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This section provides excerpts from various diaries that were kept by individuals during the Great War and which are held either by the Stadtarchiv Ettlingen or provided by the descendants of the authors.
Oskar Kiefer's Diary
Oskar Kiefer, Ettlingen's sculptor who designed Ettlingen's War Memorial shown in the section List Of Fallen, started a diary on July 30, 1914, a few days before the start of the Great War.
On August 2, 1914, Oskar recorded:
Attack without declaration of war
First day of mobilization. One hears rumors that yesterday, Saturday, three French divisions broke through the borders at Altmünsterol. It seems incredible, because there has been no declaration of war. In contrast, the Russians attacked several border posts last night. The Landsturm [regional militia] is being called in. The murder of Jean Jaurès has been announced. The people are being requested to search for Russian and French spies. All older male and female persons have gathered at the Hotel Erbprinz [in the center of Ettlingen] to attempt to capture spies who pass on bicycles or in cars. All the street junctions and entrances to the town are occupied by the military.
On February 22, 1915, Oskar recorded:
Major haul at Masurian Lakes
A major haul at the Masurian Lakes was once again announced this evening so that now the total amounts to 7 generals, more than 100,000 men, more than 150 guns and large amounts of all kinds of material, including weapons, which cannot yet be estimated. The 10th Russian Army of General Baron Siewers can thus be considered to be completely eliminated.
On Whit Monday May 24, 1915, Oskar recorded:
On the verge of war with Italy
After the Italian and, intermittently, the German newspapers have been preparing their respective populations for war for the last three weeks, in part through a dramatization of minor events, we are now on the direct verge of a declaration of war. On Tuesday May 18, Graf Tisca spoke in the Hungarian Parliament and on May 19 Bethmann Hohlweg spoke in the German Reichstag in a conciliatory spirit while at the same time announcing the Austrian offers to Italy.
On May 20, the famous chamber meeting in Italy took place, in which dictatorship control for the government was approved against the socialists' vote, so that the majority of the people who, as elsewhere, wish for peace, can be gagged.
Karl Friedrich Baader's Diary
Karl Friedrich Baader, whose story is shown here, was a young soldier from Ettlingen who fought at the western front from 1917 to 1918. He kept a small diary during this time.
On August 19, 1918, Karl recorded a sad story in his diary:
Tommy go on and shoot, I'm here
We had to stand guard the whole night, and every two hours during the day. We barely had any time to sleep, that takes it out of you. I want to write down something very sad. In the early hours of the morning, the lieutenant came down to the front, completely drunk. He asked straight away about the English sentry and said he wanted to annoy him a bit. He climbed out of the trench and threw over two hand grenades. The Tommy threw some back at us. And he threw over a few mines. That would have been all right. But then someone came up from the back and said, "Stallknecht has just fallen".The lieutenant shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sorry to hear it, remove him". Then he got up on the edge of the sentinel and shouted out, "Tommy, go ahead and shoot, I'm standing right here". When we tried to convince him to come down, he said, "Not before I've avenged Stallknecht". And he waved at Tommy with the bottle of Schnaps, and shot at him a few times. Later he came down and went and slept off his hangover.
Thanks to such a brute the best man sometimes loses his life. If only I could do what I wanted. Last night I did a lot of thinking. I kept thinking the English would come. I was very anxious. Now I'm dog tired".
Karl Friedrich Baader, August 19, 1918
Towards the end of the war, Karl was shot in the upper leg and was sent to a lazaret in the Rhineland, where he stayed until November 1918. Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918, and the situation in Germany was catastrophic. Karl's diary entry for this day is as follows:
Germany has become a republic
"I can leave here [the lazaret] tomorrow. There's a revolution in Germany. Young adolescent boys are tearing off the epaulets and cockades of the officers and men. Gadding about with red flags. Stealing military equipment has become the order of the day.
Anybody who doesn't take part in all this is accused of being stupid. Then I would rather remain stupid. The Kaiser has fled to Holland.
Governmental power is in the hands of workers' and soldiers' councils. Germany has become a republic. Nobody knows how all of this is going to end. At all events, we were victorious but have lost the war. While the English are the victors".
Karl Friedrich Baader, November 11, 1918
Dr. Richard Barth's Diary
Dr. Richard Barth of Ettlingen started a "War Diary" (Kriegstagebuch) when the Great War broke out in 1914. We do not know how long he kept the diary for, as we only have a copy of the section that ends on October 1, 1914. The diary is the property of the Stadtarchiv Ettlingen.
Dr. Barth's own design for the front page of his "Ettlingen War Diary - Written by Richard Barth, Editor, 1914".
Dr. Barth was the editor of Ettlingen's local newspaper, the "Mittelbadischer Courier. The Courier's offices were at the corner of the Pforzheimerstrasse and the Kronenstrasse in Ettlingen. Dr. Barth describes in detail many of the events relating to the war in Ettlingen at the time, in particular regarding the behavior of the soldiers themselves, and events in Ettlingen's lazarett, which he visited frequently. His reports of both the physical and mental state of wounded soldiers are especially interesting.
The photo below shows the first page of Dr. Barth's diary and gives you an idea of how he wrote. Over the course of the next few weeks we will keep this section updated with translations of the diary into English.
First page of this section of Dr. Barth's diary from August 27, 1914
The wounded travel for 7-8 days with bullets and shrapnel...
Extract from Dr. Barth's war diary, September 12, 1914:
A carrier with 140 wounded men arrived in the lazarett today, and included 34 severely wounded. The men had been travelling for 7-8 days before they were able to obtain medical help in the lazarett. Several of them were lying on their stomachs. It's clear, of course, that it is extremely dangerous for bullets and grenade fragments to remain in the body for such a long time.
News of Emil Mayer's death...
Extract from Dr. Barth's war diary, September 4, 1914:
At 9 o'clock this morning, Frau Mayer came and brought the news of the death of her son Emil, who fell during the battles of Saarburg on August 20, 1914. He is the first soldier from Ettlingen of whom we have heard that he has fallen for the Fatherland. Frau Mayer was, although she shed tears, composed and showed her willingness to make this sacrifice for the Fatherland".
The Kaiser stays among the troops through the night...
Extract from Dr. Barth's war diary, September 3, 1914:
"The 'Sedan Report' arrived today. A heavy blow was dealt to France. The French middle army group, around 10 batallions, were repelled in open battle by our troops between Reims and Verdun. The Kaiser was with the Crown Prince's army during the combat and stayed among the troops through the night. The fruit of this victory was the unconditional evacuation of the major stronghold of Reims. The Germans were then able to march on to Paris unhindered".
Master baker Grötzingen writes...
Extract from Dr. Barth's war diary, September 2, 1914:
"Now be what may, Germany is certainly keeping guard. The father of master baker Grötzingen told me that his son wrote today that he has been transferred from Müllheim in Baden to Beusdorf. The relocation of troops is incredible. The regiments appear at the Upper Rhine, then suddenly in Lorraine, then suddenly in Belgium. Anton Oberle wrote a card saying that he had left Namur and was on the way to Russia, and was experiencing a great deal. Regiments that were already 20 or 30 kilometers into Russia were removed and relocated to the theater of war in France within 2 to 3 days, passing through the whole of Germany. To double and triple its power using its excellent train systems is a strategic art of our armed forces".
Our brothers bleed in the fields...
Extract from Dr. Barth's war diary, August 27, 1914:
"(describing a soldier in the lazarett)... he has returned from the battlefield as a result of internal disease. He expresses a great need for sleep. Very often, one hears: "Comrades, now we can have a good night's rest. We haven't removed our clothes for 3 weeks. We haven't slept for 8 days. We've fought every day, and when we haven't fought we've been marching". You certainly get an insight into the strains of life at war. And how inappropriate is the impatience of the local population, who often complains that we're giving the French too much time. Who craves the news of new battles, new successes and great victories every day and never stops to think how our brothers bleed in the fields".


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I was an awkward child, so I changed school 5 times. I spent most of my life trying to please others, and be the kind of person I believed everyone else wanted me to be. I wasn't happy and I struggled to get what I want. Everything changed when I started changing.
I spent the last 12 years creating the life I dream of. I've had the privilege to be homeless twice, and to speak at Harvard about entrepreneurship. I have grown to be myself more fearlessly than ever before. I am now surrounded by people I love, and who love me.
I traveled over 40 countries, and I've helped over 25,000 people create magic. For example Patryk Wezowski who raised $500,000 in 8 weeks and Esther Perel who gave the 30th most viewed TED talk. Some less public successes include a blind eyed student who experienced his blind eye for the first time and a journalist who left an abusive relationship.
As a university drop out, I was surprised when my first book (personal branding) became required reading at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, as well as receiving the UK Business Speaker of the Year runner up award, and a honorary degree in Business from Hofstra University. As an artist, I was honored to exhibit my photography at the European Union's Innovation Conference.
Today, I live in Costa Rica, from where I help people live more magical lives.
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As far as I can remember, I've had the feeling to have been born on a foreign planet. I spent my life conducting experiments on myself and studying how people function. This led to me study about all sorts of topics related directly or indirectly to how humans operate at different levels. Once I've learned enough about a topic to help others create successes based on what I teach them, I move to a new area of research. You will find here a retrospective timeline of my research and explorations.
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Eyebrow Tweezing and Other Political Acts
|I accept sympathy in the form of chocolate.
And yes, my poor hand is seeking comfort amid kitty fur.
So I just broke a nail. Seriously. Like below the quick and everything. It throbs like a whiny emo album. Of course, being the responsible nail enthusiast I am, I immediately clipped and filed it, and now it just throws off the look of my entire left hand.
I can practically feel the sea salt wetness of your sympathetic tears bathing the pain of my abused pinky nail.
This little splash of beauty horror reminds me of my activities upon awakening this morning. Here's a snapshot:
Yaaaaawn. Stretch just enough to encourage blood flow but not enough to disturb strategically tucked, feline body warmers. Through gummy eyes, glimpse the make-up bag, placed last night next to the Kleenex box for this very moment. Fumble for the bag, finally snag it. Fish out the pocket mirror and tweezers. Commence the excruciating ripping of hairs from the tender brow ridge.
This, after I shaved my legs the night before. I mean, it's not waxing or anything, but shaving is definitely one of the less dignified activities one can perform while wet, naked, and shivering.
Why do I do such things? I mean, newsflash, Elle: you're a feminist. You're beyond these petty cosmetic pursuits, right? You read Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth, you just published a journal article on the resistant, boundary-defying possibilities of fat bodies. The only make-up you wear is lipstick, and that's only because everyone should see how hot you look in fire-engine red. Heck, you refuse to wear pantyhose and heels because they're pointless torture devices.
Why can't you stop mouthing these last few prayers to a beauty god in which you have no more belief?
I guess it's not that simple. Look at the lipstick example. Just the act of donning bright red lipstick every day is, to me, some kind of funky blend of accommodating traditional beauty ideals and messing with them by smearing in some fat politics. Not with me, peeps? Okay, so red lipstick is a huge, cultural symbol of femmey sexiness, right? Well, femininity and sexiness are two categories that have been traditionally denied us fat women. Imagine the confusion -- and perhaps the reevaluation of these cultural constructions -- I engender in others when I, a fat woman, don this marker of sexiness and enact a confident, proud persona. Am I performing old-fashioned, unexciting, requisite feminine sexiness, or does my fat version of it cast into confusion its very definition?
Pretty rockin', right? Yeah, but while I dig my lipstick politics, I can't honestly claim that I yank tender little hairs from their snug beds in order to mess with people's constructions of femininity. Does it still make others think twice to see un-pantyhosed, hairless fat legs displayed by a cute, frilly skirt? It may. Does my fat version of it encourage others to rethink their automatic assumptions about what "feminine" (usually paired with smallness and frailty) looks like? Maybe.
|Brows like rotated commas don't happen on their own, people.
Most importantly, do my intentions matter? I may tweeze my eyebrows because my mother tells me it's the best gift I can give her for Mother's Day, and I may shave my legs because I teach in front of 150 students per semester and don't want to embarrass myself by having butch-tastic, hairy shins and calves, but does that really matter? Am I a political statement whether or not I intend it?
I just don't know.
I voiced this to my partner yesterday when musing about my shaving ritual. My legs, I pointed out, are crisscrossed with cat and dog scratches, both fresh ones and the scars from my animal rescue past. Why shave legs that, by being fat and scarred, have already transcended the boundaries of feminine sexiness? Am I minimizing my legs' horror, begging others for some scrap of recognition and acceptance? Or, by being someone who is relatively confident about her physicality and sexiness, might I be challenging others – perhaps even calling into question well-established gender categories -- with my strange combination of eschewing and embracing gendered performances of sexiness? Is the very ambivalence, my straddling of two different worlds, where we can begin the deconstruction of these artificial constructs?
"Uh-huh. And plucking your eyebrows hurts you," my partner helpfully reminded me.
Yeah, there's that. Like my torn nail burns now, tweezing my brows stung like a mofo this morning. Political activism, whether economically or emotionally, is never free, and it's a cliché that the price of beauty runs high. But dang, do these pursuits have to involve so much blood, tears, and wasted nail polish?


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FEATURED REVIEW: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson/
Welcome to our Featured Reviews! In this series, we'll be highlighting book reviews by the S&L audience. If you want to submit a review, please check out the guidelines here! -Veronica
Review by Bryan S. Glosemeyer, original on Goodreads here.
"The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason."
The opening line of Neal Stephenson's new 'hard SF' thriller, Seveneves, is bound to go down as one of the great opening lines in science fiction. I'm sure it will soon be mentioned in the same breath as William Gibson's opening line to Neuromancer. "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."
So as you can see, the very first sentence packs quite a punch and the punches keep on coming. The clock is ticking till the sky itself burns for five thousand years. Will science and reason save humanity in the harshness of space? Or will politics and greed be our final undoing? Well, I won't spoil it for you, but if you are familiar at all with Stephenson's books, you'll expect very smart and very brave people try to save the world with their smarts and bravery.
Overall, I enjoyed this book quite a bit. The premise is exciting and fun and the tension keeps ratcheting up and up. While this is most definitely 'speculative' fiction, he keeps the science grounded, yet fascinating. No artificial gravity, no warp drives, no energy shields. As usual, Stephenson does a great job of helping to make sense of the science for the average reader. But to do so means he does a lot of 'infodumps.' His books have always been high on the infodump quotient, Seveneves is even more so.
The book is divided into three parts, and I have to say I found the second act the most compelling, fast paced, edge of your seat reading. While there are smart people being heroic throughout the book, this is by far the most adventurous and heroic section.
I do have a few criticisms, and most of that has to do with character. Stephenson has never been one to dive too deep into his characters's inner worlds, but even so he could craft fleshed out, compelling and fun characters like Raz, Hiro, Jack Shaftoe. To be honest, I have to say that most of the characters fell pretty flat for me in Seveneves. I understand that the majority of them are scientists and engineers and they're not going to be the type to fall apart int an emotional mess when the shit hits the fan. But this is some pretty goddamn apocalyptic shit hitting the fan and I would expect even the coolest, logical engineer to have their emotions get hotter and go deeper than what we get here.
One character standout, though still lacking in the emotional depth I just mentioned, is the African American scientist/celebrity Doc Dubois. Any fan of Neil Degrasse Tyson won't be able to help but picture Dubois as Tyson. Even the speech cadences are there.
Again, without going into spoiler territory, the third act of this book was very reminiscent of Raz's quest in Anathem.
All criticisms taken into account, this is still a damn fun and exciting read. Fans of hard sci fi and doomsday thrillers are going to dig this a lot, I think.
Also, when I was reading it, I kept envisioning it not as a movie, but as a miniseries. With the right budget and enough hours to tell the story (5-6 hours I'd say) this would be awesome to see come to life on the screen.
BTW, I also made an online mixtape inspired by the book, especially parts one and two. You can check it out here!


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Improve your sunset photography by bracketing exposure.
Sunset photography is a challenging genre within landscape photography. I have talked before about how our own eyes and brain work together to let us see a very large dynamic ranges of light. We see details in shadows and very bright highlights at the same time.
Despite cameras having ever increasing dynamic range they still do not compare to the eye/brain combination. The problem is particularly felt in sunset photography where there is high contrast between the sky, where we often shoot straight at the sun, and the ground which gets darker later in the day with long shadows.
We previously got round this using graduated filters. A more modern technique is bracketing photography. Here we take a number of shots at different exposures and combine them in the computer. This creates a RAW file that contains all the details from the darkest shadows to the brightest highlights. This is exactly the same as HDR photography but we are looking to reproduce a natural sunset photography shot that our eyes perceived, rather than that HDR look.
Bracketing Photography
To capture everything that my eyes see I use bracketing photography. To do this in the camera you first need to be in manual mode. You will need a tripod. Set your ISO to 100, aperture to the f8-f16 range and then balance exposure with the shutter speed so you get an image that captures some small detail in the shadows and does not totally over exposure the sky. Use your Histogram to help you expose for the mid tones.
Turn on bracketing. On a Canon camera it is via the Q menu. When doing sunset photography going two stops either side is often the most effective.
Set the camera to fire using the two second timer to avoid any camera shake. The camera needs to be perfectly still for each of the three shots otherwise Lightroom will not be able to combine the images.
Take your shot and the camera will take three exposures. Check each image to make sure you have one that is exposed for the highlights, one for the mid tones and one for shadows.
Combine your sunset photography in Lightroom using the Photo Merge/HDR command. This combines your images into one large RAW file that allows much greater adjustment than a single shot. Process you sunset photography image and aim for something very similar to what your eyes witnessed to avoid your image looking over processed.
Cheating? For me no. I look to create a final image that is as close to what my eyes perceived as possible. the means whether it is with a physical graduated filter, bracketing or a futuristic camera is irrelevant.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Behind a pair of standout performances by Stephanie Lambert and Maggie Weiss the Brevard volleyball team earned a five-game victory over Salem by scores of 25-23, 25-17, 22-25, 22-25 and 15-13 on Wednesday evening.
Lambert, responsible for a match-high 23 kills, was joined in double figures by Hannah Elmore and Rachel Ruble, who added 10 strikes apiece, as Brevard tallied 60 kills in the match and improved to 3-1 overall on the season. Meanwhile, the combination of Weiss (31 digs), Kasey West (21), Bri Vargas (20) and Josie McElroy (17) led the way for a Tornado defense that recorded 122 digs.
The tightly contested match continued into the fifth set as the teams reached an early four-all tie on a kill off the hand of Lambert. With Vargas in serve the Tornados rallied behind their senior leader, scoring the next four points to assume an 8-4 lead.
Salem used a 6-2 run, highlighted by two kills from Kylie Taffer, to pull even at 10. The two teams evenly split the next six points, reaching a climatic 13-13 tie, before consecutive kills by Vargas and Lambert provided Brevard with its third win of the season.
Brevard managed to overcome an early lead by the Spirits in the fourth set to pull even at five behind a kill by Elmore. The two teams traded the next 22 points as they endured six ties to reach a 16-all deadlock on a Salem service error.
Kathryn O'Connell's kill coupled with unforced errors by the Brevard offense allowed the Spirits to take a three point lead, forcing a Tornado timeout. Brevard regrouped and responded with two service aces by McElroy to pull even at 19. Taffer followed with two kills among the next three points to help force a decisive fifth game as Salem posted the three-point win.
The two teams were locked in a back-and-forth battle in the third set with Salem eventually assuming the lead behind the service game of O'Connell. O'Connell, who took advantage of two kills by Taffer, helped the Spirits establish a 14-6 lead.
Timely kills by Lambert helped Brevard narrow the margin to four, but it was the combination of O'Connell and Taffer down the stretch that helped Salem secure the victory.
The Tornados used the momentum from the close of the first set to assume a 10-7 behind four kills and a service ace by Lambert. The three-point advantage ballooned to six on a series of kills from Ruble and Vargas as the Brevard offense was finding rhythm.
Salem capitalized on two unforced errors to trim the Tornado advantage to four, but it was four Spirit errors coupled with a Ruble kill down the stretch that provided Brevard the 2-0 advantage.
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Brevard trimmed the lead to one, 17-16, but a series of strikes by Taffer and Taylor Moulton kept the Spirits in front 21-19. An unforced error by Salem opened the door for West to take over in serve and following a series of kills by Jenkins the Tornados had knotted the contest at 23-all. Weiss came through with a critical service ace and forced Taffer to commit an attack error to give Brevard the two-point victory.
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Boliao Things We Say
In the study room.
Me : ok! I'm done! (Switched off my Mac and leaving the room)
As I was closing the sliding door from outside the room…
Hub : waaa! I just saw a huge mosquito! It must be your pet mosquito that sits on your shoulder.
(He has this warped theory that a mosquito sits on my shoulder and feeds on me all the time. I'm usually the first one to get bitten by mos and hv the most bites. He's convinced that it's actually the same one and calls it my pet mosquito. Lame arh?! But that's part of his charm wahahaha)
Hub : hey! What are you doing to the door??
Me : oh making sure that there's no gap for it to escape.
Hub : you are locking me in the room with the monster mosquito?!?!?
Me : ya! Make sure you kill it before you leave the room!
Meanwhile, I go back to my room to see who emerges as the victor from the bloodbath.
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As an expert in terahertz waves whose insights are in demand around the world, Xi-Cheng Zhang knows a thing or two about studying waves.
Now he's looking forward to making them, on behalf of the Institute of Optics, as he works with colleagues to reinforce Rochester's reputation as a driving academic force in optics nationally.
In January, Zhang succeeded previous director Wayne Knox, professor of optics and vision science, who was promoted after 10 years to become associate dean of education and new initiatives at the Hajim School.
"The Institute of Optics has a great reputation, a rich history, and a unique culture," says Zhang, who spent the previous two decades at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was founding director of its Center for Terahertz Research and acting head of the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy. "It's the first optics institute in the United States, and one of the top in the world."
The admiration is mutual. "Xi-Cheng Zhang is an internationally recognized scientist in the field of optics who appreciates the great tradition of our institute, and we very much look forward to the scientific and administrative leadership he will bring to the institute," Rob Clark, dean of the Hajim School, said upon Zhang's appointment.
But while there's much talk of tradition, Zhang's directorship also marks a new era for the august institute that has granted approximately half of the optics degrees earned in the United States.
"The world is changing, and we have to change as well," Zhang says. "We have many great achievements—but we need more."
As director, he aims to increase undergraduate enrollment and to increase the number of master's degree students. He's also working to increase funding, patents, entrepreneurship, and publications in top journals. Key to all of that is identifying core strengths that make the Rochester program distinctive.
"I'm looking for the unique features of our institute," Zhang says. To do that, he has been working closely with faculty members and alumni, reaching out to the institute's many graduates through receptions, phone calls, and email exchanges.
"Because we're small, we can't do everything," Zhang says. But he wants to make decisions from a strategic, visionary perspective, devoting resources, such as the hiring of new faculty, to areas in which Rochester can lead. And some fields of inquiry are simply essential.
"There are some areas which we shouldn't miss, that as an institute of optics, we cannot afford to miss," he says.
One of those areas is research into terahertz electromagnetic frequencies. Strengthening such research at the University is "one of my major tasks," he says. "Like many of our faculty who maintain rigorous research programs, I plan to keep a top research profile here. My leadership focus will encompass active research, supervising students, and continuing to achieve significant funding."
Curiosity first drew him to terahertz waves—he was intrigued because so little was known about the frequency, which lies on the electromagnetic spectrum between mid-infrared and microwave bands. But when NASA contacted him after the crash of the space shuttle Columbia to find out if terahertz technology could be used to identify defects in the shuttle's thermal insulation, Zhang's interest expanded to a drive for applications.
These are early days for research on the terahertz spectrum, but because the waves can go through many common, non- metallic materials, the work shows promise for applications in a wide variety of areas, from security and defense—identifying explosives and other dangerous chemicals from a distance of up to 30 meters away—to pharmaceuticals and art restoration and conservation.
For example, terahertz technology "has potential for homeland security applications," he says, allowing airports to move away from backscatter x-rays, a method that has raised public concerns about privacy and safety.
The likely usefulness of terahertz waves for defense and homeland security has brought Zhang international attention. He recently retired as chair of a pair of NATO organizations, and this summer he received an honorary professorship from Moscow State University, recognition that has been awarded sparingly to scientists.
Participation in research of such immediate global interest has kept Zhang on the move. "I traveled 290,000 miles one year," he says. "It's 230,000 miles to the moon. There are a lot of meetings and organizations interested in terahertz technology."
While at Rensselaer, Zhang established a company, Zomega Terahertz Corporation, dedicated to developing and establishing terahertz-technology applications. He hopes to help encourage entrepreneurship at the institute, where, he notes, there is already a long history of establishing companies by faculty, alumni, and students and a tradition of strong relationships with industry.
"I feel this is good for society, and good for our institute as well," he says.
And despite the demanding pace of his research, his eyes are firmly on the plans he's developing for the institute.
"I have a chance to work with a large group of the best faculty in the world, to achieve our goal together."


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The Search for Sweet Sounds That Sell
Household Products' Clicks and Hums Are No Accident; Light Piano Music When the Dishwasher Is Done?
The small sounds consumer products make—whether a snap, click, rustle or pop—can be memorable and deeply satisfying, often suggesting luxury, freshness, effectiveness or security.
Companies, in their endless drive to motivate customers to buy, are paying more attention to these product noises and going to great lengths to manipulate them. Sound is emerging as a new branding frontier.
Subtle auditory cues can make a big difference to shoppers choosing from several brands, companies say. Occasionally a product pitches its unusual sound directly: Remember "Snap, Crackle, Pop" for Kellogg's Rice Krispies, and Alka-Seltzer's "Plop Plop Fizz Fizz"? Sound, for the most part, isn't the first thing consumers notice about a product. But when it's good, they quickly come to appreciate it, marketers say.
"These little touches can really separate you from the other guys," says Ted Owen, vice president of global package design at Clinique, an Estée Lauder Co s. line. "We call them the intangibles."
Last month, Clinique introduced High Impact Extreme Volume mascara, which produces a soft, crisp click when the top is twisted shut. The click reassures users that the package is closed and the liquid mascara won't dry out. But more subtly, Mr. Owen says, the click conveys the elegance of the $19.50 formula.
Mr. Owen and his team fiddled with some 40 prototypes of inner parts of the mascara tube, paying particular attention to the tiny, curved plastic tab, called a "nib," that emits the click when the top twists over it. By adjusting the slope of the curve and a corresponding tab located inside the top, designers could alter the click's tone. A steep curve made a high-pitched click, which the team thought sounded cheap. A flatter curve made a dull sound. "We sweated that detail," Mr. Owen says. "You have to pay attention to it and manage it through all the materials you consider and all the manufacturing steps to be sure you get it right."
Getting it wrong can bring major consequences. Hoping to tout its SunChips brand as environmentally friendly, Frito-Lay, part of PepsiCo Inc., introduced a compostable chip bag in 2010. Consumers found it noisy and complained. Sales fell, and Frito-Lay eventually went back to the old bags."The packaging of the product is a multisensory experience for our consumers," says a Frito-Lay spokesman.
Even product sounds that happen just once may be treated with reverence. Snapple, owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc., says the pop a consumer hears when unscrewing the top from a new bottle of Snapple is a cue that it is fresh. The company calls it the "Snapple Pop" and says it builds anticipation and offers a sense of security, because the consumer knows the drink hasn't been opened before or tampered with.
Snapple was so confident about the pop's safety message that in 2009 it eliminated the plastic wrapping that encircled the lid. It saved on packaging costs and eliminated an estimated 180 million linear feet of plastic waste, the company says. "We were a lot more comfortable making that decision because we knew there was this iconic pop," says Andrew Springate, senior vice president of marketing.
Discussions of sound in corporate meetings brings linguistic challenges. "We're not quite as bad as when you go to the mechanic to try to describe a car problem," says Lisa King, vice president of Insights & Innovation at Newell Rubbermaid Inc., maker of Sharpie markers.
Company executives call the sound a Sharpie marker makes as it moves across the paper the "scritch-scratch." When they consider making a product innovation, they check for the "scritch-scratch." "It's part of the experience of using that marker," Ms. King says. "The sound of your product can be as distinctive as the look."
Despite the growing attention, it's still rare for ads to boast about product sounds. In May, Volkswagen introduced a commercial praising the "thunk" of the door on the Jetta. (A guy shuts his car door, and the thunk makes things—a football, a kite, a doll, a cat—fall out of a tree.) "We were looking for a metaphor to convey quality and well-built," says Tim Mahoney, Volkswagen of America's chief marketing officer.
Some annoying product sounds are overdue for an update. General Electric Co. 's appliance division is overhauling the abrasive buzzers, dings and beeps that clothes dryers, ovens and microwaves have been making for decades.
GE worked with a sound designer who composed a "soundtrack" for each of its four major brands. Instead of beeps, rings and buzzes, the appliances play snippets of their song. Turn on a machine and hear the music crescendo; turn it off, and the same snippet decrescendos. For time-sensitive alerts, like a timer, the music becomes increasingly urgent.
Each brand's music is meant to appeal to the target customer. Hotpoint, a budget-friendly line, will have a grunge-rock tune. The Monogram line, GE's priciest, will feature light piano music. "This is more Aaron Copland," says David Bingham, GE Appliances' senior interaction designer. "Very forward-looking and elegant-feeling."
As home-appliance design becomes more minimal, GE says, elements like sound are more important. The new sounds are set to hit the market in two or three years.
Some products strive for silence. Tampax Radiant, the tampon line Procter & Gamble Co. launched in April, has a textured plastic wrapper that won't make loud crinkling sounds.
The wrapper is targeted at women, especially teens, who say they want more privacy in public restrooms. "They are trying to keep the secret and the wrapper wasn't able to do that," says Alex Albacarys, associate director for global Tampax research and development. "On this wrapper we took it to the next level in terms of sound avoidance."
P&G researchers measured the noise of the new wrapper in the company's sound laboratory and found there was a 25% decibel reduction with the Radiant compared with Tampax Pearl, which was previously P&G's quietest tampon wrapper.
Household brand Method Products puts its bottles to a "trigger tester" to be sure they can withstand some 10,000 sprays without emitting what Don Frey, Method's vice president of product development, calls "chatter."
In recent months, Method has been evaluating new packaging suppliers and bottle nozzles to keep up with growing sales. A squeaking or chattering nozzle usually indicates a mechanism that isn't put together well. "It creates images in consumers' minds of how well it's going to work, and how well it's made," Mr. Frey says.
Dyson, the appliance maker, has been paying more attention to machine noise in recent years. Globally, the company wants its vacuums to have a pleasing, low tone, which it says sounds more upscale.
In the U.S., Dyson says consumers have been fairly tolerant of loud vacuum cleaner noise, but there are signs they are becoming more sensitive. In March, Dyson introduced the DC-39, its quietest full-size vacuum available in the U.S. The motor is attached to sound-dampening mounts, and polyurethane helps absorb sound energy.
"There has started to be more demand from the U.S. for quieter, better sounding products," says Rachael Pink, an acoustic engineer at Dyson. "People now expect products to sound good—not just sound quiet, but have a nice quality."
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MAKA BERADZE Born in Georgia 11 .12 .1971
-Bachelor of Arts (B.A) [1994-1999] Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of Tapestry and Decorative Textile. Georgia
· Major: Tapestry and Decorative Textiles · She has conferred the present diploma and the qualification of a Designer of Decorative Textiles. -High School Diploma [1988-1991] Mose Toidze Technical School of Art The Faculty of Textile, Republic of Georgia
- Student exhibition in Georgia [1997]
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- She has Worked at Georgian Cultural Center, Dancing Crane Studio Art Class, Since 2014
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I guess it's safe to assume there is a major nude trend coming in the Spring. Urban Decay released Naked 3, Zoya released the Naturel collection, and now Maybelline has released The Buffs. Maybelline The Buffs is a 10 shade collection of nude lipsticks. I knew the lighter two shades were not worth my or any black girl's time, so since I was buying, I skipped out on the lightest two. Here are swatches and a review of the other eight.
Be warned that I was more focused on showing photos and swatches than I was writing up an actual review. Yeah I know. Judge me.
First things first. They have that classic lipstick smell. Just wanted to make you guys aware.
When it comes to the formula, they are standard with the Color Sensational line which is a good thing. The shades range from very sheer to deeply pigmented. All of the lipsticks have a creamy texture with a shiny finish. As a matter of fact, The Buffs have one finish and it's a glossy finish that is not too shiny, and not matte, but I wouldn't call it a semi-matte. Let's call it perfect. They do not have super staying powers, I got 5 hours but expect a little less (3) when eating or drinking.
The first photo I used my mom's forearm, she a tad darker than me and the second photo is my arm. The lipsticks are numbered 1-8, shades correspond with the numbers.
1. Nude Buff – a pink toned nude. It takes about two applications to get good pigmentation. Semi sheer.
2. Maple Kiss– This is a beautiful bronze toned lipstick. This one is opaque after about two applications.
3. Truffle Tease– a warm toned nude brown. Two applications.
4.Sin-A-Mon– mauve toned nude. Two applications.
5.Touchable Taupe– taupe toned nude. One application.
6.Stormy Sahara– peach toned nude. One application.
7.Untainted Spice– deep red toned brown. One application.
8.Espresso Expose– plum toned brown. One application.
Maybelline The Buffs will be available just about everywhere during the month of January. I do not have any information on restock at the moment but if I find out anything I will share. The Buffs retail for $7.49 each . They will be available at Rite Aid, Target, Ulta, Walgreens and anywhere else Maybelline products are sold.


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Our TLC Boat Pads are made in the USA. The TPE surface of the TLC Boat Pad works to protect the delicate finish of your boat. It can protect everything from fine wooden crafts to boats with epoxy or gel coat finishes.
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Learn to fly a hot air balloon in 10 days.
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The Beautiful Dilemma
My daughter Lily has hair that goes down past her waist, and each day my wife Robin must comb and braid it. As I watch them, I recognize that their ritual captures the beautiful dilemma of the mother and daughter bond. I am on the outside looking in, and their small ceremony captures everything that has happened, is happening, or will happen between them.
A mother combing and braiding her daughter's hair captures the bond of love. They are like a moving painting, echoing dozens of paintings of mothers braiding their daughters' hair throughout history. Robin and Lily whisper, laugh, or say nothing, but they are always touching. Knee against knee, the mother's hand grazes the daughter's neck, stroking, soothing, pulling, and tying, the movements bringing them closer together.
The moment captures the drudgery of motherhood. Each day, the mother must do the daughter's hair. Sometimes twice a day. Sometimes, after swimming, the detangling will take an hour, and there will be yanking and pulling and pain. Robin will tell Lily she should have listened and got out of the pool earlier, and that it's a long painful process for both of them. There are tears and reprimands. It's a chore that will always be there, and only the mother can do it well.
The moment captures the helplessness of childhood. When Lily was younger, Lily couldn't handle her hair at all. She was born with a full head of hair, and she has the atopic gene, which means her hair would grow to her heels if we didn't cut it sometimes. She can do some detangling and braiding herself now, but her mother still must help her clean, detangle and braid it, and she is always teaching her how to keep it under control. When there is a problem with her hair she must go to her mother and ask for her help. It is a daily reminder that she is still a child.
Lily and Robin are at a hotel this week, and a young college student they met at the pool fell in love with Lily and her hair and offered to give her a french braid...but she tugged and pulled it too tight and brought tears to Lily's eyes. A less painful tug at home will make Lily shout, but for strangers she holds it in -- but then admits to her mother that she still does it best.
The moment captures Lily's growing independence. Sometimes she has a different idea for her hair that day. She may want a side braid, or one big braid in the back, or she might want to keep her hair down. But what Lily wants may not work for her mother -- there may not be time for a complicated new attempt, or leaving her hair unbraided may create a Medusa. It's always bad if it's hot day, or there's P.E. class, or she's going to a party where her hair will become a play toy for dozens of kids.
"No," the mother says, "the hair can't be down, otherwise it'll be a disaster of knots." I see them negotiate and sometimes battle, and the ritual becomes a testing ground for further conflicts:
"But it's my hair. That's not what I want."
"Trust me, I know, that's not the right choice. You're going to regret it."
Now just swap the word "hair" for "life."
"But it's my life. That's not what I want."
"Trust me, I know, that's not the right choice. You're going to regret it."
The daughter knows that if she wants independence, she's going to have to do it herself one day. The mother accepts this, but the mother also knows that the first few times that the daughter attempts to detangle and then braid her own hair, it will go badly. and it will take hours to fix it. But she must let her try. Lily will fail, and then she will resent that she must go to her mother to solve the problem. The mother will find the extra time to fix it, because that's what mothers do. She will also secretly be glad, and will fight to keep from saying "I told you so."
It is their beautiful dilemma, the pearl that holds their world within it. Each day they bond, and then they test the bond.
I asked them if I should learn the ritual, but neither of them want me to participate. It belongs to them, and Lily would rather learn it herself now than to have another parent join in. So I watch their ritual from the outside and wish it could last forever, although I know it won't.
Some day Lily will do it all herself. She will come home after dance class and shower and wash and comb her hair, and braid it herself while sitting before a mirror alone in her room, and then the daily ritual will be over. She must, because it is her hair, and it is her life.
The shrine, in the sitting room, with it's two small chairs and a desk full of hair products will disappear. She may still sometimes ask her mother to do her hair, or her mother will ask if she can do it for a special occasion, but it won't be out of need any longer. It will be out of loving memory.
Mono No Aware. That's the Japanese phrase for the transitory beauty of life. It's the wonderful awareness that life is happening right in front of you, yet as it happens you know it's also slipping away. It's a joy and a hurt at the same time, yet you know you're alive. That's what I feel that as I watch them, my own moving Vermeer painting.


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2nd Annual LEGO Building Competition at the Gingerbread House
The Gingerbread House is excited to host their 2nd Annual LEGO Building Competition beginning the first of March! Children ages 3-13 may participate, but their creation must be done completely on their own!
Bring your entry to Gingerbread House Too (the purple building) between the 1st and 17th of March! Images of your entry will be added to an album on Facebook for votes (likes on the photos)! Other rules and guidelines are on the images posted on this page!
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Fitz Roy, new route attempt. We made two trips to Patagonia to climb the Northwest Pillar of Fitz Roy. On the first trip the team consisted of Nicolas Fabbri, Jérôme Huet, and me. We three returned in late 2004, adding a feminine touch in the person of Véronique Barbier.
On our first expedition the weather, wind in particular, was so horrible that we fled. We abandoned our ropes and the pitons on the route. We returned ready for storms but had a month of fine weather, with only three or four windy days. It was so hot that we were often dehydrated. We turned back at the Third Tower, which seemed very blank. We were tired and dehydrated and found no ledges for sleeping; we had no portaledge.
The route follows the ridge that borders the left side of the Supercanaleta. The ridge consists of three pillars and a final section that apparently is shared with the Afanassieff Route. We equipped the first pillar with fixed ropes. It's easy artificial climbing (A1/A2), combined with free passages to 6b, on excellent rock. We then climbed the second pillar. There are mixed passages at M5, one artificial pitch of A2, and nice free and rather difficult (6b/c) pitches. They are extremely exposed, with poor rock and anchors. The upper part of the second pillar consists of five little towers, each about 10m high, the last one being a little more difficult (aid). The line then heads for a third, 150m, tower, which we did not climb. There is apparently only one possible route, a crack that is large at the start, gets narrower, and ends at a slab.
The whole route would cover some 1,800m. We climbed in 44 pitches. There would have been 10 more pitches before we reached the Afanassieff Route. We left 10 bolts and a number of anchors that we used on our way down.
Here is a beautiful project,which we offer to anyone who feels up to it. We will not be back. Whose turn is it?
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Just saw an amazing art show from Mr Brainwash a.k.a. Thierry Guetta over on 13th St between Washington St and 9th Av. He is the artist that had been tagging his art over in the Meatpacking District for awhile now. I believe he started by doing the same thing in L.A. a couple years ago and had a major show out there with a line around the block to get in. He is the one responsible for the latest Madonna cd art and not since Keith Haring has there been a street artist that made such a big notice for them self. Others have tried but this guy has the right combination of Haring, Warhol, and Lichtenstein in his work to make you love it. Iconic figures in pirated images done in a way that gives an I could have done that feeling. I really loved this show. His portraits of music icons made by using cut vinyl records in a collage were my favorite I think.
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Whether you're looking for a young vibrant bible study group or a fun filled fellowship on a Sunday afternoon, come join us and be blessed at our weekly Ignite meetings. We believe in empowering the young adults to deepen their faith by understanding the truth of His Word and equipping them to live a life according to what He intended for us to live, especially in the culture of today's world.
Besides the awesome worship, we also focus on discussions with real life support on how to navigate life with Jesus at the center! There is so much to learn from the Word through weekly discussions; you don't want to miss out! We also have many opportunities to serve and to get involved in.
If you are aged between 18 – 35 years old, IGNITE is definitely the place for you to be. IGNITE has loads more going on throughout the year so get plugged in today! Past programs include special visitations, home fellowships and outreach worship concert.
"…not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching." Hebrews 10:25
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César Chelala: Caminito Series
The Grady Alexis Gallery invites you to a TANGO NIGHT on Saturday December 4 at 7pm, with photographs by César Chelala from his "Caminito Series" and tango music with the world premiere of the tango "Renaceras". Performance by Los Chantas: Emilio Teubal on piano, David Hodges on bandoneon and Sergio Reyes on violin. Guest artist: Luis Yanes on guitar. Special participation of Luli De Oto on "Renaceras".
For those of us who have never been there, it is hard to imagine the sight and feeling of encountering the colorful urban-scape of the little street in Buenos Aires, called Caminito, for the first time. Buenos Aires is a city filled with beautiful architecture, yet aside from the proliferation of green from the many plazas in the city, the general feeling is the austerity of gray of stonework.
Dr. Chelala has written that in the part of Buenos Aires near the docks, called La Boca, the Italian immigrants who lived there used the paint left over from the ships for painting the exterior of their homes. This has had the effect of giving the neighborhood a particularly unique character: a splash of intense color in this otherwise sober looking city. Dr. Chelala goes on to explain: "Caminito (little road), the name of one of Argentina's best known tangos, is also the name of two street blocks in Argentina. One, located in La Boca, honors the composer of the music of Caminito, Juan de Dios Filiberto. The other block is a little town road in the province of La Rioja, and honors the author of the tango lyrics, Gabino Coria Peñaloza. Although the block in La Rioja is believed by some to be the origin of the tango's name, most people now identify Caminito with the street in Buenos Aires. Although it was not much appreciated at the beginning, Caminito went to become one of the most popular tangos of all time. And most Argentines can repeat by heart the beginning of the tango's lyrics:
Caminito that time has erased
and that one day saw us passing by
I came for the last time
I came to tell you my woes
(Caminito que el tiempo ha borrado)
(que juntos un día nos viste pasar)
(he venido por última vez)
(he venido a contarte mi mal)."
Dr. Chelala was born in Argentina, and emigrated to the United States, where he has been living since 1971. In Buenos Aires, he worked as a medical researcher at the laboratory of Dr. Luis F. Leloir, a Nobel laureate for his work in biochemistry and medicine. Dr. Chelala also worked as a researcher at The Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York and at New York University School of Medicine. For the last 22 years he has been an international medical consultant for several international organizations, among them several agencies of the United Nations. His work consists in the monitoring and evaluation of health projects in developing countries. He has conducted health-related missions in over 45 countries worldwide in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Dr. César Chelala has amply documented through photography his experiences of his travels around the world.
The Caminito Series has been shown at the Monique Goldstrom Gallery in Soho, New York, and the Martinez Gallery in Troy (New York), Embassy of Argentina in Washington, D.C and the Queensborough Community College Art Gallery in New York.
In 1989, he had a one-man show of his photographs from Africa at The College of New Rochelle, School of New Resources, to celebrate Black History Month. In 1991, he won First Prize in a photography contest organized by the Women, Health and Development division of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, D.C. His photographs have been published in Aljadid, The Neue Zürcher Zeitung, The Lancet, POPULI, The Boston Globe, Women's Health Journal, and The Harvard International Review, as well as in several official publications of the United Nations. Chelala's photographs are in embassy, corporate, museum, and private collections.


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Hey there, April 27! So nice to see you. What's that you have in your hand? Oh, the new Planet of the Apes comic! On sale now, you say?
But wait, what's that you're hiding behind you back? Oh goodness, it's Dracula: Company of Monsters #9, and Volume 2 of Dracula: Company of Monsters, the trade paperback collecting issues 5 thru 8! Also on sale today? Let me take a look at those…
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A small simple crochet doll – a free pattern
Since several months I'm working on the pattern of a small simple crochet doll. My goal was to design a small doll "in one piece". It should not be higher than seven centimeters and offer many possibilities for variation.
The designing process of the small doll has been very stressful. Again and again I changed the pattern, unraveled the little crochet doll and started again from scratch. But I managed to find a doll shape that I like quite well.
The small simple crochet doll is crocheted from below. First the two legs, then the belly and the head. Only the arms have to be attached afterwards. You might use a wire reinforcement inside of the arms but then the doll is not for small children due to the risk of injury.
There are some difficulties with this type of doll for me. The eyes are a challenge. I am not used to embroide and the doll is too small to use crocheted eyes.
But mainly the hair might be better. So far I have only little experience with dolls hair and also no good guide. Please write me in the comments if you know good instructions for creating dolls hair!
These three dolls were certainly not the last, I've worked according to these instructions. Finally, there are many characters which can be produced – maybe a small Santa Claus?
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We unplugged for a week and celebrated our 10th anniversary a few months early. It was honestly one of the greatest weeks of my life, and I can't wait to share a few of the highlights with you!
One of the things that truly made our adventure cruise one-of-a-kind was the complimentary activities and excursions. With most cruise lines, you pay extra for excursions if you want to do something during your days in port. With UnCruise, all of the activities were included. Each day, we were in a different location, and there were exciting new things to explore and experience on each little dot of the map.


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Burlesque Dancer/Artist
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I am & have been a dancer most of my life. Dancing on stage is something empowering & beautiful, freeing of my soul.
When did you realize performing was what you wanted to do?
Since I was a little girl.
Do you remember what it was like in the beginning?
Burlesque, yes. Exciting, scary & something I decided had to be in my life.
What is your dream performance?
My dream purrformance is every time I purrform. I can't put into words how much purrforming means to me. It can be on the smallest stage or some spectacular stage in another country, it all means something to me. My soul dances with artistry & here on stage can I find myself in a peaceful moment.
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I admire my loved ones, my friends. they are all a part of my journey & if they are in my life then there are many reasons I admire them.
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What is the quality do you most like in a woman?
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Life is always about new achievements, I can say owning a business & surviving within this is an everyday tasks which is an achievement I have to strive for daily.
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Music, dance, writing poetry, painting, cuddles, listening to music for hours, driving with music, rain, & bubble baths.
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Pet Peeves – bad spelling or over use of abbreviations. Flakey people
What sound or noise do you love?
Music, water, my cat purring…
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Nails on a chalk board or anything alike.
What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Everything, I tend to dabble in quite a few things! I love design for home, clothing etc., anything in the arts really.
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You are keeping a record of all of these techniques, right? Or they are already written down somewhere in all of your stacks of computer folders, right? (You are not typing all of this from scratch are you?)
Soooooooo ... there must be a list of "top twenty" processes..or maybe 50 processes. Any chance you could put the "Top XXXX" into a single document and convert to a PDF and make available online? A combo of words and screen-capture images showing what's going on....
Maybe a dedicated section could be created on this forum, so that we can easily browse through these amazing tips!
Even tho I have E6 v CS3, some of this still works and in any case the concepts are what are important--there are sometimes more than one way to achieve similar effects.


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Code Canvas is being shown by Rob DeLine at the 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering this week, in Cape Town, South Africa. The demonstration will show Code Canvas being hosted inside Visual Studio 2010, along with a new visual style and some additional features. The new style focuses on source code fragments and visual designers, while minimizing the chrome around files and folders etc. There is also a demonstration of the debugger experience and how call stacks can be shown on the canvas.
Nice Video… Code Canvas looks even better 🙂
Great work.
I would really like to see this in Eclipse 🙂
I would definitely use it.
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Advertised brand: DU Kulturmagazin Advert titles: AIDS Sculpture / Ganymed's Sister / Monument to Labor Advertising Agency (Name, City, Country): Euro RSCG Zurich, Switzerland Agency website: http://www.eurorscg.ch Creative Director: Axel Eckstein, Frank Bodin Art Director: Christina Wellnhofer Copywriter: Ivan Madeo Graphics: Dominique Magnusson Published: October 2011


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There is power in 3's……. Great things happen in 3's…
I cannot even expound upon how amazingly blessed my whole day was today!!! Life is good, it really is!
From as early as 7 am, it has been a very good day!!!! Fellowship is indeed something that I do not take for granted. Life is good, it really is!
Family-friendly fellowship does something to my very being and having GENUINE people in your life is like a pill that I CHOOSE to take on a daily because they make me feel better!!!! Life is good, it really is!
I cant explain how great that I feel at this present moment but if I could draw you a photo, it may look like a bunch of paint just splattered everywhere! Lol
Having God in my life brings me soooooooooooo much peace that even when I have bad days, it allows me to make the choice NOT to complain! Life is good..it really is!
Peace and Joy are special gifts from up above that cannot be given bargained for. So indeed, I do thank God for allowing me to breath again!!!!!! Whew.. Life is good, it really is!
Being able to share all of this love, peace and happiness with my son is just simply amazing… He has the desire to be a better person and he understands who Christ is which in itself is enough to be excited about.
Old friends are also blessings that I cherish in my life and I have learned how to take care and nurture these few relationships that I still choose to keep alive in my life.
Also establishing new friendships can be a good thing as well and just being OPEN to what God will have for me because Life indeed really is good!!! Thank you Jesus!


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The SciFi Interior Construction Kit provides all the props and textures you need to create your own high-tech sci-fi game environments. All content is ready to use with Leadwerks Game Engine, with no tweaking or adjusting required. Objects are designed to be easily aligned so you can build your scene quickly and revise it as often as you like. The included objects can be reused in many different ways to create a variety of science-fiction themed environments.
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1.1 Purpose Of Outline. This outline focuses on the various issues that must be considered in seeking to protect a negotiated corporate acquisition so that it does not break apart in a manner detrimental to the parties. During the period between the time a potential acquisition is first identified to the closing of the transaction, events and circumstances can arise to defeat its consummation. For instance, after a proposed acquisition is publicly announced, competing bidders can intervene to make a better offer that thwarts the acquiror's proposal. And, there is always the risk that an event will occur that prevents a closing condition from being satisfied thereby triggering a termination of the deal. The repercussions of a busted deal can be adverse to the constituent companies. Indeed, many a would-be acquiror has turned out to be merely a "stalking horse" for the sale of a target company because its proposed deal slipped away without its receiving any financial compensation even though its efforts ultimately led to a favorable deal for the target company's stockholders. And, in those cases where an acquiror legitimately walks away from a publicly announced transaction, the target company can suffer great harm because it may then be viewed in the market place as being "damaged goods." In light of the potential downside to a busted deal, taking steps to protect a proposed corporate acquisition is typically very important to both sides of the transaction (although some sellers have found that leaks can conveniently improve their bargaining position with the acquiror).
1.2 Role Of Legal Counsel. Legal counsel will play a major role in assuring that a proposed transaction does not unravel except under limited conditions negotiated between the parties. The lawyer's role will begin at the earliest stages of a proposed transaction. While each party will expect its own counsel to negotiate an "air-tight" legal document from its viewpoint, no acquisition agreement (especially a heavily negotiated one) can ever be made totally bullet proof against the risk of not closing. For that reason, it is incumbent on legal counsel to carefully analyze and advise the client about the pertinent risks in not consummating a transaction and then to negotiate contractual provisions that reasonably protect the client against such risks. This outline discusses certain transaction risks and the strategies for protecting against them.
1.3 Perspective Of Outline. This outline is written primarily from the perspective of negotiating and consummating an acquisition transaction in which the target is a public company. Transaction risks and the methods for dealing with them as described in this outline have, for the most part, limited application to the acquisition of a private company by a public company. It should also be noted that most of the issues discussed in this outline are applicable whether the acquiror uses cash or its stock as currency for completing the acquisition. However, as noted below, stock-for-stock transactions can present some special risks in getting a transaction consummated. Even so, in contrast to a cash acquisition, the interests of the acquiror and the target company in a stock-for-stock transaction will be more identical insofar as each performs due diligence on the other and takes appropriate steps to protect the transaction.
1.4 Initiating The Deal Process. The starting point of an acquisition can occur in several ways. It can begin by the target company's decision to put its self up for sale. In accomplishing that objective, the target company will often seek the aid of an investment banking firm in conducting a full blown auction process. Or, the target company may decide to approach a selective number of potential acquirors to get an indication of interest and then proceed to negotiate with a few or perhaps only one. The advantage of singling out one potential acquiror is to induce a pre-emptive bid ("blow out" bid) for the target company. In other cases, a target company may seek a stock-for-stock merger with another entity (including a competitor) for strategic reasons. And, of course, management-led leveraged buyouts are always a possible means of achieving a sale of the target company. But, regardless of the avenue taken, the sale of a company always requires careful orchestration in order to comply with the fiduciary duties of the seller's board of directors and to avoid the company becoming "worn goods" in the market place if the attempted sale fizzles.
Another starting point for an acquisition is where a potential acquiror identifies an acquisition and then proceeds to contact the target company to determine its level of interest. While the would-be acquiror may be "shown the door," preliminary discussions can often lead to serious acquisition negotiations. Early on, the attitude of the potential acquiror toward pursuing a hostile takeover must be considered. Most certainly, it will be a major concern to a target company's management when it is contacted about entering into friendly acquisition discussions. Of course, some acquirors may enter the acquisition picture as a "white knight" in a hostile contest. In any event, initiating discussions with a target company requires advanced planning by the acquiror and its advisors regardless of what triggers those discussions.
In initiating acquisition discussions, legal counsel for the acquiror and the target company will be asked to analyze and develop legal strategies aimed at achieving the desired objective. Putting together the working group, selecting the best acquisition ploy, selecting the best transaction structure, organizing due diligence efforts and putting in place procedures for avoiding premature disclosures of the proposed deal will be of the first order for each respective party. Once an agreement in principle is reached, legal counsel will then assist the client in the negotiation of a definitive agreement and ultimately, in closing the deal. Set forth below is a discussion of these routes and the strategies that need to be considered in helping protect the deal.
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- Dining area with large circular table and six chairs
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