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~ about me ~
* I have a 'floater' in my left eye (doctor says it's ok) - it's a sideways Y - very appropriate I would say since my last name starts with a Y.
* I occasionally talk to myself - especially if something on TV irritates me.
* NCIS is still my most favorite show (I love Tony) - I have all 10 seasons on dvd
* I'm 5' 3" and 128 lbs.
* I love chocolate candy - the kind that comes in boxes
* My 1st favorite color is pink === my 2nd favorite color is light blue
* My grandson's call me Ya-Ya.
* My daughter's birth month and year is 9-82 ==== my son's birth month and year is 2-89. The same numbers as my daughter's, only backwards. (no, I didn't plan that)
* I am 56 years old - but in my mind I feel younger. Well, except for my various aches, pains and crazy body problems that are associated with menopause. Oh, and also when I'm with my grandsons. (Can't be young and have grandsons.)
* In the safety of my PT Cruiser, I fuss at stupid drivers. For example:
- that's some mighty fine driving there jackass!
- Jeez Grandma (or Grandpa) the speed limit is 45 not 30!
- where's your frickin turn signal idiot?!
- hey jackass - who taught you how to drive?!
~~~I should be ashamed of myself. :)
* I love spending time at our trailer at the campground but I absolutely hate having to use the bath-house across the little dirt road at night - there's spiders in the doorway. Which leads me to...
* Spiders. Spiders freak me out. They give me the willies just thinking about 'em.
* My husband and I went to High School together for 2 years but never met. I met him at my friend's boyfriend's house the summer I graduated (in 1979).
* In my opinion, pro football pants are one of the best inventions ever. :)
* I do not know how to swim - and I will never learn to - I'm afraid of deep water.
* I do not like jobs that involve dealing with customers - some people just get on my nerves with the stuff they come up with.
* If I don't have sunlight I get very irritable.
* I have 2 mutt dogs - Princess and Baron.
* Sometimes I take things to heart - other times I could care less.
* Both of my pinky fingers are crooked at the end knuckle.
* I have 1 husband: my Vince
and 5 boyfriends: Tom Selleck, Don Johnson, David James Elliott (Harm from JAG), Michael Weatherly (Tony from NCIS) and Alan Jackson. :)
* I have medium pink pinstripes on my PT Cruiser.
* when I started menopause 10 years ago, I would tease my son by telling him that I was going to grow a handlebar mustache (he hated that) :)
* my husbands family lives in Ontario, Canada, so we spend a lot of our vacations there.
* after 30+ years, my husband still makes me laugh.
* during my short stint in the Army, I was assigned to 'Burial detail' for a couple of weeks. I was part of the 21 gun salute (which is 7 soldiers firing 3 times). And yes, I cried every time.
* I cannot drive on major highways - I get very, very nervous - and a very, very nervous driver is not a good driver.
* I hate window shopping. If I'm going to the stores - I'm going to buy something.
* I love to organize stuff.
* I collect coffee mugs - every once in a while, I go through them and give some to family members so I can keep collecting
* I have 3 sisters (angel Teri, Laura and Julie) and 1 brother (angel Darrell)
* when I was around 12 yrs. old, a neighbors rooster attacked the back of my legs - good thing I had my snazzy, shiney black patent leather boots on or he would of tore me up (yes, I had shiney black patent leather boots - I thought I was the cat's pajamas) :)
* my knees crackle like hard plastic wrap - or as my Vince calls it 'cracka-lackin' (I really should get them taken care of)
* I don't like grocery shopping
* my favorite stores are the Dollar Tree and AC Moore.
* I hate standing in line at the store and the person behind me gets right up on my ass - I like my personal space, so back off
* I am a jeans and t-shirt girl
* I've never broken any bones (knock on wood)
* my favorite music is Motown
* I enjoy lighting candles in the evening
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So cute I love the five boyfriends.....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 8:52 AM
I enjoyed your page. I too love your work and you are a grooovy grandma. Humourous touches made me smile. All the best!!!ReplyDelete
ps I love butterflies too!
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 4:30 PM
I love your work. I am going to try to make one of those crochet hook handles. Wish me luck. I love the colors of yours.ReplyDelete
Thanks ladies. :)ReplyDelete
Good luck Karina. :)
You are great! Love your blog! Love your sense of humour. {Yes...this is the correct spelling for me...I am Canadian...but I prefer your spelling}. It makes a lot more sense to me!!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Lynn - I appreciate that very much. My husband was born in Canada but he's been here in the States since he was 5 years old. His family lives in Canada - we visit them about once a year. :)Delete
Hi Debi! Love your site... I'm Carol Hummel, a crochet artist (I'm the one who crochets trees and people and landscapes and other things ..can see them at www.carolhummel.com)ReplyDelete
I'm a finalist in an international art contest about "The Future of Cities" and I think it would be really cool if a crochet artist could win (or at least look respectable!!) If you think it's a worthy cause, I'd appreciate it if you'd pass on this CALL FOR VOTES to all the crocheters in your world and ask them to pass it along....and along...and along ...and along
Go to:
Vote for CAROL HUMMEL of NEWBURY, OHIO
PLEASE VOTE AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE ON SMART PHONES & COMPUTERS NOW THROUGH JANUARY 31st.
Thanks for any thing you can do!
Hi Carol - I posted this on my blog. Good luck to you. :)Delete
- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Good Morning, Debi!! I'm a crocheter, also, and I enjoy your blog so much. I have floaters in both my eyes(!) but as long as they don't interfere with my crocheting I'm fine with them. Just wanted to tell you that there have been days when I've felt 'down' for one reason or another, and coming to your blog is like visiting with a friend who has similar interests. It's very comforting here. Thank you!! Please take care. ~MelanyReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Melany. Thank you so much for the compliments. I really appreciate it when someone stops by and says 'hello'. :)Delete
I love your blog! I have just started crocheting again after 30 years and it is like riding a bike. Last night while watching March Madness basketball games, I crocheted a scarf with some wool I found laying around. Last month I did a baby blanket!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Debra - and thanks for stopping by and saying 'hello'. :)Delete
- AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Hi there,ReplyDelete
I can't stop laughing your to funny..Very nice to meet you. So far I am loving your blog. I just started crochet back up again and im so hooked and excited to get started with a project. So many ideas I don't know where to begin:)Replies
Nice to meet you too - thanks for stopping by. :)Delete
- AnonymousApril 4, 2012 at 11:05 AM
Hi Debbie. Like you I'm also an avid crocheter and am always looking for new ideas. I love your 17B blanket but can't find the pattern on your page. Can you please tell me where I can find it? my e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com. Thank you so much and happy crocheting.ReplyDelete
Thanks Fran - I sent you an email. :)Delete
- AnonymousApril 15, 2012 at 8:30 AM
I love you stuff and patterns to share. How can I join your blog. my email address is email@example.com. Thank you for sharing all your stuff. Where do you go camping? I also used to camp and take my crocheting with. People would laugh at me for doing that. I am a self taught crocher and always looking for new things to make for friends and grandkids and to sell in my etsy store.ReplyDelete
Hugs and happy crocheting
Mary Lou CarnduffReplies
Thanks Mary Lou. Since you don't have a blog, you can add my blog to your 'favorites' - I think people call it 'book marking'. My family owns a campsite at Indian Acres in Thornburg, Virginia. We love spending time there. Have a great day. :)Delete
Awww you sound so cool , wish you were here in California, I would surely visit you. Love your page and thanks for the tutorial on the hooks!!!!! CiaoReplyDelete
I am glad I found your blog. I am trying to determine the "book" that the pattern(s) "Halloween Set" was published it. From Ravelry it is listed in "Annie's Quick & Easy Crochet to Go! No. 107, Oct-Nov 1997", I thought I found it in a book, not a magazine.
Hopefully you have the book reference?
Alicia VittalReplies
Hi Alicia. This pattern was also published in Annie's Attic 'Holiday Celebrations in Crochet' (softcover, 2008), and in The Needlecraft Shop 'Crochet Holiday Collection' (hardcover, 2001). :)Delete
Thank you! I am glad I found your blog.Delete
You crochet so beautifully and I really like your patterns.
You're very welcome - and thank you too. :)Delete
If we lived closer ... we would be dangerous! It seems like we have a lot in common (esp. Tony!! ha love NCIS!) Thanks for the laughs and the crocheting!ReplyDeleteReplies
You're very welcome. :)Delete
Hi Debi, Thanks for visiting me. I like your about-me page and I come back here often, reading it cheers me up. I am scared of swimming too and I always add my two bits worth while watching TV....ha ha. I just love your hooks, they are lovely.ReplyDelete
Thank you for the patterns and pics to go with them! (now you are in my crochet fav's) Been a Gibbs fan, myself... and my hubby of 32 yrs still makes me laugh, too. (very important) Enjoyed your "about me" page..very brave.ReplyDelete
Found your blog today via Pinterest.. I am teaching myself to crochet and your blog will be a great resource for information and some beautiful patterns to try out. Thank you!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 3, 2012 at 3:59 PM
Hi Debi,ReplyDelete
I just wrote an email to you with my questions at firstname.lastname@example.com with my question. Have you received it?
Betty Lauria
Hey Debi, Just read your about me page. I am sorry to read about your sister. It is a hard thing. So far I lost my Mom and one brother and none of it is fun. It takes several years to be able to take it in.ReplyDelete
I love your work and your blog.I appreciate well done and your work is good looking. You hang in there.Brenda aka Oldnbroken
Hello Debi, Just had the privilege to find your "spot" here .... so enjoyed reading about you!! I think you are my twin sister :)... we have a lot in common! Thanks for making me smile... I love crochet, I have been crocheting for a little over 30 yrs. What state do you live in?ReplyDelete
I am so happy to run into you blog... I am going to look for you on FB now.. Thank you for the smiles... LOve your work!... hugs from Ohio, Patti
New to your blog. See you like organizing things. It would be helpful if you could provide a list of your patterns by name all on one page. I never did find the pattern that brought me here from pinterest. Bea SeibertReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Seibertneurolyme. At the very top left of my blog is a search button - type in what you're looking for and it will be brought up for you. Also, I have a list of labels on the right side-bar - click on 'pattern' and all 128 will come up for you to look at. :)Delete
Hi Debi!, I love how you describe seem like a very sincere person.ReplyDelete
I just discoved you're blog and I love it!
xoxo CindyReplies
Thank you Cindy. :)Delete
Honey, we could be best friends! We are so much alike, right down to the crack-a-lackin knees. LOL! Keep Hookin'!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 4, 2014 at 9:31 PM
hi debi. have you ever tried crocheting rugs with fabric strips?ReplyDelete
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Hi Bev. I've tried crocheting with fabric, but I didn't like it - it was too stiff. I think I'll stick with yarn. :)Delete
Hi Debi, I don't know how I ended up on your blog but I found it interesting. I first watched your video crocheting in the car and it was like sitting and conversing with a friend. I bet you are good company, thanks for sharing. Did they tell you at the hospital what size to make the quilted cover for the Isolettes? I'm wondering if there's a universal size.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Carlota. I called the hospital and asked the head nurse - she said to make the quilts 36" square. Thanks for visiting my blog. :)Delete
Hi Debi. Thank you for a great pattern for a beautiful heartsquare. I wonder if I can have your permission to translate the pattern to Swedish to share at a Swedish crochet group? Of course all credit goes back to your pattern.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Ann. Yes, you have my permission to translate the 4 hearts square. I'm glad you like it. Have a good day. :)Delete
- AnonymousJuly 31, 2014 at 10:40 AM
Hi, Debi. We sound so much alike except I already have a chihuahua, I have broken many bones and my favorite music is southern rock and such from the 70's, although I love Motown and hate disco. I have the crackling bones, crooked pinkies and one husband for over 30 years. And my mom had a massive stroke at age 57 which convinced me to stop smoking in 2001 (best decision I ever made). I love your patterns and enjoy your site. I have two grown boys, no grandchildren so I dote on my doggies and love rescuing and transporting animals. Thanks for your inspiration!ReplyDelete
HI Debi ... found your blog via a pattern at Free Patterns.com. Will admit to being a seldom crocheter ... hate sewing in the ends on Granny Squares ... but have knitted and sewn most of my life. Spend too much time at the sewing machine now I have reached maturity [i.e. the status of a great grandmother ... how can that happen to one so young??]. I have found patch work and quilting and enjoying learning a new craft.ReplyDelete
It was your surname that captured my attention; my maiden name is the same, and I am of the opinion we are of a rare species. I am living in Australia at the moment after spending the first 60 1 or 2 years in New Zealand.Replies
Hi Shirlwin. My husband's family are from Canada, but their family line comes from Orkney Islands, Scotland. :)Delete
- Mariah KavinSeptember 24, 2014 at 2:41 PM
I found your blog searching for a cupcake pattern and I'm absolutely in love with it! Though I'm only 21 my Momma calls me grandma Mariah because I will frequently knit and crochet while in a rocking chair watching crime dramas. I'm expecting my first baby and have discovered a love for baby projects (they're so quick and easy!) and am looking forward to going through your blog to find new patterns. So thank you for taking the time to make this great blog :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Mariah - I'm glad you like it. Congratulations on your 1st baby! :)Delete
- AnonymousDecember 8, 2014 at 7:41 AM
Hi Debi, I am a Debbie also, actually a Debra but prefer Debbie, love your spelling. I love the daisy chain afghan you made, could you please send me the pattern for this for my godson's new baby that will be arriving soon. I would really appreciate it. I tried to find it on pinterest but dont' understand how that site works as I can never find anything on there. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com, yes I live in Canada. I am American but have lived here since 1977. Thank you for the wonderful posts, I just love your colors and yarns that you use. Have a great day. Happy crocheting. Sent you a note before this morning but think I forgot to put my email in it.ReplyDelete
My Question is, when you crochet here what hooks do you use? Metric. UK, or old UK. Your work is so beautiful, I just love it all. I need to do what you did with your hooks. think can I put the clay on my hooks, cause right now I am using foam pieces (pvc piping) measuring approx. 1 inch thick, it is so hard for me to use anything smaller. So do you think I could make a clay handle this thick, what do you say about this. I have been crocheting for over 49 yrs., and don;t want to give it up, cause of my hands. Life can get pretty boring without making something pretty with my hooks. Anyways I had better get some sleep, here it is 6 A.M and need to get some sleep. Thank you Debi for such a wonderful site. I look forward to you answer on the hook sizes.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Andy. I use metric (Susan Bates are my favorite). I think you would be able to make a large handle for your crochet hooks - just make sure to follow the baking directions on the clay package. On my blog front page, on the side bar, you will see a light blue and pink crochet hook on a doily - if you click on that, you will be taken to the post where I show how to make the clay handles. Have fun. :)Delete
Thank you so ever so much Debi, I will look at the info that you mentioned.Delete
Hi Debi, I also have another question for you, is your patterns in US terms or what? I guess I should have asked that the last time but forgot, I love your site, its so neat. I love all the patterns.ReplyDeleteReplies
Loved reading your bio! My grandkids call me yaya too ;)ReplyDelete
hi just saw your pic of the pooch who killed a bunny...one of our dogs killed one at "the wrong time of the year" and got Rabbit Fever, and almost died. Hope yours is ok.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi daht. Ladybug is fine. I'll have to do a search for rabbit fever and learn more about that. :)Delete
Came here for your Santa applique/ornament and decided to read your profile.ReplyDelete
We are the same age and we both talk at drivers when driving! :o)
Love that!
I lived in MI most of my life but my Dad is a CANADIAN immigrant so visited relatives in Canada all the time.
My Mom's parents were Canadian immigrants too so we spent a LOT of time in Canada!
LOVE it there! :o)
Thanks for the blog...it's a real pick-me-up for me!
Raleigh, NC
Hi, Love your site and your stories. I was looking for the doily that begins with a heart in the middle. Do you sell the pattern. That is how I found you. The picture on pinterest. ThanksReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Dee. If it's the round heart doily, that pattern is not available. If it's the off-center heart doily, then that pattern is listed under the label 'pattern' - the name is 'Valentine table mat'. :)Delete
Found your site on Pinterest. Lovely crochet! Very talented!ReplyDelete
- Crafts by CrimzynJuly 15, 2016 at 11:40 PM
Hi Deby! I was wondering if you allow people to sell items made with your pattern? I am in love with your pretty square, and would love to be able to make lots with it :) Pattern credit would be given of course, just wanted to check with you before I go ahead with listing items though!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hello. Yes, you have my permission to sell items made from my patterns. :)Delete
- Crafts by CrimzynJuly 17, 2016 at 8:31 AM
Thank you Debi :)Delete
Olá adorei a manta de Square com miolinho de florzinha colorida mas não consigo ver pronta pode me mandarReplyDelete
Hello Debi,ReplyDelete
How can you make the Ferris Wheel pattern so it is wide enough for an adult, i ahve done 2 Ferris Wheel blankets, one blue mix and one pink mix, the pattern was the first one that i actually followed and i love it, please can you tell how to make it bigger, thanks
Hi Karen. I'm not really sure, but maybe you can repeat Rnds 17 through 28 - the blanket will definitely ruffle a whole lot more for sure though. :)Delete
Hi Debi,Came across your Youtube channel today which led me here. Enjoyed the blog and videos. Love your work. Will keep visiting. XOXO from IndiaReplyDelete
Wondering where you live? I so enjoy your blog, videos, crochet, so many interesting patterns & love how you put your colors together. I notice you use a lot of RH SS yarn, it comes in so many pretty colors, but when I use it, lots of pilling. Wondering if you have the same experience with it & have any hints about that.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you. I live in Maryland. I haven't had a pilling problem with RHSS myself - when you have that problem you can shave the pills off with a razor. You have to be careful to not apply too much pressure with the razor though. :)Delete
- AnonymousOctober 16, 2017 at 9:34 PM
From one grandma to another....Just found your site this evening and loved reading about you! Even after 36 yrs of crocheting, I never tire of learning what other crocheters are doing. I've been asked to join other ladies in making warm scarves for homeless people in Canada. Does anyone here crochet for this cause? Blessings to all.....Reba B. OklahomaReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Reba. I crochet baby items to donate to my local hospital. It's not very much, but I do what I can. :)Delete
- Viv JacobsNovember 16, 2017 at 2:14 PM
I am trying to find your pattern for the Father Xmas ornament.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Well, I have come to the last of my tutorials for the day, which means you will not be hearing from me until tomorrow. I did however have a lot of fun in the chat room with those of you that joined me, as well as other Dragoart members. I removed the vail and showed my face on camera so it could be a much more exciting experience as I chatted with you all. For the last tutorial I will be showing folks "how to draw Spongebob easy", step by step. Even though Spongebob is such a simple character to draw in general, he is still somewhat hard to replicate if you are a novice artist. I think it's due to the fact that he is block shaped and as you know drawing blocks can be hard for some people. With this tutorial I excluded the body, and made a more poster like drawing of Spongebob that only included the face, eyes, and mouth. You will however draw some of the clothes as his shirt, tie and pants are viewable. The most important thing here is that you will be able to draw Spongebob easy no matter what. So what do you say I float out of here so you can get busy at becoming great. Adios mi amigos and enjoy the rest of your drawing day!
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In a series of posts, I've been discussing constraints on the evolution of colour terms. In the last post, I discussed Perceptual Warping. Here, a further adjustment to the assumptions about perceptual space is suggested.
The assumption that all perceptual spaces are the same may be unrealistic and may favour Universalism (see Levinson, 2000). To begin with, colour vision and colour concepts develop during ontogeny (Bornstein, Kessen & Weiskopf, 1976, Roberson, Davidoff, Davies & Shapiro, 2004). Secondly, there may be an underestimation of the variation in colour term systems across cultures (see section 5.2.5). Going back to the example of Tzotzil, colour terms seem to be intricately related in a way that, for example, 'blue' and 'green' in English seem not to be. This prompts a third way of approaching the formation of colour categories. An individual begins with no conceptual space, but learns relationships between colour terms and perceptions. For example, learning that 'yellow' and 'blue' are as different as light with 640nm and 450nm wavelengths. By using an embodied, relational approach to colour categories, one can construct relationships between terms based on any perceivable feature. This could include brilliance, reflectance or the physical structure of the object. Therefore, a banana looks yellow because its colour is understood in terms of its structure, as well as its spectral properties. This is a more stable approach to object identification, since structures are usually stable, while colour is not. It would also fit with the grammaticalisation of colour terms to extend to other domains. For example, the Tzotzil sak-vilan, meaning 'pastel' originates from the fading of colours on fabric from fraying (MacKeigan & Muth, 2006). Constructing relationships between words based on the relationships between the perceptual properties of their referents would then be part of a general learning mechanism which facilitated the learning of all concepts.
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Levinson, S. (2000). Yeli Dnye and the Theory of Basic Color Terms Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 10 (1), 3-55 DOI: 10.1525/jlin.2000.10.1.3
Bornstein, M., Kessen, W., & Weiskopf, S. (1976). Color vision and hue categorization in young human infants. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2 (1), 115-129 DOI: 10.1037/0096-15220.127.116.11
Roberson, D., Davidoff, J., Davies, I., & Shapiro, L. (2004). The Development of Color Categories in Two Languages: A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133 (4), 554-571 DOI: 10.1037/0096-34220.127.116.114


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The following is some commentary and pointing out of things I find significant in this patch, as a raider and a healer and a druid!
Cross-Class Notes:
- Epic Gems - Kaeya, my little mining rogue, hasn't seen much of a workout since I've been splitting my WoW-time between my two druids. I saw a lot of titanium nodes while farming Hodir rep on feral-Kae, and had a little pang of regret that I wasn't out mining up titanium ore instead, since I beleive there's a very good chance that you'll get at least one epic gem out of every stack of titanium ore prospected.
- Mount collectors - go pick up your extra undead pony / baby kitty from the appropriate faction vendor back in old Azeroth. The other mounts are purchased through seals, so if you've saved up enough after all the minipets and hippogryph and other mounts, then you have far more willpower on those dailies than I do :) There is also now a ravasaur trainer quest in Un'Goro for horde, akin to the wintersaber trainer line for alliance in Winterspring.
- Pet collectors -Shimmering Wyrmling is BoE for the same price of 40 seals as the other tournament pets, but only useable/purchaseable at exalted. If you'd rather save your seals, you can buy it from another player, technically. There are also a slew of little baby raptors, one of which can be purchased from Brianni in Dalaran; the others drop off of various rare-elite raptors around the game, or can be farmed from the raptors in WC, Zul'Drak, and ZG.
- Children's Week -This starts from Orphan Matron Aria in the Eventide in Dalaran. You will get one chain or the other between the Wolvar and Oracles, likely dependant upon whichever faction you're currently not hated by. If you want to switch, remember that you can do so by challenging the lich in the cave in eastern Sholozar, and killing the NPC of the group that you no longer wish to be factioned with (it's horrible, I know) while killing the lich. There is also a chance that you can just choose one or the other of the kids from the Orphan Matron and save all that hassle, so check first before going off and switching factions.
- New tournament dailies - If you're exalted with the sunreavers/silver covenant, you get something new to do, if you're like me and are entirely burnt out on the 3.1 dailies. There are also a banner, tabard (with tournament-hearthing action!), and squire available for purchase to those thusly exaltified.
- Coliseum Constructed - built of mountain rock and the limbs of tree druids, the coliseum is finished and is now a raid instance. There are separate normal and hard modes for 10-man and 25-man raids, and all 4 have a separate raid lock-out timer.
- Badges - You can convert down, but all instances will now drop Conquest badges rather than Valor/Heroism. The Coliseum itself will now drop Triumph badges.
- Item Compare - Shift + Mouseover on an item to compare stats with currently equipped. This is a nice addition to the Alt + Mouseover which will let you select from among gear in your bags that can go in that character sheet slot, something that was slipped in amidst a previous patch.
Feral/Shifter Notes
- Agility/Dodge - you will need more agility to get the same amount of dodge as previous. The nerf numbers may look scary, but it shouldn't be too huge a drop, as diminishing returns ate up a lot of that before anyway. Resilience recieved similar treatment, meaning that more will be required for (non-feral druids) to become uncrittable.
- Feral changes - base damage from all attacks in the upper ability ranks has been weakened through application of foam to all kitty claws, presumably a side effect of the pedicure recieved when all druids undergo their magical art transformation. Bears can now use rage potions.
- Feral Skins - again, I point you to Tigerfeet's beautiful fur/skin assignment chart. Are you happy with your new skin? If not, do you prefer the old skin, or a different one of the new skins? Will you be/have you already visited the barbershop to select your feral colors?
- Travel Forms - Travel form trained at level 16 and Flight form at 60; flying forms can now benefit from crusader's aura. Also, if you have a super-fast flying mount above the base speed of your swift flight form, your flight form speed will scale up to match!
Caster notes
- Replenishment Nerf - a very slight nerf, but one to note for those players who often have mana difficulties. "Replenishment: This buff now grants 1% of the target's maximum mana over 5 seconds instead of 0.25% per second." This is 0.25% less mana per 5 seconds, a 20% nerf in overall replenishment regen. In turn, however, mp5 itself has been increased by 25% on all items. This will lead to a reconsideration of mp5 vs spirit for many druids; personally, while I had previously considered mp5 to be of significantly less importance than spirit, I may now consider them equal. Whether one stat is needed over another will probably depend on the tree's own current spellpower vs mana problems. Monitor your mana, druids!
- Innervate - 3 minute cooldown (from 6), but at half power. Use it more often and share the mana love if you don't need it. Of course, as always, if you need it for yourself, use it on yourself! I've heard recently that there are still guilds who order an innervate be used on someone other than the druid. Sigh.
- Resto changes - lifebloom's final bloom has been nerfed (again), which mostly makes me worry for the General Vezax fight. Since its timing was so unpredictable in whether the target would need the heal by the time it bloomed, however, I think that overall this nerf will have minimal impact on PvE healing. Empowered Touch now boosts Nourish by 20%, making it a much more attractive talent to druids who use nourish regularly (it was in my spec before, and I'm keeping it, certainly).
- Turkey changes -Eclipse has separate cooldowns for lunar and solar, which will allow for more proccing and the "weaving" of starfire/wrath cycles... for more information, I point over to Graylo's recent post regarding the Eclipse procs. Panzerkins (Owlkin frenzy) will also regen mana through the proc, which is quite nice for soloing/leveling.
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Cenarion Set: No longer reduces the (nonexistent) cooldown on Hurricane. Instead, the set bonus increases the damage done by Hurricane by 15%.


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The Battle of the Five Armies opened 22 percent below the $31.19 million opening day performance of last year's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, though that was expected given that The Desolation of Smaug opened on a Friday. The Battle of the Five Armies opened 6.5 percent below the $26.16 million Wednesday start of 2002's The Two Towers, which went on to gross $102.05 million in its first five days of release. Given that The Battle of the Five Armies will likely experience more initial front-loading in comparison; the last chapter of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy appears to be on course for a five-day start in the area of $88 million to $95 million.
After leading the daily box office for the previous five days, Fox's Exodus: Gods and Kings fell to second on Wednesday with $1.31 million. The pricey Ridley Scott directed biblical epic starring Christian Bale was down a sharp 41 percent from Tuesday. Clearly Exodus: Gods and Kings took a big hit from the arrival of The Battle of the Five Armies in the marketplace. Exodus: Gods and Kings has grossed $29.61 million in six days of release. That places the film an underwhelming 2 percent behind the $30.2 million six-day start of the far less expensive Son of God earlier this year.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 was down one spot and 25 percent from Tuesday to land in third with $1.02 million. The third installment of Lionsgate's blockbuster franchise was down a healthy 26.5 percent from last Wednesday. Mockingjay - Part 1 has grossed $280.39 million in 27 days. That leaves the film $19.61 million away from becoming the second release of 2013 to reach the $300 million domestic milestone. Mockingjay - Part 1 is running 22.5 percent behind the $361.59 million 27-day take of last year's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
Paramount's Top Five placed in sixth for the day with $0.447 million. The critically acclaimed comedy starring and directed by Chris Rock was down one spot and a solid 24 percent from Tuesday. Top Five has grossed $8.44 million in six days of moderate release. The low-budget film continues to perform on the low end of expectations, but hopes to hold up well going forward thanks in part to strong critical reviews and planned expansions.


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Former Steelers great Terry Bradshaw doesn't think that a few months of good behavior should help Ben Roethlisberger get off the hook of a six-game suspension.
"Going to bars — treating women like that; oh my God," Bradshaw said in comments to the Shreveport Times. "I
pray they don't cut [his suspension] to four games. I hope they
leave it at six. There is no excuse for that. The egos get out of hand."
We can assume Bradshaw doesn't approve of Roethlisberger's proposed reduction to three games, either. Big Ben wasn't the only entitled athlete Bradshaw took aim at.
On Kendall Langford's missing earring: "I hope they never find it — $50,000? Go tell that to
somebody that can't pay for his kid's education or can't get them into a
hospital room and get them treated properly."
On Rex Ryan: "He doesn't play; easy for him to shoot his mouth. . . . Unfortunately, I don't think his players are quite as
strong-minded as he is. He's putting a lot of pressure on his young
On big-time QBs: "Once they start becoming stars — Favre, Manning — it's hard to get to
them. Before that you can get to them, but then they
are protected and you lose your contacts."
Bradshaw said that top players don't want to answer tough questions, so FOX has steered away from player interviews lately. We're guessing these comments won't get Peyton Manning and company to sit down with Bradshaw any faster.


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Oct 17, 2006 | ISBN 9780307264879
"[Didion's is] one of the most recognizable—and brilliant—literary styles to emerge in America during the past four decades . . . [She is] a great American writer."
—New York Times Book Review
"One beautiful sentence follows another . . . Didion has remained a clearheaded and original writer all her long life."
"Her intelligence is as honed as ever . . . Her vision is ice-water clear . . . Didion has captured the mood of America."
—New York Times
"Many of us have tried, and failed, to master [Didion's] gift for the single ordinary deflating word, the word that spins an otherwise flat sentence through five degrees of irony. But her sentences could only be hers."
—Chicago Tribune
"I have been trying forever to figure out why [Didion's] sentences are better than mine or yours . . . Something about [their] cadence. They come at you, if not from ambush, then in gnomic haikus, ice pick laser beams, or waves. Even the space on the page around these sentences is more interesting than it ought to be, as if to square a sandbox for a Sphinx."
—from the Introduction by John Leonard
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Friday, June 3, 2011
NOLA Eats | Café Du Monde & Brennan's
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WOW - that whole post makes me immediately want to get on a plane and go eat! I really am not sure why you did come home!ReplyDelete
The brunch sounds awesome, extravagant, but awesome. I want the bananas foster.ReplyDelete
I love reading your New Orleans posts! I've never been there but have been wanting to go for years. I think it's about time I make some actual plans! Those Eggs Portuguese look awesome.ReplyDelete
Café du Monde looks so good. I have seen it on a bunch of travel shows and I want to have a taste of those beignets so badly!ReplyDelete
I've been waiting for a post about NOLA beignets! This looks SO good!ReplyDelete
You hit up some NOLA landmarks! Fantastic!ReplyDelete
I feel the same way every time I come home from vacation...why am I home?ReplyDelete
The poached eggs look fabulous. My God Daisy, how are you so gorgeous and perfect looking when you eat such amazing food? I think you have my husband's metabolism. I am jealous of both of you!
yum! pictures are fantastic. I hope you put down all those eggs despite your hangover - looks like a perfect poach!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2011 at 10:19 PM
So happy to see these pictures! Eating beignets at Cafe du Monde is one of my favorite New Orleans memories! A beautiful city with beautiful food.ReplyDelete
that eggs benedict, omg. just omg.ReplyDelete
I think I need to try to make the eggs Portuguese. That sounds amazing! (Eggs Benedict was my most disappointing meal in Aruba... when I pierced the egg with my fork, water flooded all over my plate and English muffin... and to top it off, the yolk was hard! Couldn't even eat it.)ReplyDelete


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2018 Nissan Leaf & 2018 BMW X2
Season 38 Episode 18 | 26m 48s
This week, the Nissan Leaf gets both a new look and more EV miles. Pat Goss shows us where rust can hide and ruin your ride. Two Wheelin' Brian Robinson goes full throttle into motorcycle mania. Finally, the BMW X2 adds something small and stylish to an already sporty lineup.
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Space technology helps find space, reduce pollution, and save money
Today, freight transport by lorries and containers is a highly automated and optimised business. However, even with the best planning possible, useful space is often left empty. Two German inventors have come up with an idea on how to use satellites to improve the allocation of lorry capacity.
At the 2008 European Satellite Navigation Competition, backed by ESA's Technology Transfer Programme, German T-Systems/DHL Innovation Center put up a prize for the best idea on how to utilise transport capacity better. They were looking for a solution to scrutinise vehicles' shipping space and identify and localise unused capacity automatically, which would then be filled by short-notice shipping orders.
Dr Mario Neugebauer and Dr Jürgen Anke from German company 'ubigrate GmbH' came up with an intelligent solution to locate available load volumes in real time, and won the prize.
"Very often, companies do not know the exact load volume and available space in their trucks. They use packing plans to optimise the usage, but in reality it is difficult to follow the exact packing plans, and space is often not fully used. That is why it is important to be able to track the available load volume in real time, which is what we do with our solution," explained Anke.
The remarkable quality of the idea is that it creates win-win situation. Reducing human-emitted greenhouse gases will often lead to higher costs or services of lower quality. In this case, the opposite is true: ubigrate's solution will not only reduce the overall carbon dioxide emitted by the lorries, it will also result in a better service at a lower cost.
A better service with the help of satellites
The 'Load-Volume Tracking' (LoVoTrack) system uses ultrasonic sensors, mobile communication and satellite navigation to obtain information on the load status of lorries and containers.
"We installed sensors on the ceiling of each container, which continuously monitor the available empty volume. This information, together with the precise satellite navigation data of where the truck is located, is transmitted via a common cellular phone network to a central server which follows the whole fleet of trucks of the transportation company. It is then easy to assign new packages to where volume is available," said Neugebauer.
In practice, this system can handle new requests for transporting parcels more quickly. Instead of inserting the pickup and transportation time in a packing plan, which is then integrated into a delivery schedule at the earliest a day later, the central server can identify the nearest lorry with available space in real time.
Neugebauer emphasised that "the best working solution also has the best ecological impact. By reducing the overall empty space inside a container, we increase the overall efficiency of transportation and are therefore able to reduce the amount of pollution per transported object, including carbon dioxide emissions."
The advantage of the ubigrate solution that made it win the final prize was that "it showed an innovative approach to measure the available free space, and an easy and robust way of device installation," and it "is very scalable and therefore can be used in different trailer and container scenarios," emphasised T-Systems/DHL Innovation Center's jury member Ralf Nejedl, Director of the Galileo Programme at T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH.
At the Navigation World area of the Munich ICT 2008 Trade Fair, ubigrate presented an early prototype of the solution, which has since been developed collaboration with T-Systems/DHL Innovation Center.
The European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC)
The ESNC is an international innovation contest that rewards the best ideas in satellite navigation applications. The competition has been organised by Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen since 2004, and is oriented towards companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities and private individuals.
ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO) has been a partner in the contest since 2005, and this year is awarding a €10 000 prize to the applicant with the best innovative business plan. The ESNC is intended to strengthen international collaboration, particularly in the development of applications and services made possible by Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system.
ESA's Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO)
The main mission of the ESA TTPO is to facilitate the use of space technology and space systems for non-space applications, and to demonstrate the benefits of Europe's space programme to European citizens. The TTPO is responsible for defining the overall approach and strategy for the transfer of space technologies, including the incubation of start-up companies and their funding. For more information please contact:
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Opinion: Obama's Fiscal Reckoning
Columnist Bill McGurn on whether Democrats will sabotage the fiscal cliff negotiations. Photo: Associated Press
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... what's ... more on what we all agree to which is let's keep ... middle-class taxes well ... that's what our economy needs ... with the American people deserve ... and if we get this part of it right ... then ... a lot of the other issues surrounding deficit reduction in a ... fair and balanced responsible way ... are to be a whole lot easier ... than if we get this wrong ... the economy's gotta go south ... present Obama reiterate his support for Ambassador ... Susan Rice and will Democrats have attacked the fiscal cliff negotiations ... welcome to Opinion Journal Live ... on Jason Riley in my first guest is come and gone Kernen talk about those fiscal cliff negotiations welcome though thanks Jason so aam ... what's your take on on where things stand now present said yesterday I'm ... I'd like see something by Christmas aam ... there's some talk of maybe doing something with all the lower tax brackets except that top two percent ... get them on the way and then come back to negotiate those later ... twenty make of it well when it refers let's be clear what the negotiations are ... the president is ... putting on his proposals in the press ... and the press is negotiating with Republicans ... to force and Teekay ... and that's the reality no one's really getting into it and you know real effort to avoid the fiscal cliff ... it's it's the politics of that ... and look at this time and be nice you know we need some ... positive news to encourage the economy's encourage those of us that would like to see ... more responsible on ... fiscal leadership unwashed and I'm not that person ... there have been misunderstood I'm I think the Republicans are ... very tidy fix ... and will have to see will have to see what happens what what what about that ... idea though of doing the everything but the top ... two percent the top tax tax bracket ... aam because I guess the question is ... if the Republicans agree to do that they've lost the leverage there's no reason right for the present come back to the table ... and cut a deal in the top two percent is that I think I was in that go further and I think one of things you can realize is this is not just about this here this is going to set ... the agenda for the next couple of years and I I don't think the president's comments that are going to stop your ... book it comes down to this ... um ... there's a lot of talk to if we go over the fiscal cliff of all this stuff happens ... here's the recession ... the question is if you're the president one how much you believe that we will face his fear recession ... and that if we do ... from this point you will he get the blame for will he be able to blame the Republicans ... if you think he's worried about a recession the Republicans have a little more leverage if you think that he's not worried and on ... he ... has a lot of things that he can to keep he wants to ... tax the rich and almost ... is I think what mistakes we ... we have is that we think of it is an economic proposition where he made clear isn't couple Pizza moral propositions and ... then it's a source of credibility for his party ... and I think he ... feels the need billion to cry uncle last time until someone to do well but I think he killed in one last time yes he will win the PR battle becomes than a week over the flap ... copy will when the blame game he'll say you know I'd I'd leave the thinking is ... my my approval ratings above fifty percent ... Congress of the most unpopular Institute in the country the aisle when ... that could be ... I will just say it's like a bet on it is the day like any tough that is why these here for us out here that that ... when you're the president in your people the White House they tend to be more ... cautious I think the presence one ... but it did me ... you really have to think if there's going to the recession I don't know what advice they're getting from their economists and so forth ... get warm in Aleppo when asked about some these Republicans that ... sound like they may be willing to to to break ranks ... aam and open up higher rates ... on the rich and they're saying they do that in return for some serious ... entitlement reform ... raising age limits means testing ... a way that the appropriate trade off ... on have you ever seen seriously tired ... I think it's like a unicorn I've I've never really seen it so you're asking a hypothetical question you know this is like my knee my daughter asking me how Santa gets ... so I'm and I am not just the look and I think that so many of our of our ... propositions are based on these hypothetical that were operating from the same ... positions in the same goals and I think we're not ... who can believe it there the bank the a ...


text: The solar system is stuffed with mighty moons. Some are tiny, some are enormous. One is a raging volcanic inferno, others create rings around their planets. One has a giant ocean that could be home to extraterrestrial plesiosaurs. Another hangs in Earth's sky every evening. And others have bizarre landscapes, lakes, and geysers. But which is the most badass? Enceladus is the astrobiology It-Moon of the moment, but can it be beaten in a satellite smackdown? Vote (below) for your favorite from this list — or let us know which we've forgotten. Above: Mimas: A Giant Death Star Planet: Saturn Diameter: 396 km Date of Discovery: 1789 (William Herschel) Most Badass Feature: It's Darth Vader's weapon of choice. Mimas looks exactly like the Death Star. What better evidence of badassness could you possibly find? Images: 1) NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute. 2) Lucasarts.Europa: Icy Abode of (Possible) Life Planet: Jupiter Diameter: 3,100 km Date of Discovery: 1610 (Galileo Galilei) Most Badass Feature: Potential alien abode Scientists are pretty sure that beneath Europa's icy exterior is an ocean with almost twice the water that Earth has (and our planet is covered in water). Given that we know our own oceans to be teeming with organisms, most people are convinced that Europa is among the top contenders to find wriggling alien creatures somewhere other than Earth. All we need to do is invent a deep-drilling deep space robot that can crunch through the moon's 100-km-thick crust and scope out the surroundings. There are even hints that the ice shell is much thinner in places, where enormous lake-like reservoirs wait a mere 3 km below the surface. Even if Europa had no life, its place in the lunar badass hall of fame would be secure by virtue of it being one of the largest moons in the solar system. It's covered in beautiful cracks that make it look like some insane tattoo artist went to town on the place. And it gets the best shoutout in all of science fiction with when the god-like aliens of 2010: Odyssey Two tell humanity: "All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landings there." Images: 1) NASA/JPL 2) NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of ColoradoIo: The Realm of Raging Volcanoes Planet: Jupiter Diameter: 3,642 km Date of Discovery: 1610 (Galileo Galilei) Most Badass Feature: It's a moon. With hundreds of active volcanoes. You think saltwater geysers are special? Wait until you meet this moon. Io is the most geologically active object in the solar system. The moon's surface is pockmarked with more than 400 volcanoes — many of which erupt simultaneously. The extraterrestrial eruptions send plumes of sulfur and ash hundreds of kilometers into space and painting the moon in shades yellow, red, green, white, and black. Don't believe us? Check out this eruption from the moon's Tvashtar region (animation above), captured by the New Horizons spacecraft. That plume is 330 kilometers tall. Also, there are icy sulfur-bergs. And, when charged particles from Io's volcanoes (see close-up, below) slam into Jupiter's magnetosphere, they create auroras – shimmering lights at the giant planet's poles. Images: 1) The Galileo Project/NASA/JPL 2) NASA/Voyager Project/Calvin Hamilton Animation: NASA/WikipediaEnceladus: Giant Plumes of Life (Maybe) Planet: Saturn Diameter: 504 km Date of Discovery: 1789 (William Herschel) Most Badass Feature: Cryovolcanoes The argument for Enceladus being Saturn's most badass moon isn't even worth making. It's so obvious. But here's why it is the most badass in the solar system: It's not just one of the best candidates for life beyond Earth, it is spewing plumes of the evidence of this into space through cryovolcanoes. The icy surface of Enceladus is covering a hidden subsurface ocean that scientists believe may contain the ingredients necessary to harbor life. In addition, the surface is covered with cracks and folds and "tiger stripes" that get geologists all worked up. And it doesn't hurt that the most badass space probe has taken so many awesome shots of this moon. Images: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute.Hyperion: Land of the Honeycomb Planet: Saturn Diameter: 270-ish km Date of Discovery: 1848 (William Bond, George Bond, William Lassell) Most Badass Feature: Deep, sharp-edged craters that make it look like a giant angry space wasp nest Some of these craters have names like Bahloo and Jarilo. Scientists think Hyperion is a loose rubble pile held together by gravity. It has a fairly low density, suggesting that it's composed mostly of water ice with a bit of rock thrown in for good measure. Hyperion also rates as the moon most likely to be a good exfoliant if you printed a tiny model of it and kept it in your shower. Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteIapetus: A Cranky, Mysterious Moon Planet: Saturn Diameter: 1,468 km Date of Discovery: 1671 (Giovanni Domenico Cassini) Most Badass Feature: Huge, mysterious equatorial mountain range Two-toned Iapetus is Saturn's weirdest and most mysterious moon. One half of the moon is white, the other is black. It's squashed and shaped like a walnut. There are huge, icy avalanches. And running straight as an arrow along 75 percent of the moon's bulging equator is an enormous mountain range with peaks stretching 20 kilometers high, the likes of which have never been seen anywhere else. Images: 1) NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute 2) NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteCharon: The Almost-Planet (Dwarf) Planet: Pluto Diameter: 1,206 km Date of Discovery: 1978 (James W. Christy) Most Badass Feature: The main moon of an inherently badass planet Named after the mythological boatman who ferried doomed souls across the river Styx, Charon is Pluto's largest moon. At roughly half the diameter of Pluto, the moon is so big that it basically forms a binary planet with its dwarfish host. In fact, the pair orbits a center of mass that lies between the two objects, rather than inside Pluto. Though there aren't any fantastic images of this moon-with-delusions-of-grandeur, there will be soon. In 2015, when NASA's New Horizons probe swings by the system, we can expect to see Charon — and its underworldly friends — in detail. Charon is joined by moons Nix and Hydra, as well as tiny runt satellites P4 and P5, still awaiting names. Could the two small moons soon be named Vulcan and Cerberus? If the results of a recent popular vote are any indication, it appears that the cast of characters will soon include a three-headed dog and the Roman god of lave and smoke. Charon could still kick both their asses. Images: 1) Lanthanum-138/Wikimedia, based on Mapping the surface of Pluto and Charon 2) Dr. R. Albrecht, ESA/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility; NASATriton: Geysers at the Solar System's Edge Planet: Neptune Diameter: 2,700 km Date of Discovery: 1846 (William Lassell) Most Badass Feature: Active tectonics and cryovolcanoes Though moons like Enceladus hog all the attention with their spectacular geysers, Triton gets no love. Maybe that's because it's at the very edge of the solar system and hardly anyone remembers it even exists. But Triton's cryovolcanoes are incredibly alien, spewing out nitrogen and keeping the surface free of any blemishing impact craters. No one exactly understands how Triton's active volcanism works, especially considering that its surface temperature is only slightly above absolute zero. Instead of molten rock, water and ammonia flow over its face, carving complex valleys and ridges. Vast swathes of the moon are also covered in weird, mottled plains resembling cantaloupe peel. The bizarre cantaloupe terrain is completely unlike anything else in the solar system, and is thought to form when lumps of material rise upward through a layer of denser surface. Only one probe, Voyager 2, has ever ventured anywhere near the frozen moon. Image: NASA/JPL/USGSThe Moon: Earth's Constant Companion Planet: Earth Diameter: 3,474 km Date of Discovery: Unknown. Most Badass Feature: It's the only extraterrestrial object humans have walked on. About 4.5 billion years ago, Earth collided with a Mars-size object. The cataclysm shot a flaming ball of debris into space -- a fiery, roiling mass that eventually became the moon. Over time, the satellite's nascent magma oceans solidified. Asteroids pummeled its surface. And out of fire came the dusty, gleaming white surface that man eventually pressed his moon boots into. Now, the moon hangs serenely in Earth's skies, our planet's nearest neighbor and perpetual companion, an inspiration for mystics and poets, and a tease for the optimists who wish it were made of cheese. But though it's nearby, the moon still holds many mysteries, and scientists are working hard to solve its riddles. As NASA's Juno spacecraft made its way toward Jupiter, it took a minute to capture this image of the celestial pair. Images: 1) NASA/JPL 2) NASA 3) NASA/JPL/SwRIAsteroid Moons Planet: None Diameter: Variable Date of Discovery: First confirmed in 1993 (around 243 Ida) Most Badass Feature: Umm. They orbit asteroids. Mooneroids: Moons orbiting asteroids. Space rock thugs. Bodyguards. You know asteroids with moons are wandering around thinking they're all awesome because they've got an entourage. Image: 243 Ida and Dactyl, NASA/JPL Animation: (136617) 1994 CC, NASAPhoebe: The Black Sheep Planet: Saturn Diameter: 212 km Date of Discovery: 1898-1899 (W.H. Pickering) Most Badass Feature: It creates a huge, nearly invisible ring around Saturn. Phoebe is the rogue moon in the Saturnian system. It orbits the planet backward. Cratered and oddly shaped, the moon is most likely an icy, tiny seed that never grew into a planet. Then one day, Phoebe left its home in the Kuiper Belt, and wandered too close to the great ringed world. Saturn snared it. Now Phoebe flings dark dust into the space around its new home. (In fact, the moon is the source of Iapetus' darkened face.) And not just a little bit. Debris coming from the moon creates an enormous ring around Saturn (see illustration, right) — a ring so big and so dark that astronomers didn't even know it was there until 2009. Images: 1) NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute 2) NASA/JPL-Caltech/KeckTitan: Seasons, Lakes and Life Planet: Saturn Diameter: 5,150 km Date of Discovery: 1655 (Christiaan Huygens) Most Badass Feature: Enormous, hydrocarbon-filled seas with names like Kraken Mare Titan has seasonal vortexes at its poles, a subterranean ocean, a landscape covered in hydrocarbon lakes and water-ice rocks, a mighty, Nile-like river, cryovolcanoes, and the potential to host life. Covered in a dense orange haze, Titan is among the largest moons in the solar system, and the only body other than Earth to continually have liquid on its surface. In fact, the moon is deceptively Earth-like except for its surface chemistry. Finding life in one of Titan's lakes would be strong evidence for a second genesis: Instead of liquid water, critters would be living in frozen ethane or methane, normally gases but for the exceptionally cold temperature. In 2005, the Cassini-Huygens probe descended through Titan's haze, bounced a few times, slid, and wobbled to rest in a dry (methane) riverbed. Then, as all good spacecraft do, it took a picture (right). Images: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute, ESA/NASA/JPL/University of Arizona


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Cut Standards for Protective Glove Selection
Industry standards groups have made tremendous progress in testing, measuring, and standardizing the cut protective performance of gloves and apparel.
To facilitate the choice of mechanical (cut) protective clothing, both the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the European Union (EU) have developed cut standards for selection criteria.
ANSI/ISEA 105 ("American National Standard for Hand Protection") is a U.S. standard. Under ANSI/ISEA 105, gloves and other cut protective clothing are rated on a consistent numeric rating scheme for mechanical, thermal, chemical, dexterity, and other performance criteria. ANSI/ISEA is self-regulated, but has strict guidelines on testing methods.
The EU standard of EN 388 ("Protective Gloves Against Mechanical Risks") rates gloves and other cut protective clothing for puncture, tear, blade cut, and abrasion resistance, displaying information in a pictogram. Although regulated in the European Union, this standard is also recognized globally, and global PPE manufacturers may display the EN 388 rating on product packaging, in literature, and on websites.
Because EN 388 and ANSI/ISEA 105 use totally different test methods and rate on different numeric performance levels — EN 388 rates from 1 to 5, but ANSI/ISEA 105 rates from 0 to 5 — EN 388 and ANSI/ISEA 105 cut performance levels are not interchangeable. Be sure to clarify which standard is being used when discussing product performance levels. When comparing products, always compare them using the same cut test method/standard.
Although these cut standards are beneficial to purchasers when specifying cut protection garments and accessories, a global, cohesive regulation and standard is needed to eliminate the confusion around cut protection measurements. Today, DuPont is working with global standards organizations to address streamlining glove standards, making the selection process more efficient, accurate and less confusing —helping prevent unnecessary workplace accidents.
To learn more about test standards and test methods, please download the The Science of Cut Protection .


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"Somewhere in the world someone is training when you are not. When you race him, he will win."
– Tom Fleming
Practice can only make you perfect. There is no substitute for hardwork. To clear GATE no one needs to be well versed or be an expert in his field. All that GATE demands is good understanding of the basic concepts and their application. Inorder to clear the GATE 2017 exam you will need a proper study strategy which may involve preparing a proper study plan, focusing on important civil topics, intense determination and focus.
This video is based on series of lectures on Basic Civil subject. We would like to thank Head Educational Technology Service Center IIT New Delhi for providing us this highly educative video. Here we look into Module 8 of Building Materials and Construction which deals with Cement Aggregate and Water Selection. Come let us join Dr.B.Bhattacharjee for Lecture 1 on this topic…