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This year Vancouver Whitecaps FC celebrate the 40th anniversary of the club, which was founded in 1974. Throughout the year we will look back at many of the players who donned the Vancouver kit.
WHERE HE STARTED: Born in Malden, Netherlands, Frans Thijssen achieved about everything a soccer player could dream of in his 21-year playing career. He played an integral role on the Ipswich side that hoisted the UEFA Cup in 1981 and was also named the English Footballer of the Year in the same season – the first non-British player to take the award in 25 years.
But before the big stage came the early days in Holland. After working his way through the youth academy of his hometown club, SV Juliana '31, Thijssen began his professional career with N.E.C. Nijmegen, where he spent three years of his career before he transferred to FC Twente, another Dutch club, to play an additional six seasons.
The midfielder's career really took off in 1979, when he moved to England to play for Ipswich Town FC. To bring in a foreign player was a rare transfer in England at the time, but Thijssen jumped at the challenge. He praised his manager, the late Sir Bobby Robson, for introducing a more technical game in contrast to the more direct approach of English football, which produced great results during his time at Ipswich Town.
"When I came to Ipswich from Holland, the style of football was very different," he said. "The English style was to kick it forward as much as possible, so when you played midfield you knew you had to run forward and if you didn't get the ball you'd have to run back."
"Bobby Robson changed the style of football, he told the defenders to play it to the Dutch guys in the midfield (Thijssen and Arnold Mühren)…that style suited the team very well."
In 1981, Thijssen led his club to European soccer glory. Ironically, Ipswich Town defeated Dutch Club AZ '67 at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, 5-4 on aggregate to claim the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Cup; the midfield maestro scored a crucial goal in both legs. The club also finished second in the league that year and lost in the semifinals of the FA Cup.
Team success led to individual recognition. This was also the year Thijssen was awarded the prestigious title of English Footballer of the Year, becoming the first Dutch player to win it. Since then, two other Dutch players, Dennis Bergkamp and Robin Van Persie, have gone on to receive the honour.
"The trophy is in my house," Thijssen gushed. "I was lucky to have played on a very good team with another great Dutch player. It was special for me as a Dutchman to defeat the champions of Holland in the UEFA Cup final."
WHERE HE WENT: After a brief stint at Nottingham Forest, Thijssen made the journey across the water to Vancouver, coming to the 'Caps in 1983.
He was initially convinced by the prospect of continuing his career in Vancouver by Sir Bobby Robson, who also managed Vancouver Royals in 1968. Thijssen sensed that several other strong players would depart Ipswich, and Robson had spoken highly of Vancouver.
The midfielder sported the #9 shirt for the 'Caps, despite being a midfielder. The Dutchman netted nine goals in 45 appearances for Vancouver. In his two seasons as a 'Caps player, Thijssen was teammates with two other prominent Whitecaps FC legends who remain in Vancouver, Bob Lenarduzzi and Carl Valentine.
The former English Player of the Year winner had nothing but good things to say about the club when asked about his tenure here, claiming Vancouver is "the nicest city I've ever lived in and I've lived in many, many places. I enjoyed every minute of my two years here."
Aside from his impressive technical abilities, Thijssen was famous for his handlebar moustache when he was a member of the 'Caps, so much so that his teammates nicknamed him "Sam McCloud" (pictured left), the protagonist of an American police drama in 1970 who also had some famous facial hair.
On the international level, the midfielder had three goals in 14 appearances for the senior Dutch national team.
After his two years in Vancouver, the Malden native wrapped up his career with three Dutch clubs: Fortuna Sittard, FC Groningen and Vitesse.
WHERE HE IS: Since retiring from playing, Thijssen has still been involved with soccer, but now as a manager.
He first began coaching with Vitesse once retiring, then with Swedish club Malmö FF. From 2002 to 2009, he spent his time in the Middle East with various youth clubs in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Most recently in the 2011-12 season, he returned home to the Netherlands to work with FC Twente's U-23 team as an assistant coach to Patrick Kluivert, the Dutch's second all-time leading scorer in international play.
"Patrick's a lot younger than me, everybody on the U-23 team knew Patrick," he quipped. "He stopped playing football a couple years ago and I stopped playing football many, many years ago; that's a disadvantage, young people don't know you anymore."
While the younger kids may not recognize him, many long-time soccer fans certainly still do. Last year's Whitecaps FC Alumni event marked Thijssen's first visit to Vancouver in almost 30 years. During his stay, he spent time working with the 'Caps Residency program – showing that his love for the game at all levels is as strong as ever.
Whitecaps FC begin their 2014 MLS season on March 8 versus New York Red Bulls at BC Place. Season tickets start at just $349, subject to applicable fees. The 'Caps also offer a flexible range of ticket products, including half-season tickets ($244), 5-packs ($149), student season tickets ($199), and a youth soccer half-season ticket ($100). For more information on all Whitecaps FC ticket options, call 604.669.9283 ext. 2 or visit whitecapsfc.com/tickets.


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I fish with my wife alot. She loves to fish but doesn't have much patience. Every since the Corbina started showing up and I brought home some pics of a few of the nicer ones, she's been wanting to get out and try her hand at the beans. I told her its not like fishing for surfperch and we would most likely have to put in some time and mileage to score a few beans. We get out to the beach Sunday morning and the water is really brown and there is so much salad in the water, its making the fishing really hard. She starts losing patience after about a 1/2 hour and wants to leave. I knew this might happen but i'm not having fun either so we start heading back to the car. She makes one last cast and Bam! she's on. 10 minutes later she brings up her first SNGF. And then we leave. Me with the skunk.
The point I'm trying to make is, know who you're fishing with and make sure they know what your plan is and what to expect. Otherwise, you may not be following the plan you set out with.

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Officials from the Valles Caldera National Preserve and Santa Fe National Forest are planning a pair of prescribed burns in the local area.
Burns in the area could start as early as Monday, according to caldera and National Forest officials.
At the VCNP, a burn will take place within about an 2,300-acre project area in the Banco Bonito district, near mile marker 30 off N.M. 4.
The caldera burn will could take between 3-10 days to complete, depending on conditions.
Meanwhile, starting early next week, the SFNF has plans for burns about 15 miles north of Los Alamos in a 2,500-acre treatment area, which is expected to take two or three days to complete. Additionally, another burn will take place in the Cuba Ranger District area, although that will be located in a smaller treatment area.
All the planned burns will get rid of dead forest fuels and pre-cut limbs and other debris.
For the burn at the VCNP, officials warn of possible traffic delays on N.M. 4, as well as for visibility issues for drivers.
Both the caldera and the Santa Fe National Forest officials warn of potential health hazards to those with allergies, chemical sensitivities or cardiorespiratory issues.
Smoke will likely be visible from the Los Alamos town site from both the burns at the caldera and in the Espanola Ranger District.
Los Alamos Fire Department firefighter David Apodaca participates in a competition at the training center in Los Alamos Monday.
Police Beat items are compiled from public information contained in Los Alamos Police Department Records. Charges or citations listed in Police Beat do not imply innocence or guilt. The Los Alamos Police Department uses the term "arrest" to define anyone who has been physically arrested, served a court summons, or issued a citation.
Sept. 28
7:49 a.m. — Belamie Pick, 38, of Medanales was arrested on a magistrate court bench warrant at the Los Alamos Police station. The original charge was fraud (more than $250, less than $20,000) at Trinity Drive.
10:27 a.m. — Ashley Garcia, 22, of Medanales was arrested on a felony warrant from another jurisdiction at the Los Alamos Police station.
11:52 a.m. — Police reported that a 25-year-old Los Alamos woman was the victim of criminal sexual contact of a minor 13 to 18 year old at Trinity Drive.
Sept. 29
The Los Alamos Police Department's annual 2015 report contains a lot of information on the county's crime.
It also has a lot to say to residents about 911 calls.
In 2015, 911 Dispatch received over 360 accidental calls from cell phones and about 747 abandoned 911 calls.
While the numbers may not sound like much compared to the nearly 6,000 total calls received that year, every call must be checked out. That, according to the report, takes considerable time and manpower.
"When a 911 call is abandoned, the dispatcher must call back the number and send an officer to confirm that everything is OK," said a statement in the report telling residents to be mindful about making 911 calls.
Accidental cell phone calls usually originate from a cell phone being loose in purses, pockets and backpacks, the report said.
Toddlers playing with phones also triggered some of those 911 calls.
"Locking your cell phone helps to prevent accidental 911 calls," the report suggested.
By a 5–0 vote, the Los Alamos County Council accepted Probate Judge Bill McKerley's resignation on Tuesday and took steps to fill the position through the end of the year.
McKerley was appointed to the position on Feb. 16, after previous Probate Judge Christine Chandler resigned. He recently learned of changes to the Code of Judicial Conduct – instituted Dec. 31, 2015 – that prohibit part-time judges from engaging in political conduct such as fundraising and endorsing candidates.
McKerley serves as chair of the Republican Party of Los Alamos County. After consulting with County Attorney Rebecca Ehler, he chose to keep that position and instead resign as probate judge. He tendered his resignation to council Chair Rick Reiss in a letter dated May 19.
On Tuesday, McKerley apologized to council and the county's citizens and offered to help with the transition in any way he could.
"I just want to say thank you to the council for giving me the opportunity to serve. It was an honor," McKerley said.
McKerley also thanked the clerk's office, which assists the probate judge.
"They are an outstanding group of people. They serve selflessly, and the new probate judge coming in will be served very well with this outstanding group," McKerley said.
The Los Alamos County Council passed a resolution on Tuesday that transfers process-serving duties from the Los Alamos Sheriff's Office to the Los Alamos Police Department.
The principal job of a process server is to deliver or "serve" legal documents to a defendant or person involved in a court case.
The sheriff will continue to monitor sex offenders as delegated by statute.
The motion passed 4−1, with Councilor Pete Sheehey opposed. Councilors David Izraelevitz and James Chrobocinski were not present.
Sheehey argued that the issue should be postponed until June 14, when Sheriff Marco Lucero, Izraelevitz and Chrobocinski could attend. He cited the short notice given for Tuesday's item (it was posted with the agenda on Friday) and the fact that no operational or legal analysis has been done.
"I make a motion to table this item until the next regularly scheduled meeting, June 14, when both this item and the previous related item regarding a charter amendment on the sheriff can be fully prepared by all the departments, the sheriff and others can be here to make their case," Sheehey said.
Council votes on a ballot issue to eliminate the sheriff's office entirely on June 14.
Sheehey's motion failed for lack of a second.
Los Alamos
Starbucks Coffee, 1801 Central Ave.
Date Inspected: Aug. 25
Violations: One low-risk violation. All boxes and napkins must be stored six inches off the floor. Violation was fixed at time of inspection.
Status of Establishment: Approved. No follow up required.
Secret City Kitchen, 4110 Quemazon
Date Inspected: Aug. 25
Violations: None.
Status of Establishment: Approved. No follow up required.
PHC – Los Alamos Medical Center, 3917 West Road
Date Inspected: Aug. 27
Violations: One high-risk violation. Refrigerator needs thermometer. Four moderate-risk violations. No hot holding available. Icemaker, Coke nozzle, hood and vents need cleaning. Spray bottle needed labeling and was corrected at time of inspection. Silverware needs to be inverted to avoid contamination, which was corrected at time of inspection. Three low-risk violations. Three-compartment sink need 2-inch gap between dishwasher and ice machine. Wall and floors behind equipment need cleaning. Sink needs sealing and caulking.
Status of Establishment: Approved. Follow up required on Sept. 15.
Quizno's, 172 Central Park Square
Date Inspected: Aug. 28
Aug. 27
7:58 a.m. — Javier Medrano-Duarte, 32, of Los Alamos, was arrested on a charge of concealing identity at the corner of Barranca Road and El Conejo.
Aug. 28
2:22 p.m. — A 59-year-old Los Alamos woman reported to police she was the victim of an accident with injuries on San Ildefonso Road.
4:36 p.m. — Koby Leeches, 18, of Los Alamos, was arrested on a charge of shoplifting (less than $100) at 751 Trinity Dr.
Aug. 29
1:30 p.m. — Melissa Gurule, 39, of Rio Rancho, was arrested on a Magistrate Court bench warrant at the Los Alamos police station.
Aug. 30
4 p.m. — Francisco Quintero, 27, of Hernandez, was arrested on a charge of unlawful use of a license on East Jemez Road.
Aug. 31
9:54 a.m. — A 56-year-old Los Alamos woman reported to police she was the victim of an accident with no injuries on the corner of East Jemez Road and N.M. 4.
Sept. 1
The LAFD had a "push-in" ceremony at White Rock Station No. 3 for two new additions to its fleet.
The LAFD pushed in two trucks, one designed to deal with emergencies involving hazardous materials within the county and the other an aerial ladder truck designed to put fires out in multi-level structures. One is named "Hazmat 1" and the other will be known as "Truck 3."
Hazmat 1 is manufactured by the E-ONE company. Known as a "toolbox on wheels," the truck is designed with many top, side and bottom compartments for tools and equipment.
Los Alamos National Laboratory has a similar truck. As part of a cooperative agreement with LANL, the Los Alamos Fire Department was required to have its own Hazmat truck, as well.
As with all units within the LAFD fleet, the hazmat truck and the aerial ladder truck were purchased by the U.S. Department of Energy. The hazmat truck comes equipped with chemical and gas detection equipment, equipment to help dam and clean up spills, as well as different types of hazmat suits for the crew to designed to deal with any type of spill.
According to LAFD Chief Troy Hughes, Hazmat One was designed to complement LANL's own hazmat vehicle.
Los Alamos Police Department reported 30 larceny reports in the county in the second quarter of 2015.
LAPD put out its second quarter crime statistics Thursday. According to the police, there were five violent crime reports — crimes involving homicide, rape, aggravated assault or aggravated burglary — in the second quarter of the year, a slight increase from this time last year.
According to the police, offenses reported as crime statistics are determined by the FBI's Uniform Crime Report Program. Offenses are classified as crimes against persons or crimes against property.
LAPD responded to a total of 44 part one offense complaints between April and June, which was down by nearly half from the same period in 2014.
Of the violent crimes, four of the five were classified as aggravated assault. There was one reported rape case in the county in the second quarter.
While the larceny category — defined as the unlawful taking of goods from another person — was by far the most active category last quarter, there was also a significant drop in the total number, from 64 reported cases a year ago to 30 in 2015.
It was also a slight drop from the first quarter of 2015, when 37 cases were reported to police.
In 2014, there was a total of 80 part one crimes responded to by police.
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You can't see her face. The angle from which the photograph is taken is unconventional, and almost vertiginous. The hair, when considered dispassionately, looks absolutely weird.
But Bill Ray's celebrated picture of Marilyn Monroe onstage at the old Madison Square Garden, singing "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy during a May 1962 birthday gala in his honor, remains one of the all-time great celebrity portraits. It has drama (a lone figure, spotlit, on a dark stage). It has sex (a skintight, sequined dress that conceals very, very little). And, of course, in retrospect, it also feels absolutely charged with pathos: Marilyn, after all, would be dead within months of the picture being made, while JFK's assassination in November 1963 was less than a year and half away.
[See rare photos from the night Marilyn sang to JFK.]
But like all pictures that assume a stature and a celebrity of their own, far beyond what the photographer could possibly have hoped for or even imagined at the time he or she made the shot, Ray's photograph is more than a mere portrait. In its stark, almost severe black-and-white simplicity — a female figure, a few sheets of paper, a rather battered old wooden lectern, all surrounded by an impenetrable black void — the image of Marilyn Monroe seems to capture not only a celebration, but the 35-year-old movie star's loneliness; her desperate need for affection and affirmation; and the isolating, withering effects of fame on those souls unprepared for its unblinking gaze.
[WATCH: Bill Ray discusses how he got his famous shot of Marilyn, as well as other memories from that now-legendary evening in New York half-a-century ago.]
Ben Cosgrove is the Editor of LIFE.com
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The eleventh-hour pushback by the movie industry and Congress appears to have worked.
Two firms, one from New York and the other in Chicago, have been pushing in recent months for approval of a futures exchange that will allow investors to speculate on Hollywood box office profits and losses as they do about the future prices of orange juice and pork bellies.
But the ruling – which was due Friday afternoon according to David Gary of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) – will be held another week. The request by Chicago-based Veriana Networks, deals with an exchange that would be open only to institutional investors. Another, by New York-based Cantor Fitzgerald, would be open to anyone.
Movie industry vigorously objects
National debate has heated up in recent weeks because the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) objected vociferously to the idea and began to enlist others – including the Directors Guild of America, the Independent Film and Television Alliance and the National Association of Theater Owners – to urge the CFTC to deny requests for the exchanges.
California's US Senators, Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, also urged caution by the commission, as did US Representatives Lamar Smith of Texas, Robert Goodlatte of Virginia and Henry Waxman of California.
The "contract market is not warranted where, as here, its sole purpose is to provide a trading platform for instruments that do not constitute legitimate futures or option contracts," said the letter sent by the MPAA coalition. "But [they] are in essence wagers that are susceptible to manipulation. Rather than providing a real and useful means for hedging risk or price discovery, these instruments will be harmful and burdensome to the motion picture."
The letter charged that establishing online box office wagering marketplaces will be "detrimental to the industry they ostensibly are created to serve."
Legalized gambling?
The Chicago-based firm, Veriana, carries on its website this rebuttal, written by the Futures Industry Association (FIA):
"The MPAA has asserted that futures trading is a form of 'legalized gambling' that has no commercial interest or value to the public. Nothing could be further than the truth. Futures markets have proven to be vitally important mechanisms for risk management, as evidenced by the phenomenal growth in the use of futures contracts by a wide range of commercial and industrial enterprises, both here and abroad."
FIA also counters MPAA claims that these new contracts could lead to "rampant speculation and financial irresponsibility…. It is clear that the MPAA is not familiar with the futures markets or the regulatory framework within which they operate."
Industry observers similarly line up on both sides of the issue.
"I agree wholeheartedly with the MPAA and the movie industry who hold that this is pretty much a thin veil for basic gambling," says Chris Lanier, president of Motion Picture Intelligencer, a box office prediction firm. "If you want to lose all your money that badly, why not just go to Las Vegas?" And Douglas Gomery, a retired professor of the economics of cinema at Maryland University, has called the idea "gambling, pure and simple."
But Michael S. Pagano, professor of finance at the Villanova University School of Business, says there can be some legitimate reasons to have such an exchange.
New investors, more capital
"In particular, the trading of these contracts gives useful information to all market participants about the demand, profitability, and growth potential of various types of movies, including the film studios," Pagano says. "The exchanges can aid in the movie industry because film investors will now have a way to hedge their investments which, in the end, can attract new investors and generate more capital from existing investors."
He surmises other reasons for the vehement industry resistance.
"It could be that the film studios are concerned that they will lose their monopoly position on information about various movies because the futures exchange will publish information which all market participants can then observe and analyze," says Pagano. "This is the type of information that is currently held privately by the film studios and thus they could be fearful of losing their informational edge to non-Hollywood players."
As debate continues to heat up prior to the CFTC's decision, Pagano says one concern of the film studios that is correct pertains to market manipulation.
"It is crucial that the exchange operator … create a set of trading rules and monitoring systems to ensure the market is a level playing field for all participants," he says. "Because if it is perceived to be a rigged market, then retail investors and possibly other market participants can be taken advantage of and this could also be disruptive to the film studios' operations."


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As a long-time automation-engineer/test-focused guy I've pondered the great existential question of "how much testing" is enough for awhile. More recently, I've started focusing on the cost of not testing a product.
Take for example, Figure 1:
Let's take a second for terminology:
- (A) Unit tests: These are tests focused on developer and maintainer productivity. These are "close to the code" tests that run in mostly simulated environments. Unit tests are a cornerstone of Agile methodology - generally speaking, you make these before your code.
- (B) Smoke/Simulation: These are the "next layer up" - they use partial systems (e.g. your code + the guy's next to you module) to run more integration-style testing. Smokes are normally run on every compilation of the product along with unit tests. They do not require a fully deployed, functioning system - only a small group of parts.
- (C) Acceptance/Functional/Regression:
- Acceptance Test: These normally comprise a large number of your tests in an organization. Acceptance tests prove that the specific component/feature is sane in the context of the fully deployed product - you might require these to be fully developed, executed and passing before a specific component or feature is merged to trunk. Acceptance tests prove that the feature/component works as intended (not programmed). They should be short in execution time.
- Functional Tests: Functional tests are "larger" and should test as much of the functionality of the feature/component as possible, they should also test with an eye towards other parts of the product and system (e.g. integration). Functional tests should be as expansive and detailed as possible. These can also be called Regression tests.
- (D) Stress/Scalability Tests: This should be self-evident. Stress tests build on functional areas to push the product to it's limits - how many files can it hold, how many connections can it withstand, etc.
- (E) Performance Tests: Characterization of key performance stats: Objects/second records parsed/sec, and so on.
Now, I want to point out: These definitions are part-agile and part-continuous integration. They don't wholly mesh with terminology used your workplace, or agile. I also know definitions are a holy war, but the definitions are secondary to what I want to talk about. I also excluded specifically calling out exploratory testing.
What the hell *am* I talking about?
If you look at figure A, You'll note I put "Test" (test engineering) off to the side to represent their particular ownership in this model. Unit Tests (and by most measures, smoke and simulation tests) are under the ownership of the core developers.
The other test areas are the ownership of test engineering - obviously they would not exclude Dev from helping though (after all, they win as a team, and fail as a team) but Test is focused on verification that the product is as tested-as-possible before it gets into stage F - the hands of the user.
Ok, this is all fine and good - but hear me out.
This diagram is about cost - for each layer the code/feature passes through emanating from the developer, the cost to the team, and the difficulty in identification and resolution climbs.
This is why Developers write a lot of unit tests and check them in so they run with every check in. Right? You're doing that, right?! The cost for a developer to find a bug with a unit test, and the cost to fix that bug introduced through new code/refactoring/etc, is essentially 1.
Here's a new diagram with some straw-man costs:
Essentially, it is in your best interest, as a developer, as a team, to encourage lots and lots of tests lower in the stacks shown here. It starts with comprehensive, checked in unit tests. It continues with having a strong, repeatable testing discipline (for which I recommend test automation).
Why? Because - as you move higher in the stack, that damned bug someone checked in is hidden behind layer upon layer of code. The further from the unit level a bug gets, the more components and environment variables get involved. The more of these that get involved, the harder it is to identify and fix, and the higher the cost.
Now, your bug (our bug) has not only wasted your time, it's holding up a release, test engineers time (albeit - this is our job) is wasted. The higher in the stack a bug gets - the higher the cost in wasted man, release and test hours.
For example - your typo in some messaging code manages to sneak its way through to the (E) Performance level. Let's say your performance tests take, oh, a week to run to completion. For some reason, this sneaky beast only pops up when your system's clocks resync after 6 days of runtime.
So, 6 days into a 7 day test - ding fries are done - the entire system poops itself. You now have to triage the crash, you have to fix it after you identify it (which is probably going to be hard - given it's a performance test, you shut off non essential logging) and then you need to re run the test.
You lost 6 days. More than likely, those are 6 days of lost time you didn't allocate for when you promised the fruits of this iteration/release to those wealthy swedish bankers, eh?
God help you if your bug gets to level (F). This is called the "aversion level" because after a few of these sneak out, and the CEO of the company starts getting phone calls at 4am from those swedish bankers - you're either going to get a stern talking to, or some time in "the box" (all CEOs have a punishment box).
Your goal is to avert bugs from reaching Level F. F stands for F'ed in the literal sense.
My point isn't just about cost. Given this tiered approach, and the need to find as many bugs as possible, you're going to end up having some amount of code duplication between the higher levels of testing and the unit/smoke level - after all, most of the tests above that level are external-system level tests.
Some code - or logic - duplication on a higher level isn't always bad, given the context of where the code is running. Not to mention, frequently, the code within the product may not be in the same language as the code that's automating the tests. Duplication of unit test logic on a system-test-level is always going to happen.
Yes, you can and should reuse code as much as possible, but you can also do this through grey-box testing approaches (e.g. exposing APIs into system internals you would not normally have access to).
Also - this means you have to give your teams time to test. You need to give them ample time to automate what is reasonable, and you need to be willing to not ship a component or feature that simply isn't ready. Much less one that hasn't been tested.
The last thing you want is to have a bug - no matter what it is - hit level F. You, our job on a software engineering team is to put out the absolute best product possible - and you can't do that without filling in all of the magical testing boxes. You need to understand that for every step away from the code you get, the higher the cost.
Letting preventable bugs get in the hands of users is not avoidable - but the risk can be mitigated, and many bugs that do end up in the hands of users are avoidable. The more (and sooner) you test, the lest wealth you expend, and the happier you will be. And the more profits you will reap. We like money.


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Hi Derek
The live and neutral are shorted out to allow for a successful insulation test without giving the option to use it as an extension lead.
This however, should not affect the earth bond test as there should be earth continuity all the way through.
I have just done a similar test with my components to double check nothing silly was happening.
It could be an earth fault with your lead. To check your side could you tell me what components you are using please?
If you would like to have a chat about it, please call me on 0191 5863511.


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Marty Leon is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot and Ivy Leagues.
Predicted Order of Finish:
- Cornell (20 – 9) (12-2)
- Penn (19-9) (10-4)
- Harvard (12-16) (8-6)
- Brown (13-15) (7-7)
- Yale (13-16) (7-7)
- Dartmouth (14-13) (6-8)
- Princeton (13-14) (4-10)
- Columbia (6-22) (2-12)
What You Need to Know (WYN2K). In the conference of the true student-athlete, Cornell looks to be the heavy favorite after a 14-0 league record last season. They posess a huge home court advantage, playing their games in snowy Ithaca and return the league's player of the year in Louis Dale. Penn will be nipping at their heels trying to regain their championship form, while Harvard, with the best freshmen crop in the league, looks to be third best. Beyond that, a logjam ensues where anyone can beat anyone on a given night. Dartmouth has a possible player of the year in Alex Barnett and Zach Rosen out of Penn should be the best rookie.
Predicted Champion. Cornell (#15 NCAA) should come away with the title, as they have all the pieces to the puzzle. Besides Dale, Ryan Whitman is one of the country's best 3-point shooters, and 7 footer Jeff Forte provides huge frontcourt presence. Cornell will be a #15 seed at best, as they were pounded by Stanford 77-53 in the NCAA tournament last year. Here's a video of their clinching game against Harvard last year.
Others Considered. Penn could challenge Cornell as they provide three super sophomores. Tyler Bernardini returns after a rookie of the year season, while forward Jack Eggleston and point guard Harrison Gaines are back. Though very talented, this team will need to rely too much on youth to go the distance. Harvard falls in the same boat, as Coach Amaker has recruited the Ivy League version of the "fab five." We can't count out Yale and Brown who are also capable of beating these three teams.
Important Games.
- Penn @ Harvard (1/31/09)
- Cornell @ Penn (2/7/09)
- Penn @ Cornell (3/6/09)
RPI Boosters.
- Penn @ UNC (11/15/08)
- Villanova @ Penn (12/2/08)
- Cornell @ Syracuse (12/3/08)
- Cornell @ Minnesota (12/6/08)
- Cornell @ St. Joseph's (12/22/08)
- Harvard @ Boston College (1/7/09)
- Temple @ Penn (1/14/09)
Neat-O Stats.
1. Intensity – Every league game is crucial with no conference tourney to fall back on.
2. Scholarships – None given in this league. All need based financial aid. Coaches still successfully recruit nationwide.
3. Family Feud – Yale coach James Jones and Columbia coach Joe Jones are brothers.
4. Roots – Hall of Fame coaches Al McGuire of Marquette and Dave Gavitt of Providence began their coaching careers at Dartmouth.
5. Vermont Connection – Brown coach Jesse Agel and assistants TJ Sorrentine and Kyle Cieplicki were all part of the Vermont team that shocked Syracuse in the 2005 NCAA tournament.
65 Team Era. Since 1985, the Ivy has gone 3-24 (.111) in the NCAA Tournament, with all three of the wins coming within five seasons of each other (1994 – Penn; 1996 & 1998 – Princeton). The Ivy is now on an ten-year drought without a win in the NCAAs, and eight of those losses have been by double-digits. Ouch.
Final Thoughts. If you want to see the purest college basketball, the Ivy League is one of the few places left where true scholar-athletes are on the floor. On a rare occasion, the league winner makes a decent showing in the NCAA Tournament, but that won't be the case this season. No team is athletic enough to compete with the big boys in March. The real story out of the Ivy this year is second year coach Tommy Amaker's troubles at Harvard. After being vindicated of improper recruiting charges, the NY Times ran an article questioning Amaker's coaching methods after he dismissed several players for no other reason than he passed over them. The question is, "Is Amaker trying to bring big-time coaching philosophies to a school where winning isn't the number one priority?"


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- Fuchsia Dunlop was first foreigner to train as chef at Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine in China
- Dunlop: Sichuanese cuisine is one of great Chinese cuisines, much more than "hot and spicy"
- Dunlop: Chinese cuisine is very underrated, misunderstood in West
- Dunlop recommends that people new to Sichuanese cuisine try yuxiang (fish fragrant) dishes
CNN: What sparked your interest in Sichuanese cuisine?
I got very interested in China through a job subediting news reports about the east Asian region, particularly China. So I started Mandarin evening classes and went on holiday to China and was fascinated.
I'd been in Sichuan in 1993 when coming back from a holiday to Tibet and had an amazing lunch with some dishes I never forgot. I had looked up a Sichuanese musician whom I'd met in my hometown of Oxford, and he and his wife took me out. It was at a very modest little restaurant, but we had a delicious meal and ended up on the riverbank drinking jasmine tea at a teahouse. At that moment, I thought, I want to come back and live here.
The next year, I applied for a British Council scholarship to study minorities, culture and history at Sichuan University. While in Sichuan, I started cooking in my spare time and investigating the food. It gradually just took over, and I realized that was the thing that I really wanted to study.
You were the first Westerner to train as a chef at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine. How did that come about?
A German friend and I had heard about this famous cooking school, so we cycled over there one day and managed to persuade them to give us private classes for a month. We worked with a translator because our Chinese was not very good at that stage.
When I finished my studies at Sichuan University, I went back to the cooking school, asking if I could drop in occasionally and watch some demonstrations. Instead, they said, "We have a chef's training course beginning now, why don't you join in?"
It was a real curiosity that this Englishwoman was so interested in their food. I don't think it was strictly according to the rules at the time, because foreigners didn't do this kind of thing. So it was really the kindness of the teachers and the principal of this school. They just thought, "Well she's interested; let's let her have a go."
At the time in China, everything was changing. There had been all these things that had been closed to foreigners. It was just sheer luck that I was there at that moment.
What were the classes like?
Every morning, the teacher was at the blackboard explaining the process of the dishes of the day -- the ingredients, how to choose them and the cooking methods. Then we would all go into the demo room, where the teacher would demonstrate the dishes of the day. After lunch we would divide into groups of 10. Each group would pool the prep and then make the dish.
You've said that Sichuanese cuisine has its own specific vocabulary.
Chinese cuisine and Sichuanese cuisine are highly sophisticated. In French cooking, you have different words for different processes and different kinds of sauces. And Chinese cuisine is like that. For example, there are words for different kinds of frying that don't have English equivalents.
For example, liu is taking your ingredient, which usually has some starch paste on it, and pre-cooking it in oil or water. Then you make a sauce and mix the two together.
There's zha, which is to deep-fry.
Jian is what Westerners would call pan-frying in a flat pan, or frying without moving the ingredients around very much because you can also do it in a wok.
Chao means stir-frying. Chaoxiang is to fry fragrant, which is bringing out the fragrance of oil, ginger, or garlic.
Bian is another word similar to stir-fry. Ganbian, meaning dry bian, is frying without any oil and later adding oil and seasonings.
Qiang is frying Sichuan pepper and chili and then adding an ingredient to drive in the spice.
Those are the immediate ones.
Are there more frying techniques in Sichuanese cuisine than other types of Chinese cuisine?
No, but Sichuanese is supposed to be one of the four great Chinese cuisines. There's also Shandong cooking from the northeast, Yangzhou cooking from the east, and Cantonese cooking. In places that have very serious cultures of gastronomy, you get very systematic cooking.
How did your mainland Chinese classmates react to having a foreigner learning their local cuisine?
Some of them had never met a foreigner before. So they were quite shy and didn't really want to talk to me. I was a curiosity. It was mad, also because I was a woman -- there were only three women in a class of 50 -- and a university graduate. Cooking is normally something they think educated people wouldn't go into.
I had a couple of friends who were very nice to me and helped me write some of the Chinese characters I didn't know. But in my group of 10, I didn't have any particular friends. I had to make sure they let me in on things, because they didn't necessarily want to include me all the time.
How are you received now, given your professional success? Do you come across the attitude from Chinese people they know their cuisine best?
Generally speaking, people are incredibly welcoming because they're quite surprised by the seriousness with which I've studied it. So when they talk to me about food, I can talk at a professional culinary level about cooking techniques and the flavors of dishes, which is something they don't really expect. They've probably never met a foreigner who does this.
Quite often when I give talks, people are initially very skeptical and they think, "What on earth is this Englishwoman doing?" That's happened more abroad; for example, when I do events in Australia. Sometimes overseas Chinese people will come up to me afterward and say, "We couldn't imagine what on earth an Englishwoman would have to teach us about Chinese food, but actually we were impressed by your knowledge."
I also have really fantastic partnerships with Chinese chefs. There are amazingly talented Chinese chefs who have this very sophisticated culture, but they can't communicate it very well. It's difficult not only to translate it but to express it in a way that will make Westerners understand and appreciate it. So I do cooking shows with Chinese chefs in Europe and America, where they cook, and I translate and give the cultural context.
You've said that it's a "different thing to interpret Chinese cuisine for Westerners."
Of course there are disadvantages to being a foreigner, but there are advantages because you understand both sides. I know the kind of problems that Westerners have with grisly, slithery textures, for example, and I try to write about them in a way that would give people a new perspective and make them want to enjoy them.
For example, if you want a Westerner to appreciate fermented tofu, they might be revolted. If you try to get them to think about it like a blue cheese and imagine what it might be like for a Chinese person to see rotted cow's milk, then you get a new perspective.
Do you see yourself as a bridge between Chinese and Western foodies?
That's what I'm trying to do. I think Chinese cuisine is probably the most diverse and sophisticated in the world because there's so much to it. And it's very underrated and not very deeply understood in the West, so what I hope to do is to make some sort of contribution to open up this subject to people.
Is it possible to describe Chinese food in general terms?
You can come up with some generalizations, like the use of chopsticks; having grain foods, whether its rice, noodles, or breads served with cai side dishes; and the use of certain fermented seasonings like soy sauce.
A lot of Chinese people talk about Western food as one thing, and you sort of know what they mean. But that's obviously very limited, and it's the same talking about Chinese food. You can come up with some generalizations about how Chinese food is broadly different from American food. But then as soon as you look more closely...it's very diverse.
What about Sichuanese food? People often think of it as "hot and spicy." Does this describe the full extent of the cuisine?
It's much more subtle than that. If you're looking at China in general, one of the things that stand out about Sichuanese cuisine is that it uses a lot of Sichuan chilies and peppers. But if you're inside Sichuan, it's much more subtle and sophisticated.
A good Sichuanese meal is not all hot; it's balanced. There's a saying: Yicaiyige baicaibaiwei, meaning, "Each dish has its own style; a hundred dishes have a hundred different flavors."
A Sichuanese banquet should have constant stimulation and excitement. You have something hot and then something soothing, then you have a light soup, then something sweet...variety is the spice of life.
Recently, very fiery dishes, like the shuizhuyu (fish in a sea of sizzling chili oil) has become very fashionable, so people always associate it with Sichuanese cuisine. But that's just one aspect of it.
How does Chinese food figure into the London eating scene?
It used to be very underrated and was seen as being stuck in a rut. But now it's gotten more regional, and people are getting excited about it again. Until recently, it was all Cantonese. There were a few very good Cantonese places for dimsum and lots of very cheap takeaways, not serving good food and doing a lot of sweet and sour pork and lemon chicken for the Westerners. A lot of middle-of-the-road places doing not very interesting food for non-Chinese people.
How about Hakka San?
Hakka San was hugely influential because it was the first dramatically, glamorously designed restaurant -- high-end, very expensive, trendy and glamorous. And so that made Chinese food seem very cool and glamorous and persuaded people that they might pay more money for it.
Does it appeal to Chinese eaters?
No, Chinese people are more into just the food. Westerners are more into the décor.
What's your favorite Chinese dish to eat?
Yuxiangqiezi (fish fragrant eggplants). It's Sichuanese. It has so many layers: ginger, garlic, spring onions, pickled chili, sweet and sour. It's delicious and shows how Sichuanese food can take a very ordinary ingredient and make it sublime. Yuxiangqiezi and a bowl of rice, and I'm happy.
If someone wanted to dip their toes into Sichuanese cuisine, what would you suggest? People tend to think of Sichuanese food as hot and spicy and can feel intimidated.
Go for yuxiang (fish fragrant) dishes, which have the gentle heat of picked chilies and the sweet and sour. Everyone loves them, unless you don't like any heat at all. Don't start with the sea of oil and the chilies and pepper.


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Separate your honey bun into the appropriate colorways and decide on a color pattern (green, pink, teal, yellow, green, pink…) Start with your first strip and add a trim embellishment.
Apply Wonder-Under (or other fusible web) to each of the fabrics for your applique.
For the dress, mark where the sleeve is located with a fabric pencil so when you machine applique you can stitch in the sleeve for the dress.
Layout all your pieces together before ironing so if you need to make adjustments you can still do so. Once you have everything where you want it… iron down in place.
Machine or hand applique your princess to your blanket.
From your coodinating fabric for the ruffle trim, cut 8 strips all 6″ wide by the width of the fabric. Sew all the strips together end to end creating one long strip. Iron in half length wise now making your strip 3″ doubled on fold. I used a ruffle foot on my machine to create the ruffle. You can also do this by stitching a long loose stitch and then pull one of the threads delicately creating a ruffle. If you do it by hand, then you will need to make sure you stitch your ruffle down in place so it does not come undone when adding to your blanket.
Then simply turn the ruffle edge to match up with the blanket edge and stitch all around the blanket.
When you get back all the way around to the other end, overlap the two ruffles about an inch or two and then curve the end down and sew across the raw edge to conceal the edge when attaching the back.
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George MillsMember
Is there anybody that sells an ultralight hard table, perhaps made from titanium? Could be tall or short.
I've seen a large number of "camp tables" but all have a fabric top and aren't exactly ultralight.Aug 22, 2012 at 3:00 pm #1905022
smallest one I know is GSI micro table.
not UL – but bringing a table will NEVER be UL
OK- IF there were to be a table that is 2oz- its still 2 unNEEDED oz.Aug 22, 2012 at 6:16 pm #1905094
david richardsonBPL Member
@drichiLocale: midwest
This guy makes one that is light. http://www.outdoortrailgear.com/cottage-industries/smokeeater908/smokeeater908-lightweight-cook-table/Aug 22, 2012 at 7:05 pm #1905122
That table/ website is pretty cool.
Maybe there's hope for a ul table after all!! -Especially since its adjustable height. I could see myself standing next to trees cooking at a belly-button high table. Like a bar table! Like It.
That site is cool except for that creepy hat lady! ;)
(remember that comment about my name, Kat? Hmmmmm???)
:)Aug 23, 2012 at 1:23 am #1905186
Kathy A HandysideBPL Member
@earlymusicusLocale: Southeastern Michigan
Snow Peak now has a table called the Ozen Solo Table that weighs 8 ounces. It folds up, too.
http://www.snowpeak.com/furniture/tables/ozen-solo-table.htmlAug 23, 2012 at 1:25 am #1905187
Kathy A HandysideBPL Member
@earlymusicusLocale: Southeastern Michigan
Well, Backpacker magazine said it weighs 8 ounces, but on the Snow Peak website, they say 12 ounces. It looks like a really cool little table, though.Aug 23, 2012 at 1:51 am #1905189
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@leaftyeLocale: SoCal
You could probably rig your own. Get a stiffer frame sheet, maybe out of carbon fiber. Find a way to use your tent poles or stakes as legs.Aug 23, 2012 at 5:18 am #1905202
Ken ThompsonBPL Member
@hereLocale: Right there
Really? What you gonna put on that? Alarm clock and a glass of water? You need a table backpacking like you need, an extension cord.Aug 23, 2012 at 7:56 am #1905241
Ken I sorta agree with you.
but I can see it being handy for cooking in winter, I have a bad back so sometimes sitting for a long time while melting snow sux.
definitely a luxury item, though. Kinda like a book / ipod. (which I dont bring)
The GSI table- YES totally worthless cause its only 6" tall ( you sit on the ground anyway)
with this one you could have it be as tall as your poles get (or a stick).
(I just keep seeing myself bellied up to "the bar" in the backcountry)
sounds funAug 23, 2012 at 8:54 am #1905260
Jim LBPL Member
I saw the comments about not needing an ultralight table and no table being UL. Hell, you don't really NEED anything more than a sharp rock and a loin cloth (optional, I guess) but different people want different levels of comfort, convenience, etc. Each person gets to draw their line between want and need wherever they want. The OP had at least recognized the need to keep his table light.
Lighten up.
NOTE… I just reread this post. Sounds WAY harsher than I intended. sorry about that. JimAug 23, 2012 at 11:10 am #1905318
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@eagleriverdeeLocale: Eagle River, Alaska
If you're primarily looking at this for winter, here's my suggestion and is what we do up here in Alaska. Dig down in the snow for your kitchen (gets you out of the wind, anyway so it's worth it), build benches and a table from snow simply by not digging those sections out as deep. Use your shovel blade as your stove base and cook on your snow table. This assumes, of course, you get that kind of deeper snow where you're at but a lightweight shovel is kind of a must for winter camping anyway and it would save you from having to carry extra gear.
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Here is where you can get it in the UK.
Phones 4u
Available for Pre-order right now, Phones 4u is promising that all pre-order customers will receive an exclusive "premium accessory bundle" courtesy of Phones 4u and Samsung, worth more than £50. Phones 4u won't currently say what that bundle consists of, but we suspect it will be cases and accessories for your shiny new phone. The phone will be available free on contract from £36 a month on various networks.
Carphone Warehouse
As at Phones 4u, you'll be able to buy the handset on Vodafone, Orange, O2, T-Mobile and Three from Carphone Warehouse for free on a selection of tariffs from £36 per month.
The first 1,000 customers to place pay-monthly pre-orders online and on the phone (via the Carphone Warehouse call centre) will receive a FREE 10" Samsung Galaxy Tab (worth at least £399), InvisibleSHIELD screen protector (RRP £14.99) and in-car micro USB charger (RRP £14.99) – a combined value of £428.98.
All other customers who pre-order a device will receive a free Sandisk 32GB micro SD memory card (RRP normally £29.99), Invisishield Screen Protector (RRP £14.99) and in-car micro USB charger (RRP 14.99) –a combined value of £59.97.
The addition of the Sandisk memory card will bring the combined memory capacity of the device to a massive 48GB, making it unlikely that even the most active users will be short on space to store their videos, pictures, music and favourite apps.
Sadly Carphone Warehouse pre-orders are available on new subscriptions only and not on upgrades.
If you don't want to buy the SGS3 with a contract you can get it from Clove. It is selling the Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB model for £549.99 including VAT.
The first stock is due to be here on May 30th. At the moment the online retailer isn't stocking the 32GB or 64GB models.
Expansys hasn't set a price for the Samsung Galaxy S III as yet, however will be stocking the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB versions in both white and blue.
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The Everything Everywhere operator will also be stocking the Samsung Galaxy S III however has as yet to detail pricing.
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The Samsung Galaxy S III is also coming to Virgin Media this summer. Pricing and full tariff details are yet to be announced, but the company tells us that its normal exclusive discounts apply. In real money, that equates to £5 less on their monthly tariff, double the texts, double the data and 3,000 minutes to other Virgin Mobiles. Virgin Media landline customers can also enjoy free calls to Virgin Mobiles within their inclusive Talk Plan.


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The Somali neighbourhood of Kenya's Nairobi has been targeted several times in recent months by terrorists. The police accuse sympathisers of the Islamic insurgents Al Shabaab of being behind the attacks. After several explosions, riots rocked the suburb as Kenyans and ethnic Somalis fought each other. A heavy police presence on the streets has brought calm to the area, but they are also accused by residents of attacking residents themselves.


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It's cold here in DC. Cold and windy. Now I'm usually not one to complain, but now that I've lived here for the past few years and haven't experienced real winter weather, something bad has happened to me. Anyways, better find someone who can share some body heat. Hopefully that person is not your boss.
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Tyler Bauer Named to Academic All-America Second TeamRising junior Tyler Bauer (right) of the Muhlenberg men's track and field team was selected to the Academic All-America second team.
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One of only three sophomores to make the first or second teams, Bauer is a double major in biology and music who placed fifth in the javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn All-America honors. He was named Most Outstanding Performer of Centennial Conference Championships after setting a meet record and winning the javelin by almost 25 feet.
The two-time CC javelin champion and two-time CC athlete of the week broke the 11-year-old school record of 196-7 in his first meet of the year and raised the standard to 214-5 by season's end. Bauer also was one of only four Division III athletes to place at the IC4A Championships, coming in eighth.


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LONDON (CNN) -- Pakistani girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who has found international fame since being shot by Taliban militants last year, met with another icon Friday: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, invited the young activist to a reception at Buckingham Palace, where they met and chatted for a short time.
Malala, who was accompanied by her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, presented the Queen with a copy of her newly published memoir, titled "I am Malala."
"It's nice to meet you and it's a great honor coming here, and I wanted to present you my book," Malala said.
Queen Elizabeth responded, "That's very kind of you. Thank you very much indeed."
Malala said she hoped the two could work together to make sure all children receive an education, not just in Pakistan, but in the United Kingdom, too.
"I hope that we will all work together for the education of every child, and especially in this country as well, because I have heard about many children that cannot go to school," she said. "So I hope that we will continue our work on youth empowerment."
In his inimitable fashion, the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, made a joke about children and education when meeting Malala at the palace.
"It's one thing about children going to school," he said, "they go to school because their parents don't want them in the house."
In an interview with CNN last week, Malala joked that she was going "because it's the order of the Queen, it's the command."
Malala has been based in Britain since she was rushed there for major surgery after the Taliban shot her in the head in her native Pakistan because of her efforts to promote girls' education.
It's been a busy few days for the 16-year-old.
Last Friday, as the world marked the International Day of the Girl, she met U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the White House.
Undaunted by the occasion, she challenged the President over U.S. drone strikes in her homeland, saying that they risk "fueling terrorism" and that U.S. efforts would be better focused on promoting education, according to a statement she released. The U.S. government has said strikes by the unmanned aircraft are a necessary part of the fight against militant groups, including the Taliban.
A day earlier, Malala won the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded by the European Parliament.
Parliament President Martin Schulz called her a "brave advocate for education" who "reminds us of our duty toward children and especially girls."
Malala's memoir, which recounts her experiences after she was shot and her determination not to be intimidated by extremists, was released October 8.
There had been speculation that she might also be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday, but it went instead to the world's chemical weapons watchdog.
Malala's activism started after the Taliban banned girls from schools in Pakistan's Swat Valley in 2009. She anonymously blogged for the BBC in opposition to that order and became an open advocate for girls' education.
In 2011, Malala told CNN, "I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk."
A year later, at age 15, she was riding the bus home from school when a Taliban gunman climbed aboard and shot her in the head. She nearly died.
Since then, Malala has recovered and continued advocating for girls' education, despite ongoing death threats from the Taliban.


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DRUNK GIRLS: Valeria and Max drink vodka
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They do not eat and just drink some juice with vodka. It is not a surprise that they've got quite drunk very soon! They have started to feel weird and attempted a funfight, jokingly tempting each other and pulling clothes off...


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A tour of the Jefferson Theater
The last owner of the Jefferson Theater made a few improvements, but he was no Coran Capshaw.
With a $5 million renovation, the manager of the Dave Matthews Band plans to reopen the 1912 pleasure palace late this fall as a state-of-the-art music venue. Jack Horn Jr., head of construction company Martin Horn Inc., gave a tour September 24.
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We are on target to open in November.
Thanks for restoring this Charlottesville Classic instead of turning it into another urban crapfitters. I will surely spend money freely there when they open. I will never set foot in the crapfitters though.
Can't wait for it to open. Memo to band bookers--please go easy on the jam bands.
@really: Nobody cares whether you will or won't shop at Urban Outfitters. Get over yourself!
I care.
And so this doesn't get deleted: book Pavement!
Thanks for sharing these photos. I hope they will fully document what remains of the ceiling mural before it is painted over.
Can't wait to see some shows here. Keep the prices reasonable and the atmosphere friendly and they will come.
I hope this place books gigs like the National down in Richmond. I saw the Disco Biscuits there last night, awesome show. would of loved it more if i didnt have to drive back to the Ville at 2:30 in the morning.
What an amazing building and how neat to see it restored in all it's glory --thanks for the tour Dave !
Looks great! Though I'm not sure if they're going to make their anticipated November re-opening? Are they still firm on that schedule?
Um you cared enough to comment, thanks for sharing! And yes the crapfitters can suck it.


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we're bag twins! yay, fun!!ReplyDelete
Glad to see you back! I've been wondering what you were up to. Love the sock!ReplyDelete
Sooo exciting! I've seen tons of bands live, and Avett is still one of my all time favorite shows. Their energy is unreal. Of course, with two kids we don't make it to shows nearly as often as before. But I'm ecstatic that we are seeing the Black Keys month!ReplyDelete
If you can knit a sock, you can knit a sweater. Those double pointed needles and turning a heel are about the hardest things in knitting. Unless you get into lace, of course.ReplyDelete
Yay on a first sock!! It's gorgeous - as is the bag.ReplyDelete
Oooh your bag is lovely! Very envious :o)ReplyDelete
Beautiful choices for the bag Angela! And pretty pretty socks :o)ReplyDelete
I'm afraid it will sound pretty weird if I say I love your sock ;) but the sock is great. Can't wait to see the sweater - I'm sure you will manage.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2012 at 5:52 PM
I love your new bag, and I love the Avett Brothers! I'm dying for them to come to Colorado again this year!ReplyDelete
I know all about blog breaks! They're good. But nice to have you back again!ReplyDelete
Breaks are good, and make the coming back so much sweeter! I'm an avid Psych fan too!! I frequently put it on while hand quilting or basting. Good choice!ReplyDelete
So awesome- I'm from around the same area as the Avetts and we've seen them in concert at least 10 times. Every time is more awesome than the one before. The last time we saw them was in Raleigh and Bob wasn't supposed to play the show because his daughter was so sick- he showed up and the first song was "Hard Times Come Again No More", then he played the whole show. They are amazing dudes. You're going to LOVE it!ReplyDelete
I was going to email you to ask if things were ok at your place; but then I figured if you weren't on the blog, you probably weren't on the computer either. Glad things are fine. Love your bag - great fabric.ReplyDelete
I may join your FW's quilt along. This year it's all about finishing projects!
Glad to see you've finished up the sock, it looks cozy and warm. The bag looks so nice, too... those fabrics have such pretty colors!ReplyDelete
Lucky you. I love the Avett Brothers. That bag is really cute. I keep telling myself I am going to make a bag but it looks like too much work.ReplyDelete
Such a great bag! It looks wonderful in that fabric. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
your toes are going to be soo cozy! love the bag also. i have made a few birdie slings but still haven't made one for myself. someday!ReplyDelete
Love your Birdie Sling! It's one of my favorite patterns!ReplyDelete
Your my favorite. You knew that right????ReplyDelete
ps: now I want a new birdie sling!!! xoxo
I love your birdie sling! I've made a couple of those, and I'm always amazed at how roomy they are.ReplyDelete
Also-- I'm totally jealous of your Avett Bros tix! I saw them last year (they're also one of my favorite bands) and they are the most amazing live performers. They bring so much energy to their shows-- you are going to love it!
Love the sock. I just made one with a toe up pattern. But it took forever! 20 hours. I am not a fast knitter. Umm, I think I can buy socks for a lot less money and use my time to knit shawls and Eternity Scarves!ReplyDelete
Would you share your sock pattern name? I guess I should make a second sock and I thought I would try a top down version.
i love the avett brothers, they are on shuffle rotation when i sew!, and to think you are new to knitting? i have never tried socks!. i love your bag.ReplyDelete


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