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Night Timelapse Tips
Night timelapse is another universe from day timelapse – and generally more likely to impress! There's just something special about being able to see more with your camera than you can with your eyes. A few of my favorite dark sky shots kick off this clip:
Equipment is important here – much more so than with day shots. All the night shots in the short above were done with a Canon 6D. I've shot some night timelapse with a T2i – but the colors just fall flat. If you're going to spend all the hours it takes to do night timelapse – get a proper low-noise modern full frame. The Canon 6D or Sony a7S series will do this beautifully – the original version will timelapse almost as well as the Mark II. The primary advantage of an a7S II is for in-camera 4K video – not night timelapse! A 5D Mark IV of course works as well, but at a higher price.
You'll also want a wide aperture lens that lets in a lot of light. In general – a prime lens will let in more light for less money – and with better quality – than a zoom. I use Rokinon primes as these have been highly rated by other astrophotographers for star and night shots. I have a 14mm f2.8 for my wide shots and a f1.4 24mm for my more average shots. These are rather cheap lenses for what they do – and the best lenses I regularly use for night shots today.
Even with the right equipment- night timelapse is a lot of work! A lot of times you'll only be able to get one or two good shots in over an entire night (unless there's a lot of moonlight or you want to get up and move it every hour or two). A lot rides on getting the frame and controls on that 'one-shot' right! Have a sturdy tripod, get that ball head locked down tight, make sure the batteries are charged, and that the connections to any motion control device or intervalometer are solid. Then, find your focus zoomed in on live view before you start shooting.
How long should you let the exposures go? Depends on a lot of things! First is the moon. A full or half moon will look like the sun after a 6 second exposure at f2.8 and 3600iso. To really see the milky way at the same f-stop and ISO – you'll want a 15 second exposure at least. And remember – the moon rises at a different time every day. It may pop up and overexpose your shot if you're not planning ahead! You'll want to set your interval to a few seconds beyond your exposure to let the camera save the data. Here are some example settings from my 6D:
Half to Full moon: 4-8s exposures, ISO 1600-3200
Quarter to Crescent Moon: 8-15s exposures, ISO 1600-3200
Dark Skies: 15-30s exposures, ISO 3200-6400
Cities, cars, lava, and artificial lights: .5-2s exposures, ISO 1600-6400


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Topic: Childhood (09/03/09)
- TITLE: What They Taught Our Kids
By Ifeoma Dennis
"Daddy!" Amie, our four-year old daughter shrieked before she even opened the door, on hearing her father's voice.
"How's my big girl doing?" Arinze's sonorous voice seeped into my ears all the way from the front door to the kitchen.
"I got hundred percent in our math yesterday," Amie reported, her innocent, sweet voice filling the air. "Our teacher gave me crayons for that."
She jumped down from her father's muscular trunk and flew upstairs on an all-important flight to get the crayons.
Arinze saw me then, still in the process of rolling up my sleeves, my hair scattered, my cosmetic state a mess.
He smiled, and I forced myself to smile back at the chauvnist I made the mistake of marrying. Okay, I did find him tall, dark and attractive then, and even funny, but a chauvnist he was, and still is.
"I'm taking them to Millennium Park. By the way, where's Ody?"
"Still in bed, I guess," though I know it sounded like, go find out yourself.
"They shouldn't be staying up late," I was expecting him to say, but it looked like he was in a pretty "unchauvinist" mood that morning.
He left the balcony where he had been standing since he came and walked through the connecting door into the large living room. He looked at me inquiringly, and I nodded.
He sat down on one of the rose green sofas that adorned the flowery white-curtained living room.
I sat down at the opposite end, glancing at the clock. Twenty more minutes and the cake would be out of the oven and the clothes out of the washing machine.
There was an uncomfortable silence, as it always was whenever we found ourselves alone since our seperation nearly five months ago.
"You were baking?" he asked me.
I nodded and smiled, "and a host of other chores." Realising the implication of my words from the fleeting pitiful look he gave me, I added, "I'll get a nanny soon."
Arinze wanted to reply, but was saved the effort by Amie who burst into the room, heading straight for her father's trunk with a speed that almost equaled that of light.
"See them, daddy," she said, showing him excitedly, "Are they not fine?"
"They are," he agreed, kissing her soft cheeks, "I'm very proud of you."
"Thank you," she said respectfully.
"How does the idea of going to Millennium Park sound?" he asked her.
"Great!" she screamed gleefully, wrapping her small arms around her father's broad shoulders and burying her face into his neck briefly. Then she leapt off and ran over to give me a hug too.
"Someone's missing," Arinze noted presently. "Where's Ody?"
Amie chuckled.
"He peed on his trousers and doesn't want mommy to find out. And yesterday," she continued breathlessly, "he failed his math because he wasn't listening."
The next thing we heard was a loud slap on Amie's back by no one but the erstwhile elusive six-year old Ody. He ran out of the room with Amie tearfully following in hot pursuit.
"Kids," we said simultaneously, shaking our heads.
"Let's go find them if we want to avert a major disaster," Arinze suggested, looking at me expectantly.
After searching the whole house, we found them in the guest room upstairs, building their Air Force set with deep concentration, all trace of enmity or anger or tears lost.
"Wow! I'm impressed," I told our two angels, smiling.
"Ody said he was sorry, and could we please, build our Air Force together? And they told us in Sunday School that Sorry, Thank You and Please buys us everything but costs nothing."
We left them speechlessly. Arinze's left hand found my right as we walked down the stairs.
Was he thinking what I was thinking?
We ended up in the patio.
"I'm sorry, Elsie," Arinze told me, a sincere light in his eyes, "Please can we build our marriage together?"
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New York — When a woman went into labor at the Rosamund Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, a quick acting employee at the zoo delivered the baby.
On Friday, a 21-year-old heavily pregnant woman who was visiting the zoo with a group of friends that included children, suddenly went into contractions.
Zoo Education Coordinator, Liz Schmidt, toldThe Post-Standard that an emergency call came through on her radio while she was teaching a group of five-year-old's and their parents about reindeer.
She was told that a woman was in labor about 500 yards away on the wildlife path near the bear exhibit.
"I honestly didn't expect her to deliver at the zoo," Ms Schmidt said. "I thought we'd pop her in a wheelchair and she'd be good to go to the hospital."
When she arrived at the scene, an adult took the children in the group away while Ms Schmidt radioed out for back up and blanket and assessed the situation.
From there, reportedly, the birth progressed rapidly.
"As I came on the scene, the baby was pretty much on its way out," said Zookeeper Sarah Kohler, who responded to Ms Schmidt's back up request.
After the little girl was born, members of the woman's party and zoo staff kept the mother and baby warm with clothing and blankets. An ambulance arrived shortly afterwards to take the pair to the local Crouse Hospital.
Zoo Director Ted Fox later told reporters he was proud of the way his staff had responded and that they planned on sending a gift to the family.


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Feb. 8, 2013
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs has been named the team's special teams coordinator. Head coach Urban Meyer announced the promotion of Coombs today.
"Kerry Coombs is an excellent coach who has a great deal of experience and expertise with special teams," Meyer said. "He is an outstanding teacher, an excellent motivator and he has a true passion for special teams."
Coombs is in his 31st year of coaching, including his seventh on the collegiate level. Prior to his position at Ohio State, he spent five years at the University of Cincinnati and he was the special teams coordinator for three seasons, from 2009-11.
"I am incredibly excited and honored to be given the responsibility of special teams coordinator," Coombs said. "The special teams have always been a part of the game that I have enjoyed coaching. These plays are so critical to the success of a team, and they can really swing momentum. I look forward to having an increased role in the development of them."
Coombs not only helped coach Ohio State to a 12-0 record this year, but he also coached the only pair of cornerbacks from one school in the nation – sophomore Bradley Roby and senior Travis Howard – to first-team all-conference honors. Roby, in fact, led the nation with 1.73 passes defended per game, a total that included a school-record-tying 17 pass break-ups. Howard led the Big Ten in interceptions with four and .33 per game.
Coombs is a lifelong Ohioan. He grew up in Colerain, graduated from Colerain High School in 1979 and from the University of Dayton in 1983, and has a master's degree from Wright State (1996).


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Towards the end of last year I was scoping out new products to try and find the 'perfect' wedding day combination. I decided to give the Revlon photo ready primer a road test as I thought it sounded perfect for a day where all cameras were on me (and my husband!). I had tested it out a few times and wasn't too sure about it and so I decided to pop it aside, try some other things I knew I already loved and test out which of my staples would be right for the big day. I came back to this the beginning of the year and decided it needed another test.
The primer comes in a clear glass bottle with a black pump lids and is reminiscent of the photo ready foundation in the same shape and size bottle. The writing on the bottle is printed in black to be easy to read and stand out. The pale pink cream looking texture looks lovely, and will be really easy to monitor as it begins to be used up and when you might want to repurchase this. The pump has a really small nozzle but the product comes out easily with between one and two pumps is enough to do the whole face.
The cream itself has a cream like texture which did feel a little bit like a face cream, I don't mind this as it was quite easy to work into the skin and use. The product had a faint scent which also reminds me of some sort of generic face moisturiser, it isn't too noticeable, and it is pleasant. I put a pump onto my hand and began working the product into my skin. As I began to rub the product in it started off clear and then turned milky on the skin almost like a thick body moisturiser would look when first applied. It did take a few seconds to work into the skin and disappear into the skin to prime it ready for product. Immediately I was unsure of how it would perform.
I began to apply my foundation on top of this, and I did use the Revlon colour stay on top of this mainly as that is my go to, I have also tried others and feel the same as I do for the Revlon foundation. As I was applying this I felt as though my foundation wasn't sitting as nicely, it didn't necessarily look terrible to what I was used to, however I did find that my foundation sat on top of this, as if there was some sort of barrier between my skin and the foundation, I was even less impressed when the colour stay which I can count on to last all day on me could be smeared and wiped off if I rubbed my skin lightly, even after it was set with powder. My skin didn't appear to have changed in texture, such as it didn't seem more dry or more oily for instance, but this just didn't seem to work for me with products I have been testing it with. I feel like I am going to have one last experiment with this but I wasn't impressed and so it is very likely that this will get passed on to a friend to see if they like it!
At £12.99 I had such high hopes for this, especially after loving the colour stay foundation so much and basing my love of that to forge an opinion that I might love this. I feel that for me, it certainly doesn't warrant the price tag, and I certainly did not look photo ready when the product had smeared and shifted to no longer give any coverage in some areas! I know a lot of people love this, so please do some more research and decided for yourself if you think it will work for you, but you can find it here if you do want to know more about it or see where to pick it up from!


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Inside Out Sushi Salad Recipe...
This meal is a cheap, healthy, tasty and easy to make even for those cooking with two left feet. It is also versatile enough that you can sub different veggies and meat in depending on what is in your fridge. The veggies are fresh, the quinoa filling, the meat is tasty and the miso, sesame and soy dressing adds an asian twist to top it all off.
What you need:
Salad: 2 cups of quinoa or rice (follow standard cooking instructions on the packet) 1 large cucumber chopped into small chunks 1 large or 2 small avocados chopped into small chunks 1 cup of mung beans 1 cup of edemame beans (can be found in the freezer section) 1 cup of coriander chopped coarsely 2 table spoons of pickled ginger, chopped coarsely 2 large chicken breasts (this can be substituted with fresh raw or cooked salmon or tuna or tofu) ½ teaspoon of sesame or chia seeds
Optional - 2 birds eye chilli thinly sliced Optional – 2 sheets of seaweed, either raw or blanched chopped into long slices
Dressing and marinade: 3 table spoons of miso paste 1 table spoon of sesame oil 2 tables spoons of soy sauce ½ cup of water Small lump of wasabi
What you need to do:
• Cook rice or quinoa following instructions on the packet and while that cooks chop chicken into small slices and coat it in some of the dressing and add to a grill or pan on high heat, continue to add dressing or water as required to keep it moist and remove when golden brown • While both are cooking, prepare all the vegetables. The edemame beans will need blanching and the beans will need to be removed from the pod • Once the rice or quinoa is cooked let it sit for a few minute before placing off vegetables and chicken on top • Sprinkle chai or sesame seeds, chilli and ginger on the top of the salad and drizzle dressing over the salad.
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Thursday, September 24, 2015
Glory Art Challenge with Patter Cross - #16 - Humility
If you have not done so, please visit Patter's blog
so can read Patter's thoughts on the subject she chose for us this fortnight.
Here is my small CD size page:
For my digital art I used a kit called "In the Attic" which is a collaborative kit at Go Digital Scrapbooking. The button is from my stash and is by Angie Briggs.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Glory Art Challenge hosted by Patter Cross - #15 - Christ Esteem
It is nearly time for another challenge and I have only just created something for this #15.
If you have not already done so please pop over to Patter's blog
and read her teaching on the theme for this challenge.
"People are not your audience, God is." This is something that Patter shared on her blog and it is to true and yet I so often live my life the opposite. I live my life as though I am trying to please the world but no, that is not what the Lord is saying to me. I need to take hold of the scripture I have used on my digital artwork. I need to look to the Lord to sustain me - not me sustain myself.
for my artwork I used products by Lori Imel in her kit called "Summer in Bloom" and the paint splatter is by JIC Creations from Summer Fun.
fonts - Italianno, Archistico, and Spinstee
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The New York Times corrected an editorial on Thursday that suggested the man who shot Rep. Gabby Giffords was inspired by an ad former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political action committee sent putting a target on Giffords' district.
In its broad attempt to condemn the dangers of heated political rhetoric following another shooting on Wednesday that wounded six people, including a congressman, the New York Times Editorial Board waded into controversy by mistakenly insinuating Jared Lee Loughner shot Giffords for political reasons.
"An earlier version of this editorial incorrectly stated that a link existed between political incitement and the 2011 shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords," the Times wrote on Thursday. "In fact, no such link was established."
Loughner's motivation was much less overtly political than many initially suspected.
The shooter, who plead guilty to the shooting in 2012, had a long history of mental illness which cast doubt over his supposed political radicalization.
Wednesday's editorial sparked an enormous backlash on the right, which noted the factual inconsistency.
In a post on Facebook, Palin described the editorial as "sickening."
"Despite commenting as graciously as I could on media coverage of yesterday's shooting, alas, today a perversely biased media's knee-jerk blame game is attempting to destroy innocent people with lies and more fake news," Palin wrote.


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The shop assistant responded: 'That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save
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She was right, of course: our generation didn't have the green thing in its day. Back then, we returned
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|Princess Nine - First Inning
Vol. 1
Actors: Nao Nagasawa, Hilary Haag, Monica Rial, Vic Mignogna, Chris Patton
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Genres: Drama, Kids & Family, Anime & Manga, Animation
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David A. Brown | 04/28/2002
(3 out of 5 stars)
"My first exposure to this series was through the ADV trailer on the Robotech series. At first glance it seems a far departure from the typical robot/battle/sex/gore fare that gets translated into English, so I had to check it out. Over all, it is a really decent series that doesn't play into any of the typical stereotypes, and becomes a very crafty exploration of Japanese culture and ethics by presenting an all girl's highschool attempting to break tradition and form a baseball (not SOFTball) team to compete against boys schools. There are plenty of complexities within the dynamic between all the players, their pasts and how it all fits together into the present. Perhaps the most refreshing idea of the series is presented through a very simple, elegant subject which means so much to the Japanese- baseball (highschool baseball holds big interest in the Japanese public). The involvement of the visionaries and management of the team adds depth to the stories which play up to the aspiriations of all those involved with the team, and those of the people against the formation of a girl's baseball team.The first few episodes plod slightly as it reveals the hidden power of the central character, Ryo Hayakawa, a fourteen year old high school girl who is the daughter of a late baseball superstar. The revelations of her father and his involvement in people's lives unfolds through the series. Ryo inherited her father's ability to throw a fast, accurate baseball. She is then discovered by Ms. Himaro, the president of Kisaragi High where she hopes to put together a girl's baseball team, and Hiroki who is a star male high school player. The team's rather slovenly, apparently disorganized, drunken coach Kido reveals his hidden depths as hegets Ryo to use her enthusiasm to lure in other girls from around Japan and gain scholarship to Kisaragi. The second episode has Kido trying to land a wayward athelete whose home is being shattered by divorce. The fourth episode concerns Ryo's unexpected solo aventure to a seaside town where a girl with extraordinary batting abilities is hiding her skills so she can stay with her enfeebled father.All around, the stories are fun and enthralling once the series gets underway. The video is very good, the audio is fine, and the disk extras are nice additions. The only negative to me is the style of layout and animation- it is the usual flat technique prevelant in the less skilled productions. However, the developing stories, unique characters and complex back story make up for anything the series is lacking. Sweet, aggressive, thoughtful.....'Princess Nine' is a very enjoyable series!"
This is better than "A League of Their Own"
David A. Brown | Sonoma, CA United States | 11/13/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This one is a keeper, one of those anime DVD's that you can pull out and show to people who claim that anime is nothing more than violence and pornography. There is no "fan service" or anything else to offend.Princess Nine is the story of Ryo Hayakawa, a 15-year old junior high student who wanted nothing more than to skip high school and stay home to help her single mother run an Udon bar (High school is not mandatory in Japan).There's just one thing. Ryo's father, who died while she was five years old, taught her how to pitch well. Really well. Well enough to pitch for the neighborhood league team and to strike out semi-professional baseball players. Ryo is handpicked as the core player of a girl's high school baseball team formed with the goal of reaching Japan's national high school championship.It's hard to describe how complex this story is. Ryo plays baseball in part to maintain a connection with her deceased father. Keiko Himuro, the chairperson of the board of directors of Kisaragi High fights for the right for a girl's team to compete against the boys. Her daughter, tennis star Izumi Himuro, fights for the love and attention of her too-distant mother. Shinsaku Kido, the team's coach, is a drunkard who, I think, will try to redeem himself by coaching this team to victory. There are two potential love interests for Ryo: Her quiet and sort of geeky childhood friend and Hiroki Takasugi, the rising star of the Kisargi boy's high school baseball team. And this is only after five episodes.Who should see this? Well, everyone, I think, but especially people who like either baseball or inspirational stories about young women. There's a certain energy to Princess Nine that makes me believe that it's going to be a classic of enduring value."
The pitcher with a golden left arm...
Strategos | In Space above Planet Earth | 05/05/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Princess Nine transcends the sporst genre to become a true classic of anime. With deep characters, complex plot, solid animation, an inspired orchestral musical score, and EXCELLENT voice acting (including the superb English dub), this is one anime that every serious anime drama fan should definitely not miss. There's much more to this one than just baseball. In the first five episodes found on this disc (how's that for value?), the main characters who hold the show together are introduced.
The character of Ryo Hayakawa is first shown in the first episode in a moment straight reminiscent of The Natural (which is what inspired the creators of this show in the first place). The orchestral music swells, she winds up a pitch... and we just know that she's going to be the driving force of this show. And indeed she is.
Very quickly Ryo finds herself with a scholarship to a prestigious high school where the lady chairperson is forming a baseball team (just to see her Ryo achieve greatness like her now-dead father). From there she quickly earns the romantic interest of a hot-shot up-and-coming high school baseball star, and the girl who thought that SHE was going to be his girlfried. I knew I was going to love this show the moment Ryo and her rival Izumi first met, with dramatic music kicking-in and everything turning into a stylized painting (just as the episode ended). That brings to mind something that I really love about this show. Also every episode ends on a cliff-hanger. Often in this show an episode will end just as a challenge is declared, the tide is about to turn, or things are looking particularly bad (and dramatic!). It really keeps you glued to the TV set, as you're just dying to know what is going to happen next.
Really, the best parts of this first disc are the developing of Ryo's character, her rivalry with Izumi, and the growing romance between her and the baseball player who keeps calling her Tofu. The rest of the episodes just cover the recruiting of additional players (and this trend continues in the next disc until all the positions are filled).
If you get a kick out of this disc, just wait till the next one, where Ryo and Izumi have a showdown. Get this one now if you love sports anime!"


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LHC: Going Round in Circles September 10, 2008Posted by Sarah in science.
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Going round in circles has never been so exciting as today at CERN, where a beam of protons has made it round the entire accelerator (27 km) for the first time. Yay!
The particles were travelling at a snail's pace of around 30 kph, which is barely even a fraction of the final energy of 14 TeV they will hopefully achieve in around a year's time.
The media interest is really great, particularly as particle physics has never been the easiest subject to get people excited about. Many of the media streams are pretty overloaded so it's been hard to follow what's happened.
There is a Twitter feed for the First Beam event.
The Guardian are blogging the event here.
The BBC's updates are appearing here.
The Volkskrant has blog from Geneva in Dutch, by Prof. Bentvelsen from the University of Amsterdam and Nikhef.
LHC First Beam tomorrow! September 9, 2008Posted by Sarah in science.
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On Wednesday 10 September the Large Hadron Collider, the long-awaited new particle accelerator at CERN on the French-Swiss border, will see its First Beam. This means that protons will be sent round the 27 km-long ring for the very first time, after more than 20 years of development work since its inception in the 1980s. Scientists around the world, including me, are really excited about this happening, as the LHC will be able to confirm or disprove our current understanding of particle physics, which totally underpins the way we see nature, from the very small to the very large.
The switch-on event will be webcast live here on 10 September @ 9 am CEST
If you want to know how it works, particle physicist-rockstar-all-around-lovely bloke Brian Cox explains it here.
The CERN LHC website lists some very cool facts and figures and all the info about the experiments that will take place around the beam.
The Guardian newspaper have been doing a whole series of pieces on the new accelerator – all collected here.


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An English Man's House is His Castle
The maxim that 'An Englishman's house is his castle' is most often cited these days in articles in the British right-wing press that bemoan the apparent undermining of the perceived principle that a person can do as they please within their own house, which is held up as an ancient right.
The phrase is linked to law and the ideal that you should be allowed to act freely within ones personal space. The exhibition at Global Committee repositions the idea of an artists studio as a home space; a place where an artist can be free to explore their inner world; to work according to their own set of rules. The studio as a world in and of itself and a place of refuge.
Within the display of the exhibition the works come together to suggest a place a little grander than the normal scale of the domestic – the objects within the installation lean towards castles in the sky; adorned with tapestries and littered with the stains from last nights celebrations.
Closing Performace Responses: Stephen Kwok and Alina Tenser
Julia Bland (Palo Alto, USA 1986). Bland had her first solo show in If You Want To Be Free, at On Stellar Rays, New York (2015). She had a two-person show, Hard As You Can Right At The Middle, with Daniel Petraitis, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, (2014). Recent group exhibitions include: The Landscape Changes 30 Times, curated by Ala Deghan, Anahita Gallery in Tehran, Iran and Equations of Sight-Similarity, On Stellar Rays, New York. She is currently a resident at the Sharpe-Walentas Space Program (2015). She received her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design (2008), her MFA from The Yale School of Art (2012), and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, (2013).
Hannah Lees (Kent, UK 1983) Recent Exhibitions and Projects include: May I Have Ease of Being, Cairn, Fife, UK (2015); Ever- New Oldness /|\ Ever-Old Newness, The Sunday Painter, London, UK (2015); m-Health, Cell Project Space, London, UK (2015); Adventures in Clay, Bronze & Stone, Arezzo, IT (2015); Hold, Sway, Generator Projects, Dundee, UK (2015). Forthcoming Exhibitions and Projects include: Local Object, IKEYAZHANG, Milan, IT (2015); The Approach, London, UK (2016): Art Sway, Sway, New Forest, UK (2016) and Micro Residency, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Edinburgh, UK (2016). She completed a Post-graduate Diploma at Chelsea College of Art, London, UK (2011) and a Foundry Residency at the Royal College of Art, London, UK (2012).
Peles Empire is a collaborative artistic project by Katharina Stöver (Giessen, Germany 1982) and Barbara Wolff (Fogaras, Romania 1980), whose work takes its consistent source and name from a lavish nineteenth century castle in Romania. Solo exhibitions include: tilt up, Project Number, London (2015); mutant SALTS, Basel (2015); DUO Wentrup Gallery, Berlin (2014); f x g Glasgow Sculpture Studios, curated by Kyla McDonald (2013) and formation, Cell Project Space, London (2013). Group shows include: here too I exist Koppe Astner, Glasgow (2015);OPEN HOUSE, Kunstverein Braunschweig (2015); If the circle meets itself Hollybush Gardens, London (2015); Moving Museum, Istanbul, Residency und Gruppenausstellung (2014); ICA Off-Site London (2013) and ENTRANCE, ENTRACE Temple bar Gallery, Dublin (2012). They studied at the Städelschule, Frankfurt, (2002-2007) and the Royal Academy Schools, London, (2007-2011).
Alina Tenser (Kiev, Ukraine 1981). Tenser has held solo exhibitions at AIR, New York, NY; Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY; and Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been exhibited at venues including The Kitchen, New York, NY; The Suburban, Chicago, IL; Jancar Jones, Los Angeles, CA; and Laurel Gitlen Gallery, New York, NY. Most Recently Tenser's work was shown at Kate Werble Gallery, New York and Gallery Diet, Miami, FL. Tenser received the Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship and was a resident of Recess Sessions in 2012. She received her BFA from School of the Visual Arts and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.


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Finicky Crappie Playing Hide-And-Seek With Anglers
Written by Steve McCadams | Originally published 04/14/2011
Kentucky Lake crappie have been playing games with anglers this week at a time when peak spawning phases should be underway. Despite some nice weather at midweek that followed high winds and thunderstorms on Monday fish have been finicky. Surface temps climbed into the 64 to 67 degree range this week and that usually signals spawning time and stringers full of slabs as they head toward shallow areas. There has been some improvement as a few isolated success stories are coming in but the overall catch rates remain somewhat below average. Seems the crappie here in the Paris Landing area and up Big Sandy and throughout West Sandy have done a good job of evading the hooks of sport fishermen this week. Increased numbers of boats were out and about once the weather warmed and the wind died down. From slow trolling spider rigs to pulling long lines and vertical presentations of jigs and minnows over manmade fish attractors, the fish have discriminated pretty much all techniques. Reports of a few fish on gravel banks came in earlier this week as anglers cast curly tail grubs and Road Runners to find a few male crappie. Scattered fish were also taken by those drifting across main lake flats in the 9 to 14 foot depth range or pulling jigs in a slow, methodical manner but overall, low numbers of fish were taken when compared to traditional mid-April outings. It hasn't been all bad as a few fish moved into the shallows at midweek in the upper end of Big Sandy where anglers found them biting in 4 to 6 foot depths in the early morning and late afternoon hours. Water color there has some stain in the aftermath of Monday's thunderstorms and is likely warming into the 68 degree range, which is triggering spawning phases there and elsewhere across the reservoir. Legions of boaters have trolled the flats around the power lines in Big Sandy with mixed results. Some fish were showing up in the back of Swamp Creek and across the meadows at Elkhorn basin but not in high numbers. Lake levels this week have been falling slowly but are still slightly above TVA's curve for mid-April. Elevation forecasts for the weekend at both Kentucky Dam and New Johnsonville will be in the 357.6 range. That's down a few inches from last week at this time. Water color is somewhat stained in the upper ends of most bays due to runoff but clear in the main lake and at the mouth of large bays. Fish were moving up to spawn and while some males were taken along gravel banks and shallow flats it has been inconsistent. Not much was happening on main lake ledges as the deeper drop-offs were just not producing significant numbers. That is unusual as even when the shallow bite peaks there always seems to be a few fish lingering on the top sides of ledges and perhaps spawning on shallow flats where brush and stumps are located but establishing a pattern has been tough. In fact, many anglers are voicing concern and asking themselves and others if the fish are really out there in significant numbers. It appears some weak year classes are contributing to the decline in catch rates. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boating safety officer Jim Napier worked the Big Sandy area on Wednesday and ventured up toward Swamp Creek and Elkhorn areas from his launch at Little Sulphur's Port Road Ramp. After checking some seventy boats that morning the most crappie he encountered were a mere 7 to 8 fish with most boats having less. Although the bite improved that afternoon it shows that low catches have been recorded across a wide area by a variety of crappie anglers using a variety of methods and baits. Anglers are hoping action improves the next few days but a cool snap is expected this weekend with a return of wind and inclement weather for a day or so. Napier said that eight out of ten boats have been asking him that popular question: where are the crappie? As to bass reports seems activity has held up well with increased action on shallow shorelines and mudflats. No doubt the rising surface temps have stimulated more fish to move up in their prespawn phase. Small pockets off the main lake and feeder creeks are producing some good numbers of fish. Anglers have stepped up the spinnerbait and shallow running crankbait presentations. Water was not in the buck bushes this week but some dead grass just out from the summer pool level shoreline was holding bass. Gravel banks and rocky points were still producing fish as well. Shad and crawfish colored crankbaits were appealing and some loud colored Rattle Traps and assorted shallow running crankbaits were working where dingy water was present. There is still current present in the main channel so rip-rap and bridge piers are holding some bass as are roadbeds and sloping sandbars at the mouth of big bays and around island rims. Some topwater action is likely to enter the picture this week if not already. Shad have been flicking the surface in response to the recent warm-up. A few bluegill and catfish were merging toward shallow docks and crappie beds this week too. As waters warm watch for the bluegill bite to improve. TVA will likely stabilize lake levels this weekend before resuming a gradual rise in elevation by next week. Between now and May 1 lake levels will rise toward the 359 mark of summer pool.
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Finally a New Update....Sorry!
Travis Frank
Ok...Ok...Ok... so I know it has been forever since I have shown the world what I've been up to, but I have been away at school up in the beautiful northwoods of Bemidji. Just a little side note to that is that THIS IS MY LAST SEMESTER!!!! So while I have been up at school, it doesn't mean that I haven't been out in the woods or hitting the water.
During the last month or so I've had some good hunts and bad hunts as well as a few good times on the water and a couple of cold rough times. I will eventually try to get all of the pictures up of the latest and greatest adventures, but until then I'll post a few gems for all to drool over.
I've hunted for almost everything that this state has to offer as far as the seasons go, and have had some pretty darn good results. I must say that the northern part of this state can pretty much offer the finest goose huntin known to man. It doesn't hurt anything that my roomate has pretty much the best set up for the job (check out that butt-kickin trailer full of decoys, or as Joe calls it "The belly of the beast"). When you add to the hours of scouting and a few good callers in the field, it doesn't take long before our bag limit is full for the day. I thought I had a passion for waterfowl hunting, but when I witness Joe on the Go I see a different enthusiasm and skill that maybe nobody else has. We've managed to sneak a few great hunts in before classes in the morning as well as on the weekends. I know some of these pics aren't all fish related, but hey, they are trophy encounters nonetheless and I enjoy showing them.
My hunts have been from the area's near Waconia all the way north to Blackduck, Fosston, and Bemidji. I've shared a few good laughs with fellow schoolmates and hometown huntin buddies that make the trek up to join in on the fun of the fields and woods. We've shot anything from grouse to wood ducks, white tails to mallards, geese to teal and a few other creatures along the way. My travels have included: a few great clients on the water back home for muskies and walleyes, Matt, Vans, Whorel, Bails, Joe, Drew, Aaron, Dusty Bottoms, Stender, and Goofy. All of these times have as you could imagine been great and action packed, not to mention all the laughs and goof ups that we experience along the way. Especially hunting for fowl with a man on crutches, I must say that it was quite a sight to see a full body goose decoy under each arm as he hobbled out to the pasture on his crutches. Nice work Chadly. Thanks for the fun hunts guys and many more to come.
Oh yeah, and I'm giving a shout out to my buddies who harvested their first deer ever with the bow and arrow on a weekend hunt with me. Nice goin Bails and Whorel. And good luck in Dakota, Wish I was goin with you boys.... More to come soon...Back to the books I suppose.....I have a pretty big test tomorrow....Darn tests....


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Rogers, PPJ, McIlhagger, AT, McIlhagger, R and Quinn, JP (2004) Stabilisation of 3D preforms with thermoplastic monofilament for advanced composite manufacture. POLYMERS & POLYMER COMPOSITES, 12 (6). pp. 511-517. [Journal article]
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This paper discusses the stabilisation of three-dimensional woven carbon fibre preforms. A polyethylene monofilament has been incorporated within the structure during weaving and, by the application of temperature and pressure, it has been used to consolidate the edges of carbon fibre preforms. Upon testing the plastic was found to have had a positive effect on maintaining the stability of the preform. Impregnation of modified preforms was undertaken by Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) in order to assess mechanical properties. The properties of composites specifically made from modified preforms were comparable with those of a conventional composite.
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Google's (GOOG) YouTube is taking steps to make itself a more viable business, such as adding more professional content that it can sell ads around, like new clips from Time Warner shows.
But that doesn't solve one problem: That the majority of its content will never be safe to run ads next to. For example, this amusing, two-year-old, dog-humps-human clip -- which we'd never seen before -- that we found via Twitter this morning. (And has been watched more than 700,000 times.)
Funny? Yes. Offensive? Sure. Costing YouTube money to show us and store? Yes. Likely to generate ad revenue in the future? No. Probably never.
The hope, we suppose, is that YouTube could eventually make enough ad revenue from its professional content to subsidize stuff like this. The challenge, then, is getting people who watch a video like this one to make the next video they watch something that helps YouTube get paid.
But how? Perhaps a new video recommendation system -- which could potentially favor revenue-generating content over loss-leading content -- could help.
Either way, we'd be really impressed if Google were able to make a clip like this profitable someday -- even if it's just a lead-in to pro content.
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TOPEKA – (October 30, 2013) – Sentences for methamphetamine-related convictions handed down today in two counties will send three men to prison for a total of more than 26 years, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said.
Dale W. Karnes, 41, and Christopher R. Wene, 43, both of Baxter Springs, were each sentenced to 84 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections by Judge A.J. Wachter in Cherokee County District Court. The men each pleaded no contest to a charge of manufacture of a controlled substance in September. The charges stemmed from a 2012 investigation by the Baxter Springs Police Department, Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and Kansas Bureau of Investigation. Assistant Attorney General Steve Wilhoft of Schmidt's office prosecuted the cases.
Jose M. Muniz, 31, Garden City, was sentenced to 136 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections by Judge Wendel W. Wurst in Finney County District Court. Muniz pleaded no contest to one felony charge of possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell. Muniz was also sentenced to 12 months in the Finney County Jail after pleading no contest to one count of felony domestic battery. Wurst ordered the sentences to run consecutively. The charges stemmed from investigations earlier this year by the Garden City Police Department and Finney County Sheriff's Office. Assistant Attorneys General Steve Karrer and Jessica Domme of Schmidt's office prosecuted the case. Photos courtesy of Cherokee and Finney County Sheriffs' Offices.
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What's the story of Are You My Friend?
Raymond Alligator is a super smart, super shy 5-year-old who feels left out when big sister Sheila has a friend over. He and his teddy bear are tighter than tight, but lately Raymond's wondering if he needs someone else to be his friend. Making a new friend sounds like a great idea but, well, it can also be kinda scary. Are You My Friend? is a story with heart and mind that helps 4-8 yr olds think about feelings and friendships in new ways that include standing up for yourself and stepping outside your comfort zone to make a new friend.
What is your target audience, and how do you believe the e-format works for that audience and serves their needs?
Our target audience is 4-8 year olds. In our case, since our ebook includes Read-to-Me narration with synchronized text highlighting, it provides a language rich listening environment as well as helping kids build a sight vocabulary, both of which contribute to learning to read.
Is your book available in print format?
No, just in digital form. It is an original digital storybook, though we're exploring the possibility of bringing it into paper book form as well.
|Here's a peek inside!
Because of our extensive backgrounds in writing for kids and in computer game design for kids and adults, we created the content and did the production ourselves. From there we published it directly in the iBookstore. Are You My Friend? is first in the Raymond and Sheila Stories series. For this one (and the others that follow) the plan is to create them first as Read-it-to-Me iBooks and then as other digital versions with additional interactivity, and some with less interactivity for those e-readers that can't handle the ePub3 format yet.
How are people finding out about your book?
We're using social media, including Twitter and Facebook, but the most successful way we've found of getting the word out is by having it reviewed on as many websites and blogs as possible. The challenge is that there just aren't many (any?) websites dedicated to reviewing iBooks for kids. But since we've also published a graphic novel book app this year (Be Confident in Who You Are: A Middle School Confidential graphic novel) , we're finding the relationships we created with many of the app reviewers is helping us open the door to their reviewing our iBooks as well. For most of these sites, our iBook is the first one they've looked at, so we're breaking a lot of new ground here.
Do you believe the e-format helps or hurts you as an author?
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her books at her website.
Do you think the e-format helps or hurts your readers? How?
It helps them in many ways. Because ebooks are generally much less expensive than paper books, a family can afford to buy many more of them. And because they're in digital form, the child can have an entire library with her while going on long car trips...
Many thanks to Annie for the interesting interview! As usual, I've included her links so you can learn more!
This week's Kids' E-book Bestseller List shows Christopher Paolini taking the number one spots by storm with his book, Inheritance! He hit the TOP in Amazon Children's and YA, Barnes and Noble Teens, iBooks Children and Teens AND Sony Children's sections. Hmm...I wonder if there's any chance of an interview? I'll see what I can do!


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The Luxury Villa Experience in Bali
Tourism in Bali has been booming, which is no surprise as it is one of the most extraordinary destinations on earth.
Bali suits any type of traveler - from the adventurous to the spa-fanatic to those looking for a party, and anything in between.
Bali is fairly inexpensive by western standards, which is another reason you'll see travelers from all over the globe on the island.
When your money goes far in a country, you may want to consider upgrading your typical hostel or hotel for something a little different…like a villa!
And since you can find some luxury villas for around $120 USD/night or so, when you split that with six friends you're looking at $20/night per person. Sounds pretty good, right?
Grab a group of friends or your family and enjoy your own home, private pool, and staff when you indulge in the villa life.
Villa staff can cook meals, do housekeeping and laundry, and even provide additional services like a driver and spa treatments if requested.
I did a retreat in Bali last month and we all stayed in a beautiful luxury villa. Here's a look at our villa in Canggu for the retreat:
Want to book a luxury villa for your stay in Bali?
Here's how:
TripAdvisor, Airbnb, Google search
Here's a simple TripAdvisor search I did. You'll find villa prices ranging from the more affordable side to decked out, costing thousands or more.
Check Airbnb
Here's a sample Bali private home search (note some of the listings may also show guesthouses, private apartments in a building, etc.)
This villa looks nice and so does this one!
Safety & Not Getting Scammed
This article has some good info on not getting scammed when booking a luxury villa.
Additionally, check to see if you can find more reviews on TripAdvisor. For example, I found balivillas.com through a quick Google search and decided to look for additional reviews.
Staying in a private villa in Bali is one way to experience affordable luxury, have a quiet space to get work done - great for digital nomads! - and have your own space and staff when traveling in groups.
I enjoyed my experience and would definitely consider staying in a villa on my next visit to Bali!


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Auckland at Sinal
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Very neat and fully furnished room,with unlimited wifi included and also water and power.Need a female only.short walk to bus stop and easy access to motorway. Very quiet and peace place.
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NZD 248 /week
Auckland at Noel
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Have a full share in a warm comfortable home in a quiet suburb close to motorway and bus stop right outside. Enjoy quiet walks along the water's edge. || || House is a three bedroom, one bathroom. The room is furnished with a double bed and TV.
Private room | 2 sleep(s)
NZD 40 /night | NZD 250 /week | NZD 1100 /month
Auckland at Haraish (saaaki)
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Tastefully decorated, impressive interior with open plan kitchen, 3 lounges, bean bag, LCD TV with Sky.
Private room | 4 sleep(s)
NZD 80 /night | NZD 300 /week | NZD 1000 /month
Auckland at Sonya
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Hi from kiwi land N Z Two story 5 bed, nice veiws. Large deck on top floor large Lower deck also large steps around back yard for vege garden, . 4 Tennants mum with baby, my daughter, 27male who is the maintanence man. A cleaner which is me. Top floor 3bedrooms master bedroom with ensuite / two rooms fit single or double beds We have grandkids over a lot must be easy going, your welcome to do any gardens. Your welcome to BBQ. No parties. Must be good dog, but he. Is chained majority. We have stairs so elderly must be able to up stairs you will be sharing bathroom shower over bath. But soon, a shower. Cleaning twice week extra fees apply couple. Ok anyone that is happy We are kiwi family' fishing beaches good people Hope you enjoy your stay I am able to cook for you just provide food. thanks. Ur Kiwi freind Sonja.
Private room | 1 sleep(s)
NZD 50 /night | NZD 250 /week | NZD 1100 /month
Auckland at Haraish (saaaki)
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Aesthetically decorated home with open plan modern kitchen and dining with nice outdoors living. Excellent location, 5 min. Walk to the Middlemore Hospital /train station, bus Stop right outside, handy to airport and all major arterial routes. Motorways, New Market, Sylvia Park, Manukau City and amenities are just a min. Away. All rooms are fully furnished with wardrobes, High quality furniture including queen bed, bedside tables and electric wall panel heater. 2 min. From dairy and veg. Shop, 10 min. Walk to shopping center including Countdown supermarket, library, KFC and McDonald. Rent covers *Power *Water *Sky(movies/sports) *Unlimited WiFi *Lawns *Commercial cleaners for common.
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NZD 220 /week
Auckland at Mona
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There are currently two flatmates (2 female students) living in this 3-bedroom house. We have a bedroom which is fully furnished. We are looking for one FEMALE (no male or couple) flatmate. The house is a 5-min walk to the Mt Eden Village shops. The nearest bus stop is 5 mins' walk from the house and the city centre is 15 mins by bus (one stage). Shops, restaurants, parks and playgrounds are located close by. The rent includes internet, electricity and water bills. Minimum 4 weeks' stay. Long term stay is preferred.
Private room | 1 sleep(s)
NZD 80 /night | NZD 505 /week | NZD 1920 /month
Auckland at Sangita
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We are situated in Green Bay. Close to beaches & 10 Mins to New World/Shops and bus stop to City. Our place is good for Couples, Solo Adventurers & Business Travelers. We love to host & share our space with fellow travelers that need relaxing & comfortable home away from home. This property is also rated for the best value in Auckland! ADD $15. 00 for Continental Breakfast or $20 Cooked Breakfast. House rules>> No shoes or slippers in the house. Bedroom slippers are available if you need one. Switch off all electricity in the room when you're not using them (Save the Earth! ) For safety reason, no outside guest allowed. Check in 4pm-9pm. Check out 10am.
Private room | 3 sleep(s)
NZD 285 /week
Auckland at Mona
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There are currently two flatmates (2 female students) living in this 3-bedroom house. We have an en-suite bedroom which is fully furnished. We are looking for ONE FEMALE (no male or couple) flatmate. The house is a 5-min walk to the Mt Eden Village shops. The nearest bus stop is 5 mins' walk from the house and the city centre is 15 mins by bus (one stage). Shops, restaurants, parks and playgrounds are located close by. The rent includes internet, electricity and water bills. Minimum 4 weeks' stay. Long term stay is preferred.
Private room | 10 sleep(s)
NZD 35 /night | NZD 250 /week | NZD 960 /month
Auckland at Karen
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Large 4 bedroom home with a stunning swimming pool. Surrounding deck with in built seating for those sunny days by the pool. Free parking for 5 cars. Close to all amenities. Supermarkets and shopping only minutes away. Bars and night clubs also just a stone's throw away. I have a small friendly dog and 3 cats. If you dont like animals they will change your mind. You will not be disappointed with staying here in my lovely home. The space My guests enjoy spending time by the pool and lazying on the deck. There is free fibre internet and sky tv for your enjoyment Interaction with guests I enjoy spending time with my guests, helping them to open a bank account (if needed), organise IRD (necessary if you are wanting to work in New Zealand) I have a very helpful contact at a nearby bank.
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With apologies to Gershwin: Summertime ... and the learnin' ain't easy.
Educators and parents always try to minimize "learning loss" during the lazy days of summer. But this year, dire budget scenarios make it especially challenging. Some school districts have canceled summer school altogether, while others have reduced the slots available for academic and enrichment activities.
The good news is, tough times beget creative solutions: online courses, schools pairing with community groups to sponsor day camps, and districts tapping federal stimulus funds to keep summer school going.
"It is going to take entire communities coming together to figure out ways to keep kids healthy, safe, and learning during the summer months," says Ron Fairchild, executive director of the National Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
For students struggling to catch up in reading and math, the loss of summer school doesn't bode well. A recent Johns Hopkins study found that 65 percent of the academic gaps between low-income ninth-graders and their peers can be attributed to unequal summer learning opportunities during the elementary grades.
"The kids who desperately need these opportunities ... are going to experience tremendous setbacks this summer," Mr. Fairchild says. Districts making cuts may save money now, he says, "but in essence they are incurring a huge debt in terms of the interventions that will be required later."
In North Carolina's Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools, summer classes for many third-, fifth-, and eighth-graders at risk of not being promoted have been cut to save several million dollars. Statewide, proposed cuts could lead to thousands of teacher layoffs and the loss of after-school and summer opportunities for 15,000 students, says John Dornan, president of the Public School Forum of North Carolina, a nonprofit in Raleigh.
Los Angeles eliminated summer school for everyone except special-education students and high-schoolers who need credits to graduate, for a savings of about $34 million. The move affects more than 225,000 students.
In response, volunteers from United Teachers of Los Angeles hosted a Saturday workshop in June, where 150 parents picked up basic skills and resources for providing alternatives this summer. "There was an initial anger at the district ... but overall it was mostly, 'Let's get down to work so we can figure out how best to sustain [the children's] education over the summer,' " says UTLA president A.J. Duffy.
Nationally, 22 percent of surveyed educational community organizations said they were reducing or eliminating summer programs, the Afterschool Alliance in Washington reports.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has urged states and school districts to use some of the federal stimulus money for summer programs, citing "expanded learning time" as a strategy for closing achievement gaps.
Cincinnati is one city to tap such funds, along with regular federal money for low-income students, to create a more comprehensive program at struggling schools this summer. "Fifth Quarter" drew about 2,000 K-7 students, up significantly from traditional summer school participation. In the mornings, teachers targeted math and reading lessons to students' individual needs; in the afternoons, community partners offered field trips, science projects, and other activities that gave kids more incentive to participate.
Stimulus money also salvaged summer school for 80 high-schoolers in South Carolina's Anderson District One, located in a former mill area. The money even enabled officials to pay students a stipend to take a combination of academic and job-preparation classes. Normally summer school costs $300, and "without the grant, it would be a big hurdle for [these students] to stay on track to graduate," says Brian Couch, principal of Palmetto High School.
One physical science credit is all Trey Wood needs to get his diploma. When he heard about the stipend, he says, "I thought, it's not going to happen, it can't be that good." But soon he'll be able to use the money to fix his truck so he can work full time maintaining properties that banks have taken over.


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17 February 2010
The Royal New Zealand Navy's last In Shore Patrol Craft, formerly HMNZS KAHU, will have a new owner and is destined to begin a new life as a pleasure craft.
In late 2009, the Navy engaged Auckland Shipbrokers Ltd to facilitate the tender and sale process for KAHU.
The sale went live on Auckland Shipbrokers website 29 October 2009 and tenders closed 22 January 2010.
Mr Peter White Robinson, of Fitzroy Engineering LTD, won the tender and will be signing an acceptance agreement at 9 am on 18 February 2010 on the Devonport Naval Base along with the Commander of Fleet Support, Captain John Tucker.
Background on HMNZS KAHU
HMNZS KAHU was built by Whangarei Engineering & Construction Ltd (WECO). Her keel was laid 8 Dec 1978 and the build completed May 1979. She began service as the HMNZS MANAWANUI (Pennant # A09) 28 May 1979 and operated as a support vessel for the RNZN's diving teams in a variety of under water tasks. Most took place in the Hauraki Gulf to Bay of Plenty region and had a clear naval aspect, but some civilian in nature, such as the exploration and salvage work on the sunken Soviet passenger liner Mikhail Lermontov in Port Gore, Marlborough Sounds, in March 1986.
In March 1988 the RNZN bought a larger ship to provide facilities for deeper diving and an increased range of dive activities which was commissioned as HMNZ Dive Tender MANAWANUI and the original MANAWANUI commissioned as HMNZS KAHU (pennant # A04) on 17 May 1988.
From 1988 KAHU has operated as the navigation and seamanship training vessel, provided support the RNZN Dive School, and conducting operations with other Government Agencies such as Fisheries, Customs, Police and DOC and became the "little ship that could".
KAHU was formally decommissioned on Friday 30 October 2009.
Interesting Fact
By decommissioning date (Friday 30 October) HMNZS KAHU had steamed 191,332 Nautical Miles (around the world approx 71/2 times) and been underway for 22,411 hrs.
The underway hours do not reflect the many additional hours KAHU has spent at anchor supporting dive training and multi-agency operations.
Particulars - HMNZS KAHU A04
Standard Displacement: 91 tonnesLength Overall: 27 metresBeam: 6.1 metresDraught: 2.4 metresSpeed: 12 knotsRange: 1,000 nautical miles Propulsion: Two Cummins diesels (710 hp) Twin shafts
The Navy works with communities and other government agencies to protect our borders and fisheries by undertaking border patrols and surveillance of the EEZ.
For further information and registrations of interest - please contact Lieutenant Sarah Campbell, Senior Media Adviser Navy - 021 244 0638.


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Day 3
My unmistakably Mus musculus-ness, ultra suave, self! Indeed! Behold! For beauty IS in the eye of the beholder!
C'mon, ya gotta admit, I am a fine testam
ent to my species. I'm sexy, and I know it. You can feel my confidence, too. You have to imagine it must be true. C'mon. But enough about me. For the record, this picture is not of me. That's actually a photo of my cousin Sid. No way do I have a butt like that big rump he's got! He is the poster child for "Junk in the Trunk." I digress…
I just got news that Sid's about to hit town for a visit with me. You will just have to take my word that there is some way that news like this comes to me. It is unimportant to understand the mechanics of this communication's delivery. And no, a winged fairy or mystical mushroom played no part in it. Wow! A visitor, kinfolk, at that! That's a rare event and one I so look forward to. Cannot wait to tell him about my new purpose, my life 'mission' I have just embarked upon! But more than the gloating, I really miss seeing family. It connects me to my humble roots. It brings a bit of happy stuff, a tad of sad stuff, and plenty of memories to re-live aloud together. The glory days. The good times. It gets lonely for me here. As far as I know, I am the 'last of the Mohicans' in this camp. Yes! A great visit will surely ensue. Must get ready, now! Ciao!


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Monday, March 1, 2010
41 comments:
- Ann On and On... said...
Amazing. You are driven!
- March 1, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Sjn said...
I love it with the black distressed edges! Great job!!!
- March 1, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- shara said...
awesomeness! love it~ must go now and find something to paint and distress... you've inspired me today~ happy monday
- March 1, 2010 at 12:22 PM
- Tales from the Crib said...
STUNNING!! I love the distressing. Don't you just love that Behr paint and Purdy brushes??!
- March 1, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Sarah said...
So inspiring! Seeing the plans is one thing... but actually building it yourself- wow. And that green is perfect. Love how this is turning out.
- March 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM
- Stephanie Saunders said...
So I've been wanting to make some of the stuff from Ana's blog, but I was worried about the "fuzzy" edges that come from using MDF. But I just read an article in the Family Handy Man about using MDF. He said that if you want smooth edges without the fuzzies, sand the edges with 100 grit, prime ONLY the edges, sand with 100 again, and then prime again, you'll get a smooth edge. Not much help now since you already painted, but I figured that you'll probably be building something else from her awesome plans. And who can resists? I love the color, by the way :)
- March 1, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Goings on at the Glenn's said...
woohooo! I have the bunk beds from Knock off wood in my garage waiting to be painted as well. Way to get it done! They look great, and I love the color you picked.
- March 1, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- Cindy said...
Wow! That is gorgeous! I especially like the distressed edges! Gorgeous!
- March 1, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- elisabeth (bovagoods) said...
this is looking great! i can't wait to see it in the room!
- March 1, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- courtney said...
that looks amazing and i love the color!
- March 1, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- The Harris Family said...
I love the color! It looks great.
- March 1, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- Tina said...
Ashley, that looks awesome! I love the colour and the distressed edges, amazing job on your part!!! ~ Tina x
- March 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Tausha said...
OH MY HECK! It looks fantastic and I think that I am in love with the color now. Your fantastic system has got my mind going for a craft room system! Thanks as always for the ideas! Keep them coming!
PS-So impressed that ou painted that whole thing with a brush! I would whipped out the roller after an hour of using a brush. You rock! I hope that u had lots of chocolate to help with the sanity side!
- March 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- Straight Stitches said...
That looks fabulous! I love the bright paint color and you're right its very fun! I can't wait to see the whole system done! Knock Off Wood is amazing too. I've built the better homes and garden bench as well as the Thomas narrow hutch and cabinet! Love her site as well!
- March 1, 2010 at 1:49 PM
- Samantha2818 said...
This looks awesome. I have spent thousands on having furniture made in my house (and for my shop when I had it) and it would never have dawned on me that I could make it myself. I am so inspired by the fact that you've made this too and am just about finishing drawing plans to make a Logan media base. I've had to alter Ana's plans as I need to make it a bit smaller to fit a space. Seeing what you've acheived is really giving me confidence. Love the colour and can't wait to see it in place.
Sam x
- March 1, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- Miss Obara said...
That turned out awesome. I LOVE the color!
- March 1, 2010 at 2:19 PM
- Shannon @ Posh Pieces said...
Way to go! This looks like it was quite the undertaking! Great job. Love that you painted it green too. very fun!
- March 1, 2010 at 2:22 PM
WOW! The color is fun and the whole job is amazing!!!
- March 1, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- Mrs. Dude said...
looks fab! love the distressed edges
- March 1, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- SaraReno said...
Oh, it's coming along beautifully! Can't wait to see it all assembled and filled up!
- March 1, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Gina said...
LOVE it!!! My kitchen walls are a similar color-called Punk Rock! :) Green is my FAVE!!! :)
Great job! I still haven't decided what to make from Ana's blog first! :)
- March 1, 2010 at 3:19 PM
- Angie said...
LOVE it!!
- March 1, 2010 at 4:29 PM
- La Tempête said...
Looks so great! I really need to make some stuff off Ana's site too. Just love her blog.
- March 1, 2010 at 4:40 PM
- Janie aka Jane, Juana said...
Very nice, we're in the middle of cabinet project too and I just filled holes and sanded and this weekend staining - yipee! Oh, and then sealing - yuck! We have to match our bookcases or else I'd be painting!
- March 1, 2010 at 5:13 PM
- Taija said...
K, I was a little nervous when you said bright pea green color... But man, you worked it out! That looks awesome!!! The distressing rocks, I love it!
- March 1, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Hutchings Home said...
Quick question for you. I know MDF is rough to paint and takes many coats, so I am wondering what your thoughts are on priming the cut pieces of MDF before you put them together. I am planning on building one of Ana's office systems and am just wondering what your thoughts are on now that you have had the experience of building this. Thanks so much. It has been fun to watch your progress on this project.
- March 1, 2010 at 9:54 PM
- Beverly @ The Buzz said...
Aren't those paintbrushes excellent? The rollers are great, too.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:22 AM
Awesome! I love the color...so fun! I'm working up the nerve to start on the Bedford Collection for my office.
- March 2, 2010 at 5:31 AM
- Hi I'm Amy, said...
Wow Love the color you picked. I looks amazing with the distressing! Great Job!
- March 2, 2010 at 7:26 AM
- Kimmie @ live fancy. said...
Love it.
- March 2, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Tomena said...
CAn't wait to see it in the room!
- March 2, 2010 at 10:26 AM
- Jami Schoettler said...
I gave you a little award on my blog. Check it out if you'd like! Jami
- March 2, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Meet Virginia said...
this turned out so great! i just love the color i am thinking about doing my dvd shelving thing in that color too! thanks for the post i just love your blog!
- March 3, 2010 at 1:30 PM
- Heidi said...
I would be super scared of this color! But it looks so cool on your shelves, and I especially liked how you distressed the edges a bit. Very nice!
- March 3, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Barbara Jean said...
Love it!
Great job. Very professional looking.
Having trouble finding plans on site you mentioned, but will keep looking.
What day are we supposed to link up to show our projects?
thanks and blessings
barbara jean
- March 3, 2010 at 10:04 PM
- Pat said...
Love the media center! When you say you had them add primer to your paint what does that mean? You had them mix primer into your paint color?
- March 7, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- Nancy said...
- March 8, 2010 at 2:49 AM
- Low Tide High Style said...
They turned out great and I love the fun color you picked and the distressing, so pretty!
Kat :)
- March 8, 2010 at 6:39 AM
- Room to Inspire said...
It looks amazing! You have inspired me - the color looks great.
- March 8, 2010 at 8:56 AM
OMG you never cease to amaze me with your transformations. This one is fantastic! I cant wait to see it completed.
- March 9, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Allison @ House of Hepworths said...
You. Are. Amazing.
I love your storage system and I really love the color. How fun!!!
- March 10, 2010 at 8:35 PM


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I've been blogging for over a decade about various things but there is one subject that I haven't covered yet, but I've been wanting to. So yeah, I guess I'm going to be posting outfits now! This has been on my to-do list for a long, long time and I'm so excited (and nervous!) to be sharing it with you.
I know it may be a little surprising that I'm going to start posting outfits-- it's surprising to me, too. I mean, I hardly post photos of myself on here. For the past few years being elusive has kinda been my ~thing~ buuuuut that's been holding me back from a lot of stuff that I've been wanting to do.
I was really nervous for this shoot, but much to my surprise, everything was fine. I didn't pay attention to the people looking as they walked by, I didn't mind the guy who was side-eyeing me, and my face doesn't look nearly as dopey as I was expecting it to. Heh. Self-deprecating humor aside, being the center of attention for half an hour wasn't as bad as I was anticipating and I'm so happy with how these photos turned out.
I've been having trouble finding more casual statement sleeve dresses, but this one is a great option. I bought a couple earlier this year that are beautiful but the sleeves are a little over the top for everyday wear. I mean, I live in a rural Maine, where am I going to wear a dress with giant sleeves? Certainly not to dinner, that would be a mess.
Dress: ASOS
Denim Jacket: Hot Topic
Tights: Target
Shoes: Vans
Purse: Modcloth
Patch: Rosehound Apparel
Pin: Lost Lust Supply
Sunglasses: Bonlook
Eyeglasses: Coastal
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Killings in the name of religion or a deity, is about as old as religion itself. The bible and the koran expressly approve the killing of apostates. While I have wondered why these terrorists are able to kill for their religion and their god, I have also often wondered if I could take the life of another human being. I did not have to think long and hard to come up with an answer. If I determined that someone wanted to kill my child at all costs, and this left me with the choice of having to live with the death of either my child or the would be killer, I would rather live with the fact that I killed someone in defence of my child's life. In this case, the need to protect my child would have superseded the fact that I consider human life to be sacred. It would be quite difficult to find that person who also would not kill another in self defence, or more appropriately, to save their own life.
Those, including the Boko Haram terrorists, who claim to kill for their god or in its name, cannot, in my opinion, be grouped into the above categories. I only wanted to establish that even the best of us, all compassion, decorum, and morality be damned, could be pushed to do that which we abhor under certain circumstances. Boko Haram members, and their ilk all over the world, kill because this is what they have been asked to do by the koran which they claim contains the actual words of their god in writing. These words were not written by 'divinely' inspired writers like the bible was; they were written by this god itself, hence the sanctity accorded to the injunction to kill in its name. It can be clearly seen that the reason Boko Haram insurgents have continued to kill innocent Nigerians is because they believe it is right to do so; they have been mandated to do so, and they are doing it. They have not stopped to think this through; they are doing it because their god says it should be done.
Taking another human being's life may never be justifiable and in some cases, it is inevitable, but when a group of persons kill others just because they have been asked to do so by a book purportedly written by some deity, then that belief system has to be thoroughly examined. There are at least 1.6 billion muslims in the world, and the koran is the basis of their belief. We are indeed lucky that a great majority of these muslims have chosen to cherry-pick their 'holy book' and spared the world total chaos. This group calls themselves "conservative" or "moderate" muslims. This is nonsense as far as I am concerned. They read the same koran that their "extremist" brethren read, and any talk of a misinterpretation of their scriptures by the latter group is an attempt to cover up the fact that they find much of their scripture disturbing, but are unable to do anything about it. Hiding under any label that tries to obscure the fact that those who actually do exactly what the koran says are in fact true muslims will only show that 'moderate' muslims are in fact hypocrites. They do not follow their 'holy' book, which they claim contains the divine words of their god, to the letter; and then they condemn those who do, and try to dissociate themselves from those we should consider the true followers of islam, for their strict adherence to the koran. It is the same thing Christians do when they are pointed towards the barbarisms embedded in the old testament of the bible. They are quick to jump in to say that "it is the old testament" and the 'old ways', something Jesus came to rectify in the new testament, but these same people quickly point to the exploits of their god in the lives of numerous old testament characters, especially its kings and prophets.
I have had enough of cherry-picking religious people claiming to represent their religion. Many islamic based terror groups around the world are doing exactly what the koran asked them to do. Usman dan Fodio spread islam, across what is northern Nigeria today, with the blade of his sword and the blood of innocent men, women, and children. He was carrying out the work of his god as outlined in the koran. This is the very same thing muslim terror groups are doing today. Let no one who has chosen to cherry-pick the koran say that those who are doing exactly as it says are extremists or terrorists, or that they are not affiliated with islam.


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