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Parkway Schools
455 N. Woods Mill Road
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Phone (314) 415-8100
Contact Parkway
Internet Safety Resources for Parents
An important safety concern for parents is Internet safety. With the interest in Web sites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube, and the increased use of chat rooms and blogs by students, district officials realize the need to educate students and parents on how they can protect themselves and their children.
Internet safety lessons are included in the Parkway health curriculum, so teachers regularly talk with students about how to be safe online.
In addition, parents have been educated through recent district meetings and presentations with Internet safety experts. At the area advisories meetings this fall, Glenn Berry, Missouri Center for Safe Schools, presented on this topic and offered the following tips for parents:
- Keep computer in open area.
- Do not allow Internet access on a computer in your child's room.
- Educate yourself on the ins and outs of the Internet.
- Become part of your child's online experience.
- Talk about Internet safety with children.
- Create an online agreement with your child outlining acceptable behavior.
- Supervise your child's cell phone and Internet usage.
- Block inappropriate Web sites.
- Buy software that records chats, instant messaging, e-mails and Web sites visited.
Spector Pro www.spectorsoft.com
PC Tattletale www.pctattletale.com
Guardian Monitor Pro www.guardiansoftware.com
Ultraview Plus www.awarenesstech.com
To view Dr. Barry's entire presentation on Internet safety, click here. To view information on how to control your child's Internet access and change settings on your home computer, click here.
Additional Internet safety resources can be found at the following Web sites:
Internet safety education is ongoing in Parkway schools assisted in part by Parkway technology specialists, who all recently completed Internet safety training and received certification from i-SAFE, a non-profit organization endorsed by the US Congress.


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Networking isn't just about shaking hands and exchanging business cards. Meet people you never knew existed. This is a small community, but we don't have to limit ourselves to a small network of people.
So you're all grown up and already know everything there is to know? Yeah, we didn't think so. By stretching your circles, your knowledge and your comfort zone, your perspective changes and matures. C'mon, try it out.
Through meeting new people and learning about our community, we hope you will find the outlet you've been searching for. Though activities and volunteering, we engage in the community around us and and at the same time find what drives us.

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Episode 47- The Curious Case of Nick Kyrgios [Podcast]1
August 19, 2015 by Parveer Mann
On this overdue edition of the Urban Tennis podcast, we discuss the fallout of Nick Kyrgios' brash comments, Murray's marathon win in Montreal, if Belinda Bencic is poised to become WTA's next breakout star and how virtual reality might figure into the future promotion of tennis?
- Nick Kyrgios created a legitimate maelstrom in Montreal when he was caught on court thrashing Stan Wawrinka's personal life and the resulting fallout led to ATP fines, players commentating in response and Kyrgios becoming public enemy number one throughout the tennis world. Will this incident mark the end of civility that has dominated the Roger Federer era and is that a bad thing? Plus, should Kyrgios be further punished (suspension, Davis Cup) and how can he work to repair his reputation in the locker room? (1:40)
- In actual tennis news, Andy Murray finally overcame Novak Djokovic's Masters 1000 stranglehold to win his third Rogers Cup and move back to world number two starting this week. We debate how important this win actually was for Murray and if he showed a level of concentration needed for the rest of the summer. Plus, do we need to see a Federer/Nadal Cincinnati clash to assess both players' hardcourt chances? (10:58)
- At only 18, Belinda Bencic played giant killer in Toronto beating six Top 25 players including Serena Williams to win her first Premier 5 level tournament. We discuss what qualities Bencic has that can position her to become one of tennis' next stars? Plus, did this Halep performance help ease any concerns about her recent level of play? (16:27)
- In our media/technology segment, we discuss the American Express/Maria Sharapova virtual reality partnership coming to the US Open this year and if the technology is finally in place for tennis to create virtual experiences that mirror golf? (22:15)
Plus, a game of Cincinnati challenges (25:18), Social Media Highlight of the week (27:36) and much more….
Note: You can download the podcast through the SoundCloud interface available above or listen on Youtube.


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I have some very exciting news — just this past weekend I was selected to be the new Membership Vice President of my sorority, Alpha Xi Delta. This means that I am responsible for recruiting all of the new members for this coming spring.
You may be wondering, "what the heck does this have to do with PR?" and the answer is, well, just about everything.
Though my job is extremely complicated, the main skills needed to perform the job are organization, leadership, and people skills. In this position I will need to plan four days of sorority recruitment for my chapter. This means that I will be responsibly for nearly 800 girls that will be passing though my sorority house within just one day.
My job is to get each girl into the house and acquainted with a sister so that both parties can begin to decide if the visitor is a good fit for the house. I plan four different rounds of recruitment, each with a different theme (for example, one day's theme is philanthropy); this job is extremely time-consuming and stressful, but rewarding.
Besides the organizational aspect of the job, I have to teach the sisters in my house how to talk to strangers. This is where my public relation's skills kick in. We teach our sisters things like:
- How to make the visitor more comfortable
- How to connect with a stranger within the first thirty seconds of meeting them
- How to present yourself and your house in the best possible light
These skills are all things that are a part of what it means to perform personal public relations. Personal public relations is exactly what it sounds like: taking public relations tactics and strategies and applying them to your personal brand, in this case, Alpha Xi Delta. This includes the promotion of your image as favorable; establishing, maintaining, or improving a favorable relationship between you and the public. So in this case, the publics are the potential new members, and my responsibility is to teach sisters how to do great PR for Alpha Xi Delta.
This connection between Greek life and public relations just goes to show that PR is everywhere — and everyone needs it!
Needless to say, I am very excited to accept this position. I know that it will allow me to hon my organization skills while testing my leadership dexterity. It will also be a test of how well I can teach my sisters how to connect with strangers and best represent the house. PR really does surround every aspect of my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way 🙂 <


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Stella's in an Easter Winner Pickin' Mood today!
Thanks to everyone who played along with us this week.
And Congratulations to the following Winners for the Stella Says Sketch #133 Challenge
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Congrats to everyone - We hope you'll join us again this week for Challenge 133!
Happy Craftin'!
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Papa John's Salad and Produce, Inc. is recalling Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This action is being undertaken because the recalled products contain sunflower kernels that are part of the recent SunOpta sunflower kernel recall expansion.
No illnesses as of 5/21/16 have been reported to Papa John's Salads and Produce for the products involved in this voluntary recall.
Products covered by this voluntary recall were distributed in the following states AZ, CA, ID, MT, ND, NM, OR, WY. Specific retail stores affected include Albertson's, Safeway, Bashas', and Food 4 Less.
|Container Size
|Sell by Date
|Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing
|10 oz.
|5/18, 5/ 19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/22, 5/23, 5/24, 5/25
|Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing
|10 oz.
|5/18, 5/ 19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/22, 5/23, 5/24
|Food 4 Less
|Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing
|13 oz.
|5/18, 5/ 19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/22, 5/23, 5/24, 5/25
Papa John's Salads and Produce, Inc. is working with our customers to remove the products from store shelves and distribution. Consumers who have purchased these items are advised to discard them or return them to the store where originally purchased. The sell by date is located on the left side for the 10 oz. package and top side for the 13 oz. package.
Consumers with questions regarding the recall can contact Brandy Rousselle, Consumer Relation's Manager, at (480) 894-6885 ext. 125. The line is monitored between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, 7 days a week.
We have already contacted our customers regarding specific lot codes and shipments that were impacted by this recall.
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Dog lovers and cat lovers, unite! Our final #BlogPawsChat of September, aka International Pet Blogger Month, is in your honor! Our friends at Delightibles and Betsy Farms will be special guests at the upcoming Twitter event, #BlogPawsChat. You are cordially invited, and best of all: Your… read more
#BlogPawsChat With Us About Pet Safety
This week's #BlogPawsChat will be about pet safety as we just kicked off Pet Safety Month. Bring your best pet safety tips and hear what ours are as well! When: Tuesday, July 7 When: 8-10 pm EST Where: Twitter Follow hashtag #BlogPawsChat If you need to… read more
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Join us Tuesday, June 30 from 8 to 10 pm EDT when we celebrate all things cat! We wrap up #AdoptaCat month with a fun #BlogPawsChat. Join us and Dorian Wagner of CatLadyBox to dish her new subscription service, CatLadyBox! There will be prizes and lots… read more
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|Kansas City Red
|Arthur Lee Stevenson
May 7, 1926
Drew, Mississippi, United States
|May 7, 1991(aged 65)
|Blues musician, nightclub owner-manager
|Vocals, drums
|Earwig, JSP, P-Vine
|Robert Nighthawk, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Earl Hooker, Floyd Jones, Joe Carter, Big Walter Horton, Big John Wrencher
Arthur Lee Stevenson (May 7, 1926 - May 7, 1991), known as Kansas City Red, was an American blues drummer and vocalist who played a major role in the development of urban blues. He performed and recorded with many notable blues artists, such as David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Robert Nighthawk, Sunnyland Slim, and Walter Horton.
Stevenson was born in Drew, Mississippi. After he was rejected for military service in 1942, he took a brief trip to Kansas City and became known Kansas City Red. David "Honeyboy" Edwards was his first musical influence. He started following Robert Nighthawk in the early 1940s, and when Nighthawk's drummer was ill and unable to play a gig, Red offered to fill in, even though he had never played drums. He was Nighthawk's drummer until around 1946.[1] Nighthawk recorded Red's song "The Moon Is Rising".[2] Red became part of Sonny Boy Williamson II's inner circle, playing on the famed King Biscuit radio show in Helena, Arkansas. He had brushes with the law and trouble with women and jealous boyfriends in the South and in California before moving to southern Illinois.[3]
He moved to Chicago in the 1950s[1] and was a regular performer in Chicago blues clubs, playing with Johnny Shines, Walter Horton, Sunnyland Slim,[2]Earl Hooker, Blind John Davis, Johnny "Man" Young, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Eddie Taylor, Floyd Jones, and Elmore James,[2] among others. He briefly played with Honeyboy Edwards, and in the 1950s he formed a band with Earl Hooker.[1] He led his own bands, including one in which Jimmy Reed gained some early professional experience.[2] He owned and operated well-known clubs on Chicago's West Side, such as the Boola Boola, the Shangri-La,[3] and the Club Reno.[1]
Red's music career lasted more than 40 years.[3] The blues reviewer David Whiteis wrote that Red's vulnerable personality likely prevented his career from breaking out of the local circuit. According to Whiteas, Red was known to openly weep when he sang "I Am a Prisoner", a song he wrote about the time he spent in jail in 1980. However, Whiteis stated that Red "played a major role in transforming the blues from a southern tradition to a forward-looking urban form."[3] Whiteis described his drumming style as "one of the most identifiable in Chicago Blues, 'busy and eccentric... punctuated by cymbal crashes" and controlled in with drum rolls. His signature solo, "Freedom Train", was marked by explosive drumming unanticipated in the middle of a slow blues shuffle.[3] Whiteis wrote that Red's "legacy transcend[ed] his musical contributions" by virtue of his owning various clubs, his encouragement of artists and listeners from diverse backgrounds, and his "warm and amiable" style as emcee of his ongoing jam sessions in numerous clubs, including B.L.U.E.S. and the V and J Lounge, which were attended by musicians and fans from throughout Chicago.[3]
|Old Friends Together for the First Time
|Kansas City Red, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Floyd Jones
Kansas City Red is the vocalist on "I'm a Prisoner", "Freedom Train", and "Lightning Struck the Poor House"[4]
|Original Chicago Blues
|Kansas City Red
|P-Vine Records,[5]JSP Records[6]
Kansas City Red is the vocalist on six of the nine tracks, also featuring Eddie Taylor and Big John Wrencher
|Earwig Anniversary Sampler
|Various artists
Kansas City Red is the vocalist on "Lightnin' Struck the Poor House"[7]


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· Delarue web servers
· Method's Flow chart
· Max. Likelihood Traj
· Fit elastic constant
· ProFit + Traj. job
· NewPath Traj. job
· All atoms reconstr.
· Adenylate Kinase
· Examples (Table)
· References
· Homes/Links
· Morphing (Linear)
· Job queue status
Find elastic constant by fitting calculated and exptal B-factors
The elastic constant (C) is the inverse of the Scale-factor (S) on output of the program.
On average, you expect S ~ 9.4 +/-5.5 for the scale factor (Yves-Henri Sanejouand, personal communication). This is true only for CA-only models (for all-atoms models, we expect different statistics). This implies the following range for the elastic constant:
C ~ 0.07-0.25 kcal/Mol/A2.
This assumes a Temperature of 300K. If the experiment was conducted in 100K, the elastic constant should be multiplied by 300/100, if one wants to compare to a structure that was solved at 300K.
This is intended to be used prior to the "Trajectory" Option on both the start AND end conformations of the molecule.
Input data formats
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Your trusted audio guide to this year's Europe-wide gathering of ITS professionals is now online, looking ahead to Tuesday at the event where we will talk driverless pods, transport modelling and hear highlights of the opening ceremony.
You can listen here: https://soundcloud.com/phinitiatives/congress-today-strasbourg-show-1-tuesday
In the programme brought to you by Smart Highways editor Paul Hutton, you can hear from the CEO of organisers ERTICO Jacob Bangsgaard who calls the event, "A great opportunity to meet start-ups, big companies involved in interesting projects in the mobility sector and the place to be if you want to find out more about how our mobility will look in the future."
Professor Eric Sampson, who is Chief Rapporteur at the event, gives his guide to the must-attend sessions at the conference, explaining that "Too much of anything is wonderful, and that's what the conference is like".
We hear about the new PTV Mobility Lab with Business Development director Paulo Humanes who talks about his company's concept of a Mobility Lab, "It closes the cycle and tries to understand the city from a planning perspective and combining it in real time and understanding how disruptive technologies will affect this and use an easy-to-understand interface."
Finally, Smart Highways editorial member Sharon Kindleysides talks to Diego Isaac from Navya about their autonomous pod and tells her that since it was showcased at the ITS World Congress 2015 in Bordeaux there have been many software improvements and that passengers, "Some are scared when they first go in the shuttle, but after 30 seconds they are on their phones, reading their book or newspaper so the effect is really quick."
There are also highlights from the opening ceremony on Monday afternoon.
Spare 20 minutes to hear all about Strasbourg 2017, it'll be time well spent!


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What's going to occur here??
As we reported, report has been swirling for a while that Liam Payne and Cheryl's attribute has been on a rocks.
After weeks of denial, a former One Direction member is revelation that he and a mom of his child, Bear, haven't been saying eye to eye — though are perplexing to work by it "together."
Related: Were Prince Harry Meghan Giggling At Liam's Performance?
In a new talk with Evening Standard, a 24-year-old pronounced of their new BRIT Awards appearance:
"The funniest thing was a week before we were removing married. The subsequent week we're bursting up."
"And a thing for me is, we only like to consider we're somewhere in a middle. You know, we have a struggles — like of march I'm not gonna lay here and contend that everything's positively excellent and dandy, since of march we go by opposite things, and that's what a attribute is. But we go by them together as a family and that's a many critical thing for me. This partial of a attribute was never not going to happen, there was always going to be a small bit of perturbation in a approach we arrange ourselves out, though tell me a attribute in a universe that doesn't go by a mark like that? It's about either we make it by or not, together, is a categorical indicate there we guess."
The thespian combined that he's propitious to be with someone who understands a pressures of his career:
"[I'm] really advantageous that we partnered adult with someone who's … really bargain with what we do. Because we don't consider anybody else could take it. It's difficult, obviously: carrying someone else who's so high-profile in a media pushes all that we do to another level, and we consider it's weird. we feel like a press are some-more spooky with it than a republic are, that is utterly funny. It is about creation it work for us, not creation it work how people consider it should work."
That's fair. Love ain't easy. Wishing them a best of luck!
[Image around Lia Toby/WENN.]
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We took to the road last weekend intending to ramble around the area of Loughcrew otherwise known as Sliabh na Cailleach and to view the paintings of a Dublin based artist Lar Dooley, which had caught Mrs H's eye on Facebook.
It was a soft day, meaning that although warm it was very damp, with fine misty rain. Not the type of day for me to walk up the hill to the cairns although I have done so in the past. The climb is quite easy when going up but coming down it can be very treacherous and my old bones no longer appreciate tumbles.
The hill of the witch - the Cairns of Loughcrew, a quick guide by Anthony Murphy
Instead we headed to the new to us visitor centre, several buildings, one of which was once a cottage home. The cafe was inviting and the staff friendly so we partook of a great up of coffee then went into the gallery to view the work of Lar Dooley. Each image was inspired by the landscape of Loughcrew and the ancient cairns with their stone art. His technique was unusual, to me it seemed almost ceramic in texture, with symbols seemingly carved into stone. Mrs H fell in love with an illustration of the stone which sits in a chamber inside Cairn T and is illuminated by the sun at the Equinoxes.


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Yes, that's what I'll tell myself...yet again...it's just one more game.
And fortunately for me, the team looked bad while losing. The defense gave up entirely too many yards, the offensive line couldn't open holes for anyone, Fitz inexplicably stepped out of bounds without being touched, and turnovers happened left and right.
Nevermind the blown call by the official who ruled that late pass an interception: 1) he was wrong but just barely...it should have been intercepted and 2) the Bucs were not playing well enough to require the Cards the display late heroics in order to win. This game was just plain ugly.
I am a complete supporter of Kurt Warner. Still, I found myself wondering if perhaps Rattay should be managing the game while Warner's arm heals. No matter. Sunday will change things. Yes, that's the ticket. Detroit is always a pushover. What's that? They're 6-2? Boy, I feel like Sideshow Bob after stepping on a rake.
Monday, November 05, 2007
It's Just One Game
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Yo: Command Not Found
I decided to use yeoman for a new AngularJS project and ran into this issue when generating a project with
yo angular [APPNAME].
Many times this error results from a path issue. My case was different in that I assumed angular-generator would install the dependency
yeoman for me.
If you have exhausted the path solutions or identified that you do not have a path issue. Ensure that you have yeoman installed.


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In case you haven't noticed (and being British, you might not have done), a massive snowstorm going by the name of Juno is sweeping across Northeast America.
And while the governors of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts have all declared states of emergency - and snow is expected to paralyse (or indeed, paralyze) the Northeast for days - there is still hope, and most importantly humour, to be found in such a situation.
Just look at Twitter, for example: where the hashtag #Snowmaggedon2015 has been trending, and tweets like these are keeping us (and our friends across the Pond) amused.
Tweets about preparations for the blizzard:
GIVE ME KALE OR GIVE ME DEATH #Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/vfzrSVcSAi— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 26, 2015
Well, it looks like I'll be eating cat food and beer during the #BlizzardOf2015. Oh well. pic.twitter.com/P1z9fV8mEx— BostonTweet (@BostonTweet) January 26, 2015
Stocking up: 1 bottle of wine per inch of snow predicted per person #Snowmageddon2015— Betch (@totalbetchmove) January 26, 2015
My dad preparing for #snowpocalypse. pic.twitter.com/6d69K1NLki— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) January 26, 2015
My mom told me to prepare for the blizzard so I bought a massive bin of cookie dough.— Taylor Rosenberger (@TaylorJRose) January 26, 2015
This made me giggle way to much...
#Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/f3Of2AkubQ— Life is MARVELous™ (@PrettyPris) January 27, 2015
Current status: https://t.co/9CSlZPeuej #Snowmageddon2015— Adam Salsman (@asalsman) January 26, 2015
My mom making sure I'm prepared for the snow storm #gotwine? pic.twitter.com/3ZG4FQY1Xa— b (@bsaundsjr) January 25, 2015
Although of course, this is the best way to prepare:
Grab a blanket and your bae: https://t.co/C2DoOvpa4P #blizzardof2015 pic.twitter.com/9c2qXVbiTI— Valerie De La Rosa (@vdlr) January 27, 2015
There have been tweets about not overreacting:
This approaching snowmageddon has New Yorkers like: pic.twitter.com/wjqNgb86BE— Santosuosso (@MichelleSFresh) January 26, 2015
Just a little snow you guys...#Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/CYGZ6duCpy— paige blawas (@PEB5050) January 26, 2015
#Snowmageddon2015 Meanwhile, in Finland: pic.twitter.com/5biQkwLOYo— Eddie Clifton (@EddiesTPWorld) January 27, 2015
And tweets about just... reacting:
Thinking about those in #Snowmageddon2015: pic.twitter.com/fhTvF2Tv7k— Jake from State Farm (@JakeStateFarm) January 26, 2015
Ain't no party like a Donner Party #snowmageddon2015 https://t.co/JV0gZAvsFj— Ricky DeLarge (@Exiled225) January 26, 2015
Some tweeters have brought us actual weather reports:
Valley Patriot Weather Forecast for the week #Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/lyN185YSEZ— Tommy Duggan (@ValleyPatriot) January 26, 2015
The @NewYorker's #Snowmageddon2015 report: cloudy with a 100% chance of @instagram: pic.twitter.com/0f9RGoHSiA— Erika Johansson (@ErikaSays) January 27, 2015
While others are, inevitably, posting photos of what it's like out there:
Don't believe the #Snowmageddon2015 hype. Manhattan looks FINE right now. pic.twitter.com/iyAidLW3oy— Diane N. Sevenay (@Diane_7A) January 26, 2015
Just headed into the office. NBD. #iceplanet #Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/gPvWhZ1T62— B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy (@BNSciFi) January 26, 2015
Things are getting super weird on the deserted streets of #NYC during the #BlizzardOf2015 pic.twitter.com/ib7qsxqUOz— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) January 27, 2015
Is it time to start posting photos from The Day After Tomorrow now? #Snowmageddon2015 #NewYorkBlizzard pic.twitter.com/QTLxXPwDTc— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) January 26, 2015
Of course, Americans have form when it comes to dealing with such conditions:
This guy never gets old. #Snowmageddon2015 pic.twitter.com/G2D4Thn3Ip— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 27, 2015
are ya'll ready for #Snowmageddon2015 ? pic.twitter.com/R5zrYgH89u— SomeKindaWonderful (@somekindawonder) January 26, 2015
Although we're not sure it's ever been this bad before:
Due to the #blizzardof2015, we're unable to travel to NYC. We're working on alternatives and will let you know as soon as they're confirmed.— backstreetboys (@backstreetboys) January 26, 2015
So who's responsible for this Snowmaggedon/Snowpocalypse/Apocalypsnow?
NYPD has released this photo to the public as a "person of interest". #Snowmageddon2015
@absrdNEWS pic.twitter.com/xM5udkGY8M— Dentist Bob (@CanyonDentalCen) January 27, 2015
Just saved Earthlings from #Snowmageddon2015
You're welcome. pic.twitter.com/7Q7A8GPMxX— Superman (@SupermanTweets) January 26, 2015
The cold never bothered me anyway. #letitgo #Snowmageddon2015— Laurie Penny (@PennyRed) January 27, 2015
Well, at least our feline friends have got the right attitude:
Cats everywhere react to #Snowmageddon2015: pic.twitter.com/SXdO2EH8Sw— Tidy Cats (@TidyCats) January 26, 2015
As does this American:
#Snowmageddon2015 #snowpocalypse pic.twitter.com/7aAVZuJXEd— Trita Parsi (@tparsi) January 26, 2015
Indeed. Stay safe, American friends. We're thinking of you in your hour of Backstreet Boys need.


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Young Woman with a Water Pitcher: A Virtual Reconstruction
(part one)
Johannes Vermeer
c. 1662–1665
Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 40.6 cm.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
In the early and mid 1660s, Vermeer painted a group of closely related work which the art historian Lawrence Gowing called the "pearl pictures" (see box below) in honor of their exquisite facture and for the fact that each work features a pearl necklace. In these compositions the artist made a decisive move away from the cubical interior spaces, which he and De Hooch had brought to near formal perfection, and "adopted an approach that in some respects was closer to that of the Leiden artists Metsu and Frans van Mieris. The preoccupation with linear perspective and geometric order diminished in favor of simpler compositions, in which the view is usually brought closer, only one figure is depicted and the behavior of light becomes the predominant aesthetic concern."1
The importance given by Vermeer to the planimetric organization of these pictures can be deduced by the numerous compositional alterations which were made in the course of the painting process, some of which have been revealed with the aid of with modern scientific instrument. Such changes are clearly seen in a group of infrared reflectograms2 of the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, so much, that Vermeer's initial composition can be reconstructed with a reasonable degree of accuracy.
Aim of the Virtual Reconstruction
The aim of the virtual reconstruction of the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, is not to provide an accurate image of the painting as it once actually appeared, which is obviously impossible, but rather, to form a reasonable hypothesis of the artist's original pictorial concept and, perhaps, reveal why he made the subsequent alterations.
Technical analysis reveals that the background wall map of the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher originally extended to the left behind the woman. In addition, the back of a chair set on an angle was placed in the left foreground and partly overlapped the window. The chair, the use of an open window as a repoussoir device and the bright, local coloring are consistent with Vermeer's style in works dating from the early 1660s.
The changes in Vermeer's composition may have been made during the early phases of the painting procedure,3 called underpainting, before color and detail had been introduced even though the some parts foreground chair seem to have been brought to a high degree of finish. It appears that some light dots of light paint, perhaps Vermeer's characteristic pointillés,4 can be made out along the uppermost profile of one of the chair's lion-head finial. In the simplest terms, an underpainting is a monochrome version of a painting (usually executed with brown or neutral gray paint) in which the artist fixes on his canvas the fundamental elements of composition, creates volume and distributes darks and lights in order to produce an overall effect of illumination. The underpainting allows the painter to envision his pictorial idea with a minimum expenditure of time and effort while maintaining control over pictorial unity, one of the principal requisites Baroque painting. The parts of the underpainting that did not live up to the artist's expectations could be immediately observed and corrected with relative ease before moving on to complex problems of color and fine detail.
The present reconstruction of the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher is based primarily upon a group of infrared reflectograms of the painting and Arthur K. Wheelock 's analysis of the technique and expressive content of the work as they relate to the compositional alterations.5 By comparing the reconstructed versions to the final version which we now see (part two), we might be able to intuit how the artist "thought through" his pictures and make a few observations as to why Vermeer revised his initial pictorial concept so profoundly.
Changes in Composition
As stated before, during the course of his work, Vermeer made two very significant compositional modifications in Young Woman with a Water Pitcher. Firstly, the background map of the Seventeen Provinces of Netherlands,6 which was initially extended behind the young girl's head, was moved to the right. The original position of its left-hand contour can be perceived with the naked eye as a barely perceptible shift in tone of the wall slightly to the left of the figure's head. This shift in tone is not always visible in reproductions but is apparent when viewing the actual canvas. The second alteration was the removal of a so-called Spanish chair with lion-head finials, a familiar prop in Vermeer's and Dutch interiors, from the left-hand foreground. The reflectograms also show that the artist had initially depicted the contours of the water basin differently. These last alterations are not accounted for in the reconstruction.
Above is a detail of Vermeer's map as it appears today. To the right is a scaled image of Hyuck Allart's original map on which Vermeer's painted map is based. The section of Allart's map which corresponds to the Vermeer's map is rendered in lighter shades of gray. If the two scaled maps are superimposed, the fit is quite close.
It is generally held that the Vermeer adhered to the true shape dimensions of the real objects that he pictured in his interiors. As the art historian James Welu has shown, in several cases it has been possible to identify not just the map's designers and publishers, but the specific editions. Not only can the book studied by Vermeer's Astronomer be recognized; the very page at which it is open is legible. The local colors of the objects, instead, are more difficult to judge since the objects habitually represented in Dutch painting, like carpets and clothing, were produced in a variety of colors and furthermore, the pigments are know to have deteriorated and changed color.
As with other maps in Vermeer's paintings (The Lute Player and The Art of Painting) the topographical features and the decorative embellishments of the map of the Young Woman Holding a Pitcher correspond very closely to those of the know map on which Vermeer's rendering is based. Moreover, painters were dramatically limited in their choice of pigments. Only a handful of the so-called "bright colors" were available in the seventeenth century.
Young Woman with a Water Pitcher
(a virtual reconstruction, first hypothesis)
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The present virtual reconstruction is based partly upon the assumption that while Vermeer later changed the position of the map, he maintained in tact both its original dimensions and the height at which it is hung. In the final version the artist slid, so to speak, the map rightwards until its left-hand vertical contour and rolin ball7 became visible to the right of the figure's linen headdress.
As can be noted in the virtual reconstruction, the entire width Allart's map, including the right-hand rolin ball, would have been represented within the perimeters of Vermeer's canvas.
Unfortunately, with the painting in question it is not possible to verify the accuracy of the map's dimensions in respects to those of the real seventeenth-century map through a technique noted as "reverse geometry," used by Philip Steadman to reconstruct a number of Vermeer's interiors. Nonetheless, the London architect and author of Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth behind the Masterpieces, demonstrated that it is not just the geographical detail of the maps and the decorative detail of the chairs that are so precisely represented; their overall dimensions also correspond closely to the originals. In effect, their reconstructed heights and widths are, in all those cases where measurement is possible, within a few per cent of the surviving library copies. It would, therefore, be fairly safe to say the map is portrayed in the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher is portrayed according to its original dimensions and would not likely have been resized to obtain some aesthetic advantage or iconographic nuance.
However, in the case that Vermeer took liberties with the dimensions of the map, such a change in scale should not come as a complete surprise since it is a well known fact that Vermeer altered dimensions, sometimes greatly, of a few objects represented in his works for aesthetic or iconographic reasons. For example, the cabinet-sized painting of the Finding of Moses to the far right-hand side of The Astronomer has appears far larger when it is represented in the later Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid.
In the early 1660s Vermeer executed four small canvases eloquently named the "pearl pictures" by Lawrence Gowing which are among the artist's most lucidly conceived yet enigmatic works. For the present study, Young Woman with a Water Pitcher has been added to the group, obviously, not with the intention to revise Gowing's well-known term, but because the painting bears important compositional affinities with the four pearl pictures: Woman in Blue Reading a Letter, Woman Holding a Balance, Woman with a Lute and Woman with a Pearl Necklace.
The subject matter of the pearl pictures is restricted to a single woman who momentarily engages in some discreet activity in a left-hand corner of a room, very near a window. While persistent iconographical interpretations seem to have successfully illuminated the story behind the Woman with a Balance, the others have resisted interpretative attempts with more success. Nonetheless, a common theme that unites the women's activities might be thoughtful reflection (or distraction).
Four of the five pictures show a slice of a window to the left and four display chairs (a second chair once occupied the lower left-hand corner of the composition of the Young Woman with a Water Pitcher). All the scenes are staged against a simple, white-washed wall set parallel to the picture plane. The particular hue and tonal values of the white-washed walls are key to establishing the direction, intensity and quality of the incoming light and constitute an unsung technical tour de force of the artist's oeuvre.
Even by Vermeer's standards, the scenes of these works are organized with exceptional economy utilizing a table with a single woman, a meager still life, a few carefully chosen props, a map or painting on the background wall and one or two chairs (infrared reflectograms reveal that the original version of Woman with a Pearl Necklace once displayed a large wall map behind the standing girl). All of the movable objects are structurally simple although some are adorned with elaborate decorative elements (ex. Turkish carpets and large wall maps).
- Walter Liedtke, ed., exh. cat. Vermeer and the Delft School, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, 379.
- Infrared reflectography (IRR) is an imaging technique that is used to study the presence of specific pigments which may lie beneath visible paint layers. IRR can provide important information for art historians since changes in composition can be detected during the different phases of a painting's execution. IRR can also detect paint losses and retouchings, sometimes invisible to the naked eye. Infrared radiation allows us to "see through" paint layers that are impenetrable to the human eye since it passes through paint until it reaches something that absorbs it, or it is reflected back to the camera. Infrared light has too long a wavelength to see, but it can however be photographed. IRR can penetrate through most thinly painted oil paints, except carbon black which was often a component of artist's materials such as graphite, charcoal and ink, during the early stages of the painting process and as an additive to darken other pigments. The resulting image, known as an infrared reflectogram, is converted digitally by software, producing a black and white image on the computer monitor. Since IRR detects black materials it is a perfect complement to X-radiography, which typically registers lighter materials, principally lead white ubiquitously employed by seventeenth-century European painters.
- Jørgen Wadum, Chief Conservator of the Mauritshuis, has kindly pointed out that we cannot know if each and every one of the altered objects that appear together in the virtual reconstructions above were ever been present at one single stage of Vermeer's work.
- Pointillés are globular dots of paint which were intended to imitate the so-called "disks of confusion" produced by the camera obscura image. Vermeer used pointillés extensively throughout his career to enhance the sensation of light.
- Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., Vermeer and the Art of Painting, New York and New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995, 105–109.
- James A. Welu identified the map as one published by Hyuck Allart. The south of the map is oriented to the left. A version of the map, dated 1671 is conserved in the University Library, Leiden. Allart acquired the plates from an early seventeenth-century source, added the decorative elements and reprinted it. James A. Welu, "Vermeer: His Cartographic Source," Art Bulletin 57 (December), 529–547.
- The rolin balls which are seen in many renditions of wall maps in Dutch interior painting serve to distance the back side of the map from the surface of the walls wall in order to avoid humidity.
- The plates from an early seventeenth-century source, added the decorative elements and reprinted it. James A. Welu, "Vermeer: His Cartographic Source," Art Bulletin 57 (December), 529–547.


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Kimi Raikkonen described his Chinese Grand Prix as "painful" and it's not hard to understand why. After the first lap, Raikkonen had dropped from his front-row grid slot to a meager fourth. Then, when he emerged from his solitary pit stop on lap 27, the Ferrari was down in an effective P6…
How could a team with 67 years of Grand Prix experience behind them allow something like this to happen? Well, that's because they eventually had no choice; at the time, it made sense for Ferrari to ruin the Chinese Grand Prix for Kimi Raikkonen.
Kimi Raikkonen ran the entire first stint in P4, a consequence of Vettel pinching him to the slower inside line of China's never-ending first corner. Ahead of Raikkonen were formidable opponents; Max Verstappen in P3, Valtteri Bottas in P2 and his own team-mate, Sebastian Vettel, leading the race.
The Grand Prix changed on lap 17, though, when the Ultrasoft-clad Red Bull's double-stacked and both drivers changed to the medium tires. It wasn't time for anyone else to pit yet, because Ferrari and Mercedes were running the harder softs on both cars.
But that didn't quite bother the two Mercedes drivers, as Hamilton, from P5, immediately changed to mediums on lap 18, with Bottas replicating the move a lap later. Mercedes decided to react to Red Bull's undercut attempt.
When Hamilton was approaching pit lane, he was told to do the opposite of Raikkonen, who was 1.779s ahead. The Ferrari stayed out, so Hamilton dived in. Normally, Ferrari would cover Hamilton by pitting the next lap, but Ferrari were caught of guard, and this wouldn't have made sense.
When Hamilton emerged on Lap 19, he instantly turned the tyres on and set the quickest second and third sector time of the race. And, if you combine those two sectors together, they were 1.891s quicker than those of Raikkonen.
Notably, Raikkonen was only 1.779s ahead of Hamilton when the Briton pit, meaning that it was almost definitive that Raikkonen would emerge from the pits behind Lewis Hamilton if he had pit a lap later. Mercedes had just caught Ferrari off-guard.
Upon seeing Hamilton's medium pace, Bottas was pit by Mercedes on lap 19. This time Ferrari decided to react, considering that the gap between Vettel and Bottas was sitting at closer to 3.3 seconds, unlike the 1.7 second gap that Raikkonen and Hamilton had.
But, the undercut proved to be undeniably powerful. Bottas still managed to emerge ahead of Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari and took the effective race lead.
"We were quite sure we would have come out in front," Vettel said post-race, perhaps suggesting even Ferrari's strategic department were shocked by Mercedes' medium tyre pace.
By the time Vettel had lost the lead, every car in the top six, apart from Raikkonen, had pit for the mediums, and everyone was using them to good effect. Since he had not stopped, Raikkonen held the race lead, albeit on worn softs.
However, despite drastically slower pace, Raikkonen wouldn't pit for another seven laps… Why?
A complete, decent pitstop in China is thought to cost each driver at least 23 seconds. It's already been established that Raikkonen would've undoubtedly emerged behind Lewis Hamilton by reacting to the Mercedes pit stop. That means if Raikkonen had pit, he would've emerged an effective P5.
The only other driver Raikkonen risked losing out to was Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, who had run in P6 throughout the first stint. On lap 19, the earliest feasible lap for Raikkonen to pit, the pit window was 24.856 seconds, meaning it would've been touch-and-go for Raikkonen to emerge ahead of the Red Bull.
By lap 21, Ricciardo was only 22.660s behind Raikkonen, meaning the Ferrari driver would've most likely emerged in P6. In a sense, the pit stops and undercuts happened so quickly that before Ferrari could decide what to do with Raikkonen, he was left effectively last of the top six drivers.
With Raikkonen's race ruined by Ferrari's misjudgments and lack of decisive action, the strategic department had nothing to lose with him, and decided to opt for the risky strategy of using Raikkonen as a roadblock.
The concept is simple; Raikkonen would stay out until he was caught by the effective leader, Bottas. Then, Raikkonen would hold up the leading Mercedes and allow Vettel to close the gap down and overtake Bottas. At which point, Raikkonen would pit and Vettel would become the race leader again.
The tactic is not unfamiliar in this era of racing; Mercedes tried it with Valtteri Bottas in 2017's Spanish Grand Prix, and on that occasion, it allowed Lewis Hamilton to close an eight second gap down to just under five seconds.
But in the end, Raikkonen acting as a roadblock was unsuccessful for Ferrari as Vettel couldn't actually get past Bottas. It did help Vettel get within the one-second threshold of the Mercedes driver, showing that the principle was there, but the overall execution didn't work it.
That was likely down to Shanghai's multiple overtaking areas, which made it easier for Bottas to negate Raikkonen's attempted road block.
Once Bottas had got past Raikkonen, the Ferrari came into the pits and emerged in P6, with a relatively clear track in front of him. In the end, Ferrari's decision to use Raikkonen as a roadblock (to help Vettel) didn't actually cost Ferrari any positions.
If they had pitted on lap 20 or lap 27, the most likely eventuality is that Raikkonen would've come out in P6. However, in saying that, hindsight showed that if Raikkonen had just been behind Daniel Ricciardo, he would've timed the eventual safety-car perfectly.
This shows why it made sense for Ferrari to keep Raikkonen out for so long, because at the time Raikkonen's race was over. He was always going to be P6, so Ferrari simply put him to good use to try and help Vettel steal back the Grand Prix win.
"This was a Grand Prix in which the many variables made the difference," Ferrari Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene ironically said about Ferrari's Chinese Grand Prix.


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Country music's "Gentle Giant" has returned with a new collection of songs entitled Reflections. The title is extremely appropriate, as the grizzled veteran of the country music ranks has reached a point where he can sit back and reflect on what he has done and what he has learned. The result is an intimate and effective grouping of pearls of wisdom. This is no gimmick, no detours, no frills country music by a man who has seen and done it all, and we all need to take the time to listen.
Don Williams has always had a very laid-back style to his music. It is always as country as you can get, but never at a breakneck tempo with distractions or bells and whistles. Don Williams is a lyrics man. His songs tell stories and give advice on how to live and how not to live. At this point in Don's career, he is fully embracing his status as a legacy act. He isn't releasing a rap album to try to get back on the radio. He isn't pushing a heavy agenda of marketing. He is simply recording the music he wants to make, just as he has always done. He has always been full of class and grace, so the fact that he is aging gracefully is no surprise. But this isn't just an aging legend who sounds tired and is missing the spark, this is some of the best work of Don's career, He sounds great and is still at the very top of his game.
The album kicks off with a cover of the slightly obscure Townes Van Zandt song "I'll Be Here In The Morning". This is a perfect way to set the path this album takes you on. There is a constant theme that goes through this whole record: wisdom. "Talk Is Cheap", which Alan Jackson covered on his last album as well, gives advice on meaning what you say and living instead of talking. He covers the great Merle Haggard song "Sing Me Back Home", as he looks at life and death through the eyes of prisoners on death row. The song is one of the Hag's best written, and for a man with the discography he has, that is saying a lot. Don takes it and makes it his own, not straying from the original too much, but adding some warmth and tenderness that his voice brings to every song. "Working Man's Son" is a look back on a life well lived, and fits perfectly with the album's title. "Stronger Back" is a prayer for the strength to deal with tough situations. Rather than asking to end the bad times, he simply asks to be able to pull through them. "I don't pray for a lighter load, I pray for a stronger back" he sings. That is the result of a man who has been through it and knows what it takes. "Back To The Simple Things" is probably the most indicative of the theme of this album, as Don reflects on the way the world has changed and the struggle to keep life simple among today's distractions. He carries that right into "The Answer", as he admits after giving advice for the majority of his album that he doesn't have all the answers, and that nobody does. Humility is the surest sign of wisdom.
The album never gets really loud and fast paced, but never too slow and plodding. It is all mid-tempo, laid back country music. It is perfect for a campfire or relaxing night by the fireplace. In a world where the backing tracks are becoming more and more the focus of music, Don reminds us that country music was built on strong lyrics and great stories. I really enjoyed the arrangement on "I'll Be Here In The Morning" particularly, It has a steady beat that is perfect for long night trips, and a soft harmonica mixed with banjo to create a warm atmosphere. The whole album follows that same formula, but "I'll Be Here In The Morning" really does it best.
Many of today's country songs speak of this mythical grandpa figure that is full of wisdom and knowledge that they learned everything from. I wonder how many of them realize that we have that very figure right in here in the flesh, and actually take the time to listen. Take some time to slow down and listen to what Don has to say. Go fishing with your family and play this album. Spend a night in a cabin by the fireplace or have a little bonfire and listen to this. It will take you back to a simpler time, and help you focus on the things that matter most: faith, family, love, and living for the moment. Don Williams is making the best music of his career right now, and we are all better for having heard it.
Standout Tracks: "I'll Be Here In The Morning", "Talk Is Cheap", "Sing Me Back Home", "Stronger Back, "Back To The Simple Things"
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The Columbus Clippers new baseball park is moving along nicely. You can check out its progress here.
As construction continues a new type of construction begins . . . constructing sponsorships for the field. Huntington Bank paid $12 million for the naming rights as the park will be called Huntington Park and the scoreboard is already sponsored by the Dispatch Printing Company. Others that have stepped up - Nationwide sponsoring the concourse, AEP sponsoring rooftop bleachers, Mt. Carmel Health sponsoring first-aid station, Time Warner a media area. So what is left you ask?
Well there is a fan bar, kid's play area, water fountain, info booth. Maybe they'll throw in base sponsorships or maybe a home run sponsor.
Actually a home run sponsor is not a bad idea. Why not every time the Clippers hit a home run the sponsor makes a donation to their favorite local charity. They could either pick a different charity a year or a different charity for each home game. Then the charity would be highlighted at each home game. It's a win, win for everyone. The Clippers look like they are giving back, the sponsor not only gives back but is recognized multiple times and the charity gets assistance.
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Pork Fried Rice June 3, 2010Posted by Toy Lady in random stuff.
I am a huge fan of recycling. Not necessarily my milk bottles and newspapers (though I do recycle those!) – but recycling of meals.
I love cooking a big roast . . . . a couple of turkey breasts . . . a bunch of chicken breasts. . . whatever, and using it in various ways. It amuses me to, say, enjoy pot roast one day, then, a few days later, use the leftover beef, potatoes and carrots in, say, a lasagna.
Now people who have either been reading the blog for a while (all two of you!) may remember the Chinese-style pork chops I did a while back. You may even recall that I also cooked a whole pork shoulder, using essentially the same recipe, a while back, and stashed a goodly bit of barbecued pork in the freezer.
And it's really child's play to take the leftover pork roast and use it in fried rice – but hasn't that been done to death? But you know, I think there's a good reason for that. It's just that good! And simple, too – we don't really use a written recipe – just just sort of . . . build it.
So fried rice. Sure, it takes a bit of planning to do it right – you've gotta have the pork cooked, of course, and some rice cooked ahead of time – cold, dry rice works best for this. And you're gonna want a sauce of some sort – I use the sauce left from when I cook the pork, but if you don't have that sauce handy, by all means, just mix 1/4 cup of either oyster or hoisin sauce with a Tablespoon or so of lower-sodium soy sauce. It won't be the same, no, but it will be fine. Next time make extra sauce, I guess.
Now you remember how important mis en place is for stir-fry, right? Well, it's also important for fried rice – there's just not as much mis to en place, if you know what I mean.
So let's do this!
Brown a couple of slices of chopped bacon in your biggest frying pan, then remove the bacon to a separate bowl, leaving the grease behind.
Yes. Bacon grease. It's OK, really.
While the bacon is cooking, you're also going to want to dice some cooked pork (maybe a cup – 1/4 pound or so, I'd guess) and pull some peas out of the freezer (while I want to say a couple of handfuls, I'm gonna say a cup).
Mince a couple of cloves of garlic and set that aside. And chop a couple of scallions or a bunch of spring onions, or an even bigger bunch of chives – you just want something green and onion-y, that's all.
Scramble a couple of eggs in the bacon grease, once you've removed the bacon, then return the bacon to the pan, along with the pork and the still-frozen peas, and stir them over a medium-high heat until they're starting to heat (back) up.
Clear a space in the center of the pan and add the garlic, stirring and smushing it into the pan – just until it's fragrant, about 30 seconds or so. Really, it doesn't take long when the pan is hot!
Dump in your cold rice (though it's probably room-temperature by now) along with your sauce – the hoisin-or-oyster sauce mixed with soy (or the lefteover BBQ sauce), and combine well, kind of chopping the rice apart with a spatula or a wooden spoon.
Once the rice is hot, add the (now probably cold) scrambled egg and your chopped green onion-y things (chives, scallions, spring onions, whatever) and stir until the eggs are hot again (about a minute), serving with a splash of soy sauce.
And that's it – homemade pork fried rice, an entire meal unto itself – you've got your meat, your starch and your vegetable!


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I made this corner to corner afghan for my Mario-obsessed nephew. He recently turned four and loves Mario so much, he dresses up as him – red hat, moustache and all! A corner to corner afghan has been on my to-do list for a while and combined with my love of pixel art, a Mario blanket would make the perfect present for my nephew. Here's a little clip of the progress:
The blanket is worked in rows diagonally, back and forth. If you're using a lot of colours, it's worth using some sort of yarn managing system, otherwise your yarn will get into a real mess. Mario is made up of 14 colours, which I didn't think was much before I started the project. However, when I reached the halfway mark; the height of my colour changing mayhem, I had 15 bundles of colours going, whole skeins of yarn with both ends being used as well as little spools that I wound around pegs. Needless to say, I spent a lot of time untangling!
Below is the pattern that I created for this project. It's a combination of perler and cross stitch patterns of Mario that I found online and changed to my liking. Each pixel is made up of four double crochet clusters. Normally one pixel equals one cluster, but as there wasn't many pixels to work with, I increased the clusters so that the final result would make a decent sized blanket.
I worked off the screen at first but found it much easier to follow after printing the pattern out and taping it on the wall in front of my work station. You can also mark off the squares as you go along, just like a cross stitch pattern.
It's not bad for my first attempt at the corner to corner stitch. I made mistakes and undid many a row. I stuffed up two pixels on the eyes too. If it weren't so obvious, I wouldn't have bothered fixing it, but come on! The eyes?! I didn't actually realise until six rows later and I didn't have the patience to undo the rows this time so I chopped out the two pixels (four double crochet clusters), and managed to figure out how to weave the correct colours in. Phew! I can now add "qualified crochet surgeon" to my skill set.
The final blanket measures approximately 102 x 82 cm.
Now all the blanket needs is a good wash before it goes to it's new home.


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I've lost track of the number of storms and gale-force winds that hit our islands since last September and 'inevitably', as the newspapers would say, our islands suffer the consequences. I would argue on most days that it is the inevitability of our infrastructure to cater for storms that leads to the chaos immediately following it practically every time. However a number of natural disasters also happen which we could never stop, and whilst many a time it was the flooding of the valley area of my hometown and uprooted trees and fallen rubble walls that would grab our attention, this time it is a much more serious consequence that this country is facing.
The Azure Window in Gozo, which was the personality of many a postcard and numerous tourist photos as well as a backdrop to wedding and honeymoon pictures of locals and visitors alike, has this morning collapsed in its entirety, something which has left me in awe as, despite the constant reminder from the media that this photogenic attraction would soon be gone, I never imagined that its stack would also disappear.
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It was the winds and waves that ultimately claimed this Gozitan gem, yet I cannot help but point out one thing. Repeatedly, newspapers warned against its rapid decay whilst sign posts were erected asking people not to step on it in order not to aggravate the situation. And yet just this week I saw new photos that showed that people were still trampling around on this much-coveted treasure like heritage was only second to today's enjoyment. So truly, I think we brought this on ourselves? When will we learn that playing with fire can only lead to getting burnt, and when will humans realise they are a part of a whole, one that we should be caring for rather than destroying in a million different ways? Today it was the Azure Window, which many would say would have anyway collapsed at one point or another. However tomorrow, it might be the air we breathe, the land we live on, the fields we live off, that we destroy. So take this not only as a day to mourn a loss, but also as the chance to care for what remains.


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Saturday, December 20, 2008
a christmas carl
and crew of a christmas carl, a modern day time traveling spin on a christmas carol. it was pretty fun and had some elaborate set changes so it kept us backstage managers busy! esther joined the men in black this year and we had so much fun! sarah was directing again and she is awesome. cricket was thrown off her schedule by all our late nights but i took a sick day one day to stay in bed and snuggle with her. we had two performances and they both went really well. i enjoyed everything about it except the stupid made up christmas song that i know about three words to that i cant get out of my head! argh!
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Postmodern Openings, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 29-39
Application of private international law is impossible without deciphering the meaning of the legal rules specific to this branch or without classifying the test cases on categories. This dual mental operation that the judge has to do is called qualification. The notion of qualification is defined by authors differently. According to a first opinion the qualification is defined as the operation performed by an authority that is required to solve a conflict, when asked to find the conflict category of the situation, in order to decide what rule should be applied. According to another opinion, the qualification establishes the meaning of the notions of legal rules on the subject of regulation and the law applicable to the legal relationship. In a reverse operation, through qualification, they determine the legal category to which a fact situation belongs and indicate the competent law. According to a last opinion, qualification is defined in two ways: starting from the conflict of laws towards the facts (legal relationship) or vice versa. Thus: a. the qualification is the logical-judicial operation of determining the exact full meaning of legal terms expressing the content and relations of the conflict of laws, in order to see whether a legal relationship (a state of facts) is included (or not) among these terms; b. the qualification is the interpretation of a legal relationship (of a specific fact situation)in order to see the to which conflict of laws, in terms of content and relationship, it belongs. In foreign literature qualification is defined differently. Thus, according to a first view, the qualification is defined as the legal operation performed to include a specific legal situation in the contents of a conflict of laws. This operation gives rise to a conflict between the contents of the conflict of laws belonging to the same legal system, and to a qualifications conflict when another system of law, which relates to the facts, places it within the content of a conflict of laws different from that chosen by the legal system of the forum. According to another point of view, the qualification means defining the terms used by the rules of private international law: nationality (citizenship), domicile, residence, capacity, family rights, inheritance rights, etc.
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I have gotten the advice not to exhibit until you have multiple books. That having one comic is too soon, and in most cases you won't cover your costs.
I can say that this advice is fairly accurate after three years of doing conventions. At first I was going with just Harbor Moon. Although I wasn't making my money back, I convinced myself that it was necessary to get the word out about the book. And I always kept telling myself, wait until you have more and more books…
And this past weekend was my first convention with multiple books – and it was a whole different experience. The traction at the table was great. If someone didn't think Harbor Moon was their cup of tea, they responded well to R.E.M. – and vice versa. Since I'm not the most outgoing person around, what always seemed like a mountain too high to climb (pitching people)… became fun.
As you can see though – I ignored this advice for the first two years. Why? Because I only had one book. And there was no other way for me to get the word out then go with one book. Also, it helped me refine my pitch on the book, figure out what is best to present at cons and what isn't… and also get to meet the people I am trying to connect with – comic fans.


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Thursday, August 5, 2010
As California Turns-Judge Overturns Same-Sex Marriage Ban
A federal judge's decision to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban has touched off coast-to-coast celebrations among gay rights activists, while Proposition 8 proponents plan their appeal. This past March, DC made history by allowing same-sex marriages. Experts say the case will almost certainly head to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and could go all the way to the Supreme Court. Read more......
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The Need for a Business DR Plan
Business can be disrupted at any time by a force majeure, something uncontrolled like Mother Nature or a computer crash, on such short notice. All a person can do is evacuate from the area. After it happens, it is recovery time, which is a stressful and costly procedure. It is more stressful if there is no recovery plan from the aftermath of the disaster, such as a massive storm or fire. For those who are prepared with a backup plan, the pain won't be that bad and production won't be stopped.
Force majeure means things like a sudden loss of power in the building, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, criminal activity like robbery, and sickness. Any of this can result in a loss of work in both short and long-term periods. We should know that anything could happen, showcasing that sense of belief that nothing bad will happen to them. This is stupid; any scenario should be prepared and rationalized. Companies will be okay in the event of a disaster if they spend a lot of time to detail a proper recovery scenario in order to work with the problem and have minor work stoppage. For clients, it is a sign of good faith that the business knows what they are doing.
Having a business continuity and disaster recovery plandetermines a company's manageability in terms of money and time; the fast ones will survive in the long-term, the long ones, where choices are done on the fly, will falter and take more time to recover from the disaster. It simply prevents the pain from sticking in because the painstaking choices have been already made. Micromanagement may not be a popular choice, but it is done to expedite the process and what person is assigned to do what to keep functioning while the main power is down. It also should be simplified and practiced occasionally to keep everyone in line and prepared individually, especially when there are new people in the company.
Companies can go different ways with their recovery operation. They can take the route of relying on their most skilled and qualified managers to draw plans on what they need to do in certain situations. With those that do not have the benefit of having that experience, they can go to advisers and extensive technology as a backup, such as a business disaster recovery plan model to cover every aspect of the business. It can serve as a base to recovery as they are simplified and easy to learn from.
A business disaster recovery plan is constructed to assist companies in keeping work continuous while in the midst of a crisis. Losing steadiness because of natural disasters, building faults, or some form of sabotage can break a business easily, especially a small one. The plan must work and reliable with the right person in position. Don't forget to double-check on everything to see if it still relevant to the plan; it is suggested to rehearse every month to keep it fresh and prepared and tweak, if needed. That way, all will be according to plan and up to date when the event occurs.


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Bone Densitometry – DEXA
Bone densitometry (or DEXA) is an enhanced form of x-ray technology that measures bone mineral density and determines the strength of your bones. Certain medical conditions, medications and aging can lead to a loss of bone density and osteoporosis. With a loss of bone density, bones become thinner, more fragile and more likely to break. Your doctor may want to establish a baseline bone density to determine whether you need treatment with medication. DEXA is most often performed on the lower spine and hips.
Medicare provides a rebate for medical conditions and symptoms it deems most relevant to bone densitometry studies, to enable a significant portion of the population inexpensive access. Depending on the medial conditions and symptoms, Medicare will only give a rebate for one scan in any two-year period. If you have had a scan within the last two years, please call us to discuss your options.
Before the scan
There must be a time interval of 2 weeks following a barium study or a nuclear medicine examination, before your bone density scan.
On the day of the examination you may eat normally. When you present for your scan, you will be asked to complete a questionnaire to determine if you meet Medicare's criteria for a rebate. If you answer "NO" to all of the questions on the form, you are unlikely to qualify. Either way, if your doctor has requested bone densitometry, he or she will use the results to maximise your health management. When you book your appointment or come for your scan, our staff will give you an opportunity to ask questions.
There is no preparation required for bone densitometry. Wear a two-piece outfit if possible. You will not be required to undress but may be asked to remove metallic items such as jewellery, clothing with metal clips, belts, and keys, coins or a mobile phone from your pockets, as these can interfere with the images.
During the scan
The scan is straightforward and painless. You will be asked to lie on a padded couch and keep very still for up to 25 minutes. The radiation dose will depend on the study performed, however it is always very low and equivalent to less than one day of natural background radiation. The technologist will use the lowest dose necessary to achieve high quality images.
After the scan
A follow-up scan is usually performed in one to two years to determine the success of your treatment.
You may resume your normal activities after your bone densitometry, unless your doctor tells you otherwise. You will be advised before you leave the department if there are any instructions for you to follow.
One of our radiologists will interpret your bone density scan and provide your doctor with a comprehensive report about the findings. You will need to return to the doctor who referred you to discuss your results. Processing and reporting of your scan could take up to two hours. For your convenience we can generally deliver the images and report to your doctor by lunchtime the next working day.
If you require the results for a follow up appointment on the day of the scan, you can wait for the images and we will fax or electronically send the results to your doctor. Some of our referring doctors prefer that their patients wait for their images after the scan. You may arrange to collect the images at an alternative time, if you prefer that option.


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Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is for Sika a continuous process of optimization, adaptation to customer needs and innovation. That is why Sika is constantly on the search for possible refinements, for ways of furthering the good of the company, its customers and the environment. For Sika, responsibility to shareholders, market players and the general public is fundamental to sustainable business activities. Sika acts in accordance with common values that form the basis for the company's sustainable development.
Sustainability - a continuous process of optimization, adaptation and innovation
With a corporate history spanning over 100 years, Sika is all the more committed to sustainable development as a guiding principle. In active pursuit of the associated economic, ecological and social aims, the company has for many years participated in the chemical industry's Responsible Care sustainability program. It is also a signed member of the UN Global Compact corporate responsibility initiative, the Carbon Disclosure Project and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and honors the associated objectives and obligations.
Sika pursues a double-pronged sustainability strategy
- Sika seeks to design products and services that meet the demand for efficient, sustainable solutions in the target markets;
- Sika continuously refines its own operations in line with sustainable practice and backs this up by suitable investment in sustainability on the basis of economic principles.


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Zindagi teri naseehat hai ya Ziyauddin,
Maazoon Saheb (DM) addressed the mumineen in the majlis of Shab-e-Urs (Behram) of Saiyedna Ziyauddin Saheb (QR) and asserted that Da'wat is eternal and endless ( abadi-azali ). When Allah first created the intellects ( aql ), the first among them pondered about the creation of self and other intellects and accepted the Supreme authority of Allah, His Da'wat (invitation) and submitted to His divine mission. This Da'wat began when Adam-e-Kulli (the complete or first Adam) was created on the island which was a part of India , now known as Sri Lanka . Then from here he settled in Hijaaz where he met Maulatana Hawwa (AS) and that place came to be known popularly as Arafah. This spiritual Da'wat will continue till the day of Qiyaamat in India.
After returning from the farewell Hajj, Rasulullah (SAWS) addressed the Hajjaaj and proclaimed the importance of Hajr ul-Aswad and turned his face to the land of India and he offered a special supplication for the community. He said, O ye people, you have seen me so you are obedient to me, but look at the community of India , they will neither see me, nor my wasi (successor), nor my Imaam, but they will be blessed with my faith and will accept my mission.
Rasulullah (SAWS) said to the Hajjaaj that before the creation of material world like earth, Allah Ta'aala took the covenant or misaaq of all the angels, Prophets and the descendants of Hazrat Adam (AS) and Hajr ul-Aswad was kept as a witness to that. Hajr ul-Aswad possessed the tongue and hands at that time. Allah Ta'aala then secured the saheefah of covenant of all of them in Hajr ul-Aswad. When Adam (AS) was created and sent on this earth, he first built the Ka'bah. Then Jibra'eel (AS) descended and placed the Hajr ul-Aswad in the corner of Ka'bah and it was made obligatory to osculate it after the completion of every circumambulation, failure of which shall make the whole circumambulation void. Osculating Hajr ul-Aswad is just like giving covenant to it. It will bear the witness to all who have given covenant to it till the Day of Judgement. On the day of Qiyaamat, Allah Ta'aala will again enliven the Hajr-ul-Aswad and grant speech to it. It will then say who has given covenant and who has not. All the rituals and prayers offered by the people at the time of Hajj will be rendered useless if they have failed to osculate the Hajr ul-Aswad. In the same way before performing Hajj, if someone fails to give covenant to his Imaam uz-Zamaan or Da'i uz-Zamaan his Hajj becomes completely void, as this covenant is offered to Hajr ul-Aswad while circumambulating the Ka'bah. Ka'bah symbolizes Imaam uz-Zamaan and Hajr ul-Aswad is deemed as the hand of Imaam.
Seven circumambulations of Ka'bah complete one tawaaf. The figure seven signifies the seven ranks or orders which are Nabi (prophet), Wasi (deputy after prophet), Imaam, Baab, Hujjat, Da'i-e-Balaagh and Da'i-e-Mutlaq. The figure seven also symbolizes the act of osculating from the forehead to the lips while reciting Bismillah in which the seven openings or apertures are covered; two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and one mouth. If one fails to recognize the importance and value of these seven ranks then he does not even deserve to recite Bismillah; his deeds and prayers are too far to be valid. The figure seven also designates the walking between the Safaa and Marwaa which is again done seven times. Also throwing the stones in the consecutive order of seven at the shaitaan comes in the domain of the importance of figure seven.
Sath-e-hasti pa numaaya hai haqeeqat teri,
Waqt ne waqt ko batlaaii hai azmat teri.
Fakhr karta hai bayaan karke ye midhat teri.


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Low Calorie Lunch Recipes
My mom and I went to Greece when I was 15 years old. One of the things that I remember most about that trip was all of the fresh, delicious food! We loved stopping at little cafe's and patio restaurants. On that trip my mother and I dined at some pretty amazing restaurants (one with a stunning view of the Acropolis) but the place I remember most was a little hole in the wall that we stumbled upon on a quiet side street in Athens. No one there spoke English so we just said "Coca Cola", pointed, nodded, and gestured with our hands, not really knowing what we were going to end up with. The meal was, of course, the most delicious of the trip and one my mother and I still talk about today! When travelling, I always find that it's the hole in the walls that serve the best food!
The wonderful thing about Greek restaurants is that they always serve a simple yet amazing salad before the meal. It's so refreshing and perfect.
-juice of 2-3 lemons
-generous drizzle of good quality extra virgin olive oil
-Coarse sea salt and ground pepper
-3 pints grape tomatoes, halved (I used red & yellow)
-3 medium cucumbers, peeled and diced
-1 small green bell pepper, diced
-1 small red onion, cut into thin strips
-1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives, roughly chopped
-1 can canelloni beans
-1 Tbs dried oregano
1.Cut red onion into thin strips and place in a large bowl, add lemon juice and season with salt and pepper.
2.Let sit while you cut the other vegetables. Allowing the onion, lemon, and salt & pepper to sit will marinate the onions and give them great flavor!
3. Next, add tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, olives, and dried oregano and toss well to combine. Gently fold in canellini beans. Taste and adjust lemon juice, sea salt, and pepper to taste.
You can serve immediately or let sit for a few hours to allow the flavors to combine. This will make 4 meal-sized servings.
This salad will keep well in the fridge so you can take extras to work for lunch or make ahead of time for a party. The traditional Greek salad does not call for canelloni beans but I added them as a source of protein so that this dish would be filling enough to have as a complete meal. There are several variations to this recipe so feel free to add orange and/or yellow bell peppers, fresh corn, 3 ounces crumbled feta, serve over butter leaf lettuce, or serve as a lovely side dish to a piece of grilled chicken or fish. Enjoy!
*This post was originally published on www.lindawagner.net. Be sure to visit Linda's site for more great recipes and tips!


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Globe English Centre has acquired the building next door to their current premises in Exeter, UK, expanding their facilities for teaching English by an additional seven classrooms.
"In time we are hoping that these new facilities will enable us to offer additional programmes and services. Watch this space!" says Directory Anton Borgen Davis.
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Resources on Aboriginal Economic Development
Self-employed Canadians can access Employment Insurance (EI) special benefits. There are four types of EI special benefits…
A bond is a form of insurance that protects your business against losses caused by internal fraud, theft, or incompetence. If mistakes are made by your employees that result in losses for your customers, restitution for damages is paid by your insurance company. Some businesses are required by law to purchase bonding insurance, and others do so to increase their business' credibility.
The right type of business insurance can provide peace of mind in both your personal and business life.
Is your business covered in the event of losses due to unforeseen circumstances? A lack of insurance can turn misfortune into disaster. Explore business-specific insurance coverage that is available to protect you.
As an employer, you may have to restructure your enterprise to remain competitive. As a last resort, this may include reducing your overall number of employees. Service Canada can help you by allowing your employees to qualify for employment insurance benefits, when they agree to leave their jobs to preserve the jobs of co-workers.
Once your environmental commitment or policy has been adopted, the next step is to begin the process of developing an environmental strategy or action plan. The breadth and depth of your environmental strategy will be greatly influenced by the scope of your environmental policy.
Dr. Hammond Ketilson conducted extensive consultations during the course of the project with Warren Weir, co-ordinator, and Kelly Lendsay, program consultant, who are with the Graduate Aboriginal Business Program, College of Commerce, University of Saskatchewan; discussions were also held with David Newhouse, head of the Native Studies Department, Trent University; and Richard Missens, head of the Faculty of Administration at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in Saskatoon.
The New Beginnings Housing Co-operative is a community-based development initiative established in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The purpose of the co-op is to fill the economic void created by run-down homes and vacant lots in older neighbourhoods of the city. A second, but equally important, goal of the co-op is to develop a programme to revitalize properties and provide an opportunity for those unable to qualify for a mortgage to become homeowners. The New Beginnings Housing Co-operative purchases homes in need of repairing consultation with a realtor.
If you go on a seal hunt using breathing holes to hunt seals, and you go by yourself, and if you cover only one of the breathing holes, you don't have that much chance of being lucky. A seal has five or six breathing holes, so the more you can cover, the better, and so usually the whole camp would go out—with their dogs—and try to cover as many holes as possible and everyone shares. And that is why I think the Inuit took so easily to co-operatives
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"and said, 'What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?' And they paid him thirty pieces of silver" – Matthew 26:15
"The U.S. Senate voted last week to allow internet service providers to sell data about their customers' online activities to advertisers. The House of Representatives agreed on Tuesday; President Trump is expected to sign the measure into law." – Read this article at The Conversation in its entirety: "Trump's FCC continues to redefine the public interest as business interests."
How do these people sleep? Probably like Scrooge McDuck … on huge sacks of money!
"But Jesus said again, 'Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God. In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!'"


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Both teams unchanged,
Doesn't happen very often!
Hiscox Nankervis Towers the emergencies
Robinson sub most likely.
Hope Gaz is in the 21, his prelim final against the Roos was probably the best game of his career and a fast track at Etihad will suit him perfectly.
This is off topic I know, and we've seen it all before, but it's worth a look. Go to Relive your favourite '05 moment! - sydneyswans.com.au, watch the vid and check Nick Davis favourite moment at the end, and more to the point, check the crowd noise. Best crowd EVER!! I watched the last bit about 8 times and had to stop, as I was becoming emotional! How I wish I was actually there on that night.....
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"You get the feeling that like Monty Python's Black Knight, the Swans would regard amputation as merely a flesh wound."
I personally think the perSistence with gas makes sense given his role and given that towers who could play his role is no better BUT I must say it is a frustrating slow burn week to week
I smell a late withdrawal and another debutant probably nankervis.


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Brackishwater aquaculture is essentially dependent on the availability of good quality saline water from the sea, creek or backwaters. In states like West Bengal, Orissa and Gujarat, where the tidal amplitude is very high, the supply from the sea will be maintained in the backwaters and creeks even when there is no monsoon. In other areas, where the tidal amplitude is low like in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the bar mouth of the various creeks normally is kept open by the inflow of freshwater only during monsoon. When there is a failure of monsoon, these bar-mouths may not open and lead to scarcity of water in the creek or backwater.
Water and air temperatures are expected to rise during summer months and this will be more pronounced in southern states. These changes could have beneficial impacts with respect to higher growth rate. However, increased water temperatures leads to other associated physical changes, such as shifts in dissolved oxygen levels. These have been linked to more frequent algal blooms and increase in the intensity and frequency of disease outbreaks. During summer months, the availability of water in the creeks reduces especially in states like Tamil Nadu. This will lead to an increase in the salinity of the creek beyond the tolerable limits of the cultured organisms. Changes in precipitation, pH, water temperature, wind, dissolved CO2, and salinity can affect water quality in estuarine and marine waters. The problem of water scarcity and higher salinity is very site-specific with wide variations depending on the tidal amplitude, water current, etc. Any increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme climatic events such as storms and floods may result in significant infrastructure damage. Hence the strategic plans vary according to the conditions of the site. Following are the general guidelines to the farmers to combat the water scarcity and other adverse weather situations in Brackishwater aquaculture farms during summer: