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SSU Web Standards - How the Header Works
This page is still in development. Some content is not yet posted, some may be changed at a later date.
The header content is a separate file called "search-navbars.html." It is inserted into the page as a Server Side Include. It contains the necessary code for the logo banner, SSU search form, and top navigation rows. Sites can use the global header (which has the links to the University's Current Students, Future Students, Parents, Faculty/Staff and Friends pages), or a custom header.
Global Header
The templates point to the University's global header, using the following code. In Code View, this will be at or near line 12.

Department Header
Departments may use their own header to change the links available in the top navigation area. Contact the Web Office to get a copy of the current search-navbars file.

Allowed changes for the Department Header include:
- Removing the lower nav links for "Current Students," "Future Students," "Parents," "Faculty/Staff," "Alumni," "Friends" and "Q&A" and leaving that area blank.
- Replacing the lower nav links with links to department pages. This works best if these links are the first level of navigation, leading to pages that use the left navigation area to provide two more levels of navigation. For examples, see:
Customizing the Banner Image
By default, the global header uses this SSU banner background image:
Departments may use a customized banner image that includes the department's name. For example, here's the Department of Music's banner image.
Step 1 - Download and Customize the Banner image.
Download SSU Banner Template (PSD)
When customizing the banner, use the text layers provided to add your department's name.
- Do not exceed the established left and right guidelines.
- Do not move the Department Name text off the established baseline.
- Do not change the font family, size or colors.
- Do not add other images or logos.
- Do not alter the SSU logo or CSU seal.
Note: If your Department Name needs more than 2 lines of text, contact the Web Team for assistance.
Once you have modified the SSU Banner Template PSD, use Save For Web to save a JPG version of the banner image. Use high or very high image quality - the banner image shouldn't exceed 45K. Name the JPG bg-banner.jpg and save it to your department's images subdirectory.
Step 2 - Add the banner image to department.css
Add the following code to your department CSS file. Change "
department" to the name of your department's web directory on the server.
#header {
background-image: url(/department/images/bg-banner.jpg) !important;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
Step 3 - Link your pages to department.css
Add the following code to each of your pages. This should be inserted in code view, in the
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/department.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />
Step 4 - Upload
Upload the following files to the web server:
- the customized bg-banner.jpg image,
- the department.css file
- the HTML pages that use the department banner.
Step 5 - Test
Use your web browser to visit one of the pages uploaded in Step 4. If you don't see the custom banner image, refresh your web browser's cache by reloading the page.
Note: When working in Dreamweaver's Design view, you may not see the customized background image with the global header, due to the way Dreamweaver interprets the server absolute filepath in the Server Side Include code. Once uploaded to the web server, the correct image should be displayed in the browser.


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Machu Picchu
The normal way to approach Machu Picchu is to use the train from Cusco, either the whole way to a surprising little town called Aguas Calientes (= Hot Waters), or to leave the train, generally at a point called "Km 88", and walk the Inca Trial for three or four days. I had dreamt of making the last part by foot, but had some fears about the 4200 meters (13800 ft) Huarmihuañusca (Dead Woman's) Pass and my (smoker) lung capacity, so I decided at last for the easy way – train all the way (four hours) to Aguas Calientes and bus (30 minutes) on serpent roads up to Machu Picchu. I somehow regret, because I believe I could have done it!
The train trip is already an experience; you first take the direction to Valle Sacrado (Sacred Valley) and then you follow the Urubamba River, downwards, to the end station Aguas Calientes. The landscape becomes tropical – actually the slopes of the Andes here encompass the upper Amazon basin!
Once I got off the bus and entered the Machu Picchu site, I thought I must first at least do part of the Inca Trial, so I made it backwards, some almost two hours' tough walk up to what for the real walkers is the first point from where they can see Machu Picchu, called Intipunku (2720 meters = 8924 ft). The view of Machu Picchu, some 400 meters (1300 ft) below is splendid, but as it was a little bit misty, it was difficult to make the nice photos I wished.
Anyhow, I walked down the slopes, spent a few hours on the site and took some photos of this marvellous place, but as I wanted something better, I decided after a night at Aguas Calientes to take the first morning bus at 5.30 back to the site, just in time to see the place wakening up at the sunrise at 6.00. It was worth it!
I don't believe that I here have to tell you the story about the discovery of this place, never found by the Spanish conquerors, in 1911 and how it now has become one of the world's major tourist sites!
A few words about Aguas Calientes: There are two main streets in this little town, more or less only living on Machu Picchu tourists. One of the streets has also a rail track where some trains pass now and then. The other street climbs to the thermal springs where you can take baths in a number of pools with very varying temperatures, from very hot to ice cold. Some of the below pictures are of the local population.

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I remember as a small boy growing up in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan the many times I would put on my skates at our house on 42nd Street and literally skate down the road to the local outdoor rink. You can imagine that, by the time I got to the rink, my edges on my skates would be toast but I never really paid much attention.
We all went to Hunters Sports Shop on Main Street (Meridian) and got our skates sharpened. I never asked them what hollow grind they applied to my skates and I never knew about profiling, either. We would sometimes get our skates "rockered" as the term was known, but as far as I and many of my hockey mates were concerned, we either knew our skate blades were sharp or too sharp.
I played Bantam and Midget AAA in my days and it wasn't until I was in my thirties that I knew that there were multiple hollows and profiles that could be applied to my skate blades. Times are—indeed—changing. And, they have changed.
There are a half-dozen reputable companies that manufacture profiling systems and machines. As a result, there are literally dozens of profiles that can be applied to your blade runners. It is important for every skater to understand this and find the best profile and hollow to suit their needs and their game.
At Snipers Skate Sharpening, we use the Blademaster Mark VI CRM or Custom Radius System to do our customers ( and our own ) profiling; it works very well and I have used several different systems in the past such as the CAG One Profiler and was in attendance at a Prosharp Demonstration over this past summer. I tried their Quad, the 10 foot, the M-Zuperior 11 foot and the13 foot. The Prosharp M-Zuperior ( which I liked ) is very similar to the 11 foot radius at + 2 that I presently use on my skates. I experimented with my own skates and tried 5 or 6 different profiles, skated on them, changed the hollow grind and finally came up with my personal choice: an 11 foot radius at +2 and a 7/8ths hollow; I bet I was skating on a 1/2 most of my playing career.
Every Manufacturers skate has a stock radius or profile on their proprietary blade runners. Come on in and See David Carlson at his shop to discuss your skating needs. Thank you and enjoy this Season of Hockey and Ringette.


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Woman Grows Tiny Nose in Her Spine After Failed Stem Cell Surgery
Eight years after a failed experimental surgery in which olfactory stem cells from a paraplegic's nose were implanted into her spine, a 3-centimeter growth of nasal cells was removed from her back.
The surgery, performed on a US citizen at a hospital in Portugal, was intended to relieve her paralysis, under the theory that the nasal stem cells would proliferate into neural cells and repair some of her nerve damage, but it did not work. Last year, the woman began to experience severe pain at the site of implantation, which led to another surgery and the discovery of a miniature nose in her spine. It was a non-cancerous growth that consisted of nasal tissue, nerve cells, and fragments of bone. The neurosurgeon who removed the mass, Brian Dlouhy of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, concluded that the mass caused her back pain as a result of its secretion of a "thick copious mucus-like material," which caused it to press on her spine.
While other research teams who are experimenting with this therapy grow the stem cells in a lab in order to isolate the desired cells, the team that originally operated on this woman omitted the isolation step during her procedure. Dlouhy postulated that the direct implantation of cells from the nasal lining may have caused the growth.
"It is sobering," says George Daley, a stem cell researcher at Harvard Medical School who has helped write guidelines for people considering stem cell treatments. "It speaks directly to how primitive our state of knowledge is about how cells integrate and divide and expand."
Stem cells have been hailed as the future of medicine as a result of their ability to proliferate into different kinds of cells. However, this same proliferation has given researchers pause in the case of implantation, since it could potentially lead to cancer or other dangerous masses.
A Lisbon study in which 20 people received the same treatment as this woman showed that eleven experienced some relief of their paralysis, the paralysis of one patient was exacerbated, and the remaining four patients experienced minor adverse effects. It is unknown whether this woman was part of this study.
Stem cell researcher Jean Peduzzi-Nelson, who has performed this treatment on up to 140 people, said, "I am saddened to learn of this adverse event, however, the incidence of this problem is less than 1 per cent. Many patients receiving this treatment have had remarkable recovery."
But Daley points out that many of the studies of stem cell treatments only track the patients for several years, so adverse effects that arise much later, as they did with the woman in question, may be missed. "We need to be extremely vigilant and we need extremely long-term follow-up," he says.


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Gigabit broadband is one of the hottest topics in the US networking market these days, which is why hundreds of executives from network operators, municipalities, local government and enterprises converged on Atlanta recently for the first Gigabit Cities Live event, organized by Light Reading.
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|$10.00 HP-48GX It has a case, but it is not shown.
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nifty calculator. Did you see Vikram got a 15c for school? I never had an excuse to learn rpn, I may have to delve into one of the emulators and try it out. What do you use the calculator for at work?
I still need to round out the collection with a baby or similar, such as your nice Montana.
I had one of those machines in high school! Awesome!ReplyDelete
I got a Kindle Keyboard two weeks ago. Like you, prefer books but this way I can get a hold of some older stuff that I've been wanting to read (in my case, Utopian works of the early 20th century).
Can't say I am too pleased with the software/programming the Kindle uses - very clunky. And since Amazon is only licensing the books its sells, not truly selling them to me to own, I will be keeping my new books purchase to a minimum.
Very pretty typewriter! Looks much like the Skyriter. Are they comparable in size?
Mine is the Kindle KB. To me it is easier to make notes and such. The Kindle really seems slow since I am accustomed to using a PC. I do like that I can use it outside, something that is difficult with any notebook or tablet PC. I get most of my books from Project Gutenberg since I am interested in old out of print books. The few I buy from Amazon are backed-up with all my ebooks just in case Amazon pulls with new books what they did a few years ago when they erased 1984 from the Kindles of people who bought that book on Amazon.
I do not like the clunky browser and the PDF reader leaves a lot to be desired.
I really would like to find a good used DX at a reasonable cost since it was what I wanted when it was being sold, but the price was way too high for what it was and is.
Please let me know your Montana's serial number. Congratulations to this nice machine!
I will be taking better photos and doing a post. It is serial number 24950.ReplyDelete
Nice Montana - I didn't even notice it wasn't a Hermes Baby until you mentioned it; I had to scroll up to check! Glad it seems to be working well.ReplyDelete
Montana? That's a new one on me. It looks like a cross between an Antares Parva and a Baby. Neat. I'll have to find out more on Georg and Robert's sites.ReplyDelete
According to the little information I found on line it is an exact copy of a Hermes Baby licensed by Pallard to Montan SpA of Italy.
I have been curious about them after seeing the neat red key one Robert Messenger owns.
I also wanted one because I would rather live in Montana than Florida any day. Since I can't live there I might as well type from Montana.


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Last week's StarShipSofa features an interview with me! Learn about some behind the scenes stuff at Beware the Hairy Mango; some self-publishing news; my ongoing writing collaboration project, Cerberus; and science fiction convention stuff. The interview starts about thirty minutes into the episode. Get it here:
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Malachite is a green psychedelic type swirl pattern in a stone that was made popular in the 70's. I usually associate this pattern with luxurious black and gold interiors similar to Tony Duquette's style. His love and interest for this stone translated into dishes, bound books, floors and tablescapes and made this style popular. While Malachite walls may not be for everyone a touch of Malachite through a frame, book, decorative box or unpolished specimen may add a little touch to your home.
Viceroy in Miami decorated in Malachite theme by Kelly Weartsler
Entryway table decorated with malachite obelisk and green lamp by Mary McDonald on Veranda
Tony Duquette malachite window treatments Coco Kelly
Tony Duquette Malachite pillows from Jim Thompson
Tony Duquette Malachite chair from Belvedere on 1st Dibs
Modern twist on Malachite walls being paired with red decorated by Kate Schintzuis from Designsponge
More tradional style I usually see used and this in case a masculine bathroom with faux malachite walls and black laquered vanity designed by Linda Heckman on Elle Decor
Faux Malachite Chest of Drawers from Lewis Trimble on 1st Dibs
For a more low key look a Malachite frame for sale from Honeymoon at Home
Malachite placemats from Dransfield & Ross featured on Elle Decor
Malachite painted box from Indecorous Taste
Malachite fabric from Spoonflower
Malachite wallpaper from Cole & Sons Love this wallpaper against the black and white tiling.
Vintage Malachite box c. 1950 from Go Antiques
Vintage Semi-Precious Stones book that has a malachite cover from Amazon
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When you use the Dual-Drill Max 2-Drills-In-One you will be able to enjoy a tool that will give you twice the amount of both power and speed than the original model. It also has up to 1100 RPM, 20 torque settings, precision engineered dual action chuck heads, two very powerful all metal gears, built in vertical and horizontal levels, and more. You will be happy to hear that it will make your job even easier by offering you a magnetized platform so that you won't have to fight with your nails and screws.
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West Brom chiefs sacked
London, Feb 13 (IANS) English football club West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday sacked their chairman John Williams and chief executive Martin Goodman.
The changes were made following the club's poor results in the ongoing season which currently sees the Club at the bottom of the English Premier League (EPL).
"Chairman John Williams and Chief Executive Martin Goodman have been given notice of termination of their contracts and have been placed on garden leave with immediate effect," the club said in a statement.
Following the dismissals, Mark Jenkins return as the football club's CEO.
"We would like to thank John and Martin for all their efforts since their appointments and wish them well for the future," a club spokesperson said.


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At the risk of entering the "too much information" zone, I have to tell you all, when it rains...well, you know the rest. Currently I'm working my tail off at a clothing store, making peanuts compared to what I was making but strangely it's been relaxing working a job where I feel so very little pressure to perform to rather twisted expectations and ideals.
However, on the homefront, I feel my muse has deserted me. Have I been writing? Pfft. No. Have I been out with my camera? Yes. And that little trip yielded a whopping three decent photos. Decent being a term I use generously here. It's been a little surreal, almost like I'm watching my life happen without me. Moving home in July I assumed life would finally settle down, that I could get into a rather comfortable groove with work, art, relationships. No dice sadly. It's one roller coaster ride after another.
I have also found a rather handy use for the "block" option on my cell phone plan. I won't go into hairy details but sometimes a girl's character judgement isn't as stellar as it could be. Girls, let me give you a bit of advice. Your mother? Is generally right. Should your mother tell you a guy gives her "the creeps" or has "stalker" printed somewhere on his person, take it for what it's worth and run in the opposite direction because chances are he'll wind up cornered by the cops in front of your house threatening to break your windshield.
On the brighter side of things, I had a great Christmas. I managed to finish reading three books which was a welcome change. I took a break from researching my current book and made it a point to try to enjoy myself. Hell, I even managed to go ice skating which I haven't done for a few years now. Anyway, it's a new year. Let's see what kind of trouble I can get in....
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I'd been wanting to put something on this wall in our kitchen because it was in need of some color/personality.
I figured I could place one of these cute boxes over the phone jack. However, I was a little worried about having three different colored woods in the small space (our wood floor is dark, the table is grayish). So I decided to go a different route by using a different material. I'm signed up to get a deal a day through WUSLU. I saw a set of three of these about a month ago, and I decided it would be a nice addition to the kitchen.
Here they are filled and on the wall.


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Seagate Technology plans to release at least a dozen new products before years end in a bid to smother the available market, a top executive said Tuesday. Seagates plans include the companys first 1-inch drive as well as a massive 500GB drive designed for near-line storage.
Almost all of Seagates new products will be released in the third and fourth quarter, a combination of the development time needed for the new platforms as well as preparation for the lucrative selling season.
Seagates new announcements will cover the server, desktop PC, notebook, and consumer markets. In January, Seagates executive vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, Brian Dexheimer, said Seagate would enter a "tactical period" until the fall, surviving on pricing moves until the new products were introduced. Because pricing is such a critical lever in the market, Seagate executives said Tuesday that they will not decide upon final pricing for the new products until much closer to launch.
Seagate will formally announce the drives on Monday, Pait said.
Further reading
The explosion of product lines is a marked change from Seagates conservatism from 2000 until 2002, when the companys software division was purchased from Veritas Software Corp. and the remainder of the company went private. For example, a Seagate division announced an external hard drive in 2001, but the product quietly died. After Seagates IPO in 2003, however, company executives re-entered the mobile drive market and have now expanded into the 1-inch market currently controlled by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Toshiba Ltd.
"The strategy is that weve invested for a number of years in a hard drive for the desktop, and a hard drive for the enterprise platform," said Rob Pait, senior director of consumer electronics marketing for Seagate. "Now were developing a common platform of drives for different applications."
Next page: Seagate plans to add more external hard drives in the fall.


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Antoine Morris
Fair Warning
Last week, Republicans blocked a fair pay bill that would effectively overturn a flawed ruling by the Supreme Court in a wage discrimination case, Lilly Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. The measure was designed to bring the law in line with Congressional intent of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Court's own precedents, and restore fairness to the workplace.
For nearly 20 years, Lilly Ledbetter was paid less than men with less seniority than her as a supervisor at a Goodyear plant in Alabama for doing the same job. But as soon as she received an anonymous note that made her aware of the discrimination, Ms. Ledbetter filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A federal court agreed Ms. Ledbetter was being discriminated against and a jury awarded her more than $3 million in damages and back pay before the judge reduced the amount to $360,000 due to a damages cap prescribed by the law. But the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision ruled that Lilly Ledbetter filed her claim too late and was not entitled to compensation.
The 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination on the basis of race, sex, creed, disability, age, but also requires that a plaintiff file a complaint within the 180 days "after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred." For decades, the Supreme Court and other courts understood this provision to mean that employees could sue within 180 of receiving from their last - not just their first - discriminatory paycheck, since each check represented a related yet distinct instance of discrimination.
Justice Samuel Alito, however, disagreed with that interpretation. Writing for the majority, Justice Alito argued that Ms. Ledbetter should have filed her suit with the EEOC within 180 days of the original decision to pay her differently. "Current effects alone cannot breathe life into prior, uncharged discrimination," declared the Justice. Apparently, it did not make much of an impression on the conservative bloc on the Supreme Court that pay discrimination often occurs in small increments across time and the secrecy surrounding salary pay in the workplace makes it nearly impossible to sue as soon as a worker receives her first discriminatory pay check as Justice Ruth Ginsburg noted in her dissent.
The Ledbetter Fair Pay Act sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy would have simply restored anti-discrimination law back to its pre-Ledbetter status. But even the status quo was too radical for certain pro-business hardliners in the Senate.
Mitch McConnell, the Minority Leader in the Senate, recently said, "We think that [the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act] is primarily designed to create a massive amount of new litigation in our country, and I think that is the reason for the resistance to its passage on our side."
Despite missing the procedural vote on the bill, presumptive presidential Republican nominee Senator John McCain also still managed to sing from the same talking points hymn book in saying, "I am all in favor of pay equity for women. This kind of legislation — is typical of what is being proposed by my friends on the other side of the aisle — opens us up for lawsuits, for all kinds of problems and difficulties in compliance. . . . This is government playing a much, much greater role in the business of a private enterprise system."
But these reactions ignore the fact that the judiciary is the last resort for many victims of discrimination. Suggesting that the ruling in Ledbetter should stand because it would hurt the pockets of the business community or to penalize trail attorneys only distracts the American people from a more fundamental point. Like it or not, the right to sue plays a vital role in how people keep the more powerful interests in our society honest and accountable for violating their rights.
More importantly, for lawmakers to argue that depriving people access to robust legal remedies against employers for violating the law only aids an extremist tendency within the judiciary to adopt more cramped interpretations of the law that end up eroding civil and worker's rights. Corporations seeking to sidestep anti-discrimination laws will also understand this wink and nod routine to mean they can act with near impunity in an effort to fatten their bottom line or cover up unfair labor practices.
But as disappointing as the failed efforts to pass legislation to correct the Ledbetter ruling have been, we also need to recognize that what gave birth to the decision itself is part of a larger ambition by conservative activists to shift the federal judiciary altogether sharply to the right. In fact, judicial nominations have long played a key role in conservative politics in stitching together the Reagan coalition during election season. While addressing a packed rally in Georgia, John McCain threw some red meat to the GOP base when he said:
I want to assure you that one of the great accomplishments of President Bush is we now have judges on the United States Supreme Court and judges who strictly interpret the Constitution of the United States of America. [snip] Two of the best of those are Judges Alito and Roberts. You can be very proud of them. My friends, I want to tell you, I will try to find clones of Alito and Roberts. I will try to find people just like them.
Well, at least we've been given fair warning.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A Birthday Card and Photos
26 comments:
- Margreet said...
congrats to your hubby, Dora....you made him a beautiful card...love the image...that cake is gorgeous....what a sweet idea!...love your stand at the exposition....hope you sell a lot!
xxx Margreet
- February 22, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- chrissy xx said...
Great card with such a cute image. Fabulous cake....That looks really yummy!!!
The exhibition looks just wonderful... so pleased to see the photo's Dora cause you sound really really busy. The cards look super too. Have a lovely evening.
- February 22, 2011 at 6:36 PM
- Desirée-ScrapDees said...
first of all congrats to yr husband and secondly, is there still a piece leftover for me? mjammie!
- February 22, 2011 at 6:41 PM
- Suzanne said...
Your stand looks amazing, great cards. Hugs Sue x
- February 22, 2011 at 7:01 PM
- Mandy said...
Lovely card,I can see why your husband loved it...And look at that gorgeous scrummy cake...Your stand looks beautiful as well...
Mandy x
- February 22, 2011 at 7:32 PM
- scrappyjacky said...
A card and a cake,Dora.....bet he loved them both.
Your stand at the exhibition looks great.
- February 22, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- pinky said...
Its a lovely little card Dora, I bet Eernest loved. Yum to the cake, hope he did keep you some lol. Wow I am so impressed with your display. The white backgrounds really set the cards off beautifully:) Thanks for playing along at Sir Stampalot this month.
- February 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM
- Kathyk said...
I like the image on Ernest's card too. I do hope that you will be recycling that super black and white ribbon. Your exhibition looks great and your stand spectacular - ENJOY
- February 22, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- Vicky said...
Your card is gorgeous hun and the image soooo cute! fab cake too and the exhibition looks wonderful ~ good luck sweetie :o)
thank you for joining us at sketch n stash and good luck!!
hugs Vicky xx
- February 22, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Tanya said...
Love the card. I have a hard time with masculine cards too, but yours is fab! That image is really too cute. And that cake.... awesome!
- February 22, 2011 at 8:53 PM
- Tracey said...
Fabulous card Dora, I love the colours & that cake looks amazing :o)
Fantastic photos of the exhibition & your stand looks amazing! (I'm quite jealous).
- February 22, 2011 at 10:12 PM
- Chrissy said...
Cute hubby card, happy birthday hubby.
Your stand looks fabulous, how exciting to see your work displayed like that.
Luv CHRISSYxx
- February 22, 2011 at 11:27 PM
- Cheryl said...
oh hun i love the card,and sure hubbie will too oh that cake is just gorgoues,great pictures too hun hope it all goes well,hugs cheryl xxxx
- February 23, 2011 at 12:19 AM
- Chrissie said...
A fabulous card Dora, I always find men's cards tricky too.
I hope OH left you a bit of cake!
Thanks for joining in with Sketch n Stash.
lol Chrissie xx
- February 23, 2011 at 12:24 AM
i love your adorable card.
Wow.. love your booth too and such a lovely cake. All the best tomorrow.. hugs..xxx
- February 23, 2011 at 3:07 AM
- ~@ngie~ said...
WOW you are a busy bee aint ya ;o)
the image is just sooooo cute.. & the colours are perfect... I LOVE IT!! the cake looks scrummy too ;o)
Thanx for joining in with us at Sketch N Stash... good luck ;o)
xXx Angie xXx
- February 23, 2011 at 3:34 AM
- Cheryl said...
OH WOW your card is BEAUTIFUL,I just love that image and your design is FABULOUS!!! Happy Birthday to your husband!! BTW that cake looks so good,I want cake now...lol...
Hugs xx
- February 23, 2011 at 3:58 AM
- abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...
Your booth is awesome!! Very cool cards!
- February 23, 2011 at 4:54 AM
- Francesca said...
What a wonderful card with a great image
Thanks for joining us at Sir Stampalot this Month and good luck!
- February 23, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- WeirdCat said...
Fab card, am getting into Phindy's images, I like the star on the ribbon. The cake looks(or probably looked by now) great and those card stands look great with the bright colours against the white
- February 23, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Tracy said...
Fab Entry, thanks for joining Sir Stampalot's challenge, Good luck.
Happy crafting
Tracy x
- February 23, 2011 at 11:52 PM
- Kelly said...
Super cute card, I'm sure your husband loved it! Great pictures!
- February 24, 2011 at 1:24 AM
- Sally H said...
That image is gorgeous! Brilliant card. Thanks for joining in the animal antics at Sir Stampalot this month and good luck!
- February 24, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Daniele said...
wow you have been busy, the card looks fabbie as does that cake. Good luck with the exhibition. Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Stash this week
- February 26, 2011 at 8:48 AM
- Faye said...
Oh Dora, you should be happy with this card, it's such fun card made me smile. I love your interpretation of our sketch. Thanks for sharing it with us at Sketch n Stash this time. x
- February 27, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- Mandy said...
A lovely card...Great image and colouring...
Thank you for joining us at Cards for Men...Sorry I'm late with my comment but my internet has been playing up...
Mandy x
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Gravity Rush 2 Trailer Gets Fantastical and Musical in New Trailer
Do you remember?
Gravity Rush 2 made an appearance at Tokyo Game Show by way of a new trailer, and it's definitely something. The sequel, which will explore Kat's origins, devotes some time to getting a little weird, along with showcasing its heroes musical prowess. Check it out below.
The trailer also introduces a handful of characters and their apparent special abilities. There's Night Gale, who has birds that perch on her shoulder (and can seemingly have an apparition of a giant bird hover behind her); Delta Team, a pair of hover speeder riders described as "dangerous rebels"; Kali, the "Guardian Angel,"and the "Angel of Destruction" known only as Durga. Kat will come across all of these characters as she returns to Hekseville. There's also giant robots thrown in there for good measure, because of course there is. All of this will be done in Kat's effort to "overcome the impossible".
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John Ioannidis, the "scourge of sloppy science" has documented again and again that the safeguards being introduced into the biomedical literature against untrustworthy findings are usually ineffective. In Ioannidis' most recent report , his group:
Amazingly spun mindfulness trial in British Journal of Psychiatry: How to publish a null trial
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So if you're going to a wedding, SidsHouse allows all guests to upload photos to the same place online. If you're going on holiday... all those holidaying with you can upload their holiday photos to the same event on SidsHouse.
SidsHouse is free to use.
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VST Discovery: Reign Design 1-Time
Tape Saturation Emulation
Platform: Mac - Intel & PPC
Format: Audio Units
Price: FREE!
I was feeling pretty bad that most great free plug-ins are only available for PC, so I went out of my way to post a Mac-only plug. Hopefully somebody will appreciate this!
1-Time is a simple but effective tape saturation plug-in developed by Reign Design. It smooths out cold digital tracks and adds a sense of weight to thin kick drums, bass guitar, and more. 1-Time couldn't be more simple to use, thanks to its one knob-one setting configuration. It is also mono-only, so it can only be used on things like kick and snare, bass and guitar, and vocals, not the stereo mix buss (the process that adds the individual channels together to create a stereo mix).
Reign Design not only makes AU plugins (Audio Units, Apple's plug-in format) plug-ins, but part of their business is also designing both custom and pre-made GUI's (Graphical User Interface). They even say that they'll design a GUI for free if you have an idea for a plug-in!
So, who's got a good idea?
Terminology review:
AU = Audio Units, Apple's built-in plug-in format.
GUI = Graphical User Interface
Stereo Mix Buss = the process that adds the individual channels together to create a stereo mix.
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Berserk:Faithful TorturerProject.Puck scene like out of Simpsons fam [fan]service.
The CG on 1 was not as good as 2. So if you couldn't get past the first 20 minutes of movie 2, I ask if you've watched movie 1.
Here's the thing I found about the cg: watching it on my computer via clips and trailers, it looks pretty bad, terrible in some spots. But watching it on my tv, from a normal distance, it looked fine, great in fact. The cg was barely noticable.
Here's a review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs61eXFc4GcHe seemed to really like it. Could he be the primary demographic?
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Elle is next month's VOGUE cover girl! She was photographed by Annie Leibovitz and the story was written by Nathan Heller, who accompanied her on a haunted tour of New Orlean's French Quarter. The entire article is very entertaining, specially when it describes certain traits of Elle's personality we have grown fond of, such as her old soul manners and her confusion when it comes to technology. The story also features a video called "Elle Fanning's fan fantasy", which is basically your pun dream come true. Our gallery has been updated with the issue's cover, as well as the photoshoot and screen captures from the featured video.
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You can tell the story of Elle Fanning through the things she does, but also through the things she does not do. Fanning would rather not sit still, for instance. She does not tweet. She does not learn her lines until the night before she shoots them (then she memorizes them in the bath) and does not watch her own talk-show appearances ("It's like hearing your voice on an answering machine"). She does not appreciate it when the paparazzi trail her to the gym, because she thinks she's not famous enough to merit the commotion. ("The rest of the world is like, 'Who is that person?' I'm like, 'I'm sorry!' ") When people now stop Fanning on the street ("Are you——"), she tries not to reply, "Dakota Fanning's sister!" Fanning, then, would not be the first person—and might actually be the last—to realize what a rare and even spooky star Fanning, at nineteen, has become.
It's not only the regal beauty—arching eyebrows, snub nose, and a sylphic whoosh of hair—or the growing catalog of impressive work. When I meet Fanning one evening at Tableau, a high-ceilinged restaurant in New Orleans's French Quarter, what is striking is the outward flexure of her confidence, the way she knows just who she is and wants to pass along such certainty to you.


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It's always good to have a few solid casserole recipes for those times when you need a good potluck item or when you take dinner to a big family. Even better is having casserole recipes that are easy but still taste great! I got this recipe from my friend/cousin (frousin), Kylie, at a big family picnic we had at the park in the Spring. It tastes just like chicken enchiladas but without the hassle of rolling up enchiladas. Yay!
1 1/2-2 cups cooked chicken (you can use canned, rotisserie or cook it and shred it yourself)
Cooked rice (I used 1 1/2 cups before cooked)
1 can green enchilada sauce (I used half of a big can)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups shredded cheese
salt/pepper to taste
1 tsp. garlic powder
pinch of oregano and cumin
onion, if desired
Mix all ingredients together in a big bowl using only half the cheese. Pour into a 9x13 and cover with remaining cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.


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I recently decided I needed some new day to day shapewear to replace the shorts I put my thumb straight through whilst rushing to the toilet on a night out in a jumpsuit... (It was close I can tell you!) I knew that Yours Clothing stock a huge range of shapewear so got in touch with their extremely knowledgable team who not only pointed me in the direction of the Maidenform Power Slimmer Black High Waist Thigh Control shorts but also offered to send me a pair to give a go - So that's exactly what I've done and now I'd like to tell you aaaall about it.
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To ensure that I took effective pictures I really suffered for my art by eating a massive plate of breaded beige which is my least favourite meal food but, oddly, my very favourite food to eat off a paper plate. This ensured that I was substantially inflated for the before picture.
To be honest, I've always had a round tummy, no matter what dress size I've been and what my diet has been (Even without the plates of beige). This has been something that, along with my arms, has caused me some frustrations when it comes to my appearance, possibly because it's easy to forget about your tummy until it comes to putting on something fitted and then you can't really ignore it... Saying this, as I raise VERY regularly, I have never once looked at another woman's dress clinging to their lovely round tummy and though "UGH I'd never wear that" so why on Earth do it to myself?!?
Shorts: Maidenform c/o Yours clothing
Despite all this, I DO feel more comfortable, maybe even secure in shapewear. With dresses it gives an extra layer so they don't cling and with skinny jeans it gives a great foundation, stops them from sliding up/down and also prevents me from flashing my tummy should a breeze cause my top to flap about (happens more than you'd hope...). I thoroughly recommend these shorts for all these reasons, also the longer leg on these prevent any chafing which we can all give ourselves a little high five about because having sore red thighs is not where it's at.
So what makes the Maidenform Power Slimmer Black High Waist Thigh Control shorts different from other shapewear?
> The longer body length means they can be tucked into your bra without garrotting your important bits.
> Despite their strong control, these shorts are extremely light. Without being too graphic, shapewear can get a bit sweaty, particularly if you're wearing it over other pants, under tights and then all the other clothes that accompany leaving the house without being arrested. Both my gusset and I are extremely glad I have these for summer this year.
> On the same topic, you won't break any limbs/collapse from exhaustion getting in and out of these, they're very flexible.
> Neither the seams nor the hems of the leg show through trousers, they also do not roll up or gather or turn your knees blue.
> They have a "split" (oh goodness, do forgive me for anything I say here) to allow toileting without removal. I personally have never been able to achieve this feat. I just can't convince myself I'm not soiling myself. Fact.
I would definitely say size down with these, as I mention, they are extremely flexible and as such you don't want too much give or they'll be be neither use nor ornament.
These are now my day to day go to foundation but Yours have a veritable smorgasbord of shapewear for all occasions/requirements so if these don't sound like the ones for you, why not take a look at what else they have to offer?
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Who would have known that dry eye natural treatment can be something your own kitchen will have? Instilling liquid drops to prevent dry eyes may not be enough. It has been proven that a thorough change in one's diet will do the trick in solving your dry eye problems. It is surely a dry eye natural treatment that will cost less and help you improve your diet too. What are these vitamins and minerals that will help you relieve your dry eyes?
- Omega 3
One of the healthy foods that promote dry eye natural treatment is OMEGA-3 fatty acids. A study was conducted in 2005, women who had dry eye syndrome were given 5 servings of tuna weekly while another set of women with the same problem were given just one serving of tuna for a week. Results show that the women given with more numbers of tuna servings showed a drastic lessening of dry eyes by 68%.
- Flaxseed Oils
Flaxseed Oils also contain high amounts of Omega 3 fatty acids. Taking an amount of 1 tablespoon per day or 14 grams a day in liquid form can be as effective as one of the commonly used drug in treating dry eyes. This proves that dry eye natural treatment is truly cheap and effective in treating dry eye syndrome.
- Vitamin A Beta Carotene
One of the reasons why a person can have dry eyes syndrome is because of deficiency in Vitamin A. This dry eye natural treatment works by improving the mucin layer and preservation of conjunctival goblet cells. Vitamin A can be found in carrots, sweet potatoes, cantaloupes and yams.
These are just some of the vitamins and minerals that are considered a dry eye natural treatment. It is a sure way to aid in moistening your eyes while improving your health all at the same time.


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The president of the University of North Alabama is retiring.
The school says William G. Cale Jr. is stepping down after more than nine years in the position.
Trustees will discuss the process for finding a replacement during a meeting set for March 17, and the university says Cale will be available to assist during a period of transition.
Cale came to North Alabama from Penn State University-Altoona, where he was the chief executive and dean. He also worked at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas.
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Aesthetic Irresponsibility in a Broad and Mellow Land (Part II)
...the difficulties which impeded the consolidation of a strong Caucasian State were no greater than those which had stood in the way of the rising Houses of France and Castile in the West. Set against Persian influence in the eastern Caucasus the predominance of the English in Anjou, Gascony and Guienne or of the Muslims in Andalusia; set against the dinintegrant local lordships in Imereti and Samtzkhe the dukedoms of Brittany and Burgundy or the powerful independencies of Aragon and Navarre; you have the same picture. And the problem presented to the Bagratids by the mountaineers of Circassia, Osseti and Daghestan was no greater than to the Plantagenets and Tudors was the problem of "the Celtic fringe" in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. For the Georgian Kingdom of the Bagratids, the possibilities of power, of nascent nationhood, the chances of history, were much the same as those of Aragon and Castle, little less than those of Valois France and of Plantagenet England. And therefore we may inquire why at the of the eighteenth century, when France and Spain and England had grown to be the proud world-empires of the West, Georgia was no more than a string of paltry principalities ready to the may of the Russian Emperors. In history we speak much of economic forces, of geographical conditions, of universal political tendencies. Yet so much of it is man-made and chance-made. Character and luck are the fundaments of Empire. The characters of individual men and the luck of not infrequently a loaded dice it was that gave England power in the five continents, and left German emerging tardily from mediaeval divisions to impotent resentful unity; that made the Castilians rise to Empire, while ancient cultured Italy remained a congeries of senile principalities; that thrust down Sweden with the feckless Vasas and reared up the Dutch, so careful, obstinate and grasping; that sank derelict the jabbering liberties of Poland, and founded the sombre rigidity of the Muscovian Monarchy.
In Georgia history went askew....the Georgians had ample time, one hundred years, in which to consolidate a stable kingdom based on a common nationhood, which no less than sprawling, disjointed Poland might have resisted the onset of the Turks....Yet in that century the political battle of the Georgian people was lost, and the nation passed to a perpetual minimality....In Georgia, the shattered and dissected monarchy forgot even its vain pretension to rule "from Nikopsia to Derbend"; "the Mussulman third" of the Caucasus which in the twelfth and even in the fourteenth century had been partly won and might have been consolidated, was lost for ever.
The Georgian rivals fought like chivalrous boys; they did not kill like kings. The House of Bagrationi spawned far and wide its handsome knightly claimants, but not one of them grew cunning, mean and watchful-to scotch the rest. Here were no cold, wary Tudors whetting the axe for their distant cousins, but a pack of Christian gentlemen wasting the land in chivalrous fracas. (emphasis mine) In this period the gallantry of one claimant towards another is as amazing as the futility of their plots and combinations. From which let us remember that is is not Black Princes that have built the nations, but black livers [and]...that nations, like tunnels, roads and bridges, are not built by gentle men.
One of my core beliefs about history is the fact that it can turn on a dime. Character, circumstances and chance--what some would characterize as luck--are often more important to the direction of history than any socio-economic factors, or God forbid, ideologies. I think Allen would certainly agree with all that. In short, he finds that the Georgian Kingdom failed because its people were too foolish, too gallant, too romantic, too gentle, and dare I say it it--too Christian. As my son put it, they were not serious enough about killing to become a "great" nation.
When the two of us traveled to Svaneti in 2006, our guide hired three armed guards to follow our rattle-trap old Lada up into the Caucasus. I thought it was overkill at the time, as I have never concerned myself much about personal safety. She explained that solitary vehicles on these mountain passes made easy targets for local bandits. These brigands would rob travelers, but they never committed murder. She went on to explain that if you had wine in the vehicle, they would probably uncork it and pass the bottle around with you before fading back into the forest.
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The last few years have been kind to USPM-revivalist bands. With the popularity of groups like Visigoth and Eternal Champion, this barbaric style of heavy metal is making a comeback amongst younger fans and it's easy to see why, given its more aggressive stylings. Legionnaire is the next in a long line of "hype" USPM-worship bands, despite the group's Finnish descent. "Dawn of Genesis" marks their debut record, and is a surefire winner for fans of Omen, Manilla Road and others.
The first of these aforementioned bands sums up Legionnaire's musical approach well. Much like Omen, they take early Iron Maiden (think first two albums), and turn up the speed a few notches. Legionnaire's riffs are occasionally so quick that they border on speed metal. Surprisingly, the band has their technical moments, such as some of the riffing on "Shadow Upon the Metropolis", but they never let this get in the way of writing rock-solid, headbanging riffs. More predictably, the band is a huge fan of harmonized guitars, and uses just about every excuse to saturate each track with plenty of dueling leads. Another common characteristic of both Iron Maiden and Omen are the galloping rhythms that dominate both bands' catalogues, and Legionnaire follows similar suits. Tracks like "Enigma of Time" and "The Guardian" display galloping of the highest order.
Everything is sounding good so far, but Legionnaire doesn't make things quite so easy on the listener. The point of contention on "Dawn of Genesis" for most listeners will be the vocals. The band's singer adopts an epic approach, aiming to make each lyric more monumental than the last. The difficulty, however, is that he doesn't always pull it off. Some lines work incredibly well in this style, but at other times, it feels like he misses the notes he's trying to hit. Despite numerous listens of this release, it's unclear to me whether the band's vocalist is a terrible singer, or some sort of secret genius. Of course, if you like USPM and other obscure heavy metal scenes, this likely won't be a problem. Manilla Road proved to everyone that you don't need Bruce Dickinson fronting your band to be successful. Sure, Legionnaire would probably be a lot better with an air raid siren-style singer, but their current vocalist certainly fits the grand nature of the band's music.
On the whole, "Dawn of Genesis" almost seems as if it's a lost relic from the 1980s. Its flaws are almost solely limited to the vocals, and they are really just another authentic homage to the band's influences. The songwriting is fairly strong throughout, and there aren't enough positive words to describe the guitar playing on this record. Though it might not be as potent for me as some other comparables like Visigoth, it is easy to see how this record could top many year-end lists. Overall, Legionnaire's debut record is a worthy contender for the modern USPM (but not from the US) throne!
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"Shadow Upon The Metropolis"
"The Guardian"
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Hello, World!
This is going to be my first blog post on my own website. I titled it "Hello, world!" after thinking a lot. I finally came up with this title because I am a programmer and all the programmers out there are keeping there first blog post title "Hello, World!" too. So, I have to follow there rituals.
I am going to write a blog post twice a month because I want to try something new. I think sharing knowledge and experiences is a good thing. Writing blog is my new year resolution too but I am delaying it because my exams are going on.
I will mostly write about my experiences with technology and life. I will also write some random things which I really don't know right now. I love coding very much. I wanna try DS, Algorithms and Machine learning too this year.
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All of us who are interested in bringing the old machines back to life have read a lot of contradictory information on the boards about what to do and how to do it. The most accurate advice (and plenty of others have said this also) is "there is no one way to do things." Chemicals that do a beautiful job on one machine destroy the finish on another machine.
I'm planning a series of blogs with "field notes" in which I will tell you what I did, why I did it, what else you might consider doing, what I screwed up, what I did to fix it, and the truly astonishing revelation of how long it took to do it. These may look like tutorials, but that would assume that I know what I am doing. Usually I don't.
This is a really long post and it is ONLY about treadle irons, so read on ONLY if that topic fascinates you. Tune in next week for more cute pictures of Heather and her adorable children and what they have been creating with their people-powered sewing machines.
|Treadle on the left: Before. Treadle on the right: After.
Remove the cabinet from the irons
Repair or replace parts
Remove any rust
Clean the irons
|Greasy, furry logo before cleaning
|Dusty rusty one on left, before cleaning
Pause to evaluate
|Logo after cleaning.
|Brightly painted logo. Too brightly.
Painting the gold trim
Sharpie makes a marker with actual paint in it. My new favorite thing for touching up chipped paint on a machine. Or painting over mistakes in the gold paint.
Oil the moving parts
Again, the disclaimer: read the blogs and boards, but in the end you have to make all of the decisions and you will be the one stuck with the results. Whatever you decide to do, test a small and inconspicuous area first.
Thanks to Nicholas Rain Noe of The Vintage Singer Sewing Machine Blog for suggesting some detailed restoration blogging.
To anyone who read this far, hope you enjoyed it. Leave a comment, like "more please" or "promise you will never do this again".


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Creating a whimsical world is just another day in the life for the artists, technicians and employees putting on nightly shows on the Strip, but for one night a year their focus turns away
from the showroom and toward a philanthropic cause. Circus Couture is a non-profit organization with designs on defeating pediatric cancer, and the organization puts together an annual spectacle of all things odd to raise money for research and treatment.
This year's extravaganza on Oct. 28 turns The Smith Center for the Performing Arts into "86 Peculiar Place" a destination where standing out is the norm, and being ordinary just won't do. The "residents" of this address put on over-the-top circus performances, and don exotic outfits for a runway show-meets-big-top experience. Costumes designed out of alternative materials by Jennifer Henry of FlockFlockFlock, and presentations from entertainers plucked directly off the Strip give the gala a very Vegas twist.
The night also features a live and silent auction, and all the proceeds benefit St. Baldrick's and The Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disease of Las Vegas. Since its inception in 2009, Circus Couture has raised more than $250,000 to combat cancer.


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Subject: Re: [ecasound] Compile error
From: Kai Vehmanen (email@example.com)
Date: Tue Mar 13 2001 - 12:16:06 EET
On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, William Goldsmith wrote:
> On a RedHat 7.0 install (2.2.16-22) with OSS pro drivers, ecasound-1.8.2r14:
RedHat 7.0 comes with a snapshot version of the GNU C++ compiler. This
version unfortunately chokes on perfectly valid C++ code, and even worse,
code that was compiled fine on older compiler versions. So a result, many
C++ apps fail to compile under RH7.0. We made few fixes to get around this
problem in ecasound 1.9dev1, so you should just upgrade ecasound (1.9dev4
is the latest). As we are approaching a stable release, these 1.9 versions
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The rest of the day was pretty mellow. SMS was out with his climbing friend so I went to the library and read a book for an upcoming book club.
The next day, we decided to head up to the city. We had brunch at Outerlands, which was pretty awesome. I love their lavain bread, which we had toasted. Then we each had "Eggs in Jail," a very fancy version of egg-in-a-hole. It was good but I think next time I'll get something a little more adventurous...maybe a Dutch pancake.
|SMS and I got to pika pura and made cool photo stickers, complete with anime eyes!
|As the girl shouted into her cell phone, "I'M IN MARINA!"
We skipped dinner in the city since we weren't hungry and headed home. It was a nice day with a lot of walking, exploring new-to-us parts of the city.


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A British nuclear entrepreneur believes he is on the brink of a scientific breakthrough which will half the mission time to Mars. London based Richard Dinan, who credits Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as an influence, says the technology his company Applied Fusion Systems is developing will half the journey time to the red planet and make interstellar space missions feasible.
His team of nuclearscientistsare developing a nuclear fusion reactor which will be small and light enough to fit inside a rocket. His vision is that in the close future, nuclear fusion will become a very real technology indeed. With the world's largest fusion reactor- ITER due to turn on in 2030, fusion is becoming a major interest to today's technology entrepreneurs. It is well known that fusion has the ability to solve the world's energy crisis but investors seem to remain hesitant. Richard however began investing in fusion years ago.
Fusion is a key energy source but nuclear fusion will be used for propulsion applications too; revolutionising space exploration and leading to the dawn of the Star Trek age where planets that are currently out of our reach, could one day be travelled too and explored by humans.


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Wedding Evening at Faithlegg House Hotel & Golf Resort
Faithlegg House Hotel & Golf Resort invites you to its first Wedding Evening for a glimpse into what your wedding day could be like at this 4* property.
Friday 6th May from 7 until 9 pm
Come and meet the dedicated wedding team and see one of Waterford's leading wedding venues set up for a magical wedding.
On the evening guests will enjoy Prosecco on arrival while taking in the stunning property. Renowned for their food, brides and grooms-to-be will get the opportunity to sample canapés and have their palettes awakened during a gourmet showcase led by award-winning head chef Jenny Flynn paired with some tantalizing wines carefully selected to complement your desired menu. Jenny and her team will work tirelessly to ensure your wedding menu is of the finest quality so it exceeds your wildest expectations on the big day.
The dedicated wedding team headed by Wedding and Events Manager Suzie Molloy will guide brides and grooms-to-be throughout the evening, inspiring you and providing you with valuable tips to help you plan your big day with ease.
With a chance to win a romantic stay at Faithlegg House Hotel in Waterford on the evening, put the 6th May in your diary and start planning your dream day at the Faithlegg House Hotel.
Entry is free, for more information call the wedding team on 051-380582 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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text: Apple Earnings Soar on Huge iPhone Sales Company sells 37M as earnings double By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Jan 24, 2012 3:59 PM CST 7 comments Comments The iPhone 4S is shown by a customer at a shop in Tokyo on the launch day in Japan Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) (Newser) – Apple's first quarter since the death of Steve Jobs went very, very well: The company reported that net income doubled to a record $13.1 billion from the same period last year, reports MarketWatch. That translates to $13.87 per share, beating by a mile analysts' estimates of about $10 a share, notes the Wall Street Journal. Credit the iPhone: The company shipped 37 million, well more than the 30 million analysts expected. The iPad also did well, with 15.4 million sold instead of the 13.8 million that were forecast. (Read more Apple stories.) My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 20% Annoying 4% Hilarious 0% Intriguing 7% Depressing 59% Brilliant 9% Scary


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While much is known about the short-term and long-term physical and cognitive effects of a traumatic brain injury, Little attention is paid to the impact the trauma can have on a marriage. Now, researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University are developing special counseling techniques that can be used for couples who have to get used to the presence of brain injury in their lives.
The focus is on tailoring counseling therapies that help couples focus on the positive aspects of their life together instead of looking back at life before the injury. The research at Virginia Commonwealth University is just one of a few studies being conducted to find more appropriate and effective programs for couples struggling with brain injuries.
In every marriage involving a spouse with a brain injury, there are 2 victims – the spouse with the injury, and the uninjured spouse who is now forced into the role of caregiver. The uninjured spouse is often exposed to severe strain and stress, because of the personality changes in the spouse with a brain injury.
Persons with a brain injury are at risk of a range of emotional and psychological problems, ranging all the way from anxiety and depression to mania. For caregivers who also happen to be spouses, the stress can be so severe, that it can lead to symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Not all of the news about marriages dealing with brain injury is bad, however. According to one study, the divorce rate among couples dealing with brain injuries is much lower -17% – than the national divorce rate. That indicates that not all marriages collapse after a major catastrophe like this. However, that doesn't mean that the process of picking up and moving on with life is easy for any of these couples.


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Kent Park Lake is a 27 acre man-made lake in Johnson County that serves as a popular recreation destination for the surrounding communities. The lake has a 25 to one watershed to lake area ratio, and much of the land in the watershed is forested or grassland. The park is currently operated and maintained by the Johnson County Conservation Board (JCCB). Visitation at Kent Park Lake is in the top 25% of lakes statewide, and 2/3 of the watershed is in public ownership, including a number of remnant prairies within the county park.
Over the years, water quality at Kent Park Lake has degraded due to increased nutrient and sediment inputs from the watershed. Excess nutrients, especially phosphorus, have led to frequent algae blooms and low water clarity at the lake. Sedimentation in the lake has also decreased the overall lake volume and contributed to other water quality problems. Elevated bacteria levels in the lake have also resulted in swimming advisories at the beach. Kent Park Lake is considered impaired by the Iowa DNR and EPA. Research conducted by the Iowa DNR and other project stakeholders have shown that phosphorous levels in the lake must be reduced by 54% to meet state water quality standards. A combination of restoration practices will be necessary to reach water quality targets. A water quality management plan was completed in 2015 for Kent Park Lake. This project includes many efforts to meet the nutrient and sediment reduction goals identified in the plan and improve water quality in the lake.
Restoring the Lake and Park Land
In early 2016, Johnson CCB hired Stanley Engineering to design and oversee construction for in-park improvements that would help protect the lake. Stanley completed engineering design to renovate existing sediment basins in the park and build new structures that will capture nutrient and sediment run-off from entering the lake (see picture below). Costs for engineering work were split 50/50 between the Johnson CCB and the DNR Lake Restoration Program. Engineering costs were estimated at $500,000 and construction costs for the first phase of work completed in the park (watershed) were estimated at $1.2 million. Construction for watershed work started in the spring of 2017.
In addition to watershed improvements, partners are looking ahead to in-lake restoration activities. In-lake work will include some targeted dredging to re-establish depth in areas of the lake affected by sedimentation. In addition, improvements to the fishery are anticipated, with the installation of additional fish habitat and shoreline stabilization projects to provide refuge and spawning areas for sport fish. Finally, as a part of this project, the outlet structure for the lake is being assessed so that infrastructure upgrades can be made, if necessary, during the in-lake phase of this project.
In the late spring of 2017, Johnson County began drawing down Kent Park Lake so that engineering design for in-lake work could be completed and so the lake bed could de-water in advance of dredging.
In-lake work is slated to begin in the late fall or winter and will continue through 2018. Phase 2 of the project (in-lake work) is estimated to cost about $1.5 million, with a 50/50 cost share between the DNR and local funds.
When the project is completed, water clarity is expected to improve at Kent Park Lake, with the goal of reducing the frequency and intensity of blue-green algae blooms. The fishery will be re-established as soon as the lake fills, with catchable sized sport fish usually available within 3 years of the completed restoration project. This project will also help protect the longevity of Kent Park Lake, as structures placed in the watershed will slow sedimentation to the lake and infrastructure improvements to the dam and watershed catch basins will keep the lake in good shape for years to come.
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It may have been mentioned that politics is one of three subjects that shouldn't be discussed in polite company, along with religion and sex. I've changed my mind. I've decided that I am going to write an article on politics and religion but not on sex. I've no idea what sex is and wouldn't recognise it if it came up to me and hit me with a soggy sex toy!
Besides that, I've never kept polite company anyway.
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On a warm and breezy day in August, Alyssa and Hayden R. from Layton, Utah, enjoyed an afternoon on the Church Plaza. The plaza is right next to Temple Square. It connects many of the buildings in the area, including the Church Office Building, the Church Administration Building, and the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. The plaza has flowers, fountains, and peaceful walkways for visitors to enjoy. Let's join Alyssa, age 9, and Hayden, age 7, as they enjoy the sights of the plaza.
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Giant is the biggest hypermarket group in Singapore. Since opening its first store at IMM Jurong in 2000, the chain has expanded to nine stores which are located in VivoCity Mall, Parkway Parade Mall, Sembawang Shopping Centre, Tampines Retail Park, Pioneer Mall, IMM Jurong, Sunshine Place, Junction 10 and Turf City. We take pride in offering very competitive low prices and a wide and comprehensive range of groceries, fresh food and household products. Giant offers more than 66,000 products under one roof including over 3,500 products sold under its housebrands Giant and Gino apparel.


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Nathan Fiala began his appointment as assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics in August 2014. Before coming to UConn, he managed dozens of data collections and randomized impact evaluations in Africa and Asia, including an evaluation of a large-scale enterprise development cash grant program for the government of Uganda. He has spent over a thousand hours with small-scale micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries in order to understand the constraints and difficulties they face.
Where did you get your degrees?
I received my undergraduate degree from Arizona State University. I actually started out on a very non-traditional route: I began at a community college in Dallas, Texas, then switched to ASU. It's actually something I'm very proud of, because it's not a very common type of approach. I was working during the day and attending college at night, so I paid for my whole way through. It took me a total of seven years to get my bachelor's degree because I enjoyed my education so much. I officially got a bachelor of science in economics, but I have "unofficial" minors: I took a lot of classes in English literature, political science and mathematics.
Then I got my PhD at the University of California Irvine. I first got a master's in mathematical and behavioral sciences, and then my PhD was in economics. I was very curious and took a lot of classes in sociology and a few classes in political science as well.
What did you do before coming to UConn?
The last few years I've been doing a post doc in Washington, DC, and I just returned from Berlin where I was for three years as a postdoc at a German research institute.
After my PhD I was living in DC, working with the World Bank as a consultant. It was all consulting on research projects, so all the work I was doing back then is being published now. That's why I call it an informal postdoc, because I wasn't a postdoc but it was very much what a postdoc would do.
Then I was offered an opportunity by a research institute in Berlin, and my wife and I moved there for three years; it's also where my daughter was born. It was fantastic to get that international experience but also take time as a postdoc and conduct significant research, especially since my projects take a long time to complete. I use a special methodology with my projects called randomized control trials. It's an experimental approach, not very common, but growing in popularity in the social sciences.
One of the reasons I was hired here is because I have a paper in a top economics journal. That project started in 2007, and it was published in 2014. The postdoc essentially gave me the time to do what I was interested in; as a PhD student you can't do that. I actually have a lot of PhD students that want to conduct similar research but I'm trying to find ways to do it faster because they can't take seven years to finish something.
What will your work here at UConn focus on?
My official position is food security, with a focus on economic development in Africa. I work predominantly in East Africa; right now, mostly Uganda. But I'm also developing work in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Swaziland and a bit in India as well.
For example, in Uganda, there are very few formal employment options for people. What is common is self-employment, and people starting small enterprises themselves out of necessity because they have no other option. Improving the efficiency of those enterprises, increasing income and helping people transition from unskilled, low-wage daily labor into more skilled trades is the type of thing I'm interested in.
I also work on governance, and a major theme is anti-corruption. I have developed a project with the anti-corruption office in Uganda, a government agency that's supposed to fight corruption. They normally do top-down auditing; if there's a problem, they look back to try and find where the money went, and they try to prosecute those responsible for the missing money. The approach I'm trying there is a bottom-up approach. We're going into communities to train people on how to identify corruption, specifically with the development programs they're receiving. We encourage them to go their government so they demand from elected officials and bureaucrats better quality, less corruption and more transparency in finding out where the money is going.
Name one aspect of your work that you really like.
I think one of the things that's really nice is that I get to travel and really understand the people I work with. Before my daughter was born, I would spend three to four months a year in Uganda. Since 2007, I've spent one-fourth of my life in Uganda.
Is there anything else you would like us to know about you?
I could potentially be the only professor on campus that drives a red sports car with over 300 horsepower. It's a Subaru. When I'm driving through campus, sometimes the students will stop and look at me. Faculty, especially in economics departments, drive conservative, perhaps even boring, cars, so I wanted something a little different.


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Oh my goodness!!! I swear to you never in my life I thought I was gonna work this much hahaha but I like it. It's exhausting but rewarding.
Today I started yet another job (thank God for work). I was offered a production job at Canal Antigua where I have my TV show "Amo Mi Estilo". My partner in crime María Reneé and I are gonna start producing the morning show "Matutino Express", so for my first day I decided to wear a power dress (I call it like that). A power dress is a dress that makes you feel absolutely fantastic (never mind my hair, today it seemed to have a life of it's own). I bought this one at Zara last week and I love it!!! it's got a very classic 60's silhouette which seems to be very in right now, at least at Zara everything there right now is rectangular shaped, not very flattering for my triangular figure but this one seems to work (or at least I think it does). Should I make it my producing uniform? I've always loved the idea of a uniform but can't quite pull it off. I could wear this dress a whole entire week and I wouldn't mind, it would actually make my life a lot easier without loosing style.
Anyhow... I hope you like it. Have you found yourself a power dress or suit?
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respecting the Australian and the North American colonies; to facilitate and cheapen the means of conveyance to the former colonies, and, generally, to place those individuals amongst the working classes, who may be disposed to emigrate, in a situation more readily and advantageously to carry their intentions into effect. . . .
LORD HOWICK TO HENRY LAMBERT 18 April 18321
With reference to the communication which you addressed to me on the 10 inst., and which I have submitted to Viscount Goderich, relative to the impediments which have lately been thrown in the way of persons wishing to emigrate to Canada, I am desired by his Lordship to acquaint you that the provincial acts imposing a duty on passengers appears to have been passed with a view not of discouraging emigration but of conducing to its safe and beneficial continuance. Great inconvenience has been experienced at the principal colonial ports from the unprovided state in which emigrants had landed and from their consequent dependence upon public charity until they could find employment for their labour. In the transit also of such great numbers accidents and deaths happen by which disabled persons, widows and orphans are thrown upon the benevolent institutions of the colonial towns. To meet the expenses arising from these causes and to support hospitals for the reception of emigrants arriving in bad health seem to be one chief object of the acts recently passed in Canada and Nova Scotia. Another object is to check the abuses which have been practised in the conveyance of emigrants to the North American colonies. It is evident that considerable means of restraining such abuses are furnished by the power vested in His Majesty's Government of causing the duty to be doubled on vessels which shall convey passengers departing without its sanction. Unless, however, in peculiar cases, where sufficient reason shall be reported to His Majesty's Government for withholding the usual permission all vessels conveying passengers to the North American colonies and duly complying with the enactments of the Passengers Act, will be furnished with certificates exempting them from the payment of extra____________________


text: A Segmented Chirped-Pulse Fourier Transform Millimeter Wave Spectrometer (260-290 GHz) with Real-time Signal Averaging Capability Brent J. Harris, Amanda L. Steber, and Brooks H.Pate Department of Chemistry University of Virginia Segmented CP-FT: Single Spectrum Acquired in 100 ms Simple Benchtop Prototype 100 µs, 35 GHz (260 – 295 GHz) 65 cm sample cell Advantages for Chirped Pulse mm-wave Spectroscopy 1) Rapid spectrum acquisition (35 GHz spectrum acquired in 2 ms) 2) Coherent measurement methods for spectrum analysis 3) Transition frequency accuracy 4) Simple spectrum signal processing (no baseline effects) Challenges for Chirped Pulse mm-wave Spectroscopy 1) Real-time signal averaging to achieve high sensitivity 2) Reduction of spurious signals 3) Spectral resolution and Fourier transform signal processing A. Steber, B. Harris, J. Neill, B. Pate, J. Mol. Spec 280 (2012) 3-10 Instrument Design Principles: The Chirped Pulse 1) The Chirped Pulsed Separates the Pulse Duration from the Pulse Bandwidth High-Resolution Spectroscopy: Line width is much smaller than frequency range Line width: set by the signal dephasing (Doppler, Collisional Relaxation) Optimal Excitation Pulse Duration: ~ 1 / (line width) Transform Limited Pulse Duration: ~ 1 / (frequency range) 2) In the Weak Pulse Limit the Signal is proportional to (Bandwidth)-1/2 Signals for transform limited pulses scale with (Bandwidth)-1 : Spectral energy density reduced by both increased bandwidth and shorter pulse duration. Instrument Design Principles: Segmenting Segmenting the Measurement Frequency Range Full Bandwidth CP-FT Rel .Signal in Segment: (2)½ Reduction in Averages: ½ Rel. Measurement Time: 2 * ½ = 1 Rel. Signal in Segment: (N)½ Reduction in Averages: (1/N) Rel. Measurement Time: N * (1/N) = 1 Relative Segment Bandwidth: (1/N) (Transform limited pulses: increasing the segment bandwidth increases the measurement time!) Things that are segment independent (all things being equal): 1) The time required to reach a target dynamic range (signal-to-noise ratio) 2) The number of points that make up the spectrum For smaller segments, lower digitizer rates can be used Instrument Design Principles: Segmenting Segmenting the Measurement Frequency Range Things that are segment dependent (all things being equal): 1) The time required for one spectrum scan (N times longer) 2) The total number of data points processed (Reduced by N) Molecules perform some of the averaging Things that are not equal: 1) Digitizer cost and real-time signal averaging performance (favors more segments) Still need bandwidth to use power efficiently and minimizing stitching 2) Proliferation of spurious signals (favors more segments) Exception: Single Segment has best mm-wave practical spur performance 260-295 GHz CP-FT Design for Real Time Averaging Number of Spectrum Points: 35 GHz frequency range, ~ 2ms dephasing time Minimum Points: (70 Gs/s) x (2 ms) = 140,000 This number of data points can be accommodated in FPGA accumulator 512K points maximum, 8-bit digitizer, 32-bit data size Maximum real-time accumulations: 2(32-8) = 224 = 16M Minimizing the Spurious Signals: Strongly Dependent on AWG purity for LO generation LO Impurity Spurs: LO-to-IF Conversion (self mixing): Easily subtracted Spectrum Images: Improved AWG performance on N*30 MHz This fixes the segment bandwidth to 30MHz x 24 = 720 MHz: 50 segments, 100 ms scan time Digitizer/Receiver Spurs: Second Order IM: work in 2nd Nyquist zone (720 – 1440 MHz) Third Order (Two-tone IM) Signal/Clock Mixing in Digitizer Segmented Chirped-Pulse Fourier Transform Spectroscopy Low IF (720 – 1440 MHz) 10 MHz Rb Standard 2.5 GS/s 4GS Digitizer Digitizer x12 Multiplier Chain Sub-harmonic mixer 12 GS/s AWG 220 – 325 GHz WR 3.4 8.80 GHz PDRO 2-3.5 GHz 10.8-12.3 GHz x24 Multiplier Chain Chamber 260– 295 GHz Output Power: 30-40 mW Separate AWG Channels Generate Chirp Segments (Blue) and Local Oscillator (LO) Frequency (Red) with Phase Reproducibility High Speed Segmented CP-FT Measurement Digitized at an IF of 720 – 1440 MHz at 4GS/s Real-Time signal averaging in 32 bit FPGA : 524288 sample memory (131 µs, at 4GS/s) 2 µs segments: - 0.250 µs chirped pulse - 1.75 µs decay time - 720 MHz bandwidth (per segment) - 50 segments (36 GHz, 100 µs ) Spectrum Relative Intensity Performance Frequency dependent spectrometer response: - Source power - Receiver mixer loss - IF amplifier gain - Propagation loss System response correction: - Routine response curve generated with series of stored single frequency waveforms - Correction incorporated into signal processing About 10-15% accuracy Intensity Reproducibility Intensity variation < 0.1% Suitable for monitoring time evolution of the broadband spectrum Comparison to Literature mm-wave Benchmark S. Fortman, I. Medvedev, C. Neese, F. De Lucia, ApJ, 725 (2010) 1682 CH3CH2CN 0.5 mTorr, 6 m path length, 24 s equivalent measurement time Speed: CP-FT is 10,000 times faster Intensity Accuracy: 15% vs. 1% (but 0.1% precision) Line width: 2.5 broader in CP-FT (magnitude FT + windowing) High Dynamic Range Mode (HDR) HDR sequence: - 0.250 µs chirped pulse 1.75 µs decay time 24 MHz bandwidth/seg 30 segments for each LO frequency (720mHz) - 31st segment for electrical background subtraction - 50 LO frequencies (1500 total segments) 62 ms for 720 MHz Two 720 MHz segments can be accommodated in the FPGA Noise Floor Achieved in 1s: 1 mV (60,000:1 dynamic range) Broadband Double Resonance Spectroscopy Measurement Protocol: Acrolein 1) Single Frequency Pump Pulse 2) 720 MHz Chirp Observe ~60% signal modulation Sequential and VType Level Schemes Show Different Modulation Behavior Conclusions 1) Real-time Signal Averaging is Achieved using Segmented Chirped Pulse Fourier Transform Spectroscopy 2) High Speed Mode Significantly Reduces Measurement Times Over Absorption Spectroscopy Methods 3) A High Dynamic Range Mode Provides Spurious Signal Reduction and Achieves about 100,000:1 (Largely) Spur Free Performance 4) Capabilities for Broadband Double Resonance Spectroscopy Can Translate Reduced Spectrum Acquisition Times to Reduced Spectrum Analysis Times Acknowledgments Brent Harris is supported by an NSF Graduate Fellowship University of Virginia Equipment Trust Fund NSF I-Corps