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gilliyan necessitava di un nuovo design di pagina web con programmazione e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
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A couple of new reds I've tried recently…
Robert Reynolds Merlot "Rocky's Block" Lodi 2007
I tried this wine at a recent event and I was pleasantly surprised. Not outstanding but well above average. It is a subtle, medium-bodied Merlot from the Lodi region in California; slightly oaky with berry and vanilla flavors, very low tannins and a smooth but super sweet finish for a Merlot. I would consider having this one on hand at home as it was easy to drink.
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2010 Bodegas Sierra Norte Bobal Temperamento
This was a wine club pick, and it was just OK for me. The club tries very hard to select unique wines that you can't find everywhere. I don't think I've been a fan of the Spanish selections they've sent over the last couple years.
This wine comes from the Bobal grape, which is a dark-skinned red grape native to the Utiel-Requena region in Valencia, Spain. It had an intense fruity aroma, a soft oak flavor with hints of black licorice (probably why this was not one of my faves). The structured tannins and long finish made it a little hard for me to drink.
I have not had a white wine in a long while! I am definitely ready for Spring so I at least have a (better) excuse to try some whites.
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We have been receiving a lot of enquiries about Welfare Reform and how this will affect people. I have summarised a few of the changes that have taken place since January this year.
Income Support:
Before 16 January 2017 you could claim Income Support as a lone parent if your child was under 7 years of age. Since this date the age has been reduced from 7 to 5 years old. This will be phased in for existing claimants. If you feel that you will be affected by this change contact us so as we can complete a benefit check to advise on any other benefits you would be able to receive instead.
Housing Benefit:
From 20 February 2017 if you live in a Housing Executive or housing association home and you claim Housing Benefit to help you pay your rent, your Housing Benefit may be reduced if you're of working age and your home is considered to have more bedrooms than you need.
The Housing Executive will have written to you in January 2017 if they thought you would be affected by the introduction of the Bedroom Tax. The letter tells you what information they have on record about your household, eg the number of people in your household and their ages.
If the information was correct, you don't need to do anything. If any of the information is wrong, send in a correction in the pre-paid envelope provided. Tell the Housing Executive if there are any special circumstances they should know, for example you need an extra room for an overnight carer.
Once the Housing Executive has reviewed any new information, they will send you a letter with confirmation of your Housing Benefit award.
If you don't agree with their decision, you can challenge it.
The Housing Executive should then have sent you a further letter in February if you are claiming Housing Benefit and are affected by the Bedroom Tax to tell you what your new Housing Benefit award is. The Department for Communities (DfC) will write to you separately to let you know about your Welfare Supplementary Payment. You do not need to apply for it. The Supplementary Payment is a payment that will be made in the same way as your Housing Benefit is paid either to yourself or your landlord and it will be for the same amount as the cut in Housing Benefit.
Payments can be made until 31 March 2020 unless you have a change in circumstances.
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA):
In November 2016 entitlement to Contribution based ESA was reduced to 365 days for clients who are in the Work Related Activity Group. A supplementary payment can be made for up to a year to fully compensate for any loss of ESA, provided that you continue to qualify for the Work Related Activity Group.
For new claims made on or after 3 April 2017, not linking to a previous ESA claim, the Work-Related Activity Component will not be payable. This component would have given claimants an additional £29.05 weekly. This change brings payments for the majority of claimants in the Work Related Activity Group into line with the rate of Jobseeker's Allowance.
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The Family Element of Child Tax Credit is abolished for new families from 6 April 2017. People will continue to receive it if they are responsible for a child or children born before that date. This is a reduction of £545 per year for new claimants.
Bereavement Support:
Bereavement Support Payment will replace three existing bereavement benefits from 6 April 2017: Bereavement Payment, Bereavement Allowance and Widowed Parents Allowance. The rates will be:
– surviving partners with at least one dependent child – an initial payment of £3,500 and up to 18 monthly payments of £350;
– surviving partners with no dependent children – an initial payment of £2,500, no additional payments.
People already in receipt of the existing bereavement benefits will not be affected by the change.
Universal Credit:
Universal credit is to be rolled out in Northern Ireland in phases starting from September 2017. We will keep you updated as the changes come into effect.
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Rick Fox's post-basketball acting career just took a big jump forward. Well, wait, the show is on the CW, so maybe not THAT big.
Fox was on the set of the new Melrose Place this week, beginning work on his recurring role as the owner of the nightclub hot spot COAL. And if the new Melrose Place is anything like the old Melrose Place, the chances are very high that his character will either sleep with half of the other characters or stab them in the back. Or probably both.
The new Melrose Place looks like the old Melrose Place and the story lines revolve around a bunch of young struggling actors. Laura Leighton, who played Sydney in the original series, returns — which means she didn't die in the original series like you thought she did. You're memory from the '90s is faulty. However, you can bet if the ratings slump at all, you'll see plenty of cameos from the building's original occupants.
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In Los Angeles, Fox is best remembered as a member of the Shaq and Kobe three-peat Lakers teams from the turn of this century. He was a solid defender, hit key threes, picked up some rings and got sucker punched by Doug Christie. If that didn't jog your memory, he was married to Vanessa Williams. Yea, that guy.
But like everyone in Los Angeles, that Lakers thing was really just a day job while he tried to break into acting. He's doing pretty well, having had roles on "One Tree Hill," "Ugly Betty," and in a slight change of pace, "OZ."
Now he is on one of the most anticipated new shows of the fall. Mostly anticipated by Gen Xers who want to watch it then say how it doesn't begin to compare to the original. Which was such a bastion of quality television.
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A bop on the head, a punch in the stomach, a poke in the eyes. These were staples of the slapstick comedy of The Three Stooges. Now they've become elements of a novel approach to teaching experimental design, sampling, data gathering, and statistics.
I can remember watching Three Stooges episodes on television when I was a kid, typically on Saturday mornings. In 1963, I was part of a record crowd of more than 35,000 people who jammed Grandstand Stadium in Toronto during the Canadian National Exhibition to see the knockabout trio in person.
The Three Stooges starred in 190 short films, starting in 1934. In the 1950s and 60s, these early black-and-white films were recycled on television, entrancing a new generation of viewers. They remain a popular fixture on cable TV, and you can sample favorite episodes and clips on YouTube. There's even a YouTube-posted 1963 home movie of Moe, Larry, Curly-Joe, and an ape cavorting around an airplane at the airport in Toronto. Last fall, Sony started releasing the complete collection of Stooges shorts, in chronological order.
For mathematicians (and Stooges fans) Robert Davidson and Robert Gardner of East Tennessee State University, the continuing popularity of The Three Stooges and ready availability of the films presented an opportunity. They looked into using these engaging films as data sources for an introductory statistics class.
"People know The Stooges," Gardner says.
Over the 50-year career of The Three Stooges, Moe Howard and Larry Fine were the constants. Curly (Moe's brother) appeared in the first 97 shorts but suffered a stroke in 1947. His brother Shemp took over for 77 episodes between 1947 and 1955. Joe Besser appeared in the last 16 films.
In these shorts, Moe typically doles out the violence, and Larry and especially Curly (and later Shemp) are the unfortunate recipients. When Joe Besser appeared on the scene in 1955, his contract specified that he suffer no slapping or other bodily harm while filming the shorts. Davidson and Gardner wondered whether the level of violence in the films changed as a result.
Data gathering required watching segments of a random sample of shorts starring Curly, Shemp, and Joe. As they watched, the viewers tallied the number of violent acts perpetrated by Moe against his hapless victim.
Davidson and Gardner first tested the null hypothesis that "the average number of violent acts by Moe against Curly per episode is the same as the average number of violent acts by Moe against Shemp." Statistical tests on the tallies suggested that Shemp may have suffered more than Curly did, but the difference wasn't statistically significant enough (only 81% confidence) to warrant rejection of the null hypothesis. The mathematicians needed more data to settle the question.
Comparing Curly and Joe, Davidson and Gardner found that they could safely reject the null hypothesis and affirm that "the average number of violent acts by Moe against Curly per episode is greater than the average number of violent acts by Moe against Joe."
This exercise raises some interesting questions about data collection in the real (or reel) world. In the context of the Stooges films, for example, what constitutes an act of violence? If Curly gets slapped three times in rapid succession, is that one or three instances? What about an accidental poke?
Students "experience the difficulty in designing an experiment, the problems inherent to data collection, and analysis of the collected data," Davidson and Gardner note.
There are plenty of other questions about The Three Stooges that may be worthy of statistical attention. Does the level of violence vary from director to director or from writer to writer? Did Larry suffer less than, as much as, or more than Curly or Shemp? Did that change during the Joe Besser years? You don't even have to focus on violence. What roles did women or minorities play the films? How did that change over time? What sort of language did The Stooges use (or misuse)?
Davidson and Gardner will describe using The Three Stooges as a data source for motivating statistics students at the 15th Georgia Conference on College & University Teaching, Feb. 15, 2008, at Kennesaw State University.
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One of Apple's controversial mobile patents, the "rubber banding" patent, has been invalidated by the United States Patent Office, Florian Mueller of Foss Patents reports.
The "rubber banding" patent is being rejected because it lacks novelty, says Mueller. Mikey Campbell at Apple Insider adds that the patent is being rejected because there is a similar patent from AOL, and it's not clear Apple added much with its rubber banding patent.
The "rubber banding" patent covers a rather minor action on Apple products. If you open Safari and scroll to the top of the page, then pull down, you see a background behind the web page. When you pull down on the page, it's like it's attached with a rubber band. This doesn't work only on Safari, it's across iOS apps. While it's a minor action, it's one of the small touches that makes iOS fun, and natural.
The invalidation is not final. Apple can still appeal the decision.
However, if the ruling stands, it would appear to impact Apple's $1 billion patent ruling over. Samsung has already submitted this news to the judge ruling over Apple's case with Samsung.


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HOTSEAT- On the 'No Fuss Bus': Moran drives to June 9 primary
Of the three Democratic candidates for governor, former delegate Brian Moran is the Kennedy-esque one. His family is Irish, politically involved, he's got the looks, the hair, a brother holding a powerful position in Congress– and he's even got the Massachusetts accent.
The latter, he says, has proved no impediment in his campaign to be governor of Virginia.
"When I'm out there talking about the issues, it doesn't come up," he insists. "I've lived in Virginia longer than Mark Warner or Tim Kaine. I'm a Virginian by choice, and I'm married to a Virginian." (And his wife, Karyn, went to Radford, he adds, further pumping his commonwealth creds.)
Moran grew up in Natick, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children in a household where current events like the Vietnam War were discuss around the dinner table. He got his chance to see government in action one summer in Washington after 8th-grade graduation.
His parents put him on a train alone to stay with his brother, Jim, who was then living in Alexandria and is now in the House of Representatives.
"It was a 12-hour train ride, and I don't know if parents would do that today with a 13-year-old," laughs the father of a first and third grader.
"I was fascinated and engrossed by the [Watergate] hearings," he remembers. And he says the power and responsibility of government is a lesson that's stayed with him.
When he returned to Alexandria after graduating from law school at Catholic University, big brother Jim was on the Alexandria City Council and later became mayor.
Much like fellow gubernatorial candidates Creigh Deeds and Bob McDonnell, Brian Moran is a lawyer who worked as a prosecutor before being elected to the House of Delegates in 1995. He succeeded Deeds as chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, and bowed out of a run for attorney general in 2005 when Deeds decided to run.
"I respect and admire Creigh," says Moran. But he didn't step aside this time. "We need a Democrat in the governor's office, and I think I'm the best candidate to do it."
With June 9 nearing, the barbs are becoming more heated. Moran has been chided by Deeds for accepting donations from defense contractors who have business before the House Appropriations Committee upon which big brother Jim Moran is a member.
"I'm surprised our defense sector would be targeted," says Moran. "I like Creigh, but this attack is erroneous.
One big issue distinguishes Moran from his rivals. He pledges to repeal Virginia's ban– approved by 57 percent of voters in 2006– on gay marriage and civil unions. "I don't believe we should place discriminatory language in our constitution," he says.
Moran has one other long-time Virginia boat he wants to rock if elected governor: the one-term limit the commonwealth imposes on its chief exec.
"It's important for Virginia's long-term strategic goals to have a two-term governor," says Moran, noting that such an effort, if successful, would not benefit him.
He demurs from expressing any interest in a congressional seat, should, say for instance, brother Jim decided to give up his solid 8th District in Northern Virginia. But then, any good politician knows that you only run for one seat at a time.
Age: 49
What do you like best about Charlottesville? The Downtown Mall area, smart pedestrian-oriented, livable communities and its progressive beliefs.
Least? Too far from Alexandria and Richmond, where I spend too much of my time.
Favorite hangout here? A couple of local coffee shops, like Cville Coffee and Mudhouse.
Most overrated virtue? "My southern drawl"
People would be surprised to know about you: Dad played for the Redskins.
What would you change about yourself? I'd have fundraising connections to rival Terry McAuliffe.
Proudest accomplishment? The passing of Alicia's Law, which increases law enforcement's capacity to crack down on Internet child sex predators.
People find most annoying about you: Impatient
Whom do you admire? This paper is in Charlottesville, right? ....Thomas Jefferson
Favorite book? Chesapeake by James A. Michener
Subject that causes you to rant? Hypocrisy
Biggest 21st-century thrill? Taking my daughter to the inauguration of Barack Obama
Biggest 21st-century creep out? Seeing Dick Cheney on TV
What do you drive? A minivan
In your car CD player right now: CD player is broken, listening to XM.
Next journey? Moving Virginia forward in clean energy solutions.
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? I think I'll save that for when my children are older...
Regret: My parents are no longer alive to take this journey with me and advise me.
Favorite comfort food: Pasta and Dairy Queen.
Always in your refrigerator: Fresh fruit
Must-see TV: ESPN SportsCenter
Describe a perfect day. At home with the kids.
Walter Mitty fantasy: To be a professional football player– winning quarterback in the Super Bowl.
Who'd play you in the movie? Robert Redford
Most embarrassing moment? My junior prom outfit. Fortunately, there are no pictures.
Best advice you ever got? When Mark Warner encouraged me to run for the House of Delegates.
Favorite bumper sticker? "One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day" and "Brian Moran for Governor."


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Among the roads affected this morning is the Buckna Road in Broughshane, Co Antrim which has been closed in both directions due to a fallen tree.
They added that road temperatures have remained above freezing and no salting was carried out.
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Telemedicine is generally defined as synchronous or asynchronous. Synchronous programs are those occurring in "real-time", as demonstrable in two-way consult between a patient in concert with their medical provider and a specialist at a distant site. MD's request clinic consults without the expense of an ambulance and without the potential complications associated with ER visits. With the use of medical cameras, video equipment, software and encryption technology, the end-result of precise audio and effective display of diagnostic data improves patient outcomes.
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GOP assembly results are in; Maes edges McInnis
Here's how the top GOP candidates going through the state assembly process fared:
Robert Greenheck: 2%
Cleve Tidwell: 15%
Steve Barton: 1%
Ken Buck: 77%
(Jane Norton and Tom Wiens are petitioning onto the ballot.)
Dan Maes: 49.35%
Scott McInnis: 48.89%
Yoon Joon Mager: 1%
(Candidate Joe Gschwendtner is petitioning on the ballot.)
J.J. Ament: 79%
Ali Hasan: 20%
(Walker Stapleton is petitioning onto the ballot).
Candidates need to get 30 percent of the delegate vote to get on the ballot outright. If they get between 10 and 30 percent, they can petition on to the ballot.
The GOP assembly was held at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.


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The Dancing Baby. The Blair Witch. Mahir Cagri, the Turkish man whose own personal Web fame got him a guest spot on The Late Show with David Letterman. And let's not forget Deidre LaCarte, the graphic-design student who put up a Web site full of dancing hamsters as a lark-didn't even spell "hamster" correctly-and will soon sell hamster mugs, key chains and T-shirts, and was even featured in an Earthlink Internet television commercial. A CD of hamster music is due soon, so you know HampsterDance: The Movie can't be far behind.
Do you want in? Do you want the world to chat about your company's Web site around water coolers and over e-mail? Do you want to be invited to appear with David Letterman to tell a world full of potential fans to log on to your Internet address, Cheese-armpit~worm.com (having come to the Web a little late, your first 17,246 domain-name choices were already taken)? In short, do you want your business to become the next Internet phenomenon?
Entrepreneur: Steve Oedekerk
Web site: www.thumb.com
Premiered: 1999
Description: Movie parodies starring thumbs, including Thumb Wars and Thumbtanic
Impact: Thumb Wars went prime time on UPN last May. Thumbtanic scored 15 million hits in 15 days, possibly thanks to its featured spot on an Earthlink commercial
Today: While writing films like Ace Ventura, Pet Detective and Patch Adams in his spare time, Oedekerk continues to expand his "thumb-nation" technology. Future projects include The Blair Thumb, Thumb Wrestling and the pop musical, Thumbs.
Entrepreneur: Deidre LaCarte
Web site: www.hampsterdance2.com
Premiered: Summer 1998
Description: Rows of animated hamsters dancing to Roger Miller's version of "Whistle Stop"
Impact: Appeared in a television commercial for Earthlink. CD, video and merchandising deals are currently in the works. Forty-five million hits since its inception.
Today: LaCarte made one crucial mistake: She didn't rush to register the domain name www.hampsterdance.com; someone else beat her to it after seeing her original GeoCities site. LaCarte started HampsterDance2 after seeing the knockoffs of her site, including LizardDance, CowDance and even the HamsterBlast, in which visitors mow hamsters down. LaCarte is currently trying to get control of the original HampsterDance.com domain name.
Entrepreneur: Joan Staffen
Web site: www.kittycam.com
Premiered: Summer 1997
Description: A digital camera photographs the JointSolutions conference room every two minutes. Kitty is JointSolutions' adopted office cat, known mostly for napping on the conference-room table or peering out the sliding glass doors.
Impact: Although Kitty has no connection at all with JointSolutions' high-tech client base, he has hit a nerve with the public at large. Written about not only in pet magazines, but also numerous newspapers worldwide, Kitty gets mail from around the globe. One woman wrote that, in caring for her bedridden husband, visiting Kitty is her only "window to the world." The site has had almost 2.3 million hits to date.
Today: JointSolutions plans to sell Kitty office accessories, including coffee mugs and, yes, mousepads. As with other celebrities, Kitty's time in the spotlight has led to some soul-searching-this month, the site starts featuring letters from Kitty's own spiritual therapist.
Entrepreneur: Scott Dikkers and Peter K. Haise
Web site: www.theonion.com
Premiere date: May 1996
Description: Satire of current events. Recent articles include "450,000 Unsold Earth Day Issues of Time Trucked To Landfill" and "Congress Wonders If It's Even Making A Difference Anymore."
Impact: The Onion started as an underground Madison, Wisconsin, publication. The Web opened it up to an international audience. Covered in Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly, The Onion has grabbed 2.6 million visits per month.
Today: Bigger than ever, The Onion is going multimedia. The Onion Radio News is heard by 9 million people each week. Dikkers and Haise's two books have both made The New York Times bestseller list. Next up: the big screen-DreamWorks recently signed a deal to turn an Onion article into a film.
Fancy Yourself A Phenomenon?
- Entertain your audience. Sixty million-plus Web sites are already out there; 100 million more are expected before the end of the year. Let's say you have a prestigious investment firm. Yawn. Making money is great, but Roth IRAs and savings bonds aren't as zany as, say, that Web site with the dancing hamsters. So splash some pictures of nude Sumo wrestlers all over your firm's home page. I guarantee people will be talking about your company.
- Get the media to notice you. Hire a publicist, get a guest spot on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? or stand outside Sam Donaldson's window and serenade him. Just get noticed. The one thing all the aforementioned Web sites have in common is that reporters wrote about them. Lots of reporters wrote about them. We media types hate feeling left out. If USA Today writes about a Web site, you'd better believe The Today Show will follow.
- Enjoy your Web site, because the chances are great that you will be the only one and why should you waste your life on something no one else will see. Or, of course, it's entirely possible that everybody will see it. "It's all subjective," says Mike Corso, owner of Internet phenomenon; he suggests you simply "build a Web site based on your passion, your interests." Then let the magic begin.
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By Gisela M. Pedroza
Say you're willing to set your sights a bit lower-you don't necessarily want to be a phenomenon; you'd settle for just making some e-bucks. We asked executives at three of the most popular how-to sites on the Web to verse us in the absolute basics of making a little money on the Net.
Udai Shekawat, vice president of marketing and business development, AskMe.com: "You need the ability to attract large numbers of visitors to your site, pique their interest and present a compelling case for buying your goods or services."
Courtney Rosen, CEO and founder, eHow.com: "Find an unmet customer need, create a unique, superior product to fill it, generate revenue from as many angles as possible."
Stephen P. Gott, president and CEO, Learn2.com: "The key to sustained business success on the Internet is continuous learning. As the world moves faster and competition becomes steeper, knowledge becomes the differentiating factor between the people at the head of the pack and the ones that are left behind."
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I didn't have the best experience with Bésame last week – the lipstick I bought was too frosty and the lip gloss made my lips burn. Nevertheless, it was pay day so along came three more lipsticks (ok I admit it. I ordered them and it was too late to cancel….d'oh!).
This time I picked up 3 shades – Red Hot Red, Exotic Pink and Carmine. I tried to pick out colours I thought were easy of the frostings and were rich and pigmented but as always buying online you never can tell.
When the dinky lipsticks got here, it turned out all my lipsticks were indeed lovely, pigmented, rich creams.
1. Red Hot Red
A very true, vintage red…
Look after the jump to see lip swatches…2. Exotic Pink
A pigmented true hot pink – still looks classy, not a bimbo pink at all.
3. Carmine
Looks like a deep orange on the site, more of an orange toned red in real life.
I wasn't keen on the frost Debutante Pink, of course, but these three lipsticks are lovely! If you are going to try one of these, make sure you go for one of the creamy formulas in a rich pigmented shade – I guess that is what this brand does best – rich, punchy, pigmented colours.
Anyway, lip swatches –
Exotic Pink. I would wear this with some black liner and thats it. A classy hot pink:
Carmine. Oh my god – how I LOVE this shade. Its a true retro, one of these shades that does completely remind me of Grace Kelly….looks pretty red in the tube and it is red on the lips but has a very strong orange tone to it.
What I love is that its somewhere inbetween the red and orange and it is really spot on for a vintage hue. I also happen to love orange reds!:
The creamy lipsticks are gorgeous – not matte, not too shiny. Its moisturising too (and I will know right away if a lipstick is too dry for me as my lips are very very flaky).
Red Hot Red is quite a true red BUT is actually sheerer than I expected. It isn't a *true* sheer, but there's a slight sheen to it. It's not 100% opaque:
Once again, a classic red shade (Bésame has lots of reds to choose from) I like this lot too but I am ultimately in love with Carmine as I find the orange-coral tone makes it more wearable for other than day to day situations.
I bought these lipsticks from Cult Beauty for £11 each…it's not cheap when you consider the size BUT, having now found these colours, they are very pigmented and you only need a bit, plus, it does add to the charm.
I have a red, an orange, a pink and a frost. I think I have coloured all the colour spectrums with this brand!
I will say though, that you need to be careful – the barrel doesn't look 100% secure to me, plus its a thinner lipstick so apply carefully!


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Entering Tuesday, the Cyclones needed one win in their final two regular season games or a Batavia Muckdogs loss to clinch a playoff berth via the NYP Wild Card. Neither happened. The Cyclones lost by eight runs, and the Muckdogs were rained out at home and forced into a Wednesday doubleheader in Jamestown.
On the field, Gabriel Ynoa (5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K) was solid, but the bullpen of Matt Bowman (the Tim Lincecum copy and Beck Wheeler) allowed seven runs in four combined innings to turn a close game into a laugher.
SS Philip Evans was 2-for-4 to lift his season line to .252/.328/.337 as a 19-year old in the NYP. Notably, Gavin Cecchini came in for Evans and played an inning in the field. It was the first time he's played shortstop in a game since breaking his finger on August 1.
CF Brandon Nimmo was 0-for-4 with a strikeout to slip to .248/.372/.406. The 19-year old has now drawn 46 walks and struck out 78 times in 69 games. Walks are good, strikeouts are bad, and Nimmo has had a lot of both in his first professional season. In the coming years, watch carefully, how his approach evolves, and whether he makes enough contact.


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IT might be assumed that aquarium fish dont mind who or what they encounter in their tanks from one minute to the next, if their famously (but incorrectly) short memory is to be believed. Scientists at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter have carried out research to show this is not the case and are striving to improve conditions for keeping fish in home aquaria. In line with the aim to establish welfare guidelines for fish, these researchers have been collaborating with the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, examining healthy stocking densities and the use of novel objects with fish commonly kept in home aquaria. This current research, to be presented on the 29th of June 2009 at the Society for Experimental Biology Meeting in Glasgow, looked at two common aquaria species, neon tetras and white cloud mountain minnows. As Dr Katherine Sloman from the University of Plymouth explains 'fish kept alone or in pairs show higher levels of aggression than those kept in groups of ten or more; large groups are also more likely to exhibit natural behaviours such as shoaling. Further research is needed to ascertain the criteria for fish welfare in home aquaria; the results of these studies, funded by the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, should go some way to improving welfare for these environmentally, economically and socially important and interesting animals. - SD
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Alot i guess, first one would probably "baka"
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Alot i guess, first one would probably "baka"
I know a bunch that's already been mentioned. I also know Sodotoryo (however you spell that).
And one of my favourite - Jana!
When you watch anime you ussualy learn insults like pervert, b*stard, b*tch etc. And you also learn common conversation skills. There are better ways to learn the language i recall. Even though it is very fun to watch
"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough."
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
I've learned a lot that I think if you put me suddenly in the middle of Tokyo, I can handle myself. And I'm still learning.
I want to have my family at Japan and work and live in it.
ちょっと ○ Chotto ○ Can mean "no", "wait", "um", or can be said before another sentence to make the speaker sound nervous
いきます ○ Ikimasu ○ Can mean "I'll be off now", "go", or "I'll be going"
クリカラ ○ Kurikara ○ Not really a Japanese word, but I still learned it from an anime. ( ^~^) The Kurikara Fudo is the personification of Fudo as a Dragon Sword.
すてき ○ Suteki ○ Can mean "beautiful" or "amazing"
待って・ちょっと待ってを ○ Matte/Chotto matte wo ○ Can mean "wait" or "wait up" or "wait for me"
また音 ○ Mata ne ○ Can be "good-bye" but in a way that's like 'see you tomorrow'
Please excuse my kanji, I'm still learning that Japanese alphabet! ( ;~;)
The streaming provider I watch Bleach from always shows at the top of the screen the Japanese word (like Zanpakatu) and then says the English translation (Soul Slayer) so without that I wouldn't know half of the significance of the names of everything lol. It also translates for all of the bankai names.
First word I had to look up, due to hearing it in several different animes, was Senpai.
Oni-Chan...hentai...thats it lol
Hmmm... Been a while
「ちょっと」 technically means "a little / a bit", but is often used by itself to convey disapproval or aversion to something. For example, if you go out with someone and they suggest something that you don't approve of, you would say "chotto... (it's kinda... / that's a bit...)" instead of outright saying something like "I don't like it", which is obviously a lot more rude. The person you're talking to will catch the hint and hopefully change the subject.
「いきます」 literally means "I'll go/I'll leave". However there are many different ways of saying this depending on the situation.
+ When leaving a residence or some place where you're staying for an extended period of time, you usually tell your family/roommates "いってきます / ittekimasu", which has the combined meaning of "I'll be off now", and "I'll be back (soon)".
+ When in a more formal situation such as a meeting, you would say "失礼します / shitsurei shimasu", which literally means "I'll be rude", but is a polite way of letting people know that you'll be leaving ahead of them. In short, it's similar to the English phrase "I'll excuse myself now".
「ちょっと待ってよ」 Is a simple command like "wait a sec". It wouldn't be 待ってを、since を / wo is the particle for object nouns, and よ / yo is for emphasis. They sound similar sure, but they're not interchangeable.
「またね」 is for "see you later". You don't use the kanji "音" (romanized as "ne", "on", or "oto"), since that means "sound", and that has nothing to do with the saying.
When in doubt, just use the hiragana or look up the meaning on a kanji dictionary site. Tis what I do lol. So far you seem to have a good grasp of the alphabet. Nice job and I wish you good luck in your studies.
that there are many ways to say me/i and you. and i learned that the japanese grammar had the verb at the end and that their negatives end in "~~nai"
I remember writing all the japanese words I learnt from animes into a notebook a long time ago. And the list is pretty long so I'd rather not type them all out xD
hmm~ well, the first japanese word that I can think of off the top of my head would be.. "ochinchin". ^^
Nakama - friend from one piece series
I learned some japanese words from anime like...
Itadakimasu - Let's eat...(my favorite word)
Hanase - release me
Yamete - stop(her)
Yamero - Stop(him)
Itai - ouch!!!
ikou - let's go
hai - yes
ただいま I'm back
いただきます Let's eat
ほんと really
ほんとに really?
ほんき really(?)
どうして why? What's wrong?
どうしての What's wrong?
お父さんと母さん (my) parents
話して Tell me.
放して Let go of me.
蒼 blue
世間の目 public eye
光 light
しりとり A Japanese word game
お茶 tea
もしもし a greeting used when answering the phone
だめ super "no"
好き (I) like
大好き (I) love
きて Listen to me.
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Not a lot. I had to learn the language before I took a trip to Japan.
I have this "learn Japanese" type book at home that o study and because of it I memorizd hiragana, katakana, and some kanji I'm still learning but I'm getting there.
Am I the only one who didn't know my school had japanese classes and a anime club? Can I say.... heaven?
やめて [Yamete]: "Stop (doing something." Shorter and more informal version of [Yamete kudasai], which is a request.)
やめろ [Yamero]: "Stop (doing something." This is more of a demand than a request.)
Although as you may have already seen in many anime, women are most likely to use the formal/polite [yamete (kudasai)] over [yamero], whereas boys and men are usually more rough with their speech, so they use [yamero] more often.
Like say, "fermalo!" and "fermala!" are "stop him!" and "stop her!" respectively. So yes, you need a pronoun for objects in a sentence (at least as far as I've learned anyway, lol).
However if it were the subject, then the verb can indicate who or what is doing the action without using a pronoun.
"I'm stopping..." would be "(Io) sto fermando...". "Io" is the pronoun for "I" but is unnecessary since "sto" is the first person conjugation form of "stare (to be)".
"He/She's stopping..." would be "(Lui/Lei) sta fermando...".
"You're stopping..." is "(Tu) stai fermando...".
...But you already know all this, right? Mr. Latin student and all. xD
Ah~ Much better. Now it makes more sense.
Italian looks crazy with those contractions though...If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't think "fermalo" and "fermala" had pronouns embedded in them lol.
And it would seem Italian developed a way to express the present progressive tense. In Latin, "I stand" and "I am standing" would be exactly the same, so only context would help determine which one to use. Oh, did I use "stand" in my example? I sure did, because stō, stāre, stetī, status is the Latin verb for "to stand" so your example certainly threw me off. I almost though stare was the verb for "stop" there XD
Hmm... if I had to make it easier to understand (and to attempt to keep it relatively on-topic with the thread lololol), "stare" would be like the Japanese 「います」 and "essere" is like 「です」。
"I am RyuTama and I'm living in the United States."
"Sono RyuTama e sto vivendo negli Stati Uniti."
Or am I completely throwing you off now? xDDD;
I'm just easily thrown off in this particular case because I can trace some Italian words to their Latin form, but then it turns out Italian has changed the function of that particular conjugation. :P
For example, here vivendo looks like a Latin gerundive (future passive participle) vīvendus, (from the Latin verb vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctus, "to live"), but it's instead used to form the present progressive in Italian.
But anyway, let's not completely derail the topic of this thread. 説明、ありがとう!
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This lady is so ridiculous! The Christmas part is the best. Poor kid.
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The answer to the anger is simple: she's SCARED, possibly scared out of her wits, because she's been presented with someone who completely violates her model that she was taught from childhood regarding how the world works. Further, because he denies her belief, he is moving out of her control. She can no longer use the carrot and stick of heaven and hell to keep him in line.
Worst of all, this adds a pernicious little seed to her mind: that maybe - MAYBE - he MIGHT just be RIGHT. Make no mistake about it: we scare believers ... sometimes A LOT.
[wry chuckle] I don't know as I looked all that deeply, Andrea. The fact is that a lot of christians, especially the evangelical variety, are scared to begin with. They're scared about going to hell, scared about pleasing their god, scared whether or not they're doing what they're supposed to be doing ... because of this ridiculous stricture they've involved themselves in.
And when such people are confronted with true freedom, they become like some animals who have been raised in cages: confronted with an open door to that cage, they're afraid to leave. The cage has become their known quantity, and the Great Unknown outside of that cage frightens them.
This is the legacy of indoctrination which religion leaves to us.
That's understandable since Christianity tells us we'll all meet again in the afterlife...if we've met certain (difficult to ascertain) criteria.
But the fact is that you don't really need religion to believe there could be an afterlife, do you? We tend to use religion to explain everything we don't understand...until we finally understand it. Why not...ghosts, too? Suppose they actually _do_ exist and they represent the souls of the departed? Maybe under specific circumstances the living can come into contact with them and we explain what we see as ghosts.
The cool thing is that if an afterlife _is_ possible, then maybe, especially if we plan for it beforehand, we actually can hook back up with those who left before us.
I have zero evidence for any of this and wouldn't even say I believe it is true. But it doesn't hurt to tell those I love that if we do come back in any meaningful way that we should try to go to an arranged time/place periodically until we finally meet again. All I get is another of those patiently knowing "oh, here's another of his kooky ideas" stares that are so familiar to me. But who cares? Better to plan ahead for something that may never occur than not to plan for something that just possibly could.
Your poor mom. That is very sad that she misses your dad so much. I know a little bit about how missing someone can make it seem like you're keeping their memory alive sort of. Well, at least it means they must have had one of those one-in-a-million relationships. She's very lucky from that perspective.
I wonder if she knows her video is all over the internets...if so I bet she'll ground him again!
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The Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) was implemented to encourage, among other things,
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- Increased efficiency in the use of facilities and resources by electric utilities,
- Equitable retail rates for electric consumers,
- Expeditious development of hydroelectric potential at existing small dams, and
- Conservation of natural gas while ensuring that rates to natural gas consumers are equitable.
One of the ways PURPA set out to accomplish its goals was through the establishment of a new class of generating facilities which would receive special rate and regulatory treatment. Generating facilities in this group are known as qualifying facilities (QFs), and fall into two categories: qualifying small power production facilities and qualifying cogeneration facilities.
A small power production facility is a generating facility of 80 MW or less whose primary energy source is renewable (hydro, wind or solar), biomass, waste, or geothermal resources. There are some limited exceptions to the 80 MW size limit that apply to certain facilities certified prior to 1995 and designated under section 3(17)(E) of the Federal Power Act (FPA ) (16 U.S.C. § 796(17)(E) ), which have no size limitation. In order to be considered a qualifying small power production facility, a facility must meet all of the requirements of 18 C.F.R. §§ 292.203(a) , 292.203(c) and 292.204 for size and fuel use, and be certified as a QF pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 292.207 .
A cogeneration facility is a generating facility that sequentially produces electricity and another form of useful thermal energy (such as heat or steam) in a way that is more efficient than the separate production of both forms of energy. For example, in addition to the production of electricity, large cogeneration facilities might provide steam for industrial uses in facilities such as paper mills, refineries, or factories, or for HVAC applications in commercial or residential buildings. Smaller cogeneration facilities might provide hot water for domestic heating or other useful applications. In order to be considered a qualifying cogeneration facility, a facility must meet all of the requirements of 18 C.F.R. §§ 292.203(b) and 292.205 for operation, efficiency and use of energy output, and be certified as a QF pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 292.207 . There is no size limitation for qualifying cogeneration facilities.
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Ban Ki-moon pleads for time on Syria investigation
VIENNA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday that U.N. experts seeking to collect evidence from an apparent chemical attack in Syria that killed hundreds of people will report to him as soon as they leave the country Saturday.
The team is expected to complete its inspection on Friday and their conclusions will be shared with members of the Security Council, Ban said. He didn't specify when that might be.
Ban has urged restraint in the face of increasing signs of retaliatory military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad by the United States and its allies. Speaking to reporters, Ban said he repeated that message Wednesday in a conversation with President Barack Obama.
"I expressed my sincere wish that this investigation team should be allowed to continue their work," he said after receiving an award in Vienna's City Hall.
"Diplomacy should be given a chance and peace given a chance," he said. "It is important that all differences of opinion should be solved through peaceful means and through dialogue."
The findings of the experts will also be shared with all U.N. member countries, said Ban.
U.S. leaders, including Vice President Joe Biden, have charged that Assad's government was behind the Aug. 21 attack that Doctors Without Borders says killed at least 355 people. The White House says it's planning a possible military response while seeking support from international partners.
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Ruby Rouge is one of Irelands leading independent ladies fashion boutique. Our shop is cool, trendy and popular. Now, we need our website to match that look.
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Our current website http://www.rubyrouge.ie needs a make over. We want a new background which is unique and once off to us. This background needs to reflect our bricks and mortar shop which is fresh and fashionable. We are not looking to change our website layout or design but are willing to look at suggestions. At this point we really just need a fresh and exciting background to make our site look unique.
We want the background to be a once off design for us. What we mean is that its not just one colour or pattern but something which is unusual and reflects a fresh, young boutique. Have a look at these sites to see what we mean in terms of new background
We want you to design us a background that suits our shop and philosophy. We don't like our exising header so that can go, but we need the logo there instead. We like our logo, however its about 4 years old so maybe it could do with a few tweaks to freshen it up. The dress hanging off the 'y' could be more prominent for instance.
We are a young cool shop. Some of the labels we sell are
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Red Tree is the developer of Sherford. Their control of the entirety of the land for the development has enabled a unique town-wide planning process which will result in a careful balance between housing, amenities, work space and green space. It is planned to be energy-efficient, socially inclusive, economically sustainable and sensitive to the environment.
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Singapore, 31 October 2012 – Shows have been synonymous with Jurong Bird Park for 30 years. This December holidays, the Birds n Buddies Show will make way for the conservation-driven High Flyers Show. In line with the new show, guests visiting the Bird Park this December will experience
glitz and glamour the moment they arrive at the Park.
From the Palm Plaza to the ticketing entrance, guests will enter a world where colour lives, resplendent with colourful macaws and golden hoops centered around showbiz. Next stop – the Penguin Coast walkway, which transforms into a Walk of Fame! One photo wall will be lined with photographs of Shows dating back 30 years, and the other will showcase bird stars from the High Flyers Show. To satisfy the need for posing with flair, a giant photography backdrop with props awaits at Penguin Coast for guests to feel like stars. During weekends at 1.45pm, head back to Penguin Coast where all-time bird stars will make a special guest appearance at the Walk of Fame. Guests will hear more about their stories of stardom from the presenter, and have a chance to take a photograph with the bird stars.
More photography opportunities abound – A flock of young flamingos are eager to have their minutes of fame! Happening daily after the High Flyers Show, for 15 minutes at 11.45am and 3.45pm, guests can mingle with them and have an exclusive photograph taken with them after the new High Flyers Show at the Pools Amphitheatre.
An exclusive segment with a great photographic opportunity has been added to the weekend Penguin Feeding sessions. As guests learn more about these tuxedoed creatures, one lucky child who can answer a simple question will be invited to try his / her hand at feeding the African penguins in this up-close opportunity.
After seeing and taking pictures with so many feathered stars, it is also time to ponder – what makes a star? Held over the December weekends at 10.30am and 11.45am at the Breeding & Research Centre (BRC), A Star is Born is a programme for children between the ages of 6-12. Here, they will find out why birds are talented and gifted with abilities to sing, dance and draw from our avian experts!
After a day out at Bird Park, hang out at Terrace Kiosk right next to the Pool's Amphitheatre for some yummy treats! Available all day throughout December, these cool treats and snacks are available at special combo prices starting from $7.90 for a hot dog set with fries and a drink. While at the Bird Park, do grab some specially priced retail merchandise at Wings, Feathers and Lory Loft while stocks last, like the motif mug at $22.90 which comes with a choice of either a free flamingo or penguin plush worth $15.90.
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We've known for years about Big Ag's influence, through market saturation and advertising, on the consumer. But many don't know about the corporate food industry's efforts to use the scientific community to produce research that endorses its factory farming methods and casts doubt on sustainable practices. The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) has for years served as the corporate food industry's scientific shill, putting out reports that defend genetically modifying animals, criticize land and water conservation efforts, and cast doubt on the impact of factory farming on air quality and climate change.
The council's list of funders (from its 2011 annual report) tells the real story, reading like a who's who of industrial food offenders and defenders: Monsanto, Kraft, Land O'Lakes, Dow, Dupont, Coca-Cola, and many others.
CAST's latest report, though, might be its most brazen yet. On Monday, CAST researchers took the report to Capitol Hill to lobby for Big Ag's interests. As efforts to revise the Farm Bill rage on Capitol Hill, CAST researchers told House and Senate staffers Monday that the source of concern regarding food safety is not the industrial food system, with its confinement of animals, overuse of antibiotics and antimicrobials, and questionable feeding practices. (More than 30 outbreaks of food-borne illness since 2000, anyone?)
According to them, the real boogey man is – get this – of the grass-fed, cage-free, sustainable variety: "Significant changes to livestock production practices… including modification of stocking densities, limitations on antimicrobial use, and requirements for outdoor 'experiences' … may affect animal health, productivity, and food quality," the report states in its introduction.
In other words, beware the cow that is allowed to roam free and eat grass, because it may make you sick. Because, of course, confining animals to a space barely wider than their bodies for the duration of their lives while pumping them with drugs and corn is natural.
CAST seems to adhere to "very traditional, reductionist views," according to Jennifer Colby, Pasture Program Coordinator at the University of Vermont. The study released Monday, Colby says, fails to account for the "big picture, the whole system," namely that animals who express natural behaviors (like roaming free and eating plants) tend to be healthier and that large-scale animal operations have a greater impact on water and soil quality than small operations while failing support farmers and communities as well.
Here's what CAST had to say about cage-free efforts:
The move to less restrictive housing systems for food production animals in countries such as those in the European Union will no doubt influence husbandry practices in the United States. For example, the recent move by some retailers to start sourcing poultry products from cage-free systems and pork from swine operations that do not use gestation stalls must be considered, because poorly managed, less restrictive systems can have dramatic impacts on animal health.
The real research on the subject reveals the opposite, however, says Mark Kastel of Wisconsin-based Cornucopia Institute. The institute has conducted studies linking salmonella in egg production to large-scale farms, the use of cages and forced molting.
What's more, noticeably absent from CAST's report are any references to studies of the health benefits of grass-fed animals, such as a 2002 Cornell study that concluded that grass-fed cattle contain as much as 80 percent less E. coli in their stomachs than their grain-fed counterparts.
"There is plenty of peer-reviewed public research, and a plethora of anecdotal evidence directly from farmers, that animals that are outside, especially ruminants on grass, live much longer, happier and healthier lives," Kastel says.
But this kind of evidence is unlikely to satisfy corporations who mass-produce meat on factory farms – or the "research" councils who work for them.


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Attorney General Tom Horne today issued the following statement upon the execution of convicted murderer Samuel Villegas Lopez.
"Almost 26 years later, justice has been served for the family of Essie Holmes.
"Lopez entered the apartment of Estefana Holmes on October 29, 1986 where he raped and murdered her, stabbing her 23 times and slitting her throat. Essie Holmes clearly tried to defend herself. Her apartment revealed evidence of a "terrible and prolonged struggle," with displaced furnishings and blood in every room. Lopez blindfolded her with her pajama pants and shoved a scarf down her throat. He stabbed her in the head, face, breast, and upper chest. Lopez left his fingerprints in the apartment, and blood and seminal fluid found at the scene linked him to the crime.
"The judge who sentenced Lopez to death found that the crime was especially heinous, cruel and depraved and among the worst he had ever seen.
"Now that Samuel Villegas Lopez has paid the penalty for his terrible crime, it is my hope that his victims and their families will find some peace that justice has been carried out. We will continue to work in future cases to reduce the inordinate delays between verdict and victims' families seeing justice done."
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ARIAS GALLEGOS, Walter L. Motives of disuse of pedestrian bridges in Arequipa. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2012, vol.38, n.1, pp.84-97. ISSN 0864-3466.
Objective: to find out the causes of disuse of pedestrian bridges in Arequipa city. Methods: descriptive study based on a survey gathering data on age, gender level of education, origin and experience of previous accidents. A non-probabilistic sampling was performed through quota sampling technique. Three hundred and sixty pedestrians (270 males and 90 females), who moved along pathways next to three city bridges such as Avenida Venezuela bridge, Avenida Alcides Carriion bridge and Avenida Ejercito bridge, were studied. Results: average age of the sample was 31.97 years, the level of education did not influence the use of bridges. Lack of time, sloth and the fear for attacks and robbery were the most frequent motives marked by pedestrians as causes for ignoring the pedestrian bridges. Conclusions: it is necessary to take measures in terms of security and surveillance at bridges, as well as launching awareness-raising campaigns that provide information to pedestrians on the possible risks of wrongly crossing the streets and of breaking the law.
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drive a webcam with pythonSeptember 17th, 2006
I bought a USB webcam off of eBay quite some time ago, and I decided to connect it to my telescope with a little bit of hardware hackery. I'll have to see about posting a writeup on how I did that at a later time. Anyway, when I installed my camera software, I quickly found how horrible the program was. It gave a tiny preview of what the camera saw, and had no way of capturing images or video without waaaay too many clicks of the mouse. That's when I decided to write my own in Python.
The main libraries that I ended up using were VideoCapture, PIL, and pygame. As you'll see, it's not really difficult at all to make a useful webcam application.
Here's the code:
from VideoCapture import Device import ImageDraw, sys, pygame, time from pygame.locals import * from PIL import ImageEnhance res = (640,480) pygame.init() cam = Device() cam.setResolution(res[0],res[1]) screen = pygame.display.set_mode((640,480)) pygame.display.set_caption('Webcam') pygame.font.init() font = pygame.font.SysFont("Courier",11) def disp(phrase,loc): s = font.render(phrase, True, (200,200,200)) sh = font.render(phrase, True, (50,50,50)) screen.blit(sh, (loc[0]+1,loc[1]+1)) screen.blit(s, loc) brightness = 1.0 contrast = 1.0 shots = 0 while 1: camshot = ImageEnhance.Brightness(cam.getImage()).enhance(brightness) camshot = ImageEnhance.Contrast(camshot).enhance(contrast) for event in pygame.event.get(): if event.type == pygame.QUIT: sys.exit() keyinput = pygame.key.get_pressed() if keyinput[K_1]: brightness -= .1 if keyinput[K_2]: brightness += .1 if keyinput[K_3]: contrast -= .1 if keyinput[K_4]: contrast += .1 if keyinput[K_q]: cam.displayCapturePinProperties() if keyinput[K_w]: cam.displayCaptureFilterProperties() if keyinput[K_s]: filename = str(time.time()) + ".jpg" cam.saveSnapshot(filename, quality=80, timestamp=0) shots += 1 camshot = pygame.image.frombuffer(camshot.tostring(), res, "RGB") screen.blit(camshot, (0,0)) disp("S:" + str(shots), (10,4)) disp("B:" + str(brightness), (10,16)) disp("C:" + str(contrast), (10,28)) pygame.display.flip()
I decided to use pygame in order to build this because it can actually handle the fps that I need for video. I built something similar quite a while ago with wxPython, but it just wasn't fast enough at image swapping to make it work well.
A couple of noteworthy points:
- The function on line 15 is simply there to help automate displaying information on the screen. In my case, I display the number of screenshots I've saved to disk, and the current brightness and contrast levels. The function displays the text sent to it by writing it in dark gray, and then re-writing it in light gray over the top with a pixel offset. I found this helps a TON to make the text visible in different scenarios.
- Line 26 is where I actually apply the contrast and brightness changes. Lines 30-33 set up the number keys 1-4 to adjust contrast/brightness on the fly. This is terribly useful, in my experience.
- Lines 34 and 35 are setting up 'q' and 'w' to show the settings dialogs for the webcam… this is where you can set resolutions, exposure levels, etc.
- On line 36, and those under the if statement, I save the current image and name it using the current time… this insures no overlapping image names.
If you're trying to write a webcam app of your own, I hope this gets you pointed in the right direction. Let me know if you find this info useful!


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Wet Woodland - Adam Cormack
Willow, alder and birch thrive in poorly drained or seasonally flooded areas, growing together to make the woods we call 'wet woodland'. This kind of woodland is found on floodplains, in fens and bogs, on the banks of rivers, streams and lakes, and along hillside flushes. Wet woodland can be found on a range of soils from mineral-rich alkaline soils to acidic, nutrient-poor soils.
As time goes by, wet woodland may naturally change to a much drier habitat as the water conditions vary and new species grow. This 'succession' means that wet woodland often occurs alongside other woodland habitats like upland mixed ashwoods or oakwoods, and with open habitats such as fens. However, such habitats may get overtaken by trees, so it can be necessary to control the spread of wet woodland.
Where is it found?
A rough estimate of the total area of wet woodland in the UK is between 50,000 and 70,000 hectares. Notable concentrations occur in the fens of East Anglia, Shropshire and Cheshire, while hillside alder woods are more restricted to Wales, Cumbria and western Scotland. The best examples of ancient floodplain forest are in the New Forest and northern Scotland. Bog woodlands of pine are confined to Scotland, but birch bog woodland occurs more widely across the UK.
Why is it important?
Wet woodland is an important habitat for animals and plants of both woodlands and wetlands. It is extremely rich in insects, supporting a large number of species like beetles, many of which are now rare in the UK. Dead wood associated with water provides a specialised habitat not found in dry woodland types which supports rare craneflies and the netted carpet moth (UK BAP priority species).
Although few plants depend on wet woodland, many species thrive here including marsh marigold, marsh fern and greater tussock sedge. The high humidity and damp barks also favour the growth of spongy mosses and liverworts.
Wet woodland provides vital cover and breeding areas for mammals like the rare otter which has suffered from the loss of other types of wetland habitat. It also supports numerous bat species including pipistrelle, brown long-eared and noctule bats. Many different birds can be seen flitting through the trees; look out for the rare lesser-spotted woodpecker, as well as willow tit, marsh tit, lesser redpoll and siskin.
Wet woodland has long been coppiced for its wood, and this human intervention has had a distinct effect on its structure. Famous for its pendulous catkins in spring, willow was traditionally used for a number of crafts including basket- and screen-making.
Is it threatened?
Much of our wet woodland has been lost or destroyed over recent decades due to massive clearances and land drainage for agricultural production. Intensive forestry, development, the removal of dead wood and trees, water pollution and the dredging of ponds have also taken their toll on this habitat. Our wet woodland is under threat from poor management or neglect – with the loss of traditional ways of managing the land, such as coppicing, it is slowly being invaded by scrub or drying up.
How are The Wildlife Trusts helping?
The Wildlife Trusts make a significant contribution to the protection of wet woodland by managing nature reserves which contain it sympathetically and by providing advice to landowners on how to look after these fragile places.
Left to its own devices, wet woodland would deteriorate, resulting in the loss of many much-loved species such as the otter. So The Wildlife Trusts are involved in many projects to restore these habitats through coppicing, scrub-cutting and raising awareness about their value for both wildlife and people.
What can I do to help?
- Take part in conservation measures on your land – ask your local Wildlife Trust for advice on the management of woodland habitats.
- Support the work of The Wildlife Trusts protecting and restoring woodlands across the UK – become a member of your local Wildlife Trust.
- Volunteer with your local Wildlife Trust and help your local woodland wildlife; depending on where you live you could be involved in everything from traditional forest crafts to raising awareness about woodland animals.