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Vintage Spoon Rack Makeover
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What a transformation... great!ReplyDelete
Oh I must send you some photos of what my friend is doing with cutlery , all sort of jewelries are made using that and I'll make sure your collection is safe :)ReplyDelete
Great project, I love the paint choice.ReplyDelete
I'm sure these spoons bring back many memories.
The color is perfect for the silver color spoons. The photograph coloring pulls the two pieces together. Very nice!ReplyDelete
I hope you'll drop by AtticMag this week to tour my home.
Glad to see that you are now displaying all those lovely spoons. Can't wait to see a close up shot of all the details on the spoons.ReplyDelete
It looks great! So nice that you can display your collection now.ReplyDelete
The color blue you mixed up looks fabulous with your silver spoons.ReplyDelete
Good Job.
- AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 4:45 AM
Now you have an extra drawer to fill as well. Love what you did to the spoon rack. Have you looked for decorative hooks. Sometimes they are in framing shops and I have found some pretty designs like that.
Happy Monday,
You are so smart and nice to show us your project in progress; turned out Spectacular.ReplyDelete
I share the same collection, and the same mess! I love this rack, and need to find one for myself!ReplyDelete
Now wasn't that a serendipitous find ? Never thought I would find spoons so attractive!!ReplyDelete
What a great transformation...♥♥♥ it!ReplyDelete
Hi not sure how I found you, was surfing.ReplyDelete
You are only the second person I know who collects spoons! My mum has been collecting for years and years, even now she asks me to get her one. The last one I bought her was of Titisee in Germany.
Natasha-I love love that gray! It is so nice to be able to display and enjoy the things that mean something to us! This looks great. I love the picture on the beach (I enlarged :)I think plates would look great on the other side!ReplyDelete
I love the new color! Your spoons look beautifully displayed. I love paint!ReplyDelete
thanks for stopping by my blog, and leaving a comment about my vintage tray transformation.
Great idea, and it looks lovely! You have a wonderful collection of spoons. Can't wait to see the plates you find.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the visit..I'm not putting any limitations on my GIVE A WAY...so..come say hi any time :DReplyDelete
How cute! It looks good on the wall. Were you able to get all the spoons displayed. You'll have to take another 5 minutes another day and tell us where you got the spoons.ReplyDelete
perfect! my aunt and uncle traveled all overReplyDelete
the world. she kept her spoons on a rack
just like yours, and i used to love to look
at each one and imagine what 'that' place
would be like.
Hello Natasha~ReplyDelete
Your paint re-do looks great. What a fun neat collection. A sure treasure(s). So glad you paid me a visit. Have a good one. Jenn
I would love to spend at least five minutes with you every day. Your blog is beautiful.ReplyDelete
I have three beautiful cloches in the cave and I only take them out in the summer. I do love them. I think I'll bring one up and see what I can do with it.
You've inspired me.
It is so lovely to have found you and I see from the list of comments here many of my friends think you're special too.
Warm regards,
The gray is a nice update. It showcases the spoons without the sharp contrast of the old brown.ReplyDelete
Thanks to my friend "Anne" further up this comments page finding you while surfing, here I am as well!ReplyDelete
Your Blog looks fun and I will be back:)
I like how you have displayed your spoon collection. Have you visited all those places? I spotted one from Stonehenge, some of our family live in Salisbury.
- AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 1:27 AM
I have to admit, I have never been much of a spoon person, but after seeing your adorable collection you make me want to start collecting! MarciaReplyDelete
Look at all those spoons...what fun! My friend has a collection she inherited form her Mother in Law...I have always enjoyed the way they look. Your display is fantastic...great transformation. Thanks for stopping by 504 Main!ReplyDelete
504 Main
thanks for visiting! what a great collection. Your spoons look beautiful!ReplyDelete
What a transformation! It looks great.ReplyDelete
~ Tracy
Natasha ~ What a lovely extensive collection of spoons. They look lovely in the display.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing ...
Hugs, Marydon
I got my new buttons posted to a post tonight but I don't have the code listed yet--I will get that done tomorrow.ReplyDelete
The move has been WONDERFUL but there has been a lot to do, doing this on my own for the most part.
You posted above me on SITS today so I thought I'd stop by. Yay for DIY projects!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful idea and a neat collection! SITS sent me by, and I'm glad they did...ReplyDelete
Old Master
Very beautiful spoons Natasha!ReplyDelete
Your blog is so lovely as well. I'll be back again very soon.
Thank you for your sweet visit today. You're always welcome!
~Warmly, ~Melissa :)
I love your home and your spoons are just beautiful. Your collection is precious and they look wonderful in the room. I am a new follower and thank you so much for sharing. I will be back very, very soon. LiaReplyDelete
Natasha darling what a lovely spoon rack it turned out. Love the colour and where you placed it, perfect spot and now you have a drawer you can use. Thanks for visiting me darling and for the sweet comments you leave behind, you are a good friend.ReplyDelete
Love & Hugs
Hi Natasha,ReplyDelete
Your spoon rack turned out beautifully. How great that you can now display your wonderful spoon collection for all to see and enjoy. Great job. Have a wonderful Wednesday my dear friend.
Hugs and Kisses,
Hi Natasha,ReplyDelete
Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your visit and your thoughtful comment.
The spoon rack really shows off your collection beautifully. It looks great painted ... so much more contemporary. Nicely done!
What a wonderful spoon rack. It looks so pretty and you would not know how plain it was before you painted it. Lovely, just lovely!ReplyDelete
How beautiful it turned out!ReplyDelete
Hi Natasha. I love all of your spoons. I bet they are all special. What a perfect little find to display the spoons! The color you chose to paint it is so pretty. Have a wonderful evening.ReplyDelete
I love it! I am trying to get my dad or husband to make me this custom spice rack so I am into this right now! :) Maybe next week...you have me inspired. My dad just retired & I think he needs stuff to do so I am gonna bug him.ReplyDelete
I LOVED your little collection. those places are all amazing! If I had a spoon collection it would be like. 7 Florida spoons & 3 Texas :) afew more but your get the idea. I think I'd rather have yours :)
It turned out beautifully, the color is perfect with the silver! great jobReplyDelete
Natasha, your spoon rack is wondeful! I love the paint. I bet it's nice to have a place to organize all your pretty spoons!ReplyDelete
I just looked at your oatmeal cookie post. I like how you added the nutty health mix to give it a little crunch. I will have to try that, they look healthy and delicious. Thanks!
That turned out so pretty. You have a lovely collection of spoons, and the painted holder is perfect for them. laurieReplyDelete
really sweet, so glad you lightened up that spoon rack!ReplyDelete


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Even if you have health insurance, you still likely receive medical bills from time to time. And of course, if you don't have coverage, or your policy is not as comprehensive as it could be, you are going to get hit with charges almost every time you receive care. While paying your bill in full is always a possibility, you don't want to jump the gun and send a check before thinking twice. Did you know that you can negotiate medical bills? That is right. If you know what you are doing, you can save a lot of money on the cost of medical care.
Here are five details to keep in mind if you are interested in negotiating a medical bill:
1. Do not waste time. The last thing you want to do is wait so long that the doctor has to send you another bill. If you do this, they will view you in a "bad light" which will harm your chances of negotiating a lower price. The second that you receive a bill is the second that you should put the wheels in motion.
2. Are all the charges broken down, one by one? Or did you simply receive a summary statement? To give yourself the best chance of success, you need a detailed bill. If you don't receive one the first time around, get on the phone and request this type of statement. This makes it simple for you to see exactly what you are being charged for, as well as which areas can be discounted.
3. A cash payment will greatly improve your chances of receiving a discounted price. Simply put, when you pay in cash, you are making life much easier for the billing department. They don't have to deal with cashing a check or processing your credit card. On top of all this, they receive their money without any wait. Because of this convenience you are offering them, you have much more power to negotiate. If you offer a reasonable cash payment, such as 75 percent of the total bill, you give yourself a reasonable chance to receive a discount. If you offer too little, such as 25 percent, you will not be taken seriously.
4. Who is in charge of the billing department? No matter what, make sure you are talking to somebody who has the power to provide a discount. In a small office, this may be the head of the practice. If your bill is from a large hospital, though, you will want to hunt down the billing manager.
5. Don't stop if you hear no the first time around. It is called a negotiation for a reason. The first thing you can try is to ask for somebody else. If you are not talking to the top dog, ask for the person who has the authority to negotiate with you. Also, don't be afraid to tell the person that you simply cannot afford to pay in full. By putting a little pressure on them, they will be more likely to concede a little. The last thing they want is to receive nothing at all from you.
Perhaps most importantly, you may never make any progress, but the worst thing that can happen is they say "no, sorry."
The next time you receive a medical bill, think long and hard about whether you want to pay in full. With the five tips above, you may be able to negotiate a lower price.
Have you successfully negotiated a medical bill before?
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The 2017 APS is a national survey of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit aged 15 years and over. The 2017 APS represents the fifth cycle of the survey and focuses on transferable skills, practical training, use of information technology, Aboriginal language attainment, and participation in the Canadian economy.
The 2017 APS collected unique and detailed data on employment, education, and health which are not available from any other source. For example, although the 2016 Census of Population collected data on certain aspects of labour market participation, the 2017 APS addresses additional topics such as job satisfaction, multiple employment, past job attachment, and willingness to move to improve career opportunities.
The APS provides key statistics to inform policy and programming activities aimed at improving the well-being of Aboriginal Peoples. It is a valuable source of information for a variety of stakeholders, including Aboriginal organizations, communities, service providers, researchers, governments, and the general public.
The survey is carried out by Statistics Canada with funding provided by three federal departments: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada & Indigenous Services Canada (formerly Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada), and Employment and Social Development Canada.
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The target population of the 2017 APS is composed of the Aboriginal identity population of Canada, 15 years of age or older as of January 15, 2017, living in private dwellings excluding people living on Indian reserves and settlements and in certain First Nations communities in Yukon and the Northwest Territories (NWT). The concept of "Aboriginal identity" refers to those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, namely, First Nations (North American Indian), Métis or Inuit; those who reported being a Status Indian (Registered Indian or Treaty Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada); or those who reported being a member of a First Nation or Indian band.
The APS selected its sample from reported answers to the 2016 Census of Population long-form questionnaire. More precisely, the APS sample was selected from individuals who answered "Yes" to one of the three census questions defining the identity population (questions 18, 20 and 21) or those who reported Aboriginal ancestry to question 17. Although not part of the 2017 APS target population, some individuals with Aboriginal ancestry who did not report Aboriginal identity were still sampled, since past survey experience indicates that nearly one-third of these individuals will report an Aboriginal identity on the APS. Therefore, unlike the target population, the sampled population (or survey population) was composed of both the identity population and the Aboriginal ancestry-only population.
This is a sample survey with a cross-sectional design.
Survey frame: The APS sample was selected from the 2016 Census of Population long-form respondents who reported an Aboriginal identity or ancestry (see target population). These census respondents make up the APS frame.
Sampling design and stratification: An important part of stratification uses the survey's domains of estimation, which are groups of units for which estimates are targeted. These domains of estimation corresponded to geographical regions for which estimates with an "acceptable" level of precision for a particular Aboriginal group (i.e. First Nations, Métis or Inuit) and particular age group were targeted. More precisely, the domains of estimation were created by cross-tabulating the following variables:
Geography —-Inuit regions —-Outside Inuit regions ——–province/territory ——–Atlantic provinces grouped
Age group —-18 to 24 years of age —-25 to 54 years of age —-55 or more years of age
Aboriginal group —-Inuit in Inuit regions —-Inuit outside Inuit regions (rest of Canada) —-Aboriginal groups (excluding Inuit) combined for Atlantic Canada (outside Nunatsiavut), Quebec (outside Nunavik), Yukon and NWT (outside Inuvialuit) —-For Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia ——–Status First Nations people living off reserve ——–Non-Status First Nations people living off reserve ——–Métis
Stratification will produce more precise estimates if units are homogeneous within strata and heterogeneous between strata. In addition, the estimation weights associated with survey respondents should ideally be as close as possible within strata.
Within each domain of estimation, three variables were used to create the 2017 APS strata: - the region associated with the census form type (2A-L or 2A-R), - whether the individual self-responded to the census or responded during non-response follow-up (NRFU), and - the type of Aboriginal identification on the 2016 Census (Aboriginal identity or Aboriginal ancestry only). The APS design can be considered a two-phase design in which the first phase corresponds to the selection of the 2016 Census long-form sample and the second phase corresponds to the selection of the APS sample.
Allocation method: A method for optimal allocation between the substrata of a particular domain was used, taking into account different types of sample size loss, such as expected non-response and the probability of each unit belonging to the target population.
Sample size: The final sample of the 2017 APS contained a total of 43,645 units.
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Data are collected directly from survey respondents and derived from other Statistics Canada surveys.
Before the start of collection, introductory letters explaining the purpose of the survey were sent to the selected respondents.
The questions in the 2017 APS were administered in a computer assisted interviewing (CAI) environment. Two computer-assisted interview methods were used for this survey: Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) and Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI). In 2017, CAPI was used for all Inuit regions, the Northwest Territories (excluding parts of Yellowknife) and in some parts of the Yukon. CATI was the primary mode of collection for dwellings in the provinces.
Respondents were interviewed in the official language of their choice. For Inuit regions, the questionnaire was translated as a paper copy into Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun. On-screen help instructions were also available in the Inuit languages. These instructions could include: include/exclude statements, definitions, examples and/or supplementary instructions.
The time required to complete the survey varied from person to person. In some cases, the 2017 APS interview took up to an hour or more to finish, but on average the survey took about 40 minutes to complete.
Proxy reporting was acceptable in some circumstances (for example, when the respondent was unable to answer for health related reasons, due to a language barrier, or because the selected respondent was away from home for the duration of the survey.) Any member of the household over the age of 18 could act as a proxy for the selected respondent and answered the survey for them.
More than 43,000 individuals were selected to participate to the 2017 APS. Of those, approximately 32,330 respondents completed the 2017 APS for a response rate of 76%. Excluding 8,380 non-Aboriginal respondents, the total number of Aboriginal respondents included in the 2017 APS database is 24,220 (including the approximately 280 additional respondents from the APS - Nunavut Inuit Supplement - see estimation).
The 2017 APS sample was drawn from respondents who reported either Aboriginal identity or Aboriginal ancestry in the 2016 Census of Population long-form. APS respondents were told that Statistics Canada planned to combine their APS and census responses. Accordingly, the final edited Aboriginal Peoples Survey master microdata file was linked with the 2016 Census of Population Dissemination Database. In the end, more than 250 census variables were added to the final APS file for 2017.
The specific benefits of an APS-Census record linkage are reduced response burden for the target population of the APS, the derivation of survey weights which are crucial to providing valid estimates, and the creation of a comprehensive microdata file which can be used by data analysts to extend their learning and to inform policy and program development for Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
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The initial weight of a unit in a given APS stratum corresponds to the product of two components: the inverse of the stratum sampling fraction and the Census weight of the unit in question. The stratum sampling fraction is calculated as the number of people selected for the APS in each stratum divided by the total number of available Census long-form respondents for that stratum. The weights were then adjusted for non-response.
Two adjustments were made for two types of non-response: non-contact and non-response with contact (mainly refusals). First, a logistic regression model was constructed for each adjustment to predict the probabilities of being contacted or of responding when contacted on the basis of Census variables and collection variables known as "paradata" (number of contact attempts, for example). Second, respondents and non-respondents with similar predicted response probabilities were assigned to adjustment classes using cluster analysis. Third, the inverse of the weighted response rate in a class was used as the adjustment factor for that class, and the weights of the responding units within the class were adjusted accordingly.
Next, two post-stratification adjustments were made. The first post-stratification ensured that the sample did not under represent or over represent certain combinations of Aboriginal groups, regions and age groups of the Census. The second post-stratification ensured that the Aboriginal identity population estimated from the APS screening questions corresponded to the population defined from the Census screening questions within each post-stratum defined by the cross-tabulation of region, Aboriginal identity group and age group.
The Sigma-gap method was then used to detect and reduce excessively large weights within each post-stratum. After the weights were sorted in descending order, the excessively large weights were reduced to the value of the first non-outlier weight. The mass of the reduced weights was then redistributed proportionally within the post-strata.
Lastly, respondents from the APS - Nunavut Inuit Supplement sample that completed the APS questionnaire but were identified as out-of-scope for the Nunavut Inuit Supplement because they were not enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement were added to the APS sample with a weight of one. The APS sample units in Nunavut that were not enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement were then reweighted within the second post-stratification adjustment groups in order to maintain the previously achieved control totals. More details about the APS - Nunavut Inuit Supplement are available here: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5270
For the 2017 APS, the bootstrap method was used to calculate the variance. For the sole purpose of calculating the variance, the 2016 Census was seen to have two phases: the initial sample of approximately 1 in 4 dwellings as the first phase and census respondents as the second phase. Although the final response rate was quite high for the 2016 Census (97.8% for the long form), this second phase ensures that the variance calculation takes into account the non-response that occurred. The two phases of the Census were later combined into a single phase. The APS sampling was treated as a second phase, and then the general bootstrap method for two-phase sampling developed for the 2006 APS was used (see Langlet, É., Beaumont, J.-F., and Lavallée, P. 2008. "Bootstrap Methods for Two-Phase Sampling Applicable to Postcensal Surveys". Paper submitted to Statistics Canada's Advisory Committee on Statistical Methods, May 2008, Ottawa).
For the APS, 1000 sets of bootstrap weights were generated using this method. The method can lead to negative bootstrap weights. To overcome this problem, a transformation was done on the bootstrap weights that reduced their variability. Therefore, the variance calculated on these transformed bootstrap weights has to be multiplied by a factor that is a function of a certain parameter, called phi. The value of the parameter corresponds to the smallest integer that makes all bootstrap weights positive. For the APS, this parameter has a value of 4. The variances calculated on the transformed bootstrap weights have to be multiplied by four squared, that is 16. In addition, the CVs obtained (square root of the variance divided by the estimate itself) have to be multiplied by 4.
Non-sampling Errors:
Non-sampling errors arise primarily from the following sources: non-response, coverage, measurement and processing. The response rate for the APS was 76%. Total non-response will produce a bias if non-respondents have different characteristics from respondents and if non-response is not corrected properly. Non-response adjustments, combined with a relatively high response rate, helped reduce this risk of bias substantially. Non-response to specific questions is often due to difficulty understanding the questions. Thorough quality reviews and questionnaire testing were carried out before the survey, which reduced the extent of partial non-response. Cases in which there was a large proportion of missing responses to key questions were treated as a special form of total non-response.
Coverage errors occur when there are differences between the target population and the sampled population (or survey population). In particular, under-coverage can be problematic. Because the APS sample was selected from those who had participated in the 2016 Census, individuals who did not participate in the census could not be sampled for the APS. If this group of individuals is significantly different than the ones who participated in the census with respect to the characteristics measured in the APS, a bias could be introduced. This bias is assumed to be relatively small given the very high response rate obtained in the census (97.8% response rate for the long form).
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CINCINNATI (AP) _ Jim Kates and hundreds of other civil rights activists who gathered at an Ohio college campus in June 1964 to prepare for registering blacks for voting in Mississippi were warned to expect beatings and even death in the Southern hotbed of anti-integration violence.
So he and others among the estimated 800 volunteers training at the Western College for Women (now part of Miami University's campus) in Oxford say they weren't shocked when three young activists disappeared June 21, a day after leaving the orientation to start work. Their bodies were found a few weeks later in an earthen dam.
Miami University will hold a ceremony Friday commemorating the 50th anniversary of what became known as "Freedom Summer." Three trees also are being planted near Miami's Freedom Summer Memorial as a tribute to the slain men. The school is inviting Freedom Summer volunteers to an October reunion and conference on the campus about an hour's drive north of Cincinnati.
Kates and other volunteers have vivid memories of that summer and of learning that three fellow volunteers had disappeared.
"There was grief because we knew they must be dead," said Kates, now a writer and publisher in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire. "And it happened in an area we considered the safest in Mississippi, so we realized it could happen to any of us."
But the deaths of black Mississippi native James Chaney and white New Yorkers Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner didn't deter Kates and other volunteers _ mostly Northern white college students _ from the project that also set up "Freedom Schools" and community centers to aid Mississippi's black population.
Retired Miami philosophy professor Rick Momeyer, who is helping to organize the October events, participated in the 1964 training that largely focused on nonviolent resistance and avoiding confrontation. Momeyer played a victim in simulated attacks showing volunteers how to curl their bodies to protect against blows. Workshops also addressed how to teach children basic math and reading skills and black history.
Momeyer was still involved in the two weeks of orientation when the three volunteers went missing.
"It was very disturbing and frightening," Momeyer said.
David Kotz, of Northampton, Massachusetts, recalls traveling to Meridian, Mississippi, in a station wagon with seven other volunteers _ including the three slain men _ after training.
When the three missed a scheduled check-in, fellow volunteers followed their training, checking with local jails and even with federal authorities to no avail.
"We gradually realized that they were probably dead," said Kotz, now an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
But he didn't consider leaving.
"You assume there already was a risk, and leaving at that point would have been a big victory for segregationists," Kotz said. "They did a good job teaching us how to behave in difficult circumstances and carry out the work we were doing."
Miami continues to tell the volunteers' story through guided interactive walking tours of campus training sites and the memorial.
Guides including Myka Lipscomb, a 23-year-old Miami junior from Middletown, portray volunteers and staff _ reading from their letters and diaries to help make the past come alive.
"I think it's a great way to raise awareness about the work they did and the work that still needs to be done," Lipscomb said.
Few of the Mississippi blacks who tried to register that summer succeeded, but the program helped to create momentum for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
"One of the most important things about that summer was that it showed how ordinary people can change society by working together," Kates said.


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Violent video games could be outlawed across the European Union, following calls for a clampdown among E.U. justice ministers this week.
Germany, which took over the six month rotating presidency of the Union at the beginning of this month, is leading the initiative but the European Commission has also been pushing for more control of video game violence.
"A certain degree of linkage between the growing violence among the younger generation and the growing diffusion of violent games exists," said Franco Frattini, the European Justice commissioner, at a meeting of the justice ministers in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday.
The Commission also wants to harmonize national rules in the 27 countries in the Union. "Protection of children cannot have borders," Frattini said. The Commission wants to see a combination of outright bans on the most violent games, together with minimum age rules on other titles.
The German government said it will conduct a study of all the different national rules concerning video games, with a view to setting Union-wide norms. Its initiative makes the prospect of a ban much more likely.
Video game violence became a hot political issue in Germany at the end of last year when 18-year-old Sebastian Bosse shot up a high school in Emsdetten, Germany, injuring 37 before fatally turning the gun on himself.
Police said Bosse spent most of his waking hours playing "Counter-Strike."
The German government has proposed a national law banning games that depict violence toward human characters.
In addition to banning "Counter Strike," the German bill under debate could outlaw popular movie franchise titles such as the "Star-Trek" series, "The Lord of the Rings," "The Battle for Middle-earth II" and "Scarface: The World Is Yours."
Although the Interactive Software Federation of Europe has opposed bans of any kind in the past, the group said recently that it supports Frattini's efforts to protect children, arguing that an age-rating system similar to that used by the movie industry is the best way forward. The trade association wasn't immediately available to comment.


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Bird Hand Book
Doyle Partners, New York, New York, 2001
The book is about language: the language of photography and the language that humans use to relate to these delicate, ethereal creatures. The design of the book allows the photographs and the essay to flaunt their unique eccentricities while coming together in an elegant and visually entertaining way. We tried to allow Victor Schrager's photographs to resonate with luminosity and strangeness and A.S. Byatt's essay to act the way it reads—a gorgeously written patchwork of man's attempt to harness with words the mystery of birds.
Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 2001
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
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The Mount Kisco project will realign the heavily traveled intersection of state routes 172 and 117 and add pedestrian signals and facilities at all four crosswalks.
"Strengthening vital infrastructure across the state is critically important to ensuring the safety of our communities, both today and for future generations," Cuomo said in a statement. "With these projects we are providing modern safety improvements that benefit everyone on the road, from drivers to bicyclists and pedestrians. Working alongside our partners in the federal government, our administration will continue to upgrade essential transportation networks in every corner of the state in order to make our communities safer for all."
Federal funding was made available to the state Department of Transportation, which administers the Highway Safety Improvement Program.
"These projects will enable the New York state Department of Transportation and localities to make a wide variety of highway safety improvements, enhancing bicycle and pedestrian safety, encouraging drivers to stay in their lanes, and making it easier for everyone to navigate busy intersections," NYSDOT Commissioner Joan McDonald said in a statement. "Safety is our top priority at DOT, and through this program and others we are able to continuously improve safety for travelers across New York."
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Rich and Unctuous: A Love Story
"We have to hurry to the hospital," Mom said worriedly one evening over supper.
"What!? Why? Why are we going to the hospital?" my seven-year-old self asked, very upset.
No one had remembered to tell me that Grandpa had suffered a heart attack that morning. After bypass surgery, he recovered nicely and lived another thirteen years, but the way we ate never recovered.
After all the talk by his cardiologist about blockages and cholesterol, transplanting veins from his legs to his heart and eating absurdities like margarine, the food at my home (never great) got even worse.
Oh! Don't get me wrong! Mom's food was always hot. It was nutritious. It was plentiful. It was legume-heavy. It was complete proteins. It was very, very low-fat and it rarely tasted good.
I hated it. The call of "Supper's Ready!" filled me with dread. I once confided to a tape player that I hated "botato soup." The only good part was the melted cheese...but you had to take off your coat and go diving in your soup bowl to find it. (Not original. I read that somewhere!)
Mom tried, I guess, but "rich and unctuous" were simply not in her gastronomic repertoire. She followed recipes to the letter, and despite watching plenty of cooking shows, had no finesse in her cookery, no tasting along the way.
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Several years ago, I was talking with one of my colleagues about a project he was thinking about taking on. We were both solidly in the middle of our careers, but his evaluation of the possible project surprised me. He said, "There are a limited number of things that I'll be able to say I've done in my career, and I'm just not convinced that this should be one of them."
What struck me about this conversation is that it took a backward-looking perspective. That is, my colleague projected himself to the end of his career and looked backward over his contribution.
By contrast, most of us tend to be forward-looking. We make decisions based on how we think that particular decision might influence the next stage. This strategy can be seen clearly in politics, where politicians often make decisions based on what will help them get re-elected.
Research on regret has made a similar distinction. Psychologist Tom Gilovich and his colleagues have compared the regrets of college students to those of people in their 70s and 80s. College students asked about what they regret almost always talk about actions they took that did not go well: asking someone out and getting turned down, getting drunk, or failing a test. In contrast, older people generally regret actions that they did not take: not learning to dance, not asking out an attractive person, not taking advantage of an opportunity, etc. The backward-looking perspective highlights missed opportunities and things left unsaid.
Throughout your career, there will be many potentially pivotal moments — times when you make decisions that might shape the next several years of your life. In these moments, there is a tendency to be risk-averse. People shy away from opportunities that might go wrong for fear that they will regret failing.
A second line of research, though, suggests that you should not be too afraid of failure. Psychologist Dan Gilbert and his colleagues have done work exploring how people's lives are affected by negative events. For example, he asked a number of assistant professors who were being evaluated for tenure how they would feel six months after the decision. Unsurprisingly, people predicted that they would be happier if they got tenure than if they did not.
The surprising part comes from a follow-up survey six months after the tenure decision. Professors didn't report feeling any happier if they had received tenure than if they had been denied tenure. That is, the many other facets of their lives that influence happiness (family, friends, health, etc.) had such a strong influence on their overall life satisfaction, that even what appeared to be a devastating blow to their careers did not have a huge effect on their life satisfaction.
The outcome of this experiment suggests that it is worthwhile to take a backward perspective on key career decisions. The specter of failure looms large when there is potential risk in a particular course of action. When looking forward, the risk of failure seems important. But even significant failures are unlikely to derail your career, and what seems like a catastrophe may have little impact on your overall life satisfaction.
Instead, base your career decisions (at least in part) on what hope to say when you look back on your life. You may not always succeed, but are unlikely to look back with regret on those decisions that gave you the opportunity to reach your aspirations. And statistically you are much more likely to look back with regret on the roads not taken.
John Lennon famously wrote, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans." It is easy to get caught up in small projects and the day-to-day minutia of business. At least once a year, though, it is important to take stock of how you are progressing on your larger goals. If you find that you have not accomplished anything in the past year that you will look back on with pride, think about what you can do in the coming year to get you a step closer to doing what you want to have done.
Finally, encourage your colleagues to take the same approach. Every company has lofty goals. An organization that consistently looks back on the present from the desired future has an excellent chance of achieving those goals.


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text: Nokia's N9 handset has made a brief cameo via a one-minute, official-looking video clip. What do we learn from said video? Not a heck of a lot. What we do see is a 12-megapixel camera complete with Carl Zeiss optics flash before our eyes, and the iconography seen suggests that the device will be a Symbian offering complete with the Anna software update. The rumor mill states the N9 will be a pentaband GSM handset that could make an appearance stateside, although… since Nokia is going all-in with Windows Phone, we're not sure what the fate of this handset is. The video is after the break. Have a look for yourself.


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This year's theme for Catholic Education Week is Walking Forward Together. I can't think of a more fitting theme during this time when we are called to work with our First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities to the honour the recommendations in the Truth and Reconciliation report. It is also a theme which connects with our board's focus for this year of Celebrating God's Family. We are all reminded to work together daily to promote the uniqueness and dignity of all.
Catholic Education Week is a wonderful opportunity to recognize how fortunate we are to share in the gift of Catholic education. It is also the perfect time to recognize everyone in our school communities who work together to share in the faith and learning journey of our students and staff.
Today, I would like to recognize all of the teachers in our Catholic school communities for working so hard to meet the spiritual, academic and social needs of our students. Every day, you make a difference – at times your support is very visible, while other times you may not even realize how your kind words or actions shape and inspire those around you.


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Travelers visiting several cities on one trip, especially those flying for business, are seeing airfares six or seven times the normal price. Many might not know of the new policy or that there is a way to avoid the higher fares.
NEW YORK — The three largest U.S. airlines have changed the way they price multicity trips, forcing those who book such itineraries to pay hundreds of extra dollars in airfare.
Most fliers buy simple roundtrip tickets and won't be affected. But travelers visiting several cities on one trip, especially those flying for business, are seeing airfares six or seven times the normal price. Many might not know of the new policy or that there is a way to avoid the higher fares.
The simultaneous adoption of new pricing rules by all three carriers has led the Business Travel Coalition to accuse the airlines of illegally coordinating on this "complicated and comprehensive scheme." The advocacy group asked the Department of Justice to add this to its ongoing investigation of possible airline collusion. The group's chairman, Kevin Mitchell, said "fliers and will no doubt be blindsided by this new policy and pay dearly when shopping at airline websites."
To get the best prices, fliers stopping at two or more cities now need to book several individual tickets.
The change came about because American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are starting to match low-cost carriers like Spirit Airlines on more routes. Some savvy fliers figured out that booking a multi-city ticket instead of one connecting ticket could save them money. Multi-city tickets contain several one-way legs under the same reservation.
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Priced as three separate one-way flights, Delta Air Lines wanted a total of $282.30 for the itinerary. But try to book it as one ticket — as most travelers do — and Delta was charging $2,174.70 for the exact same flights.
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A similar search on American Airlines for a trip from Miami to Chicago to San Francisco and back to Miami yielded similar results. Booked at three one-way trips, American was charging a total of $664.30. But if booked on one ticket, American wanted $1,064.70.
United Airlines was also charging extra for trip from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Chicago and back to New York. Bought as one ticket, it cost $507.70, compared to a total of $308.30 if purchased as three separate tickets.
And if travelers need to modify their trips, they are going to pay even more.
If booked as a traditional multi-city trip, there would be a $200 change fee. But if fliers choose to book three one-way segments instead, that change fee could skyrocket to $600.


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I've released an update to Ookii.CommandLine, my library for parsing command line arguments for .Net.
This new version comes with nullable reference type support (for .Net 6+), a new helper to make parsing easier, more customizability, an easier way to make
-Help style arguments, and some bug fixes.
See the full list of changes here.
With the new helper method, you can now just do the following to parse the arguments and write errors and usage to the console if parsing failed:
var parsed = CommandLineParser.Parse<MyArguments>(args);
And if you want to customize parsing behavior, you can still do so with this method:
var options = new ParseOptions() { NameValueSeparator = '=' }; var parsed = CommandLineParser.Parse<MyArguments>(args, options);
Of course, existing code to parse arguments that manually creates an instance of
CommandLineParser will continue to work.
Check it out on NuGet or GitHub, or try it out online!
Also, the Visual Studio code snippets (which previously required manual installation) are now available on the Visual Studio marketplace.
Today I'm releasing another small tool that I created for personal use that I believe others might find of use. The tool is the .Net Configuration Section Documentation Generator (more proof that I should not be put in charge of naming things), which does what it says on the tin: it generates documentation for configuration sections defined using .Net's
ConfigurationSection class.
Basically, it can generate an XSD schema from a
ConfigurationSection, to which you can then add annotations to document the elements and attributes of the section, and then generate an HTML documentation file from that schema. The tool can be used with Microsoft .Net and Mono.
As an example, check out the schema for the documentation generator's own configuration section as generated by the documentation generator, and with added annotations. And finally, the documentation file generated from the annotated schema. This is only a very trivial configuration section, but it gives you an idea of what the output of the documentation generator looks like.
More information and downloads here.
While working on the update to my site (which is now completely finished), I came across a minor problem: I had an old ASP.NET Web Service (you know, the .asmx type, predating even WCF) that I needed to preserve at the same URL for compatibility purposes.
However, that URL was inside a folder on the old site. And in the new ASP.NET MVC site, that folder didn't exist anymore; instead, requests for that path were handled by an MVC Controller. This meant that it was not possible to leave the .asmx file at its original location, because an existing physical directory pre-empts the MVC route for the controller, so it would render all the other pages with the same base URL unviewable.
I figured I'd be able to use
RouteCollection.MapPageRoute to redirect the old URL to the .asmx file's new location, but it turned out that this function only works for pages (.aspx files), as it requires that the HTTP handler for the route's target derives from
System.Web.Page. Searching the web wasn't able to find a solution for this, but some investigation into the inner workings of ASP.NET routing let me devise my own solution, which I thought I'd share here.
The trick, it turns out, is to create a custom
IRouteHandler, one that is able to return the correct
IHttpHandler for web services. This turned out to be fairly simple:
using System; using System.Web; using System.Web.Routing; using System.Web.Services.Protocols; public class ServiceRouteHandler : IRouteHandler { private readonly string _virtualPath; private readonly WebServiceHandlerFactory _handlerFactory = new WebServiceHandlerFactory(); public ServiceRouteHandler(string virtualPath) { if( virtualPath == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException("virtualPath"); if( !virtualPath.StartsWith("~/") ) throw new ArgumentException("Virtual path must start with ~/", "virtualPath"); _virtualPath = virtualPath; } public IHttpHandler GetHttpHandler(RequestContext requestContext) { // Note: can't pass requestContext.HttpContext as the first parameter because that's // type HttpContextBase, while GetHandler wants HttpContext. return _handlerFactory.GetHandler(HttpContext.Current, requestContext.HttpContext.Request.HttpMethod, _virtualPath, requestContext.HttpContext.Server.MapPath(_virtualPath)); } }
This route handler can then be used to add a route for a .asmx web service:
routes.Add("RouteName", new Route("path/to/your/service", new RouteValueDictionary() { { "controller", null }, { "action", null } }, new ServiceRouteHandler("~/actualservice.asmx")));
One important thing to note is the
RouteValueDictionary values I'm passing to the route. If you don't add values for "controller" and "action" to the dictionary, the Html.ActionLink helper method will match this route for any controller or action, leading to completely incorrect URLs if this is the first matching route. Since you probably want to have this route before the MVC default route (which was the case for me), that would be a problem. Setting the values in the route value dictionary resolves this issue.
Of course, you can create your own extension method to make this easier:
public static Route MapServiceRoute(this RouteCollection routes, string routeName, string url, string virtualPath) { if( routes == null ) throw new ArgumentNullException("routes"); Route route = new Route(url, new RouteValueDictionary() { { "controller", null }, { "action", null } }, new ServiceRouteHandler(virtualPath)); routes.Add(routeName, route); return route; }
Which means you can now simply use this:
routes.MapServiceRoute("RouteName", "path/to/your/service", "~/actualservice.asmx");
And voilà, I was now able to preserve the URL to my legacy web service without needing to have a physical file matching that URL. If you're faced with a similar situation, I hope this helps you.
As you can see, Ookii.org has gotten a revamp. Now you may wonder, why make such a radical update to a site when the content doesn't change that often? The main reason is that I wanted to get my hands dirty with some modern web technology.
While web development has never been particularly important to me, it was something I knew how to do and I kept somewhat up-to-date with. This dates back to making the site for my high school (at the time in Frontpage). However, as I'd been busy with my Ph.D. in Japan, I had very little time to keep up to date with stuff I didn't have any need to use in my research. Now that I've finished and haven't started my new job yet, it was the ideal time to brush up a little.
Back when I started this site, I wrote it in ASP.NET 2.0. I hand-rolled an AJAX library, because jQuery was years from being invented and actually AJAX support in websites wasn't all that common yet. The AJAX parts of the site used web services that returned data in XML, because no one had thought to start using JSON yet either. "Mobile browsers" at the time meant IE for Windows Mobile, which didn't support script at all and was barely on par with IE6 on the desktop otherwise. And speaking of IE6, supporting that was still very much a priority at the time.
But things have changed, and the goal was to re-familiarize myself with the state of the art. So this site is written in ASP.NET MVC 4, using the Entity Framework for data access. On the client, it uses HTML5 and CSS3, with scripts utilizing jQuery and a few related libraries. The site now has a responsive layout thanks to Zurb Foundation (try it: resize your browser window and watch the layout change), which has the side-effect of making it much more friendly for mobile devices. I've also used Knockout.
I have to say I was surprised at how much web programming has changed. ASP.NET MVC is light-years beyond the old web forms. Not only are the frameworks much better and the HTML/CSS much cleaner (at least, as long as you only target modern browsers), the tooling (in the form of Visual Studio 2012 in my case) also has improved tremendously.
Besides just redesigning the layout, I've also made a new front page that de-emphasizes the blog a little (since I don't update it that often), and instead provides a few more useful links as well as news about my Let's Plays from the associated Twitter account.
Note that not everything uses the new layout. Currently, only the blog has been updated. I intend to move other sections of the site to the new layout over time.
Let me know what you think, or if you find something that's broken.
Yes, I realise this blog is all but dead. However, I will soon finally complete my Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo (so, yay me!), and as a result I can now finally release a few things that had been put on hold while I was writing my Ph.D. thesis. In addition, I will probably release a few projects related to my research that may hopefully be of interest to some people.
First up is a small update to Ookii.CommandLine. This update adds command line argument aliases, some updates for usage help generation, and code snippets to help with creating argument classes.
In addition, I used NuGet to create a symbols package and published it on SymbolSource, which you should apparently be able to use as a symbol server in Visual Studio without manually downloading the symbols.


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A relative shares news later this week.
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Dec. 22 to Jan. 19: You might feel awkward asking for assistance, but who would refuse the charming goat's request?
Do it, then go ahead and enjoy a musical weekend.
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April 20 to May 20: Patience continues to be a virtue for the divine bovine. So as eager as you might be to get things moving, remember that time is on your side. Make good use of it.


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Hipster Grifter Spotted; May Still Be in Brooklyn
A tipster has come through with the first solid intelligence on hipster grifter Kari Ferrell's whereabouts since news of her criminal exploits broke yesterday. She's allegedly still right here in Brooklyn!
From a local tipster this afternoon:
My friend is currently 'seeing' her. They were in the ER all day Monday and she told him that she had lung cancer that had spread to her liver and kidney. She later wrote an eloquent email about not wanting to fight anymore and she is just not as strong as everyone else. He's called the cops in SLC. She must have seen the article because she asked him if he reads any of 'those crazy ny newspapers'.
Gadzooks! The tipster tells us that her friend met Kari last Friday night at Barcade in Williamsburg, which is just so expected. The friend tried to convince Kari to check herself into Sloan-Kettering, but our tipster's not sure which hospital she ended up in. "They were supposed to go on a date last night but after he saw the Observer story he canceled." Now, he's already been in touch with the Utah police, who say they will extradite Kari Ferrell to stand trial for her assorted crimes if they can track her down.
And to refresh your memory: Kari has warrants out for her arrest in Salt Lake City relating to over $60,000 in forgery, theft, and bad checks. Almost without exception, everyone who's met her says she's charming in person—but they end up regretting they ever knew her, after the myriad bizarre lies and stealing and fraud and everything else. Vice pointed out that some acquaintances back home nicknamed her "The Filth" for burning them so bad. She's not just some random fameball; she's actually a pathological liar and a major thief. Go on, re-read Doree's story!
Our tipster suspects she may still be hanging around Crown Heights. If you know any more, email us.
And more on the story from Doree Shafrir at the NYO
Update: Another sighting! From yesterday:
Hey I definetely saw her yesterday in prospect heights at vanderbilt and park place. Spoke to sgt Ross [of the Salt Lake City PD] and gave him coordinates. Was with a lightly bearded guy, tattoo blazing. Had read the observer article 2 hrs earlier.


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