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If you are no longer able to access Koken due to a lost password there are a couple of ways to regain access. Here's how.
Note: It is not possible to retrieve your password directly from the MySQL database. Koken stores the passwords in an encrypted format for your security, so do not attempt to retrieve or modify the password directly in MySQL.
Resetting your password via the browser
When you attempt a login that fails, Koken will raise a warning message in the lower right corner of the screen. Part of that message will be a link to "reset your password". Click that link, then fill in the email address for your Koken user. In a few minutes you'll receive an email with instructions on how to reset the password.
If you don't see an email in your inbox, check your spam/junk folder to make sure the email didn't land there. If after a while you still don't see an email, proceed to the manual reset procedure below.
Resetting your password manually
If you are not able to reset your password via the browser, we also provide a PHP file that will reset the password for you. Here's how to use it.
1) Download password reset script
Download this password reset script. Unzip the file.
2) Upload script to Koken installation
Upload the password-reset.php file you find inside the zip to the directory where Koken is installed on your server. This would be either the root HTML directory of your site or a folder labeled "koken", depending on where the application was originally installed.
3) Load script in your web browser
Once uploaded you'd then request the document in your web browser, like so:
http://yourdomain.com/password-reset.php or http://yourdomain.com/koken/password-reset.php
4) Sign-in with new password
A new password should appear in the browser. Use this password to sign-in to your Koken installation.
5) Delete script from server
Important: Delete the password-reset.php file you uploaded!
6) Edit password again if necessary
After you've successfully signed in you may edit your assigned password to something else. Go to Settings > Administrator to make that change.
7) Consider installing Email endpoints plugin
To ensure you get all system emails in the future, you can install the free Email endpoints plugin from the Koken store. This plugin sends any Koken email through dependable third party services or your own SMTP server.


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The code never splits a valid tag or character entity. It should be able to cope with invalid HTML too, but note that it won't sanitize it. So for instance, if there's an unbalanced <a> in the source string, it won't fix it. Character entities are dealt with by counting them as one character.
The basic idea in the snippet is that we just skip through the string unless we encounter an opening tag. If so, we see if we can find the corresponding end tag and save it for later. When we got enough non-HTML characters, a ... is put in and any saved but not yet used end tags are added to the output.
Here's the code in Python (it's easily turned into a Django filter), I aimed for readability rather than ultra-regexp ninja tricks:
import re
tag_end_re = re.compile(r'(\w+)[^>]*>')
entity_end_re = re.compile(r'(\w+;)')
def truncatehtml(string, length, ellipsis='...'):
"""Truncate HTML string, preserving tag structure and character entities."""
output_length = 0
i = 0
pending_close_tags = {}
while output_length < length and i < len(string):
c = string[i]
if c == '<':
# probably some kind of tag
if i in pending_close_tags:
# just pop and skip if it's closing tag we already knew about
i += len(pending_close_tags.pop(i))
# else maybe add tag
i += 1
match = tag_end_re.match(string[i:])
if match:
tag = match.groups()[0]
i += match.end()
# save the end tag for possible later use if there is one
match = re.search(r'(</' + tag + '[^>]*>)', string[i:], re.IGNORECASE)
if match:
pending_close_tags[i + match.start()] = match.groups()[0]
output_length += 1 # some kind of garbage, but count it in
elif c == '&':
# possible character entity, we need to skip it
i += 1
match = entity_end_re.match(string[i:])
if match:
i += match.end()
# this is either a weird character or just '&', both count as 1
output_length += 1
# plain old characters
skip_to = string.find('<', i, i + length)
if skip_to == -1:
skip_to = string.find('&', i, i + length)
if skip_to == -1:
skip_to = i + length
# clamp
delta = min(skip_to - i,
length - output_length,
len(string) - i)
output_length += delta
i += delta
output = [string[:i]]
if output_length == length:
for k in sorted(pending_close_tags.keys()):
return "".join(output)

subset: commoncrawl


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Did you know that our planet Earth is a huge magnet? Yes, our earth owns all the properties of a pure magnet and the North & South Pole are highly magnetic. During our childhood, many of us were fascinated with the property of attraction and repulsion that the magnets showcased. All day long, we used to play with the magnets and had a lot of fun with our friends.
Due to the affection that is presented by the kids, we have created an extensive collection of Magnet coloring pages, which features many sizes and shapes of Magnets. These pages are available on our websites on the internet and have achieved a great response from the people.
The pictures in this category provide a variety of exquisite sketches that illustrate the magnets attracting nails, presenting North & South Pole, and the magnetic field lines diagrams. The printable pictures of this collection are free of cost and have a lot to offer to your children. These sheets will not only provide kids with a coloring activity but also will make them learn certain facts about the magnets. Therefore, if you want your kiddo to be educated about magnets along with the fun of coloring, catch a hold on all these sheets from our website.


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All natural foods as nature intended
Natural foods are 100% of natural origin or as nature intended. They may not have the same appearance or colour but they are reaped when ripe according to Mother Earth's natural seasons and weather conditions. Natural foods are not just healthy foods, they are delicious too. Most natural foods have no or minimal processing which means that all the goodness has been left intact. Only the outer tough skins or shells have been removed.
Eating the whole thing means that you are giving your body all the nutrients that this natural food has to offer, mainly fibre, minerals and vitamins. The least processed, or the closer it is to its natural state the more health benefits it has and the healthier it is for you. Natural foods have nothing added and nothing taken away!
Here at Good Earth we think long and hard about what we sell, how it has been grown and how far it has travelled. Taking into consideration these aspects helps us all take better care of you, your loved ones and the environment.


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John A. Jackson's A House On Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul (Oxford University Press, 2004) is a highly convenient source of information on Philly soul, the style that was to the '70s what the Motown sound had been to the '60s. Jackson builds his story around the three men at the top of the Philly soul heap—Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell—but in the process he sheds much light on numerous lesser-known, but pivotal, figures in the history of the subgenre. These include arranger/producer Bobby Martin, record executive Ron Alexenburg, and jack-of-all-trades Weldon McDougal. Jackson also delves deeply into the personalities and backgrounds of the recording artists, session musicians, songwriters, engineers, and Gamble/Huff subordinates who made the Philly sound possible. His narrative follows a fairly straightforward, linear chronology. A survey of major trends in R&B and the shape of Philadelphian society in the '40s and '50s leads to that fruitful-yet-frustrating early '60s phase in which Gamble, Huff, and Bell struggled to make names for themselves. Things heat up in the mid-to-late '60s as the Philly sound begins to blossom and find favor with the public. By the early '70s, Gamble and Huff form Philadelphia International Records and Thom Bell is flying high as an independent producer with intriguing ties to many of Philly's power players. The Philly sound influences everything from rock to disco as the decade wears on, and the Philly soul train appears to be unstoppable—until 1979. Then, it's a slow and painful decline, especially for Philadelphia International, which survives into the 21st century despite being a mere shell of its former self.
Jackson clearly did a massive amount of research for this project, drawing from a vast selection of books, articles, CD liner notes, and original interviews. He was unable to conduct any of the latter with Gamble or Huff, but this is not surprising. Huff was never the most talkative individual, and Gamble is known for being picky about whom he'll tell his story to. Fortunately, Jackson collected so many Gamble and Huff quotes from other sources that the reader still gets a good idea of the masters' perspectives. His detailed storytelling exposes a seemingly endless stream of secrets, rivalries, recording techniques, and mentalities, making well-worn chestnuts like "Love Train," "You Make Me Feel Brand New," "You'll Never Find (Another Love Like Mine)," and "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" seem new again. He also makes it extremely clear that Philly soul was the result of collaborations that transcended obvious boundaries. Soul may be considered a black music style, but several of the Philly sound's key studio musicians, songwriters, producers, and arrangers were white. The names most associated with Philly soul belong to men, but Jackson shows that many women played highly important parts in the story as well. Most importantly, what do The Spinners, Lou Rawls, Jerry Butler, The O'Jays, and Archie Bell & The Drells have in common? They all made exemplary Philly soul records, yet they were not from Philadelphia. What mattered was that they cut those records in the City of Brotherly Love.
For all the good things that can be said about A House On Fire, the excitement of reading it comes from the actual information presented and not from Jackson's clumsy, limp writing. On page 181, he writes, "In the end, CBS refused to meet Gamble's demands for control of future recordings by Philadelphia International, although an agreement whereby CBS continued to market and distribute Philadelphia International's records was worked out. But beginning in 1976, the control of all future Philadelphia International master recordings, as well as the publishing rights to them, reverted to Gamble and Huff." The message of those sentences comes through eventually, but only after navigating Jackson's confusing wording. A House On Fire is full of such passages.
More troubling is Jackson's imbalanced treatment of racism. A book about soul music should devote considerable attention to this subject, but it's hard to see any method to the way Jackson handles the issue. As a means of setting up his narrative, he opens the book with the story of a race riot! Is this a tome about racism or music? Pages 20-21 contain this infamous tirade: "When you leave [downtown Philadelphia] traveling east over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, headed for the morass of urban mismanagement, decay, and corruption known as Camden, New Jersey, the first building of significance to the left that you see is Riverfront State Prison. Riverfront is an apt metaphor for Camden, itself a prison to the overwhelming majority of poor blacks and other minorities who live there. Leon Huff […] was one of those fated Camden residents. But Huff […] successfully made it over the wall." Read this paragraph after checking out the rather whitebread photo of the author on the cover jacket, and Jackson is begging to be tagged a "guilty white liberal"—a stance that is quite patronizing, even insulting, in this context. He lays on the race issue with a trowel until around page 100, when the story enters the early '70s. Then he cools off for the rest of the book, simply placing the music in a larger social context, discussing racism when relevant but not structuring his story around it. This strikes me as a misstep. I have many relatives who made the simple mistake of being black in Philadelphia during the '70s (in case you're wondering, my ancestry is mixed). Any one of them can tell you that Philadelphia was a hotbed of extreme racial tension at the time, with the notoriously racist former police chief Frank Rizzo serving as the city's polarizing mayor. If Jackson was going to focus on racism during Philly soul's formative years, why not devote more attention to the issue when discussing the subgenre's peak period? It's not surprising that Thom Bell was discriminated against as a musician seeking high-profile work in the early '60s. It is surprising that a black-run, Philly-based music empire experienced so much prosperity during the tumultuous Rizzo era.
Finally, Jackson commits a few errors that are just plain stupid. For example, he describes The Intrigues' "In A Moment," one of the watershed moments in Philly soul, as a "falsetto-led ballad" (90). Apparently he's hearing-impaired; "In A Moment" is a fast, funky dance track with about three seconds of falsetto in all. But Jackson's known for such goofs; no one who read his American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire (Oxford University Press, 1997) can forget his deadpanned assertion that The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" came from their Sgt. Pepper album. Still, A House On Fire is worth reading, if only because it provides so much insight into a style of music that we have come to take for granted and compiles so much data into one concise source. Unfortunately, I must offer the same words of caution that I offer readers of most writings on the history of popular music: take what you read with several grains of salt.
Copyright © 2006 S.J. Dibai. All rights reserved.
Monday, December 4, 2006
Book Review: A House On Fire
Posted by Shaheen J. Dibai at 12/04/2006 03:49:00 PM
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Anthea Stanwell and her sister are now, well and truly, off on their adventures in Trust and Tribulation. For those of you who are interested in entering the competition to write the final chapter of the serial (Chapter 11), I will be posting a series of fiction writing tips to give you some pointers on how to craft an engaging end to the story.First off, here are my "five fast tips" to quickly improve your writing skills:
1. Use the five senses in your descriptions.
We experience the world through sight, smell, touch, sound, and taste. However, many new writers only use descriptions that are based on sight. Use all five senses and your writing will be far more vivid. For example, a description just based on sight: The kitchen was old and dirty. A description using more of the senses: The dirt on the kitchen floor crackled under my feet and the smell of fried bacon left a taste of salt on my tongue.
2. Use original detail.
Part of a writer's job is to keenly observe the world around them and find new and interesting ways to describe it. A lazy writer depends on cliché and phrases that have been used over and over again. For example, as hard as a nail. Push beyond the banal and think of details that are fresh and exciting and reflect the way that you see the world.
3. Be specific.
A good writer helps a reader create clear images in their minds-eye. The more specific you are with your descriptions, the easier it is for the reader to picture the action. For example, if you wrote The dog ran into the room and knocked a vase off the table, the reader is left without knowing what kind of dog it is, how big it is, etc. However, if you wrote,
The black Labrador ran into the room. His long, wagging tail swept across the coffee table and knocked a glass vase onto the carpet
then the reader can picture the dog and the action clearly.
4. Show don't tell.
You may have heard this maxim before, but it is a very important idea to grasp if you want to write engaging fiction. Show don't tell means putting your characters in scenes using dialogue, actions and thoughts rather than just dryly explaining the story. If you hand everything to your reader on a plate, they don't have to do anything to engage with the story or the characters. However, if you gradually give them information in a dramatic form that makes them think and feel, then you will awaken their curiosity and they will want to read on and will invest in the characters and the story. For example, if you wrote She was angry then the reader will get the basic information, but will not feel the character's anger. However, if you wrote,
She slammed the heel of her hand against the desk.
"I don't care what you think," she said. "I'm going to do it anyway."
"Then you're an idiot," I said.
Her eyes narrowed. "I may be an idiot, but least I'm not a coward."
As you can see, a whole lot more information and emotion can be conveyed in a far more interesting way by using the show don't tell method.
5. Read your writing out loud.
Find a quiet place where you can be alone and read your work out loud. Listen to the rhythms of your writing. If you run out of breath, you may need more punctuation. If you stumble over a few words, take another look at them. Think about how fast your writing is making your read – do you want that much pace, or do you want to slow the reader down? Short sentences make pace faster while longer sentences slow it down. Reading your work out loud is a good way to start the all-important rewriting that every author must do to make his or her work as strong and effective as possible.
I hope that helps. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment below and I will respond as soon as I can.
Cheers, for now,
Next Time: How to create scenes, the building blocks of a story.
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Ephemeral Scrapophony
Here are some photos demonstrating the process of assembling a temporary scrapophone. The first photo is the empty rack described in a previous post about scrapophone racks. You can click on the image to enlarge it, but as you will see, this … Continue reading
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When you look at your sewing pattern instructions, you will often see you are required to transfer some of the markings from your pattern on the fabric. If you have been scratching your head as to the best fabric marking tools and methods, then read on!
What are the Best Fabric Marking Tools?
1. Tailors Chalk
These distinctive triangular chalk pieces are one of the more traditional methods for marking fabric. With their pointed edges, you can make fine lines on nearly all fabrics while feeling like a professional.
2. Chalk pencils
Chalk pencils are cheap and easy to find. They normally come in traditional blue, white and pink so will show up on most fabric colors. Just brush off the markings when you have finished. Read my article on how to transfer markings with chalk and pins.
3. Disappearing Pens
These pens look like a felt tipped pen but disappear with either time, heat or water. They are one of my favorite marking tools as they are easy to see on most fabrics.
4. Children's washable markers
While these are not strictly designed for sewing, they are inexpensive and readily available at your local supermarket or stationery store. Lots of different colors to choose from means they will mark a variety of fabrics. Just do a test first to make sure it completely comes out in the wash.
5. Carbon paper and tracing wheel
This is not your regular carbon paper from your Stationer but rather specialized dressmaking paper. Sandwich the paper between your pattern and the fabric and then trace over the pattern with the tracing wheel. Great for transferring curved lines. The paper is available in different colors to show up on different colored fabrics. How to use a tracing wheel.
6. Regular Pens
I always have a few regular biro (ball point) pens handy. You can use them to quickly mark fabric when all else fails. Just make sure the marks will not show through to the other side of the fabric or run when washed. I tend to buy fancy pens so they are less likely to disappear into a junk drawer. The flamingo is my favorite!
Brands of Fabric Marking Tools
You don't need to spend a lot on marking tools. Look for brands such as Singer, Birch and Dritz who all offer a wide assortment of items for marking fabric.
Products from Amazon.com
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Do you have any other tools you use for marking fabric? Please share your preferred method below in the comments.
More Sewing Tools for Beginners
- Part 1 – Beginners Sewing Kit
- Part 2 – Cutting Tools in Sewing – Best Sewing Scissors and Cutting Tools
- Part 3 – Sewing Machine Feet Guide – 10 of the best feet to own
- Part 4 – Sewing Machine Needle Sizes – Beginners guide
- Part 5 – Best Fabric Marking Tools
- Part 6 – Types of Pins
- Part 7 – Sewing Thread Types


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Live Greek Music at Mykonos Restaurant in Niles
Every Friday
Mykonos Greek Restaurant in Niles welcomes everyone to enjoy the fun musical stylings of Kostas Sotiropoulos and friends, including guest musicians Vasilios and Dimitra Gaitanos.
Come and enjoy live Greek entertainment, fabulous food, dancing, cocktails or just stop by to hear some great music that's sure to lift your spirits!
Mykonos is celebrating 35 years of serving Grecian specialties in the restaurant that is named after the famous Greek island known for its romance, white windmills and pelicans.
Popular items include hot and cold Octopus, Souvlaki, Beef Kabobs, Pastitsio, Dolmades and Mykonos' famous Whole Broiled Fresh Sea Bass.
Event Hours:
Every Friday (8pm)
Event Location:
Mykonos Greek Restaurant • 8660 W. Golf Road • Niles IL 60714 • (847) 296-6777


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Monday, October 24, 2011
Read This New Blog
Sad. Inspiring. Hilarious. It's difficult to sum up my friend's new blog. It is not for the weak of heart. It's about her struggle with colon cancer after suffering through years of undiagnosed food allergies and digestive ailments. It's called My Butt Hurts. Read this new blog. Whether it makes you laugh or cry you won't regret it.
Posted by Unknown at 9:00 AM
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- Ishy said...
15 new viewers from you this week. Thank you :)
- October 28, 2011 at 7:45 PM
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International System
cordially invited to come along to the Reeve St Art Weekend
10am to 5pm
afternoon tea from
2pm ($10)
artist talk
other times by request
in aid of research trip to UK!
International System
acrylic, archival acetate on bristol
Mary Zeran
sooooo exciting!
thankyou my friend!
Anything I can do to help lady!!! I am so excited about your trip I can hardly see straight. You are traveling for all of us! xo
Ive been the stay-at-home one for so long... funny to think I have to get moving soon!
Have new laptop... trying to get used to it so I can be productive on the go.
Its good the first 4 weeks are only in two locations...so i can at least be focused. Saving all the gadding about for the last couple of weeks really!
Talk soon Mary!
I get butterflies at the thought of going off on an adventure like yours Sophie.
Beautiful painting by Mary!
I have butterflies thinking about your trip. Such an exciting adventure
Thanks for your kind thought Robyn!
I've cleared the paperwork and now have paints everywhere ... almost forgot these plans I became so immersed in the work tonight.
Think I'll have butterflies before I go!


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Yes! The point of my post was that tables can do (formatting) things which no other element type can. I included Daniel's subject because what he said started me thinking about the separation of formatting and data (supposedly part of the HTML / CSS specifications) and the fact that, in the case of tables, this separation is violated. Sorry if my example gave people the wrong impression. What Daniel was discussing (multiple inline blocks having the same sizes, if I remember correctly) is part of the problem / solution I am considering. Replacing tables as formatting objects with 'pure' CSS is another part. I would like to be able to align objects (as with tables), yes. But I would also like to have CSS set sizes for me on objects which are not part of tables. In general, I would like to be able to create a set of block objects anywhere on a web page and have CSS make them all the same size. Rather than my specifying an exact (unvarying) size, I would like to be able to have them change sizes based on (for example) the size of some parent's block or the window size. A practical example: Say that I want to use .jpg files inline at the start of each paragraph on my web page. The files may contain a fancy initial letter or may illustrate something else about the paragraph. The files are all more or less the same size, but not exactly. The UA can scale the display of the files automatically if I give it the sizes (width / height), and if I used a table (somehow) it could scale the images for me. I want to use CSS to make the images all the same size, but outside of a table. I'm sure there are plenty more examples, including Daniel's. (I will be glad to invent more, if needed. I'm trying to keep my post shorter than the first one. ;) Daniel Beardsmore wrote: > > James Craig wrote: > >> James Elmore wrote: >> >>> There is no other HTML / XHTML element which can automatically resize >>> contained elements (or their margins / padding) so the elements >>> appear all the same size. This ability is strictly formatting and >>> should logically be part of CSS. I would, therefore, like to propose >>> adding to CSS the ability to make sets of elements conform to a >>> common size. >> >> >> Hi James, apologies if I'm simplifying your request, but I think >> you're looking for the table display values defined in CSS 2: > > > I would like to see some clearer examples. Since he's taken my subject > line, then if he's failing to explain what I originally wrote then, no, > tables won't work at all. Nothing I wrote about could be solved by using > the table formatting model or a real table. > > Assuming the use of my subject line is a confusing decoy, then what he > originally wrote would appear to be doable with a table, and thus the > table formatting model. > > However, anyone who's used tables for mark-up will remember that they > were ungainly to use for layout and I don't seriously suggest people > using display: table to attempt to lay out a page. It would also tie you > into a left-to-right, row-by-row mapping of physical to logical layout, > whereas a good layout mechanism would allow you to distance the logical > (rendered, 2D) layout from the physical (1D HTML) layout. > > My own nested, cell-based layout allowed for pretty simple page content > division and the ability to slot multiple successive items from the page > into the layout cells. I forget whether I mentioned it on this list ... > to me, it seemed nicer than the CSS3 attempt to tackle page layout -- > more flexible, easier to specify and understand. > > None of this has got anything to do with adaptive size determination. My > very first example of this on this list was to show the creation of a > fluid grid which is something that a table can *not* be used for, and > PRECISELY why I was introducing a different concept to layout than > tables. Tables cannot handle this case. > > -- James Elmore 22162 Windward Way Lake Forest, CA 92630 Home (949) 830-9534 Email firstname.lastname@example.com on Friday, 1 June 2007 14:47:23 UTC
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SequencomatV3 colors
During the last year I was so busy in adding new functions to the sequencer, that I forgot an important thing:
How beautyfull the colors of the Lemur are!
So I made a new Lemurmodule, where you can change the color of the controls with one click on a dropdownmenu. You got 6 predefined colors and you can even build your own color shade by only changing the color of some special controls in the Jazzeditor, then press a button and the colors are routed to all other controls (with same meaning) via some scripts.
You can learn more about Sequencomat colors here:
The new Lemurmodule "SequencomatV3_3colors" works with the same maxpatch as normal V3.3.
You can use either the old standard Lemurmodule or the new one, but not both at once.
"SequencomatV3_3colors" claims 42% Lemur memory (1% more than normal module).
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2013 Cochon 555 NYC: Princess of Porc CompetitionSaturday, March 2, 2013 at 01:03 PM - Posted by Megan - (0) comments
The fifth anniversary of Cochon 555 kicked off in NYC with the tour's first-ever all-female lineup of chefs. The nationwide traveling culinary competition, designed to raise awareness of heritage breed pigs and sustainable practices, challenged Big Apple chefs Alex Guarnaschelli, Missy Robbins, Elizabeth Falkner, Leah Cohen and Shanna Pacifico to create a multi-course menu using an entire 200-lb. porker, from nose-to-tail. Hundreds of swine-loving gourmands gathered in Chelsea's Pier Sixty to savor the meat-centric spread, while sipping wine from five different producers, a variety of spirits and punches from local mixologists.
A panel of esteemed chefs and judges, along with the crowd, voted for their favorite of the day. Besides scoring the ultimate bragging rights, the winning chef was crowned Princess of Porc and will advance to compete at Grand Cochon during the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. Cochon 555 founder Brady Lowe invited me to shoot a video at the action-packed event. Check out the clip below to see which fierce female was crowned 2013 NYC Princess of Porc!
Congratulations to Brady and everyone who participated!
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Thursday, 27 February 2014
Dress Code: Black Tie
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March Writing Challenge "Hello March!"
Hello March....
March 2017
Read Across America - Thank You Teachers for Collaborating and Supporting This Event!!
"As Read Across America Week comes to an end, I would just like to thank all the staff and students for their support. A special thank you to Ms. Fasheh and Mr. Soto for your tremendous help in planning this entire week; Ms. Campos for the awesome banner outside the library; Ms. Velasco for being Mrs.Cat In The Hat for the day; Mrs. W.R. and her Reading Rainbow Rockets for all the time spent reading to the younger grades and taking pictures; and Ms. Hazelman for her help with the Lorax video. Thank You, Thank you, Thank you!!!" ~ Mrs. Brandt
Special Thanks to Mrs. Brandt for collaborating, organizing and for the beautiful message above.
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WriteRoom 4+
Hog Bay Software
- $9.99
Write without distractions. WriteRoom is a full screen writing environment. Unlike the cluttered word processors you're used to, WriteRoom lets you focus on writing.
• Fast handling of large documents.
• Live word count, reading time, and more.
• Shift line up, down, left, and right commands.
• Select word, sentence, and paragraph commands.
• Automatically log your writing sessions to a spreadsheet.
• Use themes to save, switch, and share your favorite settings.
• Choose your own background images, paper textures, and typing sounds.
"But if, when it comes right down to it, full screen is your r grail, and the ultimate antidote to the bric-a-brac of Word, then you must enter the WriteRoom, the ultimate spartan writing utopia."
— Virginia Heffernan, NYT
"Unlike practically everything else in our digital lives, WriteRoom's minimalist interface implies a truly flattering proposition: It's you, not the software, that matters."
— Jeffrey MacIntyre, Slate
"WriteRoom's minimalist interface also frees you from the nagging urge to fiddle with margins, fonts, and other settings, leaving you with nothing to do but write."
— Nathan Alderman, MacWorld
"A perfectly balanced, indispensable part of any Mac writer's toolkit."
— Craig Grannell, Mac Format
What's New
Version 3.2.1
* Fix: Sandboxing issue with QuickCursor
* Fix: Sandboxing issue when changing between plain text and rich text
* Fix: Crash when using Shift Left in some circumstances
Ratings and Reviews
OK, but has issues
It's great at what it does when it does what it's great at. Full screen, distraction-free writing is its forte. Interaction with the OS and other features - not so much. Full-screen is kludgy at best. Since that's the entire point of distraction-free writing, it seems like the first thing you'd want to get right, but alas... It can and will cause the application to crash and be unable to re-open. Opening a document in full screen while WriteRoom is already running makes it full screen as the default desktop, making everything else on that screen inaccessible. You have to exit full screen then make it full screen explicitly for it to work. Sounds are great, but crippled: the space bar needs its own sound. Sessions are really cool, but they're incorrectly formatted: there's no space after the headers and the first line of session data so you have to manually edit the session file or it doesn't show up in Excel correctly. There needs to be a markup export feature. I had to buy another app to parse my output. The auto-indent feature is beyond useless and annoying as hell. If someone thinks its useful, please give the rest of us the option of getting rid of it.
It's a great concept but execution is pretty flawed. To be fair though, none of these stop me from using it. Mostly because I'm too lazy to try and find a competitor.
I'd been using TextEdit for the majority of my writing (school and recreational), but I wanted a more proficient document software where I could control the page margins and such (college is very particular about papers being submitted in MLA). So, about a month ago, I purchased WriteRoom (mostly because of the price). I was disappointed. I feel like I have less control over the format of my document, as I can no longer change font, size, or italicize only a certain portion of my text (it has a meltdown whenever I try to italicize something). The full screen mode froze my computer.
The one thing I really liked about the software was the live word count. As an aspiring author, I found the live word count useful for tracking me progress, and it also came in very handy during NaNoWriMo. But, beyond that, I was disappointed by this software. About five minutes ago (after WriteRoom froze yet again), I transferred my book back into TextEdit, which has proven to be more reliable.
Simply AWESOME!
Where have you been all of my life?!?? I finally enjoy writing without having any pressure to the details. There is a warmth and simplicity to this program. I can focus on mood and content of my writngs without being distracted by mispelled words, pages and sentence structures. There is such a stark difference between writing on a regular black and white document and then on one of your own choosing. This provides you the platform for inspiritation which you can easily transfer and edit on another medium. I am so thankful for this app.
On an important side note - if you search for images of WriteRoom on the internet - you can find and download all sorts of really great screens without having to create your own.
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- Jesse Grosjean
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- Productivity
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OS X 10.7 or later, 64-bit processor
- Languages
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- Rated 4+
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- Price
- $9.99
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With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.


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Well, as a colleague of mine put it recently, "I look forward to publishing's post-apocalyptic era. Being in the middle of it is pretty torturous."
The nanotech magazine and Web site I've contributed to on and off over the years, Small Times, is "off" again. Budget cuts leave no room for me as contributing editor.
So, here I am again with a great deal of nanotech knowledge and nowhere to put it. If any of you know of a publication that might be able to help me put all this sci/tech/biz news swirling about my head to good use, please let me know.


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Our Home and Garden Shop has fabulous home decor for your favorite place in the world. You can create your home atmosphere with primitive designs, elegant decorations, romantic Victorian handcrafts, and design your customized home ambiance.
These wonderful shop owners carry lamps and other lighting. For a country look, others feature primitive decor and signs. Explore other shops for clocks, glassware, electronics, and more to reflect your own unique personality in your home.
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Punjab Roadways (PUNBUS) recruitment admit cards 2014: Punjab Department of Transport (PUNBUS) is likely to issue the admit cards for the notification of Punjab(PunBus) Recruitment 2014 very shortly.Punjab Roadways Department has issued the recruitment notification in the month of July 2014; through this recruitment they are going to recruit 2700 vacancies of Conductor, Driver and Junior Technician. Punjab (PunBus) Recruitment board has invited the online applications from all eligible and interested applicant from 05th August 2014 to 5th September 2014. As it is big recruitment notification so many people has submitted the application form and now all the applicants are eagerly waiting to download the admit cards for written exam. the official website www.punbus.in
Punjab Roadways (PUNBUS) recruitment 2014 Exam Admit Card updates
through this recruitment notification total 2700 vacant posts are going to be filled. Basically the total number of available posts are divided among different posts such as for Drivers: 1250 posts, Junior Technician (Black Smith): 25 posts, Conductor: 1250 posts, Junior Technician (Mechanic): 100 posts, Junior Technician (Painter): 25 posts, Junior Technician (Electrician): 25 posts, Junior Technician (Welder): 25 posts. As the education qualification for this recruitment notification is 8th class/10th class /ITI in Electrician/Mechanic/ Welder (Gas/Electric)/ Painter huge number of candidates has submitted their application forms and now all the applied candidates are eagerly waiting to download their exam admit cards which are likely to available form the last week of September 2014.
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Go to PUNBUS recruitment-2014 notification and click on it
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About Rent the Runway:
Recently named #9 on CNBCs Disruptor 50 list for 2018, Rent the Runway is transforming the $2.4 trillion global fashion industry by introducing clothing rental as a utility for women. We have pioneered the closet in the cloud & believe that every person globally will soon have a subscription to fashion. Since our launch in late 2009, the company has raised more than $210 million from top-tier investors & built one of the most beloved brands on earth. We are proud to be both a profitable & high-growth business, with a loyal 9 million members who believe that rental is the future.
Our 1200+ employees have a revolutionary spirit that permeates our culture. Weve built proprietary technology, a one-of-a-kind reverse logistics operation, stores of the future, a viral brand, relationships with hundreds of fashion brands - & we are obsessed with continuing to game change our customer experience.
We are also trying to revolutionize entrepreneurship itself - proving that diverse teams produce outsized impact. The Rent the Runway Foundation, which our two co-founders launched together in 2015, helps thousands of female entrepreneurs build & scale their own businesses with the mission of increasing the number of high growth women-led companies.


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Love & MarriageThis just wasn't all that exciting. The plot would've made sense, but they drug it out and then some characters didn't seem to make any sense at all.
It came with blue ray and DVD.
It was boring.
The video starts off with a lady in a very short dress complaining to a man about her marriage. She seems really fake and like she's really just waiting for the sex scene to come on which was also what I was waiting for, but it doesn't happen for a long time.
You then see some guy at an office birthday party giving a coworker a gift of a lady, and they share her. It seems really boring and functional throughout the whole thing. I was not turned on at all by the whole movie. It being in HD was also bad because you could see every mole, freckle, and stretch mark which was really distracting. The scene after the first therapy session where they go to the friend's house and they start putting the whip creme on each other kind of grossed me out, but I'm just not the kind of person who likes food and sex to be together. It's like eating off of a dirty plate. She comes out with cum on her face and has him wipe it off for her like "Oh, that's really cute". It wasn't really sexy. It was just wrong.
There was also a scene where the main couple are having sex, and she is making such loud noises that you think she's in pain or she's trying to fake it. After that, she's talking about the sex to her therapist saying how hot the sex was but that she felt like she was just going through the motions. I felt like she was just going through the motions too. I also thought it must have been really hard for that guy to keep it up with all the fuss she was making over it.
I also noticed that just the two main characters were "introduced" for the story line, and I didn't understand why their jobs were that it was okay to hang out in your office fucking all day.
This product was provided free of charge to the reviewer. This review is in compliance with the FTC guidelines.
I'm confused. The two main characters appear throughout the film and don't "hang out in an office all fucking day". She was seeing a therapist at different parts of the movie...
Did you enjoy ANYTHING about this? Like a particular scene? Or a particular character?
actually I had to keep leaving the room I was starting to fall asleep. The filming and camera direction seem to be alright but the audio just got really awful during some scenes. Honestly I really didn't much like this one, and I was excited to see it but it was a really bad plot that seemed to be hacked up didn't have much flow to it, like there where pieces missing that need filled in. We were wondering what the husband actually did for work? We guessed it was just hanging out having sex all day. The one scene I was liking was the wife and husband sex scene but the audio ruined that part. I'm hoping this next one we have she is in will be more enjoyable!
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'The soul of the First Amendment:' Cathy Packer retires after 30 years teaching media law
Cathy Packer gave very clear instructions before her retirement luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 7, luncheon at Carroll Hall: there were to be no long speeches and no embarrassing moments.
The pictures were celebratory enough — the screens in the Freedom Forum cycling through moments of her 30 years teaching media law at the UNC School of Media and Journalism. One shows her lecturing to a group of wide-eyed undergraduates, another of her holding a sign that reads, "I like the First Amendment because I love democracy!"
On the buffet table, where menu cards would normally rest, sit empty blue wine bottles holding cardstock wedged in cork. They toast to the legacy of the W. Horace Carter Distinguished Professor: two books, five book chapters, 40-plus articles and conference papers, 11 honors and awards, 12 research grants, 30 years of service.
Another toasts to her students: 10 undergraduate theses, 26 master's theses, 12 doctoral dissertations.
But there's a lot more to life than grading papers on Sundays.
"It's time for me to get to do the other things that I want to do," Packer says, "while I'm still young enough to enjoy them."
She's surrounded by friends, colleagues and former students — some of whom drove from Boston, from Florida, from Washington, D.C., just to offer a proper goodbye. There's Packer, seated in the front of the room, donning the same Carolina blue cardigan and black-rimmed glasses that have endeared her to students over the years.
She says she's only felt emotional once since announcing her retirement: this year's First Amendment Day, when she says she shed a lone tear while giving her final address. On this day, she can't contain her smile.
When Tori Ekstrand — a current assistant professor of media law at UNC — took to the podium to introduce the speakers, she addressed Packer's mandates to keep the lauding to a minimum. But any media law students from the past 30 years would know that a ruling like this wouldn't stand unless national security was at stake.
The law didn't apply here.
"There's no way I'm going to uphold this prior restraint," Ekstrand says.
David Ardia, the first speaker of the afternoon, had been dreading this day for months. An associate professor of law since 2011, he had served alongside Packer as co-director of the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy. He knew some day Packer would retire, but he jokes that he didn't think it'd come for another decade.
She had already planted the seeds of free expression among her students for three decades, he says, her deep and abiding passion for the law always present. He chokes up as he reads a section from her final First Amendment Day speech. She had always felt like a constituent part of the University, one of its essential pillars.
"In many ways," he says, "I think Cathy embodies the soul of the First Amendment."
A new home
Packer still remembers her first day teaching at UNC, some 30 years ago.
Her first day on campus was two decades earlier, when she came to Carolina as an undergraduate in 1969. She went to high school in Pennsylvania and says she had never heard the words "University of North Carolina," let alone known someone who had attended. But when her parents moved to Smithfield, North Carolina, Packer found her way to Chapel Hill.
She knew she wanted to be a journalist — she loved learning new things, and she wanted to be "one of the good guys." So she spent four years earning her bachelor's degree in Howell Hall, which at the time housed the school's journalism program. It felt like home.
She spent the next five years as a newspaper reporter — a year with the High Point Enterprise and four more with the Charlotte News — covering mostly local government. But, ready for a change, she pursued her master's degree at the University of Minnesota, where she taught a news course and studied media law in her first semester there.
She fell in love with it.
"It's like I drank the whole jug of Kool-Aid in the first semester," she said.
She finished her master's and doctorate degrees at Minnesota before spending five years as an assistant professor of media law at Boston College. She was still subscribed to "The Journalist," a tabloid-format newspaper produced by UNC's journalism school for its alumni and friends. She still remembers reading it one day and seeing that Bill Chamberlin, an associate media law professor at UNC, was leaving for a position with the University of Florida.
"And I got up from behind my desk and stood in the middle of the floor and danced," she said.
It was the perfect time for change. She was early enough in her career to chase opportunities, and she still had family in Raleigh. It was like coming home.
And so came her first day, a memory still fresh in her mind.
She had been to campus in the weeks before, unpacking her boxes and arranging her office, but the move hadn't fully set in. Yet when she parked her car in the deck on Rosemary Street and crossed Franklin Street in front of the post office, the feeling from her undergraduate years came flooding back.
"You're really lucky," she thought. "This is really happening."
A voice through change
Through three decades, she's seen it all.
She was here in 1990, when the then-School of Journalism rebranded to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication; in 1999, when that school moved to Carroll Hall; and in 2015, when it again rebranded to the School of Media and Journalism.
She was here in 2004, when the University established the Center for Media Law and Policy, and five years later, when she was appointed as its faculty director.
She was here in 2005, when longtime Dean Richard Cole passed the torch to interim Dean Tom Bowers, who ceded it to Jean Folkerts a year later. And she was here in 2012, when Folkerts was succeeded by Dean Susan King — who says she has learned what this school embodies through Packer.
"She sets the bar for what the culture of this school is," King said.
But some things haven't changed.
She still has that same "Kool-Aid" feeling about media law as she did in her first semester at Minnesota. She taught more about copyright law and broadcast regulations in recent years than she used to, but she still used the same foundational court cases that she learned back in graduate school.
She's organized First Amendment Day, a campus-wide event celebrating the First Amendment and its role in the lives of Carolina students, every year since 2009. She's been a strong voice for free expression and access to government information, something she says every journalism school needs.
"Obviously, I didn't solve all of our free speech-related problems on campus," she said. "But I can be a voice. And I think that people have listened to me."
Every semester, she's seen at least one undergraduate who came into her media law class disinterested and left inspired. She still gets emails from former Ph.D. students, who can't wait to update her on their newest ventures.
Ekstrand — who joined UNC's faculty in 2012 — was a Ph.D. student under Packer from 1999-03. Now, Packer invites Ekstrand's husband and daughter to her house for dinner.
"When I think about my relationships with students," Packer said, "standing at the podium and lecturing to them is not the best of it."
Woodrow Hartzog, a professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University School of Law, says he came to UNC as a Roy H. Park Fellow in 2008 in large part because of Packer. She taught him how to love the law, love to write and love his students.
And he learned the joys of splitting a bottle of red wine, if only for the camaraderie that spills from it.
"I owe my entire career to Cathy ..." Hartzog said. "Cathy taught me how to be a professor and how to be a mentor to people. She gave me this incredible gift of knowledge and mentorship that's really difficult to find."
She had considered retirement before this year, but she wasn't quite ready to leave. All these years after scaling the steps of Howell Hall on her first day of teaching, she still walked around campus each morning in awe.
"'Cathy, what did you ever do to get this lucky that you get to spend your life at Carolina?'" she'd ask herself. "And I've felt like that for 30 years."
A lasting legacy
It's a gift she never saw coming.
A men's basketball season-ticket holder for 30 years, Packer admits her love for media law is rivaled only by her love of Carolina basketball.
So when her students presented her with a blue and white basketball at the end of Thursday's luncheon, signed by head coach Roy Williams, her face lit up. It's a retirement present that far surpasses the typical gold watch.
"I'll be retired," she says later with a laugh. "I won't need to know what time it is."
She recently bought a new canoe — a Quetico 17 she found used from an outfitter in Minnesota — and she'll take it with her when she camps in the Everglades in January 2018. In February 2018, she'll head with a group of friends to Israel, her first international trip since the dozen she made as a faculty member.
Beyond that, she doesn't know what retirement might bring — and she prefers it that way.
"I decided that if I had to make my plan before I retired, I'd never retire," she said. "I think I can take the leap and I'll be OK."
The school will be, too. Packer says she wouldn't have retired if she felt the "cupboard was bare," but she's excited about the young hires the school has made in recent years. And she knows whoever fills her role will be ready, just as she was when Chamberlin left before her.
"It's nice to be able to leave and know that everything is OK," Packer said, "because I care about this school."
Still, it's not easy replacing an essential pillar. She remained a fixture in an ever-changing school, championing its core tenets of free expression for three decades. Now, the school will carry that legacy beyond her departure.
"She's worked hard, and she deserves every single day of retirement," Hartzog said. "But she's going to leave a huge hole — because no one can replace Cathy Packer."


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I was a doggedly determined DPN user for socks and sleeves for many years until I taught myself magic loop, and since mastering it I really haven't looked back. It has so many advantages in comparison to using double points.
To begin with, many knitters find loose 'ladders' appearing between needles when using double points. It's a common enough problem and one that can be resolved by keeping a good tight tension between those joins, but is an issue that virtually disappears when using magic loop. Of course magic loop reduces the amount of gaps between needles to just 2, and for me anyway, it's easier to manage the tension between the needles as they are closer together by virtue of the way you knit from one to the other.
Another advantage is that the quantity of stitches is really only limited by the length of the cable you use. As long as you have enough spare cable on either side for manoeuvrability, then you can even knit a sweater in the round using magic loop. At the other end of the spectrum, you can go right down to just a few stitches - 4! on your needles and still manage them fairly well. At this end it becomes a little tricky but it means that you can decrease right down to the very tip of a toe or the top of a hat without having to change to clunky DPN's.
I thought it would be useful to share this technique here in the form of a picture tutorial. It's the method I used for knitting the cute Easter Egg Hats last week, and as I mentioned can be used for knitting socks, sleeves, baby clothes, mittens, toys and even adult garments in the round. Remember you can convert flat pieces to knitting in the round for something like a sleeve - you will just need to subtract the stitches allowed for seaming - usually 1 at either side.
A couple of tips for using magic loop before the tutorial:
1) Make sure your circular needle is at the least 80cms. I find this is adequate for small items, but 100cms is often more 'comfortable'. You will adjust to the length that suits you best as you become more used to magic loop.
2) Invest in a circular needle that has a nice supple cable. Some cheaper circulars have stiff, plastic cables that will hinder your progress because they are just too inflexible. The circular I am using in the tutorial is from Signature Needle Arts which was a very thoughtful gift from a friend in the US (where they are made), but I find that Addi which are available much more widely in Europe are equally good. A simple Google search will show you where you can buy them locally.
3) Don't pinch the cable too hard when you are dividing your stitches on the initial row after casting on - you don't want a kink in your cable!
1) Cast on. An even number works best for equal division of stitches.
2) Find the middle of the stitches - in this instance I cast on 32 so I found the middle after stitch number 16. Slide the stitches down so that you can pull the cable through this 'gap' between the 2 equal numbers of stitches - this is the part where you don't want to pinch that cable too hard!
3) Slide 1 set of 16 stitches up to the end of one needle and the other set of 16 stitches up onto the other so that they are lying parallel and with your working yarn coming from the stitches on the back needle.
4) It is vital here - before you begin to actually knit the first round, that you ensure your stitches are not twisted in any way. I manage this by ensuring that the edge of stitches - the nice even bottom of the stitches is facing in towards the centre and I hold them firmly between my thumb and fingers so that they don't twist as I'm knitting. Some knitters recommend that you knit the last cast on stitch with the first to try and eradicate any gap on this first round. I have found that it doesn't really make much difference and so I just start to knit without trying to avoid the gap. On the second round however, I make sure I keep the first couple of stitches quite tight and this generally removes any excess yarn between the needles on the first round. You can of course use the cast on tail to tidy it up more at the end if you need to.
5) Using the 'back' needle to knit the stitches off of the 'front' needle, continue to the end of this first needle.
6) When you have reached the end of this first needle your needle in the left hand will now be 'free'. You now need to turn your work 180 degrees so that this free needle is at the front and the needle with all the stitches you have just knitted (along with the working yarn) is at the back - effectively swapping back needle for front and front for back.
7) To begin the next needle you will need to shuffle your stitches a little. Push the front needle through from the left (and pull the cable through) so that your stitches are up onto the needle ready to be knitted. Now pull the back needle through so that the stitches you have just knitted are sitting on the cable and the needle is free ready to knit from the front set. You will always use the back needle to knit the stitches onto, and your yarn always needs to come from the back needle.
8) This picture shows progress after the very first row. You can see that there is a long strand of yarn between the needles, but as I mentioned earlier, you will be able to tighten this up in the subsequent row. As a side note, these early rows can be a little tricky to manage, but trust me - once you have knitted a few rows, it gets a whole lot easier!
9) This picture shows my knitting mid row - with the cable loops or 'bunny ears' typical of the magic loop method. There is nothing much more to the technique than that - keep on in this way, knitting the stitches off of the front needle using the back one, turning your work, pulling the cable through and starting again. If your knitting looks like this - you've conquered Magic Loop!
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The year is 2056 and an army of evil space aliens is plundering the earth. Luckily, a hero has come forward: a hero of power, of stature, of pure meteoric strength. Yes, puny humans, your salvation is at hand! A Mighty Rodent is here! You must lead Sgt. Fluffles, Super Rodent, and his latest micro-high-tech weaponry through a meat grinder of flying saucers, giant robots and laser-wielding behemoths intent on frying his fur. As if that wasn't enough, Fluffles will face off against an armada of gargantuan boss ships that will dish out burning hail storms of laser-based destruction. Luckily for him, Sgt. Fluffles has an impressive arsenal of amazing rodent weaponry at his disposal, including missile launchers, beam lasers, and automatic turrets. Not only that, but he can call on his comrade, Cpt. Ronald, to get him out of a fix. Mighty Rodent is a game for everyone, not just rodent fanatics!
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Debra Lane, MD FRCPC
Dr. Debra Lane is the Medical Director at CBS Winnipeg, a position she has held for the past seven and a half years. She is also the Director of Transfusion Medicine for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. Debra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Manitoba, specializing in training post-graduates in Hematology, Pathology and Anesthesia and Community Medicine.
This past year Debra has collaborated with Manitoba Health on the development of the Manitoba Transfusion Manual and has served as the Medical Consultant. This past year she was also involved in the implementation of the Health Canada AERS form in Manitoba.
Professional Activities
- Western Director, CSTM Board of Directors (2007 - 2008)
- Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons specialty committee for Transfusion Medicine
- National Technical Working Group for Blood and Blood Product Utilization
- Accredited AABB and CAP inspector
- Chair, steering group for the CBS Consensus Conference on "Optimizing the Use of IVIG" in 2000


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To ensure people are qualified to assist qualified IWS Swimming Teachers.To introduce candidates to the goals and aspirations of IWS.To give candidates a basic technical knowledge of swimming.To provide candidates with an understanding of health and safety issues in swimming pools. This to include the concept of risk assessment.To provide a basic knowledge of the skills necessary to give a safe and productive swimming lesson.To ensure candidates understand effective methods of communication within the swimming environment.To ensure candidates know the benefits of swimming as an exercise and life skill.To introduce aspects of motivation relevant to a long-term interest in swimming and life saving.To ensure candidates have a basic understanding of the four principle swimming strokes and other aquatic and water safety skills.To ensure candidates have a basic understanding of stroke analysis.To ensure candidates are familiar with best practices when dealing with children.To ensure candidates have a brief understanding of the principles of Long Term Athlete DevelopmentTo ensure candidates are familiar with the role of IWS within the IFSTA.
Swimming Teachers' Life Saving Award or Safety 4 of IWS or equivalent.
Note: All candidates must have achieved the stated life saving criteria before the qualification can be used.
Minimum age of 16 years.Have completed a course under recognised IWS Swimming tutors.Candidates must have a satisfactory attendance.Courses must consist of a minimum of 24 hours theory and 8 hours poolside practice. Candidate experience will influence the delivery time.Pay the requisite fee.
An IWS Certificate to indicate that the holder is qualified to teach up to four pupils, under the supervision of a fully qualified Swimming Teacher.
To remain valid, holders must be able to provide proof of having attended a minimum of two IWS or swimming related seminars/courses within a five year period. To be relevant a seminar/ course must address topics outlined within the IWS syllabus.
1. Complete an official course application form, if required.
2. Submit the required course fee/deposit to the course organiser.
It is strongly recommended that all holders of the Assistant Swimming Teachers Award become members of IWS. To become a member, applicants must
Attend an IWS Code of Ethics seminarComplete a membership application formForward the completed application form to IWS via your local Area Water Safety Committee contact.Send completed Garda Vetting Application Form to
Authorised Signatory (Garda Vetting), c/o Irish Water Safety, The Long Walk, Galway.
Important Note: Holders of this award who are under 18 years of age must also submit a Garda Vetting Application Form, as above, accompanied by the appropriate parental consent form.
Assessments may only be carried out by IWS qualified examiners, who also hold a full swimming teachers' qualification.
The assessment has four parts.
Practical: A full 20 minute lesson to a class of 3-4 pupils, which incorporates a main theme on one aspect of either Front crawl, Back crawl, Butterfly or Breast Stroke AND a contrasting activity from either Sculling, Treading Water, Surface Diving or Water Safety Strokes.
The content of the lesson must be adopted to reflect the ability of the class e.g. beginners.
A 20 minute lesson for a class of 3-4 timid pupils or non- swimmers.
The External examiner may decide the contents of the lesson plan.
He/She will assess the candidates' practical application of safety principles, presentation, organisation, time management, demonstrations, communication and motivation. The final assessment sheet will be discussed with all candidates, who must countersign the sheet if satisfied.
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would pass up sooo many things the Lord asks me to do. But instead I
turn around and go back to pray, or talk, orr whatever it is i feel
called to do.
It typically happens that I walk past someone and almost immediately
feel convicted to talk to them or typicall to pray for them. One time
it was the boss of my boss, he had shared the week earlier about
living as a homosexual with AIDS. So when prompted by the Lord to stop
and pray. I promptly answered no. The only thing more awkward than
stating up conversation with your boss' boss who doesn't know you, is
to pass him on the sidewalk and then run back and ask him if you can
pray for him.
Thankfully he was willing and thankful... But then I had to pray for
his AIDS. How do you do that?
Yesterday it was for a crippled guy in the street. To stop and pray. I
rode a hundred yards past him and finally got my head on straight to
go back.
I wish I didnt hesitate and could do it right the first time. I
imagine I have to develop the habit but then it could become second
nature obedience. Instead it typically takes until I decide I dont
want to feel guilty for ignoring what the Lord asks me to do.
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Call for Papers:
XXVIII Economic and Social History Seminar, Girona
Consumption, Food and Social Change
How have consumption patterns historically changed? What was the relative proportion of food products on the overall household consumption in the past? Analysing the evolution of consumption in history is a way to examine the trends of living standards, as well as social inequalities, in human societies. The role of food in relation to other consumption goods used to be different, in each historical context, according to the characteristics of the different social groups. Indeed, this role and the general evolution of consumption, which is not necessarily linear, have been conditioned by the opportunities given by the different conjunctures and historical contexts. These opportunities may have affected the existent social groups in different ways, to the extent to even transforming them into new social groups. The aim of this seminar is to join scholars that analyse these problems in concrete historical contexts, in order to answer the following question: what does data on consumption and food intake tell us about social change in history?
Centre de Recerca d'Història Rural of University of Girona
International Scientific Coordination Network (GDRI) AAA "Agriculture, Approvisionnement, Alimentation"
HAR2014-54891-P, "Neither elite nor poor. Middle classes and social change in countryside in historical perspective", funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation
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I know I've said this before, but I'm going to say it again- I'm overwhelmed by the feedback I keep getting from you guys. You've stuck with me, even through the times when life got hectic and I went MIA. Thank you so, so much.
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Three Luxemburg-Casco wrestlers have made it to the championship match of the WIAA Division 2 state tournament at the Kohl Center in Madison.
106 – Charlie Stuhl (Ellsworth) defeated Lucas Joniaux (L-C, 35-13), fall 1:20. Joniaux will wrestle Quintin Gerhmann (35-6) of Jefferson in the consolation bracket Saturday morning.
113 – Bryce Bosman (L-C, 45-3) won a 7-5 decision over Isaac Wiegl of Belmont/Platteville and will vie for the state championship Saturday evening against Joey Bianchi (40-5) of Two Rivers.
152 – Devan Vandenbush (L-C, 33-11) was defeated by Devin Bahr (37-0) of West Salem/Bangor and will wrestle Jake McClintock (Lakeland, 41-10) in the consolation semi-finals Saturday morning.
170 – Dalton Smerchek (L-C, 41-6) pinned Waupun senior Carter Veleke (44-3) in 3:34. He will wrestle Elijah Alt (River Valley, 43-1) for the state title Saturday evening.
220 – Nate Lloyd (L-C, 39-14) lost a 2-0 decision Dakotah Daffinson (41-6) of Melrose-Mindoro/G.-E.-T in the semis and will face Joshua Carroll (Spooner, 39-8) in the consolation semi-finals.
285 – Phil Rasmussen (41-8) earned a 3-2 decision over Adam Kinyon of Lomira (43-7) and will wrestle for the state championship Saturday night against Cody Jacobson (44-2) of Ripon.
Nathan Ronsman of Luxemburg-Casco (38-10) won his first wrestleback match Friday afternoon against Braden Maertz (33-5) of Kewaskum. The Spartans sophomore earned a 3-1 decision and the right to wrestle again Saturday morning in the semi-finals of the third-place bracket.
Six L-C wrestlers have advanced to Friday night's state semi-finals in Division 2.
In Division 3 Kewaunee's Jesse Steinhorst (39-9) advanced to Saturday morning with a 6-2 decision over Nathan Roach (35-4) of Ladysmith at 138.
At 126 the Storm's Cam Hanrahan (42-6) lost a 6-0 decision to Derek Marten (37-5) of Stratford.
Luxemburg-Casco wrestler Lucas Joniaux has advanced to the semi-finals of the WIAA Division 2 wrestling tournament at 106 pounds.
Joniaux, a freshman, defeated Viraoqua senior Jansen McLelland 7-0 in a quarterfinal match Friday morning at the Kohl Center in Madison to run his season record to 35-12.
Also advancing was sophomore Bryce Bosman (44-3), who pinned Jack Marley of Melrose-Mindoro/Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau (40-8) at the 4:57 mark of their match at 113.
Nathan Ronsman (37-10) lost a 7-2 decision to Aidan Medora (37-3),of St. John's Northwestern Military Academy/Brookfield Academy. Ronsman enters the wrestleback bracket Friday afternoon against Braden Maertz (33-4) of Kewaskum.
Junior Devan Vandenbush (33-10) earned a 10-8 overtime victory over senior Sam Burzynski (39-5) of Stanley-Boyd/Owen-Withee. Vandenbush wrestles Devin Bahr, an undefeated (36-0) senior from West Salem/Bangor, in a Friday night semi-final.
Veteran senior Dalton Smerchek (40-6) earned a 3-0 decision at 170 over Tyler Hannah (43-8) of Viroqua. His Friday night opponent is Waupun senior Carter Veleke (44-2).
Nate Lloyd (39-13) earned a 3-1 decision over Tyler Burt of Turner at 220 and will face Dakotah Daffinson (40-6) of Melrose-Mindoro/G.-E.-T in the semis.
Phil Rasmussen at 285 (40-8) prevailed over Nick Rueth (39-7) of Neillsville/Greenwood/Loyal in a 3-2 match that lasted into an ultimate tiebreaker round (second overtime). He will wrestle senior Adam Kinyon of Lomira (43-6) on Friday night.
In Division 3, Kewaunee's Cam Hanrahan (42-5) will wrestle Derek Marten (36-5) of Stratford in Friday afternoon wrestlebacks. Hanrahan dropped a 7-4 decision to Andrew Gunderson (31-6) of Cadott.
At 138 Jesse Steinhorst (38-9) sustained a hard-fought 6-4 overtime loss to Sammy VanStraten (39-3) of Shiocton. Steinhorst faces Nathan Roach (35-3) of Ladysmith Friday afternoon.


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Hellbender, this is great stuff. Somewhere else on this forum someone else had a spreadsheet with similar information with the offset information provided so that you could calculate the overall width of the setup when combined with your trucks. Do you have any offset information?
bump - great thread.
I was wondering about all the various wheels that BDS have made over time... so I made this chart. Might be useful to some. Now I'm also sure there are wheels missing from this but if you let me know I'll update. (last updated 10/2/06)
Tony, I think that you can do it in Note Pad using tabs for the spacing if you use a font like courier; courier maintains the same amount of space for each letter. If you have a spreadsheet already started, you can copy and paste into notepad and clean it up a little from there. Once done you should be able to copy it all into the body of a message.
great work!....didn't they make dub cons in the Cherry Bomb-red trans. formula?
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Chivas' Braun wins MLS POW
Salt Lake City native Justin Braun, a graduate of Skyline High School, was named the MLS Player of the Week today for Chivas USA.
Braun scored a pair of goals for Chivas in its 2-0 victory Kansas City on Saturday. It was Chivas first win in over two months. His goals came in the 56th and 87th minutes.
The MLS Player of the Week is based on voting by the North American Soccer Reporters. I'm a member of this organization, and my vote this week went to Justin Braun as well.


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The fall fashion collection has a glam-rock vibe, so the shoes are equally groovy. Here are some that caught my eye today at my local Children's Place.
I love the sparkly sheen on these moccasins ($18) and think they'd look fab with jeans or a fancy dress.
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A while back I got an email from a lovely customer of mine from a few years ago,
if I would be able to do a little repair on Dolly (Fiona) and maybe give her a spa treatment.
I could not wait to see her again!!!
I have to admit that when she arrived I was moved to tears.
Seeing a doll of mine being sooo loved by two little girl makes me unbelievably happy!!
What bigger reward can a doll maker get then knowing one of your creations , that you made with your own hands is not sitting on a shelf, but loved and part of children's lives.
Dolly got a nice long soak in some warm water with some Woolite.
She really enjoyed it!
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More and more tastings I've been to recentley have tended to feature a lot of Spanish Whites. Although generally a big fan of Rioja I must admit i'm being slowly seduced by these Fresh, crisp and refreshing Spanish beauties Verdejo, Albarino, Viura and even Fino, Manzanilla Sherry, which I'm drinking more of now thanks to dmcker encouraging me.
With the weather picking up here in the UK i find myself more often chilling a bottle of Manzanilla and breaking out the Tapas.
I tasted a lovely Verdejo the other day Finca la Colina DO Rueda 2006.Aromatic, herbacious. clean and bright, which again has made me want more.
What with our tour of Northern Spain (Rioja Region) not far away, It's Viva Espana all the way !
Any good reco's always appreciated.
Spanish Whites
- Reply by GregT, Apr 3, 2012.
Spike - plenty of good whites. The Albarinos are pretty popular but if you look around, you'll note some regional differences. Those towards the Atlantic tend to be a bit leaner and those inland a bit creamier and some people are putting them in oak for a few months, which rounds them off a bit. Both are good, albeit different.
Ditto with Godello, which comes from a nearby region and was almost extinct until recently. Moving further west you find pretty cool things like Albarin, which they swear isn't related to Albarino and in fact it does taste different, so who knows? Terroir? Getting into the Basque country, you run into Txakolina, pronounced something like chokohlina, which many people love, probably because of the interesting spelling. I bet if it were called Pinot Espana, people would be less enamored of it, but perhaps that's just cynical. As it is, they can be nice, but are usually a few dollars (or euros) more than they should be.
Dropping down a bit south, you get into those Viuras and Malvasias from Rioja and Navarra. Navarra actually has a lot of whites, many more associated with France, like Chardonnay. Some aren't too bad. Rioja has recently relaxed their rules too, so you'll see more of those and Sauvignon Blanc and such coming out of there.
Sliding back to the east, you run into Rueda, where your Verdejo comes from. Interestingly, that used to be made into something more like Sherry but in recent years it's become popular as a straight white wine. Can be quite good. Those too are sometimes put in oak and some people who are ideological, claim that those are no good and you shouldn't put the wine into oak. If you have a less ideological approach to wine you realize that some of those are quite delicious, for a fraction of what you'd pay for say, Chablis. They also do Sauv Blanc in Rueda, most of which I don't care for all that much - good Verdejo tastes much like a good SB should, and the SB tends to be very green for some reason.
I need to get moving so can't write a lot more but some interesting things you should look for, coming from farther south, would be Garnacha Blanca, which can be a delicious crisp wine. There's a bit in Priorat and you pay Priorat prices, but you needn't shop from that region - there good stuff elsewhere. Also something very new that you will likely not find w/out really looking is white Tempranillo - it's a natural mutation of the red grape that was found very recently and there are only a couple of producers working with it. Also, you may look for Xarel-lo, which is one of the 3 cava grapes but on its own is really crisp, lean and similar to something from the Loire in the linear quality it can have. Rarely if ever done in oak, it's a great summer wine. And finally, the ubiquitous Chardonnay is found in Spain too, and is often quite nice. Sometimes made sans oak, it becomes a short-lived, but crisp and dirt cheap white for the summer.
- Reply by Vinpeder, Apr 3, 2012.
Ola Spike
Here is a recommandation not to miss.. Antonio Arraez 2011 Valencia Cuvee Eduardo Bermejo.
The new 2011 vintage is stunning, mostly Verdejo and little Moscato. Very intens smell of gooseberry, elderflower, apple and pear. Fruity clean and fresh. Great great wine and the price is ridiculous low, proberly around 5-6 euro in Spain.
They also make a Verdil, a very rare grape, which only is made by 3 wineries in the area, as far as I am told. Its called A2 and the 2011 vintage should also be very good.
And as GregT whote - Albarino is great, is have the honor of having the import of Paco and Lola.. Please check it out and taste .. great wine too.
Cin Cin from Cold Denmark
- Reply by spikedc, Apr 4, 2012.
Cheers Greg, informative as usual. Looking forward to trying some of the ones you mentioned.
I'm probably going to Spain at least twice this year, maybe more. The Rioja region at the end of May and hopefully visiting some family in Valencia in the summer. Wine tasting high on the agenda, I'll report back on what I find.
Vinpeder - thanks, I'll look out for them.


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