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07:43:42 PM Papa Newt Hello
07:44:01 PM the LMC Radio Network Howdy
07:47:51 PM the LMC Radio Network Well got my three favorite people here, all is well with the world.
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07:49:52 PM the LMC Radio Network T-minus 10 minutes and counting
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07:57:50 PM ChristyXP :D
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08:00:50 PM ChristyXP I have sound!
08:01:31 PM Papa Newt Yay!
08:01:49 PM the LMC Radio Network ALL ABOARD!
08:01:54 PM ChristyXP Woo-woo!
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08:03:47 PM dragon gypsee Hello Everyone!
08:04:16 PM Papa Newt Hello, dragon gypsee. Welcome!
08:04:19 PM ChristyXP hi dragon gypsee!
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08:13:01 PM ChristyXP Lucky Numbers!
08:13:45 PM Candelos Corner Radio nsala malecu !!!!
08:13:51 PM ChristyXP shalom!
08:13:56 PM Papa Newt 8 - 12 - 18 - 23 - 40 - 42
08:14:06 PM ChristyXP 8 - 12 - 18 - 23 - 40 - 42
08:14:28 PM Papa Newt 212 - 653 - 828
08:14:39 PM ChristyXP 212 - 653 - 828
08:14:45 PM Papa Newt Three of Hearts - Three is a crowd
08:14:51 PM Papa Newt Welcome, Candelo!
08:15:00 PM Candelos Corner Radio thats my number 828 !!!
08:16:12 PM ChristyXP isaac hayes soulsville
08:16:23 PM ChristyXP (L)
08:16:31 PM ChristyXP very cool Candelo!
08:16:33 PM the LMC Radio Network Good week for you then brother!
08:16:43 PM Ghia (L)
08:16:49 PM the LMC Radio Network and Shalom to all have come in
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08:20:55 PM Candelos Corner Radio all praises too mighty whitey lol
08:21:08 PM Candelos Corner Radio oops to lol
08:21:42 PM ChristyXP LOL
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08:21:59 PM Candelos Corner Radio tell em bro !!
08:23:22 PM ChristyXP it wasn't even so golden if you were female
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08:24:46 PM ChristyXP ooh ennui
08:25:34 PM Candelos Corner Radio :S:o~(:S
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08:28:27 PM Ghia great knowledge
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08:29:33 PM Papa Newt arm and hammer *nods*
08:32:10 PM ChristyXP for f u c k s sake, you gave "auspicious days" from the farmer's almanac in the news at the top of the show. The farmer's almanac has been around for ages.
08:32:48 PM Ghia all ancient people knew the stars and the planets and all the universe...
08:33:01 PM Ghia as above so below
08:33:41 PM Papa Newt Cute & Exotic!
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08:34:19 PM Ghia no I love to discover what i used to know
08:34:40 PM VickieTrancho Good evening! (})
08:35:02 PM Ghia fells very natural and i trust
08:35:06 PM Papa Newt Good evening, Vickie Trancho.]
08:35:35 PM VickieTrancho (F)
08:36:42 PM missmichaele White people, if you want exotica, go make some of your own. Put on your broomstick skirts and tie dye.
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08:43:13 PM catherine yronwode LOL, Michaele ... i recall the days when every white girl dyed her hair ginger with henna to demonstrate her "Celtic roots."
08:44:00 PM catherine yronwode Sandy Koufax!
08:44:15 PM missmichaele Say, Prof, some day I'd love to hear about Mel Brooks' war hero days!
08:44:26 PM catherine yronwode The hero to oh so many weakling Jews, we were told. (Not true...)
08:45:00 PM missmichaele That's not so new, miss cat -- my grandmother did the same, and she actually had Celtic roots ... dark brown Celtic roots
08:45:22 PM missmichaele "The-ness caught him in a dance; A-ness never had a chance."
08:45:46 PM catherine yronwode Dangerous stereotypes -- and so many people suffer.
08:46:09 PM ChristyXP indeed
08:47:06 PM catherine yronwode Stereotypes change over time, too. When i was young, before the rise of the Jewish American Princess stereotype (which i had never heard until the 1970s!) i was told that "Jewish girls 'do it' (have sex).
08:47:19 PM Ghia (lol)(F)
08:48:56 PM catherine yronwode But now there is a stereotype that Jewish girls are bitchy and DON'T have sex. So ... the stereotypes mutate. Now lots of black people speak of being "warriors." That is relatively new too. And the Uncle Tom stereotype had vanished!
08:49:32 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Yay Firesign Theater.
08:49:40 PM catherine yronwode I love that persuasive New Age voice!
08:49:51 PM ChristyXP me too
08:49:53 PM Ghia (F)
08:50:12 PM Ghia Prof Porterfeild is the Bomb!'
08:50:24 PM Troll Towelhead GMS The Noble Savage
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08:50:52 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Tell us about the indigenous ecologists.
08:51:24 PM catherine yronwode And the indigenous sexologists!
08:51:29 PM Troll Towelhead GMS LOL
08:51:55 PM catherine yronwode Agronomy! A little-used word! 70 points!
08:52:23 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Perfect for a GOOFER DUST show!
08:52:32 PM catherine yronwode The poisoning laws.
08:53:11 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Well poisoners!!
08:53:24 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Extends before African Americans.
08:53:42 PM Troll Towelhead GMS "Thou shalt not suffer a poisoner to live."!
08:53:56 PM Troll Towelhead GMS La Voisin!
08:53:58 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Satanists@
08:54:31 PM catherine yronwode Good point -- a poisoner must be an educated person.
08:54:58 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Le Petite Albert!!!
08:55:12 PM catherine yronwode The Petit Albert, indeed!
08:55:26 PM catherine yronwode Or however it is spelled.
08:55:53 PM ChristyXP pastime paradise stevie wonder
08:56:13 PM Ghia (F)
08:56:20 PM Troll Towelhead GMS (F)
08:56:49 PM VickieTrancho (F)
08:58:38 PM ChristyXP i am really grooving on the choice of songs tonight
08:59:32 PM Troll Towelhead GMS What's that signal?1
08:59:41 PM ChristyXP in the vanguard!
09:00:06 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Whoosh!
09:00:14 PM the LMC Radio Network Whoooosh!
09:01:33 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Count Ghoulash!!!
09:01:46 PM Troll Towelhead GMS LOL!!!
09:01:48 PM Troll Towelhead GMS YES!
09:01:51 PM ChristyXP Hooray!
09:01:55 PM Troll Towelhead GMS You MUST!
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09:03:17 PM Troll Towelhead GMS The TINY people!
09:03:53 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Smallest church! There's a TINY church amongst the trains!
09:04:54 PM catherine yronwode Seeex seeex three two
09:05:07 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Made my day.
09:05:17 PM Troll Towelhead GMS I'm messaging her RIGHT NOW!
09:05:22 PM catherine yronwode I would listen too!
09:05:35 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Secrets of Scriptural Sorcery!
09:05:37 PM missmichaele Now I'm wondering about the tiny people depending on the tiny trains. I hope there's real food in the tiny general store...
09:05:40 PM catherine yronwode Secrets of Scriptural Sorcery....
09:06:01 PM Troll Towelhead GMS T Texas Tyler, Deck of Cards
09:06:01 PM catherine yronwode T Texas Tyler, A Deck of Cards!
09:06:08 PM Ghia (F)
09:06:08 PM catherine yronwode God, i love this!
09:06:25 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Totally inspiring.
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09:07:44 PM catherine yronwode Full text (transcribed by yer truly) is in the book "Hoodoo Bible Magic."
09:08:02 PM the LMC Radio Network and in A deck of Spells as well
09:08:03 PM Ghia <:o)(F)
09:08:11 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Yes, i knew it was in both!
09:08:17 PM Troll Towelhead GMS It was too good not to include.
09:08:20 PM Papa Newt http://www.luckymojo.com/adeckofspells.html
09:08:21 PM catherine yronwode Background tune is a symbiosis of "Remember Me" and "How Great Thou Art."
09:08:33 PM Troll Towelhead GMS http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoobiblemagic.html
09:08:40 PM ChristyXP it's neat because it ends the Bible book and begins the Card book
09:08:44 PM the LMC Radio Network and I was that soldier!
09:08:47 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Exactly!
09:08:55 PM catherine yronwode Or rather "How Great Thou Art" played in the style of "Remember Me." SO TEXAS!
09:09:09 PM Troll Towelhead GMS :'(
09:09:34 PM Candelos Corner Radio wow:'(
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09:10:14 PM ChristyXP 1762 household ledger of Mary Bacon
09:11:21 PM ChristyXP Wink Martindale?!
09:11:37 PM catherine yronwode Wink Martindale (cousin of Wink Winkerson, i think)
09:11:45 PM ChristyXP LOL
09:12:13 PM Troll Towelhead GMS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLwQvjH7-Qw
09:12:24 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Deck of Cards by Wink Martindale (Tyler)
09:14:35 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Queen Esther i'd guess.
09:14:45 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Yay! Jack or Knave the Devil!
09:15:59 PM catherine yronwode The "Queen of Heaven" is a Catholic term, not commonly found in Protestantism.
09:16:30 PM catherine yronwode "One is one and stands alone and ever more shall be it so." (Green Grow the Rushes Oh)
09:17:31 PM catherine yronwode "On the first day of Christmas..."
09:17:38 PM catherine yronwode And many other such songs.
09:18:01 PM ChristyXP that's some serious alliteration!
09:18:17 PM ChristyXP Professor Porterfield's Portable Pocket Altar
09:18:22 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Professor Porterfields Portable Pocket Altar (tm)
09:18:33 PM ChristyXP oh yes, tm
09:18:42 PM Troll Towelhead GMS oh yes, the apostrophe
09:20:31 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Jack Targets!
09:20:59 PM ChristyXP Hoodoo Shrines and Altars
09:21:02 PM Papa Newt http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodooshrinesandaltars.html
09:21:04 PM catherine yronwode Spoke so quickly!
09:21:23 PM Troll Towelhead GMS http://www.missionaryindependent.org
09:21:25 PM catherine yronwode It's in "Hoodoo Shrines and Altars" by Miss Phoenix LeFae!
09:21:36 PM Papa Newt http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoobiblemagic.html
09:21:43 PM VickieTrancho A great book!
09:21:50 PM Papa Newt http://www.luckymojo.com/gooferdust.html
09:22:09 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Kitchen?!
09:22:12 PM ChristyXP Wait, there's goofer dust in my kitchen?
09:22:25 PM Troll Towelhead GMS That's what i wanted to know!
09:22:27 PM missmichaele It must be a very well-equipped kitchen
09:23:01 PM missmichaele For some reason I want to date this song at 1934....?
09:23:02 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Goofy Dust
09:24:01 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Goofer Dust Blues?
09:24:34 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Is this on catherine yronwode's Hoodoo Jukebox?
09:24:52 PM Papa Newt I do not recall this song being on the Hoodoo Jukebox.
09:24:57 PM ChristyXP I don't know, but I like it
09:25:02 PM catherine yronwode Goofer Dust Swing by Lil Johnson,
09:25:07 PM Troll Towelhead GMS There it is!
09:25:18 PM Papa Newt Hoodoo Jukebox Vol. 2!
09:25:23 PM Troll Towelhead GMS There ya go!
09:25:42 PM catherine yronwode You bet, Papa Newt!
09:26:01 PM Papa Newt http://www.luckymojo.com/gooferdust.html
09:27:10 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Nicolas Brothers!
09:27:13 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Nicholas
09:27:28 PM Troll Towelhead GMS "The Black Network"
09:27:37 PM Troll Towelhead GMS {cutting out}
09:27:45 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Gotcha back.
09:28:42 PM Troll Towelhead GMS kufwe
09:28:54 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Goofy indeed.
09:29:46 PM missmichaele Those last two symptoms sound like kuru -- which isn't African, so maybe off topic.
09:30:13 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Now you can understand my question.
09:30:43 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Yes! I recall Robert Johnson singing of such things.
09:31:27 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Or in your outhouse.
09:31:30 PM Papa Newt http://www.luckymojo.com/lovespells.html
09:31:42 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Like so many of us have such an outhouse.
09:32:22 PM Troll Towelhead GMS http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodooherbandrootmagic.html
09:32:36 PM ChristyXP just like lucky numbers will hit?
09:32:38 PM ChristyXP ahhh
09:33:05 PM Ghia (F)
09:33:15 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Not killing your lottery adversaries.
09:33:36 PM Ghia (L)(F)
09:33:38 PM catherine yronwode A table with 13 dishes -- also unlucky!
09:33:50 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Hi frog!
09:34:14 PM catherine yronwode The idea is that these superstitions are real, true.
09:34:16 PM Troll Towelhead GMS He will!
09:34:27 PM the LMC Radio Network *nods*
09:34:28 PM Troll Towelhead GMS I can testify! I wrote to Madame Nadia!
09:34:39 PM dragon gypsee thank you for a wonderful show!!!
09:34:43 PM catherine yronwode The end? Already?
09:34:46 PM Troll Towelhead GMS You tell 'em Winston!
09:34:54 PM dragon gypsee quit the room
09:34:59 PM the LMC Radio Network there will be a last word from Ms Evens in a moment as well.
09:35:06 PM catherine yronwode And here comes Ragtime Texas Henry Thomas. MORE TRAIN SONGS.
09:35:13 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Oh good! We heard one last week!
09:35:15 PM catherine yronwode WE MUST HAVE MANY MORE TRAIN SONGS.
09:35:21 PM Troll Towelhead GMS LOL
09:35:22 PM Ghia I'm so Happy I found you all
09:35:29 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Great to have you, Ghia!
09:35:40 PM the LMC Radio Network We are so happy to have you here with us Ghia
09:35:42 PM Candelos Corner Radio whats the name of this song ?
09:36:02 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Trained Pan Pipes Go To Chicago on the Kitty
09:36:03 PM catherine yronwode "Railroadin' Some" by Henry "Ragtome Texas" Thomas.
09:36:12 PM catherine yronwode Ragtime
09:36:22 PM Ghia (lol)
09:36:33 PM Candelos Corner Radio i love it lol
09:36:36 PM Papa Newt Excellent show, Professor. Thank you as always.
09:36:36 PM catherine yronwode He plays the home-made pan pipes, called "quills" from cane on the Brazos river.
09:36:38 PM missmichaele Some day soon I ought to trace this route on a map.
09:36:47 PM Papa Newt Time to head out. Good night everyone, and be well.
09:36:51 PM catherine yronwode pan pipes = syrinx, ancient instrument.
09:36:58 PM Troll Towelhead GMS That would be swell, Miss Michaele! Catherine's been talking about that for moons.
09:37:01 PM the LMC Radio Network It's a fun thing to do Miss Michaele
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09:37:18 PM catherine yronwode He gives all the names of the railroads and the transfer points.
09:37:18 PM Candelos Corner Radio lets do it
09:37:31 PM catherine yronwode I would like it on a map.
09:37:31 PM Troll Towelhead GMS I think she had in mind like a photographic series or a film.
09:37:37 PM ChristyXP It was great to see everyone. Have a great night!
09:37:42 PM ChristyXP (})
09:37:43 PM Ghia (F)
09:37:43 PM missmichaele Well, I was wondering what sort of a journey it was.
09:37:44 PM Candelos Corner Radio /i love trains
09:37:44 PM catherine yronwode Oh yes, a slide show!
09:37:50 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Sweet dreams, Christy!!
09:37:53 PM the LMC Radio Network That would be amazing
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09:38:04 PM missmichaele I'm starting to wonder how many songs there are about the Great Migration.
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09:38:36 PM catherine yronwode Great Migrtion songs are many, mostly about trains ... plus "The Northern Starvers" by Bo Carter.
09:38:47 PM catherine yronwode Okay, nighty night.
09:38:53 PM the LMC Radio Network Chat Captured on my end
09:38:59 PM catherine yronwode Bye1
09:39:00 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Capturing also.
09:39:01 PM the LMC Radio Network be well my friends
09:39:04 PM catherine yronwode quit the room
09:39:08 PM Troll Towelhead GMS Nightee night@
09:39:11 PM the LMC Radio Network nice to have you here with me
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If you haven't yet come across the work of David Grann, consider yourself lucky: you have much to look forward to. This includes his latest and third book, Killers of the Flower Moon, a resplendent and gripping true-crime tale about a string of murders nearly 100 years old.
These killings, beginning in the early 1920s, involved the "Osage Indians" in Oklahoma, who at the time were some of the richest people in the U.S.: Their land sat atop an ocean of oil earning them millions each year, which was dispersed among those in the tribe holding "headrights." A headright — essentially a share of the oil money — was the equivalent of a winning lottery ticket, though it could neither be bought nor sold. You could only inherit one, which naturally meant someone had to die. This began happening with alarming frequency in May, 1921, and continued for five years, either by bullet, bombing, car crash or the slow death of poison.
It was called the Reign of Terror and there were plenty of suspects. Many Osage weren't seen fit to handle their own money, so a white guardian was assigned to manage their finances. Needless to say, not all had their ward's best interest in mind — even when they were also their husband. (As one love-struck husband put it, "I don't work. I married an Osage.") A logical place to begin looking for a suspect or two, but given the level of corruption among officials and the racist ideas of the day, little was done.
Grann spends about a third of the book teasing out the story of the murders, largely focusing on Mollie Burkhart and her dwindling family. He then switches over to FBI Special Agent Tom White, who is sent by J. Edgar Hoover to get involved. It is 1925, the FBI is in its infancy, and the mercurial Hoover is determined to showcase his organization. White's story is fascinating, and he proves to be a doggedly single-minded pursuer of the truth. As it turns out though, neither White nor the FBI got everything right, or even every one of their men; Grann ends up making a few discoveries of his own.
This is not surprising. Grann, who has been a staff writer at the New Yorker since 2003, is an obsessive reporter who has made a stellar career of chasing down the strange and rendering the results in page-turning stories brimming with novelistic touches. As with his previous book, The Lost City of Z, this one provoked fierce Hollywood interest, eventually earning him a $5 million advance. It is a tale expertly told but one that is soaked in Indigenous blood.
James Macgowan is a frequent contributor to The Star's book section.

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A huge chunk of meat is a comestible obtained by zapping a boulder with a spell of stone to flesh. As an ordinary comestible, a huge chunk of meat can be safely eaten any number of turns after it is created. Contrast this with corpses, which only last 50 turns before becoming unsuitable for eating. As such, a huge chunk of meat becomes valuable as a safe source of nutrition.
As its name implies though, it is huge; its nutrition value, 2000, is the highest in the game. In fact, the value is so high that unless you are fainting, eating a huge chunk of meat will make you oversatiated. Beware eating anything after eating a huge chunk of meat - if you are oversatiated, which is not displayed in the status bar, you will choke over your food and die unless you are wearing either an amulet of life saving or magical breathing.
Carnivorous pets, however, have insatiable appetites and no consumption limits. A huge chunk of meat will ensure they won't starve while you're occupied with activities that won't generate corpses for them.
Also, its weight shows how huge it is. Even though it is safe to eat, it is probably not good to carry it around.
A huge chunk of meat does not act like a boulder; it is a normal item that sits on the ground, and not an obstacle that you would push around.
You can also break the boulder into rocks using a digging tool or a spell of force bolt or wand of striking first, yielding a few dozen meatballs.
Encyclopaedia entryEdit
Huge chunks of meat share the same encyclopedia entry as meatball.
Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some would eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
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Check out this premiere of Broadcaster's new video for "Tightrope Walker." It's the title track from their upcoming J. Robbins-produced 7-inch, due out Mar. 20 via Jump Start. The clip was directed by Samuel Gursky.
The band will be playing at Get Better Fest (Keene, NH) & Stay Sweet Fest (Richmond, VA) this April, then heading out this May for a Midwest/Northeast tour ending at Pouzza Fest in Montreal. Pre-order the 7-inch here.


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We present a modeling technique that uses eigenmode expansion to simulate infinite periodic structures with Kerr nonlinearity. Using a unit cell with Bloch boundary conditions, our iterative algorithm efficiently calculates self-consistent two-dimensional Bloch modes. We show how it can be used to study the band structure of nonlinear photonic crystals and to gain rapid insight in the operation of devices. Furthermore, we present nonlinear transversely localized guided modes, which are kinds of gap solitons or intrinsic localized modes, that induce their own waveguide through a photonic crystal without linear defects.
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Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret here again.
I don't know what it's been like up your end of the world but down here it hasn't got above freezing all day!
When we got to the beach it was minus two degrees and with a stiff wind blowing we reckon the windchill added two or three minuses to that!
It was so cold that Old Two Legs didn't get the camera out 'cos it was too cold to take his paws out of his pocket, having forgotten his 'Winter Gloves'!
Wendy and Freddy were in a hurry to get back to the car and I must admit, Holly and I didn't hang about either!
Lunchtime it was May and Eric's turn to come out for a walk. They had a walk on the grass path as they headed down to the beach. Mind you, they kept on climbing up OTL's leg to get back into his arms for a cuddle!
On the beach Holly spotted a Wormy Man waiting for the tide to recede so he could start digging.
|Has he stopped for a wee?
|If I had a wee now those woofers will see me!
Normally Eric would hang around and maybe do a 'Freddy' by rolling on his back or sniffing around but today it all Go Go Go!
|Out of my way, these rocks are cold!
We were told that we may get a visit on Saturday by three little woofers called Alfie, Oscar and Louie! Yep! It looks like they have got over being stabbed with needles and now are protected against all those nasty bugs!
Mind you, we will have to be on our best behaviour 'cos they are bound to have a wee or a poo on the carpet and we don't want to get blamed!
OTL says he will be there with the camera to take some photo's!
See you all tomorrow!
Daisy, Holly, Miss May, Miss Wendy, Freddy and Eric de Ferret.


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Today we welcome our friend May Flaum as our guest blogger. As you know, May visits us from time to time, always sharing a great technique tutorial. Today she has a great card to share that features new Tim Holtz Alterations!
Welcome May!
There are few things I enjoy more than using my embossing folder to add texture to die cut paper, and today I've got a card that is surprisingly quick and easy too!
The first four steps are very simple, as shown above.
1. Die cut the postage stamp frame and the mini heart from cream cardstock.
2. Place the die cut postage stamp shape into the Eiffel Tower texture fade folder and emboss.
3. Use distress inks and a foam blending tool to color the embossed die cut.
4. Use a brown distress marker to add ink to the edges.
Once this is done, adhere a piece of book paper behind the heart and then place several foam adhesive squares on the back of the die cut and set aside. For the base of your card, use those same ink colors to make a blended background with distress ink. Flick with water for water spots if desired.
Add some twine and a metal charm, adhere the die cut to the center of your card, and in less than fifteen minutes you have a stunning creation!
I am going to be taking this design and altering it slightly to create my own birthday party invitations this year – I just love this postage stamp frame die, and how wonderfully it works with my texture fades and other elements to create the perfect focal point for my cards.
Happy Crafting!
May Flaum
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What healthcare CIOs need to know from Verizon data breach report
Verizon's report on data breaches covers all industries, but says healthcare's focus should be on laptops, thumb drives, credit card data.
The good news: While the annual Verizon-Secret Service 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report shows that hacktivist attacks and state-sponsored espionage are on the rise, overall, healthcare organizations aren't really prime targets for those kinds of attacks.
That's because perpetrators of these new hackers primarily want to steal intellectual property and government secrets, said Suzanne Widup, senior analyst on Verizon's RISK Team, which authors the data breach report.
Financially motivated cybercrime still makes up 75% of data breaches.
Across all industries, financially motivated cybercrime still makes up 75% of data breaches, according to the report, which draws statistical conclusions from 621 confirmed data breaches, as well as more than 47,000 reported security incidents. The finance and retail sectors led all 20 market sector categories in the 2013 report from Verizon, its sixth edition. Healthcare was represented by the information from six data breaches that was contributed to the report, but researchers also examined publicly reported information to develop their guidance for data breach prevention that the report contains.
The bad news: The industry has a variety of data breach prevention worries. Healthcare providers have a lot of catching up to do with other sectors, such as finance and manufacturing, not only in detecting and stopping leaks in their networks in order to protect patients but also in lining up with new compliance mandates, such as the HIPAA omnibus rule.
In breaking down her team's data breach statistics, Widup said it's still difficult to determine whether healthcare breaches are on the rise or not. New state and local laws are forcing hospitals to report breaches for the first time, and their new awareness of the security vulnerabilities in patient data is helping hospitals to detect problems that might have gone unnoticed before.
Most threats to healthcare data are still external, the Verizon data seems to indicate, as opposed to the internal threats posed by disgruntled employees or well-meaning workers who aren't well-versed in privacy policies. While such internal threats still need to be addressed and mitigated, devices such as thumb drives and laptops with unencrypted data seem to be where healthcare providers are getting into the most trouble.
Anecdotal reports of medical identity theft are on the rise, buthealthcare data thieves are still looking for credit card numbers and other data that can be used to steal or be resold to other thieves. "That's a constant with any organization that has these kinds of devices," Widup said. "Healthcare breaches act a lot like the retail breaches. The people going after [illegally obtained data] are financially motivated. They're looking for credit cards and social security numbers they can turn into cash in very short order. Basically, [data thieves] have a set vulnerability that they [know]; they're a hammer and they're looking for a nail."
Prevention all comes down to the risk assessment process, Widup said. If healthcare providers can get that right, they can help mitigate their biggest potential problems, first, then tackle lesser issues that still amount to threats to patient data.
Because it's required by HIPAA and meaningful use, risk assessment should be on healthcare leaders' radar anyway. Healthcare providers get value from risk assessment because they're customizing their security plans to the facility's specific risks. "Evidence-based risk assessment is very important," Widup said. "If you're not doing it on what your actual risks are, then you're kind of taking a stab in the dark at what you think [the data security risk] might be without having evidence of what it is."
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Brother Zulfi Khan would like to inform members that his Uncle Mr Asmatullah Khan a prominent member of New Zealand Jama'at passed away couple of hours ago. Innalillahe wa inna illahe rajeeon. His funeral will be held this afternoon in New Zealand. He was also the uncle of Br Shabir Khan sahib of Blacktown Jama'at.
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This week Eric sits down with presumptive presidential nominee of the Green Party, Dr. Jill Stein. Eric and Jill discuss everything from the rot and criminality at the heart of US politics, to the need for grassroots organizing beyond just the election seasons. The conversation opens with an examination of the odious record of Hillary Clinton, and the destruction that Clintonism has wrought on the working class in the US, and on innocents around the world. The conversation also touches on Donald Trump as the terrible boogeyman giving liberals the excuse to support Clinton. Dr. Stein also utters the unutterable: US as imperial state. Eric and Jill then talk organization, the necessity of a "Green Panther Party" with community-based survivial programs and so much more.


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"No he cannot beat Obama because his policy is the basis for Obamacare. The signature issue of Obama is Obamacare. You can't have a candidate who has given the blue print for Obamacare. It's too identical. It's not going to happen." - Michelle Bachmann on Mitt Romney
"new vision of prosperity and liberty." - Same woman on the same man when left no choice other than to endorse him or shut the fuck up. And, unfortunately for us, the latter is not an option!
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Pregnancy Ups & Downs
This week...
Pregnancy Ups
- We pretty much have everything we need for the baby, which is awesome! Again, we are so grateful for everything that everyone has given us. We've got a couple more things to buy, most which can wait until after the baby is here.
- We finally started practicing our Bradley Method relaxation again after weeks of being busy and slacking off. I didn't realize how awesome I sleep afterwards. Which then puts me in a good mood. We must keep it up.
- I am very fortunate where we work. There's been major construction going on next door to us which has been causing a lot of dust, fumes and other stuff to seep into our office. This week I was able to work a couple days at home due to fumes from next door. I'm grateful that I am able to work from home. It's also really going to help out when I'm on maternity leave since I'll be able to slowly integrate myself back to work before going back to the office full time.
Pregnancy Downs
- I've been very very lucky with my pregnancy and only have been getting up to pee at night about one time. Yeah, it's all changed now and I've get up between 2 - 3 times a night now.
- Getting closer and closer to my due date is making very anxious. I know that I'll know when I'm in labor...but before that, I'm like paranoid over every achy and pain, thinking that that's the start of labor. It's worse in the middle of the night when my mind it groggy.
- I really miss my stamina. I walk the dogs or go to the store and when I get back, I'm just beat and I need to sit or lay down. And I want to do stuff! Pfft.
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Renée Zellweger, who presented at the award ceremony, brought a gleaming gold look to the 2013 Oscars in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Clad in her go-to designer, Carolina Herrera, Renée looked very statuesque in a curve-hugging sequined gown. Renée's gown offered an element of surprise from the back with a small train and keyhole cutouts with red velvet bow details.
The actress styled her gown with ruby and diamond bangles from Van Cleef & Arpels and a gilded box clutch.
While Renée's dress was beautiful, her hair and makeup style was underdone for the occasion, as it looked like she pulled her hair back at the last minute.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C -- Mary Stanton Coltrane and Matthew Mills were high school sweethearts. The two met when they were just kids thanks to Matthew's younger sister.
"I was good friends with his younger sister and so I always knew who Matthew was. But it wasn't until high school that we actually officially met and got to know each other," Mary Stanton said.
The two said it was then that their friendship turned into something a little more serious.
"It kind of started through just classic high school texting and led from there," Matthew said.
Matthew said he knew from the first date with Mary Stanton that she was the one for him.
"She ordered two tacos, rice and beans," Matthew said reminiscing about their first date.
Matthew and Mary Stanton dated all through high school and continued long distance in college.
"Being long distance in college was tough," Matthew said. "But we knew that we loved each other and wanted to stay together. It was tough but happy we made that decision.
Mary Stanton was going to UNC and Matthew, a year older, was already attending UVA.
For four years, Mary Stanton made the drive up the interstate to see Matthew on the weekends.
"I did a lot of driving up and down the interstate to see him," Mary Stanton said. "Matthew played soccer at UVA so his schedule was more strict."
Mary Stanton and Matthew said breaking up over the long-distance was just never an option. The two fell in love and knew they would have to work hard to keep this relationship afloat.
After four years of long-distance, Matthew graduated from college and moved down to Charlotte to be closer to Mary Stanton.
"After I graduated school I moved to Charlotte and that was a much easier commute," Matthew said. "The long-distance, we kind of became used to it. I think it was better for us to be long-distance and then be in the same place as opposed to vice-versa."


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By now, everyone in the known universe seemingly has seen the video of Tara the Hero Cat, the terror tabby that saved a Bakersfield family's 4-year-old son who was being attacked by a neighbor's dog.
Cat lovers everywhere rejoiced. Dog lovers everywhere … well, I don't really know what they did. Probably cringed, both at the bad actor that the dog was in this incident, and that a dog got its rear kicked (literally) by a cat.
Me? Well, I had a slightly, ah, different reaction.
You see, we have a cat. Or rather, she has us — to attend to her every need, to pamper her, to feed and pet and otherwise cater to her, while she, of course, pays us as little notice as possible. Except at 5 a.m. when she wants more food, or to go outside. She then howls at the bedroom door or, if especially annoyed, leaps onto the dresser and proceeds to knock items off, one by one, until someone rises to do her bidding.
OK, yes, we love her.
But now I have a problem: I have a serious case of cat envy. Now I want Tara the Hero Cat. I want that combination of love and ferociousness.
Here's what I have instead:
A few years ago, while the rest of us were out but my ailing teenage son slept in, and with the cat snoozing on her favorite family room chair, burglars broke in the back door. They rifled through the place, taking cash and valuables.
My son? He slept through it.
My cat? Apparently, she did too.
That's right: No Tara the Hero Cat. Rather, I have Huck the Help Yourself to Whatever You Want Cat.
In fact, the only people she has attacked are the two nice neighbors who alternate taking care of her when we're on vacation. Burglars, she's fine with. Good Samaritans? Not so much.
OK, honestly, I'm happy that Tara the Hero Cat is getting its well-earned 15 minutes of fame. But now I'm wondering: Where did I go wrong? Like with my boys (as my wife scolds me often), was I too easy on our cat, providing a lifestyle filled with endless hours of lounging, comfortable places to rest, an ample supply of food — but no demands, no chores, no responsibilities? Should I have asked more? And if I had, would I too have a hero cat?
Actually, I mentioned this to the cat last night. She looked at me, then stretched, yawned and returned to grooming herself.
Apparently, as with many parenting missteps, there are just things that you don't find out until it's too late.
So I guess I'll just hope a dog doesn't attack me in my driveway. Because I'm pretty sure my cat will just watch — from her favorite perch by the window.
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Picked up this little gem from our friends at RWA:
While on the surface it seems TS20xx RE use unlikely to exceed the "free" allowance, i would be very uneasy about giving debit or credit card details to Google to process at their behest. Mistakes can happen, without a meter, data use could inadvertently be exceeded. We're not talking about small bills here, either. $200 or about £150 in UK language is quite a bit of cash to part with and presumably like a taxi fare once you hit the threshold the dial starts spinning.
Of course you don't absolutely need the overlay to build a route in TS20xx and sometimes I found it a hindrance, but equally where the resolution is good it can be an invaluable tool. Unlikely to happen, at least not from DTG, but a plug in or overlay for Open Street Map might be a better alternative?
And the mind has to wonder, how long before use of Google Earth goes the same way with a licence needing to be obtained with card details as security?


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As individuals we often guide our behavior in a situation by our reference groups, these being the groups of people whose presumed perspectives or values are used as the basis for our behavior. Keep in mind; this is a little different from "peer pressure", namely because those in the reference group may not even be aware of their influence (thus no pressure exists).
Looking at me you, for example, one could say I have the following reference groups: Immediate family, extended family, friends (which could break down even further into hometown friends, college friends, neighborhood friends…), colleagues, etc.
Are all reference groups equal? In most cases, they certainly are not. Typically only one group serves as a person's primary point of reference.
4 Criteria for Classifying Reference Groups:
- Membership
- Strength of social ties (closeness of members)
- Type of contact (direct or indirect)
- Attraction
Attraction is a tricky criterion to understand. This is because it deals with desirability. Attraction may be negative or positive. Negative attraction to a group can lead to disassociative reference groups. For example, if you don't like your boss, then you may seek to differentiate your lifestyle outside of work from the boss'. If he drives a Hummer, maybe you'll stick to the sports car. On the other hand, the Thanksgiving Day table reference group may be a very positive influence (assuming you like your family or value their opinions).
In marketing we never want to discount the influence of our consumers' reference groups. Oftentimes marketers will seek to tap into a market's reference groups. One notable way is through endorsements. This is tapped into by finding the consumers' "symbolic aspiration group." For example, there is a good reason why Lacoste selected Andy Roddick, currently the #1 male tennis player in the U.S. (ATP rankings), to wear their brand. Andy's attire, both on and off the court, can be influencing to not only his fans but also the general tennis community.
Market Intelligence, which should include Consumer Market Research and Consumer Profiling, is an essential for identifying the reference groups that may be influencing your market. Ask yourself, who's influencing your market? If you don't know the answer, find out!


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Many watch manufacturers boast about how deep underwater their timepieces will work as well as giving claims as to the atmospheric pressure they can withstand. How often are these facts and figures actually tested in a real-world scenario, though? One watch which has been tested to its limits is the Omega Speedmaster.
The late Neil Armstrong is known to the world as the first man to have walked on the moon on 20 July 1969. What many don't know, however, is that Armstrong and his fellow astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission, Buzz Aldrin, were both wearing their Omega Speedmasters during the mission. The Speedmaster is the only watch to have been approved by NASA or EVH for extra-vehicular activities. In other words, the confidence in this watch was so high that even NASA said it would work on the moon.
It's not just a theoretical claim, though. Buzz Aldrin actually wrote in his 1973 book, Return to Earth, that he did indeed wear his Omega Speedmaster on the surface of the moon. Prior to being used on the Apollo 11 mission, the watches underwent a barrage of testing at NASA. These tests included simmering the watches in boiling water for a number of hours then immediately freezing them at -18c. They then steeped the watches in pure oxygen for 48 hours, took hammers to them and put them through compression and decompression chambers. They subjected them to immensely high speeds and vibrations and carried out a number of extreme tests on the Speedmaster and a number of other watches. The allowed deviation of accuracy during the tests was five seconds per day. The only watch to beat this was the Omega Speedmaster.
Even today, the Omega Speedmaster is the choice of astronauts the world over. In fact, the watch can handle pressure more than five times that experienced in space. Before heading to the moon, the Omega Speedmaster was used by Gus Grissom and John Young on Gemini 3 on 23 March 1965, as did Ed White during the first American Space Walk. Having been produced by Omega since 1957, the watch is still being manufactured today, with the modern line including a number of other models, such as analog-digital and automatic mechanical variations of the watch. A number of limited edition versions of the watch have also been launched, with sales remaining impressive throughout.
The technology of the watch is what allows it to survive under such extreme conditions. A clamp ring is attached to the glass of the Speedmaster, as the internal pressure of the watch must always remain constant. If it does not, the lubricating oil can leak, which means the moving parts will no longer work properly and the glass could be obscured, rendering the watch unworkable. If a vacuum were to develop inside the watch, it would not run at the same speed due to the balance wheel not working effectively under vacuum conditions. In addition, the glass of the watch has to be thick enough and have enough elasticity to withstand huge temperature differences in space. To cut a long story short, the margin for error is incredibly small, which just goes to show the engineering ingenuity which has gone into designing the Omega Speedmaster.
The accuracy of the Omega Speedmaster is absolutely vital. When an astronaut exits his space module, his oxygen supply begins to deplete. This happens at a steady rate, and can only be measured using time. For this reason, it is vital that his watch is incredibly accurate in space so he knows how long his oxygen supply will last. The Omega Speedmaster really is the difference between life and death.
For the discerning watch buyer who really does want only the best, there is no other option than the Omega Speedmaster. The technology still remains completely unrivalled after almost sixty years, with the watch being one of the most popular and sought-after in the world. After all, how many people can actually say that their watch is the same model as the first watch worn on the moon? If you choose to buy an Omega Speedmaster, you can.


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Feakle Festival Merchandise
Take home a memory of Feakle Festival
In Time In Tune is a documentary film which charts the growth of Feakle Festival from it's birth as a small local event and follows the story through the first 25 years as the Festival grew into the successful International Festival of Traditional Music.The film is available as a DVD and is priced at 12 Euro; add it to your shopping cart below.
To mark the 20th event the Festival produced the CD, Reeling Through the Years. The CD not just honours Feakle's local musicians but also many of the visiting musicians who have a long association with the Festival. The album is a combination of tracks taken from recordings of concerts and sessions at the Festival through out the first 20 years. The CD is priced at 12 Euro; add it to your shopping cart below.


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Feel free to add to this list in the comment section below.
1) Create a tryout plan.
- Have a very detailed plan for what you want to accomplish with the players: specific skills, hustle drills, team situations, physical testing, etc. If the space is available, separate players by position to better compare during skill work. During team situations, move players up and down as evaluations are made.
2) Ask yourself: what are you looking for? – What is your tryout/club philosophy?
- Are you looking for volleyball players or athletes that can become volleyball players?
- Are you looking for players with the most skill or with the most potential?
- How are they right now vs. how good can they become with your coaching/training? What is their attitude, desire, effort – these are critical – how can you measure them?
- If you are looking for VB skills, make sure you test all six skills.
- If you are looking for athletes, have a combination of physical tests that can help you determine who is a good athlete and skill drills that tell you where they are at in their volleyball development.
3) Notify all staff members of his/her role.
- Split up experienced coaches to be paired with newer coaches. Make sure there are coaches that can toss accurately on the hitting courts and that can hit accurately on the digging courts.
- Have coaches that run drills and coaches that are evaluators only. Make sure that the evaluators either stay on one court and every player rotates to them or they systematically rotate to each court. Random walking around is not the best plan.
- Have a system of evaluation which is consistent with the other coaches. Break every 45 minutes (take 5-7 minutes to compare notes).
4) Have a written down tryout procedure
- Ask the question on all drills, "What do I want to see in this drill?"
- Types of drills to incorporate:
- Ball Control – individual ball contacts; partners (setting, passing, pepper, etc)
- Attacking drills – spiking from several positions on the net –minimum – Left and Right side
- Serve and Serve receive;
- Setting and digging – separate these to setters and liberos
- Back Court exchange is a great tryout drill – since you hit, dig and set
- Individual skill evaluation drills
- Coleman-McKenzie test (alternate forearm pass and set – at least 6 feet above your head – see who can do 25 - 50 in row)
- Sits Test – sit, set ball to self, stand up set ball, sit set ball – continuously – great accuracy and agility test
5) Separate skill levels quickly - you want the best kids to see other best kids
6) Have head coaches involved in picking their own teams
7) Make sure that you have enough balls – one per tryout player or at least 15-20 per court. Other items: measuring devices for your physical testing: height, reach, jump; evaluation forms; pens/pencils; water;
8) Minimize standing around. This refers back to creating a tryout plan. Avoid having a long line of girls waiting to touch a ball. Keep drills fast paced and rotate players in an efficient manner.
9) Have a way to identify athletes. Nametags, t-shirts with numbers on the back, etc.
10) Have a way test do jump testing.
- The height of the game is ever-growing and this is a quick and easy way to tell an athlete's "potential". When making roster decisions it might be helpful to know how "high" a player hits, if the skill level is comparative but one player touches 4" higher than another, it might make decisions easier. It's also helpful to track progress throughout the season.
- Click here for a breakdown on "How to do a Jump Test"
- Vertical jump is not only a measure of jumping ability - - but is a good measure of overall athletic ability (strength, power, coordination, etc.). A true vertical jump/Sargent Jump has no approach – use the volleyball approach!
11) Schedule an alternate tryout method. If players can not make the original tryout, have a backup method to evaluate. Watch a high school game, require an individual session, have two tryout dates to choose from.
12) Parent meeting separate but same time as tryouts (run by club director) to explain tryout format and criteria for selection, also club costs and payment options.
13) Devise a method for notifying players/parents about the roster.
- Email, phone, post online? Brief it prior to tryout, and prior to leaving.
- Prepare for parents of the "unchosen ones" to contact you with questions/comments/complaints.
14) If your club meets with players right after tryouts make sure that the club director plus a coach are both present for those that didn't make the team to answer questions or provide comfort. Have other tryout info available so they may turn out for other clubs that day.
15) Start and end tryouts at their designated times.


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The beetroot, also known in North America as the table beet, garden beet, red or golden beet, or informally simply as the beet, refers to any of the cultivated varieties of beet (Beta vulgaris) grown for their edible taproots.
The usually roots of beetroot are eaten either grilled, boiled, or roasted as a cooked vegetable, cold as a salad after cooking and adding oil and vinegar, or raw and shredded, either alone or combined with any salad vegetable. The green, leafy portion of the beet is also edible. It is most commonly served boiled or steamed, in which case it has a taste and texture similar to spinach. Beetroot is an excellent source of folate and a good source of manganese.


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Description: You and the other members of your party are stranded! But is that such a bad thing? Now it's up to you to build a beautiful and thriving civilization on the Lost Island!
Adventure, magic, and romance await as you explore the mysterious jungle, discover hidden secrets, and build a stunning beach paradise!
But be careful! You're not alone on this island...
Things you'll be doing in Shipwrecked:
• Explore the mysterious jungle for magical artifacts
• Race to find hidden treasures
• Discover lost civilizations
• Turn your deserted cove into a thriving community!
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text: Laurie is the Vice Chairperson and Board Member since 1979. Member of the Audit & Corporate Governance Sub Committee and Senior Management Remuneration and Succession Planning Sub Committee.KHA Board member since February 1979 - Laurie is a Fife resident and has been involved with Kingdom since its early gestation period in 1977 when a group of local people, concerned at the lack of sufficient housing in Fife for single and homeless people, set up the Fife Council for Single Homeless. Little did he imagine then that he was contributing to the establishment of an organisation that, over a period of more than 30 years, would become a significant provider of a range of quality housing and related services as well as a major employer in Fife and neighbouring local authority areas. As a founding Board member and, more recently, the Vice Chair, he has remained actively involved ever since in all aspects of Kingdom's development and operations.In its early days Laurie contributed to the formulation of Kingdom's key objectives to build housing, reduce homelessness and provide support to tenants as needed. Laurie said that he is proud of the way in which these objectives have been and continue to be implemented and fulfilled over, the decades, often in a path finding manner.


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The Boutique At Poppys
Blonde and Wise Black Willow Dress
Regular price £190.00
Make an elegant impact at your next event in this Willow Dress. A soft cowl neck, waist-defining self-tie belts and pleated tucks in the skirt combine to create a truly timeless design that is made to flatter.
The belts are used to pull the dress in at the waist and tie in a pretty bow at the back.
A piece this special needs little else — just add some elegant strappy heels to complete this look.


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Here are some Stampin' Up! videos of the new Sale-A-Bration items:
The Reason For My Absence..........
Hi there!
If you are wondering why I am away from blog land here is the reason:
This is Posy and she is a Cavapoo. She is totally adorable but very hard work!!!
So she is taking up ALL of my time at the moment but I hope to be back soon.
Until then - ta ta!!
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Date: 30 November 2016
University of Rochester
Computer Studies Building 209, from 12PM to 1PM.
Rochester, NY
L1-norm Principal-Component Analysis: New Options for Outlier-resistant Signal Processing and Learning
Principal-Component Analysis (PCA) has been a mainstay of modern signal processing, machine learning, pattern recognition, and classification for more than a century. Numerous important applications of PCA can be found in the fields of wireless communications, computer networks, computer vision, image processing, bioinformatics/genomics, and neuroscience, to name a few.
In the advent of the big-data era, datasets often include grossly corrupted, highly deviating, irregular data points (outliers), due to a variety of causes such as transient sensor malfunctions, errors in data transmission/transcription, and errors in training data labeling, to name a few. Regretfully, standard PCA is well-known to be very fragile in the presence of such faulty points, even when they appear in a vanishingly small fractions of the training set. The reason is that the L2-norm objective of standard PCA (minimization of error variance or maximization of squared projection magnitude) gives squared importance on the magnitude of every datum, thus overemphasizing peripheral data points. To remedy the impact of outliers, researchers from the fields of data analysis and signal processing have long focused on calculating subspaces of minimum absolute error deviations, instead of minimum error variances. Important early theoretical studies date back to the 1940s.
In this talk, we will discuss L1-norm Principal-Component Analysis (L1-PCA), a L1-norm-based alternative to standard PCA that exhibits remarkable resistance against outliers in the processed data, while it attains performance almost identical to PCA when the processed data are nominal/corruption-free. Specifically, we will motivate the formulation of L1-PCA, discuss its hardness, and present its newly found optimal solution. In addition, we will summarize efficient algorithms for solving L1-PCA. We will conclude with numerical and experimental results on dimensionality reduction, sensor-array processing, and genomic data processing that illustrate the effectiveness of L1-PCA.
Dr. Panos P. Markopoulos was born in Athens, Greece, on August 29, 1986. He received the Diploma degree (5-year program) and M.Sc. degree (2-year program), both in Electronic and Computer Engineering, from the Technical University of Crete, Greece, in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Markopoulos received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, in 2015. Since August 2015, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Co-Director of the Communications Laboratory of the Kate Gleason College of Engineering.
Dr. Markopoulos's research interests are in the areas adaptive signal processing, data analysis, and wireless communications, with applications to outlier-resistant data analysis and learning, learning from short training data, antenna arrays, and adaptive design of wireless transceivers for multiple-access and interference channels. Dr. Markopoulos is a member of the IEEE Signal Processing, Communications, and Computer Societies, as well as a member of the IEEE Technical Committee for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (IEEE Computer Society) and an Affiliate Member of IEEE Technical Com¬¬mittee on Sensor Array and Multichannel (IEEE Signal Processing Society). Dr. Markopoulos has served as reviewer to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, and IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. In 2017, Dr. Markopoulos is co-organizing the 1st IEEE International Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking in Extreme Environments (IEEE WCNEE 2017).
In August 2013, Dr. Markopoulos received the Best Paper Award of the 10th IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems for the paper "Some options for L1-subspace signal processing."


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1976 Gibson ES-355td
Posted on December 30 2019
The top of Ted McCarty's Thinline Electric Spanish family of guitars debuted in late 1958 as the ES-355T. It featured all top of the line appointments including humbucking pickups, Ebony fretboard with large pearl block inlays, custom headstock overlay, gold plated hardware, and thick multi-ply binding throughout. The revolutionary thinline, semi-hollowbody design with humbucking pickups was a huge commercial success and all three versions are still in production today.
This 1976 Gibson ES-355, Nashville, TN, has just come from the original owner and survived in excellent condition. She told us she used this guitar while studying music at Berklee. She ended up playing more classical guitar than electric after school and this one was largely forgotten about in her closet. All parts appear to be original to the guitar except for one volume knob. The neck is straight and the frets remain in excellent condition. The original pickguard shows light signs of the deterioration that the upgraded nitrate pickguards for ES-355s are known to do. It's still in good functioning condition so we're leaving it as is. We are including a recent TRS cable in the case. We're confident you'll love the tone and playability of this clean, one owner 1976 Gibson ES-355!


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Dr Mat Francis
- Position: Research Fellow
- Areas of expertise: emulsions; analytical chemistry; desalination; surface chemistry
- Email: email@example.com
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 6914
- Location: 2.06B Food Science
- Website: LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID
I am currently working as a Research Fellow studying ultrasonic propagation in complex media. My current research is investigating different acoustic techniques for the characterisation of particles in solutions.
I began my research career at the Australian National University where I graduated with a PhD in Surface Chemistry in 2008. Following my postgraduate studies I moved to Western Australia to support the bid for the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (Australia).
For the past ten years I have worked on a wide range of different desalination technologies including the thermal, membrane and electrical treatment of seawater, ground and surface waters and mine produce water. I have also continued the research I began as a postgraduate student by studying the interactions between particles and the effect these forces have on macroscopic properties.

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- PhD (Surface Chemistry) - Australian National University
- BSc (Chemistry) - 1st Class Honours - Australian National University


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I finished the Color Thready as well, just couldn't remember if I ever showed you the final pic.
I'm very slowly sorting through the catastrophe that is my belongings. I'm feeling overwhelmed and taking tea/Sudoku breaks to de-stress. I often end up with a cat in my lap, so I figure it's good for them if I take breaks as well. Yes, that's my excuse.
I have been out of the house, but not with the camera. Running errands and my husband's boss' wife invited me out for a drive while she ran an errand of her own. She drove through the massive 12-point traffic circle around the Arc de Triomphe, which I didn't see because I was paying so much attention to the traffic. Definitely reaffirmed my decision that we are never getting a car here.
A view of the guest bedroom/Tonya storage area. The downside to my husband doing all the unpacking himself is that he laid claim to all the closet space in our bedroom, so this is the room where my clothes live, along with all the fabric, art supplies, holiday decorations...All the pillowcases are crammed with quilts. Aren't those zebra striped cases awful? No wonder I got them on sale. I've since gone through the bags and pulled out the quilts that I want for the walls and rolled up the rest. Sweetie and I are supposed to be going to a store where we can buy the appropriate quilt hanging hardware today but he is currently napping with Pokey.
This is the fireplace in the living room. Definitely the focal point of the room and everything has to be fit in around it.
I wasn't about to waste any space. I've shelved all my quilt books in here. Those are Egyptian flag standards in the front.
Unfortunately (or perhaps not) all of my quilts didn't make it here, nor did all my quilt books. They should still be in storage back in the states - not lost.
A few links for you:
Dordogne Quilter Clare has finished a quilt top for her aunt, featuring free-pieced family names. She did a great job making a meaningful quilt and I can't wait to see the quilting.
Joyce finished her marvelous chickens quilt and is now going whole-hog free-piecing farm animals.
In the fairly new-to-me blog Taniwa, Tanya posts about living in Japan. I loved the entry about the toilets and the wisteria blooms are gorgeous. I am so impressed by her wonky word quilt top. Not only did she free-piece English words, she also went for it and did Japanese words as well. I thought they would be too hard, but she did it and very well.
And a quilt related question: the only way I can think of to get the creases out of my quilts is by washing them. Any other solutions?


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Tooling Article
Simulation a Saving Grace in Transfer-Die Design
Doerfer supplies turnkey factory automation, tooling and automated-guided-vehicle technologies, and manufactures hydraulic presses, from 500 to 13,000 tons. Doerfer's Wright Industries' facility includes one of the largest tool and die facilities in the Southeast United States, according to company officials, building progressive, transfer and hand-operated line dies for customers in the agricultural, lawn products, appliance, automotive and HVAC industries.
Simulation Nets Quick ROI
"Using simulation instead of the conventional build-and-try method saved significant time and money on this transfer-die project," says Bobby Veach, tool and die manager at Wright Industries. "The customer was impressed with the result, which helped to pave the path for additional work. The software allowed us to lower our quoted price on other projects, beating our competition and winning new orders. We received a return on investment within three months of implementing the software."
Cutthroat competition and increasing part complexity drove Wright Industries to adopt simulation software.
"Parts have become more complex, delivery times have tightened and we have to be price-competitive on a global basis," Veach says. "Several years ago, we decided to find a better to design and build dies. We hired several consulting companies to simulate some of our more difficult dies, and concluded that Pam-Stamp was the best software for the kinds of complex dies that we build. This simulation software is easy to use; it can simulate virtually every type of operation in our business; and its predictions match the real world very closely."
Pam-Stamp 2G covers the entire tooling process from quotation and die design through formability and tryout validation, including springback prediction and correction. The web-enabled technology allows the sharing of images, annotation, text and 3D models, so users can make decisions online, bringing together design engineers, material providers, die designers and tryout press shops from an early stage of the design right through to production, according to ESI Group officials.
Tackles Challenging Stamping Operation
The previously described part slated for the transfer-die simulation measures 30 by 36 in. with a contoured shape and multiple levels that made production difficult. Wright Industries engineers developed an initial four-station die design. The first operation features critical drawing that forms the basic contours of the part. The second operation trims a excess material, the third restrikes and forms the part to its final shape, and the fourth operation pierces and cam pierces. The combination of a deep draw and a tight material allowance makes it difficult to absorb the stretch during the drawing operation without exceptional thinning.
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|Wright Industries designed and built a transfer die to produce this complex part. By using computer simulation of part forming, engineers optimized the die design without a costly and time-consuming trial-and-error process.
Addresses Thinning and Trim-Line Placement
On this project, engineers exported the tool geometry of the initial die configuration from Pro/Engineer computer-aided-design software into the IGES file format and then imported the geometry into Pam-Stamp. The initial simulation iteration discovered areas where the die would stretch the part beyond the capabilities of the material and cause tearing. Simulation pinpointed part-thinning areas of the part in the die, mostly centered around small radii in the initial part design. The engineers performed additional simulations —changing drawing depth, pressure on the binder and other variables—but were unable to correct the thinning problem. They then tried increasing the size of these radii and reran the simulation, improving the situation but not completely eliminating the problem. Repeatedly tweaking the part design and rerunning the simulation ultimately produced the ideal part.
Because Doerfer and Wright Industries cannot change the part design without customer permission, engineers met with the customer and showed the simulation results indicating that the tearing problems could be resolved by increasing the radii. The customer approved the changes to the part and the engineers got back to the task of designing the rest of the die.
The next step was to determine a developed trim line for the second operation. The goal: Leave sufficient material to make the trim feasible, but as small of an amount as possible to reduce material costs. Since the third operation actually formed the part to its final shape, it was necessary to jump ahead to this operation to determine how the part should be trimmed in the second operation. Engineers used the Pam-Stamp inverse-solution feature that estimates blank size based on finished-part size.
"The inverse-solution feature does not provide 100 percent accuracy, but it is much more accurate than the traditional method," Veach says.
The engineers then went back to the second operation, setting up the die to trim to the line determined by inverse simulation of the third operation. No simulation was required for piercing in the fourth operation.
No More Guesswork
"For this application," says Veach, "we determined the process, developed the initial blank, controlled the flow of material during the first draw form and monitored thinning percentages before we even started building the die. The result was that the die worked perfectly the first time we hit it. There's no to know for sure exactly how much money and time we saved by not having to recut and retest the die—it all depends on how quickly we would have been able to find a solution using the cut-and-hope method. But I am confident that we have captured projects because the savings through simulation has made us more competitive. We have seen savings of the same magnitude on many other complex parts that presented similar challenges."
This application demonstrates how computer simulation has helped Wright Industries offer competitive prices and quicken delivery time.
"Instead of building and testing the die to see if it works, we simulate a number of different potential designs and pick the one that best meets our customer's requirements," concludes Veach. "We frequently can improve the efficiency of the forming operation by reducing the number of stations and determining die size. We also can reduce material costs by simulating the stamping operation with several different types of materials. In many cases, a lesser grade of material than the one originally selected by the customer will work. Optimizing the size of the blank also can reduce material consumption." MF
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Gianugo Rabellino has given me more food for thoughts about my research on Free/Libre Open Source software development and Agile/Scrum methods. His latest post contains a sentence that summarizes my key finding so far:
At the end of the day, this means that the customer is there – it just happens to coincide with the community as a whole.
Talking with my Funambol colleagues, the pragmatic agilists, and looking at Ross Gardler presentation below, I have the confirmation that the Pentaho guys are on the right track with Open Scrum. I also learned that it's better not to use the word Scrum if it's not The Scrum you're talking about. With that in mind, I'm now focusing on best practices for communication between developers distributed around the world (more in latest posts).


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2018 State Champion Spotlight-Max Bartley
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- Published: Monday, 19 March 2018 06:31
We now spotlight state champion Max Bartley of Presque Isle. He won the Class B Classical and was also the Aroostook classical and freestyle champion. We asked him about his preparations and his success.
1.What were your preparations leading up to the state meet ? There was obviously a lot of training involved. This included a lot of running over the summer as well as roller skiing. I run cross country during the fall, this gives me a good cardio base as well as build some speed. I am very fortunate to live in a place that has some of the best skiing in the state, with a world class facility in my backyard so a lot of time on snow helped. Going into the week of the state meet we tapered training down, allowing my body to recover. I was well rested going into the week and was confident in the training I had put in.
2. How did you deal with the pressure and emotions that come along with competing in a state meet? Last year, the state meet was quite disappointing and I attribute at least part of this to nerves and not preparing myself enough mentally. This year, I knew I had a successful season leading up until States and I knew I would have a good shot at the podium. I tried not to think about results too much and just skied my own race. With this being my last year of high school skiing, I wanted to enjoy the meet as much as possible and not let myself get caught up in the outcome. The pressure was always there, I just tried my best to not let it overwhelm me.
3. What was going through your mind at the start, especially at the freestyle pursuit? I knew that Neveu and Bartol would be able to work together to try and catch me so I needed to ski like someone was chasing me. I wanted to capture the pursuit title as well but I knew I would have to ski even harder than I did the previous day. The first part of the race went as planned but I saw the title slip away from me after three stumbles on the downhills of a course I knew so well. Although I was a bit disappointed in how I preformed the second day, overall, I couldn't ask for anything more. Both Neveu and Bartol raced smart races.
4. You have won a lot of races this season, what do you contribute your great success to? I attribute a large portion of my success to my coaches, not just my high school coaches but also the coaches who inspired me at a young age. The Maine Winter Sports Center was a great program that instilled a passion and love for this sport. Without the likes of Will Sweetser and Amber Freeman I would not be where I am today. In middle school I also had two fantastic coaches, Sarah Gahagan and Justin Fereshetian. These four coaches helped me understand how to train effectively and truly enjoy the sport of skiing, without their guidance I would not be the skier I am today. And finally, my high school coach, Von Perry played a crucial role in my success. Without his coaching and spot on waxing the past four years, I would not have been able to as successful as I am today.
5. What are some of your best memories from the past season? We had a small, close knit team this year and I couldn't ask for better members. One of my best friends and I have skied together, on the same team for seven years now. Going to practice everyday and being around great people is one of the best things I could ask for. I'll definitely miss these people and the memories next year.
6. What are your plans/goals for next year? I plan to attend Bates College this fall. I plan to run on their cross country team as well as ski for their nordic team. Both teams seem like such great, close knit groups and I'm very excited to be a member of a larger team. I plan to take both seasons as they come and preform to the best of my abilities. I do not have any concrete goals set for next year, I just plan on enjoying collegiate level racing and see where it takes me.
7. What are your favorite things about nordic? By far, my favorite thing about nordic is the community. The people are what make this sport so rewarding. I also love that it tests my abilities and pushes me to the limits. I enjoy the struggle and hard work it takes to be successful at this sport. And finally, I love the individuality of it all. At the end of the day, there is one person who it to blame for your failures or successes and that is yourself. It is an unforgiving sport that rewards those who work hard.
8. What was your reaction when you found out that you won states? Relief. There was a lot of tension going into the first race especially after last year. I felt like I was able to redeem myself and show what I could really do and that was one of the best feelings. I was really excited about the result but I knew there was still work to do the next day and I couldn't let my success on the first day get in the way of the second day.


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