
The study also found that 70 percent of athletes said they had practiced or played with an injury, compared with 33 percent of non-athletes. Forty percent of athletes were diagnosed with osteoarthritis after college, compared with 24 percent of non-athletes.
Previous joint injuries may increase the risk of developing osteoarthritis, the study authors said.
The former college athletes also had higher levels of depression, fatigue and poor sleep than non-athletes, according to the study, which was published recently in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.
"Division I athletes may sacrifice their future health-related quality of life for their brief athletic career in college," lead investigator Janet Simon, a graduate student in the kinesiology department, said in a university news release.
Simon said experts such as nutritionists and strength and training coaches are available to many elite college athletes, but many of them don't have access to such help after they graduate.
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Although the study found an association between playing college sports and health problems later in life, it did not necessarily prove a cause-and-effect relationship.
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SOURCE: Indiana University, news release, March 3, 2014


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Senior (Nano) Science Mondays
I wrote about this in the February 2009 Nano Bite e-newsletter, but it didn't make it onto the Nano Bite blog until now.
The Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA hosted two Senior Science Monday workshops last January using activities from the NanoDays kits and an adaptation of the introduction to nano presentation (here and here).
The workshops were 45 minutes long and were at capacity with about 50 people each. The workshop consisted of a 25-minute introductory presentation followed by 20 minutes spent exploring a number hands-on activities. Ruth Brown, a Science Educator at the Da Vinci Science Center, gave the presentation, and was joined by two additional educators to facilitate the hands-on activities. Overall, Brown felt the workshop was a tremendous success.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison MRSEC also ran a nano program for seniors, you can read more about it here.


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While teardown experts iFixit gave the retina MacBook Pro low ratings when it comes to user reparability, the non-retina MacBook Pro introduced at WWDC last week turned out to be quite the opposite. The team completed its ritualistic teardown of the mid-2012 MacBook Pro on Wednesday morning, giving it a reparability score of 7 out of 10. The discrepancy comes down to the internal design differences between the two pro machines.
The differences may seem minor from a "regular" user standpoint, but they certainly add up. For one, Apple uses regular (non-proprietary) screws in the non-retina MacBook Pro, and the hard drive is quite a bit thicker—9.45mm compared to the 3.16mm of the retina MacBook Pro's solid-state drive. More importantly, the non-retina machine does not have RAM soldered onto the logic board like that of the retina MacBook Pro, making the RAM user-removable and upgradable. The retina version is more akin to the MacBook Air—what you buy from Apple is what you're stuck with until you decide to upgrade to a new computer.
iFixit also points out that while the non-retina MacBook Pro's LCD would still cost a pretty penny to replace, the LCD is at least removable and users who have cracked their displays won't have to replace the entire assembly. This is not the case with the retina version: "Incorporating a removable LCD into the MacBook Pro with Retina display would increase the thickness by less than a millimeter, while still preserving the awesome Retina resolution," the site wrote.
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While wandering among the gravestones at Shoup-Thompson Cemetery, I noticed the broken white gravestone for Artimus Russell (d. 1862). Pausing to read the inscription, I wondered: Was the top of the stone lost? Had it been carved with an urn and drapery? Maybe an open book?
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It was safe and sound, leaning back-to-back against the lower half. The date of death plus age and gender already had me wondering whether he was a Civil War casualty. The carvings convinced me: Flags swagged to reveal an eagle an shield. What handsome military-themed decoration!
Some post-cemetery research on Amazon.com reveals that 19-year-old Artimus Russel (Artemus Russell) enlisted in the Union Army on November 4, 1861. He died of disease the following June, but not before he earned a promotion to Corporal.
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Images depicting the Baby hitmaker at a party, holding a roll-up cigarette - which some believed to be a joint - surfaced online last week (04Jan13) and caused controversy amid concerns Bieber was failing to set a good example for his young fans.
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"Cut4Bieber" became a trending topic on Twitter on Monday night (07Jan13) and attracted the concern of stars like Cyrus, who urged kids to "stop with this #Cut4Bieber self harming is serious". She also defended her pop pal from critics, raging, "Don't blame this on Justin, it's his life no one else's!"
She later removed the tweet, but on Tuesday (08Jan13) followed it up with the message: "If people are really saying they are gonna cut themselves cuz (sic) Justin Bieber could've smoked some weed the world really is coming to an end!
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Cyrus was inundated with notes from sensible Bieber followers who assured her they were not influenced by the internet trolls, prompting her to respond, "I'm glad to know my friend has such dope fans".
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She tweeted: "can we PLEASE stop this #cut4bieber epidemic!! seriously!! it's hurting way to (sic) many people and this whole thing is unbelievably ridiculous!!"
Bieber had yet to comment on the hoax campaign as WENN went to press.


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Emma Hack Takes Body Art To A New Level With Her Latest Collection
We've seen body painting before. I've posted about well-known hand painter, Guido Daniele and the body painting of shoes on feet by Temptu. And how could I forget Veruschka?* But it wasn't until I saw her work on the cover of India's Platform magazine, that I was introduced to Australian artist and body illustrator Emma Hack.
Above: The image used on cover of Platform magazine from last year that piqued my interest in the work of Emma Hack.
An artist with several skills; sculpture, multimedia, photographer and more, I'm sharing images of her body painting for this post because it's simply amazing. Her work uses the naked bodies of both men and women as canvases and incorporates the backgrounds to give us the illusion of a flat surface in which the bodies are so well camouflaged against wall coverings, it's hard to even see them.
About this stunning collection: Emma's Wallpaper 2005, 2007 and 2008 collections feature Florence Broadhurst wallpaper designs mixed with her body illustration. Emma continues to work blending her 'wallflowers' with the beautiful designs of Broadhurst.
Emma's recent 2008 collection, featured during the Adelaide Fringe Festival, features exotic Australian animals, nude landscapes and a continued collection of Florence Broadhurst wallpapers. Emma photographed this collection herself, evolving her talents further. Here are her most recent works from her Wallpaper series:
And earlier works in the series:
In her Evolution collection, she actually painted animals!
An alligator, a possum, a dragon and turtles:
A bit about the artist:
Emma began her career as a make up and hair stylist and painted children's faces. She has evolved into a world-class body illustrator with several awards and acclaim, as well as a sculptor, a photographer and more. She's involved in several projects and continues to stretch and hone her talents.
Emma is represented in Adelaide by:
Art Images Gallery
32 The Parade Norwood
Phone: 08 8363 0806
I had to amend this post to answer to the several emails I've received reminding me of the amazing body painting and transfigurations by Vera Lehndorff (aka Veruschka). I was remiss in not referencing her work in a post about body painting- because it is superb and especially since my colleagues worked with her to produce a Lexus TV and print campaign in the mid 90s.
After beginning her career as a model in the 60's, Lehndorff used the Veruschka pseudonym to enter the public domain, becoming one of the most sought-after and heavily publicized models in international fashion. Prior to crossing over to the art world with a renowned series of camouflage body-paintings, Lehndorff worked with many prominent photographers, including Helmet Newton.
above: self portrait by 'Veruschka'
Vera von Lehndorff (aka Veruschka)'s myspace page.
11 comments:
- Ben said...
If you like this, then do yourself a favor and search for:
veruschka body paint
on youtube to see someone else who did something similar about a decade ago. I have the book that features all the photography from the video you'll find.
- Tuesday, December 23, 2008
- WendyB said...
@ Ben, the first thing this brought to mind was Veruschka too, though as I recall, she specialized in nature scenes. This is very pretty work.
- Tuesday, December 23, 2008
- Laura Sweet said...
Ben and Wendy B, here's some irony for you. Not only do I know of Veruschka's work but I worked with her. She did a Lexus campaign for myself and my colleagues in the mid 90s.
-the editor
- Tuesday, December 23, 2008
- Patricio C. G. Colombo said...
Wow! Your art is amazing. Those wallpapers are alive.
- Tuesday, March 03, 2009
- Patricio C. G. Colombo said...
Those wallpapers are alive! Thanks for sharing your art Emma ;)
- Tuesday, March 03, 2009
- Julia Breton said...
Simply amazing. Some of the blending requires a second look to spot the person hidden in the background.
- Wednesday, July 15, 2009
- Elizabeth said...
These are incredible!! Beautiful!
****( it is actually illegal to paint turtles)
In case you were not aware, in the
60's - 70's, sliver dollar turtles were dying out in mass because of this reason, and it's still illegal to even own them in many states for that purpose. They are actually quite sensitive to paint, and will get sick, and often die. It is not like skin..
So.. please not paint anymore turtles, as wonderful as the art might turn out. it's just not good for them.
- Monday, March 22, 2010
This is a complete and total ripoff of Adriana Czernin's recent work. Shown at Pompidou Centre, Freeze Ldn exhibition etc
: http://www.martinjanda.at/kuenstler_3_czernin.html
(see image 10 onwards
- Wednesday, March 31, 2010
- Laura Sweet said...
Anonymous, I don't get how you perceive Emma Hack's work as a rip-off of the work of Adriana Czerin's recent work. They are completely different.
One is fine art prints, the other is body makeup. The only commonality is camouflage of a woman amongst backgrounds.
- Wednesday, March 31, 2010
What sort of body paint do they use???
- Thursday, October 07, 2010
- Dwijayasblog said...
Truly work of art. Beautiful.
- Monday, February 20, 2012


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Gallant said he was at the right place at the right time. Five years ago, he was doing some electrical work for general contractor Tom Silva, which led to his first appearance on 'This Old House.'
Silva told him about a "good-sized job" in Milton, Mass., and asked him if he could handle it. As a small electrical contractor, Gallant was unsure if he and his company could take on such a big challenge, but after looking at the house and talking to his wife, he decided to give it a try.
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"I would see Tom on the job all the time and started watching the show because those guys were on it," he said. "Most tradesmen don't watch shows like that because that's what we do for a living. I only watched it so I could give those guys a hard time."
Silva coordinates all the different trades on the "This Old House" projects. Gallant described him as "the big enchilada behind it all."
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All the tradespeople work on a very tight schedule and put in a lot of 10- or 11-hour days at the end of a project, Gallant said. To help the job move along more quickly, Gallant brings an apprentice along on the job, and if he's running behind, he'll recruit a few more electricians.
Despite the amount of talent and manpower on the "This Old House" projects, the schedule still gets hectic in the final days. On one job, Gallant said the crew was hanging light fixtures the night before the "wrap party," which is when the "This Old House" crew and contractors celebrate the end of the project.
"We do everything at the last minute," he said. "You wouldn't believe the amount of work that we do in a short amount of time. It's a miracle."
Unlike a normal construction project, the electricians can't just work at their own pace. Some of the electrical work that they may be doing one week may need to be shown on TV the next week.
"We work for the camera and the TV show," Gallant said. "That way they can show the natural progress of a project."
Gallant, who was voted the class clown of his 1985 class, said he enjoys talking in front of the camera.
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Russ Morash, the director, helped Gallant get through the first time, when he admits he was very nervous.
"The guy is unbelievable," he said. "He has won a million awards for a reason. He knows what he's doing. He told me to just be myself, try not to act to the camera and just pretend that it's a regular job."
He said it's difficult to get used to having a cameraman film your every move.
"It's a whole different world," he said. "Typically, they're no more than 10 or 15 ft away. Sometimes you're performing a task, and they want to get really close to you."
Normally, filming a segment is no problem for Gallant, but like real-life actors, he can always have an "off" day.
"I did a show the other day and it was like I was clueless," he said. "I had a bad day filming. Sometimes you don't pay attention and you start when you're not supposed to start."
He said his first experience with "This Old House" was a house in Milton Mass., which he described as "very old and very hard." The house had many different designers, which posed a problem.
"You get seven or eight different opinions," he said. "Even though they had only one room, things could change drastically from room to room as far as requirements for lighting and plugs."
The designers also came up with a landscape design after Gallant Electric had already put the service in place. Gallant and his team had to then move the meter socket.
"That was kind of a pain in the neck," Gallant said. "They wanted the patio area to be free from mechanical obstructions. I've probably only moved a service three times in 12 years of business, but things like that can happen on a job site."
Although the project was a challenge, Gallant dubbed it his favorite.
"The house was extremely old and was built in the early 1800s," Gallant said. "It was a small house, and we put a small addition on."
Gallant Electric completely rewired the house and a detached workshop/barn garage. Abram, the master carpenter, designed the workshop for the power requirements.
"He would tell us where the equipment was going to go and then we in turn would put the power that was needed for that equipment that was used," he said.
For the next project, Gallant traveled to Watertown, Mass., to rewire a three-story, early 1900s home. That was the first time Gallant had ever worked with a product called Monorail.
"You see Monorail in fu-fu chi-chi places," Gallant said. "It's the track that hangs over the ceiling. We did that over the kitchen. We bent it to match the curve in the island in the kitchen. That was interesting and different for me. It's not just light, it's art. It creates an artsy look."
Gallant said one fiber-optic bulb can produce multiple lights. He installed a fan-cooled box, fitted with a 100W bulb, then attached a bundle of six fiber-optic cables to the box in a third-floor closet. He snaked the cables above the staircase leading to the second floor, being careful not to kink them.
"That would keep the light from flowing through," he said. "The cable ends need to be cut at a perfect 90-deg angle below so that light flows straight out rather than being scattered — and lost — through uneven edges. "For that, you need a special cable cutter — no jury-rigging allowed."
Gallant's next project made history. It was the first time in the show's 23-year-run that the show took on a new construction project. Gallant said the team rebuilt a home for Dick Silva, Tom Silva's older brother, shortly after his house caught fire and burned to the ground.
"'This Old House,' for the first time ever, decided to show people what's involved with a new house," Gallant said. "It's a totally different process to remodel compared to a new home. There are fewer restrictions on what you can do."
Gallant said since he did a lot of electrical work on Dick Silva's house, he was concerned about the cause of the fire.
"When they said it was an electrical fire, I thought the worst," he said. "Luckily, it wasn't me, it was the motor. They think they have it narrowed down to a problem with the heating system, which has nothing to do with me. Thank the good Lord, because I did a lot of work on that house."
During the construction of the new home, Dick, his wife and his two daughters were living in a 50 ft trailer right on the job site. Gallant said the homeowners were dealing with a lot of different emotions because of the house fire.
"They were really sad," he said. "They have a beautiful house now, but they had a beautiful house beforehand."
The house was antiques galore, Gallant said.
"If you're an antiques person, you'd go ga-ga in this house," he said. "He collected Coca-Cola and Hershey antiques, and they lost everything in the fire. It's amazing. You think they would be able to stop a fire eventually, but they didn't stop this one. It burnt right straight down to the ground."
In addition to rewiring the new house, Gallant also installed an automatic standby generator. The homeowner previously had a manual generator to deal with the several power outages in his area. Gallant sat down with Dick Silva and looked at the budget and the cost of the generator. Because the generator was donated, the homeowner only had to cover the cost of labor and installation.
Along with the generator, Gallant also worked with the homeowner to design the lighting. He walked from room to room with Silva and his wife to finalize the lighting plan.
"They like antique lighting and don't care for recessed lights or fluorescents," Gallant said. "He had a really good eye for antiques and putting rooms together."
Gallant said the lighting designers rarely sit down with the homeowners, spend time with them and learn about their likes and dislikes.
"Some people like Yugo, some people like Mercedes," he said. "They do the same exact thing, but one's flashier than the other. Lighting can be almost the same exact way. There's practical and functional lighting and then there's decorative."
The next project took Gallant and his team to Charlestown, Mass., to work with a young couple who had bought a three-story, two-family house. Because the house was in the heart of the city, the contractors struggled to find a place to park every morning. Gallant, who describes himself as "a suburban guy" and not a "big-city, guy," said parking became a major problem.
"Of all the other projects we had done, parking had never really been an issue like it was there," he said. "If you're looking for a parking spot for a half hour in the morning, it really chews into job costs."
Gallant said he and his crew brought their supplies with them to the city because getting deliveries was nearly impossible.
"If you wanted to get deliveries, you'd have to have a crane," Gallant said. "Tommy had to get police detail and shut down half a street when he got supplies delivered. It was a nightmare."
Neighbors became disgruntled with all the traffic outside their homes.
"If you live in the city, and you have 15 trucks through a small neighborhood, you know what that does," he said. "We did what they asked us to do, tried to respect their privacy as much as possible and got the job done."
Gallant said the house was 150 years old and needed extensive rewiring. After he completed the project, some of the viewers asked him why it was necessary for him to rewire the entire house.
"The name of the program is 'This Old House,' so the infrastructure — the plumbing, the heating and the electrical — is typically very old," he said.
Gallant said his involvement with "This Old House" has helped him build credibility with homeowners in New England.
"People who call me because they saw me on the show are already assuming that I'm going to do a good job because they've seen me more than once on the show," Gallant said. "In our industry, you're only as good as your work. If your work is not good, it doesn't take long for people to figure that you aren't going to do what you say you're going to do."
Allen Gallant, who has starred on four shows of "This Old House," discusses how his company has thrived over the past 11 years, and how other electricians can set up a successful contracting business of their own.
"I started my business in 1991. Mark, the first electrician I ever hired, is still with me going on 10 years. At the beginning, it was just me and Mark and a truck. Then we got busy, I bought another truck, Mark became licensed and we turned around and hired an apprentice. Now we have eight guys in the field — four licensed guys and four apprentices."
"Every licensed electrician in the company has apprenticed under me. I try to train them through me first so I know what type of people they are. I am very concerned about my employees being nice people. You don't just want good electricians, you want good people. Electricians have to be trustworthy because customers have a lot of trust in us. They give us their home keys and their security number."
"I've had customers who have been with me since the beginning. They can't believe that they get the same electrician every time. I tell them, 'He hasn't left because I pay him well, he has good benefits and you pay your bills so I can pay him.'"
"We have carved out a good little niche in this area. About 70% of our work is high-end residential, but we also have regular blue-collar customers. Anybody who calls me for anything gets a call back within a day. I have the best secretary in the world who forces me to do it."
"It's not hard. I'm 36, and I talk to guys in the supply house who are 23 or 25. I say, 'Do you want some really good business advice?' It's real simple. I didn't always do it, but I learned over the years. Call people back, do the job the day you say you're going to do it or call them a day in advance to let them know. If you do what you say you're going to do and do a good job, you can make a good living."


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Fed nominee Yellen will face questions about inflation vs. growth
Republican lawmakers raised concern Wednesday that President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Federal Reserve might be too willing to tolerate inflation and too inclined to support economic stimulus efforts, but only a few signaled that they intend to oppose her confirmation.
Obama formally nominated Janet Yellen, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve, to head the world's most important central bank. The current chairman, Ben Bernanke, joined them at the White House announcement.
"She is a proven leader and she is tough. Not just because she is from Brooklyn," the president said.
Yellen "sounded the alarm early about the housing bubble," Obama noted, adding that she's "exceptionally qualified" and "listens to competing views and brings people together around a common goal."
"Janet Yellen has the background, experience and knowledge to be a fine chairwoman of the Federal Reserve," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
"President Obama has made an outstanding choice in nominating my colleague and friend Janet Yellen to chair the Federal Reserve Board," Bernanke said later in a statement. "Janet is exceptionally well qualified for the position, with stellar academic credentials and a strong record as a leader and a policymaker."
Not only is Yellen an economist, but also her husband, George Akerlof, is a 2001 Nobel Prize-winning economist and their son, Robert, is an economics professor at the University of Warwick in England.
"You can imagine the conversation around the dinner table might be a little different than ours," Obama joked.
In brief comments at the White House announcement, a beaming Yellen noted that "the past six years have been tumultuous for the economy and challenging for many Americans." Sounding a populist note that will play well with Democrats who control the Senate, Yellen said, "Too many Americans still can't find a job and worry how they'll pay their bills and provide for their families."
Yellen and Obama praised Bernanke, who'll step down Jan. 31 after eight years that included the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. He didn't speak at the ceremony.
Yellen, who's 67, has been joined at the hip with Bernanke in implementing the controversial bond-buying programs that some Republicans allege are akin to printing new money. It's this effort, called quantitative easing, that provoked outright opposition from at least two GOP senators.
"Vice Chair Yellen will continue the destructive and inflationary policy of pouring billions of newly printed money every month into our economy, and artificially holding interest rates to near zero," Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., said in a statement. "This policy has been in place far too long."
"Ms. Yellen subscribes to the liberal school of thought that the best way to handle our nation's fiscal challenges is to throw more money at them," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement. "This stimulus obsession is the reason the nation finds itself in the fiscal calamity it does today, and the last thing we need is a leader at the helm of the Federal Reserve who is intent on more quantitative easing that harms our economy and further burdens hardworking Americans."
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., a member of the Senate Banking Committee, has noted that he'd opposed Yellen's nomination to become the Fed's vice chair in 2010 and hasn't changed his views. If anything, he said, he now has more questions.
"Any evidence if quantitative easing is actually working relative to employment? And . . . I want to make sure that she doesn't view herself as an enabler of bad policy within the Congress itself," Corker said on CNBC.
Other Republican senators signaled concern but not outright opposition.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions made it clear that he'd make Yellen's nomination a debate over the Fed's controversial bond-buying efforts, now at a pace of $85 billion a month in a bid to knock down long-term lending rates and stimulate economic activity.
"I intend to fairly but rigorously scrutinize this nominee. What we need in the Fed is a policy of humility that recognizes its limitations and the risk of continued easing," Sessions said in a statement. He added, "The stimulus mindset in Washington – both fiscal and monetary – has not produced strong, sustainable growth."


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures settled with a loss of almost $11 an ounce Tuesday, giving back a little over half what it gained in the previous session, as upbeat U.S. housing data and euro-zone uncertainty helped buoy the dollar. Gold for December GCZ22, -0.13% delivery fell $10.80, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,723.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Worries over the looming U.S. spending cuts and tax increases kept traders on edge. On Tuesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke "showed concern about lawmakers not addressing the fiscal cliff in time," said Anthony Lazzara, chief executive of Lido Isle Advisors in Newport Beach, Calif. "He reminded markets of the downside effect if the issue is not resolved in time."
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Annual, perennial herb, shrubs, generally bristly or sharply hairy
Stem prostrate to erect
Leaves cauline, often with basal rosette, generally simple, alternate; lower sometimes opposite, entire
Inflorescence: cyme, generally elongate, panicle-, raceme- or spike-like, coiled in flower, generally uncoiled in fruit or flowers 12 per axil
Flowers generally bisexual, generally radial; sepals 5, free or fused in lower half; corolla 5-lobed, generally salverform, top of tube generally appendaged, appendages 5, alternating with stamens, sometimes arching over tube; stamens 5, epipetalous; ovary superior, generally 4-lobed, style generally entire
Fruit: nutlets 14, smooth to variously roughened, sometimes prickly or bristled
Genera in family: ± 100 genera, ± 2000 species: tropical, temp, especially w North America, Medit; some cultivated (Borago, Echium, Myosotis, Symphytum ).
Almost all genera may be TOXIC from alkaloids or accumulated nitrates
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Hydrophyllaceae [Olmsted et al. 2000 Mol Phylog Evol 16:96112]
Family description, key to genera by Timothy C. Messick.
Annual, perennial herb, generally strigose
Stem prostrate to erect, branched at base or above, < 5 dm
Leaves simple, 0.510 cm, generally smaller upward; all cauline (lower opposite, linear to oblong, upper generally alternate) or both basal (often in rosettes) and cauline (alternate, linear to oblanceolate)
Inflorescence: raceme or spike, coiled in bud, generally elongate in fruit; bracts 0many; pedicels generally 01 mm
Flower bisexual; sepals fused below middle, 210 mm in fruit; corolla 112 mm wide, all white or yellow inside tube
Fruit: nutlets generally 4, 13.5 mm; back generally with midrib, lateral ribs, cross-ribs, interspaces, generally tubercled, sometimes prickled or bristled; scar generally lateral (on side) near middle or base, sometimes basal (on bottom) or oblique (between side and bottom), sometimes on a stalk or short peg, generally ovate to triangular
Species in genus: ± 65 species: temp w North America, w South America
Etymology: (Greek: sideways pit, from position of nutlet attachment scar)
Reference: [Higgins 1974 Great Basin Natur 34(2):161166; Johnson 1932 Contr Arnold Abroretum 3:1102]
Fully mature nutlets critical for identification; intergradation common in some species groups; sect. Allocarya often treated as a separate genus; many species need further study.
Annual; hairs straight
Stems erect, 1few, 0.53 dm
Leaves: basal in rosette, 13 cm; cauline few, alternate
Inflorescence not or only slightly coiled toward tip, bracted throughout; flowers generally < 10 per branch, generally paired
Flower: calyx 57 mm; corolla 13 mm wide
Fruit: nutlet 23 mm, thickly cross-shaped; cross-ribs wide, generally tubercled; interspaces narrow, groove-like; scar lateral near middle
Ecology: Uncommon. Dry slopes, flats, grassland, woodland
Elevation: < 800 m.
Bioregional distribution: Northwestern California, n&c Sierra Nevada Foothills, San Francisco Bay Area, Inner South Coast Ranges
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The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 claimed not only the lives of 239 individuals, but also large portions of family trees.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said definitively on Monday that the plane was lost in the southern Indian Ocean.
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As we move at glacial speed to a sustainable future (everyone rides a bike), note that the first step on that long and uncertain journey began at Santa Clara's Pruneridge Avenue this June.
On Thursday, Gary Richards, aka Mr. Roadshow, writes in the San Jose Mercury News about the move to reduce lanes on some streets to better accommodate bikes and pedestrians, including a tiny stretch of Pruneridge. It's happening all over the San Francisco Bay Area, although it's really only a few streets at this point.
I can comment with authority on Pruneridge because I've been riding and driving on that street almost daily for more than 20 years.
The re-striped section of Pruneridge is between Pomeroy Avenue and Lawrence Expressway, maybe a quarter mile. My understanding is that this stretch of road is being changed because it's part of a network of inter-city bike routes. The plan is to extend the re-striping to Tantau Avenue. I don't know that it's part of some grand plan.
Of course, as a cyclist I have no complaints. As a motorist, I also have no complaints. In fact, it's a blessing in disguise. I can't tell you how many times I've been driving in peak traffic on Pruneridge when someone signals a left turn. I dread the left turn signal.
Invariably, there's traffic to my right, and I know of no better way to get into an accident than moving quickly into the right lane. That's no longer a problem because there's a turn-only lane in place of the second lane. I'd like to see all of Pruneridge re-striped this way.


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Hilary Whitehall Putnam (July 31, 1926 - March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher who has been a central figure in analytic philosophy since the 1960s, especially in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. He is known for his willingness to apply an equal degree of scrutiny to his own philosophical positions as to those of others, subjecting each position to rigorous analysis until he exposes its flaws. As a result, he has acquired a reputation for frequently changing his own position.
- The physicist who states a law of nature with the aid of a mathematical formula is abstracting a real feature of a real material world, even if he has to speak of numbers, vectors, tensors, state-functions, or whatever to make the abstraction.
- in What is Mathematics, in Hilary Putnam (1979). Mathematics, matter, and method. Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 0521295505.
- No sane person should believe that something is 'subjective' merely because it cannot be settled beyond controversy.
- (1987) The Many Faces of Realism. p. 71
- [Oddly enough, Putnam believes part of the attraction of some of these formalisms is their obscurity]. "I think part of the appeal of mathematical logic is that the formulas look mysterious - you write backward Es!"
- Putnam as quoted in: Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom (2005) What Philosophers Think. p. 233
- It was Rudolf Carnap's dream for the last three decades of his life to show that science proceeds by a formal syntactic method; today no one to my knowledge holds out any hope for that project.
- Hilary Putnam, in: James Conant, Urszula M. Zeglen (2012) Hilary Putnam: Pragmatism and Realism. p. 14
Quotes about Putnam[edit]
- He's a quantum philosopher. I can't understand him and his position at the same time.
- Sidney Morgenbesser, quoted in Malcolm Thorndike Nicholson, "A philosopher in the age of science" (March 14, 2013)
External links[edit]
- Hilary Putnam: On Mind, Meaning and Reality, Interview by Josh Harlan, The Harvard Review of Philosophy, spring 1992.


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Plaquemines Parish, LA- Rosalina Johnson Anderson or Peter Louis Anderson
I am looking for relations of Rosalina Johnson Anderson, born in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and her husband, Peter Louis Anderson (Per Ludwig Anderson) born in Kalmar, Sweden. They were married about 1877-1878 and lived in Plaquemines Parish. Peter was a sailor and died aboard the SS Chalmette in June, 1900. Rosalina later lived with her daughter in Gretna, LA and died in 1929. Their son, George Frederick, was my grandfather.
VOELKER family living in New Orleans
I am a descendant of Henry Voelker and Elizabeth Hessler both born in New Orleans, LA. I would love to share information and stories. The stories I remember hearing as a child about my great-grandmother were that she was a hard, German lady who was rather strict with her grandchildren. However, she was also the person who was called in the neighborhood to take care of medical problems with friends and family. The family lived on Urquhart Street in the 9th Ward. In fact, two of my great-aunts continued living in the house for many years. I can remembering visiting them in the 1960's.
EAGAN/FINNEY ancestors of New Orleans, LA
I am searching for information on my EAGAN and FINNEY ancestors before they arrived in the US. Thomas Eagan was born about 1837. Most records show that he was born in New Orleans, but one shows he was born in New York. I have no information on his parents, who were born in Ireland. Margaret Finney, his wife, was born in New Orleans in 1855. Her parents were Michael Finney and Ellen Welsh. Michael was from Westmeath, Glen Ireland and Ellen was from Tuam, Ireland. I would love to discover more on Thomas, Michael and Ellen.
Searching for ANDERSON/JOHNSON ancestors from Plaquemines Parish, LA
Among the many ancestors I am researching are my Paternal Great-grandparents, Peter Louis Anderson and Rosalina Johnson. Peter was born in Kalmar, Sweden about 1844 and Rosalina was born in Plaquemines Parish in 1853. I have more info on Rosalina than Peter.
He arrived in the US about 1878 (according to the 1900 census). He was a sailor all of his adult life and in fact died aboard the SS Chalmette in 1900. Famiy records say that he also had a brother, Charles, that lived with them for a while, but died during that time.
Their first child, Lenora, was born in Nov. 1878. I am the granddaughter of his son, George Frederick Anderson.
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We were invited again this year by Lord March and Gordon & Sally Russell to Compete at the Barry Sheene memorial Trophy at the Goodwood Revival ,
With The 1954 Triumph T110 we Built with Ace Classics Our riders Were Kevin Rushworth and Peter Crew, Giorgio and myself Spent the last few Weeks rebuilding the motor for this prestigious race.
Despite there being no free practice on the Friday morning this year due to the Sports Car Night race taking place later that day. The Weather was lousy that morning, very cloudy and wet, we went straight in to qualifying and came in 18th Despite the rain.
Saturday, weather good sunny & warm, the itinerary was changed again as our old Friend Ewan McGreggor, was invited to do a Parade Lap of the circuit, with all the Riders.
With The Le Mans style start, Peter Crew was our first rider of the Race With a good start, a very tense moment as you watch the 30 riders run toward you when they get there signal, myself along with the 30 other teams keeping the bikes running on the on the staggered echelon start line along the pit wall, Peter hits the Clutch i shove it into gear and there off. Instant tinnitus and a face full smog thick with Castrol "R" Fumes and the 105 octane leaded gas ,as the 30 bikes on straight through pipes and open megaphones take off.
Peter Came in after 9 Laps and Kevin Rushworth took over, to bring us in 16th.
Gary Margerum & John Isaac from Magneto photography were on hand to capture the Action of the weekends Racing.
Kevin Rushworth was our first rider out Sunday, the weather was overcast and chilly. Being Giorgio's first time at Goodwood it was his turn to experience the Start Line (I'm Sure this is one that will stay in his memory for a long time). Kevin despite not getting such a good start as Peter the previous day, got up to midfield and stayed there, Kevin came in and Peter took over for the remaing 14 minutes of the race. At end of the day we finished 12th overall, not bad for an old converted road bike using 50 year old Harmon & Collins Cams & 50 year old MC Cycle Supply Pistons and up against Grand Prix Machines such as Manx Norton's, Vincent Lightnings, Gileras and BMW Rennesports,
with riders like Troy Corser ,Wayne Gardener & Jeremy Mc Williams at the helm.
At the end of the day we stayed the coarse and finished, where as a lot better equipped machines only 21 out of 30 bikes finished the race.
The Rest of the Day was spent wandering around the paddock with Peter Allan, watching the Racing and looking at fine selection of vintage racing machinery the likes of the pre-war Auto Union & Mercedes grand prix cars.
The Scarab Offenhauser Indy roadster and Micky Thomsons Harvey aluminium special amongst the BRM's /Ferraris /Alphas /Lotus. The List goes on & on
It was a Great Weekend enjoyed by all, and A Big Thanks to Lord March and Gordon & Sally Russell, for the Invite. We now Look forward to the 2014 Goodwood revival and hope to get anther invite.
Thanks to Kevin Rushworth & Peter Crew Our riders for an entertaining weekend.


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Owner: Pat Jones; Olive Branch, Mississippi
Honda Dreams weren't exactly high-performance motorcycles. But then, they weren't designed to be.
As one of the first models brought to the U.S. when Honda moved into the market in 1959, the 305cc Dream emphasized other elements of Honda's approach to motorcycle-building. It was inexpensive to own, unintimidating to ride and reliable to maintain.
While those qualities may not have attracted a lot of traditional motorcyclists, they struck a chord with a new generation of riders interested in fun on two wheels. On that score, the Dream hit the mark.
There were, however, those who couldn't ignore performance. And for them, the common Dream Touring model wouldn't do. Instead, they sought out the rare Dream Sport, like this '62 version owned by Pat Jones of Olive Branch, Mississippi, and previously on display in the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum at AMA headquarters in Pickerington Ohio.
The Sport came with the same conservative leading-link front fork and stamped-steel frame of the Touring Dream. And it started with the same 305cc overhead-cam parallel-twin engine that put out a claimed 25 horsepower in the Touring version. Like the Touring model, the Sport also offered the convenience of electric starting, along with the low maintenance of an enclosed final-drive chain.
The main difference between the Dreams was in the exhaust system. The Touring model had Honda's standard low pipes, while the Sport offered higher pipes, along with a different kickstart lever, footpegs and side covers to accommodate them.
This particular bike, says Jones, was one of a dozen bought by a Shriner motorcycle drill team in Memphis, Tennessee, then outfitted with extra equipment, including lights and crash bars.
"They apparently wanted the Sport model so they wouldn't drag the exhaust pipes when they turned sharply," Jones says.
By 1962, though, the Sport's days were numbered. That year, Honda brought out the Super Hawk, with a hotted-up version of the 305 engine bolted into a more capable chassis. The Sport was dropped after 1963, having served its purpose of injecting a performance image into Honda's growing line of motorcycles.


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"The Irishman" starring Robert DeNiro continues its run across Westchester.
According to On Location Vacations, the new Netflix show filmed on Thursday, Oct. 12 in White Plains along Bolton and Smith Avenues.
Filming has also been spotted, within the last month, in Mamaroneck and Ardsley as well as in Rockland County.
The series, about a mob hitman who was supposedly involved in the death of Jimmy Hoffa, also stars Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Bobby Cannavale and Harvey Keitel, according to IMDb.
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