text: On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, David Ramirez wrote: > Due to space constraints I am considering implementing a 8-node (+ master) > HPC cluster project using small form computers. Knowing that Shuttle is a > reputable brand, with several years in the market, I wonder if any of you > out there has already used them on clusters and how has been your experience > (performance, reliability etc.) I've built a cluster of 80 nodes, which will turn 5 this month. Using Shuttle SB75G2, supports ECC, has a GigE on board (Broadcom) and the power supply is more than enough for the CPU (PIV Northwood 3.2GHz), one SATA HDD, a low power and performance graphics card (there's no on board graphics unfortunately) and an extra GigE card (Intel E1000). The decision for adding an extra NIC was not due to problems with the Broadcom chip, but simply to have dedicated networks; the Broadcom is able to do PXE just fine and this is the way these nodes have booted since setting them up. I was pleasantly surprised by the reliability of these computers. Given their tightness, they require attention and good skills when building them, f.e. using good quality thermal paste to avoid local thermal problems and routing cables to avoid transport thermal problems. About 70 of the 80 are still running well today, most of the failed ones stopped working correctly after the 3 years of warranty so I didn't make much effort to find out what is wrong - the main problem being instability under combined CPU and I/O load. Of course, when RAM and HDDs failed and were easy to recognize as causes, they were replaced as needed. As I wrote earlier on this list, the main disadvantage of such SFFs is the lack of IPMI support. There is no serial console support in the BIOS, so changing BIOS settings is a pain. Power control can be achieved with a PDU, but I didn't choose this way because I knew that the nodes should be always up and I wouldn't have to press the power buttons too often ;-) Another thing to keep in mind is that, due to their tightness, they are quite sensitive to the external temperature - if the A/C fails, expect a sharp raise in internal temperature, so setting up monitoring, both environmental and for the builtin sensors, is recommended. Good luck! -- Bogdan Costescu IWR, University of Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Phone: +49 6221 54 8240, Fax: +49 6221 54 8850 E-mail: bogdan.costescu at iwr.uni-heidelberg.de


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EventGhost runs on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10. You can get EventGhost from the download page.
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In 15 short weeks, Berkeley MBA students Robbie Bhathal, Juan Sanchez Morales, Brandon Yahn, and Vince Yang, all MBA 12, were charged with researching three industries–rubber, rice, and shrimp–for a new venture in a region that none of them had ever visited. Then, when they arrived in that region–southern Cambodia–their real adventures began.
Before leaving, the students homed in on shrimp farming as the most lucrative business and believed their client, the D.K. Kim Foundation, should acquire or partner with an existing farm. However, when they arrived "in country," the students were surprised to find only small, rudimentary farms in muddy marshlands. The shrimp farms they had learned about on the Internet had failed.
"That threw a wrench in our initial plans," says Yahn. "We had assumed there was already some intensive farming with pond systems like in Thailand and Vietnam."
So the team shifted gears and took a more entrepreneurial approach. After investigating past failures, the students advised their client to develop a new, more technologically advanced shrimp farm with the help of outside experts. "You have to be sure to create partners on both sides of the supply chain and look outside the country at experts who have done this to see if you can bring in their expertise," explains Yahn.
The Cambodia team was just one of 26 groups in the Haas School's revamped International Business Development (IBD) class this year to realize firsthand the importance of "in country" research for international consulting: There are just some things you can only learn on the ground.
It's a lesson that IBD has been teaching Haas students for more than 20 years. Since its launch as one of the few international consulting programs at a top business school, IBD has dispatched more than 1,000 MBA students to more than 70 countries.
This year, however, IBD was completely retooled to satisfy the school's new experiential learning requirement and better develop students into leaders who can drive path-bending change.
"In the past, students met with mentors and in groups for very focused project preparation," explains Adjunct Professor Kristi Raube, IBD's new director. "Now we are bringing more academic content into the course."
For instance, Haas partnered with Deloitte to create sessions on project scoping, hypothesis-based consulting, and storytelling. Several speakers from inside and outside Berkeley Haas also helped better prepare students for their projects, leading classes on everything from writing business plans to conducting interviews to travel safety.
Like all of the school's experiential learning courses, IBD was integrated into the new innovative leader curriculum. It closely built on the skills and knowledge that students gained in core courses such as Finance and Strategy as well as the school's new Problem Finding, Problem Solving (PFPS) course.
Problem Solving in Saudi Arabia
The students drew on Haas coursework to organize a four-day business skills workshop for local women. After interviewing nearly two dozen women, the team used brainstorming techniques, dot-voting, and two-by-two matrices from PFPS to condense their findings and identify four needs in the community that a center could address.
"Problem Finding, Problem Solving was hugely helpful. I'm not sure how we would have tackled that project otherwise," Alexander says. "We probably would have had a few unproductive arguments."
Like many IBD students, Alexander also talks enthusiastically about how IBD gave her a unique view of another culture. "Having hosts and a project really enabled our team to get a feel for a culture that we never could have gotten otherwise," says Alexander, noting Saudi Arabia does not grant individual tourist visas.
During the IBD trip, a Saudi woman was arrested for driving a car. Yet, what surprised Alexander most about the culture was the women's optimism, despite such restrictions.
"I perhaps unfairly expected these women to be pessimistic and aware that things weren't as good as they could be and accepting of that," she says. "That wasn't the case at all. They are so optimistic about the future. The school had a palpable energy. It was an exciting place to be, and it was really clear these women are motivated and making things happen."
Raising Their International IQ
Students typically enroll in IBD to expand their consulting or international experienceor both.
"I wanted to get international exposure," says Sami Abou Saab, who is originally from Lebanon and had never visited New Zealand before his IBD trip there for client Biocode. "I wanted to see what it's like to work in a country other than the States."
Biocode, which makes software for biology researchers, asked IBD for recommendations on new product development. Abou Saab brought computer engineering experience to the challenge, but the project opened a new world to him as his team investigated markets such as academia and museums.
Similarly, Lily Chou, MBA 12, had never worked internationally–or traveled to India–before she interviewed villagers and health care providers in rural areas there for IBD.
World Health Partners, a nonprofit that creates health service networks in India, asked Chou and her team to develop financial sustainability metrics and new ideas for revenue generation.
"This was my first time in the field actually interviewing," says Chou, who has previously worked on quantitative market research in emerging markets. "I realized how challenging it was, trying to gather accurate information, working through translators, and dealing with a different culture."
Repeat Clients
IBD clients have been just as satisfied as IBD students.
After hiring an IBD team in 2007, the D.K. Kim Foundation employed two IBD teams this year to work in Cambodia: one to create a plan for a vocational school and the other to develop a plan for a business to fund the school (the shrimp farming project). Dong Koo Kim, who created the foundation to support international students at U.S. schools (including Haas), has been very pleased with the students' work.
"They investigate very deeply," says Kim, a longtime Haas donor. In Cambodia, "it's very difficult to go and get the information... because the information is not organized."
Kim says he also believes students are more willing to take a broader look at issues and change a project's scope than local consultants.
Haas Highlight
IBD alumni, meanwhile, repeat the same refrain, calling the course a defining experience that they will never forget.
"That was definitely a highlight of my time at Haas," says Peter Lemieux, MBA 01, a documentary photographer, who took the Cambodia photos in CalBusiness. While at Haas, Lemieux traveled to Mexico to advise an orphanage that produces goat milk, cheese, and soaps on expansion plans.
"We basically landed and dug right into it. That's what was so much fun," says Lemieux. "It wasn't about teamwork in a classroom that was contrived. There was really something material at stake." –Ronna Kelly


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Hello all - I test drove a Model S earlier this week, and needless to say was blown away. I am currently seriously contemplating putting a deposit down :-).
As I was browsing through the forums a couple of days back, I came across a link to an excellent post explaining how to get the best / maximum range - unfortunately I cannot seem to locate it and was hoping someone can point to the link. Thanks in advance.
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Vermont, like the United States, has a government of laws, not of men — what Abraham Lincoln called "of the people, by the people and for the people."
It's an ancient idea, one that dates back at least to the time of Aristotle and Plato, more than 300 years before Christ. It was a keystone of the American Revolution. In Britain, the king was the law, but Thomas Paine wrote that, "in America, the law is king."
Maybe Armando Vilaseca and the municipal officials of Hartford, Vt., should brush up on the principles of democracy.


text: Danone Soars as Stronger Dairy Sales Accompany 900 Job Cuts February 19, 2013 05:02 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Bloomberg Email The giant yogurt maker foresees "negative" business conditions in Europe being more than offset by emerging markets. Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Danone, the owner of Evian bottled- water and Activia yogurt, rose the most in almost three years in Paris trading after fourth-quarter sales beat estimates and the company announced plans to cut 900 jobs in Europe. The shares gained as much as 5.5 percent to 52.97 euros, the steepest intraday advance since May 2010. Like-for-like sales increased 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter, exceeding analyst estimates of a 3.7 percent gain. The sales growth helped ease concern over weakening demand for dairy products in southern Europe as consumers shift to cheaper private-label alternatives. Danone, which gets more than half its sales from dairy products, said it will cut about 4 percent of jobs in Europe, or almost 1 percent of its total workforce, as part of a plan announced in December to reduce costs by 200 million euros ($267 million) over two years. The stronger sales "might indicate that we may be close to a turning point," Warren Ackerman, an analyst at Societe Generale, said in a note to clients. A 0.4 percent increase in the quantity of dairy products sold was the main reason that revenue beat estimates in the quarter, he said. Danone stock traded 4.9 percent higher at 52.64 euros as of 3:26 p.m. in Paris trading. Nelson Peltz, the billionaire activist investor, said in November that his Trian Fund Management LP owned a 1 percent stake. The jobs being eliminated comprise both management and administrative positions in 26 countries across Europe, the maker of Actimel yogurt drinks said. The plan is being presented to the company's European Works Council today. The cuts follow calls by Peltz for management to pare costs and focus on cash returns. The investor, who has helped bring change to companies including H.J. Heinz Co., Wendy's Co. and Family Dollar Stores Inc., has also urged Danone to avoid costly takeovers. Danone Chief Executive Officer Franck Riboud declined to comment today on whether the two sides have met. A spokeswoman for Trian also declined to comment. Danone studies all acquisition opportunities that arise, Chief Financial Officer Pierre-Andre Terisse said on a call with reporters today. He had no comment on Nestle SA's plans to divest assets after its acquisition of an infant nutrition unit of Pfizer Inc. The French company said it would like to expand its collaboration with Yakult Honsha Co., though it has "no intention" of making a hostile bid to increase its 20 percent stake in the Japanese milk-drink maker. 'Profitable Growth' Danone forecast like-for-like sales growth of at least 5 percent this year, with "negative" business conditions in Europe being more than offset by emerging markets, which account for more than half of the company's revenue. The operating margin will probably narrow by 30 basis points to 50 basis points amid rising raw-materials prices and promotions on some products. Profitability is expected to improve in the second half of the year compared with the first six months and then stabilize in 2014, it said. The impact of raw-material costs is growing and they are expected to rise at a low-to-mid single-digit pace this year, according to Danone. The 2013 guidance "should be enough to underpin the current consensuses and we expect little change to estimates," Alex Smith, an analyst at Espirito Santo, wrote in a report. Net income from continuing operations rose to 1.82 billion euros last year, from 1.75 billion euros a year earlier, the company said. The average estimate of 28 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg was 1.81 billion euros. The operating margin narrowed 0.5 percentage point to 14.2 percent, while sales rose 5.4 percent on a like-for-like basis, exceeding 20 billion euros for the first time. Like-for-like sales at the dairy products unit rose 1.3 percent in the fourth quarter, with higher prices adding to the volume growth, the company said. Revenue from Danone's bottled-water business increased 8.5 percent in the quarter, helped by increased demand in emerging markets. Sales of baby-nutrition products climbed 12 percent. Back to news


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This Positive Life: Life After Being Cured of HIV
September 5, 2012
Welcome to This Positive Life! We have with us Timothy Brown, known to the world as the "Berlin Patient" or the first man cured of HIV. Timothy was diagnosed in 1995 at age 29 while studying and living abroad in Berlin. Yet the worst had yet to come. In 2006, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Enter Dr. Gero Hütter, who introduced the novel idea of transplanting stem cells from an HIV-resistant donor and the rest is history. Today, Timothy is HIV negative and continues to protect himself from becoming reinfected. He is an active HIV advocate and has even established the Timothy Ray Brown Foundation, the first and only organization with the sole mission of finding an HIV cure.
Olivia Ford: Can you start by describing how you found out you were HIV positive, originally, and where you were at in your life at the time?
I thought living in Europe would be good. So I decided to move to Barcelona and started looking for jobs as an English teacher, and found one at a summer camp. That was fun. It was pine nut season, and we had to teach outside, with blackboards and picnic tables. The kids would pound on pinecones to get out the pine nuts. That was very distracting, so it was practically impossible to actually teach.
Then I made a lot of money there and I was supposed to meet friends in Prague. But I wanted to stop in Berlin, first of all. So I went up to Berlin. This is back in the days without cell phones, except those huge ones. But I didn't have one because they were very expensive.
My friends were supposed to call me, but never got a hold of me. So I ended up staying in Berlin for a month. I met somebody, and he came down to Barcelona to visit me. Then, through a series of incidences, we ended up moving into this place in Berlin. So that's how I started living in Berlin the first time.
At that time, I worked for the British military, at first as an assistant chef (only chopping vegetables and things like that, nothing big), and then, eventually, as a waiter at a hotel for British military people and their families. I did that for a while. Then I met somebody else, and we ended up moving.
I decided to go back to Berlin and try to get into university there because universities are basically free in Germany and they love foreigners, which kind of may sound strange considering the history.
I went back there and started working on learning more German, took intermediate German courses, and passed those. Then I was told that I had to do this course of studies, which were math, history, macro- and microeconomics. There were all sorts of things in German because the students were from all over the world. I did that and that allowed me to get into university. I applied in Berlin, and also Potsdam, which is right next to Berlin. I got into what's called Freie Universität, which means "Free University," in Berlin, and started studying there.
While I was finishing up the course of studies -- that was in 1995 -- I tested positive for HIV.
Olivia Ford: This is while you were studying in Berlin, doing this course of study.
Timothy Brown: Yeah.
Olivia Ford: How did you come to be tested?
Timothy Brown: I had been tested in Seattle the last time, in 1990, before I left. Didn't get tested for a while. Then a friend of mine who I had had sexual intercourse with, told me that he tested positive. He thought that I should go get tested. So I did and my test was positive.
Olivia Ford: What year was this?
Timothy Brown: 1995.
Olivia Ford: How old were you at the time?
Timothy Brown: I was born in 1966, and that was --
Olivia Ford: Twenty-nine?
Timothy Brown: Yeah, 29.
Olivia Ford: What did you think? And how did you feel when you first heard that you were HIV positive?
Timothy Brown: It was horrible because at that time it was basically a death sentence. And my doctor wanted me to start treatment immediately, because my CD4 cells were down pretty low.
The whole time I was in Germany I had access to health care. When I did start taking HIV medication, at first, it was Retrovir (zidovudine, AZT) alone. I was very afraid of AZT because I knew that people had died from the medication itself, apart from dying because of the disease. And I didn't want to take it.
She convinced me to take low doses of AZT. So I took that for a while. Then luckily a miracle happened in 1996 and the protease inhibitors came onto the market. So I was able to take those. Several medications came on the market shortly thereafter, and I was able to take those. I did very well on the medication for years, for 11 years. I actually did take a drug holiday for about two years. I had thought of suggesting that to my doctor, and he actually suggested it to me on the day that I wanted to suggest to him that I do it. And he said for about six months, which turned into about two years, before I needed to take the medication again.
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text: World Dairy Expo Announces 10K Facebook Fan Winner August 23, 2012 07:56 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email World Dairy Expo recently named Caylei Arnold of Hartford, Connecticut as the 10K Ultimate Fan Giveaway winner. The contest was created to celebrate and thank the 10,000 Expo Facebook fans. When Expo reached this 10K milestone, the fans were asked to answer "What is the world's greatest dairy show?" Thousands responded with the correct answer – World Dairy Expo! From those who answered, the winner was randomly selected. The winner, Caylei Arnold, holds a degree in Animal Science from the University of Connecticut. She became involved with dairy cattle during her freshman year in college. She quickly fell in love with dairy animals and joined the UConn Dairy Club. Since 2010, she has shown registered Holsteins and Jerseys for John & Ashley Collins of Powder-Mill Holsteins & Jerseys in Enfield, Conn. After Caylei won, she commented, "I have never been to World Dairy Expo but I have spent the past several years tuning into ExpoTV online to catch a glimpse of the shows! I am so excited to arrive at Expo and experience it for the first time." The contest prize includes three nights at The Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor's Club, $100 Purple Cow Gift Shop shopping spree, $100 worth of Food Fight Restaurant meals in the Madison area, $50 Gift Certificate for Downtown Madison area retailers, two World Dairy Expo Season Passes, a gift basket from the Greater Madison Convention and Visitors Bureau, daily lunch at World Dairy Expo from the Expo Bistro, Badger Dairy Club Cheese Stand and GEA Ice Cream Stand and preferred seating for the Supreme Champion Ceremony on Saturday at Expo. World Dairy Expo will be held October 2 through October 6 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The 2012 theme is "Market Fresh" and over 65,000 guests are expected to attend from more than 85 countries. Two thousand, five hundred head of North America's finest show cattle will compete for the coveted Supreme Champion award, more than 850 exhibiting companies will display their latest innovations and thousands of dairy professionals from around the world will meet at the 2012 Expo. Visit www.worlddairyexpo.com Back to news


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Buying a new home can seem overwhelming. But knowing what to expect – and having a knowledgeable team of real estate and mortgage-lending professionals to assist you – can help make finding and financing your home an exciting and rewarding experience. Here is a basic overview of the home buying process:
1. Obtain a mortgage preliminary approval before you begin house hunting.
2. Work with your real estate agent to find the right home.
3. Make a purchase offer on a home you like.
4. Complete the loan application process.
If you have already obtained a mortgage preliminary approval, contact your lender and let them know you have a contract on a home. Your mortgage consultant will update your loan application and help you to proceed with the home financing process.
5. Have the home inspected.
If you choose to have a home inspection, hire a professional home inspector after the offer has been accepted to provide an in-depth look at the basic systems of the house, which can reveal safety hazards and give you a chance to reconsider the deal.
6. The home will be appraised.
An appraisal, required by your mortgage lender, is a formal, written estimate of the home's current market value.
7. Obtain title insurance. (where applicable)
Title insurance guarantees the property you are purchasing is free of liens or confusion in rights of ownership, and it also insures against any losses to the property that result from defects in the title or deed.
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Doodle Earth has proved to be one of Conquer Club's most popular and also most controversial maps. It only has 18 regions, and therefore is very small when compared with other much larger maps available to be played. Despite popular outcry from a number of higher ranked players, the map was quenched and since then it has proved very popular for short sharp games, especially 8 player doodle earth assassin freestyle speed games (known as "assdoodles") where each player only begins with 2 regions resulting in games finishing in under ten seconds.
How to play Doodle Earth
Similar Maps
Players who like small maps with fast play may enjoy these other Conquer Club maps:
- Luxembourg - 19 regions, 6 bonus zones, and starting neutral regions.
- Madagascar - 24 regions, 6 bonus zones, no special features.
- Egypt: Lower – 20 regions, 5 bonus zones and autodeploy bonuses.
- Duck and Cover – 24 regions, 5 bonus zones, bombardments and double dipping.
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Los Angeles this week began a process that could end up protecting Verdugo Hills Golf Course from controversial plans to build hundreds of homes after the City Council voted unanimously to review the site of a former internment camp for possible status as a historical monument.
L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon, whose district includes the golf course, put forward the motion on Monday, sending the matter to the Cultural Heritage Commission, which will review the site and come back with a recommendation on whether to designate the site a Historic-Cultural Monument.
Alarcon issued a statement Tuesday acclaiming the City Council's decision, which he said came at a critical juncture for opposing the threat posed by the development.
"I strongly believe that a housing development would be inconsistent with our goal to preserve the legacy of the Tuna Canyon Detention Station site," Alarcon said, adding that the designation "would allow us to protect this important piece of our history."
During World War II, the federal government converted the former Civilian Conservation Corps camp — where the golf course is now located — into the Tuna Canyon Detention Station.
The camp was "a gateway to internment," for civilians of Japanese, Japanese-Peruvian, Italian and German descent taken into custody after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, according to Alarcon's office.
Residents and several local officials have been trying for years to keep the golf course from being developed. The proposed development by Snowball West Investments would include 229 single-family homes, to be located on about 28 acres of the 58-acre golf course, with the rest of the land being converted to open space, according to the draft environmental impact report filed with the city of Los Angeles in 2009.
If the golf course were to be designated a historic site, demolition or alteration would require permits from the Cultural Heritage Commission.
At Tuesday's meeting, attorney Fred Gaines, representing Snowball West, told the council that because the developer was already undertaking an environmental impact report, further review was unnecessary.
"This motion and this case is a complete waste of time," he said. "You can have all of this process and waste all of this time and the city's resources, [Snowball West's] resources, to get to the same place you're already at."
Residents have previously tried to prevent development through failed attempts to rezone or buy the land outright with grants and government funding.
"This space must be preserved, documented and protected," Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council representative Krystee Clark told the L.A. City Council. "It is important for the stories and the memories of the men who were detained here to be remembered."
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text: Dimitri Batten led with 14 tonight Rick Voight Middle Tennessee Defeats Monarchs, 64-48 February 01, 2014 By ODU Athletics Final HTML Box ODU-MTSUbx MURFREESBORO, TN—ODU's Dimitri Batten scored 14, Aaron Bacote 13 and Richard Ross added 11 points, but the Blue Raiders of Middle Tennessee defeated the Monarchs, 64-48 Saturday night at the Murphy Center led by Shawn Jones with 20 points and 10 rebounds. The Monarchs are now 10-12 overall and 4-3 in conference USA, while MTSU improves to 15-7 overall and 5-2 in the league. The Monarchs jumped out on the Blue Raiders in the first half with an 11-4 lead as Richard Ross scored six points during that stretch, capped by a trey from Aaron Bacote. MTSU would go on a 10-0 run and after two Kerry Hammonds free throws led by three, 14-11 with 9:50 left in the half. MTSU would talk a 29-24 lead into halftime, but the Monarchs rallied to cut the lead to one at 33-32 with 16:18 left in the game on a layup by Dimitri Batten. Shawn Jones then answered with a basket for a 35-32 lead. MTSU would then outscore the Monarchs on an 8-1 run for a 43-33 lead with 12:56 left to go after a Neiko Hunter jumper. The Monarchs got it down to six at 43-37 on a Batten jumper, but would get no closer. ODU shot .333 (16-48) from the field, while MTSU was .512 (22-43). Jones led the Blue Raiders with 9-for-11 shooting from the field. The Monarchs outrebounded MTSU, 34-31 as freshman Denzell Taylor led with eight, while Jones led MTSU with 10. ODU returns to home Thursday to host UTSA, then on Saturday host UTEP.


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8 Pieces to Use As a Home Bar
We've been watching a lot of Mad Men lately, and although (thankfully) the Don Draper regimen of five cocktails a day is no longer considered par for the course (if it ever was), we do think it's nice to have an at-home bar ready for those times when you want to mix cocktails for a dinner party or a nightcap.
Plus, those fifties-era home bars just look cool. If you're thinking of setting up your own home bar, here are a few ideas for where to stash it.
• 1 Credenza bar from Martha Stewart
• 2 Console table bar from Alex's Granny Chic
• 3 Tea cart bar from Anne's Rock n' Roll Loft
• 4 Secretary bar from Sarah and Steve's Attic Aerie
• 5 Suitcase liquor cabinet from VanityCase
• 6 Bookcase bar from Theresa's Jumpstart Project
• 7 Wall-mounted bar from Pottery Barn
• 8 Folding bar table from Ballard Designs
Photos: Martha Stewart Living, Rachael Grad, Janel Laban, Sarah Coffey, VanityCase, Theresa, Pottery Barn, Ballard Designs


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Pregnancy is an exciting and physically demanding time. There are so many changes happening in your body all at once. But while many mothers-to-be anticipate the sleepless nights that will come once the baby is born, many are unprepared for the sleeplessness they experience during the pregnancy itself. One reason for this is that changing levels of hormones (primarily estrogen and progesterone) can affect your sleep patterns.
Hormonal swings during pregnancy aren't the only culprits. Physical symptoms, such as body aches, nausea, leg cramps, fetal movements, and heartburn, as well as emotional changes, like depression, anxiety, and worry can interfere with sleep. And unfortunately, these sleep–related problems may become more prevalent as your pregnancy progresses.
First Trimester (Months 1-3)
During the first trimester, your body is working hard to protect and nurture your developing baby. The placenta (the organ that nourishes the fetus until birth) is forming, your body is making more blood, and your heart is beating faster. High levels of progesterone are also produced, increasing feelings of sleepiness. Indeed, many women sleep more than usual during their first trimester of pregnancy. Unfortunately, more doesn't necessarily mean well. There are 3 common sleep stealers during your first trimester:
- Frequent urination—This is because your body produces 30%-50% more blood while you are pregnant, and your kidneys need to work harder to filter the additional volume. Also, as your baby grows, there is increased pressure on your bladder, causing you to need to go more frequently.
- Progesterone—While progesterone makes you sleepy, it can also disrupt your sleep, leaving you feeling more fatigued during the day. So, indulge your busy body and take catnaps whenever you feel the need.
- Getting comfortable—Always been a stomach sleeper? Tender breasts during your first trimester may make you reconsider. If possible, try learning to sleep on your left side. Many doctors recommend you begin learning to sleep on your left side early in your pregnancy, so that by the time you are in your third trimester, the position feels more normal for you. This allows maximum blood flow to the fetus, improves kidney flow, helps reduce swelling, and reduces the amount of pressure on your liver. Another reason to avoid sleeping on your stomach is to avoid putting pressure on the fetus.
Second Trimester (Months 4-6)
During your second trimester, progesterone levels continue to rise, but more slowly. This allows for better sleep than during your first trimester. Your growing baby moves above the bladder and decreases the pressure on it, thereby decreasing your need for frequent visits to the bathroom. You still may not be sleeping as well as you did before you became pregnant, but you're less exhausted and many women report having a general sense of well being during their second trimester.
Progressing heartburn will be more of an issue as the stomach and esophagus becomes displaced. It may be more of a problem if you are sleeping on your back.
Third Trimester (Months 7-9)
The third trimester is when you may experience the most sleep disturbances. As your pregnancy progresses, you'll likely find that lying on your left side with your knees bent will be the most comfortable sleeping position. Common causes of sleep disturbance in the third trimester include:
- Frequent urination—It's back. Your baby is growing, as is the pressure on your bladder, requiring you to run for the bathroom once again.
- Leg cramps and backache—Aches and cramps in your back and legs are often the result of the extra weight you are carrying.
- Shortness of breath—Your growing baby may also increase pressure against your diaphragm. This may cause you to feel slightly short of breath and uncomfortable when you are trying to sleep.
- Heartburn—Heartburn may continue to progress during the third trimester as the growing baby presses on the stomach.
- Dreams—Some women experience very vivid dreams, even nightmares during their pregnancy.
- Stress—Stress can interfere with sleep as well. If you are feeling worried about your baby's health, or the changes having a baby will bring to your life, remember that these feelings are completely normal.
- Snoring/sinus congestion—Many women who have never snored before may begin doing so at some time during their pregnancy. This is the result of increased congestion/swelling in the nasal passages. If you develop symptoms of sleep apnea (loud snoring and periods of stopped breathing during sleep), you should talk with your healthcare provider.
- Restless leg syndrome (RLS) —Some women may develop restless leg syndrome (RLS) during their third trimester of pregnancy. Symptoms of RLS include crawling or moving feelings in the foot, calf, or upper leg.
If you have any concerns about symptoms you are having, make sure you talk to your healthcare provider to see if they are normal or a sign of a problem.
Sleeping Tips
Because you're pregnant, over-the-counter sleep aids, including herbal remedies are not recommended. However, there are some things you can do to improve your chances of getting a good night's sleep:
- Reduce your intake of caffeinated beverages.
- Drink lots of fluids during the day, then taper off before bed.
- Try to avoid eating a large meal just before bed.
- Avoid foods that cause heartburn. These depend on the individual, but may include fried foods, dairy products, and spicy foods.
- If heartburn is a problem, elevate the head of your bed.
- Use your bed only for sleeping or sex.
- Try going to bed and getting up at the same time every day.
- Exercise regularly if allowed by your healthcare provider, but avoid rigorous exercise just before bed.
- If you're having trouble with nausea, try eating frequent bland snacks (like crackers) throughout the day.
- Learn relaxation techniques.
- Nap as needed, but keep them short. Long naps during the day may ruin your night's sleep.
- Try putting pillows either between your legs, at the small of your back, or both.
If you still can't sleep, try reading or catching up on correspondence. Eventually, you should feel drowsy enough to fall back to sleep.
- Reviewer: EBSCO Medical Review Board Michael Woods, MD, FAAP
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Hello Dr.Elizabeth,I know that we need to take food frequently, but the question is what is the best period between the meal and/or snack?? thanks.
The amount of time that is best between a meal or snack will vary depending on the size and content of meals and snacks, individual needs, and in some cases, certain medical situations. Some people prefer to eat smaller meals with a snack in between, while other prefer to have three meals only. The best guide is to eat in response to feelings of true hunger and need to eat. Establishing a regular meal pattern will help your body to become hungry at regular times so that you can plan your meals and snacks. Including fruits and vegetables in your meals and snacks will help you to feel more satisfied after meals and snacks and will help to prevent feelings of hunger too soon after eating.


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In 2007, for the first time in human history, 50 percent of the global population lived in urban areas. The United Nations predicts that this figure will rise to 69 percent by 2050. A significant part of this urbanization is taking place in developing countries as a result of natural growth within cities and large numbers of rural–urban migrants in search of jobs and opportunities. Rapid urban growth tends to overwhelm developing cities, where there is already a struggle to develop infrastructure.
I have lived in Lagos, Nigeria all my life. Lagos city is the economic capital of Nigeria with the country's higest population density at 4,193 people per square kilometer. The U.N. estimates that the population of my city will hit 16 million by 2015 making it the worlds 11th largest urban system.
A combination of official neglect, corruption, extreme poverty coupled with rapid, largely uncontrolled, population growth has led to the decay of Lagos' existing city infrastructure, which determines how livable a city is. Specifically, the human waste (sewage), water and sanitaion systems are largely inadequate. The infrastructure is poorly organized and not controlled. It is common to see drinking water pipes pass through open drainage systems. At times, these systems receive human waste as a result of locals opening their septic tanks into them or the tanks leaking. The city does not treat all of the human waste generated by millions of individuals every day. This waste is emptied directly into the Lagos lagoon. The urban poor are affected the most. Because the drinkable water infrastructure is so poor, many Lagosians depend on satchet water, local water vendors, private boreholes or expensive water filtaration units for their the daily domestic and sanitation needs.
Storm water infrastructure is also improperly managed. Lagos is a coastal city and vulnerable to flooding from rising sea levels and from storm surges. The rainy season is a nightmare to most city dwellers as floods destroy roads and other infrastructure. Commuting during rainy is unthinkable.
In July, Lagos experienced heavy rain fall. Storm water overwhelmed the poorly designed drainage and canal systems which were already choked with refuse. Twenty-five people lost their lives and the city came to a halt. Both rich and poor were impacted. The event was blamed on climate change, specifically the rise of the Atlantic Ocean.
These types of challenges should propel us to creating a more livable city. I see Lagos as a combination of systems, an infrastructure that should make the city move, produce and become sustainable. I believe going back to the basics of urban design can help us solve challenges associated with climate change.
In my work as an inventor, I retrofited a conventional septic tank into a biogas plant. A biogas plant produces a combustible mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, which can be used as a green energy source. I see city infrastructure working the same way. I envision a scenario where we combine the street grid system, water management system and energy systems to create clean water for Lagos. I call this "waste water teatment linked to clean water provision".
Assuming Lagos city has 80 streets, the streets can be divided into 10 units of 8 streets each. The septic tanks of 8 streets are linked to a central waste system or biogas plant. The biogas produced is used to run gas engine pumps that generate water from boreholes which is then be circulated back to consumers in the streets. So we have 10 community units, working in a decentralized, closed fashion, independently treating their own waste water, generating green energy and providing clean water.
The system above mitigates climate change by using up methane, a greenhouse gas produced normally from human waste. The system qualifies as a clean development mechanism and can be used to sell carbon credits as a source of revenue for Nigeria. Raw materials and man power are locally available and sourced. Using this model of compact urban development would also help pave the way for proper road construction and the facilitation of waste collection. It's a decentralized system that's easy to monitor, control and fix.
Tackling climate change in a city like Lagos needs to be achievable and sustainable. In addition to environmental protection it should also promote poverty reduction.
Re: Biogas Production Plant Feasibility
Livestock Farm
call me
Clean Water
affordable anaerobic/aerobic digesters for biogas/water sanitati
Moving the Water
Biogas Solve Problems
Hi Obayomi, it is good to
Little by little is often a
Little by little is often a better option. If Obayomi's proposal is done; we have more efficiency per plant; more jobs (at least per area); easier management. The energy generated can be sent to substations in the area.
Nigerian student studying Chemical Engineering in diaspora (Montreal, Canada)
Appealing information you
Appealing information you have provided. It gained me more knowledge and idea. Please keep up the good because i like the way you are writing. Thanks!
Hi Visionary,
Hi Visionary,
Much encouragement for your efforts, small innovations like yours put together is what generates the big bang! I have been experimenting with some model modular housing scheme myself in which I ponder the use of self sustaining energy sources, can you elaborate more on your septic tank- to-bio gas idea, and how this works, also how oxygen is removed from the tank.
Amazing and helpful post
Amazing and helpful post
There is huge potential in
There is huge potential in Waste to energy sector across the globe and especially in India. It not only reduces dependency on Fossil fuels, but also reduce carbon footprint, effective waste disposal, and generate employment to many


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Have you been looking for a way to add some extra zest to your Photoshop images? Have you wanted to find some cool Photoshop filters but didn't want to spend any of your cash? Well, I have put together a long list of Free Photoshop Plugin along with a summary of what you will find on each of these sites. Amongst all of these sites you will be able to find 1000s of Photoshop plugins and filters so I hope that you have some time on your hands. Please comment about sites that I have missed. Have fun Photoshopping.
8bf Plugins – Free Photoshop plugins inlcuding plugins that can add an unending variety of frames to your images, filter to frame and matte your images, a texture frame filter, a plugin to add texture to frames, plugin for a transparent frame, plugin to use to allow layer beneath to show through and make a frame, adjust focus and all color values all at once, filter that adds grain or RGB noise to your images, filter that scatters your pixels, a plugin that is a transparency mask filter resembling marble, plugin that converts color to a single hue without affecting saturation or luminosity values, filter to blur only the colors of your image, not the luminosity, add a marble texture to your images, simplify your image for artistic effects, find and adjust edges for artistic effects,three median filters for image simplification and dust reduction, filter for an attempt at a watercolor wash, and many more.
Amphisoft – Free plug-in filters for Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Macromedia Fireworks, JASC and Corel PaintShop Pro, PhotoPaint and other image editors for Windows. Some of the filters include Photo Sharpen, Photo Tinter, Toadies, Photo Detailer, and a plugin set of 10 freeware and shareware plug-in filters for various special effects and general image editing.
Almathera Plugins – The Almathera plugins are free and you can create shape, bevel, halo, drop shadow, grayscale, warp, lightning and puddle effects.
Cybia Plug-In Filters – This freeware filters pack includes 6 filters with various transparency properties, 20 filters for modifying the colours in your images, 20 filters for producing edge/contour effects, 30 filters with different screen/mesh overlays, 20 filters containing simple emboss variations, 15 filters that "swap" colour values in your images, 20 filters to "blast" colours giving a strong cast, and 15 filters for producing mezzo and grain effects.
DCFilters – They have large selection of filters including ones for bricks, edger, border fade, color fade, ice, melt, pattern edit, problend, rough tile blend, and many more.
Deep Paint 2.0 – Deep Paint offers a realistic painting experience for digital artists and graphics professionals. Deep Paint intergrates stroke-by-stroke artistic photo-cloning, fully editable brush and canvas settings, and paint functionality for realistic and stunning paint effects. Experience thickly textured oils, bold acrylics, and dramatic watercolors. Deep paint simplifies your artistic workflow as a Photoshop plug-in or standalone application, with special support for the Wacom Intuos or compatible pressure sensitive pad.
Des Filtres – Site is in French but there must be a 100 filters that I believe are free.
Digital ArtShop – A large number of filters and plugins, but only a free of them are free including Greyscaler, Iridescent, Image Encoder, and Sketcher (this one isn't free but very cool).
Flaming Pear – The Flaming Pear download page includes plugins and filters including Creative Pack, Mr.Contrast, Flood, Cool Designer Plugins, Flexify, Polymerge, LunarCell, India Ink, Hue and Cry, Glitterato, Solar Cell, Photography Pack, Tesselation, Patterns, Free Plugins, and more.
Free Photoshop Plugins – You can download about a dozen free Photoshop plugins on Free Photoshop including Berthold Daum Filters, CPK Filters, Crescent Moon Filters, PNG Format Plugin, Sabercat Filters, Scribe Filters, Ripleyer Filter, Ripleyer Filter, Sabercat Filters, Scribe Filters, Ripleyer, Scan Line Plugin, Red Eye filter, and Pro Canvas plugin.
GraphicXtras – A selection of plugins for Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and other programs. Some of the free Photoshop filters include filters for tons of custom shapes, gothic effects, frames, a 14 plugin demo set, and brushes.
GoPog – Filters include Mono Renditionizer, Lab Overlayer, Variable Blurrinator, Mono Renditionizer, and more.
Harry's Filters – Harry's Filters is a free Photoshop-compatible plugin containing up to 69 different image effects. They were formerly also known under the name "VideoRave". Harry's Filters 3 lets you choose the appropriate effect without hassling through different menus and dialogs. The main effect categories are called Color, Artistic, Gradients, Patterns, Warp, Noise, En/Decrypt, Other and Nature. They include filters for changing the image color or mood, for creating artistic effects, producing colorful gradients or impressive patterns, warping images and adding special noise effects to image. Additionally they let you encrypting and decrypting images with 64 bit keys, produce zoom, mirror or paint effects as well as natural effects like lightning, tornado and polar lights.
Little Ink Spot – Little Ink Spot plugins include chalkoholic for a chalk effect on your photos, Thredholder which find edges on photos making a cool sketch like effect, and xpose plugin which is for effects such as contrasts, shadows, underexposed, pefectly exposed and balanced, washed out look, enriched and more.
Luce – Plugins for light effects.
Mayhem Studios – 4 free Adobe Photoshop filters to download including filters for red eye removal, a filter for repetitive tasks, a filter to sharpen your photographs, and a guides action that finds the center in a snap.
Mehdi Plugins – Free Photoshop plugins include Absolute Color Blots, Color MegaMix, Contrast Balance, Curves, Edges Fx, Equalizer, Eraser Classic, Eraser Genuine, Fine Threshold, Fur, Gradient Smithy, Grain Natural, HSL Plus, Julia World, Kaleidoscope, Local Equalization, Melt, Projection, Posterizer, Quick Mirror, Seamless Border, Sorting Tiles Vibrations, Wavy Lab, and Weaver.
Mezzoforce Plugins – Lite versions of the Mezzoforce plugins are free including Mezzoforce Ice, Mezzoforce PainterTool, Mezzoforce Metalyzer, and Mezzoforce WaterColors.
MV's Plugins – A collection of Photoshop compatible plugins that are free to download including filters for correct chromatic aberration and purple fringing, a 3D color analysis tool, a filter to eplace specific color (even gray), a plugin to manage images with high dynamic range Debarreller, a plugin that is sort of histogram stretching, a plugin to fill an area by interpolation from neighbor pixels, a tool to undo color clipping in overexposed regions, a plugin for pre- or postprocessing for panorama stitching, a plugin that is a variant of "Fill" Perspective, a plugin to tilt and pan your image, a fun tool to distort images, a filter for red eyes removal, a tile puzzle creator, a filter that is a kind of a healing brush, a plugin to compensate or apply vignetting effects, and a filter for sharpening without halos.
NameSurpressed Photoshop Plugins – These plugins are free for only 21 days, so it is up to you whether or not you want to thry them. These products include the Softener soft focus plugin, Plaid Lite for seamless plaid patterns, and Autochromatic for sepia & color effects
Phillip Spoeth Plugins – Here are a few Photoshop plugins, one of them creates cool patterns, one of them creates a 3d rendering wire effect, distortions efffect, and one that creates a dot grid…very cool.
Photoshop Filters Factory – About 400 free Photoshop filters. This is the largest collection of filters available for Photoshop, they are all free and made with the Filter Factory module (provided with PS) by various authors.
Photoshop Scripts Plugins – A Spanish site with freeware filters. The plugins are called Watercolor, B&W, drawing, Dream, Threshold, Tone Effect, Splash, High-Key, Dynamic Color, Convolution Draw, Graduated Filter and Center Spot.
Photo-Plugins – These seem to be high quality Photoshop plugins including these plugins – B/W Conversion, Selective Saturation, Local Contrast, High Pass Sharpen, Soft Focus, Lens Correction, Contrast Mask, and Gradient Blur.
Plugin Site – A large selection of plugins / filters including filters for color correction, contrast, exposure and saturation of photos, filters for sharpening photos, plugin for performing shadow/highlight, lighting and color-based corrections, a mosaic plugin, illumination plugin, a plugin a tool for B/W conversion, for creating traditional B/W effects and for enhancing B/W photos, a collection of free plugins for performing usefull photo manipulations and effects, a page curl plugin, star field, diffuse, rippled glass, cave edge, jungle edge, curved edge, cutline edge, quad feedback, tunnel feedback, space worm, dragon's tail, butterfly, plate, wall, RGB saturation, erode En/Decryption and cross En/Decryption, frosted edge, zebra stripe, gradient sky.
Richard Roseman – Many very good Photoshop filters here including 3D Sphere Generator, Color Bar Generator, Scanlines Generator, Grid Generator, Grain Generator, Diffuse Glow, Spherical Mapping Corrector, Lens Distortion Corrector, Diffusion Effects, Halftone Patterns, Pixelate, Tiler, Pinch Distortion, Squarify Distortion, Evaluate ( it can perform more than 50 different image processing operations ranging from color replacement, color inversion, color swapping, greyscale conversion, color clamping, color multiplication and division, color trigonometrical mathematics, pixel blurring, pixel grain, and much, much more. Any of these effects can be applied to specific color ranges, specific luma ranges, specific color channels or any combination of any of these and more), Portable PixMap, Superformula Geometric Shapes, Solid Border, Smart De-Interlacer, Ultimate Artist Aggravator, Lens FX, and Pixel Quantification.
Sloshifiers – If you have photoshop or one of those other programs by adobe that supports photoshop plugins, you can download the photo killers plugin. it contains many effects of the photo killer, but they are not all exactly the same. For example, irradiate is a lot worse, and grapeify is just a "fake" because the real grapeify is too complicated for photoshop, apparently. But, the filters do run a lot faster on photoshop It containsirradiate, advanced gray, advanced gray2, change dark shoes, change shoes, drunkenness, fat dead, grapeify, humanoid, invert color, irradiate, kindofinvert, pastelize, please clayify, space chalk, stress test, true black and white.
Easy Filter – Free plugins including color curve correction, and an image color adjustment plugin.
ULead Free Plugins and Goodies – Free Photoshop goodies including the filters for digital tie-dye by creating multi-color patterns swirls and backgrounds, a plugin for 8 natural particle effects for images and selections – smoke, fire, bubbles, clouds, rain and mor, a plugin to take any image or selection and warp, distor, and twist it into surreal patterns, and also a plugin that changes DV Type I format video to DV Type II.
VanDerLee – Inlcudes both free and commercial Photoshop plug-ins. The free ones includes plugins that generate realistic camouflage patterns in Photoshop, render harmonic waves, add realistic night-goggle and imaging distortion to images, render falling snowflakes, confetti and other particle effects in Photoshop, and a plug-in to cover any landscape or object in snow.
Vector Plugins – This page is in Japanese but the plugins are still usable if you speak English. The plugins include 13area, 1stImpact, 3DTile, Adjuster, Alchemist Pro, Ancient Paintings, BambooCraft, Bedlam, Bokassher, ButColor, ButtonMagic, ClassicalGold, CoolColor, CrazyTile, CuteMozaic, CycloidDistortion, DeftMove, DemonishCell, DemonishSkin, Eloquency, Embossher, Enhancer, EqualLevel, FillHarmony, FireWork, FlowerFrame, FlushIt, FoolishStripe, Gingum.
Verlag Martin Koch Plugins – A small collection of Photoshop plugins that can dither, cleanup, create halftones, and create lines (only the lines and dither filter are free).
Virtual Photographer – Download the free Photoshop plug-in that's getting rave reviews from digital photographers. virtualPhotographer lets you instantly apply high quality, professional photographic styles to your digital images, with just one click. virtualPhotographer includes over 50 presets that automatically apply combinations of film grain, color modification, B/W, soft focus, high contrast and many artistic effects to achieve the same professional-looking images that used to take hours of photo editing. Get results in seconds!
Xero Graphics – Free Adobe Photoshop filters including filters that create starburt effects, monochromes, Oil-painting effects, snowflakes and manic mandalas, sparkles, twinkles, blobs, glowing mistification, conversion of a layers to grayscale, lithography effect, moonlit nights, porcelain, foliage effects, skycleaner, grain effects, modern art effects, cubism artistic effects, illustrator artistic effects, fog filter, clean up noise, artistic 'wash' effects, ultraviolet effects, duochrome two-colour tinting effects, emphasis or de-emphasise selected colours, fuzzifier, de-noising and sharpening, lineart 'graphic art' effect, pastel art effect, image texturiser, tweaker for shadows and highlights, abstract art, painterly effects, pixellation, iridescent metallic sheens, virtual studio lighting, touch of romance for portraits, graphic poster effects, vignette effects, and titanium metal effects.
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"If a woman's reproductive function confined her to the domestic scene, it was her sexuality per se that kept her out of the public domain. … These fears conspire to produce the result we actually find: Man is a public creature, woman a private one. This withholding of women's rights in the public domain in response to the sexual threat posed to men at large neatly matches the sages' suspension of a woman's private rights in situations sexually threatening to individual men — a parallel surely not lost on the symmetry-conscious men who made these rules. In the end women play no part in the rituals of synagogue or study house, the most prestigious communal activities in mishnaic culture. Denied access to the life of mind and spirit, a woman's physicality becomes even more pronounced, and her confinement to hearth and home a self-perpetuating social fact."
Whatever the status of women in antiquity, we are engaged explicitly in providing access to the life of mind and spirit, in which confinement is ended, in which women are now physically present at public gatherings, and physicality (for women and men) normalized. Women and men may now be public creatures; men and women may choose to remain private. Consequently, we must explicitly participate in liberating women from being the object of male thought and attraction, now recognizing women as actors (not simply as objects of action) and as people (not simply as objects of lust, to be protected, concealed, or preserved in accordance with some male's reaction, nor are men portrayed as sexually obsessed and unrestrained).


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|2011-02-06, 20:18
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Anime cliche that you hate, with a good reason
Anime cliche, like movie ones can be awesome or annoying, depend on people who watched them. Some are awesome that worth to be seen many times. Some are jusk "OK" and only good to be seen for first few times and will get annoying after that. Some are so annoying just for the first time.
What is it?: Girls can't cook
Worst offenders: Ranma 1/2(there just too many examples for it but I picked this one because it is the show that started this cliche)
Notable exceptions: Cooking Master Boy(It takes cooking to professional way)
Variants: Boys and men who cooks better than women
What makes it popular: Teenage girls, like teenage boys, always dreamed of having boyfriends or husbands who can cook and hope that they can spend less time in kitchen or stay away from it for good.
Reason that I hated it: They aren't much things to say except girls who can't cook often portrayed too rebellious for their own good. As for Ranma 1/2, it uses this cliche only to make Akane as cute character and her mishaps are comedic but unfortunately it started a mess, many years to come.
Does the hate really worth it?: Probably yes and probably no. There is a complete aversion of this cliche: girls who loves to cook and only for moe factor alone. It is annoying as this cliche itself.
|2011-02-09, 00:23
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Lolli for loli :D
Nice thread
What is it?: LONG HAIR BEING CHOPPED OFF.
Worst offenders: Every anime under the goddamn sun just about!!
Notable exceptions: Haruhi Suzumiya looks good both with long and short hair. Haruhi Fujioka only looks good with short hair.
What makes it popular: Long hair is usually cut when a character wants to change.....but not always. I swear, people do it just to piss you off!!
Reason that I hate it: I'm just a long hair fanatic. If you have gorgeous hair, DON'T EFFING RUIN IT!! The haircut always looks so FUGLY!!!
Is the hate really worth it?: It happens way way too much to way too many characters it shouldn't and they almost ALWAYS lose their charm so I think so!!
*hate hate hate*
|2011-02-09, 02:06
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For some reason I have a deja vu on this thread. But I don't want to waste my time searching to necromance, and this seems to focus on a single cliche per post instead of a list, so:
What is it? Anime trying for original ideas.
No seriously? Well, of course we want to change things up a bit, but the new "original" is more "outrageous," such as magical girls fighting with chainsaws. Original, huh?
Worst Offenders: No specific anime example, but girls with way too interesting weapons in general. One example that comes to mind is "Go go Rubber Duckies!" (and some of you will know what I'm talking about).
Notable Exceptions: Haruna (Zombie desu wa), Gunslinger Girl, Moetan (really nice parody of mahou shoujo), SHnY (presentation), Elfen Lied (specific to its airing time)
What makes it popular: We all get sick of girls with swords, at least some of us. We also don't want to watch the same thing over with a slightly different plot.
Reasons I hate it: It's pretty ridiculous to use your cell phone to shoot laser beams at denizens of the underworld.
Is the hate really worth it? Yes, because it's usually not one anime where everyone has ridiculous weapons, but in a good anime where one character sort of ruins the whole experience.
|2011-02-11, 17:15
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Starting to really loathe the whole Song & Dance Number that's become a huge sensation in anime recently. It's the purest form of pandering in my eyes (basically saying, "hey otaku, here's a cute girl singing and dancing, please support this "energetic" personality by buying the single and figures), often comes about in episodes out of the blue, often serves no purpose to the story, and has in the worst cases even supplanted real character development for the characters involved in the dancing scenes.
The only time I really want to see upwards of 3 minutes spent on a song & dance number during a shows run time is if the show is actually about singing & dancing or if it's going to play a big part in defining the character involved through dialogue and exposition later on. The fact that the majority of these song & dance bits usually seem to be forgotten about immediately after they've happened have lead me to refer to them as anime's own custom "Big Lipped Alligator Moment".
|2011-02-11, 18:18
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What is it?
Harem plot that just orbits male lead stupidity.Worst Offenders?
Sadly, it has become the de facto definition of a harem anime. So, yeah everything under the sun. Series like IS are just pushing it to the next frontier, to the point the main protagonist almost looks gay. Actually, maybe if he was officially gay it would probably make for more interesting plot.What makes it popular?
Uh it's not really popular; just cheap. Really cheap! It's more of a popular technique, just like filler is popular technique.Reasons I hate it?
Because even a corny explanation is better. Because the crappy male lead, typically implies even crappier backplot and that's if they don't just have X is classmate, Y is childhood friend, etc. Because female leads in this environment simply can't be anything more then one of the standard bad stereotypes we've all seen a 1000 times. Because, shit, you know he either won't end up with any of them, or pick the worst one that just happens to look pretty (on paper), never the caring one, never the deserving one, never the skilled one, never the charming one, no-no always has to be the one with the shitty attitude and problems (how else are they gonna emphasize how retarded he is). Because it's overused, and tends to creep into what should be technically "serious stories" mind you I'm not against series like IS that are designed to be watched with your brain off, but still.
|2011-02-11, 18:31
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What is it?
verbal tics
Worst Offenders?
Naruto and Pokémon...
What makes it popular?
God, knows... it's annoying and stupid.
Reasons I hate it?
Didn't I already mention this...?
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|2011-02-11, 18:48
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Set it up as a typical harem anime, and then near/at the end, have the male lead eventually come out and reveal that he's gay, and that's why he wasn't interested in any of the girls, lol.
It would be a nice twist on the whole "Indecisive Harem Lead" trope, lol.
|2011-02-12, 04:41
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Have some salt
In pokemon, it would be just when almost every pokemon talks, since they can only say their own name.
Verbal tics can be pretty annoying if used in excess. Of course, nothing can compare to the verbal tic hell that is the first few episodes of Kanon. Oh god.
|2011-02-12, 04:43
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[edit] Archon_Wing damn you :D
|2011-02-12, 05:24
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I'm surprise nobody mentions this yet
What is it?
Comic-relief Best friend to Main Character.
Worst Offenders?
Er wow, where to begin? I'll just mention the latest ones- Zombie and Dragon Crisis.
What makes it popular?
I don't know, I'm not a doctor, scientist, lawyer, or politician.
But I do know that almost every romance/comedy has that one best friend that always lament that the main character gets all the girls while he acts stupid and gets nothing.
Reasons I hate it?
Hate might be too strong a word, but I do feel bad for that guy, why can't the best friend get any girl? And all they do is complaint about it, they should just try to steal girls away from the harem, there's always one or two girls that don't get enough loving right?
Actually, some of these guys are pretty decent, but the creator dictates that they be single forever.
|2011-02-12, 08:59
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What is it?: Parents of the main character being dead.
Worst offenders: Pretty much any anime made after the 1980's... and before as well.
Variants: Variants? I don't know, maybe brother or sister being dead?
Notable exceptions: Only when the parents are the kind that they're so rich they're always travelling for business, which is just another excuse for them to never appear in the story anyway.
What makes it popular: I'm not even sure. Maybe it's been used so much it's become some sort of rule of anime. And because parents are boring, and it makes space for some drama.
Does the hate really worth it?: I think so, since it's unbelievably overused. What kind of universe is it where every teenager must have a dead parent?
|2011-02-12, 12:51
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Lolli for loli :D
|2011-02-15, 13:57
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I generally have low tolerance for the instances where the author introduces a character so powerful to the point where they can only be defeated by some illness. There are times when there is adequate set-up for this so as not to appear like a complete ass-pull, such as Fist of the North Star (you might know who I'm talking about), but most of the time it becomes a plot device when one writes themselves into a corner. Naruto is especially bad with this.
|2011-02-15, 18:55
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Though I'd argue this cliche was actually done well in:
Spoiler for Legend of The Galactic Heroes:
|2011-02-15, 19:01
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Have some salt
For the most part it's just a lazy way of stopping parents getting in the way of the plot, but suddenly you realize why most of these kids are messed up in the head.
So yea, it actually makes me happier to see loving parents in an animu as well-- because it's rare and it really shouldn't be.
|2011-02-16, 04:42
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My pet peeve....
What is it?
The sudden "Power Level" increase. (Or the equivalent)
Worst Offenders:
Dragon Ball Z. After you start hitting 1 million, and scouters start exploding whenever a main character gets constipated, it's just too much.
Bleach (bankai/hollowfication/etc), Naruto (chakra/overpowered techniques), etc. There's quite a few.
Notable Exceptions:
TTGL. Stuff gets bigger throughout the series, but they never lose sight of placing character development (that burning, manly will ) over powerups. Code Geass might be an exception as well. While it sometimes gets sidetracked by technology powerups, it ultimately is focused on the characters, not the Knightmare frames.
What makes it popular:
Probably the fact that those powerups are pretty exciting short-term, assuming they aren't COMPLETELY plot-kai. Sometimes they are (Bleach; Ichigo vs. Ulquiorra final battle), sometimes they aren't (DBZ, post-Krillin's death).
Why I hate it:
It's taken over modern shounen anime to the point where powerups are becoming a poor substitute for real plot-writing. Bleach especially, where Ichigo survives more fatal wounds due to unexplained powerups than Naruto says "-dattebayo". At least in Naruto there's an explanation for why Naruto is so durable. In Bleach, Ichigo has none of that. Just plot-kai.
|2011-02-16, 04:53
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What is it? Girls beating up guys.
Worst Offenders: Almost every show out there...it will be easier to just list the exceptions below. If I have to say the freshest example in my mind, it is the Index/Railgun franchise...
Notable Exceptions: Kaze no Stigma - somehow the male lead is able to dodge everything the girl throws at him. Maybe because Kazuma is so AWESOME. There are probably other examples, but right now I can't think of any...
What makes it popular: I keep asking myself that. For girls, maybe they like seeing it because it feels more empowering. Funny thing is...it's popular among guys as well. Maybe they feel envious about the guy in question being a "chick magnet" and like to see him getting beat up.
Reasons I hate it: Well...it's unrealistic and it's demeaning to men. It makes them look weak and disposable.
Is the hate really worth it? Probably not, since it's mostly used as a comedic gag but I can't help it. If you can tell me how not to be bothered by it...please let me know.
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Skip to comments.I would rather DIE than accept Obamacare
Posted on 06/28/2012 3:04:52 PM PDT by GodAndCountryFirst
Health care IS NOT A RIGHT! Nobody has a "right" to the services of a doctor! I would rather DIE than accept Obamacare! This is a DARK DAY! We must FIGHT this attack against LIBERTY!
Your health IS NOT MY PROBLEM. Can't afford to pay for care? Then STAY HEALTHY! It's not that hard! There are two primary sources of health care: Your OWN ACTIONS and your RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. I mean it. God heals illness when he chooses to. When he chooses not to, then nobody can help you anyway! If you want to supplement your OWN actions by getting the advice of a doctor or using medication, then PAY FOR IT. If you can't, that's sad for you, but you have no right to FORCE ME to pay for you!
It's OK.
now it's a TAX!!!! :)
You'll make it easy for them, then, because they'd rather you did, too.
Of course 0blamer was adamant that it wasn't a tax.Now it's fine that it is a tax.
Silly, if you keep yourself in the will of God, God wills you to go to doctors too. There's no sense making hash of theology for the sake of Bummercare.
We all need to run for Congress to get their health insurance package. Unless they also join the KardashianCare system, they should be sued for "equal protection".
The largest tax increase in American history, in the middle of the Great Obama Recession? Go figure....
It's a tragic day in America, but no more tragic than the day they passed Medicare.
America is dead.
After yourself, doctors and nurses are primary sources.
With an 80 thousand man personal 0bama militia attached to the Commiecare bill ,,, dying may not be so hard to believe .
They are going to need a bigger boat. And bring a lunch.
"America is dead."
Progressive scu*bags, everywhere, are gloating that a Supreme Court justice just about re-wrote a law that should have been declared unconstitutional, all for the sake of not wanting the court to seem "partisan".
(Is it partisan to stand up for the rule of law? Say good-bye to America and say hello to the dictatorship of the proletariat and don't forget to invest in bananas.)
It is like the old story a guy is caught in a flood.
A fisherman comes by and offers rescue. The guy says "no, God will rescue me."
The local fire department send a rubber raft. The guy says "no God will rescue me."
The coast guard send a helicopter and the guy yells up "no, God will rescue me"
a large surge comes along and kills the guy.
Standing before God the guy asks " why did you not rescue me?"
God answers "what are you talking about? I sent you a fisherman, a fireman and the Coast Guard..."
If it's a tax, it's a direct tax which makes it unConstitutional.
So you're a one man army ,,,, cool !
Only Liberals could make death seem like a rather appealing alternative and the last bastian of the possibility to be free.
It might not be the cake walk they imagine.
Reality has a harsh way of intruding.
Ask Rommel.
Doctors and nurses are "primary sources" if you can PAY them! But health is an INDIVIDUAL responsibility, not a COLLECTIVE one!
That may be the option that is most desirable by this law.
I have more shotgun shells than that, and it's my least used 'firestick'.
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Now that Obamacare is definitively on the agenda for the 2012 election, the Democrats have grasped the nettle, so to speak, and are trying to make the best of their unpopular program. Contributors to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will be the lucky recipients of this bumper sticker:
Watch for them in your neighborhood. I've got a feeling that even most contributors to the DCCC will quietly slip their "I Heart Obamacare" bumper stickers into a desk drawer rather than displaying them publicly.


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VIDEO: The 2014 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class is announced
From NBA.com staff reports
Former NBA commissoner David Stern is only a few weeks removed from his 30 years on the job, but he's got a new award for his mantle: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer.
Stern is joined in the Hall of Fame by two players who were stars in the NBA during the 1990s: ex-Sacramento Kings All-Star Mitch Richmond and former Miami Heat All-Star and Defensive Player of the Year Award winner Alonzo Mourning. That trio leads a 2014 Hall of Fame class that was announced today in Dallas, Texas.
Richmond and Mourning are joined by Richmond's former Golden State teammate, Sarunas Marciulionis, who was voted in partially on the merits of his play as an international star in the Soviet Union and Lithuania.
Rounding out the class were former Pacers coach and current team broadcaster Bob "Slick" Leonard, the ground-breaking Immaculata University women's basketball team from 1972-74 and a pair of national championship-winning coaches: ex-University of Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson and former University of Maryland coach Gary Williams.
Honored posthumously are Nate "Sweetwater" Clifton, the first African-American player to sign an NBA contract, and Guy Rodgers, one of the NBA's first league leaders in assists.
Some other notable award winners Monday afternoon:
- The Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award (given to the top point guard in men's college basketball) — UConn's Shabazz Napier
- The Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award (given to the top point guard in women's college basketball) — Baylor's Odyssey Sims
- The Mannie Jackson Basketball's Human Spirit Award: Former NBA referee crew chief Bob Delaney and former owner and founder of the Charlotte Bobcats Robert L. Johnson


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Zombie Suicide has been a dancer for years. By dancer, we do not mean ballet flats or jazz hands, though Zombie could probably rock either of those disciplines. She often posts pictures of her pole dancing work to her Twitter or Tumblr. This is exactly why we love social media.
Standing just 5' tall and weighing just 98 pounds, Zombie is a petite burst of tattooed energy. Zombie appreciates metal — both in her music and her body piercings — and she is decidedly not a fan of clowns of any kind. Sorry, brosef, you may want to put away those big shoes.
NAME: Zombie Suicide
LOCATION: Ohio
OCCUPATION: Dancer
MAKES HER HAPPY: Everything I do.
MAKES HER SAD: Gas prices, 9-5's, clowns.
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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Terry hearing set to begin
John Terry will attempt to clear his name once and for all this week as an independent Football Association panel decides whether they believe he directed a racist slur towards Anton Ferdinand.
Press Association Sport understands Monday will see the start of Chelsea captain Terry's personal hearing to answer an FA charge he used "abusive and/or insulting words" that "included a reference to the ethnic origin and/or colour and/or race of Anton Ferdinand" in last October's Barclays Premier League clash at QPR.
Terry has already categorically denied the charge and is set to do so again in person - at what is said to be a secret London location - more than two months after being found not guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court of calling Ferdinand a "f****** black c***".
The two players could come face to face again as the FA panel considers the case, barely a week after Ferdinand refused to shake Terry's hand before the latest west London derby at Loftus Road.
If found guilty over the coming days, Terry is likely to be banned, although reports suggest it may only be for four matches, possibly due to the complexity of a saga that had dragged on for almost a year.
The implications for Terry beyond any formal punishment could be more severe and there is likely to be pressure on both the FA and Chelsea to take further action against the 31-year-old, most notably by calling time on his England career.
The written judgment of the panel in the case of a guilty verdict may have a big say in determining the extent of the damage.
Terry's legal team will reportedly attempt to ensure they do not even get as far as considering a verdict. The delegation, led by George Carter-Stephenson QC - who successfully defended Terry in court - are said to be ready to argue that his acquittal in a criminal trial means the FA case cannot proceed.
That would involved citing FA rule 6.8, which governs disciplinary hearings and states that the results of relevant civil or criminal proceedings are "presumed to be correct and the facts presumed to be true" by FA commissions.
The FA will doubtless insist their charge against Terry is distinct from the racially-aggravated public order offence from which he was cleared in July. Terry admitted in court saying "f****** black c***" but claimed it was used as part of a denial after he believed Ferdinand had accused him of using those words.


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Age: 19
Location: France
Occupation: Student, Make up artist
Hobbies: Photography, drawing, make up.
Films: Sleepy Hollow
Books: Mémoire d'une Geisha
TV shows: I prefer mangas =)
Video Games: Fable, Assassin's Creed, Skyrim, Mirror's Edge, WoW, Sims 3, Spore
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