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The above is the beginning of twistory, the first tweet in the #HowBlackAreYou meme.
On Wednesday July 29th, shortly after 7am ET, I was feeling particularly black. I felt the need to share this with fellow comedian, new yorker and smart black man, Elon James White (@elonjames or www.twib.me). Thus began, #HowBlackAreYou
Elon responded to me: "Challenge, son?" because he loves the word "son" because he's from Brooklyn and never ever fails to remind anyone of that fact. I threw it down. He picked it up. Back and forth we went, and others joined.
Twelve hours later, I counted 851 tweets tagged #HowBlackAreYou. This isn't showing up on Twitter trending topics or on hashtags.org (because they are clearly very racist like our President), but we know the truth.
I've gathered a few ways for folks to look through the archive below, but what I need is a tool to find, archive or sort all the #HowBlackAreYou tweets in chronological order. Please share if you know of some.
Twitter search: http://bit.ly/howblackareyoulive
...dies after a few days or weeks, and it shows in reverse chrono, so it's hard to walk back to the first tweet because that page is always changing. This works for the most recent, but is not good for analysis.
Hashtags.org - http://hashtags.org/tag/howblackareyou
...uses some sort of sampling method. I'm not clear on where it gets its numbers or how, but it does not reflect my manual count of tweets and barely registers on the big board
FriendFeed - http://friendfeed.com/howblackareyou
...I set up this room to capture the RSS feed of the twitter search for #howblackareyou. Unfortunately, I didn't start this until three or four hours after we kicked off the meme, so the origins are not in this archive.
FInally, here are some manual links to the first 10 original tweets (non retweets). I just like to see the origins of the snowball.
#1. baratunde http://twitter.com/baratunde/statuses/2908071691
#2. elon http://twitter.com/elonjames/statuses/2908087941
#3. elon http://twitter.com/elonjames/statuses/2908104642
#4. baratunde http://twitter.com/baratunde/statuses/2908133802
#5. elon http://twitter.com/elonjames/statuses/2908187997
#6. hbeeinc http://twitter.com/hbeeinc/statuses/2908220761
#7. baratunde http://twitter.com/baratunde/statuses/2908223841
#8. elon http://twitter.com/elonjames/statuses/2908255068
#9. realdawnsummers http://twitter.com/realdawnsummers/statuses/2908263486
#10. baratunde http://twitter.com/baratunde/statuses/2908294662
Again, if anyone knows of or is willing to build a tool that displays the history of a twitter search in chronological order, hit me up. Bonus if the tool allows folks to search that history, mark tweets as favorite and retweet or otherwise share those from the tool's interface.
Now I'm going out to dinner in Bath, Maine for some lobster because I that's how black I am.


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Hi lovelies! I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend and if you were in the Bay Area were able to stay dry yesterday. Despite living in often cloudy San Francisco, I love the sun so when June started off with rain it came as an unwelcome surprise. Luckily, when I got off work I took a slightly different route than usual and stumbled upon on something pretty amazing…
Creme brulee is one of my all-time favorite desserts so I was so excited to see this little cart on the street. To be honest, I didn't plan on partaking. I just went over to check it out. Well, then I started reading the flavors and decided that what kind of blogger would I be if I didn't investigate further. It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it.
Faced with so many delicious options I had a very difficult time deciding. I love a classic creme brulee (though I had my all time favorite in Paris years ago, so it might be difficult to compete), lavender sounded interesting, but let's fact it- I was drawn to the chocolate options. I loved the different add-ons the S'mores included but when it came down to it, I had to go with the Yes, Please! Any dessert that immediately tells me that it is indeed as good as it sounds is a winner in my book.
The verdict?
It really was as good as it sounds. They torch the top right after you order so it's hot and sizzling and has that perfect crunch. There is nothing worse in creme brulee then a top that's not crunchy, that's the best part! The flavor was sweet and nutty without being overpowering and there were chunks of strawberries in the little ramekin. It also was the perfect, satisfying size. My only complaint was that only the top was warm and the rest of the custard was cold. I understand this is because they need to keep them fresh on the street, but I wished it would have been a little more room-temperature. (I also feel this way about cupcakes- when they come out of a refrigerated case the cake feels dry and the frosting dense.)
All in all, I will definitely be keeping my eyes peeled out the Creme Brulee Cart in the future. If you are in the Bay Area and want to try some delicious creme brulee too, follow them on twitter to see where the cart is parked!
Also, I'd like to give a special birthday shoutout to my sorority big and best friend, Blaire. I miss you so much B and wish we were together celebrating your birthday like last year.
-What Creme Brulee flavor would you have gone for?
-What's your favorite dessert?

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Alisa Grace ('92) serves as a consultant to the Biola University Center for Marriage and Relationships where she also co-teaches a class on Christian perspectives on marriage and relationships. While she speaks regularly on topics such as dating relationships, marriage and love, she also loves mentoring younger women and newly married couples, speaking at retreats and providing premarital counseling.
Raising children is a difficult, but rewarding task. As a parent, you already work hard and sacrifice much to care for your children. But in this culture of busyness, it is important to take the time to connect with your children and be intentional about building a relationship with them. Here are some simple but effective ways to express love to your kid and make him or her feel special on an ordinary day.
1. Do your kid's chores for the day.
2. Plan a special day with your kids, but don't tell them.
3. Surprise them with their favorite fast-food lunch at school.
4. Listen without judging or giving advice.
5. Buy their favorite snacks.
6. Prepare their favorite breakfast/dinner.
7. Snuggle with them as you put them to bed.
8. Let them pick out whatever treat they want for $1 at the mini-mart.
9. Read their favorite book series and discuss it with them.
10. Compliment them on a job well done.
11. Express appreciation for ordinary and routine things done well.
12. Hug them every morning when they get up and say, "I love you."
13. Tell them, "I'm so glad you're my kid and not someone else's."
14. Tell them, "If I was your age, I think we'd be good friends."
15. Express your belief that God will do something great with them throughout their life.
16. Pray a blessing over them before they leave for school.
17. Create a fun family tradition like getting donuts on Saturday mornings.
This article was originally posted on the Biola University Center for Marriage and Relationships and was reposted with their permission. The original article can be found here.


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Honor a loved one and help FastFriends all at once. Name a puppy!
Looking for a thoughtful, loving and unique way to honor a loved one? You could name a star after them, but that's rather intangible. You could plant a tree in honor of them, but there's no telling where it will be planted. You could start a foundation in their name, but that might be a bit pricey.
FastFriends Greyhound Adoption has created a distinctive program that will allow you to name a Greyhound puppy. That name will follow the dog throughout its career and will be memorialized in the records of the National Greyhound Association (NGA).
After contacting David Blair, he has allowed us to name any of his Bella or Mega puppies. By naming a puppy, you create a living tribute to the person of your choosing. If, for instance, your favorite grandmother was Pearl, you could name a female pup Bella Pearl. NGA will have Bella Pearl in its racing records forever and the memory of your favorite grandmother will be memorialized in history.
As you know, FastFriends relies on donations to achieve its goals. Due to the extraordinary nature of this opportunity, we are asking for a minimum donation of $ 250.00 for each puppy named.
Consider this for a birthday present, memorial, anniversary gift, graduation present, wedding present or as a way to honor a veteran or loved one. Go in together and share a puppy.
Please help support FastFriends and our mission by participating in this one of a kind opportunity to create a thoughtful and unique tribute to a loved one.
Information on naming a Greyhound puppy
1. Once you have decided on a name, please send the below form along with your donation (minimum $250.00) to FastFriends. We will verify that the name has not already been taken. All David Blair dogs begin their names with either Bella or Mega. You can also check for names online at www.greyhound-data.com . For the tribute, please specify (In Honor Of), (As A Gift To), (On The Occasion Of), (In Memory Of), etc.
2. FastFriends will forward the name chosen and male/female preference to David Blair.
3. Pups are tattooed and registered at 3 months of age, and once FastFriends receives the tattoo info, certificates will be sent out.
4. As soon as the puppy has been tattooed, their information will be in the greyhound-data.com database permanently.
If you would rather participate by mail, please click here to download the Name the Puppy document. You can print it out and mail in your donation and information.


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Immunobiology – Locations
The Division of Immunobiology at Washington University is housed in two locations.
Clinical Sciences Research Building
The Division of Immunobiology occupies laboratory space on the 7th and 8th floors. The main CSRB building was constructed in the mid-1980's while the North Tower Addition was constructed in the late 1990's. Laboratories in the CSRB include: Virgin, Murphy, Fremont, Bhattacharya, and Egawa. The structural biology core is located on the 7th floor.
The BJC Institute of Health
This building was completed in early 2010. Immunobiology occupies laboratory space on the 8th floor. Laboratories in the BJCIH include: Randolph, Colonna, Vig, Schreiber, Allen, Klechevsky, Unanue, Aryomov, Choi and Edelson. The flow cytometry, metabolic, and micro-injection core facilities are also located on the 8th floor, as is the department's two-photon microscope.


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ROMULUS (WWJ) – There's a new woman in charge of Detroit Metro Airport.
Turkia Awada Mullin has been named the airport's new director. Mullin has never run an airport before, but she tells WWJ Newsradio 950 that her experience as Wayne County's Economic Development Director makes her a good fit for the job.
"Having excellent relations with people in the business community, I'm going to be able to leverage that. I have a great deal of knowledge and familiarity with the Aerotropolis, being one of the architects in it," she said.
"Imagine if we bring in thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in investment for the region — how many other families does that impact?" Mullin said.
"So, that's what I'm occupied with, and I'm really, you know, focused on that. And I'm not going to be discouraged or deterred by media reports that, half of which aren't even true or accurate," she said.
Hear WWJ's compete interview with Mullin:
Mullin takes over as Airport Director on August 15.
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Well, we had quite an evening last night...
What started off with an easy morning of overtime, and then a great game of golf, turned in to most of the night at the hospital!
We had a doctor's appointment at 4:40pm. My wife didn't get home from work until about 4:20pm, and she had to change and then we had to get to the office, about 10 minutes away. So she rushed to change, and we hurried to the office. We were about 10 minutes late. (Normal for us, actually).
They always take her weight and blood pressure, and then do a vaginal exam to see how dilated she is. Yesterday she was at 1.5cm. And the baby's head was low, which is good. However, her doctor was concerned with her blood pressure.
It was somewhat high, and high blood pressure could be a sign of Preeclampsia.
Preeclampsia is a medical condition characterized by high blood pressure and significant amounts of protein in the urine of a pregnant woman. If left untreated, it can develop into eclampsia, the life-threatening occurrence of seizures during pregnancy. (Source - Wikipedia.com)
So, after a quick stop at KFC (because we need to eat!), we headed to the hospital.
They took us into the Labor & Delivery wing, and gave us a room. About an hour went by before a nurse came in. My wife was ready to leave, because that is ridiculous. Turns out, they forgot about us, and the nurse that noticed, had just started her shift at the time that she discovered us. She was very nice and helpful, also knowledgeable. We were at the hospital from about 6pm to around 11pm.
A blood pressure monitor was hooked up to my wife's arm, a baby's heartbeat monitor to her belly, and they took a few vials of blood for testing. Oh, and urine, they took some of that, too.
Her blood pressure fluctuated the whole time we were there. It would start to go down, but then next time the machine took a reading, it would be back up to risky levels. We thought that maybe because we had rushed to the doctor's appointment, that could cause the blood pressure to rise, and it could, along with a lot of other possibilities including diet, and stress.
Her blood results came back perfect. So her doctor decided that the hospital could release her, even though the blood pressure was still a little higher than normal. She is now required to save her urine, so that they can further test and monitor the situation. If preeclampsia becomes determined, the only real way to stop it is to deliver the baby. She would have to be induced.
She was also told that she is no longer allowed to work, and to take it easy. Bed-rest, basically. Her work already knows that she is due on Tuesday, and it's pretty surprising that she was able to work up until now. A lot of pregnant people stop in their 7th or 8th month of pregnancy. We got lucky. Plus, she makes more money than I do, so that helps!
Still no baby. She obviously stayed home from work today, and a few of her coworkers called to check on her. I thought that was nice of them.
In other news... At 7:30am this morning, a drunken neighbor went on a rampage through the subdivision. He drove his truck into several parked cars, took down a few trees, hit some buildings, and drove through a garage. Finally ended up, in the parking spot in front of his condo, like nothing ever happened. He was arrested. I left at about 6:15am this morning, so luckily I made it out of there before it happened. My wife thinks that she heard it happen. She said there was a lot of loud noise around that time, and that she woke up. He didn't come by our place, so that's good. I just don't get how he did so much damage. He had a big Chevy truck, fairly new. I remember seeing it parked there the day before. Crazy.
|Driver being arrested.
Every day is something different! Always some sort of excitement.


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We exist to uphold the rights of young people to know what is happening in the world, and why. Made up of a small team of filmmakers and journalists, newsPeeks offers a platform to inspire the next generation of political thinkers. Here's how we do it.
We produce original investigations, written articles, short viral videos, reports and documentaries. We are open to bold, ambitious story pitches (no formal journalistic experience or training required), and also collaborate with artists, musicians, comedians, poets and more to break down the barriers between political debate and popular culture and create new space for our generation to express themselves on the important issues facing us today.
We also collaborate with other media outlets and produce bespoke work for a select number of like-minded clients. If you're interested in collaborating please contact us here.
Partnered with the Centre for Investigative Journalism and based in London, newsPeeks is a learning organisation that attempts to tread new ground in engaging young people in politics and current affairs. We offer training and opportunities for collaboration on stories to an ever expanding network of young people of all abilities ranging from students to professionals. If you want to pitch a story of come an collaborate on a project, get in touch here.
Our network of journalists, presenters, writers and artists produce stories as articles, videos and short films.
Our management team runs the day-to-day aspects of newsPeeks.
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M/Mink is the new Eau de Parfum from Swedish fragrance house Byredo and French creative team M/M (Paris). In 2009, inspired by a block of solid ink purchased in Asia, a photograph of a Japanese calligrapher and a Utopian formula drawn on Korean traditional paper, the two groups collaborated with renowned perfumer Jerome Epineette of Robertet to translate these images into a fragrance. The result is a truly unusual and unique composition. It opens with adoxal that grows to incense with a dry-down of patchouli leaf, clover honey and amber. To promote m/mink, M/M (paris) is reusing existing images of long time collaborators and photographers Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin to develop a series of new artwork. The fragrance will be available in October at Colette and other premium retailers.
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We welcome Dominic Brennan and The Cantus Ensemble as they make their Festival debut with a beautiful choral programme, featuring two pearls of the English repertoire, and Durufle's stunning setting of the Requiem.
- Duruflé Requiem
- Tavener Song for Athene
- Parry Song of Farewell
The Cantus Ensemble
Conductor - Dominic Brennan
Organ - Douglas Tang
Tickets £23 (premium package) £18 (unreserved) children £5 - book online now.
Please note online sales will cease at 12 noon on the day of the concert. Tickets will then be on sale at the venue (cash or cheque only, please), from one hour before start time.


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The Maynardville Carnival
The Maynardville Carnival is the vehicle through which the Community Chest supports hundreds of Social and Welfare Agencies in the Western Cape. The Carnival, which moved to Maynardville in 1962, attracts over 100.000 visitors annually. It is the Community Chest's biggest awareness showcase and the publicity value it generates is incalculable.
As Freemasons, the Carnival provides us with a wonderful opportunity to provide Charity and assist those in need. At the same time, the importance of the Carnival's contribution to promoting the image of our Order is enormous. This is one occasion when we go out and do something for the public together with the public.
Southern Division's involvement at Maynardville started in 1985, when Lodge de Goede Verwachting committed themselves to a 3-metre frontage stall selling ice-cream cones. While the stall was small compared to other service organisations and not much money was raised, it was this initiative which resulted in Southern Division's decision to become more involved and promote our Masonic image on a larger scale.
In 1986, "Freemason's Square" came into being and activities were increased to not only sell ice-cream, but to sell pancakes as well! Our upgraded stall was in the form of a square with Squares and Compasses prominently displayed. Over time, more and more Lodges have become involved and today The "Square" boasts several different stalls and a tent housing a pub. We have also enjoyed the support of our Sister Constitutions. The stand represents all the Freemasons in the Western Cape and is a fine example of how effective we can be when working together.
The carnival lasts 4 days and, for the willing helpers involved in manning the stalls, it is 4 days of exhaustingly hard work! Freemasons and their partners make and sell hot dogs, boerewors rolls, hamburgers, chips, frozen yogurt, donuts, beer, wine and cold drinks and various other innovations have been tried at different points in time. All the income generated is for the benefit of the Community Chest.
Nowadays, "Freemason's Square" is one of the most prominent and highest income earners at the annual event with takings approaching R200,000. The efforts of Freemasons, their partners, family and friends have more than borne fruit and make a real difference to those in need. Every single man and woman who has participated over the years, can feel justifiably proud of their contribution to the society in which we live.
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If your dog is suffering from weight loss due to old age, or just needs to gain a few pounds, there are many health tips and tricks to help him gain weight. Your dog's health is very important, you must maintain a balance of diet and exercise.
Let's take a look at some healthy, all natural weight gaining tips for skinny dogs!
1. New Feeding Schedule
Dogs metabolize and process food in different ways than humans, but the concept can be quite similar. For example, people who eat less than a few hours before bed are more likely to gain weight. Our doctors encourage us to not eat before bed, as our body will store the nutrients as fat. Using this logic in reverse, you can actually help your dog gain some necessary pounds.
If your dog eats twice per day, as many do, consider giving him a smaller portion of food in the morning, and a larger portion at night. This will cause his body to store fat during sleep, instead of burning energy. This method also ensures that your dog doesn't burn wanted calories off while exercising throughout the day.
Another weight gaining method is to feed small meals frequently. By splitting your dog's daily does of food over three or four meals, you will be providing him with nutrients all throughout the day. This new schedule should help your dog gain weight.
Exercise caution when allowing your dog to be active after eating. Wait a minimum of 30 minutes after eating to exercise your dog, in order to avoid bloat.
2. Higher Protein or Fat Food
If you've ever welcomed a puppy into your home, you understand the importance of higher protein and fat foods. These nutrients aid in growth and development for young dogs, and are necessary for pups to advance into adulthood. These foods can be expensive, but are very worth it!
The same method can be used for dogs needing to gain weight. Using a higher protein and fat food will help your dog gain weight over a period of time. This method is used to aid your dog in weight gaining gradually. With higher protein and fat food, you will start to notice an increase in your dog's weight within a few weeks.
If you are able to find a higher protein percentage food, in the same meat protein that you are already feeding, you can start adding it right away! If you are required to switch meat proteins for more nutrients, mix a small amount of the new food in with your dog's old diet in order to prevent any stomach upset.
The formula is simple. Start with 10% new food and 90% old food, and increase the new food each day until you reach 100% new food. This may take 10-14 days, and your dog may still experience upset stomach for a few weeks after. This is normal, but you should consult your veterinarian if you have any concerns.
UPDATE: We found our favorite Canadian made high protein snacks by Treats Happen. Angus tested and approved!
3. Pumpkin and Sweet Potato
Pumpkin and sweet potato are excellent weight gaining secrets! If you are looking to help your dog gain weight, but don't want to add more meat protein to his diet, try adding pumpkin or sweet potato to his food. This boost in fat and fibre is sure to help him put on a few pounds, and the nutrients will prevent him from having an upset stomach. You can purchase canned pumpkin or sweet potato, as well as dehydrated from your local pet store or grocer. We prefer canned!
Be sure to read the instructions on the back of the packaging, and watch your dog carefully over the first little while to ensure his bowel movements are normal!
4. Honest Kitchen
Honest Kitchen is a household name to nutrition-conscious pet parents. Myself included!
Honest Kitchen is an all natural, dehydrated formula, that is not only healthy, but very tasty for pups. Their meat free vegetable base is a perfect alternative to "extra food" for parents who want to avoid feeding extra meat proteins, but also want to help their dog gain weight. These formulas are gluten, grain, and corn free, and 100% human grade.
Adding some Honest Kitchen Preference or Kindly to your dog's diet will ensure that he gains weight in a natural and healthy way. No junky treats or fillers!
Feel good about what you feed your dog.
5. Peanut Butter and Extra Whole Food Treats
Sometimes, extra calories from treats aren't a bad thing! Another great way to help your dog gain weight quickly is to give him high fat treats throughout the day and before bed. Peanut butter is an excellent option!
All natural peanut butter is not only healthier than many dog treats, but will help your dog gain weight quickly! When giving your dog peanut butter, try to also give them a healthy treat, like a piece of vegetable with the peanut butter. Carrots are a low acidity, low sugar treat that will reduce the risk of stomach upset. Avoid feeding high acidity foods like fruit with peanut butter, as this can cause stomach issues.
Be sure to buy all natural peanut butter, free of added salts, sugars, or xylitol. Try these delicious Smart Sticks!
6. More Exercise
This one may be confusing for some pet parents, as they associate exercise with losing weight. However, a large portion of dog's weight should be muscle! Exercising your dog regularly and often is the best way to maintain his weight. Pair this with a high protein and fat diet, and he should fill out in no time!
If you are experiencing difficulties keeping weight on your dog, please seek professional help from your veterinarian or canine nutritionalist.
1. The Honest Kitchen 2. Dog for Dog
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Added volume analysis support for the following plists. These are not really MRUs but it could be damn useful to gather this info.
- Sidebar List plist [10.12-] - /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
- Favorite Volumes SFL2 - [10.13+] /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.FavoriteVolumes.sfl2
- Finder Plist - /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
- I was parsing FXRecentFolders Key, I've added FXDesktopVolumePositions Key
- FXDesktopVolumePositions has a volume creation timestamp embedded into the "file" name for the volume (highlight in yellow below). This has been extracted and converted to human readable time (highlight in orange below).
Thanks to @4n68r for pointing out broke stuff (and for using the script!)
- The ICNS Icon export function was also fixed.
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Abigail Solomon-Godeau on Vivian Maier
"Maier's life-long picture taking, made primarily in public space, was anything but the hobby of an amateur, despite its private motivation. To what extent this was a function of her asocial existence, her extreme eccentricity, her apparent asexuality, who can say? Like so much else of Maier's life and work, this is not an answerable question. What one can say is that in some mysterious and indeed, poignant way, Maier lived her adult life through the camera's lens, a vicarious life in which the camera "eye" and the subjective "I" were inextricably linked. I know of no such other example in the history of photography. But an important point to be made is that like photojournalism, photographing on the street is a quintessentially masculine preserve. The reasons for this are many, and include the masculine prerogatives of active looking, the gendered attributes of public space, the relative vulnerability of women within that space, and the aggressive aspects of photographing unwitting subjects."I have posted a couple of times here on Vivian Maier and last night this link appeared on my FB news feed (Thanks Meg!) to a critical appreciation of Maier (from which I've lifted the quotation above) by Abigail Solomon-Godeau.
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Actors: Nada Abrus, Inge Apelt, Ed Begley Jr., Joseph Bologna, Petar Buntic
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
PG 2003 3hr 10min
Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 09/25/2007 Run time: 190 minutes Rating: Pg
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A Monster-Movie Fan's Ultimate Comedy Double Feature!
Monty Moonlight | TX | 09/14/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"In the Halloween mood, but looking for some ghoulish laughs rather than gory scares? Look no further! This double-sided DVD is not only a great price, it provides two fantastic 80's cult-classics of silly, monster-themed comedy! Kick your evening off with "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark"....
The lovely Cassandra Peterson dons her famous black dress and wig for the big screen in this hilarious 1988 cult-camp-comedy-classic, and the result is a good time for all! Well, maybe not ALL. Naturally, the humor can get a bit racy, though it's a far cry from today's downright shameless standards! In "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark," Cassandra reprises her legendary TV horror hostess role as the character comes to a turning point in her career. Frustrated with an unsatisfying job and blatant sexual harassment from her new boss, the always intrepid Elvira drops everything to pursue her dream of doing her own show in Las Vegas. She THINKS her agent has arranged everything, but gets a rude awakening when she discovers that SHE must come up with fifty thousand dollars to secure the theater. With perfect timing, a message arrives with news of Elvira's mysterious great aunt's sudden passing and requesting her presence at the reading of the will. Elvira's hope is restored, and she packs her bags and hits the road to Massachusetts!
Unfortunately, once Elvira arrives in the small Rockwellian town to which she has been summoned, she discovers that she has only inherited a house, a book, and a dog, none of which she has any use for. Things are only made worse by the fact that the local townsfolk do not want her around; that is, all except for the teenagers who admire her and the men who desire her. In-between fending off unwanted advances and worrying about how she can make worthless lemons into profitable lemonade, Elvira somehow finds the time to take the local kids under her wing and pursue the naive town beefcake as well. In fact, she develops one ingenious solution to bring all of her pet projects together: Putting on a late-night movie show for the kids at her beau's downtown movie theater! The forces seem to be against our heroine, however, in the form of the unfriendly locals. But, the danger of them ruining her show is the least of her worries! Little does Elvira know that her newly discovered Uncle Vincent is a villainous warlock with designs on acquiring her new spell-book, which Elvira thinks is nothing more than a book of exotic cooking recipes! If she's going to save the world, her dreams of stardom, and herself, Elvira will have to discover her true birthright as "Mistress of the Dark!"
"Elvira, Mistress of the Dark" is great campy fun in the true spirit of Cassandra Peterson's beloved television icon! The beautiful prima donna with gothic good-looks and a sharp, wicked, yet well-intentioned and sometimes surprisingly bubbly personality transfers successfully to the big screen thanks to the overflowing talent and charm of the stunning Miss Peterson, who effortlessly carries the film from beginning to end. No question about it, this film is ALL about Elvira, and that's a good thing! Familiar faces dot the cast, and the acting skills vary, but in a goofy, goodtime comedy like this, it all works well together! So, if you are a fond fan like me, or if you are just plain curious, you gotta give this a watch! Extras include two riotous trailers and a thorough, readable bio on Cassandra Peterson. Great for viewing around Halloween or pretty much anytime!
And, after Elvira, take a side-splitting trip to Transylvania! For a good time, call...
"Transylvania 6-5000!" Jeff Goldblum plays straight-man tabloid reporter to child-like partner Ed Begley Jr. in this hilarious monster-movie spoof, as they are sent on a mission to Transylvania to uncover the truth about a suspicious videotape that allegedly features the real Frankenstein monster! As enthusiastic Gil (Begley Jr.) pursues the story, skeptical Jack (Goldblum) pursues a lovely American tourist with a small daughter. Everything seems to be calm and quaint in the charming and very hospitable Transylvanian village, but, once the two reporters begin to work together, they discover there is more to the sleepy little town than meets the eye! There are physical gags and witty banter aplenty in this fantastically 80's style take on "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," complete with Jeffrey Jones as the Mayor, John Byner and Carol Kane as dimwitted servants, and Joseph Bologna as the mad doctor. All contribute laughs by the cartful, but it's Geena Davis and Seinfeld's Michael Richards who really steal the show as a nymphomaniac vampiress named Odette and Fejos, the token brute. Those of you who cherish the comedy teams of yester-year will get a kick out of the chemistry between Goldblum and Begley Jr., and they'll make you wish that films like this (and "Brain Donors") were more successful. The commentary by the director/writer and visual consultant is quite informative and enjoyable, the trailers and TV spots are a kick, and this widescreen DVD even includes galleries of storyboards and stills. Not at all bad for one feature on a highly affordable double feature DVD! One would have expected something bare bones for such a film, but Anchor Bay really delivered. If you dig Abbott and Costello style laughs with a Transylvanian touch, this flick is for you!
So, there you have it! 4 stars for each film, 5 for putting them both on one affordable disc! Either you've seen these films before or you're curious about them for some oddball reason, or you wouldn't be reading this review. So do yourself a favor and pick this disc up! You've got two excellent chances to be glad you did!
One great film and one filler
Mark McKinney | Maryland | 09/17/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I will admit that I bought this dvd just for the Elvira film. It is a great cult flick that I have liked ever since I saw it in it's original release back in 1988. There were quite a few cheap version of this dvd floating around and although Anchor Bay did release it by itself a few years ago, I did not buy it because it was about $14.99 and only had the trailer and a teaser as extras. I saw this version for under ten dollars so decided to buy it even though I had never seen Transylvania 6-5000 before. Elvira is very funny, but the same cannot be said about the second film. Transylvania 6-5000 tries to be a spoof of old horror films, but this was done much better by Young Frankenstein over ten years earlier. There are some funny moments, but largely it is full of cliches and some really stupid humor. It does boast a talented cast that includes Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, Michael Richards, Jeffrey Jones and John Byner but the script leaves them with little to do. Still this dvd is worth it for Elvira alone."
Perfect pair!
Jay Knioum | 09/14/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"My title refers to the double feature, of course. :)
These movies are perfectly matched; both are campy, ridiculous send-ups of classic horror cliches and B-movie schlock. Great fun, and highly recommended to get in the Halloween spirit any time of year.
The DVD itself is good quality. It offers few special features, but with movies like these, are you really looking for extras?"


text: Here is a collection of various screen print experiments and studies with colour and layering. My technique often includes printing a digital design and then screen printing different layers on top. Both layers together often form new colours and surprising results driven by intuition and curiosity. These screenprints are an ongoing study, where I also post pictures of my process on instagram.


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It takes years for a Broadway musical to hit the stage, but on OFF BOOK: The Improvised Musical, you get a brand new original musical every week! Each episode, Jessica McKenna, Zach Reino and a musically gifted guest create a new musical on the spot.
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I'd sleep very well here.
Via Old Chum.
September 22, 2011 by manmakehome
I'd sleep very well here.
Via Old Chum.
thanks for this post. It's a great room. I went to old chum and sadly my brain has no patience for constantly reloading tumblrs. My loss. Glad you found it and shared it.
i love this kind of a place, too.
p.s. A Happy New Year!
I could do with a place like this !


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An interesting web search pulled up this site:
OC Removed is a storage site containing all the remixes that were removed from Overclocked Remix (www.ocremix.org) for various reasons (artist request, submission violations, content violations). OC Removed catalogues all these tracks. Which is interesting, because OC Remix only keeps a record that the files existed – not the files themselves.
While a lot of these tracks just aren't that good, there are some incredibly good pieces that were removed by artist request that resulted over a breakup of site management – all this history was recorded on Wikipedia:
What we have here is an interesting case of data archival. First off, we have arcane historical information about a famous remix site that most people would think is really not that important – mainly, the history of the website. However, from a historical perspective, knowing about the history of the site will explain a lot of things – such as why particularly famous remixers like Virt and JD Harding had their work removed. Turns out, they didn't agree with how the site was being managed and so split off to form their own page, vgmix.com, another (now largely defunct) site for remixers.
Second, we have the storage of information that some people didn't want stored any longer. While I'm not going to decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, information gets purposefully lost and altered all the time, and it's only through data preservation sites like the Internet Archive and Wikipedia's internal storage structure that leaves a digital record of what actually happened. Which is incredibly valuable when it's needed.
The Internet, of course, finds interesting ways of archiving information that would otherwise have disappeared. This is where OC Removed comes in – without OC Removed, a lot of these files would have simply disappeared. Not only are the files still alive and kicking, but they've been retagged to reflect the OC Removed moniker! While it may not matter much if some of these files disappeared, it just goes to show how resilient electronic information can be over a network, particularly in an age where digital storage and bandwidth is relatively cheap and in large quantity.
Just like the work of the Internet Archive, OC Removed and Wikipedia are a product of data preservation culture, whether they are purposefully working for it (like the Internet Archive) or not. One thing is for certain though and that is if somebody thinks the information is worth preserving and has the ability to do so, it will get saved somewhere on the Internet (and individuals' hard drives). How long it stays there will ultimately depend on how many other people deem it worthy of preservation.


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Krystyna and Brad were married at the always wonderful Ancaster Old Mill back in February. They chose to do their photos before the ceremony which allowed us to take our time before and capture some fun moments around the Brantford area. It just so happened to be a Winter festival that weekend downtown Brantford. We managed to arrive before it all started :)
Such a fun wedding to cover - I don't think Krystyna could have smiled any bigger!
Thanks so much Krystyna and Brad!! It was such a pleasure working with you both!


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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he plans to invest great efforts in a bid to mend fences with settlers.
In a Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee session Monday, Sharon said he plans to meet with would-be evacuees once they are settled in their new homes. Some Knesset members said they understood Sharon also plans a Gush Katif visit.
During the meeting, Sharon also noted that the West Bank town of Hebron is a "strategic Jewish asset."
Knesset Member Yossi Sarid responded by saying that "30 years ago we tried to explain to Sharon not to build in Gaza…he has the chutzpa to tell us what's a strategic asset and what isn't."
Meanwhile, Sharon is slated to meet with Gaza settler leaders Tuesday. The settlers are expected to ask the prime minister to boost the compensation offered to evacuees. Senior officials at the Prime Minister's Office said Sharon has secretly met with settler leaders in the past few weeks.
'Bulldozers would ruin our good reputation'
Sharon's comments are reminiscent of an executioner who shows kindness to those condemned to death, Knesset Member Effie Eitam said.
"The prime minister wants to bury the life work of thousands of settlers from Judea, Samaria, and Gaza," he said.
On another front, Sharon said the government has already decided to raze the homes of Gaza evacuees, but noted several ministers asked him to reconsider the matter. Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres is in charge of the issue, Sharon said, and added an agreement with the Palestinian on the fate of the homes has not yet been reached.
Opposition Leader Yosef (Tommy) Lapid asked Sharon to declare that settler houses would remain intact.
"The bulldozers would ruin our good reputation, and instead of praising the disengagement, they would say we razed homes," he said. "We should only raze synagogues."


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Halliburton Reports $28m Revenue Loss
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Steep declines in the North American market were in part behind the 9 percent decline in revenue, oil field services company Halliburton said.
Halliburton, which provides services to the drilling and production side of the energy sector, reported a $28 million loss for the fourth quarter, against a profit from the previous year's quarter of $901 million. Total revenue was down 9 percent.
"North America revenue declined 39 percent compared to 2014, as a result of unprecedented declines in activity, with the U.S. land rig count ending the year down 64 percent from the 2014 peak," Halliburton President Jeff Miller said in a statement.
Halliburton is the second-largest company of its kind behind Schlumberger, which last week reported a 9 percent decline in fourth quarter revenue. North American operations accounted for the bulk of the drop for Schlumberger, with land-based revenue falling off in the region by 45 percent.
Halliburton's international business saw fourth quarter revenue decline 5 percent. Year-end equipment sales for the company did not bring in the expected late surge in revenue either because some of Halliburton's customers are also facing budget constraints.
Outside of operating costs, the company recorded $79 million in costs related to the pending acquisition of rival services company Baker Hughes, compared to $62 million during the fourth quarter.
"We remain fully committed to closing the pending acquisition of Baker Hughes," Halliburton Chairman and CEO Dave Lesar said.
The planned merger between the services companies has faced anti-trust scrutiny. The European Commission found last week that only Halliburton, Baker Hughes and Schlumberger were able to provide necessary services to the industry, adding the merger of the former two would grossly inhibit competition from smaller potential market players.
Despite the industry headwinds, President Miller said the company was laying the groundwork for a strong recovery once the energy sector rebounds.
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At 03:10 PM 12/5/2005, Ryan Nowakowski wrote:
On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 09:07:44PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > I've got Woody installed from the mini-iso and owing to problems with the> old nic which never got recognized have swapped in a Linksys LNE100TX which> will take the tulip driver iirc. How do I go about installing though? > > An ifconfig -a shows eth0 after I ran a modprobe tulip but it's not up and > running. Pinging only works for localhost and netstat shows nothing in > particular. This is for Sarge but most of it should still be valid for Woody: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html
Thanks Ryan this is very helpful and I'm getting somewhere. Marty Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Webmaster's Bulletin Board: http://bbs.face2interface.com/Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal


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On 5 February 2011, Newcastle earned a dramatic point against Arsenal, coming back from a 4-goal deficit to draw 4-4.
Newcastle were in their first season back in the Premier League after a one-season spell in the Championship and had already beaten Arsenal away in the league, 0-1. But in the return fixture at St. James's Park, the visitors from London took a quick lead with a strike from Theo Walcott in the first minute.
Nine minutes later, Arsenal were up 0-3 with additional goals from Johan Djourou (3') and Robin van Persie (10'). Van Persie scored again in the 26th minute and, to all appearances, a rout was on. Down 0-4 at the break, Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton later commented that the hosts were just hoping to "avoid a cricket score."
The momentum shifted in the second half, however, as Djourou left the game with an injury in the 48th minute. Two minutes later, they were down to ten men as referee Phil Dowd ejected midfielder Abou Diaby after an incident with Barton.
Barton went on to score twice from the penalty spot (68', 83'), with his brace sandwiched around a 75th-minute goal from Leon Best. Cheik Tiote (pictured) then completed the comeback with an 87th-minute blast from the edge of the box that beat Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczęsny and landed in the bottom corner of the net.


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New cycle lanes to make crossing tram tracks safer at key locations
New red-surfaced cycle lanes are to be installed at a number of key points along the tram route in Edinburgh's city centre.
We're improving our website. If you'd like to take a look at the new version visit our Beta website.
New red-surfaced cycle lanes are to be installed at a number of key points along the tram route in Edinburgh's city centre.
A commitment has been made in the East of Scotland to strengthen the services and support available to the Armed Forces and Veterans community, and to raise awareness of the Armed Forces Covenant.
The Outline Business Case (OBC) for taking trams to Newhaven was approved today by the City of Edinburgh Council.
Two innovative City of Edinburgh Council active travel projects have been awarded millions of pounds in funding, it was announced today.
The programme for Edinburgh's Christmas this year has been unwrapped.
Edinburgh continues to be the most prosperous UK city outside London and has the fastest growing population in the UK, with the exception of Manchester, according to the latest Edinburgh by Numbers.
A footbridge across Leith Street is set to be removed this weekend as part of works to facilitate the delivery of the Edinburgh St James development.
Sir Timothy O'Shea, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh and Chair of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, has been chosen to receive the prestigious Edinburgh Award.
After a run of almost 50 years, Edinburgh's Meadowbank Stadium will shut its doors on 3 December 2017.
Complaints over key waste and litter issues across the city during this year's summer festivals dropped by almost a third compared to 2016, the latest figures have shown.


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|1,315 free recipes at www.edenfoods.com
Serves 12 | Prep Time 40 minutes | Cook Time 15 minutes
15 ounces Eden Brown Rice & Kidney Beans, 1 can
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15 ounces Eden Brown Rice & Pinto Beans, 1 can
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2 cups organic whole wheat bread crumbs
1/2 cup onions, small diced
1/2 cup red bell pepper, small diced
1 clove garlic, finely minced
1/3 cup organic sweet corn, fresh or frozen
2 Tbsp fresh parsley, minced, or 1 T. dried parsley
3 to 4 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil, for frying burgers
Mix all ingredients together, except the oil, in a medium mixing bowl, cover and set aside for 30 minutes allowing the bread crumbs to absorb moisture from the rice and vegetables, firming up the mixture.
Place 1 tablespoon oil in a medium cast iron skillet, heavy stainless steel skillet or a griddle. Heat the oil. Take a handful of the rice mixture and form a ball, then flatten slightly forming a round, thick burger. Place in the hot oil. Form 3 more burgers and place in the skillet. Cook over medium heat until a crispy, brown crust forms on the bottom of the burgers. Flip over and cook until browned and crispy. Remove and repeat the process until all of the burgers are done, adding oil to the skillet as needed.
Serve as is with Eden Mustard, on a bed of lettuce with your favorite salsa, or on a whole wheat bun with your favorite toppings.
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text: THE FAIR Added on September 15, 2011 by John Sturr. I couldn't help but notice the colors while standing in line for an Ice-cream at the fair last night. I was torn abit for which one to post - as I like the proprietor behind the counter - but I also like the shot of the women in front of me. Both shot with the IPhone - Hipstamatic app.


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Hands-on planning, architecture, and interiors. By design.
With 35 years of experience in planning, architecture, and interiors, AO believes in a social and cultural responsibility to the built structures that come out of their collaboration and unparalleled service to their clients.
The new brand package for AO includes the logo and its variations as well as messaging treatments. Complete stationary set, new business documents, and a variety of signage was part of the final deliverables. The thinking behind the design for the logo follows:
Assembly required. The pieces or building blocks of an idea or a project. Picking things up, moving things around, looking at all angles. Dimension, negative space, overlapping, and shading adds just the right amount of meaning to something very simple.
The asterisk idea is used to highlight different brand attributes of AO and helps to define what AO is as a company.
As a messaging tool, the line is used to connect the A and the O to further define the company as it relates to projects, company values, and other general types of communication.
Throughout the process, I worked closely with the Director of Marketing for AO Jenni Shukert. We had regular meetings with the four partners, especially in the beginning. The project began after a brand immersion study executed by The New BLK.
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Duhallow Championships put on hold
CORK'S draw with Clare in the All Ireland SHC final has scuppered hopes of completing both the Duhallow JAFC/JAHC during September.
Just three teams remain in contention for both competitive championships.
William Egan's involvement with Cork see Kilbrin's JAHC semi final tussle with Freemount deferred. Tullylease await the winners in the final.
Much a similar situation applies to the JAFC, finalists Lyre looking on whether its Cullen or Millstreet as opponents in the decider. Millstreet's Mark Ellis forms a cog of the Cork senior hurling panel. The Cullen and Milllstreet semi-final is expected to take place on October 2/3.


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Week 9: Printing, Dropbox and Task Management/
To print or not to print
Greg Needham wrote a great article titled Print More over on Medium where he explains why he committed to printing more of his photographs in 2014. He says:
When we view photographs on the web, there's always another photo right below the one we are looking at. Or there is a thumbnail gallery to the right, beckoning you to come click, see another, move on through the line. Consuming is fast and quick.
This is painfully true. The way I perceive a photograph in a book or a print in my hand is so different than looking at it online.
I recently noticed this while searching for John Loengard's work. I own a beautiful book of his called Pictures Under Discussion that I was reading a few weeks ago. After a while, I jumped online to see if I could find more of his photographs and I quickly noticed that while reading the book I stopped at every photograph for several minutes. I took it all in. I read the accompanying story. I immersed myself in his work. But online each picture got no more than a few seconds of my attention.
I'm going to join Greg and print more of my photographs this year. I want to create a few books as well.
Dropbox Terms of Service changes
Dropbox announced a change in their TOS last week. I'm not a lawyer and honestly don't understand exactly what it means to me. And since I'm in Australia it's even more confusing. I find these things extremely boring but people who's opinion I value have made negative comments about this change.
Here's how Sam Glover at The Lawyerist explains it in simple terms (in the comments):
Unless you opt out, you cannot sue Dropbox in court. Instead, you have to go to arbitration. Arbitration on its own is not necessarily horrible. But forcing every dispute into arbitration, where the arbitrators are mostly paid by the corporation, is generally regarded as anti-consumer.
Forcing you to waive class actions means that consumers will have no recourse as a group against Dropbox. Dropbox obviously likes this because, given the relatively low fees it charges, individual actions are not likely to be financially viable. Class actions are probably the only way consumers would be able to go after Dropbox.
You'll have to make your own mind about what it means to you, but if you want to opt out of the arbitration process you can do so here.
The Beginners Guide to Task Management
Very good article by Michael Hyatt on task management. I use a combination of OmniFocus and Evernote for this, whereas Michael uses Nozbe. But the principles he explains are applicable no matter what software you use.
Speaking of task management software, I've used OmniFocus for years and it's worked well for me. But I'm not sure what happened with version 2. A beta version was shown over a year ago when they did an event during Macworld but they put it on hold or changed direction shortly after that. I don't know what's going on and this article from Michael has me looking at Nozbe. It looks good so far. I've created a free account (up to 5 projects) to test it out.


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I have not been totally blind all my life. In fact, I could see some colors until I was around seventeen and still have grapheme-color synesthesia. This means that I see colors on the letters and numbers that I read on my Braille display.
The first colors I was no longer able to distinguish were green and blue, even though I have a vivid understanding of both colors in my mind now. I was about eight when I lost the ability to tell green and blue apart. Then, at around age twelve, I started seeing darker shades of green as black. For example, in summer, trees would appear black to me. This was one of the saddest experiences in my journey towards total blindness.
One of my favorite colors is green. Though I have a vivid memory and imagination of what it looks like, it's hard to describe what green is if I had to describe it to someone wo was born totally blind. The fact is, after all, there is no way of perceiving colors except through sight. I, having had some sight as a child, can visualize what a color looks like when someone gives a description, whether that visualization is at all correct or not. Someone who was born totally blind, cannot visualize anything. Their brain just isn't wired for it.
If I were to describe the color green to a totally blind person, I could of course name things that are green. I could say grass is green and trees are green in summertime. Green, in fact, is a color often found in nature.</P
I could tell them what feelings I associate with the color green. For example, green reminds me of a feeling of youthfulness, of fresh energy. Green, with its prevalence in nature during spring and part of summer, reminds me of the weather getting warmer. I don't personally see green as a cool color, though many people do.
I could describe what colors I feel go well with green in clothing or the like. I for one happen to love the combination of green and blue, though I was once told when I wore a green and blue jacket to school in fifth grade, that the colors bite each other. I also love green with purple, pink and of course red. I don't care for the combination of green and yellow or orange. Then again, these are personal opinions.
I remember once reading a book by Dutch comedian Vincent Bijlo, who is blind, in which the totally blind protagonist met the former tenant of his room. She told him that the walls were painted pink. He was in love with the woman so he said he liked pink because she did. This signifies the fact that blind people associate colors with the people and situations in which they hear about these colors. Pink is not a typical men's favorite color, and blind boys may be raised with this idea. The man in Bijlo's book clearly wasn't. He had absolutely no concept of color, but he liked the color pink because his crush liked it.
Of course, it is useless to try to convey the actual image of color to a totally blind person. That doesn't mean that blind people shouldn't learn what color common objects are or what colors go well together in clothing. They may not be able to conceptualize colors. This however is also true of those who become totally blind later in life. I may be able to imagine what a color looks like, but I will still need to have sighted assistance for matching colors of clothing, for example, because the nuances of colors aren't easy to describe. This is one reason why I usually wear black.
This post was inspired by one of the journaling prompts in 397 Journal Writing Prompts & Ideas by Scott Green. The prompt was: "If you were to describe the color green to a blind person, how would you do it?"


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I'm reading Collision-Resistant Hashing: Towards Making UOWHFs Practical (pag. 10 and 11) and here say
The most direct way to construct a TCR hash function is to key a function like MD5 or SHA-1. ...
A safer approach might be to incorporate key bits throughout the message being hashed. For example, with $|K| = 128$ one might intertwine $128$ bits of key and the next 384 bits of message into every 512-bit block. (For example, every fourth byte might consist of key.) Now the cryptanalyst's job amounts to finding a collision $M,M'$ in MD5 where we have pre-specified a large number of (random) values to be sprinkled in particular places throughout $M$ and $M'$ . This would seem to be very hard.
... But if I add keys bits throughout the message being hashed; for me, nothing prevents fall in the MD5 again (MD5 is broken), then my question is Why that approach is safer?


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NFL's "Joint Practices" Have Turned into Slugfests; What Should the League Do?
LBN's Jess Burke reminds us that a scuffle in the New York Jets locker room recently ended with Geno Smith getting a broken jaw and IK Enemkpali being thrown off the team. But the latest fight news in the NFL has come from what the NFL calls joint practices. If players can't get along with their own teammates, Burke wonders, what can we expect in a joint practice session?
The joint practices and preseason games give fans and players a hint of what to expect come September, when the season starts for real. But during this week, Burke says, "players are literally taking things into their own hands." Fistfights with the opposing team have broken out in joint practices between the Rams and the Cowboys, the Dolphins and the Panthers, the Texans and the Redskins, and the Eagles and the Ravens. In the Cowboys-Rams set-to, Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant caught a fist in the face. Both coaches cancelled the practice early.
New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton has no patience with the practice session fistfights. He told his players that, if they planned to fight during the joint practice with the Patriots, "pack your bags." Those two teams stood out during the week because they didn't have any fights.
But, Burke wonders, what can the NFL do to stop the fighting? "Do they fine each player a dollar amount for fighting?" That won't work, he says. "Some players would willingly pay a price" in order to throw a fist at an opponent. So the question becomes, should there be legal action to stop the fighting? If so, at what point?
Burke points out that professional football teams are a business, and no business can afford to have employees sidelined because of an injury caused by the action of another employee. That's especially true if the employee is a key member of the team whose unique skill set is important to the success of the business.
Some analysts have suggested that ending joint practices is the solution to the problem. As Allen Iverson put it, "It's easy to sum it up when you're just talking about practice." Burke says that the NFL is interested in pleasing its loyal football fans. However, players just can't risk the injuries that can come from a fight, even if a fight video gets a lot of "likes" on Facebook. Commissioner Roger Goodell will have to step in and figure out a solution.
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"It's always darkest before the dawn...And it's hard to dance With a Devil on your back So shake it out..." —Lyrics to Shake it Out by Florence & the Machine
Yesterday, as I was transferred for the seventh time during a 15-minute phone call that can only be described as a customer service black hole, my blood started boiling. RAGE.
I've had a cold this week, so my normal be a friendly decent human being defenses were down. I hadn't gone running or to yoga in days. I had a devil on my back (as the brilliant lyric above goes) and I had lost my happy place.
Origins of the Happy Place
After my sophomore year of college, I did a two-month travel study program in Europe. My roommate and I devised a method for dealing with frustration, long lines, angry people and other mood-zappers: go to the happy place.
Mine happened to be on an island with Vin Diesel, and she taught me how to say it in sign-language.
When something would go wrong, instead of reverting to RAGE or complete bitch-mode, she and I would look at each other and sign our happy places. "I'm on an island with Vin Diesel!" I'd mouth while giggling. It might be a complete fabrication, but it worked.
(Consider also Adam Sandler's happy place from Happy Gilmore for a good chuckle/example...thanks Alex Dea!)
Shake it out. . .
These days, my happy place is my yoga mat. While it helps to have a place that actually exists, it's certainly not required.
When I feel my patience grow thin or my good-mood resources deplete, I know it's time to get out of the house and get moving. Fresh air, a walk or a run, and definitely a yoga class. My dad has a theory that unused adrenaline (which we start out with every morning) quickly turns toxic in our bodies if we don't put it to use within 24 hours.
When you're in a funk, you don't always realize that it's because you've neglected your happy place...but it's never too late to go back. Or to imagine yourself there in vivid detail.
Just as negotiators suggest "going to the balcony" instead of reacting on the spot, the same applies for going to your happy place. The next time you find yourself sad, mad, frustrated or otherwise on a rapid downhill slide into toxic energy, conjur up a place that makes you smile.
What does it look like? Who is there with you? What are you doing? What imagined scenario (or real activity) is guaranteed to lift your spirits? It might even help to make a list or do a free-write so that you have something to come back to when you're feeling less creative.
I'd love to hear in the comments: what is your happy place? What person or place (or puppy!) makes you smile just thinking about it?
P.S. Two fun features elsewhere on the web today: My "Act as If" story is up on Positively Positive, and the most in-depth interview I've done in a while is posted at Idea Mensch. Head on over and check them out -- both are great websites that I am honored to be on and look forward to exploring more!
P.P.S. Thank you so much for all of your enthusiasm and kind words about the Mint infographic -- it's been a blast seeing it spread around the Internet!


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Gavin Benjamin is a multi-faceted artist with backgrounds in commercial photography, painting, audio works, printmaking, interior design,and product design and creating theatre sets and backdrops. Born in South America, Gavin received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and was drawn to experiment with many mediums, but particularly to photography.
An internship in his freshman year with legendary portrait photographer Arnold Newman fueled his passion and led him to other opportunities and work for photographers Stephen Meisel and Kelly Klein. He continued to gain valuable experience as a photo editor for projects for Hachette Filapacchi Magazines, Esquire Magazine, projects for Kenneth Cole Productions and for Sony Style, Neiman Marcus catalogue and Time Life custom publishing, all seeding his ideas and creativity for his fine art photo-based works.
Benjamin's various furniture and fine art works have been featured in numerous national and regional publications and digital press, including Interior Design, V Magazine, Whirl, Clear, City magazine, thePittsburgh Post Gazette, Washingtonpost.com and Glass Review.
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Found a plain pleather folio in the "Retro Room" of the Bargain Box and decided it should not be so plain. A cityscape and some bronze spray paint fixed that dilemma. Now it is indi-cute rather than "I'm going to the office I'll be home by 6" not-so-cute!
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I had an awesome time being an art assistant for the short film "Heart of a Doll", directed by Ash Mayfair. I learned so many new things and got to work with great people! Since it was a period piece set in 1965, I made a lots of props like a fake photo and helped make a fake newspaper. Lots of work went into converting a family's kitchen into a 60's looking kitchen - painting, putting up temporary wall paper, and lots of other details. I was "on stand-by" for a majority of the shooting time, meaning I had to be ready after a "take" was done and had to reset the props back to their original positions. I also needed to fix things on set (changing a light fixture, trimming curtains, cleaning glasses that were used as props). I also sawed part of a flat (fake wall), and felt so macho like I could build my own house! I loved the variety of tasks, and it kept me on my toes! Even though I brought my comic boards with me, I didn't get a chance to do any work on AER HEAD :P I did manage to get a few quick sketches of some of the crew, though:
I really liked being a part of this project, and would like to do more work as an art assistant for films. But probably not too much, because the long hours (literally from when you wake up early to 11pm, even all nighters sometimes) don't leave me time to work on my true passion, which is comics. But I love trying all kinds of freelance projects and learning all sorts of new things! It's important as a freelancer to be versatile. (Sketch of Lauren © Mayfair Pictures 2011)
In other news, Max West featured my work on his blog, Sunnyville Stories! You may have seen Max posting some useful tips on this AER HEAD blog - he's really on top of things like blogging and progressing on his comic. His stuff is worth checking out - I think it may be a big hit with kids in the future.


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Jim Ley <email@example.com> : > The underlying limits should be decided by the browser, and it > should queue > up other open requests - for example with persistent connections: > > http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec8.html One option is to allow control over HTTP pipelining from the XMLHttpRequest API (by enhancing the API). The problem is that many browsers do not even send another request until they receive the response from the previous request. > says "A single-user client SHOULD NOT maintain more than 2 > connections with > any server or proxy", now many user agents today decide to ignore > the SHOULD > NOT and pick a limit of 4 or more (this may be appropriate, it may > not be) > > I don't believe we can limit it to only 1, that would be silly - > and we > can't require more than 2, as that would be incompatible with > RFC2616, yet > limiting it to 2 seems unreasonably restrictive. Another possibility is to standardize on a limit of two connections per window (rather than per browser). The RFC text is specifically: Clients that use persistent connections SHOULD limit the number of simultaneous connections that they maintain to a given server. A single-user client SHOULD NOT maintain more than 2 connections with any server or proxy. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt This is a SHOULD, so carefully reasoned exceptions are allowed. Further, what is a "single-user client"? Is it a browser process or a browser window? (Or is it all the machines in your office with a single IP because they're behind a firewall?) In the case of a highly interactive Ajax application, I would maintain that the "client" is the window. > For that reason I do not see any sensible way we can require or > limit the > number, and it should be down to the user agents to maintain. > We should probably note the RFC 2616 limit of 2 (as IE does enforce > this > limit, so it is a hard practical limit) Even better, though, is to change IE's policy for allocating HTTP connections. I had started into this conversation on the whatwg mailing list, but didn't realize it was taking place here; below are my original comments (with some background on why two connections per window are so important): Ajax applications often make use of multiple concurrent HTTP requests; in particular Ajax Push (Comet/Reverse Ajax) makes use of two HTTP connections: one to block waiting for messages from the server, the other to send messages to the server. The problem is that the connection limit for many browsers is two connections per browser per server. Sophisticated Ajax applications, on the other hand, need two connections per window (or tab) per server. This allows each window or tab to support two-way messaging with the server. Without it (and without the ability for the two client windows to communicate and thereby share a single connection) the two available HTTP connections become consumed by the blocking message requests. I would like to propose that the HTTP connection limit be standardized at two per user-initiated window. (For instance, Safari is not limited to two connections per browser.) This should be a relatively straightforward change in browser policy (browsers other than Safari, that is), but it is a significant enhancement for Ajax applications. Ted. Ted Goddard, Ph.D. - Senior Software Architect ICEsoft Technologies Inc Suite 300, 1717 10th St. NW Calgary, AB - Canada - T2M 4S2 T 403 663-3322 F 403 663-3320 email@example.com http://www.icesoft.comReceived on Thursday, 2 November 2006 19:09:39 UTC
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The Two Roads Clementine Gose is part of their Tanker Truck Sour Series, a new series of kettle-soured beers that takes a different route in more ways than one. Kettle-soured beers incorporate bacteria in the brewing process and add sourness to the beer. After the success of the Two Evil Geyser Gose collaboration with Evil Twin, we are excited to give this one a try.
With most sours beers, the souring process will occupy the brew kettle for two days while the mash sours. As a creative approach to free up the brew house at Two Roads, they repurposed an old milk tanker truck kept outside the facility to prevent any cross contamination from souring bacteria - a pretty unique & fun way to produce this delicious new brew.
This beer is a classic gose with a modern twist - they source and blend fresh Moroccan Clementines (Citrus clementina) from a local craft juicery. The result is a tart, juicy ale with a hint of salt and distinctive tang of refreshing clementine.
Try it later this weekend when the Stone Arrogant Bastard kicks.
Also, find out more about what we're pouring at www.lathamhousetavern.com/on-tap
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about me~ name: esther kang" the stars have always been there,but their light reaches us now ... our past reflects the present ... i can't help it ... i can only try to understand it. " smallville - Lex Luther **it's soooooooo true!!**nickname(s): estatata, almost everybody calls me this -> estada
birthday: July 6, 1986 **comin' up soon**nationality: Korean!!! siblings: hannah (9) and sarah (6) school: CVHS.... crescenta valley hsstatus: SINGLE woohoo!! my dreams: to be happy while glorifying God in the mist of it. favorites:color - orange, green, and blueMY quote - guys are fungus.... cause they're RETARDED JERKS WHO DONT UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY OF FEMALES! YOU FOOLS!! -this is for one guy, especially.-fetish - shoes.. nINE WESt shoesbook - crime and punishment
book in the bible - Romans and James food - PHO and sushisubject - Englishsong(s) - Hands and Feet, Good life, This day ~ by audio a.
band - AUDIO ADRENALINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and switchfoot. and by the tree. :) :D :) :D person(S) i admire - my mom, Christ, Dostoevsky, pastor wonbinbest moments in life - God's comforting hand, and when somebody shows that they actually care ...
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Guadalupe River
The Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake dam is listed as one of the top 100 trout streams in America. It is also the southernmost trout stream in the U.S. The Guadalupe River chapter of Trout Unlimited is the largest chapter in the nation. The section of the Guadalupe River we fly fish is managed as a trophy trout fishery. The bag limit is one trout over 18" per day and must be caught on an artificial lure or fly. The quality of the fishing in this section of the Guadalupe River improves every year. The Guadalupe River is stocked each winter by Texas Parks and Wildlife as well as Trout Unlimited. The average Guadalupe trout will be in the 12" to 14" range. Fish over 20" are not uncommon and we have caught a few trout in the 5lb to 8lb range over the years.
The Guadalupe River is a tail-water meaning that cold water is released from the bottom of the Canyon Lake dam. As a result, the trout in the Guadalupe River have the potential to survive year round, however due to extremely high recreational traffic during the warmer months we can only fly fish the Guadalupe River during the colder months. Also, the warmer waters in the hotter months adds stress to the trout caught which can reduce the number of fish that make it to the next winter.
The Guadalupe River stream bed below Canyon Lake is publicly owned, but the river banks are all private property. Because public access is limited, the best way to fish the Guadalupe River is to float. All of our Guadalupe River floats are done in comfortable, stable rafts with room for 2 anglers and 1 guide. Full day and half day floats are available. The Guadalupe River dates fill up fast during the winter months so book your date well in advance.


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FCAT 4th Grade Math: What to Expect
All Florida public school students are required to take the FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test). If your 4th grader is gearing up to take this standardized test, continue reading below to find out what your child can expect and what you can do to help him or her prepare.
What Is the FCAT?
The FCAT is a standardized assessment that is intended to measure how well a student understands the math benchmarks as they are identified by the state of Florida. While your 4th grader is not required to earn a specific passing score on the FCAT, you should encourage your child to perform as well as possible. The scores from this test are compiled and are then used to create effective instructional plans for a specific school. While calculators are not allowed for this test, rulers are provided and can be used as needed.
What Math Skills Are Tested on the FCAT?
Your child should be prepared to demonstrate that he or she is able to solve multi-step word problems that use the 4 math operations. It is also important that your 4th grader can fluently multiply and divide multi-digit whole numbers and can use what he or she knows about place value to round a number to any place. Your child should be able to create equivalent fractions, to write a fraction as a decimal and to add and subtract mixed numbers with like denominators. Your 4th grader will also compare two fractions that have different numerators and different denominators and correctly use symbols of greater than, less than and equal to.
Your child will also know how to measure an angle using a protractor and how to appropriately use the formulas for area and perimeter. Your 4th grader should be able to draw rays, angles, points, lines, line segments, parallel lines and perpendicular lines.
What Types of Questions Can my 4th Grader Expect?
The FCAT primarily contains multiple-choice questions. Some of these questions will present information in diagrams, tables or graphics and will require your child to perform a math operation. For example, your child may be expected to use data from a table to determine the total number of tickets a class sold.
While the FCAT will contain some word problems, your student will not be required to write his or her own answer to the problem. Instead, your child should expect to respond to these questions by selecting from one of the provided multiple-choice answers. Many of the questions on this assessment have to be answered in a grid format. This requires students to write their answer in the boxes at the top of the grid and to then fill in the corresponding bubble under the number. For example, if the answer was 406 then your child would write the numerical answer in the boxes and then fill in the 4 bubble, the 0 bubble and the 6 bubble.
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Clinton, Obama Slip in Popularity; Uncertainty About Rubio Stays High
Hillary Clinton has lost some ground in personal favorability this year, but continues to outpace both Barack Obama and, by a wide margin, Marco Rubio - like Clinton, a possible successor to Obama - in this basic measure of public popularity.
Six in 10 Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll see Clinton favorably, down 6 percentage points from her career high in January. Obama's seen favorably by 53 percent, down 7 points from January and back to his pre-re-election level across most of 2012.
See PDF with full results, charts and tables here.
Rubio, a Republican U.S. senator from Florida involved in the immigration reform effort, is far less known on the national stage. Half of Americans express no opinion of him at all, similar to its level last August, when he first was being mooted as a possible presidential candidate. The rest divide evenly on Rubio in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates.
The single-digit comedowns for Obama and Clinton are unsurprising. Since his re-election, the president's waded into contentious policy areas such as gun control and immigration, while dealing with the Internal Revenue Service and National Security Administration controversies. Obama's job approval likewise is off from his post-election high in ABC/Post polls.
Clinton, for her part, has stepped away from her popular role as secretary of state and may be seen in an increasingly partisan light given wide discussion of her possible candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. Last week she said she hopes to see a woman president, and, even without being a formal candidate, was endorsed by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri). A campaign fundraising committee has been created to support Clinton (without her endorsement), as has one to oppose her.
GROUPS - Indicating increased partisanship, Clinton's popularity since January has dropped by 10 points among Republicans and among "somewhat" conservative Americans; she's also lost 9 points among whites, 10 points among seniors and 11 points among college graduates.
Obama, on the other hand, has lost ground disproportionately among some key Democratic-leaning groups, down 12 points in favorability among liberals, 10 points among those without a college degree, and 9 points each among nonwhites and people with household incomes less than $50,000 a year. His favorable rating also is down 11 points among independents, dipping just below the halfway mark.
While Rubio retains a broad recognition deficit, partisan divisions about him have lessened from last August, with negative views among Democrats down by 13 points and positive views among Republicans down by 11 points. His support for immigration reform - a cause more popular among Democrats than among Republicans - may be a factor.
METHODOLOGY - This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cell phone June 19-23, 2013, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,010 adults. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points. The survey was produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates of New York, N.Y., with sampling, data collection and tabulation by SSRS/Social Science Research Solutions of Media, Pa.


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