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To silence criticisms from Latino politicians, Herbalife sponsors SOMOS conference [UPDATED]/
By LOUIS FLORES
A global nutritional supplement corporation, which is reportedly under investigation for exploiting hundreds of thousands of Latinos as salespeople, is sponsoring the SOMOS 2014 fall conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to a report published by Capital New York.
The controversial corporate sponsor, Herbalife, arranged for its logo to be "prominently displayed in the name tags given to conference attendees, and in the conference's brochure and schedule," according to the Capital New York report.
The sole Latino official to denounce Herbalife's sponsorship is New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Vivierto, which isn't saying much, given her poor record on city ethics rules and conflicts of interest. Her office waited until she was en route to the San Juan conference before issuing a statement to the press. It's not known why the other Hispanic leaders at the SOMOS 2014 fall conference have remained mum about the controversial sponsorship.
Yesterday, a handful of city and state officials sent a letter, made public by Albany reporter for Time Warner Cable News, Nick Reisman, asking one of the SOMOS conference organisers, the publication City & State, to end a co-sponsorship arrangement with another controversial corporation, the apartment subletting service, Airbnb, which critics say is responsible for eliminating the stock of affordable housing for New York City's low-income and working class communities, displacing, amongst others, Latinos. Progress Queens reposted the letter onto Scribd. (See postscript)
News reports by ABC News, Seeking Alpha, Al Jazeera America, and Progress Queens have documented the devastating impact on the Latino community that Herbalife has had. Herbalife's business is modeled as a multi-level marketing, or MLM, enterprise, which watchdog experts and investors have said has been transformed into a pyramid scheme. According to a public service video produced by the social service organisation, Make the Road New York, Latinos, who had previously worked as distributors or supervisors, as Herbalife describes its sales work force, described how they paid thousands of dollars to buy into a business opportunity to sell Herbalife's products, only to never make any of that money back.
Brent Wilkes is the national executive director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, an influential nonprofit that fights discrimination against Latinos. He and other Latino leaders have criticized Herbalife for "predatory business practices" that they say exploit the Latino community.
"There are 550,000 Herbalife distributors in the United States. Somewhere between 60 to 83 percent of them are Latino," Mr. Wilkes wrote in an essay published in The Huffington Post, adding that, "300,000 to 400,000 Latino distributors will quit this year alone only to be replaced by another 300,000 to 400,000 new Latino distributors. If left unchecked, Herbalife could recruit, defraud and dispose of as many as 4 million Latino distributors over the next 10 years. To more and more Latino leaders and advocates, this reeks of predatory ethnic targeting of epic proportions."
For a report published last week by Progress Queens, representatives from Herbalife promised to answer questions posed by Progress Queens, but the representatives were not true to their word.
The New York State Attorney General's Office is reportedly just one justice or regulatory office that is investigating Herbalife. However, the size of the staff and the amount of resources that the New York State Attorney General's Office has reportedly worried Herbalife executives, so much so that Herbalife has retained the consulting firm that employs New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's ex-wife, Jennifer Cunningham. Herbalife has previously made contributions to lobbying groups that then make campaign donations to states' attorneys general, including to Attorney General Schneiderman. All these conflicts point to a desperate lobbying operation by Herbalife to quash investigations into its business practices.
To further deflect criticism that Herbalife preys on a huge workforce of Latinos, Herbalife has begun to sponsor conferences and awards shows that target the Latino community, as a way to curry favour with influential Latinos in government, business, and the media. Herbalife has previously sponsored SOMOS conferences, and earlier this year, Herbalife was a sponsor of the 2014 Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards in Miami.
Herbalife's sponsorship of the 2014 SOMOS fall conference is a height of duplicity, say some critics of Herbalife. According to a prior economic development conference organised by SOMOS, "Tens of thousands of Hispanic owned businesses have exponential capacity to grow and create jobs and prosperity for our State and Country, but an effective support system must be developed to maximize this economic potential." However, Herbalife's business practices and its record of creating prosperity are under investigations for fraud and for operating as a pyramid scheme.
A prominent, New York-based Latino journalist, Gerson Borrero, is a contributor to the publication City & State. He also appears on the television news program, Inside City Hall, on NY1. Mr. Borrero and Morgan Pehme, City & State's editor, have been heavily promoting the SOMOS 2014 fall conference. A late request for comment was sent to City & State. In the response to Progress Queens' request, Mr. Pehme vigorously denied that the publication has received any money or has any association with Herbalife.
In a further response to this report, Mr. Pehme stated that City & State was not a sponsor of the SOMOS 2014 fall conference, describing City & State's role in at the conference as one that would allow the publication to cover Latino politics by bringing up Latino subjects to be discussed. When pressed whether City & State was free to ask difficult questions of conference organizers or participants, including questions about Herbalife's sponsorship, Mr. Pehme said that some topics did not come up in City & State's interviews, that reporters were unable to interview Senator Espaillat, and that the members of the Board of Directors of the conference's organizers, Somos El Futuro, were likewise unavailable for interview. Mr. Pehme further said that it was unfair that City & State was being singled out for Airbnb's advertisement when City & State had nothing to with Herbalife.
This article has been amended to reflect responses from City & State.


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What is the word describing the process of converting source code, such as a C file or Java file, to a format appropriate for publishing on WWW site (usually HTML format with syntax highlighting, but also wiki format etc.)? An example would be how github stores raw source files, but displays (to the browser) an HTML representation of the code with the syntax highlighted, and line numbers, and other improvements for readability.
I have problem finding correct and understandable word.
- formatting is used to describe the process of improving the format of the source code, not converting to other format
- prettification is usually associated with processing the source code to make it more human-readable
- beautification - I've met with using that term as synonym to prettification

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You may recognize her from her pitching in the Olympics. Or from the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated. Or even from The Apprentice. Now you should also recognize her as an author. Softball great, and Olympic gold medalist, Jennie Finch, has just released her first book: Throw Like A Girl: How to Dream Big & Believe in Yourself (with sports journalist Ann Killion). This 256-page autobiographical work, recently published by sports press Triumph, is targeted at teen girls (it may be a bit long for elementary school-age readers, but is a great fit for middle- and high-school audiences). If your daughter is a softball player, or athlete of any type, this is a must read.
Throw Like A Girl traces Finch's career from her days on Southern California sandlots to international softball diamonds on travel, high school, college, Olympic, and pro teams. Divided into three sections—Body, Mind, and Heart— Finch gives tips on how to navigate politics in youth sports, how college recruiting really works, and how to balance sports, schooling, and a social life (at various life stages, as she covers her own marriage and pregnancies). While she does repeat some stories a few times, the pictures and inspirational quotes throughout help distract from this repetition.
The gist of the book is summarized on page seven: "Through sports I learned to accept and appreciate my body and to accept myself for who I am. I gained confidence and inspiration. Athletics is not only good for your body, it's great for your mind and spirit. And I learned that life is about so much more than just the wins and losses at the end of a game." Throughout Finch explains why athletics are beneficial to girls today, while also highlighting problem areas in youth sports—themes that resonate with my academic research on girls and competitive sports.
n my work I label girls who are highly competitive and highly feminine "pink girls." These young women choose what type of girl they want to be, while performing at such a high level that they often beat boys. She writes that the contrast between being a tough-as-nails athlete and a hot-pink-on-nails girl provides her with the right balance. Some of her friends and teammates have chosen to be even more "supergirly" and others have chosen to shave their heads. Finch explains that softball, and sports, has room for all types of girls.
Finch chose to be a pink girl from a young age: "When I started playing sports, I always put ribbons in my braids or ponytails. My father was the one who did my hair for me before games when I was little because my mom was often at work. He always said that just because girl plays sports doesn't mean she can't be feminine. So that became my motto, too." (55)
Finch's father has played a huge role in her life. More than anyone else besides the author he is the star of the book. He developed a machine named the "Finch windmill" to help his daughter develop the muscles in her non-pitching arm. He explained to her that her teammates depended on her and she shouldn't go outside and ride her bike, for fear of breaking an arm. And he defended her at games when people yelled from the stands that they were lying about her age.
Mr. Finch was an extremely involved sports dad who pushed his daughter to her limits to succeed. While it clearly paid off in this case, it's also clear that not all kids would respond well to this sort of parenting style. Still, it's a great example of sports bringing a father and daughter closer together, something that is still somewhat rare for many daddy-daughter combos, as I have previously written about on BlogHer.
Finch's story shows how sports can help forge other familial bonds. An obvious example is that Finch married a professional baseball player (a pitcher, no less), Casey Daigle. Less obvious is the role her two older, athletic brothers played in her sports development. For example, she explains that having older brothers helped prepare her parents to deal with the politics of youth sports teams (like the coach who likes to use his own child as star pitcher) and how to pick good coaches.
Finch provides other bits of relevant, practical advice to young athletes and their parents. She tells people to be wary about those who sell services to young athletes and do some homework before hiring them—that just because they charge money doesn't make them qualified (this is a real pet peeve of mine when it comes to the world of children's competitive activities, as you can see here and here). Finch also encourages young athletes to continue to explore various sporting opportunities and not specialize too young. This includes playing different sports for fun and playing on a school team, not just for select travel teams. Parents will especially appreciate her message that studying for school must also remain a priority.
While some of the tips apply to boys and girls, girls really are the focus in Throw Like a Girl. Finch discusses all the various competitive pressures girls may feel in their lives (academic, athletic, peer, romantic, and the list goes on), explaining she felt all of them at some point. She doesn't use psychologist Stephen Hinshaw's term "The Triple Bind," which refers to the pressures girls today feel to achieve like boys but still be nice and look good, but she has clearly lived this triple bind and succeeded. While she is a positive role model I couldn't help but ask myself if any male athletes would describe themselves as she did on page twenty: "I wasn't the coolest girl. I wasn't the most popular. I was too tall. I was chunky." Hopefully the next generation of female superstar athletes will read this book, take Jennie Finch's advice to heart, and move beyond this triple bind.


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You've got your backpack, sleeping bag, and tent ready to go. But there's one problem... Your car, man!
If you're too stubborn to go full weekend-warrior-Subaru-owner, your only option is to make due with what you have. So, let's take that four-door grandma car and make sure it's ready for your new rugged lifestyle.
Five easy tips to make your family sedan wilderness-ready
1. Remove all excess
When it's time to pack your camping and fishing gear, you don't want to be bothered with trivial garbage like baby seats, jumper cables, gas cans or spare tires. Huck it out.
2. Attach reflective bumper stickers to the roof
This will make sure that emergency response units can easily identify your vehicle when you're lost in thick bush, down grid-roads, or visiting Calgary.
3. Pack dubious emergency provisions
Test the extents of your impulse buys at the checkout line at Canadian Tire. Tow Truck in a Box may not get you out of a quarter-mile stretch of mud, but your friends will commend your dedication to thrift.
4. Make friends with your mechanic
Made easy by the massive stacks of cash you'll be dropping to replace those tie-rods, shocks, balding tires and cracked windshields. Be sure to ask if they like coffee and donuts — contrary to stereotypes, modern mechanics are typically concerned about their figures.
5. Turn up the tunes
With all of those rutted gravel roads you'll be driving on, nothing drowns out the rattles and squeals of damaged suspension like black metal or hard-hitting dubstep. As an added bonus, you'll be doing everyone a favour by warning them that your stupid ass is rolling in to the campground.
By the end of the season, your sedan should look like it was pulled out of an archaeological dig. Don't worry! You should still be able to sell it to a first-time driver for well above what it's worth. From there, take your $300 cash and trade in your recyclables for the ultimate outdoor adventure-mobile— the Chevy Astro.


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By Jessica Kwong, Staff Writer
October 28, 2015
SANTA ANA – Inside suite 906 of a sprawling beige and brown business complex at East Wilshire Avenue within walking distance of train tracks, an oasis of creativity has surfaced.
The new Depot for Creative Use is stocked with colorful fabrics, leftover decoration pieces, clean manufacturing scraps and other reclaimed and reusable materials procured from businesses and individuals across Orange County. The items, which would otherwise go to landfills, have been collected in bins there by the nonprofit Child Creativity Lab, which seeks to nurture creativity among local youth.
While about a dozen reuse centers that provide free or low-cost recycled goods already exist in California, the Depot for Creative Use – which held its grand opening last week – is the only one operating in Orange County, according to executive director Peter Chang.
"Teachers have been driving all the way to Long Beach or Gardena," he said. "We're all about providing these resources. We have a community maker space in the back."
Since its soft opening last month, the depot has held one class per week at no or a low cost to youth encouraging them to channel their creativity toward something functional. Many projects are STEM-based, like a kit that challenges children and teens to make a floating boat, for example.
Community members can also purchase the array of materials by the unit.
The depot is one of its kind in the old industrial area of eastern Santa Ana, said Tony Napoli, an ambassador for the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce.
"There's a number of charities but not a lot of art," Napoli said. "And I'm so impressed they're introducing this to kids."
Open Monday through Saturday, the Depot plans to have classes twice a week, Chang said.
Brea resident Avery Yerkish, 11, who attended the grand opening with her sister and mother, was busy at work selecting materials from jars to make a wind chime.
"I think it's pretty cool," she said. "I could easily spend hours here."
Contact the writer: 714-796-7762, email@example.com or Twitter: @JessicaGKwong


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Are We There Yet?
It comes from the back seat, in varying tones of voice. Sometimes it's said with anticipation, as when we're on the way to the White Mountains and Mary is primed for a day at Story Land -- or when it's that ice cream time of the afternoon. Mary's always primed for that. Sometimes it's said with a yawn, when we're headed home after a day's skiing at Gunstock Mountain. In our car it's never a whine, because everyone knows what happens to whiners – no one can hear anything they say.
Between the two of us, my husband and I have developed quite a repertoire of responses. Some are met with a few moments of puzzled silence as the layers of implication sink into an 8-year-old mind. Some are met with immediate protests of disbelief, others with a long series of giggles. We are heartened by the latter, because we can't imagine traveling with anyone who doesn't have a sense of humor.
This isn't actually all 110 of the answers we have come up with, but enough to get you started. Once you get the hang of it, the possibilities are endless.
"Yes, that's why I have stopped the car here by the side of the road under these pine trees next to a swamp, without a house in sight. Be sure to tell me when you want to go somewhere else."
"Not quite yet. I expect it will be only 16 more hours, 26 minutes and 43 seconds. Too bad there's no place to stop for food on the way."
"I have no idea, because we aren't actually aiming for any place."
"I'm completely lost. I think we're actually heading away from there right now."
"Check the compass over the mirror and tell me if it stops saying SW. Tell me especially if it says NE, because then we'll be going the wrong way and getting farther from there."
"Were we going someplace?"
"No, but it's very important that you keep your eyes open and not fall asleep, because if you do I might miss the sign that says "there."
"Where is the there you had in mind and how do I get there?"
"I think if you close your eyes tight and count to 200 very slowly to yourself, then cross your fingers and wish to be there, we'll be a lot closer."
"We were almost there an hour ago, but I changed my mind and decided to go somewhere else, and we're not there yet."
"What did you say? I missed it because I was asleep."
"I don't think so, but I'm so lost that I have no idea where there is."
"Do you mean the there that we started out for this morning or the there we changed our mind and decided to go to after we were halfway there, or the there we talked about going yesterday before we decided not to go to the there and to go to the we headed for before?"
"I'll need help finding it. Can you check this map of New Hampshire and find Passaconaway, then tell me how to get there?"
There's only one problem with all our answers: now she asks just to see if we can continue coming up with new ones. I've thought of keeping a notebook beside my bed, in case I wake up in the night with an idea.
But if I know Mary, it won't be too long before she starts thinking up her own answers. She's always been a kid who liked a challenge, and I can see a new player joining this road game soon – just in time for her little sister to begin asking "Are we there yet?"
Barbara Radcliffe Rogers is a travel writer and guidebook author from New Hampshire who covers destinations from Brazil to Newfoundland to Venice, riding everything from dogsleds and kayaks to bush planes. Look for her articles about Italy and Spain at http://seuropetravel.suite101.com. She is co-author of the guidebook "New Hampshire Off the Beaten Path," the latest edition of which was researched with a sometimes- impatient 8-year-old in the back seat.


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The study … found that the value of investment advisers was not in the stocks or mutual funds they recommended but in their ability to restrain investors from impulsively trading at the wrong time … data showing that aggressive orders by individuals can cost them about four percentage points a year.
"Enlightened behavioral investors ought to be more willing to pay on the order of one percentage point to an investment manager who will prohibit or at least impede aggressive orders than to pay nearly four times as much for the privilege of excessively and detrimentally trading their own account," …
… advisers can be subject to the same myopia as the investors they advise. … an article called "The Third Rail" … that questioned the whole notion of advisers being the rational counterweight to investors' more irrational behavioral tendencies.
Watch this blog. I intend to explore this issue further.


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Tooth Fairy falls victim to inflation as children receive average $3 a tooth
22:29 GMT, 4 September 2012
It seems even the Tooth Fairy is not immune to inflation.
According to a new study children in the U.S. receive an average of $3 for each tooth lost, an increase of 15 per cent on last year.
And to coincide with the findings a free app has been released which allows parents to calculate how much money they should be slipping under their youngster's pillow.
Ouch! According to the American Dental Association most kids have a full set of 20 baby teeth by the time they are three-years-old
The Tooth Fairy Calculator instructs
users to enter information such as education, age and household income
so they can determine how much to give their youngster per baby tooth.
According to ABC News entering 'a male parent's age of 33 with a college education and making $75,000' into the new app produces a $2 gift from the tooth fairy.
But if you change the state of residence to New York you will get a less-valuable tooth priced at $1.
A survey of 2,000 households by financial services Visa firm found that on average children in the U.S. receive $3 for each tooth lost. Some received as much as $20 per tooth.
Tooth tool: Visa's free appenables parents to
calculate how much money they should be slipping under their child's
The American Dental Association
reports that most kids have a full set of 20 baby teeth by the time they
are three-years-old which will earn them a total of $60 according to
the latest figures.
A spokesperson for Visa agreed that 'it's a good time to be a kid with a loose tooth.'
While some parents applauded the new app, some financial experts warned that it might prompt parents to be competitive.
Charles Green, CEO of Trusted Advisor Associates, a management consultancy business, told CNBC: 'The app would be a driver of tooth inflation, not a tracker… I would predict a psychological bidding game.'


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Bulmer & Lumb is proud to support the development & training of the next generation of textile experts & currently has a number of trainees at different stages of their careers. Here two of them talk about their decision to become dyers and what their day to day work involves:
Ed Naylor – Trainee Dyeing Technician
My first job was working in a dye house on Saturdays whilst still at school, I left education at GCSE level & initially began training as an electrical engineer. Following this I moved on to work at a textile merchant/processor in Huddersfield where I gained a knowledge of a wide variety of fibres. After 2 years I applied for the job position of trainee technician at Bulmer and Lumb.
During my first year as a trainee technician I was positioned in a selection of departments to gain a good idea of how the company functions, from receiving the raw material all the through to packing the end product. I am now working in the dyers office where my daily duties include allocating, dyeing and colour matching a wide variety of fibres on a commercial level. Other duties include ordering of chemicals and colorants and keeping track of stocks on a daily basis.
I am currently doing the second year of the textile Coloration Certificate through the SDC which I have found very informative, relevant to my job and will hopefully aid me on to the ASDC qualification. I have found working alongside experienced members of staff a big help when it comes to aiding with course material.
My future goals are to progress in my career as a dye technician at Bulmer and Lumb and expand my knowledge of the textile industry through hands on experience, colleges within the workplace and education like the Textile Coloration Certificate.
Being involved with the Society of Dyers & Colourists has given me the opportunity to meet people in similar careers and discuss different methods and types of dying/printing. I recently attended theirDay of Celebration with my Bulmer & Lumb colleagues where I received an award for my first year of training.
Alana Williamson – Trainee Dyeing Technician
Having enjoyed studying science to AS Level at school and college, I decided that I would like to build a career in this subject by pursuing an apprenticeship in a scientific field. I began my career as a Lab Technician with another textile company in the West Yorkshire area & joined Bulmer & Lumb in February 2015. A few months in the role of a Dyer has confirmed to me that this is what I'd like to do for the long term.
My training is structured so that I alternate working between the top dyeing & yarn dyeing areas of the business to gain a thorough knowledge of both. Gradually increasing my workload every few weeks also means that I can become more self reliant & work across a number of different departments. A typical day would involve looking after the dye vessels, prepping & adjusting dye recipes, pass shades for customer samples & prepping samples for the colour matching team.
I enjoy working alongside our highly qualified and experienced dyeing & colour matching team, particularly the problem solving aspects of the role. Working with a wide variety of fibres, dyes and auxiliaries is very challenging & being able to produce a quality finished product for customers is very rewarding. I'm currently in the second year of the Textile Colouration Course, as there are a few of the team at a similar stage in training, we are able to support each other and work together on course projects.
Within the next five years, I would like to be fully qualified, having completed my ASDC qualification through the Society of Dyers & Colourists and training for a management role. Longer term I aspire to be managing a Dye house in a Director level position & have a wider role in the textile industry community.


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Anti-UV hat for babies and children – Swimming Pool
Sun protection with style!
The Kapel Swimming-Pool hat is the ultimate summer accessory for kids: 100% Oeko-Tex cotton and very high protetion anti-UV!
The "Atlantic Summer" hat oozes French chic and seaside style…Whether your little ones are in the sunshine or not!
This reversible shellfish print hat turns into the Black & White Panama!
Je souhaite recevoir une Alerte stock dès que le produit sera à nouveau disponible
KAPEL's key features
-Very high protection
-Anti-UV 100% Oeko-Tex cotton/Factor UPF 50+.
Does not provide sun protection for other body parts.
-Double reversibility
-2 styles: reversible interior/exterior
Unique colourful patterned exterior and black & white Panama interior.
-2 forms of protection: reversible front/back.
The wide visor protects your child's face when it's at the front or shoulders when it's at the back. That means your child is protected from the sun no matter its position or what your child is doing.
-Real comfort
-Light cotton/Fast drying.
-Adjustable straps to fit the hat with style and not stop your child getting on with their day.
–Ki ET LA's added ExTrA: The sunglasses' drawstring fits the Kapel so you can attach the hat and shades to each other for the ultimate in comfort and fit. : Forget about hats flying off and lost shades!
-Unique and unisex style
-Design made in Paris.
-Patterns designed and made by the brand's style team.
-2 iconic hats in 1: printed Sun hat and black & white Panama.
-Oeko-Tex label: Guarantees it contains no products that are harmful to mankind or the environment.
– Recyclable cardboard packaging.
Care and composition:
-100% Oeko-Tex cotton.
-Anti-UV coating on both sides of the hat.
– Machine washable.
The Kapel hat has been awarded the Janus de l'Industrie award by the French Design Institute in the Fashion category.
Additional information
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Size 1 : 45-47 cm, Size 2 : 47-49 cm, Size 3 : 50-52 cm, Size 4 : 52-54 cm, Size 5 : 54-56 cm, Size 6 : 56-58 cm


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- Tell us about your favorite youth causes! – In order to help youth, we need to know where help is needed. We want to be able to stop by, learn their story, give a helping hand, and even contribute money to the cause if we can! Our mission to help youth causes will only succeed if we know about who is out there.
- Give us daily directions + suggestions for the road. Our road map is totally open, and its up to you to decide where our bus takes us. If you know about a great swimming hole, a unique attraction, even the place with the best chili dogs in the state, tell us about it! Spontaneity is the name of the game when having an adventure, so help make this story unforgettable!


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Harry Potter and the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, London/
It must have been when Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (#6) was released that T and I gave up trying to share a copy and instead each bought our own. That tactic continued through #7, HP and the Deathly Hallows, and I very clearly remember reading side-by-side in bed, both our noses buried in our respective books, flying through the pages as fast our eyes and brains could carry us. It was thrilling: the story; the fanciful shared flight; the total immersion in a great tale.
When I closed the back cover of the Deathly Hallows, I did so with real sadness. The epilogue was terrible and unnecessary, so certainly I mourned that rare misstep by Rowling, but most of my grief was because there was no more Harry Potter to be read. My maiden voyage with the series was finally over, and I considered that fact fairly awful.
The films, excepting number 4 (the Goblet of Fire which certainly deserved and needed the two-part treatment granted the Deathly Hallows, and was quite miscast) were marvelous and have provided repeat succor. David Yates really finished things off with a directorial bang; films 5, 6 and both parts of 7 were masterfully executed.
Jack was ensorcelled by Harry Potter when he started book 1 several years ago. We told him that as he finished each book, we'd all watch that movie together. (That means that second child Oliver has seen all the movies despite being only halfway through having book 1 read aloud to him. Alas.) J took a hiatus after book 6 but became re-energized early this summer when London started looming, so we encouraged him to read HP 7 so that we could watch the movie before heading here. He finished it a couple weeks ago and was as crushed as I was when he finished. To my delight, he immediately started reading the series again.
All of us got to come full circle on our Harry Potter fandom yesterday when we trekked out to the Warner Brothers studio where much of each film was shot. There you tour many of the original sets, see thousands of original props, learn about the make-up and costume creations, see the blueprints and variously scaled models of Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, etc, and also about how the creatures and other magical beings were constructed and filmed.
It was really an outstanding place that in no way disappointed; I absolutely had as much fun as the kids did. The attention to detail was inspiring: 17,000 wooden wand boxes labelled with hand-written notes; 400 place settings at the students' tables in the Great Hall whose real stone floor added to the grandeur of the set; various animatronic items that made magic come alive. In this case I think pictures say it all, so here you go.
Harry Potter fans: what do y'all recognize?
One of my favorite parts of the experience was the enormous range of people there. There were just as many teens as younger children, and adults of all ages were there with their families but also on their own. A number of people were dressed in costume. I heard at least six different languages being spoken and am certain there were many more in the (very well-managed) crowd.
What all that really proves is that Rowling touched a representative sample of everyone with Harry Potter. The series' demonstrations of kindness, hard work, loyalty and courage; portrayal of good and evil and the battle between them; honest take on fairness and justice as something that should be striven for but is often elusive in the real world; respectful treatment of children and the very real capabilities they possess; belief in the power of progressive education; and the wish so many of us have for magic to be real are appealing on multiple levels and in various ways. They are universal themes or goals that we can all understand and desire.
Everyone at the studio was a big fan having fun in the unabashed way children do. At the green screen station where you can "fly" on a broom and "drive" the blue Ford Anglia that Harry and Ron crash into the Whomping Willow, I donned robes (Gryffindor, naturally! The kids chose Slytherin- what?!) and hopped on that broom as quickly as did the kids. It was such a blast.
Hilariously, Oliver wore a green shirt that exactly matched the green screen color and so on the screen looked invisible except for his head and hands. He said, "It's like I'm wearing the invisibility cloak." The people in line were laughing hysterically!
Tips for if you visit:
Buy your tickets well in advance and get to the studio early. Kids under 4 are free though I don't think this is a great venue for such little ones, and various packages are available. We bought the family package.
The tour is mostly self-guided though you can rent (~£4.99) an audio component for extra information. Tom really enjoyed all he learned via his. The boys and I just roamed and took in plenty that way. We spent about four hours total from lobby back to lobby.
The studio, which is in Watford, is about a 40-minute drive from London. You can take public transportation there but not in a direct fashion. We took an Uber which was easier, faster and not much more expensive than taking the tube and buses you'd need to otherwise.
You can bring your own food and drink which is lovely. If you don't feel like schlepping vitals out to the studio, the two cafes (Studio and Backlot) offer really nice salads, sandwiches, burgers and such at reasonable prices. The food is loads better than anything you'd find at an American studio or theme park. For example, I had a couscous salad with beets and goat cheese, and the boys had a beautiful hamburger on a glistening brioche bun that came with stunning lettuce leaves (NOT iceberg) and gigantic tomato slice.
The gift shops are pricey though I admit that much (not all but much) of the merchandise is nice. We did a spin before going on the tour so the kids could be thinking about what they might want to spend their money on. I think that was helpful because as they went through the visit, certain things faded or became more beloved in their minds.
We've had the kids saving their own money from gifts and such and have asked them to buy their own souvenirs. It's been meaningful for them and a great lesson on budgeting, and hey, we are treating them to this trip.
Bring a camera and wear comfortable shoes!
Try to get a good night's sleep before you go. I hope you do. It's well worth it!


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Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Death Vally Junction: Amargosa Cafe
Next to Opera House, there is a cafe run by two ladies.
Biscuit was really good. Fluffy and fresh.
She is the baker/chef here. We talked about bread making and she said that she couldn't make sourdough starter for bread as culture doesn't thrive here, it's too dry and just dies.
Borax is what made this place. Being one of the boom towns for mining borax, a cleaning agent, this whole building of Opera House and Cafe was once a facility and accommodation for miners. Had cinema, shops, beds, kitchen, everything.
This cafe has just started to operate a few years ago. We had a whole morning in and out having coffee, breakfast and buns. As a bee keeper back in London I had to buy their local honey. Microorganism as small as culture doesn't survive there but felt reassured that bees are doing ok there.
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If you have been hanging around theMangoTimes for the past few years, you know how often we like to talk about the gospel and how it centers us from looking for our identity in the "practices" of religion or the traps of the world.
On April 26th and 27th I will be attending the "How People Change 2013" in Modesto, CA. Several churches, organizations and individuals are bringing Tim Lane, president of CCEF for a two day conference that focuses on just this topic. Understanding our identity in light of the gospel.
I recommend this conference to ANYONE wanting a deeper understanding of the gospel. If you are struggling in your faith, feeling like it's "hard work," or wondering what it was that woke our family up from "gospel amnesia" then I would love to have you join us for this event.
It is open to individuals, church leadership, so feel free to share this with others. For more details you can click through the photo above to the conference website, or take a look at this video put together by some leaders in our church:
If you have any questions or would like to hang out with me at the conference, let me know!
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Ray Ortlund looks at all of the things we learn about God and the Christian life from that book alone.
(BTW, if you're not reading Ortlund's blog you're missing the opportunity to be consistently edified and provoked.)
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What If the Book of Philippians Was the Only Scripture We Had?
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America's CTO says Startup Visa is critical to the American economy [Video]
My past week has been spent getting to know Chicago's technology scene at Techweek. It was an epic, week-long conference where startups, VCs and technology enthusiasts came together to share ideas and understand how technology can kick-start America's economy out of recession and into job creation.
I was keen to grab an interview with Aneesh Chopra, US Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director For Technology to ask him what's going on with Startup America, an initiative set up by the Obama administration to encourage entrepreneurship and about Startup Visa, the petition for a new bill being passed through congress allowing early-stage startup entrepreneurs to grow their companies in the US.
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Caifanes announced via Facebook page that they are parting ways with Alejandro Marcovich, again. For reals this time.
Legendary Mexican rock band Caifanes, announced via it's website in late March that it was once again parting ways with lead guitarist Alejandro Marcovich. Yes, again. In case you were under a rock the past few years, Caifanes reunited with Marcovich in 2010 after a nearly 15 year break-up. Talk about holding a grudge for a while.
The band originally parted ways with Marcovich in 1995, at what some would say was the peak of their career.
Caifanes in the 80s (and you wonder why they were known as the Mexican, "Cure")
Many nasty (soap opera-esque) legal battles later, Saul Hernandez, Caifanes' frontman decided to cut his losses and together with Alfonso Andre started Jaguares (which would also become incredibly popular). In 2010 however, after years of not speaking to one another, Hernandez and Marcovich saw each other again after Marcovich underwent an operation to remove a brain tumor. The two decided that life was too short and forgave each other then and there.
This is Alejandro Marcovich with Caifanes when the reunion took place at Vive Latino 2011
Caifanes eunited for two big shows Vive Latino and Coachella in 2011, however the two dates proved too be too little for hungry fans. I was at the completely sold-out Vive Latino 2011 and remember nearly getting mobbed when trying to sell one single ticket as thousands of fans waited outside for a chance to see Caifanes live again.
The band embarked on a much larger tour of the US and Mexico and promised to start working on some recordings including finishing some unfinished tracks.
And now, this.
Signed termination letter for Alejandro Marcovich?
In case you missed some Spanish classes here is the complete English translation:
"Since 1987 Caifanes has lived intensely and passionately.
We wish to reiterate our deep appreciation for life and all of you for all that we have lived, this endearing magic that we share is tattooed in our heart.
We have always maintained our private internal history, we believe that music is important and internal processes must be that, internal, private. Starting today, Caifanes returns to its original formation.
Life comes in cycles, some close, others open. All are valid, all are important. Today opens another cycle for us, we will continue to give you our heart."
Signed Diego (Keyboards, Saxophone), Alfonso (drums), Sabo (Bass, Guitar), and Saul (Vocals, guitar).
As you can imagine the rumors have spread as to why they are parting ways again. So far all in the know have been silent and or diverting to say it's not a big deal, bands change members all the time. My only question is, will Caifanes continue? Will they go back to their Jaguares name?
El Universal in Mexico reported on March 23rd that, Rodrigo Baills, frontman and guitarist for The Melovskys, had to stand in for Alejandro Marcovich during a recent Caifanes show. So the plot thickens.
Alfonso Andre (a.k.a my baby daddy) took to his Facebook page to try and nip the gossip with this statement:
"It's unbelievable, but it seems that many still are not aware that unfortunately, due to irreconcilable differences, Alejandro Marcovich is no longer with Caifanes. That's it. No dramas or lawsuits. The reasons why we have parted ways will not be disclosed. We do not like gossip. Dirty laundry should be washed at home. We (the band) have decided to go on, you are within your rights to be angry, to curse, and even stop following us. Those who stay with us, thank you and we promise to continue to deliver our heart in every note as we have been doing so far. Love and Peace. - Alfonso Andre"
Okay Alfonso... we will try not to gossip. I do wish I was a fly on the wall when it happened though! From both messages it appears that Caifanes plans to continue making music and touring. I'm sure they will have no shortage of guitarists wanting to fill Marcovich's shoes. We shall see!
For now... Marcovich queda Afueraaaaaa.....seems fitting to play this song now.


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LFTP Cheatsheet
I don't use FTP personally. But, on a professional level, LFTP is becoming a super-reliable option for me when automating FTP transfers with script. LFTP is a more robust FTP client than just plain FTP or cURL. Unlike those clients, it retries a few times when transmission fails, has mirroring features, and supports simultaneous multi-file transfers, recursion, and Regular-Expression matches. Speed, from what I've experienced, is identical.
Upload a File
lftp -e 'put /local/path/yourfile.mp4; bye' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Like all FTP clients, LFTP correctly uses Passive mode by default. Passive is newer than Active. It was designed to solve the problems with Active, and will go through the greatest array of firewalls without incident. [Never use Active.]
Connection Timeout
LFTP will keep trying forever I believe, so it's wise to specify a timeout, especially if you are scripting this. In this example, timeout is 10 seconds:
lftp -e 'set net:timeout 10; put /local/path/yourfile.mp4; bye' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Active Mode
For what it's worth, Active mode -- older, stinkier, and won't go through your firewall:
lftp -e 'set ftp:passive-mode false; set net:timeout 10; put /local/path/yourfile.mp4; bye' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Uses Binary mode by default:
lftp -e 'set net:timeout 10; get yourfile.mp4; bye' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
If you need to put it in a specific local directory:
lftp -e 'set net:timeout 10; get yourfile.mp4 -o /local/path/yourfile.mp4; bye' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Recursive Upload
When using the
mirror command, LFTP is recursive by default.
Mirror everything from the
/local/path to the root of the remote FTP site, including all subdirectories and their files. The -R switch means "reverse mirror" which means "put" [upload]. Remote path is simply
/, the root.
lftp -e 'mirror -R /local/path/ /' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Recursive Download
To mirror remote to local, just omit the
-R param and swap remote path with local. Be careful with this. Don't overwrite your local changes.
lftp -e 'mirror / /local/path/' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Regular-Expression–Match Upload
Only include certain file types. Mirror everything in the
/local/path recursively, but only transfer files that end with
.css, and
lftp -e 'mirror -R -i "\.(html?|css|js)$" /local/path/ /' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Deploy only root-level files, not the entire directory tree. The
lftp -e 'mirror -R -r -i "\.(html?|css|js)$" /local/path/ /' -u user,password ftp.foo.com
Special Characters in Username or Password
Special characters in your username or password must be escaped with backslashes:
lftp -e 'put /local/path/yourfile.mp4; bye' -u user,password\!\! ftp.foo.com
IMO, FTP is not the right protocol for Internet file transfer of any kind. But, unfortunately, it is in place everywhere so you do find yourself stuck with it as the only option from time to time. [SFTP is the right protocol.]
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Is Apple Transitioning Into Luxury?
"Apple has just hired its third major player from the fashion industry: Patrick Pruniaux, the former Vice-President of Sales at Tag Heuer, announced his department from luxury company LVMH last week and subsequently, his pending role at Apple.
Although we don't know exactly what roles they'll play at Apple, something tells us the sudden departure may have something to do with the pending release of the iWatch."


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100% of TechCrunch Disrupt Companies have Gone Google/
This week in San Francisco, 31 companies are competing at TechCruch Disrupt. This event allows some of the most exciting new companies on the planet to compete for the attention of investors, partners and customers.
Yesterday, we learned 61 out of 100 of the top universities in the United States leverage Google Apps for Education. Today we decided to review the MX records of the 31 companies competing this week at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference. We had a hunch they'd overwhelmingly be Google Apps for Business customers and sure enough all 31 had MX records referencing Google's messaging systems.
Why would these companies leverage Google Apps?
- They're poised for explosive growth. With the right team, strong execution, and a healthy amount of luck these companies could see triple digit or higher levels of growth in the coming months. They need systems that can expand to meet their needs just as quickly.
- They need to collaborate in real time. These new companies are learning and changing on the fly - they need applications that move just as fast.
- They're mobile. You don't worry about syncing Facebook with your smartphone or tablet - it just works. Our messaging and collaboration Apps need to work just as easily.
- They're no strategic advantage to supporting Outlook or Exchange. Every second messing with a server or desktop app is time wasted. In today's marketplace, there's no time to waste.
- Known costs. Google Apps is a service. Security, reliability, disaster recovery, mobile support and more are all included so these firms can avoid unexpected costs.
The 31 companies at TechCrunch Disrupt represent some of the most innovative new businesses in the world. They're working to change the status quo in their field. They use Google Apps so they have Apps that are innovating just as fast. They don't have time to compromise, they need the best modern technology has to offer.


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My Howl series are drawing upon counterculture, psychedelic rock, the practice of tagging territory and works by French neurosurgeon and philosopher Henri Laborit and by American Anthropologist Carlos Castaneda. With the exploration of oil, oilstick and spray paintings and I textually capture the eponym poem by poet Allen Ginsberg (1926 - 1997). This text is considered to be one of the greatest works of the Beat Generation. The principal themes of this post World War II movement are : rejection of received standards, innovations in style, use of illegal drugs, alternative sexualities, interest in spirituality, rejection of materialism and explicit portrayals of the human condition.
Graffiti writers use a variety of materials, but mainly, spray paint, to inscribe their name, symbol, or sign on the surfaces of their streets. Still heavily associated with gang activities, graffiti serves an underground function to claim and identify space, demarcating lines of ownership and belonging. In my hands, the spray paint is replaced by oilstick to scribble a selection of Ginsberg's verses directly on the canvas or paper sheet. The tagger's aerosol can is nevertheless sometimes used, but very softly to paint light dots and blurry lines.
I then partially or completely erase the text by using oil paint applied directly on the canvas, most often diluted by turpentine and washed away with pieces of cloth, like window cleaners or graffiti removers, when they are trying to leave the walls pure of tags, insanities and signs of rebellion. By doing so, I produce a dirty image, a murky field, where nothing is clear, but where remains of the vibrant and revolutionary poem still appear, as they cannot be erased completely. The drawings and paintings suggest that layers of writing and acts of defacing eventually turn abstract. Words cease to have a clear order but in the end they never lose their original meaning and authority.
Both my material and my almost monumental size paintings gesture toward the urban space of a wall, first occupied and covered by illicit graffiti but now partially erased in an utopian and desperate attempt to draw a sanitized society by politics and powerful conglomerates. The diluted oil paint leaves both a hazy, washed-out look and a swampy effect on the surface of the big canvases.
Philosophically, my art is going further towards what hippies retained more about the Beaten Generation: bliss… a sort of religion of universal love and of a link with nature. I am now trying to reach a particularly sensitive spiritual dimension with my art, to speak to the mind and the senses and bring the public to a sweet, sensual and deep transcendence.
My work incorporates a steadfast criticality and welcomes contradiction. Through process, technique, scale, composition and imagery, it tries to accentuates the tensions and contradictions between the act of writing and painting, the construction of a picture, its physical attributes, the visual experience of looking at it and the possibilities of playing with and pushing open the origins of its meanings.
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Watch Britney Spears' priceless performance pank on Jimmy Kimmel
We've all had the dream of being woken by Britney Spears and a troupe of muscular male dancers, right? Well, that dream was a reality for Jimmy Kimmel.
Spears pranked Kimmel in the best possible way when she quietly led her squad into the late night talk-show host's bedroom and awoke him with a performance of her new single "Make Me".
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A groggy Kimmel can only muster a "thanks for coming by" after Spears writhes on his bed and her team spray lasers across the room.
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Handa is a small design company based in New York, providing handmade goods with a contemporary aesthetic from the Mangyan people of the Philippines. Our products are designed by founder Hannah Haworth who grew up with the Mangyan.
Every textile is 100% natural cotton handdyed with indigo, this creates a unique variation in color from piece to piece. There are a growing number of women involved in making pieces for Handa and so there are slightly different interpretations in pattern depending on the hand and eye of the artisan.
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Our History
The Mangyan are one of the indigenous people groups of the Philippines, they originally were the only inhabitants of Mindoro Island and lived along the coast, where many of the textile patterns were inspired and designed.
With the influx of foreign settlers such as the Spanish and Tagalog, and raids by the Moro, the peaceful Mangyan people have been gradually pushed into the interior mountains of Mindoro where they currently live in communities that have disappearing access to clean water and land to hunt and grow food on due to outside mining and illegal logging pursuits. Unfortunately, they are also given lesser to no basic rights in terms of healthcare, education and equal opportunity to the Tagalog people.
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Handa is committed to providing jobs, fair wages and ensuring a future for this rare and ancient handicraft. We also donate 10% of all proceeds to projects within the Mangyan communities. This year, we are beginning to build a community library in the village of Batangan. Starting with textbooks and reference books often prohibitively expensive for the Mangyan children, though required by the school system.
Founder, Hannah Haworth spent 10 years living with the Mangyan people and is deeply grateful to have this unique opportunity to be able to return some of their kindness and hospitality through Handa. At the heart of what she does, her aim is to help empower these women she was raised with and strengthen further their pride in their culture.


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We had a very hard time trying to disable IE ESC on a RDSH server running 2008 R2. All the usual registry fixes people talk about in forums did not work for us. ESC got disabled for admins but not not for users.
Eventually I found this setting in the registry which did the trick:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Terminal Server\Install\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ZoneMap]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A7-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{A509B1A8-37EF-4b3f-8CFC-4F3A74704073}]
Note that we are setting the policies on the computer level…NOT on the user level. Other than these three settings, nothing else is needed.
Oh Yes! we did have the delete the profiles of users on the RDSH server and also from the roaming profile store. After that users are not getting any IE ESC blocking pop up messages
I hear that we got so many problems with IE ESC because IE ESC was turned off after the Remote Desktop Services role was installed on the server. I am going to test out this theory when I do my next RDSH server install.


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First off I would like to reiterate that as a representative of the third years my primary goal is to be approachable and accountable in voicing the opinions of the collective I represent. This means that no matter the concern, it becomes my concern and my objective to make this known at Council meetings. Next I believe that student life needs to be spruced up with more frequent activities throughout the year. Another part of my platform is that I would like to continue and further the anti-stress support and mental health during finals and midterms as last year I saw the worth in these activities. I would also like to see the emergence of a sense of community for third years. By voting for me you will be assured a Councillor who is dedicated, responsible, and not afraid to voice concerns. It is my passion and drive that will ensure the wellbeing of fellow students.
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Blondie - Heart of Glass
"Heart of Glass" is a song by American new wave band Blondie, written by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), it was released as the album's third single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom.
In December 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song number 255 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. It was ranked at number 259 when the list was updated in April 2010.
Currently, "Heart of Glass" is ranked no. 56 in the UK's official list of biggest selling singles of all-time with sales of 1.28 million copies.
2/16/2015 02:24:08 am
Blondie made that song unforgettable.
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2/28/2015 11:19:49 pm
Blondie : A breath of dreams that you keep
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she is best I love her since 1979.
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I had sex with her back in the 90s
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Information for Ozone Generator Buyers
Ozone Generator Safety
Ozone generators should only be used in unoccupied spaces. All People, Pets, and Plants shall be removed from the area being treated. An ozone machine is NOT an air purifier that can run in the background while people are present. Ozone exposure limits are set by the EPA, which is why it is only appropriate to use this equipment in "Shock Treatment" applications, (in unoccupied spaces), and then when re-occupying the area it is imperative to thoroughly ventilate the area beforehand. If someone must gain access to an area undergoing treatment, the use of a P-95 ventilator mask or a self-contained breathing apparatus is required, and then, exposure should be limited to a very short time.
Ozone generator technology and its uses have been around for decades, and has an extremely successful safety record; however, ozone should be used with caution. Eye and respiratory irritation have been reported in long term exposure situations; though, these concerns should not apply to this equipment as long as proper precautions are undertaken and it is used for its intended purpose (i.e. shock treatments of unoccupied spaces). Some people are more sensitive to exposure than others, especially those with pre-existing conditions (such as asthma or COPD).
Ozone Generator Output
The most critical feature of an ozone generator is the output (typically measured in mg of Ozone/hour). There are some sellers on the internet that don't list the output of their ozone generators. Typically, this is because the output level of their ozone generators are not high enough to effectively conduct a true "shock treatment." Additionally some manufacturers make claims about the area their ozone machine is capable of treating, stating that a single ozone generator can effectively treat several thousand square feet of space. The general guideline for a professional ozone shock treatment is 1,000 mg of Ozone output for 100 square feet of space with 10 foot ceilings. It is nearly impossible to pre-determine how much area an ozone generator can treat because there are several factors involved, including: the condition of the building, the structure, the contents, and the level of pollutants in the building.
Ozone Generator Maintenance
Does the manufacturer have recommendations about the maintenance that must be conducted to extend the life of the ozone generator? It should be easy and affordable to replace the ozone generating elements (e.g. ozone plate). With some ozone machines, the user can't clean the elements and the ozone generator must be sent back in to the manufacturer at a considerable expense to replace the ozone plates.
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Serves 4-6
- 30ml olive or canola oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 5ml Ina Paarman's Green Onion Seasoning
- 250g Highveld white button mushrooms, sliced
- 5ml Ina Paarman's Tomato Pesto
- 1 x 25g sachet Ina Paarman's Liquid Beef Stock
- 125ml water
- 2 large eggs
- 30ml soy sauce
- 15ml gelatine powder
- 125ml oats
- 60ml chopped parsley
- 10ml Ina Paarman's Salt Reduced Garlic & Herb Seasoning
- 500g lean beef mince
- 185ml Ina Paarman's BBQ Marinade or Sundried Tomato Coat & Cook Sauce
- Adjust oven shelf to middle position and preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Oil a large ovenproof dish.
- Saute the onion, pre-seasoned with Green Onion Seasoning, in the oil. Cook slowly for about 5 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms and continue cooking on a medium heat for about 2 minutes. Add the Tomato Pesto and sachet of undiluted Liquid Beef Stock and stir through. Remove the pan from the heat and leave to cool.
- Whisk water, eggs and soy sauce together. Sprinkle gelatin over and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Whisk again.
- Mix oats, gelatine mixture, cooled mushroom mixture, chopped parsley and Garlic & Herb Seasoning into the beef mince in a mixing bowl. Mix gently, first with a knife and then lightly with your hands.
- Scoop out about 65ml of this soft mince mixture and roll into balls. Pack into the prepared ovenproof dish.
- Coat meatballs with Sundried Tomato Coat & Cook Sauce or Marinade and bake for about 35 minutes. Serve with mash and a medley of green vegetables.
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Bynum Nostalgia
Channelling modern-day Norman Rockwell at the Bynum General Store in Bynum, NC.
Once anchored by a cotton mill (shell remains), Bynum was a bustling community with an active general store, movie theatre and school. Today, most folks know the small village set along the banks of the Haw River as the home to critter artist Clyde Jones and his painted wooden creations spotted on porches and lawns throughout town.
On Friday evenings, Bynum swells when families flock to take in the free concerts as part of the Bynum Front Porch Friday Night Music Series. The concerts occur throughout the summer in an outdoor venue wedged between The General Store (now used as a community center) and a vacant building.
Bynum is about a 20-minute drive from Chapel Hill/Carrboro.
A Clyde Jones critter is raffled at the Bynum Front Porch Friday Night Music Series.
(photographs taken at The General Store in Bynum, NC)


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Cheers & Jeers: A Tale of Two Kyles
Nov 9, 2010 1:07 PM EST
Cheers to a pair of Kyles — Massey and MacLachlan — for stealing their Monday shows.Want more Cheers & Jeers? Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! First, on Dancing With the Stars, lovably puppy-ish underdog Kyle Massey — who had… Read more


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- Page 1 Epson Stylus Photo R2880 – A3+ Inkjet Printer Review
- Page 2 Print Speed, Quality & Verdict Review
- Page 3 Feature Table Review
- Page 4 Print Speeds & Running Costs Review
Key Specifications
- Review Price: £554.77
Best Photo Printer(/centre)
If the numbers of ink colours manufacturers build into their high-end photo printers goes on increasing, there'll be one for every conceivable colour before long. If you don't believe us, witness the Epson Stylus Photo R2880 and its new UltraChrome K3 ink system. It uses a mammoth eight colours, including a 'vivid' magenta, two grey inks and a choice of blacks, making it ideal semi-professional and professional photo printing.
This is an A3+ printer and given the maximum paper width of 13-inch, it's not an unduly wide machine. With all its trays open, it's 415mm deep, so you'll need a fair sized desk, but if you only occasionally print on large sheets, you can keep the three-stage telescopic feed and output trays partly closed and still print.
The control panel is simple, with four buttons and three indicators. One of the buttons is for feeding paper from a roll – roll holders are provided as standard. Paper can also be fed from the rear feed tray or from front or rear manual trays, where the paper path is flat. Epson supplies a CD/DVD carrier, too, for direct printing on coated discs.
There's a PictBridge socket at the bottom of the front panel and, uniquely in our experience, twin USB sockets at the rear, so both a PC and Mac can be connected simultaneously. Should the printer receive data through both ports at the same time it handles the queuing, so you won't lose print jobs because of this feature.
There are eight cartridges to plug into the head on this printer, with the standard cyan, magenta and yellow supplemented by light cyan and light magenta. There are also two greys – or as Epson quaintly calls then, light black and light, light black – designed to improve the quality of greyscale prints.
Magenta and light magenta inks are described as 'vivid' and can intensify flesh tones and a range of other shades. Also available are one of two, full black inks, described as matte and photo black. The matte ink is designed to give the best black text print on plain paper, while the photo black is the better bet when printing colour or black and white photos.
You can swap black inks whenever you want, though the printer does waste some ink, through cleaning, on each change. You don't need a special holder for the cartridge, as there's a valve within it to stop it drying out.
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When dealing with any kind of creative commodity the issue of subjective opinion can become a real bone of contention between clients and collaborators; we are after all dealing with art, there is no right or wrong answer, allegedly! So who gets to decide what is good and what is not? Many would argue that we should assess art in a detached non judgemental way, which up to a point is true, but the fact remains that there are some things that make you go "wow" and others which leave no lasting impression. So why is it that some art becomes highly successful and well recognised while other, very similar works might receive no attention at all? The answer lies in the intention.
As an example; two artists create abstract paintings. It would be hard to compare them or judge them since neither works demonstrate any particular skill for painting, in fact maybe a five year old could have done the same? So we look a little deeper, and discover that one artist likes to work in abstract form because they do not possess the skills to work outside of that style. Maybe they don't enjoy painting so much and choose to work in a less technically demanding way. The other artist however could, if asked, paint anything as if it were almost a photograph, they love nothing better than to paint and have chosen to work in abstract form. Now which painting becomes more interesting? The second artist's work has rationale to it. It may look similar to the first, but as we study it closely it has many layers of meaning behind it. Every stroke comes from a place of intelligence, they aren't random. The artist may have achieved flow but they didn't act randomly. There is something in all of us that respects this, because on a deeply subconscious level we all recognise when someone comes from a place of presence and consciousness. We are all connected to a collective intelligence, almost like pool of knowledge that has evolved since the beginning of human existence. We are all capable accessing this knowledge to varying degrees. We all recognise when an individual has connected fully with the knowledge in their chosen field, understood it, and then applied it in their own unique way.
We could use the same example in music. When minimal techno was prevalent many criticised it for being simple, lazy or unfinished; people even wrote satirical songs saying "some call it minimal I call it simple". Those songs demonstrated nothing but ignorance on the parts of their composers. Those that understood the genre knew that there was a deep rationale and logic behind minimalist music. Musicians who chose to work in this way were not taking short cuts, they we're demonstrating in many cases highly intricate and considered work, which fortunately, enough people in the world were sufficiently educated to get!
I'm not suggesting we all have to be Mozart or Van Gough to achieve recognition from our work and there are of course exceptions to the rule; but, day to day, we all need a frame work to fall back on, otherwise we would be forever arguing over who's design should be chosen, or who's record deserves to be pressed.
Graphic designers use grid systems, musicians use keys and scales, authors use punctuation and vocabulary. These tried and tested paradigms exist across all kinds of disciplines giving us points of reference, conformity and structure.
I always remember this quote form the influential Swiss Graphic Designer Josef Müller-Brockmann which illustrates the point beautifully. He said:
"The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his or her personal style. But one must learn how to use the grid; it is an art that requires practice."
So...learn your craft, understand it, figure out why you disagree with its traditions, and then present your argument. Could this be the tonic which makes you work great? Who knows… it is after all, entirely subjective… ;)
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Some of Wall Street's bulls and bears have now turned into chickens.
There is a lot of fear in the market, but not all of the chickens are birds of a feather. There are the sellers who have become scared off by the market's volatility, and then there are the longs who fear a rally and don't want to miss out or get caught short.
"If something happened, and there was a rip-roaring short-covering rally, then everyone would be there with egg on their face," said Art Cashin, director of floor operations at UBS.
As for the near-term, the market could get a lift. "It's a little oversold now. Everybody's talking about a possible turnaround Tuesday," Cashin said.
There is just the ISM non-manufacturing survey when it comes to U.S. economic data Tuesday. Attention will stay on Europe, as G-7 finance officials hold a conference call to discuss the sovereign crisis. There is also a Reserve Bank of Australia rate meeting overnight, and there is speculation rates could be cut once more.
Monday's market was far calmerthan Friday, when the S&P 500 fell through its 200-day moving average. But it traded like a yoyo, bouncing higher at the open, then down and then up again, and mixed at the close. The Dow finished the day 17 lower at 12,101, but the S&P 500 finished about a tenth of a point higher at 1,278.
The euro rebounded, rising above 1.25 on speculation Europeans leaders will find a fix for the debt crisis. After the market close, the U.S. Treasury department said European leaders are moving with more urgency but still need to step up action, especially to strengthen the banking sector. Treasury said it hopes to see accelerated action over the next couple of weeks, leading up to the G-20 meeting in Mexico.
With the unsettled state of Europe and global growth worries, many analysts and strategists expect the volatility to continue for weeks, if not months. There are a number who set targets for the decline, well below current levels.
"Selling's been pretty intense. We are concerned it's going to be more than a 10 percent (decline). Now, I'm thinking it's going to be in the 15 to 20 percent range. And that would put us at about 1200," on the S&P 500, said Andrew Burkly, market strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman.
"After that, we do look for things to rebound and move back higher as we get towards the end of the year," he said.
Citigroup's chief equity strategist Tobias Levkovich says it's still time to sit on the sidelines. In a note, he said the readings on Citi's panic/euphoria model and valuations argue "powerfully for market gains over the next six and 12 months." But other measures, including Citi's economic data surprise index and S&P earnings revision momentum, do not yet signal a turning point for stocks to move higher.
He said it appears the worst of the market correction has occurred but it is too early to buy the market across-the-board. "We are maintaining the 1,425 year-end 2012 target for the index, but we think there will be better signs intimating the next rally effort than we currently see over the next few months," he wrote.
MacNeil Curry, technical strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, says stocks could go higher but not for long. "We're going to see a near term bounce around current levels, and maybe one that will last weeks, but it's a counter trend rally," he said.
Curry said according to Elliot Wave Theory, five waves have formed since April 2, when the S&P 500 was at 1360. "The support levels are between 1,270 and 1,250...All that tells me we should have a base around current levels," he said.
Curry said he doesn't buy the argument that the S&P's break of the 200-day moving average is what's important, other than psychologically. "It's important because it helps shift a lot people's mindsets more bearishly," he said.
He is also watching the Shanghai index, which he expects to continue to decline. He said it could lose another 10 percent. "The good thing is when you have a breadkdown from a triangle, it tends to be the last leg of the move," he said.
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domenica 16 ottobre 2011
To teach the IPA Phonology or NOT
It's the old debate: Is teaching the IPA chart worthwhile in English Language teaching? I think everyone teaching nowadays should have a good handle on what is in the use of the IPA for a student who wants to really participate in spoken English. So many teachers don't want their students to be their peers. They simply don't believe in their students or their own abilities. In the end a teacher can keep their students "in their place" with incomplete pronunciation work. It's just not fair to tell show them everything but how to use their mouths to communicate. It's not communicative. That's my opinion, of course. Where do you stand?
Pubblicato da John Whipple a 06:27
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