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A big advantage of using PowerCLI is that we can perform automatically vSS implementation/customization across multiple hosts without having to browse host by host using vSphere Client.
This is an introductory post in which I will explain the basics of vSS management, what PowerCLI cmdlet to use for each vSS related activity. I will soon come up with another article providing a PowerCLI script to automate vSS provisioning in a real case scenario.
As usual let's have a look at official PowerCLI Documentation first.
Let's begin: how to create a virtual standard switch? New-VirtualSwitch cmdlet is used, 192.168.116.60 in the example below is the IP address of the ESXi host on which I will add vSwitch1.
New-VirtualSwitch -VMHost (Get-VMHost 192.168.116.60) -Name vSwitch1 -Nic vmnic1,vmnic2
A new vSS vSwitch1 with no associated PortGroups will be created.
To create a VMKernel the New-VMHostNetworkAdapter cmdlet is used. Since a VMKernel can be associated to a specific traffic (Management, FaultTolerance, VSAN, vMotion) we need to specify what we will use this VMKernel for. In this example I will create a vMotion VMKernel for vSwitch1 and I will assign 192.168.116.61 IP Address to it and set MTU to 9000 bytes (JumboFrames). Please note that by default every VMKernel traffic binding is set to false so setting, for example, -ManagementTrafficEnabled:$false is worthless.
New-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost (Get-VMHost -Name 192.168.116.60) -PortGroup vMotion -VirtualSwitch vSwitch1 -IP 192.168.116.61 -SubnetMask 255.255.255.0 -FaultToleranceLoggingEnabled:$false -ManagementTrafficEnabled:$false -VsanTrafficEnabled:$false -VMotionEnabled:$true -Mtu 9000
A VMKernel for vMotion has just been created.
Next step is how to change VMKernel properties such as load balancing policy or active/standby/unused vmnics. This is done with Set-NicTeamingPolicy cmdlet.
In this example I set vMotion VMKernel load balancing policy to Route based on source MAC hash (not for a specific reason but just for article purpouses), mark vmnic1 as active and vmnic2 as standby.
Get-VirtualPortGroup -VMHost (Get-VMHost -Name 192.168.116.60) -Name vMotion | Get-NicTeamingPolicy | Set-NicTeamingPolicy -LoadBalancingPolicy LoadBalanceSrcMac -MakeNicActive vmnic1 -MakeNicStandby vmnic2
As expected changes will be reported in vSphere Web Client.
Let's now create a VM PortGroup using New-VirtualPortGroup cmdlet. To this PortGroup will be assigned VLAN ID 100.
New-VirtualPortGroup -Name "VM Network 2" -VirtualSwitch vSwitch1 -VLanId 100
As final step how to add a new vmnic to a vSwitch. AddVirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter cmdlet is used.
Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost (Get-VMHost -Name 192.168.116.60) -Name vSwitch1 | AddVirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter -VMHostPhysicalNic (Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -Physical -Name vmnic3) -Confirm:$false
Let's now reverse the process. Remove-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter cmdlet is used to remove a vmnic from a vSwitch.
Get-VMHost -Name 192.168.116.60 | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -Physical -Name vmnic3 | Remove-VirtualSwitchPhysicalNetworkAdapter -Confirm:$false
Remove-VirtualPortGroup cmdlet is used to remove a VM PortGroup.
Remove-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualPortGroup (Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name "VM Network 2") -Confirm:$false
To remove a VMKernel without incurring in "Remove-VirtualPortGroup The resource '<VMKernel_Name>' is in use." error you have to remove the vmknic currently being used by VMKernel.
Remove-VMHostNetworkAdapter -Nic (Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMHost (Get-VMHost -Name 192.168.116.60) | where {$_.PortGroupName -eq "vMotion"}) -Confirm:$false
VMKernel will be now recognized as a simple PortGroup that can be removed with Remove-VirtualPortGroup cmdlet:
Remove-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualPortGroup (Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name vMotion) -Confirm:$false
Finally to delete the entire vSwitch use Remove-VirtualSwitch cmdlet.
Remove-VirtualSwitch -VirtualSwitch (Get-VirtualSwitch -VMHost 192.168.116.60 | where {$_.Name -eq "vSwitch1"}) -Confirm:$false
That's all!!


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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Chad
(Ceadda) Confessor, abbot, and bishop (died 672), born probably Northumbria, England; died Lichfield, England. He was educated at Lindisfarne under Saint Aidan and at the monastery of Rathmelsige (Melfont), Ireland. He assisted his brother Saint Cedd in establishing the monastery of Lastinghalil, Yorkshire and succeeded him as abbot, 664. For a short time Bishop of York, in 669 he was appointed Bishop of Mercia and established the seat of his diocese at Lichfield where he founded a church and monastery. His relics are now in the cathedral of Birmingham dedicated to him. Feast, 2 March.
- "Saint Chad". . CatholicSaints.Info. 15 September 2012. Web. 16 February 2019. <http://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-chad/>

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Part-time Fitness Staff
Purdue University Calumet
Job Responsibilities:
-- Teach fitness center members on how to use the strength and cardio equipment.
-- Design individualized exercise programs for members.
-- Properly instruct clients on exercise form.
-- Assist with front desk duties like greeting members and registering memberships.
-- Promote the fitness center to potential members.


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Really had fun with this anchor tattoo yesterday. I've been getting a tremendous amount of satisfaction from my tattoo work recently. Really just trying to make
It mine, and I am really pleased where things are going.
Really hard to get a good image of this one, but adding on a ton of flowers and some background on this guy!
Adorned this soon to be bride
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On Monica's arm! She's been collecting them for some time now- I'm really grateful for clients like Monica and her husband. They're always really open and laid back with their ideas and really let me do my thing.


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Sure, "p" could also mean peanut, peach, praline, and "c" could also mean carrot, caramel, crunch.
In Googling "pc", the most popular hits that come up pertain to personal computers. As I progressed in entering characters of my article title, I saw that Google started autofilling a suggestion for "pc cookies", the topic being cookies on personal computers.
As in many of my other cooky recipes, I used boxed cake mix for convenience. My hyperlinked list at the bottom of the article has only one scratch recipe. I'm a big believer in few ingredients and easy preparation. I came up with this recipe came from wanting to bake cookies without chocolate that was likely to melt in summer weather—no chips, chunks, or ganache.
These cookies surprised me for being crunchy rather than soft and chewy. I think my recollection for soft and chewy is from cake mix cookies I had baked, um, a long time ago.
In the distant past, the standard cake mix cookies called for adding 2 eggs, 1/4 cup of oil, and 2 tablespoons of water to the powder. The cookies came out of the oven initially soft until cooled. They were crunchy like store-bought cookies for maybe an hour or so, then became soft and chewy. I think instructions said to store in an airtight container after they cooled to prevent them from becoming soft and chewy.
The standard recipe now calls for 2 eggs and 1/3 cup of oil. A few years ago, I did try the older recipe with the newer cake mix. The cookies tasted fine, but they were quite crunchy and never softened.
It seems that big-name cake mix companies, within months of each other, changed their recipe and touted the addition of pudding. To my recollection that move came on the heels of a Pillsbury Bakeoff winner having put pudding into a cake mix cake. I haven't been able to find a link to the history of addition of pudding to cake mix powder. Maybe some other baker who reads this article can enlighten.
Anyway, onward to the recipe! Implements
- cooky pan(s)
- pastry blender
- medium-large mixing bowl
- small mixing bowl or large cup or jar (for eggs and oil)
- measuring cup
- measuring spoons
- cooky spatula to lift and transfer baked cookies
- cooling rack for done cookies
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 C cooking oil (I replaced 1 T with sesame oil.)
- 1 18ish oz. white cake mix (I used Duncan HInes French Vanilla.)
- 2 C flaked coconut (I broke up the bigger, stuck clumps.)
- 1/2 C chopped pecans (I used a 2 1/4 oz. pack of pieces, which I chopped into smaller pieces.)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Pour the coconut into a medium-large mixing bowl, breaking up the lumps.
- Pour the cake mix powder and nuts into the coconut, using the pastry blender to blend together.
- In a bowl or large cup, combine the oil and eggs. For a more aromatic flavor, exchange 1 T of the oil with 1 T sesame oil.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the larger bowl and use a pastry blender to stir the ingredients together.
- Use a round tablespoon to scoop the dough. Shape to rounded, level, or concave height.
- Drop the spoon's dough onto the cooky sheet. Slightly press the lumps with the bottom of the measuring cup for flatter cookies.
- Bake for about 9 to 10 minutes until the edges are lightly browned.
- Use the cooky spatula to lift and transfer the done cookies onto cooling rack.
Additional Past Cooky Recipes
- Simplest Scratch Oatmeal Cookies
- Cake Mix Macaroon Cookies (similar recipe with more process details, using fewer dry ingredients and more wet ingredients
- A Convenient Triple-dose Pnutty Butter Cooky Batch
- A Convenient Cake Mix Cooky Batch--German Chocochip Bites
- A Convenient Cake Mix Cooky Batch--Easter
- A Convenient Cake Mix Cooky Batch [Valentine]


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Menara Citibank might just be the perfect business address for your next venture! Located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur City Centre business district, it's a location that offers sophistication, elegance, technology and impeccable working spaces and amenities. It is positioned next to Intercontinental Hotel and Ampang Park LRT train station is just a few steps away. With its prominent name and list of reputable tenants throughout the years, Menara Citibank has itself become a landmark in the Kuala Lumpur City Centre area.
Breathtaking 360-degree views of Petronas Twin Towers from our location on the 36th floor ! It's not hard to see why Menara Citibank is the city where dreams are made.
28 minute train by KLIA Express from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to KL Sentral Terminal, transit to LRT 15 minutes to arrive at Ampang park LRT or 1 (One) hour drive from Kuala Lumpur International Airport
LRT: Take the Ampang Line train from KL Sentral Station to Ampang Park Station (10 minutes). 2 minutes walk from Ampang Park Station exit.
20 minutes by taxi from Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station
Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) is a highly reputable area and established business hub in Kuala Lumpur. It is home to many headquartes of the largest domestic and foreign corporations in the world, such as Sumimoto, JP Morgan, Repsol, and Petronas. Due to its reputation, the area is a highly desired location for new businesses looking to start up in Malaysia, making Menara Citibank one of the most popular office locations in Kuala Lumpur. A wide variety of shopping districts, michelin-star restaurants, banking facilities, and 5-star luxury hotels are all located within the Menara Citibank area.
Because of it's prominence and centralised location,Menara Citibank is of one of the most highly accessible area with Ampang Park Station just a few steps away.
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a very special hankie
This souvenir handkerchief was produced in 1894 to commemorate the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal, and it needed to be mounted and displayed for an exhibition that we are doing here at work.
Ever since visiting the Textile Conservation Centre in Hampton Court as part of my degree course over twenty years ago, I have harboured a secret desire to become a textile conservator, so it was all play and no work to bring in my needles and thread this morning, having been tasked with the job of mounting it on a backing board ready to be sent to the framers. I was very worried about not using archival quality materials or doing something irreversibly dreadful, but after a bit of self-education online, some careful preparation and a lot of teeny weeny stitches, I think that in the end it was a fairly credible effort. I thoroughly enjoyed myself anyway.
8 comments:
- marigold jam said...
I'm sure you did a sterling job!
- 24 November 2010 at 16:22
- Alice said...
You make grey look so pretty:)
- 24 November 2010 at 17:16
- Anonymous said...
Brilliant. I was only thinking the other day that SOMEONE aught to do something with the really old jacobean panel we have here that is probably beyond saving; and if I touched it, the linen would fall to pieces. Can't think why the moth hasn't been at the yarn; maybe it's all the smoke and dust!
- 24 November 2010 at 21:42
- rossichka said...
I don't know anyhing about this kind of conservation. Sounds very interesting and responsible at the same time. I feel satisfaction in your words - I believe you have fulfilled your task in the best way!:) The link leads to such an interesting place - thank you!
- 24 November 2010 at 21:48
- Chrissie said...
Well done you for rising to the challenge! The thought of 'teeny weeny stitches' makes me feel anxious just to contemplate!
- 25 November 2010 at 09:38
- silverpebble said...
Oh it's absolutely beautiful - what a treasure.
- 25 November 2010 at 18:40
- Anonymous said...
This post made me smile - hugely. I know nothing about conservation so I am glad that you do :D
Very useful skill to have!
- 25 November 2010 at 20:01
- lasninastextiles.com said...
Love your blog.
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July 09, 2018
Date: Monday, 09 July 2018
The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a declaration saying that the state of war between the two countries is over.
A peace deal ending the 1998-1999 border conflict has never been fully implemented and there has been tension between the neighbours ever since.
The countries have also agreed to re-establish trade and diplomatic ties.
The declaration came at a landmark meeting between the two countries' leaders in Eritrea's capital, Asmara.
The summit between Eritrea's President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed marked the first time the neighbours' heads of state had met for nearly two decades.
On Monday, the leaders agreed that "a new era of peace & friendship has been ushered [in]", Eritrea's Information Minister Yemane Gebre Meskel said on Twitter.
Mr Abiy's chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, tweeted that the two countries "are determined to close a costly chapter".
A peace deal ending the border war, in which more than 70,000 people died, was signed in December 2000. However, Ethiopia refused to accept the final ruling of a border commission two years later, which awarded disputed territory to Eritrea, including the town of Badme.
A "no war, no peace" situation had existed between the two countries since then.
Monday's declaration, which follows a visit to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, by Eritrean diplomats, comes after Mr Abiy said his country would accept the commission's ruling.
This diplomatic initiative is the latest in a series of changes introduced by the Ethiopian prime minister since he came into office in April. Before then, it was unthinkable for Ethiopia to accept that Badme, the flashpoint for the conflict, was part of Eritrea.
The Eritrean community residing in Germany will celebrate for the peace in horn of Africa and lifting of unjust sanctions imposed on Eritrea.


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It's Thursday night, and Gerts is buzzing with the low, steady hum of chatter and laughter. It's not packed with bar-goers, but the crowd that has congregated this evening is laid back and relaxed, made up of a dozen or so small groups of friends huddled over beers. As host to the last Thursdays (A)Live… Keep Reading


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(Reuters) - Two winning tickets in Florida and Maryland will share about $400 million from Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, lottery officials said, marking the third highest jackpot in the game's history.
The winning numbers were 11, 19, 24, 33, 51 and 7, according to the Mega Millions website.
The jackpot had been rolling over since January 3 and swelled again after no one matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing of the game, which is played twice a week.
There was no immediate word on where the ticket was sold in Maryland, but local media reported a ticket was sold at a Sunoco gas station in Merritt Island, east of Orlando, Florida.
The identities of the winning ticket holders were not immediately known.
The record U.S. jackpot of $656 million was in a March 2012 Mega Millions drawing.
Tuesday night's jackpot carried a cash option of $224 million, the Mega Millions website said.
Mega Millions is played in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Jackpots start at $15 million, according to the website.
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These past few years, I had honestly given up on taming my dry hair. For those of you who don't know, my hair have been chemically treated thrice due to which they have become dry and frizzy. Cute, right? Recently, I started to take care of my hair to nurse them back to health.
With all the hype lately about starting wrinkle prevention early, using hot oils in your hair in hopes of it becoming silky soft, and all of the necessary vitamins you need to be taking that will make you look beautiful and youthful, I thought I would share a product I use that does all of that—Argan Oil!
I got this 100% organic morrocan argon hair oil in my GloBox for the month of May and I was super excited to try it thinking of all the magical hair benefits of Argon oil.
Argan oil is made from the nuts of Argan trees, which can be found in the desert region in Morocco. Considered a dry oil because it absorbs quickly and doesn't leave a greasy residue behind. Argan oil is also great for treating dry and frizzy hair by reducing frizziness, adding shine and providing moisture to the hair follicles.
It comes in a fancy slim bottle with a transparent cap and a white pump inside to dispense the actual product. The packaging is very sturdy and doesn't leak at all even if you keep it in your bag while travelling. The bottle comes in a carton and all the instructions are printed on the carton as well as on the bottle.
This oil doesn't have the consistency of oil rather it's like a serum. It's not very runny nor thick, its somewhere in between. It's a ultra light serum that has a very heavenly fragrance that lingers on your hair for a really long time. Its claimed to be suitable for all ages and for all hair types.
You need a very small quantity of this for each application. Now there are three ways to use this hair oil.
- I take a small amount in my palm and rub both my palms together and then apply it on the ends of my damp hair after a hair wash. So this solves the purpose of a leave in conditioner or a hair serum.
- This can be used to prevent damage caused by blow drying and other heat treatments, which means it works as a great heat protectant cream.
- Also, this can used as a hair oil like you would normally use, just to massage the scalp with the oil and also spreading it widely on the entire strands and leave it overnight.
The results of using this oil are AMAZING! Moroccan Argon Oil Hair Treatment Serum is instantly absorbed by the hair for a silky, smooth finish with a noticeable shine. Once my hair dries, combing it is so much more easier as it detangles the hair properly and easily. It makes my hair so so manageable. This has helped me a lot in reversing the damage that I made my hair go through and it makes my hair look so healthy.
It helps in taming all the flyaways too. What more could I have ever asked for?? 😛
Also since a very small amount is required for each application one bottle easily lasts long.
It's a great option for girls who want to go one step ahead in pampering their hair. It retails for Rs. 450/- for a product size of 100ml.
Have you every tried Argan oil before?


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We are continuously involved in site redevelopment, site assembly, acquisitions, option agreements and leases of all types.
We provide security services for both private and commercial lenders of all types including all the well known banks.
Our commercial property solicitors work with a range of clients including large and small businesses either acquiring, selling, leasing or developing property of all types, limited companies and limited liability partnerships and private individuals with active portfolios.
We are increasingly instructed to act for commercial property investors in the acquisition of investment property.
Whatever the nature of the transaction we are equipped to advise you.
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Tony Wilson and John Wright are the key contacts within our commercial property team within Ashley Wilson and can be relied upon for its speed of response and sensible price structure.
We pride ourselves on being able to "punch above our weight" and excel in being able to deliver fast and efficient responses whenever required.
The team's expertise include:-
Joint Venture
Many of our commercial property clients enter into joint ventures with associates and investors for a number of different reasons.
We provide advice in relation to:-
Site Acquisitions / Assembly
The commercial property solicitors at Ashley Wilson has been involved in site acquisition and site assembly for many years.
The most well known acquisition related to the assembly of various leasehold and sub-leasehold and shareholders interests in a company known as "Ilford Pioneer Market".
Planning permission was subsequently obtained for a twin tower development of 31 storeys accompanied by the headline in the Ilford Recorder "skyscraper of 31 storeys to change Ilford skyline".
We continue to work actively with all our clients in the acquisition and assembly of sites through option or conditional contract or otherwise in parallel with clients' other professional advisers particularly planning consultants and accountants.
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Repeated and regular contact with a wide range of lenders and their introducers enables us to assist clients in a whole range of commercial finance requirements. We do not charge fees for such introductions.
We are on the panels of all the mainstream lenders and under circumstances where lenders appoint their own panel of solicitors we work closely with those firms at all stages to ensure rapid conclusion of security documentation and draw-down to coincide with client's deadlines.
You can view our Options and Pre-emptions documents in the download section at the top of the page.
Contact our commercial property solicitors in London, please contact Tony Wilson, John Wright or Jessica Ebhomenye.


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If you were to log in, you'd be able to get more information on your fellow community member.
The NAS perspective is very helpful to me, as I have just become involved with a Fortune 500 company that is insisting on a Kiva solution. The Netscape NAS information is so loaded with marketing jive that I can't get a lot of useful information out of it. I am hoping to comply with the letter of the requirement and violate its spirit by using AppLogics as minimally as possible, passing request/response strings back and forth to servlets with no intervention of any kind, but, you know, I am afraid I am going to get trashed for the additional overhead, coming as it does with no benefit whatsoever. Thanks for alerting me to this dangerous product.


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Title: Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge
Author Name: Jennifer H. Lau
Author's Web site: http://JenniferLau.net
Genre: Biographies and Memoirs
Link to buy in the USA.
Link to buy in Australia
Reviewed by Dr. Bob Rich originally for his Bobbin' Around Newsletter
Beautiful Hero, by Jennifer Lau
You'd expect a book with the subtitle "How we survived the Khmer Rouge" to be grim, and it is. At the same time, it is utterly gripping. I was racing through it with a sort of a morbid fascination. Surely, no one could survive this! But, obviously, the author had.
However, the unremitting parade of horrors, hardship, deprivation, death and disease did get to me, and after awhile I didn't want to read on. I wanted to run away, to escape the story -- but it had caught me. I needed to find out how she'd managed to survive, and to become a highly functioning professional in America. So, I read on, and it gripped me, wouldn't let me go, to the very end. No, I've finished, and it's still gripping me now.
The story is told by an adult, much later, but there is an immediacy of the small girl as the witness, written in clear, plain language. She takes us into the horror with a matter-of-factness that makes me admire her all the more.
I always enjoy learning about cultures strange to me. From the first pages, Jennifer Lau intrigued me with things taken for granted among ethnically Chinese people in Cambodia, which I considered odd, quaint, ingenious -- or sometimes disgusting. Without info dumps or lecturing, always from within that little girl's point of view, she taught me about beliefs and practices I hadn't even imagined.
If you have ever felt sorry for yourself, reading this book will set you right. The worst you have experienced is nothing compared to what this family survived. And what distresses me is that, right now, there are other people suffering as badly, in the same way. They come from Syria, or are Rohingya from Myanmar, or Hazara from Afghanistan, or survivors of one of the many African conflicts... that matters not, nor does their religion, or skin colour. Like Jennifer's family, they are people with feelings, thoughts and sense of pain just like you have.
And, if given a chance, they will contribute to a society that adopts them in the exemplary way Jennifer's family has.
There is an interesting observation on page 27; one I wish today's decision makers would note. Cambodia was a peaceful country. Then the Americans decided to cut off supplies to North Vietnam by dropping more bombs in Cambodia than all those in Europe and Japan during World War 2. Half a million people in a neutral country were killed. As a direct result, the terrible Khmer Rouge was born. This is what has been going on in Israel/Palestine from 1948 to the present. It's what created the tragedy of Syria. The way to induce people to hate you is to attack them. Hate only leads to hate. Love is the only thing that can defeat hate.
One note of warning. Only read this book if you have a strong stomach, or, like me, the Buddhist skill to accept. Reading "Beautiful Hero" hasn't given me nightmares, but it could well have.
Dr Bob Rich is a multiple award-winning writer, professional editor, and professional grandfather. His Bobbing Around blog will inform, interest, inspire or outrage you — but never bore you.
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Minister for Health James Reilly is looking for Ireland to adopt some of New York's public health laws in an aim to curb the high levels of obesity and diseases in the country.
Official have contacted Mayor Bloomberg's office for advice, and the minister has been writing to fast food operators in Ireland to ask them to label their menus with the calorie content, reports the Irish Independent.
A sugar tax on certain foods, such as soft drinks is also being taken into consideration.
In the last few years, New York has introduced several new health laws to fight obesity and disease.
In 2008, a law was passed requiring restaurant chains to post calorie information on their menus, and in 2009, the mayor enacted the first restriction on artificial trans fat in the the city's food service establishments.
Two thirds of Irish adults are now obese or overweight
Diabetes epidemic - 30,000 Irish go undiagnosed
Irish girl Meadhbh McGivern finally receives liver transplant in London
Mr. Reilly attended a United Nations meeting in New York last week on the role of the food and beverage industry in combating non-communicable diseases.
In Ireland, the Special Action Group on Obesity is examining several option to tackle obesity levels.
"The introduction of a sugar tax on sugar-sweetened drinks was identified as a strategy for consideration and the feasibility of introducing such a measure is being examined. They [the Special Action Group on Obesity] are not considering the introduction of a junk food tax at this stage," a spokesman for the minister confirmed.
"Officials from the Department of Health met with representatives from the food industry during the summer and the minister now intends writing to fast food operators in Ireland asking that they introduce this calorie posting in their Irish restaurants. This initiative was first introduced in the US, and it has recently been replicated in the UK in a deal between the British government and industry."


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'The trouble with romantic stories is that they do not always have a happy ending. The good part about them is that they are beautiful while they last.'
- Neeraj Narayanan, the last Sunday of Feb '11
Much before this post sees the light of the day, a hundred experts would have given you every single piece of analysis on how both India and England did not manage to win the match from seemingly invincible positions. They will tell you, like they have a hundred times before, that this was the greatest match ever but what they do not know is why it became so.
It all began because of a man named Rajan. Well almost, if you are a believer in romantic tales.
After thirty five overs, England had wanted only 98 more. I exited from the stand, went down the staircase and stood outside the huge brown walls my head in my hands, unable to believe what had just happened.
Earlier, in the break after India's batting, I had messaged the entire world, ecstatic that I had actually seen, Sachin carve a century and my team post a mammoth, unachievable target. I felt I was clever when I told people that I could now pick a favourite Tendulkar century, while they could not. But then Andrew Strauss walked into the ground and put on an exhibition that could rival the most pristine things of beauty.
It was not brutal, not carnage. No Jack the Ripper, no Achilles. Neither was it artistic, Rembrandt-like. Instead, so perplexing was his brilliance, and there was so much ease and disdain written all over it, that you would think it was almost inhuman, magical. I would pick Houdini, for I am a traditionalist, you are free to tag him as Dumbeldore, or even Voldermort if you are so partisan and Indian.
With England coasting to victory, a lot of people were leaving the stadium and I watched them, distraught that my script had gone so awry. But unfortunately, those who are fighters are also often ungracious and unwilling to let go, so I stood at my spot outside the walls, hoping for the crowd inside to erupt, just once, to let me know that Strauss was out and we still had a chance. Five minutes later, I returned to my stand, the curiosity trouncing the sadness. But England kept plundering runs.
At the end of the 38th over, Rajan, a stranger who I had befriended at the queue in the morning, shook my head and laughed at me. "It is okay if we lose, dude" he told me , "they are playing better." I looked at him, in angst, and launched into a tirade on how no team was supposed to lose after scoring 340. Instead, he asked me to not give up and cheer our team. Maybe it was his cheery disposition, or just the fact that I was ashamed to know that there was someone more sportsman-like, but something just popped then. We agreed that we had not lost yet, and there wasn't any reason to lose hope. For the entirety of the next over, he cheered madly, followed by Gaurav Sinha, yours truly and Mohit-someone while the entire stand looked at us bemused. Chawla gave two in that over, and buoyed by the results, a bunch of twenty or so joined the band and gave voice to the stadium. The next over Zaheer spewed venom in the park and the scenes in stand A were incredible. While when India had batted, we had shouted with joy at every shot of Sachin and Co, here every dot ball was accompanied by a roar that had nothing friendly about it. We stood on our chairs and screamed so loud and so much that we killed our throats completely. So aggressive was it that it buoyed almost everyone in the stand and the stadium, and we all stood there screaming and making the greatest racket we ever had, with our drums, our placards, our whistles, and with our hearts. It might have lacked virtuosity, as its definition demands 'morality in excellence' but it had a rawness in its fervor, a madness in its celebration, that dignity can never offer.
Wikipedia registers 'battle cry' as a war chant, a universal form of display behavior, aimed at competitive advantage, ideally by overstating one's own aggressive potential to a point where the enemy prefers to avoid confrontation altogether and opts to flee. In order to overstate one's potential for aggression, battle cries need to be as loud as possible, and have historically often been amplified by acoustic devices such as horns, drums, conches, bugles etc. In those telling moments, the Chinnaswamy had its own battle cry and it was bloody magnificent.
Do not accept it, but Zaheer's inspiring spell was not just his doing but also because of what a thousand in Stand A did to his adrenaline. And when he captured his wickets, there were many who went ballistic, there were men past fifty who were dancing, bear-hugging and 'high fiving' all and sundry, and there were others like me who used the chairs as steps to travel from one level to another, and went and submerged into the arms and bodies of random strangers only because their eyes were as fiery and full of rage as I thought mine were.
And that is why the match was so great. Not for its scores or its stroke play, but because a crowd had found voice like no other, even if the cynics insist that is a regular trait of the Indian cricket lover. A world cup that had so far been pimped only by the media, and cared for only by the Bangladeshis, had finally found a match that could propel the interest of thousands in India, and make them queue up in front of ticket counters with renewed vigour.
Please do not think watching a world cup match on television is a better experience than watching it in a stadium. It is only when you are standing there, watching those young boys bringing the flags out, and then singing the national anthem with fifty thousand other people, that you realize that there are very few moments that could make your heart fill up with so much pride on being part of the nation that you are. I have always liked our national anthem but today I was happiest while singing it. I also had goosebumps for the longest period of time. We have all seen the orange, the white and the green in our flags but they look so much more prettier when we wear them as hand bands, head bands or as paint on our cheeks. Go to a stadium, because as much as you love Sachin, hearing fifty thousand others yell, nay, sing his name louder than you is a joyful experience. Go to a stadium because sitting at home you might be able to watch your replays but you will never be able to befriend so many people you will never see in your life again.
p.s At the end of the 46th over, with India now in the driver's seat, I noticed Rajan holding his head and sitting on his chair. He was not alright he said, and was suffering greatly. I hugged him, and egged him on to cheer the team one last time, but he smiled back and said that he was happy enough now that the crowd was on its feet and doing its job. He left the stadium at the end of the 48th, and that was the last I saw of him. I do not know how he would have felt when he would hear that India had not won, had actually conceded 28 in two overs to a bunch of tail-enders. But I have a feeling that he would be okay about it.
p.s 2) It is 330 in the morning now, and I have finally written what I wanted to. The 'India' headband and the flag painted on my cheek haven't yet been removed/washed off. It will take a while, for the aforementioned, and the emotions to fade into oblivion.


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I had been trying to grow my hair out a little bit longer, and healthier. I miss my brown hair, my curls, or even just having shine. I missed running my fingers through my hair without breaking the ends. I've had bleached hair for quite some time now. Even when I went back to brunette a few years ago, I never let that bleach fully grow it before I just re-bleached it.
Bleaching and dying had gotten to be too time consuming... to tedious... too painful even.
I had noticed while combing through my hair, pieces would break off and fall. When my hair would dry naturally, it would just frizz up. When I tried to straighten it, it would just break and fry. I literally couldn't do a thing with my hair. There really wasn't much else I could do other than wait for it to grow...Wait with my baby roots trying to hold up dead hair. But even then, I could try to straighten it into something that looked semi nice, and hope for the best...
My impatience seems to have gotten the better of me...
But I think there is more to it than that.... because I've been feeling for a while that my "pink pixie" was over. I've loved it, and I've loved having colored hair.. But I think it's time for me to go natural for a bit. Back to my roots. I feel like I'm throwing a huge part of myself away, and it's kind of scary.. but in my experience it's the scary things that make us grow.. we just have to face them.
I'm not afraid of what anyone will think of me, or what I will look like, or the things people will say. I'm not too worried on how I look, or if I will get mistaken for a boy. I'm worried about letting that part of myself go.
Cutting hair is often liberating. It sheds energetic layers, and frees you in a way. Hair holds onto energy, and cutting and releasing it helps release you.
And now my dear readers... I don't think I've been completely honest with you recently. Because you see, I've been going through my own shedding of layers in these past few months. I've felt an itch and a tug like when clothes are too tight, or even when they are too big. Feeling uncomfortable in my own skin.. It's been a long time since I've felt like I'm looked like myself. I've been shying away from photos, or not instigating them. For those who have read this blog, it's usually pretty picture heavy, and most often, it's pictures of me. Or at least it used to me. I needed to shed old layers.. and have a rebirth. Because sometimes in order to move forward in life, we have to release things that hold us back.
And because sometimes you need to start over.
Sometimes you need to see your face. like for reals. with no hair, no color hiding it.
nothing... but rawness.
Sometimes you just need a rebirth.
And sometimes during that rebirth, it's okay to laugh historically at yourself and ask "Am I crazy? What am I doing?! What have I done??" Only to hear your own inner voice hush you and say "trust."


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Moorish Roasted Cod
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The sweet and spicy spice paste for this cod is not unlike an unconstructed harissa, but with the unmistakable scent of saffron. This will suit any white fish fillet you could name and would certainly sprauntz up the slightly cheaper whiting or coley. Serve with couscous, veg and lots of fresh lemon. Hangs on to those last warm days and tastes best eaten in the garden if the weather will stand for it. Serves 2.
- 2 cod fillets
- juice and finely grated rind of one lemon
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp parsley, very finely chopped
- 1 tsp hot sauce (tabasco, west indian or what ever you have)
- 2 tsp paprika
- half tsps of ground cinnamon, saffron, turmeric and ground cumin
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Take your fish fillets and lie them on a non-metallic plate.Combine the remainder of the ingredients together in a bowl and spread over the fillets. Do not leave this to marinate for more than about half an hour or the ingredients will begin to 'cook' the fish. Preheat the oven to gas mark 5 and transfer the fish onto a baking sheet. Put the fillets into a hot oven and cook for around 10-15 minutes depending on the thickness of the fish. Serve.


text: Is it good to texture map AVI frames to playback an AVI stream or I should use a more appropriate solution? My OpenGL program needs to playback AVIs and I am wondering if it is a common task to texture map AVI frames for the sake of video playback? On the other side the primary goal of the program is to playback AVIs but it should have some basic drawing capabilities like showing bitmaps - nothing 3D is required. Put this way isn't it better to throw away OpenGL or there is nothing wrong with playing AVIs in OpenGL. I am asking with the hope that I can save some time of useless research for playing AVIs in OpenGL. Thanks.


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In With Zijin
Chinese Giant Backs Equitas BC Copper-Gold Project
By Greg Klein
"Climb the mountain"—for Equitas Resources TSXV:EQT the challenge is both metaphorical and literal. While his drill crew thinks nothing of a late autumn scramble up a northern BC mountainside, President/Director Jay Roberge is more likely to scale figurative obstacles in the boardrooms of Hong Kong. As a result, the company's Day Copper-Gold Porphyry Project now has the backing of Zijin Mining Group, China's biggest gold producer.
"Most companies would not have tried to drill in that neck of the woods in October," Roberge says. "But that reflects the kind of company we're building here at Equitas. I wasn't going to make the decision from Vancouver. So I told the guys to go up there and make the call from the mountain."
Once mobilized, the crew hit a brief spell of clear weather and "climbed like goats" for 1,300 snow-covered metres to drill a 285-metre hole, "which is a great accomplishment under the circumstances," Roberge says. "That indicates the type of company we are—very aggressive."
Aggressive in the financial world too, as Roberge showed by snagging Zijin as Equitas' largest shareholder. He points out the Asian giant is "the number 1 producer of gold in China, the number 3 of copper, the number 6 in zinc, [and] they have ambitions to be one of the top five miners in the world. Their current market cap is about $15 billion on the Hong Kong exchange. They've invested around a billion dollars in projects around the world. I was able to get their support for investing in early exploration."
That support, Roberge emphasizes, allows for a unique business model. "Our company is being set up as an exploration company for Zijin," he explains. "Other companies take their projects to a certain stage and then look for a joint-venture partner. We'll be doing the same, but we already have our partner. We'll be joint-venturing everything back to Zijin.
"So our model is to get six to eight projects and prove them out or disprove them as fast as possible," he continues. "The ones that graduate, we'll joint-venture. We'll take capital from that joint venture and do more projects. It's quite unique. It's not at all common to see a company of our size hitching its wagon to a major. We have the backing and support of a multibillion-dollar company."
Last October's quick but intrepid mountainside adventure brought the following assay, released December 15:
- 0.64 grams per tonne gold and 0.11% copper over 123 metres
- (including 0.81 g/t gold and 0.13% copper over 53.1 metres)
"We know we're in a porphyry system; the hole was mineralized throughout with some decent results; we're very close to the source of the porphyry; and we'll continue to explore on our first opportunity to get back up there," Roberge says.
The result follows surveying, mapping and sampling that includes 211 rock and soil samples and nearly 400 historic drill cores that have been sent for assaying.
It was the historic drilling that really attracted Zijin, Roberge says. Falconbridge (acquired by Xstrata in 2006) drilled the property in 1974, followed by Skeena Resources TSXV:SKE in 1994.
It's not at all common to see a company of our size hitching its wagon to a major. We have the backing and support of a multibillion-dollar company —Jay Roberge
Other companies also like the Toodoggone region, Roberge points out. "There's the Kemess South Mine, which shut down in March, the Kemess Underground or Kemess North [AuRico Gold Inc TSX:AUQ], and Mount Milligan [Thompson Creek Metals TSXV:TCM] is being built to the south. Between us and Mount Milligan there's Serengeti's TSXV:SIR Kwanika Project. So we're in the right area. With this historic drilling and the one hole we have now, we're very, very optimistic about our chances up there."
Among his company's other advantages, Roberge includes its relationship with shareholder Zimtu Capital TSXV:ZC. "We work out of Zimtu's office and share back-end resources with a number of other companies. That's administrative, accounting, an in-house geo who we can all tap into, marketing and so on. So there's a lot of expertise we can rely on to cut down on costs."
Zijin, however, holds the largest chunk of Equitas, now about 19.9% with an option to reach 31%. Last November, geologist Richard Yu, general director of Zijin's International Exploration Division, joined the Equitas board of directors.
Although the Day Project is very much early stage, Roberge sees an extremely busy 2012 on a number of fronts. Fundamental Research will release its initial report on Equitas. Roberge plans to spend more time in Hong Kong, including an appearance at the Mines and Money event, to recruit additional backers. "Quite frankly, the Asian market understands the value of our partnership with Zijin better than the market here," he says. "Nobody here knows what Zijin is." With more capital, Roberge hopes to acquire more projects—and to do so quickly. His optimism can take on the tone of urgency.
"With the markets the way they are, good opportunities are presenting themselves on the asset side. So we're looking at a number of opportunities in British Columbia, Arizona, New Mexico and South America. The priority would probably lean towards BC and Arizona. We'd like to see a couple of acquisitions and maybe get some drilling done in Arizona before we get back to the Day property."
Very optimistic indeed, especially given the company's press-time share price of $0.095. With 51.33 million shares outstanding, that comes to a very modest market cap of $4.9 million.
That hardly deters Roberge. "People are going to realize Zijin Mining had good reason to invest in a little junior on the TSX Venture," he says. "We think that's going to bode well for our company and our shareholders."
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Greg – thank you for taking an interest in Equitas Resources Corp. (TSXv:EQT) and our partnership with Zijin Mining Group. I just wanted to add that for those that may want to learn more about Zijin, they trade on the Hong Kong Exchange under the trading symbol 2899 and their English version website is here: http://www.zjky.cn/publish/portal1/default.htm


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Tonight sees the start of the annual Urban Nomad Film Festival in Taipei. Urban Nomad 2010 kicks off tonight at Armed Forces Cultural Center in Taipei with the Taiwanese premiere of Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove. The Cove will be shown back-to-back with Taiwan's Critically Endangered Pink Dolphins, a short documentary by Christina MacFarquhar of Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association explaining the plight of Taiwan's Pink Dolphins.
Urban Nomad 2010 is working with organizations that want to protect the dolphins and the seas. Both Matsu's Fish Conservation Union and Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association will be at the gala premiere tonight.
What: The Cove/Taiwan's Critically Endangered Pink Dolphins
When: 7:30pm Friday, April 30, 2010
Where: Armed Forces Cultural Center (°ê?x¤åÃÀ¬¡°Ê¤¤¤ß), 69 Zhonghua Rd, Sec 1, Taipei (¥x¥_¥«¤¤µØ¸ô¤@¬q69¸¹).
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And the Winner Is…
Wellbe is pleased to announce its first winner of a nurse scholarship to attend the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON) Annual Congress.
Wellbe held an "Ortho Nurse Inspiration Contest" earlier this year where orthopedic nurses submitted their most memorable experiences in essay format. The winning nurse, Teresa McCormick, RN, received a sponsored scholarship to cover her travel expenses to attend NAON's 2014 Annual Congress. Read her winning story.
Wellbe is participating as a featured exhibitor at the NAON 34th Annual Congress, the premier orthopaedic nursing educational and networking event, May 17-20, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wellbe will display and demonstrate its Guided CarePaths for Total Joint Replacement in the NAON Exhibit Hall, which will expose participants to the latest industry updates and innovations to bring back to their organization.
James Dias, CEO of Wellbe remarked, "The NAON Annual Congress is a must-attend event for leaders in the orthopaedic nursing industry. Wellbe is proud that we can contribute to the continuing education of orthopaedic professionals about patient engagement and connected care. We look forward to providing conference participants with a greater knowledge of how to improve the total joint replacement experience."
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I made this card for the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge #46. I am going to send it to my daughter who is enjoying her first year of college. I think of her each day and want to send her a little reminder of that.
I used a scrap of patterned paper, of which I have many, for the background. The butterfly was cut with a Papertry Ink die on another piece of scrap. The sentiment is also from Papertrey. So simple and easy!
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Soybeans continue to be one of North Carolina's biggest
exports, and with further advances in biotechnology the crop
could become an even bigger force in the state's economy.
That was one of the messages from last week's annual
N.C. Soybean Festival in Elizabeth City, the birthplace of soybean
processing in America.
Nearly 400 local farmers and residents attended the event,
held at the K.E. White Center.
Norris Tolson, president and CEO of the N.C. Biotechnology
Center, was the keynote speaker for this year's festival.
He discussed the biotech center and the ways it's marshalling
agricultural resources to improve food and medicines and bring
jobs to the state.
In the 25 years since former Gov. Jim Hunt founded the state-funded
center in Raleigh, the Biotechnology Center has helped create
540 biotechnology businesses, Tolson said.
He said a biotech center-funded facility in Holly Springs,
for example, is the only place in the world where the H1N1 vaccine
is produced using cell cultures instead of egg cultures. The
new procedure allows more doses of the vaccine to be produced
at one time.
He said the center also helped develop drug delivery systems
for chemotherapy that only target cancer cells, leaving healthy
cells undamaged.
Tolson later said biotechnology techniques have already improved
soybean yields, making the crop resistant to the weed-killer
Round-up, for example.
But biotechnology isn't just about increasing yields,
Tolson said. It's also about discovering new uses for
For example, Tolson believes an industry in nutraceuticals
— health remedies made from natural products — could
be developed in the state, most likely in the west.
"We know that there's certain plants that have
strong medicinal uses," he said. "It won't
be a huge industry, but it will be a nice industry."
Gwyn Riddick, a vice president at the Biotechnology Center,
said the center's mission regarding crops is threefold:
to help develop new types of crops, find new uses for traditional
crops and create new processes for growing crops.
Riddick said the center also wants to work on measures that
reduce the use of pesticides for pest control, increase disease
prevention in farm animals and develop new products that contribute
to better human health.
Riddick said the state has lost jobs but it hasn't lost
"a lot of smart, hard-working people." It's
those people, he said, who will provide the innovation that
leads to valuable research and the creation of new jobs.
Jim Dunphy, a soybean specialist and crop science researcher
at N.C. State University, also believes biotechnology can be
a "potentially tremendous tool" for the future of
On the subject of soybeans, Dunphy said production continues
to increase as farmers gain more experience with the crop. North
Carolina growers in fact now devote nearly 1.6 million acres
to soybeans, making the crop the biggest by acreage in the state.
Locally, growers devoted 100,000 acres to soybean production
last year.
Area growers also continue to have some of the state's
highest soybean yields. While the state average was 34 bushels
an acre in 2009, the average yield in Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden and Currituck counties was between 38 and 46 bushels
an acre.
The area's top growers, by county, in 2009 include Ricky
Stallings of Perquimans, who reported the highest yield, 83.2
bushels an acre; Charles Gray & Sons of Pasquotank, who
reported a yield of 72.8 bushels an acre; and Morgan Farms of
Currituck, who reported a yield of 61.4 bushels per acre.
Regionally, soybeans generated $50 million in farm income for
area growers in 2009, as the crop was exported from the Port
of Norfolk around the world. Destinations of locally grown soybeans
included China, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines,
Taiwan and Vietnam, Cooperative Extension officials said.
The Soybean Festival has been held in Elizabeth City for the
past 28 years to celebrate the area's historic role in
processing soybeans and its continued investment in the crop.
Prior to the start of Thursday's event, participants
were able to tour exhibits from the N.C. Cooperative Extension
Service on how to cook with soybeans. Other exhibitors included
agribusinesses and companies that cater to farm operations.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Get It While You Can...
5 comments:
- Siew Moi said...
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- January 29, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- Pelangi said...
Hi Jens,
Which route is the first pix. The ice looks awesome!
Also have you tried R&D lately? wondering if the ice is too thin to take ice screws. Thanks!
- January 29, 2009 at 2:35 PM
- Pelangi said...
Hi Jens,
Wanted to ask if you've been anywhere newar Hubba Hubba. Wonder what the ice condition is like... Thanks!
- January 29, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- Jens Holsten said...
Hi Pelangi-
The first ice pic is at the Stone's Throw Wall. A great place for intro ice and an easy top rope set up. I did R%D about 3.5 weeks ago. It was in very different condition and featured ice that was very, very thin. The crux was an extra exciting lead as a result, but very fun. Now, I think the route is in better condition. Thin, but in. A screw or two will go in somewhere for sure. Hubba Hubba looks pretty good (this was two days ago). Hope this helps!
- January 30, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Pelangi said...
Thanks for the helpful info Jens! Do keep sharing your climbs (and ice conditions!)
- February 2, 2009 at 2:28 PM


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Reasons as to why they have defected remains unclear, although sources say that there are "some serious disagreements with some senior Opposition MPs."Prime Minister Danny Phillip welcomed the six MPs at his office late yesterday afternoon, telling them that as national leaders they are entitled to make their own decisions, "but the bottom line is the interest of our country."Opposition MPs that have crossed the floor include the former leader of opposition and MP for Fataleka, Steve Abana and the former leader of the official Independent group in parliament and MP for Temotu Vatud, Clay Forau Soalaoi.Other MPs are East Are Are MP Andrew Hanaria Keniasia, MP for North West Choiseul Connelly Sandakabatu and MP for West Kwaio Peter Tom.The recent defections have given the Danny Philip led government a clear majority of 42 with the Opposition Group at 6. The two newly sworn in MPs are also said to be joining the government. It is understood that some will take up government portfolios, while others are tipped to head statutory bodies of the government. The planned motion of no confidence by the Opposition Leader, Dr Derek Sikua, has now been dealt a severe blow. It is still unclear as to whether the motion will still go ahead.
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A natural lateral thinker, Nari is also a valued member of our Product team, providing her unique insight into both the end-user experience and the user interface of our technologies, where Captioning Studio continues to set the standards in the industry right around the world.
Passionate about creating an accessible world, Nari is an engaging communicator about the power of accessibility, and has developed lasting connections with many of our clients.
Nari loves the performing arts and has been instrumental in the expansion of theatre captioning in Australia, particularly now as Chairperson of the Australian Theatre Captioning Advisory Group.
A keen traveller, Nari's favourite way to spend an afternoon is strolling the streets of Paris or climbing to 8,000 feet in Colorado!
Alex French, Co-Founder & CEO, Captioning Studio Group
Alex is the co-founder of Captioning Studio and is responsible for the bits and bytes that make everything possible. Alex worked as an engineer for IBM and BBC Television, then moved into software product management before founding the Captioning Studio in 2004.
A natural problem solver with an entrepreneurial spirit, Alex has a passionate vision for creating new ways to deliver high-quality accessibility to more people and in more places through collaboration, software technology and automation. His journey led him to the online video realm, when he founded Peepable in 2013.
Believing anything is possible after cycling 1000 miles from John O' Groats to Land's End at a very young age, Alex knows that Peepable has the power to transform the way the world uses video on the internet.


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Reader's Choice 2
Monday, January 10, 2011
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Girl, you are SO talented! I'd give anything to be able to make my own stuff. Wow! I especially love dresses 2 & 3.ReplyDelete
Oh Kristina, they're all gorgeous! How am I supposed to pick just one that I like the best?! I think, if you're absolutely forcing me, I'd pick the first as a favorite. It's so sweet and elegant (especially with the floral detail on the shoulder) and I can see you syling it in so many different ways!ReplyDelete
4, too! Love the feminine take on a military dress. Actually, there isn't a piece that wouldn't wear.ReplyDelete
I love #3!! I'm sure whatever you will be fab!!ReplyDelete
Love #2 and #4 - I'd snatch both up in a heartbeat!ReplyDelete
I love dress #3 for everyday and dress #2 for a night out! I would love to see dress #2 with a prettier contract fabric though, maybe a blue/gray tulle instead of the nude/blush.ReplyDelete
#3 is my favorite with #1 tying as a very close second. On option 1 I would switch the balck and white coloring so that the entire dress is black white white as an accent. :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM
I love 1# 3# and 4#!! :)ReplyDelete
I love 2 and 3! You are so talented!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 2:56 PM
I think I like the fabric oragami the best its black so it will be skimming and strait not to poofy and it has a bow on the shoulder that's just sooooo cute.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Oops suppose to slimming not skimming....lol SorryReplyDelete
Like the satin cutout. Very 'Gwen Stefani' I think. You've been busy! :)ReplyDelete
These are just soooo gorgeous! I'm falling in love with black and white again...so classic and classy! I am especially smitten with numbers 1 and 2!ReplyDelete
*Completing the second book now. I'm almost finished and I'll send them to Starbucks with Derek. I'll let you know in advance.ReplyDelete
- Sarah WellsJanuary 11, 2011 at 3:17 PM
I love the Military and Tuxedo one :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 11, 2011 at 4:16 PM
satin cutout!!!!ReplyDelete
I like #2. Cute!ReplyDelete
I'm all about the tuxedo dress. Its cute and flirty! But that was a hard choice! Theyre all super cute!!ReplyDelete
3 or 5. Both fabulous retro,yet modern. I wish I could sew!ReplyDelete
Beautiful dresses. I vote for 3 & 4.ReplyDelete
#2 or #4. They are all so pretty though!ReplyDelete
that satin cutout... girrrrl. that is just lovely. such an interesting twist on a classic shape! i just love it!ReplyDelete
I adore dress number 2 but I also like the delicate bottom detailing on dress number one!ReplyDelete
I like the military style dress. I like that it is an unusual combination- a typically structured style but in a flowy fabric. I'm sure whatever you come up with will be fabulous!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2011 at 5:13 AM
It was hard to pick one, but I chose the Color Block dress...for my own selfish reasons. You see, I bought a similar chiffon dress is these gorgeous peachy tones from LOFT a few months ago. But for reasons beyond understanding, I returned it -- even though it was a steal at $20.99. I think I thought it was too short. And it was...but it could have been remedied with a frilly slip. So, I'm on the lookout for something similar, and this dress is even prettier than the LOFT version!ReplyDelete
The anticipation is killing me!!! I can't wait to see more of your designs. I love the new blog header btw!ReplyDelete
Love and Rockets,
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2011 at 1:16 PM
#3 and 4ReplyDelete
I'm for #3 and #4. they intrigue me so. And quite versatile. I CAN'T WAIT to see what you've been slaving over. I'm sure it will be nothing short of fabulousness. hang in there. You're so talented.ReplyDelete
I can't believe i missed this post! I love #3 (Fabric Origami). It's gorgeous!ReplyDelete
PS - Noticed your new header - did you do that illustration...it's fantastic! I love it!
the satin cutout is a beut!ReplyDelete
I love your new header! It's gorgeous and so unique.ReplyDelete
Wow, they are all so beautiful. I especially love the fabric cut out one :)ReplyDelete
I voted for the one I thought would look best on ME. hehe Is that wrong?ReplyDelete
I love them all!! Can't wait to see what you come up with!ReplyDelete
My vote is #1 and by the way, I JUST LOVE YOUR NEW HEADER!!!! :) So cute. Hope you are doing well.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the comment on my blog! I love yours. So many cute things!! I am now a proud follower. You can follow mine too, although I'm sure it's a lot less exciting ;] I can't wait to read more!ReplyDelete
Oh my! Wow those are adorable!!ReplyDelete
I'm in LOVE with #3! I love the Bows..so mE.
Great Job!
My favorite is #1 - I think it is the most universally flattering. It is simple enough to dress down for day, and has enough details & creativity to dress it up. This dress says - don't just look at my dress :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Satin cutout. Universal..can wear w/ jean jacket for day or wrap & Chanel like pearl in the evening. The perfect LBD. Summer w/flip flops, winter in tights & boots?ReplyDelete
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(Seoul Station is the premiere train
station in Korea)
This time, Jean, another friend who lives in California, was flying back to the US and had a few hours of stopover at Incheon International Airport. So, it's another day to tour Seoul again! In record time!
Over the years, people have asked me if they would be able to sneak out of the Incheon International Airport and roam Seoul during their layover. My suggestion has always been to join the free transit tours offered at the Airport because these transit tours have a bus and a strict timetable to stick to, allowing passengers to make it back to the airport for their connecting flight.
But the disadvantage of these tours is that they only visit a few tourist spots and stay close to one area.
I, however, always have other ideas for my tourist friends passing through Incheon Airport. And that is to run around Seoul on a marathon tour, while riding the local transport system like a local! Those transit tours can't beat that!
And so, when Jean flew in at Incheon Airport and had a few hours to spare, he simply took the Airport Railroad Express (AREX) train from the airport to Seoul Station! And from there, we ran around Seoul during that cool, spring April day just in time when the cherry blossoms were proudly blooming.
I took notes of our tour route and timetable so I could share it here for everyone to try out in case they also have a few hours' layover at Incheon International Airport.
Here it is:
STOP 1 @ 9AM: Seoul Station - arrival, quick coffee and breakfast
Taking the Airport Railroad Express (AREX) train to Seoul, Jean arrived at Seoul Station for a quick breakfast! There are cafes and donuts shops inside the Seoul Station, and we just grabbed a quick breakfast.
Transport: Leave the main Seoul Station building and head down to Subway Line 1 to go to City Hall Station, the next stop.
Or you can take either of these Blue Bus Numbers: 506, 150, 501 at the Seoul Station Bus Transfer Hub going to the Seoul Plaza. Make sure when you take the bus, the direction is towards the left if you're facing out of the Seoul Station.
(By the Cheonggye Stream)
STOPS 2,3: 9:40am @ Seoul Plaza and Cheonggye Stream
From Exit 5 of City Hall Station, we roamed around Seoul Plaza and headed down to the Cheonggye Stream for more photos.
(Greeting Admiral Yi)
STOPS 4,5: 10:10am @ Gwanghwamun Square and Gyeongbuk Palace
Seoul Plaza, the Cheonggye Stream, Gwanghwamun Square and Gyeongbuk Palace are a few hundred meters to each other. For this stop, we were able to see these tourist spots within walking distance.
At Gwanghwamun Square, the statues of Admiral Yi Sun-Sin and and King Sejong are the most popular photo stops.
(Courtesy call to King Sejong)
And by walking the entire length of Gwanghwamun Square, we ended up at the front entrance of Gyeongbuk Palace. We just crossed the street after!
We didn't buy any entrance tickets as we didn't need to enter the main palace. Jean just posed in front of the palace! And that was it! He already stepped into South Korea's premiere royal palace within an hour of his first breakfast in Korea! Ha-ha-ha!
(A royal visitor at the royal palace)
And from Gyeongbuk Palace, we walked towards the bus stop in front of the Sejong Arts Center and waited for the Blue Bus 402 which would take us to Nam-san (Mt. Nam) for the cherry blossom road!
STOP 6: 11:10am @ Namsan's cherry blossom road near Namsan Park
The cherry blossom lane was just across the bus stop, and we didn't need to trek up Nam-san towards the Seoul Tower; we could see it from where we were. We just roamed around the park and joined other international and local tourists admiring the blossoms that cool spring morning!
(Cherry blossom lane)
From the Yongsan Library Bus Stop, we simply took Blue Bus 402 (or 405) going down to our next stop, Namdaemun Market.
STOP 7: 12noon @ Namdaemun Market
(Market day!)
Since it was lunch time, we stopped by the small binddaeteok restaurant near Gate 2 of Namdaemun Market and went for some hotteok dessert at the most popular sweet hotteok stall in the market!
(Korean snacks!)
From Namdaemun Market, we just strolled towards Myeongdong shopping area since it was just about 400 meters away.
STOP 8: 12:40pm @ Myeongdong shopping area and Myeongdong Cathedral
(Myeongdong Cathedral)
We walked around the busy Myeongdong shopping center and ended up at the other end where the Myeongdong Cathedral is located.
From there, we walked towards the highway nearest the Cathedral (turning right if you're descending from the Cathedral steps), and waited for Blue Bus 470 (or 471). The direction of the buses should be towards Namsan tunnel.
The blue bus ran through the tunnel, passed through Yongsan's Hannam-dong (my neighborhood, actually!), crossed the Han River via Hannam Bridge, and brought us to Gangnam Station! We were right in the middle of the priciest commercial real estates in Seoul!
Yes, Jean crossed the Han River on a Seoul bus through one of the busiest bridges connecting northern and the southern Seoul!
STOP 9: 1:20pm @ Gangnam Station and Psy's Gangnam Style
We headed to Exit 11 of Gangnam Station where, next to it, was Psy's silhouette declaring it's the Gangnam Style spot. There's actually a big button behind this small stage, which plays the pop song when pushed.
(Psy also welcomed Jean!)
From there, we took the train from Gangnam Station (Green Line 2) towards Sadang Station. At Sadang Station, we transferred to the Line 4 (Blue Line) for a train that would take us back to Seoul Station.
STOP 10: 2:10pm @ Seoul Station
Jean made it back to Seoul Station past 2PM in time for the next express train trip back to Incheon Airport. The express train took less than 45 minutes to reach Incheon Airport, where Jean would wait for his boarding time around 4PM.
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So, there! With free hours during his stopover at Incheon International Airport, Jean was able to run around Seoul, rode the efficient transport system of buses and subways, tried Korean dishes and visited the most popular tourist spots like a local! And even got a Gangnam Style welcome!
And in case you also want to do this transit tour, here are some important reminders:
1. For the Immigration officer to allow you to leave the Incheon Airport, you will need to present the boarding pass for your connecting flight as well as your travel documents like your passport.
2. Get a Seoul map from the tour desk at Incheon Airport and familiarize yourself with the places you want to visit.
3. Take note of your connecting flight's boarding time and the AREX train schedule going back to Incheon Airport.
4. Decide on what time you should be heading back to Seoul Station's AREX terminal and rush back immediately if you think you'll be pressed for time, even if you're not finished with your DIY tour. Always remember, you have a plane to catch!
5. Buy a T-Money transport card and make sure you have enough load for the bus, subway or taxi rides.
6. You will need cash in Korean won when you're buying from small stalls and shops.
7. Have fun on your adventure! We did!
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IMPORTANT: Make sure you incorporate in your travel time going back to the airport the following: train schedule, train ride, x-ray security check at Incheon, Immigration check and walking time towards your boarding gate.
I HIGHLY suggest you should be on the airport express train on the way back to Incheon Airport at least TWO (2) HOURS before your BOARDING TIME to allow an hour for the train ride, and another to get through the long queue at the airport security and Immigration.
MAKE SURE your watch, or smartphone clock, is synchronized with Korea Time!


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Woo-hoo! My friend S and I have been selected to present two sessions at the upcoming Space Exploration Educators Conference in Houston in February.
If you've never been to SEEC, I highly recommend that you come — it's got great info, cool behind-the-scene tours of Johnson Space Center, and a party with entertainment by a genuine astrononaut band.
Complete session descriptions should be up at the beginning of November.


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Kampala. The habit of high end restaurants and hotels to peg their bills on the dollar scares away local consumers from such facilities, Uganda Hotel Owners Association, has said.
This, they said, has as a result, made the survival of majority of such facilities in the hospitality industry to largely depend on foreign clients, a model that is not sustainable.
Speaking ahead of the 6th Annual Uganda International Hotel and Restaurant Expo, due for September, Ms Jean Byamugisha, the Uganda Hotel Owners Association executive director, said the local population should be part of the segment that is enjoying services offered by the hospitality industry.
"There is a perception that the quality of services offered in hospitality industry are not for domestic consumption. That, I must tell you is a wrong perception. We are working together with industry players to come up with domestic rates because we believe the industry cannot thrive without local consumption," she said.
Apart from the billing system, a number of people have raised concern on how restaurants and hotels profile their menus, which in most cases excludes local consumers.
Mr Isaiah Kojwang, the Holiday Express Hotel director of sales and marketing, said until the population believes that the rates are fair, hotels rooms will continue to go empty, which has a bearing on investment.
"The idea that these facilities foreigners and the wealthy should be discarded," he said.
The hotel industry in Uganda largely depends on foreigners, which creates a lot of unhealthy competition. Mr Kojwang said the industry must devise ways to draft local consumers into their programmes to appreciate the industry.
However, he said, "this can only happen if we give them affordable rates and in local currencies".
He said Uganda needs to emulate Kenya, which ensures that rates for local consumers are lower than those of foreigners.
Mr Vivian Lyazi, the assistant commissioner in charge of tourism at the Ministry of Tourism, said government has always held that domestic market which includes lodging, event planning, theme parks, transportation and cruise line, among others is crucial for the prosperity of the hospitality industry.
"We are aware that there has been some difficulties in local consumption because some industry service providers are charging for their services in dollars. But the situation is improving. We have continued to urge industry players to offer affordable rates for the domestic market without compromising the quality of services," he said.
Domestic tourism
According to Mr Vivian Lyazi, the upcoming Uganda Hotel and Restaurants Expo 2018, will be important, especially in regard to promoting of domestic tourism.
Uganda has a number of service industry that charge in dollars key among which include real estate, hospitality and accommodation, among others.


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My third and final sneak peek for tonight is the gorgeous Makinley, who was just over a week old when I met her on Friday. We were supposed to meet earlier, but I didn't want to give the beautiful girl any germs.
She was full of snuggle newbornd cuddles and nuzzles and was such a good baby – so quiet and contemplative. Well, up until we the last minute where she'd just had enough, poor poppet. But despite not wanting to sleep much, she just lay their contentedly, gazed around while munching on her dummy and eventually fell into a light sleep.
Makinley is absolutely beautiful and her big sister Regan kept me so entertained – bless her. Her favourite movie is Annie and she started belting out the song "tomorrow" – the little cherub is only two, but she is going to be one heck of an entertainer. She already is and warmed my heart – and she gives the second best cuddles in the world, behind Mia 😉
Thanks for looking after me Teresa and Regan. I had such a lovely morning.


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You All Make My Day!
Three different people nominated me for the You Make My Day Award. I feel so honored! Thank you again to Monica, Bogie, and MollyBees.
Here's how it works: Give the award to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blogland. Let them know by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on. Beware you may get the award several times.
Here are my ten, in no particular order.
HypKNITized -- Always full of inspiration. Who wouldn't be happy casting on all those new projects!?!
Land Unknown -- Yummy yarns, sushi, kitties, and teacher school. Live, from Canada!
Monkee Maker -- Knitted monkey mayhem. 'Nuf said.
Ruthless Knitting -- Incredible original designs with fantastic results.
Sock Pr0n -- Great pictures and stories and spinning and socks and etsy fantabulousness.
Knitspot -- More amazing original designs, a lot of lace, all from NE Ohio. Sweet.
Lickety Knit -- There might not be a lot of posts, but you get a lot in each one.
Monica Knits ... A LOT!! -- I have to give it back to Monica... I can only dream about knitting all those socks. And she created the Mini Pretzel Twist pattern!
Molly Bee's Attic -- And back to Molly Bees for awesome stories and a bonus recipe blog!
Knit Flix -- And back to Janice for nominating me and turning me on to some blogs I didn't know about.
Thanks again, everybody.
P.S. Teeny baby beanie brim! Eee!


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Watch Germany
Trade wars have begun by Brad Macdonald
When it comes to trade, no nation has more at stake than Germany. Berlin quietly sits at the heart of global trade. It has the fourth largest economy in the world, is the world's third-biggest exporter, and is the engine that drives Europe economically. As Spiegel Online put it, "No other large economy is more reliant on the free exchange of goods and services, on border-free trade and barrier-free exports, than the German economy" (January 28).
Mr. Trump's views on trade, according to Spiegel, are a "dangerous cocktail for German industry." This is not hyperbole. America is the single largest importer of German goods. In 2015, it accounted for almost 10 percent of German exports. (And the UK accounted for 7.5 percent.) "Considering that 46.8 percent of Germany's GDP comes from exports," explained Geopolitical Futures, "the importance of the U.S. to Germany's export machine should not be underestimated" (February 6).
Even a marginal drop in U.S. demand for German goods—and the drop, in the event of a 35 percent tariff, would surely be more than marginal—would have a massive impact on the German economy.
"It is becoming apparent that Trump's presidency represents a break in the transatlantic relationship, the kinds of which hasn't been seen since World War ii," explained Spiegel.
Some looking at this development see Germany and Europe as innocent victims of Donald Trump and Brexit. Germany's media are doing a marvelous job at selling this narrative. But Germany isn't a poor, helpless victim. On the contrary, all the uncertainty and tension is giving Berlin an opportunity to develop new trade relationships, to act more aggressively, especially toward the U.S., and to assume a greater leadership in global trade and commerce.
The international community, in general, dislikes President Trump and his vision for America. One consequence is that many nations—European states especially, but others worldwide—are beginning to look to Germany as the new America! The world is rallying behind Berlin as it stands up to Mr. Trump, and we can expect this trend to continue.
It's still early, but Germany is already gearing up for a fight.
In January, when asked about Mr. Trump's threat to put a 35 percent tax on some German imports, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble told German public broadcaster zdf: "I also want to point out that currently, American companies don't have to tax their gains which they make outside of the U.S. That means that hundreds of billions of untaxed gains, of great American companies, rest in a tax oasis" (Trumpet translation).
more at https://www.thetrumpet.com/14643-trade-wars-have-begun


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Alright! Fifty days and counting, and I should give myself a little pat on the back shouldn't I? What better way to celebrate clocking fifty days and getting to the halfway point than going back to my roots with a good old fashioned British film? Okay, I reviewed a British film two days ago and this was made in 2001 so it's not that old but you get what I mean, right? When I first heard about this film I couldn't wait to get ahold of it and I was kept waiting for months before I finally got it on DVD for Christmas. I'm actually amazed that I read so much about it and I wasn't even spoiled on any of the big plot points.
We have a dishevelled student called Liz Dunn (Thora Birch) who stumbles towards her boarding school and dials for the police, simply screaming into the phone for help. It turns out she and three other students have been missing for eighteen days while she is the only survivor. A police psychologist tries to get the story out of her and this is what Liz says: in school she's a nobody and she's desperately pining for the affections of Mike Steel (Desmond Harrington) an American exchange student who doesn't even know she exists. Luckily for her, there was meant to be a Geography field trip to Wales at the end of term and Liz's friend Martyn is helping Mike and two other students Geoff and Frankie ditch the trip, getting Liz to tag along with them. He reveals that there's an old war bunker in the forest just outside the school and locks them in for three days until the trip gets back. Except...as you've probably guessed...on the third day he doesn't come back at all. The police seize upon this story and haul Martyn in for questioning. The only problem is...his story is completely different to Liz's and does make a lot more sense.
I've thought a lot about it and there really is no other way to talk about this film anymore without giving away some major plot information, so stop reading now if you don't want to be spoiled.
Thora Birch who plays Liz is probably doing the most complex and interesting of all her roles. Liz is indeed a very mysterious and of course interesting character – there's about five different versions of her that you see on film. As the film goes on, you slowly keep wondering whether you should trust her and believe what she says. She does seem to be some kind of sociopath or have something like that anyway. Her thing for Mike is a lot more than just a crush or even love – it's an obsession. She must have him for herself or else she can't go on. She's desperate for him and Thora really gets that across, making Liz one of her best roles. Her English accent is alright but it's not Dick Van Dyke bad or Alan Tudyk good. It falls into line and doesn't stop me from enjoying her excellent performance. Dexter fans will enjoy Desmond Harrington in this and we also have the very underrated Laurence Fox playing Geoff. Props to this guy for being more likeable than Mike and also for being brave enough to do full frontal nude scenes. Girls watching this will get an eyeful so the prudes should look away. And as Frankie we have sweet little fifteen-year-old Keira Knightley in her first major role. And yes, this is the film where she flashes her boobs. All three of these actors also do really well with how we see two different versions of their characters – the ones in Liz's story and the ones in the reality. It's interesting to see the way Liz paints these people in her story with Frankie being a lot more of a ditz and Mike being nicer than he actually is. Embeth Davidtz makes another appearance on my list with her sexy English accent and she also falls into place quite nicely with the rest of the cast.
I really do like the big plot twists we all end up getting. We follow Liz from the start so of course we're lead to trust her. We believe her story because of course she's the main character so she can't be wrong right? I'll admit when I was first watching the film I didn't believe Martyn at all, thinking he must be making the story up to save his own skin. I guess there might be a bit of sexism going on there what with Liz appearing to be the girl in trouble. Society does indeed love a poor girl who's been through some trauma – Liz is certainly banking on that. One small touch I do notice that I'm not sure a lot of people get is the scene in Liz's version of events where they discover microphones around the bunker and stage a big argument to convince Martyn to let them out. Frankie pretends to be sick, they say the toilet has gone off and everyone pretends to blame Liz. But then when we see what's really happened after they get locked in, Frankie does indeed get sick and everyone does gang up on Liz so that's a neat bit of storytelling (yes I just used the word "neat"). When the film's over, I'm still not that sure if at the start Liz was simply making up the story to seem delusional or she actually was traumatised. It keeps you thinking.
The film was actually marketed as some kind of slasher film with just cause because it does have some truly chilling scenes; the opening scene with Liz stumbling towards the school and then screaming into the phone is pretty freaky to watch. There's another scene where Liz finds Frankie unconscious in the toilets which is pretty graphic and not for the squeamish. The whole set up of Frankie's "funeral" is pretty chilling, the way they cover her up with her inflatable pink chair and light her scented candles around her. I enjoy all the scenes that we see in Liz's reality because it's so different to what really happens and, knowing what happens, you want them to have the happy ending and you want Liz to be the good girl who ends up getting the guy after all. There's also a lot less cursing in Liz's version of the story.
So we're at the halfway point of the challenge and I celebrated with a film that makes you think. Not much gore and more emphasis on tension and suspense, hinting strongly that it'll be a slasher film but then it turns around and becomes a psychological thriller instead. All of the young actors showed some great promise and it's interesting to see Keira Knightley in one of her first roles, while the others haven't exactly kept themselves above the radar. I appreciate director Nick Hamm's style and he hasn't really done that many other films but he can always say that this was his, and it's a pretty good thing to have in your resume. And if you're not a psychological thriller type of person you can always give it a look to see Keira Knightley's boobs (bear in mind she's fifteen at the time) or Laurence Fox's who-ha if that's what you're into. Until tomorrow and the second half of the challenge begins, don't forget to follow me on Twitter.


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The HEINTZMANN Group!
Bochumer Eisenhütte Heintzmann is characterised by 160 years in mining. Throughout its chequered history, the Bochumer Eisenhütte Heintzmann has experienced periods of prosperity – but also difficult war times with global recessions also had to be coped with. The owners repeatedly succeeded in commercially stabilising the company.
The company had its origins in the equipping of underground mines in the Ruhr district and on the Saar with shaft walling and support systems. The development of the TH support system and in the 1930s was the foundation stone for a positive global development.
The safety and quality of the products were always of the highest priority. Based on the mining tradition of long standing, the range of services has been systematically developed and expanded during the past decades.
In addition to mining, our core business fields are nowadays tunnel construction and the heat annealing of steels which can be water-annealed, machines and installation, road equipment products and object protection safety.
As a result of restructuring in 2005, all of the operative companies with the business divisions steel processing, road equipment and safety systems were allocated to the Heintzmann Holding GmbH. The Heintzmann group operative companies and subsidiaries in Germany and abroad are now together in the Heintzmann Holding GmbH, with their around 550 employees.
The Heintzmann group looks back on its history as a traditional, small to medium-sized family owned company with pride and pleasure. On the basis of this longstanding tradition, the group and its employees are able to successfully face the challenges of the economic environment and the market in the future.