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The Racial Dot Map
The Racial Dot Map visualizes the 2010 U.S. Census data, where every individual person is represented by a single, color-coded dot. The color coding shows the racial groupings gathered by the census.
This map is an American snapshot; it provides an accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country. The map displays 308,745,538 dots, one for each person residing in the United States at the location they were counted during the 2010 Census. Each dot is color-coded by the individual's race and ethnicity. The map is presented in both black and white and full color versions.
The map was created by Dustin Cable, a demographic researcher at the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Brandon Martin-Anderson from the MIT Media Lab deserves credit for the original inspiration for the project. This map builds on his work by adding the Census Bureau's racial data, and by correcting for mapping errors.
Each of the 308 million dots are smaller than a pixel on your computer screen at most zoom levels. Therefore, the "smudges" you see at the national and regional levels are actually aggregations of many individual dots. The dots themselves are only resolvable at the city and neighborhood zoom levels.
Each dot on the map is also color-coded by race and ethnicity. Whites are coded as blue; African-Americans, green; Asians, red; Hispanics, orange; and all other racial categories are coded as brown.
The map is an interactive, zoomable map online of the entire country, and allows you to explore any U.S. locations. Chicago is show above.
Since the dots are smaller that screen resolutions where the viewer zooms out, the data is aggregated to pixels at each level of zoom. The Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area is highlighted on the site as an example of the aggregation. You can see the more detailed dot pattern on the right at the higher zoom level.
I would love to see this added as a layer in Google Earth! Wouldn't that be cool?
Thanks to Renee for sending in the link! Also, found on Wired.
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This week in Fish: Little Dragonfish
This week we continued to add to the Find a Fish list. Images were added for a range of species including the sub-Antarctic Marbled Rockcod and the beautifully camouflaged Little Dragonfish. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the site.
New Find a Fish pages:
Aulopidae - Sergeant Bakers
New images:
False Cleanerfish, Aspidontus taeniatus
False Kelpfish, Sebastiscus marmoratus
Little Dragonfish off Manado
Two Little Dragonfish
Marbled Rockcod, Notothenia rossii
Head of a Marbled Rockcod
Papuan Jawfish at Snapper Island
Papuan Jawfish with lure
Papuan Jawfish, Opistognathus papuensis
Pencil Weed Whiting
Pencil Weed Whiting at Rapid Bay
Pencil Weed Whiting at Rapid Bay Jetty
Shieldhead Catfish, Plicofollis nella
Shieldhead Catfish

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A triumphant and emotional Sir Chris Hoy today began the next phase of his life after securing a sixth Olympic gold medal.
The 36-year-old from Edinburgh won keirin gold as Great Britain finished competition at the London 2012 velodrome with seven golds from 10 events. Whether Hoy's career is now over remains to be seen. The Glasgow Commonwealth Games at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in 2014 is the carrot in front of him now, but he is uncertain of participating.
"The dream scenario is to have that as my swansong, to be there for the Commonwealth Games, but it's a big ask, it's two more years," he said.
"I'd love to do it, but whether it happens or not, I don't know. I'll take a few months off the bike completely. I'm just looking forward to having a normal life now for the next couple of months and spending time with my wife (Sarra), being able to enjoy a drink or two, going out to play golf.
"I wouldn't be continuing doing this at the age of 36 if I didn't love it, but it is hard work, so two more years is a big ask. But there couldn't be a bigger draw than a home Commonwealth Games."
Hoy was tearful as he stepped on to the top step of the Olympic podium for a sixth time, surpassing Sir Steve Redgrave's previous best. Redgrave was in the velodrome and embraced Hoy afterwards.
Hoy added: "In terms of Steve Redgrave, he's still the greatest.
"Just because you have six gold medals, doesn't mean to say you're better than he is.
"He did it in five consecutive Games and when you realise how much goes into those four years... for him to do that five times, he's the greatest. Until someone does that six times consecutively, he's still the greatest.
"I was a rower as a schoolboy and to have somebody like Steve here to congratulate me, it's quite surreal. I couldn't have wished for a better end to it all."


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Olive oil - 2 tbsp
Small mushrooms - 3-4 oz, thickly sliced
Ground cumin - 1/4 tsp
Dried thyme - 1/4 tsp
Onion - 1/2 medium, minced
Eggs - 2
Italian parsley - 1 1/2 tbsp
Salt - to taste
Ground pepper - as needed
Pita bread - 1 or 2, halved
Heat a bit of the oil in a heavy medium skillet.
Add mushrooms, salt, pepper, cumin and thyme.
Saute over medium-high heat for 3 minutes or until just tender and lightly browned, stirring occasionally.
Remove to a plate and keep aside.
Heat a tbsp of oil in the skillet.
Add onion and cook over medium heat until tender and beginning to turn golden, stirring occasionally.
Leave the onions in the skillet.
Thoroughly beat eggs with salt, pepper and parsley.
Add the remaining oil to the skillet and heat over medium heat and swirl the pan slightly to coat the sides of the pan as well.
Pour the egg mixture on top of the onions.
Cook without stirring, occasionally lifting the edges of the omelette and tipping the skillet so that the uncooked part of the egg runs to the edge of the pan.
When the top of the omelette is nearly set, turn it over to cook the second side over medium-low heat for 30-60 seconds or until just set.
Cut the omelette into wedges and slip into a pita bread.
Add the mushroom mixture and enjoy!
Source: Feast from the Mideast by Faye Levy.
- I made the eggs without parsley, but added some green onions (green part only) to the beaten egg mixture.
- The omlette is very light, so if be gentle while turning the omelette over (mine tore, but I have no problem with that!). The book suggest slipping the set omelette on to a plate, then inverting it over another plate and then slipping it back into the pan, to cook the second side.
- The picture shows a half of the omelette topped with sauteed mushrooms with the other half folded over.
- We had it with regular toasted honey wheat bread.
Yesterday I received the "Rocking Girl Blogger" award from Sukanya of Hot n' Sweet bowl. I appreciate it, Sukanya, thanks a lot! I would like to pass it on to
Meeso of My Humble Kitchen
Madhuram of Eggless cooking
Purnima of Fantasy Cooking
Swati of Chatkhor
Bhags of Crazy curry
I have also been tagged by Sukanya of Hot n' Sweet Bowl. I love doing these memes (atleast for now!), they are fun, arent they!? I would like to tag,
Ranji of Ranji's Kitchen Corner
Happy cook of My Kitchen Treasures
Shubha of Chutki Bhar Pyar
Skribles of Food with a pinch of love
Rachel of Tangerine's kitchen
I hope you girls will take upon my tag. It would be great if you could. Now here goes mine!
WARNING: It might be a boring read for some! In that case, please do NOT read any further!! ;-)
What was I doing ten years ago?
I was doing my schooling (+1/ 11th) in Trivandrum, Kerala.
What are five things on my to-do list for today (non-work related)?
I wrote this on Wednesday, so I am talking about the to-do list for Wednesday!
1. Take lil LM to the park for a play-date.
2. Blogging and blog-hopping
3. Clean the house before JM comes! ;-)
4. Do a little bit of reading
5. Keep in touch with my friends (old and new) through mails and messages!
What are five snacks that I enjoy?
1. Nuts
2. Spicy mixture with peanuts and those sev kind of things
3. Banana chips
4. Murukku
5. Anything sweet that I can get my hands on ;-)
I guess I like everything! ;-)
What things would I do if I were a billionaire?
I would definitely travel more, do a lot of shopping and bring you all to my big mansion so that we can have a world bloggers meet! ;-)
Places I have lived at?
Trivandrum - India
Cochin - India
Kottayam - India
Gurgaon - India (3 months)
Bangalore - India
Minnesota - USA
Spent 3 yrs shuttling between Cochin, Kottayam and Bangalore!
Jobs I have had:
A full-time wife and mom (if you would call that a job! Being a daughter and a sis was not that hard ;-)), but seriously, I didnt get a chance because I moved to US immediately after my post graduation. If it were not for these visa restrictions......!! I wish I would get one soon!


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NY finds $665M in unclaimed life insurance
ALBANY — New York is requiring life insurance companies to send $665 million to beneficiaries nationwide, many of whom didn't know they were named in the policies.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the investigation and a measure he signed into law last year requires insurance companies to try to find beneficiaries, rather than wait for recipients to file claims.
Many of the beneficiaries didn't know they were named as recipients by relatives or friends and so would have likely never filed a claim.
Cuomo said Tuesday that more than 89,000 New Yorkers have been found so far in the state's investigation of companies based in New York.
The probe turned up more than 18,000 New Yorkers who will now get $206 million in life insurance payouts.
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With the Post World War 2 XI's selection in its final stages, I want to turn our attention to one question which, as a child growing up in 80s, I used to hear all the time.
Who is the greatest all-rounder of all time?
The answers used to range from sobers to miller to botham to imran. having followed the sobers vs kallis thread i know it is not going to be any easier to answer the question 25 years later. Here is what I propose as a new thread to discuss this.
We will divide cricket history into six eras: 1877 - 1900, 1900-1911, 1919-1939, 1945 - 1975, 1976-1995, 1996 -2009. To start with, we will set minimum cut off marks for wickets taken and runs scored which will differ from era to era depending on the amount of cricket played. Then, we will look at each era's overall batting and bowling averages and divide the candidates into four broad categories.
1. All-rounders: batting and bowling avg not worse than 3 runs from the era's overall averages
2. Batting all-rounder: batting avg same as above but bowl avg between 3 and 8 runs more than era's overall avg
3. Bowling all-rounder: bowling avg not more than 3 runs from era's avg but batting avg between 3 and 8 runs less than era's avg.
4. Wicket keeping all-rounder: batt avg not less than 3 runs from era's overall avg plus a min no of dismissals as keeper.
We can ad wild card entries whenever we want. this can happen when players' careers are split between eras or even when some players dont meet the requirements statistically but have overwhelming support of the forum members. We will also throw in a requirement of minimum no of 50+ scores and 4 wicket hauls to reduce the playing field if it gets too big.
I want to conduct a series of polls choosing one or two winners from each era and have a grand finale. The aim is to rank the top 10 all-rounders of all time at the end of the thread.
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The Knicks have absolutely dismantled Lawrence Frank's Detroit Pistons this year. The Knicks are 3-0 against Detroit and have outscored the Pistons by 72 points. New York was pretty sloppy tonight, but shot well and defended well en route to a blowout victory. The Knicks shot 48.7% from the field and out rebounded the Pistons by 24 on the night. Tyson Chandler led the Knicks to victory with 15 points and 17 rebounds.
Here are my notes from the game:
- Carmelo Anthony is so off right now. It's a great sign that the Knicks are still winning games despite their "star" player struggling. He's been horrid all year, which has been a big part of the Knicks 24-25 record. There must be a problem with Anthony, mental or physical, because he has been absolutely atrocious lately. His jump shot looks like something I'd throw up at the rec center on a Tuesday night. He shot 1/7 in the first half. In the second half, the Knicks worked to get Anthony posted up on the block and tried to get him shots inside. That is what Anthony must do until he can find his jump shot. He is totally out of rhythm and even admitted that after last night's game
"I don't have a rhythm right now. I guess that's going to come with extra shots, treatment, getting to the gym early. The rhythm comes and goes. If anyone finds my rhythm, I'll take it.'' – Carmelo Anthony
- Tyson Chandler is a beast. Pistons center Greg Monroe is one of the league's up and coming big men. Offensively, Monroe has averaged 16.3 ppg and 9.9 rpg. Tonight, Monroe had 12 points and 5 boards. Tyson Chandler had 15 points and a whooping 17 rebounds on the night. Chandler's dominant rebounding allowed the Knicks to control the glass tonight. One of the big reasons for New York winning so easily tonight was that they controlled the glass. New York out-rebounded Detroit 54-30 overall, including 18-8 on the offensive boards. Amar'e Stoudemire also had a strong game on the boards, grabbing 4 offensive rebounds in 25 minutes. I love Stoudemire's renewed energy on his rebounding on both ends of the floor. Since Woodson has taken over, Stoudemire has been showing considerably more effort in boxing his guy out and grabbing offensive rebounds.
- Amar'e Stoudemire is playing at a high level. Stoudemire still has not found his jump shot, but he's impacting the game in other ways. He's playing very well defensively and I think his effort on the boards has been outstanding. Stoudemire grabbed 4 offensive boards tonight. With his strength and athleticism, Stoudemire should be grabbing 3-5 offensive boards a game. I still think Stoudemire's shooting will come around and I'm really encouraged by his effort in other areas of the game.
- Jeremy Lin had 7 turnovers tonight. DOES THIS MEAN LINSANITY IS DEAD AGAIN? I'm just kidding. I thought Lin played fine. The offense played better with Lin having the ball in his hands **cough, Mike Woodson, cough**. In their loss to Toronto, Woodson decided to take the ball out of Lin's hands and the team struggled to score. I think the Knicks are best when they run the pick and roll. It allows Lin to penetrate the defense and either shoot, hit the roll man or kick it out to Carmelo Anthony, JR Smith or Steve Novak. I agree that the Knicks could use more situations posting up Anthony, but I would like to see the offense continue to be run through Lin.
- Yes, I'm going to dedicate 2 full bullet points to Carmelo Anthony. Under Mike Woodson, Anthony's role has surprisingly diminished. Anthony was unhappy with D'Antoni asking him to sacrifice shots for the good of the team. Woodson has said that he wants to run the offense through Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire. I will not get into defending D'Antoni, but I just wonder if Melo regrets what he's done. Sure, the Knicks are winning now, but they would have won more games if Anthony was giving full effort and energy. He was getting more shot attempts under D'Antoni. Since his return from injury after "Linsanity", Anthony played 10 games under Mike D'Antoni. He has played 7 games under Mike Woodson. In the 10 games with D'Antoni, Melo had 15+ shot attempts in 7 of those games. In the 7 games with Woodson, Anthony has had 3 games in which he's shot the ball 15 times. He has shot under 15 times in each of the other 4 games. It will be interesting if Anthony continues to be content with his lessened role or if he begins to turn on Woodson, as he did D'Antoni. Here is a screen shot of Anthony's past 17 games. Notice how his production has gone down since Woodson took over, starting with the Portland game.
- Jorts had a great hook shot tonight. It was pretty awesome. I took a video of it because I didn't find any others online:
- The Knicks got a bit banged up in this game. Jeremy Lin and Amar'e Stoudemire both went to the locker room in the 3rd quarter. Lin had a sore left knee. He returned later in the game and is fine. Stoudemire felt some tightness in his lower back. When it was reported that Stoudemire had a back issue, I almost went to the bathroom in my athletic shorts, but the discomfort he had tonight was totally unrelated to his back spasms from last year. He said he could have returned if the game was close but he sat out as a precaution. He will play on Monday versus the Bucks. Jared Jeffries is going to be out two weeks with an inflamed knee. That's a huge loss for the Knicks. Harrellson and Stoudemire will have to pick up the slack on defense, but I think they can do it.


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Given the following two snippets as source for two versions of a C# file, DiffMerge will decide that the change (insertion of the keyword virtual) is "unimportant".
--- Version 1
public void Initialize()
--- Version 2
public virtual void Initialize()
--- End of snippets
When recreating the files, understand that there is no whitespace (or other content) between the comment marker and the end of line for the line it is on. Also, inserting identical leading whitespace does not impact the results.
This occurs using the default settings for the C/C++/C# ruleset.
Obviously the workaround is "don't make empty/pointless comments".
Hopefully, this is a succinct enough test case and simple enough condition that a fix can be included in the next release (should there be one).
Bug in C/C++/C# Source Comment Detection
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Which version of DiffMerge are you using?
Can you show me how you made your setting to rule out the comment markers?
How many lines do you have it skipping when it sees those markers?
I'm unable to reproduce the issue so far.
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[quote]I'm unable to reproduce the issue so far.[/quote]
Well darn, I thought this would be a simple report/reproduce. Then I could feel like I'd done my part for a what remains a great product/tool. Ah well, details follow...
[quote]Which version of DiffMerge are you using?[/quote]
I'm using Vault 8.0.1 (30299), as this is the latest/current version of Vault at this time I can only assume that means DiffMerge 4.2.0 (latest according to release notes). However, since a Vault install tweaks DiffMerge (at least enough to hide its 'actual' version number) I suppose just Vault 8.0.1 is the correct answer.
http://sourcegear.com/diffmerge/webhelp ... notes.html
[quote]Can you show me how you made your setting to rule out the comment markers?[/quote]
Um, I installed the software and didn't edit the rulesets to my knowledge. However, this machine has had Vault upgraded twice and *probably* had a standalone DiffMerge installation prior to the upgrades.
I've attached the full info from Help -> About -> Support... I think that should clarify the relevant settings (and more).
[quote]How many lines do you have it skipping when it sees those markers?[/quote]
I'm not sure what you mean by that. However, changes to lines following the last line in my examples display properly for me wrt "unimportant" (or not) changes.
I still can't reproduce trying out your settings. I've attached my settings. I removed most of the extra rule sets and am using the default rule set.
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At this time I can (also) confirm that the bug does NOT reproduce in
'SourceGear DiffMerge : Version 4.2.0 (697:52f98c4fcb) [x64] stable : WXMSW {3.0.0}',
but it still appears for me in
'SourceGear DiffMerge : Version 8.0.1 (30299) : WXMSW {2.8.12}'.
Alas we have not upgraded Vault to 9.0 in the year since this posting, so I can't comment on if the bug is still present in "SourceGear DiffMerge : Version 9.0.??" (or even that Vault still uses a modified version of DiffMerge instead of installing it 'clean').
So it may be that one can work around the problem by performing a manual installation of DiffMerge to override/overwrite the one done by Vault. Simply copying the sgdm.exe out of a DiffMerge installation over the sgdm.exe in a VaultPro installation folder seems to work, but repeat it at your own risk, ymmv, caveat emptor, etc.
I was testing the separate product due to the forum we were in. Feel free to install the separate download of DiffMerge.
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When outside temperatures get to around zero degrees Fahrenheit and below, even the a well-maintained car can use a little help!
I'll show you a few products that will prepare your car for truly frigid temps, ensuring that it starts, potentially saving fuel and preventing damaging wear as well.
We hate frigid temperatures, and so does our car. As it gets colder outside, the less power your battery has to turn the engine over and start it. And at the same time the engine itself gets harder for the battery and starter to turn over because the lubricants thicken as they get colder.
The best product you can add to the car to combat subzero temperatures is a block heater. It's an electric heating element that gets installed into a hole in the engine block and sits in the liquid coolant. When you plug it in, it circulates and warms the entire engine.
Another option, though not as effective, might be a better choice depending on the car: It's an inline heater for a lower radiator hose -- all you do is cut the hose, take an inch or two section out of it, and install the heater. When it's plugged in, the heated coolant circulates through the block.
As I mentioned, a cold battery is a weak battery, and there is a solution for that as well: a battery heater blanket. All you need to do is unclamp the battery and wrap the blanket around it and secure it and when you plug it in, it will raise the temperature of the battery to 70 degrees.
With this and the other products, the goal is to route the cords away from hot and moving parts toward the front of the engine compartment, or even through the grille. Once you plug it in it takes only a few hours before everything is warm enough to start.
Each of these three products cost less than $30 apiece, it's really more about the installation. We did this battery blanket in about 15 minutes because it's very easy to access. The other heaters require the engine coolant to be drained and refilled and will require an hour or two of labor charges if you bring it to a professional. Some cars -- and installers -- take longer than others.


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A forgotten love.
Bjørn and I got back late (as in 11.15 pm) monday night from a family vacation to Big White Mountain, outside of Kelowna, BC. I forgot how much I love snowboarding. Hopefully I can get up to Baker a couple of times before the season ends.
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Wildlife like you've never seen
You HAVE got to check out Planet Earth by BBC. This movie has footage of animals in the wild that has never been seen before (and I am NOT usually into the national geographic/wildlife thing at all). It is a 5 disc set: I recommend the first disc because it is an overview of shots filmed all over the world. The most impressive shot visually is the shark catching a seal (which apparently took 18 months to catch on film)....and is INCREDIBLE.
The most interesting shot is an ariel view of a pack of wild dogs in south Africa hunting an impala. Also amazing. If you can check out the HD dvd version and watch it on a big screen, go for it. If not, call Jeff and Whit, and go to their apartment to watch it! ;)
Bjorn and I got the chance to watch it last night when we went Bjorn's uncles' latest completed buliding project, a $2 million + house in Semiahmoo. The house features a theatre room, complete with 2 rows of theater seats, as well as theater lighting that automatically dims as you turn the projector system on. It was THEE best designed, state of the art, way over the top, deluxe design we have seen. Bjorn and I were proud to be related to the Eides of Eide Homes construction company.
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From Field to Table!
When I was first hired at Sumas Elementary, part of the understanding was that I would shadow an E.L.L. (English Language Learners) after school program at Everson Elementary, with the intention of running the same program at Sumas after Christmas. Welp, this Monday I start my own ELL after school class. Of the 13 kids invited, all 13 accepted (which apparently NEVER happens, according to my principal). Right now, I will be in charge of all 13 children, ages 5-7, with no extra help!
The curriculum will be exciting, because we get to learn all about how food travels from the field to the table, and will do so by talking about corn! Yes, Corn. We will eat corn, make cornbread, corn pancakes, and maybe even tamales. We will read stories about corn, color cobs, learn about a tortilla factory and act out our own popcorn ball factory! Art projects, movies, and more. I hope it will be a great time! (and not too stressful...)
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In case you didn't see...
Jeff & Whitney posted some wedding shots from my dad's wedding. I have yet to see the rest, but these are pretty dang good.
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FBI Seizes IMC Servers in the UK07 Oct 2004 22:00 GMT
At the same time an additional server was taken down at Rackspace which provided streaming radio to several radio stations, BLAG (a GNU/linux distribution), and a handful of miscellanous things.
The last few months have seen numerous attacks on independent media by the US Federal Government. In August the Secret Service used a subpoena in an attempt to disrupt the NYC IMC before the RNC by trying to get IP logs from an ISP in the US and the Netherlands. Last month the FCC shut down community radio stations around the US. Two weeks ago the FBI requested that Indymedia takes down a post on the Nantes IMC that had a photo of some undercover Swiss police and IMC volunteers in Seattle were visited by the FBI on the same issue. On the other hand, Indymedia and other independent media organisations were successfull with their victories for example against Diebold and the Patroit Act. Today however, the US authorities shut down IMCs around the world.
The list of affected local media collectives includes Ambazonia, Uruguay, Andorra, Poland, Western Massachusetts, Nice, Nantes, Lilles, Marseille (all France), Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Liege, East and West Vlaanderen, Antwerpen (all Belgium), Belgrade, Portugal, Prague, Galiza, Italy, Brazil, UK, part of the Germany site, and the global Indymedia Radio site.
[ Updated Background Information | press contact: imc-press(a)indymedia.org ]
US government harrasment is evil
prometheuspan 07.Oct.2004 22:47
i just wanted to offer my support, and say that this is an information
paris is still working
from france 07.Oct.2004 23:38
just, it's not (all france), it's (all france) exept paris.
This is serious mum, be grateful for updates on this.
Ann.Other 08.Oct.2004 00:07
lost in translation
yetzt 08.Oct.2004 00:39
sorry, i forgot to translate this clause:
Algo es seguro
Dante 08.Oct.2004 00:49
si algo es seguro que no es una coincidencia, que empiesen a allanar y llevarse discos duros de sitios como indymedia en estas fechas, en las cuales se encuentran cercanas las elecciones en U.S.A, creo que veremos mas actos de este tipo en los meses venirderos
Please more information
Carlos Reis 08.Oct.2004 00:54
This is very serious!
its not a coincidence
Dante 08.Oct.2004 00:59
its not a coincidence the fact the elections are close, someting is for sure,the close are the elections the more thing like that we gonna see...bush administrations is goin to do everything they can in order to shut-up all de dicidency.
wrong about swiss
Mark McCarron 08.Oct.2004 01:25
I had some these guys (UK version) in my home tonight, its about 911. I was demanding to know why the work was censored.
My protest
Canadian 08.Oct.2004 02:36
I am not a regular vistor of IndyMedia but anyone who believes in the freedom of press ought to be outraged. My protest is my website: http://www.altlondon.org
The Nantes IMC Article In Question Recovered
@ for Free Speech 08.Oct.2004 02:39
Google's cache of the Nantes IMC web page in question. (Sorry, no pix!)
The gov is out of control
anonymous coward 08.Oct.2004 03:58
God this government is out of control. I can't believe this when I read it on Slashdot.
FBI took the hard drives of IMC servers in the UK
link 08.Oct.2004 04:08
FBI took the hard drives of IMC servers in the UK
RE: "The gov is out of control"
Anonymouse 2 08.Oct.2004 09:10
Woah there bro, relax a little. The system is designed to make certain levels of participation inevitable.
Outside of US juridiction ??!!!
Romain 08.Oct.2004 09:11
Rackspace is a US company, if it owns server in UK, its server have to respect the UK & US legislation...
Independence of IMC in question
Strypey 08.Oct.2004 10:11
It really is a shame that the 'democratic' governments currently dominating the world are behaving like Nazis and Stalinisist at their worst but those of us who have been involved in Indymedia since the battle of Seatlle should not be surprised. The question has to be asked why are Indymedia sites being hosted by a commercial server who are so willing to hand their boxes over instead of digging their heels in, standing on their moral duty to defend free speech and challenging the FBI to see them in court? Where are the EFF? To busy defending virus writers to stick up for Indymedia?
Putting it on Freenet
ZwiSter 08.Oct.2004 11:40
This means, this article in question swiftly (more or less) travels to freenet, to be safe.
retaking the means of production??
milli kaewth 08.Oct.2004 13:40
It looks like overwhelming evidence that the Indymedia network needs to do something to develop the infrastructure on which their sites depend.
Nice back online
guidoke 08.Oct.2004 14:03
Imc nice is back online:
American stupids
Jupp 08.Oct.2004 14:14
The americans feel like kings of the world. Why can this sh** american government catch european servers? These stupids (not the american peoples !!!) are frightend about their job's and their PR. IMC has shown illegal and bad work of the US Govern.
Temporary setback
Just another UK cypherpunk 08.Oct.2004 15:33
The internet treats censorship as damage and routes around it.
No Comment
Lloyd Hart 08.Oct.2004 16:58
I just spoke with someone at the FBI who did not want to be identified and who had no idea what was going on and could not varify whether or not a subpeona had been served to Rackspace. He did however say that other news agencies had been calling about this matter prior to my call but could not give them any info as well. I will pound on the FBI's door until they talk.
@ jupp
someone from germany 08.Oct.2004 17:44
we dont need your nazicomments. george bush is NOT "THE americans".
Holger Terp 08.Oct.2004 20:19
Keep FBI and other agencies busy.
like in a B-movie
Ulla 08.Oct.2004 20:50
The FBI, one of the poodles of the US government, acts as if they were the masters of the universe.
Hacktivists ?
F4A 08.Oct.2004 21:35
The first time I read about Indymedia in the common (mainstream) news was with this story : "FBI took Indymedia's HD's !" ... What a publicity ... ! or Indymedia's core poeple are in cause or there is some error/desinfo in the newz ... How can a current of counter intelligence (indymedia is a free counterintelligence program against the "press" system) put its datas in ... the hands of the giant ennemy ??? what ? 20 sites on the same server owned by a US private company in the UK ??? is it a joke ??? where are the hackers here ? those who should have secured those data nodes that the sites are??? I hope that behind, some new strategy is at work ...
Complaints from outside US
jaynicks 09.Oct.2004 04:11
Inside the US people should send a WTFIGO (what the f*ck is going on) message to their congressperson or senator as above.
Americans are not all like that
americangal 09.Oct.2004 05:27
OK not all Ameicans are high on themselves and please stop thinking that we are all like Bush. A lot of us are getting sick of that. we don't necesarilly have to agree with what Bush says or does. What the FBI did was wrong. I totally agree with freedom of speech and freedom of press. Frankly I find myself looking at other news areas including this to see what really is going on because Bush does have a hold on the American media.
indymedia servers seized
Gloria Fortier 09.Oct.2004 16:21
I as a member of the global community and I am outraged by this total disregard of our citizen's rights. The perpetrators responsible for the seizer of the servers must be punished to the full extent possible. Let's unite and send a clear message back to the perpetrators that their actions will not go unpunished.
Who issued subpoena and search warrants?
K. Hammond 09.Oct.2004 17:08
What judge ordered this search warrant? Out of what federal court? Do you have photos of the seizure? Can you post a scanned in version of the warrant, as it is a public document?
FBI must be resisted
Daniel C. Boyer 09.Oct.2004 19:33
The FBI, clearly acting in every respect, in this case, as a secret police agency, and now with extraterritorial sweep, must be resisted with all possible means (all possible means must include, but is not limited to, the dissemination of information about the seizure by the widest available channels) when they conduct such blatantly illegal activities destroying the free flow of information that is the bedrock of, and indispensible basis upon which, all liberty is founded. On an "information diet," such as the FBI would impose, the notion of "freedom" is utterly meaningless, and when the acts themselves are protected by gag orders, it is impossible to distinguish such acts from those that would set, have set, into motion the most ruthless dictatorships of history. Without the light cast by the transit of ideas, expressed in words, expressed in pictures, expressed by the printing press, at the ends of markers and pencils, and carried by the electrons of the World Wide Web, the smothering night that now more than ever is enveloping the United States is empowered to descend.
No news is no news
Jules 09.Oct.2004 20:45
Fascinating - this story hasn't appeared in even the liberal media in the UK (well, OK, it's not been in the Guardian) but it really highlights to me about how (in the UK) the debate about national sovereignty is so focused on Europe and the EU, that they are missing the backdoor we've given to the US - if it's true that it's the Italian's that would be hilarious - might actually focus attention on the real dangers to UK 'Independence'
Thank You F.B.I. !!!
T K Wilson 10.Oct.2004 00:50
I'd just like to thank the bumbling fascists at the FBI for doing their part to rip our constitution to shreds. Such finesse, such savoir faire. Apparently there are not enough "terrorists"(sic) to keep you busy. This is both good and bad news; good because terrorism is a bad thing, bad because now you must have time to terrorize us.
use anonymous offshore hosting, private money
anon 10.Oct.2004 01:33
Please be safe. These govts are out of control. Worse than King George that we overthrew for independence. It will soon be worse than Hitler. Same situation - piles of defict unbacked paper cash to buy a military - use it to take over international assets (like oil countries), or fail in hyperinflation.
A little insight...
Mois 10.Oct.2004 09:54
I don't know. After looking into this a bit, I came up with...
Servers taken probably because of Dilby.com
Anon 11.Oct.2004 05:06
Someone told sources that the Govt took servers because of a website called www.dilby.com or The Dilby News Monitor. I don't belief they are directly responsible but the website has come up in discussions before. I heard about it. I'm not sure if it's so but I keep hearing this website on the Internet.
Suppression Strikes Again!
Richard Kobzey 11.Oct.2004 07:33
Something is moving
Vendemmia_di_Paella 11.Oct.2004 10:04
In this incredible wrong, something gives a little hope. Italian left-winged politics are taking action with an interrogation to the government. An italian newspaper, "il manifesto", has made its sunday's first page on this problem.
A few thoughts
Coofer Cat 11.Oct.2004 17:06
As a Brit, I can't believe this has happened so easily. Helping countries out is one thing, but this doesn't pass the usual "reasonableness" tests built into UK law.
why would FBI do this? information control during election
batoche 12.Oct.2004 16:18
Here's my theory: Dubya and minions etc. want to win the election and so have issued a directive to shut down as many news outlets and websites as possible with accurate info about 9-11. It is easier for them in terms of public relations to take down Indymedia sites(as IM are not at all well known outside the activist, progressive, & non-profit communities), than it is to take down Michael Moore's website (which was out for a while after he won the Palme d'Or at Cannes). Also probably American sites are pointing at the sites the FBI took down. What I want to known is how in hell an American gag order can hold for UK - but hey, Dubya seems to have Blair by the short and curlies... so maybe someone is leaning on MI5.
to take out the radio stations during the election
batoche 12.Oct.2004 16:37
There are a mess of American stations that go through indymedia's radio network. I think that is who the main target was.
decentralised but not anonymous network for indymedia
pir 12.Oct.2004 16:37
Yes, I agree with the above poster: Indymedia needs to develop a completely decentralised infrastructure. Freenet is very interesting, especially in brutal dictatorships, but I think it needs to be adapted for indymedia. The problem with Freenet is that you are hosting material which you have no idea what it is. I would bet that a lot of it is actually child porn, videos of "al-Zarqawi" cutting thorats and other snuff porn. To that I say: no thanks! If I'm going to host stuff on my PC, I want to know what I'm hosting, I want to make the decision. So if someone could write an application (probably based on Freenet) which is completely decentralised (like P2P networks) but *not* anonymous, one could probably easily organise an international network of hundreds of thousands of PCs that host indymedia. So no way for the FBI or David Blunkett or anyone else to take it down!
possible answer for decentralized design help
velvet 12.Oct.2004 16:44
This place is run by some progressive geeks who maybe able to help:
RACKSPACE SIEZURES = FBI and EURO New World Order
Texposé 13.Oct.2004 00:01
my analysis
agent humble 13.Oct.2004 03:34
Forget the Nantes undercover cops pictures theory.
Warum kein richtiger Protest???
Overkill16 13.Oct.2004 13:20
Defending against attacks on data
anon 15.Oct.2004 09:17
Shouldn't it be possible to defend against this sort of shit using some sort of file sharing or distributed backup approach? The internet is supposed to be robust from local attack because of its distributed nature and it seems to me that use could be made of that. The best way to secure data against loss is to duplicate and distribute it as widely as possible. Ideally, use would be made of the idle time on many users' machines in a similar sort of way to the SETI 'look for an alien' thing and anyone running the software would be able to set a small amount of disk space they were willing to donate. Don't know if the software exists to do that (if I had the time I'd write it!).
Disk Seizures Game
Mr. Demeanour 15.Oct.2004 09:54
Play a Flash game based on the Indymedia disk seizures (via LaughingMeme. The game is here.
Worth it.
Post it. 16.Oct.2004 22:52
Not worth it.
USA Faction Silencing America, War in USA imminent
Kinda Kraut 19.Oct.2004 12:10
The USA governments are controlled by factions who are abusive and horrible. Let us support suicide bombers and kidnappers who help to rid us of the regime in control and their abusive billionaires.
Re: FBI seizes Global Indymedia Servers.(we told you this would come)
told you before! 25.Oct.2004 09:31
Re: FBI seizes Global Indymedia Servers.(we told you this would come)
The attack on Indymedia servers in the UK and US
El Diablo 08.Nov.2004 18:25
The Right to Free Speech
William Meadows 14.Nov.2004 05:11
IMC-CENSORS COMPLAINE ABOUT "CENSORSHIP" -haha
non-english antifascist 19.Dec.2004 18:56
Hey IMC censors, you are real funny
FBI Seizes - Duhh - Same thing w/ Rush Limbaugh's Medical Records
Neal Rame 04.Apr.2005 01:18
I hate it when they do that!
BUSH IS A BIG SHITT 10.Oct.2005 17:10
YOU 'will back in the hell man !!!!
United Nations Laws are the Culprit for Shut Downs!
REAL NAME: Johnny (BoxcarSlim) Bernays 16.Jan.2006 12:48
I shall refer those who find the post to the "UN Law Regarding Hate Speech" Now, as Background, I am a Ham Radio License Holder, in 2 Nations, and a "Baby Boomer-'49er!" and a "Old Hippie." This trans-national OPPRESSION of dissent is the result of UN laws against "hate speech!" How so? one may ask...because of the very operative nature of the World Wide Web! Transmission of "intelligence" across international borders & into Outer Space by means of Satellite Up-links, the VOICE of ONE free-thinker may cross international borders into nations where the sentiments contained therein are considered HATE SPEECH. United States President Bush signed, into LAW, a few days ago a "Harassment on the Internet-go to prison" law.
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It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. When people meet you - when they ask you where you're from, what do you say?
TAN LE: I say I'm from Australia 'cause I know exactly what they're trying to ask me, which is where's that accent from? Where are you from? Why do you sound different?
RAZ: This is Tan Le. She lives in San Francisco.
LE: And then they say, but where are you from originally? And then I say, I'm from Vietnam originally.
RAZ: That's where she's from, but who she is begins with an early experience - a journey, in her case.
LE: So I remember a lot actually. I remember bits and pieces, probably because of the fact that my father stayed behind in case we were captured and had to be cared for in prison.
RAZ: Tan was four at the time. Her mom, her sister, her grandma were there too. They were all in a rickety boat with other refugees escaping the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
LE: I do remember saying goodbye to my father. I remember crouching low in the water. I remember the bow of our boat dipping into the waves. I remember the darkness of the ocean. And, of course, I remember that night, after five days at sea, looking up and saying to my mom, wow, mom, look at all the stars, because they were right up close in front of us. And then I heard screams all around us and my mom said, oh, they're not stars. They're an oil rig. I didn't know what that was, but that just meant we were saved.
And then, I also remember the very first apple I tasted given to me by the men on the oil rig. After so many days of not having a lot of water and not having much food at all because we were rationing our food, we were just sitting around looking at them. Then they were throwing apples between each other. And the only thing we had in our mind was what if we could have this apple. And then they decided to give us one, and I just remember biting into it and just - it was just unbelievable.
RAZ: How much of your - of who you are is wrapped up in that journey?
LE: I would say a very large part of me is wrapped up - not so much just the journey, but it's the lessons that we've learned from that journey.
RAZ: Our show this week is all about journeys. How we become who we are. How we got the identities we have. And we'll hear from TED speakers who all grapple with what it means to have many different identities. So let's start with Tan Le's TED Talk.
LE: After three months in a refugee camp, we landed in Melbourne. We settled in Footscray, a working-class suburb whose demographic is layers of immigrants. The smells from shop doors were from the rest of the world and the snippets of halting English were exchanged between people who had one thing in common - they were starting again. My mother worked on farms, then on a car assembly line working six days, double shifts. Somehow she found time to study English and gain IT qualifications. We were poor. All the dollars were allocated and extra tuition in English and mathematics was budgeted for, regardless of what we missed out, which was usually new clothes. Two pairs of stockings for school, each to hide the holes in the other, a school uniform down to the ankles because it had to last for six years. And there were rare but searing chants of "slit-eye" and the occasional graffiti - Asian, go home. Go home to where? Something stiffened inside me. There was a gathering of resolve and a quiet voice saying, I will bypass you.
My mother, my sister, and I slept in the same bed. My mother was exhausted each night, but we told one another about our day and listened to the movements of my grandmother around the house. My mother suffered from nightmares, all about the boat. And my job was to stay awake until her nightmares came so I could wake her. She opened a computer store, then studied to be a beautician and opened another business. And the women came with their stories about men who could not make the transition, angry and inflexible, and troubled children caught between two worlds. I lived in parallel worlds. In one, I was the classic Asian student, relentless in the demands I made on myself. In the other, I was enmeshed in lives that were precarious, tragically scarred by violence, drug abuse, and isolation. When I was a final year law student, I was chosen as the young Australian of the year. Tan Le, anonymous Footscray resident, was now Tan Le, refugee and social activist invited to speak in venues she had never heard of and into homes whose existence she could never have imagined.
RAZ: Do you remember when you started to feel like you belonged where you were?
LE: That's a never ending saga with me. I think I've talked about feeling like an imposter - like a fraud. You'd think that at 20 years old when I was named Young Australian of the year, I would have felt like I belonged to Australia. And part of me did. But as I was sent from place to place to speak, from, you know, one gathering to another - and of course I remember being invited to a beautiful house in Melbourne. And I thought to myself, you know, this painting on this wall is so expensive, the cushions on the chair that I was sitting on must be so expensive compared to, you know, the entire outfit I was wearing at the time. And they were pouring expensive wine. I didn't know how to drink wine. I didn't know how to talk about it. I'm like, my goodness, this is crazy. Why am I here? I don't belong here.
RAZ: Do you ever have moments where you do something or you say something or you think something and it just occurs to you that your identity is wrapped up in your experiences, in your mother and your grandmother and their experiences, and where you are now?
LE: Absolutely. I am absolutely, a hundred percent certain that I am a product of all of the things because I even remember as early as walking down the gangway from the airplane when we first landed in Melbourne. And my mother was holding my sister and I in her hands and she said, at the bottom of the steps, you're going to touch onto very special ground. And I want you to bend down and touch that ground. And I remember bending down and touching the ground with my sister.
And we both looked up to my mom and we said, mom, it doesn't feel very special. And my mom said, then make it special in your minds. And this is the thing - it's such an important symbol that we carried with us to have a life, to have a future, to have real aspirations that count for something. And so, everything counted. This is just one of the layers that define who I am and my values and, I guess, in many ways, my sense of duty and responsibility to my parents who gave up so much of their lives, their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations - gave all of that up so that my sister and I could have something that was meaningful.
RAZ: Do you think about identity a lot? Is it something that is important in your life on a day-to-day basis?
LE: I think it's - it would be incorrect to say that I don't think about identity because what I do and what I work on and who I am and my family - I mean, all of it is really centered around a sense of identity. I think, you know, once we lose our own sense of identity, we lose our own sense of integrity and who we are. So I think it's important to remember your own identity. And it doesn't necessarily have to be tied to a geographic location or what you do or your profession, but it's more about understanding who you are and what really drives you as a person.
LE: Before I close, though, let me tell you about my grandmother. She grew up at a time when Confucianism was the social norm and the local Mandarin was the person who mattered. Life hadn't changed for centuries. Her father died soon after she was born. Her mother raised her alone. I was taking a shower in a hotel room in Sydney the moment she died 600 miles away in Melbourne. I looked through the shower screen and saw her standing on the other side. I knew she had come to say goodbye. My mother phoned minutes later. A few days later, we went to a Buddhist temple in Footscray and sat around her casket. We told her stories and assured her that we were still with her.
At midnight, the monk came and told us he had to close the casket. My mother asked us to feel her hand. She asked the monk, why is it that her hand is so warm and the rest of her is so cold? Because you have been holding it since this morning, he said. You have not let it go. If there is a sinew in our family, it runs through the women. Given who we were and how life had shaped us, we can now see that the men that might have come into our lives would have thwarted us. Defeat would have come too easily. Now I would like to have my own children and I wonder about the boat. Who could ever wish it on their own? Yet, I am afraid of privilege, of ease, of entitlement. Can I give them in a bow in their lives, dipping bravely into each wave, the unperturbed and steady beat of the engine, the vast horizon that guarantees nothing? I don't know. But if I could give it and still see them safely through, I would.
RAZ: Tan Le. She's been living in San Francisco for the past eight years. She runs a tech startup for a product that can read your mind. That is a whole another TED Talk. Find it at TED.com. I'm Guy Raz. More on identities here on the TED Radio Hour in a moment from NPR.
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West Coast Wetlands
The South Island's West Coast is blessed with an assortment of large wetlands.
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Wetlands are commonly seen as boggy swampland although this perception is far from accurate – the extensive array of wetlands in New Zealand includes mangroves, estuaries, lakes, marshes and lagoons.
As well as being important ecologically, wetlands often attract native plants and wildlife, making them popular with nature lovers. The West Coast's wetlands are mainly protected and provide breeding grounds for rare species of wildlife. The former gold-mining hub of Okārito, near Franz Josef Glacier, is home to the Okārito Lagoon, the only kōtuku or white heron breeding colony in New Zealand. Kōtuku are extremely rare and admired for their elegant white feathers and graceful S-shaped necks. Along with the noble kōtuku there are around 80 other species of birdlife residing in the lagoon.
The remarkably beautiful Karamea/Otumahana Estuary is another West Coast wetland well worth a visit. A 1.5 hour drive from Westport, Karamea is accessed by what is considered as one of the most stunning drives in the world, with remarkable views of the Tasman Sea and Kahurangi National Park. The estuary is a birdwatcher's paradise and due to the sheer number and variety of birdlife it is considered to be of national importance. The long list of birds to admire includes black swans, egrets, gulls, wood pigeons, pukeko, oystercatchers and tuis.
Arguably the West Coast's most picturesque lake, Lake Ianthe, is located near the small timber town of Pukekura. Get up close and personal with the local birdlife by taking a natural history cruise. Tamati Nature Tours offer the unique experience of a small group (two to six people) tour out onto the forest-lined lake in a Kauri launch.
Another great spot for eco-cruise adventuring is Lake Mapourika. The clearness of this glacier lake makes the water reflections spectacular. The lake is the largest in South Westland and is also a great spot for kayaking.
On top of the beauty and wildlife factors, wetlands are a mecca for lovers of water-sports. Wetlands are the perfect setting for water-based recreational pursuits such as boating, kayaking, swimming and water-skiing. One of the most popular spots to enjoy all forms of boating and water-sports on the South Island's West Coast is Lake Brunner, located 37 kilometres from Greymouth. As well as enjoying water-sports in and on the water, visitors can experience some of the best brown trout fishing in New Zealand, with fishing guides, licences and tackle hire available locally.
For more helpful hints on exploring the West Coast and its many attractions, check out Westwood Lodge.
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Westwood Lodge
Westwood Lodge offers stylish accommodation in a delightful, quiet, landscaped native bush garden. Our luxurious Bed & Breakfast Lodge is the ideal place to unwind, relax and explore the Franz Josef Glacier and surrounding area.


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Aab's Facebook fans can win the new Aab Hijab (£25.99) and the best-selling Oolong Abaya (£84.99)!!!!! All you have to do is send us a name for the Hijab and send it to firstname.lastname@example.com with your name, Hijab name suggestion, and email address.
The best names will be then posted on an online Facebook poll at the very start of 2011. Members of the Aab fan page will then be able to vote for their favourite name! The poll will be launched when Aab feel they have enough great Hijab names to be featured in the exciting poll.
Similar free giveaways will be considered by Aab, depending on the success of this competition...so please join the fan page and get involved!
To join the fan page and get involved in the competition visit: HERE
To find out more about Aab and their fantastic range of hijabs and abayas visit: HERE
So hurry! Put your thinking caps on and give it a try! We'd love to know what YOU'd call it?
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Enter to win!!
Beauty by Umm Amirah at 12:47 PM 0 comments
Labels: hijabi, Islamic clothing, try it you'll like it
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
New Phone dance
Salaams and salutations,
SOOOO I have acquired a NEW PHONE!!!
**everyone dance and shimmy HERE***
I have been waiting for my upgrade and once it was confirmed I snatched this beauty UP!!
We have Sprint so I went with the HTC Evo. iPhone equivalent...yes. Do I have a problem with that..NO.
I NOW be bringing you 'H.O.T.D'(hijab of the day) and 'F.O.T.D' (face of the day) with pics from it.
B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah
Beauty by Umm Amirah at 12:45 PM 1 comments
Labels: Hot Halal Honey, the product junkie in ME
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Next up from Umm Amirah
Salaams and Saluations,
To keep things on track...here's what's up for me on BU:
1)What is a Hoojab?
2)My obsession
3)UD Naked palette...score!!
4) New phone dance....*udancetoo*
I'll be getting on these soon...
B Beautiful
Umm Amirah
Beauty by Umm Amirah at 1:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Beauty, blogging beauties
Thursday, December 9, 2010
New Year New U
Salaams and Salutations ladies,
How has everyone BEEN!!! How was your EID Al Adha, mine was good..fun with the kids. MEGAmind was so funny.
Anywhoo...its time to get BACK in the swing of things.. So its Muharram, New Islamic Year, New you. What are the new things you have lined up this year???
Welll for me, AbuAmirah and I are going on this cruise in Baltimore on January 1st. Something so different for the both of us. I'm trying to put together my outfit now. BIG deal?? Umm YEAH!! Why not. I wanta look hijabi chic. My colors are navy and silver, there WILL be pics..lol. Below are pics of my shoe dilemma: navy or white?
I'm having a navy high waisted skirt made and of course a fly hijab!!
Other NEW things in 1432....Beautiful Ummah the Trunk Show!! I'll be show casing and selling ALL of my favorite hijabs, doing tutorials and more. I'm still working on collecting my stock so....more info to come.
What about you? Anything new in 1432??
B Beautiful,
Umm Amirah
Beauty by Umm Amirah at 12:58 PM 4 comments
Labels: blogging beauties, Hot Halal Honey


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Go is thought to be the world's most ancient board game, with deceptively simple rules that lead to deep strategy. After centuries of play, new ideas about the game are still being developed on a regular basis. In an age when computer opponents can best chess grand-masters, the fact that no computer can present a significant challenge to a strong amateur go player illustrates the abiding depth and complexity of the game.
The game is believed to have originated in China, and is still most popular in East Asia, particularly Korea, Japan, and China. In Korea, it is called 바둑 (Baduk), pronounced pa.tukʰ, Japan where it is sometimes known as 囲碁 (I-Go), pronounced i.ɡo, and China, the game's original home, where it is named 圍棋 (trad.) / 围棋 (simp.) / wéiqí (Pinyin) pronounced ueɪ2.tɕʰi2. Each of these three countries have professional associations that allow individuals to hold the status of a professional Go player. It enjoys a small but rising popularity in other parts of the world.
Table of Contents
- What you need to play
- Lesson 1: Step-By-Step Guide to Playing
- Lesson 2: Basic Rules and Foundational concepts
- Lesson 3: Basic Capturing Techniques
- Lesson 4: Life and Death
- Strategy


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Smoke / Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Install smoke detectors on every level of your home. Test smoke detectors on a regular basis. Do not be tempted to borrow the battery for other purposes. SMOKE DETECTORS SAVE LIVES.
Proper placement of a carbon monoxide detector is important. If you are installing only one carbon monoxide detector, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommends it be located near the sleeping area, where it can wake you if you are asleep. Additional detectors on every level and in every bedroom of a home provides extra protection.


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Beckett's brilliant effort unrewarded in 11-inning loss
LOS ANGELES -- One Dodgers starting pitcher went eight innings Friday night, the other was stopped at five so he wouldn't get hurt again.
Now, which one was Clayton Kershaw, and which was Josh Beckett?View Full Game Coverage
LOS ANGELES -- One Dodgers starting pitcher went eight innings Friday night, the other was stopped at five so he wouldn't get hurt again.
Now, which one was Clayton Kershaw, and which was Josh Beckett?View Full Game Coverage
It was role reversal night, as Kershaw successfully began what promises to be a brief Minor League rehab assignment, while Beckett turned into the innings eater in a rain-soaked 5-4 loss to the Rockies in 11 innings.
Yasiel Puig homered and had two RBIs by the third inning off Colorado starter Jordan Lyles, but Puig later said a sore right knee was the cause of his limping while running the bases. He was removed in an 11th-inning double-switch (not because of the knee) and said he expects to play Saturday.
The Dodgers bullpen allowed three runs in the top of the 11th, so Adrian Gonzalez's two-run shot in the bottom of the inning (his seventh) still wasn't enough to keep the Dodgers (13-11) from falling out of first place. They are 3-5 on the homestand, 1-5 in extra innings games and the bullpen has suffered eight of the 11 losses. Six extra-innings games are the most in April for the Dodgers since 1914.
"It hasn't been the best homestand," said Gonzalez. "But it's still April, we've got a winning record and we're right there."
Jamey Wright was tagged with this one, although J.P. Howell, on his 31st birthday, was charged with two add-on runs that proved decisive as manager Don Mattingly stayed away from well-used Kenley Jansen and out-of-sync Brian Wilson.
The Dodgers offense didn't score from the fourth through 10th innings, and Matt Kemp was ejected for arguing after being called out on strikes in the bottom of the ninth, even though the club is already short on the bench while carrying 13 pitchers.
"We're still having trouble scoring runs. We've had a number of games where our pitchers have given up only two runs," said Mattingly. "I'm confident we'll put runs up on the board, we're just not doing it right now."
Despite all of that, the good news was Beckett. He's still winless since 2012, but he allowed only four hits in eight innings and struck out six without a walk. In his last three starts, he has 17 strikeouts in 18 innings and his season ERA is 2.45 coming off serious surgery to remove a rib for thoracic outlet syndrome.
Beckett's Spring Training comeback was further hampered by a bruised thumb, and as if all that wasn't enough, he lasted only five scoreless innings in his last start because a sinus infection sapped his strength. This time, he made 99 pitches, 70 of them strikes.
"It was nice to give the bullpen a little bit of a break. I certainly owed that to them after the last few outings," said Beckett, who hadn't made it past five innings in his three previous starts. "The way my Spring went, I pulled my Spring Training into my first couple of starts."
He allowed second-inning home runs to Troy Tulowitzki and Corey Dickerson, but then retired 18 of the next 19 batters, crediting an improved changeup as the key.
"I think it's a step in the right direction, personally," he said. "Showed myself I can do things I haven't done in a while -- just pitch innings."
"He's a great pitcher, somebody I grew up watching, but I was looking to get a fastball over the plate and looking to the middle of the field," Dickerson said of Beckett. "But, throughout the game, he was keeping people off balance."
Dee Gordon tied the game as only he could, beginning with a two-out infield double. Second baseman DJ LeMahieu tried to glove the bouncer on the run, the ball stopping but LaMahieu's momentum taking him 20 feet past the ball. By the time he retrieved it, Gordon had rounded first and slid headfirst into second. Puig then ripped a single into left field to score Gordon.
"That play helps you understand how fast he is," Mattingly said. "Nobody else even thinks of that play."
But things unraveled in the 11th. Wright, who retired the first four batters he faced, allowed a double to pinch-hitter Brandon Barnes. Howell came on to face Charlie Blackmon, who singled up the middle to score Barnes, then stole second. Nolan Arenado singled Blackmon to third and with runners on the corners, Carlos Gonzalez bounced to Adrian Gonzalez, whose throw home was late. Brandon League came on and walked Tulowitzki, then Justin Morneau singled home Arenado.
A heads-up double-play by Gordon cut off the inning and Gonzalez launched a two-run homer off LaTroy Hawkins in the bottom of the frame before the Dodgers fell.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com.