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They just played last night at Crescent Hill Baptist, and there are some videos up at YouTube.

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Little Nora and Grandpa Bill
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A hummingbird arrives to sample
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Runtime: 94 minutes
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Author Notes: Using this versatile chutney made from fresh cilantro leaves, coconut and mint leaves and a kick of green chilli, make this authentic chicken curry which can be made in two stages. You can make the cilantro chutney in advance and store in fridge for up to 5 days and make up the base of this chicken curry when ready to cook. Or you can cook up the base with the cilantro chutney and add raw chicken and simmer until cooked. A great little dish to have for a desk lunch with either plain basmati rice or naan bread. Also a pretty awesome topping for a jacket potato. A fantastic layer in you lunch tiffin too ! —Sumayya Usmani
Serves 4
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 small cinnamon stick
- 1 star anise
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds / cilantro seeds
- 1 red onion, chopped finely
- 1 garlic clove, chopped finely
- 1 inch pieces ginger, grated
- 2 chicken breasts cut into 1 inch pieceschio and
- 10 mint leaves
- 1 green chilli
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 cup Greek full fat yogurt
- 1/2 bunch cilantro leaves
- Heat the oil in a saucepan and once hot, add the cinnamon, star anise, cumin and coriander seeds. Once they begin to splutter, add onions, ginger and garlic. Cook until light brown.
- Turn heat down and add chicken a seal. While doing this, add mint, turmeric, full fat yogurt, cilantro and green chilli in a blender and blend until a smooth paste.
- Add this to sealed chicken and stir fry for 5 minutes, turn down heat, cover pan and cook until the oil rises to the top of the curry and you're left with a thick sauce / curry and the chicken is cooked though, this should take about 15-20 minutes. Serve hot with rice.


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By: Martin Olszynski
PDF Version: Whose (Pipe)line is it Anyway?
Document Commented On: Quebec's Letter to TransCanada Corp. Imposing 7 Conditions on Energy East
On November 18th, on the heels of a unanimous vote of non-confidence in the National Energy Board (NEB) by Quebec's National Assembly, Quebec's Environment Minister sent a letter to TransCanada outlining seven conditions that the company must meet before the province "accepts" the Quebec portion of the company's proposed pipeline. Most of the conditions are similar to those stipulated by British Columbia with respect to Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline (e.g. world class emergency and spill response plans, adequate consultation with First Nations) with three notable differences. First, while Quebec insists that the project generate economic benefits for all Quebecers, unlike British Columbia it is not asking for its "fair share" (whatever that meant). Second, because Energy East involves the repurposing of an existing natural gas pipeline, Quebec insists that there be no impact on its natural gas supply. Finally, and the focus of this post, Quebec insists on a full environmental assessment (EA) of the Quebec portion of the pipeline and the upstream greenhouse gas emissions from production outside the province – something that the NEB has consistently refused to assess in its other pipeline reviews. Last week, Ontario joined Quebec in imposing these conditions (see here for the MOU). Premier Kathleen Wynne acknowledged that "Alberta needs to move its resources across the country," but argued that the two provinces "have to protect people in Ontario and Quebec." In this post, I consider whether this condition is consistent with the current approach to the regulation of interprovincial pipelines.
Not All Conditions Are Created Equal
As noted by my colleague Professor Nigel Bankes in the context of Northern Gateway, the "general proposition is that a province will not be permitted to use its legislative authority or even its proprietary authority…to frustrate a work or undertaking which federal authorities…consider to be in the national interest." The question thus becomes what kind of conditions might amount to frustration? Fortunately, we have a recent decision of the NEB, in the context of Kinder Morgan's equally contentious Trans Mountain pipeline application, which sheds some useful light on this issue.
Briefly, Kinder Morgan has applied to the NEB for a certificate of public convenience and necessity (section 52 of the National Energy Board Act, RSC 1985 c. N-7) for the expansion of an existing pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia. This past summer, Kinder Morgan indicated that its preferred corridor had been revised and that its preferred routing was now through Burnaby Mountain. Consequently, the NEB determined that it required additional geotechnical, engineering and environmental studies to be completed before it could make its section 52 determination. Although section 73 of the NEB Act gave the company the power of entry required to carry out these studies, Kinder Morgan sought Burnaby's consent to enter upon the relevant lands to do the work, which included borehole drilling and some site preparation (e.g. the removal of some trees and brush). Burnaby refused to give its consent. In fact, its mayor has long staked out a position of opposition to the pipeline.
After a month of failed correspondence, Kinder Morgan began its work on Burnaby Mountain, which also happens to be a conservation area. Several days into that work, its employees were issued an Order to Cease Bylaw Contravention and a bylaw notice for violations of the Burnaby Parks Regulation Bylaw 1979 (Parks Bylaw, which prohibits damage to parks) and the Burnaby Street and Traffic Bylaw 1961 (Traffic Bylaw, which amongst other things prohibits excavation work without consent). Subsequently, Kinder Morgan filed a motion, including a notice of constitutional question, seeking an order from the NEB directing the City of Burnaby to permit temporary access to the required lands.
The NEB granted the order, on both paramountcy and interjurisdictional immunity grounds. After summarizing the relevant jurisprudence with respect to paramountcy (at p 11), the NEB concluded that there was a "clear conflict" between the Parks Bylaw and Traffic Bylaw on the one hand, and paragraph 73(a) of the NEB Act on the other. With respect to the Parks Bylaw, for example:
…Section 5 [contains] a clear prohibition against cutting any tree, clearing vegetation or boring into the ground, regardless of whether minimal tree clearing is necessary where the trees would create a safety risk for the drilling work that must occur. While the Board accepts that the Parks Bylaw has an environmental purpose, the application of the bylaws and the presence of Burnaby employees in the work safety zone had the effect of frustrating the federal purpose of the NEB Act to obtain necessary information for the Board to make a recommendation under section 52… (at p 12)
The NEB made the same finding with respect to the Traffic Bylaw: dual compliance was impossible, such that the doctrine of federal paramountcy applied and the bylaws were inoperable to the extent that they prevented Kinder Morgan from carrying out the necessary work. The NEB made clear, however, that this did not mean that "a pipeline company can generally ignore provincial law or municipal bylaws. The opposite is true. Federally regulated pipelines are required, through operation of law and the imposition of conditions by the Board, to comply with a broad range of provincial laws and municipal bylaws" (at p 13).
With respect to interjurisdictional immunity (IJI), which the NEB considered in the alternative, after acknowledging that its usage "has fallen out of favor to some degree," the NEB observed that "it is still an accepted doctrine for dealing with clashes between validly-enacted provincial and federal laws" (at p 13). The effect of the doctrine is to "read down" valid provincial laws where their application would have the effect of impairing a core competence of Parliament or a vital part of a federal undertaking. Impairment is key: provincial laws may affect a core competence of Parliament or a federal undertaking (to varying degrees), but this is not sufficient. Applying this test to the facts before it,
The Board finds that the Impugned Bylaws impair a core competence of Parliament… the routing of the interprovincial pipeline is within the core of a federal power over interprovincial pipelines. Actions taken by Burnaby with respect to enforcing the Impugned Bylaws impair the ability of the Board to consider the Project and make a recommendation regarding on the appropriate routing of the Project. The Board requires detailed information from surveys and examinations in order to make a recommendation to Governor in Council and to complete an environmental assessment. Similar to the location of aerodromes being essential to the federal government's power over aeronautics, detailed technical information about pipeline routing is essential to the Board.
Thus, when considering Quebec's (and Ontario's) conditions, the following principles ought to be kept in mind. Generally speaking, provincial laws apply to federal undertakings such as pipelines. Such laws will only be vulnerable to the extent that they conflict with or frustrate the purpose of the NEB Act (paramountcy), or impair a core competence of Parliament of vital part of the federal undertaking (IJI). Another point worth keeping in mind is specific to environmental laws. As I have noted in previous posts, environmental laws are primarily procedural, not substantive, in nature. At their core they merely confer decision-making authority (e.g. to authorize activity that would otherwise be a contravention of the law), although they do seek to improve that decision-making by imposing certain "guideposts" (e.g. conducting an EA). This suggests that it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to conclude whether such environmental laws frustrate a federal law or impair a federal undertaking until an actual decision has been made.
Condition 2: Comprehensive EA including Upstream Greenhouse Gas Emissions
In its letter to TransCanada, Quebec states that an EA of the Quebec portion of the pipeline is required pursuant to para 2(j) of the Regulation respecting environmental impact assessment and review, ch. Q-2, r. 23 ("the construction…of more than 2 km of oil pipeline in a new right-of-way"). Seemingly unsure of itself, however, it also suggests that it is in TransCanada's "interest to respect the will of Quebecers" (my translation) – not that it must. The desired result was a comprehensive assessment of those portions of the project situated in Quebec, which until yesterday included a marine terminal and storage facility at Cacouna, before Quebec's EA agency, le Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE). As of yesterday, however, TransCanada announced that the marine terminal plans are on hold in light of the continuing deterioration of the St. Lawrence Beluga whale population, presumably leaving just the pipeline to be assessed for the time being.
The results of this assessment will "serve to inform Quebec's decision and in this way its position before the NEB" (my translation). The letter does not state which "decision" it is referring to, but the answer would seem to lie in sections 31.1 and 31.5 of Quebec's Environmental Quality Act CQLR c Q-2:
31.1. No person may undertake any construction, work, activity or operation…in the cases provided for by regulation of the Government without following the environmental impact assessment and review procedure and obtaining an authorization certificate from the Government.
31.5. Where the environmental impact assessment statement is considered satisfactory by the Minister, it is submitted together with the application for authorization to the Government. The latter may issue or refuse a certificate of authorization for the realization of the project with or without amendments, and on such conditions as it may determine…
Viewed this way, it does not seem unreasonable to suggest that "Quebec's government has had enough and has taken control of the process in the province," and that "the proceedings before the [NEB], replete with 30,000 pages of unilingual English text, are now very secondary." Does such a situation conflict with, or frustrate the purposes of, the NEB Act?
I don't think it does. EA has long been understood in Canada as "simply descriptive of a process of decision-making" (Friends of the Oldman River Society v. Canada (Minister of Transport [1992] 1 SCR 3). There is no conflict between the requirements of the NEB Act and the CEQ; Trans Canada can comply with both. Doing so may seem duplicative but that is a matter of policy, not constitutional imperative. And even as a matter of policy this argument is weak in light of changes to the federal EA regime (including restrictive standing rules and a restricted definition of environmental effects) and the decision by the NEB to exclude upstream greenhouse gas emissions from its own review.
Nor does such a condition impair a core competence of Parliament or a vital part of a federal undertaking, for as old as is the understanding of EA as process so too is the recognition that jurisdiction with respect to the environment is shared between the federal and provincial governments. And while not determinative, it is worth noting that the current chair of the NEB would seem to agree that there is room for both levels of government here, having recently suggested that the NEB's primary environmental concern is to ensure the proper construction and operation of pipelines, and that it is up to the provinces and the company to look after broader issues around climate change (as an aside, for a case where the Supreme Court of Canada seemed to adopt a broader view of the NEB's mandate, see Quebec (Attorney General) v. Canada (National Energy Board), [1994] 1 SCR 159).
That being said, what Quebec can actually do with the results of its EA is another matter entirely. The short answer is probably not very much. It might be able to secure some modifications to the project (e.g. that certain standards or 'best practices' be applied during construction and operation), but if the NEB makes a positive recommendation to the federal Cabinet then outright refusal of a certificate of authorization would seem off the table (or would be rendered inapplicable). One might reasonably then ask: why go through all the trouble in the first place? The answer is rooted in the procedural nature of environmental law referred to above. With respect to EA specifically, while the process is certainly intended to improve governmental decision-making, it is also intended to enable political accountability through the full disclosure of the tradeoffs being made (see Ted Schrecker, "The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act: Tremulous Step Forward, or Retreat into Smoke and Mirrors?" (1991) 5 CELR 192). Indeed, it is the potential for political accountability that at least partially drives better decision-making.
This dynamic provides a reasonable explanation for why Alberta and Saskatchewan appear so uncomfortable with the mere idea that upstream greenhouse gas emissions be assessed, which prompted Ontario's Energy Minister to ask what the Premier of Saskatchewan is afraid of. Presumably, it is the same thing that the current federal government is afraid of.
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Realize that your inside sales team is at the tailend of your go to market process and can be effective only if it's equipped with upstream go to market elements like marketable offerings and supporting collateral. Giving them a mailing list and telling them to make cold calls won't work.
Inside sales should supplement, and not act as surrogate to, your field sales organization. While it's fine for the head of your inside sales organization to report to the head of your sales organization, avoid making individual inside sales reps report to individual sales persons.
Have a clear separation of roles and responsibilities and performance evaluation criteria between inside sales and field sales. Otherwise, you might land up in a situation where your field sales people tend to delegate everything to inside sales people but won't give them due credit for their achievements.
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A typical inside sales person might have only 1-6 years of work experience but makes a far more direct contribution to your topline than many of your project leads, project managers, not to mention senior managers in your support functions. To that extent, when it comes to allocating seating space and telephones, go by their job requirements, rather than by their grades or designations. Given their un-earthly working hours, don't skimp on the measly costs involved in providing transport to their doorsteps.
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Adult – $21.95 plus tax
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Tickets can be purchased at the entrance.
What can I find inside?
See the rooms made famous on the hit TV show, including Willie's office, the duck call room and the inside of the official Duck Commander warehouse. View never-before-seen photos, and memorabilia from the family's private collection.
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Tickets are non-refundable and will not be replaced if expired, destroyed or stolen.
How long does it take to get through Duck Commander The Experience?
The experience can take approximately 1 hour. However this time can vary.
Is there a coat check or lockers to store my personal items?
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Do you offer wheelchairs?
We do not offer wheelchairs, but the experience is ADA accessible.
Are outside food and beverages permitted?
No food or beverage is permitted inside Duck Commander The Experience.
Do you have parking?
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Do you have any special promotions?
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Do you have a lost and found?
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Can we bring pets?
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Do you offer a discount for military personnel?
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Are there group rates?
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Can I take photos?
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Will there be someone from The Robertson family there for us to see?
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EU grains closed mixed with May 14 London wheat up GBP0.85/tonne to GBP170.25/tonne, and with new crop Nov 14 London wheat closing GBP0.20/tonne weaker at GBP159.85/tonne. May 14 Paris wheat closed EUR2.75/tonne lower at EUR218.50/tonne, Jun 14 Paris corn was up EUR0.25/tonne at EUR189.50/tonne, whilst May 14 Paris rapeseed rose EUR4.25/tonne to close at EUR424.00/tonne.Paris wheat fell from yesterday's 11-month high on consolidation/profit-taking, whilst old crop London wheat continues to firm on tight availability.Customs data showed that UK wheat imports fell to only 82 TMT in February, down 68% versus 12 months previously, and the smallest monthly volume since June 2012.That takes UK wheat imports for the season so far to 1.55 MMT versus 1.87 MMT this time a year ago.The data also shows that February UK corn imports were 172.5 TMT, taking the 2013/14 marketing year to date import total to 1.61 MMT, up 45% versus 1.11 MMT at the same point in 2012/13.The German Farmers Co-operative raised their forecast for the 2014 wheat crop there by 100 TMT from last month to 24.74 MMT, although that's still a 1% fall on last year's production.They trimmed slightly their 2014 rapeseed production forecast from 5.57 MMT to 5.54 MMT, a 3.9% decline versus 2013."Plants are in an overall good condition," they said, noting that recent rain has alleviated some winter dryness concerns.EU wheat exports are finally showing signs of slowing down a little. Brussels granted 412 TMT worth of soft wheat export licences this past week, down from 585 TMT a week previously and 596 TMT the week prior to that. Corn import licences meanwhile outstripped those for wheat imports at 497 TMT this past week, up from 347 TMT a week previously and versus 391 TMT for the previous week.Total EU soft wheat exports for the marketing year to date now stand at a record 24.3 MMT, up 49% versus a year ago. Corn imports are at 11.3 MMT, a 23% rise on last season.Jordan bought 100 TMT of optional origin feed barley in a tender for Jun/Jul shipment.
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Java Regex
The Java Regex serves as an API to define pattern for searching strings.
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java.util.regex package
It provides classes and interface for making the regular expressions. The Matcher alongwith Pattern classes are widely used in java regular expression.
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Conformational Changes and Aggregation of Alginic Acid as Determined By Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Insight into the conformations and aggregation of alginic acid was gained by measuring its diffusion coefficient at very dilute concentrations using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Both the pH and ionic strength (I) had an important influence on the diffusion coefficient of the polysaccharide. For pH, three effects were isolated: (i) below pH 4, the charge density decreased causing increased aggregation; (ii) between pH 4 and 8, a molecular expansion was observed with increasing pH, whereas (iii) above pH 8 some dissociation of the polymer was observed. Increasing I from 0.001 to 0.1 M resulted in a ca. 20% increase in the diffusion coefficient. By coupling these measurements to molar mass determinations obtained by size exclusion chromatography and monomer size estimations determined from ab initio calculations, it was possible to determine the radii of gyration via de Gennes renormalization theory. From diffusion coefficients and radii of gyration obtained as a function of ionic strength, persistence lengths (total, electrostatic, and intrinsic) were calculated from the Benoit−Doty relationship.
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Keywords: polymer conformation ; pH ; Ionic strenth ; Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy ; Alginic Acid ; Aggregation ; ab initio
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wparser – PhantomJS based website parser
At the moment, I'm working on final exam and my topic is called "Modeling relation between technical parameters of web page design and its aesthetics".
For one part of that project, I've needed a parser which will automatically pull some data from received list of urls. For this purpose, I've wrote PhantomJS based website parser called simply wparser. I've published that parser on Github since I thought that someone else can also find it useful and that maybe I can also get some experience from the community.
Anyway, feel free to go check it, report me about bugs, send me pull requests, give me some tips or whatever else you want.
Personal top music lists in 2012
Once again, it's the end of the world…I mean…it's the end of a year, and we all love to look back somehow, to remind ourselves about the good things, good music, and everything good that happened during the whole year.
Before I've even started to write this list, I was thinking that in last two years I'm listening much less new music then I was listening before. Maybe it's because I have less time, maybe it's because there's not a lot new music that satisfies, maybe it's because of satiation, maybe it's something else…who knows. Well, never mind, regardless of that, I still have some great records to share with you. Some new (from this year) and some old that I've recently discovered. Lists are below and there's no any order at all (beside concerts – those are listed by dates).
Top music records (released in 2012):
Baroness – Yellow & Green
Xaxaxa – Siromašni i bogati
Debeli Precjednik/Fat Prezident – Bruto slavo / VBK
Hot Water Music – Exister
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Alleujah! Don't Bend Ascend
Japandroids – Celebration Rock
Propagandhi – Failed States
Teenage Bottlerocket – Freak Out!
Damir Avdić – Mein kapital
Forgetters – ST LP
Top music records (discovered in 2012):
Damien Jurado – Caught in the Trees
Vic Chesnutt – North Star Deserter
the Arteries – Dead Sea
For Against – December
Bob Mould – The Last Dog and Pony Show
Red House Painters – Songs for a Blue Guitar
Top concerts in 2012:
Damir Avdić @ Kino Šiška, Ljubljana
Des Ark @ Menza pri koritu, Ljubljana
Hanson Brothers, Invasives @ Orto bar, Ljubljana
Bridge and Tunnel, Full of Hell @ Menza pri koritu, Ljubljana
Good Riddance, Boysetsfire, Adolescents, 7Seconds, Debeli Precjednik @ Punk rock holiday, Tolmin
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Dirty Three @ Kino šiška, Ljubljana
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Learning web design – machine learning school project
With a colleague, I'm working on a school project (within "Machine Learning" class) named "Learning Web Design".
For our current task, we need arbitrary number of people to vote for websites designs. We've made a simple web app that lists 500 of websites that need to be reviewed. Currently, there's around ~142 websites left for review, so if you have few minutes it will be awesome if you can help us.
Application is hosted here: http://moonleerecords.com/lwd/
Task is simple. Click on a listed website (since preview is not working currently), check structure and design a little bit and vote between 1 and 10. There's also few other instructions mentioned on website.
*** I know that it doesn't make sense that arbitrary number of random people is giving votes, but hey, it's like that and just the way it is ;)
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Get countries – World `countries` in MySQL or XML format
After my post from yesterday evening, WordPress analytics are telling me that almost 13,000 views (mostly from Hackernews) have seen that post in less then 24 hours. I don't know about you, but for me, this is pretty amazing, and I'm very thankful.
To prove you that, I've made an upgrade to my script, and now you can get world countries in MySQL or XML format – hope you'll like it.
I would also like to mention that you can suggest (in comments) any additional ideas, or that you can even implement it right away, push it to Github and send me a pull request.
Get countries program | @Github repository
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World `countries` – database table for MySQL
So today, I was buzzing around and searching for a `countries` table script that I could use in MySQL database. As you can imagine, it wouldn't make any sense to add all world countries into database table one-by-one.
I've found few interesting things around there, but all of those solutions were not flexible and were created for individual projects – and when I say that, I mean that some of those tables have only two columns (like country code and country name), some of those have 3 columns, and some of those have bunch of columns (that are probably not useful to many developers).
Anyway, after checking some of those solutions I came to idea that I could make something on my own – something that will be flexible and customizable. And the result was GetCountries "program" where you can select which columns do you want, click "Get it!" and the program will fetch "fresh" results from Geonames API and will generate you a SQL script. After that you can copy/paste that script and eventually change column names.
Hope someone will find that useful.
GetCountries program | code @Github
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Propagandhi interview from 2007
Since Propagandhi has released a new album called "Failed States", I've remembered that, few years ago, I've made an interview with them – for a Dead Space webzine that was active back then. I've found this interview, I'm looking at it and can't believe to some of my questions, but hey, people change, and this was 5 years ago :) Anyway, I would like to share that interview with you so here it is.
Propagandhi, we all know it's great melodic hardcore punk band from Canada. This interview was made (answered) on april 24, 2007. The interview was made by mail, answered by Todd. Enjoy.
Hi Todd and Propagandhi, as a first question I would ask you to present the Propagandhi to the people in Croatia. And if you want, can you tell us your age and how many years is each of you playing (instrument that you play)?
Hello, Perić! It's nice to talk to you. Well, I (Todd) Am 33, I'll be 34 next month. Chris and Jord are 36 and Beave is 28. Chris and Jord have been together for 18 years or so. I've been in the band for 11 years; Beave has been with us for about 8 months. I'm on bass. Chris is on guitar, Jord is on Drums, Beave is on Guitar.
And one more thing. can you tell us something about your past bands (I now that before Propagandhi there was also some other bands that you guys were involved)?
Well, Beave was in a band called Giant Sons which was really good. I was in I Spy and Swallowing Shit. I Spy did a 10″ split record with Propagandhi in about 1992. G7 has since released both bands recordings.
When did you start the "G7 Welcoming Committee Records" and what was the primary reason? Of the band members, who is active on project "G7 Welcoming Committee Records", are the whole band helping in this?
G7 was started by Chris and Jord. Jord quit about 5 years ago. Chris and our friend Derek Hogue do the label now. It was started to introduce interesting bands with good ideas to the public. Perhaps drawing on a bit of Propagandhi's following a bit.
For the new album you made a joke where you said that Chris Hannah has left the band and that the new singer and guitarist is Glen Lambert; where did you get an idea for this and why? I think that a lot of people were assured that this is true.
Haha. Yeah, that was kind of a spur of the moment thing for a laugh. I like how everybody was so concerned about Lambert and his mental health. haha.. NOFX even wrote a song pitying the guy. haha..What a world! We played that up pretty good to get kids mad at Lambert.
The music that you playing on "G7 radio" is different one from another. are you listening a lot of kinds of music? I saw that there is punk rock, hardcore, old school hardcore, crust, rap,. Who are your favorites (bands)?
My favorite bands are SNFU, Razor, Sacrifice, Dio, Fates Warning, real old C.O.C. etc.. I also like a lot of African music such as Gigi Shebawbaw, Salif Keita etc. I love them.
I don't know how much, but it has past a lot of time since you have been on tour in Europe. When are you planning European tour again?
Right now we have no idea when we'll be back there. I hope we'll be back soon.
Would you like to visit Croatia, maybe and Pazin(our small town)?
We'd love to come to Pazin sometime!
If it's not a secret, can you tell me/us how much money are you asking for a gig (on tour in Europe)?
Every show changes in regards to what we get paid. we keep the shows reasonably cheap and then see how many people can attend the show, how much a countries currency is worth, what's the state of the economy, what is a reasonable price to charge etc. then we take it from there.
Do you have a contract with the Fat Wreck or is it just verbal agreement?
We just have a verbal agreement.
I am asking because you are releasing album every 5 years approximately, and the other bands on Fat Wreck (like Lagwagon, Lawrence Arms, Strung Out,.) are releasing their albums every year, every two years or three years maximum, so I think that you maybe don't have contract with them, that you are releasing your stuff when you want (that you are totally free in this way)?
Yeah, we do whatever we want with ourselves. Hah. I guess those other bands feel like two years is a good amount of time to get their songs together. We wouldn't be ready in that amount of time. We're trying to be a little faster this time around.
I heard your live "Curse of the MTV punks". do you have always conflicts with the "punks" that simply don't understand what are they fighting for, and even what are they try to say?
I'm not sure what that "Curse of the MTV Punks" is, to tell you the truth. But to answer your question; punks are just a crossection of general society these days so we don't tend to agree with or enjoy most punks. haha. but I can't say we really are in conflict with them. We just go about our business. I hope I'm too old to be in conflict with punks. ha. I'm too busy engaging in undercover espionage.
Except band and record label, do you have some other job like "ordinary" people?
Haha.. Today I say no in about a month I'd have to answer yes, unfortunately. Jord and Beave both have jobs. Me and Chris are trying to hang on to the good life. Having said that Chris and I do work really hard and do not sit around wasting our time. We are geared towards being productive and self sufficient. This plan is, however, now taking a bender. haha..
Are you guys vegans or vegetarians? Are each of us in band supporting that way of living?
We are all vegans. We all have to believe in the lyrics and songs we're playing. Veganism is an extension of our quest for justice and liberty it is a very important aspect to the band.
I think that this thing means a lot to you, so I'm asking.
You are correct, Perić!
What do you think about internet?
It's product of globalization but it's also very useful thing. in the sense of D.I.Y. propaganda.
The internet is good and bad. It connects people and is a good way of knowing what's going on in the world and helps people gets their stories and ideas out to each other. On the other hand it can also be a big waste of time and there are a lot of freaks out there taking advantage of others using it. These people would exist with or without it, though. The internet is probably more good than bad at the moment.
Where are you recording your albums? I think I was reading that you are recording some stuff by yourself?! Are you paying your albums by yourself or is it Fat Wreck financing you?
Heheh.. Fat financed our last record which is why we owe them money. haha.. Recording is an expensive, life squeezing rip off. We might record the next record ourselves. We did most of the last one ourselves. Chris is getting really good at recording that shit.
On your website, and in your lyrics I can see that you read a lot of stuff, a that you know a lot about the war in Iraq, about testing products on animals,. and a lot of other stuff that you won't see on the TV, or in the newspapers. I would like to ask you. do you know something about Croatia? About our fuckin' bad politics, war that was here in the beginning of the 90's and other stuff?
Yeah, I've read quite a bit about Croatia and the war. I also have some Croatian friends here in Winnipeg as well. Actually Elizabeth Neuffer who wrote my favorite book about the war was killed in Iraq recently covering that war. I would love to go to Croatia and see the country for myself. I have heard it is also very beautiful.
What do you think about marriage? Is it necessary or unnecessary?
I don't really care too much. It's up to the people who are getting married to decide what it means for them. If it is something that makes them happy then go for it. I've seen it backfire quite often. haha..
Is it someone from Propagandhi in marriage?
None of us are married. Who would marry us? A Troll covered in dogshit? haha..
I'm asking all this because my opinion about marriage is that marriage is unnecessary, because if you love someone you don't need a "contract" for that.
I tend to agree but whatever. Some people like the ceremony or the acknowledgement, or more likely the gifts that go along with it. haha…
On your website, I saw an interview when one guy wrote you a word association, so I'll do the same now. I would write you few words (associations), and you tell me first thing that comes to your mind?
-LP (I mean on gramophone record, not Linkin Park ;)) – Razor, Shotgun justice! I wish I had that LP. Haha.
-Minor Threat – bald kid, white shirt. Pretty good.
-Coca-Cola – makes your teeth stick together. Makes you feel like shit.
-Straight Edge – I wish I could get a long, clear plastic ruler.
-Fanzines – Jord and Chris were interviewed in their favorite zine, "Navel gazing" hahaha. Inside joke, for my own amusement.
Somewhere in August, or September 2002, there were some rumors about Propagandhi gig in Zagreb, in club Attack. Do you now, what happened with this, why this gig wasn't maintained?
This was just a rumour. I wish it was true! We had no plans.
Are you still going to the punk/hardcore gigs? Still supporting underground and diy bands, buying diy records (tapes, cd's, lp's,.)?
I don't buy many new cd's or anything. I don't download them either. I go to shows sometimes. I'm pretty busy and get up early so I tend to miss a lot of them. I guess we try to support smaller bands by taking them on tour or having G7 help them or whatever. If a band I'm into comes to town I go watch them for sure. Actually, me and Chris traveled about 2000 miles to see Sacrifice! I listen to my old records every day. I tend to like non western music better these days it seems to have more heart or something.
Commercialism has ruined my quest to find good underground bands. I don't know where to look anymore. Most bands end up disappointing anyway when they sell out after two years. haha..
So, this is it. We made it finally. Do you have something else to mention for the end, someone to say hello, something else? I hope I will see you live, soon of course.
Well, I guess I'd like to say that I hope we'll make it out to Croatia sometime soon. Now that we've got a good buddy named Perić to contact maybe this will happen. I hope we'll see you all in Pazin. At that point I will say hello to you in interviews. Until that time I really have no friends to say Hello to! hah.
Todd, thank you a lot!
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Jinx (Hardcover)
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Archie Comics proudly introduces the first book of the new graphic novel series: "Jinx."
Written and drawn by the award-winning team of J. Torres (writer), Rick Burchett, and Terry Austin, Li l Jinx has now grown up and is headed for high school
"Real, not ideal...
Jinx has just finished her last summer of middle school and is getting ready for her first day of high school. She can t wait to see her friends all of the friends she's hung out with since she was a little girl. There's no reason for any of them to start acting weird, like, not want to sit with her at lunch, or want to date her or anything...right? It's not like everything changes in high school...is it?
About the Author
J. TORRES won the Shuster Award for Outstanding Writer for his work on "Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Love as a Foreign Language" and "Teen Titans Go." He is also the writer of the Eisner Award-nominated "Alison Dare" and the YALSA listed "Days Like This" and "Lola: A Ghost Story."
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"Charming and realistic." --Comic Book Resources
"To read Jinx is to take in a delightful breath of fresh air--two big lungfuls of hilarity and heart." --Sean McKeever (Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane)
"J. Torres and Co. have created a timeless, stylish YA story." --Brian Wood (Demo)
"I love Jinx--her stories, her look, and her mismatched collection of friends. A lively and sympathetic look at the ups and downs of being a teenager." --Brigid Alverson, Good Comics for Kids (School Library Journal)


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Cycling without age, and apparently without limits
This is about the best way to head into the weekend that I can think of: inspired. I was originally going to show a different video to start off with, but after seeing this, there was no contest. There is nothing more that needs to be said by way of an introduction, other than, if you would like to be inspired to embrace life, there is no better solution than the combination of movement and servitude. If you can spare 15 minutes, you'll not regret listening to Ole Kassow telling you about how much Cycling Without Age has affected everyone it touches.
There is, quite simply, nothing in this world quite like the simple act of riding a bicycle that brings colour and depth and clarity to ones life, with such ease.
Moving from inspirational to the inspired, I recently came across this clip from Chris Akrigg. He takes the crazy, high-production and totally insane trials riding from the likes of Danny Mcaskill and Martyn Ashton but takes it back to nature. This has more of the simple feeling of a kid who grabs his bike, heads out the back door and pedals his brains out through his neighborhood trails rather than through an elaborate industrial site or completely made up set in a warehouse. On, over, and through anything he comes across – not because it is a challenge, but because he simply loves riding his bike.
Aaaaand, why not one more. Maybe you come back to this later when you have more time, but again, you get the sense that Chris isn't only about trials riding, or big tricks, or any other specific ulterior motive, but is just a guy who is so pumped to be riding a bike that he can't stop, no matter what object is put in front of him.
There. Hope you're properly inspired. Enjoy your weekend.


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UMass Dartmouth's CSCVR contributes GPU servers to enhance UMass-wide computational facility
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Center for Scientific Computing & Visualization Research (CSCVR) has contributed 120 GPU servers to the UMass shared computational cluster installed at the MGHPCC.
The UMass shared cluster at the MGHPCC is a large (~15,000) processor-core supercomputer system that serves the entire UMass system's computational scientists. From astrophysicists at the Amherst and Dartmouth campuses, to biomedical researchers at Worcester, this key central facility provides the computational resources needed to advance world-class research programs across the system. While a large number of processors is the most common way to build powerful supercomputers today; lately advances in graphics processors (GPUs) has allowed them to be used as "accelerators" for scientific calculations often delivering a speed-up of over an order-of-magnitude when used in conjunction with standard CPUs in specialized servers. Until recently, the UMass shared cluster lacked such GPU-based servers in quantity, but recently the UMass Dartmouth CSCVR has significantly enhanced the UMass shared facility by contributing part of a GPU cluster that was donated to it by a bitcoin mining investor.
The UMass Dartmouth CSCVR provides undergraduate and graduate students with educational experiences in supercomputing and fosters collaborative research in the computational sciences within the university and with researchers at other universities, national labs, and industry. Faculty at the CSCVR have long been involved in pioneering efforts to use GPUs in scientific computing. In particular, Professor Gaurav Khanna, who serves as associate director of the Center, pioneered the use of PlayStations for computational black hole astrophysics.
In December 2014, the New York Times' Laura Parker covered Prof. Gaurav Khanna's novel use of PlayStations for his computational research in black hole astrophysics in a full length article. A bitcoin mining investor read the story and decided to donate a large supercomputer to the university campus for further enabling research productivity in the CSCVR. The donated system was built in 2012 at cost nearing a million dollars and consists of 180 GPU servers installed in 10 racks, integrated tightly over a fast network. Its replacement cost today could be in ballpark of $400,000.
The donor, Daniel Driscoll of San Francisco shares his thoughts on his donation: "This past winter during my morning commute, I stumbled across an article about a research project that recently used a networked super computer modeling the physics of black holes. Having grown up in the 80's next to the shuttle launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, I remain an ardent fan of all things space. What struck me as even more interesting was how Professor Gaurav Khanna had created this super computer from now derelict PlayStation 3 consoles. Being now part of the game industry, I was all too familiar with the transition of PlayStation fans to the new flagship, the PlayStation 4, and had myself done a few experiments to understand the potential uses for the no-doubt countless number of old PlayStation 3's likely going to the trash. One such experiment involved a private venture to explore and understand the Bitcoin craze of 2013, a venture that ultimately proved fruitless but left me in possession of not just several PlayStations, but all also a large collection of what I had deemed a more effective array of server computers. Now that bitcoin has come and gone for the hobbyist farmer, Professor Khanna and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has provided me an opportunity to join those explorers I once grew up with, if only in my own small way."
The UMassD CSCVR is glad to share part of this GPU cluster with other UMass researchers to expand the impact of Mr. Driscoll's donation. Prof. Sigal Gottlieb, the Director of the CSCVR remarks on how its donation would impact the research productivity at the MGHPCC: "These computational resources will be a significant addition to the resources of the UMass System. Through this shared resource all UMass computational researchers, and their students, will benefit from this valuable computational tool as we continue to expand the scope and range of the computational problems we are attacking. We are hopeful that sharing our GPU cluster with the wider UMass community will inspire and encourage other groups in all the UMass campuses to share their research clusters as well, thus enabling more computational research across the system"
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Food mileage app
Food In Transit is a new service that aims to educate you about how far our food really travels before it ends up in our supermarkets. Let alone our plates! Some of our food is traveling half way across the world before arriving in the UK. It begs to ask the question is it really worth it just so we can have some foods all year rounds, rather than embrace it when in season. If every person who visits the site or uses the iPhone app changes just one item for a less traveld one, we would save CO2 from being released into the atmosphere. The website allows you to search and compare to find the lowest travelled item before you leave or alternatively using the app you can scan barcodes as you shop!
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Simons Special meat seasoning
susan simons
This can be used as a seasoning or a rub.I also use it when I buy fresh meat in bulk, by seasoning a family size portions of what ever meat I'm using and then vacuum seal and freeze.
- 4 Tbsp
- salt
- 1 Tbsp
- black pepper
- 1 Tbsp
- dehydrated onion flakes
- 1/2 Tbsp
- dehydrated garlic
- 1/2 Tbsp
- crushed red pepper
- 1/2 Tbsp
- dried thyme
- 1/2 Tbsp
- dried rosemary
- 1/2 Tbsp
- dried fennel
How to Make Simons Special meat seasoning
- 1Measure all ingredients into a ziploc bag, seal and shake until throughly blended. Store in cool dry place. Shake on meat 10 to 15 minutes prior to grilling, baking, or broiling.
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Create a new table in PowerPoint and you'll find that it already includes some sort of default formatting — more often than not, you'll find that the table already has Banded rows and the Header row highlighted. While PowerPoint decides to turn on some of these Table Options, there are some that you must manually enable. All put together, you can play with 6 distinct options that let you control the way through which table elements can be made to stand apart. You can find these options within a group called Table Options.
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Heritage walk through monuments in Mehrauli Archaeological Park, 27 Mar 2011
As always the Mehrauli Archaeological Park reflected the changing colours of season. The bougainvillea was in full bloom and lent a splash of bright colour on a landscape which is almost wild. Our heritage walk started from Balban's tomb, one of the most important buildings in India, architecturally speaking. It is the oldest building in India to use the true arch in its construction. Before this, our artisans had some trouble erecting domes. Such small corbelled domes and their remnants can be seen in the Qutb complex even now. Just before the tomb is an open area, which happens to be a recently excavated archaeological site. It revealed a stone flooring, a few rooms and a few graves; probably part of the residential settlement which is little further ahead on the heritage trail. In Balban's tomb, his own grave is no more extant. But we do have a grave in the adjacent chamber which is believed to be of his favourite son, Khan Shaheed. Khan Shaheed died young fighting the Mongols. It is said that Balban, who was notorious as a strict and ruthless ruler, died in grief at the death of this very son. The tomb also has a bit of plaster decoration left which gives us an idea how it might have looked like originally. Along the tomb is a residential settlement which is dated to about 17th century. Our next stop on this heritage walk was Jamali Kamali mosque and tomb. The 16th century mosque is a great example of Indo-Islamic architecture and the tomb has often been described as a jewel box! The bright decoration in plaster and tile is of its kind in Delhi. Just north of the tomb, begins the famous 'dilkusha' of Thomas Metcalfe, the aptly named Metcalfe's folly greets us from a mound! Then comes the carriageway, the dovecot converted into a boathouse and the tomb made into his residence! The tomb belonged to Muhammad Quli Khan, who worked under Akbar. It is said once Metcalfe purchased it, he removed the sarcophagus and replaced it with a billiards' table! The last stop on this heritage walk was the spectacular Rajon ki baoli. The way the levels of the step well are revealed to the approaching visitor is breathtaking! It is currently undergoing conservation work.
(posted by Kanika Singh, team member, Delhi Heritage Walks & pics by Vinay Kumar, a regular at our walks)


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Can you remember back long enough to recall Detroit being king of industry, or Pittsburgh being the home of steel? Things change, don't they? A year or so ago Dr. Gary Maxey, a member of Mount Pisgah UMC here in Atlanta, shared with me a study he was working on in terms of the impending global shift of Christianity.
Dr. Maxey, founder and then President of West Africa Theological Seminary, shared telling research that revealed that the migration of the heart of Christianity was en route to new central hubs, China and West Africa.
Christian Europe, once the bastion of the faith, was becoming increasingly more secular and North America was beginning to show signs along the same trend. According to a study just released referenced by Dr. Bill Bouknight in the latest Confessing Movement Happenings epage, (Research Corporation for Science Advancement shared at the American Physical Society Meeting in Dallas), this global shift in Christianity is gaining momentum and making Dr. Maxey an excellent prophet.
According to Bouknight's article Christianity is dying in Australia, Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland. This past Sunday more Anglicans attended church in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda than did Anglicans in all of Canada, Britain, and and Episcopalians in the United States combined. More Christians church attended worship in China (who had no churches in 1970) than in all of Christian Europe combined. And there were more Roman Catholics in worship in the Philippines that in any single Roman Catholic country in Europe including Italy or Spain. Wow!
So where is America in all this? Better yet where are we in all this? The move of God cannot be stopped and I praise God for His move in Africa and China, but at the same time I beseech God for a wake up call for America and Europe.
What can we do? Praise God that at Mount Pisgah we are on the upswing with God and are seeing great and marvelous transformation by the Holy Spirit. We can also simply live the Christian faith out in the family, workplace, and community we are in and be disciples of Jesus who are making disciples of Jesus. Bottom line, Christianity has always been a generational model and we need to live in that responsibility. God bless you today with joy in living out your faith in Christ in service and generosity!


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I'm also sharing some more tips on buying hair extensions online!
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Have you successfully installed this on more than one WFE server? I'm about to experiment with this now and looking for confirmation that it works, and whether or not there are any particular steps required to install in a sharepoint farm.
When developing and testing the solution I used a single server WSS 3 install. I never tested in a multiserver depoloyment. But since the activites are packaged in WSP Solution that deploys as Web Application feature, you could try following the generic
instructions for installing those in a farmed configuration. I will be interested to hear feedback on this.
hey Guys,
Ive tried to do this, What I found though, is you need to copy the wsp file across to the 12/template/features directory of every server in your farm before trying to deploy.. otherwise you get an error with deployment which will require you to
restart the servers..
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I ran across this recipe as I was looking through recipe books at Barnes and Noble. I adapted it a bit, to my taste and I think it turned out pretty good!
Here is what you need for a family of 4:
1 TB cornstarch, 1 cup milk, 1/2 box of Rotini (or noodle of choice), 4-5 TB parmesean, 1/2 cup sour cream, steamed broccoli (optional), mushrooms (optional), 2 TB butter (not pictured)
Step 1: Start boiling your water for your pasta, cook as indicated on package and drain.
Step 2: While pasta is cooking, start your sauce! Mix 1/2 cup milk and 1 TB cornstarch until blended. Add 1/2 cup sour cream, 3 TB parmesan cheese and 1 TB butter, mix and heat until warm. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Step 3: Steam your broccoli. I use fresh broccoli as much as I can. It is so much better than frozen, and I can get my daughter and husband to eat it that way as well!
Step 4: Preheat oven to 350 and butter your dish.
Step 5: Make biscuits/garlic bread. If you have never had bisquick's garlic cheddar biscuits, you have to try them! They are about $1.25 for the bag and it makes about 10 biscuits. They taste just like Red Lobster's biscuits! Yum!
Step 6: Mix your pasta, sauce, steamed veggies and mushrooms in your buttered dish. Sprinkle with more parmesan, and add a few dots of butter. When I first mixed the sauce in with the pasta, I was pretty disappointed. The sauce seemed to have separated and wasn't creamy looking. After cooking, however I was pleasantly surprised!
Step 7: Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until sauce is bubbly.
Step 8: Serve with biscuits or garlic bread and enjoy!
This recipe was okay, but not a favorite. My husband, however did go up for 2nds! I am picky when it comes to cream sauce. Besides this recipe, most of the cream sauce recipes I have found have been expensive and hard to make. I don't love this one, but I may play with the recipe until I do!
Let me know if you have had success with a different cream sauce recipe.
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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Why the HTC U11 is the best phone HTC has made
The HTC U11 is out. Its official and we got our hands on it for some time. Even if you are a skeptic of the squeeze functionality, I have reasons to believe that the U11 is by far the best phone HTC has made and one to definitely consider as your next.
HTC BoomSound has come a long way
Since the introduction in 2013, HTC BoomSound has been a benchmark in smartphone audio experience. In the U11, the whole phone is an acoustic chamber. HTC has managed to create both highs and lows with their set up. Sound radiates from within and is pointed towards you giving you a more balanced and loud sound without many distortions.
In addition to external sound, HTC's bundled in USB C to 3.5mm adapter has a built in DAC. It offers a lot of the benefit of the internal DAC. Its even been bend tested over 10,000 times.
HTC U11's camera is one of its best
The Camera on the U11 is much improved. It has a higher DXOMark score than the previous HTC 10 device that got 88 (just a little shy of 89 that the Google Pixel has -also made by HTC). While that looks good on paper, HTC hasn't just worked on the final image. It has aligned every Android Camera API with the camera to give the most native camera experience that takes full advantage of Android Camera in a way that should allow you to capture pictures quicker. When you press the shutter button, it takes the picture instantly and what you see in the viewfinder is what you get in the image. This level of integration was much appreciated on iOS and the U11 matches that.
The camera also takes 4K videos as well as 120fps videos. It has 4 microphones that allow you to take a much wider "3D sound" along with the ability to zoom the microphone to focus at the point where you have zoomed in.
Squeezing the phone feels natural
It makes sense to be skeptic of the squeeze feature but in my usage of the U11, it actually works. What makes more sense to me is the usage of pressure and ultrasound to grab feedback on the sensors. That should enable you to squeeze the phone even under water and while wearing gloves. HTC calls this Edge Sense.
HTC will slowly reveal more of the capability of the squeeze hardware as time comes. For now, it is limited to single press and long press (err, squeeze).
Voice Unlock
Voice recognition is accurate if done well. This cognitive service does authentication on the device and doesn't rely on a server. Which means its secure and would work even without internet. On top of all, you can get contextual responses using Google Assistant by just your voice.
Amazon Alexa
HTC's bet on Amazon Alexa sounds better than investing in their own (eg: Bixby). There are a lot of Echo enabled devices that are coming to market soon, and I feel the Amazon Echo integration will be in our benefit.
The downside for this region is were not really sure if this will be available in the Middle-East.
Its better than the U ultra
We've almost lost hope when the overpriced HTC U Ultra launched. Apart from the U Ultra having a lot of wasted space, it really didn't move anyone and offered very less with a lot more gimmicks and compromises than actual improvements. A lot of the mistakes in the Ultra have been addressed and the U11 feels like a phone well thought of.
I feel the last point is important as it symbolizes that HTC still wants to be relevant and is doing its best with their latest U11 flagship. It doesn't have a curved screen or even a near bezel-less screen. In addition the design and colors might be too flashy for you. At the end of the day, that's a personal preference and the design team at HTC decided to go this way. However, as a phone I think HTC has done their homework and are focused on making their phone perform really well and do best in what they do – make good phones.


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Richard Jones is a nationally acclaimed entomologist, a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and of the Linnean Society of London, and past president of the British Entomological and Natural History Society.
He has been fascinated by wildlife since a childhood exploring the South Downs and Sussex Weald after plants and insects. He now writes about insects, wildlife and the environment for the likes of BBC Wildlife, Gardeners' World and Countryfile and has regular radio appearances on programmes like Radio 4's Home Planet and Woman's Hour.
He is author of several books on insects and wildlife including: Create Ponds, Attract Wildlife and Control Pests (Impact Publishing and Henry Doubleday Research Association, 2004/2005), Nano Nature (Harper Collins, 2008), Beekeeper's Bible (HarperCollins, 2010), Extreme Insects (HarperCollins, 2010, now in paperback).
In Mosquito one of the award-winning Animal series (Reaktion Books, August 2012) he recounts the sly history of mosquitoes' relationship with mankind, and their transformation from an annoying, but trivial, gnat into a dark and serious disease-carrying menace that kills 700,000 people a year.
On a lighter note, The Little Book of Nits was published by Bloomsbury in May 2012. Head lice are on the resurgence, but almost everything you think you know, or have been told, about these tiny irritating little blighters, will almost certainly be wrong. And his other blog Nit Heads, is all about the wonderful world of head lice. Scratch. Scratch.
He also writes an award-winning blog on wildlife at www.gardenersworld.com (no head lice there yet, but plenty of other creepy crawlies). Cats get the occasional mention too, much to the distress of some irate gardeners. And don't mention fox dung.
He lives in South London and haunts Nunhead Cemetery, Sydenham Hill Woods and the Horniman Museum. Here's an interview in The Independent.


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Eating healthy can be a challenge in today's fast-moving world—trust me, I know. I'm studying for a graduate degree in the evenings while working a full-time job during the day. Between work and class, sometimes I barely have time to think about cooking a fresh and healthy meal.
Today's Thursday 2Go features a breakfast dish you can make ahead and keep refrigerated for up to a week or frozen for a few weeks. Eating a healthy and nutritious breakfast ensures that you have a solid foundation to face the day. Beat the morning rush with this recipe.
Thursday 2Go: Wheat Berry Cereal
Wheat berries are used to produce whole wheat flour, but offer many more nutrients in their whole seed form. Because wheat berries are unrefined, they retain nutrients and fiber that processed wheat products do not have. My favorite type of wheat berry to use for this breakfast cereal is called Khorasan wheat, or commercially sold as Kamut
My recipe here uses Khorasan wheat, but you can use regular wheat berries in the same way.
Bring two and a half cups of water to boil and add in one cup of your grain in a medium-sized sauce pan. I soak my Khorasan berries overnight to reduce cooking time, but it's not necessary.
After two minutes, reduce heat to a simmer for around 30 to 40 minutes, or until berries are chewy but not tough. It's important to be flexible with cooking times when cooking with whole berries, as it can vary depending on the type you use. After about 25 minutes of cooking, you can begin to taste a few pieces to taste for readiness while you leave it simmering on the stove. Because wheat berries take a while to cook, the most time-efficient way to cook these is by the batch. One dry cup of wheat berries creates four servings.
I store my cooked grains in the fridge. In a separate container, I store washed and chopped fruit for my mix-ins.
In the morning all you need to do is scoop your wheat berries and favorite fruit into a bowl, mix and enjoy!
My favorite combination is chopped pear and raspberries.
Now that you've got a healthy and filling breakfast in your stomach, you'll be ready to face the new day ahead.
What types of breakfasts do you eat to start your days?
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text: I pulled him out of preschool, just got tired of their bs. I can't believe the change in V. He is SO happy, a lot easier going. He is even kind and will purposely do nice things for me and Sweet Pea (when Partner is at school during the day). No problem with saying "bye" when his Dad goes to work or when V goes to work with him. Seriously?? It had gotten so bad, we were reading a social story on how to say good bye (and why we say bye) every day. This afternoon, he climbed in truck with a single "bye Mom, see you later". No tears, not screaming, etc. On the other hand, now that I have more time with him (almost) one on one. I become more aware of his lacking skills. Poor little guy: he does not register anything. He asks the same questions over and over. Don't recall new words (we are learning about hatching eggs and our new incubator. It's still the "egg thing" or the "machine" to him). It's like the world is so confusing for him. People's name are impossible to remember. I'm hoping that patience and lots of repetition will allow him to learn more and be ready for Kindergarten? :/ But it is really nice to see how relaxed he is. The good weather is here, and he spends lots of time outside playing with dirt, sand, gravel and just getting dirty. The other day he picked up my hammer, asked where he could use it and spent about 10 minute pounding the gravel driveway. I could just see how he enjoyed it. Just being allowed to be himself. How is my wild and dirty child ever going to fit in school?? A child who does not like words but still wants to learn and understand? A child who needs to experience with his hands? A child who gets distracted by every noise and smell around him? A child who can not look at the big picture and gets lost in details?


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D-day anniversary. Normandy, France.
GV Ouistreham beach. CU Water coming over rocks. GV Ranville Cemetery. Pan to show graves. CU Gravestone. CU Grave. Pan up to gravestone. SV The cemetery. GV Parade lined up at Ouistreham. SV British troops lined up. GV V.I.P.s lined up looking at parade. In centre of group is British Ambassador Mr. Soames. SV Pan troops march past. GV Of sign, "Pegasus Bridge", pan to show bridge. SV Board quoting what took place at Pegasus Bridge. GV Mass crowds round memorial for wreath laying ceremony.
SV Christopher Soames, with other V.I.P.s. GV as Christopher Soames walks towards memorial to lay wreath. AS Memorial. GV Christopher Soames standing at base of memorial after laying wreath. SV British paratrooper saluting. GV Other V.I.P.s laying wreaths. Pan up to memorial. CU Soames shaking hands with French old comrades. SCU Ditto. SV General Sir Richard Gale walking along the bridge. SV Madame Gondree whose husband George Gondree died a month ago presenting bouquet to General Sir Richard Gale. SV The two people embracing each other. GV Deserted beach.
D-day anniversary. Normandy, France.
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Here's a little video Dr. Brady Haran, creator of the highly popular YouTube channel Sixty Symbols, was kind enough to put together to demonstrate our work on "little swimmers". Most of my word fumbling was edited out, thankfully.
When asteroids hit the Earth, sometimes a tektite is formed. When a physicist puts molten candle wax in a magnetic levitator and spins it, sometimes said physicist makes an "artificial tektite". Lindsay Brooke, media relations manager at UoN made this video to demonstrate the experiment.
The Rayleigh-Taylor instability is a fluid phenomenon that occurs across all scales, from filament growth in supernovae, to hindering the efficiency of energy extraction from some forms of fusion, but you'll most likely have only come across it when adding milk to coffee. In essence, when a heavy fluid rests atop a lighter one, it is unstable. The top fluid sinks while the bottom rises. They get around ecah other through the growth of a surface wave, that develops into plumes. This is difficult to set-up reproducibly as the fluids want to switch places well before you've got a nice two-layer system. We got around this problem using magnets, and set the experiment up so the top layer is lighter (and so doesn't sink), but is also more attracted to the magnet that the chamber is descending towards. We then showed that rotating the chamber slows - but does not halt - the growth of this magnetically induced instability. Whether this is a useful result is for the theorists to work out, I just did the experiment!