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Dig this: a story titled 'Mars rover finds "puddles" on the planet's surface' was published on NewScientist.com by a guy named David Chandler. I am not sure exactly when it was published but it has been updated on 21:14 12 June 2007 with the following opening:
"Update: The researchers have retracted their claim about the possibility of standing water on Mars after readers pointed out the terrain lies on the sloped wall of a crater – see our blog explaining what happened".
Its funny how nowadays things work sometimes.
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Where sheep skins meet designer classics..
26 comments:
- The Zhush said...
What an amazing home, and this island truly sounds ideal! Just lovely.
- Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 11:38:00 PM GMT+10
- Krystal said...
wow that looks like such a dreamy place!
- Monday, August 16, 2010 at 12:15:00 AM GMT+10
- Stacey said...
This is a beautiful home and Gotland sounds like the perfect family getaway. I love how unpredictable the landscape is too! The last picture(of Pippi?) is so adorable.
- Monday, August 16, 2010 at 3:03:00 AM GMT+10
- Lumo said...
Never been to Gotland, even though it is not that far away... Have seen so many Gotland, these included. Maybe next summer...
Hope Isabella is feeling well now.
- Monday, August 16, 2010 at 3:36:00 AM GMT+10
- caroline @ patagonia gifts said...
oh this place looks perfect for a short getaway... or maybe a long one? love it! hope Isabella is feeling better. xo
- Monday, August 16, 2010 at 3:52:00 AM GMT+10
- Tina said...
Great post! It breathes Sweden!
Haven´t been to Gotland but it´s for sure on my getaway- list. It´s not very far from Blekinge and nowdays you can also fly to Gotland I think.
Also lots of interesting information about the furniture and their creators. I adore Jacobsen as well!
I´m sure your Ant chairs will come to great use once you move back to Sweden.
Must be so exciting coming home!!!
And of course, Pippi Långstrump rules!
Lots of hugs!
- Monday, August 16, 2010 at 4:33:00 AM GMT+10
- katrina lauren said...
oh my. this is absolutely amazing. i love the white wood floors and ceilings...so pretty! the sun room is wonderful...how nice it would be to sit in there with morning coffee looking around at the beautiful world surrounding me...sigh. i dream.
- Monday, August 16, 2010 at 8:21:00 AM GMT+10
- Cath said...
Wow... I think you've just unearthed my dream holiday home - or full time residence, I'm not fussy! Beatifully minimal and stylish, and at the same time cosy and family friendly. Hmmm...it may be time to get a holiday home on the coast :)
Happy monday my dear! xxx
- Monday, August 16, 2010 at 9:18:00 AM GMT+10
- Everton Terrace said...
I always feel so much more peaceful in a monochromatic room. Good for me I tend to be on the hyper side. Would adore roaming that countryside Pippi style!
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 2:54:00 AM GMT+10
- Mary Ann said...
thanks for sharing this beautiful destination dreamland. hope you are having a great start to your week! verbena cottage
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 3:12:00 AM GMT+10
- Lilla huset på prärien said...
Jag har ju aldrig varit på Gotland men jag älskar de där vackra fårskinnen! De är bara helt underbara. Måste bara ta mig till Gotland nästa sommar...
Kram J
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 3:40:00 AM GMT+10
- Nuit said...
lol that little girl is precious!!!
I am a big fan of paneled walls, they are perfect.
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 3:44:00 AM GMT+10
- MALVINI FF said...
I never thought I'd says this about sheep, but those are very attractive sheep!! nice color!
as for pipi ... I'm going trhough the pipi fase allllll over again, ... and it never gets borring ... makes me want to clean house with rollerbrushes ... :)) I need to get to sweden on day!
PS/ great post!!
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 8:01:00 AM GMT+10
- Style Attic said...
I love the fond memories you breathed life into and shared with us in this post. I love the comment about Pippi Longstocking and the shout out to your English speaking gals! She brings back memories for me. Now I'm singing Baa Baa Black Sheep, Have You Any Wool...Yes, Sir, Yes Sir, One Blog Page Full :)
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 1:45:00 PM GMT+10
- CatherineLovesRoses said...
You can visit Pipi Langstrum ´s house!! Oh I didn´t know it! This girl was so creative and always full of imagination, I really liked her!!
Love Jacobsen´s designs, they are simply amazing, but I should disagree with the sheepskin souvenir! :)
Have a wonderful Tuesday!
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 4:11:00 PM GMT+10
- *Ingrid* said...
thanks for all the beauty!!!
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 11:13:00 PM GMT+10
- Anne said...
I must go there someday! It looks like the ideal holiday destination. Pipi is a wonderful role model, no matter how old we are. Her spunk is admirable. I love those sheep also. We have discussed someday getting a goat or 2 to keep our dog busy (she has far too much energy), but some sheep would be really lovely. Have yourself a wonderful week!
- Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 12:52:00 AM GMT+10
What a gorgeous place! Lucky you as a child!
Eddie & Jaithan
- Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 3:01:00 AM GMT+10
- Urban Style Vibes said...
I love the image of the black sheep! They perfectly match with the Swedish interior below. Good styling Charlotta:-)
Hope you are doing well!
Lise M.
- Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 5:00:00 AM GMT+10
- Trixy said...
Looks so relaxing and nice :)
- Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 9:45:00 AM GMT+10
- Julie@beingRUBY said...
HI Charlotta
What a wonderful place to spend childhood summers... fabulous.. It looks to be unspoilt .. I hope it still is!!!
You made me laugh with Pippy Longstocking!!! I don't think have ever seen those movies but have heard of her.. Must watch them sometime.. and love the black sheep too!!!
Well all these interiors look so relaxing.. uncluttered... perfect style for getting away from it all..
Hope you have a fabulous week xxx Julie
- Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 11:44:00 AM GMT+10
- Leigha said...
What a lovely place to vacation. I used to daydream of mopping the floor like Pippy Longstocking did (I think with rollerskates? Or something wild?).
I am so pleased to hear Isabella is feeling better!
- Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 9:37:00 AM GMT+10
- Ida - Decoria.se said...
De här bilderna måste ju garanterat få dig att längta till Sverige :-)
- Friday, August 20, 2010 at 2:41:00 AM GMT+10
- Elise said...
These rooms are great, I love all the decor. My question is, what kind of window treatments do you suggest for such rooms? I came across your post this afternoon while browsing interior design blogs and the topic of window treatment selection was very interesting to me. It is true that you must dress your windows appropriately to bring out their true beauty. Thank you for writing and as a special thanks to you and your readers, I would like to offer a 20% off coupon using this code upon checkout: BLG20.
- Friday, August 20, 2010 at 8:39:00 AM GMT+10
- shopgirl said...
I love Pippi!!! I went to the children's Museum in Stockholm last year and took loads of pics of me in her house and the dolls. I think I was one of the few adults in there.
- Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 6:51:00 PM GMT+10
- Mariska Meijers said...
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Friday, December 23, 2011
Merry Christmas!
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Sunday, November 20, 2011
Hello Kitty
Yesterday was my niece Ella's 5th Birthday. My sister in law asked me to make her a Hello Kitty cake. She just wanted it to be the head. So I thought it can't be too hard right? Well, it was probably the easiest cake I have ever made. Here is the end result and then I'll tell you how I cut it out.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Halloween Fun
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
My Silhouette
Have I told you how much I love my Silouhette!! I had a cricut, hated it, it tore up within 1 month of having it and could NOT get the company to correspond with me. I've had my Silouhette for almost a year now. I didn't use it much while we were in our "transition" house. But now that I'm here, I have room and use it all the time!! I thought I would give you another glance at our new house by showing you one way I have used my silouhette.
I made this lettering with the Silhouette Vinyl. I love it!! And it looks so much better than those tacky stick on letters. How do you use your silouhette??
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Homemade Jewelry Holder
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Missing My Daddy
It's been a year since my 49 year old father died of a heart attack. I've held up pretty good today, spending the majority of the day with my grandparents (who I love dearly) and my brother. I still think of him every day and just about the time I think all my tears are dry, here they come again. My dad wasn't a perfect dad. But he was mine and I loved him. A lot of people saw a lot of faults but I saw a man that struggled and all the while wanted better for his children. Loved them enough to stay away at times. Loved them enough to say he was wrong. It took me until I was an adult to realize this, but better late than never.
On that morning, my Grandma called to tell me he had passed. I sat on the kitchen floor praying to God that my Daddy was in Heaven. I knew he believed in Jesus. But I've never lost anyone I was close to, so it wasn't something I thought about too much. Of course he was in Heaven, right? But he was a sinner, an alcoholic, not perfect. I've never had a bigger sense of peace than I did at that very moment. God wrapped his arms around me and told me everything was alright. That my Daddy had made it home.
When we went back to his apartment to get his belongings, I found a list of bible verses on his fridge. I don't know where they came from, but I know they were dear to him because they were stained and faded. The title was "You say, God says." You can read them all HERE. It's here that I found the verse that is now on his monument. 2 Corinthians 12:9 "My Grace is Sufficient for You." God never asked my Daddy to be perfect, just that he believe in Jesus and turned over his problems to him.
I always felt like everyone thought of my Daddy as a sinner. I hated that they judged him because I knew who he was underneath his addiction. But the days surrounding his funeral I heard "your Daddy was a special person", "he always had a smile", "he always made me laugh", "he never met a stranger". That was my Daddy and I was so proud that they caught a glimpse of the real him. Anyone who has a family member with an addiction can relate when I say, their addiction is your problem. But I will also tell you that I respect that man probably more than anyone I have ever known. He struggled, and although sometimes misguided, he got up every day and pressed on. Each day determined that he would do better than he had the day before. Some days he did, some days he didn't. He faced people that had given up on him. He faced people that looked down on him. But he kept going. He loved with everything he had. I never had a Daddy that could buy me a new car or take me on fancy vacations. But I had a Daddy that loved me more than life itself. Not everyone can say that! And I miss him dearly.
Remembering my Daddy today, Thomas Lee Rakestraw, "JR". Loved & Missed.
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Single Artwork: French Montana – Marble Floors (Ft. Rick Ross, Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz)
French Montana's first single featured a star studded cast consisting of Rick Ross, Drake, and Lil Wayne. His 2nd single in support of Excuse My French will be no different as it will feature Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, and 2 Chainz. Expect the single to drop very soon.
French's 1st single, "Pop That," has stayed on the Billboard charts for 16 weeks peaking at 36. It currently holds the 40th spot on the Hot 100.
In related news, French's Mac & Cheese 3 is set to drop very very soon.
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Most-shady on November 15th, 2012 5:44 pm
Cant wait
SSK327 on November 15th, 2012 6:49 pm
Damn French can't do a single by himself like 50 said nobody looking forward to hearing his verse lol
The Royal One on November 15th, 2012 11:57 pm
French Montana is a weak ass artist. He can't make a whole song by himself. It's going to be hilarious who ever sees him on tour performing 1 verse from each of his songs. That show will be over in 15 minutes.
The most funniest part is that when they play "Pop That" in the mixes I hear only Drake & Lil Wayne's verses played but never that weak link French Montana. Same results will happen for the next single.
Phenomenal. on November 16th, 2012 12:11 am
French is ass, he can't stand on his own.
True on November 16th, 2012 2:24 am
Another over featured single really Franch shot coller is the only good song u made. Anit fukin wit u no more bruh.
Mr. Tv Reference on November 16th, 2012 3:13 am
Why can't French just makes songs like Shot caller. I didnt care for it but lots of people liked it. Now the dude is spending all his money to pay for these features that he wont make any money because I'm sure that wayne feature aint cheap. Dude have no plan for this oppurtunity he have in Hip Hop. He's going to be broke and forgotten about by this time next year
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But today it was time for Kim Kardashian to head back to Los Angeles.
And the 31-year-old certainly didn't appear happy about it, looking downcast as she arrived at LAX airport this afternoon.
Parting is such sweet sorrow: Kim Kardashian looked downcast as she arrived at LAX airport this afternoon leaving Kanye West behind in New York
Kim, dressed in her trusty leather trousers, could hardly crack a smile as she solemnly walked through the terminal and headed to an awaiting car.
While she wore her favourite tight attire on her bottom half, she went comfortable on the top, hiding her curves in a white T-shirt and a black knitted wrap cardigan.
For her accessories, she opted for suede sandals and toted a black leather Hermes bag.
Downcast: Kim, dressed in her trusty leather trousers, could hardly crack a smile as she solemnly walked through the terminal and headed to her awaiting car
The reality star uncharacteristically appeared in no mood to smile for the camera, keeping her head mostly down as she strutted around the airport.
Kim has enjoyed an action-packed time in the Big Apple, mixing both work with pleasure by spending time with West.
What, no smiles? The reality star uncharacteristically appeared in no mood to smile for the camera
Home time: Kim was heading home after an action-packed time in the Big Apple
The couple enjoyed several dates together with the 34-year-old rapper even attending the opening of a restaurant her brother-in-law Scott Disick is involved with.
At times the pair were parted when Kim flew out for one night to dine with President Barack Obama at the White House Correspondents' dinner in Washington.
Solo: Kim appeared to be one her own as she walked through the terminal
And also when she got to work on promotional duties with her family for the new series of their reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
West was a no show last night when Kim joined the entire Kardashian clan at the E! Upfront event in New York.
The raven-haired beauty wore a simple black and white lampshade style dress, paired with black strappy sandals, as she made her way onto the stage to talk to the waiting audience along with her sisters Khloe and Kourtney and mother Kris Jenner.
Pamper session: Kim Kardashian was wasted no time getting pampered and visited a salon in Beverly Hills earlier today
In need of cheering up: Kim was seen having a manicure and a pedicure at a salon in Beverly Hills
Tough day? Kim looked strained as she got her nails done by no less than two beauticians
The quartet were also joined by Kris' husband Bruce Jenner, son Rob Kardashian and Khloe's husband Lamar Odom at the event.
During their time together in Manhattan, Kim and Kanye also enjoyed a basketball game and went out for numerous dinners.
More recently on the couple's dating to-list was a trip to the theatre, and the twosome attended the Broadway musical Wicked over the weekend after Kim returned from Washington.
Barefaced: Kim had no make-up on for the beauty trip
Don't smudge them! Kim was seen wearing the paper flip flops as she left the salon
Date night: The last time Kim was seen with Kanye was when they went to see the Broadway production of Wicked together over the weekend
Matching pairs: Kim and Kanye both wore leather trousers as they stepped out last week, but Kanye couldn't seem to keep his pair hitched up
Earlier in the day, they headed out for lunch at pizza restaurant Serafina.
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CES Report 4 - Digital Terrestrial Radio at CES
Digital Radio May Finally Happen in the U.S. - After almost a decade of horsing around, terrestrial radio broadcasting may finally join in the digital age, according to a display at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The National Radio Systems Committee - jointly sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association and the National Association of Broadcasters - has evaluated the test data on the iBiquity FM IBOC digital system (In-Band On-Channel) and finds it represents a significant improvement over existing analog services as well as over earlier in-band DAB systems that were tested by the FCC and found wanting. The enhancements include almost total freedom from typical FM multipath distortion, significantly improved full-stereo coverage (without having to mix to nearly mono as do most car FM receivers), flexible data-casting opportunities, and an efficient way for FM stations to begin the transition to digital broadcasting (as TV stations are doing with DTV).
The main cause of the long haul to digital radio in this country was the insistence of broadcasters, and especially the NAB, that the digital signal be carried at the same frequency as their present FM signal rather than at an entirely new higher frequency (as is being done with DTV). Other countries such as Britain and Canada have adopted DAB systems using different frequencies, thus eliminating the tradeoffs of possible interference not only between the analog and digital signals of the same station but between adjacent stations on the dial. The NRSC evaluation shows that a small decrease in signal-to-noise will be evident for some listeners in areas where adjacent stations operating with the FM IBOC system overlap the coverage of the desired station. But they say these listeners may also be subject to adjacent-channel analog interference which will mask the digital interference. They also mention the stereo blend-to-mono function included on all car receivers (as mentioned above), which they feel will also mask any IBOC-related interference. Oh boy...
The NRSC has recommended that the iBiquity FM IBOC system now be authorized by the FCC to speed up the transition to DAB in the U.S. With minimal impact on the existing analog FM reception and no requirement for new frequencies. Among the owners of iBiquity Digital are 14 of the nation's top 20 radio broadcasters and leading broadcast technology companies such as Harris and Lucent. The broadcasters operate more than 2000 radio stations in the U.S. There is also an AM version of the iBiquity system, and the data functions include a small screen display on the DAB receivers which can display advertising, CD covers and information, interactive commerce, more info on subjects mentioned on broadcasts, and on-demand local traffic and weather, sports, stock quotes and event schedules.
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Your guide to the Weekend Viewing:
1. 300 (stylised war action with Gerard Butler, Lena Headey and Vincent Regan) Rated: * * * (out of 4): Pulsating battle scenes of the Spartans vs Persians with blood and gore enhanced by CGI to give a surrealistic effect. Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel (like "Sin City").
2. DREAMGIRLS (musical with Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy) Rating: * * * 1/2 (3.5 stars): Mesmerising musical about Black singers in the 60s and 70s (like Diana Ross & The Supremes), with powerful performances by Hudson and Beyonce. Watch how Hudson has managed to win the Globe and Oscar for her first movie role.
3. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (biodrama with Will Smith, Thandie Newton and Jaden Smith) Rated: * * * (3 stars): This rags to riches story of multi-millionaire Chris Gardner is a bit cliched and contrived but the heart and scene-stealer is Smith's son Jaden who should make the women reach for their tissues.
4. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA (fantasy adventure with Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb) Rating: * * * (3 stars): A feel-good rites-of-passage movie about the power of friendship and imagination between two classmates. Don't expect another "Chronicles Of Narnia" epic, though.
5. CHARLOTTE'S WEB (fantasy drama with Dakota Fanning and voice of Julia Roberts) Rating: * * * (3 stars): This live action rendition of E.B. White's novel about loyalty and sacrifice is both heartwarming and emotional. Great for the family.
6. PRIMEVAL (thriller with Dominic Purcell and Orlando Jones) Rating: * * (2 stars): Story about a hunt for a giant killer croc in Africa with a military villain thrown in. Trouble is, you would feel pity for the croc, not the hunters.


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In spirit of the holidays, BeautyCubed has teamed up with some of their favourite brands to do a series of giveaways during the month of December! During this campaign, I want all my readers to take a moment and think about how they can give back this holiday season to those less fortunate. The opportunity to give is all around us – a small donation to Salvation Army, participating in the United Way campaign at work, volunteering at a soup kitchen – the opportunities are endless. Beauty is more than just what meets the eye, it's what inside and also defined by our actions. During the #BeautyGiveBack campaign, I ask everyone to share a picture or send a tweet showing how you're giving back by this holiday season tagging #beautygiveback. Everything little thing counts!
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Although I formally figure as one of the organisers, this time around Joe Standing did most of the work $-$ but I'm posting to advertise the next edition of the UCLP Biostatistics Network Symposium. We've sort of skipped 2015, mainly for organisational reasons, but since the next edition will be very early in the new year I guess it's not that bad...
As usual, we'll have 3 sessions with one key-note speaker and two shorter presentations. Here's more information on registration (which is free for members of UCL or affiliated hospital/research unit staff and students and costs £30 for others).
Theme: Methods for Designing and Analysing Clinical Trials
Date: Thursday 18th Feb 2016, 09:30-17:00
Venue: Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Session 1: Clinical trials in small populations/rare diseases
10:00-11:00 KEYNOTE: Prof Nigel Stallard, University of Warwick
11:00-11:30 Dr Tim Morris, UCL/MRC CTU
11:30-12:00 Dr Ronit Pressler, UCL/GOSH
Lunch break 45 min
Session 2: Pharmacometrics: Statistical pharmacology
12:45-13:45 KEYNOTE: Prof France Mentre, Paris V/INSERM
13:45-14:15 Dr Joe Standing, UCL
14:15-14:45 Dr Frank Kloprogge, UCL
Coffee break 15 min
Session 3: Designing studies in infectious diseases
15:00-16:00 KEYNOTE: Dr Patrick Phillips, UCL/MRC CTU
16:00-16:30 Prof David Dunn, UCL
16:30-17:00 Dr Sarah Edwards, UCL
Organisers: Prof Rumana Omar, Dr Sarah Edwards, Dr Gianluca Baio, Dr Joe Standing


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Chaim Soutine painted a number of other pastry chefs in addition to The Little Pastry Chef at the Portland Art Museum. The one shown on the left from the Kunstmuseum Basel is a small almost square portrait (26 x 20 in). The chef seems to be both collapsing and distorted at the same time much like the chef above. He does seem much younger than the one in Portland and the painting's title ranges from The Pastry Chef to Baker Boy. Soutine painted it in 1919. The one shown below carries the same title as The Little Pastry Chef here in Portland and was painted in 1922, a year later.
Later in 1927, Soutine evidently painted yet another pastry chef and its title is remarkably The Pastry Chef. Like the other chefs, this one's right shoulder is tilted slightly up. Unlike the other chef paintings, there's a lack of red here. The one from Portland punches red with the use of red in the background. Each of the other two chefs are holding something red. By 1927, red seems to have dropped from Soutine's palette as a front running color. This definitely seems to be calmest of the compositions, the one with the least churning abstraction and build up of color.


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On brink of election, U.S. at odds with itself
Monday, November 1, 2004
DULUTH, Minn. -- The battle for Bob James' front yard has been venomous, rancorous, vicious -- a small-scale replica, in other words, of America in the jaws of Campaign 2004.
It started when James, an Army veteran of the Gulf War, planted Bush-Cheney yard signs -- many, many such signs -- on his corner lot on London Road in Duluth, along with two 4-by-8-foot plywood signs of his own pro-President Bush design.
Then James' son caught a 22-year-old man painting "war" on one of the big signs.
Then, that same night, two 17-year-olds tried to make off with some of his yard signs.
Then, at 4 a.m. on Sept. 12, three teenagers defaced the signs, one of them spray-painting a swastika on the sidewalk.
Some might be surprised that this happened in Duluth, a quiet city of 87,000 on Lake Superior, in a state so soft-spoken that it is renowned for its "Minnesota Nice." But folks there say Duluth is no different from the rest of the United States these days.
It is angry. It is often uncivil. It is divided.
This is "the most divided America in the recent memory of our country," said John Kerry at the third presidential debate. Typically, the candidates disagreed as to why -- Kerry blamed Bush, and Bush blamed Washington's partisanship.
In Duluth, the division can be measured by Bob James' defaced signs -- but also by Duke Skorich's daily golf game at Northland Country Club, where friends of 30 years' standing can discuss just about everything, except politics. Too close to the bone.
"I think right now it is probably as bad as I've seen it in my 33 years of living in this community," said Skorich, a "Humphrey Democrat" who hosts a radio call-in show on KUWS.
It can be measured in the deliberations of a group of young leaders convened by the Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation to consider the community's needs. The No. 1 issue, according to executive director Holly Sampson: "improving the quality of public debate."
It can be measured in the reaction earlier this year when Mayor Herb Bergson and a split city council, under threat of court action, decided to move a Ten Commandments monument from the spot outside city hall where it sat for nearly half a century.
There were death threats and hateful phone calls and e-mail messages -- even though the monument was actually a promotional tool for the 1956 movie "The Ten Commandments," and even though it only listed nine commandments ("no graven images" was missing).
"Some of the language was not Christian language," Bergson said. "It's not OK to curse in the name of God."
'The roots of grumpiness'
"The roots of grumpiness are deep. It's not just George Bush and Kerry," said Robert Putnam, a Harvard political scientist whose book "Bowling Alone" argued that Americans are participating less and less in civic life.
"There's an absence of friendship across borders -- and I think that's close to being the most important problem this country faces," he said.
Of course, the idea of a contentious America is not new. When John Jay helped negotiate a controversial treaty with Great Britain in 1795, a graffiti artist in Boston didn't take it well: "Damn John Jay!" he wrote. "Damn everyone who won't damn John Jay!! Damn everyone that won't put lights in his windows and sit up all night damning John Jay!!!"
"People view the other person as basically stupid if they support John Kerry or George Bush," said Andy Peterson, director of public policy for the Duluth Chamber of Commerce. "When candidates come to town, people get angry at people they know who show up."
This is a city that has always had strong civic participation -- voter turnout for municipal elections routinely reaches 60 to 70 percent, said Donny Ness, a city councilman. As many as 85 percent may vote on Tuesday.
While Duluth itself remains solidly in the column of the Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party, there have been numerous visits by candidates and their spouses, and there has been a constant stream of campaign ads, many of them negative. Though Duluth ranks 136th among media markets in the country, a University of Wisconsin study found it ranked 37th in campaign commercials.
That relentless drumbeat, says Morris Fiorina, may lead some to believe that their society is more divided than it really is.
Fiorina, a political scientist at Stanford University, believes that the parties and candidates are divided -- not the American public. Most Americans, he said, are moderates, even on hot-button issues like abortion, where they favor choice, but some limits.
In Duluth, many are appalled by the vandalism of the signs at Bob James' place; others are appalled by James' refusal to forgive the teenagers who came forward to admit their crime and to apologize, or by James' insistence on putting up such an outsized display in the first place.
"Does that mean to tell me that you're a better American, a stronger patriot?" asked Skorich. "When you put up that many signs and signs of that size, I'm not certain what kind of a statement you want to make."
Bob Mars, head of a local family business, is appalled by behavior he sees on the many civic boards he serves. "Boards are having trouble coming to compromises," he said. "It's as though each person wants to be a winner. They don't necessarily want to solve a problem."


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Then the afternoon I conducted a paint-along involving some of the morning's demonstrations. Sharing techniques that allow my students to have a deeper understanding of the medium. I concentrate on composition, controlling wet-on-wet washes, drybrush, spattering, and lifting of the medium with one-on-one instruction.
The paint-along took 2.5 hours: I painted for an hour and my students accomplished their paintings in 1 and a half hours As you can see in the group photo I was quite pleased with all of the students paintings.


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Hi, it's Will. In this post I will discuss the risks of using forensics software to process untrusted data, as well as what can be done to mitigate those risks.
In my last blog post, I mentioned the increased risk of using Microsoft Exchange features that utilize the Oracle Outside In libraries. Outside In is a document-parsing library that supports a large number of file types, and subsequently has a large attack surface. Vulnerabilities can be found pretty easily by using a fuzzer like the CERT Failure Observation Engine (FOE). In the case of Microsoft Exchange, the risk can be mitigated by either turning off WebReady or at least running Exchange on a platform that supports address space layout randomization (ASLR).
But what about other software that uses Outside In? If you look at the Vendor Information section of the last Outside In vulnerability note that we published, you'll notice we've confirmed there are quite a few vendors that use Outside In. Of particular interest are the forensics software vendors Guidance (EnCase) and AccessData (Forensic Toolkit, or FTK).
Forensics software is used in pretty important circumstances, so the soundness of the software is critical. How seriously are Guidance and AccessData taking the security of their software? Two simple ways of minimizing the risk of using software that is known to contain flaws are to use
First, let's look at Guidance EnCase 7.07 on Windows 7:
EnCase.exe process, which hosts the Outside In libraries, runs with the privileges of the logged-on user and does not utilize ASLR (is not linked with /DYNAMICBASE). In other words, an exploit for a vulnerability in Outside In can use ROP to achieve code execution with the privileges of the user running EnCase.
What about EnCase on Windows XP?
It's pretty clear that EnCase doesn't opt in to using DEP on this platform. This makes it quite easy for an attacker to exploit EnCase when it is running on Windows XP. When DEP isn't enabled, an exploit can simply jump directly to shellcode anywhere in memory. No tricky ROP chains are required.
How would a vulnerability in Outside In be triggered in EnCase? I haven't investigated all of the attack vectors, but I have confirmed that simply selecting the "Doc" view tab for a file will suffice:
Now let's look at AccessData FTK 5.0:
As with EnCase, the FTK process runs with the privileges of the logged-on user and does not opt in to using ASLR, opening up FTK to simple ROP attacks. And with FTK, triggering an Outside In vulnerability requires even less user interaction. Simply clicking on a file to select it will render a preview of it using the Outside In library:
Note that the above screenshot is from an older version of FTK.
I have been able to demonstrate execution of
calc.exe with both EnCase and FTK. But
calc.exe isn't terribly exciting. What about...
There are a few things that we know about software vulnerabilities in general:
/DYNAMICBASE linker flag, and SafeSEH, by using the
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So what can we do about this? If you've been reading any of the recent blog entries here, the answer should come as no surprise to you: Microsoft EMET on a Windows Vista or newer platform. Older platforms still get protection from EMET, particularly with the ROP mitigations. However, the lack of ASLR on older Windows versions is a significant weakness.
With EMET, you are no longer at the mercy of your software vendors. If they did not bother to enable mitigation features like DEP and ASLR, EMET can do it for you. Just add
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You may also wish to contact your software vendor to determine what steps they are taking to protect against software exploitation.


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It was nothing short of embarrassing. The head of the Hawks, Berning Ntlemeza, receiving a dressing down by members of Parliament in the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) for being unprepared at the meeting.
Ntlemeza, still in his post at the time, also tried to account for a 30% success rate which was all the government's anti-corruption task force had to show for itself.
Since being established in 2009, after its predecessor the Scorpions was dissolved in 2008, the Hawks have had a rough time of it. The force underwent a massive restructuring, moving from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to the police, and three court rulings have tried to bolster its political independence.
Allegations of political interference have, however, not gone away, and the Hawks have not performed nearly as well as its predecessor.
To add to its woes, its former head Ntlemeza is refusing to leave his post after being found to be a man who lacks the intelligence and qualities needed for the job by a court. A court had ruled that his appointment was invalid.
At that Scopa meeting in late 2016, it was revealed that R10-billion's worth of corruption and fraud was allegedly uncovered by the team. But this was not enough.
ANC MP Vincent Smith quipped: "Can I refer to page 11 of the presentation, Lieutenant-General. You say that the total number of persons convicted is 128, turn three pages later the total number of government officials convicted since 2014 to date is 399. Please explain that to me."
And there are allegations of suspicious activity, including one instance where the Hawks refused to investigate allegations of massive corruption at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa).
In a written reply to a Parliamentary question by the DA, the Hawks revealed that there had been a 60% decline in arrests and an 83% drop in conviction rates, at the end of 2015.
The DA pointed out that during the 2010/11 financial year, there were 14793 arrests and 7037 convictions. But four years later, there had been only 5847 arrests and 1176 convictions.
The Scorpions, by contrast, had high success rates, with a conviction rate of between 82% and 94%.
But the Hawks' performance aside, it is the political neutrality of the organisation which has always been questionable.
Johan Burger, of the Institute for Security Studies, (ISS) has pointed to the Hawks' investigation into the Sars "rogue unit", which saw former finance minister Pravin Gordhan being targeted by the Hawks, before the investigation quietly went away.
"Another [example] relates to the ongoing attempts by the head of the Hawks, Berning Ntlemeza, to get rid of Johan Booysen, the Hawks head in KwaZulu-Natal, in spite of repeated court findings in favour of Booysen," he said.


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ESF Information Seminar: An Education Worth Having at the Kindergarten and Primary stages
16 May, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
One event on 21 August, 2018 at 6:00pm
One event on 16 May, 2018 at 6:00pm
This seminar will be focusing on learning in ESF kindergartens and primary schools. Christopher Coyle, Principal of Wu Kai Sha and Derek Pinchbeck, ESF Teaching & Learning Adviser will share their insights into the IB Primary Years Programme (PYP), and how the ESF curriculum and approaches to learning help bring out the best in every student. ESF Admissions Manager, Julie Wong and her team will also be there to explain the application process and criteria.
There will be opportunities for individual Q&A after the formal presentations.
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|11 Mar 2019 (Mon)
27 May 2019 (Mon)
12 Aug 2019 (Mon)
|6 pm to 7 pm
(Q&A after 7 pm)
|ESF Centre, 25/F 1063 King's Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong (Click HERE for directions)
|On all days:
Derek Pinchbeck, ESF Teaching & Learning Adviser, Primary
Huiling Yu, ESF Teaching & Learning Adviser, Chinese
Julie Wong, ESF Admissions Manager
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Vicky Bewsey, Principal, ESF Tsing Yi International Kindergarten
27 May
Chris Duncan, Principal, ESF Hillside International Kindergarten


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McNeil government needs to come clean about fee increases
September 22, 2015
The NDP Caucus is calling on the McNeil government to come clean about any fee increases associated with the privatization of the registries of land, joints stocks and motor vehicles.
In the tender released today for the privatization of the registries, page 29 states "Respondents may propose a fee increase model." NDP Service Nova Scotia critic Sterling Belliveau says the public needs to know what level of fee increase they can expect as a result of privatization.
"The McNeil government already broke its election promise to not raise user fees," says Belliveau. "It's bad enough the privatization of registries will cost the province hundreds of millions of dollars in future revenue along with jobs, but now we learn the McNeil government plan could end up costing Nova Scotians more for basic things like renewing a driver's license. If the government is sincere in its pledge to be open and accountable throughout this process than it needs to tell Nova Scotians what type of fee increases they can expect."
Belliveau adds, " To make matters worse these fee increases will not be used to fund things like roads and hospitals, they will be leaving the province to pad the profit margins of corporations."


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I'll preface this post with a warning...it's very picture heavy, we had a fun day yesterday. ;)
My plan for Sunday (yesterday) was to have a family picnic. I haven't gone on one in ages and the weather has been so fabulous that it seemed like the perfect sunny summer treat.
First thing? Get a picnic basket. This seems like an easy thing to do but I couldn't find one anywhere if you can believe it. I posted to Facebook asking for help and suggestions and still have a few to follow up on. I even had someone find me one on Kijiji (thanks Judy!) but I have yet to hear back.
We decided we would just pack up a cooler. It is insulated after all and I think would have worked fine. I say would have because just as we were getting ready to pack up and leave I got a text from my sister asking if we would like to meet up with her at Parksville beach for their annual sandcastle competition...why yes we would!
With this quick change of plans we decided that rather than go for a picnic in the park we would picnic in our backyard instead. We have a big backyard with lots of shade and this turned out to be a wonderful idea. It was so peaceful sitting outside in the gentle breeze and enjoying some delicious food.
We had local bratwurst sausage grilled on the BBQ and served in a baguette with whole grain mustard, ketchup and relish. Way better than a hotdog and it makes me hungry just looking at these pictures again.
Spot prawn season just ended and we had these delicious ones sitting in the freezer just waiting to be enjoyed...and enjoyed they were. Cooked in butter and white wine with onions, garlic and scallions they didn't last long, incredibly tasty.
A few of my Mom's homemade dill pickles added a lovely salty crunch.
And for dessert a few chocolate chip cookies.
For drinks we had the leftover lemon sanpellegrino from yesterday's dinner on the deck.
And for one final treat a run over to the cherry tree was in order.
After a bit more running around to work off some of the post lunch sleepies..
We hit the road for the hour and a quarter drive to Parksville.
Along the way we saw many old cars driving around (I'm sure there was a car show going on somewhere). I only managed to get pics of these three but there were a ton of them.
Once we arrived at the beach we had to stop and watch the kite show. There were quite a few being flown but this one in particular was so cool with it's long tail.
Check out the video...I love when Marshall says "it's wonderful!"...adorable. :)
Then it was off to see the sandcastles...
This was "Fallen" and was based on Rapunzel.
I can't remember the name of this one but it was made to look like a hand touching a mirror. This was one of my favourites.
This was "Humpty Dumped Me"
"Billy Goats Gruff"
"Rub A Dub Dub"
"Fishin' Friends"
There were several others I didn't get pictures of. The skill required to design and make these sculptures is just amazing. They are available to view until Aug 18th and you can find more information on the Parksville Beachfest website.
After checking out the competition we hit the beach!
This is a great beach with lots of sand and space.
C + M.....awww.... ;)
My water baby....heading straight in..
It didn't take long until she was right in there...
All in all, a great fun filled day in the sun...


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Whether it's Father's Day, a family visit or simply a Sunday with nothing on the schedule, anytime is a good time to celebrate "Dear Old Dad" in Portland. Mix and match from our top picks to make the perfect itinerary for Papa.
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Eight ways to entertain dads in Portland
Woodsy trails, rounds of golf, happy hours and more provide plenty of quality time.
Travel Portland June 2, 2015 (updated Feb. 26, 2018)
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See See Motor Coffee Co.
This eastside café combines bikes and coffee beans, pulling espressos in a shop stocked with T-shirts, trucker hats, leather jackets and other two-wheeled essentials. Scope out the wall of vintage motorcycle helmets before ordering up a Stumptown coffee, Roman Candle pastries and perhaps a new Chrome bag.
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Forest Park
At 5,156 acres (2,086 ha), the country's largest urban park offers any dad a big dose of fresh air. Try a challenging hike up to historic Pittock Mansion, set out on a leisurely bike ride on car-free Leif Erikson Drive or plan an all-day expedition on the famed Wildwood Trail, which stretches nearly 30 miles (48 km) across the park.
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Eight ways to entertain dads in Portland
Dark paneled walls, vintage Edison bulbs and an impressive collection of paintings of Mount Hood lend a rustic cabin vibe to this upscale Southeast Portland restaurant and watering hole, owned by Stumptown Coffee founder Duane Sorenson. Stop in for "Oyster Hour" (5–7 p.m. weekdays, 2–5 p.m. weekends, all day Mondays) featuring a selection of fresh Northwest-sourced oysters for $2 each, along with other hearty fare like a double cheeseburger and hot buttered Dungeness crab buns.
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Eastmoreland Golf Course
Dust off those clubs and head to these gorgeous golf greens in Southeast Portland, only 10 minutes from downtown. Surrounded by Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens, Crystal Springs Lake and Johnson Creek, this century-old golf course packs in scenic views and was even named one of the top 100 public courses by Golf Digest.
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Hair M – Downtown
After the 18th hole, head to Hair M for a full-body "golfer's massage." With sophisticated salons in downtown Portland and the Pearl District, this guys-only grooming parlor offers stylish shaves, haircuts, facials and massage packages. Pops can drink Widmer beer on tap and peruse manly magazines (no "Cosmo" here!) in the waiting room, then watch his own private TV as an expert stylist works his macho magic.
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Hand-Eye Supply
DIY dads will appreciate this handyman haven located in the Old Town neighborhood. The work-focused wares include a well-curated selection of shop tools, from drafting equipment to folding saws and leather-handled hammers to Japanese-made tool boxes. Sturdy coveralls and chambray shirts help complete the craftsman look. Visits to the brick-and-mortar location are by appointment only.
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Fire on the Mountain [Burnside]
This wing joint is well-loved for slathering its crispy Buffalo-style chicken wings in any of a dozen delicious house-made sauces, ranging from spicy peanut to bourbon chipotle. If you're feeling especially bold, dare Dad to take on the "El Jefe" challenge: eating 15 outrageously spicy wings in three minutes. Fair warning: The signature habanero-powered El Jefe sauce is so hot that it was featured on the Food Network.
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Multnomah Whiskey Library
If Don Draper kept a library, it would look like this … with more than 1,500 bottles to choose from, the sophisticated Multnomah Whiskey Library boasts the largest spirits selection in town, with studious barkeeps happy to make recommendations — and scale ladders to fetch obscure labels from the towering shelves. Imbibe by the fireside in a luxurious leather lounge chair and raise a toast to fathers everywhere.
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Fleas can be a menace to the dogs, and they don't choose specific places to stay therefore there is need to ensure the dogs are well taken care of when it comes to flea attack. One of the most important thing that people should know is that the disadvantage of fleas attacking the dogs is that they cause malnutrition in the dogs as they suck the blood which is rich in nutrients from the dogs.
Once people take the initiative to control the flea in the dogs it serves to give the dog a healthy life as they are not deprived of the nutrients they get from the food they eat and also no blood is lost to the parasites. The another effect of the flea on the skin of the dogs is that they bring about the damage of the surface of the dog as they bite the skin and also as the dog tries to scratch and remove the fleas which bite them.
There are many drugs which have been developed in the recent past which are very much useful in ensuring that the dogs remain healthy and that they are free from attack by the parasites. Sprays is one of the methods that is used in making sure that the animals are free from the insects where some chemicals are mixed with water and sprayed to the body of the dogs to ensure the poison kills all the fleas.
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Latin Americans have an iffy relationship with Spain. We get it, colonialism leaves scars. But, like it or not, they share language, culture, and DNA. They also share a faltering economy (along with the rest of the world). In times like these, when it's hard for anyone to put together enough money to make a movie, collaboration is key. Spanish and Latin American co-productions are at an all-time high. This in part has led to a resurgence in the amount of movies produced each year in both Spain and Latin America.
Why a co-production?
There are many benefits to collaborating: pooling of financial resources, more options for government incentives and subsidies, better chances at entering each other's markets, and risk reduction. Particularly in smaller Latin American countries where a weak film industry provides few funding opportunities and finding crews with professional experience is difficult, a co-production with Spain is a no-brainer. But, this is not without controversy.
Spanish Conquistadors or Equal Partners?
There are critics who warn about reproducing dependency on Spain (some dare to use the word neo-colonialism) and reinforcing economic disparities between the two regions. There is also concern about the effect outside sources of funding can have on content. Many wonder how much editorial control comes with allowing Spain to bankroll a project. Despite the criticism and concern Spanish-Latin American co-productions continue to increase and can offer lots of lessons to U.S. producers looking to team up with their southern neighbors.
How does it work?
As a result of the creation of a film institute (the ICAA or Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales) and policy changes in the eighties, Spain spearheaded a multinational organization called CAACI (La Conferencia de Autoridades Audiovisuales y Cinematográficas de Iberoamerica, or Conference of Ibero-American Audiovisual and Film Institutes). Its members are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, México, Panamá, Perú, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela. CAACI brokered the creation of conventions and co-production treaties amongst its member countries. On top of these multilateral agreements, Spain has several bilateral agreements with individual Latin American countries. Depending on which agreement or convention is applied the conditions are:
(Taken from 'Industry Report: Produce – Coproduce. How to coproduce with Spain")
- For bilateral agreements; the minor producer's participation cannot account for less than 20%, while the main producer's cannot account for more than 80%, only allowing co-productions with real creative participation.
- For multilateral agreements, where the European or Ibero American Conventions are applied; the minor producer's participation cannot account for less than 10%, while the main producer's cannot exceed 70%. In this last case, certain financial co-productions are permitted.
Ibermedia is another source of funding that pools financial contributions from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, México, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Although the fund receives contributions from each member country, the majority of the money comes from Spain and mostly goes to production costs. Ibermedia also grants financing for a film's development, distribution, exhibition and promotion. The main requirements are:
(Taken from 'The New International Co-Production Scenario' and 'Co-Production and the Cultural Politics of Constructing an Ibero-American Audiovisual Space' by Tamara Falicov.
- Co-productions must be among at least three countries.
- Films must be in Spanish or Portuguese.
- The director, actors, and technical crew must be from an Ibero-American country.
- Beneficiaries are limited to independent production companies in countries that are members of the Ibermedia Program.
- Repayable loans are allocated to each co-producer on the basis of their financial contribution in the co-production.
- Up to 50 percent of the funding may be awarded by Ibermedia; the rest must come from additional financing sources
- Films receiving funding are typically very low-budget, and Ibermedia's contributions range from $30,000 to $200,000 per project
What about us in the U.S.?
It may be hard to believe but the U.S. has no co-production treaties. None! Still, Americans can enter as a third-party in treaty co-productions giving access to the same tax incentives and expanded market access as their partners. With an eye towards fostering collaborations in the absence of treaties, Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) offers the No Borders International Co-Production Market, "the oldest and most prominent co-production market in the U.S." IFP also operates the International Alliance Program with partners in various regions, the Latin American Training Center (LATC) acts as the official partner for Latin America. And for Latin American immigrants and U.S-born Latinos who are eligible for dual citizenship, opportunities abound.
Written by Juan Caceres and Vanessa Erazo, LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights emerging and established Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow@LatinoBuzzon twitter.
Notable Spanish-Latin American Co-productions
El espinazo del diablo (The Devil's Backbone, dir. Guillermo del Toro, Spain-Mexico, 2001)
La ciénaga (The Swamp, dir. Lucrecia Martel, Argentina-Spain-France, 2001)
El crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro, dir. Carlos Carrera, Mexico-Spain-Argentina-France, 2002)
Whisky (dir. Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll, Uruguay-Spain, 2004)
XXY (dir. Lucía Puenzo, Argentina-Spain, 2007)
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There can be various occasions when there arises the need to perform a Windows 7 clean install. Clean install simply means to install the Windows 7 on an unused partition on the computer's hard drive. But sometimes you might find difficulty in performing the Windows 7 clean install because of the 0×80070057 error. This article will provide you technical support tips to resolve the error so that you can install Windows 7 in a hassle free manner.
A clean install of Windows 7 removes the existing Windows operating system, and then replaces it with a fresh copy of Windows 7. The best technique of performing the install is to wipe out your computer's primary hard drive partition and then reinstall Windows 7 from the very scratch. People might require performing the install when they need to get rid of viruses, or when they are updating the computer's operating system or when the OS gets corrupt. Thus, there can be various other reasons behind the need for clean installation.
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Resolution for the error 0×80070057
To facilitate clean installation, it is important to resolve the error 0×80070057. The best computer support tip for troubleshooting this error is to delete the existing unused partition on your computer's hard drive. If you don't know how to perform the partition deleting, partition creation and formatting, then you continue reading the following online computer repair tips:
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• Next, select the 'Time' and 'Currency' format
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YUCCA MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The federal government applied for a license Tuesday to build a long-planned dump for the nation's radioactive waste in Nevada, but state officials vowed a renewed effort to block it, saying Washington has "lost track of reality."
After a quarter-century of scientific dispute and legal wrangling, the Energy Department officially launched what could be one of the most complex and costly engineering efforts in history. The Yucca Mountain repository, located 16 miles from the California border, would eventually store 70,000 metric tons of waste that has been accumulating since the first reactors went online.
And the amount of waste will grow at an increasing rate in future decades: In the last year, utilities have launched a nuclear power renaissance, announcing plans for 15 new commercial reactors.
The application "will further encourage the expansion of nuclear power in the United States, which is absolutely critical to our energy security, to our environment and to our national security," Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday.
The license application, which is 8,600 pages long, was filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has up to four years to act. If everything goes unfettered, Bodman said, Yucca Mountain could be open for business by 2020 at a cost of about $70 billion.
Although the impetus for a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain may be greater than ever, the legal and political hurdles for the project are vast.
A sharp cut in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's budget has left it short of resources, Chairman Dale E. Klein said. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency is years behind schedule in issuing a health standard for radioactive leakage from the dump. A previous standard was ruled illegal by a federal appeals court.
The issues that remain undecided could set off a frenetic pace of legal and regulatory scrambling in the closing days of the Bush administration.
Nevada officials said the administration was rushing forward with an incomplete application out of the belief that it would be more difficult to stop once it was in motion.
"They are just trying to get this on the plate while they still have a pal in the White House," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said in an interview. "All they want to do is get it out of their hands and give it to the next administration."
The dump has become one of the biggest geographic disputes in modern U.S. history, pitting Nevada against a nuclear power industry centered in the East. California's two senators, as well as others in the West, have supported Nevada's opposition to the dump.
Edward "Ward" Sproat, director of the Energy Department's office of civilian radioactive waste, disputed the idea of a geographic divide, saying the dump would relieve 39 states of stored nuclear waste.
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"I don't see it as an East versus West issue," Sproat said. "I see it as a national issue."
The design of the dump will provide for safe storage of the waste and represents 20 years of work by the nation's leading scientists, engineers and technical experts, including eight of the national laboratories and the U.S. Geological Survey, Bodman said.
The Energy Department has long argued against critics who want to leave the waste in place until technology improves. It would be irresponsible to not deal with the problem, the department has said.
The delays in building the dump have complicated the problem. Sproat said the Energy Department would have to ask Congress to expand the capacity of the Yucca Mountain site because all of its 70,000 metric tons of capacity will be reached in the next 24 months.
The nation has been trying to resolve the issue since the late 1970s. In 1982, Congress passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. In his first term, President Bush, with congressional approval, selected Yucca Mountain as the designated site for what is mostly spent fuel from commercial reactors but also military nuclear waste.
Since then, Nevada has waged an effective legal, political and technical fight against it, drawing on the state's growing fiscal and political clout.
"The whole legal and regulatory process is corrupt," said Marta Adams, senior deputy attorney general in Nevada. "It would be very hard for Nevada to get a fair shake."
Only last year, Nevada blocked a federal effort to get access to 8 million gallons of state water to drill test holes at the site.
Nevada officials have a carefully laid out a plan to stop the project, said Robert Loux, executive director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects. He said the state would immediately file to have the Energy Department's application thrown out, and if that fails, lodge more than 600 separate disputes or "contentions."
The notion that the dump would be safe is implausible, said Victor Galinsky, a former NRC commissioner and now a Nevada consultant.
The plan hinges on the use of titanium and palladium drip shields to protect waste canisters buried underground from water flowing through Yucca Mountain's porous rock. The Energy Department plans to install about 11,000 drip shields, each weighing five tons, using robots 100 to 300 years in the future when the repository would be sealed.
"It is pie in the sky," Galinsky said. "These people have lost track of reality."
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Download the authoritative guide: Cloud Computing 2019: Using the Cloud for Competitive AdvantageUsers of Apple's Safari browser on Windows may be resting easier now that a new release of the software fixes a month-old vulnerability that could have left users open to a so-called "carpet bomb" attack.
While the new Apple Safari 3.1.2 Web browser for Windows fixes a handful of problems, the most notable improvement targets the vulnerability first publicly disclosed by security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani on May 15.
At the time, Dhanjani said Safari allowed a malicious Web site to "carpet bomb" a user's default download directory with a deluge of resource downloads for which a user has not provided consent.
Two weeks after Dhanjani published the finding, Microsoft issued its own advisory, warning Windows users against the potential threat of these files being automatically executed when a user also has Internet Explorer installed.
"An issue exists in how the Windows desktop handles executables," Apple wrote in its Safari 3.1.2 security update notes. "Saving an untrusted file to the Windows desktop may trigger the issue, and lead to the execution of arbitrary code."
The fix that Apple had to perform to fix the issue seems relatively straightforward and obvious, however.
"To help mitigate this issue, the Safari browser has been updated to prompt the user prior to saving a download file," Apple stated. "Also, the default download location is changed to the user's Downloads folder on Windows Vista, and to the user's Documents folder on Windows XP."
Safari users on the Mac are not at risk from the same flaw, according to Apple. Neither Apple nor Microsoft were immediately available for comment.
In addition to tackling the carpet bombing issue, the patch also addresses several other vulnerabilities.
Safari 3.1.2 for Windows provides a fix for an issue that could be triggered if a user views a maliciously designed GIF or BMP image. Apple described the flaw as a memory-read error that could lead to the disclosure of memory contents.
There is also a fix of Safari's core rendering engine, WebKit, to protect users against a memory corruption issue resulting from its handling of JavaScript arrays.
"Visiting a maliciously crafted Web site may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution," Apple said. "This update addresses the issue through improved bounds checking."
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LSE acquired the Lincoln's Inn Fields site in 2013 from Cancer Research UK and more recently held a design competition through the Royal Institute of British Architects to design a new faculty building. The winning design, drawn up by Grafton Architects, based in Dublin, has just received planning permission from Westminster City Council.
The new Marshall Building, built on the largest public square in London, will consist of ten stories and two basement levels. It will become home to the academic departments of Management, Accounting and Finance, in addition to teaching space, sporting facilities and research centres.
Further, it will house the new Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship. Named after Paul Marshall, a hedge fund investor who donated £30 million towards the project, the Institute aims to increase the impact of private contributions to public benefit. It will provide teaching and research, and allow collaboration in a forum of philanthropists and social entrepreneurs.
LSE is seeking to upgrade its estates to create a world-class campus to match its global reputation. The building will help enhance student experience, provide better resources for research and supply enhanced capacity for public engagement. This is the third time LSE has held a competition to design architecture for its campus. Although tendering has not yet commenced for the £140 million development, demolition of the existing building is due to start later this year, construction should begin next summer and completion is expected to be in early 2021.